Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Although the Cantonese Army officer standing in front of the First Battalion Commander only carried the rank of Second Lieutenant, because Guangzhou gathered a large number of college students in China, this Second Lieutenant Platoon Leader was just a college student who had just joined the Cantonese Army.

As a college student, the second lieutenant platoon leader is very familiar with the name of the National Defense Forces.In his eyes, to be a soldier is to be a national defense force, and only the national defense force is an army that truly serves the country and the people and dares to resist foreign aggression.

Therefore, for this second lieutenant platoon leader who has always thought about defending his home and country, joining the National Defense Forces has always been his long-cherished wish.Now seeing the Wehrmacht standing in front of him, the second lieutenant platoon leader had no time to think about anything other than excitement.

Unaware of the pistol on his waist at all, he asked excitedly to the battalion commander in front of him: "Sir, you are really the National Defense Forces, defeating the Japanese and the Soviets, and recovering the National Defense Forces in the Far East..."

Seeing that there was no malice on the other party's face, and he also showed an expression of admiration for himself, the tense expression on the face of the first battalion commander subconsciously relaxed, and he affirmed to the second lieutenant and platoon leader in front of him: "We are the National Defense Forces, and we are still in the army. Vladivostok fought, and Vladivostok was retaken by our National Defense Marine Brigade..."

"You are really the National Defense Forces..." Hearing this, the second lieutenant platoon leader's face became even more excited.Facing the battalion commander in front of him, he affirmed: "Sir, I have long wanted to join the National Defense Forces, but I have not been able to find a chance. I finally met you today. You said that I will join the National Defense Forces this time. Commander, please give me an order. I will definitely cooperate with the National Defense Forces, I will do whatever the National Defense Forces ask me to do, please give orders to the commander..."

Sentence finished.The second lieutenant and platoon leader unexpectedly gave a military salute to the battalion commander of the first battalion.

With the cooperation of the second lieutenant platoon leader, a company of marine brigade soldiers successfully captured a Cantonese infantry company standing in front of them almost without paying any price.then.Under the leadership of several officers and soldiers of the Cantonese Army willing to join the National Defense Forces, they quickly rushed to the location of the heavy artillery positions of the Cantonese Army...

"Sir, there is an artillery position in front, and there is a regiment of troops on guard... and we only have two battalions. I am worried that we will not have enough numbers to enter the heavy artillery position of the Cantonese Army in a short time and destroy Chen Jitang's heavy artillery regiment. "The lieutenant platoon leader standing next to the first battalion commander glanced at the two battalions of the Marine Brigade who hardly carried heavy weapons behind him, and reminded with a worried face. [

A confident expression quickly swept across the face of the first battalion commander, and he replied to the lieutenant and platoon leader beside him: "Platoon leader Wang, don't worry. Although we only have two battalions, it is right in front of you." The two battalions I saw once achieved a record of destroying a division of the Soviet Red Army in one day on the battlefield of Vladivostok. Do you think that the Cantonese infantry regiment that sticks to the heavy artillery regiment can surpass a division of the Soviet Red Army in terms of combat effectiveness?"

The moment the lieutenant's platoon leader showed a surprised expression, he was also deeply shocked by the combat effectiveness of the national defense force in front of him.

Then, he asked a battalion commander beside him: "Sir, how do you plan to fight..."

Seeing the lieutenant platoon leader looking at me, especially after hearing the lieutenant platoon leader's introduction about the strength of the Cantonese army participating in the war along the way.A bold and arrogant idea had unconsciously surfaced in the mind of the commander of the first battalion.After smiling noncommittally at the lieutenant and platoon leader beside him, he said, "I can't tell you exactly how to fight. However, I can tell you with certainty that the battle that is about to take place must be something you have never seen before in your life." Great fight."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the company commander behind him: "The first company is responsible for opening a gap in the defense line of the Cantonese Army Garrison Regiment. Break into the position of the Cantonese Army Heavy Artillery Regiment... Two or three companies, cover and attack from both wings. Eliminate the Cantonese Army Garrison The regiment has a strong force to drive all the Cantonese troops who refuse to surrender out of the artillery positions...Now we start to act..."

Although there is only one company of marine brigade soldiers in charge of frontal assault.However, the various firepower possessed by this company far exceeds that of a battalion of the Cantonese Army.Ten general-purpose machine guns, dozens of submachine guns, and hundreds of semi-automatic rifles fired at the same time, and the dense bullets were like rain, pouring on the Cantonese garrison regiment around the artillery position.

