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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 458: Losing Faith

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    The night in late autumn is particularly cold, and a new moon hangs in the sky. Shrouded in night fog, the new moon seems to be in a dream.  A company of the newly formed vanguard force of the three armies in the West Hall was blocked on a small hill twelve miles southeast of Hushu Town. There were two companies stationed on their left and right sides. In the past was a small river, three  The company blocked the road leading to the southeast from Hushu Town, and there were two companies of deep defenses behind them.

    "It's so cold, squad leader, why is our third squad the most unlucky every time?" A soldier stamped his feet, pulled the rifle on his back, and complained to the people around him: "Every time it's our squad's turn to be on night duty,  It¡¯s either raining or windy, and I realize that Heavenly Father doesn¡¯t like the fact that there are too few people in our class who believe in God? Does Heavenly Father hate our class?¡±

    The soldier's words made several soldiers on night duty laugh. A strong soldier with a pockmarked face said in a deep voice: "Little Guangxi, Heavenly Father does not hate our class, he only hates you, because as a pious  A Confucian Christian has not prayed twice in a row, so he hates you."

    As soon as these words came out, the soldiers in the class laughed softly in the trenches. Little Guangxi said unconvinced: "I carry the Bible and the cross with me. Although I thought I missed the church during the march, I pray every day.  of."

    "Put me down, little Guangxi, do you understand all the words in the Bible? Don't think that you can get close to God like a military chaplain with a Bible. The squad leader is right, God hates you." A thin man said.  The tall soldier joked with a smile, and then made fun of little Guangxi.

    Little Guangxi was very unconvinced: "Sorry, as of the day before yesterday, I knew every word in the Bible. If you don't believe me, you can ask Cao Dianguan. He also praised me as the one who knows the most words in our class."

    "Is this what Cao Dianguan said to you? My child, the talent given to you by the Almighty God has allowed you to learn a lot. You will always be the best in your class now and in the future." The tall and thin man said with a chuckle.

    Little Guangxi felt a little less confident: "Absolutely."

    The sturdy squad leader patted little Guangxi on the shoulder and said, "Cao Dianguan has said this to each of us. Although half of our class does not believe in religion, Cao Dianguan never makes fun of anyone. To put it bluntly, he is a good old man.  .¡±

    Little Guangxi was a little discouraged, but the tall and thin man said with a smile: "Cao Dianguan is a good man, and everyone respects him. I think back to a few years ago when I was farming land for Zhang Da's family in our village, a Taoist priest told me at that time that I  This man will definitely become a general or a prime minister in the future. Later I asked Cao Dianguan about this, and Cao Dianguan also said that my achievements are more than that. Just watch, in a few years, I will be a colonel."

    "Take me down, you Yankee. If General Tan Shaoguang hadn't recruited a group of soldiers in the north and sent them back to Shanghai for training, you wouldn't be hanging around in any corner." Everyone laughed again.

    Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew by.  The squad leader's pockmarked face trembled, and after making a gesture, everyone quickly picked up their guns, lay down beside the trench and looked at the path under the hill, but it was so dark that they couldn't see anything.

    The squad leader slowly reached to the burning bonfire in the trench to pick up a piece of burning firewood, and then threw it down fiercely. The firewood fell down the mountain with the light of the fire.  Between the light and darkness, everyone could clearly see that the mountain road at the foot of the mountain was dark and filled with people!

    "Damn it, the grandsons of the East Palace want to sneak over!" "The enemy is approaching!" "A lot of people are coming!" Warning voices spread from all around, and the soldiers and horses of the West Palace stationed on the hill noticed what Yamashita was thinking.  The Dongdian soldiers who wanted to steal past had rows of firearms brought to the front of the trench.

    "No, the West Palace soldiers on the mountain have discovered us!" "Fight them and rush over!" The East Palace soldiers also know the tactic of sneaking through the path to attack the back of the West Palace.  Seeing the hissing and shouting, everyone started to attack the mountain with their weapons.  The Dongdian soldiers holding shotguns at the foot of the mountain also began to shoot blindly up the mountain.

