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After a moment of hesitation, Ni Min's adjutant plucked up his courage and asked, "But general, if you shoot at such a close range, will you accidentally injure our own brothers?"

Ni Min looked at the adjutant with a stern face and said, "How can anyone survive in a war? Yes! Execute it!"

The attack started again, and the youth army tried their best to stop the Anwu army once, and was about to take a breath, when suddenly there was a sharp whistling sound, Liu Xuyi saw it, no, it was shells!How can it be?Their own troops are still here, so they dare to fire?

The truth is so cruel, Ni Min has never been a person who fights according to the rules.

It was a tragedy for the young army officers and soldiers who had no time to evacuate and hide. The metal storm crazily harvested the lives on the battlefield, and countless lives that were extremely fresh a second ago lost their vitality in an instant.

Wang Kewen was pushed down by the guards, and escaped by chance. He lay down in the ditch and cursed: "Where did the beast come from? It's actually firing at this time. This is playing tricks!"

More than 200 youth soldiers who had no time to hide turned into dust, and more than 600 people were injured, half of whom lost their combat effectiveness permanently.But this was just the beginning. Less than ten seconds after the shelling ended, more than 500 Anhui men rushed in with rifles in their hands. These tall and mighty men were all elites selected by Ni Min from the army. They are all fierce fighters.As soon as they rushed into the position, they launched an attack. The youth army was in a state of chaos at the moment, and sporadic resistance could not resist such a fierce charge. They were immediately broken through the second line of defense. The death squads of the Anwu Army are very experienced and are working hard to expand this breakthrough. , and the follow-up Anwu army also began to prepare to surge towards this breakthrough.

Wang Kewen bravely led a company of soldiers to meet him. The two sides encountered each other on the third line of defense and fought desperately.The rifles fired at each other frantically, and when the bullets ran out, they stabbed people with bayonets.However, Wang Kewen's numbers were at a disadvantage and gradually ran out. Although Wang Kewen was also a master of stabbing, his movements became slower and slower as his physical strength was exhausted. If he was accidentally hit, blood would flow from his waist. When he came out, Wang Kewen yelled and stabbed his opponent to death. . .

At this extremely dangerous moment, a scene that shocked both sides in the war happened. A young army officer actually grabbed two grenades that had been drawn and threw himself into the crowd of the Anwu Army Death Squad. Both died in the sound of the explosion, this action directly wiped out the arrogant fighting spirit of An Wujun.

The Death Squad is not a Death Squad after all. In just a short while, the situation on the entire battlefield immediately reversed.At this time, Liu Xuyi came with two companies for reinforcements, and the Anwu army left hundreds of corpses again and was driven out of the position.

Chapter 247 The Battle of Purgatory ([-])

Lu Yiqiu, a native of Nanyang, Henan, has received new education and graduated from Nanyang Higher Primary School.In the third year of the Republic of China, he went to Anjiang, Hunan Province to participate in the revolutionary construction work, and served as a cultural teacher in Anjiang Elementary School.In the fourth year of the Republic of China, he was one of the first to join the National Socialist Party, and then he abandoned his pen and joined the army. He became a political cadre in the Fourth Division of the Youth Army, and later served as the political instructor of the First Battalion of the 401 Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Youth Army.During the five-year national defense war of the Republic of China, he died honorably in the battle of Anqing, and was later recognized as a revolutionary martyr by the Supreme Command of the Youth Army, and was posthumously awarded the dual honorary titles of National Guard and Battle Hero.And Wang Zhenyu issued an order to posthumously award a Guangming Medal.All the elderly in their families enjoy the treatment of martyrs' families, and they will be sent to the end of the country by the state.

The battle history of the Fourth Division of the Youth Army clearly records: "Lu Yiqiu, born in Nanyang, Henan in 1892, served as the leader of the first battalion, second company and first platoon of the 401 Infantry Regiment, the political and ideological instructor of the second company, the deputy instructor of the first battalion, and the instructor. The five years of the Republic of China (1916) On March 3, during the fortified battle in Anqing, Anhui, he led his troops to fight fiercely with an enemy several times larger than himself. The position is in danger, at this moment, Lu Yiqiu charged at the enemy with explosives in his hand, and all died in a heroic sacrifice. The enemy army collapsed in an instant, and our army won a big victory!!!”

Lu Yiqiu's story later became one of the representative figures of the Youth Army through deliberate packaging and expansion of publicity by the Youth Army propaganda department.In the later foreign wars against Japan and the Soviet Union, such combat heroes emerged in endlessly, and the root cause was Lu Yiqiu's role model effect.

