February 1, 1916.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

A company of artillery suddenly roared loudly.

The earth shakes and the mountains shake, and the moon loses its color.

The 16th Beiyang Mixed Brigade, which had just captured the Baisha Field, was suddenly hit by heavy artillery fire!

In the chaos of the 16th Brigade, the [***] Jin Handing Battalion launched an attack on the 16th Brigade from the left, the Li Wenhan Battalion attacked the 16th Brigade from the right, and the Tian Zhonggu Battalion launched a forced attack on the front!

The fierce attack of the three battalions made Feng Yuxiang confused, and after only one battle, he was forced to retreat to the second line for defense.

However, without waiting for the 16th Brigade to gain a foothold on the second line, the escort [***] continued to assault.

After persevering until 2 days, Feng Yuxiang's brigade finally couldn't support it, and the whole line was defeated! Feng Yuxiang himself was wounded in the battle.

It was a hearty victory. Hu [***] concentrated the strength of three battalions, at the cost of abandoning the white sand field, lured Feng Yuxiang to go deeper, and then launched a surprise attack, a great victory in one fell swoop!

Chen Eun, who was unwilling to fail, immediately sent a regiment of the Beiyang Army and two battalions of the pro-army to reinforce the battlefield.

Cai Ye continued to lure the enemy deep with the protection of [***] Liu Faying, and then led him to the front line of Yibin, and once again repeated the clever plan, with Tian Zhonggu and Li Wenhan's second battalion launched a fierce pounce, and the enemy army was defeated again. Protect [***] capture two cannons, and there are countless ammunition!

Under the arrangement of Cai Yi, commander-in-chief of the First Army, the guards of Yibin defeated the attacks of more than 10,000 people in Beiyang with a force of 2,000 and two great victories before and after, and defended Yibin to the death.

Cai Ye's military career also reached its peak in the battle to protect the country!

To be honest, this time to protect the country and fight against Yuan, as it has been before, there is no organization, no connection, each doing its own thing, the three armies of the Protectorate War have no owner, it is just a bubble war.

But fortunately, there is a Cai Yi!

This outstanding general, using his incredible military talent, made a clever move, and beat the elite of Beiyang in a situation where the enemy is strong and I am weak!

Back then, Yuan Shikai was bent on entrapping Cai Ng, and the purpose was here, so that Cai Que could be used for his own use!

It's a pity that Yuan Shikai didn't be able to do it!

"I'm too far away from Cai Songpo." When receiving the Yibin battle report, Wang Hengyue said to himself.

"Cai Songpo fought a good battle." Jiang Baili also sighed with emotion: "I personally led the main force to put on a decisive battle posture, but in fact, the real purpose was to eat Beiyang one bite at a time." ”

"Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou, also announced that he had read power." Wang Hengyue clicked on the telegram on the table: "There will be more and more provincial reading power, and it will be our turn soon!" ”

Immediately, his face was straight: "Order, my brigades are ready for battle!" ”

Jiang Baili smiled slightly, he knew that Heng Shuai couldn't hold it back. Everything is waiting for that day

At this time, Cai Yi led the main force of the First Army to protect [***], and fought a bloody battle with the Beiyang elite at Chaoyang Pass and Cotton Slope in Naxi for 27 days and nights, and the Beiyang Army suffered heavy casualties and was forced to dig deep trenches to hold on.

The First Army, also unable to be replenished due to heavy attrition, was also forced to switch from offensive to defensive.

Twenty-seven days and nights, the First Army commanded by Cai Ye fought a bloody battle for twenty-seven days and nights with the Beiyang Army, which was far stronger than himself!

Yibin's Jin Han Ding Battalion and Li Wenhan Battalion were also pulled to the front line one after another, and Chen Eun hurriedly ordered Feng Yuxiang's brigade and Wu Xiangzhen's brigade to attack Yibin again with more than 5,000 troops from the second brigade.

At this time, in Yibin, there were only Tian Zhonggu's battalion, which had more than half of the casualties, and Liu Guowei's engineer company! Together, there are only more than 200 people. And the artillery battery is almost running out of shells!

With superior forces, the Beiyang Army launched a fierce attack on Tian Zhonggu's camp like a tsunami, and Tian Zhonggu really had no strength to continue to resist Beiyang's large-scale counterattack.

"Battalion Commander Tian, Company Commander Liu, please transfer to the right flank, let our department cover your retreat, and block the enemy in Cookpot Mountain!"

With this change in the battle situation, Tian Zhonggu's battalion retreated to the right flank, and Liu Guowei's engineering company defended Cooking Pot Mountain.

The tragic Battle for the Defense of Cookpot Mountain has begun!

At that time, Liu Guowei's engineer company was only 62 people.

But Liu Guowei and his brothers, from the very beginning of the defense of Cookpot Mountain, have already regarded themselves as dead people.

In the face of the enemy all over the mountains, these sixty-two men stuck to their positions and miraculously blocked wave after wave of enemy attacks.

And the artillery in the rear also did their best to support the brothers in front with the last shells!

The fierceness of this battle cannot be described in words.

