On the Xundian battlefield with the smoke of gunpowder, dead bodies were placed in various shapes in front of the position, and the defending militia troops only carried out a simple battlefield cleanup.

The entire front of the position was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and the disgusting smell of human flesh, and everywhere you could see the severed limbs and arms that had been cut off by heavy machine gun bullets. Some of them were broken in half and scattered their flesh and blood all over the ground.

The strength of the militia was too underestimated, and in a hurry, a battalion-scale charge was carried out without even a fire test. The artillery company of the 11th Division was accurately destroyed by the militia artillery battalion through special forces reconnaissance of the location.

The First World War, which ended a few years earlier, had proven that the superiority in numbers of large infantry groups in the face of a well-established trench system heavily defended and heavily armed with heavy machine-gun fire was offset by the superiority of steel and gunpowder in depth. Don't look at the first line of defense, only the first company is in charge, in fact, the entire battlefield in front of the gate of Xundian City is in charge of a regiment.

Judging from the inferior equipment and low level of training of the two ordinary divisions of the Yunnan army, which lacked heavy firepower, as long as the commanders of the militia regiments did not make fatal mistakes, it would be impossible for the men and horses of these two divisions to herd sheep and rush all the way into the city.

Inside the thick bunker on the city wall, Zhang Shusheng and the commanders and fighters of the high-level militia group were discussing the first wave of attacks that had just occurred.

"Facts have proved that a large number of people does not necessarily mean that the situation is heavy, and in the face of the heavy machine gun fire that we deliberately intended, even if the enemy tries to build the same heavy machine gun position two hundred meters away to suppress it, it will be completely ineffective." Wu Tiejun waved the baton in his hand and knocked on the small simulated position on the sand table, "The front line of more than 200 meters of position is a good advantage for us. For the enemy, who lacked high-intensity fire support at close range, it suffered greatly. ”

"The col in front of the position is the basis of this defense plan, the enemy must climb over the col to attack, but he cannot rely on the col to attack, in the face of the range of Huaxia-style rifles and heavy machine guns, the distance between the first-line position and the enemy is really too short."

Jiang Baili was a staff officer, and he personally took the lead in formulating the battle plan, "Of course, if the enemy has enough heavy firepower, or if the artillery battalion cannot destroy the opponent's artillery units, such an arrangement will be risky." And for the defending forces, the casualties will also be slightly greater. ”

"So we laid out a lot of barbed wire, especially in front of the positions in the three directions of the front and the flanks." Zhang Shusheng nodded, although the battle plan of the militia was formulated by Cai Yi, but it was approved by him, "The terrain in front of the gate of Xundian City is different from the plain area, if the position is too forward, the defensive pressure is too great, with our strength, even if we can support a defense line more than a kilometer long on the col in front, it will leak everywhere." So, at that time, Plan B did not pass, but this method of intensive defense was adopted. In the final analysis, our equipment and training are stronger than those of the Yunnan army, and the high-intensity and regular training in recent years has been very effective. ”

"The enemy's 11th Division and Miao Renyi's division will definitely not give up, in their opinion, it is unimaginable to be blocked by the militia group. As long as we hold them back according to the established plan, and with the three regiments in charge of Huo Dingguo cooperating, it will not be a problem to fight a rout. ”

As the commander of the 1st Brigade, Tao Qian knew very well that the goal of this battle was to defeat the enemy as the bottom line and try to achieve greater results.

After so many years of lying on the back of the militia, the militia was finally able to confront the so-called warlord troops on the battlefield, which made the commanders and staff officers of the militia very excited. It's like his own kid, he used to be bullied all the time, but now he can raise his fist to resist.

Zhang Shusheng waved his hand, and the militia has been acting in a low-key manner, but now that the men and horses of the two divisions are pressing, it is impossible to take advantage of it in obscurity in the future, "If you don't want to completely defeat Miao Renyi's department and fight to consume more heavy machine gun bullets, you must also minimize casualties." Order the troops behind the company to be ready for fire support at any time. If Miao Renyi is beaten away, it can only mean that there are too many disasters in this house, and the dog's life should not be extinguished. ”

―――――――――――― when Miao Renyi led his troops to the front line, Wei Yuanlun found him like a dead father and mother, crying for a while, saying that the militia firepower was too strong, and the 11th Division suffered heavy casualties.

