"You can definitely open the gap with five shots!" In the face of a fierce battle, Kuroshima Ren said in a low voice as much as possible. No matter how much he suppressed his voice, the uncontrollable slight tremor still betrayed Kuroshima's emotions.

The battle was fought on flat ground between two hills, and the fighting between the Liberation Society and the Forces nouvelles was extremely fierce. From the second attack, it didn't take long for the fighting to reach the point of white heat. Although the Ninth Town of the New Army was well trained, it was not well equipped. The number of Hanyang-made that can be loaded with five rounds is too small, and most importantly, this unit has no concept of direct aiming at all. After the shooting of the three columns of the Qing army, the offensive of the Guangfu army did not decrease in the slightest. The Guangfu army ignored the fallen comrades in front of them, shouted and continued to rush forward, and in a moment they reached an extremely close distance.

The death squads of the Liberation Army focused on the use of bombs, and this was especially true of the People's Party, which paid great attention to the use of grenades in battle. The Guangfu army rushed close to the Qing army, and the bomb flew into the Qing army with a spark. The sought-after players who followed also continued to shoot at the Qing army. Due to the close distance, even if the direct aiming level is bad, if the muzzle direction and angle are not offset, you can always hit the enemy. Regardless of whether the wound location is fatal or not, the enemy will still lose combat effectiveness. The queue, which had been looking tight, was also in great confusion.

This is already a critical moment, and Hitoshi Kuroshima, who has participated in more than a dozen battles, can see clearly, whether it is shooting or throwing bombs. As long as the firepower can be increased a little more, as long as there are a few more rows of bullets or a round of grenades, the formation of the Qing army will definitely be completely shattered. Then there is hand-to-hand combat, and there are quite a few soldiers with cold weapons in the Liberation Society. The rifles of the Qing army did not have bayonets on them, and the rifles without bayonets fought against the bright cold weapons, and the results can be imagined. The BJP has won many battles in this way.

But Kuroshima Ren was disappointed, and it was not for nothing that the ninth town of the New Army was called the Nanyang Model Army. Even at such a critical moment, the troops of the Ninth Town were able to continue to load their guns and maintain a minimum of platoon shooting. At this time, the accuracy was naturally extremely poor, but the platoon guns were still able to knock down the soldiers of the Liberation Army who rushed to the front. Even a few Liberation Army soldiers had already rushed in front of the New Army in Ninth Town, attacking the New Army soldiers with the weapons in their hands. But their numbers were too small to have a decisive impact on the outcome of the battle.

Kuroshima Ren saw with his own eyes that a soldier of the Liberation Army advanced with a spear and pierced into the lower abdomen of a Qing army. Under the severe pain, the Qing army grabbed the barrel of the gun hard. The Liberation Army soldiers tried to draw their spears, but they couldn't. In just a few moments, several Qing soldiers who had already loaded their bullets fired their guns in the chest of the soldiers of the Liberation Army. The brave warrior was pierced by several bullets, and he first stiffened like a lightning strike, and then fell limply to the ground.

Such a scene was repeated repeatedly, and the distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, but every step of the front line meant that the Liberation Army had to pay the price of more than a dozen lives. At the same time, shouts and gunfire also appeared on both flanks of the Qing army. The troops of the Liberation Army, which were flanked, had also begun to attack.

Kuroshima Ren had mixed feelings in his heart, and after seeing through the combat effectiveness level of the Qing army, Kuroshima Ren probably figured out the way to fight. But this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Liberation Army to achieve its goal of defeating the Qing Army. At this moment, the sound of the bombardment of two cannons suddenly stopped. From the side, the only two cannons of the Guangfu Army played a great role. It does not refer to the real lethality, but to the morale boost of the Guangfu army's offensive and the blow to the morale of the Qing army. The level of artillery fire of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was so-so, and every shell exploded over the positions of the Qing army. This is also the fundamental reason why the Liberation Army only needs to face the front-line troops of the Qing Army.

When the cannon roared, everyone just watched the fierce battle on the front line, but there was no special feeling. As soon as the cannon stopped, many people immediately noticed the mutation.

"What's going on?" Hitoshi Kuroshima shouted.

The artillery captain shouted: "Commissar, half of the shells have already been fired!" ”

This was said before the war, and the shells were only half fired. After all, there will still be battles in the future, and this time I will run out of shells, what will I do in the future? But the current situation has reached a critical moment, if this battle cannot be won, then there will be no future battle problems.

"Keep firing!" Hitoshi Kuroshima immediately ordered.

