Chapter 088: Sichuan Army! Sichuan Army! (b)
"Ruler 2000 m ......"
"Ruler 1500 m ......"
Observers continued to report data, and the light and heavy machine gunners immediately shifted the rulers on the machine guns with concentrated expressions, locking on the large forces of the Guizhou army that were approaching.
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The soldiers of the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army in the trenches also pulled the bolts one after another, loaded their bullets, and the whole person leaned on the trench, squinting slightly, aiming at a certain target in the swarming Guizhou army.
At this time, the Qianjun side.
Liu Xianqian took a large number of officers of the Guizhou Army to a low slope to watch the battle, and the mighty team was full of spirit, as if it was a military parade outing more than a war.
Although Liu Xianqian's body is slightly fat, his straight military and political posture, black shiny military boots, the command knife that shows his identity at his waist, and the group of Guizhou Army officers behind him who are willing to be green leaves still set off his heroic appearance.
The area of engagement was an open field, and without going through a telescope, Liu Xianqian could clearly see that his troops were pouring towards the Sichuan army's position in dense and mountainous areas.
Seeing such a scene, Liu Xianqian was suddenly full of pride, laughed, and said: "Everyone, guess how long the Sichuan army can hold out?" β
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"Ruler 1200 m ......"
"Ruler 1000 m ......"
The huge attacking force of the Guizhou army was getting closer and closer to the Sichuan position.
"Come on, come quickly......" Hao Gang licked his mouth, and said with a divine chatter, looking like a big bad wolf who was tempting Little Red Riding Hood.
In the rear artillery position, the observers completed the final parameter corrections, and the main gunners then adjusted the shelling elements, and 100 75mm Grusen mountain guns entered the final state of preparation for shelling.
"Ready!"
With the herald shouting, the main gunners sent a shell into the gun compartment, closed the bolt, and held the gun rope tightly with their right hands, waiting for further orders.
"Two consecutive rounds of proofreading the artillery positions of the Guizhou army...... Rush to shoot! β
"Fireβ"
"Fireβ"
The standard-bearer waved the red flag violently, and the main gunners pulled the gun rope at the same time.
Clusters of cannon flames swelled and exploded, and the huge roar plunged the entire heaven and earth into a silent world, and everyone only saw the shocking and uniform picture of the cannon platoon.
Boom-boom-boom-
The cannon sounded, and almost instantly, the artillery position of the Guizhou army fell into a sea of fire.
Boom -
An even more violent explosion sounded, apparently the reserve artillery shells of the Guizhou army were detonated, and a larger scale of fireworks was immediately ignited, and the entire area was immediately completely enveloped in thick gunsmoke.
The sound of artillery is an order, and this is an order given by Wang Mo to all units of the 1st Division before the battle.
All units of the 1st Division, which had been suppressed for a long time, immediately opened fire on all fronts, especially Hao Gang, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, jumped up on the spot, waved his fists excitedly and shouted: "Fight! Hit hard! Brothers, for Lao Tzu to destroy these turtle grandsons of the Qianjun! β
Dada-
The first to show their might were the light and heavy machine gun teams set up throughout the position, and the machine gunners liked the most in a dense formation like the current Qianjun, which allowed them to maximize the power of their machine guns.
Chains of bullets plowed through the dense ranks of the Guizhou army, bringing up a storm of flesh and blood, stumps and flesh splattered in all directions, and the soldiers of the Guizhou army fell in pieces, leaving behind scarlet blood-colored roads.
This is a massacre, the bloodiest and most brutal massacre!
Click-
A bullet chain was quickly depleted, and the host gunner, whose forehead was bruised because of his excitement, immediately shouted: "Bullet chain, replace the bullet chain immediately!" β
As soon as the main gunner's words fell, the ammunition man had already replaced the machine gun with a new chain. After being tempered by wars again and again, the cooperation of the surviving old machine gun teams has become more and more tacit, and the use of machine guns has become more and more skilled.
Dada-
The machine gun continued to spew tongues of fire, once again setting off a bloody storm of slaughter.
Bang-bang-bang-bang-
The rest of the Sichuan soldiers in the trenches also opened fire one after another, shooting at the soldiers of the Guizhou Army who had managed to escape the machine-gun fire.
Suddenly attacked by such an unexpected and fierce attack, all the units of the Qianjun army were almost stunned.
Not only were the attacking Guizhou army units stunned, but Liu Xianqian, who was watching the battle from behind at this time, was also completely stunned, and none of the officers of the Guizhou Army standing behind him were stunned.
"Impossible...... This is the Sichuan Army? That's impossible...... Impossible......" Liu Xianqian muttered, his face full of disbelief, even if he saw the scene in front of him with his own eyes, he still had an illusory feeling like in a dream.
The officers of the Qianjun Army behind Liu Xian were also full of shock and disbelief.
Shouldn't it be that the various units of the Guizhou army broke through the Sichuan army's defense line like cutting melons and vegetables, poured into the Sichuan army's position, and then annihilated any Sichuan army that tried to resist in one fell swoop?
Why is it that the Sichuan army suddenly burst out with such a terrifying combat effectiveness, holding down the frenzied slaughter of all parts of the Guizhou army?
At this time, a bloodstained and embarrassed soldier of the Qianjun army ran to Liu Xianqian and others, crying and reporting to Liu Xianqian: "Observation envoy...... The artillery team was shelled and was already ...... It's all gone......"
