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Text Chapter 63 The first battle against Liujiamiao

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    Straw bales filled with sand were stacked thickly to form a half circle, with only a one-foot-wide gap exposed in the middle of the front, forming a temporary artillery bunker. A slope was dug out behind the artillery position, so that when the position needed to be changed,  , you can quickly pull out the cannon for transfer.

    Eighteen seven-year-old and five-year-old Krupp field guns were lined up in a row. Behind each gun squatted a dozen artillerymen, some of whom were holding pens and papers. It was not that the gun position required so many people, but that the headquarters was planning to borrow these  This rare opportunity for actual combat allows new gunners to learn how to use field artillery more intuitively.

    Jiang Tai held down his military cap and shuttled back and forth between the gun positions. No matter how strange the new gunners asked him, he would answer them and personally supervise the new gunners to conduct actual shooting.

    On the second day of the uprising, he was invited by Zhang Wenjing and Song Ziqing to join the Right Route Army. At first, he was holding his breath because of what happened with the Third Battalion. In addition, the soldiers rioted on the night of the uprising. Many officers like him were forced to take off their uniforms. Successfully  In the end, they actually had to find the governor temporarily. Seeing that the Qing army had no intention of killing them and immediately wiped out the surrounding areas, but they were in a hurry to distribute power, they found it very boring.  He was also present at the swearing-in just now. No matter what Yang Qiu is like, there is a saying that is right. Soldiers don't talk so much nonsense, and the cannon is the one who speaks.

    After crossing the river, he was immediately appointed as the commander of the 1st Artillery Battalion. The eighteen German-made Krupp seven-year-old and five-year-old field guns made him jump for joy. You must know that most of the Hubei New Army has five-year-old and seven-year-old field guns. This kind of  There are only a few new field guns.

    In just one day, he felt something different about this team that had been training in Hanyang for two months. They were highly disciplined and carried out orders without compromise, especially when internal strife continued on the other side and the three towns had just recovered and people's hearts were unstable.  , as soon as the commander said to attack Yangjiamiao, he rolled up his sleeves and started to attack without saying a word. He was so decisive and capable that it is shocking!  Just this kind of soldier's style of telling the truth made him look forward to joining this group.

    "Fire!"

    As he shouted, eighteen artillery shells shuttled out. In the blink of an eye, several clouds of black and red gunpowder smoke rose above the Liujiamiao Railway Station opposite, and large chunks of bricks and tiles flew away under the explosion.  rise.

    Due to the shortage of gunners, only the 1st artillery battalion was invested in this operation. However, even a full artillery battalion was not something that the remnants of the army on the other side who had hurriedly escaped could withstand. Within a few minutes, Liujiamiao was plunged into thick black smoke.

    In the temporary command post, Yue Peng put down his binoculars: "Commander, is it time for the infantry to attack? If the attack continues like this" he glanced at Zhang Wenjing, who had a smelly face next to him, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's Wenjing  My face is getting darker!¡±

    How can Zhang Wenjing not be so shameless? He is the chief of logistics!  The biggest shortage here is artillery shells. Most of the weapons seized in the gun factory warehouse are five-year-old and seven-year-old artillery shells. The total number of seven-year-old and five-year-old artillery shells in reserve is more than 3,000.  This is good, Yang Qiu actually asked for twenty minutes of fire coverage. Calculated at three rounds per minute, it would consume 720 rounds. If he wanted to fight like this, he would be in a situation where he had artillery but no ammunition before he could fight Beiyang.  In a dilemma.  I'll have to talk to the gun factory later and ask how many shells can be made in one day if it starts working at full speed.  While thinking, Yue Peng bumped his shoulder: "By the way, Wen Jing, how much did you get from that donation box just now?"

    Thinking of the extra-large donation box, there was a snicker all around. If nothing else, Hu Ruilin's "donation" of 50,000 yuan alone could support the Right Army Army for half a month.  Faced with this "unreasonable" question, Zhang Wenjing slapped him on the back of the head, turned around and asked, "Commander, do you think Governor Li and the others will provide support? If not, it will be very difficult to rely on the gun factory."

    "How could you not support it? Governor Li is a man who knows the military. How could he not see that Hankou is the most dangerous place?"

    "It's hard to say, since Governor Li is not in charge now."

