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And behind the two assault companies, the engineers of the division had already rushed into the river with the assault canoe, and they had already calculated the best point for the pontoon bridge, so they quickly put the canoe on the canoe one by one. After joining together, the engineers laid out the 220 cm long and 130 cm wide planks one by one with their shoulders. In less than 10 minutes, the three pontoon bridges were built, and the follow-up troops began to cross the river.

At this time, the Beiyang Army hadn't recovered from the shelling. When the assault company rushed into the front line, the [-]th Battalion of the Anwu Army was guarding the front line. Their position was completely destroyed by the shelling just now. , Four or five heavy machine gun firepower points were accurately and severely damaged, and the casualties were also very heavy.However, the officer who led the troops was quite experienced. When he saw the intensity of the artillery fire, he immediately concluded that the youth army on the opposite side was about to cross over by force. He immediately kicked and dragged hundreds of people into the field to resist.As a result, the two sides had a close contact directly in the trench. This black light was blind, and the enemy was inseparable, so a big scuffle began.

The commander of the assault company of the 701 regiment is Li Mingrui, a 20-year-old boy who graduated from the third infantry department of the Xiangxi Army Academy.He rushed up to see the scene, and immediately and decisively ordered his troops not to contact the enemy, and threw grenades at all.This move was ruthless enough. Because of the darkness, human beings' herd mentality made the Beiyang army very dense. As a result, when the grenade was thrown out, a large area was blown up with a crash.Unfortunately, the officer leading the team was also bombed. As a result, the Seventh Battalion of the Anwu Army was naturally defeated, and the frontline position was lost in an instant. . .

Chapter 245 The Battle of Purgatory ([-])

The attack momentum of the youth army was unexpectedly smooth. In less than 10 minutes, more than one regiment of soldiers crossed the Mihe River, and easily occupied the first-line position of the Anwu Army. However, the youth army's good luck So far, at the moment when the Anwu Army's defense line was breached, ten miles away from the first-line position, Ni Min, the deputy commander of the Anwu Army, sat up and smiled: "I knew you would not be able to resist playing night raids, Let me tell you, enter the position according to the original plan, let's play a big game, I want to see if it is him, Ma Jizeng, or this youth army with copper heads and iron legs. Grandma, this gang of damn youths, really Old men, An Wujun is useless, when I was playing with girls, their grandchildren were still in their mother's stomach..."

The Beiyang soldiers of the Anwu Army were awakened by the officers one after another. These veterans who participated in the suppression of the Revolution of [-] and the Second Revolution immediately finished their equipment, took up their weapons, and entered the preset positions one after another. A big pocket was waiting for the young army Dive in.And the forty mountain cannons of the Anwu Army Artillery, who had never fired to reveal their position, also took off their cannon coats one after another, waiting for the front to fire.

After Liu Xuyi successfully won the first-line position, he did not immediately order to continue to break through, because he felt that establishing a foothold was far more reliable than defeating the Anwu Army.Lin Hu, the head of the other regiment, didn't think so. He felt that the opportunity would never come again, so he took the two battalions of the 701st regiment who had already arrived and bravely continued to attack forward, taking advantage of the darkness to disrupt the Anwu army's position. Let's talk about the world in chaos.

More than 600 brave soldiers of the Youth Army rushed out bravely, and rushed more than 400 meters in one breath.At this time, a lot of fires suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, no matter how I looked at it, I didn't want it to be ignited by artillery bombardment.

Lin Hu immediately felt that there was a fraud, and quickly ordered to stop the attack, but in such a dark night, he could only command hundreds of people around him.Many brothers who didn't know where they were going bravely continued to charge forward, and around, the soldiers of the Anwu Army had pulled the bolts of their guns, and all the bullets were loaded.

When the first sinful bullet was fired from the Beiyang soldier's barrel and pierced through the chest of a youth soldier, the youth soldier continued to charge forward, unaware that the god of death was approaching them.

"Beep beep..." More than 30 heavy machine guns unceremoniously hit the charging youth army from three sides. More than 701 officers and soldiers in the first row of the assault company of the 50st Regiment were brutally shot and killed in less than a minute. These patriotic young people were ruthlessly swept to the ground without even fighting back. .

Afterwards, more soldiers of the youth army were shot and fell to the ground. Lin Hu, who was dragging behind, felt a tightness in his chest.However, he soon realized that although it was dark now, judging from the intensity of the fire on the other side, this was obviously an ambush. Could it be that the night attack on his side had already been seen through by the enemy.

But at this time, the effect of long-term and rigorous training was manifested at this time. After about 100 young army soldiers were knocked down by the enemy's frenzied strafing, the follow-up young army officers and soldiers all chose to lie down by coincidence, and started fighting with the Beiyang army. shoot at.

