As soon as the battle of Xundian began, gunfire rang out from far and near outside Xuanwei City.

Like Xundian, Xuanwei City also has a closed city gate, and a position has been built in front of the city gate. However, Xundian is built on the mountain, there are fewer city gates, Xuanwei is different, the three city gates in the east, west and south, the difficulty of defense is much greater than that of Xundian.

In front of the three gates, each with a battalion responsible for the defense. The battle plan was also roughly the same as that of the Xundian defensive battle, with one regiment defending, one regiment responding and preparing to pursue the enemy at any time inside the city, and one regiment sneaking out of the city ready to outflank at any time.

The battle plan drawn up by the General Staff of the Militia Corps had several advantages: First, if the enemy wanted to attack Xuanwei to the death, then he would definitely be blocked by the men and horses of a regiment of the Second Brigade, which had a considerable advantage in firepower. If the enemy wants to fight the autumn breeze and run away, then he can attack from inside and outside, and with the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan bandit army or the Yunnan army at this time, if it were not for a madman like Miao Renyi who bought a large amount of arms out of his own pocket, he would basically be scattered in one rush. In the end, if the enemy can't bite Xuanwei, but takes the road to fight the autumn wind in the Dongchuan area where Aizawa is located, the surplus troops inside and outside the city will pursue together, and the enemy can be directly turned into ducks.

"Bang!"

Outside Xuanwei City, the muffled sound of a fiery gun alarmed the defenders stationed in Xuanwei by the militia group, and the defenders of the Second Brigade, who had even eaten and drunk in the position, suddenly picked up their rifles and lay down on the sacks and sand as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Soon, the scout with the individual radio equipment quickly sent back the results of the reconnaissance.

"Report! The scout squad sent back a report that nearly 13,000 bandit troops led by the giant bandit Wu Xuexian were rushing from the main road towards Xuanwei. The bandit army was poorly equipped, with only a few heavy machine guns and two 75mm mountain guns eliminated by the Dian army. ”

At the headquarters of the Second Brigade, the communications staff officer saluted Zhuge Sheng and the others, and then read out the results of the reconnaissance that everyone expected.

"13,000 people, Wu Xuexian has some skills, compared to me back then, but it is much stronger." Zhuge Sheng said to Chu Shiwen, who was looking at the map of Xuanwei.

"That's not right with the instructor. In China, there are more people who can toss, but there are only a handful of people who can really achieve great things. The king of grass in troubled times, a scourge like Wu Xuexian, just started with a ruthless heart and pulled a group of outlaws, but he lacked a little vision. The instructor was able to abandon the darkness and turn to the light back then, and followed the division commander, and now the second brigade under his command is not an opponent, even if the regular troops of the Yunnan Army come. ”

Chu Shiwen's thoughts have also been on the Second Brigade all these years, if the Second Brigade is headed by Zhuge Sheng and Tie Sangan, he is the core of the Second Brigade, and all the training is grasped by him. This is also the reason why the Second Brigade is far away in Yunwu Mountain, but it has not fallen behind in the slightest training progress.

Tie Sanqian also looked at the map on the side, his military quality was not high, the second brigade was actually under the command of Zhuge Sheng and Chu Shiwen, and he was the real brigade commander with troops.

"Wu Xuexian, this dog, he has done a lot of murder and arson, and he also slaughtered villages in southern Yunnan two years ago. This time, I was picked upon, I was afraid that I wanted to do another big thing, and robbed Xuanwei City, so I went to be a division commander under Miao Renyi. Tie Sanqian picked up the information on the table, and marked it with the word secret on his head, which was sent by the Special Intelligence Department of the People's League. It is said that Wu Xuexian was co-opted by Miao Renyi and will be reorganized into the 19th Division of the Yunnan Army under his three divisions.

"Miao Renyi is wall grass caught up with the strong wind, and Tang Jiyao was also forced by him to be helpless, but they never expected it. Before this East Defense Supervisor took office, the people were scattered. Zhuge Sheng turned to the operational staff officer and gave a combat order behind his back: "Order: According to the Xuanwei battle plan formulated by the General Staff, the three battalions of the first and first regiments will strictly guard the three city gates, and as long as Wu Xuexian launches an attack, they will immediately make a fatal counterattack." Second, the second regiment, as a mobile force, should always be ready to pursue the enemy, and the cavalry company should ensure that it pursues first. Third, sneak out of the detour of the 3rd Regiment, always ready to outflank the bandits. ”

"Wu Xuexian's troops are all outlaws, if they are not defeated this time, they will run around to commit crimes in the future, so that the snipers of each regiment will pay attention to fighting the bandit leaders." Chu Shiwen added.

"Yes!" The operational staff officer then gave the order.

