In the middle of the night of November 22, 1911, the Qing Army's Ma Jizeng took advantage of the night to avoid the Yangtze River Fleet that came to help and crossed the river from the Golden Ferry. In the early morning of the 23rd, a surprise attack was launched on the Hunan army stationed in the front position of the main body of Meiniang Mountain, only the Hunan army equipped with old sleeves and Hanyang-made equipment was backward, and it was almost powerless to fight back in the face of the pouring rain from the Makqin machine gun. After suffering heavy casualties, she was forced to retreat to Fairy Mountain, and Meiniang Mountain really changed hands.

Qi Guojun and Yang Wanjia (then the 49th standard pipe band of the Hunan Army) successively led a death squad of nearly 100 people to launch a counter-charge against the Qing army that had an unstable foothold, and once recaptured the position, but with the continuous increase of the Qing army and the huge gap in equipment, Meiniang Mountain really changed hands again. As the Hunan army retreated to Fairy Mountain, the flank of the Hanyang Revolutionary Army was completely exposed!

The Qing army's Wu Jinbiao continued to line up at the Sanyan Bridge to contain the Tangjiashan Revolutionary Army. Cover Ma Jizeng's troops to continue the attack. Zhang Jingyao led his troops to storm Fairy Mountain. Then the two joined forces and attacked Fairy Mountain together! After the failure of the attack on Wuchang, in the face of unprecedented huge casualties, all units of the Qing army, including Beiyang, suffered from pink eye like Feng Guozhang! The offensive became more and more ferocious, coupled with the huge superiority in equipment, and the battle situation on the Hanyang front was almost to the point of being miserable. The Hunan army, which was poorly equipped but brave and good at fighting, was also red-eyed at this moment, and every position had to go through repeated battles before finally deciding to belong. When you run out of bullets, you'll be there last time! If the bayonet is broken, use the butt! The butt of the gun is broken, and there are fists and teeth!

As early as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, with the sudden rise of the Hunan army of the Zeng State Domain, the saying that no Hunan cannot form an army was widely spread among the old army at that time. In the face of China's groundbreaking changes, these Xiaoxiang children who supported Wuchang from Hunan Province wrote a strong stroke in the history of the Chinese revolution with their own blood and bravery! Every inch of mountains and rivers on the Hanyang front line is bloody, and every position often has to be fought until all of them are killed before finally changing hands!

Meiniang Mountain was lost, and the Hunan army that retreated to Fairy Mountain began to be pushed to the limit. Regardless of the Qing army across the river, they began to stumble. made Zhang Jingyao and Ma Jizeng, who had planned to take the Fairy Mountain with the power of victory, a nose of ashes. No matter how hard the two departments tried, they were blocked back by the Hunan army with their lives. The frontal battlefield attack did not go well, as the commander-in-chief of the Qing army in the direction of Wuchang, Feng Guozhang decisively focused his attention on the flank of the Hanyang People's Army position - Guodi Mountain!

As soon as the idea of flanking and detouring was launched, Feng Guozhang began to prepare for implementation. The failure of the attack on Wuchang made him angry and angry, and he felt a great sense of humiliation that the horse had lost his front hooves and was unable to protect the evening. On the one hand, he scolded Tang Qianming, who was in charge of the Yangtze River fleet, as a rebellious minister and thief, and on the other hand, he ordered Li Chun, the 11th mixed co-commander of the Qing army, to lead his troops to storm the Guodi Mountain on the flank of the Hanyang People's Army.

Although it was deflated when attacking Wuchang, it was lost in the hands of the Yangtze River Fleet. The Qing army, including the Beiyang Army, completely disdained the Anhui Revolutionary Army, which was not yet on the battlefield. In the land of the four wars in Anhui and the land of beggars, four divisions were pulled out by the reckless army. How good can this equipment be? After Zhang Xun retreated to Nanjing, he sent a telegram of statement to the Qing court, and most of the Qing generals were dismissive of the contents of the telegram. I always feel that this is the interface that Zhang Xun is looking for for his loss of Nanjing! are all old fritters in the officialdom, and they know better than anyone what the situation of the Qing army is today. Except for Beiyang, how many people can really fight?! The sharpness of the Eight Banners Army when it entered the customs has long been worn away in hundreds of years of poverty and luxury.

