At about 8 o'clock in the evening of June 13, 1902, in the city of Cherkar in the western region of Kazakhstan, Russia, the sky had completely darkened at this time, Liu Xuanzhu, who was 19 years old this year, squatted in a trench captured during the day, leaned against the earthen wall of the trench, held the Type 96 submachine gun in his arms, looked left and right, and found that the captured trench was full of officers and soldiers of the Dingbei Army. Rest tonight in the captured positions and be on the alert at all times.

Liu Xuanzhu followed the whole family 8 years ago, immigrated from Jinan City to Shancheng Town, Hailong County, Jilin Province, is Liu Caifu's youngest son, Liu Caifu's son-in-law Niu Bao in the reorganization of the Dingbei Army, promoted one level, is already a major battalion commander of the field army, and Liu Caifu's eldest son Liu Dayan because of his military exploits in the war against Russia 3 years ago, is even more prosperous, from the squad leader of a class A reorganization division by chance directly became the current battalion commander of the 1 Guards, and his position is the same level as his brother-in-law Niu Bao.

In the final battle of the Russian War, in the battle of Darkhan City, Liu Dayan's unit suffered a lot of losses, and the company commander and platoon commander of his company were sacrificed, so Liu Dayan became the acting company commander, and after the end of the battle in Darkhan City, Liu Dayan, the acting company commander, suffered a lot of losses because of all the departments, and Liu Dayan also made a lot of achievements, taking 1 squad to guard 1 dark fort for a day and night, killing hundreds of Russian troops, so Liu Dayan's acting company commander suddenly removed the 2 words of acting and became a veritable company commander, and later was transferred to the Guards Army in this reorganization of the Dingbei Army. He was promoted by one level and became a major battalion commander.

Liu Dayan was also transferred to the Shenyang Army Academy together with Niu Bao. He conducted a six-month training for officers and obtained a diploma from an accelerated officer training course. It's also a person with a diploma.

This made Liu Caifu proud of his eldest son and eldest son-in-law, and Liu Xuanzhu was even more envious of his eldest brother and brother-in-law, but Liu Xuanzhu knew that his cultural achievements were not good, even if he applied for the Shenyang Army Academy, there was no play, so last year Liu Xuanzhu secretly signed up for the army without telling his father.

Liu Caifu actually didn't want his youngest son to join the army, after all, Lin Dashuai's troops have been fighting almost all the time, although they have not been defeated, but the number of soldiers killed in battle has been hundreds of thousands, but Liu Xuanzhu has already cut it first. Liu Caifu could only helplessly say to Liu Xuanzhu: "Stinky boy, don't embarrass our old Liu family when you go to the army, don't discredit your eldest brother and eldest brother-in-law, and don't fall into the name of our children in mountain towns, my father is waiting for the news of your meritorious service at home." ”

Liu Xuanzhu nodded and said: "Dad, don't worry, I won't embarrass my father, my eldest brother, my brother-in-law, or Shancheng." ”

This is a battalion of the 21st Division, which was expanded during the last war against Russia, and this battalion is composed of more than 500 children from Shancheng. In the battle of Darkhan City, the position of the battalion of the children of the mountain town was the focus of the Russian army's attack. However, the battalion of the children of Shancheng has always firmly controlled the position in their hands, and repeatedly used bayonets to push down the attacking Russian troops, and waited until they received the order from their superiors to retreat. There are less than 150 people alive in the entire Shancheng Children's Battalion, and Liu Dayan is a member of the Shancheng Children's Battalion.

Liu Xuanzhu, who joined the army last year, has been training hard in the army. The results in all military training have been very good, and he has been transferred from a compulsory soldier to a non-commissioned officer at the beginning of this year. And served as the deputy squad leader, after the Qing Dynasty and the Eight-Nation Alliance declared war, Lin Daxin chose to support the Qing court, and launched an attack on Russia directly on the northern front, which made Liu Xuanzhu very excited, and finally encountered a war, he was ready to make a great contribution in this war, Liu Xuanzhu was aimed at his eldest brother and brother-in-law.