    The question aroused everyone's discussion. Song Ziqing secretly glanced at Yang Qiu. Does he want to get support or not?  With support, the two armies will naturally slowly integrate.  But what if you can¡¯t get it?  Letting Hob Meat cross the river is nothing more than borrowing his voice and temper, but such a person may not get more than what he gets!  Could he not know?  Maybe he just hopes that there will be some small rifts between the two armies. As long as he waits for the big mouth to come back disappointed and publicize how he was made things difficult for, the soldiers who have just won the battle will feel resentful. This is better than publicity!  This is what soldiers are like. The more external pressure there is, the more united they become. As time goes by everyone will naturally get together.

    ??????????? Careful prescriptions can reveal your skills, and this person¡¯s mind seems to be much deeper than before.

    Yang Qiu didn't seem to see Song Ziqing's gaze. His mind was focused on this first battle. Although his opponent was weak and pitiful, he must not make any mistakes, even if there were too many casualties!  That's why he imposed a 20-minute firepower coverage, but looking at the Liujia Temple with black smoke billowing, he was really "hateful" for the artillery shells that only smoked but did not use force in the early years of the Republic of China. He wanted to replace it with future generations.Not to mention 18 155mm howitzers loaded with RDX, just one can declare that Liujiamiao will be leveled from now on.

    **Also need to improve  After Yang Qiu took a note with him in a small notebook, he turned around and ordered: "The heavy machine gun enters the fighting position, shoots obliquely to cover the infantry, and focuses on suppressing the open area in front of the railway track. The light machine gun accompanies the infantry to charge. When charging, spread out as much as possible, lower your body, and interact with each other."  There must be cover in between.¡±

    After the order was issued, the attacking 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment, the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment each had three machine gun squads. A total of 9 Maxim machine guns were quickly set up in front of the artillery, and the canvas belts were quickly stuffed into the machine guns.  The unique clicking sound of the Maxim machine gun sounded from three sides at the same time. Looking from the direction of the command post, the three Maxim machine guns were at angles to each other, aiming at the front of the central railway track in an oblique manner and firing rapidly. The dense fire point was on the Liujiamiao train.  Three death lines were drawn out from the front of the station.

    It¡¯s justTamad!  The machine gunners all turned their speeders to fully automatic continuous fire!  The firepower was fierce, but the bullets Zhang Wenjing's face turned darker, and even Yang Qiu secretly scratched his head.  But he didn't stop him. After all, what he could pull out now were only half-baked people trained with two bad light machine guns. They needed to be constantly fed bullets to mature. In order to seize this rare opportunity for actual combat, he ruthlessly invested 9  There are 30 heavy machine guns and 30 light machine guns.

    "Commander, it's it's the German electrostatic gun (the early name of Maxim in China)!" Li Xianglin finally had some knowledge. When he saw the other party pushing out Maxim, his scalp suddenly exploded. He didn't do anything.  Thinking that Yang Qiu would actually have a German-made heavy machine gun that even the Eight Towns were not equipped with!  But as soon as he shouted, bullets hit the locomotive that was acting as a bunker like a torrential rain. The steel body could not withstand such fierce firepower, and it turned into a hornet's nest in the blink of an eye.

    "Cannon, cannon, aim at the machine gun!"

    Zhang Biao's eyes were bleeding. He was also the "Batulu" named by the Qing Dynasty and was by no means a greedy person. On the night of the riot, his men fought hard, but the Governor's Mansion was breached and Ruicheng disappeared.  His morale was completely lost, and he had no choice but to be surrounded by his cronies, and fled here in panic. He thought that with the help of a battalion of remnant soldiers and several machine guns, he could support him until reinforcements arrived, but he didn't expect that Yang Qiu had so many  Artillery, as well as the German heavy machine guns that Beiyang had just begun to equip. If he had known that Mark 42 had such strong firepower, he would have taken the train north to join Yinchang.

    It¡¯s too late to regret now. It¡¯s surrounded on three sides and only one side along the river is left. It¡¯s obvious that they want to annihilate themselves!  So regardless of the shuttle bullets, he ran behind the four Wusheng Qishan cannons hidden in the house, pulled out his knife and pointed it at the machine gun squad opposite, jumping and shouting.