"Quick, get into position! Move fast. Don't make a noise! No fire is allowed without an order! ”

On the blocking position of the Anhui Revolutionary Army on Guodi Mountain, Zhou Dashan, the commander of the first battalion, and Wang Xiaoshan, the battalion instructor, were hunched down. Walking back and forth in the trenches. Whispered hello.

"Damn, these calves of the Beiyang Army really look down on my Lao Zhou, and they are an association (brigade)! Our 'Two Mountains' will really be done! ”

Holding the popular old knife brand cigarettes on the market, Zhou Dashan took a hard puff. This cigarette does not have the concept of a sponge filter, and the fishy sensation after the tobacco burns goes straight to the throat, and the product laughs excitedly.

"Give. Buckled from the head of the regiment! Okay, no matter what happens in the fight, you don't fucking have to braid! The seven or eight meals owed by playing cards have not been repaid, and your kid died this year early! ”

Partner Wang Xiaoshan tore open the delicate outer packaging of Hongtashan. handed one over, and responded with the same smile.

are all coarse people, and the most direct way to communicate feelings is to scold! Then you should be your own person, so you can open this mouth!

"If you have it, you have a good memory! It's a good thing, don't waste it, keep it for the end of the battle. Pass the order, no fireworks! Wait for the order to fire! ”

Cherish the cigarette on your ears anymore and step on the cigarette butt to extinguish it zhou dashan lowered his voice and said to the herald waiting behind him.

"The battalion commander ordered, fireworks are banned! Waiting for the order to fire! ”

In the darkness, the heralds faithfully carried out their duties. He is a native of Henan, and he has no big name, but he only remembers that his father and mother gave him a small Hebei name. The tax in his hometown was too heavy, and he couldn't survive anymore, so he fled to Jiangsu and Zhejiang with his elderly father and sister. In Anhui, I met a local ruin, and my father and mother were washed away by the flood. He and his sister survived, and then were rescued by the Dangtu patrol battalion that rushed to the rescue. For him, Hu Dashuai is the lifesaver of their brother and sister! Comparable to a reborn parent! The father and mother are gone, only the brother and sister are left to depend on each other, and the Anhui Army has become their home.

"What's the situation on the side of the pot bottom mountain now? Have you checked the number, equipment, and establishment of the Beiyang Army against you? ! ”

In the temporary headquarters on the Jingqing ship, Wang Dabiao, commander of the reorganized Fourth Division, Tang Qianming, commander of the Yangtze River Fleet (concurrently serving as the head of the Navy Department of the Anhui Military Government), Yan Sanniang, director of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff of the Anhui Revolutionary Army, and Guan Ziqing, the master, and other military and political staff members surrounded Hu Rui and walked into the headquarters.

"Our intelligence network in Wuchang has not yet been fully spread out due to the impact of the war, and we only know that the opposite side is the Beiyang Army, the 11th Mixed Association of the Qing Army, and the co-commander Li Chun! According to internal information in the Beiyang Army, this Li Chun had just been appointed by Feng Guozhang as the commander of the Sixth Town, and was eager for a big victory to establish his authority. ”

Sanniang quickly entered the forehead state, sorted out her thoughts, and introduced herself with self-blame.

"Dashuai, Huang Keqiang is commanding the battle in Hanyang. Since one of our marks has been stationed in Guodi Mountain. Huang Xing was restless. He has repeatedly asked our troops stationed in Guodi Mountain to cooperate with the Hunan army to immediately participate in the counteroffensive, but after being refused, they made it difficult in every possible way. The request of the front-line troops to set up a logistics transfer station was rejected, and the Japanese Dazuo next to Huang Keqiang was even more hateful, and directly sent a telegram accusing our army of cowardice before fighting! We are required to hand over the quartermaster and artillery regiments directly to the command of the Hunan Army and obey Huang Keqiang's mobilization! ”

Guan Ziqing followed closely behind, holding out a stack of telegram drafts, his face crimson with anger.

