It turns out that since Zhao Shouhong promoted various policies to support the people in Batang County, the people of Batang County have received a lot of benefits, and their support for Zhao Shouhong has also skyrocketed. Everyone is grateful for his benefits.Zhao Shouhong's information was blocked in other counties, but in Batang County, it was completely reversed. When he learned that someone wanted to attack the Taoists stationed in Jiejie, the people spontaneously came to report the letter. They were afraid that Zhao Shouhong would suffer. Pan Wenhua couldn't help secretly when he got the news. sigh.

After receiving the information that the lord's army was marching towards the county seat, Pan Wenhua immediately ordered the whole army to assemble urgently, and [-] soldiers including [-] artillerymen quickly assembled on the playground of the barracks.Pan Wenhua looked at the soldiers in a neat line and said, "Brothers, how does Master Daotai treat us?"

"it is good."

"Treat us like relatives." There were all kinds of answers in the playground, but the meanings of these answers were similar.

Pan Wenhua nodded in satisfaction and said, "Most of you have families living in Batang County, and you have all benefited from Master Daotai's decree, but now someone wants to destroy our good life, what do you think should be done?"

Chapter 38 Batang offense and defense

"Fight with them." A soldier standing in the front waved his fist and said, and other fighters also echoed: "Yes, fight with them."

"Very good." Pan Wenhua nodded and said, "Now the lords of other counties are gathering together to try to destroy Batang County, take back the land we distributed to the people, and kill us all, so that we can continue to live the life of the common people. On the days when you are domineering, what do you think should be done?"

"Kill them all, destroy them." This time the soldiers answered very neatly.

"Very good, now I will assign tasks. Everyone must strictly guard Batang County and beat back those lords who are trying to exploit us. Remember not to be soft on the enemy, because the enemy will not have any mercy on us." Pan Wenhua immediately began to allocate troops, Under the leadership of officers at all levels, the soldiers quickly entered the defense zone.

For this situation, Zhao Shouhong had already prepared a plan. According to the previously agreed method, Pan Wenhua led people to deploy positions at the head of the city, and at the same time sent soldiers from the guard platoon to deliver letters to the counties, asking them to carry out the scheduled actions.

The soldiers of the Independent Regiment who have undergone rigorous training can be said to be well-trained. They quickly entered their battle positions. The soldiers defending the city piled up sandbags to set up shooting positions at the top of the city. The artillery company was deployed in the open space of the city, ready to bombard Enemy outside the city.When the slow-moving Fan soldiers arrived outside Batang County, they faced two hundred independent regiment fighters who were already preparing for battle at the top of the city.

"Come on, take down Batang County and rob for three days." A lord encouraged those foreign soldiers, hoping that these people would advance desperately under the stimulation of property and capture the county as soon as possible.

The county seat is not big, and although two hundred soldiers are very insufficient, they are barely enough to defend the four walls.Those lords also understood the weakness of the independent regiment. They attacked from all directions with the help of the large number of people.

Shouting all sorts of weird cries, the Fan soldiers rushed up without any formation. Although the formation was quite chaotic, they still had some momentum due to the large number of people.No matter how well trained they are, those who have never been in a real battle will inevitably be at a loss. Facing the large-scale charge of the enemy, the soldiers who have never experienced actual combat at the top of the city seem a little nervous. At this moment, most of them have wandering eyes, holding hands The rifle grip tightened until the fingers turned white.

Pan Wenhua had participated in Zhao Erfeng's battle to suppress the Batang Rebellion, and he had combat experience. At this time, he was walking back and forth on the top of the city, loudly encouraging the soldiers and rekindling their courage to fight.

"Aim carefully with your guns, just like on the shooting range. Don't show any appeasement to the enemy in front of you, because your momentary mercy is murdering yourself. Take a deep breath and calm down, just perform at your usual level , you will definitely win." Pan Wenhua's words made the soldiers gradually calm down, and they all pulled the bolts and loaded the bullets, aiming at their targets.At this time of life and death, most people calmed down surprisingly, and their hands finally stopped shaking.

