Chapter 19: Fierce Battle

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  Just now still in dense formation, the rebel army that thought the Sichuan Army would flee under their fierce attack suddenly suffered nearly two hundred rifle attacks and row after row of soldiers fell to the ground.

  Looking at the terrifying scene in front of me, the rebel army that was just shouting to occupy my Sichuan army's position suddenly became disordered and chaotic. Some wanted to continue charging forward, while others covered their heads and fled backward.

  Yang Xing carefully watched the scene in front of him, and after seeing the five rounds of rapid fire, the rebel army showed signs of collapse. He immediately exchanged a glance with Zhu Lianzhang beside him, and led two squads of soldiers to charge out of the trenches, to harvest the rebels who fell to the ground screaming or were still resisting stubbornly under the previous round of intense gunfire.

  The battle ended in 10 minutes, and as the scattered rebels fled, a thunderous cheer erupted across the entire battlefield.

  Yang Xing used binoculars to scan the rebel army's position, saw Zang Jun's troops retreat 500 meters and re-deploy, immediately called two company commanders, inquired about our army's casualties, re-counted ammunition, and constructed fortifications.

  Surprisingly, these two battalion commanders did not report casualty numbers or ammunition consumption.

  Upon hearing this, he immediately ordered the fourth son to go and count, while instructing him to reinforce the work and ordering him to collect the guns and ammunition of the hidden people.

  The two battalion commanders were very puzzled. Just now, Zang Jun's attack was so fierce that not only did they resist it, but also defeated Zang Jun greatly. Why are they still setting up fortifications? It is known that the weather is hot and humid now, and after a bitter battle, the soldiers are extremely tired.

  Yang Xing did not explain, but instead asked: "Although our army has repelled the Tibetan siege and killed many rebel soldiers, this was only possible because the rebels were unfamiliar with our military tactics. But after this, the rebels may adjust their formation and launch a siege on our position. In that case, can we still effectively kill the enemy as we did just now? Can we still guarantee sufficient ammunition?"

  Zhu Lianchang shook his head and said, "Although the Tibetan barbarians are fierce, they have lost nearly a thousand people in less than half a day. Just now, when they surrounded our Liangzi cave, they also suffered more than 300 casualties. With such heavy losses, I'm sure the Tibetan barbarians will not dare to attack again."

  Although his heart was burning with anger, he suppressed his temper and said: "We as military officers must not establish the lives of our brothers on empty assumptions. Brother, take a look at this."

  Zhu Lianchang used binoculars to look at the rebel camp, and saw that thousands of Tibetans were gathering two miles away, mobilizing and training, apparently preparing for a comeback.

  He felt extremely ashamed at once, and saluted Yang Xing: "Younger brother, you taught me a lesson. I was careless for a moment and almost fell into the trap of the barbarian's way. 《Ha Shi Ba Pure Text First Release》"

  After a while, the fourth child rushed to report to Yang Xing: "Report to the company commander, just now the Tibetan people launched a fierce attack. Thirteen brothers were killed in battle and twenty-eight were injured, including ten who were seriously injured and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. The Tibetan barbarians also suffered 249 casualties under our army's counterattack, with 23 captured."

  Unexpectedly, under such intense firepower support, our army's casualty rate was only one in six. Upon hearing this news, Yang Xing couldn't help but furrow his brow.

  Although the rebels' attack was fierce, they were still restrained by various parties, especially after being attacked by the artillery support of the Wolf's Den River Military, their offensive momentum slowed down.

  However, the rebels were extremely ignorant and barbaric. Although they had learned a lesson earlier, their formation was somewhat scattered, but still in rows, chanting some kind of incantation, rushing towards Zhang Yan's position.

  The soldiers on the top of Changyan Cave became more and more confident as they fought, taking aim one by one and firing continuously.

  However, as Zang Jun absorbed the lesson from just now, the formation was no longer as dense as before, and the charge was not as fierce as before. As a result, our army's ammunition consumption was very large, but the number of enemy casualties was not particularly high.

  At this rate of fire, by noon, soldiers may have exhausted their ammunition.

  Immediately let the soldiers save bullets, the rebels at 500 meters to 150 meters away, were responsible by artillery, at 150 meters to 50 meters away, were responsible by each squad's sharpshooters, within 50 meters, the whole company fired, after 20 meters, threw hand grenades.

  Thus both sides enter a real decisive battle, relying on their own strength for the final showdown.

  Although the battlefield doesn't seem as fierce as it was at first, and the momentum is not as great as it was at first.

  After 2 hours, Zang Jun's offensive finally stopped, after more than 700 soldiers were killed, and was forced to stop the fierce attack on our Liangziyan stronghold.

  The situation reported is also not optimistic, in the previous shooting, 37 soldiers of our army were killed and 59 were injured, under such circumstances, after half a day of fierce battle, more than half of my troops at Changyanwo Liangzi position have been casualties.

  What's even more worrying is that after the fierce battle in the morning, our army's ammunition was almost depleted, with each soldier having only about twenty rounds of bullets left.

  But what was surprising was that although more than half of the casualties were suffered, the morale of our troops was still good. After killing a large number of enemy soldiers, the wounded and unwounded soldiers had high morale.

  What's even more unsettling is that after a morning of bombardment, two batteries of 4 small steel cannons have consumed more than half of their ammunition. If another intense battle like this morning's were to occur, by tomorrow the two batteries would no longer be able to provide firepower support for the front-line positions.

