Chapter 314 The surprise attack on Liling (five thousand)
Song Hailong is the battalion commander of the Special Operations Battalion of the Second Division. He was transferred from the Special Operations Battalion when the Second Division was established.
When I first selected people from the special operations team, I mainly looked at combat skills, as well as battlefield response and organization capabilities.
There are many people in the special operations team who are very capable, but are too arrogant and are only suitable as lone wolves to perform some difficult tasks.
Such people will not be selected into the special operations battalion of the combat force.
Currently, each of the Huaihai Navy's regular combat divisions is equipped with a special operations battalion.
Not all special operations battalions are from special operations groups, only the key personnel are selected by special operations groups. Other soldiers are mainly selected through military competitions.
It can be said that the special operations battalion is the fangs of the Renaissance Army's combat troops. They help the combat troops tear through the hard leather armor of prey.
Before the battle begins, the first to enter the battlefield is always the special operations battalion.
They will help the main force open the city or occupy important passes before the enemy can react.
They are sharp knives that penetrate the enemy's heart at the most critical moment of the war.
The Luoxiao Mountains run through Jiangxi and Hunan, delimiting the respective territories of the two major river systems of the Xiangjiang River and the Ganjiang River. Chalingguan is a passage on the Luoxiao Mountains. It connects Pingxiang and Liling.
At this time, we were in the woods outside Chaling Pass.
Five hundred brothers from the special operations battalion used darkness and trees to hide themselves.
They took advantage of the darkness to find their way out of Chaling Pass.
Since the last conflict, Zeng Guoquan moved all his "Ji" camps to Liling.
The entire battalion, totaling 1,500 people, was stationed in Liling County, cooperating with the original 2,000 city defense battalions in the city to guard the passage between Jiangxi and Hunan.
At Zeng Guofan's instruction, Zeng Guoquan sent soldiers from the "Ji" battalion to set up a sentry post in the direction of Chaling Pass to observe every move at Chaling Pass.
Of course, Zeng Guoquan would not just set up an outpost. When it came to leading troops to fight, Zeng Guoquan was not confused at all.
There is a hidden sentry on both sides of the open sentinel. The three serve as horns for each other. Even if both teams are wiped out, one of them will still be able to come back and report the news.
However, Zeng Guoquan didn't know that the Special Forces of the Renaissance Army were experts in concealment and concealment.
There was no way the Hunan Army could hide this little trick from them.
"Battal Commander, there is a group of ten soldiers on the Hunan Army's Ming Sentou."
"There are fires set up around the outpost. The light can shine to a range of fifty meters around."
Song Hailong sent all the top men in the camp, fifty of them in total, who were now lurking 150 meters away from the Hunan Army's open post.
He had just sent out two squads to wipe out the surrounding hidden sentries.
There were two hidden sentries, each with five Hunan soldiers inside.
The official road from Pingxiang to Liling generally runs east-west. Two hidden posts of the Hunan Army are placed in the woods on the north and south sides of the open posts.
If there is an attack on the open sentry side, the hidden sentry can see it by simply using a firelight to warn.
And the attacker certainly couldn't kill all ten sentries at once.
As long as the enemy sends the news back, it will be difficult for the Renaissance Army to attack the city and eliminate the Hunan Army's elite "Ji" battalion equipped with rifles.
Even if it can be eliminated, there will still be a price to pay.
Dong Shuheng felt that it was not worth paying the price in this kind of civil war.
Just like what he said to Liu Qingnan at the beginning, the destruction of the Qing Dynasty was just an armed parade by the Renaissance Army, and it was not worth mentioning at all.
The opponents of the Renaissance Army were not the Manchus. They were at best a stumbling block, not even a whetstone.
The Hunan Army's hidden sentry points were two pits in the forest, with no cover on them. They thought they would be fine if they hid in the pits.
In fact, during the day, the special operations battalion had already figured out their location.
These two secret sentries didn't notice at all when the scouts from the special operations battalion pretended to be within a hundred meters of them.
It has to be said that the Hunan Army's lurking skills are too amateurish.
The investigators of the special operations battalion had already discovered them through the hats swinging on their heads.
Just now, two squads of special operations battalions came over from both sides. They worked in pairs, with one responsible for covering the mouth and the other responsible for harvesting.
