"Regiment commander, the enemy army is obviously heavily armed, we rushed over like this, even if we can reach the river, we can't cross the river." Even a battalion commander beside Zhou Yun could see it.

"I don't know? But the division commander ordered us to destroy the enemy's artillery position, and we must go. Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Although it is more difficult, we can't retreat." ”

"Tell the order. The company commanders of each company, extending to the two flanks, lengthened the battle line. Advance towards the enemy's artillery positions. Remember, the battle line must be lengthened, so that the opponent's artillery will not be able to use it. ”

"Yes."

The three battalion commanders around Zhou Yun all responded in unison.

......

Braving enemy fire, they quickly approached the river ahead.

As Zhou Yun expected.

On the other side of the river there was an enemy ambush.

Already ready for battle.

In fact...

After fighting with Huaxia for more than a year, the generals of the Western Shang Empire were generally familiar with the tactics of Huaxia. In the face of new weapons, the only key to their victory is to destroy the opponent's cannon. This will reduce casualties on frontal battlefields.

This method of combat has been used on the battlefield many times.

And every time he won all.

The generals of the Western Shang Empire were not fools.

They had been guarding against this hand for a long time.

This time, Zhou Yun's troops were blocked, and two infantry regiments were dispatched to form along the river.

The defense was very tight.

Bang bang bang...

As soon as he rushed to the side of the river, a burst of bullets came at him.

Zhou Yun hurriedly lay on the ground and shouted, "Don't act rashly..." ”

The enemy's artillery fire and attacks were too intense.

His troops simply did not work.

Lying in place for a long time.

Suddenly, a soldier came to report: "Regiment commander, there are enemy troops approaching here." ”

"Where?"

"South side."

Zhou Yun hurriedly took out the binoculars and looked south.

I saw a regiment of enemy troops, approaching here.

Their purpose was obvious, that is, to annihilate Zhou Yun's troops.

Zhou Yun didn't want to die here.

He immediately made a decision and shouted, "Brothers, retreat with me!" ”

With his troops, he moved closer in the direction of the valley.

.......

Because Zhou Yun discovered the enemy army early and retreated in time. His troops were not attacked. narrowly escaped the encirclement.

However, he did not complete the task assigned by Wu Liang, but he violated military law.

Wu Liang did not punish him for the sake of the overall situation.

In the command post.

Zhou Yun said: "General, the enemy has been prepared for a long time and has set up an artillery position on the west side of the river. We can't get over it. No matter how many troops are sent, the enemy only needs to transfer a few regiments to copy our rear route. ”

"Alas!"

Wu Liang smashed his fist on the ridge and sighed: "It seems that I underestimated the enemy." They have become familiar with the tactics of our army and are engaged in targeted defense. ”

"This battle... It's not easy to fight. ”

There was silence for a while.

Wu Liang said: "You lead the headquarters to the mountain pass, if the enemy breaks through the stone forest, you must do whatever it takes to hold the mountain pass." You must know that the mountain pass is our barrier, and once it is breached, it will be difficult for us to hold it again. ”

"Yes."

Zhou Yun left.

There were also several brigade commanders standing next to Wu Liang.

One of the brigade commanders said: "Commander Zhou is wise and good at leading troops, and the general should be reused." ”

"Hmm."

Wu Liang nodded, but said, "It's just... Sometimes he doesn't listen to orders, but it's troublesome. ”

"Just talk about him..." The generals thought to themselves, if you give the right order, how will they not obey it? But they didn't dare to say it openly.

.......

The battle in the stone forest has never stopped.

After more than a dozen rounds of bombardment, the troops stationed inside suffered heavy casualties.

Before receiving Wu Liang's order, he urgently withdrew to the mountain pass.

From beginning to end, the enemy did not send a single soldier to the stone forest, and only used artillery fire to break the stone forest.

The enemy army is attacking in a big way.

Soon through the stone forest, we arrived at the mountain pass.

Wu Liang was also a little panicked.

The mountain pass is the best line of defense.

This line of defense must not be breached.

He immediately transferred his troops and went to the reserves. As long as the casualties of the soldiers in the front are too large, the soldiers in the back will immediately make up for it.

Bang bang bang...

The two sides officially exchanged fire.

Because of Wu Liang's artillery, it was located in the back.

The range can cover kilometers.

The enemy did not dare to get too close, let alone use artillery. Because their artillery is placed on the other side of the river on the west side. If you are transferred, you may be raided.

Without artillery support, the enemy's combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

In the command post.

Wu Liang also saw through this.

