1318 Old Pictures of the Republic of China (16)
Such a painless confrontation lasted until dawn the next day.
When the invading forces of the Kou Kingdom on the outskirts of Heicheng felt that they were friendly troops in Heicheng...... When they should have perfectly grasped the political situation in Heijo, they launched a tentative attack towards the south of Heijo.
Who would have thought that on the way to the first advance, he was met with stubborn resistance from an army that suddenly appeared.
"How is that possible!"
"How could the 92nd Army on weekdays divide its troops to guard this garrison without a fortress!"
"Isn't this the old peasant who walks into the city and the wilderness on weekdays?"
Hidden trenches and ditches spread deep into the wasteland.
Originally, there was a scene of driving ox carts and carriages into the city, but at this time, it had long since ceased to exist.
makes this already not prosperous yellow land a little more desolate.
However, after a short period of panic, the first division of the Kouguo puppet Mongolian army, which encountered snipers on the way and suffered a great loss, found that the team blocking their march in front of them was only the strength of a regiment, and they were completely relieved.
"Attack!"
"Shoot with all your might!"
The forward position of the whole team was pressed over.
The artillery in the rear suppressed the fire of the Fengtai garrison regiment with overwhelming shells, while the stormtroopers with bayonets bent down at this time and approached the ditch where the fighters were located.
"Don't worry, let's not stretch the front, we wait for them to approach, then their fire cover will be completely useless!"
"That's the best time for us to kill the enemy. ”
As a regiment commander who stayed in Fengtai, he already knew his fate.
So at this time, he did not hide at the back of the team, but stood on the front line of the war of resistance with his brothers.
In his hand he held the same Zhongzheng as the soldiers, and the freshly sharpened machete was pinned to his waist.
In this way, they gathered together, in this trench that had just been dug not long ago, under the fire of artillery from the sky, waiting for the swarm of enemies who were several times more numerous than them.
Knowing the hardships of the road ahead, no one took a step back.
Behind them, the comrades of the mixed artillery company, which carried mountain guns, homemade howitzers, mixed guns eliminated from the hands of various warlords, and the only two German-made small cannons, had all been killed in the process of bombarding the artillery positions of the Kou country.
It is not that the garrison of the Republic of China does not pay enough attention to artillery construction.
But in these pitiful years, among the nearly 2 million army units in the entire Republic of China, the total number of fully equipped artillery is only a pitiful 800 guns.
More than half of them are the miscellaneous self-produced cannons in the hands of the artillerymen stationed in Pingcheng today.
How do you let the artillery fire of the Pingcheng garrison compete with the Kou Guo Wing on the opposite side.
Therefore, the first to die, and the most dangerous type of troops, has become today's artillery.
The few remaining personnel who fired the cannon had been buried deep in the crater along with their weapons, completely wiped out and died.
And all that remains is the defense line forged by flesh and blood, the courage to protect the country, to protect the ancient Pingcheng of the country that has not fallen into the side for thousands of years.
Their lives were insignificant compared to the lives of millions of people standing behind the walls.
As a soldier, they are a little mixed up and loose in peacetime, but at this most critical juncture, they are willing to fulfill the duties that belong to soldiers.
Therefore, the order of the regiment commander was well carried out.
Those garrison soldiers who usually cry wolves and howl wolves, but are not very courageous, are just lying silently in the trench with their heads in their hands at this time.
Closer, closer.
The enemy's artillery fire gradually slowed down because of the approach of the two armies, except for the sporadic two shells that would fall in the rear of the garrison, and there were no traces of artillery fire in the first few hundred meters of the camp.
Because the enemy had already run over with his waist aim, behind the trees, rocks and other hidden objects, he could already see the opponent's earthy yellow summer military uniform, as well as the black steel helmet that was swaying.
"Come, listen to my instructions......"
"Eleven o'clock, fire attack!"
After the regimental commander's order, bursts of tongues of fire erupted from the trenches, which had been silent for a long time, and dense bullets rushed towards the charging team of the first phalanx, so that the soldiers who were just hiding behind the woods were unsuspected.
"Ahh
"Bastards! Lie down, flank, fire cover!"
"Bastard! Kill, heavy, heavy, suppress, suppress!"
The front-line personnel of the other side fell like cutting wheat, but the on-site commander in charge of the command adjusted in the shortest possible time and launched a counterattack without hesitation.
The heavy fire machine guns, which were far away, were scattered towards the front of the Ming garrison's position.
"Bang Bang Bang"
Some inexperienced recruits, in the course of this counterattack, clutched their chests and collapsed, and the sanitary soldiers with white cloth strips tied to their cuffs immediately carried these wounded down to the battlefield.
The battle situation is in this process of going back and forth, and the stalemate has come to a stalemate.
The invading army, which had not made decisive progress for a long time, launched a second-line attack.
The second attack route from Wanping County also officially exchanged fire, making the huge suburbs of Pingcheng a sea of artillery fire.
