Chapter Twenty-Eight: Metamorphosis
Zheng Yi's entire body sank into the muddy mire more than half a meter deep, but his right hand holding the rifle was held high on the water, and the half-puddle of muddy water splashing in all directions emitted a fishy smell under the heat wave. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zheng Yi, whose eyes were closed and his face was covered with mud, seemed to have lost his sense of smell, he quickly stabilized his posture, bent forward, accurately attached to the irregular stone, slowly put the gun in the middle of the stone groove, and took out a wet handkerchief with his free hand to wipe the muddy water from his eyelids and eyebrows.
The artillery bombardment of the Whampoa Army was still unfolding, and the southeast city wall cracked open in the continuous explosions, crumbling, and the positions of the three battalions were tense, and all eyes were focused on the lone stone more than 100 meters in front of the position.
Zheng Yi wiped away the muddy water that affected his eyesight, did not rush to shoot with a gun, just glanced at the city shrouded in gunsmoke, turned his body, wrung out his handkerchief while lying in the mud, took out the rows of bullets in his pocket, and carefully wiped them.
Lou Jingyue, who was on the position of the third battalion, saw Zheng Yi's actions and was so anxious: "What's the matter with Instructor Zheng?" Is he going to sleep there? ”
Jin Fozhuang scolded in a deep voice: "Shut up! Didn't you see that the shelling was still going on? At this time, how dare the enemies in the city come out and send them to their deaths? ”
"That's the truth, as long as the shelling doesn't stop, the enemy won't come out, there must be anti-artillery bunkers at the head of the city or where we can't see, it's useless to be anxious, I underestimated Instructor Zheng, I thought he was a theoretical high, more knowledgeable, but I didn't expect his tactical level to be equally good, just the speed of the sprint just now and this calmness, it is worth admiring, it's a pity for such a person to be a quartermaster."
On the other side, Guo Darong, the regiment's chief of staff, was not only experienced, but also very meticulous in his observations.
The shelling that lasted for ten minutes suddenly stopped, the rumbling explosion was still echoing, and the golden Buddha Zhuang shouted machine gun preparations, and didn't care to watch Zheng Yi's movements anymore, and ran along the diagonal trench to the brave team that was ready to charge to death.
The defenders in the city were driven by the fierce voices of the leaders at all levels, and they rushed out of the bunkers, ran up to the city and lay on the battlements to "crackle" and shoot, and at this time the cracks on the city wall in the southeast corner were getting bigger and bigger, and the walls on both sides of the cracks were crumbling, and no one dared to stay on them.
As a result, the enemy defending the position of the third battalion increased the density of firepower, and the flying bullets continued to hit various areas in front and behind the position of the third battalion, pressing the brothers of the third battalion to shrink into the bunker and not dare to raise their heads.
To Guo Darong and Lou Jingyue's slight reassurance, not a single bullet hit the waterhole where Zheng Yi was hiding, which meant that the enemy at the head of the city did not find Zheng Yi.
But at this moment, the trumpet of the charge suddenly sounded, all the light and heavy machine guns on the position of the whole army roared one after another, and more than 100 reorganized brave warriors carried a long ladder, held high the battle flag, and began another decisive charge.
The dense rain of bullets flew all over the sky amid the shouts of "Long live the revolution", and Zheng Yi, who was crawling in the waterhole, fired two bullets that missed the target, he quickly adjusted the ruler, put the gun firmly on the stone, and once again aimed at the short tongue of fire that was constantly spewing out from the city.
With a crisp sound of "pop", the unique recoil of the Mosin Nagant rifle shook Zheng Yi's shoulder, and the bullet accurately hit the target in the city, and the "click" sound of the heavy machine gun's continuous fire came to an abrupt end, Zheng Yi skillfully pulled the bolt to aim again, and steadily pulled the trigger, blasting the enemy's head that reappeared behind the heavy machine gun.
The mute fire of the enemy's heavy machine guns greatly boosted the morale of the two groups of brave men who braved the charge to the death, and the speed of the charge was greatly accelerated, and the officers and men of the three battalions on the position shouted in unison in surprise.
