Although Sun Yat-sen's temperament has always been optimistic and resolute, although emotionally Sun Yat-sen is extremely willing to believe that Nanjing can be defended, reason always tells him that Nanjing cannot be defended. In fact, the combat effectiveness shown by the front-line departments was so poor that it felt as if they didn't want to resist the Sichuan army at all, and all the defense lines were almost ready to collapse at the touch of a button.

Could it be that Wang Mo labeled the Kuomintang as a traitor, and the effect was really so great?

Sun Yat-sen secretly regretted that he had known that the Sichuan army would act so quickly, and he would definitely have reversed all kinds of slanders against the Kuomintang by domestic public opinion as soon as possible.

Now, he can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Sun Yat-sen strengthened his spirit and said: "Then, Ru Wei (Xu Chongzhizi), integrate the troops around Nanjing, and leave the deployment of Nanjing's city defense to you with full responsibility." ”

As chief of the general staff of the United Provincial Autonomous Government, Xu Chongzhi is quite suitable for taking charge of Nanjing's defense in terms of authority and ability.

"Yes, sir, please rest assured, you will do your best to prepare for war, swear to defend Nanjing, and repel the Sichuan army with heavy losses!" Xu Chongzhi bowed and responded.

The slogan was very impassioned, but Sun Yat-sen, who was well aware of the combat effectiveness of his troops, did not feel much certainty about holding the city of Nanjing. Especially at this time, the people of the low-level soldiers in various departments are in turmoil, and I am afraid that they will not fight to the death for the DPP as they did during the Great Revolution.

However, Chen Qimei said confidently: "Sir, don't worry, how can the troops around Nanjing be integrated with 50,000 people, and against the Sichuan army of only 20,000 people, it will be foolproof if you still refuse to hold on to the city!" ”

Perhaps in the eyes of Chen Qimei, a ruffian hooligan leader, the war is all about who has more people and more guns. The Kuomintang is indeed the best at this trick, and everything is hula and mess, and a large group of people flock to it.

"I hope so." Sun Yat-sen said slowly.

In fact, at this time, if Huang Xing came forward to rectify the troops around Nanjing, refused to defend the city, and resisted the Sichuan army, the hope would be greater.

This is not to say how high Huang Xing's military command level is, but that his prestige among the officers and soldiers at the lower levels of the army is relatively high, and it is easier to boost the morale of the army. The reason why the Kuomintang troops are vulnerable is to a large extent because the officers and men at the lower levels are in turmoil, otherwise their combat effectiveness would not be so bad that they would not be able to delay the advance of the Sichuan army.

But. It is a pity that Huang Xing had completely fallen out with Sun Yat-sen because of the "Chinese Revolutionary Party" and the attack on Hubei, and took a group of core members of the Kuomintang to Hong Kong and established the "European Affairs Research Association". Officially split with the Kuomintang.

The East Route Army of the Sichuan Army was like a bamboo, breaking through several lines of defense of the People's Party. The performance of the Southern Route Army was not inferior at all, because along the way, all units of the Sichuan Army had undergone endurance training for long-distance heavy and rapid marches, and they completely intercepted Li Liejun's troops in Nanchang.

History is always strikingly similar. A year ago, Li Liejun's troops were heavily surrounded in Nanchang, and now it is the same, but the enemy has changed from the Beiyang Army to the Sichuan Army.

"We can't give the Jiangxi army a chance to breathe, we must immediately launch a full-scale attack!" Lu Dayong held a telescope and looked at the chaotic Nanchang city and said.

Zhang Li, commander of the Third Division of the Sichuan Army, also said approvingly: "That's right, we can't give Li Liejun a chance to rectify the city defense, and our two divisions will immediately launch a joint attack!" ”

With the orders of the two division commanders, the second and third divisions of the Sichuan Army immediately launched a full-scale attack on Nanchang City, which was completely a ferocious posture to fight as a decisive battle of the general attack.