Pan Wenhua nodded in satisfaction. He knew that the opponent's musket had an effective range of only 50 meters at most, while his own rifle had a range of more than 300 meters. He calculated the distance and patiently waited for the opponent's approach. "Fire the cannon." Pan Wenhua gave the order, and the cannons in the city spoke first. These mountain cannons with a range of five kilometers quickly fired at the densely packed soldiers, inflicting heavy damage on the charging team.

In order to speed up the shooting speed, the ten cannons of the artillery company were divided into two groups and fired in turn, which greatly increased the attack density, but unfortunately the number of cannons was limited and could not really hinder the opponent's charge.Under the persecution of the lord's guards, those Japanese soldiers gritted their teeth to withstand the fierce artillery fire and continued to charge forward.

The city wall of Batang County is only more than three meters high, and it is still made of rammed earth. The city wall has already been covered with gaps and holes under the wind and rain.Knowing that the opponent should not be allowed to approach, Pan Shaohua issued a shooting order at a distance of 300 meters, but in order to kill as many opponent soldiers as possible, he ordered all machine guns not to fire and waited for his order.

With Pan Wenhua's order, hundreds of Xiakou made rifles started to shoot one after another, and the bullets shot at the charging soldiers as if they had eyes, and the crowd fell down immediately.Soldiers usually have enough ammunition to practice live ammunition shooting, so although their accuracy cannot be said to be sharpshooters, they can hit at least seven or eight out of ten bullets, which is unimaginable among other Houjin soldiers.

The Fan soldiers never knew that rifle shooting could be so accurate. Facing the dense bullets, their aura faltered and their footsteps slowed down.The lords knew that if they wanted to take advantage of the large number of people, they had to rush forward, so they asked their trusted guards to keep driving the foreign soldiers to charge forward.

The gunners of the mountain artillery shelled at the fastest speed. Relying on the quality of hard training, they quickly performed a series of actions such as shell extraction, cleaning the barrel, loading, locking, and shooting.The movements of the artillerymen are as smooth as mercury pouring down the ground, and the coordination between them is as precise as a machine.

The same is true for the infantry. After experiencing the discomfort at the beginning of the battle, these well-trained soldiers quickly matured. Their shooting frequency continued to increase and their accuracy became higher and higher. Seeing the soldiers' calm expressions, Pan Wenhua was satisfied. nodded.

Soon the intensive shooting made the Fan soldiers unable to support them anymore. They ignored the whips of the lord's guards, and ran away one by one, and fled towards the way they came from.Although they repelled the foreign soldiers this time, it also let the lords on the opposite side know the real situation in the city. They saw that the number of opponents was really small, and finally decided to boldly launch a full-scale charge.

Although most of the more than 1 Fan soldiers have no guns, they are shocking enough. What's more, there are only more than 300 people guarding the city, and one-third of them are still artillerymen who cannot guard the city wall.

"Machine gun ready." Pan Wenhua did not dare to be careless when he saw that the opponent was pressing on all fronts, and immediately ordered all the machine gun positions to be ready for battle.Since the south he was guarding was the main direction of attack, half of the twenty Mark machine gunners were deployed here. They were distributed on the walls on both sides, aiming at the Fan soldiers from far and near.

"Run quickly, the lord said, as long as you rush into Batang County, you will rob for three days. There are many rich and beautiful women in Batang City, which are enough for you to enjoy for several years." A little guard waved his hand The Fan Dao, cheer up the Fan soldiers and encourage them to move forward bravely.Suddenly there was a continuous rattling sound, and ten tongues of flames shot from both sides of the city wall interweaved into a dense fire net and attacked the enemy soldiers on the opposite side.

Chapter 39 Front and rear flanking

There is one tracer bullet for every four bullets fired by the machine gun. This is deliberately set up to help the machine gunner correct the ballistic. At this time, the tracer bullet flies towards the enemy group with a red light, but it has an unexpected deterrent effect. Looking at the sky full of flames Flying around, the Fan soldiers immediately became chaotic.After the assault team was shot down by bullets, the remaining soldiers turned their heads and ran away one by one, regardless of the little leader's screams.

