Shi Dekuan, as the "liaison" of the Yue Wanghui in the People's Party, participated in the battle to kill the new army in Hubei. Shi Dekuan originally hoped to participate in the frontal killing operation of the plainclothes team, and as a young man, Shi Dekuan liked to fight knife to knife and gun frontal combat. However, this application was rejected by Lu Zhengping, the political commissar of the reconnaissance company, without hesitation. The reason for the veto is very simple, Shi Dekuan's temperament belongs to the kind of "rich scholar", and he will be recognized by Tanma at a glance when he walks on the road.

Since there was no big mirror, Shi Dekuan couldn't be sure what was wrong with him, what he could see was that after the plainclothes soldiers of the reconnaissance company were wearing ordinary people's clothes, they were the most common people on the roadside. Except for the better spirit, it won't make people feel anything abnormal at all. This perfect change of identity made Shi Dekuan have to admire it from the bottom of his heart. So he had to participate in the ambush operation.

It was an easy job to put a gun from the dug hiding point, Shi Dekuan aimed at the Hubei New Army Tanma who was stopped by the tripping horse, it was not a burly figure, Tanma was trying to control the horse that almost wanted to stand up, and his back was unsuspectingly exposed under Shi Dekuan's gun. Shi Dekuan didn't have time to think so much, so he pulled the trigger hard. With the sound of gunfire and the violent shaking of his hands, a black hole appeared on the back of the tanma, and the tanma himself stiffened as if he had been immobilized. The horses were even more panicked by the gunshot. After a few jumps, the probe on the horse was thrown off like a noodle pocket.

This was the first person Shi Dekuan had ever killed in his life, and he always thought that he dared to fight against the Manchu army. Seeing that he had hit the enemy, Shi Dekuan felt a sense of joy in his chest. But this sense of self-created joy was too weak, and after a moment he felt a malaise, a strong questioning of the self. "I killed someone?" This thought came out instinctively, and Shi Dekuan immediately felt a cold sweat break out on his back. At this very moment, the scouts in ambush had already run up, stopping the horses while checking on the new army scouts that had fallen to the ground.

The New Army's Tanma was seriously wounded, and he didn't care that there was an enemy in front of him who wanted his own life, he grabbed the arm of the revolutionary soldier and begged with all his might: "Help me!" Help me. ”

"And gas." The scouts shouted.

"Ask him if he surrenders or not?" The Scout Commander shouted.

When the new army Tanma heard this, he said repeatedly: "I surrender, I surrender." Hurry up and save me. ”

Hearing this, the commander shouted, "Then take it to the side of the road." Let's see if we can save it. ”

Knowing that the new army Tanma did not die, Shi Dekuan immediately felt a lot better in his heart. He suddenly didn't understand his reaction, isn't it war now? Isn't war a matter of life and death? Why do I have two completely opposite ideas?

However, the fighters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army did not have the mentality of Shi Dekuan at all, and they naturally showed no mercy when ambushing the enemy, but there was a clause in the military education of the People's Party, which was to treat their own personnel as much as possible without endangering themselves. The scout said to the new army scouts: "Don't shout, don't make trouble. We will save you. ”

"Really?" The new army Tanma said in surprise.

"If you shout again, we won't save you." The Scouts are trained in how to effectively capture the enemy, and they try to make the New Army spouts as confrontational as possible. The wounded recruits wisely shut up, and the scouts put him on his horse and led the horse away. By the time they arrived at the assembly point, a number of wounded New Army horses had already been transported, and the doctors undressed the horses and checked the man's injuries.

"We'll schedule surgery for him." The medic said. After saying that, several medical guards took off the clothes of the New Army's horses, and then tied a noose with a sign to the ankles of the New Army's horses. In a wicker basket, a rope sleeve for another sign was tied to the handle. After comparing the numbers on the two signs, the medics put the finances of the recruits in wicker baskets.

"What is this?" Shi Dekuan couldn't help but ask the scout beside him.

