"Grenade! Throw grenades! up the foreign devils! The machine gun also hit me hard, so I don't have to save bullets! Wang Chenglong's hoarse voice roared loudly, and at the same time he held a grenade in his hand to pull off the fire string, and then threw it at the coalition officers and soldiers who were already less than 50 meters away from the position.

7 or 8 soldiers of the garrison in the trenches of this small position, together with Wang Chenglong, kept throwing grenades at the approaching coalition officers and soldiers, and 1 soldier who controlled the light machine gun kept pulling the trigger on the coalition officers and soldiers, and most of the garrison officers and soldiers in the nearby trenches also began to throw grenades at the approaching coalition troops, and all the light and heavy machine guns in the entire trench poured bullets and rain on the attacking coalition officers and soldiers with the fastest rate of fire, and at this time, hundreds of mortar shells fell into the formation of the coalition charge. Dozens of large-caliber grenade shells and field artillery shells were also mixed in, causing the coalition officers and soldiers who charged forward to fall one by one to the sound of explosions, but the attacking officers and soldiers of the coalition forces did not care about casualties at all and continued to charge at the positions of the Chinese Empire.

This is already the last line of defense of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison of the Royal Army of the Imperial Chinese Army outside the city of Zwutoust, starting from more than 1 o'clock in the morning on January 3, 1909, hundreds of thousands of allied troops who secretly arrived in the city of Zwutoust have launched a 24-hour fierce attack on the Chinese Imperial Army in Zwutoust City, and at the same time launched a fierce attack from all sides of the city of Zwutoust, with a posture of completely annihilating the Chinese Imperial Army in Zwutoust City.

Taking advantage of their numerical superiority, the coalition forces were encroaching on the positions of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison from all sides outside the city, and it was now past 1 o'clock in the morning of January 4. At present, the positions on the southeast, north, and south sides outside the city of Ziwutoust have fallen into the hands of the coalition forces, and the coalition forces are storming the last line of defense of the Chinese imperial army in the west outside the city of Ziwutoust. On the other three sides, the coalition forces have already begun to attack the fortifications built by the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison in the city of Zwutoust.

The commander of the 2nd Division of the Anton Provincial Garrison spotted the coalition forces besieging the city of Zutousst. In terms of strength, it far exceeded the 2nd Division's more than 20,000 men, so it did not engage in a desperate battle with the coalition forces in the positions outside the city, but adopted the tactics of continuous resistance, using multiple defensive lines on all sides outside the city of Zutousst, killing and wounding a large number of attacking coalition officers and soldiers.

However, the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison, after a day and night of fierce fighting, although it did not fight hard, but the losses were also very large, and many troops fighting in positions outside the city were disabled.

Wang Chenglong threw 5 or 6 grenades in a row. threw all the grenades around him, and then Wang Chenglong quickly picked up a submachine gun and fired at the approaching coalition troops, and after firing a magazine, he quickly loaded another magazine and continued to fire.

From time to time, there were also coalition artillery shells, falling near the last trench in the west outside the city of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison, so that the losses of the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division guarding the position increased little by little, and from time to time the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division who were hit by the bullets of the coalition forces fell in the trenches, and a soldier near Wang Chenglong shouted to him: "Platoon commander, I have no bullets!" ”

The only soldier near Wang Chenglong who operated a light machine gun also shouted: "Platoon commander." The machine gun is out of bullets! ”

These two soldiers were not wrong, and after a day and a night of fierce fighting, the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison, which was guarding the position, suffered very heavy casualties. The platoon commander and deputy platoon commander of Wang Chenglong's infantry platoon were all killed in battle, and even the squad leader of another squad in the platoon acted as the platoon commander not long after. Wang Chenglong, the newly appointed squad leader, has now become the acting platoon leader. However, Wang Chenglong did not have any joy at all, and now there are few people in the entire platoon. Even Wang Chenglong's company doesn't have many people.

Wang Chenglong also ran out of the magazine of the last submachine gun at this time, he threw the submachine gun in his hand, picked up a rifle with a bayonet next to him, and shouted without hesitation: "Get on the bayonet!" Fight with foreign devils! ”

Several soldiers near Wang Chenglong heard the order to put on the bayonet, and did not hesitate, and immediately put the bayonet on the rifle, and even the machine gunner also picked up a rifle and a bayonet on the side, and quickly put the bayonet on the rifle.

There are not many officers and men of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison Army on the position, and many of them have already run out of bullets, and the officers and men who have no bullets are like Wang Chenglong, holding rifles with bayonets, ready to fight the final battle with the coalition forces that are about to rush to the position.