Due to the sudden attack of machine guns, the attack of the Fan soldiers was repulsed again, but these lords were not stupid. They soon discovered that there were not many of these weapons with a high rate of fire, so they ordered the Fan soldiers to keep the distance as much as possible. Scattered and continued to charge towards the city wall, and must take down Batang City.

After several deserters were shot, the Fan soldiers finally 'mustered up' their courage again. They brandished their weapons and charged again.Due to the loose formation of the opponent this time, the efficiency of the machine gun was greatly reduced, but on the way of charging, the Fan soldiers still left many corpses.

The machine gun fire faded away, caused by the overheating of the barrel under continuous fire.There were too many Fan soldiers, and the number of independent regiments defending the city was too small. After thousands of casualties, the Fan soldiers finally approached the city wall without machine gun guards.Those barbarian soldiers shouted and climbed up the cracks in the earthen city wall, and they kept shouting, as if they were cheering for their own side.

Pan Wenhua's head was covered with sweat. He knew that if the other party was allowed to climb the city wall, the hundreds of people practicing bravery would be useless. "Use the bayonet and stab the enemy down." Pan Wenhua, now helpless, can only make the soldiers prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

Seeing several foreign soldiers protruding from the city wall, they were all stabbed down by the soldiers with sharp bayonets, but soon more foreign soldiers appeared, brandishing foreign knives suitable for close combat, fighting with the soldiers kill together.Although they were well-trained and skilled in stabbing and stabbing, the number of opponents was too many, and the fighters began to feel a little underwhelmed, and the situation was exacerbated by the constant falling of people.

After boarding the city, many foreign soldiers brandished their swords and rushed towards the independent regiment soldiers. At this time, the advantage of rifles was greatly reduced, but the disadvantage of numbers was infinitely magnified.Pan Wenhua was so anxious that his head was sweating, he had no choice but to pick up a rifle and join the ranks of the stabbing with the guards.

The soldiers of the independent regiment were almost squeezed off the city wall, and the artillerymen didn't care about intercepting the rear team of the Fan soldiers with artillery fire. They all chose to pick up their rifles and rush forward to help.However, there are only more than 100 artillerymen, and it is difficult to regain the situation with this number.

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of chaotic shouts in the city, and a large group of aboriginal people living in Batang City came spontaneously.Because the aboriginal people are martial artists, almost every family has an aboriginal sword. At this time, these people, regardless of gender, age, or age, are either holding an aboriginal sword, or holding a grass mowing sickle, or holding any weapon that can kill the enemy, and are facing the city wall. rushed.Amid the burst of shouts from the people, the Fan soldiers who had just climbed onto the city wall were also stunned.

The people who spontaneously organized quickly climbed up the city wall. Regardless of their own life or death, they waved their weapons and slashed at the barbarian soldiers under the lord.The Fan soldiers were shocked. They couldn't imagine why those serfs who were usually as docile as sheep would burst out with such strength.

Many people are not fighting but fighting desperately. They have no intention of dodging at all, as if all they want to do is swing the weapon in their hands at the enemy. When the enemy's knife stabs them, they also take away the life of the other party. .

The Fan soldiers were finally frightened, and they retreated one after another, fleeing towards the city wall.After all, they are human beings, and as human beings, they are afraid of death. Under the desperate fight of the other party, it is difficult for them to have the will to fight.Taking advantage of the opponent's retreat, the soldiers of the independent regiment pulled the bolts of their guns and fired randomly at the enemy, killing many foreign soldiers.

The shooting of the rifles made the Fan soldiers no longer have the idea of ​​fighting. Now they just want to retreat quickly and leave this terrible place.The native soldiers who were climbing the city at the back didn't know the situation, and were still rushing towards the top of the city, while the retreating native soldiers were desperately pushing towards the outer city wall, pushing the native soldiers who had just come up from the wall.

The common people still did not back down, they were so red-eyed that they bravely launched a counter-charge against the Fan soldiers regardless of the opponent's numbers.The two sides were mixed together, and the soldiers of the independent regiment were afraid to shoot again, for fear of accidentally injuring the people, so Pan Wenhua had no choice but to lead the soldiers and charged forward again with bayonets straightened.