"Chief instructor, the 2nd Regiment stationed at Guodi Mountain came to report in a quarter of an hour, and they scattered all the reconnaissance companies that had been transferred over. More than 4,000 people of the Beiyang Army have gathered, and it seems that there will be no less than one mixed association! At the moment a battalion in the first line has entered the position, ready for battle! ”

Wang Dabiao is as his name suggests, and he reported without waiting for Hu Rui to sit down.

"Hmph, Huang Keqiang is not very capable. It's not a small ambition! Anyway, we have a reorganization division, and there is a whole Yangtze River fleet on the river. The strength is sufficient. Otherwise, look at it like this. How many of us will be swallowed sooner or later! Ignore the flies for now! The results of the investigation are basically consistent with the intelligence, which shows that our intelligence preparations are still fruitful. Next up is the drugging of the matchup! ”

Hu Rui snorted coldly and buttoned up his winter clothes.

The incident happened suddenly, and as soon as I came back, I went straight to the headquarters, and I took time to change my clothes on the way.

"I command ......"

After pondering for a while, Hu Dashuai said unhurriedly.

'Wow'

With a bang, everyone in the command immediately stood up. Stand solemnly.

"Commander Tang, use all the flat-bottomed barges we brought! At the same time, the gunboat team was ordered to light a fire and anchor, guard the Wuchang River, and cover the barges to transport supplies back and forth. If you encounter unjustified obstruction. No need to talk nonsense, just talk with guns! ”

"Yes!"

"Wang Dabiao, immediately order the artillery regiment directly under the division to quickly prepare for battle, go to the dock, and prepare to load the ship and cross the river! Don't worry about the life of the shells and the body, this is the first battle between us and the Beiyang Army, and we must fight it well! In addition, the three regiments were transferred from the urban area of Wuchang and were on standby at any time, ready to cross the river to support! ”

"Yes!"

"Sanniang, immediately activate all the hidden lines of the Intelligence Department in Wuchang, and report it at any time if there is already wind blowing and restlessness!"

"Sanniang understands!"

"Master Guan, you and a few other staff members worked hard to draft a list of bandits overnight, collected all the atrocities of the Beiyang Army in Hankou and other places, and informed the world that the Beiyang Group was helping to abuse and kill the people, and the heavens were angry and resentful! All of our Anhui Revolutionary Army will fight to the death for the great cause of the revolution! In addition, temporarily cut off the telecommunication contact with Huang Keqiang, and let that little Japan and Huang Keqiang sing a one-man show! We're not going to be with you! ”

"Yes, student command!"

"Squad leader, the Beiyang dog is here!"

On the blocking position of Guodi Mountain, a sharp-eyed soldier poked his head out, patted the frozen steel helmet, and pointed to the shadowy figure on the opposite side and exclaimed in a low voice.

"Don't babble! Xiaohebei, go and report to the battalion commander, the enemy is coming! ”

The squad leader beside him lowered his body, scolded, and then turned around and whispered to Xiao Hebei, the herald guarding here.

"Quick, the deputy squad leader will lead the team to return to the construction quickly, and return to the main position immediately! Keep your body down, keep your movements quiet, and don't get noticed! The machine gun crew and I stayed in charge of cover! ”

Leaning down, he sighed at the frosty Stern submachine gun, carefully pulled the bolt, and pointed to the traffic trench and ordered.

When a squad acting as a guard post alternately covered the retreat to the main position, a group of ghostly figures gradually became clear in the dark night. The blue-gray military uniform of the Beiyang Army was faintly recognizable, and the dense figures were unscrupulously approaching the position of Guodi Mountain.

"The enemy is coming up, ready to fight! Heard the order to shoot and put it into the fight! ”

The officers of each company and platoon rushed back and forth in the defensive area they were responsible for, and they greeted with low voices.

"Click, click, click......"

