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    Crazy shelling caused ripples in the river. At the same time, the National Defense Forces, which attacked from three sides, encountered stubborn resistance from Tang Jiyao's troops.  This army composed of Yunnan Army, Guizhou Army and bandits has completely entered a semi-crazy state, because they all know that the evil deeds along the way are enough to make them die dozens of times, even if the National Defense Force does not kill them,  The people in Guilin City and Guangxi would also kill them, so they all fought to the end with red eyes.

    Qiu Wenbin, lying on the bow of the ship, understood that this madness was more like hysterical shouting. As long as a gap was opened, defeat would be inevitable.  But he still didn't dare to be careless, because now he knew that while taking advantage of this year's peace, the National Defense Forces made crazy purchases, Lu Rongting, who had stable finance and taxation in Guangxi, also spent his money to order 16 75mm field guns from Japan half a year ago.  , 16 Hotchkiss heavy machine guns, 6,000 rifles and enough ammunition. Now these arms are all in the hands of Tang Jiyao. The crazy enemy has enough firepower to equip a full division. If he is not careful, he will  It turned into a war of attrition.

    In fact, not only Guangxi, but all provinces across the country that have some money are conducting large-scale arms transactions. Guangdong placed an order for 100 cannons in one go, and the Guangzhou Manufacturing Bureau restarted the production of imitation Madsen horn-type dry machine guns.  Beiyang not only learned from the scale of Hubei's expanded Dagu Manufacturing Bureau, but also purchased hundreds of Maxim machine guns from Germany. It also imitated the Wehrmacht and purchased 500 Madsen light machine guns and a large number of Mauser pistols. At the same time, it also did not forget to purchase hundreds of Maxim machine guns from Germany.  Japan, a close neighbor, purchased a large amount of arms.

    Because we have been on a mountainous road all the way here.  Therefore, none of the elite artillery regiments of the four divisions came, and the fifth division was not equipped with Krupp field guns because it was converted into a mountain division. The chemical raw materials for propellants and self-manufactured factory equipment will not be shipped from the United States until next month.  The mortar, which has an actual effective range of only about 800 meters, suffers greatly in this kind of confrontation.  On the other hand, Tang Jiyao's troops relied on their ample ammunition.  All the artillery was pulled out, especially the 16 75mm field guns deployed on Phoenix Mountain in the city that posed the greatest threat.  The shells filled with Shimase gunpowder purchased at the same time were pouring down all the time, and the diffuse yellow smoke choked many soldiers and fell down while running.

    Even if the remaining soldiers got closer, they would still have to face crossfire from dozens of light and heavy machine guns.  So the war situation is still at a stalemate.  gap.  A gap must be opened!  The command headquarters believed that the best gap was the Li River that ran through the city, so they specifically asked him to lead the guard company to seize the dock.  Originally, the guard company was not under the command of the frontline headquarters. His company's task was to monitor Tang Jiyao until the siege was completed, but he still accepted the task, not only because the guard company was the essence of the National Defense Force, but also because his company was equipped with a new gun.  .

    Thinking of this, Qiu Wenbin immediately began to check the new gun. As soon as he inserted the long 30-round magazine, he saw the young soldier from the Yunnan Army who came to lead the way looking at the gun in a daze.  He couldn't help but smile: "What's your name? How old are you?"

    "Report, the name is Ouyang Nan, 17 years old." Ouyang Nan now would not have thought that because his parents had both died and he had been wandering the streets of Guilin since he was a child, and he was very familiar with the terrain, receiving this frightened him so much that he trembled all night and almost wanted to be a deserter.  The mission will bring about earth-shaking changes in his life.  And this change is due to Qiu Wenbin's following words: "You are a little young, but you are brave enough to dare to act with us. Do you want to join the security company?"

    You are so brave, I was forced to do so.  Ouyang Nan said something sinister, and asked bravely: "What is a security company? How much monthly salary is there?"

