Time: October 7, the ninth day after the start of the Yalu River offensive and defensive battle.

Location: At the middle end of the Yalu River defense line, on the south bank of a section of the river called 'Shallow Beach'.

The four companies of the first battalion of the fifth regiment of the second infantry division of the Xuange battalion, the two Makqin heavy machine guns that belonged to them, were firing wildly.

In the main shooter, the frantic shooting method that does not let go after holding down the trigger, there is often a canvas bullet chain of 250 rounds.

But in less than a minute, he was beaten to the point of being bareheaded.

So much so that the deputy shooter on the side was a little scrambling.

On the one hand, he needs to be busy feeding ammunition and changing the ammunition chain, and at the same time, he also has to add some cooling water to the Makqin heavy machine gun and the brass cooling water cylinder from time to time.

Because under such a high-speed firing method, the cooling water in the bucket is rapidly boiling and evaporating.

If the cooling water is not enough, or if it is accidentally burned out, the barrel will not be able to explode.

Of course, Makqin's main shooter has no way now, not that he doesn't know this way, the huge pressure on the gun chamber and the secondary shooter.

More than a hundred meters in front of them, there was originally a barbed wire.

Now that the barbed wire fence has been torn open a gap of more than 20 meters, at least half a brigade and more than 500 devils continue to pass through this opening and rush towards the position.

Even the people who rushed to the front had just been torn apart by the dense bullets.

The little devil in the back still didn't stop the slightest step, and rushed over to this side with a scream~'.

For this reason, the position of the fourth company, which was only guarded by more than 100 people, could only use such a frantic way of fire to prevent the opponent who was several times the size from approaching.

Fortunately, the ammunition on the position, especially this 7.62 mm caliber, 250 rounds of heavy machine gun special canvas chain, is quite well prepared.

The resulting dense firepower is enough to block these little devils and kill them one by one.

Xu was aware of this, and the commander of the fourth company, who commanded the operation on the position, this man with a strong Cantonese accent after opening his mouth, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

But in my heart, I was still a little worried.

Mainly based on his combat experience, two Maxim heavy machine guns on the position, which have been firing in place for some time now.

This represents a greater danger of being locked and knocked out by the devil's artillery; It stands to reason that it is necessary to move to the next machine gun position immediately.

The question is that with the current situation, where will the two heavy machine guns, which are the core of the fire, have time to stop and transfer?

Even if the speed of the reload chain is a little slower, it will be enough for these devils to rush into a certain distance.

For this reason, the commander of the fourth company can only look forward to the devil artillery, because the transportation line has been seriously damaged, and now in the situation of the shortage of shells, there are no extra shells to greet him here.

However, it was not long before he realized that all of the above was just a beautiful fantasy of his own.

At most, ten seconds later, a screech of shells in the air swept through the air, and it was rapidly approaching his position, and at such a time, it was too late for the heavy machine gun to want to move.

In the whistling sound of the shells, the fourth company commander almost cried out in his heart.

Tell the truth! He would even rather wait for the shells to fall on him and blow himself up directly than blow up his precious Maxim heavy machine gun.

It's a pity that in the minds of those devil artillerymen on the other side.

The value and threat of the fourth company commander are obviously not as important as those two Maxims.

When the shells fell and a series of explosions occurred, a Makqin and the main and auxiliary shooters were directly hit, and they were directly blown up on the spot.

There was another Maxim left, because the shells landed a little farther away.

Although the main and secondary shooters were knocked to the ground without saying a word under the flying shrapnel; But at least the heavy machine gun was only overturned, and was not blown up directly.

Seeing this, the commander of the fourth company could not take care of a qualified machine gunner, but he needed considerable experience to bear it, and the casualties and losses of this shelling were huge.

After running all the way, he quickly helped up the overturned Makqin.

But when he just shouted out 'give me a secondary shooter' and opened fire on the heavy machine gun, he found that he didn't know where this thing was malfunctioning, and he couldn't fire at all.

And in such a short period of time, the position lost key fire suppression.

Even if the remaining soldiers of the fourth company pulled the rifle bolt in their hands until it flew up and hit the highest rate of fire, the remaining 200 or so people of the little devil still rushed to within forty or fifty steps in front of the position with their bright bayonets.

