Years of the Republic of China 1913

Half a month passed in a flash. After the great cold, it was the time for Xue Yue and Lu Jianzhang to make a bet. On this day, on the simulated battlefield 20 miles away from the station, Xue Yue's troops were already in full battle, and in front of him were two regiments defending The line of defense and the setting of the line of defense are all based on the defensive layout during the European War. Barbed wire fences and trenches are all available, coupled with the elite two regiments for defense. None of the generals watching the battle is optimistic about Xue Yue's side. Shouyi, besides, the attacking force is less than half of the opponent's. How could such a disparity in strength be won?

"Xue Boling! It's still too late to admit defeat. As long as you admit defeat, the old man will not let you become a groom, how about it?" Before the exercise, Lu Jianzhang specially recruited Xue Yue and suggested with a smile. Xue Yue winked, what a great opportunity, the situation in front of him is obvious, Xue Yue will definitely be smashed in front of the line of defense, now is the time to admit defeat, not to mention that the opponent is the highest officer of the Northwest Military Region, let him be soft and bow his head, No one would say anything about Xue Yue.

But who would have thought that after hearing this, Xue Yue frowned and said loudly: "Commander! Xue Yue, the commander of the 322nd Battalion of the 2 Regiment, is ready to lead his troops, and please command the commander!"

"Why is this guy so single-minded?" The smile on Jia Zongrang's face froze immediately, replaced by an indescribable wry smile.Xue Yue was too ignorant, and it was rare for Lu Jianzhang to show him a step down, but this kid was ungrateful, and he just opened his mouth and pushed himself against the wall, he didn't know what to do.

"Okay! Backbone! This is a soldier!" Just when everyone thought that Lu Jianzhang would be furious and reprimanded Xue Yue on the spot before waving his sleeves, Lu Jianzhang laughed instead and looked at Xue Yue with admiring eyes. The young officer nodded, raised his hand and pointed to the exercise position: "Go! Let me see your skills."

"Yes!"

stand at attention.salute!After the ceremony, he turned around, Xue Yue accepted the order cleanly, and trotted towards him.

"Everyone, let's go! Let us all see whether Xue Huhu's fist is stronger or our Northwest man's shield is stronger." He greeted the generals behind him.Lu Jianzhang took everyone to a temporary observation point not far away, because this exercise was completely different from the previous ones. Except that both sides used exercise ammunition, and the use of large-caliber heavy artillery was not allowed, everything else was the same. A real war is no different.In order to ensure the observation effect and safety, the garrison deliberately built an observation point with reinforced concrete in the highest area nearby.

After entering the observation point, everyone raised their binoculars and looked out through the observation port. The areas where the troops of both sides were located in the distance were clear at a glance.A few minutes later, there was a sharp cannon.The exercise has officially begun.

There is no such thing as everyone imagined that the attacking side will first prepare for artillery fire and then launch an attack.Xue Yue's tank company had the No. 1200 tank in the center, and the other nine tanks lined up in a cone shape, rushing out like a sharp knife.The infantry following behind moved forward alternately in the tank group. When the entire unit advanced to a distance of [-] meters from the defensive position, Xue Yue ordered the flag bearer to convey the flag of the official attack, and the ten tanks stopped slightly on the way forward.Then the barrel was pointed at the same area and fired suddenly.

"Boom...boom...boom..." The powerful tank guns set off a burst of flames in front of the position.Before the smoke from the explosion dissipated, the troops that had been prepared for a long time stepped up the throttle and started the assault as planned. The infantry following the tank also quickened their pace. When they rushed to a distance of 800 meters, the machine guns mounted on the tank and The infantry hiding behind the tanks started firing almost simultaneously, along with handy mortars and grenades.

"Damn it! Hold on to me! Shoot! Machine gun fire! Don't let these bastards rush over!"

The defensive positions of the two regiments were about a kilometer away from each other.At the beginning of the exercise, the commander on the defensive side of the exercise did not look down on Xue Yue at all.In his opinion, just because these people dared to attack his defense line head-on, it was like hitting a stone with an egg.But as soon as the exercise started, he was shocked to find that Xue Yue ignored the entire line of defense.Instead, he commanded the troops to charge towards his left wing like a tiger descending a mountain.

Through the dense smoke, the defensive commander had just recovered from the attack of the tank guns, and was surprised to see the speed of the attackers was astonishingly fast. At a distance of 1200 meters, the opponent rushed to a place less than 500 meters away in almost a few minutes. The barbed wire fence set up in the front did not play any role at all. It was easily crushed by the torrent of steel and torn like a piece of paper gotta smash.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander hurriedly shouted artillery fire and machine guns, and at the same time issued an order to mobilize the troops on the right to support.Ten seconds after the order was issued, the commander was relieved after the mortars and machine guns behind the defensive positions fired one after another.

