Chapter 88: Reorganization and the Northern Expedition 18

"Woo Woo Woo ......"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The battle was so big that whether it was the Wuhan People's Army on the defensive side, or the Qing Army and Beiyang on the offensive side, they were all covered in blood, and both sides went crazy at the same time. In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the two new armies, which had been trained with countless people's fat and people's anointment, exhausted more than ten years of effort, and painstakingly formed two new armies, standing under different banners, facing each other with swords and soldiers, like a group of bloodthirsty beasts, only thinking about how to kill the enemy on the opposite side.

On the artillery position of the Qing army, the bare-armed gunners, under the whip and reprimand of the officer, went crazy and kept repeating the cyclic action of loading and firing. Minfu, who was naked, struggled to carry boxes of shells with the sound of the trumpet, and boxes of shells soon piled up in a mountain behind the position.

"Hit! Hit me hard! Kill these rebels and thieves! This association is here to watch the battle today, our 11th mixed association has not suffered such a big loss since it became an army, this face must be recovered! ”

Li Chun, the co-leader of the Eleventh Mixed Association, rode on a horse, raised his horsewhip, and said through gritted teeth.

The three heroes of Beiyang, dragon, tiger, dog, Feng Guozhang is also a brave and warlike master. When attacking Wuchang, he was caught off guard by the Yangtze River Fleet that came to aid Hubei, and the huge casualties made Feng Guozhang's old face unbearable. At this time, among the three towns of Wuhan, Hankou had fallen, and Hanyang was still fighting fiercely. Feng Guozhang, who had eaten a sullen stick, was annoyed and angry, and on the one hand suppressed the news of the failure of the attack on Wuchang, and on the other hand increased the offensive in the direction of Hanyang. The Hunan army was brave, but the machine guns and shells of the Beiyang Army were not dry. Under the cover of superior firepower, the previous stalemate of Fairy Mountain was finally conquered by the Beiyang Army, and after blocking the Hunan Army's decisive counterattack several times, the Beiyang Army continued to storm Fairy Mountain with all its might.

The Hunan army was brave. After the loss of Meiniang Mountain, the offensive and defensive battles of Fairy Mountain were particularly fierce from the beginning. At the expense of casualties, he stubbornly blocked several fierce attacks of the Beiyang Army with flesh and blood, and the battle situation was suddenly suspicious and entered a stalemate. The flank detour is a clever move, and the loss of Cai Dian before proved that Huang Xing had a short time in military command, and the march and battle actually directly ignored the safety of the flank. This move should be said to be a must-win, and Li Chun, who has been appointed as the commander of the sixth town, was even more ecstatic after receiving the order, which is simply a credit! With Cai Dian's example in front, Li Chun directly didn't take this operation seriously. Even the artillery was not used, and he directly sent a target of Wu Jinbiao to copy Huang Xing's back road, and he was already dreaming in the command headquarters about how to take credit and go to the sixth town last time to take office!

The sneak attack failed, and Wu Jinbiao's first standard (regiment) at the exhibition suffered nearly 500 casualties. slapped Li Chun hard in the face! After Feng Guozhang heard the news, he called Li Chun and scolded him in front of a group of generals. People live with a face, and trees live with a skin. Li Chun, who lost face, immediately slapped himself a few times. Kneeling and begging to be guilty of meritorious service. Out of the headquarters, the goods gritted their teeth and went straight to the artillery position. first bombarded the position of Guodi Mountain, vented a little, and then gathered Wu Jinbiao and Zhang Jingyao under his command, and attacked Fairy Mountain under the cover of artillery fire (flank detour sneak attack, expensive in secret. This will be no fun at the bottom of the cauldron).

"Dodge the guns! Dodge the guns! Dodge the guns! ”

Dense shells with piercing screams whizzed down on the Fairy Mountain position. When the first shell exploded on the position, a Hunan officer waved a rifle in his hand and shouted in greeting.