    "Damn it, Dongdian is really serious this time! Little Guangxi, go report to the company commander and ask for fire back!"

    Before Little Guangxi could get out of the trench, a messenger had already rolled into the trench and shouted angrily: "Class 3, what are you doing? The company commander asked you why you didn't fight back? Why didn't you light the fire ditch at the front?"

    The squad leader¡¯s pockmarked face turned red.  Immediately shouted: "Light the fire ditch and start fighting back!" The fire ditch is a kind of equipment that must be set up in the night camp in the West Palace infantry drill. It is to dig a shallow trench one foot deep and two feet wide along the front of the position, and put it inside.  Add dried grass and some kerosene.  When fighting at night, it can be ignited. With this fire ditch, the front of the position can be illuminated, making it easier for the soldiers in the west palace to shoot.

    Little Guangxi got out of the trench and climbed to the ditch with a torch.?Throwing the torch in, a ribbon of fire quickly spread, illuminating the entire front of the position.  Following Xiao Guangxi, he ran back desperately. There were several loud noises behind him. Xiao Guangxi was startled, but then he realized that it was the Dongdian soldiers who had stepped on the mines placed at the front of the position.

    After the loud noise, Xiao Guangxi felt as if it was raining suddenly, and then something hit him hard on the shoulder. When he looked closely, it turned out to be a bloody human leg. When he reached out and touched it, it was not rain, but splashing.  To the blood of the sky!

    Little Guangxi couldn't help but vomited loudly. When he looked back while crawling, the gunshots on the trench had already sounded. The figures of the East Palace soldiers on the other side of Huogouzi were accompanied by blood mist and heart-piercing screams.  Like the howl of a dying beast, the loud noise sounded again. This time, several artillery pieces from behind began to bombard. The heat and fire brought by the explosion made Xiao Guangxi see more and more Dongdian soldiers disappearing.  It turned into stumps and broken arms, into powdery rotten flesh, and into bloody corpses.

    The three East Palace soldiers rushed across the Huogouzi covered in blood. They saw Xiao Guangxi lying on the ground. The three of them had a fierce look in their eyes, and they let out strange screams like night owls. They carried big knives and rushed towards Xiao Guangxi.  Rushed over!

    Little Guangxi hurriedly turned around and pointed his rifle at the three of them, shouting loudly: "You guys go back, we are all killing demons. If you don't come over, we won't beat you! Don't come over!"

    The three of them seemed oblivious, and the sharp blade slashed towards Little Guangxi. At that moment, Little Guangxi felt clear in his heart, they would definitely kill him, they were no longer his own!

    After several gunshots, the three fell down in front of Xiao Guangxi.  The frightened little Guangxi was dragged back to the trench by a big hand by his collar. After rolling into the trench, little Guangxi fell unconscious. Before he could recover, the squad leader cursed him: "  Why are you so dazed? Why don't you shoot the gun in your hand? I've told you whether you listen or not. The other side is now our enemy! It's our enemy in the west hall! To be kind to the enemy is to be irresponsible to yourself!  Fuck you, if you want to die, if you want God to influence them, then just f*ck die, but don¡¯t die in my class!¡±

    After being kicked in the left leg, little Guangxi grinned.  The squad leader shouted sternly: "Are you hurt?" Xiao Guangxi shook his head, "Get up and kill me if you have nothing to do. There are always hundreds of people at the bottom of the mountain. If they can't stop the second company, they will come up!"

    Little Guangxi crawled to the edge of the trench tremblingly. The tall and thin man frowned at him and said to the squad leader who had just fired a shot: "Squad leader, is there something wrong with this kid? He usually looks like a fine person. Why?  Are you afraid of starting a war?"

    The squad leader scolded angrily: "Take care of yourself, don't stop your hands, keep your firepower!" Then he bit open the paper bullets and put in the ammunition, closed the breech bolt, and said: "How did I know that our squad  Once I was recruiting new recruits, I wanted him because he knew a lot of words, but I didn't expect him to be a stupid scholar."