Now a small deputy squad leader really can't meet his wishes, but he is not a graduate of a regular army academy, if there has been no war, he wants to be promoted to platoon commander, don't think about it for 3 or 4 years, and now the company commander of the Dingbei Army must have a graduation certificate from a regular army academy, or a graduation certificate from the army academy's accelerated officer training class to be eligible to be a company commander.

If Liu Xuanzhu wants to become a company commander in peacetime, he must become a platoon commander, and then be recommended by the regiment headquarters to enter the Army Academy's accelerated officer training course to study, and after graduation, he can only take up the position of company commander.

Lin Daxin currently implements compulsory military service on his own territory, and the service period of compulsory soldiers is 6 years, of which outstanding soldiers can be converted to non-commissioned officers, and the minimum service period of non-commissioned officers is 12 years, but non-commissioned officers who have not been trained by military schools can only hold the position of platoon commander at most.

Although compulsory military service is mandatory for adult men under the age of 18, Lin Daxin's territory now has a large population, and only a group of people who have signed up to join the army need to be selected to join the army, and the number of people who join the army is enough.

Although the daytime battle had air support from air force planes and artillery support from the artillery of the Fourth Field Army, the German Army and the Russian Army fought very tenaciously in their positions outside Cherkar, and the attack troops of the Fourth Field Army also suffered considerable losses, catching up with the losses of the Fourth Field Army occupying most of Kazakhstan. Liu Xuanzhu's company suffered a lot of losses as a sharp knife company, Liu Xuanzhu's squad leader was hit in the chest by a bullet today, and the rescue was ineffective, and 2 soldiers in the squad were also killed, and 1 soldier was seriously injured and carried to the field hospital.

Now the whole class counts Liu Xuanzhu, the deputy squad leader, there are only 8 people left, just when Liu Xuanzhu was still sad, he suddenly heard the sound of "whoosh-", and suddenly Liu Xuanzhu's face changed greatly and shouted: "Shelling!" Take cover! ”

A moment later, countless shells fell on the positions captured by the Dingbei Army, and the six complete infantry divisions that the German Army commander Maximi had been retaining, under the cover of German artillery fire, launched a sudden counterattack on the Dingbei Army. German artillery for these night counterattacks. It was hidden during the day, so the fighters of the Air Force destroyed only the exposed artillery positions of the Russian and German armies. After dark, the Germans' hidden artillery began to wield. The dense shells all fell on the positions captured by the Dingbei Army during the day.

The artillery technology of the German Army did not say, but the tactics of the barrage were slowly advancing, and the landing point of the shells slowly moved forward, and the infantry of the German Army immediately launched a charge against the position that had just been bombarded.

Liu Xuanzhu shook his head, shook off the soil that had splashed on his head, and saw that the remaining 7 soldiers in his squad were safe and sound, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and by the light of the shells, he found that the black figure in front of the position was rapidly approaching his position. At this time, Liu Xuanzhu heard his company commander shouting: "The enemy is coming up, ready to fight!" ”

Liu Xuanzhu immediately took the remaining soldiers of his squad to lie on the trench, and pointed the gun in his hand at the enemy who was about to rush over.

The officers and men of Dingbei in the trench had not yet opened fire, but the artillery units behind began to open fire, and first bombarded the heads of the charging German officers and men, causing the charging German officers and men to lose a lot of losses at once, but the charging German officers and men did not flinch in the slightest and continued to approach the position in front of the Dingbei Army.

Then the German artillery began to press the artillery of the Northern Army according to the coordinates measured by the artillery observers. The artillery of the Northern Army also began to counter the German artillery according to the coordinates of its own observers, and the artillery battle between the two sides began, which also caused a lot fewer shells to fall on the heads of the German officers and soldiers.

When the charging German officers and soldiers approached the position of the Dingbei Army at a distance of about 200 meters. Liu Xuanzhu heard his company commander shouting: "Brothers, call me!" Hit hard! ”

Immediately, the position guarded by the company where Liu Xuanzhu was located, light and heavy machine guns and rifles. A dense barrage of bullets was fired at the charging German officers and soldiers, and even the mortars and grenades began to fire shells at the German officers and soldiers. Many German officers and men were hit and fell on the way to the charge, but the rest of the German officers and men were not affected. While continuing to shoot at the Dingbei Army with his rifle, he approached the position of the Dingbei Army with his waist bent.

