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The revolutionary army in cyan military uniform formed a dense offensive around this small hill. Like the cyan tide rushing to the gentle slope, it retreated in an instant, and lay full of corpses in cyan military uniforms on the edge of the gentle slope.
Zhao Youcheng, who was holding a telescope, was entangled with his eyebrows. The cavalry battalion had more than 500 guns, which concentrated firepower at one point, and could not match the firepower of the enemy's Maxim light machine gun. Such firepower is powerless to tear open the enemy's defense, unless it is used at the expense of casualties. In front of this attack, dozens of revolutionary soldiers have been sacrificed. How many revolutionary soldiers will be sacrificed if they want to take this highland?
The retreating company rolled up its sleeves and wiped the sweat on his face, adding a stain to the flower's face. He said to Zhao Youcheng, "At least 100 meters from the foot of the gentle slope to the top of the hill, the Qinggou's machine gun spewed fire and hit us as a live target. More than 500 of us can't open it at the foot of the gentle slope, and the firepower is unmatched with machine guns.
"Hard charging is not the way. This is a loss-making business." Zhao Youcheng is also a person who has been with Li Xiang for a long time, and he is also stained with some of Li Xiang's business brains. He also likes to calculate his business experience before the war. You have to find a way to suppress the enemy with firepower.
A company commander also knew what Zhao Youcheng meant, but seeing that the former Zongqing army had run away, he said urgently, "The mountain cannons and small steel cannons are in the artillery battalion. Their movements are slower than the infantry, and the machine guns of the infantry battalion will not be able to catch up for a while. When the large troops come, the enemy will have disappeared. The general ordered us to annihilate Zhang's regiment and capture Zhang Xiyuan alive.
Zhao Youcheng looked back at the head of Xiaogan City. There must be something he wants in Xiaogan City. "Take people to search in the city. I don't believe that there are even cannons and machine guns in Xiaogan City."
A company commander's eyes lit up. In this way, it will never take much time to clean up the broken enemy. After that, you can also catch up with the fleeing enemy on horseback. A company of commanders shouted and ran to the city of Xiaogan, but Zhao Youcheng was constantly scolding the street in his heart. Today's battle so far was not happy at all. When he met an army that ran away, he couldn't exert all his strength. After finding the cannon in Xiaogan City, you have to clean up your breath, or you won't get sick.
After a company commander went to the city to find cannons, Zhao Youcheng simply stopped the attack. The battlefield suddenly quieted down, which made the Qing army in charge of the break very uneasy. What the soldiers on the battlefield are most afraid of is silence, which often indicates that the enemy is brewing the next wave of more fierce attacks.
The worries of the Qing army immediately became a reality. The Qing army generals at the top of the hill saw from the telescope that a group of people came out of the west gate opened by Xiaogan. There are revolutionary troops in cyan military uniforms, and there are also people with messy clothes. There is a woman in the leader. The general of the Qing army recognized that it was a beautiful woman in Lin Hanlin's house, which impressed him deeply. Several of his own soldiers carried the beautiful woman to find pleasure, and after a while, they were shot by Zhang Xiyuan. She didn't die. Now she's bringing people to revenge.
The Qing army general looked solemn, and then adjusted the telescope to carefully observe the pair of people and horses out of the city. These mud legs also took some fire ropes, shovels and hoes; maybe their homes were burned and robbed, which made them extremely angry; maybe they saw the Qing army escape, or maybe they were encouraged by the revolutionaries who sneaked into the city earlier, so that they were always the most obedient and peaceful people, and dared to resist and dared to fall into the well. .
Facing the peasant army with insufficient supply of iron, the generals of the Qing army did not care much except for a little solemn expression. What's the use of having more people in front of his machine gun? Until these peasants pushed out the Krper Mountain cannons behind him, he suddenly stood up and his heart was cold to the ice and snow in the twelfth lunar month. When Zhang Xiyuan abandoned the city, in order to run for the convenience of running, and in order to use mules and horses to put more money, these Keluboshan cannons were all discarded in the city. Because I ran in a hurry, I forgot to destroy these sharp weapons. I really didn't expect that the revolutionary army would turn around and find the Krper Mountain cannon to deal with itself.
As soon as the mountain cannon was pushed out of the gate, the revolutionary soldiers began to lay steel plates, measure the distance, and debug the running frame.
Zhao Youcheng also saw the movement at the gate, and wondered why the company commander found the mountain cannon so quickly? It was the unusually eye-catching figure of the beautiful woman in the crowd, which made him suddenly realize that it was his sister who led people to help the revolutionary army. At this moment, Zhao Youcheng's heart also relaxed, as long as the old sister is safe. Zhao Youcheng's old sister rushed straight to him with the rebel civilian army. Looking at their posture, they were looking for the Qing army to burn the city.