Miao Renyi, who was already moved by murderous intentions, snorted coldly in his heart, and didn't care about him, just asked him to send troops to assist in the battle later, and personally commanded it.

The adjutant who went to reconnoiter in person came back from time to time, his expression was a little solemn, "Dashuai, something is wrong." ”

"Let's see what the results of the reconnaissance were." If it weren't for the fact that the front-line position was too dangerous, Miao Renyi even wanted to see it in person, could this militia group have auspicious clouds on the soles of their feet and become heavenly soldiers and generals? How can you fight better than the regular army.

"Wei Yuan, this idiot, only thought about picking soft persimmons in the fog, and he didn't do enough battlefield reconnaissance and firepower testing, not to mention, and even the artillery company was wiped out by the artillery of the militia group. The defensive force that Zhang Shusheng arranged outside the city was about one regiment, and at the forefront was a small force the size of a company. The construction of the entire position, judging from the inside of the telescope, is very complicated. Intricate trenches, a well-developed supporting system, heavy machine-gun forts on the ground, and even barbed wire. I heard that Jiang Baili and Cai Ye have been with him very early, and this guy has learned a lot of skills in marching and fighting. ”

The adjutant of the Seventh Division, who was born in the Yunnan Army's lecture hall, was knowledgeable, and the militia on the opposite side was not at all a bandit army that ran away in fright after firing two shots, but a real regular army. Although he was also from the infantry department, he asked himself if he wanted to build such a perfect defensive position. For example, barbed wire, he had only heard that it was widely used in European wars, but in China, especially on the battlefield of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou, he had never seen any warlord use it.

If nothing else, there are not so many wires suitable for arranging battlefield barbed wire.

"In your opinion, can the position of one regiment in this mere one still be able to block our two divisions? Also, how many people did Zhang Shusheng bring to Xundian? ”

Adjutant: "Zhang Shusheng closed the city gate after entering the city, so I don't know how many men and horses he brought into the city, judging from the fact that he dared to put a regiment outside the city, it is conservatively estimated that there are about two regiments."

Although his position is the same as an iron bucket, it is not impossible to break through. First of all, the biggest drawback of this defense is that there are not enough troops and not enough depth. If we can match the infantry charge with dense artillery fire and sufficient heavy machine guns, relying on numerical superiority, we can break through this line of defense. ”

In the adjutant's opinion, Zhang Shusheng was a little stupid, if all the troops were put on the position, relying on the heavy firepower intensity revealed by the other side, the two poorly trained and poorly equipped Dian army divisions would really not necessarily rush in.

It's just that he never dreamed that Zhang Shusheng not only wanted to defend Xundian, but to completely defeat their 20,000 troops.

After listening to the adjutant's analysis, Miao Renyi was overjoyed, he was worthy of being from a military academy, and he was much stronger than the half-hung staff officers around him, "Okay!" Wei Yuan talked about this dog -- let him live a little longer. I will concentrate the heavy machine guns of the entire division on you, and the artillery battery will also give you command. Hmph, the 16,700 men and horses of the two divisions can rush over even if they let the ducks go. ”

"Humble duty must serve death."

When the adjutant heard that he actually wanted to command it himself, he was also arrogant, and he thought that Wei Yuanlun was a foreigner after all, and if he changed himself and had enough heavy firepower support, he still had a considerable confidence in taking the position of the militia.

Miao Renyi was also so angry with Zhang Shusheng, an old enemy, that he ordered to concentrate the heavy firepower of the whole division to deal with the militia. With the configuration of the Yunnan army at this time, in fact, one division had only 10 heavy machine guns, more than 20 light machine guns, and the artillery company was eight more advanced Shanghai-made 81mm imitation Stoke mortars, except for a few mountain guns of different calibers that also hit well. The overall equipment was somewhat stronger than Wei Yuanlun's 11th Division. These heavy firepower are also an important reason why Miao Renyi can always straighten his waist.

This guy is not very good at marching and fighting, but he knows how to deal with the enemy with more fierce firepower, and the heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and mortars that he extorts money from everywhere and then buys them back out of his own pocket have always been the guarantee of his rampage.

Knowing that he can be a good leader only with men and horses, over the years, he has not only invested his old man's wealth in recruiting troops and buying arms, but also invested the money he scavenged, which is also the reason why the equipment and training of his seventh division are better than Wei Yuanlun's eleventh division.