Garrisoned at Fairy Mountain was an association of the Hunan army. After withdrawing from Meiniang Mountain, he withstood several onslaughts of the Beiyang Army one after another. After several fierce battles, less than half of the original more than 3,000 people on the position will remain.

"The general has not yet returned the border, and the children of Huxiang are full of Tianshan, and it really deserves its reputation! It's a pity that Zuo Zongji Gao is no more. ”

From the artillery mirror, watching the Hunan army on the Fairy Mountain position fighting to the death against the fierce artillery bombardment, Hu Rui said with heartfelt emotion.

"Chief instructor, although the Hunan army is brave, it is good. But after all, people are not beaten with iron, this will already be more than half of the casualties, and their equipment is poor, and they will not be able to last long if they are beaten so passively. ”

Wang Dabiao, the commander of the Fourth Division, also put down the Zeiss six-fold telescope in his hand and asked worriedly.

"There are only half of them left, the equipment is poor, there are no machine guns that have been stopped, and the artillery is even more nonsense, if you rush out now to fight a counter-attack, hit the stone with an egg! The Beiyang Army's all-German Krupp fast gun, the firepower of the tube retreat gun is much more fierce than the old-fashioned frame retreat gun, and it is estimated that it will be about the same after a few rounds of salvo. ”

Hu Rui said lightly with a cold face, when he was attacked, his first reaction was to counterattack, and if he couldn't beat it, the jade would be broken, which was the characteristic of the little devil!

"Eh......"

Wang Dabiao retreated to the side dejectedly, and he was only angry for a while. This will come back again, and it will only die faster!

"How's the direction of Guodi Mountain?"

Coming down from behind the artillery mirror, Hu Rui frowned and asked thoughtfully.

"Report to the chief instructor that at dawn there was a retaliatory artillery bombardment, and the second regiment was well guarded, and there were not many people left on the front-line positions except for the guard post. The casualties were not large, and the report just sent said that four people had been killed and 37 wounded, and that all the seriously wounded had been sent for treatment, and that the fortifications had not been damaged and that they had been repaired. ”

The chief of staff of the Fourth Division hurriedly stood up and reported.

"Map, have all the troops we crossed the river entered the designated position? What's going on with the artillery regiment?! ”

Hu Rui asked for the map, looked at the situation of the enemy and the enemy on the map, and asked solemnly.

"Chief Instructor ......"

Without waiting for a cadre of the Fourth Division to answer, Shen Bin, the deputy manager, stepped forward with a nervous expression and whispered in a low voice.

"Immediately send a correspondent to contact the troops crossing the river, disperse the reconnaissance troops, and find out that the firepower configuration and artillery positions of the Beiyang Army have been deployed, and all units will immediately enter a state of imminent combat and prepare for combat! The station is under martial law, anyone who breaks in will be killed on the spot! Wait for further instructions. ”

Hu Rui's face also changed, he paused to make preliminary arrangements, and then hurriedly left the forward command under the strict protection of the guards.

"How many were caught, when did it happen?!"

Hu Rui took Sanniang, lowered his voice, and asked.

"A total of three were caught, when the artillery regiment crossed the river. The gang sneakily followed. The guards on the periphery all had a good eye, and when they were building their positions, they secretly sent people to keep an eye on them, but as a result, this group of people thought they were unaware of the ghosts and sneaked directly into the baggage area. During the capture, he met resistance, killed one on the spot, captured three alive, and captured a Browning. ”

Sanniang and Hu Rui walked side by side and gave a brief introduction to the situation.

"Infiltrating the artillery regiment station, it seems that it is eyeing our equipment! Did you ask something? ”

Hu Rui's face was gloomy, and he had a faint plan in his heart. Follow-up.

"Not yet, but it has been confirmed that the one who was killed was a local scoundrel from Hanyang, who is familiar with the terrain of this generation and was hired to lead the way. The remaining three feet have calluses on their thumbs and their toes apart. Flat face, looped legs, Japanese. A hundred to one! ”

Saying this, Sanniang stood still. The tone was cold, and the complexion was extremely unkind.