Liu Xuanzhu held the submachine gun in his hand but did not shoot, but continued to wait for the German officers and soldiers to close the distance with himself, although the Type 96 submachine gun has strong continuous firepower, but the effective range is only 150 meters, Liu Xuanzhu must wait for the German charging officers and soldiers to get closer before shooting.

However, at this time, a light machine gun of the gun squad of Liu Xuanzhu's platoon suddenly fell silent, and this machine gun was to support Liu Xuanzhu's squad, and the machine gunner and deputy machine gunner were hit by bullets fired by German officers and soldiers and fell in the trench.

The position of the light machine gun was not far from Liu Xuanzhu, and he immediately bent his waist down the trench to the position where the light machine gun was, and continued to shoot at the German officers and soldiers who were charging in the distance.

Liu Xuanzhu's position has been suppressed by the German officers and soldiers for at least half an hour, but as the casualties of the Dingbei officers and soldiers in the trenches continue to increase, the German charging officers and soldiers finally rushed to the position, and the Dingbei officers and soldiers on the position launched a white-knuckle battle, fortunately, at the critical moment, the troops supporting the regiment came up, and together with the few remaining Dingbei officers and soldiers on the position, the Germans were beaten down from the position, and at this time Liu Xuanzhu's company was left with less than 15 people. Liu Xuanzhu was very heroic, in the white-knuckle battle, one man stabbed four German soldiers to death with a bayonet in a row, and also saved his own wounded company commander.

Later, because the position here was already dilapidated, the Dingbei Army had to abandon the position here and retreat to the rear position.

Although the Fourth Field Army of the Dingbei Army had made sufficient preparations for a counterattack by the German Army and the Russian Army at night, and the officers and men of Dingbei guarding the position desperately resisted the attack, in the face of the all-out attack of the German Army's six infantry divisions and 120,000 troops, the positions that had been captured during the day were gradually reoccupied by the German Army.

In the temporary headquarters of the Fourth Field Army, a lieutenant colonel staff officer of the Military Department of the Fourth Field Army anxiously reported to the army commander Hu Desheng: "Army commander, the current situation is very unfavorable to us, in less than 3 hours, we have captured the positions of the German Army and the Russian Army during the day, and we have lost more than half of them. This has made our front-line guards already a little tight, and the troops have suffered heavy casualties. ”

Hu Desheng frowned and said: "Let the troops who defended the positions captured during the day withdraw and withdraw to the positions here in our camp, we will suffer too much if we continue to fight so hard." ”

The lieutenant colonel staff officer hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, I see that the Germans are attacking so fiercely, it seems that they not only want to recapture the positions they lost during the day, but also seem to have the intention of eating us in one bite. ”

Hu Desheng sneered, "If you want to eat the 2 divisions of our Fourth Field Army and my military headquarters, it depends on whether the Germans have such good teeth." ”

In the headquarters of the defenders in Cherkar, the commander of the German Army, Maximi, heard his subordinates report that the Dingbei Army had withdrawn from the positions lost by his troops and the Russian Army during the day, and retreated to the Dingbei Army's own positions outside Cherkar, and immediately showed a smile.

The commander of the 10th Army of the Russian Army, Filippovich, shouted excitedly next to him: "General Maximi, this is a big victory for us, an unprecedented victory!" For the first time since the start of the war, the Dingbei Army was repelled by us, what should we do next? Go on the offensive? I can at least scrape together 40,000 Russian troops to join the attack below. ”

Philippovich actually has his own careful thoughts, this is already a proper big victory, he must participate in it, get more military achievements, and offset the responsibility of losing more than 1 million or even close to 2 million square kilometers of land in Kazakhstan in front of Tsar Nicholas II.

Maximi nodded and said: "We must take advantage of the victory and pursue and continue to attack the Dingbei Army, without giving them a chance to breathe, it is not enough to recapture the position, so let's do it, General Filippovich, you organize your troops, as the reserve of our German Army, we will continue to attack next, and strive to completely annihilate or defeat this Dingbei Army." ”

Filippovich smiled and said, "General Maximi, if we can completely annihilate or defeat this Dingbei army, your name will spread all over the world. (To be continued......)

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