On August 3, 1915, 50 kilometers west of Semipalatinsk, at the Dolong Ferry, the headquarters of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Special Artillery.

Lin Yuqing, the battalion commander with a dusty face, picked up the phone, and his voice was hoarse and dry: "I'm Lin Yuqing-Chief of Staff Yan?" Yes, please speak. ”

"Yes, understood...... Knowing the Tao and having confidence...... Okay, let me repeat, I personally led three artillery companies and quickly crossed the river to Chagan to support the 03rd Regiment of the 308th Division. Yes, rest assured, sir, not a single Maozi tank will be allowed to break through our positions! ”

Putting down the phone, Lin Yuqing rubbed his red eyes tiredly.

In order to adjust the deployment and cheer up the officers and soldiers, coupled with the night attacks and cold artillery of the Russian army from time to time, he stayed up all night.

In yesterday's fierce battle, dozens of Russian combat vehicles and armored vehicles were reduced to scrap metal in front of the battle line he was responsible for, including two Mendeleev-style super combat vehicles that once made the majority of officers and soldiers look like tall wreckage in front of the position, like a hill of steel.

In order to prevent the Russian army from using the wreckage to set up observation posts or snipers, artillery shelled around the wreckage at regular intervals, or sent commandos at night to completely destroy the most threatening wreckage with explosives.

Between the crooked scrap metal, the corpses with missing arms and legs were scattered horizontally, and the chattering crows swirled in flocks over the battlefield, and the occasional cold cannon could not disperse them.

The 74th Infantry Regiment held its position, but also paid the price of nearly a thousand casualties.

Although the Russian artillery shells do not have long eyes, they are still really loaded with explosives, and although the Chinese are well-trained, they will still be crushed if they are hit by a single shot.

The four companies of the special artillery battalion assigned to the 74th Regiment suffered 34 casualties and five artillery pieces were damaged after a day of fierce fighting. Unfortunately, he was pierced through the chest by shrapnel, and blood was spilled on the cannon shield, and he died on the spot. Until now, Lin Yuqing's heart is still heavy.

Artillery...... Even with tanks, it's still artillery that dominates the battlefield!

No matter how strong the chariot is, there will always be a cannon that can destroy it.

However, the special artillery units, which are equipped with professional anti-tank artillery, are helpless against the enemy's most powerful tanks, and have to resort to more powerful conventional suppression artillery units. And why bother......

Flexibility! Concealment!

The special artillery unit has an advantage over conventional suppression artillery, and the professional anti-tank cannon is lighter, lower-profile, and requires fewer men, except for Mendeleev's rare perverted monster, which can destroy any kind of armored combat vehicle of any known country within 500 meters. s

As long as no Mendeleev appears, as long as he is well prepared. The special artillery battalion is more than capable of dealing with all other armored threats, and Lin Yuqing is convinced of this.

At the moment, the position of the 74th Regiment on Duolong's side should be fine, but Chagan on the other side of the river has become the direction of the Russian army's key attack.

Chief of Staff Yan ordered to bring three companies, so naturally he had to bring the full staff, so Lin Yuqing hurriedly summoned the four company commanders under his command. It didn't take much time to get together three fully formed companies, and immediately ordered the 2nd Company to stay behind, and the 3rd and 6th Companies crossed the river with the battalion headquarters to Chagan.

Leaning against the pier. There are several motorized pontoons parked, and below are motorized boats and prefabricated pontoons, on which are covered with steel bars and planks, and small trucks pull cannons and drive directly up to the dock on the opposite shore. A springboard. Then drive it directly, which is convenient and fast.

Each car is getting on the raft in order. Suddenly a huge column of water rose in the river, and Lin Yuqing sighed in his heart: Not good, this river is open, and it must have been observed by the enemy.

Stop it? Withdraw? It's impossible, the military order is like a mountain, there is no advance or retreat!

Abandon the command and run back to call the artillery to suppress the enemy? It's too late, the first cars are on rafts, and there can be no commander here.

"Herald!"

Two heralds were called one after another, one of whom was sent to call the division headquarters, requesting that the divisional artillery should be used to suppress the enemy artillery downstream with all its strength and cover the special artillery battalion to cross the river; A new order sent to convey to the companies - the convoy was evacuated on the spot, taking advantage of the gap in the shelling, and strictly following the echelon order to cross the river on the raft.

sent a herald, Lin Yuqing was ruthless, and ordered the driver: "Drive, let's get on the last raft." ”

He wanted to follow the first batch of troops to cross the river, brave artillery fire to cross the river, and set an example for the officers and men of the whole battalion.

