march to victory

Chapter 152 The First Contest

If you have to distinguish between the Red 49nd and [-]th Army regiments, you dare not say anything else, just talk about weapons and equipment. The Red [-]th regiment will be the second, and no regiment will dare to recognize the first.

You must know that the Red 49th Regiment is directly under the machine gun company. Not to mention Master Wu Zhengqing, even the chiefs command the battle. When encountering tough bones like bunkers, they often say, "Bring me the machine gun company and kill it..." , as soon as others hear this, they will know who the machine gun is referring to, which shows how powerful it is.

The biggest mistake Ren Congqi made was to inadvertently expose the exact location of his artillery positions, and not to move them urgently afterwards - the small steel cannon can be carried and run, which is very convenient to move.

Of course, from Ren Congqi's point of view, it is normal for him to be careless: the Red Army did not expect that Ren Congqi had guns, and Ren Congqi also firmly believed that the Red Army did not have guns.Thanks to Lao Jiang's deceptive propaganda, Ren Congqi thought that the poor Red Army didn't even have a few guns, most of them were swords and spears, so how could they have guns?Even if there were, there probably weren't many of them, and most of them were to be placed in its headquarters, so how could it be possible to specially transfer all those artillery pieces in order to encircle his battalion?You know, they were in an encounter with the Red Army. Although the opponent could fight and retreat according to the terrain, and finally lay an ambush here, it was absolutely impossible to pull the artillery here in advance, so he was careless.

Seeing that the two companies had been rescued, Ren Congqi's mood improved greatly, and at the same time, he asked the fourth company to shoot at the opposite Red Army on the hill - anyway, the opposite Red Army could not fly over, so he was naturally not afraid of shooting.While personally going down the mountain, he was ready to welcome the two companies and appease them.

On the other side, Regiment Commander Liu Yongjiang personally came to the artillery position, and when he came up, he asked solemnly: "Old Hu, have you found the enemy's artillery position?"

Hu Guang, the commander of the machine gun company, is from Jiangxi, and he is a serious artilleryman. It is said that he participated in the Ningdu Uprising with Wu Zhengqing and embarked on the road of revolution.He is bold and generous, and he is supported by the soldiers and valued by his superiors. Even the head of the regiment Liu Yongjiang calls him Laohu, which shows that he is a person and a network.

"Not only have I found it long ago, but I have already targeted it. I just wait for your order, so that I can send all these bastards to the west to meet the Tathagata Buddha." Hu Guang answered with a smile, and said with a bit of indignation. : "These bastards underestimated us too much, thinking that our Red Army didn't even have guns, but they just put up a stance and bombarded the Second Battalion in such a grand manner, and didn't move their positions quickly afterwards, and just stopped there as if to show off. Damn it , I have been playing cannons for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen someone who looks down on me so much, if I teach them a lesson, will I, Hu Guang, have the face to be a man in the future?"

"Okay! Fire the cannon immediately and blow them all to the west to seek scriptures." Although Liu Yongjiang wanted to say: It's better not to blow up the enemy's shells, because they may become his own after the war, but he knows better , at this moment, such a request is tantamount to tying hands and feet, so I can only think about it.

This time Liu Yongjiang really brought his family's wealth: besides the two mountain cannons, there are also twelve small steel cannons. battalion company.

"Shh~! Shhh~! Shhh..."

Ren Congqi saw that although the two companies under him were flustered, most of them had returned intact, and he was greatly relieved.Just as he was about to go forward to appease his subordinates, he suddenly heard the piercing sound of the shell piercing the air. He subconsciously turned his head to look, and then his smiling face instantly became ferocious and fearful.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

……

"Shh~! Shhh~! Shhh..."

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

……

Ren Congqi stood there like a wooden stake, with a ferocious face and stunned eyes, just watching the flames of the artillery company under him burst into the sky, the explosion was deafening, and the heart-piercing screams made people chill, The struggling soldiers were blown into the air, blood donations were sprinkled, but they were blown into dust by another wave of shells...

But Ren Congqi still stood there dumbfounded, as if it wasn't his subordinates who were bombed, he didn't respond at all, no!To be precise, at this moment, what shocked him the most was not the scene where his subordinates were bombed, nor was it the scene of flying dogs and dogs jumping around, nor was it the hoarse yelling of his confidants around him. He had no fear, no loss, or even any emotional fluctuations , At this time, his mind was filled with a big question mark: How could the Red Army have artillery?How could they have guns...

Pushed by someone, Ren Congqi almost fell over, and managed to stand still. Turning his head to look, he saw his deputy battalion commander Wang Fuzheng yelling anxiously: "Battlemaster, they have artillery, not only mortars, but also cannons. There are mountain cannons. Listen... Battalion Commander, we should retreat before the enemy encircles, otherwise, the brothers will all be blown to the west..."

After all, Ren Congqi is an experienced commander. Hearing this, he looked at the soldiers around him and saw fear on everyone's face. He knew that at this moment, the morale of the Red Army had been completely destroyed by the shells of the Red Army, and he was powerless to recover. , If you continue to fight forcefully, you will either die or be a prisoner.

In fact, the reason why Ren Congqi and his subordinates have the confidence to carry out the "Central Blooming" plan here is the six small steel cannons and sufficient shells: if the Red Army dares to use the crowd tactics to attack, he will let the Red Army try small The power of steel cannons.The premise is that the Red Army has no guns!But now, the Red Army not only has cannons, but even mountain cannons. One cannon not only killed his artillery positions, but also completely disrupted all his deployments. More importantly, he lost his biggest trump card. The morale of the brothers was drained, and there was no fighting power to speak of.