    Little Guangxi bit his lip and finally pulled the trigger with his trembling hand.  The trigger fires the flash cap, and the flash cap instantly ignites the powder. The violent oxidation reaction in the narrow space generates huge kinetic energy. The kinetic energy pushes the conical projectile to rotate at high speed along the rifling in the barrel, and then flies away at a speed that exceeds the speed of sound.  go out.  He finally fired the first shot in actual combat, but he didn't know where the shot went.

    After taking a shot, the action habits in little Guangxi¡¯s mind that had been repeated countless times during training began to take effect.  He skillfully cocked the bolt, poured out the residue, bit through the paper bullets, loaded the powder, loaded the bullets, cocked the flash cap, and closed the bolt.  Then aim and fire.  The movements are becoming more and more skillful.

    Finally, on the third shot, a Dongdian soldier who had just crossed the Huogouzi was shot to the ground by Xiao Guangxi. The squad leader patted his shoulder with approval and said: "Not bad, not too timid. I will rush down and fight hand-to-hand soon."  , check the bayonet, remember to fire the gun during hand-to-hand combat, don¡¯t hold it against the door, you may accidentally injure one of your own!¡±

    Little Guangxi's pale face began to turn red. The smell of gunpowder and blood stimulated him. The original desire to kill turned him from a devout saint into a bloody killing machine. The transformation was only like this on a real bloody battlefield.  It's simple, either you kill the enemy, or you are killed by the enemy. The simple and violent laws trample all beliefs. There are only laws of life and death on the battlefield, and God, Buddha, and Taoist priests all seem to have closed their eyes at this moment.  .

    "Fix bayonets! Drive these reckless things back! Remember to shout down your arms, surrender and avoid death!" the squad leader loudly ordered. The grassroots officers worked hard to take care of every soldier and exerted the combat effectiveness of every soldier. Through their efforts,  , the entire company and the battalion can carry out killing and destruction efficiently and orderly.

    The Charge cut through the night sky with a shrill sound, and more than 300 soldiers from the companies on the hill and on the left and right crossed over almost at the same time.In the trench, more than three hundred shining bayonets flashed with a dazzling cold light under the firelight. They rushed over like an overwhelming force, and chaotic shouts arose everywhere, "Put down your weapons, surrender and avoid death!"

    What broke out next to the small hill twelve miles southeast of Hushu Town was just one battle. On the dozens of miles wide surrounding Hushu Town, the breakout of the East Palace brought dozens of large and small battles. On this night, Dongdian  The futile breakout battle in the palace started without any warning, and it also ended without any warning.

    When the sky became dim and bright, Xiao Guangxi realized that he and the squad leader had been separated from the rest of the class. The two rushed to a place five miles away under the hill, and they were surrounded by Dongdian soldiers who had laid down their weapons.  Little Guangxi pursed his dry lips and asked the squad leader with some uncertainty: "Squad leader, can we just take back the prisoners numbered 40 or 50?"

    The squad leader was also a little worried. There were forty or fifty people. If they resisted, the two of them would be torn into pieces.

    Fortunately, what happened next went surprisingly smoothly. They asked the surrendered Dongdian soldiers to line up and walk towards the hill. The Dongdian soldiers did not resist and obeyed the order obediently.

    When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Xiao Guangxi and the squad leader saw that the place was crowded with surrendered soldiers in the East Hall.

    The tall and thin man ran over with a bloody face and said with a smile: "Squad leader, how did you catch so many people? The three of them, Erluzi and I, brought back more than 80 people. The company commander asked us to go around again with signs.  Bring back some of the scattered soldiers."

    The squad leader yelled, looking at the more than a thousand prisoners who were speechless, he murmured: "When did the East Palace become so insensitive to beatings?"

    "Because the gods and faith in their hearts have fallen." When the squad leader looked back, it was Cao Dianguan. He was wearing a Dianguan uniform, holding a cross and a Bible in his hands. He smiled lightly and said, "Kid, continue your fight.  But remember, never lose what you believe in at any time"
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