The two secret sentries were successfully resolved.
During this process, Song Hailong led his men to stare at the bright sentry opposite.
If there is a movement from the hidden sentry, which alerts the open sentry, the two squads that come forward and hide next to the open sentry will start in advance and directly kill the open sentry.
"Go to the four groups, go from the secret posts on both sides to one kilometer behind, lurk down, and pay close attention to the official road and the woods on both sides to prevent any more fish from being caught."
The first thing Song Hailong and others had to do was to pull out the outpost so that the large army could follow them to Liling County quietly.
"Fifty meters away." Song Hailong muttered.
"Let's change to the military crossbow. To prevent accidents, a group of three people are responsible for aiming at one person."
Song Hailong ordered to a company commander beside him.
"Okay, sir, just stay here and watch."
With that said, he went down to prepare.
The Hunan Army captain on the guard post was quite conscientious in his duties, at least he didn't sleep secretly. This post was a former refugee settlement.
It's been a long time since the last incident and no refugees have lived here.
These dens are basically abandoned. The wood and thatch are just used to light the fire.
The soldiers of the Hunan Army looked at the fire burning in the distance with vigilance, as if a monster that would choose and devour people would jump out from behind the fire at any time.
"Commander, did you hear the sound?"
Xiang Rong has the best hearing among the group.
Just now he seemed to hear a rustling sound.
And the sound has more than one goal.
"Xiang Rong, lie down on the ground and listen." Obviously, no one else heard it.
Xiang Rong put his hands on the ground and put his ears to the ground.
But I couldn't hear anything. Could it be a group of small animals?
Xiang Rong was confused.
He stood up, shook his head at the chief, and then patted the mud off his hands with both hands.
At this moment, dozens of whooshing sounds shot through the air from the east.
The soldiers of the Hunan Army who were standing on guard were hit by arrows one after another, and at least two crossbows were inserted into each of them.
The military crossbows used by the Renaissance Army's special forces are composite crossbows made of special steel. They are extremely powerful, several times more powerful than ordinary military crossbows, and can effectively kill enemies at a distance of more than 100 meters.
The biggest advantage of this cold weapon is that it makes no sound and is specially built for special operations.
In the darkness, the sound of running at extremely high speeds rang out. A group of soldiers carrying crossbow rifles ran to the post as fast as possible. It took only ten seconds.
A special operations team member fired an arrow at the far corner.
With a sound of "Ah", everyone looked out and saw a Hunan Army soldier in the corner waving a torch towards the woods nearby, apparently reporting a message.
But it was of no use now, as the person he reported to had already reported to the King of Hell before him.
This person has not appeared just now. He is the eleventh person. He should be specially hiding here to report the news.
"Go and search the surrounding area carefully. Damn it, this group of Hunan troops is quite naughty." said a company commander.
The special forces team members who rushed in quickly dispersed in groups of three.
Search around in a fan shape.
Soon Song Hailong rushed over with the remaining soldiers and sorted out the surroundings again before the special operations battalion continued to set off.
After walking for about ten minutes, the team met the soldiers they had just sent out.
"How's it going? Is there any fish that slipped through the net?" Song Hailong asked.
"Report to the battalion commander. No." the soldier reported.
Song Hailong's heart was slightly relieved.
Next, the team continued to march towards Liling County. At the same time, Song Hailong sent someone to send a message to the large troops in the rear.
They must occupy the city gate before dawn so that the main force can directly attack the city.
It is five miles southeast of Liling City.
The special forces team discovered the second enemy outpost. This outpost was obviously more relaxed than the previous one, perhaps because it was closer to the city.
Song Hailong followed suit and successfully eliminated the outpost outside the city.
At this time, large troops also rushed up from their rear along the official road, with the two sides maintaining a distance of two miles.
The special operations battalion is like a sharp knife, cutting the way ahead.
The hour hand on the pocket watch already pointed to four o'clock in the morning.
Song Hailong led his men to the foot of Liling City. The city wall of Liling County was not very high, but there was a moat around it.
Although it is not wide, the water in the river is already very deep after several spring rains.
Four o'clock in the morning is when soldiers on night duty are most tired.