This time, the whole line was pressed, and all the garrison forces in the entire Pingcheng were all on the front line of the battlefield.
Gu Zheng, who was sitting next to the second brother and had already grown mold, finally had a place to use.
The original Gu Yong arranged a special arrangement for Gu Zheng.
He arranged his little brother in an area that was equivalent to an abandoned garrison on weekdays, wanting to give Gu Zheng a safer war environment.
But who would have thought that the weaker the defensive zone and the inconspicuous border defense area now, the more Kou Jun will take care of it.
In the direction of the main county town where Kou Jun entered the city, the large army was in a stalemate, but the small troops that were diverted out were testing one by one according to the scorching line.
When the enemy army advanced to Gu Zheng's place, it had already formed a group and entanglement trend, and there were actually three squadrons in number.
It is such a group of people who gathered in front of this somewhat desolate ruin, facing the ...... There were only about 100 people, and nearly half of them were garrisons of militias that had been improvised around them.
"It's a good entry point, and we open the gap from here and weave through the enemy's flank. ”
"Although it cannot achieve the purpose of interfering with the entire war situation, it is possible to temporarily withdraw part of the strength of the garrison army of the Republic of China on the two main fronts. ”
"At that time, the officers and men of the main firefighting units on the front line will thank us for our feat, and greatly weaken the momentum of the entanglement between the enemy and the enemy. ”
"Maybe it's going to be a game-changing raid. ”
"Therefore, all the soldiers obey the order! Give me a surprise attack with all my might, regardless of the consequences! Strive to tear out the weak point of this defense line!"
After saying this, as the squadron commander who temporarily accepted the order, the little dog Taiichi with the rank of lieutenant waved the command knife in his hand.
It's a pity that this weapon, which symbolizes the identity of an officer, became the target he erected the moment it was raised high.
Gu Zheng, who was squatting on the wall that was not too high, used the six-fold scope that his second brother took advantage of his power, as well as the extremely rare number of Type 98 Mauser guns in the team, and pulled the trigger when the distance between the enemy and us was seven or eight hundred meters...... A shot hit the lieutenant in the chest, who had just given the order to attack.
'Bang'
After the gunshot, the arrogant lieutenant of Kou Guo clutched his chest and collapsed, causing panic in the surrounding area.
"Well, the first one!"
Gu Zheng is very satisfied with this record.
It was his first shot on the battlefield, and the first shot was always to sacrifice the flag with the head of the Supreme Commander.
"Don't panic! There's a sharpshooter on the other side! Don't be afraid if you find a hiding spot!"
"He only has one gun! There are so many of us charging, he can't resist!"
It was the squadron leader of the second squadron who said this, and he quickly took over the baton from the little dog and stood in the position of commander.
It's just that Inoda is much smarter than the dog, and even if he commands the attack, he has been hiding behind a very strong cover.
"Oh no!
"Fire! Fire!"
Gu Zheng and several soldiers of the guard company got together, watching the company commander who received him on the side yelling nervously, and secretly sweating for this line of defense.
"Hit the bart!, hold me down, wait for the enemy to approach, and throw all the grenades in your hands. ”
"Kill one and count one!"
……
'Bang!'
……
Gu Zheng muttered as he fired a second shot in the direction of an officer with a bar on the banner.
The second lieutenant, who had just been promoted from brigadier non-commissioned officer, was like his commander, lying flat on the road ahead.
"The second one!"
It's a pity that the other party didn't want to die, so that the surrounding soldiers hesitated for a moment, and a non-commissioned officer came up again.
"Oh, come back? I want to see how many officials there are in your group?"
'Bang!'
'Bang!'
When Gu Zheng's next two gunshots followed, Rao is actions played a key role in how inconspicuous they were on the battlefield where the artillery roared.
Because in the charging ranks, there are no more people above the rank of non-commissioned officer.
Among the soldiers of the hundred and ten, the highest rank is only Cao Chang, that is, an officer at the level of squad leader.
The group of them could only run forward in a hurry, trying to wait for the order of this higher-level official, but there were many people around them, but they had no confidence in panic.
What's next?
We're about to rush to the wall, how are we going to fight?
Was there any artillery fire, and when were the grenades thrown?
Is this giving us free rein to play?
So I'm going to throw a grenade now, will this affect the charge, will it accidentally damage my own friendly team?
For all this, they are at a loss.
The men of this half squadron were in a mess, but among the remaining two and a half squadrons that were slowly advancing in the rear, there were no officials who dared to rush forward.
The sharpshooters of the opposing side are terrible.
He only goes against the officers!
If they obeyed the arrangement of the pig field and rushed up, wouldn't that be the same as sending them to death?
Why didn't Captain Inoda charge himself?
As the highest-ranking commander, shouldn't he lead by example?