The Scout said, "This is to keep this person's personal belongings." If he can hold on, we'll give him back when he's regained consciousness. If the person doesn't resist, we will try to return these things to his family through channels. ”

"Everyone is at war, don't bother so much, right?" Shi Dekuan asked puzzled.

"This is our discipline and it is not permissible to deprive the captives of their personal belongings."

"What about the one who was killed?"

"It's another thing to be killed. But once he surrendered and became a prisoner, he was protected by us. This is the humanitarian spirit of the revolution. The scout said as he signed the hospital papers.

Shi Dekuan was so shocked by these words that he stayed in place, but he heard the medical soldier ask, "What's your name?" Where do you live? If you don't survive, we'll bury you and your family will be notified. ”

"Didn't you say you were going to save me?" The New Army Scouts were clearly unable to accept the possibility of their own death.

"Brother, we are just doctors, not immortals, we will try our best to save you, but if doctors work at all times, there will be no such thing as dead people in this world. Hurry up and explain, and we'll give you anesthesia. ”

"What is anesthesia?"

"It's just going to get the bullets out of your body. Pick the bullet alive, I'm afraid I'm going to hurt you to death. After anesthesia, you don't feel pain......"

Shi Dekuan watched the fighters of the People's Party deal with various problems in an orderly manner, perhaps he had just tried to kill a person with his own hands, or perhaps he had considered for a long time that King Yue would be different from the People's Party. After seeing all this in front of him, he suddenly had a strong feeling that the people of the People's Party can kill and save people. Whether it's killing people or saving people, it's all so orderly. So what exactly is the BJP going to do? King Yue would always say that he wanted to overthrow the Manchus and save China. But there are a thousand interpretations of this slogan, and everyone has their own view of the revolution and the future it brings. And these people in the BJP don't seem to have that many ideas at all, and they all follow a set of rules from top to bottom. This is the fundamental difference between the People's Party and the Yue Wang Society.

Thinking of this, Shi Dekuan asked the scouts beside him, "Comrade, what are your People's Party troops going to do?" Why do you want a revolution? ”

The scout had already finished signing, and he said casually: "Our revolutionary army is the children of the common people, and the revolution is to let the common people live a good life." By the way, hurry back to the troops, there are a lot of things to be busy with next. ”

The captured personnel of the Hubei New Army were able to receive the maximum medical treatment, while the wounded of the Hubei New Army who were cared for by their own people were far less lucky. Although the Hubei New Army also has a medical battalion, the medical battalion is just a simple bandage. They have neither the ability nor the guts to perform surgery. And when it got dark, the night attack of the People's Party began.

The camp of the new army at this time was about a shape 700 miles long and more than 400 meters wide. The BJP threw two battalions, eight companies of harassment troops. The reason for throwing so many troops is to prevent the new army from jumping over the wall and playing field warfare.

Harassment of the troops was the most traditional method, with firecrackers in the barrels and snipers shooting in hiding. The flames spewed from the muzzles of the guns in the night were very conspicuous, and the Hubei New Army immediately regrouped and began to "fight back." This time, they also learned to be obedient, and they all shot backwards. This gave the artillery of the Forces nouvelles a chance, and they could finally see the enemy's "gun flames". So they opened fire on the "enemy".

The Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants was very cooperative, and as soon as the new army opened fire, the harassment was suspended. As soon as the cannon stopped, the harassment continued. In each round of the "bandits" attack, the soldiers of the New Army were wounded, and the screams were especially loud in the night. During the day, they had already experienced a tragic confrontation, and remembering the enemy's non-stop shooting, the Hubei New Army felt its heart twitch for a while. If that happens, those who fight on the periphery will be dying in vain.

In this mood, the Hubei New Army in the night had already subconsciously retreated, and no one was willing to die in front. The officers soon found themselves unwittingly at the front of the line, and they had to retreat and reprimand the timid soldiers. After Li Yuanhong learned of this situation, he was also helpless. In this case, the new army did not need to think about the march at all, as long as someone attacked from the side during the march, the whole army was afraid that it would collapse immediately. There was no way, Li Yuanhong had to order the artillery to shoot as much as possible. First, it will greatly kill the "bandit army", and second, it will also strengthen the morale of its own troops.