In his opinion, even if Zhang Shusheng, the leader of the militia group, has some industry and money, and comes back with some heavy firepower, can he still compare with the heavy firepower of his entire division? Damn, put all the heavy machine guns in front of you? Lao Tzu concentrated his firepower to knock you out.

In fact, if Miao Renyi knew the specific firepower configuration of the militia group, he would definitely be killed head-on.

Because the militia does not have many troops, it takes the route of heavy firepower elite soldiers, and its basic firepower configuration is as follows:

One squad: 10 people/12 people, 9 Huaxia-style rifles, 1 Huaxia-style rifle with scopes, one platoon: 36 people/46 people, about 30 Huaxia-style rifles, 3 sniper rifles, 3 1921-style submachine guns, 2 light machine guns, one company: 110 people/140 people, about 74 rifles, 10 light machine guns, heavy firepower squad - 3 heavy machine guns (10 people), 3 60mm/81mm mortars, 3 (10/12) people, 10 sniper rifles, 10 1921-style submachine guns, so to speak, The firepower of the militia was very strong compared to the local warlord troops in the country at this time, and in terms of firepower density alone, a company could almost catch up with a battalion of the Yunnan army.

Although the ammunition consumption will be very large with such a firepower configuration, because he is taking the route of heavy firepower elite soldiers, Zhang Shusheng can only grit his teeth and continue this firepower configuration. Saving ammunition will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of casualties in the troops, and it is a question of whether the dead will burn money, but Zhang Shusheng chose the latter.

Hou Xiaoshan moved his body to make himself more comfortable on his stomach, in the morning battle, he just fired a few shots, and the opponent's dense formation was broken up, but because he usually trained very hard, such a close distance allowed him to shoot one at a time, and he got four.

"Brother, are you alright?" Bumped into Wu Peiqiang, who looked in pain next to him, Hou Xiaoshan asked worriedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, when I was dodging the cannon just now, I hit my head on a rock, and now my brain is still buzzing. How many did you just kill? Wu Peiqiang trembled and wanted to touch the cigarette, and it took a long time to grab a crumpled cigarette box from under his feet, and he couldn't light one when he pulled out one, Hou Xiaoshan helped him wipe the match, "cough...... Just, just killed three, smelled that smell, and my stomach was a little uncomfortable. ”

Unlike Hou Xiaoshan's lean little monkey, Wu Peiqiang is a real man, with a burly body, but his surname is not as good as his cousin. "Why are you like a nobody?"

"Death is death, on the battlefield, either he dies or we are unlucky. If they don't die, maybe we'll be the ones who ate the guns. It's so close, if they aim to fight, we will have to suffer. Hou Xiaoshan said. He had also killed people when he was fighting bandits before, so he didn't feel so disgusted, so he pinched two mud balls and threw them to Wu Peiqiang: "Brother, I really can't smell it, just plug it into your nose." ”

"Forget it, smell it and get used to it." Wu Peiqiang threw away the mud balls, pushed the steel helmet on his head, and looked at the small col in the distance, "When do you think this enemy will come again?" ”

"Who knows, when you hear the artillery, you hide, didn't the company commander say it just now, wait for everyone to pay attention to drilling the cats in the anti-artillery hole."

"Well, that's ......"

"Whew......"

Without warning, a shell suddenly flew from the side of the mountain pass, just heard the sound, it exploded dozens of meters in front of the position, although this shell did not produce any killing effect, but it indicated that the attack of Miao Renyi's troops began again, and in the afternoon, Xundian, there was another cannon sound.

"Anti-artillery, anti-artillery!!"

This time, the special forces squad did not immediately discover where the enemy's artillery positions were, and the order issued by the militia headquarters was to pay attention to anti-artillery. As soon as the first shell flew over, the militia soldiers on the position quickly bent down and burrowed into the dug anti-artillery holes. After the artillery bombardment test of the militia artillery battalion, this kind of anti-artillery hole reinforced with concrete and covered with bluestone slabs on the top can be used by half a class of people. As long as it is not a direct hit of a large-caliber shell, an ordinary single-shot mortar shell is not enough to destroy such an anti-artillery hole.

"Huh... Shout... Shout... Whew......"

Sure enough, after the first shell was fired, a group of shells flew from behind, watching the shells first explode scattered around the position, and then gradually hit the position, Zhang Shusheng's heart was the same as the soldiers, pumping one after another.