He was a little relieved, sent someone to call Zhou Yun, and said, "Commander Zhou, you said before that the enemy army is on the other side of the river and it is difficult to attack. Now they may well cross the river under the cover of the infantry and support the mountain pass. I order you, with your headquarters, to try to go around the side of the mountain, and destroy the enemy army as soon as it is found that he is crossing the river. ”

"The last will obey."

Zhou Yun didn't have any opinions this time.

There was no hesitation.

Because that's what he thinks, too.

In order to hold the pass, the enemy's artillery must not be allowed to cross the river.

..........

Zhou Yun led his troops and went around the mountain path to the flank.

Set up an ambush in the enemy's path.

He climbed a tree and looked west with his binoculars.

I thought that the enemy army would cross the river and join the battle.

But...

He watched for a long time, but did not see any movement of the enemy troops.

Zhou Yun waited there.

I waited for more than two hours.

It was not until the battle at the mountain pass reached a fever pitch that the enemy's artillery received an order to cross the river under the escort of two infantry regiments and a guard regiment.

Zhou Yun was excited.

He hurriedly gave the order: "All battalions are not allowed to make any noise, and when I give the order, we will act according to the order." If anyone acted on their own, disturbed the enemy troops, so that their artillery withdrew. General Ben will not be spared. ”

"No."

The three battalion commanders behind him all whispered.

It didn't take long...

The advance battalion of the enemy arrived.

The number of people is about 300.

The so-called advance battalion is here to explore the way.

Make sure there are no enemy troops in front of you, and then let the large army pass.

The advance battalion was not fast, and it did not go a long way before it opened fire on the jungle on both sides and carried out fire reconnaissance.

Seeing that the enemy was approaching.

Zhou Yun was very uneasy, and said in a low voice again: "You all listen, even if you are hit by a bullet, you can't say anything." If anyone is exposed and leads to our defeat, I will definitely show your majesty and punish him severely! ”

"Yes..."

The soldiers were all clinging to the ground, ready to be shot.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

The advance battalion of the enemy came to the front.

They didn't notice Zhou Yun's troops and walked forward.

Burst!

Suddenly, a row of bullets flew over, and one of them hit a battalion commander next to Zhou Yun. Bullets shot into his arm, blood spurting out like a column.

He gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.

This is thanks to Zhou Yuan, who told him in advance and made him mentally prepared.

Otherwise, if you are caught off guard, you will definitely scream loudly.

If the enemy discovers it like that, all the troops hiding here will die.

The advance battalion walked over.

Behind was an infantry regiment, escorting artillery wagons.

Zhou Yun slowly raised the pistol: "Smack!" ”

A gunshot rang out.

Zhou Yun shouted violently: "Fight! ”

Boom boom...

At such a close distance, mortars are not used. Just throw a grenade in front of you.

All rifles, also face-to-face design.

Even the aiming is saved, loaded with bullets, and the fire is pulled directly.

Bang bang bang...

At the beginning of the battle, the former was in ruins. All enemy artillery was scrapped after being bombarded. The infantry regiment, which was escorting the artillery, was also heavily damaged.

Zhou Yun shouted, "Brothers, don't let go of any of the enemies, kill them all!" ”

"Fight!"

The enemy's front and rear armies, more than 500 meters long, were dealt heavy blows. The advance battalion, which had originally run to the front, heard the gunshots and hurried back. But it was too late.

Zhou Yunqin led a company of troops, shielded by trees, to exchange fire with the enemy's advance battalion.

Due to its high command, grenades can be easily thrown right in the middle of enemies.

The advance battalion lasted only a few moments, and more than half of them suffered casualties.

Zhou Yun was so anxious that he didn't have any extra time to waste here, he said to the company commander of that company: "You continue to keep an eye on this place and wipe out all the enemy's advance battalions." ”

"No."

Zhou Yun ran back again.

He is like a firefighter, where he doesn't fight well, he runs wherever he goes. Urge the soldiers there to attack the enemy's vital points.

........

Half an hour later.

The enemy's two infantry regiments, a guard battalion, and an artillery regiment were solved by Zhou Yun. The battle was unexpected, but it wasn't easy.

Because the number of enemy troops is more than three times that of him.

Even if he took advantage of the time and place, he paid some price to achieve victory.

At the mountain pass.

The battle is almost over.

After a fierce attack, the enemy army fell short because there was no artillery support.

At this time.

They received news that the artillery regiment and two infantry regiments had been killed by Zhou Yun.

This means that in the next round of the offensive, it will be difficult to carry out artillery shelling.

In order to avoid being blocked by the stone forest, all the troops of the Western Shang Empire set up a defensive line in front of the stone forest. Turn the Stone Forest into their position.

