Wuhan Jinyin Lake is a good place with beautiful environment and pleasant climate, nearly 12,000 acres of water area in Dongliugang, Huangshi Sea, Xiaoxiang Sea and Jinghe River four waterways run through it, and nine peninsulas such as Jindao, Yindao and Wolong Island are dotted among them. In times of peace, it is undoubtedly a good place for tourism, leisure and residence.

Under the green trees and blue sky by the lake, it is a particularly popular tryst place for young men and women living in the area around Jinyin Lake.

However, since the Second Division of the Hubei Army was stationed here and built a defensive line to resist the Sichuan army, the tranquility and tranquility of Jinyin Lake in the past have been completely broken.

"Whoa—"

A long, shrill whistle sounded.

When the village girl passing by the shore of the Silver Lake heard this provocative whistle that was obviously coming at her, she immediately blushed, lowered her head and did not dare to look at anyone, and ran in the direction of her home as if she were fleeing.

"Haha......"

Seeing the embarrassed and shy appearance of the girl fleeing in the wilderness, the soldiers of the Second Division of the Hubei Army laughed happily.

"Okay, what's the trouble, if the company commander sees your virtue, maybe how to clean you up!" The young platoon commander couldn't see it, and shouted a warning at this group of ruffians.

Among the crowd of soldiers, one of them, a veteran in his thirties who looked like he had been in the army for many years, smiled nonchalantly and said, "Company commander? Just his cowardly soft-bastard who relied on his whiskers to pat the horse and add a groove to the superiors above, did he dare to come to this line of positions? I heard that he was going to fight against the Sichuan army that defeated the Sixth Mixed Brigade, so he didn't know where to hide and pray to God and Buddha, right? ”

"Haha......"

The veteran soldier's ridicule and sarcasm to the commander suddenly made this group of soldiers laugh again, and these people had no good impression of the company commander who didn't look down on the low-level soldiers.

The young platoon commander was called Zhao Zhenhua. He just came out of the Martial Arts Academy. He didn't like these ruffians and his subordinates, and he had a headache helplessly.

"Do you know that behind the defense line of our second division is the Liujiamiao Railway Station. It is a strategic point that the Sichuan army must attack. I don't know when the Sichuan army will fight! You are still so lazy and lazy, how can you hold your ground? Zhao Zhenhua tried to use the threat of the Sichuan army to force these ruffians to cheer up and prepare for war.

When it comes to the Sichuan army, a group of soldiers and ruffians have to restrain their lazy appearance a little, after all, the Sichuan army that has just defeated the Sixth Mixed Brigade is still very deterrent.

"You say, is the Sichuan army really that powerful? I heard that the Sixth Mixed Brigade was completely defeated in only half a day, how can I think this matter is not very credible. ”

"I don't believe it either. Sichuan is a poor place, where can I afford to buy guns and cannons. Without guns and artillery, no matter how powerful the Sichuan army is, how powerful can it be? ”

"Who said that the Sichuan army has no guns and no artillery. I have a fellow villager who knows a soldier of the 6th Mixed Brigade who escaped back, and according to the soldier of the 6th Mixed Brigade, the Sichuan Army has so many artillery pieces that it can frighten people to death, and the Beiyang Army may not be able to compare. ”

"yes. If the Sichuan army is not strong. How could it be possible to hit Wuhan. ”

……

A group of soldiers and ruffians were both surprised and worried about the strong strength of the Sichuan army.

Zhao Zhenhua took the opportunity to say: "Okay, the big guy should hurry up and build the sandbag bunker, otherwise the Sichuan army will be in trouble." ”

The veteran soldier who had ridiculed the company commander before saw that a group of soldiers were frightened by Zhao Zhenhua's use of the Sichuan army, and he was immediately dissatisfied, stood up and pretended to be disdainful and said: "You student doll, do you really think that the Sichuan army can scare the brothers?" Sichuan Army? Where is the Sichuan army? Why didn't I look at ......"

The old soldier's words came to an abrupt end, and his mouth opened wide. Looking into the distance, his eyes were full of fear, and the blood on his face faded instantly, and he said in a trembling voice, "Chuan...... Sichuan Army...... Sichuan Army ......"

Everyone followed the veteran Youzide's gaze and looked into the distance, and they were all shocked and stunned.

I saw a line between heaven and earth in the distance, and a touch of green began to appear and expand, gradually forming a green tide, spreading and eroding towards them.

This green tide is not anything else, but countless Sichuan soldiers in green military uniforms all over the mountains.

There are thousands of soldiers, boundless, tens of thousands of soldiers, grounded in the sky!

The sky and the earth were full of surging crowds, and when the murderous legions were overwhelming, the visual impact was so shocking!

"Quick, get into position!" Zhao Zhenhua shouted, and then immediately jumped into the trench bunker behind him.

The rest of the soldiers also reacted quickly, and hid in the trench bunker.

"Mom, how many people are coming from this Sichuan army?"

"It's better to say less...... There are also a few ...... Tens of thousands! ”

"The Sichuan army will not ...... It's not all coming to us, is it? ”

Even veterans who have fought a lot of battles will be shocked by the terrifying momentum of the Sichuan Legion, and they will not dare to rise in the trench bunker.