A series of heart-piercing screams sounded from the position of the Guangdong Army. The high-speed and small-caliber machine guns fired by general-purpose machine guns are as powerful as those fired by ordinary heavy machine guns, and even reach the height of ordinary high-speed machine guns. An anti-aircraft machine gun fired from a machine gun.Hitting a sandbag with a strong penetrating bullet is like hitting a bundle of cotton. It easily penetrates the sandbag and "shoots" into the chest of the Cantonese soldiers hiding behind the sandbag...

As for the bullets fired by ordinary semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, although they cannot penetrate the sandbags, the bullets as dense as rain punched holes in the sandbags blocking the Guangdong army. The sand and soil were leaked completely, and the soldiers of the Cantonese army hiding behind the sandbags were completely exposed in front of the National Defense Forces.

Under the sudden assault of a company, the more than 100 Cantonese troops standing in front of the company were beaten to death and wounded before they could react too much.As a result, a huge gap with a width of 50 meters opened directly to Lilian.

The Marine Brigade, who had experienced the bloody battle in Vladivostok, was no longer a recruit half a year ago, and of course they would not let this opportunity pass by. Almost without any hesitation, more than 100 people lined up in the unique three-three offensive formation of the National Defense Forces, covering each other, and rushed towards the breakthrough opened by themselves like wolves...

Accompanied by the dense gunfire, the Cantonese Army's heavy artillery position slowly stopped, and the rumbling gunfire that sounded sideways for a few minutes also stopped.Taking a glance at the corpses of the Cantonese army strewn all over the artillery positions, especially the dozens of 10mm howitzers still standing on the artillery positions and the piles of cannons piled up next to the howitzers, the commander of the 105st Battalion of the Marine Brigade had a huge idea in his heart become more firm.

Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly walked to the position of Wang Tianzheng, the deputy commander of Guangzhou City Defense, and expressed his thoughts.

Faced with the suggestion of putting one's life on the line before him, Wang Tianzheng didn't immediately agree.According to the pre-war decision, the task of the two battalions of the Marine Brigade was to destroy the heavy artillery regiment of the Cantonese Army. From this perspective, he could lead the team to withdraw from the battlefield immediately and return to Guangzhou, with the minimum casualties in exchange for the maximum price.

but.Do you follow the advice of the first battalion commander yourself?The limited two battalions of the Marine Brigade will definitely pay a very heavy price here, and even leave them all here.

but.There is one thing that the battalion commander in front of him is right, when his own side does not have enough heavy firepower to put into the battlefield.Putting dozens of heavy artillery pieces for your own use is definitely more effective than blowing up all of them.What's more, the dozens of heavy artillery in front of you will even have a subversive effect on the entire battlefield situation. [

Thinking of the pros and cons, Deputy Commander Wang Tianzheng immediately made a decision to stick to the artillery position and use the only heavy artillery regiment in the hands of Chen Jitang of the Cantonese Army.Then, he ordered to the two battalion commanders in front of him: "Brothers, I decided to take you to hold the artillery position together, use Chen Jitang's heavy artillery regiment, and provide heavy artillery fire to our defenders standing outside Guangzhou city." Support. What do you guys think..."

Sticking to the artillery position, both battalion commanders knew what this decision meant to them.However, they were not frightened after having experienced many bloody battles, and without even thinking about it, they affirmed: "The commander, please issue an order..."

"Very good..." Deputy Commander Wang Tianzheng quickly flashed a smile on his serious face, and ordered: "First Battalion Commander, you are responsible for gathering all the brothers who have artillery experience in the two battalions and are responsible for controlling the heavy artillery. Regiment, provide artillery support to the front-line defenders at any time... Second Battalion Commander, gather the remaining brothers. Use the platoon as a unit to deploy defenses around the Cantonese Army Heavy Artillery Regiment to ensure the safety of the heavy artillery regiment's position, and fight until every soldier is killed. ... also to ensure that the artillery fires."

After finishing speaking, Wang Tianzheng shifted his eyes to the communication soldier behind him, and continued to order: "Little Li, contact Commander Xia Wei immediately and report my decision to Commander Xia Wei. At the same time, ask Commander Xia Wei to provide us with shelling immediately." Target. The heavy artillery regiment will provide round-the-clock artillery support to the defenders in 5 minutes until the entire army is killed in the heavy artillery positions of the Cantonese Army."