Beiyang attacked again and again, and the engineer company guarded the position again and again. With his own blood and life, he guarded the glory of the Patriotic War!

They knew they wouldn't be able to hold out much longer, and they knew they were going to all die here, but they simply didn't care.

Someone always has to die, die vigorously, and let his name leave a strong mark in the history of China!

On the day of the victory of the Protectorate War, many, many people will know what happened on the battlefield of Cookpot Mountain. There were once sixty-two warriors who shed their last drop of blood for the victory of the country!

Beiyang rushed up, and they beat them down with bombs and bullets; Beiyang rushed to the front, and they forced Beiyang back with sappers and shovels and stones!

One warrior after another, resisting the bombs, rushed to the enemy, and then in that explosion, their young and enthusiastic lives were proudly gone

What kind of battle is this?

Feng Yuxiang and Wu Xiangzhen were completely shocked.

They clearly saw that there were only a few defenders on the Cookpot Mountain, and there were no machine guns, but how did they hold on to it from morning to afternoon?

The number of people in Beiyang was several times, more than ten, dozens of times that of them, and the machine guns completely suppressed them, but they had clearly seen the enemy's position, but they just couldn't rush up.

The last shell of the [***] artillery company also went out.

"Company commander, there are no more shells!"

Zeng Tianyuan, the commander of the artillery company, was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at his brother: "Brothers, the engineer company is fighting in Cookpot Mountain, there are not many of them, and we have no shells." What to do? Use artillery as infantry! ”

None of the brethren spoke, but only one asked, "What about the cannons?" ”

Zeng Tianyuan looked back: "Just leave it to Wang Hengyue!" ”

As he spoke, he picked up the banner of "Protecting the Country and Seeking Yuan" and said calmly: "Brothers, let's go!" ”

Feng Yuxiang's hands were trembling.

What's that? It was a group of gunners, under the guidance of a banner of "protecting the country and seeking Yuan", fearlessly rushing towards it!

Crazy people, these people are absolutely crazy!

Under the strafing of the machine guns, they fell in pieces, but they were still there rushing, rushing.

Zeng Tianyuan fell, and he saw that at the moment when the flag was about to fall, a brother picked up the flag with his waist, and then rushed forward without hesitation.

Zeng Tianyuan smiled, and then he climbed forward a few steps hard, and finally couldn't support it anymore and buried himself in the ground.

There was blood in the soil.

The earth is cold, and the blood is fiery!

Zeng Tianyuan felt that there were no regrets, he exhaled a long breath, and then closed his eyes

He was only twenty-one years old this year!

A young life, for the dream he was chasing, fell on this hot land!

At the age of twenty-one, he left this world like this.

Liu Guowei is also only twenty-six years old.

The engineer company could no longer stand it.

Liu Guowei counted it, and there were three wounded soldiers.

"Brothers, I'm going." Liu Guowei smiled faintly.

Three wounded soldiers moved to his side: "Company commander, is it not possible?" ”

"Not really." Liu Guowei took an explosives box to his side, lit a cigarette, and took two puffs: "Brothers, don't be afraid." ”

"Company commander, I, I don't want to die," said a soldier who looked to be less than twenty years old.

Liu Guowei smiled: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, when the people from Beiyang rush up, boom, there is nothing, it won't hurt." ”

The soldier bounced his chest as hard as he could, as if he wanted to prove that he wasn't afraid.

Liu Guowei glanced down, and the people from Beiyang were slowly attacking here: "Brothers, Commander-in-Chief Cai will help us avenge!" ”

The people of Beiyang are getting closer and closer.

Liu Guowei put the cigarette on the fuse.

The fuse was lit and burned.

Liu Guowei and his brothers hugged each other tightly

The heroic spirit lasts forever, and the heroic spirit is forever!

It was March 1, 1916.

Beiyang occupied Cookpot Mountain, but in fact they got nothing.

Not a single captive was caught, not a single person was seen who was still alive.

Feng Yuxiang and Wu Xiangzhen felt an unprecedented shock, what kind of soldiers are this!

They regard death as the highest honor of a soldier, they regard death here as the supreme honor of a soldier, and they are just an engineer company.

How many such people are there in the protection [***]? How many more such battles will be fought?

And what worries Beiyang the most is that there is a bigger tiger, which has been staring at the tiger for a long time, is waiting for Beiyang

"What sound?" Wang Hengyue opened his eyes.

"There's no sound, huh?"

"Oh, then I just had a dream." Wang Hengyue stood up from the recliner: "I dreamed that many soldiers died and perished with the enemy. ”

Jiang Baili walked in: "Heng Shuai, the fight in the direction of Yibin is very hard, it seems that the protection there [***] can no longer withstand it, and Cai Ye has been fighting in Naxi and Beiyang for twenty-seven days and nights, with heavy casualties, and both sides have fought almost the same." It's time for us to strike. ”

"It's time for us to get on." Wang Hengyue asked lightly.

Cai Yi nodded: "It's time for us to go, the enemy has entered our attack range!" ”

Wang Hengyue sorted out his military uniform:

"Order, [***], the whole army attack!"

(To be continued)