The warning had been sent in for more than half an hour, but there was still no movement on the position, and even the messenger had gone into the sea without any news. Update the fastest 78xs// Seeing that the sun has set in the west, Fucha on the side was a little anxious, and reminded carelessly: "Biaotong, are we going to send someone in again?" ”

Zhonghe snorted coldly: "It seems that they don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin!" Someone came, and ordered the 2nd Battalion to use mortars to fire rapidly at Jingshi Town and the outlying positions for five minutes, and then send people in to give an ultimatum. If there is no response after twenty minutes, we will immediately press on the whole army and occupy the area around Jingshi University before dark! ”

After the 2nd Battalion received the order, the battalion's mortar platoon quickly took up its position and launched indiscriminate coverage fire on Jingshi Town and the outlying positions. For a time, the muffled sound of mortar firing, the whistling of shells, and the explosion of landing sounded intensively outside this famous university, and the earth was blown up in all directions, and the smoke of gunpowder rose into the sky. Occasionally, a house was hit, and columns of black smoke rose up.

Although the shooting skills of the Praetorian Guards were not good, there were always times when the blind cat ran into a dead mouse, and this indiscriminate covering shooting still caused some casualties to the Jingshi University security team on the position.

Sun Yuanqi said in his previous telegram that he tried not to fire the first shot of the invading Praetorian Guards; However, if there is an emergency, Zhang Huizan is also allowed to deal with it on the spot and take appropriate measures to deal with it. The spirit of this telegram was likewise conveyed to the 1st Battalion 1st Squad of the defensive position. At this moment, they were hit by enemy artillery fire, so they were naturally unwilling to sit idly by, and immediately used artillery fire to return the color.

The famous "battle to protect the school" in history has begun.

The artillery fire used by the first team is naturally also mortars, but the guns of the second battalion of the Praetorian Guard are nothing compared to the firepower of the first team!

Although the Praetorian Guard was the henchman of the Qing court, although it was greatly inferior to the Beiyang Army in terms of combat power, it was far superior in weapons and equipment. Even so, one battalion was armed with only 18 light mortars. However, Jingshi University was founded by Sun Yuanqi, Zhang Huizan's department was Sun Yuanqi's descendant army, and the Beiping Iron Works, which exclusively manufactured mortars, was Sun Yuanqi's industry. To use an inappropriate analogy, for Zhang Huizan's department, the mortar is the growth of his own vegetable field, and there are as many as he wants. Zhang Huizan's department also deeply understood the truth that "more oil is not bad food". The whole army used mortars as guns, and 10 fixed-magazine 1911 rifles were used as knives. In the hands of the first team of the defensive positions alone, there were almost 80 mortars of various calibers.

Hearing the captain's order to return fire, the more than 400 members of the whole team braved the artillery fire and quickly moved into action, and quickly launched a counterattack on the Praetorian Guard.

The soldiers of the first team were students two months ago, and only a month ago they began to carry guns and be paid. I only came into contact with the mortar ten days ago, and the mortar's operation technology was worse than that of the Janissaries, and the encounter between the two can really be described as "chess opponents, will meet stupid talents", it is simply a comparison of who is stupider and stupider. If they were to compare marksmanship, then most of the officers and men of the first team would have been defeated early. But if it's compared to mortars, the consequences are hard to say!

First of all, the number of mortars of the first squad was four times that of the Praetorian Guards. As the saying goes, "Two fists are no match for four hands." "What's more, this is still a fierce artillery fire with a ratio of four to one?

Secondly. The second team had already delivered 1.5 base ammunition to the positions together with the school workers, and the Praetorian Guards, in order to reach Jingshi Town as soon as possible, repeatedly lightly armed on the way, resulting in a serious shortage of mortar shells. Less than five minutes. The artillery of the second battalion of the Praetorian Guard had run out of shells, and the artillery fire of the first battalion in front of him was gradually improving.

Thirdly, the first and second teams have worked together to build a relatively complete fortification in the past two days; The Janissaries, on the other hand, had no time to build a position against artillery fire, and they had no intention of setting up a position from the beginning to the end.

The most important point is that compared with the accuracy pursued by rifle shooting, artillery pays more attention to effective coverage, and the side with significantly more artillery has the advantage.

The first team not only had a large number of mortars, but also did not pay any attention to the rules, and began to bombard the enemy indiscriminately in front of the position. Coincidentally. The range of mortars is between 150 meters and 3,000 meters, but the 1,600 people of the First Association of the Praetorian Guard Army and the First Standard Army are waiting for the whole army to press, and most of the hedgehogs are gathered within the three-kilometer range of the mortar. The first team fired indiscriminately regardless of distance and distance, and hit the vital point of the Praetorian Guard. The first standard camp suddenly turned over on their backs, and mourned all over the field.

Seeing this tragic situation, Zhonghe had no choice but to order angrily: "Hurry! Fast! The whole army retreated! ”

The original intention of Tadawa to give this order. It was intended to get the army out of mortar range quickly to avoid causing more casualties. But it was this order that completely buried his glorious future, and also buried the lives of all the officers and soldiers of the First Association of the Praetorian Guard!