Anyone who works the night shift knows that three to four o'clock in the morning is the time when people are most sleepy.
Even people who have slept during the day will fall asleep at three or four in the morning.
What Song Hailong and the others need to do now is to find an empty wall section to touch, then follow the city wall into the tower and seize control of the city gate.
The city tower is definitely the focus of defense. Most of the soldiers stationed on the city wall sleep in the houses above the city wall at night. After all, there are only a few soldiers who are actually on duty on the wall.
The most difficult task in special operations is how to kill the enemy's sentries silently.
We often see such shots in TV programs, but the TV directly switches the camera. Our soldiers appear directly behind the enemy, and then use the dagger in their hands to easily cut the enemy's neck, or use both hands to cut the enemy's neck.
The enemy's neck is broken.
Why is it always the neck that gets hurt?
However, the key in this process is how to get close to the enemy without being discovered. It is impossible for people to walk without making noise.
It is especially quiet at night, and even the smallest sounds can be heard.
Therefore, the special forces must practice how to slow down their steps, how to find blind spots in people's vision, how to find the enemy's weaknesses, and how to make the enemy die faster...
Song Hailong gave the task of climbing the wall to ten leading soldiers in the camp. They chose a location fifty meters away from the city tower, which was the furthest away from the gate tower and the watchtowers on the wall.
Right in the middle of the two.
This time the special team did not choose to use poles, but ropes to climb the wall.
Several members of the team put on rubber water cushions and quietly walked into the moat. The water in the river was very icy and it was still early spring.
If there is no water to rely on and all the clothes are wet, the soldiers' hands and feet will be numb from the cold, which will inevitably affect their ability to move.
After crossing the moat, the team members pressed their bodies against the city wall, although it was almost certain that there were no enemies on the wall here.
No one would blow the wind on the city wall all night in this kind of weather, and even if they were on night duty, they would stay in the city gate tower or watchtower.
After climbing the city wall, they were divided into two teams. The smaller team headed towards the watchtower. There were not many enemies there.
The larger group went towards the city gate tower.
The remaining team members also followed up the wall. Since it was confirmed that no one was on the wall, they no longer had to swim.
Stepping on the wooden planks that had been prepared, the following special operations team members followed suit and climbed onto the city wall.
There are eight Hunan soldiers on duty at the city gate tower, and there must be more soldiers in the rooms above the gate tower. But at this time, there is no need to be silent.
More than a dozen special operations team members swarmed forward, and with a burst of crossbow fire, all eight soldiers on duty fell to the ground.
However, their muffled groans before they died also succeeded in waking up the Hunan soldiers in the city gate tower.
However, the special forces did not give them a chance to counterattack.
Since exposure is inevitable, you must speed up so that the enemy's reaction cannot catch up with your speed.
Just now, after knocking down several Hunan soldiers on night watch.
Five special forces members quickly came to the tower, and one of them kicked open the door of the upper building of the tower.
Suddenly, more than a dozen of the latest cantaloupe grenades flew into the room.
The special operations team members turned around and threw themselves down, all their movements were fast and smooth, just like conditioned reflexes.
"Bang bang bang..." The explosion sounded and spread to the entire county.
At the same time, another group of special operations battalion soldiers had already trotted down the horse path inside the city wall.
Several soldiers also lit torches to signal to the main force outside the city.
"Creak", the city gate was opened from the inside by the soldiers of the special forces, and the soldiers on the city tower also lowered the drawbridge.
In the Hunan Army barracks in Liling County, Zeng Guoquan was awakened by the sound of explosions. He was strict in running the army and had high demands on himself. Although he had a cruel temperament, he was not fond of drinking and sex.
When he was in the army, Zeng Guoquan usually slept in the military camp.
At this time, the sound of hurried dressing was heard from other barracks.
Zeng Guoquan quickly put on his clothes, picked up his weapons and walked out of the tent.
The soldiers also ran out of the barracks one after another, holding their rifles tightly in their hands. In other words, the Hunan Army, if it were an ordinary Green Battalion, it would have been in chaos.
"Come on, come with me to the east gate to have a look. Whoever attacks our city must make him walk around without food."
There are only two possibilities for the explosion just now, either the soldiers accidentally detonated the gunpowder, or someone was attacking the tower.
