Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

When Du Fang, the commander of the Eighth Division, rushed towards the fortifications of the outer city of Shangqiu with a fiery expression on his face.An elite infantry regiment under Zhang Yusheng has all moved to a position 500 meters outside the city, ready to go, and waiting for the final offensive moment.

Seeing the continuous consumption by shelling and replenishing himself, the personnel still reached a reinforced battalion, and all the officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the main battalion of the whole division were well equipped.Du Fang, the division commander who raised his binoculars, asked the commander of a battalion beside him while observing the situation on the battlefield outside the city.

"First Battalion Commander, how is the situation outside the city...>

"Master, the specific situation is not clear. However, judging from the mobilization of the opponent's troops, it is certain that they will attack us in a short time...>

"Well done...>

After seeing the subordinates around him whose time had already fallen to the extreme due to continuous blows, he said decisively.

"First Battalion Commander, tell all the brothers on the battlefield that we have had enough of three consecutive days of artillery strikes. Now, the Ninth Army outside the city finally has the courage to fight us face to face. We must seize this opportunity and give the opponent a thunderous counterattack. Let the Ninth Army outside the city know that apart from the inferior equipment, our Jinsui Army's combat effectiveness is not inferior to theirs, and everyone is a hero in the army."

"In addition, tell every brother that if you win this battle well, I will pay for it personally, and will reward each living brother with an additional five yuan. Those who are injured will receive 20 yuan, and those who died will receive 50 yuan. At the same time, the battlefield An officer and soldier of the Ninth Army on the earth will be rewarded with two oceans, and so on. I, Du Fang, assure everyone that all the rewards will be worth a lot, and after the battle is over, they will be cashed in for everyone..."

"Long live...>

One by one, in less than 5 minutes, the order of the division commander Du Fang was quickly spread.The entire position was enveloped by the deafening cheers of his subordinates.Of course, in the face of Ocean's temptation and encouragement, the army was completely motivated when it was still very low.

"Master is wise...>

"Very well, what I want is your words...>

Troop morale is boosted.From top to bottom, everyone is full of fighting spirit for the upcoming battle.Teacher Du Fang, when a relaxed expression slowly appeared on his face.A series of sharp whistling sounds suddenly sounded from the sky, heralding the beginning of a day's battle.

Although the morale of the troops recovered, they were confronted with the shelling that had troubled them for several days.It has very strong sensitivities and fears.Even with the temptation of the ocean, in the face of killing people without blinking an eye, he simply cannot dodge the shells.Still subconsciously let out bursts of exclamation, on the face.Also unknowingly, showing a deep expression of fear.

"The bombardment is the bombardment of the Ninth Army, cover up quickly, everyone cover up...>

"It's the artillery preparations of the Ninth Army. All troops, immediately withdraw from the ground positions and enter the artillery holes for concealment. Quickly, retreat immediately... >

"Boom boom boom... >

One after another, the shells kept falling on the battlefield and exploded, overturning all the positions and officers and soldiers around him.The division commander, Du Fang, had already hid in the underground bunker of the first battalion at the foot of the city wall.

"First Battalion Commander, how about the casualties of the troops...>

"Master, in the past few days, the brothers have become accustomed to this kind of artillery attack. Although the troops have changed a whole crop, after three consecutive days of actual combat drills, every brother has practiced in avoiding artillery fire. Unusual ability came out. The whole battalion killed 26 people and seriously injured 8 people, which is almost the strength of a platoon...>

"For the strength of a platoon, in order to better hold the position, I will immediately issue an order to your regiment commander to draw a platoon from other troops to supplement you. In a word, if you want people, I will give you people, and you want weapons. I will also give you weapons. Without my order, all officers and soldiers must swear to defend the position for me, and it is forbidden to take a step back...>

Under the anxious waiting of everyone on the battlefield, the artillery preparations before the Ninth Army's general attack ended in less than 10 minutes.The gunfire stopped and the smoke began to dissipate.A terrified cry quickly sounded from the city wall.

"Battalion Commander, the enemy outside the city has begun to attack...>

Seeing the division commander Du Fang nod his head acquiescingly, the first battalion commander shouted at his subordinates, and immediately rang out. [

"Brothers, all are there, enter the position immediately. The enemy has begun to attack, hurry up, speed up...>

More than a thousand well-equipped soldiers of the Jinsui Army swarmed out of the underground bunker and rushed towards the city wall.With the help of gunpowder smoke on the battlefield, Zhang Yusheng's regiment and battalion, with a total of more than 500 officers and soldiers, have quickly approached the position less than 300 meters away from the city wall.

