An Yulong was silent for a moment and then said: "Now we have only one way, that is, prepare explosive packs and cluster hand grenades, rush up and blow them up directly, as long as these machine gun fortresses are knocked out, then the next thing will be much easier!" ”

An Yulong said this, but the several lieutenants below all showed a heavy look, and used explosives packs and technical hands to blow them up? It's easy to say, but the question is how do you cross the distance of hundreds of meters and throw the explosives bag into someone's fort? Do you want to fill it with human life?

"In that case, we have no other way, but how to rush forward?" A lieutenant beside him also spoke.

"It is naturally inappropriate to rush head-on, although the officers and men of our army are brave and not afraid of sacrifice, but if they can avoid casualties, they still have to avoid casualties!" An Yulong knew very well that if the casualties were too great, even if he won the battle, he would probably be sent to a military court.

Since the Feng army entered the customs, although there were casualties in every battle, in fact, the overall casualty figure was not too large, even if it was the full-front offensive launched in the Battle of Xuzhou now, it was not the kind of death charge during the Russo-Japanese War.

The Feng army pays more attention to the flexible roundabout attack in the war, and rarely launches a frontal death charge!

An Yulong opened the simple hand-drawn map he carried with him, and then pointed to it and said: "Now the position of your second company is about 400 meters away from the enemy fortress, and these 400 meters are all open space, and in the face of the crossfire of at least three heavy machine guns of the enemy, we can't charge head-on at all!" ”

Don't look at the fact that they only have three heavy machine guns, but in such an open space of 400 meters, it is not enough to fill up all of his third battalion if he has to charge head-on.

"But you look here, although the enemy on the left flank has deployed at least one company of infantry fire, but the enemy's machine gun fire is affected by the firing range, and at most only one machine gun can cover this place, if we concentrate our forces to attack here, then it is very likely to break through this place." An Yulong continued:

"At the same time, we must also launch a companion attack on the front, and the fire suppression of mortars and heavy machine guns cannot be maintained, creating the illusion of our frontal attack, in this case, we will draw two companies of troops, under the cover of mortar and heavy machine gun fire, then launch a strong attack on the enemy's left flank, although the casualties will be larger, but it is much smaller than the frontal charge, and as long as the enemy's left flank is overcome, then we can start from the left, avoid the enemy's frontal machine gun crossfire, and then send a small number of soldiers with explosives bags to break through, As long as you run over this distance of about 50 meters, you will be able to blow up these three enemy machine gun fortresses one by one! ”

An Yulong said so, but those subordinates still didn't look good, An Yulong said easily, but the idea of attacking the enemy's left flank was not unthought of before, but they expected that attacking from here would also suffer heavy casualties, although the casualties were smaller than the frontal attack, but this kind of casualties were still unbearable for the second battalion.

Therefore, the captain and company commander of the first company took a deep breath and said after An Yulong's words fell: "Battalion commander, if this is the case, the attacking troops are afraid that they will ......."

Before he finished speaking, another captain and company commander next to him interjected anxiously: "Such a strong attack, I'm afraid that the casualties will be at least more than half!" ”

An Yulong had a calm face: "Do you have any other way?" ”

When the lowly officers heard this, they were all silent!

If there were other feasible ways to attack, they would have taken down the machine gun fortress of the Anhui army on the opposite side a long time ago, so why wait until the regiment commander Zhao Dongzhi came to go crazy!

An Yulong also took a deep breath: "Since the beginning of our department's entry into the customs, we have experienced dozens of battles of all sizes, whether it is the direct army or the Lu army, they are all defeated under the front of our third division, and in today's battle, have you lost confidence?" ”

"The 800 soldiers of the third battalion all rely on the salary of the marshal to support their families, as the so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, today is the time to need them to serve the marshal!"

Speaking of this, An Yulong looked at the officers present again: "The soldiers joined the army to support their families, and what are we waiting for to join the army?" In order to make the country and the nation rise again! Now that I have an army of 100,000 troops going south and are about to unify China, for the sake of the great cause of the republic, will you have to retreat in the face of small difficulties? ”

An Yulong's words were simple and straightforward, which made the other officers present look embarrassed!

yes, what are these young people joining the army for?

The young officers in the late Qing Dynasty, except for a few who started as big soldiers, in fact, quite a few of them were young students who joined the army after applying for military academies, among them, although the Qing Dynasty abolished the imperial examination and tried to seek fame in the army, but they were more embarrassed by the Jiawu and Gengzi and reimbursed the country and the nation.

At the beginning of this year, the Fengtian Military Academy enrolled more than 5,000 people from all over the country to apply for the examination, not to mention how many people were finally admitted, only to say that these candidates, these candidates basically came from all over the country, there are people from other warlord jurisdictions and even the Southern Federation, some of them are traditional scholars like the former Qing Xiucai, and some are middle school students from all over the country who have read new-style students, but these people all have the same characteristics, that is, in addition to the desire for fame, Most of them are young people who have the ideal of serving the country and founding a republic.

