Of course, Cao Yi and An Rulong also received the news of the Sichuan Eastern Army sending troops.
When Cao Yi heard that the Sichuan Army sent a brigade to attack Humeng County, he quickly asked the admiral Zhao Wanfang for instructions to go to support, but the order he received was to let the 14th Regiment handle it on its own, and the 39th Division was not allowed to have any support.
The admiral said so, and Cao Yi had no choice but to sit there.
On the other side, An Rulong's troops quickly asked for help from the imperial army after getting the news, but the news they received was to let them stand still and wait for help. He had no choice but to gather all the troops into the city, planning to use Jining City and Sichuan to The Eastern Army came to a head-on confrontation.
…
"Travel seat! Hutou Peak is just ahead. Should we send someone to investigate?"
An adjutant in a yellow military uniform said to a middle-aged man in a yellow military uniform riding a horse.
"Well, send two companies to take a look first. Last time we had a fight with the 14th Regiment at this place." The middle-aged man said with a riding whip.
A middle-aged man named Qian Meng is the brigade commander of the First Brigade of the Second Division of the Eastern Sichuan Army.
"Yes, traveling seat." The adjutant responded and ran back.
Hutou Peak
Song Tiance and his third battalion are already ready here.
Their third battalion has handed over both light and heavy machine guns and light and heavy machine gunners to the first battalion. Their entire third battalion only has two light machine guns.
"Deputy commander, battalion commander, they are coming." At this time, a soldier ran over and shouted in a low voice.
"How is the equipment?" Song Tiance asked.
"There were light and heavy machine guns, but now they sent hundreds of people to rush up."
"This is their spy. Tell the brothers, don't shoot them all later. Let the brothers from the Eighth Company and the Ninth Company shoot. Don't shoot the light machine guns either."
"Yes, deputy commander" Ma Tianying said and then gave the order.
Only a few minutes later, Song Tiance saw the advance troops.
"Get ready, people are coming."
Hearing the words of the deputy commander, everyone held their breath and began to load the bullets according to the training content.
"Don't be nervous, just use the enemy as a target, you are all good." Song Tiance turned his head and shouted in a low voice with a smile on his face.
When the people at the foot of the mountain were only two or three hundred meters away from them, Song Tiance gave an order, and hundreds of guns fired at the enemies at the foot of the mountain.
Qian Meng was startled when he heard gunshots in the distance and said, "There really is an ambush. Speed up."
"The whole army is speeding up."
"The whole army is speeding up, and fire is coming from the front."
Qian Meng also speeded up in front and started moving forward.
As he got closer to Hutou Peak, he found that the gunshots were very sparse.
"Hahaha, these defeated soldiers still want to set up an ambush? They don't even have a few guns."
At this time, a soldier who had just fought ran back and shouted: "Brigade, there are enemies in front, but the enemy's firepower is not strong."
"As expected, let the two battalions go up and capture Hutou Peak for me."
"It's the travel seat!"
Song Tiance saw that there were many more enemies at the foot of the mountain and shouted: "Everyone, shoot!"
"At this moment, all the soldiers of the third battalion opened fire."
Both light machine guns began to fire at the enemies down the mountain.
"Da da da~"
"Da da da~"
The Sichuan Eastern Army, which was trying its best to rush forward, actually fell in large pieces under this firepower.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly, the enemy has machine guns." An officer shouted.
When the officer shouted, the soldiers instantly lost half of their fighting spirit.
"Brigade, the enemy has a machine gun, we were fooled, many brothers died."
"What? Machine gun?"
"Grandma, isn't it normal to have a machine gun? A machine gun scares you like this, you loser." Qian Meng took out his gun and looked at the deserter who had escaped and fired a shot into the sky.
"Don't run. What are you afraid of? There is a machine gun. What are you afraid of? Are you trash?"
"Third regiment, come up here and take Hutou Peak for me."
"Where's the mortar? Blast it for me!"
"Yes! Traveler!"
Song Tiance, who was on Hutou Peak, was a little confused.
what's the situation? Two light machine guns only fired and everyone ran away?
He thought he could rush for a while longer.
But Song Tiance knew that the next attack would not be something they could stop.
"Everyone retreat! Hurry!" After Song Tiance called out to the soldiers of the third battalion, they began to retreat according to the route agreed in advance.
"Dong dong dong~"
"Dong dong dong~"
Shortly after the Third Battalion withdrew, the Sichuan Eastern Army began to use mortars to bombard the place just now.
After several rounds of mortar shelling, a regiment of the Eastern Sichuan Army quickly took over the position.
"The hotel seat is empty."
"No one left? Damn it, let them run away."
"Chase me!" Qian Meng waved his hand and ordered the large troops to quickly attack Humeng County.
"Traveler, we are ambushed again."
"Then take it down for me."
"Three regiments...come on."
"Traveler, they ran away again."
"Run away again? His grandma's."
"Tourist, what should I do?"
"What to do, what to do? Fight back."
"Traveler, they ran away."
…
The Third Battalion ambushed them seven times in total.
Now the Sichuan Eastern Army brigade is almost going crazy.
Seven ambushes cost them between seven and eight hundred men.
Although there are not many, they are afraid of an ambush whenever they go anywhere.
"In front of the hotel is the Sanla River. After passing the Sanla Bridge, you will reach the bounds of Humeng County."
"Damn it, there aren't many mountains here." Qian Meng said and looked around.
"Without the hotel seat, this is a plain with only one river. There won't be any mountains anymore." The adjutant said in a panic.
"Okay! That's good..." Qian Meng was also frightened. Now he was a little mentally disturbed. Every movement he made felt like someone was ambushing them.
"Inform the entire army to cross the bridge immediately."
"yes!"
Just when the Sichuan Army arrived at Sanlahe, not far from them, the Second Battalion had already dug trenches here and was waiting for them.
Behind the Second Battalion was the mortar company's position.
They have already aimed their guns at Sanla Bridge!
"The whole company is ready! The distance is 400 meters!" Wang Tiezhu, commander of the artillery company, shouted loudly with a telescope.
"fire!"
With an order, the loaders put in the shells in unison.
Thirty shells from thirty mortars were fired together around Sanlaqiao.
"Dong dong dong~"
"Dong dong dong~"
Qian Meng had just crossed the bridge and was shocked when he saw explosions ringing around him.
"What's going on? Where did the cannon come from?"
"Dong dong dong~"
"Dong dong dong~"
"Ah~"
"My legs~"
"My arm~"
"Your head is off~"
"Hey~dong~ah~"
Explosions and shouts were heard.
"Rush over, hurry up! Don't worry about others, grandma, why do they still have mortars!" Qian Meng turned his head and shouted at the troops behind him.
Qian Meng's order was right, but he didn't know that this order pushed his troops into the abyss!
Because the light and heavy machine guns of the second battalion were waiting for him in front.
