Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

On the blocking position of the guard division under heavy artillery fire, Nuo Da's position did not appear in the imagination of the Northern Expeditionary Army: the trenches were blown up, and the officers and soldiers were killed... >

Reinforced by a large number of steel rails and sleepers, the mortar shells that explode continuously, apart from being able to set off pieces of soil and gravel on the edge of the trench or in the trench, basically do not cause any damage to the entire battlefield. .

As for the more than 1000 members of the Fourth Regiment of the Security Division standing on the ground, except for less than one platoon of officers and soldiers, they still stick to the trenches.The rest, all drilled into the back of the trench, dug in a bomb-proof hole every 20 meters, quietly waiting for the end of the shelling of the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, the seemingly violent shelling of the Northern Expeditionary Army could not have any effect at all except for rolling up piles of debris on the blocking position of the security division.

Commander Li Guosheng was very cautious from the very beginning for this decisive battle that used almost all the troops of the garrison division.At the beginning of the battle, Li Guosheng stood firm at the former enemy headquarters less than two kilometers away from the battlefield. With a pair of eyes, he watched every move of the enemy and us on the battlefield. [

For the battalion commander of the fourth regiment and the first battalion, with minimal casualties, he used submachine guns and grenades to directly wipe out the great results of an infantry company of the Northern Expedition.A thick smile appeared on Li Guosheng's face directly because of this.

However, just after the shelling of the Northern Expeditionary Army started, the smile on Li Guosheng's face immediately became mocking.Facing the subordinates in front of him, he seemed to be talking to himself: "Brothers. It seems that our commander-in-chief, Lao Jiang, is still too arrogant. Just relying on these mortar shells, he wants to take down our blocking position." , It’s just a dream. Lao Li, how is the situation of the Fourth Regiment? Under the shelling of the opponent, have there been any major losses?”

"Master seat. With such a strong position, there are so many anti-aircraft holes that can withstand the bombardment of the enemy's mountain artillery. If there are still losses, then Zhu Shengda, the commander of the fourth regiment, should not be given the position. The entire fourth regiment , except for a few people who were unfortunately injured by stray bullets when we wiped out the enemy's vanguard company. The rest. There is no loss." Li Guanghua, with a thick smile, replied affirmatively.

"It's good that there is no loss. Tell Commander Zhu Shengda, his fourth regiment. At least give me a whole day to hold on to this position. Without my order, even if the entire regiment is wiped out, you can't take a single step back." Li Guosheng nodded in satisfaction, and ordered with a firm face.

"It's the teacher seat... But, teacher seat, Lao Jiang's artillery fire is too arrogant. Dozens of mortars dare to be arrogant in front of my security division. Look, do you want to let the mountain artillery battalion in the back come for them? Fire a few shots to suppress the enemy's spirit. Let him know the true strength of our security division." Deputy Commander Li Guanghua asked tentatively.

Li Guosheng shook his head with a smile, and said: "Old Li, you are not afraid to scare away the Northern Expeditionary Army when you fire so early. As far as I know, the old Jiang on the opposite side is a patchwork of things, and only two people were transferred. A heavy artillery from a mountain artillery battalion. If he knows, I have several heavy artillery battalions in one security division, does he still have the guts to continue the attack?"

"Besides, you also know my purpose of fighting this battle. If you don't wipe out the strength of one or two main divisions of Lao Jiang. If you don't let him have a good heartache, he won't know what battles can be fought and which battles can't be fought. Do you think our guards are easy to bully?"

"Master, you are very considerate. I will immediately pass on your words to Commander Zhu Shengda..." Li Guanghua nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile.

The violent shelling of dozens of mortars, under the order of Lao Jiang, took 10 minutes to stop.

When the shelling was over, the thick and pungent gunpowder smoke had not completely dissipated while covering the blocking position.The Northern Expeditionary Army of the three main battalions began to be divided into three by Lao Jiang's order: from three different directions, they quickly attacked the garrison division, which was still completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke and was still not very clear.

After receiving the alarm sound from the guard post of the position, more than 400 officers and soldiers of the first battalion hidden in the anti-blasting hole at the rear rushed out of the anti-blasting hole directly under the order of the battalion commander Zhong Wensheng, and rushed to the blocking position close at hand. .

The trenches reinforced with sleepers and steel rails are really not built.Facing the artillery fire from dozens of mortars for 10 minutes, only a layer of floating soil about ten centimeters thick was accumulated on the bottom of the trench, and the main force of the entire trench hardly suffered any damage.

Before facing the position, the offensive troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army were already faintly visible. Without the slightest hesitation, more than 400 officers and soldiers rushed to their own battle positions directly under the command of their respective commanders.

