Back to the Republic of China as a commander

In the second regiment of the first division of the Guangxi Army, there was a trainee officer named Huang Xuchu.Although he is thin and small, he has a broad nose and pointed ears, and piercing eyes. He is only twenty years old and is from Rong County, Guangxi.Not long ago, he graduated from the first infantry department of Guangxi Army Accelerated School, and was just assigned to the first division as a trainee officer with the rank of second lieutenant.

If human beings really have a sixth sense, Huang Xuchu may be a real case.

Today's march was really hard. Everyone stepped on the pebble-covered river beach and walked for a whole morning. Because the commander did not allow burying pots for cooking, we had to wait hungry and wait until we got out of the river valley. eat.

However, the law that the human body must rest after long-term exercise will never be ineffective because of an order from the teacher.

The soldiers complained about the order to delay the meal, and the negative emotions caused everyone's body to be further exhausted.

But only Huang Xuchu remained vigilant, he felt the thick murderous aura on both sides of the valley.But when he looked up, his own scouts were standing on the hills on both sides. If there was an enemy attack or something, they should have fired warning shots.Most people thought so too, but Huang Xuchu still felt uneasy.

He boldly found his leader: "Head, I feel that there is something wrong with this place!"

The head of the bearded army gave the young trainee officer a disdainful look: "Big scholar, what's wrong with this place? Is there a fairy or a monster?"

After finishing speaking, the bearded commander himself laughed, and the officers who followed him also laughed in agreement.Huang Xuchu did not give up his judgment just because he was ridiculed: "Commander, we have too few security forces on the hills on both sides. Under such circumstances, we can easily be ambushed."

The bearded head laughed even more contemptuously: "Do you know who are the guards on the top of the mountain? They are the scouts of our old Gui army. They are all men who have fought in battle. It's not like you who have hairless mouths. poor and short-sighted scholar."

Ever since Huang Xuchu was assigned to this unit, those officers from the old army consciously attacked and rejected these student officers who graduated from the military academy.

Huang Xuchu naturally knew this well, he could only shake his head, and then went to find his classmate Tao Jun.This kid was luckier than himself. He was assigned to be a trainee staff officer in the regiment headquarters, while he went directly to become a platoon leader.

"Tao Jun, just trust me once, an old classmate. If I were the enemy's commander, I would definitely ambush our army in this river valley. Look at the terrain on both sides. Is there a more suitable place than here? Immediately bring your people, and go up to the top of the mountain with me to grab a favorable terrain before we talk." Huang Xuchu shouted to Tao Jun quickly and anxiously.

Tao Jun shook his head and said, "There is no order. If I want to do this, I will be ordered to be shot by the bearded commander. Besides, old classmate, I don't believe you, but you just let me lead the troops to seize a commanding height based on your feeling. Others will think that you are crazy, but I am accompanied by madness. Besides, you have also seen that the top of the mountain is full of our patrols. Even if the enemy really wants to ambush us in this valley, they should be discovered this time. .”

Huang Xuchu is also very contradictory, but the feeling in his heart should not lie to himself, but where is the problem?

"Okay, I'm almost exhausted. Let's just trust those patrols once. In this state, even if I am willing to help you, an old classmate, the brothers below me will definitely not listen to me. Climbing the mountain is very hard."

"Surveillance" By the way, Huang Xuchu suddenly knew where the key to his uneasiness was, these patrols.

His eyes immediately turned to those patrolling guards standing on the top of the hill, and he saw a scene that stunned the entire First Division of the Guangxi Army.

A white tiger flag with a red background appeared on the top of the mountain, followed by the sound of gunfire, and shells whizzed towards their own side along the obvious trajectory. . .

The historically famous Bangou ambush started at 10:2 pm on October 45, and the attack order was issued from Pioneer Ridge, a few hills away from the ambush battlefield.

At the beginning of the battle, the third division of the Xiangxi garrison tigers mercilessly smashed the shells in their hands towards the first division of the Guangxi army.

The width of the river valley is only 300 meters. From the very beginning, the First Division of the Gui Army was in a very disadvantageous position.

Although Chen Bingkun fell off his horse in embarrassment because of the shock of his mount, he was lucky to escape the sniper attack and the first round of shelling by the sharpshooters of the Tiger Army.

Even luckier, the fall didn't hurt even a hair.Afterwards, Li Zongren, the commander of the Third Division of the Xiangxi Army, sighed: "If this Chen Bingkun was killed from the beginning, the Battle of Bangou would definitely not be so difficult!"

However, this Chen Bingkun, like Xiaoqiang, not only did not die, but was resurrected with full blood immediately after falling off the horse.Now he is commanding his subordinates alive and kicking, and immediately launched a counterattack on the spot.

But some things cannot be changed through personal efforts. For example, Gui Jun's current position is really not bad at 01:30, but very bad.