"Hey! This... this...."

After a while of counterattacks, the commander who was staring ahead suddenly widened his eyes. It stands to reason that there was nothing inappropriate about his counterattack. According to the normal result, the opponent would suffer huge losses, but now in fact, whether it is artillery fire or Even the machine guns could not stop the opponent's tanks from continuing to advance, and even the infantry hiding behind the tanks did not suffer much damage.

"Adjust the angle! The artillery fire destroys the enemy infantry first! Destroy the enemy infantry first!"

The commander is also an experienced fighter. When he found that his own weapons could not cause lethality to the attacking tanks, he quickly changed his counterattack method. He planned to kill the infantry behind the tank first. As long as there were no infantry, the few in front of him No matter how fierce the iron bumps are, they don't have much use. You don't have to take the initiative to fight them, just avoid the front, and when they run out of fuel, they will lie down and let you slaughter them.

Soon, all the counterattack artillery fire adjusted their angles and aimed at the infantry behind the tank.But they did not expect that at this time the formation of the enemy on the opposite side changed, and the tanks that rushed forward slowed down a little, and the infantry who had drawn a distance from the tanks immediately caught up, and dispersed in squads. The cover moves on.

This time, all the defensive artillery fire fell through.Because of the cover of the tanks, the casualties of the attacking soldiers were not large. Except for a few unlucky ghosts, most of them were unscathed.And took this opportunity to rush forward for more than 200 meters, and rushed to the front of the position.

"Da da... da da da... boom... boom...."

The closer the distance, whether it was tank guns or machine guns, or even the rifles of the coordinated infantry, all caused great casualties to the soldiers in the defensive position. In just a few minutes, the defensive position showed signs of collapse.Following the fixed-point bombardment of another tank gun, finally, a gap appeared in the seemingly impenetrable position. Before the commander mobilized troops to plug the gap, a tank rushed in like a steel giant.

"Transfer! Transfer now! Transfer to the right wing!"

The commander is in a hurry, the collapse of the left wing is irreparable, and it is impossible for flesh and blood to contend with steel.The tanks rushed in one after another, not to mention the black tank guns and the machine guns mounted on them that sprayed continuously, their huge bodies could crush the soldiers to pieces.

Before all the orders were issued, Xue Yue commanded the troops to rush into the rear of the position, and then made a big detour. The tank soldiers split into two groups, one continued to attack along the opponent's retreat route, and the other went around a circle and went straight to the rear of the right wing. This suddenly caused the entire position to become chaotic. The troops who were retreating to the right and the reinforcements who had received orders to reinforce the left wing huddled together in the middle area, and they didn't know what to do. However, the opponent's attack continued, and the infantry who rushed in dispersed. , Consolidate the occupied positions, and on the other hand cooperate with the tanks to continuously expand the results of the battle, causing heavy casualties on the defensive side.

Ten minutes later, the positions guarded by the two regiments had been compressed into a very small area. According to statistics, the casualties of the defenders were as high as 30%. They also have to face the indestructible tank oppression and the enemy's elusive infantry attack, and the destruction of its entire army is in sight.Although under the insistence of the commander, many troops still rely on the remaining positions to resist, but everyone can see that this kind of resistance is useless, and the defeat is only a matter of time.

At the observation point, all the generals watched this scene dumbfounded. No one expected this result at the beginning of the exercise.In many people's minds, Xue Yue is the one who will definitely lose, and it is already remarkable that this exercise can bring some losses to the defender.Unexpectedly, in just half an hour from the start of the exercise to the present, the defense line that was considered impossible for even a brigade to break through easily collapsed like this.The defeat of the defensive side was so quick and tragic, and the result of this subversion made everyone's glasses shattered.

"Call the referee and stop the exercise. There is no need to continue this battle." Putting down the binoculars, Lu Jianzhang said lightly, then looked around, seeing that the astonished subordinates didn't say anything, and went straight out to observe point.

After receiving the call, the referee at the front line of the exercise immediately issued an order to stop the exercise and announced that Xue Yue's side had won.When the result was announced, cheers erupted from the entire position. Drivers, gunners, and machine gunners emerged from the stalled tanks. Their faces were all filled with joyful smiles. When Xue Yue got off the No. 1 car At that moment, he was immediately surrounded by a group of overexcited soldiers, and everyone hurriedly lifted him up and threw him into the air, celebrating the victory of the exercise in this way. (To be continued..)