Wang Chenglong bit it, the green tendons on his head bulged, he knew that after the white-knuckle battle, he might not survive, but he didn't feel afraid, he had been ordered to give up 3 lines of defense in a row, this is the last line of defense in the west outside the city of Ziwutoust, it seems that he died in battle, but unfortunately he has not become a general.

There are still a lot of troops in the city of Zwutoust, and I don't know why the superiors didn't send reinforcements, but they didn't send reinforcements, but they sent a little more ammunition!

I don't know how sad my parents and little sister should be when they hear the news that they died in battle? Xiaomei, a neighbor of Aunt Wu's family, doesn't know if she will cry when she hears that she has sacrificed?

However, his fighting skills have always been among the best in the company, so he has to stab 2 or 3 foreign devils to death, otherwise he will suffer.

Just when Wang Chenglong was thinking wildly, more fierce artillery fire shrouded the heads of the charging coalition officers and soldiers, and they were all large-caliber shells, countless coalition officers and soldiers were killed, Wang Chenglong saw the bloody coalition troops that were blown up, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the artillery of the 2nd Division was destroyed by the coalition artillery after a day and a night of bombardment, but what was more difficult was that there were not many shells, and it had not been such a fierce artillery bombardment for the infantry guarding the trenches for a long time.

In such a fierce artillery bombardment, the officers and men of the coalition charge finally became timid, and some began to turn around and flee to the rear, and with the leader, more and more coalition officers and soldiers retreated, and this attack of the coalition forces, which had paid a huge price, was about to succeed, but was destroyed by the artillery of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison.

"Regimental command. Evacuate to Zutousst! One herald shouted as he ran through the trenches.

When Wang Chenglong heard this, he shouted to several soldiers around him: "Take a gun." Let's retreat! ”

Soon Wang Chenglong took the whole platoon of 7 soldiers, including 1 seriously wounded. Following the rest of the company's soldiers to retreat into the city of Zwutoust, Wang Chenglong did not see the acting commander of his company in the retreating crowd.

The original company commander had already sacrificed, and the deputy company commander became the acting company commander, but now the deputy company commander is gone, Wang Chenglong smiled bitterly, knowing that his company should have a new acting company commander.

It is said to be a city, but the city of Zwutoust is actually a large town, and there are no city walls, and the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison use the houses on the edge of the city of Zwutoust. and trenches, and sacks of sand and earth, and a fortification of the city.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the positions outside the city to block the attack of the coalition forces, the 2nd Division strengthened the fortifications of the city a lot, dug trenches between the houses, built a layer of sacks filled with sand and soil on the inner and outer walls of the houses, and made firing ports on the outer walls, and dug air-raid shelters in the houses, making the houses on the edge of the city into small fortresses.

It was these houses that were destroyed by coalition fire. The officers and men of the 2nd Division in the bomb shelter can also go up to the ground from the exit behind the house, and then use the ruins of the house to continue to resist the attacking coalition forces.

Wang Chenglong and his people had just crossed the city fortifications. Then he heard his name being shouted in a loud voice.

When Wang Chenglong saw that it was his own battalion commander who shouted to him, he immediately ran over and shouted: "Battalion commander!" ”

The battalion commander glanced at the more than 20 people behind Wang Chenglong. Among them were several seriously wounded, none of whom they knew. He was able to know Wang Chenglong because last year, an ordinary soldier in the whole battalion applied for the Shenyang Army Academy, and the cultural test was 2 points away from the admission score line. This ordinary soldier is Wang Chenglong.

The battalion commander sighed secretly in his heart, and asked Wang Chenglong unwillingly: "Wang Chenglong, what about tension?" ”

Zhang Zhang is the deputy company commander of Wang Chenglong's company and the acting company commander.

Before Wang Chenglong could speak, someone behind him said in tears: "Deputy Company Commander Zhang has died!" ”

The battalion commander gritted his teeth, this battle was too bad, and the cadres in his battalion had changed several times.

The battalion commander stretched out his hand and pointed in one direction, and said loudly to Wang Chenglong: "Wang Chenglong, I appoint you as the acting company commander of the 3rd Company, you take the rest of the 3rd Company, and immediately go to the back of the white house to replenish ammunition, the regiment commander is there, and will give your company a new mission, the wounded will stay, and I will let the wounded be sent to the field hospital near the division headquarters." ”

"What? Battalion commander...... Battalion commander, you say, let me be the acting company commander? Wang Chenglong asked in shock.