Tie Sanqian didn't say much, picked up a 20-round magazine Mauser pistol and a light machine gun on the table, both of which were things he had with him all year round, in the words he reprimanded the soldiers: Lao Tzu will not lead the soldiers, Lao Tzu will only squat in the trenches with you to fight. "The two eldest brothers are here to command, and I will go up to suppress the formation."

"It's not good." Chu Shiwen said with a headache, Tie Sanqian is the most deadly officer in the entire militia group, and he used to be on the front line every time he suppressed bandits, but this time he faced Wu Xuexian, but he didn't expect it to be the same old temper.

"Let him go." Zhuge Sheng smiled, he knew the temper of his brother best. The division commander also took care of him, and specially equipped him with new body armor and helmets.

Although the three gates of Xuanwei were equipped with defensive troops, the east and west city walls were blocked by boulders, and only the south city gate was opened with a big grin. As if to demonstrate to the bandits: rush over, Lao Tzu doesn't even close the city gates.

On the top of the mountain thousands of kilometers away, Wu Xuexian picked up the telescope and looked at it for a long time, this bandit leader who couldn't even use the telescope to estimate the distance, after seeing the Xuanwei City Gate open through the telescope, he smiled on his face, and the horizontal meat was squeezed into a heap.

"The big boss...... Ahh

"I'll you, call Lao Tzu Shiza, Shizao understand? Uneducated brute, I still think that my bandit Lao Qiu Ba has taught you several times. Wu Xuexian's flesh shook, the whole person suddenly became angry, rushed over in two steps, pulled the horse sentry down, and kicked him in the face a few times, this little pawn who had just taken off the bandit's clothes for less than three days was so frightened that he didn't even dare to get angry. Tired, kicked and hugged in a ball, "Say it." ”

"Report, report to the division. The enemy blocked the east and west gates with boulders, leaving only the south gate wide open. ”

"How many people are there in the city? How many people are guarding the south gate? ”

"I can't see it clearly in the telescope, but I only see a ditch in front of the three city gates, and there are a lot of cats in it. There seemed to be something white thrown in front of a few ditches. It's kind of like a thorn vine. The horse sentry said.

"I'll you-the thorn vine, that's barbed wire, barbed wire, understand? Something I didn't know. Wu Xuexian kicked over the horse sentry again, he knew about the barbed wire, and he had seen it in Tang Jiyao's troops.

"Shizuo is really well-informed, what is the use of this barbed wire?" Several of his subordinates immediately snapped their ass. has been mixed under Wu Xuexian for a few years, and he knows that serving this big boss will not work for anything else, but patting the sycophants is the most effective.

"The barbed wire fence has an egg, and Tang Jiyao's dog is still pulling a few in front of his own camp, and he jumped over with two feet." Wu Xue scolded Tang Jiyao with a smile, and scolding those so-called big people like pigs and dogs in front of his subordinates has always been his way to promote his prestige.

"Shizuo is really well-informed."

"yes, yes."

Wu Xuexian waved his hand and ordered triumphantly: "Today, Ben Shuai is a little unwell, so he won't charge with everyone." Who wants to lead the team to break this little bit. The old rules, those who enter the city, except for those chosen by Lao Tzu, Dayang and the woman let him choose first. ”

Over the years, in addition to people, Wu Xuexian has also assembled a horse team of more than 800 people. Horses are not very good horses, but they are southwestern mountain horses, and they can only sprint short distances when fighting.

"I, I'll go."

"I'll go too."

Wu Xuexian is still good for his subordinates, especially in terms of sharing spoils. Everyone immediately rushed to go, none of them had any formal positions, but one person led some people, and when they came to Wu Xuexian, they became bandits.

"Okay, go to whatever you want, Lao Tzu is in a good mood, so I don't care about you. A few of the second stunned people of the bird militia are not worthy of Lao Tzu to go out in person. "Wu Xuexian's heart is just Xuanwei, he will be a warlord leader in the future, and he will take more.

Looking at a group of subordinates screaming, or to lead a horse team, or to gather people, Wu Xue showed a satisfied smile. Although these subordinates are a little scum, they are not afraid of death, and like every robbery before, they want to rush into the city first.

"Battalion, battalion commander, this, this is not mistaken, right?"

Putting down the binoculars, Yu Bojian, deputy instructor of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade who graduated from the Huaxia Military Academy, rubbed his head, he was dazed by the bandits who appeared all over the mountains and fields in the distance, and asked Hao Dashan, the battalion commander who was smiling from ear to ear.

"Hahaha...... Bo Jian, you have only been in the army for a short time, and what you learn is still limited to textbooks. These bandits are this virtue. ”

It can be seen from the telescope that Wu Xuexian's bandit army really gave up the east and west city gates and chose the east city gate. On the hillside a thousand meters away, seven or eight hundred bandits on horseback were rushing down the mountain, followed by bandits all over the mountain.