Although the Sichuan soldiers who had been pursuing for a long time were tired, the Jiangxi soldiers who had also fled for a long time were no better, and many of them were panting against the city wall with rifles in their arms.

"The Sichuan army has attacked!"

I don't know who shouted in horror. The Jiangxi officers and soldiers on the city wall hurriedly poked their heads out of the city. Sure enough, the field of vision was full of dense Sichuan soldiers who were quickly approaching Nanchang City with their waists bent.

Knowing that the Sichuan army launched an attack without resting, Li Liejun, who had just sat down and poured a bowl of water, turned pale with anger, stood up and kicked the chair down, and scolded angrily: "Bastard, you don't even let your breath breathe, do you really want to kill them all like this?" ”

Scolding and scolding, Li Liejun also understood that time could not be delayed, so he hurriedly put on the coat he had just taken off and brought a pistol. Hurry to organize the defense of the city wall.

After this series of blows and fleeing all the way, if Li Liejun had not personally supervised the battle on the front line, I am afraid that the Jiangxi Army would have dispersed in a hurry, especially when the reputation of the Kuomintang was seriously damaged.

When Li Liejun rushed to the city defense line with the guards. The Sichuan army was already within range of rifle fire, and a fierce gun battle ensued between the two sides.

Bang-bang-bang

Dense gunfire rang out one after another, and countless bullets shot back and forth in the air, and from time to time some bullets hit the city wall, and suddenly countless fine fragments of sand and gravel flew away, occasionally slashing across the forehead of some unlucky soldier. Leaving a trail of blood.

In terms of troops, the Jiangxi Army is already on par with the Sichuan Army, or even slightly inferior. Because Xiong Kewu's Sichuan division was still unwilling to participate in the war, it was equivalent to being abolished, and the division from Anhui found an excuse to run back to Anhui after being defeated again and again.

From this point of view alone, it is not an exaggeration to say that the KMT is a rabble. The provincial governors of the Kuomintang have their own petty calculations, and at a critical moment, of course, they will not do the stupid thing of taking care of themselves first and sacrificing themselves for the sake of the overall situation.

"The machine gun team stepped forward, and the fire was suppressed!"

The officers of the Sichuan army on the front line shouted an order, and then the machine gun teams immediately rushed forward, filled several empty ammunition boxes with sand, and then piled up a simple bunker, and then set up the Madsen light machine gun, and the main gunner aimed at the Jiangxi army that locked on the head of the city, and pulled the trigger violently.

Dada-da-da

The front line of the Sichuan army suddenly erupted more than a dozen tongues of fire, countless bullets frantically poured into the head of Nanchang City, and the yellow, orange and orange bullet casings "clanged" and fell to the ground around the machine gun position.

The power of the machine gun was undoubted, and countless bullets continued to strafe the city, so that the Jiangxi army could hardly raise its head.

Occasionally, a few bold ones just poked their heads out a little under the urging of the chief, and they were swept by a shuttle of bullets, and their heads were instantly easily smashed like a watermelon, and red and white were sprinkled on the ground.

The recruits of the Jiangxi Army who saw such a bloody scene next to him had no blood on their faces, and they bent down on the spot and vomited, almost throwing up their stomachs.

"Bastard!" Li Liejun slammed the city wall, shouted with red eyes, "Machine guns, what about our machine guns, press down the machine guns of the Sichuan army for Lao Tzu!" ”

In fact, without Li Liejun's order, the light and heavy machine gun teams of various departments of the Jiangxi Army have already begun to complete preparations for erecting machine guns, after all, the officers of the frontline departments of the Jiangxi Army are not dry food.

Soon. The light and heavy machine guns of the Jiangxi army erected all over the city wall also launched a frantic strafing fire on the Sichuan army.

Dada-da-da

With the strafing of the Jiangxi army's machine guns, countless Sichuan soldiers on the front line who charged towards Nanchang City seemed to have hit an invisible barrier and fell to the ground one after another.