The battalion commander waved his hand and said: "You are now left as a platoon commander in your 3rd company, you should not be in charge, hurry up and replenish ammunition, and the coalition forces will attack again soon." ”

Wang Chenglong looked back, and sure enough, the remaining more than 20 people in the 3rd Company, including the seriously wounded, were the acting platoon commander with the highest official position, and the company commander, deputy company commander and other platoon commanders, including the acting platoon commander who was appointed before, all died in the battle.

If in normal times, Wang Chenglong was appointed as the company commander, Wang Chenglong could happily not find the south, south, north, south, and north, but at this time, the battalion commander appointed Wang Chenglong as the company commander, Wang Chenglong did not feel any joy, a sad look flashed on his face, and he nodded to the battalion commander, and then he shouted to the soldiers of the 3rd company behind him: "The wounded stay, the rest follow me, replenish ammunition, and avenge the sacrificed brothers!" ”

In addition to the seriously wounded, Wang Chenglong only took the remaining 18 soldiers of the 3rd company to the back of the white house, and immediately someone took them into an underground air-raid shelter, where a batch of ammunition was piled up, but Wang Chenglong found that the ammunition here was not much, Wang Chenglong unceremoniously let the 18 soldiers of the 3rd company each bring hundreds of bullets and a dozen grenades, and also took some grenades, and then walked out of the bomb shelter.

"Who is the company commander of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Company?" As soon as Wang Chenglong and the soldiers walked out of the bomb shelter with ammunition, a second lieutenant shouted at them outside the entrance of the cave.

Wang Chenglong hurriedly said: "Me! I! I am the acting company commander of the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company! ”

The second lieutenant immediately said urgently: "I am the staff officer of the regimental headquarters, quick!" Follow me to the regiment headquarters, the regiment commander has a task for you to 3 companies. ”

Wang Chenglong nodded, saw a house destroyed by a shell not far away, pointed there with his hand, and then shouted to the remaining 18 soldiers: "Everyone wait for me there, if the foreign devils open fire, hurry into the air-raid shelter." ”

Then Wang Chenglong followed the second lieutenant into a hidden air-raid shelter not far away, there were 4 or 5 people in this air-raid shelter, Wang Chenglong immediately walked up to one of them and saluted and shouted: "Report to the regiment commander, Wang Chenglong, acting company commander of the 3rd company of the 2nd battalion, is ordered to report." "This person is Zhao Dongxu, the commander of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Andong Provincial Garrison.

The regiment commander Zhao Dongxu did not speak to Wang Chenglong first, but said to the second lieutenant who led Wang Chenglong in: "Hurry up and find the company commander of the engineer company to Lao Tzu, now Lao Tzu has more people in the engineer company." ”

The second lieutenant immediately shouted: "Yes, regimental commander!" Then he turned around and walked out of the bomb shelter with a cat.

Zhao Dongxu looked at Wang Chenglong for a moment, and then asked, "Are you the company commander of the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company?" ”

Wang Chenglong immediately said: "Report to the regiment commander, I am acting, I was still a squad leader yesterday, and the company commander and platoon commander were sacrificed." ”

Zhao Dongxu waved his hand and said: "If you can finish this battle alive, you are a serious company commander of eight hundred, Lao Tzu will send you to the military academy for further study at that time, and you will be the regiment commander in the future, but the premise is that your kid has to fight this battle to Lao Tzu, by the way, what is your boy's name?" ”

"Wang Chenglong, head of the regiment, my name is Wang Chenglong."

Zhao Dongxu nodded and asked, "I heard that your kid's accent is from the Northeast?" ”

"Well, my family is from Jinzhou City, Fengtian Province." Wang Chenglong said.

Zhao Dongxu said with a smile: "Hehe, boy, you and Lao Tzu are still fellow villagers, Lao Tzu is also from Fengtian Province, and Lao Tzu's house is not far from your house, it is in Yi County." Wang Chenglong, how many people are left in your 3 companies that can fight now? ”

Wang Chenglong said: "Commander, counting me, there are 19 people left. ”

Zhao Dongxu hesitated for a moment and said: "There are a lot of 19 people, this battle has been fought so far, not to mention our regiment, the entire 2nd Division has been disabled, but the division commander said that we have more than 20,000 people in the division, as long as there is still one person alive, we have to defend this black and special city." ”

"Zwutoust!"

"Yes, that's the name, you kid seems to be a bit cultured, and you can remember this chirp name." (To be continued.) )