"Order the artillery battalion, immediately calculate the enemy's artillery positions, and as soon as there is a possibility of destruction, immediately return fire." At this time, there was no artillery radar, let alone special scouts lurking nearby, and there were no helicopters, so Zhang Shusheng could only trust his artillery units and believe that they could calculate the approximate location of the opponent's artillery position as quickly as possible.

This artillery combat method, which relies solely on the combat experience and training level of the artillery to carry out counterattacks, is the most test of the artillery ability, and Zhang Shusheng is not sure that the people in the artillery battalion can do it.

Different from Wei Yuanlun's hasty charge before, this time the enemy's attack was very well prepared for artillery fire alone, and one or two shells hit the position every three or five rounds, except for a considerable part of the shells.

"Boom!!" Finally, an anti-artillery hole was unfortunately hit directly by a large-caliber shell, and one of the squads inside confessed. The commander of the second company happened to see this tragedy not far away in the thickened bunker, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

"-you-Miao Renyi, Lao Tzu's soldier!"

Half of the soldiers of the squad were bombarded before they saw the enemy, and no one could stand it. "What are these grandsons doing in the artillery camp? Why don't you fight back. ”

Gu Tianfeng, the commander of the first company, also learned the bad news from the battlefield observers that the second company had been bombarded by the first artillery for half a squad, and while praying that this kind of unfortunate thing would not happen again, he secretly scolded the artillery battalion for not fighting back.

"Did you figure it out?" Xia Hai, the commander of the artillery battalion, was also in a hurry, and the enemy artillery in front of him hit the position one after another, and the explosion sound seemed to explode in his heart, making him so anxious that he even threw away his hat.

"Battalion commander, not yet. Although the landing point of the shell has been observed, the data on the observation balloon has not yet been transmitted. "The two soldiers who were responsible for calculating the orientation of the enemy's artillery positions had returned from studying in England and were the first two groups to study abroad at public expense. But the situation in front of him is really difficult, in the summer, Hai was anxious to scold his mother, and the calls from the headquarters came one by one to urge, and he was so anxious that he almost didn't tie himself to the shell and launch it. After all, the militia is a new unit, and it has not experienced hard fighting, and it is too uncomfortable to lie in a gun hole like this and be bombarded by shells one after another.

"Battalion commander, the observer has results."

A big piece of good news suddenly made Xia Hai put aside the messy thoughts in his heart, and yelled: "Hurry up and give Lao Tzu a calculation, if you still can't hit by the end of the battle, Lao Tzu will retire with you." ”

Not long after, Zhang Shusheng finally heard the sound of cannons behind him, and the artillery battalion finally counterattacked.

"Report to the division commander, the artillery battalion has calculated the approximate position of the enemy's artillery, and is conducting a tentative attack, and it is expected that there will be results in a few rounds."

"Let Xia Hai hurry up, the enemy has already gone up the mountain pass!" The coordinates of the artillery bombardment at the col have been determined, and as long as the situation is critical, the combat mission of the artillery battalion must immediately be changed to fire to cover the area around the col. The number of 20 guns is still a little less, and if it were not for the fact that it was necessary to leave a part of the artillery force and send a part of the artillery to support the defense of Xuanwei's second brigade, the artillery strength of the militia reserves would not be so tight. However, fortunately, the militia still has a killer weapon, "let the mortar battalion of the division aim at the col and wait for orders at any time!" ”

The mortar battalion of the militia division exists as a supplementary force for the division's artillery battalion, and the transportation conditions in the southwest region are poor, and the logistical support is too difficult, so the mortar battalion of this divisional establishment has become a supplementary artillery force and is used as a division's heavy firepower.

The 2nd Brigade took one company, and the remaining two mortar companies had 24 mortars, which was more than enough to suppress the enemy on the first line of the col who tried to rely on the col to advance gradually.

"Quick, quick! Stand in place and give me a hard beating!! ”

At such a close distance, when the enemy appeared between the cols and ridges with heavy machine guns, Gu Tianfeng gave the order to open fire.

Almost at the same time, the enemy's heavy machine guns began to roar.

"Da Da Da ......"

In that moment, at a distance of several hundred meters, it was all crossfire from the heavy machine guns of both sides. Miao Renyi's troops also attacked as a battalion, but instead of rushing up in a swarm, they lay down on the col and buried their heads in shooting.

