Chapter 47: One-sided
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Hulan's face was gloomy, watching as several cannons were blown up, and the only ones that were blown up were even more boneless. Without these cannons, how can you attack the city? Do you want to fill it with human lives? Especially when the soldiers of the Heilongjiang Patrol Battalion are not too high, this is even more looking for death!
"Bang! Bang! ”
The gunfire continued, and the soldiers of the attacking Heilongjiang patrol battalion were shot one after another and fell to the ground. The morale that was originally aroused by the high-ranking officials and bounties also fell rapidly because of this. Seeing one companion after another being shot, countless patrol battalion soldiers were frightened and turned around and ran, they wished that their father and mother would give them a few more pairs of feet, so that they could escape faster.
"Alas!" Seeing this, Hulan couldn't help but sigh. I originally thought that it would be easy to hit Binjiang City, but I didn't expect such a problem to occur.
The first attack of the Heilongjiang patrol battalion ended hastily, and there was no other impact except for leaving corpses in one place and some bullet marks on the walls of Binjiang City.
"Your Excellency, the General is here!" A personal soldier came to Hulan's side and prayed to him.
"Huh?" Hulan was startled and hurriedly got up to greet him. I have to say that his luck is not good, just after losing the battle, Cheng Dequan came.
Hulan first led 12,000 men to attack Binjiang City, and Cheng Dequan personally led 3,000 elites to arrive. Originally, Hulan boasted to Cheng Dequan about Haikou, claiming that he would definitely be able to take Binjiang City before Cheng Dequan arrived, or be Ma Tengxi's father and son. But I didn't expect that I would lose the first battle.
Cheng Dequan, only 46 years old this year, a native of Chongqing, Sichuan, was born in the Qing Dynasty, and entered the country in the sixteenth year of Guangxu (1890). He once served as the acting general of Heilongjiang, the prime minister of the battalion office, and the governor of Fengtian. In the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu (1898), he went to Heilongjiang to enter the deputy capital of Tongshou Mountain Curtain. In the 26th year of Guangxu, Tsarist Russia invaded the Northeast and was ordered to go to the former enemy to supervise the army and actively prepare for the war. In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu, he was promoted to the governor of Zhili Prefecture; In the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, he was promoted to a Taoist, and was rewarded with the title of deputy capital commander, acting deputy capital commander of Longjiang. Later, he was promoted to Heilongjiang general. It can be said that Cheng Dequan started completely from Heilongjiang, and he runs it like an iron bucket. Ma Tengxi's father and son want to enter Heilongjiang, but the preparation is not sufficient, no wonder they will lose the battle.
"General, if you are defeated, please punish the general!" Hulan knelt in front of Cheng Dequan with a depressed face.
"General Hulan, please get up, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, how can you be depressed and desperate because of a momentary failure?" Cheng Dequan strode forward and helped Hulan up.
"General Xie!" Hulan looked grateful. I have to admit that Cheng Dequan is very good at buying people's hearts.
"Let's go, let's go see Riverside City. What the hell is going on, I can actually resist my army of tens of thousands. Cheng Dequan said nonchalantly, as if he didn't take this failure to heart at all.
Soon, Cheng Dequan and Hulan appeared outside Binjiang City under the protection of their own soldiers, looking out from a few miles away. Although the walls of Riverside City are still low, the damaged areas have been repaired.
"It seems that the Ma family father and son have been prepared for a long time. But if they think they'll be able to compete with me, they're wrong. Ordered the army, bury the pot to cook, and start the attack in the afternoon, and vow not to give up until Binjiang City was taken. Cheng Dequan immediately gave an order.
"Yes, sir!" Hulan replied loudly.
Cheng Dequan led the reinforcements to arrive, and did not hide it from Wu Haoxuan and others.
"Is the Lord coming? It just so happens that Cheng Dequan's main force will be eliminated in this battle, and the follow-up battle will be much easier. Order the 31st Regiment to be ready for battle, and by the afternoon, there should be a tough battle. Wu Haoxuan said.
"Yes, young marshal!" Shi Tianhan nodded, in the battle in the morning, their results were not great, they only killed a few hundred enemies. If we had been able to use all the firepower at that time, we might have been able to achieve even greater results. It's just that if that's the case, it's sure to scare the enemy away.
Now the enemy's main forces have all arrived, and the 32nd and 33rd regiments are ready. This afternoon is a decisive battle, and all Cheng Dequan's soldiers and horses will be eliminated in one fell swoop.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, after lunch, the soldiers of the Heilongjiang patrol battalion were ready for battle. Cheng Dequan personally arrived at the front line and made a wish to the officers and soldiers so that they could go all out.
"Brothers, as long as you can take Binjiang City and catch Ma Tengxi and his son, I promise that I will never treat everyone badly. The first person to rush to the wall of Binjiang City will be rewarded with a thousand yuan in the ocean. Those who catch Ma Tengxi will be rewarded with 5,000 yuan in the ocean, and those who catch the two little cubs in Ma Tengxi will be rewarded with 2,000 yuan in the ocean. In addition, he will be promoted to three levels. Meritorious achievements are in the future, but you don't have to let go of the opportunity," Cheng Dequan shouted loudly.
