The decisive battle began, and the three towns of Wuhan became the main battlefield of the battle, and the warlord alliance corps from the north set up a position on the Han River Plain; At the same time, the three-way army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which sang triumphant songs, also launched an attack at the same time at this time.

In an instant, along both sides of the Yangtze River, there were trenches and marching troops with no end in sight, and along this natural dividing line, the same people began a long-running war.

And so began a great war.

The main battlefield of the Middle Route Army is undoubtedly the top priority, before the decisive battle began, Huang Ke personally came to the front line in Wuhan to supervise the battle, he trusted Cui Wu, but at this time he did not dare to slack off.

By the time they arrived at the Wuhan front, sporadic fighting had already begun, and artillery shelling from both sides had already begun at this time. Huang Ke, who had just arrived at the front line, was subjected to a burst of shelling, and the shells fell beside him several times, but fortunately he did not hurt himself.

"It seems that these warlords know that I am coming, and they specially fire cannons to welcome" Huang Ke said a few words teasingly, then turned to Cui Wu beside him and asked, "How is it?" Wu Peifu has welcomed me, do you have any tricks to return the courtesy? You can't let me lose my courtesy. ”

Cui Wu still didn't have any expression on his face: "Commander, it doesn't need to be said, it's already ready." ”

"Oh?" Huang Ke took off the helmet on his head, put it in his hand and said, "Then I'll take a look." ”

Cui Wu raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Then please wait a few more minutes, on the hour, our artillery will continue to salute Wu Peifu." ”

Cui Wu said this expressionlessly, but in his bones he revealed a proud self-confidence. Huang Ke also takes a fancy to his point, he is not afraid of danger and is not chaotic, so he has the demeanor of a general!

"Fourteen boys, go and help me move a Maza, we're going to take a look at the mountain." After speaking, Huang Ke put the steel helmet on his head and walked towards a small hill in front of him, and the officers behind him also followed.

There is a commanding height near the mountainside, which is a good platform, from here, the place where the two armies face each other can be seen, the most important thing is that this place is very hidden, and it is outside the range of the warlord's army, so it is a relatively safe place to watch the battle.

After Mazha moved over, Huang Ke sat on it and raised his binoculars to observe: the fertile land was dug into trenches by the soldiers to face each other, the trenches were semi-circular shaped, and at the important focus, the heavy machine gun fire points piled up by sandbag fortifications were scattered among them, forming a horn posture on the two wings of the position.

On the side close to our position, the large-caliber Soviet-made cannon stripped off the cannons, and together with the 75-mm mountain guns in front, formed a position of front and rear fire. At this time, they don't have to worry about the defense of the air, so there is less camouflage.

"The fortifications are good, but the war is not embroidery, it is not enough to look good, the most important thing is practical." Huang Ke pointed to the position in front of him, and explained to some officers on the spot the knowledge of battlefield fortifications and some simple positions for joint operations.

In fact, Huang Ke only learned about this kind of knowledge, most of which he learned from the "Infantry Attack" written by the "Desert Fox" Rommel before the crossing.

Although it is superficial knowledge, this concept is very advanced, in China at that time, most of the wars between warlords were in the form of positional warfare, and joint operations had no concept in their minds at all.

Huang Ke knows that a person's concept determines his thinking, which also determines the progress of their battle: "Now we have to fight not only by the infantry on the ground, but also by three-dimensional. Our artillery, cavalry, armored corps, and even the air force that will be developed in the future must fight together, and the different arms of the ground forces must also fight in concert. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the people felt incomprehensible, because the commander in front of him always talked about the war with Japan, was it because he had a holiday with the Japanese before? However, from the bottom of their hearts, most of these officers are still quite disgusted with Japan, and some of them have indescribably complicated feelings about Japan after graduating from the Japanese Army Noncommissioned Officer School.

Boom!

While everyone was still observing the position, a sound like a shaking mountain came from the foot of the mountain, as if it were a thunderbolt, and the earth seemed to be shaking at this time.

Everyone naturally opened their mouths to cover their ears to prevent the violent sound of cannonades from piercing their eardrums. After a while, after adapting, Huang Ke raised the telescope and looked forward, and small dots of explosion began to fall on the opponent's position, and the small circle exploded by the gunsmoke quickly exploded and dispersed.

After a while, the artillery fire began to extend, the impact point began to slowly stretch back along the trench, and the explosion point of the black circle began to extend towards the rear of the opposite side little by little. The reinforced concrete fortifications began to crumble under strong artillery fire, and the shrapnel and broken reinforced concrete began to blow up little by little.

