Mengshan Army

Long Qian went back to arrange the blocking tactics, and after personally participating in a short and intense battle, he adjusted his thinking again.

Long Qian took the Lushan team who had planned to take the first batch of defense positions to the place where he, Jiang Yun and others had been secretly observing just now, and ordered the soldiers to dig artillery holes on the reverse slope of the hillside.

"According to the pattern I demonstrated, if a hole can hide two people, at least forty holes should be dug. Quick!"

After receiving the order, the members of the eighth team desperately dug the hole. This is the nearest earth slope to the Tianmen blocking line, about half a mile away from the position. If you run quickly, it only takes 2 minutes. Long Qian stared at the smoky Tianmen , to determine the best time for reinforcements.

"Lu Shan, order your people to stop digging and prepare to attack. Jiang Yun, go back and pass on my order to let Feng Guozhu's team come up to take over the work here." After Long Qian's order, Jiang Yun jumped up and ran back It's too much.

There are not many cannons dragged up the mountain by the army, probably two or at most three Krupp mountain cannons, but the shooting skills are good, the area where the bullets fall is very dense, and there are very few misfires. The impact points are all near the Tianmen. Longqian is on the slope In the next half an hour, the officers and soldiers shelled several times, but not a single shell came over.

Then, that slope should be very safe, especially after digging a simple anti-blasting hole.Long Qian's plan was to hide the troops in the artillery holes behind the earth slope when the enemy was shelling, and when the bombardment of the officers and soldiers stopped, he would immediately rush to the position as fast as possible, and repel the officers and soldiers with volleys of guns and hand-to-hand combat. military.

The current domestic army, after suffering 30.00% casualties, can be regarded as an elite soldier if the military orders are not broken up, and troops that can withstand 40% casualties without wavering are as rare as living dinosaurs.Even the Beiyang new army, known as the powerful army in the universe, may not be able to do this.If the troops suffered 80.00% casualties like in the American Civil War [-] years ago, it is still forbidden to even think about it.

Long Qian thought that the enemy's weak will to fight could be fully exploited.Use the most fiery firepower and fierce close combat to kill the enemy army to the maximum extent, so that they can retreat in the face of difficulties.As long as he stays up until dark, he will choose the opportunity to withdraw.

He in turn developed great admiration for the hard-fought sixth team.The defensive battle in the morning has progressed so far, and the casualties of the sixth team cannot be less than [-]%, but there is no sign of collapse now.Except for the wounded, no deserters were found.This shows that at least Cai Chengxi has a very high prestige in the sixth team.The biggest feature of the feudalized army is that the role of generals is too important. Cai Chengxi obviously has much more control over the sixth team than Zhou Yi's third team.The third, fifth, and sixth teams are the direct descendants of Liu and Zhou. The third team also lost its vitality in the first battle in Zhangjiazhai. The two leaders competed for glory.

So what about glory?Long Qian had an intuition that even if the Mengshan Brigade escaped smoothly, they would not be able to accomplish anything. At most, they would just find a place to hide and seek in the rolling Yimeng mountains.If this armed force is in the hands of Liu Yucai and Zhou Huanan, it may still be able to make waves in the political situation of the late Qing Dynasty, but the short-sighted Sun Dewang brothers will not be able to do so.

When reinforcements from the eighth team came up, the sixth team had just repelled another attack by the government army. Unfortunately, Cai Chengxi, who was observing the enemy's situation, was shot. A cold bullet hit him in the chest, and he died soon.

Guarding the last sliver of clarity, Cai Chengxi handed over his heavy casualties to Long Qian, "Captain Long, the sixth team, the sixth team will be handed over to you, you have to take good care of the brothers." He tried to open his eyes wide. Worrying about Long Qian, for fear that he would not agree.

Long Qian tore off Cai Chengxi's blood-soaked clothes, took off the towel blocking the wound, and looked at the location of the wound, he knew that he might not be saved, "Hurry up and carry Captain Cai down!" He said to the surrounding Cai Chengxi Said the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Team.

"No need, you, you promised me﹍﹍take the sixth team away﹍﹍I will hand over the sixth team to you." Cai Chengxi breathed hard, his chest heaving violently, panting like a dilapidated bellows.He turned his head with difficulty, and said to the subordinates around him, "You guys, listen to Captain Long's order, otherwise none of us will survive..."

Excluding the one captain who died in battle, the remaining two captains of the sixth team gathered around Cai Chengxi. They all knew that their captain was dying.

Cai Chengxi grabbed Long Qian's hand and tried to say something, but he couldn't say a complete sentence anymore, he hissed a few times, and died when he tilted his head.

Long Qian slowly closed Cai Chengxi's still wide eyes.Because the Sixth Team and the Eighth Team lived together in Doudou Village, he and Cai Chengxi were fairly familiar, but they just nodded and had no deeper relationship. Unexpectedly, this person would entrust the Sixth Team, which suffered heavy casualties, to himself at the end of his life. .

"Choose someone to be in charge temporarily, and bury Captain Cai's body, and retreat." Long Qian stood up and said to the two small captains of the sixth team.

"Captain Long, you heard what our captain said just now. You can't drive us away. My name is Ye Yanbing, and I am the captain of the second team of the sixth team. I am willing to follow you and avenge Brother Cai." His face was covered with dust and sweat, but it was still difficult to conceal the man's handsome face.