In this way, the most exciting start was the heavy machine guns raging on both sides, and at that moment, the infantry was suppressed in the col or in the trench.

About 20 heavy machine guns were concentrated in the direction of the col, and this insane density of heavy fire made it difficult for the soldiers in the trenches to look up. The first company had six heavy machine guns returning fire, and then several light machine guns also joined in, and seeing that the momentum was not right, the heavy machine gun forts in the two rear positions also began to fire.

For a time, Miao Renyi's concentrated use of heavy machine guns was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and more than 30 heavy machine gun bastions and some light machine guns in front of the entire regiment of positions all opened fire.

For a while, the entire battlefield was only the sound of heavy machine gun roars, the clattering of heavy machine gun bullets, the soldiers of Miao Renyi's troops who gathered in the col from time to time, and the unlucky militia light machine gunners and the volcant fortresses were silenced from time to time.

The commander of the militia group did not expect to encounter a perverted person like Miao Renyi, who actually concentrated the heavy firepower of a division to attack. However, Miao Renyi didn't expect that the heavy firepower of one regiment could suppress all his heavy firepower.

"Wei Yuanlun, transfer all your light and heavy machine guns to Lao Tzu!"

Facing this red man in front of Tang Jiyao, Wei Yuanlun hated it so much, but under the coercion of this murderous Hades, he, who was also the division commander, could only order all the light and heavy machine guns to go to the front line. Who let himself not be as fierce as him, and he dared to shoot Gu Pinzhen in Kunming.

"All snipers in all classes are aiming at Lao Tzu and hitting hard."

Almost at the same time as the militia mortars opened fire, the snipers of the 1st regiment were given the order to snipe the enemy's heavy machine gunners.

"Tom ......"

The first to fire was the 60mm mortar belonging to the first regiment, this kind of regimental support fire, which was placed in the trench, and after the cannon was discharged, it seemed to just jump a curve and smashed into the Miao Renyi department at the col.

"Boom!"

A mortar shell accurately hit a heavy machine gun, blowing up three Dian troops, and the heavy machine gun was also blown apart.

Hou Xiaoshan usually has very accurate marksmanship, and he also serves as a sniper in the squad, but this kid is usually ambitious, and he also takes off the sniper scope when he goes to the battlefield. In fact, with his marksmanship, this distance can be hit without a sniper scope. But he was still careful to put the sniper scope on.

First, he looked at the situation in the opposite col with a small mirror, there was a heavy machine gun and a light machine gun roaring, and after observing the situation clearly, he pushed the bullet into the load with a bang, quickly got up slightly, aimed, and fired! Coherent!

"Bang!"

He didn't even have time to see the results before he retracted his head, although the enemy's heavy machine gunners were not as good as the textbooks, and they could quickly spot and strafe themselves after the sniper fired, but he still did not dare to violate the rules of battle, and he was more careful.

In the small mirror, he saw that the heavy machine gun on the opposite side had indeed turned off, but soon someone pounced on it, and the heavy machine gun roared again.

Soon, he changed his position and was ready to snipe this one enemy again.

"Hurry, hurry up! Mortars, hurry up and fire the artillery, slow down, Lao Tzu will kill you. ”

Miao Renyi's adjutant was in charge of directing the battle, and although the battalion commanders in charge of the attack were not satisfied, they could only bite the bullet and urge the mortar gunners to open fire quickly while carrying the heavy machine guns supported by the 11th Division up the mountain pass.

"Tom!"

When the first mortar shells flew towards the militia positions, casualties were inevitable, and two soldiers were hit by shell fragments, one with a blossom in the chest and a large piece of the thigh cut off.

"Quick, quick! The medics carried them down. "The squad leader of the wounded soldier's squad quickly took out a hemostatic bag in the combat bag on the two of them, and held down the wound, the quick-acting hemostatic agent in it is very effective, as long as the bleeding is initially stopped now, there is a better hemostatic drug for the wounded soldier to use when he returns to the back, a hemostatic drug called a special hemostatic spray.

The mortar of the Dian army, which had just hit the position, was hit by two mortars before it could be transferred, and it could be regarded as unlucky.

Miao Renyi's adjutant saw that the two sides were actually caught in some kind of stalemate between heavy machine gun fire, and the artillery of the two sides was also firing at each other, and he thought to himself when he would wait if he didn't charge at this time.

