93 breath of death

The fire rose to the sky, and the sound of violent explosions was dense. The shells that hit the head and face completely ignited the position of the Xiangyang Revolutionary Army into a burning ocean with the ferocious smile of death. Even the fierce cold wind in winter is rolling with bursts of heat waves in the scorching fire.

Li Xiang's car rushed between the cannon fires. He stared at the fierce gunfire and shouted to the driver, "Go straight! Don't turn around..."

Before Li Xiang finished shouting, he heard the sound of the bomb cutting through the air. The battlefield had been rolling for so many years. Listening to the track, he also knew the footing point of the bomb. Before he had time to give instructions to the driver, he rushed to the driver next to him and pulled the steering wheel and turned to the right. The high-speed car suddenly made a 90-degree turn and a beautiful drift. When the bomb hit the ground, the car had driven more than 100 meters.

The people in the car found their balance from the bumps. Looking back at the huge pit, they immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

The car ran to Xiangyang at full horsepower, and on the road to Fancheng, there was a continuous retreat. Xiangyang is composed of two towns. The south bank of Hanshui is Xiangcheng and the north bank is Fancheng. The crowds of people rushed to the ferry in Fancheng. People took all the things that could be taken away, such as livestock and houses, leaving nothing for the enemy.

In the two shrill roars, two consecutive large-caliber heavy shells fell from the sky, and the mud was blown up everywhere.

"Malegobi, the shelling of the Beiyang Army!" Li wanted to lean out of the car window and shouted, "Pay attention to concealment!"

Woth! Sing! ...With the shrill roar from the sky, countless shells flew from a distance, with the sadness of tearing the silk that cut through the sky, one after another.

Li Xiang decisively ordered: "Stop! Everyone get out of the car and cover the crowd!"

I didn't expect that the Beiyang Army had penetrated here.

"Cannon, hide in the crater and hide!" Li Xiang jumped out of the car and ran all the way, almost with all his strength to shout. Pulling up a few people and jumping into the crater that has just been blown up.

Boom! Boom! ... The successive martyrdoms made Li Xiang's roar disappear in the fireworks in an instant.

The deafening explosion sound is like a firecracker in a festival, one after another, one after another. The sky is full of bullet marks when the shell fell down.

"My child!"

The woman who wanted to press under him made a heartbreaking cry, which actually turned Li Xiang to the ground and crawled out of the crater desperately. Li Yao's hands and feet were also fast. He pressed the crazy woman on the edge of the crater. Through the heavy smoke, he saw a lonely child who was completely at a loss and was extremely frightened.

"I'll go!" Li said without thinking, and he rushed out with an arrow.

The heartbreaking loud noise was like a sledgehammer, knocking hard on the earth, followed by a shadow following Li Xiang's footsteps. Li thinks that he even feels like a lonely boat in the sea, so weak and thin. I don't know which wave will overturn him. In this gunfire, life is so helpless.

A screaming shell directly hit the fire point not far away. With the rolling of smoke and dust, a red and black fireworks suddenly burst open, and the sky was full of flying wind and blood. I can't tell what is the meat of the corpse. It's human flesh and blood. In the air, it's all splashing around like that.

Li wanted to pick up the scared child and did not dare to stay for a while. The bomb chased his footsteps like open his eyes. He sprinted quickly, and his heart was about to jump out. He happened to see a mask. Without saying a word, he immediately got into the mask. A shell exploded behind him, which was extremely thrilling. One step later, Li thought it would be bad.

"Malgobi!" Li wanted to shrink in the bunker, curled up into a ball with the child in his arms, and cursed repeatedly.

The sound of explosions is like thunder. The sudden rolling up smoke clouds and the hot air fill every corner of the lungs, which is so difficult to breathe. Li wants to really feel the breath of death this time.

At this time, Li Xiang found that there were still many people in the shelter department. It should be the communication hub department, because he hid the shelling of the Beiyang army, and the communication soldiers who loudly called for support to the radio did not stop after he came in.

"Li Shuai?"

"Are you here too?"

Li Xiang said in surprise that she didn't expect Ms. Xu Zonghan to hide in this shelter. He gave her the frightened child in his arms, looked around, and found another acquaintance. The man who shook happily at the walker finally noticed this side. He turned around and immediately exclaimed, "Sarge!"

"Zhang Zheng!" Li wanted to shout, "Are you here to support Xiangyang?"

"Yes!"

Originally, this was the command post to support Xiangyang troops. Although he was shelled, Zhang Zheng did not have the right to transfer the command post, because it was still a communication hub and wanted to command the troops from here. What's more, when the gunfire is covered, it is impossible to transfer on the open basin. So we have to continue to work in the shelter department. The top of the shelter is just a wooden stick and soil layer more than 20 centimeters thick. The shelter is only six square meters, and the four walls are earth walls. The roof is very low. It is hot and stuffy inside, and the dust is flying. The soil on the top leaks from the gap between the stick and the board from time to time.

The bombing lasted for dozens of minutes, and they gradually got used to talking loudly and no longer paying attention to the loud noise of the explosion.

