"Go, pile up all the sandbags..."

At the north gate of Huicheng, an officer is directing Minzhuang to build some simple fortifications in the city, as long as he senses that someone is lazy, he will directly whip it over.

"Hell," complained a man carrying a sandbag, clutching a freshly drawn blood stain on his shoulder. The whole province has almost recovered, what are these Qiu Ba still doing so insisting..."

His companion, who was also carrying sandbags, interjected when he heard his words. "Yes, I heard that the situation in the provincial capital and other recovered prefectures and counties is good, and the newly established military government has exempted a lot of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and even the field endowment has been exempted, I really don't know what these guys think, hurry up and surrender, and then let everyone live a good life, isn't it? Now there are more than ten provinces that have been recovered, and the entire south has been recovered, and I don't know what they still insist on..."

The appearance of Min Zhuang's muttering did not escape the officer's gaze, and after noticing that these guys were lazy, the officer didn't say anything, and went up directly with a whip.

When a deep bone-staining blood mark appeared on his back, the man just now suddenly fell to the ground with a miserable howl.

A trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes, but the officer still stepped on Minzhuang's back and raised his voice to the other people who looked over. "Give me all the work to concentrate on, if anyone dares to talk nonsense again, they will all end up with him..."

And Min Zhuang, who was the first to speak just now, stood aside with a pale face at this time, and didn't even dare to move.

Walk over to the table and sit down. Picking up a glass of water from the table, he took a sip as the officer wiped his mouth.

See him like this. Several of the other officers sitting around the table shook their heads. "It's all my father's and my fellow villagers, so there's no need to be so ruthless..."

"yes, you see, those mud-legged people must have held a grudge against you..."

As he spoke, an officer sitting on the left hand side pointed at the group of people, as if frightened by the officer's vicious appearance. The people who were still complaining were much more honest, but there was a trace of resentment in the eyes that looked at them from time to time.

"It doesn't matter," said the officer, glancing in the direction of the government. Fuck your mother's Chen Gaoju, don't let you fall into my hands. Otherwise, I'll have to kill you alive..."

Hearing his companion mention Chen Gao's name, the expressions of the officers, who had been quite relaxed, also sank, and a cold glint flashed in their eyes.

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Just like Bai Runshan expected. The patrol battalion stationed in Huizhou did not want to be loyal to the Qing court.

After all, the current situation is already very clear, with more than a dozen provinces successively announcing their liberation, the southern provinces have almost all become independent, and the fall of the Qing court has become inevitable. Even if you continue to defend it, you won't have a chance of winning.

Of course. If it was someone from the New Army who came this time, maybe the people from the patrol battalion would have held on, but since they came from Bairun Mountain, which was also from the patrol battalion, there was no need for the patrol battalion stationed in Huizhou to continue to insist...

A few days before the arrival of the second division of Bairunshan in Huizhou, the officers of the patrol battalion in the city had even agreed that when the second division of Bairunshan arrived in the city, they would go to the government office to tie up Chen Gaoju and send him out of Lu as a meeting gift.

However, they didn't expect that Chen Gaoju was much more decisive than them.

That's right. There are indeed many low-IQ creatures who have been in office these days, otherwise the policies of 'Imperial Cabinet' and 'Railways Nationalized' would not have been introduced. But there are still some ruthless characters in the officials. Although this Chen Gaoju is not a ruthless character, he can also be called decisive.

After noticing that the patrol battalion stationed in the city was somewhat unstable, he was loyal to the Qing court and did not escape over the wall like some county government officials in other provinces, but ordered all the officers in the city to be invited under the pretext of arranging the city defense.

And then...

Taking advantage of the fact that the officers were all concentrated in the palace, Chen Gaoju sent all his personal soldiers out of the palace and arrested all the families of these officers. By the time those officers reacted, Chen Gaoju had almost already been arrested.

I don't care about relatives and friends, although there are not many such people in all dynasties, they are not few, and it is a joke for those heroic characters to use these as threats. It's a pity that none of these officers have such a person, not to mention that even if there are others, it is impossible to give up their families like him.

Therefore, in the face of Chen Gao's threat, even if their teeth were about to be crushed, these officers could only take the order down, and then arrange the city defense with their hearts.

Because when he was in the government, Chen Gaoju had already made it very clear that as long as Huicheng was not broken, their families would be fine. But if the city is broken, then...

Some of the words seem to be so clear that they don't need to be said...

For the sake of their families' lives, the officers of the patrol battalion almost went crazy to strengthen the fortifications of Huicheng. They knew very well that the city walls alone could not hold Huicheng, so they built a large number of fortifications in the streets and alleys of the city, hoping to cause a large number of casualties to the second division of Bairunshan through street fighting, and then force it to withdraw from Huicheng, which was also the only way they could come up with in the case of disparity in troops.

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"Is Chen holding high..."

Outside Huicheng, through the information transmitted by the people from the military intelligence bureau in the city, Bai Runshan quickly learned what was happening inside, and at the same time understood why even if it reached the point now, those colleagues in the city still did not surrender. As a person from the patrol battalion, Bai Runshan knew very well the people of his colleagues, so it was already very strange why they would do this, but now that he got the truth, he suddenly realized.

