Sun Bald took a telescope and looked out of the command post to observe the movement of Wang Le's army. Since Mao Long's assault team attacked by surprise, although Sun Baldzi's army recaptured the front-line position, Wang Le's army also launched a desperate counterattack. The front line of the front-line positions was littered with corpses of both the enemy and ours. It stands to reason that Wang Le's troops should reorganize their troops and fight again if they lose their positions, as warlords have always fought like this, and they will retreat in full when they encounter setbacks. However, the offensive of Wang Le's army has not decreased but increased in the past two days, and it seems that he is ruthless, and he will not withdraw his troops until he takes Sun Bald down and does not take care of him.

The military attache walked in with a tray of freshly heated cans. "Dashuai, you can eat a little first!"

"How's the casualty?" Sun asked.

"The situation is not good, more than half of the 2nd and 3rd regiments of the 1st Brigade have been killed or wounded, and now the 1st Brigade Commander and the 1st Regiment have rushed up to support the front-line positions. If the marshal continues to fight like this, the formation of the First Brigade will be exhausted. The military attache said with a solemn face.

"Tell the brigade commander that Mao Long is dead, and he can't hold the front-line position, and he doesn't want to live." Sun Bald looked at the map and thought, "No, it's not enough for a regiment to support the front-line positions." Let the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade also give me the top. In addition, the second regiment of division commander Xu Hu was put on the second-line position as a general reserve. You personally went to the front line and asked them to send the prison army to set up the machine gun for me, and if you dare to fight in fear, you will be martial. Sun rummaged through the canned food with his chopsticks, and he had no appetite at all.

"Dashuai, you can't be rash at this time. We have such a small number of troops on the front line, and if we are broken through by Wang Le's army, we will collapse on the whole front. It's better to give up the position now and retreat to City C to defend. The military attache said.

"No, the Cantonese army in the south is watching from the wall, if they hear that we have abandoned the forward position, they will definitely go north with Wang Le's troops, and then the Zhejiang army in the north will be surrounded by them in the city and become a trapped beast, that is the real end. I have to wait for news from Hankow now. Victory or defeat is here. ”

The military attache walked out of the bunker to inform Sun Bald of his instructions, and the air was filled with the smell of blood. He looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and his heart was anxious, and now whether Sun Jun's strength can be saved can only depend on the life given by God.

"Report!" The herald rushed in with a telegram, "Report to the marshal, Beijing Marshal Wu has called, they have sent Wang Overseer's army to aid northern Fujian to fight against the Zhejiang army, and I hope our department will hold on to help." ”

"Good!" Sun slapped the table heavily, "The matter of Hankou is done, Wu Xiucai will no longer be a turtle with a shrunken head, the problem in the north has finally stabilized, and now we can seize the opportunity to fight with the south." You immediately drafted a telegram and said that Sun Bu resolutely completed Wu Dashuai's military order. ”

As soon as the No. 1 herald left, Sun Bald had no time to get out of the joy, and the No. 2 herald ran in again.

"Report, my front-line position was bombarded by Wang Le's army's heavy artillery, all the brothers in the trench tunnels were killed, and more than half of the brigade and regiment that had just been increased were also lost."

"What?" Sun Bald sat on the stool, and a grenade seemed to be thrown into his head, and he was suddenly blown up. "How is it possible, how can Wang Le, a poor boy, have a cannon? It is impossible, even if there is, our trench positions are dug so firmly and so deeply, ordinary mountain artillery simply cannot hit such a high elevation angle, did they throw shells into it by hand? Sun Bald put on his coat and led the guards towards the second-line position.

The second-line position was blocked by artillery fire very badly, and the second regiment of Division Commander Xu had just entered the position, and before the machine guns had been set up, he saw the brothers in the first-line position being blown to pieces by the shells, and the flesh and blood mixed with the soil were scattered in the sky. The commander of the second regiment saluted the military attaché, "Report, Xu Hu, the commander of the second regiment came to report as the general reserve." ”

The military attache patted the second regiment commander on the shoulder, "It's hard work, let you rush from City C with supplies and go into battle without rest." ”

"Our division is a unit that fights tough battles, and it's nothing. You go on a mission. ”

The artillery fire stopped, and the soldiers of the 1st Brigade, blinded by the artillery bombardment, crawled out of the trenches and retreated towards the second-line positions under the leadership of the brigade commander.

"Go back, fucking back." The military attache shouted. "As soon as the cannon stopped, Wang Le's infantry rushed up, don't you know? Give me back to the position, resist. ”

The roar of the military attache had no effect at all, these soldiers thought that the trench was a safe shelter, who would have expected that the enemy's shells would draw such a parabola in the sky and drop it under their noses. The soldiers of the 1st Brigade completely lost the will to fight.

"Quick!" The military attache shouted to the commander of the second regiment, "Pull out your machine gun company and shoot at them." ”

The second regiment commander was stunned for a moment, "Shooting at our own brothers?" ”

The military attache slammed the dirt on the bunker, "That's right, this is an order from Sun Dashuai, and those who dare to retreat before the battle will be killed." ”

The machine gun company quickly moved into the designated position, and the commander of the second regiment shouted in front of the formation, "Brothers of the 1st Brigade, don't go back any further. Sun Dashuai has an order, if anyone dares to escape, it doesn't matter if he kills, if you run further, my bullet will not recognize people. ”

The commander of the 1st Brigade was panting with blood on his face. He saw that his brother had stopped under the shouting from the other side, and he stretched out his hand and slapped them a few times, "Who told you to stop, stupid, stupid." ”

The first brigade commander took a step forward, "Isn't this a military attache and a second regiment commander, look here!" The first brigade commander pointed to his military badge. Lao Tzu has followed Sun Dashuai since he was the battalion commander, and even your division commander Xu Hu was the first to teach him to put a gun. You guys are falsely spreading Sun Dashuai's will, I'll go forward now and see who dares to shoot. The brigade commander swaggered over with his hands behind his back, and the soldiers behind him looked at the commander so calmly, and they also relaxed and walked again.

"Doot toot!" Three bullets passed through the chest of the brigade commander, and Sun Bald appeared at the front of the machine gun company with a pistol. "Whoever dares to retreat again, Lao Tzu collapsed him, all the retreat to the front-line position for me." Sun Bald whispered an order to the machine gun company, "Shoot." ”

Bullets rained down. The remnants of the First Brigade saw that Sun Bald had personally stepped forward to command, and knew that they really couldn't withdraw, so they bravely returned to the front-line position.

Sun Bald looked at the corpse of a brigade commander, his eyes slightly closed, tears mixed with dirt remained. "The first brigade commander has followed me since I joined the Beiyang Army, and he has participated in dozens of battles large and small, and he has more scars all over his body than your hair." Sun Bald turned to look at the team in the second-line position, "So you think about it, he and I are willing to die, I think who dares to disobey the order?" ”