    "Monthly salary? Haha" More than a dozen soldiers from the guard company on the same ship almost burst into tears with laughter: "Company Commander, I think you are busy in vain. This guy is simply a fool of a man."

    Qiu Wenbin also laughed and patted Ouyang Nan on the head: "Boy, be smart. When the fight breaks out, follow me and don't run away." "Uh-huh" Ouyang Nan felt embarrassed and shy after being laughed at.  He scratched his head shyly and asked: "Sir what kind of gun is this? Is it so short? It looks so ugly? It looks like a pipe."

    "This?" Qiu Wenbin held up the famous Sten submachine gun in his hand and introduced: "This is called a submachine gun. It was designed by the commander. We made it ourselves in Hubei. Even foreigners don't have it." Ouyang Nan rolled his eyes when he heard that none of the foreigners had it.  He was stunned. In his impression, the Hanyang made in his hand was also a foreign imitation!  Qiu Wenbin smiled slightly and did not explain anymore. In fact, he didn't know how to explain it.  Because the guard company was only allocated a few dozen guns, and the commander said during their trial last time that this gun was not for equipment but to be sold for money in two years.

    He wasn't sure about this either. Although the gun looked a little ugly, it was very powerful. It used the same bullets as the Minyuan-style pistol. The thirty rounds of the magazine could be fired within a few seconds by holding the trigger. It was an instant burst.  It is not a problem for the firepower to directly knock out a platoon.  Moreover, deputy factory director Liu Qingen also said that this gun is not only good, but also several times cheaper than the new Type 12 rifle. The process is simple and even an apprentice can make it.  It's such a good, powerful and simple weapon to make, but it doesn't have any equipment and it's actually sold.??Wait a few yearscan't figure it out.  Fortunately, because the security company has a special mission, it is equipped with a small batch of test models so that everyone can have a good time.

    The city of Guilin in my eyes began to enlarge rapidly, the sound of chirping bullets began to pass by my ears, and from time to time, a few cannonballs would bring up water jets into the sky.  Fortunately, the enemy's attention is focused on other sides. There are not many enemies here, and they can be suppressed with light machine guns.  After the boat slowly skirted the big banyan tree, the Bluestone Pier suddenly appeared in front of him. Qiu Wenbin had just pulled the trigger when he saw more than a dozen Yunnan troops suddenly rushing out of the alley. After opening a few bundles of straw, two huge  Hotchkiss machine guns suddenly appeared.

    "Damn, heavy machine gun."

    As soon as the shouts started, the Hotchkiss heavy machine gun on the opposite side opened fire. Shooting the boat directly at such a close distance was almost a massacre!  Bullets like a storm swept across the ship, and a dozen soldiers from the guard company who were caught off guard immediately fell into a pool of blood.

    "Jump off the boat!" Qiu Wenbin shouted and jumped into the river. Ouyang Nan also rolled into the river and took the opportunity to grab a submachine gun and bullet sac from the dead guard company soldier.  When Qiu Wenbin swam to the shore and docked, the bluestone blocked the machine gun's firing angle.  The five small boats they were on had been beaten into sieves, and the nearby river was stained red with blood.

    "Everyone looks for coverfind a way to set up the machine guns, and fight each other! Fight each other! The National Defense Forces attack" The soldiers of the guard company who have received the most rigorous training and have been tested in battles immediately dispersed.  They fought independently, and even the waist-deep river water could not slow down their movements.  When Ouyang Nan was secretly speechless, he saw Qiu Wenbin and several soldiers bending down, hiding in the blind corner of the dock and reaching for the machine gun.  When they could see the faces of the Yunnan soldiers clearly, they suddenly stretched out their hands and raised their weird-looking submachine guns without even looking at them.  There was a fierce sweep in the direction of the heavy machine gun.