Zhao Youcheng immediately led someone to stop the rebel civil army, and Zhao Youcheng greeted his sister. His sister's long hair was casually tied behind her head with a green ribbon, which was a little messy, with a long skirt in one hand and a rifle in the other. In the past, the eyes were full of aura, but now they are full of murderousness and a little dry tears. A little maid who followed the dowry behind the elder sister was also holding a rifle at this moment. She was followed by several stewirs of Lin's house, and Zhao Youcheng knew them. It must be that they can suddenly recruit the people of the whole city in the name of the Lin family. Zhao Youcheng knew that Mr. Lin was very pedantic, otherwise Lin Tiechang would not have run away from home. Now that the Lin family dares to take the lead in rebellious, something must have happened.
When Zhao Youcheng saw his sister, he immediately opened his mouth and asked, "I think the fire is burning in the north of the city. What happened to the Lin family?"
Sister Zhao Youcheng saw that the Lin family was robbed and burned, and she was ruined by the Qing soldiers. Such a weak woman is supported by a vengeful anger until now. When I saw that it was my own brother standing in front of me, tears rolled down like a torn pearl necklace and couldn't stop. The relaxed nerves made her not even have the strength to stand, nor did she have the strength to carry a heavy rifle, so she suddenly knelt on the ground and cried silently.
Several stewels of Lin's house also thumped, knelt in front of Zhao Youcheng and cried bitterly, "Mr. Zhao, you must avenge our master and kill these beasts."
Zhao Youcheng looked at the crying sister. His face was as heavy as water, and his heart sank to the bottom of the lake. My sister's nature has always been resolute. The widow who has been in the Lin family for five years will not say a word. Now she is so sad and crying. What else can there be? Zhao Youcheng didn't dare to think deeply. He roared. I'm going to break these beasts to ashes!"
The generals of the Qing army began to retreat after seeing the mountain cannons being dragged out, and they were still waiting to die. He is retreating now, and Zhang Xiyuan has nothing to say. As soon as he had made a breakthrough plan, there was a shrill roar above his head.
The revolutionary army fired at the position of the Qing army, and short and continuous explosions sounded at the top of the hill, which was earth-shaking and deafening. The vertical and horizontal shrapnel carried the smell of death. There were no fortifications on the top of the hill, but the Qing soldiers hiding behind the natural bunker had nowhere to hide from the vertical and horizontal shrapnel. Those unlucky people who were directly hit by the bomb were so bombed that there was no scum left. The Qing soldier, who was cut by the shrapnel, lay down even more.
The first round of bombing began, and Zhao Youcheng, who was sad and indignant, took the lead in attacking with the first echelon. Zhao Youcheng clenched the saber in his hand and rushed to the front. He didn't know where he had lifted the big brim hat that was in the way. He was followed by the roaring warrior, waving his sabre, and the sun was dazzling, shouting and killing.
After only two rounds of bombing, Zhao Youcheng rushed to the top of the hill. The revolutionary army stopped shelling, and the remaining Qing army burst out its last courage before death. Since it was dead, it had to pull a cushion. They got up with bayonets and bumped into the revolutionary soldiers who ran up. In an instant, the knife shone, and the flesh and blood flew.
Zhao Youcheng, who was sad and indignant, burst out of courage, and the oncoming Qing soldiers were cut off half of his head with a knife. Zhao Youcheng pretended to be crazy, and there was no whole body left for any Qing soldiers targeted by him.
The bloody battle soon ended, and almost every battle the revolutionary army participated in was so bloody. Zhao Youcheng, who was covered in blood, gasped and hung the tip of his right saber on the ground. The blood on his body has his own, and there are also Qing soldiers. Qing soldiers are no longer standing. The revolutionary soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield. Zhao Youcheng glanced at the battlefield. The bodies were stacked on the top of the small hill, and the blood-soaked land was trampled into dark red mud. When Zhao Youcheng saw a Qing soldier who had not yet died, he walked over and stabbed him in the heart. This action affected his wound, and new blood came out of his ribs. He felt dizzy with pain, but the huge pain in his body could not stop the pain in his heart. He killed so many Qing soldiers, but he couldn't let go of the grief and indignation in his heart. His poor sister, the damn feudal marriage system has tortured her best youth, and now it has added pain to her. What kind of pain will she live in in the future?
Annihilate Zhang's regiment and capture Zhang Xiyuan alive. Zhao Youcheng still has this idea in his heart. If it's not like this, it's not enough to vent his hatred.
