Knowing that the forward troops had successfully opened the defensive gap laid by the Donghu Army, Bai Diantang ordered the follow-up troops to speed up, and when the troops arrived at the river, they quickly boarded ships to reinforce the vanguard regiment that had landed in advance. It was necessary to ensure that this forward position was preserved until the army crossed the river smoothly.

With the successful capture of this section of the river by the Xu family's army, the previous defense of crossing the river has also become a battle for defensive positions. Knowing this section of the river, for the troops of both sides, will be aware of the victory or defeat of the battle.

Soon, the commander of the Donghu Army, who was in charge of defense, immediately dispatched the most elite division of the Donghu Army to attack. It must be ensured that this lost defensive position will be recaptured before the arrival of the Xu family's army. If they can't recapture this strategic location, then the defensive ring along the river that they had previously arranged will fall into a state of complete uselessness.

As a result, the exhausted 1st Division of the Donghu Army, which had just dug a tunnel, quickly regrouped and quickly advanced to the position that originally belonged to the security regiment. As for the head of the security regiment who returned with a few henchmen, he had a certain relationship with He Shangdao. He Shangdao, who was also furious, directly asked the guards of the Governor's Mansion to be pulled outside and shot. At the same time, it also warned the troops that if there were any more officers who were passive and slack, the fate of the security regiment commander would be their end.

When the officers and men of the 1st Division, from top to bottom, were too tired to rush to the defensive position of the security regiment, they saw that they had already built a very complete blocking fortification. The reason why the vanguard of the Xu Jiajun was able to build the blocking position so quickly was also thanks to the officers and soldiers of the Security Regiment who brought these useless tools to build the position.

With these tools and materials, the high-spirited soldiers of the Xu family army will undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort when they build a blocking position. So much so that the commander of the 1st Division of the Donghu Army also sighed, 'The same soldiers, why can't the officers and soldiers of this security regiment be so muddy that they can't support the wall'? If only the people of the security corps could have more snacks. It's really impossible to destroy these tools and sandbags, and it won't allow the Xu family army that captured this place to be able to establish an almost complete blocking position with no dead ends so quickly!

But complaining about a dead man is undoubtedly useless, and the commander of the first division who arrived here, because of the urgency of time, carried about the same light and heavy weapons as the vanguard troops. The only difference was that the number of the 1st Division was somewhat larger than that of the Pioneer Regiment. But looking at the heavy machine gun positions arranged on those blocking positions, the commander of the first division couldn't help but sigh, the machine gun ownership rate of this Xu Jiajun is really eye-catching!

Facing the 1st Division of the Donghu Army, which had reached the front of the blocking position. The commander of the vanguard regiment was not in a hurry, but on the contrary, he calmly ordered to act as a battalion of the reserve troops, and under the nose of the 1st Division, to continue to improve the positions that were still concealed more tightly. As for the three main battalions that served as blockers, they had already been on standby in their positions. Just wait for the opposite Donghu Army to attack.

When the commander of the first division looked at Xu Jiajun, there were still troops to build fortifications. It is also clear that time cannot be delayed. Immediately command the most elite of your men. Attack this three-sided ring blockade. For him, this battle is also unaffordable. If he loses his position as division commander, I am afraid it will also be completely over.

Having enjoyed the taste of power, how could this division commander dare to give it up?

In the face of the well-equipped Xu Jiajun blocking troops, the only way he could think of was to fight for numbers. Even if he fights out the division that he usually cherishes, as long as he can take this position. Then he can retain the position of division commander. With this position, and the Governor's high regard for him, he could pull up a main division at any time. Therefore, the casualties of his soldiers seemed to him. It's just a bunch of numbers.

After digging the soil for a day and driving for half a day, as an elite officer and soldier of the first division, he was also tired. When charging, the speed of running seems to be a little overwhelming. Just when the attacking troops began to attack along the defensive positions arranged by the Xu family's army. The soldiers of the Xu Jiajun, who were also tired but on the defensive side, still had time while the opponent was running, and adjusted their messy aura a little, striving to be able to accurately hit the opponent when shooting.

As the officers in various positions reported the distance of the enemy's approach, the soldiers of the Xu Jiajun who had been sitting in the position also began to open their guns and drive their rifles in an orderly manner, setting up a defensive gap in advance. The crosshairs of the rifles began to be attached to the Donghu Army, which was slowly charging towards them.

After the commander who led the team took out his pistol and fired the first shot, the situation of scattered gunfire of the Donghu Army was broken in the various defensive positions. The officers and soldiers of the Xu family who were stationed on the blocking position shot accurately with the rifles in their hands, and charged the Donghu army one after another to the position but always failed to achieve their goal.

Until the commander of the first regiment of the Donghu Army, who led the escort, went out to command the troops that were preparing to retreat and continued to attack. The sniper of Xu Jiajun, who had been aiming at him for a long time, directly shot a sniper rifle beyond the range of the rifle in front of all the officers and soldiers of the regiment.

