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Chapter 177: A Battle to Settle the Southwest (7)

The crazy shelling sounds caused ripples in the river. At the same time, the National Defense Force, which was attacking from three sides, encountered the tenacious resistance of Tang Jiyao's troops. This army composed of the Yunnan Army, Guizhou Army and bandits had completely entered a semi-crazy state because they all knew that the evil deeds along the way were enough to kill them dozens of times. Even if the National Defense Force did not kill them, the people of Guilin City and Guangxi would kill them, so they were all red and their eyes were suffocated to the end.

Qiu Wenbin, who was lying on the bow of the ship, understood that this kind of madness was more like a hysterical cry. As long as a gap was opened, a defeat would inevitably be inevitable. But he still did not dare to be careless, because now he knew that taking advantage of this year's peace, the National Defense Forces were crazy about purchasing, while Lu Rongting, who was entrenching in Guangxi's financial and tax stability, also took out a lot of money to order 16 75mm field guns, 16 Haqikas heavy machine guns, 6,000 rifles and enough ammunition from Japan. Now this batch of arms has all fallen into Tang Jiyao's hands. The crazy enemy can be equipped with a full-scale heavy firepower, and if you are not careful, it will turn into a war of attrition.

In fact, not only Guangxi, but also provinces with some money in the country are conducting bulk arms transactions. Guangdong placed an order for 100 cannons in one go, and also restarted the manufacturing of imitation Maderson ox-horned drought machine guns at the Guangzhou Manufacturing Bureau. Beiyang not only learned from the scale of Hubei's expanded Dagu Manufacturing Bureau, but also purchased hundreds of Maxim machine guns from Germany, imitating the National Defense Forces to purchase 500 Maderson light machine guns and a large number of Maurer pistols, but also did not forget to purchase a large number of arms from neighbor Japan.

Since our side had mountain roads all the way, no elite artillery regiments of the four divisions came. Because the Fifth Division changed the mountain division, it did not equip the Krupp field artillery, and the chemical raw materials and self-made factory equipment for the launch of medicine will not be transported from the United States until next month. Therefore, the mortar with an actual effective range of only about 800 meters was at a disadvantage in this kind of bombing. On the contrary, Tang Jiyao's troops relied on its sufficient ammunition and pulled out all the cannons, especially the 16 75mm field artillery deployed on Phoenix Mountain in the city, which was the most threatening. At the same time, the shells filled with Xiase gunpowder kept pouring down, and the yellow smoke choked many soldiers and fell as they ran.

Even if the remaining soldiers get closer, they will have to face the crossfire of dozens of light and heavy machine guns. Therefore, the battle situation is still stalemate. A gap must be opened! The command center believes that the best gap is the Li River that runs through the city, so it specially asked him to lead the guard company to seize the dock. Originally, the guard company was not under the command of the front-line command, and his company's mission was to monitor Tang Jiyao until the encirclement was completed, but he still accepted the task, not only because the guard company is the essence of the National Defense Forces, but also because his company is equipped with a new gun.

Thinking of this, Qiu Wenbin immediately began to check the new gun. He had just inserted the long thirty-round magazine, and saw the young Dian Army soldier who came to lead the way next to him staring at the gun in a daze. He couldn't help but smile and said, "What's the name? How old is it?"

"Report, named Ouyang Nan, 17 years old." Ouyang Nan would not have thought that because his parents died and were lingering on the streets of Guilin since childhood, he was very familiar with the terrain. He was so scared that he trembled and didn't close his eyes all night. He almost wanted to be a deserter, which would cause a drastic change in his life. And this change was because of Qiu Wenbin's following sentence: "I'm a little smaller, have good courage, and dare to act with us. Do you want to join the Guard Company?"

It’s a bad guy. I was forced. Ouyang Nan said with a black heart and asked with courage: “What is the guard company? How much is the monthly salary?”

"Monthly salary? Haha..." The dozen guards of the company on the same boat almost burst into tears: "Company Commander, I think you are in vain. This kid is simply a elm head."

Qiu Wenbin also smiled and slapped Ouyang Nan's head: "Boy, be smart, please follow me and don't run away after you fight." "Yeah..." Ouyang Nan was embarrassed to be laughed and scratched his head shyly and asked, "Sir... What kind of gun are you? So short? You look... so ugly? Like a tube."

"This?" Qiu Wenbin raised the famous Stein submachine gun in his hand and introduced: "This is called a submachine gun. It was designed by the commander. We made it ourselves in Hubei, and there are not even foreigners." He heard that there were no foreigners, Ouyang Nan's eyes were glaring out. In his impression, the Hanyang fabric in his hand was also imitated by foreigners! Qiu Wenbin smiled slightly and did not explain again. In fact, he didn't know how to explain it. Because the guard company had only been assigned dozens of them, and the commander said last time that the gun was not used for equipment but was planned to be sold for two years.