Just when the cannon sounded again, the first company commander and the second company commander leaned up at the same time, "Political commissar, do you want us to help?" It's really not okay to just fight like this. ”

Kuroshima gritted his teeth and sighed, "It's too late." When you catch up, I'm afraid that the troops of the Liberation Society will be exhausted. Chairman Chen asked us to escort the medical team, not to let us charge into battle. ”

"Just seeing so many people die in vain?" The commander of the second company was very unbearable.

"They weren't supposed to fight this battle in the first place." The attitude of the first company commander was very correct. The BJP did not have much interest in attacking the big cities. If you can't control the vast countryside, you can only control one city. The commander of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army had countless ways to annihilate the armies in the cities. In the military academy, what everyone learns is the strategy of "encircling the city from the countryside." Chen Ke told everyone about various other strategies and tactics, all of which were aimed at proving the correctness of this set of strategies.

As he spoke, a burst of cheers erupted from the crowd of spectators. Kuroshima Ren and the others hurriedly looked at the battlefield, but saw that the two queues of the new army leaning together actually collapsed in an instant. It could be seen from the smoke that had not yet dissipated from the queue position that two shells had miraculously concentrated the two queues at the same time.

"There's a chance!" Hitoshi Kuroshima and the two company commanders shouted almost at the same time.

Sure enough, the Liberation Army did not let go of this opportunity at all, and the already quite weak front-line troops rushed in from this big gap. Swords and guns flashed everywhere, and hand-to-hand combat officially began.

The commanders and fighters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army's watching the battle knew that the current situation had entered a situation favorable to the Liberation Society. In hand-to-hand combat, cold weapons naturally had the upper hand, and the Qing army now had to face not only frontal attacks, but also flank attacks, making it impossible for them to maintain their formation. If the horizontal team starts to collapse from the side, a chain reaction is almost inevitable. The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army even conducted several tests specifically. If the commander of the Qing army was a smart man, he would have committed his troops in a desperate attempt now. Either start trying to retreat. After all, the troops are not completely entangled with the Liberation Society. There is still a chance to retreat.

The Liberation Society had already invested more troops, and from the hillside, the ranks of troops converged into a stream and rushed towards the front where the Qing army had begun to disperse. The shouts of the entire battlefield were earth-shattering, and seeing the dawn of victory in the battle, all the soldiers of the Liberation Society went crazy. Due to their overwhelming numerical superiority, when the Qing front began to collapse in confusion, various units launched fierce attacks.

However, the expression of the commander of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army returned to calm, and the battle brought everyone to a consensus. Don't fight this kind of battle under any circumstances. Apart from the senseless consumption of human life, there is really no need for such a fight. Even now, when the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army is shaking the world, the entire regular army is actually only more than 20,000 people. If it had been consumed like this since the founding of the army, I am afraid that the 20,000 people would have died long ago.

"Stop shelling." Kuroshima Ren ordered. At this time, the front line of the Qing army began to collapse rapidly under the fierce attack of the Liberation Army, and the troops in the middle also tried to shoot with machine guns, but because it was difficult to distinguish the crowd of soldiers on both sides, they stopped without firing a few shots. When the situation is rapidly tilting towards the Liberation Society. On the opposite side of the hill occupied by the Forces nouvelles, another unit of the Forces nouvelles appeared. They quickly set up their formations on the hillside. At first it was infantry, and not long after, artillery, machine gunners also appeared on the slopes. They did not stay where they were, artillery, machine guns, also began to shoot. With them joining, plus the Liberation Army also fought for a while, and their physical strength decreased somewhat. After the frontal Forces nouvelles abandoned their weapons and fled desperately to the positions of the newly emerged new troops, the pursuit of the Liberation Army was soon met with artillery and machine gun fire. After one or two attempts, the Liberation Army's offensive had to be stopped. Dragging a lot of weapons dropped by the new army, the Liberation Society finally occupied the battlefield.

The wounded soldiers began to be transported back to the hospital. The troops have already built field hospitals in the rear. The work of transporting the wounded soldiers was taken over by Hitoshi Kuroshima. Nearly 10,000 troops faced more than 1,000 enemies, and the number of wounded exceeded 400. As for the deceased, because they were not transported, they cannot be counted for the time being. According to observations, the commanders of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army generally believed that the casualties on the side of the New Army were about three hundred.

"Didn't you say that our Anhui people are strong? How to look at Zhejiang people are not afraid of death. The commanders discussed in a low voice.

