Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Soldiers are veterans, so the officer is naturally not a fuel-efficient lamp. I only heard an officer shout: "There is an order to increase the commander. Those who enter the enemy's line first will be rewarded with fifty oceans. Brothers, go!"

It's true that money can make Mo Tui ghosts. As soon as this remark came out, the Beiyang Army of the three battalions went crazy. They all rushed towards the main position of the Youth Army with the speed of a [-]-meter sprint.

"Fight" Wang Kewen immediately grasped this opportunity keenly, and took the lead in firing the shot himself.

The following scene stunned all the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Sixth Division who did not participate in the attack. Thirty heavy machine guns, fifty light machine guns, and thirty mortars formed a huge firepower net in front of the entire main position.

All the Beiyang soldiers who are not afraid of death and are desperately moving forward are harvested in pieces, one by one with thin arms and thick legs, soaring into the air, even a few Beiyang soldiers who charge fast can only rush to less than the main position Ten meters away, it was dropped by a rifle bullet.

Ma Jizeng took a look through the binoculars, and his face became extremely pale. Is this the firepower configuration of an infantry regiment?

He immediately howled to Ma Baochen, the chief of staff beside him: "Hurry up, quickly withdraw the team, the other party is not ordinary, you can't let the brothers die in vain, let alone [-], even [-] is not enough, tell me Zhang Songbai, fire, fire quickly, don't be reluctant to part with the shells."

From the start of the attack to the retreat across the board, the large-scale charge of 2000 Beiyang troops ended in less than 5 minutes. In this short period of 5 minutes, nearly [-] Beiyang troops fell on the way to the charge. .

Wang Kewen was completely relieved at this moment. You must know that although more than half of his battalion are veterans who have served for more than one and a half years, 80.00% of them have never been on the battlefield.That's why he asked for full firepower just now, firstly, to effectively deter the enemy, and secondly, because he was worried that the rookies under his hands would be too nervous and cause them to collapse on their own, which would be troublesome.

Fortunately, everything went well. The more than 900 officers and soldiers of the first battalion saw that so many Beiyang soldiers fell in front of their positions.The nausea of ​​death was immediately replaced by the joy of huge victories and victory, and the Beiyang soldiers were nothing more than that.

Only Wang Kewen's complexion changed suddenly, and he shouted at his subordinates who were bragging to each other: "Quick, everyone hides in the firepower point and the bomb hole, and I lie down on the spot before it's too late."

Wang Kewen's judgment was not inaccurate, but it was a pity that he came a bit late.As soon as the words fell, a shell accurately hit the main position less than 40 meters away from Wang Kewen.The five soldiers who were blowing water immediately landed on the ground, and the broken shrapnel penetrated their vitals without hesitation.Wang Kewen was in a panic immediately, but was dragged into the firing point by the deputy battalion commander and his adjutant, and he still couldn't stand still.This firepower point was hit by a shell at the corner, and the people at the firepower point were immediately numb from the shock.

The officers and soldiers of the [-]st Battalion of the Youth Army, who were still celebrating the victory just now, immediately suffered a tragedy. For the first time, all the soldiers felt that death was so close to them, but fortunately, the usual training is quite strict, and no one is like a headless chicken. Running around.Everyone chose to hug their heads and lay down in the trench, waiting for the shelling to end.

This time, the Beiyang Sixth Artillery Regiment put in a lot of effort, and stopped the shelling only when the barrel was terribly hot.A total of 100 shells were smashed into the main position of less than [-] square meters, causing casualties of more than [-] young army officers and soldiers. One of the reinforced concrete firepower points was unlucky and was hit by shells three times in a row, and it collapsed A heavy machine gun squad was mercilessly buried alive.

When Wang Kewen saw the casualty data, his eyes were red with anger. He yelled at all the officers and soldiers of the first battalion: "Brothers of the first battalion of the 401st regiment, today there is no enemy but me, and I am invincible."

Ma Jizeng's bombardment decision was extremely sophisticated, and the youth army also suffered a big loss.However, something happened that even Ma Jizeng didn't expect. This time, the seemingly successful shelling failed to destroy the defenders' will to fight, but instead angered them, making the next battle more difficult.

