Before all the officers and soldiers of Tangwei Camp were familiar with the performance of new weapons and equipment, the Guangdong army began to attack Wuzhou Middle Road in large numbers. On June 20, a contact battle with the main force of the Gui army in Fengchuan County, Guangdong Province broke out. Because both sides were the main force, the battle was fierce and the situation was in a stalemate.

The enemy in front of him seemed to have known that the Guangdong army would counterattack Fengchuan, so a large number of defensive fortifications were built in this small county town. Relying on the already existing small earth walls, machine guns and trenches were used to make a sickle to harvest the lives of Guangdong soldiers.

Tatta Tatta Tatta

The Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun once again proved its value. With the skillful operation of the machine gunners, the soldiers of the third division of the two companies were completely suppressed with just four machine guns. Because the Gui army relied on fortifications, it could launch an attack with the Guangdong army without fear. The Guangdong army soldiers who lacked the cover of fortifications had to use continuous charges to narrow the gap between them, but although the casualties were large, the results were minimal.

"Battery Commander, we can't stand it anymore! The casualties are too great, and we must withdraw and repair!"

The first one to launch an attack was basically cannon fodder, but there must be stupid people under heavy rewards. The officers of this battalion could not withstand the temptation of huge rewards and let their subordinates take the lead, but ultimately failed to fulfill the predetermined expectations. Not only him, in one morning, the vanguard regiment of the Third Division of the Guangdong Army failed to take the enemy's position in front of him, causing casualties.

The smoke filled the gunpowder, and the face of the middle-level officer of the Guangdong Army who had not even had time to know the name was covered with black dirt. The war was not good, and the anxiety in his heart had already been revealed, but he had no choice. The artillery battalion had not arrived yet, so it was impossible to blow off the opponent's fortifications. Because of the light-forwarding, there was no heavy weapons in the entire vanguard regiment, and the battle situation was just stalemate.

As the second batch of quasi-front troops to follow up, Tangwei Camp did not take on the attack mission, but was only responsible for defense on the flanks. Wang Liwen is not a fool, and he had to push his soldiers into the fire pit for the little reward of silver. But not everyone thought so, at least Li Shaojie was not.

He was born in a warlord team and had long been familiar with and adapted to the days of taking rewards in front of the formation and charging with silver dollars. The greed in his heart was undoubtedly revealed due to the inertia of his thinking. This is also the main reason why Zhong Yang was unwilling to hand over the command of the team to him. Compared to Li Shaojie, who still had traces of old-style thoughts, Zhong Yang valued Wang Liwen, who had received modern military education.

"Li Wen, it's a pity that we don't blame for those money."

"Captain Li, I hope you can call me my official position in the army. Another point is that we are not fighting for the purpose of rewarding silver, this is the principle!" Holding the high-power telescope in our hand, Wang Liwen observed the enemy's momentum while warning Li Shaojie who was complaining.

The two of them had a good personal relationship. Li Shaojie was a brave and cheerful man. He had accumulated some bad habits in his previous military life, and his limited knowledge, otherwise he would have become the number one leader in the officers' team.

In general, Li Shaojie is useless, but he is a trustworthy person. He is greedy for small gains, but he can see the big things clearly, otherwise Zhong Yang would not continue to leave him in the important position of the head of the town corps.

"Yes, Captain Wang, I understand!" No matter when, Li Shaojie could always show off a serious and smiling face. Wang Liwen didn't care. Although Li Shaojie was so ignorant, it actually contained deep meaning.

Although he didn't know much about psychology, he had many years of military life experience and naturally knew that during wartime soldiers often invested in and observed their commanders to evaluate the future situation. The commanders were relaxed and confident, and the officers and soldiers below naturally had confidence, so that they could fully utilize the combat ability of the soldiers. Wang Liwen naturally knew this, so he did not take care of Li Shaojie in these small matters.

"Come on, you can also take a look and analyze the distribution of the main defense points on the opposite side."

Under Wang Liwen's instructions, Li Shaojie, Cheng Wenli and Ji Xiaoliang all picked up their optical telescopes and observed the fortifications of the enemy in front of them. In the original military cram school, they also initially learned some basic military knowledge and knew how to analyze the overall layout of firepower points and defense lines. Among them, Wang Liwen's performance was the best, and Ji Xiaoliang was the second.

