The last day of Tianyuan in 1549 was also the traditional festival of the Han and Tang Empires, Chinese New Year's Eve.

The armies of the Golden Lion, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, Flying Leopard, and Manniu took advantage of this day to suddenly launch a full-line attack on the border guards of the Han and Tang Empires on the northern front.

The commander-in-chief of the armies of the five orc nations is Luo Fika, the Minister of War of the Golden Lion Empire.

According to Luo Fika's arrangement, the armies of the five beast nations participating in the attack chose dozens of points as breakthroughs on the thousands of kilometers of border defense lines in Tongzhou Town, Lianzhou Town, and Dazhou Town.

The position of the 17th Garrison Division of the Jingzhou Military Region is one of the breakthroughs chosen by the Black Bear Army.

The 17th Garrison Division of the Jingzhou Military Region was expanded from the former 17th Garrison Brigade of the Jingzhou Military Region, and its establishment, like the infantry division, has three infantry brigades, one baggage brigade, one heavy artillery brigade and one guard regiment, with a strength of about 40,000 troops.

However, the armament of the garrison division is slightly worse than that of the infantry division, such as the heavy artillery brigade of the infantry division, which is equipped with 60 155mm howitzers and 120 105mm howitzers.

The heavy artillery brigade of the 17th Garrison Division was armed with only 60 105-mm howitzers and 90 75-mm field guns.

In addition, the machine guns equipped by the 17th Garrison Division are mainly Czech ZB-26 light machine guns, and there are not many -34 general-purpose machine guns and -42 general-purpose machine guns.

When the battle progressed to the evening of January 1, 1550, the three garrison brigades of the 17th Garrison Division held the front-line position suffered very heavy losses.

At the division headquarters of the 17th Garrison Division, the division commander Cao Baozhong held the phone and shouted: "Lao Tzu, no matter how many tanks the Black Bear Army has, in a word, the people are in the position!" ”

The hoarse voice of Chen Li, the commander of the 171st Garrison Brigade, came from the phone, "Division commander, if the position is lost, I don't need you to say it, I, Chen Li, will have no face to live."

However, the losses of our brigade's anti-aircraft artillery were too great, and now we can only rely on anti-tank cluster grenades to resist the attack of the tank group of the Black Bear Army, and the casualties are very large.

I do not ask the division headquarters to send reinforcements to our brigade, I only hope that the division headquarters can support our brigade with a few battle defense guns and a batch of artillery shells. ”

"I asked the baggage brigade to send you 8 50-mm anti-aircraft guns and a batch of armor-piercing shells at once!

In addition, I will draw a battalion from the baggage brigade and go with the anti-aircraft artillery to serve as a reserve for your brigade! ”

"Thank you, Commander! As long as there is one person left alive in our 171 Garrison Brigade, the position cannot be lost! ”

Division Commander Cao Baozhong just put down the phone, and Deputy Division Commander Zhou Chong said excitedly: "Division Commander, the Military Region has just notified that the 20th Garrison Division of the Fengwu Military Region of the second line of defense is rushing over. ”

The border guards of the Han and Tang Empires laid out a total of three lines of defense on the northern front, and the position of the 17th Garrison Division of the Jingzhou Military Region belonged to the first line of defense.

The 20th Garrison Division of the Fengwu Military Region is one of the troops of the Fengwu Military Region to support the two military regions of the Western Continent.

Knowing that the position of the 17th Garrison Division of the Jingzhou Military Region had become the focus of the attack of the Black Bear Army, Li Dongbao, commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Military Region, transferred the 20th Garrison Division of the Fengwu Military Region from the second line of defense and supported the 17th Garrison Division of the Jingzhou Military Region.

Division Commander Cao Baozhong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, "The Black Bear Army attacked too hard, almost regardless of casualties, and in just 2 days, the 3 garrison brigades of our division suffered thousands of casualties."

If there are no reinforcements, I am afraid that our division may not be able to hold on for even a week. ”

Deputy Division Commander Zhou Chong said with a relaxed expression: "With such an offensive posture of the Black Bear Army, regardless of casualties, it may not take more than a week, and the Black Bear Army itself will not be able to withstand it." ”

Division Commander Cao Baozhong did not refute Zhou Chong, "It's best that the black bear army can't withstand it first."

By the way, two additional battalions were transferred from the baggage brigade and sent to the 172nd garrison brigade and the 173rd garrison brigade respectively, and then sent each of their two brigades over...... 6 50-mm anti-aircraft guns and a batch of armor-piercing shells. ”

"Division commander, should we react to the military region and apply for a batch of anti-aircraft guns and shells?

The baggage brigade has not much of anti-aircraft artillery and armor-piercing shells in reserve, and I don't know how long this defensive battle will have to last. ”

"I have already applied to the military district."