Putting down the binoculars, Heda Shande, who had already received the order to attack on his own, raised his mind, and when the bandit cavalry rushed to a distance of about 500 meters, and the bandit army on horseback was preparing to either raise their guns and aim, or raise their knives to charge, they shouted and ordered: "Fire!" Give me a hard beating. ”

With a command, the heavy machine gun was covered with a rainproof cloth that was removed, and this kind of thing that the bandits were most afraid of finally appeared in the most unlikely place.

"Dada...... Dadada......"

The first battalion of the entire defense of the South City Gate, a battalion-level unit of 500-600 people, was urgently strengthened from the original 12 heavy machine guns to 15, and there were more than 20 light machine guns with relatively close range. What is the formation of 15 heavy machine guns and more than 20 light machine guns in an open area within 500 meters?

Slaughter! Absolute slaughter!

The soldiers of the first battalion of the militia had never fought such a battle, and the various expected situations did not appear, and they could only shoot subconsciously. Because, everywhere you look, there is a scene of slaughter.

Almost at the same time, the large-caliber bullets flew over a distance of several hundred meters, and the murderous weapons composed of steel and gunpowder instantly drilled into the bellies of the short mountain horses, directly punching out large blood holes in the bellies of the horses.

The horse that was shot in the head was even worse, as soon as it was bitten by a heavy machine gun bullet, the whole head was broken. Of course, the unlucky ones who rode on their backs were not well behind, or were torn in two by a heavy machine-gun bullet, or made a large hole in the heart, or torn off most of their bodies, or were thrown by the horses, and then trampled to death by the horses behind them...... As far as the eye can see, the entire battlefield is full of slaughter.

The heavy firepower company of the 2nd Brigade of the "Tom ......" also opened fire, and the combination of 75mm field guns and 60mm/81mm mortars easily knocked down the bandits on the hillside within a kilometer on the opposite side.

As soon as a shell went down, these dense charges, who did not know what tactics were, straggler formations, and what siege was were often blown up in piles.

"Boom ......"

Within 500 meters, the bandits who could shoot under the light and heavy fire slaughter of the militia could be counted on one hand, and a few of the bandits who were lucky enough to run to the front of the position within 200 meters were about to shoot again, when they suddenly saw a round thing flying from under the hooves of a horse in front. Then I heard a loud explosion, and my body flew away, and I lost consciousness.

This is the first time that the militia regiment has used anti-infantry mines on the battlefield, this kind of weapon manufactured by Zhang Shusheng to give drawings, the technical content is not high, in fact, it is the improvement drawings of the famous broadsword mine later, using ceramic projectiles, filled with new explosives made by Shusheng company, and then with hundreds of iron balls inside, although this kind of anti-infantry broadsword mine is relatively difficult to transport, but the cost is low, and the lethality is particularly considerable.

As soon as the broadsword thunder exploded, the sprinting horses within a few tens of meters were all put down before they even rushed to the barbed wire.

Eight hundred horses, with the best luck, rushed to 100 meters in front of the position, and although they fired a few shots, they did not hit a single militia soldier, and then they were blocked by barbed wire.

This kind of thing that is not bullshit in the eyes of their big bosses, stopped a dozen horses there, and then was strafed by heavy machine guns, and all of them fell in a pool of blood.

"This, this ......"

Wu Xuexian, who was worried because he heard the sound of gunfire, climbed to the hillside to watch the battlefield situation, but he didn't expect that the imaginary scene of the cavalry rushing over to chop watermelons did not appear, and his more than 2,000 horses were being slaughtered instead.

The cavalry was the first to be wiped out, and the bandits behind the cavalry did not dare to rush, rushing down the mountain like the original tide, and becoming a snail-like climber, trying to escape back.

But within a kilometer distance, their efforts were almost in vain, and in the face of the superior firepower of the militias, even if they fled to the top of the hillside, they could not escape the fire coverage of the mortar company.

Wu Xuexian was trembling behind the big stone, and the telescope he was holding didn't know when it fell to the ground, and he didn't figure out what was going on for a moment. Didn't you say that there was a militia on the other side? Is it just a little shotgun bird cannon? Where did the heavy machine guns and artillery come from?

He thought of running, and years of experience as bandits told him that if he couldn't fight, the first time was not to fight to the death, but to run quickly.

"Bang!"

A bullet fired from near the city gate nearly a thousand meters away hit the bandit leader who had just turned around and was about to flee, a large bleeding wound on his forehead, and the crooked body that fell down seemed to show his unwillingness.

In a trance, he still had the last trace of unwilling consciousness: this life has passed like this!

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(To be continued)