Chapter 19: Running a battalion

"you, you kid take care of yourself, don't babble, be careful to put your little life into it." Lao Wang said impatiently.

Lao Wang silently lit another cigarette, and his heart was a little itchy, "Don't let Lao Tzu's heavy machine gun fire, keep letting Lao Tzu's heavy machine gun nest in the trenches, and people also nest in the trenches, and when the next battle is over, Lao Tzu hasn't fired a shot, and that little Gazi has to laugh at Lao Tzu again, it's really aggrieved."

At this moment, a herald ran over, "Pass the battalion commander's order, and the next wave of the enemy's attacking machine gun platoon will all open fire." ”

Lao Wang sat up suddenly, quickly threw away the cigarette that was still half unfinished in his hand, turned around and said sternly: "Lao Li, put a belt of bullets in first, Xiao Lai, you are responsible for sorting out the bullets, Xiao Hu, you are responsible for watering the machine gun, after the battle starts, come over and put the machine gun on first." And Xiaohu, you remember, when I ask you to water, you will immediately bring the water up, if you blow up, Lao Tzu will pluck your skin. ”

"Yes," the other three quickly replied.

Lao Wang was still a little uneasy and said: "Don't blame me for not reminding me, the four of us are a machine gun team, if anyone drops the chain for me, don't blame me for cleaning him up after I go back." ”

Nanxi Town, on the roof.

Yang Zhenhong, the commander of the Qing army, was sweating profusely from the sun, and he had a headache and looked at the sun that was already hanging directly above his head and shouted: "What about the cannon, what about Lao Tzu's cannon, why hasn't it been transported yet." ”

Someone immediately responded: "General, when the Artillery Association crossed a wooden bridge five miles away, a cannon collapsed the wooden bridge and fell into the river, and now the Artillery Association is rushing to repair the wooden bridge, and it is expected to arrive in the evening." ”

Yang Zhenhong roared extremely angrily: "Damn, drop the chain for Lao Tzu at the critical moment, don't wait, send the order to the fifty-sixth standard, and immediately launch an attack." ”

Yang Zhenhong muttered angrily in his heart: "If there is no artillery, there will be more deaths, and it is estimated that the battle will be solved later." ”

It's a pity that the gap between ideals and reality is so big.

When the Qing army quickly rushed to the front of the position on the side of the first battalion, two heavy machine guns and two light machine guns from the machine gun platoon opened fire at the same time, plus three light machine guns attached to the three companies of the first battalion, a total of seven machine guns opened fire.

The scene of wheat harvesting appeared again, because this time it was the 56th standard of the Qing army that participated in the attack, and a full 1,000 people were placed in this narrow valley, which seemed more dense. As a result, the Qing army was unilaterally slaughtered.

The four light machine guns that the Qing army had just equipped had no chance to fire, there was no cover, and there were many people on their side, so the machine guns broke up as soon as they strafed.

The second wave of the Qing army's attack was defeated without any suspense, and there were hundreds more corpses on the field, and even the four light machine guns were left behind.

The second wave of the Qing army's offensive was a complete failure. So far, the Qing army has lost nearly 1,000 people in two attacks, but the main force is still there.

At this moment, Yang Zhenhong presented this scene in his eyes through the monoclot in his hand, and the scene he expected in his heart did not appear.

"Why? Why are there a few more machine guns on the other side, and there are fucking heavy machine guns, when did the rebels become so rich? "Some crazy Yang Zhenhong has a lot of question marks, he wants to run to the other side to see, to ask, do you still have heavy weapons, where did you get these heavy weapons?

Thinking of this, Yang Zhenhong felt that he was so pitiful, the machine gun in his entire Kunming New Army added up to less than 10, and there was no 1 heavy machine gun, this time he brought 5, and now there is only 1 left, and you have 7 in a fucking small Hekou County, I feel that you are the Chaoti

g's adopted son.

