Chapter 51: The Great Battle of Mianhu (10)
Watching the fierce battle ahead, Zhang Ming, a machine gunner in the village, was excited, but he also had his own task. Six heavy machine guns had been concentrated and all the ammunition had been distributed.
These six heavy machine guns were placed on both sides of the assault troops, covering the actions of the assault troops.
The Chen army soldiers saw the doll army launch an attack, and a smile appeared on their faces. They admitted one thing, that is, the doll army's firepower was indeed much stronger than theirs, but in terms of close combat, these Chen army soldiers didn't take the doll army seriously at all.
"Kill a soldier, reward one dollar. Kill an officer below the rank of company commander, reward five dollars. Kill an officer above the rank of battalion commander, reward ten dollars and promotion by two ranks. Brothers, follow me to charge forward, kill the Whampoa Army, capture Chiang Kai-shek alive!" Chen Jun's military officers shouted loudly, their faces extremely excited.
The soldier shouldered his rifle and ran over quickly.
Just as the two troops were about to collide, the heavy machine guns on both sides of the party army began to fire, spewing out bright red flames.
The soldiers of Chen Jun were caught off guard, row after row of soldiers were hit by heavy machine gun bullets and fell to the ground.
The officers in the party army were holding their own pistols and firing at the approaching Chen troops.
Chen Jun's vanguard of over 500 men, when they rushed to the side of the Party Army, had dwindled to less than 200 men. Both sides immediately engaged in a fierce melee.
General Chen Jun was no fool and immediately ordered the follow-up troops to reinforce quickly.
Li Hu Town, Headquarters of the Second Battalion Command
Qian Dajun stood in front of the map, his eyebrows tightly furrowed.
According to Chiang's plan, the Second Division was ordered to attack Chen Jitang's forces here and relieve some of the pressure on the First Division. However, by the time General Qian arrived with his troops, the city had already been abandoned and Chen's soldiers had long since relocated.
"Deputy commander, there are sounds of gunfire coming from the direction of Mianhu Lake, and they are extremely intense. It is highly likely that Lin Hu's main force has launched a full-scale attack on the First Instructional Regiment." Chief of Staff Guo Da Rong rushed in to report the situation.
Qian Dajun's face showed a difficult expression, his current task was to attack Chen Jun's troops here, if he rashly reinforced the 1st Instructional Brigade, it would likely affect the entire battle situation, let alone he had not received Chiang Kai-shek's order to reinforce the 1st Instructional Brigade.
"Deputy commander, we must reinforce immediately, otherwise the First Division will be annihilated." The second battalion commander Liu Yaozhen said hastily.
Qian Dajun looked at Liu Yaochen and said with difficulty: "But we haven't received orders from above, and if we arbitrarily withdraw our troops to reinforce, once something goes wrong, it's not just the First Instructional Regiment that will be annihilated, but also our entire army."
"Our communication facilities are now poor and it is impossible to get in touch. It's no use just giving directions for the battle, it won't work at all. Since you don't want to come back to reinforce, I'll lead the second battalion to reinforce instead." Liu Yaozhen didn't argue anything, said angrily and walked out towards the outside.
"Acting squad leader..." Guo Da Rong looked at Qian Da Jun and said helplessly.
Qian Dajun looked at the map, nodded and said: "Since you insist on reinforcing, I will issue the order immediately. The second battalion will attack in the direction of Heshun Town, the first battalion and the third battalion troops will quickly march to Mianhu Lake to reinforce the First Instructional Regiment."
"Yes, Deputy Captain." Guo Da Rong excitedly saluted and hastily ran out towards the outside.
Zengtang Village, Headquarters of the First Regiment's Instruction Corps.
Principal Jiang looked at the map, his eyebrows tightly furrowed. Chen Jun's soldiers launched several consecutive attacks, although they were all beaten back by the First Teaching Regiment, but the casualties of the First Teaching Regiment had already been extremely heavy.
He Yingqin had proposed a request to cover Chiang's retreat, and got Zhou's consent, but was rejected by Chiang, who expressed his willingness to fight with his Whampoa comrades until the last moment.
"Principal, if we don't retreat, our entire army will be annihilated." He Yingqin stood in front of Principal Chiang, pleading bitterly.
"Respectfully, the Huangpu brothers are all fighting at the front, how can I, as the principal, flee in the face of battle? Don't say that again, no matter what, I will not leave here." Principal Chiang replied coldly.
Outside the headquarters, the sound of gunfire had already been transmitted over.
"Capture Chiang Kai-shek and Soviet advisers alive!" Chen's soldiers shouted loudly.
"Report to the principal, a group of Chen Jun's soldiers broke through the front line position and attacked the command center!" A young lieutenant walked in and shouted loudly.
"Niang Xi Pi, Lin Hu this mongrel, wants to put me to death! Wants to put me to death!" Principal Jiang's expression became even more embarrassed upon hearing this, and he directly scolded him.
The people around also didn't dare say much and just stood by.
Consultant Galen had just expressed his idea of retreating when he was opposed by Principal Chiang.
"What is the artillery battalion commander doing here, why isn't he on the artillery position?" Principal Chiang looked at Chen Cheng beside him, his anger not subsiding, staring with his eyes.
"The cannon is out of order and cannot fire." Chen Cheng said with his head down.
"Why doesn't this artillery company commander try to set up the gun and give it a shot?" Principal Chiang said angrily, walking straight out.
Chen Cheng and others did not dare to hesitate, and followed Principal Chiang out.
On the other side of the battlefield, Wang Dinghua had become a scapegoat at this moment. He threw his troops into the front line to fight against Shen Jian's assault team. Wang Dinghua hastily abandoned his troops and retreated in the direction of Hezhou.
Shen Jian did not pursue, but instead launched an attack from behind Chen Jun, coordinating with Sun Xinghua's frontal battle.
Under the impact of Thompson submachine guns, Chen's soldiers fell down like wheat being cut.
"Squad leader, retreat quickly, there are also doll soldiers at the back." A soldier ran to Li Er Gou's side and shouted loudly.
After several battles, Li Erdou managed to survive with his many years of experience as a veteran soldier.
"I know, wait a minute, I'll be right there." Li Er Gou did not rush to the front, but instead hid on a high ground and used his rifle to shoot at the Nationalist army's soldiers. At this moment, Li Er Gou's target was locked onto an officer's body. Based on his experience, Li Er Gou dared to confirm that this officer was at least a regimental commander level.
With a "crack", the Type 38 rifle emitted a crisp sound.
After finishing shooting, Li Erdou quickly picked up his rifle and ran towards the back.
"Soldiers of Chen's army, listen up! Your command center has been taken down by us, and your commander Wang Dinghua has been killed. Put down your weapons immediately." Shen Jian led the assault team to charge into the rear of Chen's soldiers, intentionally saying this to undermine the morale of Chen's troops.
Although Wang Dinghua was not caught, Wang Dinghua's command post was indeed eliminated by Shen Jian, and a large number of important documents were seized. Moreover, the name "Wang Dinghua" was also seen by Shen Jian in the documents.
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