More than 20 heavy machine guns were quickly erected.A 60mm caliber small steel gun was also erected by the gunner.At the same time, at such a close distance, ammunition was poured into the defensive positions on the city wall, providing fire cover for the infantry attacking troops as much as possible.

Under the city wall, under the cover of artillery fire.Assault battalions of over 600 infantrymen.When a wide and loose skirmish line was lined up, step by step, when advancing towards the city wall.The only reinforced battalion of the Eighth Division of the Jinsui Army defending here has rushed up the city wall and entered the defensive position that was blown into ruins by artillery fire.

"Brothers, for the sake of survival, and also for the sake of the ocean... counterattack, immediately counterattack me... >

Suddenly, a rain of bullets began to pour down from the city wall as the Jinsui army counterattacked.

The commander of the first battalion of the Eighth Division of the Jinsui Army, with thousands of officers and soldiers under the first battalion.Quickly pull the trigger of the weapon, when you are ready to appreciate the results of your battle.A stunned picture was directly displayed in front of these people.

Just like ants, the Ninth Army's attacking troops quickly advanced towards the city wall.at the same time.Stop attacking pace, lie down on the ground.Let the bullets you shoot, without exception, all hit the air.

"This..." The face of the first battalion commander was immediately enveloped by a shocked expression.However, he, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, still reacted in the first time, and shouted at his subordinates who were also in a daze around him: "What are you doing in a daze, use shells if the bullets can't hit. Order the mortar company to start immediately!" counterattack...>

The order was issued, and a sudden whistling sound of shells sounded directly from the air.However, what puzzled the commander of the first battalion was that the series of howling shells did not come from behind.Instead, it comes from the sky directly above him.

Before the battalion commander of the first battalion could react from his astonishment, shells like raindrops had already appeared above the city wall, that is, above everyone's heads.

Facing infantry attack.Facing the Ninth Army's offensive troops that were already close at hand.Inside the fortifications on the city wall.The defensive troops headed by the commander of the first battalion did not expect that the Ninth Army would dare to use artillery in the infantry attack at the risk of accidentally injuring its own people.

Without any protection at all, in the blink of an eye, the defensive position where thousands of people were located was shrouded in heavy artillery fire and gunpowder smoke.

In the fortifications of the city wall, the bunkers of the city wall that are only piled up with sandbags can be opponents of mountain artillery shells.Looking at the temporary bunkers, together with the officers and soldiers inside the bunkers, they were instantly torn into pieces, or thrown high into the sky by the blast... >

What about retreating under enemy fire?To a certain extent, it will cause very heavy casualties to its own troops.However, no matter what, a reinforced battalion of 1000 people can always rush out hundreds of people.Rather than being bombed here and waiting to die, it is better to fight to the death.After less than five seconds of contemplation, a loud shout came from the mouth of the first battalion commander who had already made up his mind.

"Retreat, retreat immediately, brothers, quickly withdraw from the city defenses...>

A reinforced battalion with more than a thousand people, in the face of this unexpected shelling, only less than 500 people successfully withdrew from the battlefield.

The remaining 500 people of the first battalion hid under the corner of the city wall, waiting for the shelling to end.The attacking troops lying outside the city, already under the cover of fierce artillery fire in front of them, jumped up from the ground and continued to advance towards the city wall...>

150m, 100m, 50m...>

"Regiment, the assault battalion has sent a signal, and the troops have moved into place smoothly. There is no sign of the enemy on the city wall...>

"Okay, send a signal to the assault battalion and the artillery group behind: start attacking...>

"Boom boom boom... >

The remnants of the first battalion hiding at the foot of the city wall were just about to charge up the city wall and launch a counterattack.The assault battalion, which was only 50 meters away from the gap in the city wall, jumped up from the ground following the pace of the shells.

In an arrow-like assault formation, they quickly approached the gap in the city wall.

50 meters, 40 meters, 30 meters...

The officers and soldiers of the Assault Battalion, following the pace of the shells, were within walking distance of the gap in the city wall.The remnants of the first battalion, more than [-] people, also rushed to the gap.Two troops belonging to different forces.They met unexpectedly at such a close distance, and saw that an encounter battle would break out at the gap in the city wall.

Facing the enemy who was close at hand, the remnants of the first battalion, with more than 300 people, once again showed a dumbfounded expression.They didn't expect that less than half a minute after the shelling ended, the assault battalion outside the city had already rushed in front of them.Could it be that these commando battalion officers and soldiers have all spread their wings and flew directly from [-] meters away?