"How long can such an artillery bombardment last?" Huang Ke leaned over to Cui Wu's side and asked in a loud voice.

Cui Wu didn't speak, he stretched out a finger and shook it, signaling that such an artillery bombardment would take an hour. After seeing this result, Huang Ke smiled with satisfaction.

The shelling seemed to be going on for a long time, and Huang Ke and his party hid in the air-raid shelter repaired nearby. In the bomb shelter, Cui Wu made a detailed battle plan report to Huang Ke.

After hearing this, Huang Ke did not immediately make an evaluation, he put the drawn up battle plan on the table and knocked on it: "You are fighting the battle, I have decided on the big plan, and it is up to you how to fight." I don't require you to report to me on all these detailed operational deployments and plans. ”

After speaking, Huang Ke took out a cigarette and lit it, then took a puff and said: "We are China's army, China's new army; Therefore, Sun Chuanfang, Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin are our enemies and the enemies of China's development, so we must get rid of all these people in the Northern Expedition, of course, in addition to these people, there are also some people within our government who are trying to hinder the development of our country, and anyone who prevents the progress and development of our country must also be eliminated. ”

Everyone listened attentively, and the meaning of Huang Ke's most obvious words was to take control of the army himself, to hint to them the fact that there were people in Guangzhou who were disloyal to the revolution, and it was obvious that the officers who sat down were all approving.

After an hour of babbling, the shelling was almost over; Huang Ke raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time, I think we should go out." Will Cui Wu have an infantry attack next? ”

Cui Wu nodded: "The commander is right, then I arranged for the infantry to charge, and strive to eat their forward positions in one wave; However, at this time they should be able to counter-charge. ”

As soon as the words fell, the charge of the Northern Expeditionary Army troops began. The various machine-gun firepower of the Northern Expeditionary Army's position roared, and a Maxim heavy machine gun successfully began to suppress the opponent's fire. The infantrymen began to move forward little by little under the influence of the charge with their guns hooked to their waists, and each infantry had a bayonet on their rifles, which made it easier for them to engage in white-knuckle combat in the trenches.

Soon, when there were still a few hundred meters away, the enemy's defensive firepower points began to open fire impatiently, and the firepower fortifications that had become a scorched earth under the artillery fire came out again, and the first group of officers and soldiers to charge fell down in pieces, and the officers and soldiers behind immediately surged up like a tide.

Huang Ke raised the telescope in his hand and looked ahead, these young lives died alive in front of his eyes, it can be seen from the outfits of these people, they are all children of Liangguang, most of these people are the first batch of people to fight the world with themselves, but they didn't expect to fall down in batches in this flesh and blood mill.

One will be a success! It takes courage to face the battlefield head-on, Huang Ke's heart is shaking for a while at the moment, he doesn't know how many such fresh lives have fallen like today on the road he has completed his crossing?

"The warlord coalition on the defence has the Northeast Army, and it seems that their movements and tacit understanding are far better than we imagined!" Huang Ke said affirmatively after reading it.

The officers were a little surprised, although many people knew that the Northeast Army had arrived at the front line in Wuhan, how did he see that there were Northeast officers and soldiers on the defensive side?

"Do any of you know how I found out that there was a Northeast Army in the opposing team's defense forces?" Huang Ke asked an impromptu question, but none of the officers knew how to answer; Seeing that all the officers looked at each other, Huang Ke ordered Cui Wu's general.

Cui Wu stroked the steel helmet on his head and said, "I have already received the news of the arrival of the Northeast Army before, and I can see some clues from the battlefield today. ”

Huang Ke was not satisfied with his answer: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, say whatever you want." ”

"Yes!" Cui Wu said bluntly: "I don't know if you have seen it, just in front of the position, the color of the military uniforms of the defenders is obviously different, and the troops on the opposite side are wearing blue-gray military uniforms and earthy gray, which can be judged to be two armies; In addition, there are some Japanese shooting postures of the defenders in the trenches, plus the sound of gunfire is chaotic, there are Hanyang-made rifles, and there are also Liao-13 style rifles, so I concluded that it was the Northeast Army. ”

Huang Ke nodded with satisfaction: "Cui Wu is right, I also found these differences; You remember, as a general, you must know yourself and your opponent, you go back to study our opponents more, everyone has to read the Japanese army's "Infantry Drill Code", understand? ”

"Got it!" In front of the hill, all the officers replied in unison.