Although Liu Xianqian had already guessed when the violent explosion came just now, when he heard the exact news of the annihilation of the artillery team, his head still buzzed, his eyes were a little black, and his ears were ringing, and he couldn't hear what the officers around him were saying when they opened their mouths.
After a few seconds, Liu Xianqian finally heard the officers around him talking, and heard a shout: "Shelling!" Get down! β
Before Liu Xianqian could react, he was thrown to the ground by several officers.
The sharp sound of breaking the air came in an instant, and shells fell from the sky.
Boom-boom-boom-
Explosions rang out one after another, and the low dirt slope was completely flattened by the dense shelling, and the flying earth and rocks buried Liu Xianqian and the other officers.
After the artillery of the Guizhou Army was terminated, the artillery regiment of the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army immediately launched a covering artillery bombardment on all units of the Guizhou Army.
Seeing that the Guizhou army was already on the verge of being defeated, Wang Mo immediately ordered the heralds: "Order the 2nd Division to attack from the right flank immediately and cut off the retreat of the Guizhou army!" β
"Yes!"
The herald saluted, then turned and galloped away.
After receiving Wang Mo's order, Lu Dayong, who was temporarily responsible for commanding the 2nd Division, did not hesitate, and immediately led the 2nd Division to attack quickly, directly penetrating into the rear of the Guizhou Army from the right flank.
On the side of the Qianjun army, Liu Xianqian was not killed in the shelling because he was protected by several officers.
Soon, some soldiers of the Qian army dug up Liu Xianqian, who was buried in the soil, and there were also several officers who were lucky enough to survive.
"Withdraw, withdraw immediately!" After Liu Xianqian regained consciousness, he immediately shouted with a hideous expression, "This is not the fucking Sichuan Army, this is the Beiyang Army, it must be the Beiyang Army!" We have entered the trap of Beiyang, retreat, immediately retreat with the whole army! β
As soon as Liu Xianqian gave the order to withdraw the troops, the various units of the Guizhou army, which had been suffering unspeakably, immediately got up from the ground, turned around and ran backwards. In order to run faster, some soldiers of the Guizhou army even threw away the rifles in their hands.
"The young marshal has an order, all regiments of the 1st Division immediately pursue the retreating and fleeing Guizhou army, and must annihilate the Guizhou army!"
"The young marshal has an order, all regiments of the 1st Division immediately pursue the retreating and fleeing Guizhou army, and must annihilate the Guizhou army!"
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The heralds rushed to the various positions and conveyed the order to pursue to the officers of the regiments.
"Want to run? No way! Brothers, catch up with Lao Tzu, rush! Hao Gang was the first to jump out of the trench, grasping two shell guns with both hands, and chased after the retreating and fleeing Qianjun with a roar.
Hao Gang has always been synonymous with leading the way, although it is not appropriate in the current era of firearms, but under his leadership, the soldiers of the 1st Division and the 1st Regiment have always been the most daring to fight.
This time was no exception, after the regiments of the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army launched a pursuit, under the leadership of Hao Gang, the 1st Regiment rushed up and down like a hungry wolf pounced on the retreating Guizhou army, pulling the remaining two regiments apart.
In fact, if the Qianjun army had stabilized its position at this time and turned around to counterattack, it was entirely possible to inflict considerable casualties on the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army and win the opportunity to break through.
However, the powerful combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army erupted in this battle was very different from their original impression, and the Qian army, which had long been frightened, still had the courage to turn around and counterattack.
Especially Liu Xianqian, on the way to retreat and run away, he kept scolding Beiyang and Yuan Shikai. He decided that it was impossible for the Sichuan army to have such terrifying strength, and that these Sichuan troops must have been pretended by the Beiyang Army in order to weaken or even eradicate the Guizhou warlords.
"Despicable and shameless old thief Yuan, Lao Tzu and you are incompatible!" Liu Xianqian gritted his teeth and scolded Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Army over and over again.
When he was galloping on a horse, suddenly there were bursts of fierce gunfire in front of him, and the horse was frightened and raised his hooves, Liu Xianqian fell directly from the horse, rolled on the ground a few times, and looked so embarrassed.
Zhao Fei, the head of the Anyi Garrison Regiment, who was responsible for opening the way for the main force, ran to Liu Xianqian's side in a panic and reported: "Observation envoy...... Our retreat is ...... Blocked by a Sichuan army! β
Liu Xian, who got up from the ground in embarrassment, was furious, kicked Zhao Fei on the spot, and scolded: "Waste! Blocked, won't you rush away with the team? β
Zhao Fei cried and said with a sad face: "Observer, you can't rush away!" The Sichuan army blocking our retreat had at least one division, and their firepower was extremely strong. I only rushed for a while, and then half of the battalion was gone. I can't rush away, Observer! β
"Then everyone will rush to Lao Tzu, brothers, those bastards of the Sichuan army want to block our way home, do you agree?" Liu Xianqian roared loudly.
"No!"
"No!"
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Liu Xianqian was not completely dry, and a few words once again boosted the morale of these remnants of the Guizhou army.
However, in the wars of the Age of Firearms, the courage of flesh and blood could not change the situation of the disparity in strength.
To greet Liu Xianqian and the Guizhou army, who were bent on withdrawing to Qianxi, there was only the 2nd Division of the Sichuan Army that was waiting for it, and the airtight barrage blockade.