"The first regiment was all pressed on me to attract enemy fire. The 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Regiment attacked from the left, and the Reading Regiment and the 11th Division attacked from the right, striving to rush up as quickly as possible and take the position. ”

He knew that with the heavy firepower of the Dian army, he didn't know how long it would last, there were few heavy machine guns, few artillery, and the only thing that was more was people. Therefore, he chose the same method as Wei Yuanlun, and at the right time, carried out a large-scale charge, but this time the direction of the charge was not frontal, but the left and right flanks of this nearly 1,000-meter attack line of fire.

Two divisions, 16,700 men and horses, if they can't take the city gate defended by a mere militia group, it will become the object of ridicule of the entire Dian army. He really couldn't think of any tricks that the other party could do to stop the more than 10,000 people who were pressed on his whole line.

Not to mention more than 10,000 people, even more than 10,000 pigs rushed up, which is also an absolute impact.

"Report to the division commander, a large number of enemy troops have appeared on the left and right flanks, and the number is no less than two regiments!" The signal soldier shouted a little dryly.

Two regiments? Is the enemy pressing on all fronts again?

Zhang Shusheng quickly picked up his special binoculars and walked to the observation post position of the bunker, and sure enough, a large number of enemies appeared on both flanks of the position, with at least 5,000 people on one side and more on the other, at least one division of men and horses.

"Miao Renyi, this madman!"

Jiang Baili put down the binoculars and said to Zhang Shusheng: "The Dian army has always been accustomed to fighting and is used to rushing hard, but I didn't expect that this time it was still relying on the strength of the people to rush over. ”

"If we had two divisions of men and horses, and we were faced with a militia that they looked down on and knew nothing about, it is estimated that the simplest method would have been adopted. Suppress us on the front with all the heavy firepower, and then charge from both flanks with large forces, and as long as it can't be stopped in either direction, we're done. If Miao Renyi was in command, this beast was not too stupid. ”

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and most of the people in the militia originally thought that Miao Renyi's troops would not fight with the militia to the death, but as a result, this guy who had just killed Gu Pinzhen in Kunming immediately gathered the 11th Division of the Dian Army to call.

In fact, Miao Renyi didn't pull the 11th Division to help because he was afraid of the militia at all, but wanted to take the opportunity to annex the 11th Division and expand his strength. After all, Miao Renyi will be the Yunnan East Defense Supervisor in the future, and this point of talent is used to win him over.

As a result, I didn't expect the men and horses of the two divisions to all be pulled to Xundian and fought with Zhang Shusheng's militia.

Zhang Shusheng also sighed that the warlord melee in this period was quite distinctive, neither a large-scale group battle in the West, nor a later offensive and defensive war of resistance against Japan. One warlord after another, a little people, a little bit of guns, they fight here, fight there, and if they win, they will grab it first, and if they lose, they will run away like ducks.

For example, the 11th Division and Miao Renyi's Seventh Division in front of them sound very bluffing, but their combat methods are even ridiculously simple. If you give them offensive tactics or defensive tactics, it won't work, because they can fight whatever they want.

Just like now, the other party has a lot of people, and they actually want to rush over together! People who don't know what is going on will even think that they have launched a general attack after fighting for a long time.

"Order the 3rd Regiment Huo Dingguo, which was lurking out of the city, to immediately march quickly to outflank the rear of the enemy's 7th Division, eliminate the enemy's headquarters, and then cooperate with the rest of the troops.

The 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade was ordered to immediately ascend to the position of the city wall and cooperate with the 1st Regiment to block the enemy on the left flank.

The 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade was ordered to immediately go out of the city and enter the position, mainly in coordination with the right flank of the 1st Regiment, to block the enemy.

Artillery and mortar battalions were ordered to cover the enemy's heavy machine-gun positions with fire, followed by support for operations on both flanks. ”

After discussing with Jiang Baili and the others, Zhang Shusheng immediately issued a general attack order. The 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade and the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade in the city were all dispatched to block the enemy. At first, he was afraid of scaring the other party away, and he kept fighting, but now the enemy can't help but launch a two-wing charge, Zhang Shusheng can't wait any longer, maybe he will really be broken through if he waits any longer, you know, it is people who defend the position, not gods.

