The 401st Regiment of the Fourth Division and the 701st Regiment of the Seventh Division were the main forces of this charge, to be honest, the night battle was also a last resort, Bai Chongxi had already sent scouts to sneak into the enemy position to check, and found that if he waited for the daytime to attack again, he was afraid that he would not even be able to cross the river. And if you don't cross the river, then the battle will become a cross-bank shooting.

The scouts of the front-line assault force have been observing the rise and fall of the water for three consecutive nights, and have explored more than a dozen sections that can be passed through on foot.

Liu Xuyi, the commander of the 401st regiment, is on the offensive launch position at the moment, needless to say, this war is over, if he is still alive, then what awaits him must be Gao Sheng, after all, the war has been going on until now, a tough battle like Zhujiaqiao is really rare, and more battles are as easy as opening a plug-in.

Liu Zhenhuan, the former commander of the 701st Regiment, has been transferred to the 10th Division, so the current military commander is the acting regiment commander Lin Hu, who has a complicated identity and has a background in the Alliance, but he is Lu Rongting's old subordinate, so when the 7th Division was formed, his position was the deputy commander and chief of staff of the 701st Regiment. But this person is very talented, and his performance in several battles with Bai Chongxi is outstanding, so this time after Liu Zhenhuan was promoted, Lin Hu was appointed by Bai Chongxi as the acting head of the 701 regiment, and the original practice should be that the head of the 702 regiment should take over.

It is worth noting that as the first batch of troops to wade across the river, the officers and men of the sharp knife companies of the two regiments were issued with steel helmets. This is a rare object, which was designed and promoted by Wang Zhenyu himself, and the style is close to the style of the German Army. At first, everyone didn't like to wear this thing, because it hurt their necks after wearing it for a long time. But with the effect of this thing effectively reducing casualties came out, this thing became sought-after. It's a pity that because of the production capacity, the current steel helmet called "Zhenyu style" can't be done with one person, but all the sharp knife troops have been distributed, and in addition to the troops, officers above the platoon have also been distributed, which has also led to the steel helmet once becoming a fashion item for the youth army.

Lin Hu is a native of Guangxi, he is 29 years old this year, and he is still very satisfied to be promoted to the regiment commander before the age of thirty, after all, now this will be no better than the youth army, and all the positions are full of people. Lin Hu's personality is straightforward and righteous, and he admires people who have the ability, so he admires Liu Xuyi a lot. The reason is naturally the battle of Zhujiaqiao, and the military newspaper "Youth Army" has been full of articles and reports on this battle. In the pen of these military newspaper reporters, this battle was a shocking battle of ghosts and gods, and Ma Jizeng's Beiyang Sixth Division pounced like a tide, while the 401st Infantry Regiment led by Liu Xuyi was like an indestructible rock, allowing the enemy to crash and smash, and I stood still. In this way, in the eyes of Lin Hu, who has never experienced the war, Liu Xuyi is a god-like existence.

This is also a kind of culture of the youth army, anyone who has participated in the Yudaimen surprise attack, that is the most bullish master, and those who participated in the Patriotic War are also very bullish, until the war against Japan and the Soviet Union, this culture has been changed and digressed......

Lin Hu's respect was written on his face, which made Liu Xuyi also very comfortable, and naturally he was much more polite to Lin Hu. In order to facilitate coordination, after discussing with Lin Hu, Liu Xuyi put the regimental headquarters of the two regiments in adjacent firepower points. The youth army of this period was not as good as the later Wehrmacht period, and the regimental command was the tradition of this period and was considered a sign of bravery. However, it was later because of a tragedy in the war against Japan, which was repeatedly emphasized and punished by Wang Zhenyu, that this fashionable tradition was changed.

There was still some time before the attack, and Liu Xuyi and Lin Hu leaned against the trench wall, smoking special cigarettes and canned fish while idle.

"Brother Lin Hu, your 701st Regiment is said to have participated in the battle in Guangxi, why am I a little nervous when I look at this group of brothers under you, all of them are staring at the front, aren't you tired?"

When Lin Hu heard this, he observed carefully, and it was true that the assault company of his 701st Regiment had serious expressions at this time, holding steel guns with both hands, and looking straight ahead, as if they were trying to find an enemy in the dark night. And look at the assault company of the 401st Regiment, all of them are sitting cross-legged against the wall and sitting on the ground, not wearing steel helmets, all on their laps, closing their eyes and resting.

"Brother Liu, what you said is true, in fact, we have fought a few battles in Guangxi and Guangdong, but our Master Bai is very powerful, and these battles have suppressed the opponent by strength. So if you think about it carefully, it's like playing, it's very easy, and that's how the battle in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, is like that, just catch up, just capture the prisoners, and shoot them all. ”

Liu Xuyi was dumbfounded and said, "Chief of Staff Bai is so powerful? Long Jiguang's Jijun heard that it was very capable of fighting, and at the time of the Second Revolution, they beat the Cantonese army, which was three times their size, to pieces and seize Guangzhou! ”

Lin Hu took another deep breath: "Who said it wasn't!" That ......"

