Bad news came one after another. The Hubei army set up countless pounds of giant cannons on the top of the Xishan Mountain at night to bombard them, although there were few casualties...

This is not big, and it is relatively common. Under the bombardment of giant cannons, the 17th Division has lost at least one company's troops. This is the result of the night's artillery test shooting. If the impact is probably greater during the day.

Under this kind of firepower bombardment, no one was in a good mood, especially the morale of the troops was greatly affected. Then the Hubei army had completed the flank detour and surrounded the 17th Division in Guide. Although it was not closely surrounded, the 17th Division is now surrounded within a radius of 26 or 7 kilometers, and cannot advance or retreat.

When the cadres heard that they might not be able to return to their hometown, they were so anxious that they jumped and shouted: "What should I do with the commander?"

After all, in terms of military strength and materials, although the 17th Division was continuously replenished by Shandong, and now there were more troops before the war, the ammunition was only enough for one day, and it was unlikely that it would continue to be replenished. Now it is not sure to defeat the Hubei army in front of us, and it is impossible to escape unscathed. Even if you throw away the baggage and try to stick out within the siege of the Hubei army, it is not easy.

"Transfer the regiment that you can fight the most..." Liu Jingxiao gave the order, and all the troops were mobilized. The cadres also knew that the war was about to go, and breakfast was very rich, and hot dishes, as long as you can fight on the battlefield clearly, the wine and peppers were almost unlimited.

In this situation, Liu Jingxiao only said one sentence: "Let's sacrifice to Chongshun's spiritual position first..."

The 17th Division immediately set up Ding Chong's spiritual throne in a nearby place. Liu Jingxiao criticized Ma Dai Xiao and led all the officers to worship him. Then he said to his subordinates: "Master Chong is as kind as a mountain to us. If he is still alive, we will never fall to this point. Now Ding Chong's hand has left us, and we will have a hard time to surrender to the country and a hard time to run away. May Ding Chong's spirit in heaven bless you! Brothers! Look! What is the situation now? This is setting up a net of heaven and earth, and want to fight us in one go.

All! What a Duan Tiemin, what a Wang Ziqi, what a Li Fu! You, the prodigal son of the E family, forced us to have no way to heaven and no way to the earth, and your intentions were too cruel! Brothers have passed through thousands of mountains and rivers, and they were hungry and cold, and you couldn't bear to leave me. Can I bear to leave you? We can't wait to die here, brothers will praise me again, win this battle, you have officials, money and money, I, Liu Jingxiao, can't forget the benefits of my brothers. Is it OK?"

The officers and soldiers raised their arms and shouted: "Listen to the division commander, I will definitely win this battle!"

Liu Jingxiao still criticized Ma and brought filial piety to the front line to command the battle. The officers and soldiers also knew that the victory and defeat were all suspended in this battle.

At this time, heavy snow fell. If the 17th Division had not provided sufficient supplies, I'm afraid that many officers and soldiers would have frozen to death. The officers and soldiers all ate large pieces of meat, but did not say much. I wonder how many people are separated from each other today.

Rizhao, Shandong.

The same Xuemi fell on both sides of the front line, but Li Dingyuan was going crazy and shouted: "I can't go up..."

However, the defeated troops on the front line could not control them. They ran for a long time before they were taken over. Lin Yichen, who was watching the battle, said: "If Liu Jingxiao arranged a regiment in Rizhao today, I am afraid that Li Dingyuan's reputation for life would be lost here..."

According to pre-war information, Rizhao was not only a battalion of defenders. Although it was Liu Jingxiao's old army, its combat effectiveness was still second-rate. However, Li Dingyuan did not dare to be careless and specially arranged a regiment with the best equipment to attack Rizhao.

"The equipment is very good, and the combat effectiveness is also good..." This is the 17th Division's evaluation of Li Dingyuan's troops, but the facts prove that Rizhao actually has two battalions, all of which are old troops with the foundation of the Dingbian Army. The combat effectiveness is not too bad. What's more terrible is that Rizhao got reinforcements from another battalion when he started the war.

