Ming Zuo

Chapter 362 Growth
In the fourth regiment, Shen Xun was a legend.

Everyone knows him.

Because this guy gets promoted very fast.

During the Battle of Anshan Lake, he was still one of the leading soldiers lying on the bow.

When he swept Qingzhou Mansion, he was the team captain.

The battle of Meng Lianggu was halfway through. Because the original chief officer was killed, he was promoted to platoon leader by the line of fire.

After the formation of the fourth regiment, he was transferred, and he was directly the company commander.

But no one was jealous of him, thought he was opportunistic, or had some background.

Shen Xun's promotion is fast, mainly due to two points.

One is culture.

As a genius in Laiyang, Shen Xun's cultural level is very high.

Other soldiers, literacy is amazing.He is good at poetry, songs, and articles.

With the cultural foundation, Shen Xun's learning speed is fast.The speed of mastering various military skills far exceeds that of other soldiers.

The second is that he has combat experience.

The other soldiers were ordinary people before they became soldiers.Not to mention guns, and knives have never been touched.

But he is different.

Before joining the new army, he followed Zuo Maodi, Jiang Cai, Jiang Gao and others in the defense of Laiyang.

Therefore, when the other soldiers saw the blood and the corpses, he was able to act as usual and fight bravely.

The first company did not stop when they attacked the wall.Once you have established your position, keep moving forward.

The road to the top of the mountain became more and more difficult to walk, and the rocks were rampant, greatly obscuring the view.

The few soldiers in front of them suddenly screamed and fell to the ground.Before they could get up, an iron spear stabbed out of the crack of the stone, taking their lives.

The fire support at the back is already very fast, but the gap between the stones is too small, and the bullets can't get in at all, so there is no harm to the enemy.

Shen Xun saw it in his eyes and roared, "Set fire."

To deal with the stone bunkers, the best weapon is not a musket, a cannon, but a flame.

Immediately, several soldiers took out glass bottles, which contained some muddy yellow liquid.

The soldiers threw out the glass bottles and smashed them all on the undulating pile of rocks.The glass shattered and the liquid inside was running everywhere.

Another soldier took out a strong crossbow, and the arrowheads of the crossbow arrows were covered with cotton cloth soaked in oil, which had been ignited at this time.

An arrow passed, and the pile of stones turned into a sea of ​​fire.

After a while, screams came from behind the stone, and dozens of thieves from the White Lotus Sect came out and ran back in panic.

The soldiers of the new army were annoyed that they had used insidious tricks, and they all shot to death on the flat ground.

The glass bottle contained not ordinary vegetable oil, but petroleum extracts.

People near Le'an and Lijin found that black liquid would emerge from the ground, which would ignite in case of fire.

The staff of the intelligence department found this kind of thing at the market and brought some back, but they didn't know its purpose for a while.

Zuo Menggeng was overjoyed after seeing it, and taught the method of distillation and extraction, so he obtained base oils such as gasoline and diesel.

Today, even the steam engine has not been realized, and the internal combustion engine is even more distant.Therefore, the greatest use of these petroleum refining items is military.

Used at this time, the effect is extraordinary.

However, although the White Lotus Sect thieves who were hiding behind the rocks were eliminated, the First Company was unable to move forward due to the pervasive fire, so they had to wait for the fire to go out naturally.

Shen Xun asked the messenger to send a message to the neighbor's troops, informing that the attack here had stopped.

The third company next to him also stopped after receiving it.For a time, there was a brief calm on the battlefield.

Taking advantage of this time, the artillerymen dismantled the left battalion artillery, brought it to the front, reassembled it, and prepared for the second wave of offensive.

Shen Xun counted the number of people and asked, "All platoons report casualties."

"One row, seven sacrificed, three injured..."

"Second row, sacrifice one person, hurt seven..."

"Three rows, five sacrificed, two injured..."

Deputy company commander Wang Xingwu was recording on the side, and he felt distressed for a while when he heard a number.

"I said Lao Shen, you have to play slowly, don't beat us all."

Shen Xun's ability to do mental arithmetic was very fast, and he wondered: "Isn't this only [-] casualties, only a quarter, why are you in a hurry?"

Wang Xingwu cursed loudly.

"You kid went to the military academy to report after this battle, and I have to spend time here. Everyone has been shot, so won't I become a bare commander?"