In the frontal position, a battalion of officers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army originally thought that they could easily occupy the position that "has been blasted to the ground by artillery fire, and all the defenders have been killed and injured by artillery shells".More than 400 officers and soldiers from the First Battalion of the Fourth Regiment of the Security Division have quietly stretched out more than 400 gun barrels, long and short, from the trenches.Then, he aimed the barrel and front sight of the black hole directly at the Northern Expedition army attacking troops who were getting closer and closer to him.

"Battalion Commander, there are only 400 meters left." Seeing hundreds of Northern Expeditionary elites getting closer and closer to the position, the company commander, who was already a little nervous, reminded Battalion Commander Zhong Wensheng next to him in a low voice.

"Wait a little longer, wait until the enemy enters the best shooting range of the machine gun, and then give the opponent a fatal blow." Zhong Wensheng shook his head and ordered firmly.

As soon as Battalion Commander Zhong Wensheng's voice fell, the several heavy machine guns that followed the attacking troops, under the manipulation of dozens of soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army, were quickly placed on the position he had already selected on the battlefield.

"Da da da..." A burst of machine gun fire rang out on the battlefield.

A burst of scorching heavy machine gun bullets spewed out directly from the muzzles of the four heavy machine guns, shooting towards the blocking position where the first battalion was located. [

"Get down, hide..." The battalion commander Zhong Wensheng, who has rich combat experience, subconsciously ordered the moment a few flames appeared in front of him.However, his order was timely.In the hundreds of meters long trench, there were still several recruits who were directly hit by the flying heavy machine gun bullets.Then, he fell heavily in the trench, life and death unknown.

When the three new regiments were formed, although the division commander Li Guosheng had a sufficient number of veterans in his hands.However, Li Guosheng did not stuff all these veterans into these three new regiments.Instead, it is based on the ratio of three veterans to one recruit.In each infantry regiment, five hundred recruits were stuffed.

The joining of five hundred new recruits is a huge challenge for a company with Bai Xiaosheng Literature Network.In terms of the combat effectiveness of the entire army, the impact is not too great.More importantly, under the leadership of these more than 1000 veterans.Five hundred recruits can adapt to the battlefield in the shortest time and learn enough skills to kill the enemy.

Therefore, the first battalion led by Zhong Wensheng was no exception.Each infantry squad was assigned three recruits.

For the loss of several recruits, although Zhong Wensheng was heartbroken, he didn't take it seriously, and just let out a long sigh.Because he knows that only after experiencing real life and death.Only these new recruits can gradually become iron-blooded veterans who see the battlefield and face life and death without changing their faces.As for the more than 100 recruits in your hands, if they can't even pass the current test, it can only be said that they are not suitable for soldiers.

The Northern Expedition was responsible for the four heavy machine guns that provided fire cover.The firepower it fired seemed to be very dense, hitting the entire blocking position with bullets flying across it.However, after such firepower is evenly distributed on the battlefield with a frontal width of more than 500 meters, it becomes sparse.

therefore.Lying in the trenches, some battle-tested veterans.After familiarizing himself with the frequency of the opponent's strafing, he had already watched the gaps between the heavy machine guns' firing, and kept sticking his head out to observe every move of the Northern Expedition's attacking troops on the opposite side.As for the more than 100 recruits, under the guidance of the veterans, they began to slowly adapt to this battlefield where their lives could be killed at any time...

Perhaps because of the cover of heavy machine guns behind them, the Northern Expedition army's attacking troops of an infantry battalion on the opposite side, with the sound of gunfire, directly changed from the cautious advance just now to the current trot.In a blink of an eye, the distance of almost 400 meters just now has directly become the current 250 meters...>

The distance of 250 meters, whether it is the light and heavy machine gun in the opponent's hand, or the ordinary rifle, or even the three limited grenades, without exception, has reached the best range.

Seeing the side, his face became more and more dignified, his hands were already holding weapons tightly, and his subordinates were ready to fight back.Battalion commander Zhong Wensheng also directly picked up a rifle that had been prepared long ago.He poked his head out very discreetly, pointed the black barrel steadily at an officer holding a pistol, who seemed to be a captain and company commander, and directly pulled the trigger of the rifle in his hand.

"Brothers, hit me hard...>

Immediately, Zhong Wensheng's voice fell, and a burst of gunshots began to sound in the trench beside him.

Three heavy machine guns, ten submachine guns, and hundreds of rifles.In just the blink of an eye, bullets were used to construct an airtight bullet net in front of the position.

The battalion commander, Zhong Wensheng, pulled the bolt very skillfully, unloaded and loaded, and re-aimed at another target.The attacking troops of the Northern Expedition, which were still densely packed just now, have already directly downed almost two platoons of troops under such intensive firepower.

As for the rest, in the face of the sudden fire attack, they were in confusion, amidst the roars of officers at all levels, they hurriedly lay on the ground to hide, and even fought back.

"Boom...>

After getting over the addiction of killing the enemy with his own hands, Zhong Wensheng, the commander of the first battalion, did not forget his duty.Put down the rifle, raise the binoculars in your hand, and start to fulfill your duty as a battalion commander.