In addition to Wang Liwen, the first person to analyze the situation was Ji Xiaoliang: "Although the defense line is arranged roughly and rigidly, and the fire point layout is too forward, overall, there is a team of veterans with rich combat experience on the opposite side. Look, the machine gunners of their four fire point are all over forty years old."

Then Ji Xiaoliang's words and Cheng Wenli expressed his own opinions: "The trees around the county town have been cut down, obviously because they know to reduce the blind spots of defense, but the trenches are too shallow and they have almost no resistance to artillery."

Li Shaojie chuckled: "You have never been a soldier under the warlords. Except for the machine gunners and gunners, the food and salary of the rest of the soldiers are relatively stable and generous, and the wages arrears are basically not paid until the war is over. Who has the intention to fight well in this situation? They just live by mediocrely."

"Okay, now I will discuss with the General Staff. I will make an offensive report before tonight. We will be the main offensive task tomorrow and launch an attack on Fengchuan County. Let's go back and write a report, especially you, Captain Li! If you dare to find someone to write for you, I will arrest you and be confined!" Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, Wang Liwen ignored Li Shaojie's bitter face and went straight to his tent.

On that day and night, with the joint efforts of a group of officers and staff of the General Staff, a detailed combat arrangement was formulated and handed over to Wang Liwen.

The reason why the Guangdong army was difficult to capture the enemy's formation was that it lacked curved firepower. Cannons were scarce in China. Moreover, due to inconvenient road transportation and excessive quality of the cannon itself, it was difficult to cooperate with the rapid advancement infantry. In this era, even Europe, with relatively advanced technology, was still a period of cannons, machine guns, and trenches. Mechanization was far away, and the individual firepower system was mainly based on straight-line weapons, which lacked effective strikes on solid defensive positions.

China is different from the Western world. Because of the lack of artillery and ammunition, it has to take a group charge and use casualties to fill the gap between the offensive and defensive sides.

But at this time, the weapons, equipment and tactical ideas of Tangwei Camp had begun to be ahead of the world. It had a short-distance curve attack weapon like a grenade launcher, which made up for the lack of artillery, which was explained in the combat report. Now Wang Liwen and his friends are worried about the problem of weapons adaptation. After all, the contact time is still very short, and it is still unknown whether the power of the weapon itself can be effectively exerted.

In the evening combat meeting, Wang Liwen pointed to the completed Fengchuan County sand table and said: "Tomorrow, my 1st, 2nd and 3rd main platoons will be responsible for setting up general machine guns and suppressing the enemy's array. Then, Ji Xiaoliang's 7th, 8th and 9th platoons will be the vanguard, using grenade launchers and grenades to remove the vibrant strongholds in the local area. Cheng Wenli and Li Shaojie will serve as reserves and are responsible for defense and surveillance. The use of charge tactics is prohibited. The squad and platoon combat structure must be adopted according to the instructions, and the scattered teams will be used to break through in segments. It is necessary to reduce the effective killing of enemy machine guns to us."

"What should I do with the Commander Yu Goukuan? Did the other party agree to our attack plan?" Ji Xiaoliang also came from an orthodox army school and had a deep understanding of the coordination between the commands of various military departments. He did not want his side to destroy the relationship with the Guangdong army because of his good decisions.

Wang Liwen looked calm: "I have already agreed on the delegation leader Yu. 5:00 to 9:00 am tomorrow will be our attack time. This is the opportunity I have won, and the first merit must be sent to the other party's name. I hope that at that time you will not feel unhappy about this matter, nor can you spread it everywhere. I promise that after the war is over, the organization will compensate everyone's performance, and it is better not to have any rewards from the military government."

The first merit to aid Guangxi must be given to the Third Division of the Guangdong Army, otherwise Wang Liwen would not have been able to win this attack mission. Anyway, for Tangwei Camp, the purpose of this war is not to receive merit and reward, but to train troops and weapon experiments. However, things must be explained clearly with the officers present and reached a consensus, so as not to cause unpleasant consequences due to such a thing at that time.

At 5 a.m. the next day, the moonlight had not yet dissipated and the rising sun had not risen eastward. The entire Fengchuan County was still shrouded in a faint mist. The Guangdong and Guangxi armies fought hard all day yesterday, and were already exhausted and both were on the verge of fighting. But the Gui army did not know that there was still an elite soldier ready to launch an offensive!