Shen Xun frowned.

"Who did you hear that I'm going to the military school?"

Wang Xingwu's bull's eye bead hits horizontally.

"Isn't this obvious? You old Shen are very knowledgeable and capable. Now is the time to hire people. Who will be promoted if you don't get promoted? After this battle is over, your qualifications are enough, and you will definitely go to the military academy for further study. Come out, at least a battalion commander can’t run. Hey, I just don’t know if I can come back?”

Everyone else knew that once Shen Xun went to the military academy, it was impossible for him to return to the old army.

The [-]rd Division was in full swing, and there was too much shortage of officers.A person with skill and experience like Shen Xun will definitely be enriched in the new army.

Shen Xun actually had a hunch, otherwise, this battle would not let him play the main attack in a row.

But everything is guesswork. For fear of shaking the military's heart, he hurriedly said, "What are you talking about, if you don't know anything about it? Before the fierce battle, let's fight it first."

Wang Xingwu also abandoned the idea that he should not have, and returned to the battlefield.

"The high ground in front must be taken, otherwise, no matter which side we attack from, we will be beaten on the head by others."

Shen Xun was also thinking about it.

That high ground isn't really a high ground, it's just a monolithic boulder.The difference between the top and bottom is about twenty meters, and the side facing the new army is almost vertical, making it impossible to climb at all.

If you want to go up, you can only go around from both sides.

But the problem is that if you take a detour, you will be pressed and beaten by the people on the boulder.

Shen Xun invited the artillery commander over.

"Well, can your artillery hit rocks?"

The artillery commander observed for a long time and gave a bad answer.

"No, there is no angle."

Their current location is only more than [-] meters away from the boulder.

If the left battalion artillery is fired directly, the shell will only hit the cross section of the boulder, causing no damage; if it is fired in a curved direction, the shell will fly over the boulder, which is still ineffective.

However, the terrain behind them is downward, and the artillery cannot retreat, otherwise the elevation angle will become larger.

Since the artillery could not be counted on, Shen Xun had to find a way by himself.

He observed back and forth with the binoculars, not to mention, he really found a place that was neglected.

"Old Wang, look, the distance between the small platform in the south and the big rock is no more than [-] meters, right?"

Wang Xingwu didn't know why, but nodded anyway.

"About four hundred and seventy meters."

Shen Xun said cheerfully: "Although the table is not big, it is big enough to accommodate a squad of soldiers. With this squad, we have a horizontal firepower that can hit rocks from the side."

Wang Xingwu felt that he was whimsical.

"What are you thinking? There are so many big trees in the middle, you can't see the sides at all."

Shen Xun showed a ruthless side.

"A tree? Just burn it. We have incendiary bombs, why don't we keep them?"

Looking at the endless vegetation on the hillside, Wang Xingwu couldn't help but tremble.

"It won't start a fire, will it?"

Shen Xun didn't care.

"That's not good, all of them are on fire, and these thieves will have no place to stand."

Wang Xingwu was frightened.

"It's said in the book that Zhuge Liang's burning Bowangpo will cost his life."

Shen Xun was not angry.

"Bah, that's feudal superstition. Romance is just nonsense. Zhuge Liang never set fire to Bowangpo in history. Bowangpo was an ambush, not a fire attack."

Wang Xingwu's cultural level is not high, and his favorite thing is listening to operas.Hearing this, he was skeptical, "Really?"

Shen Xun was too lazy to talk nonsense with this jerk.

"Tell Class [-] to seize that small platform. Class [-] and Class [-] prepare Molotov cocktails and set the forest on fire for me. The second row is under cover, so don't let Class [-] and Class [-] be touched."

Following his order, the raging fire suddenly ignited on the mountain.After a while, black smoke rose into the sky, and the fire dragon roared and swept toward the top of the mountain. All the vegetation along the way became fuel, and it also shrouded the entire turtle roof.

Halfway up the mountain, Zuo Menggeng, who was watching the battle, happened to see this scene, tsk tsk.

"This fire attack is beautiful, who did it?"

Fu Yijian returned after a while, "It's Shen Xun, the first company commander of the second division and fourth regiment."

Zuo Menggeng laughed.

"You readers have bad hearts."

Fu Yijian was so embarrassed, he didn't understand why he was so good, he would lie down on the gun himself.

(End of this chapter)