It would be strange if the attack was carried out with counterparts. No matter how well Li Dingyuan's troops were equipped, they could not open the solid fortifications of Rizhao Fortress. In particular, several fortress guns were very effective. This regiment attacked three times in a row and shot three times in a row.

Li Dingyuan was still very underestimated by the enemy. This time he came up to suppress the formation himself. The group with great casualties launched another attack, but it was already damaged and there was no chance of fighting hard.

Among the defenders, the one who worked the most was Zhang Yilong's camp. Zhang Yilong was originally a company commander of the provincial army. Later, he rebelled in front of the formation and made great contributions to the 17th Division. Liu Jingxiao was specially promoted to battalion commander and transferred two companies from the provincial army. Anyway, Zhang Yilong was grateful to the heavens.

Unexpectedly, he encountered a fierce battle just after adjusting the defense of Rizhao. Zhang Yilong began to be scared to death and almost led his troops to abscond. As a result, someone from the 17th Division said to him: "It doesn't matter if we defeat it... You will be over if you lose..."

Zhang Yilong was shocked and asked, "What do you say?"

The man replied, "We have all done it, and we can still find a way to survive... But you betrayed Wang Zi and surrendered to us. Once we fail, you still have a chance to survive..."

People in the world hate traitors the most. Zhang Yilong was so cruel that he was so fierce that he fought hard to fight Li Dingyuan's troops to the end. This time, Li Dingyuan bombarded with heavy artillery, but he was buried under the soil, but immediately jumped out and shouted: "Get me... I lost my brother and I'll die..."

As he said that, he went up and fought with some of the enemy troops who rushed in. There was such an officer who led the way, and the soldiers were not as good as those in the provincial army. None of them was fighting for life, but they used bayonets to attack the enemy troops who rushed in...

Li Dingyuan was jumping out of the way and shouted: "I'm going to raise you in vain... A regiment can't even handle one battalion..."

However, Li Dingyuan could only call this. Now he felt that he was too impulsive. He originally took over the alliance between Lu Nan and Haizhou, and could attack and retreat or defend, but he didn't expect that his troops were too tofu.

It is even more hateful that the troops have serious shortages of troops. Although Haizhou is rich, the expansion of the troops is greatly restricted. Li Dingyuan can only temporarily expand the troops into four regiments and one independent infantry regiment. Two regiments are needed to guard Haizhou. This time, he can only bring direct troops and three regiments, with a total strength of only 8,000. Now the soldiers of this regiment are crying in the snow.

What's even more headache is that after entering southern Shandong, I found that Liu Jingxiao had completed the integration of local governments, and it was almost a dream to recruit locally. There were even a few villages under the Self-Defense Forces that were not allowed to enter the country, and the troops did not dare to mess with each other, so they could only let go.

This is a lesson. A vanguard thought that the small village in front of him was easy to bully, so he opened the cannon and fired. As he was fighting, gunfire sounded from all directions. When the battalion commander felt something was wrong, he realized that he was surrounded by thousands of self-defense forces. After finally breaking out, half of the troops had been lost.

After Xiao Rulang found that the newly formed troops were not effective, he urgently dispatched a Duan Haizhou regiment who could fight to join the war. Now Li Dingyuan didn't know what to do, but his wife was calm and walked up to persuade: "Dingyuan... don't worry, as long as Rizhao is captured, everything will change..."

However, the cold wind did not stop a little by Mrs. Li's voice. The bitter cold swept across the earth, and the wounded on the snow shouted and cried. In front of the positions held by both sides, hundreds of corpses were scattered. Among the bodies, there were dozens of living wounded people, who did not even have the power to interject.

The wounded people who were injured last night were almost the most sad people. They were all night in the cold snow. Under the dense firepower of both sides, they did not dare to move. After dark, due to the slightest noise, they would immediately attract fierce shooting from both sides. In order not to moan because of the pain, some people even bit their thumbs to pieces.

But the scene at this moment, compared with the scene at Guide Front, is just a pediatrics.
Chapter completed!