The Fan soldiers were panicked, and many of them began to jump directly from the city wall several meters high. With the screams, many of them fell and broke their legs.The lords who supervised the battle were stunned. They didn't know what happened to the top of the city. The attack was smooth sailing just now, but it turned into a defeat in a blink of an eye, and at this moment a new crisis appeared.

Following bursts of shouts of killing, from the direction outside the city, a large number of troops rushed towards Batang City. They did not have uniform uniforms, nor did they have a neat formation, but the weapons in these people's hands were not in the slightest. Difference.The reinforcements quickly approached the rear of the Fan soldiers, and they shot at the Fan soldiers intensively with their rifles, shooting and killing many Fan soldiers who had no time to turn around.It turned out that the worker guards from several factories, led by Zhang Liewu and Liu Yuanxun, came from the north.

Suffering from the front and back attacks, the Fan soldiers were thrown into chaos. Pan Wenhua took the opportunity to open the city gate and rushed out with the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the common people.After a full-scale counterattack, the Fan soldiers who had just returned from the defeat were completely confused. They threw away their weapons and ran away, and the lords could no longer find their guards, and many of them died in the chaos.

More than 6000 Tibetan soldiers escaped, but they had lost their organizational system, and they probably would not dare to come to Batang County again in their lifetime. However, those lords with bright clothes and conspicuous targets escaped not many, and most of them were killed or captured.Zhang Liewu and Liu Yuanxun walked quickly with the factory guard team in messy clothes, and they soon joined the independent regiment soldiers led by Pan Wenhua.

"Fifth Brother Lie came in time. If it weren't for you, it would have been troublesome to deal with these lords." Pan Wenhua said with a smile.

"Wenhua, you are really bold. How dare you defend the city with such a small number of soldiers. If all the troops from the counties were brought back in advance, I believe you would not be in such a mess." Zhang Liewu said dumbfounded, looking at the messy battlefield, With the dead and wounded soldiers and people, he felt a little scared in his heart.

"This is your lord's plan. Those people didn't go to garrison the county seat for nothing. When the lords began to besiege Batang County, I believe that the independent regiment fighters from all over the place have already taken action. The lairs of those lords have probably been copied. This time, my lord, we want to avoid future troubles forever." Pan Wenhua said.

Chapter 40 People Power

"My lord is really clever, and he planned to wipe out the entire lord of Ankang Road in one fell swoop, but Mr. Pan seems to have fought well, and defeated the attack of so many barbarians." Liu Yuanxun looked at the barbarians under the city wall in surprise. The corpse of the soldier, as well as the captives who were being guarded, couldn't help admiring.

For Liu Yuanxun, whom Zhao Shouhong pointed out to focus on training, Pan Wenhua always looked at Liu Yuanxun differently, and this time he was appointed to stick to the factory. Unexpectedly, the other party had some tricks and was able to lead the factory guard team to appear at the most critical moment, defeating the siege of the lords in one fell swoop.

"Yuanxun laughed. In fact, this time it is the credit of the people. If it weren't for them, Batang County would have been destroyed." Pan Wenhua sighed, and then he told several people about the situation on the city wall.

Zhang Liewu sighed and said: "No wonder the adults often say in private that the power of the people is infinite. These aboriginal people who turned over and lived a good life are so brave in order to protect their good life."

"My lord still has such judgments? Liu Yuanxun has been taught, and he should listen to his teachings more in the future." Liu Yuanxun was also quite surprised.

"It seems that we need to discuss with MG this time, and give some compensation to the casualties first." Zhang Liewu said.

"It's no problem, I'll take care of it right away." While the three were talking, Xie Mingjue, who was in charge of government affairs in the city, had already walked quickly, and soon came to the three of them: "I have already assigned the compensation for the common people and soldiers who died in battle." Jin Dengdong, this time the adults are going to bleed."

"With the feeling that an adult loves the people like a child, he won't feel bad for this little money." Pan Wenhua said with a smile: "It's just that there are still many things to do now, and we must not take it lightly. I will immediately start organizing people to wipe out the entire Ankang Road." The remnant forces of the lord will wipe them all out. I hope Yuanxun will keep the factory and the county seat firmly, this is the lifeblood of your lord."

"Yes, the bid must be kept well." Liu Yuanxun replied firmly.

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