Shooting drills were done at night, and all flickering lights meant the presence of the enemy.At this time, the fast, accurate and ruthless marksmanship of the youth army is clearly reflected. Every gunshot means that this Beiyang soldier has been shot to the ground.

In this way, the Beiyang soldiers stopped working, and no one was willing to confront such a powerful opponent. The suppression of firepower in the three directions was reduced by more than half.But before Lin Hu was happy, the forty mountain cannons that An Wujun had calibrated to shoot at Zhu Yuan unceremoniously opened fire.The young army officers and soldiers flew up for a long time with the exploding shells, and then fell heavily, and the whole person was blown to pieces.

No matter how strict the training is now, the soldiers' fear of the power of the cannon can't be eliminated. All the soldiers choose to find shelter or escape from this area as soon as possible. It's too scary.

A total of more than 800 young army officers and soldiers rushed into the ambush area of ​​the Anwu Army. As a result, in less than 10 minutes, more than 500 people were killed or injured, and only more than 200 people escaped by chance.

At this time, the Anwu Army began to counterattack, and groups of Anwu Army soldiers pressed down on the youth army with bayonet-mounted rifles.Bai Chongxi, who was still on the other side of the river, immediately cried out: "Liao Lei, we have encountered a difficult nail this time. Look at the firepower. Our opponent is a big lake. We have known for a long time that we are going to play a night assault! , we may suffer a big loss this time."

Liao Lei put down the binoculars in his hand and said, "Brother Jiansheng, what do you think we should do? Should we withdraw the troops now?"

Bai Chongxi did not answer directly, but suddenly asked after pondering for a long time: "How many people have we passed?"

The staff officer next to him heard the words and immediately said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion of the 401st regiment have crossed the river, the first battalion, the second battalion of the 701st regiment have crossed the river, and the third battalion is crossing the river." river."

Bai Chongxi strolled to the map again, glanced at it, and suddenly slapped the table with great maneuverability and said loudly: "Pass on my military order and tell Liu Xuyi and Lin Hu that the honor of our youth army rests on them. I order them not to allow Take half a step back, no matter what method you use, you must persist until dawn. At the same time, order the artillery to organize the position to move forward immediately, and we will play a big game."

Liao Lei didn't seem to understand what was going on, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Jiansheng, what's the matter?"

Bai Jiansheng said with a serious face: "We have followed the advice of the Anwu army on the opposite side. The opponent obviously waited for us to rush over recklessly, and then caught us by surprise. If I guessed correctly, we will receive the message from the front later. The report said that we have suffered a big loss. Next, the Anwu army will definitely continue to attack until they drive us back to our original position, which will deal a great blow to our morale."

Liao Lei still didn't seem to understand: "Then what does this have to do with Brother Jiansheng that you want Liu Xuyi and Lin Hu to stick to the battlefield?"

Bai Chongxi gritted his teeth tightly and said: "Damn it, I, Bai Chongxi, have never been designed by anyone. This time, this matter is not over. How dare you cheat me? This is not the rhythm of going to death. Okay, I am not trying to cheat me Is it? I will let you An Wujun come to the pit, I am now a hard bone in front of you, if you have the ability, you can show me, if you don’t knock out a few of your front teeth, you will be ruthless.”

Liao Lei is basically a little clear now, his relationship with Bai Chongxi is going to play a war of attrition.Don't you, Anwu Army, plan to drive the Youth Army back?Bai Chongxi still refused to retreat, just stuck in the ground and did not move, let you eat it.

It is estimated that An Wujun will not be able to gnaw this bone if he does not pay a price.But in this way, the pressure on the 401st and 701st regiments to carry out this tough mission will be great, and the losses may be heavy or light, and it is not impossible for the entire army to be wiped out.

Liao Lei unconsciously took a cold breath at the thought of this, and then suddenly felt that the big brother Bai Chongxi in front of him had become very strange.Is this still the same classmate and friend from before?Why did he become a cruel person in just a few years of hard work.One must know that Liao Lei is a ruthless person, but in his heart, all the officers and soldiers are still real people.In the eyes of Big Brother Bai, it seems that these officers and soldiers are just tools and numbers.The value of their existence seems to be to achieve the goal for Big Brother Bai. Liao Lei feels a little uncomfortable. Although he has done things to send soldiers to death, he has never been so extreme, at least he will feel sad afterwards.And Big Brother Bai didn't seem to care about it, all he wanted was the result, the result of victory.

After the messenger went out, Liao Lei took another look at Bai Chongxi and thought, could this be the change in mentality after a person's status rose?

After receiving the order to stand still, Liu Xuyi frowned unconsciously and decided to carry it out.

However, Liu Xuyi did not forget to explain to the adjutant: "Hurry up, drag the wounded soldiers to me, and hurry up to treat them, brothers are not easy!"