"Who smokes and doesn't know the lights?" Before Lin Hu could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a loud shout from the law enforcement team of the Seventh Division, and Lin Hu was so frightened that he hurriedly threw the cigarette butt on the ground and trampled it out with his foot.

At this time, the member of the law enforcement team in charge of patrolling this area said viciously: "Wait until the attack is going to be launched, and then expose the target, military law will do it." ”

After finishing speaking, he left the stunned Liu Xuyi and left, Liu Xuyi asked in surprise: "Who are these people, so powerful, even you dare to reprimand the head of the regiment?" ”

Lin Hu smiled bitterly: "This is our division's law enforcement team, but it's amazing, they have Master Bai as a backer, and they have an iron face to everyone. But as long as you don't break the military rules, they won't trouble you. ”

Liu Xuyi nodded, secretly glad that there was no such unit in the Fourth Division, and was still thinking about it, a young herald jumped into the trench and asked softly: "Password Dawn, are Commander Liu of 401 and Commander Lin of 701 here?" I was a herald at the headquarters of the Left Army. ”

Liu Xuyi hurriedly replied in accordance with the military order: "At dawn, I am Liu Xuyi, the commander of the 401st Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Tiger Youth Army, and Lin Hu of the 701st Regiment is by my side." ”

The young herald paused and saluted: "Convey the verbal order of the Left Route Army Command, and within half an hour, see three flares rising behind the position, which means that the offensive is launched; An extension of fire was carried out a minute after the start of the artillery fire, and the command demanded that the infantry begin the assault without error, and the order was communicated. ”

Liu Xuyi replied: "A minute after the artillery attack, our department began to attack, resolutely carry out the command order, over!" ”

After the herald left, Lin Hu and Liu Xuyi ended their idle conversation, and the two shook each other's hands and said, "See you in Nanjing, ......."

At 11:29, three dazzling red signal flares suddenly rose from the night sky, and almost at the same moment, the divisional artillery and regimental artillery of the Fourth and Seventh Divisions unceremoniously let out their own roars, sending four-pound shells that symbolized death and doom to the Beiyang Army across the river.

Although Liu Xuyi fought a tough battle, he was also a little nervous at the moment, after all, it was a night battle, and he had never played it before, once he did not operate properly, it was likely that there would be an accident that he would collapse on his own before defeating the enemy. Therefore, Liu Xuyi repeatedly told the company platoon commanders not to be too eager to assault, and to pay attention to maintaining the formation at all times to avoid scattering the ranks.

A minute passed quickly for the infantry waiting to attack, but for the Beiyang Army hiding in the trenches and being bombed, it was as long as a year.

The artillery fire began to extend to the rear of the enemy position, and with the sound of the second whistle, all the officers and men of the assault company jumped out of the trenches and began the assault. If you look closely, these assault troops are not wearing pants and shoes.

Less than 30 meters out of the position, everyone jumped into the knee-high river, and then waded through the Mihe River, which was less than 80 meters wide. As soon as they landed, the sound of the cannon became sparse, and everyone hurriedly hurried to put on their pants, after all, it was still March, and the river was still very cold like the weather, so it would not be good if the pants were wet at this time and caused a cold.

As soon as they put on their trousers, the soldiers of the Youth Army bravely plunged into the position of the Beiyang Army, and the concept of fighting bravely has penetrated into the bones of each of them through political work cadres and generous treatment. Wang Zhenyu's point of view on this is very good, people know that etiquette, righteousness and shame, that is after the abundance of food and clothing, and if you don't have enough food and clothing, you have to talk about etiquette, righteousness and shame, that is inhumane and anti-human practice.

Behind the two assault companies, the divisional sappers had already rushed directly into the river with the charging boats, and they had calculated the best pontoon bridge erection points, so soon the iron locks connected the small wooden boats, and the 220 cm long and 130 cm wide planks were paved up by the sappers with their shoulders one by one, and in less than ten minutes, the three pontoon bridges were erected, and the follow-up troops began to cross the river.

At this time, the Beiyang Army had not yet recovered from the shelling, and when the assault company rushed into the front-line position, the seventh battalion of the Anwu Army was guarding the first line, and their position was beaten to a mess in the shelling just now, and the four or five heavy machine-gun fire points were accurately damaged, and the casualties were also very miserable. However, the officer leading the troops was quite experienced, and as soon as he saw the intensity of the artillery fire, he immediately concluded that the youth army on the opposite side was going to force it over, and immediately kicked and dragged him, and organized hundreds of people to resist on the battlefield. As a result, the two sides came to a close contact directly in the trench, and the black light was blind, and it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me, so a big melee began.

The commander of the assault company on the side of the 701st Regiment is called Li Mingrui, a young man who is only 20 years old and graduated from the third infantry section of the Xiangxi Army Military Academy. He rushed up and saw the scene, and immediately and decisively ordered his subordinates not to come into contact with the enemy, and threw all grenades. This trick is ruthless enough, because it is dark, the human herd makes the Beiyang Army very dense, and as a result, as soon as the grenade is thrown out, a large area will be blown up in an uproar. The officer who led the team was also unfortunately bombed, and as a result, the seventh battalion of the Anwu Army was naturally collapsed, and the first-line position was lost instantly......