The second wave of attack was launched less than 10 minutes after the shelling ended. This time Huang Zhenkui personally suppressed the formation and smashed nearly 22 troops of the entire 4000nd Infantry Regiment into it at once.

Moreover, this wave of attacks was different from the previous wave. In addition to the frontal attack, two wings were added to outflank them.

When Wang Kewen saw the situation, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Cheng Kui, take a platoon to support our left-wing stragglers, and Ma Wu, take a platoon to the other side, and I will stick the rest to the other side." You can't move on the main ground."

Liu Xuyi also saw that something was wrong on the mountain at this moment, and he immediately put the third battalion of the reserve team in his hand into the battle. Who would have thought that the two sides would dare to use their full strength when they first met each other.

Huang Zhenkui personally organized the supervising team, and at the same time increased the reward to one hundred, coercing and luring the soldiers under him to charge forward.

"Kill, charge!" the Beiyang soldiers charged forward with rifles in hand, shouting slogans, while the youth army unceremoniously took out a grenade and threw it out.

The appearance of the grenade greatly affected the morale of the Beiyang soldiers, and the phenomenon of fleeing began to appear, but this phenomenon was quickly resolved by the supervising team set up by Huang Zhenkui.The Beiyang soldiers looked at the deserters who were beaten to death, and immediately knew that they had no way out but to move forward.

The pressure on the first battalion has increased sharply, and at the moment, fierce battles are also going on on the two wings. There are not many troops in the foxholes. It may be possible to deal with small infiltrations by cross-shooting, but when encountering hundreds of Beiyang Soldiers are not enough.The young soldiers who guarded the foxholes had no other way out but to fight through courage until they were wiped out.But even so, it greatly delayed the progress of the Beiyang Army's outflanking.

The battle had lasted for thirty minutes, and the tenacity shown by the young army surprised the whole Beiyang army.

"Commander, I'm kicked out for the sixth time, I can't rush anymore, leave some seeds for our second battalion, commander!" Huang Zhenkui's second battalion commander ran over with blood all over his body, his head wrapped in gauze, and cried to Huang Zhenkui road.Just now, he personally led a sharp knife company from the second battalion into the main position of the youth army. He thought victory was in sight, but the opponent did not collapse as expected, but instead resisted even more fiercely.Soldiers on both sides fought with bayonets in the trench, and the soldiers of the 401st regiment of the Youth Army gritted their teeth and made every effort to drive out the Beiyang soldiers who rushed in.I have done the same thing five times before, and everyone is really tired.Seeing that a breakthrough was about to be achieved, at this time the Beiyang soldiers suddenly heard the slogan "Long live the tiger, long live the youth army".Then a large number of youth troops in dark blue uniforms rushed into the position. This was a death squad organized by the first battalion commander Wang Kewen himself.Relying on this death squad of less than 100 people, Wang Kewen forced out the Beiyang Army twice as large as himself. The battalion commander of the Beiyang Army who led the team was also seriously injured and was dragged down by his own soldiers. up.

Huang Zhenkui didn't want to hear such words at all, he kicked the seriously injured battalion commander away and said angrily: "Damn, I don't believe it anymore, they are all raised by my father's biological parents, don't tell me they are a group of youths who are incompetent? Give me a rush."

The Beiyang army charged up again. Wang Kewen had already used up all the bullets in the pistol at this moment. Tired, he leaned against the ditch, watching the Beiyang army charging closer and closer. He was really exhausted. Most of the officers and soldiers of the 401st Battalion of the 1000st Regiment were having a hard time. Although the battle had lasted less than an hour, the casualties on both sides were rising sharply.Naturally, the Beiyang Army, which has an advantage in numbers, can ignore it, but the First Battalion, which has a total of less than [-] people, cannot ignore it.Wang Kewen roughly estimated that in such a short period of time, the crazy Beiyang Army caused the casualty rate of his troops to reach nearly half.I really can't stand it anymore, so with such an unreasonable way of playing regardless of cost, can't I survive this day?

