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Chapter 320 Two Seven Five, the rooster sings and the world is white (6)

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    It has been more than half an hour since the warning was sent, but there is still no movement on the battlefield, and even the person who sent the message has no news.  Seeing that the sun had already set in the west, Fu Cha on the side was a little anxious and reminded him casually: "Biaotong, should we send someone in again?"

    Zhonghe snorted coldly: "It seems they won't shed tears until they see the coffin! Come here, order the second battalion to use mortars to fire rapidly at Jingshi Town and the surrounding positions for five minutes, and then send people in to issue an ultimatum. If  If there is no response after twenty minutes, we will immediately attack with all our troops and occupy the area around Jingshi University before dark!"

    After the second battalion received the order, the battalion's mortar platoon quickly set up its posture and launched indiscriminate coverage of Jingshi Town and peripheral positions.  For a time, the muffled sound of mortar launches, the whistling of artillery shells, and the sound of landing explosions were heard intensively outside this famous university. The soil was blown up and scattered, and gunpowder smoke shot straight into the sky.  Occasionally, houses were hit, sending up pillars of black smoke.

    Although the shooting skills of the Imperial Guards were not good, there is always a time when a blind cat encounters a dead mouse. This indiscriminate shooting still caused certain casualties to the Jingshi University security team on the position.

    Sun Yuanqi said in his previous telegram that he would try not to fire the first shot against the invading Imperial Guards; but if an emergency occurred, Zhang Huizhan's troops would be allowed to act on the spot and take appropriate measures to deal with it.  The spirit of this telegram was also conveyed to the first team of the 1st Battalion in the defensive position.  At this moment, they were hit by enemy artillery fire. Naturally, they were not willing to sit back and wait for death, and immediately used artillery fire to retaliate.

    The famous "battle of protecting the school" in history has begun.

    The artillery fire used by the first team was naturally mortars, but the cannons of the second battalion of the Guards were nothing compared to the firepower of the first team!

    Although the Imperial Guards were the trusted troops of the Qing court, although they were much inferior to the Beiyang Army in terms of combat power, they were far superior in terms of weapons and equipment.  Even so, one of their battalions is only equipped with 18 light mortars.  However, Jingshi University was founded by Sun Yuanqi, and Zhang Huizan¡¯s department was a direct descendant of Sun Yuanqi. However, the Peking Iron Works, which exclusively manufactured mortars, was Sun Yuanqi¡¯s industry. To use an inappropriate metaphor, for Zhang Huizan¡¯s department,  The mortars are grown in my own vegetable patch, and I can get them as much as I want.  Zhang Huizhan's command also deeply understands the principle of "more oil is not bad". The entire army uses mortars as guns and the 10-round fixed magazine-fed Zhonggong 1911 rifle as knives.  The first team in the defensive position alone has nearly 80 mortars of various calibers.

    Hearing the captain¡¯s order to fight back, the entire team of more than 400 people braved the artillery fire and quickly took action. They set up the guns, aimed and loaded, and soon launched a counterattack against the Imperial Guards.

    The soldiers in the first team were still students two months ago. They only started carrying guns for pay a month ago. They only came into contact with mortars ten days ago. Their mortar operation skills are worse than those of the Guards. The encounter between the two is really "  When you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet a fool." It is simply a matter of comparing who is stupider and more stupid.  If they were competing in marksmanship, the first team of officers and soldiers would probably be defeated early.  But if it is compared to mortars, the consequences are hard to say!

    First of all, the number of mortars in the first team is four times that of the Guards.  As the saying goes: "Two fists are no match for four hands." What's more, this is a fierce artillery fire with a ratio of four to one?

    Secondly, the second team has worked with the school workers to transport 1.5 base ammunition to the position; in order to get to Jingshi Town as soon as possible, the Guards repeatedly equipped themselves lightly on the way, resulting in a serious shortage of mortar shells.  In less than five minutes, the artillery shells of the second battalion of the Guards had been exhausted, and the artillery fire of the first team in front of them was getting better.

    Third, the first team and the second team worked together to build relatively complete defenses in the past two days; while the Guards had just arrived and had no time to build a position to withstand artillery fire, and they had no intention of building a position from the beginning to the end.

    The most important point is that compared to the accuracy pursued by rifle shooting, artillery pays more attention to effective coverage. The side with more guns obviously has the advantage.

    The first team not only had a large number of mortars, but also had no rules at all. It aimed at the enemy in front of the position and began to bombard them indiscriminately.  It's a coincidence that the range of mortars is between 150 meters and 3000 meters. However, the 1,600 soldiers of the First Association of the Guards were waiting for the whole army to press on. It happened that most of the hedgehogs gathered in front of the mortars.  Within three kilometers range.  The first team fired artillery indiscriminately without considering the distance, and hit the vital points of the Guards.  In the first camp, people suddenly turned their backs on their backs and mourned everywhere.

    Seeing this tragic situation, Zhonghe had no choice but to order angrily: "Quick! Quick! The entire army retreats!"

    Zhonghe¡¯s original intention in issuing this order was to allow the troops to quickly withdraw beyond the range of the mortars to avoid causing greater casualties.  But this order completely ruined his glorious future and also ruined the Imperial Guard.The lives of all officers and soldiers of the First Association and the first standard!