"Da Da Da-"

On the position of the 171st Garrison Brigade of the 171st Garrison Division of the Jingzhou Military Region, Pang Hui was controlling a -34 general-purpose machine gun to strafe the officers and soldiers of the bear clan who were charging in the distance.

At this time, a soldier beside Pang Hui suddenly shouted: "Battalion commander, there is a tank on the right again!" ”

Pang Hui is a battalion commander of the 171st Garrison Brigade, and yesterday, shortly after the Black Bear Army began to attack, Pang Hui led his guard platoon to the front line.

Pang Hui turned his head to look, and sure enough, he found that there were six or seven tanks of the Black Bear Army in the distance, attacking the position of the third company, and behind these tanks, there were also many infantry of the Black Bear Army.

Pang Hui then gave up the firing position of the -34 general-purpose machine gun, and the soldier next to him immediately took over from Pang Hui and continued to control the -34 general-purpose machine gun, shooting at the bears officers and soldiers in the distance.

Pang Hui shouted to Shi Sancai, the platoon commander of the guard platoon: "Sancai, you take the 2nd squad and the 3rd squad and continue to stay in the position of the second company, and I will take the 1st squad to the third company!" ”

After speaking, Pang Hui immediately shouted: "Guard Class 1, follow me to the position of the third company!" ”

According to the establishment of the border army, there are 13 people in each infantry squad, but now there are only 6 soldiers left who can follow Pang Hui.

What Pang Hui didn't expect was that when he took the remaining 6 soldiers of the 1st squad of the guard to the position of the third company along the trench, he found that the deputy regiment commander Shen Shengli had also entered the position of the third company with 2 50mm anti-aircraft guns.

"Deputy Shen, haven't all the anti-aircraft guns of our regiment been blown up? Pang Hui asked with some surprise.

"This is just sent by the brigade headquarters, and I will be personally responsible for the next two battle defense guns." Deputy head Shen Shengli said in a deep voice.

As soon as Shen Shengli's words fell, cheers suddenly came from the battlefield.

It turned out that a number of fighters of the Border Air Defense Force suddenly appeared in the sky and rushed towards the enemy tanks that appeared.

In total, 12 improved Camel fighters appeared in the sky, which could carry a 55-kilogram aerial bomb.

The 12 improved Camel fighters quickly dropped 12 55-kilogram aerial bombs on the heads of seven Black Bear Army tanks, eventually destroying not only three of them, but also at least 70 or 80 Black Bear Army infantrymen.

Just as the 12 improved camel fighters were about to continue to strafe the black bear army on the ground, more than two dozen fighters of the Black Bear Empire suddenly appeared in the sky in the distance, and a small air battle broke out.

At the same time as the small air battle broke out, the Black Bear Army on the ground did not stop attacking, but the remaining 4 Black Bear Army tanks did not succeed in breaking through the trenches of the border guards, and all 4 tanks were destroyed by 2 50mm anti-aircraft guns.

However, the infantry of the Black Bear Army did not stop charging because they lost the cover of the tanks, and in the end, some of the Bear Clan officers and soldiers even rushed into the trenches of the border guards and started a white-knuckle battle with the officers and soldiers of the border guards.

Thanks to the timely arrival of the guard company of the regimental headquarters, all the officers and soldiers of the bear clan who rushed to the position were killed, so that the position of the three companies under Pang Hui was not breached.

When the sky was completely dark, the black bear army's attack stopped today.

After Pang Hui asked people to hurry up and count the losses, his face couldn't help but show a gloomy color.

According to the establishment of the border army, a battalion has three infantry companies, one baggage company and one battalion headquarters, with a strength of about 800 troops, of which the battalion headquarters has one artillery platoon equipped with six 80-mm mortars, one guard platoon, one medical platoon, one cooking squad and one communications squad under its command.

Zhou Rui has never opened a mortar in the lottery system, but under Zhou Rui's guidance, several large arsenals of the Zhou family are now able to manufacture mortars.

As a result, mortars have become the main support firepower of the company-level and battalion-level units of the border army, and each infantry company of the border army now has an artillery squad equipped with two 60 mm mortars.

From yesterday's Chinese New Year's Eve, to today's dark, the 800 people under Pang Hui's hands are now less than 400 people who can continue to fight.

"Lao Pang, I discussed with the regiment commander, and the guard company of the regiment headquarters was directly left to your battalion, and another company was transferred to you from the baggage battalion in the regiment.

Do you see what else is needed? Deputy head Shen Shengli said.

In the sequence of the border army, the troops with the word "baggage" in front are basically equivalent to supplementary troops.

For example, Pang Hui's battalion, after the battle, Pang Hui split the baggage company and reinforced it to 3 infantry companies.