He couldn't figure out this. Although the gun looked a bit ugly, it was very powerful. It used the same bullet as the Minyuan pistol. It could be finished in a few seconds by holding the trigger and thirty rounds of magazines. It was not a problem to directly blow a platoon with instant fire. Moreover, Deputy Director Liu Qingen also said that this gun was not only good but also several times cheaper than the new Type 12 rifle. It was simple in technology and even an apprentice could make it. It was so good that it was powerful and made simple weapons. If it was made without equipment, it would be sold. It would have to wait for a few years... I can't figure it out. Fortunately, the Guard Company has a special mission and equipped a small batch of test models so that everyone can enjoy it.

Guilin City in his eyes began to magnify quickly, and the chirping sound of bullets began to pass by his ears, and from time to time, there were several shells that brought the water columns to the sky. Fortunately, the enemy's attention was focused on other sides. There were not many enemies here, and light machine guns could suppress the enemy. After the boat slowly walked around the big banyan tree, the bluestone pier suddenly appeared in front of him. As soon as Qiu Wenbin pulled the gun, he saw more than a dozen Yunnan troops suddenly jumping out of the alley. After lifting a few bundles of straw, two huge Haqikas machine guns suddenly appeared.

"Damn it, heavy machine gun."

As soon as the shouts sounded, the Haqikas heavy machine gun on the opposite side opened fire. At such a close distance, it was almost a massacre! The storm-like bullets swept across the ship, and more than a dozen guards who were caught off guard immediately fell into a pool of blood.

"Jump the ship!" Qiu Wenbin shouted and jumped off the river. Ouyang Nan also rolled into the river, and took the opportunity to take a submachine gun and bullet bag from the dead guard soldiers. When Qiu Wenbin swam to the shore and leaned against the dock and blocked the angle of the machine gun. The five small boats they were riding in had been sieved, and the nearby river water was stained with blood.

"Each oneself looks for cover...the machine guns are found to be built, and each fights! Each fights! The National Defense Forces attack..." The soldiers of the guards, who have been under the strictest training and have been tested for war, immediately dispersed and fought. Even the river waters that were waist-deep could not delay their movements. When Ouyang Nan was secretly shocked, he saw Qiu Wenbin and several soldiers bent over and hid in the dead corners of the dock and touched the machine gun. After they could see clearly the appearance of the Yunnan soldiers, they didn't even look at them, and suddenly reached out to raise the weird submachine gun. They swept the direction of the heavy machine gun.

The fierce firepower shocked Ouyang Nan who looked through the cracks of the rock. He didn't see them aiming or pulling the bolt. He just pulled the trigger a few times and it seemed like it was raining raining in front of the Yunnan Army's machine gun squad did not expect the enemy to have such firepower. The dense bullets scared them so much that they couldn't even lift their heads, let alone shoot.

Cover me! Qiu Wenbin changed to a magazine, shouted loudly and threw out a grenade quickly, then grabbed the stone steps with both hands and climbed upwards, but he probably soaked in water all year round, and there was a thick layer of moss on the bluestone slab, and he slipped his fingers and saw that he was about to fall into the water again. Ouyang Nan, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, hurriedly held his waist with his hands and lifted it up with force.

With this momentum, Qiu Wenbin finally climbed onto the dock. Before he could be grateful, he turned over and rolled in the plasma, quickly hid in the corner and lay on the ground and fired violently at the Yunnan army. With his cover, the remaining guards and soldiers also climbed onto the dock one after another. More than 30 Stein submachine guns fired at full speed, and the two Yunnan army machine gun squads instantly turned into a pile of rotten meat.

Seeing Ouyang Nan coming up, Qiu Wenbin patted his shoulder gratefully, leaving several people to find a way to retrieve the lost submachine gun. According to the scheduled plan, everyone threw three grenades into the middle of the river, and used the water column to inform the troops behind to follow and then turned around and rushed into the city. Ouyang Nan, who was following him, finally opened his eyes. He saw that in front of such a stunning power, every time he fought like a water-splashing submachine gun, the enemy who rushed to hear the news was almost wiped out as soon as he met.

"Be careful..." Ouyang Nan was immersed in the longing for joining the army. A loud shout suddenly sounded in his ears and his body was pushed out. Before he could hit the ground, the bricks in front of him suddenly exploded. A 57mm shell shot was shot out from the solid barricade at the intersection in front, hitting the house next to them.

"Go around, go around and use grenades!" The machine gunner was pressed on the corner of the street by shells, and the machine gunner could not find a good location. Qiu Wenbin hurriedly threw a grenade and shouted to Ouyang Nan. Ouyang Nan had just learned to use grenades, and when he knew something was urgent, he quickly grabbed it and ran into the room behind, but when he knocked open the window, his eyes suddenly turned red.