"Quick, quick, medical soldiers, medical soldiers, wounded, wounded" Although the 701st regiment was beaten by the Anwu army with heavy casualties and scattered, even in this case, the officers and soldiers did not forget to drag the injured brothers down. Those who died in battle, then I'm sorry, according to the provisions of the military regulations, they can be ignored.At this moment, everyone is nervously calling for medical soldiers.

But then there was a problem. The wounded soldiers were pulled to the river but not allowed to cross the pontoon bridge.

"Who are you, why are we not allowed to cross the bridge?" Liu Xuyi's adjutant asked loudly. Half of the more than 40 wounded needed immediate surgery, but a group of people did not allow stretchers to cross the pontoon bridge.

"Stop talking nonsense, we are the law enforcement team of the division headquarters. According to the order of the Left Army Command, these three pontoon bridges are all changed to one-way use. Our soldiers are only allowed to move forward and not to retreat." A red armband with the words law enforcement The officer proudly replied.

Liu Xuyi's adjutant was very angry: "But if these injured brothers are not sent to the division field hospital for treatment in time, they will die."

The officer of the law enforcement team said very disdainfully: "This is not something I want to consider. The order I received is to take care of the order of the three pontoons. One-way traffic is one-way traffic. Go away and don't block the road, otherwise military law will be enforced. "

The first battalion commander, Wang Kewen, happened to bring people over to move supplies. Just now, the 401st Regiment repelled part of the Anwu Army that was chasing the 701st Regiment.As a result, he saw this scene, and came up angrily: "You are still not members of the Youth Army, how can you be so indifferent to your brothers."

The matter immediately became serious, and the law enforcement officer said with a cold face: "If you dare to interfere with military affairs, we will arrest you. I would like to advise you that our Seventh Division law enforcement team currently only belongs to the Left Army Command."

Wang Kewen is also a fierce man, and he doesn't care about this at all: "I don't care who you are? Get out of this pontoon bridge, and when the fighting starts, there will be many wounded coming down, so we must leave a passage."

It may be the first time for the law enforcement officer to encounter this situation, and he was also angry. He raised his hand, and the eight soldiers responsible for maintaining order immediately raised their rifles and aimed at Wang Kewen and others. The officer said proudly: "You You can try it."

Chapter 246 The Battle of Purgatory ([-])

Since the battle at Zhujiaqiao, Wang Kewen has become the pride of the entire Fourth Division, which made him a lot more arrogant, but today the shit law enforcement team of the Seventh Division is more arrogant than him, so the next thing It was lively.

Wang Kewen didn't have many people with him, so he didn't get angry immediately, but asked someone to go back and call in a platoon of people. On the battlefield where the artillery was thundering, the soldiers of the 401st Battalion of the [-]st Regiment relied on the large number of people. Soon, the nine members of the Seventh Division's law enforcement team were disarmed and knocked to the ground. After Wang Kewen kicked the proud leading officer a few times, he did not forget to put a light on each side. Machine gun: "This bridge is dedicated to our fourth division. If other troops don't obey orders and insist on taking over, they will shoot me suddenly. Damn, they dare to show their prestige in front of me, and they don't ask around to find out who I am. They go."

The fact that the law enforcement team of the Seventh Division was beaten up by a battalion commander of the Fourth Division was quickly reported to Bai Chongxi.Bai Chongxi did not make any reply, but frowned subconsciously, and talked about another matter with Liao Lei: "The news from Brother Delin just now said that the military attaches of the consulates of Britain, France, Japan and Russia in Shanghai organized What kind of military observation group is there to monitor the combat behavior of our two warring parties. Liao Lei, tell me, are these foreigners a little too lenient?"

Liao Lei didn't answer. He knew that Bai Chongxi was actually a very thoughtful person, and he didn't need to express his opinion at all.And just now he also heard about the beating of the law enforcement team. Although his character was fierce enough, he was still in a cold sweat in the face of Bai Chongxi's abnormal silence.It is up to the owner to beat the dog. I am afraid that he does not speak now because of the war. Once it subsides, the debt will definitely be settled.Sure enough, after the capture of Nanjing, Bai Chongxi sent someone to arrest Wang Kewen. It was only because Wang Zhenyu named Wang Kewen, Zhang Zizhong and others that he had to be released in a hurry. This is the story behind up.

As for the military observer group, it was a product of compromise. Strictly speaking, the UK was not satisfied with Wang Zhenyu's attack on the southeast region, because this area belonged to the traditional sphere of influence of the UK.However, under Whitehall's current guidelines that everything revolves around serving the European War, the British diplomats stationed in China simply cannot come up with any good ways to deal with this newly rising Chinese lord.What's even more difficult is that the British got this medium from their friends in France and Belgium On the temples, a large number of strategic materials such as various non-ferrous metal mines, the French are secretly negotiating these materials with this damn Chinese lord, and they are currently deadlocked because of the price issue.And after this middle-class lord seized the four provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong at lightning speed, and mastered the military industry in Hubei, and the rare metal mining areas in Hunan and Jiangxi, the British now dare not interfere openly.

