Strings of machine-gun bullets flew overhead, and the surrounding trees had been discounted.

The troops of Beiyang rushed up there layer by layer, rushing closer, and the hideous expressions on the faces of those soldiers could be seen clearly.

The battle on this day was extremely fierce, and the two sides fought to the death on the vast battlefield.

The solidity of the Northern Expeditionary Army's position and its determination to defend to the end greatly surprised Wu Peifu.

Although the 11th Beiyang Division was annihilated by Liu Zhaocheng before, although Wu Peifu was a little worried, he still didn't take Liu Zhaocheng and the Northern Expeditionary Army too seriously.

Luckily, anyone can win once or twice once in a while. But once the tragic offensive and defensive battles came, Wu Peifu was convinced that the Northern Expeditionary Army would soon be unable to hold out and be defeated.

But now the performance of the Northern Expeditionary Army shocked Wu Peifu!

Especially their firepower and armed strength are so strong that they have even far surpassed their own 3rd Division!

The reason why Wang Hengyue dared to go on the Northern Expedition may be out of trust in his own force.

Both sides seem to have an agreement: to fight during the day and rest at night. When night fell, the fierce and unusual gunfire suddenly stopped.

There was a Beiyang Army soldier whose gun accidentally misfired, and he was slapped hard by the squad leader on the side: "Fuck, if there is a misunderstanding on the other side, if you want to fight again, do you want to rest?" ”

The soldier covered his face that was hot and painful, very aggrieved, and muttered in a low voice: "It was originally a war"

Another slap in the face came over, and the squad leader was even more annoyed: "You know a fart, there is no way to fight, and after the war, it is nothing more than everyone negotiating, maybe when we will become our own people with the Northern Expeditionary Army, now that the fuck is so hardworking, will we meet in the future?" ”

In Wu Peifu's headquarters, the unsmooth attack also made Wu Peifu a little worried.

The news I just got that after the loss of Henglong Bridge, Cangshui also fell into the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Yiyang was already directly threatened.

Can Zhang Jingyao withstand it? Can Song Dapei control the situation there? Wu Peifu didn't have any bottom in his heart.

"Yushuai, today's one-day battle, not how capable the Northern Expeditionary Army is, but those soldiers on the front line are unwilling to give their lives, and they rushed forward several times, as long as the firepower of the Northern Expeditionary Army becomes fierce, those charging teams will soon retreat." Wu Peifu's chief of staff, Li Jichen, said what he thought in his heart:

"I also heard some soldiers say there"

"Say what?" Wu Peifu glared.

Li Jichen was bold: "They said that the third division of Yushuai's descendant line would not be taken or attacked, and other troops would be sent to death."

"Fart, fart!" Wu Peifu was furious, but quickly calmed down.

Indeed, there is some truth to this. From the beginning of the offensive battle, he hugged to let other troops fight hard, and waited until the Northern Expeditionary Army was almost exhausted, and then sent his elite third division to pick up the fruits of victory.

It now appears that this approach may not be effective.

Li Jichen and Wu Peifu have been together for a long time, and he knows best what Yu Shuai is thinking in his heart: "Yu Shuai, it seems that if you want to defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army as soon as possible, you have to."

Wu Peifu was silent.

Judging from the performance of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the past two days, it is different from what they thought, they are indeed a very capable force in battle, if they throw the third division so early, even if they can win, I am afraid that their own troops will also suffer heavy casualties.

Just when he was hesitating, the adjutant walked in with a nervous expression: "Yushuai, Yiyang is lost." ”

"What?" Wu Peifu and Li Jichen called out together.

"Yiyang was lost, and the Zhang Jingyao brothers surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army."

"What about Song Dapei and Bai Enru?" Wu Peifu suddenly became nervous.

"Song Dapei Song Dapei committed suicide by Bai Enru and surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army!"

Wu Peifu's body shook and sat down.

Song Dapei committed suicide, Song Dapei committed suicide It was a cronie who had followed him for so many years, loyal to him, and he put him in Yiyang just to stabilize the situation in Yiyang, but now, Song Dapei has left him.

Yiyang is lost! Originally, in Wu Peifu's plan, Yiyang could hold on for at least ten days, but he didn't expect that he would lose it in such a short time.

As soon as Yiyang was lost, his flanks were exposed to the Northern Expeditionary Army!

"What about Bai Enru! Why didn't Bai Enru commit suicide, he was a coward! Wu Peifu stood up abruptly and roared angrily.

