On January 22, 1917, at 7 o'clock in the morning, the offensive of the Braided Army began again. This time, Zhang Xun seems to be desperate. Four 75mm mountain guns were placed less than two kilometers away from the forward position in the north of Fengtai City, and the shells came as if they were not paying for money, and the accuracy was also improved. Seeing that the trench fortifications of Bai Chongxi's first battalion were rising from pillars of smoke and snow. From time to time, fragments of civil engineering works and broken limbs were blown apart and flew in all directions. Two more battalions of infantry were forming on both sides of the enemy's artillery position, and it seemed that an attack was imminent!

Chang Ruiqing immediately felt that he had miscalculated, and the telescope in his hand was about to be pulled out of the water by him. It seems that for Zhang Xun, Pu Yi's life or death is not the most important thing! He hurriedly issued an order: "Order Lu Yixuan to organize the personnel who can carry guns at the regiment headquarters, as well as the engineer company and the baggage company, into a battalion, and he will temporarily serve as the battalion commander and wait for orders at any time." ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of the cannon had stopped. Chang Ruiqing saw from the telescope that a handsome flag with the word "Zhang" in red on a black background was raised. He knew that this was the signal for the pigtails to charge! Before the smoke cleared, the gray-blue pigtailed army brigade poured up. Probably because Zhang Xun was personally supervising the battle, these pigtailed soldiers were obviously different from the table Xiàn in the battle of Xiaolin yesterday. It was not a temporary call to select the front rushing in a swarm, but the formation and waves of the charge, although it was still a little messy, but it was not much worse than the model regiment that had not been formed for a long time. On the flanks above the heads of the two battalions, a dozen or so water-cooled machine guns were also moved to support the side-fire. And the junior officers of the pigtail soldiers, this time they are also gritting their teeth and holding Western-style sabers, leading the charge.

On the model regiment, Bai Chongxi was the first to command, his thigh was still wrapped in bandages, and he was supported by an orderly soldier in the trench to command. Seeing the gray pigtailed soldier shouting and charging, his face showed an extremely happy look, and his heart was ruthless: "Good! Well done! Today, Lao Tzu let you have no return! ”

Bai Chongxi looked left and right, the soldiers had already set up the firing position under the organization of the officer, and several machine guns had also been set up and connected to the cartridge belt. Seven or eight ensigns, armed with rifles and wearing officers' uniforms, also dispersed, looking for suitable firing positions at the front of the position. They were carefully selected from the model regiment, and soldiers with shooting talent became so-called "snipers" after rigorous training, which means sharpshooters. This is Chang Ruiqing's idea, these snipers are also directly under the regiment headquarters, and are not under the command of Bai Chongxi, the big battalion commander, their task is to move freely on the front line and snipe the most valuable targets with the rifles in their hands.

"Bang, bang, bang・・・・・・"

When the pigtail brigade rushed to about 500 meters from the forward position of the model regiment, the sparse gunfire rang out. The pigtailed soldiers who charged at the beginning didn't care about the sporadic shooting, and still charged with their heads down. But it didn't take long to find out that something was wrong. Although the opponent's gunfire is sparse, the casualties can be not small! Especially those small officers with braided soldiers who took the lead in the charge, they were knocked down by three or four percent in the blink of an eye! The braided soldier brigade, which had lost its officer's control, immediately became chaotic.

At this moment, the machine-rifle fire on the positions of the Model Regiment was fired together, and the sound of the salvo was like a gust of wind blowing on the battlefield. The pigtailed soldiers who rushed in front were cut down like wheat, and the pigtailed soldiers behind turned around and fled, but before they could run a few steps, they saw the overseers holding the battle flag also set up their machine guns and were about to fire! These pigtailed soldiers had no choice but to lie down on the spot and start shooting at the model regiment with the help of terrain features. The dense rain of bullets stirred up small columns of smoke in front of the machine gun positions of the Model Regiment, and the machine gunners were constantly knocked down and replaced. Casualties on both sides continued to mount in such counter-fires.