Under the dim sky, the soldiers at the bottom of the Gui Army who were responsible for the realm had long been drooping their eyelids and drowsy. They did not notice that several hazy figures had appeared on the small slope four hundred meters away. The specially treated helmets were not abrupt under the dark morning curtain.

"The sniper is ready!"

"The machine gun team is ready!"

"The assault squad is ready!"

"Re-check your equipment again, open all the gun insurance, and prepare for the first level of combat!"

Some serene voices sounded behind this small slope. The main attack direction of the Guangdong Army yesterday was here, because it was closest to Fengchuan County, only less than 500 meters away. But just these five hundred meters made Yu Goukuan and his entire regiment yesterday suffer 300 casualties and gain nothing.

The low sky suppressed everyone's hearts. For Tangwei Camp, this was the first battle since the establishment of the camp. Wang Liwen said that he didn't care about the victory or defeat, and was worried that geography was still longing for the arrival of victory.

After receiving a report that all the staff have prepared, Wang Liwen, as the highest-level commander of Tangwei Camp, looked solemn and decisively issued an order to start the war: "According to the scheduled plan, the battle for all the staff will begin!"

After receiving the order from the battalion commander, officers at all levels went to the front line and devoted themselves to actual combat with the soldiers. Just like the requirements in daily training, officers and soldiers must be coordinated and cooperated in combat, and officers must not retreat in the face of battle!

According to the skills learned during the training, Li Yining, the platoon leader of the third platoon, led the platoon of three squads, and divided into 9 combat teams, bowed their bodies and rushed towards the local positions of Fengchuan County. Relying on the obstacles on the road and the bodies of friendly troops who had not yet been cleared, they quickly rushed to a place 300 meters away from Fengchuan County.

But the good luck ended here. The secret whistles and open whistles of the Guangxi clan had already discovered their traces. The gunshots alerted the other Guangxi soldiers. The machine gun turned the bullet into a torrent, and swept past Zi Li Yining and others. Fortunately, the casualties were not large because of the scattered and advanced approach. Most of the soldiers crawled in the uneven earthen valley in time and avoided the fate of being beaten into sieves. Only a few unlucky guys were killed, and no one died.

Although heavy machine guns are powerful, they are not very flexible in lateral operation because of their bulky mass and bloated structure. In addition, the recoil generated by high firing rate and constant shaking also leads to a decrease in shooting accuracy. They are not powerful when dealing with dense and heavy, but facing Li Yining and others who are scattered in groups, the role of these Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns is not so obvious.

I don't know if it was heavy machine guns firing, and there were also scattered rifles joining the shooting, and the soldiers in the third platoon were suppressed and unable to move. This phenomenon naturally fell into the eyes of Ji Xiaoliang, who was still commanding the battle on the small slope, but the situation was still under control, and he was still full of confidence.

Looking at the eyes that Ji Xiaoliang passed by, Wang Liwen also nodded slightly to express his understanding: "The machine gunners of Class 1 and Class 2 began to shoot, with the target of the local heavy machine gun fire point, and the purpose was to suppress fire."

After receiving the order from his superiors, the machine gunner also pulled the safety bolt and spit the set up general-purpose machine guns at the local position. The metal torrents caused by the six general-purpose machine guns roared away with a terrifying power. The large-caliber machine gun bullets stormed the opponent's Maxim machine gun position. The thick sandbags shook in front of the steel-core bullets, raising dust, which not only blocked the enemy's machine gunner's sight, but also aroused the opponent's fear!

It is difficult for the offensive party to set up crane guns within the effective range of the defense party, but as veterans who have lived for a long time, the aftermath from the sandbag clearly tells them a fact that this is definitely the power of heavy machine guns! But they only saw that the other party was using some little guys!

If you want to flexibly operate the Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun, the machine gunner must squat on the ground, so the target is generally obvious. However, the general machine gun in Tangweiying can be used on the ground, and the body that appears invisibly in the enemy's vision is much smaller and is not easy to be targeted by the enemy.

Bang!

Another machine gunner of the Guangxi class fell down in response to the sound, and it was the sniper of the 3rd squad! The large-caliber sniper rifle directly broke the opponent's chest cavity, and bones and minced meat flew around in the air. The other machine gunner's deputy next to him was already scared and looked deserted. Taking advantage of the weakening of the opponent's firepower, Li Yining picked up the grenade launcher in his hand and performed the first test shot after adjusting the angle.