Wang Kewen shook his head, tried his best, and persisted even with half of the casualties. The first battalion was worthy of the commander and the party: "Death Squad, follow me."

Wang Kewen gathered all his strength to pick up his rifle and rushed up. He just stabbed a Beiyang soldier over with a single shot, and then he was hit by a Beiyang soldier who was as tall as a bull and flew into the air, falling heavily to the ground.

"Battalion Commander!" Xiao Wu, the personal guard who had been following Wang Kewen not far away, saw that Wang Kewen was in danger, immediately threw away the enemy in front of him, and rushed fiercely to the Beiyang soldiers who were about to stab Wang Kewen to death with a bayonet. The Beiyang soldier knocked down.The Beiyang soldier was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he stabbed the bayonet into Xiao Wu's stomach with his backhand.

"Xiao Wu!" Wang Kewen let out a shrill cry, his anger stimulated his potential, he grabbed a stone casually, threw the tall Beiyang soldier down ferociously, and then slammed the stone at the Beiyang soldier's head fiercely. Head, until bloody and bloody, the opponent dies.At this moment of crisis, the third battalion finally arrived. . .

Chapter 220 Bloody Battle in Changde ([-])

The Beiyang soldiers were once again driven out from the main position by the youth army. Huang Zhenkui was dumbfounded now. He is an old soldier and knows what it means to have one drum flourish, two drums decline, and three drum exhaust.The first two attacks with such efforts were unsuccessful, so if you want to succeed in the subsequent attacks, it is wishful thinking.

Sure enough, the Beiyang soldiers of the Sixth Division gave full play to the characteristics of what are called old oily sons. They all crawled between the attack initiation point and the attack target. No matter how much the officer yelled, they just couldn't get up to attack.In a hurry, I took two steps forward, no one was watching, and quietly retreated three steps. Anyway, it is impossible to expect them to take down the enemy's position.

Huang Zhenkui was also at a loss for what to do about it, and after secretly cursing a soldier ruffian, he had no choice but to report to the higher authorities.

Ma Jizeng also saw this situation. He knew that Huang Zhenkui had tried his best, and he also knew that it was unrealistic to continue attacking now.Although this reality made him very unhappy, he had to give an order to stop the attack.

The battle on the first day was declared to be completely over at around [-] pm. The Beiyang Army, which was in charge of outflanking the two wings, failed to achieve a breakthrough after paying a certain price, and finally had to withdraw to the starting point of the attack.

Since it was not expected in advance that a frontal breakthrough would not be possible, the Beiyang soldiers cannot rest now, and everyone has to wield hoes to build a simple position.Otherwise, it would not be fun to be attacked at night. Ma Jizeng can be said to have learned a lesson on this point.

The Beiyang soldiers over there were busy building nests, but the youth army was in a sad atmosphere.There is no joy of repelling the enemy, but only the trauma of war.

When Liu Xuyi, head of the 401st Regiment, stepped onto the battlefield, he saw a scene he would never forget. The corpses of soldiers from the Youth Army and the Beiyang Army overlapped on the battlefield, and the blood of the dead drenched every inch of the place. The soil dyed the entire position a dark red.And the first battalion commander Wang Kewen, who was in charge of guarding the main position, was holding a dead body in his arms and crying: "Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, my good brother, what's the matter with you? Answer me!"

Several major military officers were trying to persuade them: "Battalion Commander, Brother Xiao Wu has already died in battle, so please feel sorry for him!"

After hearing this, Wang Kewen scolded angrily: "You fart. Xiao Wu is not dead, he saved me just now. By the way, where is the hygienist? Why didn't you come to save Xiao Wu."

The officers and soldiers standing around were all saddened when they heard the words. The brothers who were talking and laughing together this morning actually lost almost half in the evening. No one would feel better.

Liu Xuyi looked at the distraught Wang Kewen and suddenly became angry: "Wang Kewen, what are you doing? Have you forgotten your responsibility? As a battalion commander, don't you dare to face death? You don't care about the brothers who are still alive. Did you ask?"