If you want a non-commissioned officer to take a risk, you must be the first to carry the flag—this is a rule that every army officer repeatedly emphasizes when he enters the military academy.

Lin Yuqing, who hung the flag of the camp, briskly turned a corner on the wooden dock, and drove onto the empty raft with a smoke along the gangplank.

The sappers on the raft moved neatly and used iron chains and ropes to fix Lin Yuqing's sweat horse off-road vehicle, the raft was very spacious and could park another sweat horse, Lin Yuqing looked back at the dock, but another sweat horse at the battalion headquarters was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Staff Officer's car?" Lin Yuqing asked the driver.

"I just saw it, and I hit the side with a cannon and went into the river."

Following the direction pointed by the driver, Lin Yuqing only saw a white wave, surging river, rolling westward, how could he see any sweaty carriage, Wan Staff.

Lin Yuqing's heart was cold, and he suddenly felt that something was pushed under the seat, and his whole body threw himself into the windshield in front of him, fortunately, his eyes were quick, and he reached out to hold the front of the car like lightning, and finally didn't let his head hit the glass, and he sank suddenly, and his body pressed heavily on the seat-

Before the panic was settled, there was a downpour outside, knocking on the canvas roof crackling, and the car glass was also drenched happily, only to hear the sappers outside shouting "Get down!" Another person shouted, "The yellow platoon leader has fallen into the water!" There was chaos all of a sudden.

It turned out that a cannonball hit the raft near the raft, and the raft shook up and down, although Lin Yuqing was shaken unconscious, but he was determined to cross the river as soon as possible, and saw the sappers on the raft in a mess, Lin Yuqing was anxious, regardless of the driver's dissuasion, kicked the car door and jumped out, grabbing a non-commissioned officer and attacking: "Chaos, what chaos, why don't you move for me quickly, stop here and eat the cannons, and everyone feed the fish together?" ”

"Our platoon, platoon, platoon leader fell and fell into the water." The young corporal stammered as he pointed to the water.

Lin Yuqing stomped his feet anxiously, pulled out his pistol and pushed it over: "Luoluoluo, Luoluo, your mother, just throw someone down to save it, everyone else is in place, start this broken thing, I haven't moved until I count to ten, explode your head and then throw it down to feed the fish!" ”

"Yes—yes! Listen to my commands......"

The threat of force was immediate, and the boy was immediately quick, and five or six sappers took the springboard, started the engine, and the raft clumsily pushed away the boiling water, passed through the large and small water columns that rose like a forest, and slowly sailed to the other side that seemed not far away......

There was a loud bang, a raft was hit squarely, shining fireballs rose into the sky, truck parts and wooden board fragments flew in all directions like hailstones, Lin Yuqing saw it in his eyes, pain in his heart, but he was helpless at all.

I'm in a hurry, why don't you contact Master Xu earlier!

What are the people on the shore doing! Obviously, seeing us being bombarded, our conscience was eaten by dogs, and we were desperately trying to help them defend their positions yesterday, what are we waiting for? Why don't you fire yet? Suppress Maozi's artillery fire, suppress it!

Another raft was shot, half of the raft was blown to pieces, and the remaining half of the raft was turned over and sunk, and the officers and men who fell into the water were ruthlessly swept downstream by the river during the flood season......

Lin Yuqing covered his eyes in pain, unable to bear to see the troops he brought out single-handedly being slaughtered on the open river where there was nowhere to hide.

Just kill me with one shot!

"Battalion commander, planes, our planes!"

The cheers of the driver woke up Lin Yuqing in despair.

When I looked up, sure enough, groups of fighter planes painted with red and yellow concentric circles swept over both sides of the river at low altitude, and not long after, a large stream of black smoke rose from the distant river bank.

"Listen, our cannons are fired." Lin Yuqing excitedly pointed to his own position on the north bank, and a stream of tears involuntarily welled up in his eyes—tears of gratitude for being in a desperate situation.

The boiling Irtysh River gradually calmed down, and the remaining floating rafts were no longer hindered by any means, and they successfully approached Chagandu on the south bank

Unloading the gun truck, the floating raft turned around and returned to the ship, picking up the follow-up echelon, Lin Yuqing stood on the shore, and his mood could not be calm for a long time.

Until the driver reminded him behind him: "Battalion commander, the people of the 308th regiment are coming." ”

"I know it."

Lin Yuqing turned around, held the old driver's hand tightly, and choked up word by word: "Thank you, thank you, I really want to thank you......"

"Where...... I ......"

The old driver couldn't figure out the situation and was at a loss for a while, but Lin Yuqing let go of himself, wiped his eyes, let out a long breath, and returned to normal like a change of face.

"Get in the car, remember, in the future, my car will be at the front."