A company may be able to defend against a battalion of the Dian army, but the other side is not a battalion, but the entire regiment and the entire regiment charge on both flanks. It was also officially this kind of slamming and slamming, which brought the battle of Xundian to an early end.

"Fire!!"

The 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment, which entered the position of the city wall, took the lead in firing, and the dense fire composed of Huaxia-style rifles and light and heavy machine guns instantly retreated the tide of the enemy's fighting. Powerful firepower, accurate marksmanship, and the whole regiment took cover from the positions on the city walls, and quickly slaughtered the troops on the flanks of the lower bread.

The two regiments of the Seventh Division of the Dian Army, although they were outnumbered, rushed to the front of the position only to find that these barbed wire, which looked only a little trace from a distance, actually blocked their own progress, and the sharp barbs on them were hung up one last time.

The troops that were stagnant, even if they were behind them and squeezed forward, only pushed the barbed wire forward, but they still could not break through these densely arranged barbed wire. The knives were also constantly chopping, and the guns could not be finished, and for a while, the entire Dian army in front stood there in terror, and met the bullets fired by the militia soldiers.

How could the flesh and blood body block the bullets fired from a high position, and the momentum of the charge was stunned, and it retreated like a tide.

"Fire!!" The same thing happened on the right flank position, where the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade, which had entered the position, quickly set up its light and heavy machine guns, and fired at the opposing assault unit with a flick of the muzzle. The soldiers also pulled the bolt of the Huaxia-style rifle that had already been loaded with bullets, raised their guns to aim, and easily slaughtered the Dian troops stopped in front of the barbed wire fence on the right flank.

"Boom ......" "Boom ......"

The covering firing of the artillery battalion also began, and unlike the indiscriminate fighting of the Yunnan army, the 105mm field guns, 75mm field guns, and many mortars that were fired at Zhuyuan had already been marked, and in the roaring gunfire, shells were fired at the opponent's heavy machine gun positions.

The Dian army, which originally relied on numbers and dense arrangements to suppress the heavy firepower of the militia regiments, tasted the bitter fruit at once, and the consequence of being fired by the artillery was that one heavy machine gun after another was blown away, and soldiers flew into the air waving their limbs one by one.

"The brothers of the three regiments all rushed to Lao Tzu, arrested Miao Renyi, and slaughtered Wei Yuanxuan."

In the rear of Miao Renyi's army, the 3rd Regiment ambushed in the dense forest did not even encounter a single enemy scout, so it safely waited for the outflanking order. Huo Dingguo rode on his horse, drew his saber, and yelled and gave the order to run forward. More than two miles of road, you can run in one breath.

"Dashuai, it's a big deal, hurry, get out quickly!!"

Miao Renyi's adjutant did not expect that it had only been less than an hour, and the situation on the battlefield had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and when he thought that he would be able to break through the position defended by a mere regiment immediately, the battle had become uncontrollable. What was a battle with victory in sight turned into a battle with defeat in sight.

If the seven and eleventh divisions are elite troops, they can still block one of the other divisions, but what these two Yunnan army divisions are like, he knows better than anyone as an adjutant, especially after a battle, he knows that the militia on the opposite side is actually more elite and more regular than the troops on his side.

Before he came, he also took one last look at the battlefield in front of Xundian City. Everywhere you look, there are Dian troops who have been killed and wounded. Some were killed by shells, some were chased by heavy machine guns, and some were killed by the enemy's accurate and terrifying marksmanship. There are also deserters, and those soldiers who surrender on their knees in fear, and the scenes of defeat and retreat are everywhere...... Bruised by a stray bullet on his face, he ran to Miao Renyi and wanted him to order an immediate retreat, "Zhang Shusheng's dog has ambushed two regiments in the city, not to mention, but also ambushed a regiment behind us, and if we don't retreat, we will ......"

"Bang!"

A crisp gunshot startled the people in the headquarters of the Seventh Division of the Dian Army, and when they looked up, they just saw Miao Renyi opening his mouth and blowing the muzzle of a pistol. "Of course I have to run, but you have to stay."

After speaking, he quickly took off his clothes and put this set of division clothes on the adjutant who was beaten to pieces. He is not a fool, and he doesn't want to fight with Zhang Shusheng with his life.

"Brothers, all withdraw with Lao Tzu, the green mountains do not change, the green water flows forever, Lao Tzu will have to clean up Zhang Shusheng sooner or later."

(To be continued)