The entire army was crushed on the wide beach without shelter, enjoying the firepower from the hills on both sides, the casualties continued to expand, and the morale dropped rapidly.

Compared with the entire army, the second regiment of the Gui Army is in a good position.They happened to come close to some huge rock formations, so the first blow didn't take much damage.

According to reason, the best way to face an ambush should be to immediately organize troops to attack the mountains on both sides, to seize favorable terrain and successfully break through is the kingly way.But the second regiment fell into complete chaos, unable to organize any effective counterattack at all.

Huang Xuchu patted Tao Jun on the shoulder: "Gather the people you can still gather and follow me to find the team leader."

Tao Jun now regrets that he didn't listen to Huang Xuchu's suggestion, so he naturally implements Huang Xuchu's request to the letter.

Huang Xuchu bravely picked up the military flag and rushed all the way to the regiment headquarters. Many soldiers of the Gui army who had lost their command rushed towards the regiment headquarters immediately following the flag as if they had found their backbone.

The most miraculous thing is not the military flag, but God's blessing in the dark. It is the newly formed Liao Lei Department of the 303rd Infantry Regiment of the Third Division of the Xiangxi Army who is responsible for ambushing the section where the Second Regiment of the Guangxi Army is located.Liao Lei, who is good at grasping the situation on the battlefield, also noticed that the Gui army, which was suppressed by his own side and could not move, suddenly changed.

Yes, it was the red flag. Liao Lei grasped the key point of the movement of the entire battlefield at once.He turned his head and shouted loudly: "Sharpshooter, knock down that military flag."

With the command of the leader, the three sharpshooters who followed the leader immediately loaded their bullets, aimed at the target and fired the "justice bullet".

The first bullet of righteousness hit a soldier of the Gui Army who suddenly rushed up beside Huang Xuchu. This brave soldier was shot in the neck and died on the spot.The other soldiers of the Guangxi army had no time to take care of this dead comrade. They strode over the corpse and continued to chase the army flag.

The bullet fired by the second shot passed Huang Xuchu's eyes, which shocked Huang Xuchu a lot, and his steps slowed down a bit. As a result, the third bullet that went straight to Huang Xuchu's head hit Huang Xuchu's assistant in charge of the flag. left forearm.

As a result, these three bullets not only failed to knock down the military flag, but instead made the injured Huang Xuchu violent.The little man roared and rushed into the hiding place of the regiment headquarters in a few steps. . .

Liao Lei saw what happened just now through the binoculars. Apart from scolding the sharpshooter around him, he could only lament that the kid who raised the flag just now was lucky.

It wasn't until Huang Xuchu ran into the regiment headquarters that he realized the root of the chaos. The damn bearded regiment leader actually sat motionless behind a rock like a coward.It is said that in the first round of shelling that just ended, the bearded regiment commander's wife and brother and several main confidantes were mercilessly shot to death by a damned mortar.Died right in front of the bearded head, this bloody scene actually scared the head who was bragging about how brave he was and how not to shoot him to death.Huang Xuchu clearly remembered that when he first joined the Second Regiment, the head of the bearded regiment cut off the heads of more than 20 imprisoned bandits at once in order to frighten him, the cadets assigned by the military academy, and he did it himself. People also laughed.

It is really unimaginable that that extremely brutal person back then would be so afraid of death.Huang Xuchu couldn't help shaking his head and thought: "It seems that the so-called courage and cruelty are not the same thing at all."

Huang Xuchu secretly looked down on this cowardly captain, his behavior humiliated his own beard.

"If you want to live, listen to me." This was Huang Xuchu's first roar.

It was this roar that woke up all the officers of the second regiment of the Gui army who had never encountered such a large-scale force attack.They immediately threw all their qualifications, foundation, and backing into the clouds, and everyone asked: "How do you do it? Tell me!"

Huang Xuchu, who was about 20 years old, saw that everyone really listened to him, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "The organizational system has been messed up, but now we still have soldiers. Although we don't have heavy weapons to support us, we have bayonets. There are 22 officers in total here." , each of you go out and organize twenty soldiers for me, don’t worry about anything else, charge me back towards the opposite mountain, Tao Jun, you are responsible for leading your platoon to gather scattered soldiers for me as a supplement, and act immediately if you don’t want to die. Everyone else Take off your jacket and identify with your white shirt, or the sharpshooter on the other side will greet you in person."

The officers of the regiment headquarters rushed out as if they had a backer at the moment they received the order, gathered the soldiers who were hiding behind the stones and did not dare to show their faces, and then launched a counter charge.

Huang Xuchu let out a long sigh of relief, only to realize that his left forearm was in great pain. Tao Jun quickly gave him medicine: "Brother Xuchu, what should we do? What chance do we have of winning?"

Huang Xuchu shook his head and said: "I don't know either. Now that the enemy's situation is unknown, we don't know what chance we have of winning, but if we don't resist, then we really don't even have a chance of winning..."