After breaking through the right front position of the People's Army, the Japanese army did not engage in too much entanglement with the People's Army on the positions, because the People's Army from other positions were coming to reinforce, so they immediately rushed to the inside position of the People's Army. Moreover, the Japanese commander of the Japanese army also joined the attacking Japanese army and personally commanded the Japanese army to fight. Anyway, he had made up his mind. If he failed this time, he would become successful and did not consider his retreat at all.

The inside position of the People's Army is divided into two parts: front and rear. The front is composed of Zhang Fangping's battalion guard platoon and mortar troops, with a number of about 240 people, and the rear is the entourage of the self-propelled artillery force, with a number of about 400 people. Although the number is indeed not small, except for the battalion guard platoon, nothing else is a combat force.

The sudden collapse of the position also caught Zhang Fangping off guard, because the position collapsed too quickly, which made him almost unable to react. Moreover, Zhang Fangping was not a person with strong decisiveness, so he made some mistakes for the moment and didn't know what to do. But the Japanese army would not leave time for the People's Army to react, and in a blink of an eye it rushed to a position less than 100 meters away from the inner position. The guard platoon did not wait for Zhang Fangping to order and fired at the Japanese army. Moreover, four machine guns also fired together on the roof of the self-propelled artillery, venting bullets at the Japanese army frantically, which finally delayed the Japanese army's attack.

Huang Taisong also spoke to Zhang Fangping on the radio, asking him to stick to the last line of defense, because behind them were two self-propelled cannons.

In fact, a few minutes ago, Huang Taisong and others were in a good mood and were full of optimism about sticking to the reinforcements. But suddenly the situation of the war changed, and the right front position collapsed suddenly. The Japanese army rushed to the inside position, so several people became a little nervous. After all, they were not members of the Marine Corps before, but members of the crew or logistics personnel of the Warriors, and had no practical experience in leading the troops. At this time, in addition to calling out to Zhang Fangping, they were urging the reinforcements to come as soon as possible.

Only then did Zhang Fangping come back to his senses and know that the situation was critical and he could not hesitate any more, so he immediately sent someone to order them to rush back to reinforce immediately.

However, it will take a few minutes to wait for the troops from other positions to come back, so in these few minutes it became the winner of Guan Jian. But now the People's Army guarding the position only has its own guard platoon. Even if the members of the battalion were pushed up, there were only more than 30 people. According to the combat regulations, the artillery can retreat when the enemy attacked the position, so they had retreated to the rear at this time.

Although the position has machine gun fire support, it is still difficult to stop the Japanese attack. This is because the number of Japanese troops is far greater than that of the Japanese troops who just inserted the assault, and the attack surface is also wider at this time, and the machine gun fire cannot completely block the Japanese attack route. In addition, because the distance between the Japanese army was too close to the People's Army's defense line at this time, the machine gun was afraid of accidentally hurting his companions, so he did not dare to fire at will. All these situations caused the power of the machine gun to be greatly reduced.

In fact, if it was on other battlefields, the People's Army could only win the time for other troops to return to aid by retreating 2,300 meters, but now the People's Army could not take a step back at all. So Zhang Fangping could only order all mortar soldiers to put down their mortars and use rifles to join the battle to block the Japanese army.

Except for the gunners, other gun crew members are equipped with rifles and have received certain shooting training. Therefore, all this group of artillery soldiers join the defense, which can indeed strengthen the firepower of the defense line.

The results after the war proved that this was a correct decision. Of course, the actual effect was not what Zhang Fangping thought. After the artillery joined, the People's Army's defense was strengthened and he finally defended the position. Because the Japanese army was too close to the position at this time, when the artillery arrived, the Japanese army had already attacked the position of the civilian army. If the artillery did not come, relying on these more than 30 people, the Japanese army could not withstand the Japanese rush directly. The consequences were really unpredictable. With these more than 200 artillery soldiers, they could withstand a time and win time.

When the Japanese army rushed into the People's Army's position, Zhang Fangping also knew that it was the time when the most important thing was to build. He looked back at the two self-propelled cannons and made up his mind to save the safety of these two self-propelled cannons at all costs.

Although Zhang Fangping's qualifications are average, his loyalty to the East China Government and the People's Army is completely from the heart. Because it was the East China Government, the People's Army gave him a brand new life.

The reason why Zhang Fangping joined the Boxer Rebellion is very simple. The same reason as the history of the peasant uprising in China for more than two thousand years was that he could not eat enough. The drought in northern China in 1900 both starved to death. If Zhang Fangping had not participated in the Boxer Rebellion for the last breath, he would have the same fate as his parents.