Before seeing the position, the four heavy machine guns that became arrogant here because all the Northern Expeditionary Army was lying down, kept suppressing fire on their blocking position.Without the slightest hesitation, Battalion Commander Zhong Wensheng gave a decisive order to the heavy machine gunner beside him.

"Heavy machine gunner, concentrate your firepower and suppress the enemy's heavy machine gun firepower, hurry up... >

"What about the grenade, immediately fire the grenade at the middle of the enemy in front of me, absolutely let them lie on the ground and shoot at us safely... >

Due to the shortage of mortars, the three grenadiers directly assigned to the first battalion, under the order of the battalion commander Zhong Wensheng, began to point at the gathering place of the Northern Expedition 200 meters away. Shoot grenades and grenades one after another.

"Boom boom boom... >

A full half minute.Facing the intensive firepower fired by the ten light machine guns of the security division in the position, hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army who were completely crushed in front of the position could not lift their heads.Directly in the explosion of more than [-] grenades, at least one company's direct loss was paid... >

Facing the dense rain above the head.Almost as soon as he raised his head, he would be hit by a rain of bullets directly headshot.Facing the top of the head, the grenade that may fall to his side at any time, explode and take his life.The remaining more than 200 officers and soldiers in front of the position could no longer bear the feeling of being passively beaten and lying on the ground waiting to die.

Of course, as the battalion commander of this infantry battalion, Qian Fangguo also felt the change in the hearts of his subordinates.He quickly glanced at the fewer and fewer subordinates behind him, and saw that he was under the continuous counterattack of several heavy machine guns of the security division.Because there was no position cover, the heavy machine guns that also suffered heavy losses were behind the platoon.

He knows that before he can't deal with the opponent's heavy machine gun or the opponent's unknown artillery fire.Continuing this stalemate, in addition to adding casualties to one's own troops.It doesn't work at all.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, he directly gave the order to retreat: "Damn it, we can't continue fighting like this. Machine gun cover, retreat, everyone retreats immediately... >

a few minutes ago.Still a fully staffed infantry battalion.After less than 5 minutes, more than half of them were lost, leaving less than 250 troops, and they withdrew from the battlefield in embarrassment.

The blocking battle of the first battalion went smoothly for the other two battalions.After all, the battalion commander Zhong Wensheng directly placed the enemy at a distance of about 250 meters, and the whole battle came and ended quickly.The dozens of mortars in Lao Jiang's hands had not played any role, and he watched as the troops with more than half of the casualties retreated from the battlefield in embarrassment.

However, the second and third battalions had three grenadiers empty in their hands because of the troops' counterattack and firing too early, and because of the lack of range, they did not play any role.

The sudden fire attack of the two battalions caused five or sixty casualties to the enemy each.The entire blocking battle immediately turned into a fierce confrontation of firepower... >

Because of the cover of the trenches, during the shooting process, the remaining two infantry battalions of the fourth regiment achieved significantly greater results in battle.However, this gap cannot change the entire situation in a short period of time.

And just when the two infantry battalions on both sides were frantically firing at each other.The dozens of mortars Lao Jiang held in his hands finally had a chance to show their power.

The 400-meter distance between the fighting forces of the two sides is enough to ensure the safety of their two infantry battalions during the mortar shelling.

Therefore, more than forty mortars, directly under the order of Lao Jiang, continued to pour shells one by one on the blocking positions of the two battalions as if they did not need money.

For a while, facing the double blow of various bullets and artillery shells, the pressure on the shoulders of the two battalions became heavy in an instant.After all, the trenches in front of his chest can block the bullets flying to a certain extent.However, it cannot stop the mortar shells coming from overhead.

Accompanied by shells falling into the trench with great precision, the officers and soldiers of the garrison division who were lying in the trench and shooting heartily, before they could react from the shock, were blown up to death and fell heavily in the trench ...>

The sound of artillery became more and more intensive, and the casualties of our own troops also increased.Just when beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of the two battalion commanders because of nervousness.The mortar company that had not been used by the Fourth Regiment finally started to move.

"Wooooow...>

Round after round, the nine mortars, using the "shooting" elements set in advance before the battle, with their fastest firing speed, will exceed 1 rounds in just [-] minute The shells were fired directly into the mortar positions that Chiang had placed high hopes on.

"Retreat...>

In less than half a minute, the artillery position, which was completely covered by white smoke just now, was left with an open space, and there was no shadow of any artillery position anymore.And at this very moment, the artillery position of the Northern Expedition Army, which was suddenly hit by more than 100 shells, turned into ruins...>

The mortars that were blown up and down, and the corpses that were blown to bloody flesh, and even missing limbs, directly became the truest portrayal of the mortar positions of the Northern Expedition at this moment. (To be continued..)