On the day of March 3, the most direct effect of Lu Yiqiu's suicide attack was that the death squads of the Anwu Army lost the courage to fight to the death. No matter how the officers urged them, they were unwilling to rush into the opposite youth army's position. Who knows how many lunatics are not afraid of death.It wasn't until Ni Min killed the four soldiers who refused to carry out the order in one go, that the death squad had no choice but to stand up slowly, and then rushed once as if doing foreign work. , Anyway, it is impossible to move forward.At first, the youth army was nervously shooting at each other, but when they saw that the other party looked like a bear, they stopped shooting at all and sat in the trench smoking a cigarette.

At this moment, Wang Kewen was leading a few soldiers to try to find Lu Yiqiu's body. His whole body was blown to blackness, but everyone still found Lu Yiqiu's party member card from his coat pocket. Tears couldn't help but flow down: "Instructor, instructor, how can you do this!"

On weekdays, for various reasons, Wang Kewen looked down on educated political cadres like Lu Yiqiu, thinking that they were just lip service and would definitely not be useful at critical moments.So he would ridicule him from time to time, but Lu Yiqiu didn't seem to mind it. After a long time, Wang Kewen and Lu Yiqiu became friends.It was originally agreed that after the war to protect the country, everyone accepted the arrangement of the director of the political department of the regiment and went on a blind date together, but it didn't happen. . .

The battle was still going on, Ni Min called the four commanders in charge of the Anwu Army's attack, and reprimanded him: "Aren't you guys from Anhui, you can't even do a group of Hunan barbarians. That's it, even if all the troops of our four battalions are wiped out, I can still see the moment when the military flag is planted on the enemy's position. Add the reward to [-] oceans, and there must be brave men under the reward, so I will If you don’t believe it, we still can’t hit a place as big as a projectile.”

Unlike the first battalion Wang Kewen's side, the second battalion commanded by Tao Jun did not become the focus of the breakthrough in the first wave of attacks.But soon the Anwu Army's attack focus was adjusted, and [-] heavily armed Anwu Army pressed down on Tao Jun after shelling.Tao Jun was an officer transferred from the Guangxi Army. Huang Xuchu, who was transferred in the same batch, is now a brigade-level cadre, but he is still a battalion-level officer.So this time he fought very hard, constantly shuttling between positions, directing the fire support of heavy machine guns and mortars.

The Anwu Army's attack became weak under the constantly adjusted firepower, and its troops were constantly being consumed at the front of the position.But they were strong after all, and they quickly entered the position of the second battalion.Tao Jun led a company of brothers to meet him with bayonets, and the two sides immediately fought bayonet against bayonet.

There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Although the Anwu Army paid the price of hundreds of people, they still rushed into the defensive position of the second battalion and launched the hand-to-hand combat that most tested the will of the soldiers.

The metal sounds of military thorns colliding with each other, the sound of fighting, roaring, the screams of the dead, and the wailing of the wounded, all touched the increasingly fragile nerves of the soldiers on both sides of the war.

The soldiers of the youth army were also born by their parents. They were human beings, not gods, and such a cruel battle began to make them feel uncomfortable.A tall and strong Hubei soldier stabbed and overturned three Anwu troops in one breath, but was overthrown by four bayonets.A tall Anhui soldier knocked over four or five youth soldiers in one go, but Tao Jun shot him with a pistol.

Both sides are holding their last breath, and it depends on who can hold on to the end.At this time, Liu Xuyi, the head of the 401 regiment, personally brought a platoon of urgent reinforcements, and insisted on helping Tao Jun and the others to hold on.

Naturally, the Anwu army had no choice but to die, leaving hundreds of corpses behind, but they could only be defeated.

The third wave of attack was shattered. Ni Min stared blankly at the defeated troops and the relentless enemy position on the opposite side. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Is this young army still human? They How did you do it?"

On the Mihe River behind the battlefield, there are six pontoon bridges, but the Left Army Command did not increase too many troops to the opposite bank. In fact, Bai Chongxi also has his own reasons. With such a wide front, no matter how many troops are invested It's useless if it can't be deployed, so it's more about dragging down the wounded soldiers and transporting supplies and supplementary soldiers up.

And the other troops, according to Bai Chongxi's order, were already preparing to find a location to wade into the water and prepare for the general offensive.

Bai Chongxi even dispatched interspersed troops mainly composed of cavalry. One of the targets was to firmly drag the Anwu army here and wipe them all out here. He didn't want to spend a lot of effort to attack Anqing City.

