Chapter 8 Killing the Enemy in Luzhou
Xiong Kewu was overjoyed, he didn't expect Hu Zining to generously give so much ammunition, and said: "Our alliance will definitely not forget Mr. Hu, will not forget the Huaxia Army, we just bought a batch of Mauser rifles last month, I don't know if the Huaxia Army has any bullets suitable for Mauser rifles." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Hu Zining thought about it, the current Garand semi-automatic rifle of the Huaxia military has a bullet caliber of 7.62×63mm, and he remembered that the caliber of the Mauser rifle should be 7.92mm×57mm, to see if he could summon bullets of other calibers, so he said: "Mr. Xiong, wait a while, take me in to see if there are any bullets suitable for Mauser rifles in the inventory." ”
After Hu Zining entered a small room, he tried to see if he could summon other types of bullets, only to see a flash in front of his eyes, a box of bullets appeared in front of him, and when he opened it, the diameter of the bullet was indeed larger than that of the Garand rifle, a box of about 60 catties and 1500 rounds of ammunition.
took out the box of bullets and put them in front of Xiong Kewu, and said, "Let's see if it's this kind of bullet." ”
Xiong Kewu looked at it and said happily: "That's right, it's this kind of bullet, now we can have a good fight with the Qing soldiers, can Mr. Hu take another box, let me and Yu Ying take it back, three or four days later, I will bring the brothers of the Alliance to get it. Grenades and bullets? ”
The two members of the Confederacy soon happily returned with the suitcase.
Three days later, Xiong Kewu took 30 people and 10 mules and horses to Luzhou happily and gave the bullets and hands presented to the League. The grenades were all transported away, and before leaving, he did not forget to tell Hu Zining: "Mr. Sun Wen and he both hope that the Huaxia Army will join the Alliance as soon as possible." ”
Hu Zining was also happy that the alliance would have the hand he gave them. Grenades and bullets will organize more uprisings, so let them be cannon fodder to block the Qing soldiers, which can relieve their own pressure. The most scarce thing now is money, but fortunately, these summoned soldiers are absolutely loyal even if they are not paid, and they do not need to spend money on military salaries and the purchase of weapons and ammunition for the time being. In the era of frequent wars, soldiers' salaries and the purchase of weapons and ammunition were the biggest financial expenses, but Hu Zining was able to temporarily save even this expenditure because of his golden finger.
13 days after the alliance received the ammunition given to them by Hu Zining, that is, on April 27, Xiong Kewu, Zhang Peijue, Huang Jinao and others launched the second uprising in Jiading.
On April 27, Hu Zining finally summoned the first administrative talent, named Zhang Kepan, who belonged to the management type, and Hu Zining immediately appointed him as the mayor of Luzhou City. On 7 May, a month after the capture of Luzhou, several administrative personnel could be summoned, and then the administrative management of the occupied areas would be on track quickly.
Zhu Changlan, the commander of the 17th town of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, led the remaining 10,000 new troops in the 17th town, as well as the 3,000 patrol battalion soldiers assigned to him by the governor Zhao Erxun, who was originally going to Luzhou to encircle and suppress the Huaxia army.
On May 5, more than 10,000 Qing soldiers led by Zhu Changlan besieged Jiading Mansion, and the rebel army fought hard with the Qing army for 10 hours, and was finally forced to break through because they were outnumbered. Xiong Kewu broke through, Zhang Peijue died heroically to cover the breakthrough, Huang Jinao was wounded and captured by the Qing army, and most of the nearly 1,000 rebels died. In this battle, Zhu Changlan lost more than 1,000 people.
After recovering Jiading, Zhu Changlan sent a telegram to Zhao Erxun in Chengdu and the central court in Beijing at the same time to invite merit and escort the golden Ao to Chengdu.
On May 7, two junior administrative talents were summoned, named Yu Xiaopi and Zhu Kan; Yu Xiaopi is good at agriculture, industry and commerce, and Zhu Kan is good at finance. One junior technical personnel of the Army, one junior technical personnel of the Navy and one junior technical personnel of the Air Force, and one military personnel will be summoned.