Many years later, General Wang Kewen, who was the commander of the Great Military Region, truthfully wrote in his memoir "The rest of his life on the battlefield": "General Liu Xuyi was the head of our 401 regiment at that time. The tragedy was beyond our imagination. If the brothers from the third battalion hadn’t killed it in time, my first battalion and I would have given up all our answers in this battle. It was the most profound battle in my memory. During the three-hour battle, facing an enemy several times larger than mine, the 918 officers and soldiers of our first battalion paid a huge price of 212 killed and 274 injured. A total of 519 enemies were killed and several wounded in the entire battle. But this did not Not enough to soothe my sentiments, so many of my brothers died, especially Xiao Wu, who was a very conscientious guard. I remember he was only 19 years old at the time, and he spoke a very difficult German (Changde dialect ), I have both parents, an older brother and an older sister. I joined the army in Hanshou in December 1914, and was chosen as my bodyguard because I was small and clever. I usually work diligently and bear the burden of hard work. In the battle on January 1th, I was brave and tenacious, and killed three enemies with my own hands. I was exhausted from the hard work that day, and I was knocked over by a tall and strong northern soldier. My life was killed by the enemy, this is the greatest guilt in my life."

From then on, Wang Kewen regarded Xiao Wu's parents as his own biological parents, and no matter how high their status was, they took care of them until they were old and personally sent them to their death.

The results of the battle were sent to the headquarters of the Second Army immediately. Commander-in-Chief Wan Yaohuang looked at it and said nothing. Army Commander Liu Xing looked at it and said: "Liu Xuyi is doing well, this blow has dealt a severe blow to the Beiyang Army. Arrogance, Teacher Wan, can we launch a full-scale counterattack next?"

Wan Yaohuang didn't speak, he took out a small bag with him, which contained his favorite fried peanuts.Wan Yaohuang has a habit of chewing a few fried peanuts with salt when thinking about things.

All the people in the military department turned their attention to Wan Yaohuang. After a while, Wan Yaohuang said: "Continue to stand firm and prepare to retreat."

"Ah? Why?" Liu Xing didn't understand. He had an advantage in terms of military strength and equipment, so why did he have to prepare for a retreat?

Wan Yaohuang chewed another peanut and said: "We are not going to defeat the Sixth Division simply by doing math problems. There is an opportunity in it. If the timing is well grasped, the battle will be easy; on the contrary, if we do not grasp it well Well, an easy battle will turn into a tough one. Commander Liu, we have to keep our eyes on Changde, our next goal is the big plate south of the Huaihe River, so right now we can't just use up our troops at will."

When Liu Xing heard it, it made sense, but he still asked unwillingly, "Then why do you have to prepare for the retreat?"

Wan Yaohuang said: "Judging from the results of this battle, if our troops hadn't been inexperienced, it is estimated that the Beiyang Army will suffer even more. This fight is so ruthless, and it is likely to scare the enemy away. If Ma Ji had led With his team of nearly [-] people running to Changsha, what do you think will happen next? So we want to keep him and eat him."

Liu Xing nodded: "I see. Don't worry, Mr. Wan. Ma Jizeng can't run away. I'll give the order now."

Wan Yaohuang didn't speak any more, but took a map of Hunan and looked at it carefully.

"What? Retreat? Why?" Liu Xuyi asked Liao Lei, the division commander who came down to inspect the position, in surprise.

Liao Lei was also very upset, but Liu Xuyi, the commander of the regiment, was several years older than himself, so he held back his anger: "The army commander said that you fought too hard at Zhujiaqiao, and I am afraid that the Beiyang Army will run away if the situation is not good. Lose."

But Liu Xuyi was persistent: "Teacher, you have to convey this order yourself. I can't open my mouth. The first battalion in today's battle was really wounded. How can I, how can I make them give up their positions at this time?"

Liao Lei had just visited a group of seriously wounded in the field hospital directly under the division headquarters, and he understood Liu Xuyi's words: "Old Liu, I know this too. Brothers are for our fourth division today, no, it is the whole The commander of the Second Army has lost his face. But we must obey the overall situation and not be impulsive. The current retreat is to better attack the enemy, so I order you as the commander of the Fourth Division of the Youth Army. You must resolutely execute the order. The retreat will start tomorrow afternoon ..."