"Hmph, that's right! My country, I guess I'm right, this should have something to do with the Japanese Dazuo next to Huang Xing, our battle at the bottom of the pot may have aroused their interest, and they came to Mo. Don't try these three. Block the message immediately. From now on, the three people will be divided into separate charges, the light bulb will shine on the face, and a special 24-hour shift will be arranged, how lively and how to come. It's just not allowed to sleep! By the way, try to mention it in front of them when necessary, the Xuanyang Society and the Black Dragon Society, these three dwarves will not laugh when they come. ”

In parallel history, Japan's infiltration of China, Hu Rui shuddered and made a gloomy move.

Sanniang glanced at Hu Dashuai strangely, then turned around and left, doing as she was told.

"In this counterattack operation, our fourth division invested a total of two infantry regiments and an artillery regiment, with a total strength of about 6,000 people. According to the battle jihua designated by the marshal, it is divided into two parts. First, the 3rd Regiment took the lead in attacking Zhang Jingyao's troops of the 11th Mixed Association of the Beiyang Army from the front under the cover of artillery fire. Subsequently, the second regiment made a detour from the flank, cut off the retreat of the 11th Mixed Association from the rear of the flank, and Zuihou attacked from both sides, completely annihilating this mixed association! At present, our scouts have found out the firepower of the Beiyang Army, the location of its garrisons, and the location of its artillery positions. The two infantry regiments under the jurisdiction of the 11th Mixed Association, Wu Jinbiao's unit lost nearly 500 people in the night battle of Guodi Mountain, and its vitality was greatly damaged, making it extremely low, and Li Chun had been transferred to the rear of the position as a reserve. On the front is a regiment of Zhang Jingyao's department, and today it is them in Mengong Fairy Mountain! ”

Wang Dabiao excitedly hammered the sand table and briefly introduced.

"Da Biao, it's about the Xiangjun brothers on Fairy Mountain, do you want to contact me in advance? Although we have an advantage in equipment and numbers, night battles are all about close combat and fast combat, and it is difficult to give full play to our firepower advantage. Is it a connection, hand over the characters with flank detours to the Hunan army, and concentrate the two regiments in our hands for the front. ”

The division guidance committee frowned, looked at the combat plan drafted by the general staff, and tentatively suggested.

"NND, I mentioned this method to Dashuai when I reported to Jihua, but it was gathered! It seems that there is something unspeakable about the appearance of wanting to talk and stopping, and you can get it, don't mention it! We're pretty handsome! Besides, the Hunan army guarding Fairy Mountain has a total of one association, and it is estimated that there are more than a thousand left, how much combat power can be left? ! Night battles, I guess they haven't played it either! ”

When it came to the issue of contacting friendly troops, Wang Dabiao was also a group full of stomachs, and in front of his subordinates, he lit a cigarette and patiently explained.

At 12:30 p.m. that night, the battlefield was silent with artillery fire and gunsmoke. Whether it is the Beiyang Army or the Hunan Army, they are bandaging their wounds, eating and resting.

"The shooting is complete!"

"The whole regiment has three rapid fires, prepare, release!"

In the dark, the fully equipped Anhui Army's participating units quietly moved to the designated standby position in concealment. With the end of Zuihou's calibration, a 75-mm Skoda Mountain artillery regiment 54 guns fired a salvo at the same time, and the fire of the artillery fire directly illuminated most of the position.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

In the darkness, the whistling shells were like trains passing through the hills, directly tearing through the black night, and exploded on the designated target with dazzling flashes.

"Where's the gun?!"

Zhang Jingyao was directly lifted off the bed by the vibration of the shell explosion, rubbing his sore waist, and rummaging through his pants in the black light.

The kiln sister sent below today is very good at kung fu in bed, and Zhang Jingyao, a veteran of the hook flower bush, was almost defeated, and worked until she fell asleep on the belly of the woman's white flowers.

