The frenzied shelling caused the river to ripple, and at the same time, the Wehrmacht, which was attacking from three sides, encountered stubborn resistance from Tang Jiyao's troops. This army, composed of the Yunnan army, the Guizhou army and bandits, has completely entered a state of semi-madness, because they all know very well that the evil deeds that have come along the way are enough to make them die dozens of times, and even if the national defense army does not kill them, the people of Guilin City and Guangxi will slaughter them, so they are all red-eyed and hold on to the end.

Qiu Wenbin, who was lying on the bow of the boat, understood that this madness was more like a hysterical cry, and as long as a gap was opened, a rout would be inevitable. But he still didn't dare to be careless, because now he already knew that taking advantage of this year's peace, while the Wehrmacht was making crazy purchases, Lu Rongting, who was entrenched in Guangxi's financial and tax stability, also ordered 16 75mm field guns, 16 Haqikaisi heavy machine guns, 6,000 rifles and enough ammunition from Japan half a year ago.

In fact, not only Guangxi, but also provinces with a little money in the country are carrying out large-scale arms transactions, Guangdong placed an order for 100 cannons in one go, and also restarted the manufacture of imitation Madsen horn dry machine guns in the Guangzhou Manufacturing Bureau. Beiyang not only learned from the scale of Hubei's expanded Dagu Manufacturing Bureau, but also purchased more than 100 Maxim machine guns from Germany, and imitated the Wehrmacht by purchasing 500 Madsen light machine guns and a large number of Mauser pistols, and at the same time did not forget to purchase a large number of arms from neighboring Japan.

Because all the way to the side is a mountain road. Therefore, none of the elite artillery regiments of the four divisions came, and because the Fifth Division was changed to a mountain division, it was not equipped with Krupp field artillery, and the chemical raw materials for the propellant and the equipment of the self-made factories could not be shipped from the United States until next month, so the mortars, which had an actual effective firing range of only about 800 meters, suffered very much in this kind of counter-bombardment. On the other hand, Tang Jiyao's ministry relied on his own ammunition to be sufficient. All the artillery was pulled out, especially the 16 75mm field guns deployed on Phoenix Mountain in the city, which were the most threatening. At the same time, the shells filled with Shimose gunpowder were poured down incessantly, and the yellow smoke filled the air that caused many soldiers to fall as they ran.

The rest of the soldiers, even if they ran closer, would have to face the crossfire of dozens of light and heavy machine guns (). So the battle is still deadlocked. Notch. A gap must be opened! The command thought that the best gap was the Li River, which ran through the whole city, so he deliberately led the guard company to seize the dock. Originally, the guard company was not under the command of the front command, and his company was tasked with monitoring Tang Jiyao until the encirclement was completed, but he still accepted the task, not only because the guard company was the essence of the Wehrmacht, but also because his company was equipped with a new gun.

Thinking of this, Qiu Wenbin immediately began to check the new gun, and as soon as he inserted the long thirty-round magazine, he saw the little soldier of the Dian army who came to lead the way next to him staring at the gun in a daze. I couldn't help laughing: "What's your name?" How old is it? ”

"Report, called Ouyang Nan, 17 years old." Now Ouyang Nan would not have thought that because his parents died and wandered the streets of Guilin since he was a child, he was very familiar with the terrain and received this task that scared him so much that he didn't close his eyes all night and almost wanted to be a deserter, which would turn his life upside down. And this change is because of Qiu Wenbin's following sentence: "A little smaller, good courage, dare to act with us." Do you want to join the guard company? ”

It's a good fart, sir, I'm forced. Ouyang Nan said with a dark belly, and asked boldly, "What is the guard company?" How many monthly salaries are there? ”

"Moon? Ha ha. More than a dozen soldiers of the guard company on the same boat almost burst into tears of laughter: "Company commander, I see that you are busy in vain, this kid is simply an elm head." ”

Qiu Wenbin also smiled and patted Ouyang Nan's head: "Boy, be smart, don't run away with me when the fight starts." "Uh-huh." Ouyang Nan was embarrassed by the laughter, scratched his head shyly and asked, "Sir, what kind of gun are you?" So short? Still so ugly? It's like a tube. ”

"This?" Qiu Wenbin raised the famous Stern submachine gun in his hand and introduced: "This is called a submachine gun, which was designed by the commander, and we made it ourselves in Hubei, and there are no foreigners." "I heard that there are no foreigners, Ouyang Nan's eyes are staring out, and in his impression, the Hanyang made in his hand is also an imitation of foreigners! Qiu Wenbin smiled slightly and didn't explain again, in fact, he didn't know how to explain. Because the guard company has only been allocated a few dozen, and the commander said last time when they tried it out that this gun was not used for equipment but was going to be sold for money in two years.