  Yang Xingzhen knew the severity of the problem. If Zang Jun continued to attack fiercely like before, then under such circumstances, the Changyanwo Liangzi array might not be able to hold its ground.

  Ignoring the heavy casualties of the warriors, he immediately ordered everyone to build fortifications while instructing the soldiers to continue collecting the guns and ammunition left behind by the defeated army.

  Just past noon, the rebels had a simple meal and then regrouped their troops. Under the threat of the shining bayonets of the vanguard, they charged towards Huanglanggang and Changyanwo respectively.

  Seeing Tibetans so desperate, it's a bit like a life-and-death struggle. Immediately ordered the brothers to save bullets and aim accurately before striking hard.

  Although the consumption of bullets was reduced, the front-line position was still breached due to the lack of intense firepower in the afternoon and the absence of artillery support from Er Lang Gang.

  Seeing the crazy rebels, Yang Xing suddenly became enraged and led dozens of brothers to charge down from the upper gangway, engaging in a fierce bayonet fight with the Tibetans.

  Suddenly seeing the Sichuan army's position being breached, the Tibetans were overjoyed and were about to swarm up, but unexpectedly a counter-charge came, the rebel army was in chaos for a moment, unable to adapt, and was actually routed. Regardless of the pursuing team's bayonets behind them, after more than ten people were hacked to death, they actually retreated in defeat.

  However, the first line of defense was already in shambles, and our army had suffered more than half casualties, with no strength left to defend both lines. Yang Xing had no choice but to abandon the first line of defense and retreat to the second line to continue resisting.

  After occupying the position of Zhangyaozi Mountain, Zang Jun also felt that our position was stubbornly resisting the blockage, or did not want to bear such a huge casualty again, and immediately changed tactics.

  With more than 600 people continuing to hold down the Liangzi River troops, they concentrated their main force on Liu Yanggou, Caopingzi rushed forward, attempting to break through the Sichuan army's main position and capture Yin Changheng alive.

  The battle between the two sides continued, and after seeing the rebel army's main direction of attack change, Yang Xing ordered Zhu Lianchang and Zhang Lianchang to harass the rebels on the mountain waist from time to time, while he himself returned to the artillery position to provide firepower support for Liu Yanggou and Caopingzi.

  Under the fierce attack of the rebels, the Sichuan army showed great tenacity and stubbornly defended its three positions, forcing the rebels to end their humiliating day.

  On the second day, Zang Jun changed his tactics again and launched a fierce attack on Caopingzi. After a morning of fighting, the Sichuan army was unable to withstand it and was forced to withdraw from Caopingzi and retreat to E Langgang.

  Then, the rebels took advantage of the momentum from occupying Caoyazi and gathered thousands of people to rush towards Liu Yanggou.

  Under such circumstances, the situation in Liu Yang Gou became extremely urgent. Both sides had launched several rounds of fierce battles with swords and guns. After half a day of intense fighting, the inferior strength of the Sichuan army gradually became apparent. Under the absolute superior strength of the rebel army's attack, the Sichuan army gradually became unable to hold on.

  Looking at the sky, it's still early. The Sichuan reinforcements will take at least two more hours to arrive. If we don't support the main camp, there is a high possibility that it will be breached by the time the reinforcements arrive, and thus the entire Western Expedition may end in failure.

  Take a deep breath, anyway the rebels are now just monitoring our army, and after giving up the front line position again, including the wounded, there are still 150 people in Changyanwo Liangzi, enough to support half a day.

  Immediately, Zhu Lianchang and Zhang Lianchang were summoned for discussion. Zhu Lianchang pointed to the rebel army on the mountain waist and said: "Old Yang, the rebels are too arrogant. You give the order, as long as you give the word, we will break through the rebel army's position in front of us and go to rescue Commander-in-Chief Yin and the main force of our model regiment."

  Yang Xing laughed and said, "Zhu Lianchang, the strong and weak are not proportional. Although we defeated the rebels yesterday, there are still over 600 of them at the foot of this mountain. They want to break through my Liangzi array, which is extremely difficult, but defending the mountain pass is easy."

  Zhang Lianchang's face turned red with excitement: "Yang Lianchang, you're really a good fighter. If you were commanding over there, how could the rebels be so rampant? Tell me, how do we fight?"

  Yang Xing laughed and said: Although there are still 153 brothers on the mountain, after all, more than 40 brothers were injured, and the number of brothers who can really fight is too small. I have decided to form a dare-to-die squad, from this mountain cliff, sneak down, sneak behind the rebel army, suddenly attack the rebel army's rear, in this way, even if we cannot thoroughly defeat the rebel army, at least we can cause great chaos among them, and effectively support the Grand Governor.

  Zhang Lianchang nodded repeatedly and smiled: "Yang Lianchang, I'll take this task. As an infantryman by birth, charging into the fray is my specialty."

  Yang Xing laughed and said: "Now we have built a strong fortification on the mountain slope, it's hard for the rebels to break through my position. I'm not needed here, so I'll go instead. When I arrive at E Lang Gang, I can also assist General Yin Da and Colonel Tao."

  However, Zhang Lianzhang still refused to give in. Having no other choice, he decided that Zhu Lianzhang would lead the troops to defend against the enemy at Changyanwo Liangzi, while Yang Xing and Zhang Lianzhang would together lead the dare-to-die corps to provide support.

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