Chapter 177: The Battle of Extermination (I)

On October 6, after eating with the revolutionary army, volunteers and barbarian guides at the foot of the mountain, they prepared to launch an attack on the "Guoluojia Branch".

The hundreds of barbarians from the "Luo Hongjia Branch" were enthusiastic about the upcoming war, and the experience of being bullied by the "Guoluo Family Branch" for many years made them extremely interested in exterminating the "Guoluo Family Branch".

Unlike many Han people, the barbarians did not regard other barbarian tribes as their own, and in their hearts, the neighbors who had been fighting with their tribes for many years were far more hateful than the distant Han people. And the legends of the tribe also educate the young people of their tribe that the greatest glory of the barbarians is that they can destroy their enemies.

The young men of the "Luo Hongjia Branch" sharpened their machetes one by one, wore steel helmets issued to them by the revolutionary army on their heads, and tied red cloth on their left arms, ready to show their skills in the upcoming bloody battle.

Xie Niancheng's killing of the Han Chinese by the "Guoluo Family Branch" made Xie Niancheng extremely angry, and he decided that today's attack would be carried out in person.

The Front Army Guard Regiment and the 22nd Regiment of the Eighth Division of the Third Army were used as frontal attacking forces to follow the road that was already considered the most important in this area, and went straight to the main peaks of the three peaks where the "Guoluojia Branch" was entrenched.

According to the battle plan drawn up by the General Staff overnight, all the troops besieging the mountain will launch an attack, the lightly armed troops will attack the mountain, and the heavily armed troops and logistics troops will remain at the bottom of the mountain to continue the encirclement to prevent the barbarians from breaking through.

Light machine guns and 60 light mortars were enough to deal with the barbarians, who were mostly armed with bows, arrows, spears and other cold weapons, except for a few hundred old rifles.

There was no need for any mobilization, and the revolutionary army's attack on the mountain officially began.

The troops pulled away from a distance of about twenty meters. Began to slowly advance up the mountain.

The mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The barbarians' first line of defense was on a steep slope.

Hundreds of barbarians with swords, guns and artillery, condescending. Waiting for the arrival of the soldiers of the revolutionary army.

When the straggler line of the revolutionary army advanced to about a hundred meters from the first line of defense of the barbarians, the barbarians began to shoot.

The well-trained officers and men of the revolutionary army immediately lay down on the ground, and the stragglers in front began to shoot at the barbarians on the mountain, and the artillery that followed quickly increased their mortars to bombard the barbarians' positions.

In less than ten minutes, the large-caliber artillery below the mountain also joined the shelling, and the rocky nature of the mountain in this area was hard, and shells rained down. Shrapnel and rubble flew sideways, and hundreds of shells fell, albeit with a low hit rate. It is also to make the barbarians of the first line of defense dead and wounded.

Those who guard the first line of defense are all warriors of the "Guoluo Family Branch".

The fortifications they built overnight were all built by them on the basis of previous experience, where could they resist modern artillery fire?

A bombardment came down. More than half of the casualties were killed.

But the day before, the Han Chinese were killed first. Seeing the posture of the revolutionary army today, the barbarians naturally know that this is the time to fight desperately. Under such a large casualty, no one fled, but everyone hid.

No matter how many shells you have, there will always be a time when you will finish fighting, right?

The idea of the barbarians was to wait for the infantry of the revolutionary army to come up, and then start hand-to-hand combat with the revolutionary army.

The artillery fire of the revolutionary army slowly stopped as expected.

"Tick Tick Tick Tick ......"

The trumpet of the revolutionary army was blown, and the soldiers of the two companies in the forefront began to attack.

These two companies. They were the most elite companies of the Guard Regiment and the 22nd Regiment, and today they are the vanguard companies. The armament of the troops was again strengthened.

Now the infantry of the revolutionary army is not a fighting assault with bayonets in their hands, and the trumpet of the charge is blowing very quickly, but the speed of the soldiers is not fast.

The artillery began to fire in an extended manner according to the regulations, and the infantry was advancing step by step with their guns in hand.

Brave barbarians showed their heads, and what awaited them was the merciless shooting of the revolutionary army's submachine guns and light machine guns.

Occasionally, barbarians would shoot from a hidden location, and when exposed, they would be bombarded with mortars or grenades. The front of the revolutionary army advanced steadily, and the people who were placed at the front of the line by the barbarians were cleared one by one.

In charge of guarding this first line of defense was a leader of the "Guoluo Family Branch" who was known for his good fighting, and his luck was good, and the artillery bombardment of the revolutionary army did not hurt him in the slightest.

He hid in a pit and saw the advance of the revolutionary army under camouflage.

After many years of fighting, he knew that if the barbarians of the first line of defense continued to resist in such a scattered manner, there would be no chance at all.

He took the bamboo whistle and blew it with a very rapid sound.

The soldiers of the revolutionary army still have 20 meters to climb this small slope.

When the barbarians heard the hurried whistle and knew that this was the signal that their leader had launched a full charge, as long as they were still able to move, they all clenched their swords and guns, and began to roar angrily, and jumped up from the ground, ready to charge the revolutionary army.

At such a short distance, the artillery fire of the revolutionary army was ineffective.

Worthy of the two most elite companies, the soldiers of the revolutionary army made the most correct response in an instant, the soldiers with bayonets quickly approached each other to form small groups one by one, and the soldiers with light machine guns, submachine guns and pistols began to shoot.