The fighting between the two armies is not a deep hatred.Long Qian stared at Ye Yanbing's handsome face, feeling a bit hideous at the moment.Long Qian didn't want to say anything that would spoil the atmosphere, but was about to say a few words of comfort when the other team leader said, "My name is Feng Lun, the leader of the third team, Captain Cai asked us to follow you, Captain Long, you give orders, and I, Feng Lun, will never frown Head." Standing with Ye Yanbing, Feng Lun looked a little ugly, with dark complexion, short stature, but his voice was very bright, as if he was arguing with someone.

"The brothers of the sixth team have proved by their actions that they are all first-class tough guys. How about it," Long Qian didn't have time to communicate with these new subordinates, so he praised first, "You are willing to stay with the eighth team If you take action, stay. If you don’t want to, leave. The Eighth Team will definitely guard until dark to buy time for you to retreat. Life and death are at stake. Although there is Captain Cai’s last words, I still have to respect everyone’s voluntary wishes.”

The ten or so remnants of the first team wanted to leave, Long Qian naturally meant what he said, but because of the attitude of Ye Yanbing and Feng Lun, about thirty people from the second and third teams stayed behind.

"Two brothers, thank you for your trust. You first take the brothers to Duduozhai to rest and have something to eat. After eating, everyone try to sleep, and we will act after dark. Please rest assured, since the two And the remaining brothers look up to Long Mou, and Long Mou will never treat the brothers as outsiders." Long Qian solemnly promised.

"Captain Long, why did you wait until it was dark?" Ye Yanbing, with a delicate face, said, "Master Sun has never regarded us as his own. Why are we insisting on breaking the queen for them? We have been guarding for a whole morning, and they should away."

"Lao Cai remembers the kindness of the second and fourth masters, and we do the same. If we stay here for an extra hour, they can walk a few miles safely. Besides, they will withdraw like this in broad daylight, with the officers and soldiers behind them. Dangerous, if you don't control it, you will suffer a big loss. Moreover, you must have time to prepare before retreating, at least the wounded must be properly placed. Therefore, you must persist until dark. We are familiar with the terrain, and we will act better than the officers and soldiers after dark. Take advantage." After Long Qian finished speaking, he took a pickaxe from one of his subordinates and began to plan for the bunker.

Perhaps it was the proposal of relocating the wounded that moved Ye and Feng, "Captain Long has thought carefully, and we will listen to you. Your order is what you ordered, and we need to come up to fight with the officers and soldiers, and we will never be vague." Ye Yanbing said.

"We won't let you fight again. Although the eighth team is not as good as the sixth team, they are not cowards. In the afternoon, you should take a good rest and prepare for tonight's retreat according to the requirements of Lao Song who stayed in Duoduzhai. Don't bother Sweat is better than blood." Long Qian waved his hand and asked them to take them down.

Watching Ye Yanbing and Feng Lun leave with the sixth team.Long Qian thought, the sixth team stood firm all morning, and more than half of them were killed or injured.How many casualties will the eighth team have to endure until dark?But a decision had been made, and no one in the eighth team raised any objections, and they all acted according to his request, preparing to fight and retreat, in order.

Long Qian suddenly got a little excited, he must try his best to bring these honest soldiers who can trust him!Most of them are illiterate. For various reasons, they gave up the opportunity to be a meek and good citizen, and became bandits with their heads up. Most of their ideals are to drink, win money from gambling, and sleep with a beautiful woman.Most of them knew that they would not have a good death, would not die peacefully on the kang of the old house, and would not even be able to enter the ancestral grave.From the day they went up to the mountains as bandits, they cut off contact with their families and hometown, drifted around in life, and were destined to be lonely ghosts after death.

But they trust themselves!They have been together day and night for several months, and they have already believed in themselves!But, can he change their destiny?For a moment, Long Qian's heart panicked.

Lu Shan's small team worked hard to dig fortifications, basically dug all the places that could be dug, and the whole position showed an irregular arc.According to Long Qian's arrangement, Feng Guozhu's team brought sacks filled with earth and rocks to build the parapet.Most of the Tianmen area is hard rock, and it is not easy to dig. Long Qian once proposed several methods of building fortifications, but they were not adopted by the leaders.Bandits are bandits, and they prefer simple rushes. They neither like nor adapt to defensive warfare that requires strong nerves.It is not easy for the six teams to stick to it for half a day.

Long Qian dropped the pick in a slumber, and leaned on the parapet, which was half a person's height, looking in the direction of the building.Probably the officers and soldiers were eating, and a new round of attack was coming in the afternoon. Long Qian immediately ruled out the idea of ​​taking the initiative to attack. In this kind of terrain, the enemy couldn't deploy its forces, and neither could he.This army cannot be underestimated. They are well-armed and well-trained, and their Eighth Squadron is definitely no match for them in a frontal confrontation... It was already expected that the Shanzhai would withdraw when the battle was unfavorable, but they did not expect such a haste.If the building is still in his hands, it will be much more difficult for the officers and soldiers to attack the mountain, but now, they can only use tactical tricks to stop the enemy.

Long Qian withdrew a small group of soldiers without guns, leaving more than 40 elites with guns, and Feng Guozhu's guns were also transferred up. There were about 40 people on the battlefield. Long Qian hoped that Use these [-] people to hold back the officers and soldiers until dark.

The official army's attack in the afternoon did not start until the third quarter of the hour. After taking over the Tianmen position, Long Qian only left one and a half of Lushan on the position, half of which guarded the high ground, and one of them guarded the [-]-meter-long main line. The battlefield looked scattered.