Suddenly, the officers and soldiers of the Heilongjiang Patrol Battalion were once again boosted in morale, and Cheng Dequan increased the bounty tenfold as soon as he came up. In the case that the monthly salary of ordinary big-headed soldiers is only a few oceans, even a thousand oceans is enough for them to use for a lifetime. Not to mention that if you can catch Ma Tengxi, you can also get a bounty of 5,000 oceans, and you can also be promoted to the third level, which is a good thing that you can't touch in a lifetime! If you miss it, you will definitely regret it for life.
"Brothers, attack!" Cheng Dequan was very satisfied with the morale of the officers and men of the patrol battalion and gave the order to attack.
"Rush! Kill into Binjiang City and capture Ma Tengxi's father and son alive. ”
The officers and men of the patrol battalion rushed towards Binjiang City in a chaotic manner, and there was no formation to speak of.
In the first wave of attacks, Cheng Dequan invested 3,000 people. He is determined to take Binjiang City in one battle.
On the city wall, Wu Haoxuan and the commanders of the 3rd Infantry Division stayed here. After the artillery of the Heilongjiang patrol battalion is dealt with, their safety will not be too threatened.
Wu Haoxuan stood on the city tower, holding a telescope to observe the enemy's attack.
"Order the troops, put in and fight again. A third of the heavy machine guns opened fire. Although the enemy invested more than 3,000 people to attack the city, Wu Haoxuan still did not invest 3,000 people at one time. But Wu Haoxuan still didn't want to expose his strength at the first time.
"Da Da Da! Da-da-da-da! ”
When the officers and men of the patrol battalion rushed to a distance of just over 500 meters from the city wall, 12 heavy machine guns erected on the city wall opened fire. This was only a third of the heavy machine guns that the 31st Infantry Regiment had.
Orange-red flames flashed at the muzzle of the guns, and one after another hot bullets flew out and swept towards the officers and men of the patrol battalion. The officers and men of the patrol battalion, who were crowded together to attack, were shot one after another and fell to the ground.
This dense formation of theirs undoubtedly became the best target for heavy machine gun slaughter.
"Oh my God! Such dense firepower. ”
"Run! There are so many heavy machine guns in Binjiang City, how can you fight it. ”
After the twelve heavy machine guns opened fire, the dense bullets cost the officers and men of the attacking patrol battalion dearly. Countless people were knocked down by bullets, and even if they turned around and fled, they were still pursued by bullets, and many people fell with their backs to Riverside City.
The effective range of the 1904 heavy machine gun reached a thousand meters, and although the power of the 7.62 mm bullet was not very large, it was not a problem at all to kill people.
Cheng Dequan and Hulan, who were watching the battle from the rear, couldn't help but gasp, there were more than ten heavy machine guns on the walls of Binjiang City, and they wanted to take Binjiang City, but it was not so easy.
"Will ...... Generals, when they attacked in the morning, none of them had yet used heavy machine guns. Hulan stammered, he was afraid that Cheng Dequan would think that he was deliberately concealing.
"Humph! It seems that the Ma family father and son want to trick us. Come on, push our heavy machine guns up. Today, I don't believe that Binjiang City will not be breached. Cheng Dequan gritted his teeth and said.
The situation he was most worried about still appeared, there must be troops from other warlords in Binjiang City, otherwise, Ma Tengxi would not have so many heavy machine guns. However, Cheng Dequan now has no other choice. If we can't take Binjiang City in one go, the morale of the troops will be greatly affected. In addition, once the other warlords of the Feng faction used Binjiang City as a base for advancing and plotting against Heilongjiang, it would be even more difficult for him to resist.
Cheng Dequan brought several heavy machine guns this time, and all of them were sent to the battlefield. In addition, in order to be able to take Binjiang City in one fell swoop, Cheng Dequan invested 5,000 people in the second attack. He can be said to have made a bloody investment this time.
"Young marshal, Cheng Dequan's old boy went crazy and took out all his family resources." Shi Tianhan smiled.
"Okay, this time order the troops, no need to hide your strength anymore. So the troops opened fire with all their might, annihilating them in one fell swoop. Also, get the 32nd and 33rd regiments ready. After we inflicted heavy losses on Cheng Dequan's troops, they immediately launched a siege, and they must annihilate Cheng Dequan's main force, and it is best to leave Cheng Dequan behind, regardless of life or death! ”
"Yes, young marshal!" Shi Tianhan immediately gave an order. The 3rd Infantry Division of the Jilin Army immediately went into action.
"Attack!"
The officers and men of the 5,000 Heilongjiang Patrol Battalion began to attack Binjiang City. Several Maxim heavy machine guns also followed them, intending to provide fire cover for the officers and men of the patrol battalion after approaching the city walls.
"Fire!" Wu Haoxuan also gave the order to open fire.
The first to fire was the artillery battalion directly under the 3rd Infantry Division. The artillery battalion's 36 105-mm light howitzers were deployed on top of the artillery positions in the city. As soon as the order was given, 36 cannons began firing.
"Woohoo!"
One after another, shells fell from the sky and fell into the ranks of the officers and men of the Heilongjiang patrol battalion who were attacking.
The explosion of the artillery shells and the tremendous power of the patrol battalion caused a blank in the ranks of the officers and men of the patrol battalion, and many soldiers were directly lifted away.