Such a shot lasted only a few seconds, but the effect was amazing, and dozens more barbarian warriors were knocked to the ground before hand-to-hand combat began.

Then came the brutal white-knuckle battle.

The barbarians' machetes had little advantage over the bayonets of the revolutionary soldiers, but their bravery still brought some casualties to the revolutionary army.

In particular, some of these cunning barbarians, taking advantage of the terrain to get close to the revolutionary army, suddenly rushed out from a distance of several meters, and were often able to hack and slash the soldiers of the revolutionary army.

Hundreds of people were in a mess, fighting to the death on this small hillside.

The leader of the barbarians was armed with a sword, surrounded by several of his entourage, and his target was an officer who appeared to be the leader of the group of Han soldiers, who had a short spear in his hand.

"If you can hack this Han to death, at least, this attack can be repulsed!"

As the officer got closer, the brute became more and more excited.

Seeing that they were about to rush to the ground, the barbarians and their entourage saw the guns in the hands of the officer and several soldiers around him spew fiery snakes.

"Aren't they afraid of hitting their own people?"

This was before the Barbarian Heads lost consciousness. Final Thoughts.

After the company commander of the guard regiment and a few soldiers around him knocked down these barbarians with pistols, they calmly replaced their bullets and continued to fire at will in the crowd.

This is a Mauser military pistol equipped by the Revolutionary Army. Referred to as box gun, due to special treatment, the effective killing distance is only 50 meters, and 20 rounds of ammunition are fed, so that it is not afraid of stray bullets accidentally injuring their own people, but also can fully ensure the density of bullets, so that it can fully guarantee the density of bullets. to maintain your firepower advantage in close combat.

In fact, even in hand-to-hand combat, the barbarians were no match for the revolutionary army.

First of all, hand-to-hand combat requires courage and physique. The soldiers of the revolutionary army, who were well nourished, looked much stronger than the malnourished barbarians. As for courage, the soldiers of the revolutionary army, who had undergone many rounds of live-ammunition training, were much stronger than these barbarians who were stunned by artillery fire.

Even if it is one-on-one, the soldiers of the revolutionary army are more than one step stronger than the barbarians.

Not to mention. In real combat. According to the assassination regulations, the revolutionary army formed small groups of three or five, covered each other, three assassinated, two shot, and killed the barbarians in a formation.

After a few rounds, the battlefield became a one-sided slaughter.

The snipers and machine gunners at the back of the queue pay attention to the shape of the entire battlefield and use their weapons. Kill the barbarians who hide in the shadows and fire their guns and arrows.

Soon this first battle was over.

The two avant-garde companies, which suffered few casualties but were extremely depleted, began to rest in place, and the latter two companies took their place as the commandos of the whole army. Keep pushing.

The health team began to treat the wounded, and the volunteers carried out "clearance" and shot the wounded barbarians who were groaning on the ground.

The results of the battle were quickly counted, and in the offensive and defensive battles of the first line of defense, at least 500 barbarians were killed, and on the side of the revolutionary army, more than 60 casualties were killed.

At the top of the mountain, seeing the elite of the tribe being wiped out by the revolutionary army in the first line of defense, Heijiji realized that he had provoked someone who should not be provoked.

It's just that at this time, it's useless to think about anything else.

There are three places in the dangerous terrain of the main peak, and the "Guoluojia Branch" has also set up three lines of defense accordingly.

The second line of defense was guarded by people from several other barbarian tribes, and they were all terrified when they saw that the first line of defense was so lightly breached.

These people were all forced by the "Guoluo Family Branch" to be sent by their own tribe to help in the war, and through their banner, the "Luo Hong Family Branch" naturally knew that they were not from the "Guoluo Family Branch".

Abizau personally ran to the second line of defense and shouted.

"'Xiaye Family Branch', 'Hongfeng Family Branch'...... I am Abizau of the 'Luohong Family Branch', the revolutionary army's attack on the mountain this time is only aimed at the people of the 'Guoluo Family Branch', you quickly put down your weapons and run over to ensure your lives." If you don't surrender, the revolutionary army will attack your hometown after taking this place! If you surrender to the revolutionary army today, you can become the master of this Xiaoice mountain together with our 'Luo Hongjia Branch', so you can escape quickly! ”

In order to match Abizau's shouting, the artillery of the revolutionary army began to fire at the second and third lines of defense, and the barrage made it impossible for the barbarians of the 'Goluojia Branch' on the hill to come down and coerce the barbarians stationed in the second line of defense.

The barbarians guarding the second line of defense quickly made the right choice, and they stripped off their shirts and ran down with their heads in their hands, as Abizau had said.

The revolutionary army kept its word and did no harm to them.

The second line of defense was captured, and it was not far from hitting the mountain.

The so-called three mountains and eighteen villages, most of them are on the high mountain flat dam between the three mountains, but there are also a few villages in the middle of the mountain, and the top soldiers of the revolutionary army entered the village to take a look, and it was empty.

Under Xie Niancheng's order, the revolutionary army set the two stockades on fire, and black smoke billowed out.

From several other directions, black smoke also rose, echoing this side.

The barbarians of the "Guoluojia Branch" on the mountain saw that several abandoned stockades outside the mountain were all set on fire, and finally understood that this Han army was very different from the Han army they had heard in their legends.

This is not a herd of sheep, but a herd of tigers seeking their lives. (To be continued......)