Zeng Guoquan was actually not sure because Zeng Guoquan did not hear any gunshots after the explosion.
He didn't know the huge power of a grenade exploding in a confined space. Naturally, nothing happened.
At this time, the deputy general Su Shen staggered over. He went to see a girl last night.
"General, what's going on? Could it be that the Huai Navy is attacking the city?" Su Shen asked.
They didn't know anything about the Fuxing Army yet, so naturally they still called it the Huai Navy.
When Su Shen heard the explosion, his first thought was that Huai Haijun was calling. People who like to play tricks are naturally afraid of other people's conspiracies.
"Let's take a look first and then talk about it. If it's really the Huai Navy, we'll just drive them back."
Zeng Guoquan said and led the people to run towards the east gate.
The Liling side is close to the Lujiang River, and the waterway can actually connect it to Pingxiang. However, the Renaissance Army did not take the waterway, and the waterway was not blocked and was more easily exposed.
The direction of the Fuxing Army's attack was the east city gate, so they had to find a remote place upstream to cross the river in advance.
It took a lot of time to cross the river. After seeing the signal from the city head, the main force of the Second Division split up and acted according to the previous plan.
The cavalry regiment was sent to the northwest to prevent the enemy from escaping on the road.
The artillery regiment was deployed along the river to prevent the enemy from escaping over the water.
These two regiments could not play much role in street fighting.
The infantry regiments marched into the city one after another. The lions fought the rabbits with all their strength.
However, the first to engage the enemy was the special operations battalion.
After occupying the city gate, Song Hailong left a hundred people to guard the city gate and guide the large army into the city. He himself led the remaining 400 people into the city first.
The Hunan Army's military camp was in the west city, and the Renaissance Army came from the east gate. The two sides happened to meet in the city.
Liling City is small, with only one main east-west road, and shops on both sides of the street. The shop fronts swayed in the night wind, making it difficult for the soldiers to see clearly.
The two parties discovered each other because they heard footsteps.
The Hunan army on Zeng Guoquan's side immediately raised their guns and fired. The street was narrow, so Zeng Guoquan asked his men to shoot alternately, shooting while advancing.
The first reaction of the Renaissance Army was to stick to the doorways of shops on both sides of the street. In the tactical actions of the Renaissance Army, protecting oneself always comes first.
The special operations battalion uses a Type 54 rifle. As the top soldiers, they give priority to changing their equipment.
The sound of smokeless powder bullets is crisper than the sound of black powder bullets.
Moreover, there was no smoke rising, and the soldiers in the special operations battalion could clearly see the muzzle flash of fire when the Hunan Army on the opposite side fired.
"Fight." Song Hailong ordered. If we don't fight now, we will wait until later.
"Bang bang bang" gunshots rang out from both sides. Song Hailong fired a shot and then pulled the bolt. The bullet was loaded again. There was no need to aim. Just aim at the street and control the height to ensure that the bullet was fired accurately.
A magazine with five bullets was used up in less than a minute.
Although Zeng Guoquan's side has been shooting, their firepower is not as dense as Song Hailong's side.
On the side of the Hunan Army, the soldiers in the front row fell one by one. They almost only had time to fire one bullet from their own guns.
"What the hell, why is the Huai Haijun on the opposite side shooting so fast?"
Seeing that his own men suffered heavy casualties, Zeng Guoquan had to stop his men's advance and dispersed them to both sides of the street.
"General, we can't fight like this anymore. Brothers are being injured too quickly. I'll take some brothers to remove the door panels and seal the streets to give the brothers a cover." Su Shen suggested. He meant to build a barricade. They
But the defender.
"Okay, let's do as you say and go behind us to build. I will lead the brothers to support it first."
At this time, the horizon had already turned white, and both sides could already see each other's figures.
The shooting was more violent than before. Although the Hunan Army's rifles were much slower to load, they had no disadvantage in terms of range.
The special operations battalion also suffered casualties.
The reason why Song Hailong wanted to lead the troops to attack first was to compress the space of the Hunan Army and prevent them from spreading out in the streets. Now, the goal has been achieved, and the Hunan Army and the city defense forces in the city can only fight in the narrow space of the West City.
Internal defense.
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