On the other hand, the officers and soldiers of the commando battalion.After several months of coordinated infantry and artillery training, it seems that the situation in front of him has long been familiar.Before the commander of the assault battalion gave the order, the well-trained officers and soldiers have already skillfully pulled out the grenade... >

Pull ring... In less than two seconds, hundreds of grenades that were emitting blue smoke drew a perfect arc in the air, densely packed, and flew towards the gap... >

The sound of dense grenade explosions sounded.The [-] remnants of the first battalion who hadn't reacted from the shock with a look of astonishment.He was directly baptized by these hundreds of grenades.The sound of explosions continued in the enemy's defensive positions, and the gunpowder smoke had not had time to dissipate.Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the assault battalion have started a new round of attacks again.

Bullets as dense as rain spewed out from the muzzles of various weapons, killing all enemies standing in front of him.

A burst of grenades and bullets passed by, and more than [-] people in the remnant of the first battalion were killed immediately, with more than half of the casualties.The entire defensive formation also suffered sudden and heavy casualties due to mistakes.It became a mess.

Facing the wolf-like assault of the assault battalion, the chaotic defense line of the first battalion was directly smashed by the assault battalion in the arrow-shaped attack formation, turning into a bunch of routs...>

"Brothers, stay behind the gunfire, keep going, don't fall behind...>

A round of 36 mountain artillery shells, 36 large-caliber howitzer shells, plus a huge number of mortar shells...>

Looking down from the air, with the central axis of the street as the center, wherever the shells go.All the surrounding buildings, without exception, were all blown into ruins.Even a brick wall with a height of more than one meter is rare to see, not to mention the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army hidden in the houses on both sides of the road.Either they were buried alive in the ruins, life and death were uncertain; or they were blown into a pile of minced meat, mixed with various bricks, and even a complete corpse could not be assembled.

The chief of staff, Jiang Baili, used artillery shells to forcefully blast a relatively safe passage for the assault battalion in Shangqiu city.The assault battalion following closely behind the shells did not give up this excellent opportunity to attack...>

Shells cleared the way, submachine guns, light machine guns, and rifles followed closely behind to cover and shoot. The assault battalion of more than 500 people, like an unstoppable torrent of steel, quickly rushed to the location of the enemy's military headquarters.

Du Fang, the commander of the Eighth Division, originally had the idea of ​​fighting with the offensive troops of the Ninth Army.On the battlefield, vent the anger accumulated in your heart because of the shelling for several days.However, after the real offensive battle started.Although the offensive methods displayed by the Ninth Army are very domineering and single.However, it was such an offensive method that made Du Fang feel miserable and unable to think of any solution.

The artillery fire cleared the way, which directly meant that the troops ambushing on the attacking road of the assault battalion would be completely blown up without even seeing the attacking troops of the Ninth Army.

Of course, Commander Du Fang also tried and temporarily ordered the troops to withdraw from the battlefield.After the Ninth Army's artillery strikes, the troops were ordered to quickly enter the battlefield, build a temporary blocking position, and fight head-on with the Ninth Army's assault battalion, weakening the opponent's artillery advantage.

However, thinking about it, it is very difficult to really realize this wish.

Because the assault battalion is only 50 meters away from the shell landing point, the assault battalion can break through this distance in less than 20 seconds with a quick charge.The troops dispatched temporarily by oneself often entered the opponent's grenade attack range as soon as they rushed into the battlefield.

After a burst of intensive and violent grenade strikes, submachine guns and light machine guns followed closely behind.The defensive troops who had just rushed into the battlefield were beaten to pieces before they had time to make direct contact, and collapsed without a fight...>

Of course, even the troops drawn by Du Fang have not yet entered the grenade throwing range.Don't forget that the entire assault battalion, in addition to being equipped with a large number of light machine guns and submachine guns, is also equipped with a large number of small-caliber mortars suitable for individual soldiers.

In ten seconds, more than a hundred mortar shells landed in the middle of the enemy at the same time.The power it erupts in an instant is definitely not weaker than a thunderstorm.

After the shells passed, the assault battalion, which formed an arrow-like attack formation, had entered the grenade throwing range again.A burst of intensive grenade attacks, followed by bullet rain attacks.No matter how powerful the fighting force is, it can't stand such repeated blows.What's more, a warlord army that has no beliefs at all and only relies on money accumulation.

In just half an hour, more than 3000 Jinsui troops were lost to the assault battalion due to various means.

Of course, killing the enemy is one thing, and the distance to advance into the city is another.After attacking for half an hour, the entire commando team had pushed their battle position to the edge of the inner city of Shangqiu City, less than 500 meters away from the enemy's location.It is certain that as long as the assault battalion breaks through the inner city wall, the Jinsui Army Third Army Command will become a piece of fat in the mouth of the assault battalion, and they can eat whatever they want... >

However, things backfired, and when victory was about to be won, one after another more severe difficulties were slowly placed in front of the commando battalion.