Chapter 221 Blood-stained Cooking Pot Mountain (Ninth Update, April 440)
February 1, 1916.
"fire!"
"fire!"
A company of artillery suddenly made a loud bang.
The earth trembled and the mountains shook, and the sun and moon lost their color.
The 16th Beiyang Mixed Brigade, which had just captured Baishachang, was suddenly hit by fierce artillery fire!
When the 16th Brigade was in chaos, the Jinhan Ding Camp of the National Guard Army attacked the 16th Brigade from the left, the Li Wenhan Camp attacked the 16th Brigade from the right, and the Tianzhonggu Camp launched a forceful attack from the front!
The fierce attack by the three battalions caused Feng Yuxiang to be in chaos. After only one battle, he was forced to retreat to the second line for defense.
However, before the 16th Brigade could gain a foothold on the second line, the National Guard Army continued its assault.
After struggling to hold on until the 2nd, Feng Yuxiang's brigade finally couldn't hold on any longer and was defeated across the board! Feng Yuxiang himself was also wounded in the battle.
This was a hearty victory. The National Guard Army concentrated the strength of three battalions, at the expense of abandoning the White Sand Field, allowing Feng Yuxiang to go deep, and then launched a surprise attack, achieving a great victory!
Unwilling to accept defeat, Chen Huan immediately sent a regiment of the Beiyang Army and two battalions of the Pro-Army Army to reinforce the battlefield.
Cai Bang continued to use the National Defense Army Liu Camp to lure the enemy deep, and then led them to the front line of Yibin. He repeated his clever plan and launched a fierce attack with the Tian Zhonggu and Li Wenhan 2nd Battalions. The enemy was defeated again. The National Defense Army captured two cannons and
Tons of ammunition!
Under the arrangement of Cai Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the First Army of the National Protective Army, the National Protective Army guarding Yibin, with a strength of two thousand, achieved two great victories, defeated the attack of more than 10,000 people from Beiyang, and defended Yibin to the death.
Cai Bang's military career also reached its peak in the battle to protect the country!
To be honest, this time the defense of the country against Yuan was the same as the previous ones. There was no organization and no connection. Everyone was doing their own thing. The three armies had no master in the war to protect the country. It was just a bubble war.
But fortunately, Cai Zhen came out!
This outstanding general used his incredible military talents to make a series of brilliant moves. When the enemy was strong and we were weak, he defeated the elite troops of Beiyang and became confused!
Back then, Yuan Shikai was determined to win over Cai Xun, and this was his purpose, to use Cai Xun for himself!
It's a pity that Yuan Shikai couldn't do it!
"Lou sent Cai Songpo too far." When he received the battle report in Yibin, Wang Hengyue said to himself.
"Cai Songpo fought a good battle." Jiang Liye sighed with emotion: "I personally led the main force in a decisive battle posture, but in fact the real purpose was to eat Beiyang one bite at a time."
"Guizhou Governor Liu Xianshi also declared independence. 1... Wang Hengyue clicked on the telegram on the table: "More and more provinces will become independent, and it will be our turn soon!"
Immediately, his face straightened: "Order, all our brigades be prepared for battle!"
Jiang Li smiled slightly. He knew that Heng Shuai could no longer hold back. Everything was waiting for that day to come...
At this time, Cai Huo led the main force of the First Army of the National Defense Army and fought bloody battles with the Beiyang elite at Chaoyang Pass and Mianhuā Slope in Naxi for twenty-seven days and nights. The Beiyang Army suffered heavy casualties and was forced to dig deep trenches to defend.
The First Army was also unable to be replenished due to heavy consumption, and was forced to switch from offensive to defensive.
For twenty-seven days and nights, the First Army commanded by Cai Zhen fought bloody battles with the Beiyang Army, which was far more powerful than himself!
Jinhan Ding Camp and Li Wenhan Camp in Yibin were also gradually brought to the front line. Chen Huan hurriedly ordered Feng Yuxiang Brigade, Wu Xiangzhen Brigade, and the Second Brigade with more than 5,000 troops to attack Yibin again.
At this time, only Tian Zhonggu Battalion, which suffered more than half of its casualties, and Liu Guowei's engineering company were left in Yibin! Together, there were only a few dozen men. And the artillery company was almost running out of shells!
With superior strength, the Beiyang Army launched a ferocious attack on Tian Zhonggu's camp like a mountain roar and a tsunami. Tian Zhonggu no longer had the strength to continue to resist Beiyang's massive counterattack.
"Battle Commander Tian, Commander Liu, please move to the right wing, and let our troops cover your retreat and stop the enemy at Cuiguoshan!"
Following this change in the battle situation, Tian Zhonggu Camp retreated to the right wing, while Liu Guowei's Engineer Company defended Chuiguoshan.
The brutal battle to defend Chuiguoshan has begun!
At that time, Liu Guowei's engineering company only had 62 people.
But Liu Guowei and his brothers already regarded themselves as dead people from the beginning of the battle to defend Chuiguoshan.
Facing the enemies all over the mountains and plains, these sixty-two people clung to their positions, miraculously blocking the enemy's attacks one after another.
The artillerymen in the rear also tried their best to use their last artillery shells to support the brothers in the front!