He looked up to the sky and sighed, nodded weakly, and said: "Order the troops to gather and prepare to break through."

When Wang Fu ran down to deliver the order, Cai Guozhang, a political trainer at the side, took a step forward and reminded in a tactful and soft voice: "Battle Commander, what should we do for Yilian?"

Ren Congqi glanced at him coldly, then looked at the direction of Yilian on the left, he could vaguely see Yilian's soldiers and horses, but now, he had no choice but to abandon the car to protect the commander, otherwise, the entire battalion might be here and there. At this time, is it meaningful to save or not to save?

He did not answer directly, but looked up to the sky and sighed: "Brothers have tried their best in this battle, it is all my fault and has nothing to do with the brothers. Brother Cai, after you go back to see the principal, please tell the principal... Cong Qi is ashamed of the principal's training, so he can only sacrifice himself to become a benevolent soldier, in order to be a soldier, and to thank the principal for his kindness!"

While talking, he drew his gun, but was grabbed by Cai Guozhang and the guards around him.

"Battalion Commander, this battle is not your fault, it is caused by inaccurate information...Why do you have to do this?"

"That's right! Battalion Commander, although we suffered a little loss in this battle..."

"Shut up!" Ren Congqi scolded the guards, and said seriously: "As a soldier, although you can fight the enemy desperately on the battlefield, you can do anything, but a soldier should have the backbone of a soldier. If you lose, you will lose. Any excuses and sophistry They are all insults to the word 'soldier'."

"Yes!" The guard responded casually, but hugged Ren Congqi tightly, and continued to persuade: "We have lost this battle, but the strength of our top barracks is still there, as long as we rush out, we will come back to reorganize our troops and horses to take revenge Avenging shame, isn't it the work of a real man?"

Ren Congqi was startled, then let go of the gun, and asked back: "Xiao Peng, who taught you what you said?"

"Commander, you taught me. Didn't you usually say that a man was born between heaven and earth, and he should be brave enough to do things in the world. Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is losing the longing for victory and the confidence to defeat the enemy..."

Ren Congqi laughed, patted the guard on the shoulder, and nodded.Smiling to Cai Guozhang: "At that moment just now, I really wanted to commit suicide and become benevolent. Fortunately, your persuasion made sense. Now, we have to take a good look at how we can break through smoothly..."

(To make a digression, please don’t think that Ren Congqi is acting to make excuses for defeat. He is a real soldier, and he definitely does not lack the courage to commit suicide. I will elaborate on it later.)

"Battalion Commander, shall we go back the same way?"

"Absolutely not! If I were the enemy's commander, even though I was setting up the formation in a hurry, since I can set up such a big pocket, there will never be a big loophole in the big area... We can still rely on it here. The favorable location prevents the enemy from attacking by force, but I am sure that as soon as we leave here, the enemy will swarm us. At this time, the enemy must have planted heavy troops on both sides of the road we came here, waiting for us to sneak in. They will be encircled on all sides... Only by finding a breakthrough in the slightest, can they break out smoothly..." Ren Congqi regained her former self-confidence, looked at the map, stood up and glanced around, and suddenly pointed to the place on the front right. Dashan said with a smile: "The sky is endless, my top barracks!"

Several people hurriedly looked, but saw that there were relatively few trees on that mountain, but a small path could be seen winding up from the bottom of the mountain, passing through the forest intermittently, and turned to the back mountain after reaching the middle of the mountain...

"Battalion Commander, if the enemy planted heavy troops there, we rushed in so rashly, wouldn't it be..."

"It doesn't matter! I estimated that the enemy probably came with one regiment. They have one battalion on each side of us. They must have prepared a battalion on the other side. The remaining one or two battalions are used to surround us." Based on our calculations, even if the enemy really set up an ambush in the forest, there would be only one battalion at most, and it must not be the main battalion of this regiment. Then, with the combat power of my top battalion, we must break through this It is better to be surrounded by people than to be ambushed and surrounded..." Speaking of which, he looked at the path with confidence, and said domineeringly as if he was pointing the country: "Besides, my top-level battalion is going to kill the enemy. If you can’t defeat even one battalion, you deserve to be wiped out.”

It has to be said that Ren Congqi dared to gamble and was lucky. The faint path he saw was not marked on the military maps of both the enemy and us.However, because the Red Army was not familiar with geography and was deployed hastily, there was no time for on-site inspections.In addition, Ren Congqi only stayed on the edge of the encirclement circle, and did not rush directly into the encirclement circle, so that the troops ambushing around the encirclement circle could not be concentrated again in a short time. Therefore, the strength of the 49th regiment was slightly insufficient.However, Ren Congqi came in aggressively, and put on a posture to fight the Red Army hard. In the end, he was frightened by the shells and ran away without making any resistance. This disrupted the previous deployment of the Red Army at once, and it was too late when he wanted to adjust again. .

The 49th Regiment's [-]th Battalion is defending that side with the weakest combat effectiveness. Although the small road was discovered during deployment, it was not reported in time in the future. Therefore, only one platoon was sent here to defend. How can it be a top-notch battalion? opponent.In addition, the Jianbing camp was focused on escaping and did not make too much entanglement. Therefore, although Liu Yongjiang was furious and hurriedly mobilized troops to encircle him, in the end Ren Congqi left twenty or thirty corpses, some seriously wounded, and a large number of equipment , successfully escaped.

Ren Congqi succeeded in breaking through with the main force of the Jianbing Battalion, but the company under him was a tragedy—although the meat flew to the mouth, the Red 49 Regiment would never let it fly away again for this soup, otherwise , everyone is ashamed to see others...

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