"My lord, night attack! Night Raid! ”

The soldiers rushed in with blood on their heads and shouted loudly.

"Lao Tzu is not stupid, he knows that it is a night attack! Where is the gun?! Gather the battalion officers together! No, it's ......."

Zhang Jingyao suddenly stopped halfway through scolding, pricked up his ears and carefully stopped the sound of the cannon, and then his face turned pale for a while.

Judging by the sound of artillery, this is at least an artillery above the co-ordination! And they are equipped with the latest fast guns!

"Holy shit, Wu Blind didn't lie! Quick, gather the battalion officers of each battalion, let's withdraw quickly! ”

Zhang Jingyao hurriedly put on his boots with the help of his own soldiers, and rushed out scolding at the woman who was howling like killing a pig on the bed.

"Revolutionary army, get on the bayonet! Long live the Anhui Revolutionary Army! Long live Hu Dashuai! ”

On the standby position, the commander of the 3rd Regiment picked up the Stern submachine gun, jumped out of the trench first, and rushed out shouting.

"Long live the Anhui Revolutionary Army! Long live Hu Dashuai! ”

The infected officers and soldiers, waiting for the bloodshot eyes, shouted excitedly, and then rushed out as well.

There will be a certain death, and there will be no stealing business. The regiment commander took the lead in the charge and rushed to the front, and the rest of the officers and soldiers naturally did not need to be said. It has always been a unique tradition of the Anhui army to develop knowledge, to command officers from the front, and to charge ahead. In particular, a unit with a large number of new recruits, such as the Fourth Division, has achieved particularly obvious results and effects. In the darkness of the night, the slender guns of the Mauser 98 rifles mounted on the bayonets appeared in the darkness, and the bright bayonets followed their masters, roaring and rushing towards the enemy, and the shells exploded in front of them, opening the way for the charge. The sound of a loud explosion echoed in the ears, and the recruits made up the majority of the troops, but there was a rare lack of people flinching, and the charging team swallowed all obstacles like a tidal wave, rushing forward.

"Quick, if you don't want to stay here, hurry up!"

Zhang Jingyao was shirtless, brandishing a Browning pistol, and shouted loudly, the lost soldiers around him no longer had any more formations, and they were running around desperately, and no one had time to echo their regimental commander.

"My lord, this cannon is too evil! Listen to this voice at least one association, more than seventy doors! ”

A battalion officer came to Zhang Jingyao's side in embarrassment, crying and muttering.

With a rate of fire of more than 15 rounds per minute, the battalion officer under fire miscalculated.

"We've got a lot of insight today! Wu Blind didn't lie! NND, what is it to be able to use an artillery co-ordinator, and play a few Makqins! ”

Zhang Jingyao roughly estimated the rest of the people, and replied with a twitch in his face.

"Be careful, sir!"

As he spoke, a loyal soldier behind him shouted and threw Zhang Jingyao to the ground.

"Boom!"

After the loud noise, Zhang Jingyao, who had escaped the catastrophe, spit out the slag in his mouth, scolded and pushed away the personal soldiers on his body and got up, only to see that the battalion officer who was talking to him just now was gone. It turned out that there was only a blurred mass of flesh and blood left where he was standing, and the red-black flesh was mixed with blue-gray fragments of military uniform, which should be a thick black pool of blood on the ground, proving that this person had existed just now.

"Evil door! How can this cannon chase after us! ”

A soldier from Tianjin Wei didn't care about the rifle on the ground, and howled and scolded.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Zhang Jingyao, who had fought for half his life, immediately understood the strangeness, and his whole body was as cold as falling into an ice cave.

"Artillery fire extended!"

After the three-wheeled cavalry fired, the artillery regiment immediately began to extend its artillery fire, with a rate of fire of more than 15 rounds per minute and a firing range of more than 12,000 meters, which made Zhang Jingyao's unit under its artillery fire feel like falling into hell. (To be continued......)