Republic of China 1927

() At this critical moment, dense gunshots rang out behind Du Yan, and he immediately dodged to the side. The bandits who were about to charge into the town immediately fell down in large numbers, and the bandits who followed hurriedly retreated or hid to the side. Zhenbei, which had been fighting for a long time, fell silent.

"Captain, Chief"

"Eldest Young Master, Eldest Young Master!"

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The security guards and the first brigade who had just arrived for reinforcements were busy consolidating the town's defenses while looking for Du Yan and the others.

"Fifth brother, you guys are here, it's just a coincidence!" Du Yan had already withdrawn from the front, carrying Zhu Qigui, who had been shot many times on his back, except for the two of them who had just about [-] people down outside the town.

"Guanghua, you're fine!" Seeing Du Yan covered in blood, Li Yunshan said with a heartache, "It's all because we let our guard down and almost caused a catastrophe." In fact, they can't blame them. Tomorrow's confrontation drill is Du Yan's departure. It was decided before that in order to prepare for this drill, the security team did not have enough troops stationed in the town.

"I'm fine. The blood is Company Commander Zhu. Hurry up and take him down for treatment." Du Yan handed Zhu Qigui over to two soldiers from the security regiment.

"I just met by chance, no one would have thought of such a thing." Du Yan didn't care about the small talk, and asked directly: "How many people have you come here, and how is Zhennan arranged?

"The guards, the machine gun team, and the [-] squadrons are all here, and the rest of the troops are under the command of Deputy Head Zhu." Before Li Yunshan could speak, Yuan Si shouted: "Head, what should we do next? No, let's rush out and kill these bastards!"

"No, there are no fewer than a thousand bandits on the opposite side. Fortunately, you didn't chase them out just now, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous." Du Yan shook his head quickly and said, "Defend the town first, and the rest will be discussed at dawn."

The first squadron is on the left, the fifth squadron is on the right, the fourth squadron and the Jingwei are the reserve team, and the two heavy machine guns are respectively installed on two higher points, so that there is enough firepower to meet the attacks launched by the bandits.At the same time, the order in the town gradually stabilized, and the mayor Zhang Siyou, the housekeeper of the Wang family Wang Donglou and others also organized the rest of the young people in the town.

The arrival of more than 200 members of the security team, especially the machine gun team, completely relieved Du Yan, at least for the time being, Daguan Town was saved.There is no need to worry about Zhennan, the security team is stationed in a key position in Zhennan, Zhu Yunfu has two squadrons and a search team of more than 100 people with guns to guard there, so there should be no problem.

At this time, the Zhenbei checkpoint became the temporary headquarters of the bandits. The big and small leaders gathered here to discuss the next battle plan, but they disagreed on whether to continue to attack or retreat.

"Leader, let's withdraw!" The military adviser Liu Dongming didn't approve of this operation at first. Although he tried his best to plan it later, he tried his best to persuade him when he saw that things couldn't be done: "Now that the surprise attack has failed, the other party is ready. We won’t be able to attack the town for a while.”

"Military division, what you said is light, our hundreds of brothers will die in vain." Wang Wu scolded aggressively: "It's not your bad idea, you insisted on dividing the troops into two groups, and we had to make a big detour." Circle to the north of Zhenbei, mess around and leak the wind!"

"It is indeed Liu's poor planning, but now is not the time to pursue this, we should retreat immediately." Liu Dongming took up this responsibility without hesitation, and insisted: "Otherwise the other side's reinforcements will rush over at dawn, we will It’s too late to leave.”

"Master, we can't just return empty-handed like this!" Wang Wu also tried to persuade him hoarsely, "Besides, if word gets out, our Phoenix Mountain's reputation will be weakened."

"The master, there are only a hundred officers and soldiers in this town, and two or three hundred militias. The officers and soldiers are basically gone. There is no way such a big town can be defended by these two hundred militias." Jiang Nanxiang analyzed: "We were careless just now. They were kicked out, and they almost broke into the town."

"What you mean is that we continue to fight." Wang Baichuan only loosened his frown when he heard this. Originally, he was sure of sweeping Daguan Town this time.

"Of course we will continue to fight. We have more than a thousand people in the north alone. Although there are only two or three hundred people in the south, we can still restrain some of the opponent's people. In this way, the opponent can only use about a hundred people to guard the north." Jiang Nanxiang has a plan in mind. Said: "Let's take turns attacking at night, or we will be able to attack the town before dawn."

"What you said is somewhat reasonable, but what if the other party comes for reinforcements?" Liu Dongming was a little confused at this time, after all, he did not expect that the surprise attack he had carefully planned would turn into a strong attack.