Pang Hui hesitated for a moment and said, "Deputy Shen, the guard company can stay, presumably the losses of the other two battalions of our regiment are not small." ”

"Lao Pang, you don't have to worry about the number of troops, the division headquarters and the brigade headquarters have sent reserves to our regiment.

In addition, the 20th Garrison Division of the Fengwu Military Region will soon come over to support our division.

Those bear cubs want to tear a gap from our division's position, it's a pipe dream! ”

After Deputy Shen left with two 50-mm anti-artillery guns, Pang Hui returned to the battalion headquarters located in the underground anti-artillery hole.

But when Pang Hui walked into the battalion headquarters, his face immediately became gloomy, and at this time there were five border guards who were tied up by flowers kneeling in the battalion headquarters.

Shi Sancai, the commander of the guard platoon in the battalion headquarters, immediately reported to Pang Hui: "Battalion commander, these five guys escaped from the battle, are they directly executing battlefield discipline as deserters?" ”

At this time, one of the five deserters cried bitterly and shouted: "Battalion commander, I was stupid at that time, I don't want to be a deserter!"

Battalion commander, please give me a chance, I am willing to die on the battlefield. ”

Then the other three deserters also begged Pang Hui for mercy, and only the youngest deserter knelt on the ground with a depressed expression and did not say a word.

Pang Hui snorted coldly and asked, "Little Northwest, don't you want to get the Battle Merit Medal?" How can you become a deserter as soon as you start a war? ”

Xiao Northwest is the nickname of the youngest deserter, who came from Kangyang Town, one of the six towns in the northwest of the Han and Tang Empires, so he got such a nickname.

The reason why Pang Hui knew Xiao Northwest was because Xiao Northwest was the youngest soldier in the battalion, and he was only 17 years old in 1550.

After Pang Hui found out that Xiao Northwest had falsely reported his age, he was originally going to return Xiao Northwest to the reserves, but under Xiao Northwest's repeated requests, Pang Hui finally agreed to keep Xiao Northwest.

At present, the military merit medals of the border guards of the Han and Tang Empires are still divided into four levels, the highest is the special military merit medal, and the lowest is the third-class combat merit medal, of which the special combat merit medal can basically only be obtained by the dead soldiers.

Xiao Xibei, who was kneeling on the ground, said in frustration: "Battalion commander, I have embarrassed you, I didn't know what was wrong at that time, so I ran away."

Battalion commander, shoot me! ”

Pang Hui pondered for a moment and said to the five deserters: "Originally, according to your behavior, you should have been shot directly.

But now I'm giving you a chance to join the death squads, and as for what the death squads do, you don't need me to explain it to you, do you? ”

Xiao Northwest was the first to say: "Battalion commander, I am willing to join the death squad, thank you battalion commander for giving me a chance to make meritorious atonements!" ”

The other four deserters hesitated slightly, and also expressed their willingness to join the death squad.

As for the death squad that Pang Hui said, it was formed to blow up tanks close to the position.

Today, before the deputy regiment commander Shen Shengli came over with two 50-millimeter battle defense guns, Pang Hui blew up six tanks of the Black Bear Army with the help of the death squad, and a total of 33 officers and soldiers died outside the trench for this reason.

After Xiao Northwest was untied, Pang Hui patted Xiao Northwest on the shoulder and said: "Xiao Northwest, although you are not yet old enough to join the army, since you have joined the border guards, then you are a soldier of the border guards, understand?" ”

Xiao Northwest nodded, "Battalion commander, I must make meritorious service and not embarrass the battalion commander."

But ......"

"But what?"

"Battalion commander, can you not tell my family about me as a deserter, it's too embarrassing."

"Okay, as long as you can blow up a tank tomorrow, the deserter thing will be written off!"

"Thank you, battalion commander, I will definitely be able to blow up a tank tomorrow!"

Early in the morning of January 2, a large number of Xiong Clan officers and soldiers, under the cover of aircraft and tanks, launched another fierce attack on the position of the 17th Garrison Division of the Jingzhou Military Region.

At noon, because the two 50-mm anti-aircraft guns commanded by Shen Shengli, the deputy commander of the regiment, were destroyed by artillery fire one after another, it was finally the turn of the death squad where Xiao Northwest was located.

At this time, yesterday's 5 deserters, including Xiao Northwest, only 3 people remained, and the other 2 had already died in the trenches.

"Group 1, on!"

The first group of 5 soldiers to which Little Northwest belonged, each carrying several anti-tank cluster grenades on their backs, rushed out of the trench and met the approaching 3 Black Bear Army tanks.

However, not only are the tanks equipped with machine guns, but the three tanks are followed by many infantry from the Black Bear Army.

Of the five soldiers in the first group, four were soon killed, leaving only one in the small northwest to hide in a crater.

"Group 2, on!"

Seeing this, the second group of 5 soldiers of the death squad jumped out of the trench again.