The brutality of this battle cannot be described in words.
Beiyang attacked again and again, and the engineer company defended the position fiercely again and again. Using their own blood and lives, they guarded the glory of the war to protect the country!
They knew they couldn't hold on for much longer, and they knew even more that they would all die here, but they didn't care at all.
Someone is always going to die, die vigorously, and let your name leave a strong mark in the history of China!
On the day when the War of Protecting the Country is won, many, many people will know what happened on the battlefield of Chuoguoshan. There were sixty-two warriors who shed their last drop of blood for the victory of Protecting the Country!
Beiyang rushed up, and they used bombs and bullets to knock them down: Beiyang rushed in front, and they used engineering shovels and stones to push Beiyang back!
One after another, warriors resisted the bombs and rushed towards the enemy. Then in that explosion, their young and passionate lives flew away with pride. What kind of battle was this?
Feng Yuxiang and Wu Xiangzhen were completely shocked.
They clearly saw Cuiguo Mountain, but there were only a few defenders and they didn't even have machine guns. But how did they hold on from morning to afternoon until now?
The number of people in Beiyang was several times, ten times, dozens of times theirs. The machine guns completely suppressed them, but they had clearly seen the enemy's position, but they just couldn't rush forward.
The last artillery shell of the National Defense Army artillery battery was also fired.
"Company commander, there are no more artillery shells!" Zeng Tianyuan, commander of the artillery company, was startled for a moment, then glanced at his brothers: "Brothers, the engineer company is fighting at Chuiguo Mountain. They don't have many people, and we don't have any artillery shells. What should we do?
?Artillery is used as infantry!”
None of the brothers spoke, only one asked: "What to do with the cannon?" Zeng Tianyuan looked behind him: "Leave it to Wang Hengyue!"
As he said that, he picked up the big banner of "Protect the country and fight against Yuan" and said calmly: "Brothers, let's go!" Feng Yuxiang's hands were trembling.
What is that? It was a group of artillerymen, guided by a banner of "Protect the Country and Defeat Yuan", they rushed towards it fearlessly!
Crazy, these people are definitely crazy!
Under machine gun fire, they fell in pieces, but they were still there, charging.
Zeng Tianyuan fell. At the moment when the flag was about to fall, a brother picked up the flag and rushed forward without looking back.
Zeng Tianyuan laughed, and then he crawled forward a few steps with all his strength. Finally, he could no longer hold on and buried his head in the soil.
There is blood in the soil.
Earth is cold, blood is hot!
Zeng Tianyuan felt that he had no regrets anymore. He took a long breath and closed his eyes...
He is only twenty-one years old this year!
A young life fell on this hot land for the dream he was chasing!
Twenty-one years of life left this world like this.
Liu Guowei was only twenty-six years old.
The engineer company could no longer withstand it.
We went to Guowei to do an inventory and found that there were still three wounded soldiers.
"Brothers, we are going." Liu Guowei smiled lightly.
Three wounded soldiers moved to his side: "Company Commander, can't it be done?" "It can't be done." Liu Guowei took an explosive box to his side, lit a cigarette, and took two strong puffs: "Brothers, it's all over.
Don't be afraid." "Company Commander, I, I don't want to die," said a soldier who looked less than twenty years old.
Liu Guowei smiled: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. When the people from Beiyang rush up, they will blast you and everything will be gone. It won't hurt."
Xiaobing tried his best to poke his chest, as if he wanted to prove that he was not afraid.
Liu Guowei glanced down and saw that the Beiyang people were slowly attacking here: "Brothers, Commander-in-Chief Cai will help us take revenge!" The Beiyang people were getting closer and closer.
Liu Guowei put the cigarette on the fuse.
The fuse was lit and burned "sizzlingly".
Liu Guowei and his brothers hugged each other tightly. Their heroic spirit will last forever, and their heroic spirits will live on forever!
This is March 1, 1916.
Beiyang occupied Cuiguoshan, but in fact they got nothing.
Not a single prisoner was captured, not a single person alive was seen.
Feng Yuxiang and Wu Xiangzhen felt an unprecedented shock. What kind of soldiers are these!
They regard death as the highest honor of a soldier, and they regard dying here as the supreme honor of a soldier. And they are just an engineering company.
How many people like this are there in the National Guard Army? How many more battles like this are going to be fought?
What worries Beiyang the most is that there is a bigger tiger. The tiger that has been staring at it for a long time is waiting for Beiyang. "What's the sound?" Wang Hengyue opened his eyes.
"There's no sound?"
"Oh, then I had a dream just now." Wang Hengyue stood up from the recliner: "I dreamed that many soldiers died and perished with the enemy." Jiang Li walked in: "Shuai Heng, we are fighting in the direction of Yibin.
It is very difficult. It seems that the National Guard Army there can no longer withstand it. Moreover, Cai Ao fought bloody battles in Naxi and Beiyang for twenty-seven days and nights, suffering heavy casualties. Both sides are almost defeated. This is the time for us to attack."
"It's our turn." Wang Hengyue asked calmly.
Cai Xun nodded: "It's our turn, the enemy has entered our attack range!" Wang Hengyue adjusted his military uniform: "Send the order, Sichuan is independent, and the entire army will attack!"!.