The news of the Sichuan Army's troops pressing the border soon spread to the headquarters of the Second Division of the Hubei Army, and Cai Hanqing scolded on the spot: "Bastard, concentrate your forces on Lao Tzu's side, and you are not afraid that the first division will copy your back road!" ”

However, anger to anger, anxiety to anxiety, Cai Hanqing immediately urgently deployed all defense lines, ordered all units to enter the fortifications, and prepared for war.

Cai Hanqing was originally a member of the League, but later defected to Li Yuanhong, so he was reused as the commander of the Second Division.

The mutinous people were much more ferocious than the enemy when they attacked their former comrades-in-arms, and Cai Hanqing carried out extremely bloody and cruel suppression of his former comrades-in-arms in the process of Li Yuanhong's crackdown on the "Improvement Regiment" against Yuan Yuanhong.

If you want to say who in the Hubei army least wants to see the Sichuan army capture Wuhan, completely turn the tide of the war, and thus revive the Kuomintang, Cai Hanqing is one of them.

Therefore, Cai Hanqing is determined to defend to the end.

The units of the 2nd Division of the Hubei Army soon entered various positions, and at this time, the Sichuan Army had also completed a short rest after the rapid march and was ready to attack.

Wang Mo, dressed in military uniform, followed by a group of high-ranking officers of the Sichuan Army, came to the front line and raised a telescope to observe the various fortifications of the Hubei Army position opposite.

"Trenches, bunkers, sandbag bunkers, and various obstacles such as horse stakes and deer barricades are also set up in front of the position," Wang Mo frowned and said, "This is troublesome, the fortifications of the Second Division of the Hubei Army are too complete." ”

"Young marshal, aren't they just fortifications? Let the artillery regiment launch a shelling and sweep them away! Hao Gang was a little unimpressed, he was full of confidence in his powerful artillery regiment.

Li Xudong stood up and asked: "Young marshal, the artillery regiment of the first division has completed the artillery erection, and requests to launch an artillery bombardment of the Hubei army's position!" ”

Wang Mo shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, these bunker bunkers are not necessarily real, maybe they are just some empty shelves that attract us to waste shells, and the real firepower points and strong fortifications cannot be exposed so easily." ”

"What does the young marshal mean is that we will first send a small force for fire reconnaissance, and then carry out targeted artillery bombardment?" It was Li Jian, the commander of the Second Regiment of the Second Division, who was the most capable of understanding Wang Mo's operational thinking and concepts among the high-ranking officers of the Sichuan Army.

Yes, the shelling is not an indiscriminate bombardment with a blindfold, which will only result in a great waste of shells, and will not receive the maximum and desired results.

"Fire reconnaissance is a must, but you can first carry out two rounds of artillery bombardment to warm up the second division of the Hubei Army!" Wang Mo smiled, then pointed to the direction of ten o'clock and three o'clock on the opposite position, and said, "Seeing those small mountain bags, I'm sure there must be their pillboxes or machine gun positions hidden behind." ”

A group of Sichuan army officers looked in the direction pointed by Wang Mo and nodded in agreement. Although it is only a few low hill packs, the machine gun can also be set up to kill and injure a large number of attacking Sichuan soldiers.

Subsequently, Wang Mo ordered: "Li Xudong, the artillery regiment of your first division will launch an artillery bombardment and raze all those small hills to the ground for Lao Tzu!" ”

"Yes!"

Li Xudong was a little excited to come out to receive the order, since he acted with the artillery regiment of the Second Division, he always had a lingering sense of crisis in his heart. The young marshal chose him for this mission, instead of his equally excellent junior Xiao Jing, which proved that the young marshal still trusted his ability more, which naturally made him extremely happy.

The artillery regiment of the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army Corps soon launched an artillery bombardment, and the rumbling platoon artillery sounded one after another, and the raindrops of shells continued to fall on several small hills in the direction of ten o'clock and three o'clock.

Dense clouds of smoke rose from the hill, and the flying dirt carried the poisonous yellow smoke like a terrible tornado.

Countless shrapnel shot in all directions, bringing bursts of iron-blooded storms, and from time to time I saw stumps and broken arms being blown away!

Sure enough, as Wang Mo guessed, those small mountain bags did hide several important firepower points of the Second Division of the Hubei Army.

The Second Division of the Hubei Army also had an artillery team, but from the sound of artillery, they deduced the approximate number and caliber of artillery that the Sichuan Army is now shelling. However, the result was very difficult for them to accept, and the Sichuan Army had dozens and nearly 100 field guns of at least seven and five calibers.

After coming to such a conclusion, Cai Hanqing could only endure and not let the artillery team launch a counterattack, otherwise it would only be destroyed by the artillery regiment of the Sichuan Army in an instant. He also counted on the artillery team to be used on the blade, perhaps to a great effect at a critical time.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment, several small hills and buns hidden in the firing points of the Second Division of the Hubei Army were completely razed to the ground, and all the officers and men of the Second Division of the Hubei Army were terrified and shocked by such terrifying lethality.

Zhao Zhenhua, the young platoon commander who had just come out of the Martial Arts Academy, was dumbfounded, where had he ever seen such an earth-shattering formation.

And the soldiers under Platoon Commander Zhao were all trembling, holding their heads in their hands and shrunk in the trenches.

"This ...... This is the Sichuan Army...... The strength of the Sichuan Army? The veteran soldier Yauzi had a bloodless face, and his eyes were blank and he sat down in the trench. (To be continued......)