Zhang Fangping's Boxer Rebellion was not long, only more than three months, but he opened a window for him, allowing this farmer who had only known how to farm and paid rent to see the excitement of the world.

It should be said that this experience was the most enjoyable day in Zhang Fangping's life. He gathered with the brothers of the group to practice martial arts, rob the wealthy families, and killed foreign devils. Later, he even entered Beijing and was received by Cixi. Of course, Zhang Fangping was caught among the group and could only see from a distance, and even could not see the face of the legendary Old Buddha. At this time, Zhang Fangping firmly believed in the Boxer's preaching, and believed that the magical skills he practiced were protected by gods, and could easily defeat foreign devils. After defeating foreign devils for a few days, a high-ranking official had to sit and ride a horse.

But soon the guns and cannons of the Eight-Nation Alliance easily tore up to pieces the invincible belief in magical powers. After Zhang Fangping saw his senior brother who taught his magical powers with his own eyes, he finally realized that there was no magical power that was invulnerable, or that magical power could not stop the guns and cannons of foreigners.

After the failure of the Boxer Rebellion, Zhang Fangping and more than a dozen members hid in the mountains and forests. On several occasions, he thought he would die, but he miraculously survived until the People's Army arrived.

Zhang Fangping's motivation for joining the People's Army was the same as joining the Boxer Regiment, just to have a full meal. But soon he discovered that the People's Army and the Boxer Regiment were completely different. Although on the surface, the People's Army and the Boxer Regiment did almost the same thing, they gathered together, practiced, grabbed big families, and killed foreign devils, but their statements were completely different. Gathering together was to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between comrades. Practicing qigong was to learn the ability to kill enemies, and grab big families was to give the poor a field plant.

The killing of foreign devils is because Shen Guo is no longer bullied. The language is very simple, but the reason is very clear. In addition, the People's Army's military discipline is strict, and superiors do not treat subordinates harshly. The monthly military pay is paid like a student, and it is indeed a defeat for foreign devils. This also makes Zhang Fangping respect the leader of the People's Army. Although he is not as free as in the Boxer Regiment in the People's Army, Zhang Fangping still stays in the People's Army for a long time and is promoted to battalion commander.

During the years in the People's Army, Zhang Fangping not only became an official and married a wife, but also got a son when he was promoted to battalion commander. He also learned to learn literacy and arithmetic, and understood many principles he had not understood before. Only then did he feel that he had a personal life, and the past 20 years had been a muddy life.

Of course, Zhang Fangping also knew that all the things he had now were given by the East China Government and the People's Army. If there was no East China Government and the People's Army, even if he was not dead, he would never have had any trouble. Therefore, he was determined to repay this kindness for his whole life.

After the Boxer Rebellion experience, Zhang Fangping had no fear of death. He also firmly believed that even if he died in the battlefield, the East China government would definitely take good care of his wife and son, because in recent years he had seen many families of military lieutenants who received good care of the government, so he had nothing to worry about.

So Zhang Fangping drew out the two Type 96 pistols he equipped with and shouted: "Brothers, you must defend the position, and you cannot let a Japanese devil go." As he said that, he shot in succession, knocked down 4 or 5 Japanese soldiers in a row. The other soldiers also held bayonet rifles and rushed towards the Japanese army, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army. Although the Japanese army's hand-to-hand combat capabilities and number were above the People's Army, it was difficult to defeat the People's Army on the position in a short period of time.

Kobe Jiro also knew that there was not much time left, and he could see the People's Army on both sides rushing towards him, so he desperately urged the Japanese army to attack, and even waved his sword to fight and slashed two People's Army soldiers. But at this moment, another People's Army joined the battle group. It turned out that Huang Taisong and others also knew that the last line of defense must be defended, so they drew more than 200 people from the self-propelled artillery troops to reinforce the positions.

Although the number of reinforcements was not large and they were not combatants, it was a heart-warming agent for the People's Army on the battlefield. Even Zhang Fangping felt relieved, but it was a heavy blow to the Japanese army, because at this time, the Japanese soldiers could clearly see two huge self-propelled artillery vehicles, less than 100 meters apart, and some bullets even hit the steel plates of the self-propelled artillery vehicles and made a "bang" sound, but they just couldn't reach it. Although Kobe Jiro tried his best to slash his sword, his personal courage was useless at this time.
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