Part 3 Chapter 23 Victory

When Chen Congyun looked at this battle as a bystander, he saw more of a Keze who was rigorous in work style and strict in tactical discipline. Chen Congyun was very strange that Keze actually said to Wang Chao: "Perestly make a profit, less make a profit." This statement seems to be vaguely remembered by Sun Tzu's Art of War. Chen Congyun remembered it clearly. When he translated it into Chinese to Keze, Chen Congyun naturally translated it like this.

After Wang Chao left, Chen Congyun couldn't help asking Keze this question. As a result, Keze looked at Chen Congyun differently and said, "The Art of War has been spread to Europe very early. Although I don't understand many of these views very much, the Chinese proposed the statement that war is related to the destiny of the country two thousand years ago, and I personally appreciate it very much. I have read "The Art of War" very seriously. Frankly speaking, the translation level is really bad. The ancient Chinese books should still be translated by the Chinese, such as the famous Mr. Gu Hongming."

Chen Congyun didn't expect that Keze knew Gu Hongming. It seemed that this old master was really famous in Europe.

From the perspective of command alone, in this battle, Chen Congyun felt that the General Staff was like a well-operated machine, from the deployment of the battle to the logistics support, all of them seemed orderly. Keze's seriousness reached an abnormal point. The communications soldiers came back almost every three minutes to report the specific situation of the advancement of each unit.

Chen Congyun expressed deep regret for the hard work of the communication soldiers. It would be great if there were telephones in this year. The telephone is now in the United States, right? Is it just a new thing? Besides, the current telephone technology has not yet matured, and it may not be realistic for military use. Thinking of the telephone, Chen Congyun thought about it. Should he send someone to the United States and get Edison? He went back and asked Stephen to see if this matter could be done.

The sound of cannons rumbling on the battlefield, but Chen Congyun's thoughts ran to the United States thousands of miles away. Keze moved forward again at the command headquarters. This was the third time since the war started. Chen Congyun put away his telescope, followed him quietly, and continued to be a bystander. For Keze, Chen Congyun always had a belief that laymen should never interfere with the work of experts. In the past, he used to fight the French to drive ducks on the shelves.

The battlefield changed very quickly. After entering the rebels' controlled area, the first division penetrated the rebels' side and back depth from the two wings like two sharp knives. At noon, the vanguard had already appeared on the side of Xining City. According to Keze's deployment, he ignored the Xining defenders and rushed directly to the ferry. At this time, the most important thing is to see how a group of blocking and attacking the ferry.

At this time, Wang Chao felt a little exhausted. As the saying goes, the rebels who were trapped in the dead still fought, and the desperate will that broke out should not be underestimated. At the same time, Wang Chao also deeply realized the changes in this army, especially the level of leading weapons, which is no longer the same as before.

Every charge of the rebels adopted a dense cluster formation. First, they had to shoot the mortar cluster through the sieve, followed by Maxim's terrifying firepower, and then the dense volleyball shooting. When they approached within fifty meters of the position, the grenade fell like rain and died, and it was time for the rebels to begin to bear it.

Within more than two hours, the rebels charged twenty times. The bodies piled up in front of the position and the undead rebels were densely packed like a slaughterhouse. The strong smell of blood made many new recruits who later replenished them vomit.

The troops were not seriously injured, but the consumption of ammunition was too amazing. There were only less than a hundred shells left in the carriage, and Maxim had few bullets left, and it could last for half an hour at most. Wang Chao was still holding the reserve team of two companies in his hand, looking at the time of 12 noon, and the sound of artillery in the distance became clearer, and Wang Chao felt like he was in sight of victory.

"Report! Our battalion commander said that the heavy machine gun bullets were exhausted, so I asked the regiment commander to find some solutions." The communication soldiers of the first battalion ran back and reported to Wang Chao.

Wang Chao nodded slightly. Where did he go to find bullets at this moment? Fortunately, Shen Congyun interfered in the imitation of the Maxim machine gun and changed the original caliber to 7.92. The bullets of the m1888 are universal.

"You go, go to the reserve team behind, and let each of them send ten bullets to the front. Forget it, hundreds of bullets will not solve any problem. Go back and tell your battalion commander, telling him to save some use and not come to me at any time. I know his little bit of fun." Wang Chao changed his decision in anger, and the communications soldier Nuonuo said, "The battalion commander also said that there are no bullets, you have to give some reserve team, even if you give some grenades."

Wang Chao said furiously: "You go back and tell Li Qing that bastard, come to me and make a bargain. I will keep it for counterattacks in the reserve team. If you tell Li Qing, just say I'll lose my position and shoot him."

The communication soldier was so scared that he wiped his butt and ran away. After returning to the position, he said this to Li Qing, and immediately lost his temper. He fucked the telescope and left the command center, heading straight to the position of the first company.

"Battery Commander, why are you here? Where are the machine gun bullets I want?" Liu Xigui touched them. At this time, the rebel's 3-pound cannon began to fire again, and a new round of attack was about to begin.

"If you want a bullet, I will only want someone." Li Qing answered angrily.

"Battery Commander, you are here. Isn't there no one in the command post?" Liu Xigui saw that Li Qing was unhappy and quickly changed the topic.

"What else can I command? Now the command center is the only one of me, the guards and the deputy battalion commander, have gone to the position of the 2nd Company. I'll come to you, and tell you the truth. The regiment commander said that there are no bullets, reserve teams, and grenades. If you lose the position, you will still shoot me. If you lose the position, you will shoot you first. Humph!" Liu Xigui was frowning when he said that, and shrank his neck and said, "Okay, I'll fight with these troublemakers. Battalion Commander, you'd better go down. If you lose the position, you don't need to shoot me. I'll fight to the opponent with a rifle."

