Total War Predator

"Haha, don't worry, Battalion Commander, we are still waiting to kill you in Liling." Company Commander Hu laughed, turned and walked towards his death squad

Xu Jishen watched Company Commander Hu go to mobilize the soldiers, turned his face to the other company commanders and said, "Although we are not a death squad, we can't just sit idle. All the heavy and heavy guys in our hands will fire together to suppress the enemy's firepower, and send Company Commander Hu and the others to pass." bridge"

"It's the battalion commander"

After a while, there was loud gunfire on the south bank of the bridge, and the intense firepower for a while made the enemies on the other bank unable to straighten up.

Seeing that the time had come, Company Commander Hu pulled out the shell gun from his waist, "Follow me, brothers!"

As he ordered the trumpeter to sound the charge

"Come on!" The members of the death squad rushed to the other side of the river one by one.

The river is only a few tens of meters wide. If you usually run across it in a few seconds, but now the opposite is the enemy's position. The firepower network woven by various guns may kill everyone at any time. Fortunately, there are troops behind to suppress firepower.

Company Commander Hu took the lead and rushed to the front, the enemy's position was getting closer and closer, it seemed that the battalion commander's drink was indispensable

Xie Wenbing watched the Northern Expeditionary Army charge halfway through the binoculars, and ordered "fire" to the adjutant beside him.

Several machine guns on the bridgehead fortifications fired at the same time

Hu Lianchang, who was rushing to the front, was hit by several bullets at once, but because he rushed too hard, his body was still running forward with inertia, and his body was hit by an unknown number of bullets.

Xu Jishen, who had been staring at Company Commander Hu's charge, knew something was wrong when he heard the sound of machine guns, and saw that more than half of the soldiers who had charged had been shot and fell down.

"Old Hu..." Seeing Company Commander Hu fell to the ground, Xu Jishen roared loudly. He picked up the machine gun beside him and was about to charge towards the bridge.

Company Commander Yang of the Fourth Company saw him and quickly dragged him back, "Battle Commander, you can't rush, you have to calm down."

"Calm down, Lao Hu died!" Xu Jishen yelled at Company Commander Yang with his eyes wide open. After all, he is still a young man in his 20s.

"Old Hu died, so you can't charge in person. In this way, you are here to command, and I will lead the brothers to charge." After finishing speaking, Company Commander Yang walked towards his troops.

Soon Company Commander Yang gathered dozens of people and rushed to the bridge again

They were beaten back by the enemy's fire before they were halfway through the charge. Revolutionary soldiers are not afraid of people, but they can also die in vain, right?

At this moment, Xu Jishen also calmed down, "Where's the mortar? Let them hit the machine gun again."

After the shelling, the enemy's machine guns went silent for a while, but when the Northern Expeditionary Army charged again, the machine guns rang again.

Xu Jishen was a little discouraged after repeating this several times that the enemy's machine guns were still firing, so he had to order the soldiers to stop the attack first, and talk about it after lunch.

Ye Ting heard that the front attack was weak, and he knew there was nothing he could do about it. Now he was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. If he rushed forward regardless of life and death, even if he won the Sifen Bridge, he would not be able to enter Liling County. This matter has to be taken slowly. Planning, I don't know what's going on with Cao Yuan

After Cao Yuan drove the enemies on the outskirts of Liling to the city last night, he selected a blocking location on the only road between Sifen and Zhuzhou, and prepared to block Zhuzhou's reinforcements

After waiting all morning, the enemy did not come, and the troops of the Independent Regiment did not cross the river. Cao Yuan knew there might be a problem, but he really couldn't leave. He looked at Liu Manzi, who was commanding the Civilian National Salvation Regiment to dig trenches not far away. , I suddenly felt that maybe giving this person a try would have unexpected results

Cao Yuan did what he thought, walked up to Liu Manzi and patted Liu Manzi who was directing

"Commander Liu, there is something I would like to trouble you with," Cao Yuan said to Liu Manzi with a smile

"No trouble, no trouble, if you have anything to do, just order it directly." Liu Manzi patted his head and said with a smile

"It's like this. According to the original plan, our regiment should have passed the Sifen Bridge now, but there must be no movement now. I guess they were pushed to the other side of the river by the enemy. Can you take some people behind the enemy? Make some moves, attract their attention, and cover the troops to cross the bridge." Cao Yuan told Liu Manzi what he had guessed.

"That's it, no problem, I'll just take my hands down." When Liu Manzi heard about it, he immediately agreed

"Haha, I'm relieved to have you leading the team. I'll send the sixth company to go with you. You can also resist the military flag. Let the enemy think that our large troops have already crossed the river secretly, and they will focus on Don't confront them head-on here, as long as you attract their attention, I think our team will seize the bridge and cross the river." Cao Yuan told Liu Manzi his idea

"Haha, Battalion Commander Cao, your idea is good, let's do it this way." Liu Manzi nodded after hearing Cao Yuan's idea.