On the high ground behind the position, more than a dozen generals and Russian advisers were attracted by the cheers, and their binoculars were aimed at the battle flag that reached the enemy city first.
The defenders of the city were in a mess, and the two heavy machine gunners who fell in a row died miserably, one was lifted off the heavenly spirit cover, and his brain and blood were splashed all over the ground, and the other was torn off half of his face by bullets, facing the sky, lying on the ground and not dying, the blood mixed with bubbles continued to gush out of the mouth of half of the flesh and bones, and the spasmodic hands raised to his chest kept shaking with the convulsions before death.
"Lose that mother! If I don't die after the fight, I will definitely skin you! ”
The short and sturdy enemy company commander kicked his frightened subordinates away, sat on his convulsive body with a butt, gritted his teeth and grabbed the grip at the rear end of the heavy machine gun, and pulled the bolt, but as soon as he put his head close to the erected machine gun ruler, he didn't have time to shoot a bullet, and a blood mist rose up on his strong neck, and his heavy body jerked back in the blood light, and his hands subconsciously covered his neck without half of his flesh and skin, and his twisted mouth also made a strange "gurgling" sound, which frightened the surrounding enemy troops with fear, and immediately threw down their weapons and fled in all directions.
The loud trumpet of the charge echoed for a long time, and the 3,000 Huangpu officers and soldiers let out an earth-shattering roar and charged hard, and the red battle flag was planted on the head of the city in the blue sky and white sun, rolling with the wind, and countless young figures poured into the gap of the collapsed city wall like a tide, and launched a pursuit of the enemy in the city who fled in a hurry.
Guo Darong left the charging team, came to the side of the stone by the waterhole and squatted down, opposite Zheng Yi, who was constantly gasping for breath towards the blue sky, laughed: "It is estimated that the brothers rushed to the city without you panting, haha!" ”
Zheng Yi let out a sigh, and his dirty face couldn't see the expression at this time: "I guess I'm tired...... What about Old Kim? ”
Guo Darong grabbed Zheng Yi's hand and pulled him out of the pool: "Go up, it is estimated that we have rushed into the arsenal in the east of the city at this time, and we have been eyeing that arsenal three days ago." ”
"There is no good class, but I like it, it is a grandson who is cheap and does not make money." Zheng Yi wiped his face with his hands as he spoke, and finished picking up the rifle on the stone.
Guo Darong grinned: "I've been watching you shoot, hitting at least eight targets." ”
Zheng Yi was also very happy: "I'm afraid it's not enough, a total of fifteen bullets were fired, and the three targets at the heavy machine gun position can be determined, but then the enemy at the head of the city was chaotic and ran fast, so I can't be sure how many targets I hit." ”
Guo Darong punched him: "Modesty what? This marksmanship is powerful enough, the shooting distance has exceeded 300 meters, and the accuracy is incomparable! At least I haven't seen anyone better than you, haha, let's go, let's go into the city and see how the harvest goes. ”
Zheng Yi politely refused, carrying a rifle back to the rear of the position, he was dirty like a clay man at this time, and there was a foul smell, he needed to rush back to the small courtyard where the military supplies were temporarily stored to take a good shower, change into clean clothes, as for the capture of the victory pursuit, he did not care, because most of the capture had to be under the jurisdiction of the Quartermaster Department in the end.
Behind the position, there was laughter and laughter everywhere.
The third batch of trainees who failed to participate in the war excitedly talked about the fierce battle, and the generals of the command headquarters stepped on their horses, surrounded by hundreds of guards and a large number of officials, and rushed to the city in high spirits, talking and laughing as they walked, discussing whether to hold a ceremony to enter the city, no one noticed the dirty Zheng Yi walked around from a distance, silently avoiding the happy crowd, and walked alone towards the small courtyard behind the side of the headquarters.
At noon, Zheng Yi, who was tired and hungry, washed two sets of clothes and cloth shoes inside and out, dried them together with two legging straps, drank a cup of boiled water from the guards, and began to wipe his belt, gun holsters, guns and binoculars.