Li Qing smiled and said, "This is still like a little bit. Our first battalion was the top scorer in the last Grand Master Competition. What kind of face will he live if he loses his position? Let me tell my brothers that I will put the more than 100 pounds in today and fight with my brothers."

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At this time, Carmondo was almost crazy. What troops were there on the other side? His combat power was as high as the regular French army. Such a dense charge could not shake the opponent's front-line position. I don't know how they got it, but they also brought many small-caliber artillery and electric guns.

In the temporary command post, the commander-in-chief Ruan Phucing, who was in a state of silence, was muttering in a low voice: "What to do? What to do?" Calmondo wanted to shoot him first, so that he could not make noise by his side.

Lieutenant Simon, who had a bandage on his hands, came in with a gloomy face. Calmondo frowned and said, "Simon, if you are not commanding in front, what are you going to do when you come back? The new attack is about to begin."

"College, this battle cannot be fought anymore. The group charges for 20 times, using tens of thousands of troops, with more than half of the casualties, and even a small position on the other side was unable to take down."

Calmondo's face darkened and he sneered: "Lt. Simon, what do you mean?"

Simon smiled bitterly, "Col. You must have heard the sound of cannons behind you. Order to disperse the breakout."

Calmondo's eyes slashed, then glanced at Ruan Phuc Qing who was begging to look at him, and couldn't help but sighed slightly: "Let's work hard for the last time, Simon."

"Yes, colonel!" Simon left after saluting. Ruan Phucqing leaned forward and looked at Calmondo with a ferocious look, "He is shaking the morale of the army, why don't you shoot him?"

Carlmondo was completely angry and suddenly pulled out his short gun and pressed it against Nguyen Phuc Qing's forehead and shouted: "You Vietnamese pig, please listen to me. Simon is an excellent French officer. He was just giving a reasonable suggestion to his superiors. If you insult a noble French officer like this, I will shoot and kill you first."

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The dense rebels came up again. Wang Chao looked at the thousands of rows of chaotic formations, and the rebels who set off guns from afar. He listened to the sound of artillery fire in the distance and turned around and called out: "Instruct the artillery to shoot all the shells, and instruct the reserve team to be ready to launch a counterattack at any time."

At least a thousand rebels came up from the front of the first battalion. Li Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and threw his hat and roared: "Tell Liu Xigui that until the machine gun bullets are all fired, he will be bayonets after the grenade is thrown. Grandma's, the tiger does not show its power, and I think I am a sick cat."

After the three rounds of artillery fire suppression, the rebels were still rushing forward desperately. When they could not feel the shooting of the mortars, the rebels cheered up and down, and the speed of rushing forward was faster.

"Fight, shoot me!" Maxim sprayed angry bullets and squeezing densely and quickly, and the rebels fell to the ground one after another.

The raindrop-like grenade fell into the rebels' team. Seeing that the rebels were only twenty meters away from the position, a loud charge sounded on the position!

"Kill!" Liu Xigui was the first to jump out of the trench with a bayonet.

A scene that the rebels never expected happened. A regiment of positions launched a full-scale counterattack, and Wang Chao smashed all the reserve teams of the last two companies.

The tide-like rebels lost their courage and became a mess.

Wang Chao watched the troops launch a counterattack from behind, as anxious as a monkey jumping up and down. At this time, what Wang Chao wanted to do most was to rush in front with a command knife. Unfortunately, Shen Congyun had already ordered the orders. If similar incidents occur, Wang Chao could go back to herd cattle and stop staying in the army.

The counterattack reserve team plunged into the center of the rebels like a sharp knife. When they were thirty meters away, several rounds of grenades were greeted, and the rebels were in chaos. Before they could reorganize the team, the bright bayonet had already arrived.

The rebels were torn a hole in the middle by a group of counterattacks, and they could not take into account both left and right. They quickly dispersed in front of the group of counterattacks, and they threw down their guns and turned their heads and ran away countless people.

Carmondo closed his eyes in pain. At this time, the sound of artillery behind him was close at hand. This was the heavy mortar battalion of the first division that was suppressing fire. The troops responsible for the cut-off may no longer be able to do it.

"Mr. Commander-in-Chief, the last moment is here. You should just put on makeup and run away."

"Commander-in-chief, where are you?" Ruan Phucqing knew to ask at this time, which showed that he was a little conscientious.

"As a soldier, I should face it calmly when I am defeated." Calmondo calmly put down his telescope quietly, waved to the messenger and said, "Give an order, break through and escape each one."

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When Keze showed the location of the vanguard of the Second Brigade of the First Division on the map, Keze finally smiled on his tense face. Chen Congyun came over and took a look. The vanguard of the Second Brigade had already met with Wang Chao at the ferry.

"Haha, clean up, let's go to the front and take a look." Keze actually said this actively, which made Chen Congyun feel calm all the time to think about the front and go to Chen Congyun. Earlier, Keze firmly opposed Chen Congyun's position. Now he took the initiative to say that he was sure to win, and he probably was cleaning the battlefield ahead.

"This battle, there are many experiences to be summarized. For example, when our army was advancing, it was hesitant to have insufficient horses, which led to the slow progress of the troops. There is another very important issue. The construction of the division's heavy artillery regiment must be carried out quickly. This time, the opponent's firepower is insufficient. Once we encounter a strong opponent, our advantage in artillery fire will not be obvious." Keze said while accompanying Chen Congyun.

Chen Congyun just nodded constantly and listened to Keze continue to say: "There are still many problems, such as the several chaos that occurred during the march, and there are many problems between artillery and infantry coordination. I hope the Governor can pay attention to it. The modern war theory is a long way to go. If we fall behind, it will be difficult to catch up in the future."
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