At present, Huang Zhongting's side only exposed the weapons and equipment of the first battalion, the second and third battalions have not yet participated in the war, Huang Zhongting's revolutionary rebel army has a total of 26 machine guns, of which 1 Makqin heavy machine gun is the original leftover, and later Huang Zhongting used up all the bullets when he returned to the estuary, and now the matching bullets are more sufficient, this 1 heavy machine gun can also be used, if Yang Zhenhong knows this, it is estimated that there is a possibility of suicide at this moment.

Yang Zhenhong said weakly to a group of subordinates: "Wait for the artillery association, after the 10 cannons are transported, they will attack again with all their strength, and if they can't be attacked, they can only retreat." "I was hit, I felt very aggrieved, and no one could tell me, so I could only hold it in my heart.

After a moment, Yang Zhenhong, who had eased down a little, continued: "Let the seventy-first standard send a battalion to defend the south intersection of the town, and not take the initiative to attack, so as to prevent the rebels from taking the initiative to attack." ”

Then he went down to the roof to rest, and he had to rest, or he would die.

In a private house in the 71st standard station of the Qing army in Nanxi Town.

The seventy-first standard standard was looking at the pipe bands of the two battalions under him, one was a close confidant who had followed him for many years, and the other was Cai Yi, who had just been promoted.

General Yang Zhenhong asked him to send a battalion to garrison the intersection of Zhennan Road, and he still has to carry it out, but who to send? After thinking about it, it is better to keep your cronies around.

Then he said in a deep voice: "Cai Guandai, take your second battalion and garrison the south intersection of the town, and don't take the initiative to attack to prevent the rebels from taking the initiative to attack." ”

What he didn't know was how much he regretted it later.

At this moment, Cai Ye was a little stunned, he was just thinking about how to run to the side of the revolutionary army, and now give him a chance to lead the troops out independently.

He had already negotiated with his subordinate Tang Jiyao centurion, and immediately revolted when he saw the right time, and threw himself to the estuary, and he united with Tang Jiyao to secretly kill the three centurions who were disobedient, and he was always worried that he didn't know when the matter would be revealed, in that case, the result waiting for him would be death.

At this time, it was just an opportunity, stationed at the intersection of Zhennan Road, only three kilometers away from the position of the revolutionary rebel army, and he could run over it in one breath, but he was thinking in his heart how not to be misunderstood by the other side, and not to think of him as an attacking Qing army, it would be a big joke.

At this time, seeing Cai Ye in a daze, Biao Tong shouted: "Cai Guandao, do you think something is wrong?" ”

Cai Ye came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, I will be ordered by my humble position." And he ran out as fast as he could.

The standard shook his head, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything.

Cai Ye, who ran out, immediately ran to his camp and shouted: "Order, the second battalion will assemble, target the south intersection of the town, and run forward." ”

When he saw Tang Jiyao, he gave him a look, Tang Jiyao understood in seconds, so he hurriedly summoned his subordinates.

Twenty minutes later, at the intersection of Zhennan Road, Cai Ye was discussing something with Tang Jiyao in a low voice.

"Is there a white cloth? Find a bamboo pole to hang up, and then we'll run straight over, remembering to shout that we're in revolt as we run. Cai Ye explained in a low voice.

"Yes, but these soldiers don't know if we're going to revolt, if something will go wrong." Tang Jiyao said with some concern.

Cai Yi shook his head and said: "Don't worry, they are just ordinary soldiers, after our officers give orders, they will definitely listen to the order, and when we run away and say that they are uprisings, even if they retreat, they will not have good fruit to eat, they are all understanding people, and they will naturally join us." ”

After all, I have been an instructor for so many years, and I deal with soldiers every day, so I naturally know soldiers better.

Tang Jiyao nodded, "Okay, I'll go and prepare." ”

An hour later, with Cai's order, the 500 men of this battalion ran to the south without looking back, and when they were halfway there, they began to raise white flags and shout: "We have revolted." ”

The sound resounded through the valley.

This scene stunned Huang Zhongyuan, who was in the command post of the first battalion, and also made Huang Zhongting, who heard the movement at the artillery position on the top of the mountain, stunned from the binoculars.