Before Zheng Yi finished his work, he vaguely heard bursts of gunfire from the northeast, followed by a rapid sound of horses' hooves from far and near, and Lieutenant Colonel Liang Duanyin, deputy of the third student corps, quickly rushed into the courtyard and announced loudly:
"More than 20,000 people of the enemy Hong Zhaolin suddenly rushed from Huizhou, a brigade of the Cantonese army guarding the highlands east of the city has been defeated, and the rest of the troops retreated one after another, and our army has not cleared the remnants of the enemy after entering the city and hastened to respond to the battle, the situation is very urgent, the command ordered me to bring the third phase of the corps to reinforcements, and only one company can be left for you here."
Zheng Yi was shocked: "What about the Yue Army? A division and a brigade with tens of thousands of elites, and their weapons and equipment are more than ten times better than ours, so why should they retreat at the touch of a button? What do you want to do? ”
Liang Duanyin hurriedly drank Zheng Yi: "Instructor Zheng, be cautious, be cautious!" Now is not the time to hold accountable, well, the order has been delivered, you take care. ”
Liang Duanyin, who was in an anxious mood, turned around and left, shouted out of the courtyard, and quickly took away more than 500 third-term students, leaving Zheng Yi with more than 100 students and a platoon of guards, taking on the heavy responsibility of guarding military supplies.
Looking at the more than 100 brothers with panicked faces and bewildered faces, Zheng Yi bit his cheeks and shouted, "Listen to it!" The commander of the guard platoon is responsible for guarding the perimeter, and no matter what method is used, two blocking positions must be set up on the east and north sides of the courtyard within half an hour, and the observation posts must be placed far away. ”
Zheng Yi glanced at Tamsui City, where the guns were roaring and filled with gunsmoke for five miles to the east, shook his head and returned to the courtyard, took out all the remaining ten boxes of British Mark grenades, and ordered the five students to carry them under the east courtyard wall.
Two hours later, the sound of gunfire in the direction of Tamsui City gradually weakened, and Adjutant Xu, sent by Yu Feipeng, came quickly.
Zheng Yi received the report and hurried out: "How is the situation?" ”
"After more than 800 casualties, we can hold on, and it is dangerous! Even Lao Tzu was forced to rush to the front line, and three of the brothers he brought with him died, Niang Xipi! Give me a bowl of water, I'm dying of thirst. Adjutant Xu's face was full of gunsmoke and resentment.
After entering the hall and drinking a bowl of water, Adjutant Xu gasped: "Fortunately, you don't have anything to lose here, otherwise Chief Yu will definitely die of distress." ”
Zheng Yi asked, "The enemy has withdrawn?" ”
Adjutant Xu replied while wiping his face: "Withdraw, the Yue army has also returned, before I came, the principal shot his cousin Sun Liang, this guy took a company to serve as a perimeter guard in the northeast direction, and when he saw the enemy's black pressure surging, he turned around and fled, becoming the first ghost after the implementation of the "Lian Sit Law". ”
"At that time, the city was in chaos, no one knew how more than 20,000 enemies arrived, all armies and departments were competing for spoils, the second regiment Jin battalion commander took the lead in occupying the munitions warehouse in the east gate, and a regiment of the Guangdong army suddenly rushed in to grab something, so angry that the Jin battalion commander almost fought with the brigade commander of the Cantonese army who led the team."
"Chief of Staff Wang, who received the urgent report, arrived with several quick horses to stop it, and as a result, he handed over the weapons, ammunition and food full of five warehouses to the Guangdong army, and at this time the enemy poured into the city, and the unprepared armies and units rushed to the battle, and the casualties were extremely heavy, what a fucking bag!"
Zheng Yi was silent, slowly sat down on the small bamboo bench, and silently wiped his binoculars, until Adjutant Xu, who went out to pee and patrolled around the yard, came back to call him, he stood up and packed up his belongings, followed Adjutant Xu to ride into the city, and accepted the dispatch.
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