From Li Yuanhong's point of view, this choice cannot be said to be wrong. If it were ordinary rebels, under such heavy bombardment, I was afraid that these ordinary rebels themselves would not be able to withstand it. However, Li Yuanhong faced the troops of the People's Party. The importance that the People's Party attaches to civil engineering work is not at all what Li Yuanhong can imagine. Chen Ke's military tutorial is to copy the tactics of Grandpa Mao and the People's Liberation Army, and at any time, if the tactical work can be completed by sweating, the sappers of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army will work tirelessly to complete it. No one shouted that they were tired, and everyone knew that digging a pit could save the lives of their comrades to the greatest extent. The harassment troops relied on trenches and anti-artillery holes to protect the lives of the fighters when they were close to the harassment. And when the artillery of the new army is bombarded, the sappers will take advantage of the sound of the artillery to dig violently. Extend the tunnel and bunker as far forward as possible.

Throughout the night, the Hubei New Army didn't even have time to sleep for a while. They had been running on the water in a boat for several days on these dog days, and their physical exertion was extremely great. During the day, the march began after disembarking in the morning, and in the afternoon after the attack, there was a long fight. The non-stop tossing and turning all night, especially the roar of the cannons, made it impossible for everyone to really relax. After the sun rose in the morning, the eyes of the new soldiers in Hubei were extremely swollen, and when the sun shone on them, they all felt that their eyes were sore, and their tears couldn't help but flow out.

It was at this moment that a dull sound came to mind. The People's Party troops had already transported the projectile guns used in the attack on Anqing into the tunnels, in the early morning sun. The white smoke of silk ammunition packets flew into the array of the Forces nouvelles in a heavy curve. This is a relentless attack. Chen Ke likes to copy these powerful, simple weapons. The "conscienceless cannon" on the Huaihai battlefield has an amazing lethal ability to kill the enemy's bunker group. Chen Ke's scaled-down version of this throwing weapon may not be able to destroy a concrete bunker, but it can be fatal to an unprotected soldier. Every violent explosion will set off a bloody storm, the new officers and soldiers at the center of the explosion have become fragments and blood mist that used to be human bodies, and the people on the periphery have been directly pushed to the ground by the air waves and impacts, and the people who have fallen are either bleeding from the seven orifices, or only have a small amount of bleeding in the nostrils at the corners of their mouths, but the internal organs of the people have been shattered. The outer ones were injured and knocked down by various human debris flying at high speed, as well as other things.

Chen Ke watched the battle he personally commanded with his traveling telescope on a high ground in the distance, and the tragic scene was clearly visible in the twentieth telescope. Chen Ke only felt his stomach shrink for a while. "Is it really going to come to this?" He couldn't help but think about it. Although the distance was far enough for Chen Ke to hear the screams, and he couldn't see the expressions on the faces of the Hubei New Army in the smoke, the tragic situation of their vultures and wolves had been knocked down by the rows of Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army approaching through the tunnel, and Chen Ke could fully imagine the panic of the Hubei New Army at this time.

"Shall I first order and persuade to surrender?" Chen Ke thought. According to the plan, the next step is a full-scale charge to solve the new army in one fell swoop. In the face of such a chaotic new army, the killing in this charge can be imagined. After a thorough rest, the soldiers with high morale at this time will definitely not be relenting, and all the soldiers of the new army who do not surrender will inevitably be completely destroyed. If persuaded to surrender, it is likely that more people will survive.

However, there is never anything in the world that can not pay a price, and Chen Ke also knows that if he is persuaded to surrender at this time, the new army is likely to have a chance to breathe, and some people will definitely surrender and some will not surrender. Those who do not surrender seize this opportunity to put things in order, they will cause accidental damage to the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. Chen Ke does not believe that he has the right to practice his "humanitarian spirit" with the lives of soldiers. He didn't say anything in the end.

At this moment's thought, as the trumpet of the charge sounded sharply, the attacking troops, who had taken over the harassing positions before dawn, began to charge.