It should be said that Bai Chongxi's tactics have been very successful so far.

Ni Min kicked the iron plate, not to mention the heavy casualties, and the more he beat him, the more he lost his confidence.However, after fighting all morning, he didn't see many reinforcements from the youth army. This situation made him make a misjudgment, that is, the youth army might be short of troops.

In this way, the current youth army has become a piece of fat. If it is eaten off, it is estimated that the vitality of the youth army will be severely injured and the entire position will be stabilized.Whether it was a blessing or a curse, it was a one-shot deal, and Ni Min secretly made up his mind. . .

Throughout the afternoon, the Anwu Army launched seven attacks towards the positions of the 401st and 701st regiments, each time becoming more ferocious.In the end, when the position was lost, it was Lin Hu who organized a counterattack with officers and soldiers from the units directly under the 401st Regiment and the 701st Regiment Headquarters, and drove the fierce Anwu Army out.After this attack, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon, and the Anwu army did not launch a new attack, and the entire front fell silent. . .

Five miles away from the front line is the temporary headquarters of General Ni Min of the Anwu Army, and less than 5 meters away from the headquarters, more than 50 mountain cannons have all taken off their gun covers, lying there quietly and motionless .The shirtless artillerymen were all chewing grass and blowing cowhide in their mouths. Maybe they felt that the weather was a bit cold or the sweat on their bodies was dry, so they started to put on clothes one after another.

At this time, a few cooks came up with fragrant meals, and the artillerymen surrounded them with their own bowls. They were most active at this time of meal every day.

While the artillerymen of the Anwu Army were scrambling for food around the wooden barrels containing food, in the small bushes less than 100 meters away from them, four pairs of round eyes were staring at them.

"Can you find out where they are?" the man with sharper eyes asked softly. He was covered in yellow-green and had a straw hat on his head. If you didn't get close and observe, you wouldn't be able to tell that there were people lying here.

"Yes, Company Commander Cai, but I wonder if they will move their positions?"

The person known as Company Commander Cai thought for a while and said: "We have been lurking here for a long time and have fired three rounds of artillery. We have not moved the position once, which shows that these people are not professional at all. Let's wait until the enemy is on the left. The sentinels on the side of the mountain will be withdrawn when the guard changes, so be careful, this information must be sent back to the regiment leader."

Cai Juxian has a younger brother named Cai Ming, a 20-year-old boy who is currently the commander of the reconnaissance company of the 401st Infantry Regiment. He is very good at lurking, reconnaissance, spying, and assassination.When fighting in Guangxi, it was this son who was the first to go up and kill the sentry of the Gui army, which made the army easily regain the unnamed highland.Later, Cai Juxian was transferred from the mountain army to serve in other troops, but Cai Ming was asked to leave by his friend Liu Xuyi, saying that it was a rare talent and he could be a company commander.Cai Juxian also felt that his younger brother would gossip when he was promoted under his command, so he followed Liu Xuyi's wishes, and Cai Ming was assigned to the 401st Regiment of the Fourth Division.

In this battle, Cai Ming and his brothers received a very clear combat mission from regimental commander Liu Xuyi, which was to find out the exact location of the artillery positions of the Anwu Army. You must know that the youth army in this period did not have that kind of excellent math performance. Artillery observers, so observing the position of enemy artillery has become a very dangerous job.

After a day of secret investigation, Cai Ming, who risked his life to sneak in, successfully discovered the artillery position of the Anwu Army. . .

Chapter 248 The Battle of Purgatory ([-])

The artillery of the Anwu Army opened fire again. This time, according to the observations of the artillery observers, the position of the artillery of the army was exactly the same as the position of the artillery positions of the Anwu Army detected by Cai Ming and others.

Liu Xuyi, the head of the 401 regiment, soon got the report from the artillery. At this moment, he had been awake all night and his eyes were red. He grabbed the phone of the field artillery and said, "Notify the artillery to strike the enemy's artillery positions without firepower." waited..."

Three minutes later, the Anwu Army's mountain artillery position, which was almost 3 miles away from the front line, encountered covering shelling.Coincidentally, at this time on the Anwu Army's side, a batch of artillery shells were sent up, and the artillerymen of the Anwu Army were carrying the shells to the artillery position shirtless to prepare for the next round of strikes.As a result, all these shells were killed, which directly upgraded the strike force of the youth army to the level of destruction.

