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Text Chapter 92 Breakthrough across the board

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    The headquarters of the Third Town of the Hubei New Army is located in Badong. When Zhang Xun, the commander of the Third Town, received the news that the Western Sichuan Army had started to attack and rushed to the front line, the Seventh Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army had already launched the offensive and was preparing for the attack.  artillery preparations.

    Zhang Xun was very angry as he watched the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army pouring shells on his position, and stumps and broken arms rising into the air.  As for how the battle started, he no longer wants to pursue it. What matters now is how to withstand the attack of the Western Sichuan Army.  The Third Town is stationed in the border area all year round. It often fights against the Western Sichuan Army and knows how powerful the opponent is.

    "Counterattack! Where is our artillery? Counterattack!" Zhang Xun ordered loudly.  The third town is also equipped with artillery, all of which are 105mm howitzers imported from the UK. There are thirty-six in total, twelve more than the artillery battalion of the 7th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army.

    "Sir, it's not that we don't fight back due to our humble position. It's just that the range of our cannons is not as good as that of the Western Sichuan Army! Their cannons have a range of seven kilometers, while we only have five kilometers. Unless all the cannons are fired at close range, there will be no fire at all.  It can't reach the position of the Western Sichuan Army. But if you get close and shoot, you will be easily bombarded by the Western Sichuan Army." Biao Tong, the artilleryman of the Third Town, replied.

    "Asshole! What should we do? Can we just be beaten without fighting back?" Zhang Xun's eyes were filled with blazing anger.

    "Sir, our artillery can wait until the Western Sichuan Army starts to attack before firing and shelling their attacking troops!" replied the leader of the First Association of the Third Town.

    "Hmph! No matter what? We must hold our position. The Governor is in Yichang. If our position is breached, the Western Sichuan Army will be able to break through to Yichang directly. If the Governor is blamed, no one can afford it!"  Zhang Xun warned.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, sir, the lower-ranking officials will definitely keep their defenses in check!¡± All the generals quickly assured.

    The artillery of the Western Sichuan Army finally stopped the bombardment after raging for half an hour. The Hubei New Army's positions had long been destroyed to a disgrace. At least one-third of the troops stationed on the front line were directly killed or seriously injured in the bombardment. The entire  The position also became incomplete.

    "Order the troops to attack, and the artillery to block the bombardment!" Xie Dingkun, commander of the 7th Brigade, put down the telescope in his hand and ordered.

    Soon, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army launched another artillery bombardment, but the target of this bombardment was behind the position of the Hubei New Army's Third Town to prevent the other party's soldiers from reinforcing the position.

    At the same time, soldiers from the 1st and 4th Battalions of the 7th Brigade jumped out of their positions and launched an attack on the positions of the Hubei New Army.  More than two thousand soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army formed a skirmish line and quickly launched an attack on the Hubei New Army position 600 meters away.  Behind them, mortars and heavy machine guns from various units also followed their attack, preparing to provide them with sufficient supporting firepower.

    "Everyone get up, everyone, get up, the Western Sichuan Army has launched an attack!" On the Hubei New Army's position, the commanders, leaders, team officers, platoon leaders, and officers were all picking up those who survived the Western Sichuan Army's shelling.  The soldiers caught up with their position.  Mountain cannons and heavy machine guns also rolled out of the bunker, ready to start shooting.

    "Ta da da da!" When the Western Sichuan Army rushed into the Hubei New Army less than 400 meters away, the Qing Army's heavy machine guns opened fire one after another.  As soon as the gunfire sounded, the attacking Western Sichuan Army immediately fell to the ground and crawled forward.  At the same time, the heavy machine guns and mortars that followed were immediately set up and launched a counterattack.  In particular, mortars were focused on clearing out the heavy machine guns of the Hubei New Army.

    At the same time, after the artillery positions of the Western Sichuan Army saw that the attack was blocked, they immediately changed the target of the artillery attack and once again ravaged the positions of the Hubei New Army.  Mountain cannons and heavy machine guns were blown to pieces one after another.

    "Shell, those Western Sichuan Army soldiers in front of the target position!" The artillery commander of the Third Town of Hubei New Army also issued the order for shelling.  Thirty-six 105mm light howitzers began to fire fiercely.  The offensive of the attacking soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army was immediately stopped. The casualties in the shelling of the Hubei New Army increased rapidly.