The second lieutenant, who was ordered by Inoda to rush forward and take over the command of the squadron in front, just stubbornly looked at this officer who was not his direct superior, but he did not move half a minute under his feet, and he did not accept the command of the other party to death.
This made Inoda's heart surprisingly angry, but privately he was unwilling to send the squad leader of his squadron out.
If the battle had been won, and his officers had suffered too many casualties, he would have lost no benefit.
What's more, what if it is not captured?
Then these losses are all his fault.
At the moment when Inoda hesitated, the company commander stationed on the broken wall finally discovered Kou Jun's strange performance and made a very correct decision.
"Go, get the last remaining barrel of our company!"
"This group of miscellaneous troops gathered together by the reconnaissance detachment also dares to argue with my regular army!"
"If I don't give him some color, he won't know what his last name is, right?"
Hearing Gu Zheng's black line, people didn't drag a cannon barrel around because they were lightly loaded.
Do you think that with your two people-made artillery, even the bandits' hill can't be blasted open, where can they be compared to the cannons of the regular troops of the Kou country?
However, the company commander bullied the other party for not having artillery, and with two 'booms', he buried the 100th person who rushed over first under the city wall.
It was these two cannons that made Inoda make up his mind, intending to change a way of thinking and let people send a letter to the main army, and pass on the matter of a weak opening here to the other party's battlefield situation collectors.
"Go and go back quickly! We are here to make a feint to delay the enemy, and you can quickly send the materials to the nearest Eighth Division. ”
"Maybe this is the opportunity for us to break through, and when the 60,000 people who rushed to help in the follow-up have not arrived, we can take the garrison of Pingcheng in one fell swoop. ”
At that time, a look of fascination appeared on Inoda's face, and as the people he sent out left, it turned into a serious attitude again.
"So, now we're going to keep attacking!"
"This time, listen to my command! The third squad leader! Exchange the general uniform with the soldiers next to you, you give it to me!"
That's right, there's also this trick, isn't the other party just looking at the level of killing?
Let's steal the beams and change the pillars!
As soon as the eyes of the squad leader, who didn't want to charge, lit up, he forced a corporal soldier and changed his shirt with the other party.
"Charge!
The squad leader rushed forward with a roar, led a new force of 200 people, and successfully merged with the remnants of the army in front.
Who would have thought that he had just issued the first order in high spirits, and whoosh, a bullet actually hit his eyebrow with unmistakable accuracy, bursting out of the back of the head.
Why?
The team leader who fell on his back couldn't figure it out, only Gu Zheng, who was lying on the wall, twitched the corners of his mouth disdainfully.
"I thought I wouldn't know you after I changed my clothes?
As a well-informed man, Gu Zheng is still a little sensitive to the enemy's military equipment.
It's like the sword spike used by the lieutenant is brown on the outside and blue on the inside, it's just a glance, even if he has changed the most obvious military uniform, he is also a live target on the battlefield, right?
"Bastard! What the hell is wrong!"
When all the low-level officers of a squadron lay down, Inoda finally got out of anger.
He pointed to the first squad leader of his squadron and gave an unbelievable order: "You don't want sabers, weapons, or uniforms, rush up and command cleanly!"
He didn't believe it, so he could still die?
But the reality is so cruel, the consciously foolproof person he sent out, died like this.
This made Gu Zheng, who was lying on the wall, turn over proudly and change the sniper point to another position.
"The commander on the other side is not a big fool. ”
"Let a sleek officer come out and take command and think I don't recognize it?"
"Hahaha, it's really obvious that there are no officers on the battlefield without any markers, it's like a light bulb, you can see it at a glance!"
Gu Zheng's words were quite rough, but the people around him laughed happily.
These rough people like characters who are really not fake, they thought they were related households sent by Staff Officer Gu, who would have thought that they were still capable and bold real characters.
The company commander on the side is bubbling up to beauty, and the company that I thought was going to be wiped out by the whole army may now be the most lucrative team on this front.
"However, company commander, let's ask for support, I don't think Kou Jun will be stupid enough to give everyone away. ”
"Their reinforcements will definitely arrive later, so send someone to ask for help. ”
This place is not easy to keep, the location is not critical, for fear of affecting the big front.
If it weren't for the fact that there were two villages behind this stronghold, I am afraid that there would be no need for this part of the guards to exist.
Hearing Gu Zheng's suggestion, the company commander also nodded, his soldiers were already on their way to ask for help, and they didn't know when the reinforcements would come.
It's a pity that just when Gu Zheng was chatting with the company commander in the air, a whistling shell exploded in the open space behind them.
"Damn, the reinforcements from the opposite side came first. ”
When most of the junior officers of the three squadrons were dead and the ordinary soldiers suffered more than 100 casualties, the reinforcements of the Eighth Division, which they had in mind, followed.
"Where do you mean the best place to start?"
Nakasa, the leader of the team, turned his head and looked at the back of the low wall.
After seeing what the hell this place was, he turned his head and gave Inoda a big mouth.