"The so-called fierce folk customs are brave in private fights, and they are afraid of public wars. In fact, we Huaibei people are most afraid of the government. "Liu Zhengxiao, the commander from Anhui, spoke quite straightforwardly." Let me and the Restoration Society rush straight over like this, I can't do it. ”

"That's how much we trained, and at the beginning, who wasn't straight up when everyone rushed forward? The cat ran with small steps on his waist, how many times he practiced. When I first practiced, I had to draw the foothold of each step with white ash on the ground. Otherwise, I don't even know how to take a step. The commanders recalled the old days.

Recalling the old days, Kuroshima couldn't help but smile bitterly, at that time, Chen Ke, as the commander and combat training officer of the whole army, told everyone how to stand, how to walk, how to run, and how to climb. Not only teach, but also hold meetings to discuss. After summing up training and operations again and again, tactical movements and tactical concepts were gradually combined. What Chen Ke first proposed has been revised a lot. During the military training that began more than two years ago, the comrades were trained to feel that life was worse than death. Even if the comrades are killed now, it is impossible for them not to comply with tactical moves.

"I don't think there's anything I can do to help the Liberation Society improve its combat level now. What do you think? Hitoshi Kuroshima asked.

"That's right."

"It really can't help."

"We haven't practiced the way to make their tactical moves more effective."

"I don't think there's such a thing as a tactical move."

The comrades replied with a rambling voice.

Everyone agreed with Hitoshi Kuroshima's view, and the comrades did not say it explicitly in their mouths, but they all made sure in their hearts that "you can't talk nonsense about the Liberation Society militarily."

"How long can they fight like this?" A comrade asked in a low voice.

Liu Zhengxiao replied to the question: "I don't know how Chairman Chen thinks of the results of the Restoration Meeting." ”

No one should agree with this sentence. The comrades could hear the cowardice in these words, and if the fight continued like this, not to mention the 10,000 people at the Restoration Meeting, it would not take too long. This kind of concern is not unique to Liu Zhengxiao, and every comrade is a little worried about it.

Chen Ke, who was far away in Fengtai County, was facing inquiries from the comrades of the Central Military Commission at this time, and everyone was not optimistic about the future of the Guangfu Society's battle. Chen Ke did not look optimistic in the slightest, he did not think that the Liberation Society would be able to win.

"As far as we can see, there are more than 40,000 Qing troops in Nanjing. Although some Qing troops have little combat effectiveness, this does not mean that the Liberation Society can win. For now, the gentry in Jiangsu did not support the Restoration Society. ”

As soon as Chen Ke's words fell, Zhang Yu asked, "Then the Jiangsu gentry are ready to follow the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" ”

"The preparation for the constitution is about to begin, and the Jiangsu gentry have not reached the point of desperation. What if the court is reversed? If we hadn't killed the Beiyang Army this time, maybe the Jiangsu people would have made trouble. Now they are just worried about the military disaster, where are they willing to act rashly. Chen Ke replied.

"Then let's let Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui go, won't the people of Jiangsu think that we are hooking up with Beiyang?" Zhang Yu continued to ask.

After listening to Zhang Yu, Chen Ke smiled and said: "Comrade Zhang Yu, you have to endure the expansion of the army. At this time, it is not the time for a major expansion of the army, and our source of troops is in the Dabie Mountains, not in the newly liberated areas. ”

Zhang Yu originally pulled the topic to the expansion of the army in a roundabout way, but Chen Ke said it at one time, but he felt a lot more relaxed. "Chairman Chen, Anqing's troops are seriously underwhelmed right now. And the military commission is still considering restoration. I don't think the timing is right. ”

"Now there is a large part of the fighters who do not meet the requirements of our army. Why do you have to keep them in the army? ”

"Do those people in Dabie Mountain meet the requirements of the army?" Zhang Yu would never simply echo Chen Ke's words.

"You're right, the masses in Dabie Mountain are much more compliant. They faced more brutal class oppression and fought more spontaneous struggles. Many comrades in our army are here to eat food when they are soldiers. At this stage of crisis, we must not only aim at building a national defense force, but also a revolutionary army. If the troops did not hate the old system, and if the purpose of joining the army was not to defend the gains of the revolution, their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. Our army is not only an army, it is also a propaganda team, a task force. Chen Ke's answer was also very straightforward.

In recent days, I have heard Chen Ke say this many times, but the comrades of the Central Military Commission are quite puzzled by this. Chen Ke had never been to the Dabie Mountains, and the results of his inadequate investigation were unreliable. Chen Ke's words are very accurate in accusing many people in the base areas of not being "revolutionary". Although the ordinary people have no obligation to sacrifice their lives for the revolution, it is awkward to hear this. The People's Party only relies on the people in the old base areas to get to where it is today, and Chen Ke's statement always gives people the impression that he has no conscience.