Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

When Ma Jinwei's vanguard troops entered the encirclement, the troops on both sides launched an attack.

Although the vanguard troops were in a panic after being suddenly attacked, they still looked for cover and started to fight back in an orderly manner.

Sudden ambushes caused the loss of more than one hundred men in Ma Jinwei's vanguard unit. After taking shelter in bunkers, they began firing at the soldiers of the Guards Regiment.

The several battalion commanders who participated in the surprise attack all felt it was a pity and couldn't help but sigh that Ma Jinwei's vanguard troops were elite and that they were able to hold their ground and counterattack in an orderly manner despite the sudden attack.

The commander of Fang Weian and Fang Weiguo's troops is Fang Tianming.

"Grenade launchers, fire." Fang Tianming ordered.

The troops of Zhao Zhang and Wang Ming of the Second Guard Regiment were commanded personally by Li Zhongwu.

While the First Guard Regiment was debugging the grenade launchers, the grenade launcher soldiers on the opposite side, under the arrangement of Li Zhongwu, set up their grenade launchers one after another.

After several rounds of attacks from more than 200 grenade launchers, Ma Jinwei's vanguard troops suffered 700 to 800 casualties, with no less than 300 soldiers killed directly in the battle.

Seeing his men continue to suffer casualties, the regiment commander's heart was bleeding. He gritted his teeth and said, "Contract the troops and rebuild the defense line to resist the enemy's attack. Soldiers should not be too dense to prevent the enemy's artillery fire. The third battalion will withdraw and dig trenches."

"Messenger, send a message to the division commander and tell him that we have been attacked by enemy forces."

As the order was conveyed, the remaining troops of Ma Jinwei's vanguard began to shrink their defense line, build positions, and exchange fire with the soldiers of the First and Second Guard Regiments.

As the enemy withdrew its troops, the surrounding battalions quickly tightened the encirclement and surrounded them from all sides.

Fang Tianming and Li Zhongwu met, and Fang Tianming said, "Captain Li, you will be in charge."

"Okay." Li Zhongwu was not polite. Failure to have unified command at this time would only increase casualties and give the enemy a chance to break out.

Li Zhongwu gave the order: "Order your troops and mine to send part of their forces from the two battalions behind Ma Jinwei's troops to guard the intersection and prevent the enemy from breaking through."

"It's getting dark, we must fight quickly and decisively. We must use all the grenade launchers together. We must draw a company from each of the two battalions on the flank to form an attack force and use the grenade launchers to clear the way."

The order was quickly executed, and about 400 people from two companies and more than 400 grenade throwers from four battalions gathered at the front.

"Grenade launchers fire." Under Li Zhongwu's command, all the grenade launchers fired.

After a round of salvos, although the enemy's troops were relatively dispersed, they still suffered a lot of casualties. After the bombardment, the soldiers of the two companies gradually advanced forward.

At the temporary command post of Ma Jinwei's vanguard troops, the chief of staff shouted, "Commander, no, the enemy's firepower is too strong, and the troops have suffered heavy losses."

"How many people are left in the army?" the commander asked solemnly.

The chief of staff quickly reported: "According to reports from various battalions, there are already 500 to 600 people killed in the battle, and countless people have been injured, both minor and serious."

"When will the division commander arrive?" We are now surrounded by the enemy. It will be difficult to withdraw many troops if we want to break out.

The chief of staff sighed and said, "Commander, our division only has four regiments. In the previous battle with Zhu Yaoxiang, the other three regiments suffered heavy losses. Even if the division commander comes, there will only be less than 4,000 reinforcements."

"Besides, the division commander won't arrive until night at the earliest. Based on the enemy's offensive, he won't give us a chance to hold out until night."

As the two were talking, a messenger ran in in a panic and said, "Captain, the brothers in the front have been defeated by the enemy. The enemy has already attacked us from the front."

"What?" The team leader exclaimed, and was immediately confused.

The chief of staff immediately stepped forward and shook the regiment commander's arm, saying, "Commander, quickly organize the troops to break out."

"Leave the third battalion behind to block the frontal troops, and the rest of the troops, follow me to break out to the west." The regiment commander came to his senses a little, gritted his teeth, and gave a decisive order.

Five minutes later, the regiment commander led the remaining 700 soldiers and rushed to the junction of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 2nd West Guard Regiment.

An understaffed battalion and some seriously wounded soldiers, totaling five to six hundred people, were left behind.

Seeing the enemy's large force breaking out to the west and the troops on the left pushing down, Fang Weiguo's Second Battalion took advantage of the situation and pressed forward, and was surrounded by the two companies in the front.

In less than ten minutes, the soldiers on the spot were either dead or surrendered, and the enemy's temporary main position guard regiment was captured.

After the two divisions joined together, Fang Weijia met Fang Tianming and Li Zhongwu. He said, "Deputy Commander, Commander Li, the enemy has broken through to the west."

"Don't worry, the Second Battalion and the First Battalion of the Second Guard Regiment are guarding that direction. You should lead your troops to reinforce them immediately," Li Zhongwu ordered with a smile.

Fang Weijia glanced at Fang Tianming, nodded when he saw him, and then led his troops to chase westward.

"Ma Jinwei's troops should not be underestimated. They are much stronger than Zhang Shengwu, Han Zhifu and others." Li Zhongwu couldn't help but sigh after seeing Fang Weijia leave.

"We don't have much time left. It's getting dark soon, and we're not sure when Ma Jinwei's main force will arrive."

Fang Tianming also said: "Order the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and also be prepared to deal with Ma Jinwei."

"Don't worry, my Third Battalion and the regiment's subordinate units are fully prepared. If the main force fails to react in time, they will buy time." Li Zhongwu said confidently.

The fleeing regiment commander led his men more than 300 meters before they were met with stubborn resistance.

The forward company commander came back and reported: "Commander, the enemy's firepower is too strong. Our men have suffered heavy losses and have been unable to charge forward."

In position defense battles, the power of general-purpose machine guns is demonstrated. If a general-purpose machine gun is set up and there is sufficient ammunition, the enemies rushing up will fall down in large numbers.

If they wanted to break through the machine gun position, they would have to bombard it or use a sniper rifle. It was obviously not possible to rely on numbers, with only the few hundred people left in the regiment.

Seeing the enemy retreat, the company commander defending this direction also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they had strong firepower and four general-purpose machine guns were set up, the enemy's charge had just killed seventy or eighty people on the battlefield.

But if the other party rushes towards you all at once, you will be under a lot of pressure.

"Commander, the enemy has broken into the third battalion's position." Another officer ran over from the rear and reported.

Upon hearing this news, the regiment commander also became ruthless. He looked coldly at the front and said, "Brothers, we are already surrounded. If you don't want to die, charge with me. Only by rushing out can you survive."

After he finished speaking, the regiment commander took the lead in the charge. The soldiers behind him looked at each other and then followed suit.

As these soldiers kept catching up with him, the regiment commander unconsciously slowed down his pace with a sneer on his face.

He is not that stupid. He rushed to the front under the machine gun. Does he think that he is not dying fast enough?

The troops were only trying to break through, so they did not rush directly into the machine gun position, but prepared to go around it from the left. Even if they took a detour, they were still within the shooting range of the machine gun.