Suddenly, the cover part seemed to be thrown up. The sound of the explosion was deafening. Lixiang and Zhang Zheng fell to the ground, and the table and stool were overturned. Above their heads, a sky was exposed through the dust and fog, and sand and rocks flew down from above, surrounded by shouts and moans.

After the dust dissipated slightly, half of the top cover of the cover has been lifted. Fortunately, no one was injured, and no one was injured by the wood falling from the top. It is only seven or eight meters away from the occultation. I saw a horrible huge crater with a diameter of more than ten meters, and next to it was the car that Li Xiang belonged to!

The smoke of the gunfire gradually dissipated, and a few wisps of breeze swirled by, tearing away the smoke under the gray sky. There is such a ferocious battlefield killing everywhere.

In the distance, a group of enemies in yellow tweed army cotton-padded clothes opened the loose line, just like a flood that broke the embankment. The flashing bayonet flashed with a little starlight, and the officers carrying the command knives pressed forward one after another with pistols.

"Attention, the Beiyang Army is coming up!" Shaking the mud all over his body, Zhang Zheng raised the gun in his hand.

"All in place, ready to meet the enemy!"

The roars of the platoon officers in the revolutionary army position came one after another.

"Fire, fire!"

Zhang Zheng shouted loudly, and the companies and platoon officers also shouted out in a hurry.

The hot flames rose from the position at the same time, and a whole row of bullets flew through the formation of the Beiyang army with the powerful kinetic energy that broke through the air, and the whole line was full of fireworks.

"Fire!" The officers shouted loudly. The Maxim heavy machine gun as the support point of firepower! Da! Da! ... spitting out the tongue of fire, countless bullets flew over, and more Beiyang infantry were swallowed up in the metal heat flow.

During this period, Li Xiang was equipped with Maxim's heavy machine gun on a large scale, which showed a strong power at this time.

The whole defense line was like a metal wave, and countless bullets flew out of Hesse's muzzle at the same time. And the hot muzzle flames bloomed like fireworks under the sky. The green smoke at the muzzle of the gun was lit.

Almost all Maxim heavy machine guns splashed bullets at the same time. The bullets covering the face buzzed, like a wasp that blew up its nest, rushing to the front line of the Beiyang Army. The soldiers of the Beiyang Army who charged were cut down like straw in pieces in this stormy baptism. Many people were hit by the oncoming bullets full of bullet holes, and the flying bullets flew unscrupulously.

After several fires, the Beiyang army left dozens of corpses, decisively turned around, and withdrew from the battlefield at full speed.

"Before our reinforcements came, the Beiyang army broke through the outer defense line of Fancheng and forced our army to retreat to the inner defense line. Subsequently, the Beiyang army pressed its main force, and they were ready to occupy Fancheng at all costs. Zhang Zheng went to the map to introduce the current situation. Compared with the troops in the northeast of our defense of Fancheng, the Beiyang Army has a considerable advantage in terms of strength. Our troops have been greatly weakened before this, and some divisions are less than 5,000.

In view of the serious situation in Xiangyang, Li Xiang believes that decisive measures must be taken immediately, because he said, "The situation in Xiangyang has deteriorated so much. Yuan Shikai's army stretched out its claws and rushed at us. The enemy is coming fiercely, and Xiangyang may be captured today or tomorrow. I now ask the commanders of the troops located in the north and northwest of Xiangyang to immediately attack the enemy and assist the defenders of Xiangyang... North of Hanshui, a strong counter-attack force supported by the revolutionary army is gathering. Your task is to eliminate the formed enemy corridor from Fancheng to Hanshui. Repulsed the enemy and joined the sent defenders.

Zhang Zheng frowned slightly and said, "I thought that after the Beiyang army fell into the urban street battle, I would choose the opportunity to carry out an assault on the flank of the Beiyang army. Therefore, I request that the time of the counter-attack be postponed so that the troops can complete the assembly and the pre-delivery of ammunition, supplies and other work.

Li Xiang laughed and said, "Do you think the enemy will wait until you have finished everything before doing it?" ...If you don't immediately carry out an assault from the north, the enemy can take Fancheng with only one fierce attack."

"I don't agree with Li Shuai." Zhang Zheng said, "The enemy has been blocked on the inner corridor defense line. Their attack speed is slow and their action is hesitant. Attacking the city and capturing the city are two different things. Our army is tenaciously fighting against the Beiyang Army in the suburbs, and the enemy will fall into a street battle and can't extricate itself.

Li Xiang patted his forehead: "You're right."

Zhang Zheng didn't expect that General Li would admit that he was wrong so frankly. He said with a little fear on his face, "Our attack has actually begun. The reason why we can't join the defense of Fancheng is that our artillery is weaker than the enemy. When we crossed the Han Dynasty, the situation in Fancheng forced us to enter the battle before the troops were assembled and the artillery arrived. The infantry divisions entered the battle immediately after the 80-kilometer march. Due to the hurried battle and lack of enhanced weapons, our army failed to break through the enemy's defense line and join forces with the defenders of Fancheng. However, our rapid assault forced the enemy to turn its main force from Fancheng to deal with us, which eased the situation in Fancheng. Without this assault, Fancheng might have been occupied by the enemy.