"Commander Sun, how is your 6th regiment? I heard that the loss when crossing the river was not small! ”

After stepping into the temporary headquarters on the beachhead, Xu Hu, the commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment, smiled and said to Sun Desheng, who was observing the position of the Beiyang Army.

And after hearing Xu Hu's voice, Sun Desheng didn't look back.

"Commander Xu, I heard that you were injured in the thigh when you crossed the river, and you didn't miss any parts, right?"

During the Xinhai Revolution, because Sun Desheng's 2nd Division and Xu Hu's 3rd Division belonged to the patrol battalion and the new army respectively, and the patrol battalion and the new army had been entangled in grievances for many years, the relationship between the two could only be described as bad when they pacified the Shu army political axe established by Zhang Peijue and others. It's 1913, 2 years have passed since the Xinhai Revolution, and the two people know each other a lot better, so ......... It seems that the relationship between the two has become even worse?

Hearing the malice in Sun Desheng's words, although Xu Hu didn't have any good intentions just now, he still said angrily.

"You !!"

However, when he was snorting angrily, Xu Hu touched the root of his thigh with palpitations......... It's just a little bit worse, it's just a little bit like Sun Desheng said, there are one or two parts missing...

Seeing that Sun Desheng and Xu Hu were about to get into trouble, the other four regiment commanders who knew that these two people were not dealing with each other hurriedly diverted the topic, lest these two people fight in the command headquarters.

"Now that all 6 regiments have arrived, do you want to send 2 regiments up to try it first?"

The one who spoke was Tan Long, the commander of the 2nd Division and the 5th Regiment, because he was on the front line, his beautiful black brimmed hat was thrown aside, and now he was wearing an M35 steel helmet.

After listening to Tan Long's words, Chen Xu, the commander of the 3rd Division and the 9th Regiment, spoke.

"It's better to wait, wait for the orders of Commander Zhu and Commander Yang."

Hearing Chen Xu say this, the other 4 regiment leaders also nodded.

But just as a few people were nodding, an officer suddenly came over with a telegram.

"Several regiment commanders, this is what Commander Zhu just sent over."

"Oh?"

Hearing that it was Zhu Qinglan and they sent it, several people hurriedly surrounded them.

As soon as the telegram was unfolded in Tan Long's hands, a 75mm field artillery shell fell near the headquarters, although the power of the field artillery was very small, and it did not directly hit the headquarters, but the dust was still sprinkled on the telegram.

After blowing the dust off the telegram, Tan Long unfolded the telegram and read it carefully, and only after half a ring did he say to the other 4 people.

"Jingzhou has just shipped a batch of ships over, and Commander Zhu and Commander Yang let us not have to worry about backup." As he spoke, Tan Long motioned for the remaining five people to walk to the map with him, and then pointed to the location of the Beiyang Army's position on the map. "Also, what Commander Zhu and they mean is to let these people on our beachhead first conduct two tentative attacks to see if they can seize a position and come down."

"How to attack?"

Tan Long first stroked with a pen in the middle of the Beiyang Army's position, and then also drew with a pen on the right flank of the Beiyang Army's position.

"What they mean is to first use the strength of two regiments to attack the position in the middle of the enemy's position, block the flank support of the enemy's reinforcements, and then use the strength of two regiments to attack the right flank to see if we can repel the Beiyang Army, if we can, we will take root in the position of the right flank of the Beiyang Army, and wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive, and then carry out the next offensive against the Beiyang Army."

Although there were at least 2 divisions of enemy troops on the Beiyang Army position opposite, but...

After touching the 11.43 mm caliber Browning M1911 pistol on his waist, Tan Long and several other regiment commanders all smiled slightly.

After determining that the 2nd and 3rd Divisions would be the first batch of troops to cross the river, Yan Guang transferred all the M1900 pistols in stock at the Sichuan Arsenal, and now these two divisions are almost every soldier to officer with a semi-automatic pistol. It can be said that at least in terms of firepower, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions have surpassed the Beiyang Army by several levels.

In addition to the M1900 pistol, there is also the latest M1911 semi-automatic pistol. In later generations, the powerful and reliable M1911 semi-automatic pistol can be said to be a generation of classics, for this kind of semi-automatic pistol that has been equipped by the US military since the beginning of World War I, and has been equipped with more than 70 years of semi-automatic pistol, Yan Guang is simply thunderous, and because of this, after learning that Browning's latest product, that is, the latest model of Browning M1911 semi-automatic pistol came out, Yan Guang purchased the drawings and molds of the M1911 pistol from Browning through Charlie of Jardine Matheson, and imitated them in the Sichuan Arsenal, which is used to reload the National Army with the latest pistols......... Due to the lack of officers, Yan Guang was unable to carry out a large-scale expansion of the National Socialist Army, so he had to arm the existing 15 divisions to the teeth as much as possible.

After purchasing the drawings and molds of the Browning M1911 pistol, the Sichuan Arsenal also discontinued the production of the existing M1900 pistol and replaced it with the latest M1911 pistol. However, because it has just been produced, only a small part of this pistol seems to be equipped with the exception of officers, but even then ...