At such a speed, it was obvious that they could not be stopped by rifle fire, and the devils were able to rush to the position quickly.

Immediately decided, the commander of the fourth company roared out of his mouth: "Grenade~"

Under such an order, some 'duang, duang~' sounds sounded; It was a small melon grenade that smashed on the soldiers' helmets after the safety pin had been removed.

Then the arm that was picked up was thrown out like that.

Including the fourth company commander himself, it is also such an operation,

The difference is that after throwing the grenades out, without waiting for them to hit the ground and explode, a new order was shouted from the mouth of the fourth company commander:

"Get on the bayonet and drive these little devils into the river to feed the fish~"

As he spoke, he picked up the rifle of a soldier who had died in battle beside him, pulled out a bayonet from the opponent's waist, and stuck it on the rifle with a 'click~'.

Then, amid the continuous explosions, the remaining soldiers of the four companies rushed out of the position with their company commanders, one of whom counted you.

Twenty minutes later, Chen Tang, commander of the 2nd Infantry Division, walked on this position.

Even if he was already a senior member of the team, he had already experienced countless battles large and small, and his expression was extremely moved as he walked.

Because in his sight, many warriors who were only eighteen or nineteen years old were completely killed with their opponents, and they were also choking their opponents' necks before they died.

Some even have half an ear or a finger in their mouth.

Among them, Chen Tang still had some impressions, and he should have seen them before.

Thinking of the scene of training and talking and laughing with them on the island of East Java, Chen Tang felt a little sad for a while.

But in the end, he only took a long sigh and patted the fourth company commander who collapsed because under the First World War, there were only thirty or forty people left in a complete company.

He said softly: "Take the brothers and retreat, the second company will come to take over your defense."

After going down, have a good rest, after the war, the fourth company will be given priority to replenish, and the fourth company will always exist. ”

After hearing such a sentence, the commander of the fourth company burst into tears; That terrible cry made everyone else's eyes red when they heard it.

Just when Chen Tang was about to speak, he comforted the lieutenant company commander under him.

A communications soldier ran over and hurriedly said a sentence from his mouth: "Division commander, Master Feng's phone number." ”

The field telephone, which does not have much scientific and technological content, is naturally very easy for Wolf Qing and the others to toss, and now it has been installed on the company-level position.

So Chen Tang didn't run far and picked up the phone.

I heard a somewhat distorted voice from the sharp and passed it through the earpiece:

"Chen Tang, the attacks of the little devils have been very crazy these days, can your second division withstand it? If you really can't do it, the watchdog and the first division of Xiong Da have been clamoring to replace you. ”

As soon as he heard this, Chen Tang immediately exploded.

The mouth shouted: "Who can't stand it?" As long as our second division is here, don't even think about successfully crossing the Yalu River when the devils are dead.

Tell the watchdog to stay where it's cool. ”

However, in the next sentence in Chen Tang's mouth, the tone in his mouth became sad again:

"The top can still withstand it, but under the advantage of the devil's artillery fire, the casualties of our second division are too great, and many companies have been disabled.

Therefore, in the subsequent battles, it is necessary to ensure the suppression of the devil's artillery fire; Otherwise, after this battle, our second division will be greatly damaged. ”

Hearing such a statement, it was Feng Rui's turn to be silent.

Mainly in the previous artillery battles between the two sides, the devil's side relied on a larger number of artillery, and the training time was far longer and more mature artillery.

Let the 1st and 2nd regiments of the independent artillery brigade on the defensive line suffer great losses.

Artillery and shells are okay, there are still quite a few left; However, the losses of the gunners were particularly severe, to the extent that there were guns and not enough personnel to operate them.

But after a little hesitation, Feng Rui still gave an affirmative answer on the phone:

"No problem, if you hold on a little more today, tomorrow I will guarantee that the devil's artillery fire will not bomb you so unscrupulously."

After hanging up the phone, Feng Rui shouted to the guards beside him:

"Prepare the horse, go to Zhangjiabao~"

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Saying! Of course, Feng Rui had no way to conjure up tricks, and suddenly he conjured up a bunch of artillery that needed to be trained for a long time and could be regarded as high-level technical troops.

The problem is that as long as the mind does not slip, there are always more difficulties than solutions.