The result was that nothing was hit, but he didn't care at all, but adjusted the angle based on the test shot. With his feelings and good mathematical talent, the second shot directly hit one of the firepower points 300 meters away, and immediately restored the unlucky Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun to a part state. At the same time, there were tragedy with 5 machine gun team members. The Gui army position in Fengchuan County lost a machine gun firepower point.

As time went by, the entire defense line was shaking under the attack of two platoons. The small-caliber howitzers made them mistakenly think that the other party's artillery troops had arrived. The Gui soldiers who were still entrenched in the county were immediately panicked and their morale was disintegrated. Don't underestimate the influence of cannons on the army in this era! Under the suppression of local artillery fire, if their side lacks enough artillery to counterattack, this will be a fatal blow to the soldiers' fighting spirit.

What's more, the Guangxi army was formed in the form of an old-style army. Without firm belief, it would be difficult for the soldiers to maintain their morale at a disadvantage. If the officers had not been trying hard to suppress, the troops on the front would have dispersed.

"Sir, the enemy's artillery fire is fierce, and the brothers can't stand it anymore!" An officer ran to Mashan's deputy in a tattered military uniform and shouted with a sad face. On his big face, which was blackened by gunpowder, there were several thin wounds oozing out blood.

"What's going on? Where did the cannons come from? Didn't it mean that the artillery battalion of the Guangdong man is still in Guangzhou? Why are there so many here?" As an officer of the Gui army who led his troops to raid and occupied Fengchuan County, Ma Shanfu had to curse loudly. There were so many artillery groups on the opposite side, and this battle was even a fart.

But before he could finish his scolding, another messenger ran in outside the command center: "Sir, break through quickly, the front line has been lost! The enemy's follow-up troops have exchanged fire with the guards, and it is almost impossible to withstand it here!"

"What!" Ma Shanfu fell on a wooden chair when he heard this, obviously feeling unconfidence about what was happening in front of him. In order to take on this pioneer mission, he spent a lot of effort to get four Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns from Lu Shuai, that is, Lu Rongting. He was indeed awesome yesterday in front of the Guangdong Army. Unexpectedly, it was less than 2 hours before starting at around 5 a.m. today, the defensive position that was originally highly anticipated was broken through in the blink of an eye.

He hadn't even put on his clothes yet, but at this time he didn't care about these things, and escaping was important. He put on a coat randomly, and Ma Shanfu led the remaining confidants to retreat towards Wuzhou.

Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!

The "Woodpecker" submachine gun shines in trenches and street fighting. The assault squad relies on its powerful rapid firepower to accompany the grenade squad to remove various machine guns and bunker fortifications one by one.

At 8 o'clock, the Gui army, who were still alive in Fengchuan County, surrendered except for Ma Shanfu and others who broke through the encirclement. When taking over the Fengchuan County Government, the soldiers of Tangwei Camp withdrew from the battle sequence under Wang Liwen's instructions, and the work of sweeping and captives was handed over to Yu Goukuan.

Yu Goukuan, who was just a bargain, was not a ungrateful person. In the blink of an eye, he became brothers with Wang Liwen. Nowadays, being a small leader in the warlord team is not enough to be a single officer. Although Yu Goukuan is vulgar, he also has basic eyesight. Just hearing the continuous explosions, he knew that Wang Liwen had many small-caliber cannons in his hand.

After being the leader of the regiment for so many years, Yu Goukuan naturally knew who could offend and who should make friends with him. In his eyes, Wang Liwen and Tangweiying were both worthy of friendship!

The battle continued, but the hardest bones had been bitten to pieces, and the remaining Baisha and Xiongshan defense lines were completely allowed to show their skills due to Gou Kuan's vanguard regiment. For several days, cooperating with the follow-up troops of the Third Division, the entire Guangdong Army's offensive was very aggressive and approaching directly towards Wuzhou!

Soon, the news of victory here reached the headquarters of the military government base in Guangzhou: the Guangdong army attacked Wuzhou Middle Road. On the 20th, it broke the headquarters of Ma Shanfu, the main force of the Gui army's vanguard in Fengchuan County, Guangdong Province. It turned the first line of defense of the Gui army in Baisha, and then broke the second line of defense of the Gui army in Xiongshan!

On June 27, Wei Bangping's troops occupied Wuzhou. The next day, Chen Jiongming also entered Wuzhou and immediately decided to go deep into Guizhou with three routes!

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