    The fierce firepower stunned Ouyang Nan, who was looking through the cracks in the rocks.  I didn't see them aiming or pulling the bolt at all. They just pressed the trigger a few times and it seemed like a heavy rain was falling in front of them.  The machine gun squad of the Yunnan Army did not expect that the enemy would have such firepower. The dense bullets were so frightening that they could not even raise their heads, let alone fire.

    cover me!  Qiu Wenbin changed a magazine, yelled and threw a grenade quickly. He grabbed the stone steps with both hands and tried to climb up. However, probably because he had been soaked in water for many years, there was a thick layer of moss on the bluestone, and his fingers slipped.  He was about to fall into the water again.  Ouyang Nan, who had quick eyes and quick hands, quickly grabbed his waist with his hands and lifted him up with force.

    With this momentum, Qiu Wenbin finally climbed onto the pier. Before he had time to be grateful, he rolled over in the blood, quickly hid in the corner, lay on the ground and fired fiercely at the Yunnan Army.  Using his cover, the remaining guards and soldiers also climbed onto the pier. More than thirty Sten submachine guns opened fire at full speed. The two Yunnan Army machine gun squads instantly turned into a pile of rotten meat.

    Seeing Ouyang Nan coming up, Qiu Wenbin patted his shoulder gratefully and left a few people to find a way to find the lost submachine gun.  According to the predetermined plan, everyone threw three grenades into the middle of the river, used water jets to notify the troops behind to follow, then turned around and rushed into the city.  Ouyang Nan, who was following him, finally had his eyes opened. In front of this amazingly powerful submachine gun, which was like splashing water every time it was fired, the enemies who came after hearing the news were swept away almost as soon as they met.  .

    "Be careful" When Ouyang Nan was immersed in the longing to join this army, a loud shout suddenly sounded in his ears, and his body was pushed out suddenly, before he hit the bricks in front of the ground.  The block exploded suddenly, and a 57mm artillery shell was fired from the solid barricade at the intersection in front, hitting the house next to them.

    "Go around, go around and use a grenade!" Pinned by the shell on the street corner, and the machine gunner couldn't find a good position, Qiu Wenbin threw a grenade anxiously and shouted to Ouyang Nan.  Ouyang Nan had just learned how to use a grenade. Knowing that the matter was urgent, he quickly grabbed it and ran to the back room, but when he opened the window, his eyes suddenly turned red.

    There were seven or eight female corpses lying scattered in the room. Without exception, these female corpses were all naked. Their originally attractive bodies were riddled with bullet holes. Their flesh and blood were so bloody that they looked like they had been raped and then beaten to death.  This scene made Ouyang Nan feel that his lungs were on fire, and something seemed to be spraying out from his body. He didn't even care about the danger, so he rushed up to the second floor and threw the grenade into the barricade with all his strength.

    The explosion caused the 57th artillery piece to go silent for an instant. Several soldiers from the guard company immediately jumped into the sandbags to occupy the barricade. As soon as they asked the enemy who was trembling on the ground to get up and go to the side, they saw Ouyang Nan rushing out of the house with a loud hiss. Qiu  Before Wenbin could hold him back, he had already pulled the trigger and fired violently at the surrendering soldiers. After all the 30-round magazines were finished, more than a dozen surrendering soldiers had fallen into a pool of blood.

    Qiu Wenbin stepped forward and grabbed the unloaded submachine gun. He asked the soldiers to look at him and then walked into the house. After entering and seeing the miserable situation clearly, he understood why this littleHe suddenly went crazy.  But now is not the time for revenge. We must immediately go to the city gate to open up the situation, so I bit my lip and walked to Ouyang Nan and asked, "Boy, I need a guide to go to the south gate."

    Ouyang Nan's eyes were blood red, he nodded vigorously, led everyone down the alley and ran towards the city gate.  As more and more National Defense Force soldiers began to land in Guilin City along the pier, the gap was finally opened. When Qiu Wenbin brought dozens of submachine guns to sweep the Yunnan Army position from behind, the south gate was also in chaos.