Cao Yuan called Captain Lu of the Sixth Company and told him about the situation. Commander Lu also agreed with Cao Yuan's idea. He led the troops and Liu Manzi's civilian rescue group to set off towards Sifen Bridge.

When they arrived at the high ground behind the Sifen Bridge, it was already afternoon, and the troops had a short rest. Liu Manzi's command set up the pine tree guns and aimed at the enemy's position to attack.

The enemy didn't care about the first two shots. They also knew that there was a civilian national salvation regiment here. In Xie Wenbing's view, these mud legs are nothing to be afraid of. It is more important to destroy the enemy in front of them.

Seeing that this method did not work, Captain Lu led the troops to attack the enemy's position.

Xie Wenbing heard something wrong with the voice, how could those mud legs of the Civilian National Salvation Corps have machine guns, so they called the scouts to check the news. After a while, the scouts reported that there was a large enemy army behind them. It seemed that the size was at least one battalion or more. Independence Regiment

Xie Wenbing heard that there was a battalion of the enemy and felt something was wrong. Did the enemy cross the river?Impossible, there is only one place with a radius of more than ten miles to cross the river. Could it be that they grew wings and flew over?

At this moment, the adjutant came with a telegram

"Reporting to the commander, the reinforcements have sent a telegram"

"Read" Xie Wenbing ordered

"We were blocked by the enemy at a distance of 15 miles from the Sifen Bridge. The enemy's firepower was very fierce. There were at least two battalions of troops. Please be safe and calm. We will break through the enemy's blocking line of defense as soon as possible to reinforce your troops."

After the adjutant finished reading the telegram, Xie Wenbing began to believe in his judgment just now. The enemy must have crossed the river from a place he didn't know. The enemy on the other side was probably only a small number of suspicious troops. Well, you Ye Ting actually played the secret game

"You immediately order the deputy commander to take two battalions to pick up the reinforcements." After firming his mind, Xie Wenbing made a very correct decision in his opinion.

After receiving the order, the deputy commander led the troops to exchange fire with Company Commander Lu and the others. Company Commander Lu led the troops to fight and retreat, and took the two battalions away.

After seeing the enemy's actions through the binoculars, Ye Ting knew that Cao Yuan must have made some moves on the opposite side to divert the enemy's main force away. Now is definitely the best opportunity to attack. Don't miss this opportunity.

Ye Ting ordered the general attack to take Sifen Bridge

Under the cover of artillery fire and machine guns, the second battalion of the vanguard launched another charge

Only then did Xie Wenbing realize that it was too late for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. In order to preserve his strength, he ordered the troops to fight and retreat.

At 4:[-] p.m., the Independence Regiment captured the Sifen Bridge. Xie Wenbing's troops, under the attack of the Independence Regiment, were soon defeated and could only disarm and surrender. Afterwards, the defenders of Liling no longer had the will to defend the city, and the troops began to retreat northward.

More than an hour after completely occupying Liling County, Zhang Fakui came late with his troops. It was originally planned that his troops would be the main attack, and Ye Ting was a flanking force. Unexpectedly, Ye Ting advanced into the city.

However, Zhang Fakui's troops came at the right time. When Cao Yuan was about to be overwhelmed, they dealt a fatal blow to the enemy behind the enemy. Their arrival also meant that Zhuzhou had been occupied by the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The conquest of Liling strategically made Changsha completely shielded from the enemy defense, and ensured that the Eighth Army marching towards Xiangtan and Changsha on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River would not be threatened by flanking attacks, thus creating a great opportunity for the center and left revolutionaries to quickly attack and overcome Changsha. favorable conditions

Ye Kaixin, who was in Changsha, learned that Liling and Zhuzhou had been conquered, and that nearly 3 people from the 4rd and 10th armies of the enemy were approaching Changsha. The garrison will retreat to the north of the Miluo River to defend the Pingjiang River, and use the Miluo River as a barrier to build strong fortifications to prevent the Northern Expedition from going north. This is also one of the long-established battle plans.

Ye Kaixin abandoned the city and ran away, and the Northern Expedition Army occupied Changsha without firing a single shot

The outstanding performance of the Independent Regiment in the Battle of Liling was rewarded by Chiang Kai-shek, but he also ordered that the Independent Regiment be expanded into a strengthened regiment. The original three battalions were increased to five battalions, and the troops were reorganized in Liuyang

Ye Ting was very happy to receive the order, and took the troops to Liuyang for reorganization (to be continued)

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Chapter 5 aftermath meeting

On April 4, the news that the Northern Expeditionary Army occupied Changsha spread all over the country.