"Boom..." The sound of violent artillery explosions sounded on the battlefield, and a new round of attack by an infantry regiment of the Cantonese Army on Xia Wei's troops was quickly shrouded in smoke from the artillery explosions.

Under Xia Wei's gaze, the large-caliber cannons from the Cantonese Army Heavy Artillery Regiment were like death gods.A cannon roared down and exploded. With the point of impact as the center, all the soldiers of the Cantonese Army within a radius of more than ten meters, as if they had been negotiated, centered on the point of impact, with their feet facing inward and their heads facing outward. In a pit several meters deep.

A round of more than 30 heavy artillery shells exploded, and Commander Xia Wei, who was on the front line, could clearly feel that an unprecedented wave of hot air quickly hit the position in an unstoppable manner.Afterwards, a series of deafening cannon explosions continued to reach everyone's ears as the ground trembled.

Seeing dozens of puffs of black smoke and huge fireballs rapidly rising from the densely packed Cantonese army in front of the position, the head of the second regiment of the garrison standing beside Xia Wei, who was also stunned, said in his trembling voice: "Commander, It's really heavy artillery, Deputy Commander Wang didn't lie to us, he really provided us with heavy artillery support..."

The head of the third regiment standing on the other side of Xia Wei also said with a fiery face: "Commander, I really didn't expect that we are so rich that we have heavy artillery support. A whole heavy artillery regiment, you know, look at all the troops of our Guangxi faction. We couldn't find such a large-caliber heavy artillery. Now, there is a heavy artillery regiment to provide us with artillery support. We must let the Guangdong army on the opposite side have a good taste of being passively beaten under the fire of medium and high-level artillery..."

While speaking, the second and even the third round of artillery fired by the heavy artillery regiment had already followed and sounded on the battlefield.

The densely packed attacking troops of the Cantonese army, harvested by a round of dozens of heavy artillery, are like ripe wheat.A round of artillery exploded, and at least hundreds of Cantonese troops fell on the battlefield like autumn leaves and turned into corpses.

In a blink of an eye, more than 500 Cantonese soldiers fell on the offensive road.

Facing the sudden and heavy casualties, and the great changes in our own heavy artillery regiment.As long as the frontline commander of the Cantonese Army is not a fool, he will order the troops to withdraw from the battlefield immediately.Otherwise, under the continuous bombardment of a heavy artillery regiment, no matter how many offensive troops the Cantonese army has, it cannot withstand the continuous attack of dozens of artillery from the heavy artillery regiment.

Therefore, the artillery support of the heavy artillery regiment had just lasted for 1 minute. After dropping hundreds of corpses, the wave-like attacking troops of the Cantonese army retreated quickly like a wave that had come to an end. .

"Commander, the Cantonese Army has retreated, leaving behind a whole battalion of troops. This time, it is enough to make the Cantonese Army Commander feel bad..." With the support of heavy artillery, the Cantonese Army was repelled without paying any price. attack.Moreover, so many Cantonese offensive troops were eliminated, and the commanders of the three regiments standing beside Xia Wei seemed to have won the victory by themselves.Said excitedly to Xia Wei.

Xia Wei nodded, but there was no smile on his face like the head of the third regiment.Instead, he said to the subordinates behind him with a worried face: "Although the Cantonese Army has retreated, the loss of a battalion is not enough to hurt the Cantonese Army. The heartache of the Cantonese Army now is not the loss just now. An infantry battalion, but a heavy artillery regiment lost in the rear."

"You have to know that the heavy artillery regiment that we just took down is not only the only heavy artillery regiment in the hands of the attacking troops of the Cantonese army, but also the only heavy artillery regiment in the hands of the entire Cantonese army."

A trace of worry quickly disappeared from the face of the head of the second regiment.He said to Xia Wei: "Commander, if this is the case, Deputy Commander Wang is not very dangerous in the rear, and will be counterattacked by tens of thousands of Cantonese troops..."

Xia Wei nodded and said in affirmation: "This is for sure...Communication staff, immediately send a telegram to Commander Wang, reminding Deputy Commander Wang to pay attention to the counterattack of the main force of the Cantonese army. , As long as the heavy artillery regiment is blown up, we will have the ability to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements and defend the city of Guangzhou..."