Now in 'Zhangjiabao', Nie Shicheng and other Huai troops who were defeated from Pingyao City, after counting the officers, have a total of 13,072 people, and they are currently being monitored and living there.

Among them, there is still a group of top-level artillery in Daqing.

Yi Feng Rui looked down on them a little, but for now, Feng Rui planned to let these artillery come up no matter how coercive and tempting he was.

However, what Feng Rui didn't expect was that this so-called mobilization was far easier than he wanted.

If you have to say the last reason, it is that as early as half a month ago, Lao Ma, a rookie who is a novice in the modern plane of Teacher Zhengzhi, has been doing the ideological work of these Huai army routs......

When Feng Rui and the others stopped the gate guards from preparing the announcement, they slowly walked into the gate of Tunzi.

A bittersweet grievance meeting is being carried out here in 'Zhangjiabao'.

Wrong! Because I'm sorry for the conference, this more formal form, the scene that Lao Ma unfolded back then, it is more appropriate to say that everyone is chatting together.

In Lao Ma's view, this can make the Huai army prisoners let go of all their defenses in their hearts and mobilize the most real emotions, so as to achieve the best ideological work effect.

Such an approach has proven to be extremely effective.

In the afternoon, a large group of people who had just eaten a meal of braised pork full of oil and water, regardless of each other's identities and status, either squatted or sat on the huge wheat drying field.

While basking in the sun and smoking the 'Double Happiness' brand cigarettes produced by the Surabaya City Cigarette Factory.

On the one hand, they chatted about some of the scenery, food, and customs of their respective hometowns; Or in other words, some days when you don't have enough to eat and don't have warm clothes.

Due to the common joys and sorrows, everyone soon relaxed completely.

When it was about the same time, a soldier of the Huai Army, who had been arranged a long time ago, stood up and asked loudly:

"Brother of Xuange Battalion, how much is your monthly military salary? Looking at your good deeds, the master of Humen is also a master who is willing to spend money, so he should not be young or old, right? ”

Such a sentence was spoken, and almost all the Huai army prisoners instinctively closed their mouths and pricked up their ears to listen.

Mainly now, the thing they are most concerned about is where they will go in the future.

For now, there should be two options.

First, naturally, it was what the original Xuange Battalion promised, and after this battle was over, they would be given a sum of money to leave without it.

But where can they go after leaving?

Continue to go to Daqing and Li Zhongtang's subordinates to serve as soldiers and eat food? Don't be funny, their opponents will probably be these brothers from the Xuange Camp.

With their recent acquaintances and understandings, they asked themselves where they could beat the people of the Xuange camp.

Home to farm? This statement is as if they had many fields in their homes.

In their hometown, if there was enough land at home, they would not have left their hometown and came out to serve as soldiers to eat food with their heads.

Second, naturally, he took the initiative to ask Lao Ma to join the Xuange camp.

can be a soldier in the Xuange camp to eat food, how much is the monthly military salary, can it be enough for them to support their families; And when there is a war, will the commander not treat them as human beings?

After dying in battle, how much bereavement pension will be given from above, and what should the orphans and widows at home do?

You have to ask these questions in advance before you can make a decision.

Faced with such a problem, one of his hometowns was in the Qingzhou area of Lu Province, and he initially went to Nanyang in the name of recruitment, but eventually joined the infantry unit of the Xuange Battalion.

The man, who had only been in the army for more than half a year, replied with a smile:

That's not it, our Hu Sect Master is generous to the brothers under his command, that's not to say.

The daily eaters saw that they were full of meat, rice and steamed buns; There is still no fresh meat and fruit to buy nearby, otherwise it would have been better.

Even if it is a big soldier, there is a military salary of six taels and two dollars of snowflake silver every month, and veterans and officers are naturally higher.

In addition, once a year, clothes, shoes and socks are distributed; Soap, shampoo, towels, toothpaste and toothbrushes are also distributed on time.

The above is such a good food, and there are so many things, all without deducting money.

The snowflake silver of six taels and two coins will be paid on time every month to ensure that all of them are in hand.

After being a soldier for a few years, even if he doesn't continue to be a soldier, Master Hu may have promised to arrange an errand for everyone to live on, and the monthly salary is definitely enough to live.

