Xiong Kewu began to know that his troops had reached the end of their crossbows!

Fighting continuously, the brethren were exhausted. The strong resistance encountered in the threshing floor also dealt a great blow to the originally high morale of Yuan Jun!

At this time, even worse news came at the same time, Hu Jingyi had ordered all the troops in Sichuan to move in the direction of Luzhou, in an attempt to encircle the Fourth Division and make a final decisive battle.

And the Guizhou side of the Guizhou army also quickly moved to the Sichuan side and joined the encirclement and suppression!

Xiong Kewu had reached a dilemma at this time.

If you continue to attack, you may not succeed much; If you withdraw from the army, the consequences will be unimaginable. Hu Jingyi can take advantage of the situation to chase after him, and capture Yucheng in one fell swoop, so that the protector of the country will be destroyed in one fell swoop!

"What about Wang Hengyue? Why didn't Wang Hengyue support the revolution? Yang Shukan was a little anxious: "He is the first righteous of the revolution, and he is a sworn brother with the commander-in-chief, is it possible that at this time, he will not be saved when he dies?" ”

"It's not that Wang Hengyue refuses to save it, it's that he can't do anything." Xiong Kewu always believed in Wang Hengyue's determination to "revolutionize."

He saw Wang Hengyue's illness with his own eyes, and the "second revolution" in Sichuan, and the power of electricity reading were also Wang Hengyue's ideas. What he was even more convinced of was that Wang Hengyue had lost control of the troops!

There is no way to rely on Wang Hengyue anymore, now everything can only rely on himself!

"Attack again!" Xiong Kewu gritted his teeth: "Attack again no matter what!" ”

All the forces of the Yuan army were concentrated. The soldiers fought one attack after another, completely ignoring the opposing firepower, and fought valiantly.

However, after learning that Hu Jingyi personally led the reinforcements to move closer here, Liu Cunhou's Fourth Division also increased its confidence, and also took out all its housekeeping books, blocking every attack of the enemy.

Once, twice, and three times the offensive against Yuan was broken down again and again, and the losses were getting bigger and bigger, and although the brothers still had faith, the real strength made them unable to continue.

On August 14, Yuan Shikai sent a special telegram to Hu Jingyi, the governor of Sichuan, and after a series of attacks on Xiong Kewu, he announced that he would be dismissed from his military post and instructed Hu Jingyi to "severely punish the subordinates."

On the 16th, the strength of three divisions of the Sichuan army arrived at the threshing floor and besieged Yuan's army.

The Yuan army began to shift from offensive to defensive, building fortifications on the spot, and the arduous defensive battle began.

The Sichuan army continued to bombard the Yuan army's position with artillery, and the shells kept coming, and the entire defensive position was completely immersed in fire and smoke.

The Yuan army, which lacked artillery, could not shell the Sichuan army at all, and could only silently endure the destruction of the enemy's artillery fire.

Hu Jingyi was not in a hurry to attack, he wanted to rely on the superiority of artillery fire to destroy the enemy's morale little by little.

On the 18th, the two regiments of the Reading Power Mixed Division were finally late.

Hu Jingyi was not at ease with Wang Hengyue, in his opinion, Wang Hengyue was just an opportunist lying on the sickbed, he just saw that the Sichuan army was about to win, so he sent troops.

However, such opportunistic people don't need to worry much

Wang Hengyue's two regiments were arranged to serve as guards on the periphery to prevent the Yuan army from escaping after the rout, and this was exactly what the officers under Wang Hengyue could not ask for.

On the 20th, after full artillery preparations, the general offensive of the Sichuan army finally began!

The Sichuan army attacked from several directions. The absolute superiority in artillery fire and the absolute superiority in numbers made the outcome of this battle actually doomed from the beginning.

But despite this, the Yuan army still fought hard.

In every corner of the battlefield, the soldiers of the Yuan army were struggling to resist the enemy's attack. Their heavy machine guns had long since run out of ammunition, and they fought stubbornly with bombs and rifles.

Some soldiers carried bombs in their hands, lit fuses and rushed to the enemy without hesitation. In the "boom" explosion, these young lives went with the smoke of gunpowder!

Kill yourself and sacrifice yourself to go to the country!

Although the "second revolution" initiated by the "revolutionaries" and "revolutionary leaders" at the top looks more like a farce of chaos, this has nothing to do with the soldiers.

Soldiers know their duties, and they know what they should do.

It's not that they don't care for their lives, but now it's time for them to die generously!

The platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander every officer is at the forefront like a most ordinary soldier, and when they need to be generous, none of them will hesitate!

Death, it's not scary, it's scary that you don't know why you're dying!

And the officers and soldiers who fought against Yuan Jun all had the strongest wish in their hearts:

Die for the revolution! Although some of them have not really understood the meaning of the revolution, most of them do not understand why the "second revolution" happened!

