Chapter 10: The Battle of the Tumen River (4)
On the cockscomb in the southeast of Liangshui Town, the straw bales filled with sediment are thickly piled up to form a half circle, only exposing a one-foot-wide gap in the middle of the front, and the artillery position of the army is built along the mountain, and a slope is dug out smoothly behind the gun emplacement, so that when it is necessary to change positions, the cannon can be quickly pulled out for transfer.
Eight field guns were lined up, and behind each gun were several artillerymen, vigilantly watching the commander's every move.
The artillery commander of the army stood on the artillery position, and through the binoculars, he could clearly see that a group of Chinese soldiers was rapidly approaching his position.
"Yo Xi, the pig is beyond his strength!" The commander of the army showed a smug expression and waved his command knife, and shouted: "Straight ahead, three proofreading!" ”
Drought thunder fell from the sky, and more than 10 pounds of artillery shells delicately rushed towards the third company responsible for knocking out the artillery position.
"Be careful of the shells, all his grandmother's climb down for me! ......" Zhang Hongsheng, the commander of the third company, was born in the Tianjin Military Academy, and once served as a soldier in the third town and also had combat experience, and he knew a little more about the field artillery.
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Hongsheng looked at the soldiers around him who didn't have time to climb down and pounced.
"Boom" An artillery shell exploded in Zhang Hongsheng's rear, which frightened Zhang Hongsheng into a cold sweat for the rest of his life, and scolded: "His grandmother's, I almost didn't blow up Lao Tzu, the first and second platoons covered me, and the third platoon followed me to the artillery position of the little devil." ”
Zhang Hongsheng picked up the pocket on the position and tied it around his waist, and rushed out towards the position of the army in the first place, the company commander took the lead, and the soldiers below were also more and more courageous, and the first platoon and the second platoon concentrated fire on the left and right sides respectively to launch a feint attack to attract the attention of the army.
Zhang Hongsheng bent over, constantly moving left and right, relying on the bunker on the mountain, and quickly advanced towards the position of the army.
"The muzzle of the gun is lowered by three inches"
At the command of the artillery commander, the gunner hurriedly lowered the muzzle of the gun, loaded the shell into the chamber of the gun, and made a clattering sound.
"Open the gun"
With his shouting, eight shells shuttled out, and in the blink of an eye, several clouds of black-red gunpowder smoke had risen from the foot of the cockscomb mountain, and large pieces of debris flew up under the explosion.
The explosion was a mess, and several soldiers in the third row who had no time to dodge were immediately blown away, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Zhang Hongsheng looked at the five remaining soldiers standing behind him and shouted, "Cover me, I'm going to blow up the little devil's artillery." ”
The focus of the army's attention was also on the artillery position, and in the face of the desperate charge of the three platoons of soldiers, the army also concentrated its firepower on the three platoons.
"Smack! Syllable! ”
The German Mauser 98 rifle and the original Golden Hook rifle were constantly firing at each other, and the 6.8mm Mauser bullet and the 6.5mm Golden Hook rifle bullet were shuttling back and forth between the positions of the two sides.
Zhang Hongsheng roared and rushed up the mountain in the thick rain of bullets, the dense vegetation of midsummer provided him with natural shelters, relying on these bunkers, Zhang Hongsheng dodged the fire of the Yue army.
Seeing Zhang Hongsheng rushing forward desperately, the army on the cockscomb had no clue for a while, could this Chinese soldier use this flesh and blood body to blow up the cannon made of steel.
"Call Me"
With the order of the commander of the army, the sound of fried soybeans sounded in front of Zhang Hongsheng, and a row of guns was fired at him.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Hongsheng knew that his chances of survival were so slim, so he closed his eyes, rolled around, and tried to make the last struggle.
"Ahh
Zhang Hongsheng, who had already closed his eyes, opened his eyes again, and he could still feel the pain, which meant that he was still alive, and climbed up towards the army position with difficulty.
Fifty meters, thirty meters, and twenty meters, Zhang Hongsheng took out the pocket hanging on his body, and forcefully pushed the pocket towards the army position.
"Little devil, die!"
Of course, this is not an ordinary pocket, this pocket is tied together with four German wooden-handled grenades, and German wooden-handled grenades are really expensive for the Chinese, which is still what He Tianci wanted in Madrid Astoria in the Russian War. The production of this thing was relatively small, and it had not been reused on the battlefield before, but it initially showed its power in the Russo-Russian War.
"Boom", a huge explosion sounded over the artillery position of the Cockscomb Army, and before most of the troops had time to react to what this bag was, it was sent to the western sky, and a puff of smoke and dust was set off on the top of the Cockscomb Mountain.
"Zhang Hongsheng, good job." The explosion sound on Jiguanzi Mountain was equivalent to sending a signal to Su Houde, saying that the artillery position of the army had been taken, and he shouted to the soldiers around him: "See, Company Commander Zhang has already taken the artillery position of the little devil, hurry up and the little devil will die, the machine gun will give me a fierce greeting of the little devil, brothers rush me!" ”
The three Maxim machine guns spilled countless bullets after a slight adjustment, and the power of the machine guns was further enhanced by the several baggage soldiers carrying ammunition boxes behind them.