People without ideals will not go all the way to Shenyang to apply for military schools during the war!

After all, it is a time of war, and it is quite dangerous to join the army in wartime, but why are so many young people taking the initiative to join the army!

If it is an ordinary rural child, their reason is very simple, that is, to eat enough and take money to support the family, but for officers, in fact, most of them are because of the word ideal.

Perhaps after a few years in the army, their ideals will gradually turn into a desire for promotion and wealth, but for these young lieutenants who have just graduated from military academies, most people still hold on to their ideals.

Immediately, a captain and company commander said: "What Chief An said is that now that the war situation is at a stalemate, it is time for us to serve the country and the nation!" As he turned his head to look at An Yulong: "Sir, I request to lead the headquarters to act as the main force of the attack!" ”

Looking at this young captain, An Yulong nodded secretly in his heart, this captain is named Gong Chehou, and the same as other lieutenants of the Fengjun army in this year, this person is very young, only twenty years old this year, this person was born in Suqian, Jiangsu, is Zhao Dongyun's fellow townsman, seventeen years old is admitted to Xiucai, during the Russo-Japanese War, despite the dissuasion of his family, questioned joining the army, and in 1906 went to Shenyang to be admitted to the Fengtian Military Academy crash course that was still the Fengtian Military Academy, and after graduation, he served in the third division and became a lieutenant platoon commander, This year he was promoted to captain and company commander, and he was only twenty years old at this time.

This person not only has a flexible combat command on weekdays, but also speaks with a strong shadow of a traditional Confucian scholar because he is a Xiucai background.

This is very appetizing for An Yulong, who was born as a person!

An Yulong himself is also a traditional scholar, and it belongs to the kind that became famous in the early years, but after the Qing Dynasty stopped the imperial examination, he had no possibility of continuing to take the Jinshi examination, and he was originally invested in the Shengjing General's Mansion as a copywriter in order to make a living, and then was personally recommended by Zhao Dongyun to study in the crash course of the Fengtian Military Preparation School for a few months, and then entered the advanced training class, which is one of the very few advanced students in the Fengjun today.

Born as a traditional scholar, he naturally has a great impression of juniors like Gong Chehou, and he immediately said: "Okay, as long as Captain Gong makes great contributions in this battle, I will repair a book at that time, and then find a few seniors to recommend it together, maybe you can take the entrance exam of the Army University!" ”

After hearing this, Gong Chehou also looked forward to it, he knew that the Army University in An Yulong's mouth actually refers to the advanced class, although Zhao Dongyun changed the advanced training class to the Army University, but many people still call the Army University a refresher class.

The enrollment of the Army University is relatively special, it does not face the public open enrollment, nor does it accept candidates to apply for the examination on their own, its student source mainly comes from the internal recommendation of the Fengjun, and the candidates need to meet the following conditions, that is, the active officers of the Fengjun, although there is no special reference, but they are generally captains, majors and officers of these two ranks. The second is that you must get the recommendation of a senior general. Of course, you can't get into it by recommendation, you still have to take the entrance exam, and you can only officially study after passing the exam.

And entering this year's Army University means that you can become a member of the very special advanced students in the Feng Army.

The status of a trainee is very attractive to many middle and low-level officers in the army, because once you become a trainee, not to mention whether you can be promoted to a general in the future, but once you graduate, you are at least a major, and if you have the strength and opportunity in the future, it is actually much easier to be promoted to a major than others.

Although An Yulong said that his military rank is not high, he himself is one of the trainees, if he finds a few more seniors to jointly recommend him, it is not difficult for Gong Chehou to get the opportunity to get the entrance exam, of course, whether he can be admitted depends on Gong Chehou's own ability.

After hearing this, the other young lieutenants also showed anticipation, they did not think that they could also be valued by their superiors and recommended to take the entrance exam, but to be honest, this kind of opportunity is quite rare, there are so many middle and low-level officers in the Feng army today, only the appearance of Xiàn is quite good can attract the attention of the superiors and revise a book for recommendation, and it is actually difficult for ordinary lieutenants to get this kind of opportunity.

Even if An Yulong wants to recommend Gong Chehou, the weight of his own recommendation is not enough, and he has to find a few seniors to co-sponsor together, so that it is possible, and if you want An Yulong to pull down the child and find other seniors of the trainee to make a joint recommendation, this is naturally not a small difficulty.

An Yulong originally admired Gong Chehou very much, and today's situation was a bit special, Gong Chehou stood up and was willing to take on the main attack task, and he An Yulong also pushed the boat down the river and gave Gong Chehou a chance.

With the expectation of the Army University, Gong Chehou pulled out his saber, and then led his second company to attack the left flank of the opposite Anhui army!