"Shilin was originally our army's defense line, but it was used by the enemy, which is really annoying." In the command post, Wu Liang said.

"The general need not be upset. They don't have artillery anymore and don't pose a threat to us. A brigade commander said.

"Thanks to Regiment Commander Zhou Yun, who led the army to completely annihilate the enemy's artillery, we have hope of holding the mountain pass." Another brigade commander said.

"Hmm."

Wu Liang nodded, looked at Zhou Yun behind him, and said, "Head Zhou, you have made a great contribution this time. This general will give you a higher rank and a knight. ”

"Thank you, General."

Zhou Yun was not very happy.

Because the soldiers under his command have been killed and wounded.

A regimental commander without soldiers, is it still a regimental commander?

If there are no soldiers, how can they do anything?

To some extent, he has temporarily lost his role in the army.

Wu Liang seemed to understand his thoughts, and suddenly smiled: "Head Zhou, don't be anxious. When this battle is over, are you still worried that there will be no army commander? ”

With Zhou Yun's battle and his meritorious achievements, according to the promotion system of the First Group Army, he is enough to be promoted to brigade headquarters staff officer or deputy brigade commander.

At that time, what he needs to command is not a regiment, but a brigade.

"Overall, it was a good fight today. Played the prestige of our Second Army. But... Tomorrow the enemy will definitely attack, and we will, as always, hold this valley. ”

Wu Liang said with a smile.

"Please rest assured, the general, we will serve to the death!" All the generals are in charge.

.........

Due to the running group of the Western Shang Empire, it was solved by Zhou Yun.

Their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

Exchanged fire with the enemy troops stationed in the valley and could not be captured for a long time.

The war has become a stalemate.

Outside the city of Hefei, Xu Ding led the army to attack Hefei and had already broken through the city, but it was extremely difficult.

The reason for this is that the defenders of Hefei learned the lessons of the Battle of Shouchun. They set up several lines of defense in the city and used fortress tactics to resist the Chinese national army.

Although he entered the city, he could not break through in a short time.

It took two days to advance 500 meters.

Xu Ding ordered all troops to stop the offensive.

Behind the battlefield.

In the command post.

Xu Ding said with a calm face: "In Hefei City, there are only two enemy brigades. Now there are less than 5,000 people, we have tens of thousands of troops, and after two days of onslaught, we can't break through, what the hell is going on? ”

Everyone bowed their heads...

Xu Ding shouted: "General Tai Shici, tell me?" ”

Tai Shi Ci stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, this group of enemy troops is indeed good at fighting defensive and counterattack tactics. He is especially good at street fighting. He also knows the situation in Hefei City well. Our army will not go far before it will be surrounded and suffer heavy losses. ”

Xu Dingdao: "According to your meaning, there is no need to fight this battle?" ”

"The last general will not dare."

Military advisor Jia Xu stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, we have to change our tactics." ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"All along, we have adopted the tactics of quick victory, wanting to eliminate the defenders of Hefei as soon as possible. However, the enemy is good at fighting defensive battles, and if we attack too quickly, the casualties will increase. The minister suggested that the rapid attack should be a slow attack. First guard the city gates around Hefei. Surround the enemy forces in the city. Mobilize half of the troops and horses and go to the valley to the south to support Wu Liang and block the enemy's reinforcements. When our follow-up troops arrive, we will attack Hefei together. At that time, the strength of our army was dozens of times that of the defenders of Hefei, how could it be unreasonable? Jia Xu said.

"Okay."

Xu Ding also didn't want to see any more casualties in the army.

He directly agreed with Jia Xu's plan and said: "Immediately increase the troops for Wu Liang, and urge Lu Su, Zhang Liao, etc., to hurry up and join the division." ”

"Your Majesty."

Jia Xu responded.

........

Xu Ding adopted Jia Xu's suggestion and ordered the troops of the four cities to retreat to the city tower to garrison. And transferred half of the army and left Hefei. Assemble outside.

In order to hold the valley to the south, Xu Ding sent Tai Shici with a brigade of troops to help in the battle.

Compared with Tai Shici, Wu Liang's level is much worse.

As soon as Tai Shi Ci arrived, the battles there were all under Tai Shi Ci's command.

He listened to Wu Liang talk about Zhou Yun.

I appreciate everyone to Zhou Yun.

In the command post.

Tai Shici faced Zhou Yun and said, "General Ben will now appoint you as the deputy brigade commander of the 16th Brigade, and the 16th Brigade will be commanded by you to assist the division commander Wu Liang and guard the valley." ”

Zhou Yunwan didn't expect that he would really become a brigade commander.

It's a pie-in-the-sky thing.