Dada-da-da

The machine gun crews of the two armies also launched targeted fire, and the machine gunners on both sides continued to die. Machine gun reimbursement, death is only a matter of moments.

In war, the competition is the attrition between the enemy and the other side, and there is no way to take advantage of it.

However, Lu Dayong didn't think much of the Sichuan army would suffer such casualties. Immediately ordered: "Order, the mortar team immediately stepped forward and launched an intensive artillery bombardment of the Jiangxi army's firepower points!" The front-line units immediately increased their fire output to provide cover for the mortar group! ”

The range of the mortars was relatively short, so they had to risk rushing forward in order to launch an artillery bombardment on the firing point of the Jiangxi army at the head of Nanchang City. In order to reduce the casualties of the Sichuan army and defeat the resistance of the Jiangxi army as soon as possible, Lu Dayong played the last card in his hand.

"Quick, pile up the sandbags! The rest, fire cover! ”

The Sichuan army officer shouted the order to command, and led his soldiers to increase the output of fire to the head of the city of Jiangxi. The most ferocious suppression of the Jiangxi army in a short period of time.

As soon as the Sichuan army increased its firepower so violently, it immediately suppressed the Jiangxi army temporarily, and the soldiers of the Sichuan army, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately rushed up with sandbags and piled up one by one to form a semicircular bunker.

After the bunker was arranged, the mortar teams carried the Stoke trench mortars, rushed behind the sandbag bunkers with cats on their waists, and then quickly set up the mortars.

Bang-bang-bang

Dada-da-da

After being suppressed for a short time, the Jiangxi army launched a counterattack again, and the dense bullets rained down on the Sichuan army again.

With a "poof", a Sichuan soldier carrying mortar shells was hit in the chest. Immediately he fell to the ground weakly. With a "snap", the ammunition box fell to the ground, and mortar shells rolled out.

The Sichuan soldiers behind did not hesitate at all, and rushed forward in the rain of bullets. Quickly pick up the mortar shells that rolled out and put them back in the ammunition box, then carry them and run towards the location of the mortar team's bunker.

After a series of adjustments, the mortar groups finally completed the erection of the mortars one after another, and boxes of artillery shells were already in place.

"The target, the firepower point of the Jiangxi Army at the head of Nanchang City, adjust the artillery bombardment of Zhuyuan. Unlimited free shelling by various mortar groups! ”

The new order was issued quickly, and it turned out to be unlimited free shelling, and the main gunners of the mortar groups couldn't help but be shocked.

However, without thinking about it or that, the main gunners of the mortar groups quickly relied on their experience and calculations to complete the adjustment of the shelling elements one after another.

Tom - Tom -

Mortar shells rushed out of the mortar breech, and with a sharp whistling sound, they flew towards the Jiangxi army's firepower point at the head of Nanchang City with a perfect parabolic trajectory.

Boom-boom-boom

Explosions sounded one after another, and clusters of fireworks also rose into the air at the head of Nanchang City.

In the smoke-shrouded place, countless Jiangxi soldiers were injured and killed, and a light and heavy machine gun was blown to pieces on the spot.

The mortar group was powerful, and the firing points of the Jiangxi Army were either destroyed or forced to move to concealment, and the pressure on the front-line troops of the Sichuan Army was suddenly lightened.

The experienced Sichuan army officer obviously would not miss such a good opportunity, and immediately launched a full-scale charge, leading his subordinates to rush towards Nanchang City at the fastest speed.

"Cluster grenades!"

The Sichuan officer shouted, and then the two grenadiers of the grenadier team rushed to the city gate with two bundles of grenades each.

When the two grenadiers rushed near the gate, they pulled the grenade string and then threw the cluster grenade towards the gate.

Boom -

A deafening explosion sounded, and the gate of Nanchang City collapsed. (To be continued.) )