Looking at the regiment commander whose head was smashed into a rotten watermelon, the remaining officers and soldiers of the regiment did not want to rush up at all. Because, they found the defending Xu Jiajun, and the accuracy of the marksmanship amazed them. Although it is not enough to knock down one person with one shot, it is very common for two shots to fall down one person. No matter how many people there are, they can't afford such consumption!

With the first attack of the regiment, in the end there was only one battalion of troops left to rout, looking at the hundreds of people. Only one company commander survived, and the rest of the battalion officers were all killed. And the way they died was that they were shot in the head and turned into rotten watermelons. As long as they reached a certain range, these officers could not escape the hunting of the soldiers of the Xu family army on the opposite blocking position.

Without the organization of grassroots officers, these soldiers of the Donghu Army, who could not advance or retreat, were undoubtedly the living targets of the officers and men of the Xu family who were placed on the blocking position. It is completely understandable that such heavy casualties will occur.

The first round of attacks was frustrated, and the commander of the first division was not sorry for the death of these officers and soldiers, but the fact that he had disabled an elite regiment in his hands in just one round of attacks undoubtedly made him realize. In this case, relying on the advantage of numbers wants to take advantage of the other party. I'm afraid it's really unlikely, so how will this battle be fought next?

It is clear that the opponent is relying on fortifications, and the advantage of the defenders forms a very unfavorable situation for their attack. To change this disadvantage, all he could do was to mobilize artillery and use the artillery's ultra-long range to attack these blocking positions formed by heavy machine guns and rifles.

Thinking of this, the commander of the 1st Division of the Donghu Army immediately telegraphed an order to ask the transport troops in the rear to quickly adjust a few artillery pieces for them. If there is no artillery, it will undoubtedly be difficult for them to take down the other side.

It's just that what he didn't know was that when he mobilized the artillery and quickly sent it to the battlefield, he had already gone back to pull all the artillery and artillery of the vanguard regiment. The artillery positions had already been arranged one step ahead of them, and after the first division launched another attack, these guys were caught off guard.

With the addition of these artillery, the vanguard commander's confidence in holding this forward position has invisibly increased. Coupled with the fact that the two main battalions arrived with the ship, the strength he had at hand now was almost no different from that of the other party. If he hadn't known, it would take some time for the follow-up large troops to arrive, and he would have launched a counter-charge like the Donghu 1st Division in front of him.

For the officers and soldiers of the Xu family, who were accustomed to offensive operations, serving as defenders undoubtedly made them feel a little depressed. It's just that they understand that whether they attack or defend, it is for the victory of the battle. Therefore, as long as they can win, they must be the best at attacking and defending. It's just that offense is more powerful than defense.

The officers and soldiers of the Xu family, who had been concentrating on hard work for two years in Gannan Province, had a rare opportunity to make meritorious contributions. Like the officers and generals above, they hope that after taking Donghu and expanding their army, they will be able to get rid of the soldier's hat on their bodies. After all, they all know very well that during the past two years, each of their grassroots officers and men has received theoretical training for grassroots officers to varying degrees.

In particular, Xu Bin's method of 'one-day duty officer' copied from his previous life allows every soldier to have the ability to be no less than a squad and platoon-level commander. In this way, as long as the Xu family army expands, it is only natural that their positions will be promoted. Of course, the premise is that their combat exploits can be more capable and better than other comrades-in-arms.

It is this kind of atmosphere of actively seeking progress that makes every officer and soldier of the Xu family who can make their debut in combat have a fighting spirit that is different from ordinary people. To start a war is also to compete for the first place, and any urgent, serious, and dangerous combat mission is undoubtedly a task that every officer and soldier aspires to. Because such a task, once the combat exploits are completed, it will undoubtedly have more weight than ordinary battles. This will also give you a competitive advantage when you are promoted in the future.

When the officers and men of the First Division mistakenly thought that there were many people and many people, in the eyes of the officers and men of the Xu family, who were in charge of blocking the attack, these people were the capital that they could make more meritorious contributions. So much so that when the logistics troops of the Donghu Army spent manpower and material resources to drag the artillery to the position, the army led by Bai Diantang also arrived on the other side of the river.

When the commander of the 1st Division of the Donghu Army imagined that under the artillery strike, the soldiers of the Xu Jiajun on the blocking position would be crushed, and the artillery of the 1st Division of their 1st Division had just carried out less than two rounds of strikes. The officers and men of the 1st Division, who had never felt the artillery of the blocking force in the previous attack, were shocked to find out. Behind the opposite position, there was also a roaring sound of artillery fire.

The artillery of the Xu Jiajun, who has had countless actual combat and training with the artillery consultants of the elite German Army, is undoubtedly several layers higher than the artillery of the Donghu Army today. So much so that they had just fired two rounds of artillery, and the parameters of their artillery positions were calculated by the artillery of the Xu family's army.

With the shells fired by the artillery of the Xu Jiajun, when they accurately hit the artillery position of the first division, they did not wait for the officers and men of the first division to react. The artillery fire of the Xu family army has begun to fall above their heads, which have no fortifications at all. For a time, the officers and men of the 1st Division were jumped by the bombed chickens and dogs, hugged their heads and scurried around! (To be continued......)