In the dark night, the well-fed and warmly clothed officers and men of Anhui were not bothered by night blindness at all, and their eyes widened to search for their targets. He took off his bulky three-fingered cotton gloves and held his breath as he carefully tugged at the bolt.

"Xiao Hebei, don't rush to release the gun when you go down! Grandma's, the Beiyang dog really looks up to Lao Tzu and actually came to a mixed association in one go! Hehe, let's put him in, Makqin, light machine guns, submachine guns, Mauser rifles, grenades, grenades, you can build it! Beat him up on his back! also let him taste the power of our Anhui army! ”

Zhou Dashan smiled and loaded the Stern submachine gun in his hand, this thing is really cute. The structure is simple and convenient to use, and the firepower at close range is much faster than the Mauser 98 in the battalion! Apart from the high ammunition consumption, there are almost no other drawbacks.

"Pay attention to the distance mark, put it in a hundred meters, not within fifty meters!"

Camp instructor Wang Xiaoshan immediately followed.

Considering that basically none of the officers and soldiers in the battalion had ever fought, and this first chapter was against the famous Beiyang Army, Wang Xiaoshan pondered how big it would be to put people within 50 meters. At this distance, according to the results of the previous training target shooting, basically everyone can shoot the head! Although the psychological pressure of the riflemen was greater, the six Makqin heavy machine guns and the ZB30 assigned to the first class were concentrated at the firing point, plus the multiple firepower coverage of submachine guns, grenades, and grenadiers, the position was solid!

"300 meters ......"

Wang Xiaoshan personally held the binoculars, poked out half of his head from behind the trench, and carefully stared at the haode range sign set up on the side of the road earlier, and reported a few words.

The officers and solidifiers of the company, platoon, and squad panted heavily, trying to control their breathing, and tried their best to calm the emotions of the soldiers under them.

"Two hundred and fifty meters ......"

"200 meters ......"

"One Hundred and Fifty Meters ......"

"One hundred meters...... Ready! ”

Wang Xiaoshan's night owl-like voice echoed slightly over the position, and as the numbers continued to change, everyone's hearts began to tighten slowly.

"Fifty meters, waiting!"

With a roar, the ghostly position that was silent in the darkness suddenly came back to life!

"Da Da Da ......"

All six machine guns of the battalion were grouped together and placed in civil bunkers. Makqin's loud clatter sounded first in the sky above the position, the thick gun body writhed clumsily, the actual rate of fire of more than six hundred rounds per minute flickered with the fire of the muzzle, six thick bullet chains swept everything at close range, the huge kinetic energy and intensive firepower tore apart the body of one hundred and ten catties, and between a wail, a hill of corpses piled up appeared in front of the machine gun position in an instant, and the six Makqin forcibly turned the open space covered with barbed wire into a Shura field.

"Ready, put!"

Zhou Dashan, who couldn't hold back for a long time, picked up the Stern submachine gun in his hand, shouted, and fried beans rang out.

"Bang ......"

Countless bloodless faces that were pale and pale from nervousness were instantly covered with a flush of excitement, and the pale knuckles pulled the trigger together, and hundreds of Mauser 98 rifles fired a volley of neatly at their target.

"Lord Biaotong?! Standard-sama?! ”

In front of the temporary headquarters of the Beiyang Army, Wu Jinbiao, who was about to turn over and get on his horse, was suddenly stunned, and then his tall body shook and suddenly fell to the ground, and the soldiers around him immediately shouted and rushed over.

"Mauser guns! Makqin! They fought with a platoon of guns......"

Wu Jinbiao, who fell from his horse, was embarrassed, his military uniform was full of mud, and he leaned on Qin Bing's arms and muttered to himself.

He personally experienced the great changes in the capital during the Gengzi period, and the guns of the Eight-Nation Alliance and the overwhelming rain of bullets in Makqin left him with a dream demon-like memory.

"Quick! Report to the co-ordinator! Tell the brothers in front to pull down! ”

Wu Jinbiao struggled to get up like crazy, shouting loudly. (To be continued......)