On May 10, Zhu Changlan left 1,000 people in Jiading Mansion to stay and rectify, and led 10,000 troops to rush to Luzhou.
On this day, Hu Zining summoned a group of soldiers in a hidden place outside Luzhou City, and by this day, a total of 2,748 people had been summoned. The strength of one regiment was 2,669 men, and the other 49 men were subsumed into the second regiment that was later called.
The commander of the first regiment of the Chinese Army is called Li Hengpan, and the artillery company of the regiment headquarters is equipped with 18 cannons, all of which are French Schneider M1927 85mm howitzers that have been equipped in the artillery of the battalion headquarters, and the artillery is also equipped with 18 military vehicles to tow and pull the cannons.
The machine gun company was armed with 24 German MG-34 general-purpose machine guns and 18 Bren light machine guns. In the cavalry company, in addition to being equipped with sabers, it was also equipped with Garand rifles and M1 submachine guns. Among the 12 snipers, armed with German Mauser 98K sniper rifles. Sappers and baggage personnel were equipped with corresponding military vehicles, and regimental commanders were also equipped with jeeps.
Of the 38 people in the medical platoon, three doctors can perform surgical procedures.
Now that there are more professional scouts under the direct jurisdiction of the regimental headquarters, Hu Zining asked them to closely reconnoiter the movements of the Qing troops.
On the morning of 13 May, the army led by Zhu Changlan came to a distance of 3 kilometers outside the city of Luzhou and ordered the artillery to launch a bombardment of Luzhou.
Zhu Changlan also wanted to let the artillery bombard, and then let the infantry attack, who knew that his artillery would be gone so soon, so he was so angry that he ordered the infantry to attack.
More than 3,000 Qing soldiers rushed towards Luzhou City, and when they came to Luzhou City, dozens of light and heavy machine guns and thousands of Garand rifle bullets on the city wall fired in unison, and the dense fire was fired at the Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers outside the city fell to the ground one after another, wailing everywhere, and in just a few minutes, less than 1,000 of the more than 3,000 people fled back.
Zhu Changlan was shocked, such a powerful firepower, not to mention that he had seen it before, it was unheard of, he couldn't figure out where these anti-thieves of the Huaxia Army came from such powerful firepower, according to this view, even if all 10,000 people were pulled up, they would be killed in vain. At this time, he no longer had the idea of taking Luzhou, and if he took all these soldiers, it would be even more difficult to explain, and he immediately ordered the whole army to retreat.
Just when Zhu Changlan's army attacked Luzhou City, in the Qing army camp more than ten kilometers away, the Qing soldiers who stayed in the camp thought that the army would definitely be able to take it when it went to attack the city, and their defenses were lax.
Suddenly, more than 100 cavalry of the Huaxia Army rushed towards the Qing army's barracks, and semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns ruthlessly fired at the Qing soldiers.
When the cavalry rushed to only thirty or forty meters, he took out his hand. The grenade was thrown at the Qing soldiers.
On this side of Luzhou City, Hu Zining saw through the telescope that the Qing soldiers began to retreat, and ordered the artillery to bombard the route of the Qing soldiers to Luzhou. Hu Zining divided the 36 cannons into 6 groups and bombed the official roads 3 kilometers, 3.5 kilometers, 4 kilometers, 4.5 kilometers, 5 kilometers, and 5.5 kilometers away from Luzhou City. In this way, even if the telescope could not see the Qing soldiers because of the obstruction of the mountain peaks and woods, as long as the Qing soldiers were within the range of the bombed site, they could not escape the fate of death.
Zhu Changlan thought that as long as he did not attack and retreated in time, he would not be able to win or be defeated, and he could not think of a single shell falling on his side, so he had to order the soldiers to lie down and retreat after the local shelling was over.
What made him desperate was that the cannon of the Huaxia Army kept ringing non-stop, although lying on the ground could effectively reduce the damage of shrapnel, but within a certain range of the explosion of the explosive bomb, it would also kill people, and the artillery of the Huaxia Army kept bombing, as if the shells did not need money.