Artillery has always been a technical arm. In other words, an artillery who can only fire shells is definitely not a qualified artillery.If the Anwu Army's artillery were a little more professional, the most correct thing for them to do after the previous shelling was not to wait for the shells, but to quickly pack up and move their positions to prepare for the next launch.This is the most basic requirement among the artillerymen of the Youth Army, but it is a pity that the artillerymen of the Anwu Army are such a half-baked.

Ni Min's headquarters was less than 50 meters away from the artillery position. As a result of the explosion, the headquarters directly became ruins.And Ni Min was lucky to escape this catastrophe because he was supervising the battle on the front line.

After learning the report that the cannons on his side were completely destroyed, Ni Min was stunned.The youth army is so fierce?It seems that I overestimated myself before and underestimated the youth army.Thinking about the predicament in front of him again, the sky is already bright, but his plan to drive the youth army down the river has not yet been realized.The Death Squad was already the strongest assault force in his hands, and they couldn't succeed, let alone other teams.Ni Min began to ask herself, should she continue to fight here?

He thought for a while, and only said one sentence: "You continue to attack, the headquarters is gone, I will personally go to the back and pull up the five reserve battalions for you, and we will take down this bird feather gray position with all our strength. Kill those Hunan boys."

The officers were convinced of this, and after nodding, they left the organized troops to continue the attack.

What they didn't see was that as soon as Ni Min came out, he grabbed the rein from the guard, got on his horse and galloped away.This is not going to call in reinforcements, it's completely in the rhythm of running.

Ni Min deserves to be a ruthless person. In the end, the four battalions of the Anwu Army were cut off by his gecko.He himself led five battalions of the Anwu army to flee towards Anqing with all his strength. It should be said that although this approach was a bit vicious, it was not wrong.After all, Anqing also needs military guards. If you can't take advantage of the front line, then it is reasonable to retreat to defend the city.But would Bai Chongxi let Ni Min run away?Bai Chongxi was not so happy when he wanted to leave after taking advantage.

What Ni Min didn't know was that when they launched the first wave of offensive, Bai Chongxi sent out a cavalry team of 1000 under his command. The captain of this cavalry brigade was called He Wenchang.

Taking advantage of the fact that both sides focused their operations on the front line, He Wenchang led the cavalry to cross the Mihe River, and then fiercely charged into the rear of the Anwu army.Along the way, some troops of the Anwu Army also discovered the existence of this cavalry, but they did not have the equipment and courage to fight against this cavalry, so they could only kill the enemy with their eyes, watching He Wenchang and them go away.Of course, they also dutifully sent messengers to report to the headquarters, but before the headquarters could tell Ni Min, they finished with the artillery of the Anwu Army, and the transmission of the news was naturally interrupted here.

So Ni Min's eyes were really completely blind at this moment, and the five battalions of the Anwu Army rushed frantically towards Anqing along the post road built in the former Qing Dynasty, and it was still a hundred miles away.Although Ni Min didn't have any auxiliary staff, he figured out that if the troops he left behind could last a little longer, then he could go to Anqing without any problems before the youth army reacted.After arriving in Anqing, I just rely on the city to guard and wait for reinforcements. Thinking about the battle here, I am very aggrieved. It is obvious that I have a better skill, and I have counted on the youth army, and even drove the youth army away. When he got to the river, he saw that he was about to rush down the river to feed the bastard.But I didn't expect the opponent's artillery to be so powerful, and they immediately wiped out the cannons on their side.Ni Min didn't intend to fight recklessly, so he naturally wanted to run away when things went wrong.

Just thinking about it, suddenly the team in front became chaotic, and the ground trembled.I don't know who shouted: "Cavalry, the cavalry of the youth army has come."

Ni Min was immediately confused. How could there be cavalry from the Youth Army here? Where did they come from?It was transported by the Yangtze River. Doesn’t it mean that the navy gang has blocked the river?how come?

Ni Min is about to make a foolish move again. If he observes carefully, he will find that the so-called cavalry is less than 1000 people.If you organize yourself, you can completely defeat the opponent.But due to the annihilation of the artillery and the tragedy that happened at the headquarters, Ni Min no longer had the confidence to wrestle with the youth army as before.He played gecko tail docking again, lost the vanguard battalion, and took the four battalions back to their original positions.As a result, He Wenchang not only easily wiped out more than 1000 Anwu troops, but also blocked the Anwu army's retreat.

Under Ni Min's inexplicable command, the morale of the entire Anwu army was completely gone, and more than half of the luggage was lost in this round. The officers discussed in private what to do?