"Yu Shuai is angry." Li Jichen hurriedly persuaded: "Now is not the time to be held responsible, Song Dapei committed suicide to serve Yushuai, everyone is distressed, but Yiyang is lost, and the flank of our army is in danger, so it is better to find a way quickly." Yu Shuai, Ming said that there must be a breakthrough on the battlefield, I think, let's pull our third division up! ”

Wu Peifu nodded: "The matter has come to this, and it can only be done like this." Let the 1st, 3rd, and 9th divisions of the border defense army, and the 28th and 29th mixed brigades be pulled to the front line of Ningxiang to protect the flank of our army. Let Sun Chuanfang's first, second, and third divisions protect the left flank of our army. The 53rd Mixed Brigade and the 12th Mixed Regiment, which were newly reinforced to Hunan, were ordered to step up the extermination of the Hunan army. Order the 3rd, 11th, 12th, 17th, 15th Frontier Division, 19th Hubei Division, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Mixed Brigades, 47th, 48th, and 51st Mixed Brigades, Shandong 1st Mixed Brigade, and Hubei 4th Mixed Brigade, all of which were put into battle! ”

"Yes!"

Wu Peifu has decided to take a gamble and no longer leave any back!

And Duan Qirui's descendants, Duan Zhigui and Xu Shuzheng, who received the order, also temporarily abandoned the contradiction between peace and direct lineage, quickly marched to the battlefield of Ningxiang, joined the local defenders, and decided to defend Ningxiang to the death!

The decisive battle is about to begin!

And the soldiers on the front line didn't know that a decisive battle was coming!

The position of the Northern Expeditionary Army was quiet, some soldiers were eating dinner, some were wiping their guns, and some were resting with their eyes closed.

The soldiers were already very tired after a day of fighting.

In the evening, the students became active, helping to bandage the wounded, carry ammunition, and constantly ask curiously about the battle.

Many of the students who came to the front line had already signed up to join the army, and the vigorous battlefield greatly infected them.

Yin Siyu and a few female students always like to surround the company commander named Cao Daming, keep asking this and that, and Cao Daming, who wants to have a good rest, has to talk to them with his spirits.

After talking for a long time, Cao Daming's mouth was dry, and he picked up the kettle on the side and took a sip: "I said girl, I've said so much, what about you?" I've heard that in many big cities, men and women are dancing together, and some women are shirtless, and they can let men do it themselves. ”

"Yes." Yin Siyu and his companions on the side pursed their lips and laughed: "That's not called bare-chested, then bare-shouldered, and your own hands are also etiquette from foreign countries." ”

"That's shameless." Cao Daming said disdainfully: "Our Chinese etiquette is the most shameful, what do men and women suffer?" ”

"Men and women don't kiss."

"Yes, that's it, why don't you listen to those people?" Cao Daming snorted in his nose.

Yin Siyu smiled: "Then, then you sleep with those women"

She couldn't say the word "sleep" anyway.

"Isn't it just sleeping with a woman?" Cao Daming helped her out with a grin: "That's what you want me to do, but if I want to have a mother-in-law in the future, if my mother-in-law kisses other men like this, I have to kill her." ”

"Ah, you don't have a wife yet?" Yin Siyu and the female students thought it was incredible.

Cao Daming sighed: "Those of us who do Qiu Ba, I don't know if we will be alive tomorrow today, and if we marry us, we will become widows at any time!" ”

Yin Siyu and her companions fell silent.

They have already seen the tragedy of the battlefield with their own eyes, there is no romance on the battlefield, there is only blood and death. No one knows whether these soldiers, who are still alive and well, will continue to appear on this battlefield tomorrow.

They are loyal to the country, but once they die, what about their families?

No one could answer, not even the soldiers themselves.

"I have a brother" Cao Daming sighed: "That year was still the time of the Protectorate War, he was only twenty-one years old, he had just married a beautiful cousin, and he went to the battlefield the day after he got married. Then we had a fierce battle, and my brother and I were ordered to take a position, and we rushed several times in a row without rushing up, and then the brother came around with a couple of grenades, and I was in charge of covering."

Cao Daming fell into the memory: "I saw him deftly dressed and running on the battlefield, he approached the enemy's position, threw the grenade, the enemy's position was blown up, he stood up and wanted to charge, but a bullet shot through his body, he never woke up." When the battle was over, and his cousins learned the news of his death, they wept for a day and a night, and then, taking advantage of our inattention, jumped into the river and died."

Speaking of this, he let out a long sigh: "That time was what I saw with my own eyes, I have experienced so much, I have seen too many people die, I have seen too many families ruined, and it is okay to sleep with women in normal times, but if you want to get married and marry a guest, then forget it, don't hurt other people's girls anymore, accumulate some virtue, or accumulate more virtue for yourself." ”

Yin Siyu's eyes were red, and tears almost fell.

She didn't expect that this company commander, who usually seems to "sleep with women" without saying three sentences, would have so many stories buried in his heart.

Perhaps only they know what these soldiers really think in their hearts!

(To be continued)