He didn't know about this, although this gun looked ugly, but it was very powerful, and the Minyuan-style pistol used the same bullets, and the thirty-round magazine could be finished within a few seconds by pulling the trigger, and it was not a problem for the instantaneous burst of fire to directly knock down a platoon (). Moreover, Liu Qingen, deputy director of the factory, also said that this gun is not only good, but also several times cheaper than the new Type 12 rifle, and the process is simple and can even be manufactured by apprentices. It's so good, powerful and simple to make, and if you don't have equipment and sell it, you can't figure it out for a few years. Fortunately, because the guard company has a special mission, it is equipped with a small batch of test types, so that everyone can have a good time.

The city of Guilin in his eyes began to amplify rapidly, the sound of chirping bullets began to pass by his ears, and from time to time a few shells brought up a column of water to the sky. Fortunately, the enemy's attention is focused on the other sides, there are not many enemies on this side, and the enemy can be suppressed by light machine guns. After the boat slowly bypassed the big banyan tree, the bluestone pier suddenly appeared in front of him, Qiu Wenbin just pulled the bolt, and saw more than a dozen Dian soldiers suddenly burst out of the alley, and after lifting a few bundles of straw, two huge Haqikaisi machine guns suddenly appeared.

"Damn it, heavy machine gun."

Before the shouts rang out, the Haggaes heavy machine gun on the opposite side opened fire, and shooting directly at the boat at such a close distance was almost a massacre! A storm of bullets swept across the ship, and more than a dozen unprepared guards and soldiers immediately fell in a pool of blood.

"Jump ship!" Qiu Wenbin shouted and jumped down the river, Ouyang Nan also rolled into the river, and took the opportunity to take a submachine gun and bullet sac from the dead guard company soldier. Wait until Qiu Wenbin swims to the shore and leans against the pier, after the bluestone blocks the machine gun firing angle. The five small boats they were in had been beaten into a sieve, and the nearby river was stained red with blood.

"Each of them finds a way to cover the machine guns and fights for them! Fight for yourself! Wehrmacht offensive. "Trained to the strictest of the times, the battle-hardened soldiers of the Guard Company immediately dispersed to fight separately, and even the waist-deep river could not slow them down. When Ouyang Nan was secretly speechless, he saw Qiu Wenbin and several soldiers bending over, hiding in the dead corner of the dock all the way to the machine gun. When they could see the faces of the soldiers of the Dian army clearly, they didn't even look at them, and suddenly stretched out their hands and raised their strange-looking submachine guns. A sharp sweep in the direction of the heavy machine gun.

The fierce fire stunned Ouyang Nan, who was looking through the crack in the stone. I didn't see them aiming or pulling the bolt at all, but I just pulled the trigger a few times with my fingers, and it seemed to be raining heavily in front of me (). The machine gun squad of the Yunnan army did not expect that the enemy would have this kind of firepower, and the dense bullets frightened them so much that they could not even raise their heads, let alone shoot.

Cover me! Qiu Wenbin changed a magazine, threw out a grenade with a loud cry, and then grabbed the stone steps with both hands and was about to climb up, but he was probably soaked in water all year round, and there was a thick layer of moss on the bluestone slab, and his fingers slipped and he looked like he was about to fall into the water again. Ouyang Nan, who was quick-eyed, hurriedly dragged his waist with his hand and lifted it up hard.

With this momentum, Qiu Wenbin finally climbed onto the dock, and before he had time to be grateful, he rolled over in the blood, quickly hid in the corner of the wall, lay on the ground, and fired fiercely at the Dian army. Under his cover, the remaining guards and soldiers also climbed onto the dock, and more than 30 Stern submachine guns opened fire at full speed, and the two machine gun squads of the Yunnan army instantly became a pile of rotten meat.

Seeing Ouyang Nan coming up, Qiu Wenbin patted his shoulder gratefully, leaving a few people to find a way to get the lost submachine gun back. According to the predetermined plan, they asked everyone to throw three grenades into the middle of the river, and after notifying the troops behind them to follow with a water column, they turned around and rushed into the city. Ouyang Nan, who was following him, finally opened his eyes, only to see that in front of this kind of submachine gun with amazing power, every time it was like splashing water, the enemy who rushed to hear the news was almost swept away.

"Be careful." When Ouyang Nan was immersed in the longing to join this army, a loud shout suddenly sounded in his ears, and his body was suddenly pushed out, and before he could hit the ground, the bricks in front of him suddenly exploded, and a 57-mm shell shot out from the strong barricade at the intersection in front of him, hitting the houses next to them.

"Go around, go around with a grenade!" Crushed by the shells on the street corner, and the machine gunner couldn't find a good position, Qiu Wenbin hurriedly threw a grenade and shouted to Ouyang Nan again and again. Ouyang Nan had learned to use a grenade just now, and when he knew that the matter was urgent, he hurriedly grabbed it and ran to the back room, but when he hit the window, his eyes suddenly turned red.