"The military commander is too worried. The nearest Linqu County has only one and a half battalion garrisons. Even if they come out now, they will not arrive until noon tomorrow." Jiang Nanxiang squinted his eyes and said: "The rest of the towns. It’s too late for Tuanzibao to use anything to save Daguan Town!”

"Well said!" Wang Baichuan slapped the gun on the table and shouted: "Organize brothers to attack immediately, the first one to attack the town will reward Dayang with 1000 yuan and two women!"

Soon the bandits organized a commando team of more than 100 people, and the only two heavy machine guns were carried to the front, ready to provide fire support for the attack.After this short rest, the Daguan Town side also stabilized their position and strengthened the defense in the north of the town.In this way, a face-to-face night battle is about to kick off.

To be honest, the army of this era is not good at fighting at night. Malnutrition caused by widespread poverty has caused many soldiers of peasant origin to suffer from night blindness. Let alone fighting at night, it is considered good if they can march without getting separated.But the two sides facing each other today are a bit special. Since its establishment, the security team has attached great importance to the training of night marching and combat. In addition, the food is also good, and night combat is also considered to have a certain foundation; Naturally, this kind of business is the safest under the dark and windy night.

"Da da da da..." Two heavy machine guns on the bandit's position took the lead to speak. Under the cover of their powerful firepower, more than 100 bandits squatted down to shoot and then crawled forward. The impact distance of 200 meters will soon be close arrive.

"Hit me hard!" As the shell gun in Du Yan's hand fired, nearly a hundred guns of various types also fired one after another, and the dense bullets quickly suppressed the impact of the first wave of bandits.The night was too thick, and the shooting hit rate of both sides was not too high, but the security regiment as the defensive side naturally had a great advantage, and the attacking bandits had not many shelters along the way, and their casualties far exceeded that of the security regiment.

After dropping twenty or thirty corpses, the bandits' first wave of offensive was repelled, and the brothers in the security team breathed a sigh of relief. Ken's bigger test was still waiting for them, and the bandits' strength was five times theirs.

Soon the bandits organized a second attack. This time the tactics were more mature than the first one. The cover of heavy machine guns continued, and the soldiers of the security regiment on the defensive position couldn't lift their heads.At a distance of more than ten meters from the entrance, the cautious bandits suddenly got up and rushed forward.Although the security regiment fired back fiercely, a few bandits still rushed into the town, causing certain losses to the security regiment.

"Fifth brother, these people are entrusted to you." The well-prepared police guards led by Li Yunshan quickly wiped out the few bandits who broke into the town, and the fourth squadron also went up to a small team to block the gap.

Although the loss this time was more serious than the first time, it gave the bandits hope of success. They believed that as long as they continued to invest in troops, Daguan Town would be captured sooner or later.The security team was also exhausted in the next attack after attack, and lost more than one squadron of troops. Du Yan had to go up to block the gap several times before beating the bandits back.After these few rounds, both sides feel a little exhausted, but the bandits are more powerful, and it is cost-effective to replace one with three or four.

"The machine gun team is ready to fire when I give my order. First destroy the opponent's heavy machine gun, and then block the opponent's retreat." Seeing that the time is almost up, Du Yan gave the heavy machine gun team who had been hiding and waiting for a mission.If we fired early, we could kill more bandits and reduce the pressure on the frontline defense, but it would definitely not be the final word. The most important thing was that the machine gun was short of ammunition and could only be used at the most critical moment.

The brothers of the heavy machine gun team have been holding their breath, and finally they have something to vent. The whole team is extremely excited, and they are only waiting for the massacre later.

"Da da da da..." The bandit side also spent a lot of money this time. Wang Wu led more than 200 elite bandits to attack again, and the rest of the bandits were also ready to attack the town at any time.Just like the previous few times, the security team, suppressed by heavy machine gun fire, was quickly attacked in front of them, and had to start hand-to-hand combat with the bandits in the front.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

At the critical moment, the two heavy machine guns of the machine gun team rang out. Caught off guard, one of the bandit's heavy machine guns was blown up, and the other machine gunner was also killed on the spot.After eliminating and suppressing the opponent's heavy machine guns, the two heavy machine guns began to harvest the lives of the bandits in front of the position again.

"Follow me, brothers!" How could Du Yan let go of this great opportunity, and immediately led the brothers of the two squadrons to rush out. This was the first time that the security team took the initiative to attack tonight, but the results were astonishing.The two hundred bandits who participated in this attack escaped back except for a few by chance, either lying in front of the position or captured.

"Withdraw!" After eliminating the enemy in front of him, Du Yan quickly led his brothers back to the position. The bandit side did not make any major moves after this attack failed, and the entire Daguan Town returned to its former calm, but at this time The sky is gradually turning white, and the morning sun penetrates the morning fog and spreads the light to the world. At last a long and intense night in early April 1927 passed.

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