Chapter 18: The First Battle

The gunshots rang out, and although there was no coherence, it still sounded crisp.

A platoon of twenty or thirty people in the vanguard of the Qing army was basically knocked down instantly.

Because the revolutionary army rebels conveyed the order not to fire heavy weapons in advance, at this time, in the trench in the front row of the first battalion, the machine gunner Lao Wang was still squatting in the trench and wiping his favorite gun.

However, there were four or five more buckets filled with water next to him, and the machine gun in Lao Wang's hand was the Makqin heavy machine gun, and a few buckets of water were used to cool the barrel to prevent exploding.

And Xiao Gazi, who fired two shots, looked very excited at this time, "Brother Wang, Brother Wang, have you seen it, I just killed one with one shot, and it was right in the forehead, hehe, cool." ”

Lao Wang ignored him, but was a little surprised in his heart, "This little Gazi, his mentality is really good, the first time he went to the battlefield, the first time he saw red, he was not scared to pee, but he was still very excited, admire." ”

"But I only killed one, and as soon as Lao Tzu's heavy machine gun appears, you kid won't be able to hit one, by the way, let you see what a battlefield harvester is." After being surprised, Lao Wang said impatiently.

At this time, most of the Qing army had been stationed in the empty Nanxi Town, in a slightly larger house, the commander of the Qing army, Yang Zhenhong, was a little annoyed at the moment, he was starry and night, and he didn't rest for a moment, this group of rebels dared to stand in the way, dared to resist, and dared to take the initiative to shoot... Grandma's, the more I think about it, the more angry I become.

"The order, the Guiyang New Army sent a battalion of troops to attack." Yang Zhenhong roared and gave orders.

The new army of the Qing army has nearly 500 people in one battalion, one standard has 1,000 people in two battalions, and one has 2,000 people in charge of two standards.

The deputy general of the Guiyang New Army on the side was a little anxious, "General, we rushed overnight, the army was sleepy and tired, and there was no rest for a moment, plus the heavy artillery was still behind and not transported, so it was not good for me to attack at this time, please think twice." ”

Yang Zhenhong immediately stared at the deputy general, and said gloomily: "Why, you dare to disobey the military order?" ”

Those who are familiar with Yang Zhenhong know that at this moment, this general is very angry, and he is angry, no one dares to say anything, and if he talks too much, he will die.

Seeing this, the deputy general of the Guiyang New Army immediately understood that he could no longer disobey the will of the chief general, and hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed his head, "The last general doesn't dare, the last general will go and order troops." With that, he hurriedly withdrew.

Everyone could see that Yang Zhenhong planned to consume the strength of the Guiyang New Army first, and when he was about the same as the rebels, he would pick up a bargain on his side.

None of the generals of the Kunming New Army present helped to speak, although they were all controlled by a governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, but after all, the other party was the Guiyang New Army, and his own side was the Kunming New Army.

Half an hour later, the sun was already high, the fog in the valley gradually dissipated, and the vision gradually became clearer, and the strength of a battalion of about 500 people of the Guiyang New Army slowly moved to the front of the position garrisoned by the first battalion in the Huangzhong Plains.

"Fuck, turtle? It's so slow, it's a good house! Yang Zhenhong was standing above the roof at the moment, holding his monoculars and scolding.

"The first battalion, be ready for battle, each company can use light machine guns if necessary, and the machine gun platoon continues to hide fire." Huang Zhongyuan also saw that the Qing army dispatched nearly 500 troops to start the first wave of the attack.

After the redress, each company on the side of the revolutionary rebel army was equipped with a light machine gun.

After a while, the Qing army reached the firing distance, and the two sides began to shoot at each other, both bolt-action rifles, and the suppressive force was not so sufficient.

Although more than a dozen people fell in the front row of the Qing army in one photo, they could not bear the large number of people, and after dozens of corpses fell, they gradually pressed to a distance of nearly 50 meters from the main position in front of the first battalion.

At this time, seeing that the Qing army was gradually pressing, He Ruichang, the commander of a battalion and a company placed in front of the position, yelled: "Damn, bring Lao Tzu's machine gun up and kill these turtle grandsons." ”

At present, the three company commanders of the first battalion of the revolutionary insurrectionary army were all personally promoted by Huang Zhongyuan after Huang Zhongting expanded several times.

The appointment of company commanders in the second and third battalions is the same, and the battalion commanders are responsible for the promotion, and Huang Zhongting is not very familiar with them.

As a company of Madsen light machine guns fired, a series of light machine gun clatters rang out on the positions of the second and third companies behind.

Suddenly, the Qing army, which was close to the main position of the first battalion, was swept several layers by three light machine guns because of the narrow but flat terrain and the large number of people, and forty or fifty people fell in an instant, and the bullets passed through the flesh and brought out bursts of blood mist and blood lines, and the screams of the wounded Qing troops resounded through the valley.

Huang Zhongting, who was standing on the artillery position on the top of the mountain, clearly saw this scene through the binoculars, and the dense Qing army was like wheat that was cut in just a few minutes.

At this moment, Huang Zhongting's face was expressionless, although they are all people of the same nation, but now that he has become an enemy, he will not be merciful, otherwise his end will be even worse than this, the war is so cruel.

And Li Desheng behind Huang Zhongting was still trembling, witnessing the tragic situation of the Qing army, shocked, excited, sympathetic, and trembling in his body that he couldn't control. Li Desheng was very puzzled, Lao Tzu had never seen any battles, why couldn't he control his little mood now!

On the battlefield, both recruits and veterans were shocked, and they forgot to shoot at the moment with their rifles, silently watching the three lines of fire take away the lives of one Qing soldier after another.

At this moment, the Qing army hurriedly retreated after leaving dozens of corpses behind.

A battalion of the Qing army in Guiyang, which participated in the attack, suffered nearly 200 casualties in just half an hour, and was already half-disabled.

After seeing the failure of the attack, Yang Zhenhong became even more angry, "Come on, bring me the pipe of this battalion to me and kill me, damn, when attacking, it is slower than a turtle to crawl, but it is faster than a rabbit to escape." ”

Then he shouted: "Order, urge the artillery association, quickly transport the cannon, put it directly in front for me, prepare me for the attack with the fifty-sixth standard, and equip the fifty-sixth standard with four machine guns." ”

Yang Zhenhong felt that when the Guiyang New Army attacked just now, he had played all the firepower cards on the opposite side, although there were so many dead and wounded, but it was not his own lineage, even if he died so many of his own lineage troops, as long as he could annihilate this group of rebels, he felt that it was worth it.

As for sympathy, sorry, no.

He thought that there was only one battalion on the opposite side at best, relying on those three light machine guns, so this time he planned to directly let a target of 1,000 people participate in the attack, equipped with four machine guns and 10 cannons, which could completely suppress the fire on the opposite side, so as to defeat the frontal enemy in one fell swoop.

On the position of the first battalion, Xiao Ga was even more excited, and said excitedly: "Brother Wang, Brother Wang, I just killed two more, tsk, I'm really amazing." ”

The machine gunner Lao Wang lay silently in the trench smoking a cigarette, ignoring him.

Xiao Ga didn't care, and said with envy: "But that machine gun is really powerful, and it will take down a lot of it at once, Brother Wang, is your machine gun okay?" I haven't seen it yet, don't compare your heavy machine gun to the light machine gun just now, hehe! ”