"No wonder, it turned out that I was caught in the key..."

Now that he has known the reason, Bai Runshan knows very well that it is obviously impossible to wait for the patrol battalion in the city to take the initiative to surrender the city. Because if his family was arrested, he would still be able to resist to the death, instead of abandoning his family.

"Tell the brethren that they have all the ammunition ready. We're going to attack the city early tomorrow morning, and besides, let's be careful. This battle may not be as easy as imagined. ”

"Don't worry." Smiled lightly, Bai Runshan's adjutant said. "The brethren know what to do..."

"Hmm." Nodding. "In addition, contact the people from the military intelligence bureau in the city to see if they can do anything, otherwise I am afraid that the casualties will be a little large if they attack."

"Zhilu Dao, I'll go to the communication office..."

This time, Zhang Ying and Bai Runshan each brought a radio station out, so it was very convenient to communicate with people from Anqing or other directions.

The news of preparations for combat was quickly delivered. Along with the rumors of what was happening in the city. Although the soldiers below were sympathetic to the guys in the city, since they were already members of the military government, they also knew very well what their task was.

And the last thing you need on the battlefield is sympathy. Sympathy will only cost one's own life, and these veterans know this very well.

The only thing that is more troublesome for them is the city wall, the army of Anhui Province. Only a few guns on the side of the Forces nouvelles. and they were all brought to the north. And because their mission is relatively light, they do not have heavy weapons such as artillery, but also do not have a light machine gun.

Originally, according to Bai Runshan's prediction, this mission would be relatively easy, and it would not even need to be finished without using force, so it didn't matter if he brought it or not, but now it seems that things will be a little troublesome.

In the Command. Bai Runshan and the other officers were looking at the map of Huicheng inside, and preparing for the attack.

"We have a limited number of troops. With 2,000 people, dividing the army is definitely not a good idea, so the best way is to directly capture a little bit, with the government in the city as the ultimate goal. As long as we can take Huicheng, the Qing army with no land to rely on will not have to worry, and it will be easy for us to deal with them at that time. ”

In front of the map, an officer tells his opinion.

After listening to his words, Bai Runshan nodded. "Okay, just follow this plan..."

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The predecessor of the Second Division was actually the patrol battalion, so it was no different from the patrol battalion that guarded Huicheng, and the equipment was made in the most ordinary Hanyang. The only difference is that the soldiers of the Second Division brought a lot of grenades this time, which also made Bai Runshan very confident in this mission.

In the early morning of the next day, it was just dawn, and the soldiers and horses of the battalion under the order of Bairun Mountain had already rushed in the direction of the city gate.

At this time, there were also many soldiers stationed on the wall of Huicheng, and when they saw the movement of the 'rebels' under the city, they immediately stretched out their guns from the battlements, took aim, and pulled the trigger.

More than 30 people fell to the ground amid the heavy gunfire, but many more continued to rush in the direction of the city gates.

Unlike the 1st Division, the 2nd Division had neither artillery nor machine guns, which was simply not enough to suppress the enemy on the city walls, so it could only be attacked in this way.

"Don't run in a straight line, don't run in a straight line...", holding the Browning M1900 pistol he got during the reorganization, an officer shouted loudly. If you run in a straight line, it's a live target, and I'll run around..."

In fact, even if he didn't need to say it, the soldiers under his command knew how to run.

Running straight in this kind of combat power is simply a live target, on the contrary, if you can add a little more action, even if it is only a little off, it may save your life. Therefore, when rushing towards the city gate, most of the soldiers ran in a zigzag shape.

The patrol battalion was originally a second-line unit, and although its combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the green battalion in the past, it was much worse than that of the new army. If you hit a fixed target, or run in a straight line, the chance of hitting is still very high, but if you just make a slight change in the process of moving forward, their hit rate will drop a lot.

In the procession rushing towards the city gate, the soldier surnamed Liang from before was running hard.

For him, as long as Huizhou is recovered, the old lady, wife and children at home will be able to live a good life like other cities that have been recovered. Every time I thought of this, Liang Zi's chest would become hot.

However, when the city gate was more than a hundred meters away from him, his right leg suddenly lost sensation, and the whole person fell out of a distance of two or three meters, that is, the moment he fell to the ground, there was a sharp pain in his right leg.

"Hell," a soldier whined at the city wall after pulling the trigger.

Originally, he had already targeted a guy. It turned out that he suddenly dodged to the side, and the bullet only hit his thigh.

"But you won't be so lucky this time..."After aiming for a while, the bullet hit Liang Zi's head accurately. Until then, Liang Zi was still trying to climb behind an overturned cart.

From the position under the city wall to the city gate, the total distance was only more than 300 meters, but the infantry battalion of more than 600 people paid more than 100 casualties. Most of the soldiers who fell on the way escaped by knowing how to play dead, and those who could not stop howling because their wounds were too painful were re-shot by the soldiers on the city walls afterwards.

However, none of this had anything to do with the soldiers under the city walls, and after running to the city gate, they clung to the base of the city walls. A young man who looked like an officer shouted to a soldier not far away. "Quick, blow the gates open!"