    There is an old saying in the army: "Veterans are afraid of machine guns, recruits are afraid of cannons." Where have these veteran soldiers of the Guards ever encountered such fierce artillery fire?  All of them were already frightened like frightened rabbits, screaming and running around in the camp.  Only the strict suppression by officers at all levels prevented them from fleeing the battlefield.  Now that Zhonghe has given the order to retreat, who is still willing to stay where he is and be bombed?

    This group of old soldiers suddenly felt as if they were receiving an amnesty. They all used their strength and ran back as fast as they could.  At this moment, I just hate my parents for having two legs. I even throw the guns and ammunition in my hands on the ground. How can I think about the formation?  In this chaotic team, the soldiers cannot find the generals, and the generals cannot find the soldiers.  Without the command of the officers, the swarming retreat of the entire army soon turned into an avalanche-like total rout.

    "One general is incompetent and the three armies are exhausted!" At this time, Zhonghe also realized how idiotic the order he had just given was, but at this time he was unable to save his life.  The Japanese mainland auditor had no choice but to sigh and retreat with the troops in despair.

    The first team on the opposite side refused to give up. Some soldiers saw the enemy retreating. Without waiting for the captain's order, they picked up the Zhonggong 1911 rifle and rushed out of the trench. They beat the drowned dog and did not show up no matter how much the captain blew the bugle or gave orders.  Look back.  When the others saw this, they followed suit and chased after him, shouting.

    The first captain knew very well: Although the Imperial Guards on the opposite side were completely defeated, they had a total of 1,600 people, and his entire team only had 400 people.  As long as the imperial guards stop their steps, they can turn around and make dumplings out of these pursuers!  Of course, these young men who were chasing him could not be ignored.  Thinking of this, he had no choice but to order the whole army to press forward and pursue them vigorously, trying not to give the Imperial Guards a chance to stop. On the other hand, he quickly sent someone to contact the second and third teams behind him to request for support.

    In order to rescue Xianying as soon as possible, Zhonghe forced the entire army to march forty miles quickly to the outside of Jingshi Town, and launched an attack without even bothering to eat lunch.  The entire army was as tired as a dead dog. How could they possibly outrun a new force like the first team?  The first team spent the whole day eating and drinking on the battlefield!  The senior soldiers of the Imperial Guard often ran slower and slower. When they saw that they were overtaken, they lay down on the ground, panting heavily and begging for mercy: "Don't, don't shoot, I surrender!"

    By the way, the Zhonggong 1911 rifle is indeed a good thing, especially the 10-round fixed magazine supply, the actual combat effect is very significant.  You can often see this scene on the battlefield: the soldiers in the first team are running and pulling the trigger. Anyway, the guards in front are huddled together, so they don¡¯t miss the target. At most, they hit the head or the ankle.  the difference.  After firing ten rounds, change the magazine again and continue to pull the trigger.  The Imperial Guards had never seen such a sharp weapon before, and they were beaten to pieces.  Often a magazine can't be used up, and a whole shed of guardsmen can be forced to surrender!

    By the time the second and third teams joined in the pursuit, the defeat of the first target of the First Association of the Imperial Guard had become a foregone conclusion.

    The first battle of the battle to protect the school ended with an overall victory for Zhang Huizhan's troops.  According to post-war statistics, the 1st Battalion of the 88th Standard of the 44th Mixed Association Infantry killed 145 enemy soldiers, wounded 372 others, and captured 1,097 people under Wu Beizi Xianying with less than 30 casualties.  Only two to three hundred members of the First Order of the Imperial Guards managed to escape.

    The good news of the victory spread quickly across the country along with radio waves. This news undoubtedly shocked countless people.  The day before, media such as the China Broadcasting Corporation and the Political and Economic Daily, which are closely related to Sun Yuanqi, were still tearfully accusing the Imperial Guards of atrocities against Jingshi University, such as "Appealing to the National Conscience: When Education Encounters Force", "Elegance Sweeps the Ground"  , the country will not be a country - I talk about the siege of Jingshi University by the Imperial Guards", "The trampling of civilization by ignorance - written when the Imperial Guards came to Jingshi University" It seems like a group of hooligans are ready to humiliate a group of people.  A frail scholar; who would have expected that just one day later, this frail scholar would show off the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Bodhisattva's Shaking his Head for Fear of Thunderbolt, Golden Light, Thunder and Lightning Palm, and beat the gangsters to the ground with their teeth!

    Of course, this result also dissatisfied many people, such as Shimada Han and Zaitao, Yuan Shikai, Ruan Zhongshu, Zaifeng, Yulang, Liangbi, Zhonghe, and even the governors of the Revolutionary Party including Yan Xishan.  Deep down in my heart, I don't want to see such a situation, because it is in their best interests for Sun Yuanqi to fight the Qing government.  Therefore, in this case, although Sun Yuanqi loudly called for a "truce" to all parties at home and abroad, the imperial guards launched another attack on Jingshi University with the acquiescence of Zaifeng and Yuan Shikai.

    "Eat a chasm and gain wisdom." This time the Imperial Guards did not dare to be careless at all. Except for non-combatants, almost the entire army was pressed in, including the second infantry standard of the First Association, the third infantry standard of the second association, and infantrymen.  More than 7,000 people from all over the army, including the fourth standard, artillery standard, engineering battalion, etc., formed a camp step by step and rushed towards Jingshi University.

    The battle to protect the school has since entered an arduous stage of stalemate between the two armies.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com  )??For this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.  )(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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