At the starting position of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 6th Division of the Army, Zhang Xinghai was nesting in the trench and chatting with the battalion commander. When Zhang Xinghai was the commander of the 1st Battalion, Hu Bo was one of the deputy battalion commanders, and this time Zhang Xinghai was assigned to the 1st Battalion for internship.

Listening to the shells whistling overhead, they smashed heavily on the position of the Zhejiang army not far ahead, and the huge explosions continued to come. Zhang Xinghai smoked a cigarette with an indifferent face and said to Hu Bo beside him: "I said, old Hu, why are there so many cowards in our first battalion now?" Look at them," Zhang Xinghai pointed to the recruits who were pouting and lying in the trenches with their heads in their hands, and then said, "This is still us beating others, if it is us who are being shot, these cowards will not have to pee their pants?" ”

Hu Bo took a deep breath of cigarette and said with a smile: "Lao Zhang, you still don't know about the affairs of our camp?" New regiments were built one after another, and most of the veterans of our battalion were evacuated! It's all these guys who have just completed 90 days of recruit training, and I can't help it. And most of the squad and platoon leaders of our battalion have been sent to the Anqing Non-commissioned Officer School, and this time the order is so anxious to wait for them to come from Anqing by boat, our side has already finished the fight! ”

After complaining, Hu Bo continued: "But it's okay, the old foundation of our battalion is still there." Don't you know that recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns, as long as this battle is over, all the recruits who can survive will become veterans. He took a deep breath of cigarette and said with a smile: "By the way, Lao Zhang, how are you doing at the Military Academy?" He's the oldest, right? ”

Zhang Xinghai snuffed out his cigarette and said with a smile: "You kid, Lao Tzu is the oldest, what's wrong." Let me tell you, I'm in the academy, that's," Zhang Xinghai's words were interrupted by a hurried shout, "Battalion commander!" Battalion commander! Zhang Zhonglin shouted as he ran along the trench.

Zhang Zhonglin ran to Hu Bo's side and gasped for breath and said, "Battalion commander" "Don't worry, speak slowly, take a breath first." Hu Bo took out the kettle and handed it to Zhang Zhonglin. After drinking the water, Zhang Zhonglin wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and said loudly: "Report to the battalion commander, I found at the observation post that the enemy on the opposite side had run away!" "Huh? It's true? Hu Bo and Zhang Xinghai hurriedly stood up and asked loudly. It's true! ”

Zhang Xinghai and others hurriedly ran to the observation post to observe the enemy situation with binoculars, and sure enough, as Zhang Zhonglin said, the Zhejiang troops on the position were desperately running back. No, it should be said that it is a rout! "Lao Zhang, what now?" Hu Bo hurriedly asked.

Zhang Xinghai looked at the Casio watch on his wrist and said, "Ten minutes after the shelling started, the Zhejiang army ran away, this is a good opportunity." Zhang Xinghai looked at Hu Bo and said in a deep voice, "Now you must immediately report to the regiment headquarters and propose to launch an attack in advance, what do you think?" Hu Bo nodded.

The news quickly spread to the regimental headquarters, and after checking with the front-line troops, it was quickly reported to the division headquarters, and then transferred to the Hairong again.

"Really?" Gao Yang asked with a surprised look on his face as he took the telegram. "The front-line troops have verified it, and the intelligence is true. It's my plan that I made a mistake, I didn't expect the enemy army to collapse so quickly, now please give the commander the order to start attacking! Weix stood aside and said seriously.

"Well, let's start then, finish early, I still have a lot of things to do." "Yes, sir."

A few minutes later, several signal flares rose into the air on the position of the Sixth Division, and dense artillery fire began to extend to the rear of the Zhejiang army's battle line. On the starting positions of the 2nd and 3rd regiments, the loud trumpets of the charge were blown, and thousands of officers and men jumped out of the trenches with shouts and rushed towards the enemy positions on the opposite side. At the same time, the rest of the regiments also began to move forward into their respective positions.

Hu Bo and Zhang Xinghai were kicking the recruits who were hiding on the ground and didn't dare to move in the trenches, "Rush, rush, rush, TMD, you stay here and wait for death!" You will be dealt with as deserters! Are you stupid? Get up! After some kicking and pulling, most of the frightened recruits rushed out, but a few of them were lying on the ground and refused to move, no matter how they beat and scolded. There are also those who cry and shout to go home. The recruits were just farmers who had just laid down their hoes a few months ago, and most of them hadn't even left their villages! When it came to this battlefield full of artillery, many people were scared stupid.

No matter how well you usually train, once you get to the battlefield, the huge psychological pressure is easy to collapse! For every unit, veterans are liked, and that's because veterans have experienced war, can suppress the fear in their hearts, and play more than half of the results of their usual training! And the recruits who can play the two levels of training are good seedlings.

Hu Bo was about to step forward and pull, but was pulled by Zhang Xinghai, "Forget it." Zhang Xinghai motioned to Hu Bo to look behind, the gendarmerie supervision team had already come up, "People's roads are all walked by themselves, don't care." After saying that, he picked up the MP18 and rushed out of the trench. Hu Bo looked at the deserters lying on the ground, and then turned his head to see the expressionless gendarmes getting closer and closer, scolded fiercely, picked up MP18 and rushed out of the gang, if he didn't rush out of the gang, he would be arrested by the gendarmes as a battlefield escape, the gendarmes don't care who you are!