"Although there are at least 2 divisions of the Beiyang Army on the opposite position, and according to intelligence, they still have 4 divisions of troops that have not been used, but with firepower alone, our 6 regiments can at least withstand their 3 divisions, and at least they can take their positions, so it is impossible for them to take them back..."

Of course, Tan Long has reason to say this, although the current hand-to-hand combat weapons of the National Social Army are mainly triangular military thorns and sapper shovels, their six regiments are equipped with semi-automatic pistols from top to bottom.

Semi-automatic pistols, although the pistol is definitely a rifle in range, but if it is only in the fortifications for melee combat, then it will be their national army that has the advantage.

What's more, in the 6 regiments that crossed the river, there are still some soldiers equipped with M1911 pistols, you must know that the caliber of this pistol is as high as 11.43 mm, and the Makqin heavy machine gun used by the Beiyang Army on the opposite side is also a caliber (all 0.45 inches), with this kind of artifact, even if the soldiers of the Beiyang Army are higher than the National Social Army in terms of training quality, they cannot be the opponent of the National Social Army.

Thinking about the power of the M1911 semi-automatic pistol at the shooting range, thinking about the long and short guns that the whole army is all about, as well as a large number of Madsen light machine guns, 37mm infantry guns and 60 mortars, Tan Long and others can be said to be extremely confident in taking the position of the Beiyang Army.

"And when did the offensive start?" He was confident that he would take the position of the Beiyang Army in the case of the first attack, so when Xu Hu asked, he directly ignored the tentative attack mentioned in the telegram.

Although he also noticed this, except for Sun Desheng, the others didn't care much, so Tan Long just smiled.

"The telegram said that in one hour, that is, when it was almost nightfall, the artillery would first extend the fire on the positions of the Beiyang Army, and then let us go up."

The extension of firepower, first blowing up the Beiyang Army on the position, and waiting for the troops crossing the river to carry out a strong attack, and then extending to the rear of the position to prevent reinforcements from coming forward, this is a very standard offensive tactic.

"Understood."

Nodding his head, after glancing at Sun Desheng, Xu Hu said to the few people present.

"In that case, then I'll go to the troops first and prepare, and I'll be here in half an hour."

After Xu Hu left the temporary headquarters, Sun Desheng also confronted several other people.

"I'm going to get ready, too..."

Saying that, Sun Desheng also turned around and left the headquarters.

Looking at these two aggressive guys, several people present could only smile bitterly.

Although the grievances between the patrol battalion and the new army were very deep (grievances that came from envy, jealousy, and hatred), more than two years have passed, and these leaders of the patrol battalion and the new army in the past have also looked down on the past grievances a lot. After all, it is now the Republic of China, and they are all officers of the National Social Army, so there is no need to dwell on the bits and pieces of the past.

However, although they saw it clearly, there were also people who did not see it clearly, such as Sun Desheng and Xu Hu, the two of them were special cases, and they were special cases among special cases. After all, after the establishment of the Sichuan military and political axe, the two people also had grudges, and the causes and consequences were added together, and the resentment of the two people was naturally not as easy to eliminate as others.

Of course, private grievances are private grievances, and Sun Desheng and Xu Hu are both rational......... Well, it should be said that Sun Desheng is a very rational person, although Xu Hu's surname is a little impulsive, but he is also a person who has a clear distinction between public and private, so no matter how bad the relationship between the two is in private, it will not affect official affairs.

Moreover, just as Sun Desheng looked at Xu Hu unpleasantly, Xu Hu was just unhappy with Sun Desheng alone, as for other generals from the new army or patrol battalion? They also often drink together.

After Sun Desheng and Xu Hu left the headquarters and returned to their own troops to prepare for the attack, several other regiment commanders in the headquarters also returned to their own troops, leaving Tan Long alone to continue looking at the map on the table.

And after the timing and plan of the "tentative surname" attack were determined, the artillery bombardment on the side of the National Social Army was also suspended.

Without him, the artillery bombardment has been so intermittent and long, not to mention the consumption of ammunition, even the spare barrels have been replaced by several barrels, and if you don't reserve them well, you will not be able to support the troops crossing the river when they attack.

And after noticing the pause in the shelling of the National Socialist Army, Feng Guozhang, who intuitively felt that the other party was likely to make a move, also asked Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng to be on guard. Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng also personally ordered the troops below not to be careless.

Seeing that Feng Guozhang and the others were so cautious, of course several regiment commanders of the Beiyang Army did not dare to be careless, after all, they had also heard the phrase "tranquility before the storm".

But just because they've heard it doesn't mean the soldiers below have heard it too.

"Careful? Has it changed? I think it's just that the group of guys on the other side have run out of shells, so they just need to rest. ”

Sitting on the steps in the trench, a soldier of the Beiyang Army counted the bullets in his hand and spoke to a few comrades beside him.

Listening to the words of this Beiyang soldier, several other soldiers also nodded in agreement. After all, it has been a long time since the shelling of the National Socialist Army, and it is a matter of course to rest.

And at this time, the artillery positions of the National Socialist Army were also busy...

(To be continued)