When the telegram was transmitted to Wang Tianzheng through radio waves, Chen Jitang, the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Army, who was located in the rear of the Guangdong Army, was furious at the head of the artillery regiment who had just retreated from the artillery position.Holding the compact gun tightly.His face was full of anger, and he had the idea of ​​​​shooting directly in front of him and throwing away his only head of the heavy artillery regiment.

"Bastard, the heavy artillery regiment is lost. What face do you have to come back? Why didn't you fight to the death with the artillerymen of the heavy artillery regiment... For the sake of our Cantonese army's military discipline and morale. I must bring your military to justice. That's the only way. Let's throw away the heavy artillery The influence of the regiment will be reduced to a minimum..."

Seeing Chen Jitang who was completely engulfed in anger, the chief of staff reminded: "Commander calm down, I think that the most urgent thing we need to delay now is to take back the heavy artillery regiment from the enemy. Of course, even if we can't take back the heavy artillery regiment, we must take it back." Destroy, we can't let the heavy artillery regiment fire on us..."

"Please calm down, commander. Immediately mobilize heavy troops, take back the heavy artillery regiment, and wipe out all the invading enemy troops. It's a shame..." Under the signal of the chief of staff, all the staff officers said in unison.

Chen Jitang, who was still full of anger just now, also calmed down.If you can't take back the heavy artillery regiment or destroy it immediately, you can let dozens of heavy artillery continue to pour artillery on your own troops.Chen Jitang can be sure that even if he has a sufficient advantage in troops, the morale of the troops will drop to the lowest point as his heavy artillery regiment continues to attack.

Thinking of this, Chen Jitang decisively ordered: "Chief of Staff, what are you still doing?"Immediately mobilize two brigades from the attacking force, no, one division, directly mobilize the strength of one division, recapture the heavy artillery regiment, and wipe out all the enemies who invaded the heavy artillery regiment.Of course, if it is impossible, I allow the attacking troops to blow up all the heavy artillery..."

Although the two battalions of the Marine Brigade hold a heavy artillery regiment, at a distance of 500 meters, dozens of heavy artillery can't do anything at all.Therefore, in the face of the Guangdong army's fearless counterattacks again and again, the heavy weapons that the two battalions of the Marine Brigade can use are more than a dozen heavy machine guns and more than a dozen mortars captured by the Cantonese army more than half an hour ago.

However, although the mortar guns with artillery fragments as the main lethality have a super high rate of fire, but the mortar guns with only limited power fall into the attacking troops of the Guangdong Army. In the five-meter area, it is impossible to cause too much damage and shock to the attacking troops of the Guangdong army.

In addition, the offensive troops of the Cantonese Army received Chen Jitang's death order. If the heavy artillery regiment could not be recaptured or destroyed, all senior officers in the offensive troops would be sent to a military court by Chen Jitang.

Therefore, although the casualties of the troops were heavy, the offensive troops of the Cantonese army continued to move forward and attack like a wave without fear of death.Even during an attack, the Guangdong army's offensive troops rushed to a distance of less than 50 meters from the heavy artillery regiment's defense line.If it weren't for Wang Tianzheng, the only guard platoon in his hand, to use a submachine gun to make the Cantonese army lose hundreds of lives in an instant.The wave-like offensive troops of the Cantonese army may have poured into the heavy artillery positions, mixing with the soldiers of the Marine Brigade with a total strength of less than 1000.

The new round of attack by the Cantonese army was repulsed, and there was no change except for more than [-] corpses left on the battlefield.

The defense line of the marine brigade, which has been shrouded in gunpowder smoke from various explosions, has just participated in the battle in person, and the face of Deputy Commander Wang Tianzheng has been shrouded in a layer of black smoke.Just when he put the submachine gun he was holding tightly in his hand, raised the binoculars, and observed the situation of the Guangdong army directly opposite.The commander of the second battalion who was in charge of directing the defensive operations staggered towards him with his face covered in blood and gunpowder smoke.

Before reaching the Deputy Commander Wang Tianzheng, he reported anxiously: "Deputy Commander, the brothers fought really badly. Although the combat effectiveness of the Cantonese Army is not as good as that of Lao Maozi, we can use Mortars are the only heavy weapons available, and the limited dozen or so mortars are unable to be used now because the guns are exhausted. Although the Cantonese Army is not equipped with heavy artillery, the mortars have enough artillery. Our positions are pouring..." (To be continued...)

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