The head of the regiment Jiang Suoscandium fell, he was hit by three bullets in his body, lying in Xiong Kewu's arms, he gasped for breath, but his words were unwilling:

"Commander-in-chief, I don't want to die for the revolution, I deserve to die, but what about our reinforcements? Where are our reinforcements? Didn't Premier Sun say that as long as we raise our arms and shout, revolutionary comrades will come from all directions, and the whole of Sichuan will respond? Why, why are we the only ones here to fight"

Xiong Kewu didn't know how to answer him.

Yes, didn't you say that countless revolutionary comrades would rush to Sichuan? Doesn't it mean that the whole of Sichuan and the whole of China will respond? Can you send reinforcements? Where exactly are the reinforcements?

The "leaders" who gave them instructions swore to themselves that the Beiyang Army was not terrible at all, and as long as the alliance would ascend and shout, they would inevitably respond.

But now? Now what do they have?

Fighting alone, bloody battlefield, in exchange, is despair and helplessness!

Xiong Kewu had no way to tell his subordinates, because even he didn't know about it

Jiang Suoscandium died in Xiong Kewu's arms, with incomprehension and unwillingness. This brave officer always loyally believed that the revolution would succeed and never regretted it.

Xiong Kewu still remembers that as soon as he arrived in Yucheng, a revolutionary came to expose to him the problem of Liu Hanqing, the governor of eastern Sichuan. Liu Hanqing was originally a salt defense pipe belt, with more than 1,000 patrol troops, this person is old and cunning, good at seeing the wind and rudder, seeing that the Qing Dynasty is about to go, he immediately announced that it was anyway, so he stole the important position of the governor of the east of Xiachuan. However, after Liu Hanqing was anyway, he did not change his evil surname, and continued to be corrupt and evil, killing revolutionaries, and the people were very angry, so Xiong Kewu decided to eliminate Liu Hanqing and his patrol army. Xiong Kewu gave an order, all the Shu troops were dispatched, and the military trumpets inside and outside Wanxian City sounded in unison, shaking the heavens and the earth, and in only half a day's work, Liu Hanqing's patrol army was defeated, Liu Hanqing was captured alive, and according to the crime, he was immediately shot.

And in this battle, it was he Jiang Suo Scandium who was the first to rush into the city and capture Liu Hanqing alive!

Such a fearless person should have made more contributions to the revolution, but

"Commander-in-Chief, the western position is lost!"

Xiong Kewu put down Jiang Suo's scandium corpse and stood up, his face gloomy and frightened: "Who is responsible for defending the western position?" Kill, those who have lost their positions, kill! ”

"The brothers in the western position, all, all of them are killed."

Xiong Kewu's body shook for a moment, and his eyes instantly moistened. He grabbed a rifle and shouted, "Brothers, come with me, fight the enemy, and retake the position for me!" ”

The brethren, who had been lightly wounded, barely got up from the ground, followed behind their commander-in-chief, summoned up the last courage, and went forward!

However, the Yuan army did not even have the strength to recapture a lost position.

Xiong Kewu was beaten down!

"Commander-in-chief, it's not done, it's really not done!" Yang Shukan looked desperate: "There are enemies everywhere, brothers have run out of bullets, I can't stand it, I really can't stand it!" While there is still a way, hurry up and break through! Otherwise, it will be too late! ”

"No, no, I'm not leaving, I'm going to die here with my brethren!" Xiong Kewu yelled like crazy.

"Let's go, let's go!" Yang Shukan grabbed Xiong Kewu: "Take the brothers back to Yucheng, let's regroup and come back!" Tian Muhou, take your people to cover the commander-in-chief's retreat! ”

"Yes!" Battalion commander Tian Muhou did not hesitate to answer.

Tian Muhou, who was already completely desperate, let the brothers pull him to retreat, and his whole person seemed to be completely stupid.

Return to Yucheng to regroup and come back? No, it's no longer possible! The main forces are here, and the entire Sichuan army against Yuan has been scattered. Yucheng? Where are the troops in Yucheng?

He swore that as long as he lived, when he met the leaders of the revolution, he would ask them out loud what was the national response they had promised. And what about the reinforcements they promised?

The guns were still ringing out, and they exploded on the battlefield with a "boom".

Tian Muhou and his brothers stuck to the battlefield to the death, blocking the enemy's approach. He glanced back, and the commander-in-chief had withdrawn with the remnants of his brothers.

Hold on for another half an hour, just hold on for another half hour, and the commander-in-chief will be safe!

"Brothers, fight, fight, hold on a little longer!" Tian Muhou kept pulling the trigger in his hand and roared loudly.

None of the brethren spoke, and they concentrated all their energies on the battlefield, using the last of their ammunition to buy the Commander-in-Chief the most time!

Whether they live or die, they are all worthy of their hearts, they are a group of real soldiers.

But no matter how good a soldier is, he also needs a really good leader!

(To be continued)