    "Boom." The four mountain cannons were shaken, and the shells in the concussive smoke fell directly in front of a machine gun squad. The smoke cloud that exploded made Yue Peng's heart tremble.

    Fortunately, the shells were still far away, and the Wushengqi shells were not very powerful, so the machine gun slowed down for a while and then started roaring again. At this time, Jiang Tai also captured the location of the fire and immediately ordered the six cannons to turn and aim at the second floor of the building.  bungalow.  Zhang Biao's artillery was buried in just three rounds of houses. Upon seeing this, Yang Qiu immediately waved his hand: "The light machine gun squads of the three battalions of the first regiment went up alternately to cover the infantry attack."

    Hang Zhi, who was fighting a real battle for the first time, couldn't hold it any longer. After hearing the order, he immediately rushed out of the command post and shouted loudly at the third battalion of the reserve team. Six Madsen light machine gun squads were standing behind the heavy machine guns.  Quickly run forward under cover.

    The advantages of the light machine gun finally emerged. One machine gunner and one deputy machine gunner are a machine gun squad. The addition of an additional deputy machine gunner is for future expansion of machine gunners. Light and fast-moving light machine guns will soon arrive.  Position, overtaking the heavy machine gun squad's cover mission.

    While Yang Qiu was recording the need to install a tripod scooter for the heavy machine gun, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment had also jumped out of the bunker, spread out and charged forward. Judging from the posture of the soldiers while running, the Hubei New Army  After all, it is a new type of army. In addition, they are all veterans who have been trained for many years and have been strengthened for two months. Therefore, most of the soldiers can skillfully lower their bodies and run zigzag. The infantry lines are also spread out widely. After running for a while, they will lie down.  The comrades in the back provide cover.

    At the beginning, the company charged as a unit, using the whistle as a signal. After running to about 400 meters, they dispersed and regrouped. They quickly lay down and crawled with their guns forward. Without an optical sight at this distance, it was difficult for even Yang Qiu to accurately target and crawl forward.  of enemies.  After crawling about 100 meters, the accompanying light machine guns took the lead to disperse and fire based on piles of rocks or trees. The remaining infantry continued to crawl. After a distance of 120 meters, the whistle suddenly shrilled, and everyone jumped up and launched a charge.

    The soldiers who charged over each other quickly arrived at the front of the station. Since Liujiamiao is a rural town, the terrain is open and easy to defend and difficult to attack, so even with machine gun cover, soldiers could still be seen falling down from bullets from time to time.

    The input of infantry means that the battle has become intense, and the machine guns do not dare to fire at will in order to avoid accidental damage.

      Yang Qiu frowned. The overall strength of the new army is good, and the tactical movement is relatively in place. However, there are still many problems. For example, the structure of the infantry line is still too tight. The soldiers always pause when charging due to nervousness. The combination of infantry and artillery is not enough.  The performance was also very poor, and the machine gunners were completely inexperienced and did not seize the opportunity to provide good cover for the infantry assault.

    But these are not Yang Qiu¡¯s headaches. The biggest headache is that most soldiers have very bad habits!  That is, when reloading after firing a shot, you always press the muzzle of the gun habitually, instead of leaning on your shoulder like the skilled European soldiers, and looking for the next target while moving. Don't underestimate this little gap time.  , enough to be killed several times when facing elite soldiers!

    "Hold, hold!"

    Seeing the infantry on the opposite side coming up, Zhang Biao became even more anxious. He pulled out his saber and shouted over and over again to stabilize the position. However, the threat from the opponent's machine gun was too great. Bullets like a rainstorm swept past the position over and over again, scaring many people.  The soldiers didn't dare to look up to see.

    "Whoever dares to run will be shot to death!" Seeing a soldier turning around and trying to escape, Zhang Biao was furious and grabbed his saber and slashed the soldier in half. This kind of behavior was caused by the times. Even on the night of Shouyi  Li Yuanhong killed one person to strengthen his courage.  The gushing blood and internal organs made the remaining soldiers tremble with fear, and they could only bite the bullet and shoot.

    "Enter the building!" Ke Shao, who was in the lead, led a company and finally rushed into the station. Seeing a large number of enemies hiding in the trenches in front, he immediately rushed into a nearby house. Before he could reach the second floor, he saw a few  The enemy rushed up with a gun, quickly raised his gun and shot.