The battle was fought from morning to after noon, and showed no signs of stopping. The pigtail soldiers launched five attacks before and after, and on two occasions they even rushed into the position of the first battalion of the model regiment, and they were all driven out by hand-to-hand combat led by the three backbone company commanders of the iron-blooded comrades' association, including Xia Xi, Liao Lei, and Lu Huanyan. The Model Regiment also launched two counterattacks, trying to storm the artillery positions of the pigtails with infantry in order to capture the opponent's artillery, but were also repulsed by the overwhelming superiority of the pigtails.

The whole battle seemed to have entered a tug-of-war, Chang Ruiqing had been standing on the city wall and watching the battle with a telescope, and his eyebrows were tightened when he saw the wounded constantly being carried down from the front.

"What about the casualties of the first battalion?" He turned his head and asked Xu Zuyi, who was following him. Xu Zuyi picked up the Wen Jiàn clip in his hand and flipped it over, and replied in a low voice: "84 people were killed, 33 were seriously injured, and they all insisted on being in the line of fire with minor injuries." Saying that, he took another breath: "Two of our Baoding classmates have also died!" ”

Chang Ruiqing walked around the city wall: "If you want to achieve victory, sacrifice is always inevitable!" Sue Bai Jiansheng, hold on until the evening, and I will let Wang Junhao's second battalion replace his first battalion. ”

Xu Zuyi got the order but didn't move the nest, but took a step forward and came to Chang Ruiqing to remind: "Regiment leader, we can't just be beaten and not fight back, so even if we can carry it, the consumption is too great." ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded, did not speak, but looked at the young man in front of him who was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked inconspicuous. With Chang Ruiqing's historical skills, of course he knows Xu Zuyi, but this person is also a staff officer in history, and he is not too lucky. So Chang Ruiqing also arranged a staff position for him, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and now it seems that he has neglected it.

Seeing that Chang Ruiqing seemed to be pondering, Xu Zuyi hurriedly said further: "Commander, Zhang Xun has assembled at least fourteen or five battalions north of Fengtai, which means that he only has three or four battalions in Beijing!" If a battalion could jump out of Fengtai City and move to the outside line to disrupt the rear of the pigtailed soldiers, it would definitely be better than gathering in Fengtai City to defend it. ”

"Transfer a battalion out of the city?" Chang Ruiqing muttered in a low voice: "This is a good idea, I am really confused, why didn't I think that after ・・・・・・ out of the city, I don't have to harass Beijing City, I can use Li Changtai or Cao Kun's signboard to bluff!" ”

Xu Zuyi nodded and lowered his voice: "You can also pretend to be a pigtail soldier to go to the Nanyuan camp to make trouble, as long as you cut the wires and block the connection between Nanyuan and Beijing City, the 13th division in the Nanyuan camp will definitely change if you can't contact Division Commander Li." ”

"Good!" Hearing this, Chang Ruiqing couldn't help but shout. The 13th Division of the Army has more than 10,000 guns, which is much more than the pigtail soldiers. Moreover, Zhang Xun reluctantly controlled this division only after detaining Li Jincai, the commander of the 13th Division, once the 13th Division could not contact Li Jincai, there would definitely be a change, and it would be enough for Zhang Xun to drink a pot at that time.

"You go and call Wang Junhao, the commander of the second battalion, to come over." Chang Ruiqing thought for a while, and said: "By the way, let my younger brother Chang Ruiyuan also come, he is from a pigtail soldier, and he knows best how to play a pigtail soldier." ”

At this time, Lu Dayong, the general under Zhang Xun, also stood at the height of his position and watched the smoke of gunpowder outside Fengtai City. Once again, their own troops were driven out by the other side with bayonets! A cousin of the Lu family who took the lead in the charge was also stabbed a few times with the other party's bayonet and bandaged indiscriminately. Ran to him: "Uncle, it won't work!" These model regiments are really tough! I killed eight platoon commanders, two company commanders, and one company commander with a broken leg in one charge! These are the sons and nephews of our Lu family! ”

Lu Dayong snorted: "I have already boasted in front of the handsome!" Now that the ten battalions can't beat a small Fengtai, what face do you have for me to meet the big handsome? He sneered: "You roll me to the back to recuperate!" In the next round of Lao Tzu's personal command, I can't believe it! ”

Just as the first part of the model regiment was about to quietly slip out of Fengtai from the south gate, another round of onslaught attacks of the pigtail soldiers began to be launched!

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