Zhao Youcheng collected the troops, and the seriously injured revolutionary soldiers were left behind, and all the work of the aftermath was left to the rebel civilian army. He left all these things to his sister and entrusted the responsibility to her, so that she would have nothing to do and think about it. He even threatened several Lin's stewards with a gun. If anything happened to his sister, she would kill them. Several old stewuls wiped their faces with soot and snot, and cursed and vowed to agree.
At this moment, the battlefield was quiet, and Zhao Youcheng heard the sound of gunfire in the north city. He was worried that Li was worried that their battle would also be blocked, so he asked his sister to send someone to send the Kerbo Mountain cannon to the north gate, where there was also a revolutionary army fighting.
After finishing the matter, Zhao Youcheng took all the soldiers who could move, ride horses and fight, and rode horses to chase the fleeing Qing army.
Zhao Youyu looked at the little brother who led the cavalry of the brigade and went away. The sound of thunder's hoofs also spread farther and farther, and the fog in his eyes made his eyes hazy. My younger brother has grown up. I haven't seen him for five years and has become a man. She also saw that Zhao Youcheng threatened several old stews with a gun. Just in order to care so much about her little brother, she also has to live a strong life, even if it is not allowed by the secular world.
Li Xiang ran steadily in the front, running from the south gate to the north gate with a large group of cavalry, raising the dust all over the sky. Zhang Xiyuan's style is too bad. Is it burning the city? He must have robbed the soldiers. If Zhang Xiyuan cannot be annihilated and he can return to Henan safely, this will undoubtedly give great encouragement to the warlords of the provinces around Hubei and make them have the idea of coming to Hubei to fight grass valleys. These flies surrounded by the smell of blood are disgusting connoisance. Just like the previous Xia Zhankui, he is not afraid of these local warlords, that is, the people in Hubei can't stand their toss, and it is the people who always suffer from the war. In addition, the Beiyang army is about to go south. He doesn't know when Yuan Shikai will suddenly make a move. These greedy Turkish warlords seriously threaten his layout.
As long as the Zhang Xiyuan Corps can be annihilated again, coupled with the previous annihilation of the Xia Zhankui Corps, the power of these two battles is enough to suppress the local warlords around Hubei. So that when they are greedy for Hubei's wealth, they should also weigh whether they have a good tooth. Even when Yuan Shikai wants to take action against Hubei, he should think twice.
Li Xiang had already seen Zhang Xiyuan's movements. His troops marched in columns. The mules and horses were full of boxes, which were all stolen money and silk. The Qing soldiers ran fast with two legs. Li wants to whip fast. No matter how fast you run on two legs, you can run more than four legs. Behind Li Shang, the revolutionary army soldiers were immediately pulling out their sabers. Rulin's knives were shining, shouting killing mountains and tsunamis.
Dozens of empty cars were suddenly pushed out behind Zhang Xiyuan's column, turning to the ground and lined up in the middle of the road. He was already prepared to deal with the cavalry, and even said to the Qing soldiers who were responsible for the break: This time, I came to Hubei to make a fortune. For all the brothers after the break, I, Zhang Xiyuan, will pay 100 yuan to settle down after I go back. All the brothers testify here. I, Zhang Xiyuan, dare to break my word and destroy the earth.
Zhang Xiyuan can sit in this position, and he is still a little credited. Or who will work for him? With Zhang Xiyuan's guarantee, the Qing soldiers seemed to be single-minded and wanted to drag the revolutionary army here. If Zhang Xiyuan can't run back to his hometown in Henan, then his words can't be fulfilled, and they will only die in vain. Under the influence of such a mentality, the Qing army in charge of the break was also determined to fight to the death.
Two Maxim light machine guns were framed between the cracks in the carriage. All the Qing soldiers used the overturned carriage as a bunker, and the muzzle was aimed at the rushing revolutionary cavalry, just waiting for the rolling cavalry to crash into their effective range.
Li Xiang rushed to the front, facing the fierce wind, his eyes narrowed. He looked at the posture of the Qing army, and his cold sweat suddenly flowed down, which could not rush through at all. It doesn't matter whether it will affect morale or not. Li Xiang pulled the rein, turned his horse's head aside, and took the brigade of cavalry to wipe the range of the Qing army and turned the corner. Although the revolutionary army did not rush over, the Qing army's dense firepower network still greeted them. The two machine guns spit out unstoppable, and a row of rifles sounded like bursting beans. If this is bumped into it, how much will the revolutionary soldiers sacrifice? I guess I will travel through time again and go back another hundred years. In this way, Li will not be able to do the business that suffers at a loss.