So the British Consul General in Shanghai immediately sent a report to Minister Zhu Erdian in Beijing, and the result of Zhu Erdian's repeated deliberations was limited intervention to protect the interests of the British Empire in the Yangtze River Basin, and at the same time try not to fall out with this damn Chinese tyrant, after all The supplies needed for the European War can be replenished from this guy.

So this so-called four-nation joint military observation team came out. As for the addition of the Japanese and Russians, in the words of the British, it is to show strength and exert pressure.But obviously, the entire southeast front army was not interested in this so-called four-nation joint military observation group at all. Li Zongren didn't even meet him, and directly arranged for a colonel to come forward to receive him, and the matter was over.This attitude greatly angered the foreigners who have been playing the role of the overlord in China for these years. Among them, the Japanese military officer Keiji Tamada angrily expressed that he would start a war and teach the Chinese people a lesson in their rudeness.

The French military officer Rebera, who has never been too cold to the Japanese, sneered: "Then I would like to ask Lieutenant Yutian Keiji, under the current circumstances, you and your Great Japanese Empire are preparing to attack Beijing to help these rude Chinese* Are you ready to help Beijing attack these disrespectful Chinese Communists? Declaring war, I’m afraid you have to figure out who to declare it to?”

Yutian Keiji was immediately dumbfounded, yes, there are civil wars all over the place, who are we going to fight?He was just roaring just now, and such a big matter as who the empire declares war on is not something that a small navy lieutenant can decide.In fact, he has also read the latest policy of the empire towards China, which is to keep China chaotic and divided for a long time.The higher-ups of the empire also pointed out that they were taking advantage of the chaotic waters, and it was not what they wanted.So when Rebeira satirized him, Keiji Tamada resentfully chose to shut up.

These foreigners are also pragmatic, knowing that the youth army doesn't want to see them, and they don't care about it. Anyway, the symbolic meaning of their appearance is greater than the actual meaning, so they can enjoy the hospitality of the youth army with peace of mind. Li Zongren is still very good at the reception. Generous, good wine and good meat served.The same military observation team had another one with Feng Guozhang, but its performance was much better than that of the youth army. They directly entered Feng Guozhang's headquarters, so Feng Guozhang was in tragedy.

Still turning his attention back to Anqing, Ni Min's confidence increased greatly after he successfully put together the youth army. After seeing the corpses of the youth army all over the place, he decisively ordered an attack, regained the frontline positions, and drove the youth army into the river.

The Anwu army took out all their family assets, shells were thrown at the front line guarded by Liu Xuyi and Lin Hu for free, and the infantry then launched a round of charges, with bullets and grenades flying randomly.

Liu Xuyi was cursing at the temporary command post that had just been repaired at the moment. There was nothing he could do. After Bai Chongxi, the commander-in-chief, said a word, everyone was pushed into this narrow area that was less than 200 meters long and less than 800 meters wide.Now the Anwu army is happy, just concentrate their firepower on it.Moreover, the defensive positions built by the Anwu Army's enlisted civilian husbands are substandard and substandard. After being cordially greeted by the Youth Army's own artillery units, this is even more obvious. The problem now is that the people squatting in this tofu dregs project It's me.It felt uncomfortable, and it was too late to build.

At this time, the youth army is almost using their own flesh and blood to resist the attack of the Anwu army.

At this moment, Wang Kewen, who was guarding the front line, remembered the scene at Zhujiaqiao again, his eyes turned red immediately, and he yelled: "Hit it, hit it hard, brothers!"

Following Wang Kewen's order, all the light and heavy weapons of the first battalion slammed down like raindrops on the Anwu Army who had rushed into the range of 30 meters. With the addition of grenades, the Anwu Army suffered nearly a hundred casualties almost instantly. Even so, the Anwu Army still fought hard. They chose to lie down on the spot and raise their guns to shoot at each other, and then kept crawling forward, trying to shorten the distance by 1.1 meters.One must know that Ni Min offered a reward of 1.1 oceans to the first person who broke the formation, so the entire Anwu army is now red-eyed.The two sides just bit each other [-] meters apart, and no one would let the other take half a step.

General Ni Min of the Anwu Army stared at the binoculars for a while, and said angrily: "Damn, I originally planned to drive them, Hunan barbarians, into the river in one go, but I didn't expect them to be so stubborn. Okay, let's see who is more ruthless." Pass our military order to organize a death squad of 500 people, the artillery immediately opened fire, and the death squad charged at the same time."