    The opening of the south gate meant that the second gap was opened, but it did not mean that the war was over. The dense barricades and firepower points made the war enter the most brutal street fighting. Explosions and shouts of death began from every street and every house.  rang out.

    ¡°Push it over here, push it over here quickly.¡±

    Seeing a 70mm mountain cannon being pushed over by several soldiers, Qiu Wenbin quickly pointed to a barricade in front of them that was so heavy that they couldn't lift their heads. The gunner quickly leveled the muzzle, inserted the shell and locked the gun bolt, and the ground suddenly shook.  , in the flying dust, I could only see that the barricade made of strips of bluestone a hundred meters away had been blown to pieces.

    The later-generation Japanese Type 92 70mm infantry gun only requires a few soldiers to push it. After the barrel was lengthened to 12 times, although the weight increased from 320 kg to 320 kg, the range was also increased to 3800 meters. It has the same capabilities as field guns.  Todoroki's strength.  Of course, its biggest role is to unconditionally accompany infantry operations, especially in such complex street battles, it exerts its greatest advantage. Many times the artillery even uses cover to push within 100 meters and fire.

    The power of the seven-pound artillery shell is already equivalent to that of a 75mm field gun, so the three infantry cannons brought to the test quickly conquered the hearts of the infantry and became the main force in street fighting. As one defensive support point after another was destroyed by direct fire,  The enemy's madness finally turned into fear, and they began to flee in all directions.

    The tragic corpses and the burned houses made the National Defense Force soldiers gnash their teeth. Especially when Lu Yuxun was ordered by the old man to lead the remaining Gui army into the city, their eyes became red. When they finally saw thousands of people at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain,  After the corpses of the former Paoze were massacred, a massacre became irreversible.

    These red-eyed Gui troops not only rushed to the front, but they did not leave a single prisoner wherever they passed.  By the time Cai Jimin learned about the news in the city and wanted to stop it, the streets and alleys of Guilin City were already covered with corpses. Ruquan's blood flowed into the ditch along the dug roads, and could not flow for several miles.  be diluted.

    At five o'clock in the afternoon, when Yang Qiu arrived with Jiang Baili and Miao Luo, the last Yunnan soldier in Fenghuang Mountain also laid down his weapon. The Battle of Guilin came to an end after nine hours of bloody battle. In this battle, Tang Jiyao's troops lost 13,000 people.  More than 6,000 of the more than 1,000 Yunnan-Guizhou and bandit coalition forces were shot dead, and the rest were all captured. What awaits them will be the anger of the Guangxi people and an indefinite life in a labor camp.

    The guards led by Mei Youchen were intercepted by soldiers led by intelligence agents at the last moment when they were protecting Tang Jiyao on his way to the Japanese Legation. Tang Jiyao himself was shot in the foot. Finally, under the protection of Liu Cunhou and several diehards, he managed to hide in the Japanese Legation and took him with him.  The Bank of France check worth 4 million he was carrying was seized by the National Defense Forces because Chen Haohui deliberately accidentally tore his clothes during rescue.  In addition, a check worth 500,000 yen was also found on the body of Mei Youchen, who was shot dead. The guards also seized 570 kilograms of gold seized from two provinces.

    The National Defense Forces suffered more than 600 casualties, most of whom were killed and wounded in the initial stage and in street fighting.  It was later learned that among the 3,213 soldiers from the two patrol battalions of the First Mixed Concorde Army in Guangxi who failed to escape with Lu Rongting, in addition to those who died in battle or surrendered, the remaining 1,917 were collectively executed by Tang Jiyao.

    This war told the world that if true reunification cannot be achieved, then as the new generation of young warlords who have experienced the fanatical revolutionary wave and are more ambitious gradually take power, the whirlpool of civil war will likely become larger and larger.  Getting more and more cruel.  This war also tells everyone that after Guangxi was controlled by the National Defense Forces, Yunnan has become an isolated island in the southwest, and a unified southwest has emerged before our eyes

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