The Republic of Heroes

Tan Haoming sent two brigades to attack Pingjiang City. When the news came, the once high morale in the city plummeted.

On the first day, 600 people ran away, and Fang Qidao was jumping his feet. He couldn't learn to be rude, but he also broke out: "Is this still our Beiyang soldier? No integrity, coward! Scum!" After Pingjiang, he ran back and forth, busy doing the ideological work of these defeated soldiers, and now he ran away several battalions before the battle, and he felt a deep sense of frustration.

"Run away and stay here to waste food."

Fu Zuoyi didn't care about these fleeing routs. He had to rely on the Fourth Mixed Brigade to fight tough battles. At best, those routs could only serve as cannon fodder to reduce the number of deaths in his deployment. Coming to Pingjiang completely changed his previous relaxed thinking. Beiyang No.20 Division was beaten terribly, and the soldiers fled like rats. He was terrified when he saw it, and realized that Tan Haoming's Gui army was not Zhang Xun's braided army, and the enemy in front of them was stronger than ever.

Fang Qidao complained and began to worry again. Although he had strong firepower as his backing, he still had no idea about the army that had just experienced battle.However, he did not say that it is a big taboo that the imminent war will affect the morale of the army.

At the same time, the heads of all regiments arrived, and Wu Xiaoliang was going to hold a pre-war meeting to clarify the tasks of each department.Surrounded by Mishui on three sides of the Pingjiang River, Yanjiatan in the west of the Pingjiang River became the only place for the army to attack. This place is located on the north bank of the Mishui River. Wu Xiaoliang ordered the defeated soldiers to build fortifications and set up two lines of defense. Invite Tan Haoming to attack.The confrontation between two armies has always been easier to defend than to attack. His fourth mixed brigade is a new army. If he rushes to attack Changsha, he will win less and lose more. It is better to wait for the rabbit.Now, Tan Haoming sent troops to attack Pingjiang as expected, the pit has been dug, and we just waited for the Wei and Ma Second Brigade to jump in. In the face of the powerful firepower of light and heavy machine guns and cannons, any attack would be a dead end.At this time, the Chinese warlords did not know the horror of positional warfare. All kinds of meat grinders were frantically harvesting lives in the European continent. The more tenacious the attacking troops, the heavier the casualties.

Dong Haibin has returned to the team from his injury. He is much thinner and has a more serious temper. He sits at the conference table without saying a word. This time, the first infantry regiment he leads will be ordered to defend the flanks of the first line of defense and serve as the front line of defense. The main force was the Second Infantry Regiment led by Chen Xiuyan.This made him very unhappy. The unique pride of the model regiment made him look down on this second official, thinking it was a contempt for his first regiment with the model regiment as the backbone, but he couldn't fight it. If it is cited as a hate thing, it must be redeemed.

Chen Xiuyan quit, "No, I don't worry about letting the first regiment defend the flank of the second regiment, who knows if he will plot again?" He has always been worried about that matter, although he promised not to pursue it on the surface , but the infighting in secret has never stopped.

Wu Xiaoliang made the first regiment and the second regiment the front and flank defense of the first line of defense after careful consideration. In the whole brigade, only the second regiment of Chen Xiuyan and the first regiment of Dong Haibin had experienced battles. The second regiment led by Chen Xiuyan The predecessor was the national defense detachment of military students, so he had high hopes for the first regiment.In addition, Chen Xiuyan is sharp, domineering and lacking in heart. If Dong Haibin is used to defend the front and he acts as a flank, it may be self-defeating and slow down, but if Dong Haibin is used as a cover, it will be just the opposite.

"Chief Chen, Commander Dong, the brigade commander's order has been issued. The war is at hand. I hope you two will cooperate sincerely and serve the country." Fang Qidao was dissatisfied with the two bringing their personal grievances to the meeting, and knocked on the table with a teacup.

Chen Xiuyan was so angry that he stopped talking, while Dong Haibin had no choice but to speak. He looked around at the crowd, and then assured:

"Brigade Commander, Commander Chen, please rest assured that Dong will definitely cooperate fully and live and die with the position."

Wu Xiaoliang saw that the two subordinates brought their unhappiness to the table but could not open their mouths to reconcile. If he used his power to suppress others, the two might seem to be compatible with each other in reality, and the rift would become even worse.He stood up and said, "All the people below themselves, go to the troubles for the country, and die without hesitation!" This is one of the slogans he asked Fang Qidao to compose.

"Going into trouble for the country, death does not come soon!"

Everyone stood up and shouted slogans, Chen Xiuyan blushed, regretting the fierce performance just now, after shouting, he gave Dong Haibin a hard look.

An internal disagreement was made invisible by Wu Xiaoliang's understatement.

At this moment, Wei Yongchang's brigade did not cross Mishui at Mugongpo as planned, but went northward along the Guangdong-Han Railway to cross Mishui and then rushed to Pingjiang along the north bank.The brigade commander Wei Yongchang has been through battles for a long time, so he didn't pay attention to that baby brigade commander at all.

"Duan Qirui is really a fool. He sent a doll here, isn't he looking for death?" Wei Yongchang laughed unscrupulously.

The chief of staff echoed repeatedly: "The brigade is wise, before our army arrives, the baby's soldiers have already scattered and fled."

Wei Yongchang restrained his smile, "Well, very good. Fewer prisoners, save food."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to everyone in the venue, "I heard that the baby brigade commander has a rich family. He has all kinds of machine guns and cannons. It will be beneficial for you to kill him earlier."

A group leader received: "Traveler, let's move fast, otherwise Brigadier Ma will take the lead, and we will only have soup."

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Wu Xiaoliang was worried and took people to inspect the fortifications.The soldiers were overwhelming, and people were panicked. Today, hundreds of remnants ran away, and the progress of the project also slowed down significantly. The trenches on the front line of defense were basically completed. With shovels, the trench is not deep enough, they are rushing to dig.

"What's going on here?" Wu Xiaoliang turned his head and asked sharply. Tan Haoming's attacking troops will arrive soon, but his combat soldiers are still wasting their energy. Where did the auxiliary troops composed of a large number of rout troops go?

"There is not enough manpower in the north, and all the people who can be transferred have been transferred there." Dong Haibin wiped his sweat and made a big face with mud on his hands.

"Get into the battle position immediately, the enemy has already passed Mishui, and we must be ready for battle at any time." Wu Xiaoliang ordered sharply.

Suddenly, signal flares rose into the sky in the distance, one, two, three... enemy attack, enemy attack——

The battle started without any warning. Wei Yongchang's two cavalry companies opened up the battle line and rushed directly into the firing range of Chen Xiuyan's regiment. More than 60 mg08 heavy machine guns along the front line fired in unison, and the 7.92mm bullets were like a torrential rain It poured out like hail.The enemy cavalry suddenly turned on their backs as if hitting a transparent wall. The bullets pierced through the flesh and broke the bones of the horse. Blood splattered, neighing and screaming intertwined. The first group of cavalry was wiped out in an instant, and the cavalry who came after them did not turn around because of this. , but continued to charge forward across the criss-crossing corpses.

Chen Xiuyan sneered and ordered all the soldiers to shoot.The barrage of the Madsen light machine gun and the G98 Mauser rifle filled the firepower gap of the mg08 heavy machine gun, turning the first 1000 meters of the position into a hell made of steel bullets. The cavalry of Wei Yongchang's brigade finally collapsed , However, it was too late, harvested like crops by the rain of bullets, the third wave of cavalry saw that the situation was not good, pulled their horses and fled in front of the formation, leaving stumps and broken arms all over the ground.