Needless to say, the soldiers had already done it.

There was no artillery. There is only one way to break through the walls, and that is to blow them up with explosives. Moreover, in the absence of large-caliber artillery, explosives may be much more powerful and effective than small-caliber artillery.

Stuffed more than a dozen detonators under the city gate. The soldiers in charge of blowing up the city gate hurriedly ran out of the city gate as if there was some flood beast behind them. Not only them, but also the other soldiers.

These detonators are used for mining on the other side of the mountain, one is already quite good, and it is not impossible to blow up the city wall if there are more than ten of them—————— of course, you still need to do some preparatory work before, such as hollowing out the bottom of the city wall or something.

However, this will waste a lot of time, so it is better to use a more concise way, that is, to blow up the city gate directly.

At this time, the soldiers of the patrol battalion on the city wall still pointed their guns outside the city. Find a way to stop the soldiers who haven't run to the position yet, and there is nothing they can do if they have already reached the base of the wall.

But just when a soldier was reloading his Hanyang. He felt a sudden vibration under his feet, and then he heard a loud 'boom'.

Instinctively, the soldier and the people around him covered their heads with their hands until the shock had passed.

However, when they came back to their senses and looked in the direction of the explosion, they found that the city gate had disappeared from its original location.

"I'll go, this thing is really powerful...", dumbfounded, glancing at the bombed city wall, one of the officers hiding behind reacted and kicked the ass of a soldier in front of him. The gates have been opened, so don't hurry up! ”

Hearing the officer's words, the soldiers who reacted hurriedly held their rifles flat, and rushed forward after shouting.

At the same time, in the position of the Second Division outside the city, seeing that the city gate had been blown open, Bai Runshan also sent an additional battalion of troops to reinforce it.

The combined strength of the two battalions is almost 1,200 people, and even after excluding the more than 100 people who lost not long ago, there are still more than 1,000 people. That's twice as many defenders in the city.

The first battalion that rushed into the city was quickly met with resistance from the patrol battalion, and soon several of the fastest soldiers fell to the ground amid the dense gunfire. At the same time, the soldiers on the city wall were also trying to find a way to flank the soldiers who rushed into the city together with the patrol battalion behind the fortifications in the city.

As soon as they stormed into the city, they were attacked from the front and rear, and the first battalion soon fell into a predicament. Fortunately, at this time, the second battalion was also reinforced, and after the number reached more than 1,000 people, only the patrol battalion made by Hanyang in his hand could not stop the second division with the advantage of strength and grenades.

After more than 100 grenades were thrown over, the patrol battalion blocking the street quickly retreated.

And when the problem in front of them was solved, and they wanted to clean up the patrol camp on the city wall by the way, the troops who broke into the city found that the patrol camp on the city wall had withdrawn from the city wall.

"It's fast enough to react...", and the commander of the first battalion called a company commander under his command. You take your people and show me the city wall solidly, don't let the Qing army run back again..."

"Understood!"

After the company commander accepted the order just now and led a company of men up the city wall, the commander of the first battalion and the commander of the second battalion combined their forces and marched in the direction of the government under the leadership of several officers and soldiers from Huizhou.

For them, whether it was to drive the Qing army out of the city or to arrest Chen Gaoju, it was a victory in the battle.

However, when they led their troops in the direction of the palace, they were again resisted.

"Damn, I'm not going to do it..."I saw several soldiers being blown apart by a grenade behind a sandbag not far away, and one soldier gritted his teeth and threw away his gun to escape from the battlefield. The grenades that would fly down from their heads at some point put too much pressure on these soldiers.

Seeing that he was about to run, several soldiers next to him also threw down the guns in their hands and wanted to run away quietly.

However, before a few soldiers could leave the battlefield, an officer who was supervising the battle behind had already drawn his pistol and shot the leading soldier in the chest.

"Give me all back!" The muzzle of the gun was pointed at several other deserters, and the officer snapped. "There is only one end for deserters, and that is death!"

Looking at the muzzles of the guns pointed at them, the deserters hesitated and returned to the defensive line. Seeing that the deserters had already returned, the officer breathed a sigh of relief and glanced in the direction of the government with resentful eyes.

Generally speaking, the army will retreat, and many times it will be because the commander has taken the lead and run away. However, now because of the arrest of their families, these commanders can be said to be more desperate than one another, plus the soldiers who have been withdrawn from the city wall have been merged with the soldiers in the defense line, and the strength can reach about 500 people, including some recruited people and police. and the fortifications that were built for many days, and these people became a difficult bone to gnaw.

"I didn't expect these guys to be so hard to bite..."After more than an hour, he never made the other party take a step back, and even Bai Runshan looked at these old guys a little differently. However, after looking at the casualty figures reported up, Bai Runshan frowned again. “…… We have to find another way, otherwise the casualties will be too great..."

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Your sister, I keep paying New Year's greetings every day, and I don't even have time to write and save manuscripts.

In addition, ask for a monthly pass~~~ Well, it's the first time we're asking for a monthly pass~~~ (to be continued......)