The three Maxine machine guns were at each other's horns, and the firing angles crossed in a diagonal line, and they continued to spit out long fires at the army.
People who have not experienced war cannot imagine three heavy machine guns that can fire 600 rounds per minute, and the machine gunner only needs to hold the trigger, press the trembling handle to keep it steady, and then shake the machine gun slightly from side to side, and there will be a dense rain of bullets in the front.
The loader does not need to repeatedly stuff the machine gun with bullets, as long as the lock at the interface of the two canvas cartridge belts is locked, the cartridge belt can be extended all the time, and the water-cooled type does not need to worry about the barrel being too hot, unless it is jammed or the bullet is gone, otherwise it can continue to be fired.
It was precisely because of this terrible that the diagonal crossfire formed by the large array of machine guns was like a hurricane that swept by, and the Yue army that attacked Liangshui Town in just a few minutes could only retreat one after another, retreating to the rear, leaving flesh and blood all over the ground.
Under the leadership of Chen Zizheng, they rushed out of the position with the old sleeve, attacked the retreating army, and beat the water dogs.
Yanji Longyu Yamen, at this time Yanji has basically returned to calm, and the gendarmerie wing led by Saito withdrew from Yanji, but in the face of the long Tumen River border defense He Tianci's 3,000 troops still seem a little nervous, and the most important thing is that the third town sent by the imperial court to the northeast must not be mentioned, and at this time only Han Dengju's Jiapigou Han Jiajun can be relied on.
At the same time, the civilian personnel sent by Xu Shichang to He Tianci were not idle, because He Tianci knew that this battle must be temporary, because according to the development of history, the rotten Qing political axe can only negotiate peace, so it is necessary to collect evidence in Yanji to prove that the so-called "Jian Dao" is Chinese, so as to obtain enough benefits in the negotiations.
"Report!" Wu Luzhen clasped her feet and saluted He Tianci.
"Shouqing is here, come in!" He Tianci stood up and said politely.
Wu Luzhen looked a little hesitant, first, he hesitated, looked at He Tianci and said softly: "Lord Tong, Lord Governor, the third town of the Imperial Court to aid Yanji has not yet arrived in Fengtian!" ”
He Tianci was unexpectedly calm, this had long been in his expectation, the third town of the imperial court was too late, Cixi's old demon woman would not care about these things, anyway, Yanji would not care about anything if he lost it, as long as the foreigners did not enter Yanjing City and let him spend his old age in secret, He Tianci couldn't wait to enter Yanjing City now and capture this old demon woman alive.
Looking at Wu Luzhen's puzzled face, He Tianci smiled slightly and said, "I expected it, by the way, it is said that the Han family army in this sandwich ditch should arrive!" ”
Wu Luzhen looked at He Tianci with a smile on his face, he was really clueless, he was stunned for a while, and hurriedly said: "Oh......, well, I have already arrived in Huadian, and it is estimated that I will be able to reach Yanji tonight." ”
"Good! Good! He Tianci said repeatedly, as long as Han Dengju's 3,000 people arrived, the available troops in his hands would be half more, so that Saito's gendarmerie wing wanted to launch an attack on Yanji, it would really be beyond his strength.
The midsummer sun hung above the firmament, and the scorching sun shone on the blood-soaked river, and the entire river was scarlet, and Liangshui Town was shrouded in blood. The mountain road from the Tumen River to the cockscomb in Liangshui Town is covered with bloody corpses.
After recovering Liangshui Town, the Yue army retreated to the east of Liangshui Town, and the battle to defend the Tumen River, which lasted for a day and a night, finally came to an end. Large-scale fighting had ended along the long Tumen River border, with only occasional attacks on the Chinese defenders of the Tumen River by small units of the self-defeating army.
"Win, win! Liangshui Town, won the war! ”
The shouts were like a bright light in the dark night, and like a thunderclap in the chaos, like a violent wind, most of the haze covering tens of thousands of hearts was swept away, and those who knew and didn't know each other clapped their hands, shouting, venting the tension and anxiety in their hearts, and in an instant the whole Yanji was immersed in the cheers of victory.
A moment later, a thousand-meter-long firecracker was spread in front of the Yanji Longyu Yamen, welcoming the moment of raising eyebrows.
Thousands of meters of firecrackers rang out in front of the Longyu Yamen, and the sound of firecrackers rang for more than ten minutes. Since Yanji is located at the junction of the border between China and North Korea, the villagers have been bullied by Yu himself for a long time, and this victory has completely made the villagers breathe a bad breath.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded on Yanji Street, and a horse team of more than 3,000 people galloped towards the Longyu Yamen with a golden hook rifle in hand.
Although the costumes are not neat, their formations are majestic, all of them are full of energy, loaded with guns and ammunition, and they are lined up in a dense phalanx, blocking the Longyu Yamen.
The villagers who were happy on the street, looking at these 3,000 horse teams with rifles in their hands, were really shocked, could it be that this little devil still has 3,000 reinforcements in Jilin, which can frighten the villagers, this is the battle that he just won, where did the killing come out these days? (To be continued.) )