    "Order the brothers to withdraw, and the artillerymen step forward to deal with the artillery of the Hubei New Army first, or at least avoid them!" Xie Dingkun, the commander of the 7th Brigade, ordered quickly.  Allowing the other side's artillery to bombard your own soldiers unscrupulously on the plains is tantamount to asking the soldiers to die.

    After receiving the order, the two attacking battalions immediately withdrew.  However, in the attack just now, the Western Sichuan Army also lost nearly two hundred people, and the strength of a company was just gone.

    The artillery battalion of the 7th Brigade immediately advanced two kilometers and aimed the artillery bombardment at the artillery of the Hubei New Army.

    "Haha, we have repelled it. The Western Sichuan Army was repelled by us!" A smile appeared on the face of the artilleryman of the Hubei New Army.  For them, it is unthinkable to invade western Sichuan, butResisting the attack of the Western Sichuan Army can be considered a great achievement.

    "Phew!" However, before the smile on his face dissipated, there was the sound of sharp cannonballs piercing the air in the sky.

    "Damn it, shelling! Take cover immediately!" Hubei attacking artilleryman Biao Biaotong quickly fell to the ground.

    "Boom! Boom!" Artillery shells fell from the sky one after another, accurately hitting the artillery position in the Third Town of the Hubei New Army.  Shrapnel flew across the field and shock waves ravaged the entire artillery position. A large number of Hubei New Army artillery bombardments were killed, and some cannons were directly hit and destroyed.  This was not the most serious matter. At this time, a large number of artillery shells were piled up on the artillery position. When these shells were hit, the resulting explosions directly destroyed most of the artillery position.  The violent explosion that occurred caused the ground to shake like an earthquake.

    "My cannon, my artillery!" Seeing that one of his artillerymen was killed one by one, limbs and broken arms were flying everywhere, and the cannons were blown into pieces. The Hubei New Army's 3rd  The artillerymen of the three towns were almost bleeding from their hearts!

    The artillery of the Western Sichuan Army bombarded the Hubei New Army's artillery position several times for half an hour.  Only then did the shelling stop.  However, at this time, there were already many casualties on the artillery positions of the Hubei New Army.  The entire artillery force has more than a thousand men, and now there is only one out of ten.  All the cannons were also blown up.

    "Click!" There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and Zhang Xun, the commander of the third town, and others rushed here quickly.

    "What's going on?" Zhang Xun asked angrily.

    "Sir, we were bombarded by the Western Sichuan Army. The entire artillery unit was gone, and all the cannons were destroyed!" the artillery unit replied, with a look of despair on his face.

    "You trash!" Zhang Xun was furious. He slashed the command knife in his hand and cut off the artilleryman's head.

    "However, this is no longer helpful.  Without the fire support of artillery, the 7th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army could launch an attack without restraint.

    Subsequently, the 7th Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army launched another attack. The soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army, who received full support from the artillery, launched a very fierce offensive.  Soon he broke into the defense line of the Hubei New Army.  Zhang Xun wanted to mobilize reinforcements into the position to support the frontline battle.  However, the reinforcements were severely shelled by the Western Sichuan Army and suffered heavy damage and had to retreat.

    By the afternoon, the Western Sichuan Army had completely occupied the front-line positions of the Hubei New Army and established a simple defense line.  At the same time, the artillery of the Western Sichuan Army moved forward again, focusing on shelling the heavy gathering areas of the Hubei New Army. For this reason, the Hubei New Army had to retreat across the board and retreated to the second line of defense.

    Like the Seventh Brigade, the attacks by other units of the Western Sichuan Army also went very smoothly.  When the Western Sichuan Army launched an attack, the Hubei New Army was caught off guard. Many cannons were directly blown up and failed to form a powerful counterattack.  Subsequently, with the powerful fire support of the Western Sichuan Army, the frontline positions changed hands one after another.  The Hubei New Army towns had to withdraw from their positions and retreat backwards.

    By the afternoon, the front lines of the Western Sichuan Army were directed at the Qing Army's second line of defense. The Hubei New Army suffered heavy losses. The total casualties of the New Army in five towns reached more than 20,000, and almost the strength of one town was lost.  .  What's even more serious is that the defeat in the first battle caused the morale of the Qing army to plummet.

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