    After a volley of gunfire passed, several of Zhang Biao's personal guards fell in a pool of blood. He immediately led his soldiers to seize the commanding heights on the second floor, set up a Madsen light machine gun and swept the enemy positions from bottom to top, condescendingly.  The power of the light machine gun was fully unleashed, and enemy soldiers were hit by bullets from overhead from time to time.

    Li Xianlin also knew that now was the time to fight desperately. When he saw that the roof of the building was occupied, he immediately shouted and followed him, and rushed towards the small building with a personal guard.  At this moment, Zhang Biao finally took out his trump card. A cavalry team that was ambushing on the right suddenly rushed out and ran straight towards the charging 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment. Twenty dozen people were caught off guard in the tumbling of iron hooves.  A battalion of soldiers had their necks broken by a sharp saber.

    "Machine gun? Where's the machine gun!"

    The scene of the blood spraying and the head falling to the ground made Zhang Wenjing's eyes turn red. You must know that the first battalion of the second regiment turned out to be the second battalion led by him, so he shouted regardless of Yang Qiu who was still nearby. Song Ziqing, who was watching the battle beside him, quickly stopped him.  He said: "Already gone up."

    Following Song Ziqing's fingers, everyone saw that the two heavy machine gun squads of the first battalion finally arrived at the predetermined cover point. After a slight adjustment, the two Maxim machine guns spilled countless bullets, followed by several carrying weapons.  The heavy baggage of ammunition boxes further increased the power of the machine gun.  At this time, the light machine gun squad of the third battalion also saw the danger posed by the cavalry. Nervously, the six Madsens also turned all their guns.

    People who have never experienced war cannot imagine how terrifying it is to have two heavy machine guns that can fire 600 rounds per minute and six light machine guns firing at full speed. The machine gunner only needs to hold the trigger tightly, hold down the trembling handle to keep it steady, and then wait a moment  Shake the machine gun left and right, and a dense rain of bullets will appear in the front.

    Especially for heavy machine guns, the loader does not need to repeatedly stuff bullets into the machine gun. As long as the locks at the interfaces of the two canvas ammunition belts are locked, the ammunition belts can be extended all the way, and the water-cooled type does not need to worry about the barrel being too tight.  It's hot, unless it's jammed or the bullet is out, otherwise you can keep shooting.

    Precisely because of this fear, the diagonal crossfire composed of the machine gun array was like a hurricane that rolled by wildly. In just a few minutes, more than a hundred cavalry and horse teams were beaten to death, leaving blood and flesh all over the ground.

    The tragedy of the cavalry gave Li Xianglin a chance to breathe. Since most of the machine guns were missing, he successfully led the team into the occupied small building.

    "Stop them!"

    Seeing a lot of Qing troops coming down the stairs, Ke Shao organized everyone to block them while waving his hand in the distance. After dealing with the cavalry heavy machine gunners, when he saw the gesture on the top of the building, he immediately started spraying bullets on the building again.  Although the thick green bricks and stone slabs blocked most of the bullets, some still got through the doors and windows. Zhang Biao's personal guards suffered heavy casualties immediately, and finally Li Xianglin had to retreat from behind.

    Seeing more and more opponents coming forward, Zhang Biao's heart continued to sink. At this time, bad news came from the other two directions. The center and left wing were also torn apart by the enemy's fierce firepower, especially those stationed in the center.  The patrol camp collapsed at the first touch, leaving the small Liujiamiao area full of defeated soldiers fleeing in embarrassment.

    "My lord, Jiang Shang Jiang Shang!"

     At the reminder of his personal guard, Zhang Biao only saw three naval gunboats flying the dragon flag approaching slowly, and he suddenly jumped up happily: "If God does not destroy me! If God does not destroy me!"

    "Send a signal and tell the navy to bomb here! The others follow me to the riverside!"

    After receiving the order, the soldiers who had lost their morale immediately ran towards the river. They all hoped to hide within the range of the naval gun as soon as possible, but no one expected that behind the cold steel plate, Wang Guangxiong, leisurely stroking his beard, looked at the baby-faced soldier.  Bingwen blinked.

    "The muzzle is lowered three inches"

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