If he dies in battle, the daughter-in-law arranges the job, the parents Xuange Camp is responsible for sending them to the end, and the children are responsible for raising them.

However, the military law in the army is also strict, and there is no saying that you need to be rewarded before you can fight.

Compared with your Huai army, there are gains and losses. ”

In fact, after hearing the above statements, the hearts of the Huai Army prisoners were immediately very moved by the matter of joining the Xuange camp.

Because he is also a soldier and eats food, the treatment of Xuange Camp really makes people's eyes red.

Besides, they're still thinking about fighting devils to get revenge.

But even so, they still didn't immediately shout 'Xuange Camp still wants people', and they still have some concerns in their hearts.

And as if seeing their concerns, the Lu provincial man continued:

"When you are a soldier and eat food, how can there be anything that is not dangerous, but first of all, I fight in the Xuange camp, not for my own glory and wealth, for the rise of the nation of planting flowers, and for not being bullied by the devils.

It is to let 40,000,000 compatriots stand tall in this world.

There is also a key point, in the face of this strong enemy's attack, every time they fight with bayonets, all the officials will not shout 'brothers, resist', but take the lead in rushing to the front.

Even if I die in battle, I will admit it. ”

After hearing this, the eyes of the soldiers of the Huai Army lit up, and they almost made up their minds to join the Xuange Battalion.

Seeing this, the old horse who was sitting on the side and smoking, the teacher of the modern plane, finally showed a faint smile on his face.

If you want to say that the most powerful and effective example of transforming captives into your own power is definitely when the PLA of the Modern Plane fought with the bald headmaster.

In those years, relying on the general means of 'capturing and replenishing', the PLA troops fought more and more.

A group of fighters who have undergone a change of thinking immediately burst out with stronger combat effectiveness, and it can be said that they are getting stronger and stronger; The five main forces of the bald head were pressed to the ground one by one and rubbed constantly.

Unfortunately, one of the most critical points is this.

It was the PLA counterparts at that time who had such a killer method of 'dividing land' in their hands.

At present, in order to overthrow Daqing as soon as possible, it is necessary to unite all the forces that can be united as much as possible, and if we really shout out the slogan of 'dividing the land', believe it or not, the militia groups that resist everywhere will emerge like a tide.

Fighting, of course, the Xuange battalion can beat them.

But because of this variable, it would take several more years for the Xuan Ge camp to overthrow Daqing.

Fortunately, even if you don't need to use the killer feature of 'dividing land', you can rely on stimulating the simple national feelings in everyone's hearts, and add all kinds of favorable conditions in the Xuange camp.

The ideological transformation work of these Huai army captives has basically come to an end.

It is believed that soon, a large number of Huai soldiers took the initiative to ask to join the Xuange battalion; Isn't such an active request for membership better than the mobilization after joining?

In this way, not only the casualties of the previous troops can be well replenished immediately.

These Huai troops, who already had a foundation, as long as they were operated in a way that led the old with the new, their combat effectiveness did not have to worry.

It can even form the fourth infantry division of the Xuange battalion on this place.

It is equivalent to their Xuange battalion in this battle, which can also get stronger and stronger; In such a situation, how can the little devils fight with them here?

It was also after seeing such a scene that Feng Rui, who came in a hurry, let go of his heart, and once that one came, he immediately called for artillery.

Stayed in the rear and waited patiently.

After only a few minutes of waiting, a voice rang out loudly:

"Old Ma, I was originally a pawn in the Yi Army, but I asked myself about my marksmanship, if I wanted to hit someone in the left eye within two hundred steps, I would never hit someone in the right eye.

Now I implore the adults to accept it, let the villain join the Xuange camp, and in the future, the commanders will point to the sword, and I will definitely move forward desperately; If you hesitate at all, just cut off the villain's head. ”

The voice fell, and the old horse didn't have time to agree, and took the opportunity to make an enthusiastic speech.

The sound of the tide has already resounded one after another:

"Old Ma, I'm not so accurate in shooting, but I dare to fight with the little devil, can I count me alone~"

"Old Ma, I am a cannon commander of the Fengjun artillery battalion, and I am quite proficient in artillery operation, I also want to join the Xuange battalion and bombard his mother's little devil......"

(End of chapter)

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