The starting position of the Sixth Division was less than a kilometer from the position of the Zhejiang army, and several reconnaissance teams had been dealt with under the cover of the morning fog before the shelling, and the fog gradually dissipated after the shelling began. Zhang Xinghai, who was running forward, thought to himself: "This is God, all of you are helping the overseers." ”

The distance of one kilometer is only a few minutes away for the soldiers, and after rushing to the position of the Zhejiang army, they see that they are full of devastation. There were corpses and mutilated limbs everywhere, fragments of all kinds of guns and various materials were scattered everywhere, the wounded soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were still wailing in pain, and countless huge craters were densely packed all over the position. Under the reprimand of the officers, the recruits, who were stunned and wanted to vomit, ran and vomited through the position, and continued to attack towards the town of Xiagang. The recruits began their first lesson in military practice.

On the way to the town of Xiagang, the officers and men of the attacking 6th Division came under heavy fire from the artillery of the 10th Division. The artillery of the 10th Division, deployed in a grove behind the town, finally completed their deployment and began to provide fire support.

The shells fell on the attacking ranks, carrying large tracts of earth and the lives of many officers and soldiers, and the officers shouted "Hurry, hurry, don't stop!" Keep moving! "THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT OF THE 10TH DIVISION DID NOT HAVE ANY HEAVY ARTILLERY, AND ALL OF THEM USED 75MM FIELD GUNS. However, its power was enough to inflict heavy casualties on the attacking officers and soldiers.

The artillery of the 6th Division quickly calculated the specific yardstick of the 10th Division's artillery based on the report of the balloon observation post and the direction of the smoke, and the artillery counterattack followed.

The roaring heavy artillery shells covered the positions of the 10th Division's artillery regiments in an instant, and the soldiers and artillery parts were lifted into the sky together in the huge explosion, and the detonated shells turned the artillery positions into purgatory on earth. The artillery regiment of the 10th Division was quickly crippled and withdrew from the battle. The fate of the 10th Division, deprived of artillery support, was already sealed.

The town of Xiagang was not far from the front line, and the officers and men of the 6th Division soon rushed into the town and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the defenders. The town of Xiagang is not large, and it is separated from the west gate of Jiangyin Fortress by a canal. Take here to cut the 10th Division out and surround it on the edge of the Yangtze River!

The 10th Division is also an elite unit, with many veterans on the team, and they followed Lu Dashuai all the way south from the northern capital to Zhejiang. It is also an old battle, and today is the most critical moment for the 10th Division since its establishment!

After the support artillery of the 6th Division eliminated the artillery of the Zhejiang Army, it began to block the support road of the Zhejiang Army to Xiagang Town, and the task of occupying Xiagang Town was entirely dependent on the infantry. Thousands of two officers and soldiers fought bloody battles in the town!

On the main road in the middle of the town, the Zhejiang army placed a few Makqin in a courtyard, and the fierce fire blocked the way forward. When Zhang Xinghai arrived, he happened to see a college classmate with a platoon of soldiers trying to bypass the side of the house, but he was knocked to the ground by a Makqin arranged on a high place, and the blood pooled out and became a pool of blood. He knew that classmate, who wore glasses and played together. I didn't expect to die here today.

Zhang Xinghai gritted his teeth and hid around the corner of the street to carefully observe Makqin's location, thinking about how to kill them. Zhang Zhonglin came to his side and said in a deep voice, "Brother Xinghai, I've seen it, those machine guns are very well arranged, and there are no dead ends." If you want to kill them, you have to rush hard. You cover me, I'll take people up! Zhang Xinghai was not hypocritical, looked at him and said seriously, "Okay, take care." At this time, the officers and men of the fire support platoon resisted the two Makqin, and Zhang Xinghai stepped forward to direct the fire cover to attract the attention of the machine guns on the opposite side.

Zhang Zhonglin and more than 30 soldiers rushed out of the street corner, throwing grenades as they went. The dust from the grenade explosion obscured their figures, but the Maxim perched high still spotted them, turned its gun and fired wildly. The soldiers around Zhang Zhonglin were swept down nearly half in an instant!

Zhang Xinghai pushed away a Makqin shooter beside him, shooting to cover Zhang Zhonglin in person. The Makqin on the high ground was suppressed, and Zhang Zhonglin seized the opportunity to quickly lead people to rush through the fire blockade area and come to the side of the Makqin position of the Zhejiang army, and a grenade was thrown over. After the loud bang, several Makqin were silent!

"Rush!" Without the suppression of Makqin, the officers and soldiers of the 6th Division, who were blocked on the road, rushed up and rushed through the streets like a tide, and at the end of the road was the headquarters of the 10th Division!

In the headquarters of the 10th Division, it is Liu Xiangnan, chief of staff, who is now in charge of the overall situation. At this time, Liu Xiangnan was sitting quietly in front of the map, bowing his head slightly, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.

"Bang." The door was pushed open. The commander of the guard company of the division headquarters ran in and shouted: "Chief of Staff! Brothers, it's going to be unbearable! Let's go! "As the door was opened, loud shouts, fights, explosions were heard.

Liu Xiangnan raised his eyelids, looked at the guard company commander, and said quietly, "Let's go?" Where to go? Now the entire town is surrounded, and the Jiangyin Fortress is also in flames! Not a single reinforcement! He sighed softly and slowly stood up and said, "Tell the brothers, stop fighting, don't lose your life in vain, we lost." ”

Gao Yang on the Hairong held a telescope to observe the situation of Jiangyin Fortress, at this time the counterattack of Jiangyin Fortress had been defeated, and now it was being shelled unilaterally.

Weix walked up to Gao Yang with a telegram and said, "Overseer, I just received a telegram that the enemy forces in Summerport have surrendered!" Our plans are going well. After speaking, he paused and said with a smile: "The enemy's will to fight is very weak. ”

Gao Yang turned his head to look at Weix, and said seriously: "This is not a national war!" There is no need for soldiers to die in vain for the sake of a rivalry between warlords! Their choice to surrender after being in a desperate situation should be understood. Do you understand? "Yes, sir!"