There is an old saying in the army: "Veterans are afraid of machine guns, and recruits are afraid of artillery." "Where did this group of old soldiers of the Praetorian Guard encounter such fierce artillery fire on weekdays? One by one, they were already frightened like frightened rabbits, shouting and screaming wolves in the camp. It was only when officers at all levels strictly pressed that they did not flee from the battle. Now that Zhonghe has given the order to retreat, who wants to stay where and be bombed?

This group of old soldiers suddenly seemed to be amnesty, and they all exerted their strength to feed, spread their feet and ran back. At this moment, I only hate my father and mother for having two legs, and even the guns and ammunition in my hands are thrown on the ground, how can I consider what queue formation? In this chaotic mess of the team, the soldiers will not find the generals, and the soldiers will not be found. Losing the command of the officers, the entire army retreated in a swarm and soon turned into an avalanche of full-scale rout.

"One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted!" By this time, Tadawa also realized how idiotic he had just given the order, but at this time he was already weak. The auditor of the Japanese Army University had no choice but to let out a long sigh and retreat with the troops in despair.

The first team on the opposite side did not give up, and some soldiers saw the enemy retreating, and without waiting for the captain to give an order, they picked up the Zhonggong 1911 rifle around them and rushed out of the trench, beating the water dogs, no matter how the captain blew the military horn and gave orders, he did not look back. Seeing this, the others followed suit and chased after them shouting.

The captain of the first team knew very well in his heart: although the Praetorian Guards on the opposite side had completely fled, they had 1,600 people, and his entire team was only 400 people. As long as the Praetorian Guards stop their tracks, they can turn around and wrap these pursuers into dumplings! Of course, these young men who chased them out couldn't ignore it. Thinking of this, he had no choice but to order the whole army to press on the one hand, pursue hard, and strive not to give the Praetorian Guard a chance to stop their footsteps, and on the other hand, he hurriedly sent people to contact the second and third teams behind him to ask for support.

In order to rescue Xianying as soon as possible, Zhonghe forced the whole army to march forty miles quickly to the outside of Jingshi Town, and launched an attack without even taking lunch to eat. The whole army has long been tired like a dead dog, how can it be possible to outrun such a new force as the first team? The first team ate and drank well on the battlefield all day! The old soldiers of the Praetorian Guard often ran slower and slower, and when they saw that they were being overtaken, they lay down on the ground, panting and begging for mercy: "Don't, don't shoot, the master has surrendered!" ”

In other words, the Zhonggong 1911 rifle is indeed a good thing, especially the 10-round fixed magazine supply, and the actual combat effect is very significant. It is not uncommon to see such a scene on the battlefield: the soldiers of the first team pull the trigger while running, and anyway, the Praetorian Guards in front of them are huddled together, and they are not afraid of missing the target, at most the difference between hitting the head and hitting the ankle. After firing 10 rounds, change the magazine again and continue to pull the trigger. The Praetorian Guards had never seen such a sharp weapon, and they were beaten to the ground. Often a magazine can't be used up, and a tent of Praetorian Guards can be forced down!

By the time the second and third teams also joined the pursuit, the defeat of the first and first targets of the Praetorian Guards had become a foregone conclusion.

The first battle of the battle of the school ended with a complete victory for Zhang Huizan's department. According to post-war statistics, the 1st Battalion of the 88th Standard of the 44th Mixed Infantry killed 145 enemy troops, wounded 372 people, and captured 1,097 people from Wubei Zi Xianying with less than 30 casualties. The First Association of the Praetorian Guard, the First Standard, only two or three hundred people in the whole army escaped alive.

The good news of the victory quickly spread across the country with radio waves, and this news undoubtedly surprised countless people. The day before, the China Broadcasting Corporation, the "Political and Economic Daily" and other media closely related to Sun Yuanqi were still tearfully accusing the Praetorian Guards of the atrocities against Jingshi University, such as "Appeal to the National Conscience: When Education Encounters Force", "Sven Sweeps the Ground, the Country Will Not Be a Country - I Talk About the Praetorian Guard's Siege of Jingshi University", "Ignorance Tramples on Civilization - Written When the Praetorian Guards Are Approaching Jingshi University"...... It seems that a group of hooligans Ah Fei are ready to wantonly insult a weak scholar; Who knew that just one day later, this weak scholar showed the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Bodhisattva shook his head for fear of thunderbolts, golden light, thunder and lightning palms, and beat the hooligans A Fei all over the ground looking for teeth!

Of course, this result also made many people dissatisfied, such as Shimada Han, Zaitao, such as Yuan Shikai, Ruan Zhongshu, Zaifeng, Yulang, and then Liangbi, Zhonghe, and even the revolutionary party governors, including Yan Xishan, did not want to see such a situation in their hearts, because it was in their best interests for Sun Yuanqi to fight with the Qing government. Therefore, in this case, although Sun Yuanqi shouted "truce" to all parties at home and abroad, the Praetorian Guard launched another attack on Jingshi University with the tacit consent of Zaifeng and Yuan Shikai.

"Eat a trench, grow a wisdom." This time, the Praetorian Guards did not dare to be careless, except for the non-combatants, almost all the troops pressed down, including the second standard of the First Union Infantry, the third standard of the Second Union Infantry, the fourth standard of the infantry, the artillery standard, and the engineering battalion, and so on, and the whole army of more than 7,000 people marched step by step towards Jingshi University.

Since then, the battle of the school has entered a stage of bitter stalemate between the two armies. (To be continued.) )