There were seven or eight female corpses lying in the room. All of these female corpses were naked without exception. The originally seductive bodies were full of gun holes, and their flesh was blurred and bloody and extremely terrifying. At first glance, they were raped and then killed. This scene made Ouyang Nan feel that his lungs were burning. Something seemed to be spraying out of his body, and even the danger was taken into consideration. He rushed to the second floor and threw the grenade into the barricade with all his strength.

The explosion instantly silenced the 57th gun. Several guards immediately turned over and jumped into the sandbag to occupy the barricade. As soon as they let the enemy who was so scared that they were shaking on the ground, they saw Ouyang Nan rushing out of the room. Before Qiu Wenbin could hold him, he knocked the trigger and fired violently at the surrendered soldiers. After all thirty rounds of magazines were shot, more than a dozen surrendered soldiers had fallen into a pool of blood.

Qiu Wenbin stepped forward and snatched the bulletless submachine gun, let the soldiers look at him and walked into the house. After going in and seeing the tragic situation clearly, he understood why the kid was crazy all of a sudden. But it was not the time to take revenge, so he had to go to the city gate to open up the situation immediately, so he bit his lip and walked to Ouyang Nan and asked, "Boy, I want a guide to the south gate."

Ouyang Nan's eyes were blood red, and he nodded vigorously, leading everyone to the city gate through the alley. As more and more National Defense Army soldiers began to land in Guilin City along the dock, the gap was finally opened. When Qiu Wenbin brought dozens of submachine guns to sweep the Yunnan Army's positions from behind, the south gate was also in chaos.

The opening of the south gate means the second gap is torn open, but it does not mean that the war is over. The dense barricades and fire points have brought the war into the most brutal street battles, and explosions and shouts of killing begin to sound from every street and every house.

"Push it, push it quickly."

Seeing a 70mm mountain cannon being pushed by several soldiers, Qiu Wenbin hurriedly pointed to a barricade in front of them that they could not raise their heads. The gunner quickly flattened the gun mouth and stuffed the shells into locking the bolts. After the ground suddenly shook, the dust flew up and saw that the barricades built up of strips of bluestone 100 meters away had been blown to pieces.

The Japanese Type 92 70mm infantry cannon that imitated later generations only requires a few soldiers to push and run. After the body tube was lengthened to 12 times, although its weight increased from 320 kilograms, its range was also increased to 3,800 meters, and it had the strength to fight against field guns. Of course, its greatest function was to accompany infantry operations unconditionally, especially in this complex street battle, which made it more advantageous. Many times the artillery even pushed within 100 meters of fire with cover.

The power of the seven-pound shell was equivalent to that of a 75mm field gun, so the three infantry cannons that brought the test quickly conquered the hearts of the infantry and became the main force in the street fighting. As one defensive support point after another was destroyed by direct shooting, the enemy's madness finally turned into fear and began to flee in all directions.

The tragic deaths and the burned houses made the soldiers of the National Defense Army gritted their teeth, especially when Lu Yuxun brought the remaining Gui army into the city under the order of his old man, his eyes turned red. When they finally saw thousands of corpses of the former robes shot to death at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, a massacre was irreversible.

These red-eyed Gui army not only rushed to the front, but also left no prisoner wherever they passed. When Cai Jimin learned the news in the city and wanted to stop it, the streets and alleys of Guilin City were covered with corpses, and the blood of the spring flowed into the river along the bumpy roads that had been dug into the pits. It could not be diluted after a few miles away.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, when Yang Qiu brought Jiang Baili and Miao Luo to arrive, the last Yunnan soldier in Fenghuang Mountain also put down his weapons. The Guilin Battle came to an end after nine hours of bloody battle. During this battle, more than 6,000 people from the more than 13,000 Yunnan-Guizhou and bandit coalition forces of Tang Jiyao's army were shot dead, and the rest were all captured. What awaited them was the anger of the people of Guangxi and the long-lasting labor camp.

The guard led by Mei Youchen was intercepted by intelligence officers and soldiers at the last moment of protecting Tang Jiyao to the Japanese Embassy. Tang Jiyao was shot in the foot, and finally, under the protection of Liu Cunhou and several loyalists, he barely hid in the Japanese Embassy. The 4 million French bank check she carried with her was seized by the National Welfare Army because Chen Haohui deliberately tore his clothes while rescued. In addition, a 500,000 yen check was found on Mei Youchen. The guard also found 570 kilograms of gold plundered from the two provinces.

More than 600 people were killed and injured in the National Welfare Army, most of which were sacrificed and injured in the initial stage and street fighting. Later, it was learned that, among the two patrol battalions of the Guangxi First Mixed Association, who failed to escape with Lu Rongting, the remaining 1,917 were collectively executed by Tang Jiyao.

This war tells the world that if true unification cannot be achieved, then as the new generation of young warlords who have experienced the fanatical revolutionary wave and greater ambitions gradually gain power, the vortex of civil war will likely become bigger and bigger and more cruel. This war also tells everyone that after Guangxi is controlled by the National Defense Forces, Yunnan has become an isolated island in the southwest, and a unified southwest has emerged.

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