There were seven or eight female corpses lying in the room, all of them were naked, and the originally seductive bodies were full of bullet holes, and the flesh and blood were blurred and miserable. This scene made Ouyang Nan feel that his lungs were burning, and there seemed to be something spraying out of his body, and he even took care of the danger, so he rushed up to the second floor and threw the grenade into the barricade with all his might.

The explosion made the 57 cannon instantly mute, several guards and soldiers immediately turned over and jumped into the sandbags to occupy the barricade, they just let the frightened enemy lying on the ground trembling get up to the side, they saw Ouyang Nan hissing out of the house, Qiu Wenbin had already knocked the trigger before he could pull him, and fired fiercely at these surrendered soldiers, when a thirty-round magazine was all fired, more than a dozen soldiers had all fallen in a pool of blood ().

Qiu Wenbin stepped forward and snatched the submachine gun that was out of bullets, let the soldiers look at him and walked into the house, and only after going in to see the tragic situation clearly did he understand why this kid went crazy all of a sudden. But now is not the time for revenge, and he must immediately go to the direction of the city gate to open the situation, so he bit his lip and walked to Ouyang Nan's side and asked, "Boy, I want a guide to go to the south gate." ”

Ouyang Nan's eyes were blood-red, nodded vigorously, and led everyone down the alley to the city gate. As more and more Wehrmacht soldiers began to land in Guilin along the pier, the gap was finally opened, and when Qiu Wenbin swept the Dian army positions from behind with dozens of submachine guns, the south gate was also in chaos.

The opening of the south gate meant that the second gap was torn open, but it did not mean that the war was over, and the dense barricades and firing points brought the war into the most brutal street fighting, and explosions and shouts of killing began to sound from every street and every house.

"Push here, push here."

Seeing that a 70-mm mountain cannon was pushed over by several soldiers, Qiu Wenbin hurriedly pointed to a barricade in front of them that was so crushed that they couldn't raise their heads, the gunners quickly leveled the muzzle, stuffed the shells and locked the bolt, and after the ground shook suddenly, in the dust, I could only see that the barricade 100 meters away was all made of strip-shaped bluestone slabs had been blown apart.

The Japanese Type 92 70 mm infantry gun, which was imitated from later generations, only needed a few soldiers to push and run, and although the weight was increased from 320 kg to 320 kg, the firing range was also increased to 3,800 meters, and it had the strength to fight against field artillery. Of course, its greatest role is to unconditionally accompany the infantry movements, especially in this kind of complex street fighting, and many times the artillery even used cover to push to within 100 meters and open fire.

The power of the seven-pound shell was already equivalent to that of a 75mm field gun, so the three infantry guns brought to the test quickly conquered the hearts of the infantry and became the main force to open the way for street fighting.

The corpses that died tragically, and the houses that were burned down made the Wehrmacht soldiers gnash their teeth, especially when Lu Yuxun was ordered by the old man to bring the remaining Gui army into the city, and when they finally saw the corpses of thousands of former robes who were collectively shot at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, a massacre was irreparable.

These red-eyed Gui troops not only rushed to the front, but also left not a single prisoner wherever they passed. By the time Cai Jimin learned the news in the city and wanted to stop it, the streets and alleys of Guilin City had been covered with corpses, and the blood of the spring flowed down the dug and potholed roads into the ditches, and flowed for miles without being diluted.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, when Yang Qiu arrived with Jiang Baili and Miao Luo, the last soldier of the Yunnan army on Phoenix Mountain also laid down his arms, and the Battle of Guilin came to an end after nine hours of bloody battles, in which more than 6,000 of the more than 13,000 Yunnan-Guizhou and bandit troops of Tang Jiyao's army were killed, and the rest were all captured.

The guards led by Mei Youchen were intercepted by the soldiers led by intelligence officers at the last moment to protect Tang Jiyao to the Japanese Legation, Tang Jiyao himself was shot in the foot, and finally under the protection of Liu Cunhou and several diehards, he barely hid in the Japanese Legation, and the cheque of the Bank of France worth 4 million was seized by the Wehrmacht because Chen Haohui deliberately tore his clothes during the rescue. In addition, a check worth 500,000 yen was also found on the body of the slain Mei Youchen, and 570 kilograms of gold looted from the two provinces were also seized by the guards.

More than 600 Wehrmacht troops were killed or wounded, most of them in the early stages and in street fighting. Later, it was learned that among the 3,213 soldiers of the two patrol battalions of the Guangxi First Mixed Concord who failed to escape with Lu Rongting, in addition to the battle dead and surrendered, the remaining 1,917 people were collectively executed by Tang Jiyao.

The war has taught the world that if true unification is not achieved, the maelstrom of civil war is likely to grow larger and more brutal as a new generation of more ambitious young warlords who have experienced a frenzied wave of revolution gradually takes power. At the same time, this war is telling everyone that with the control of Guangxi by the National Defense Forces, Yunnan has become an isolated island in the southwest, and a unified southwest has come into view