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Hubei, Yichang, the military camp of the Heihushan Garrison Regiment.

Wang Mo frowned and watched the soldiers of the First Division of the Sichuan Army launch an attack on the Yichang garrison.

The shortcomings of the Sichuan Legion, which did not have enough elite veterans and had not fought a real hard battle, were exposed here. When the Sichuan soldiers launched the charge, they just buried their heads in their heads, and they didn't know how to lower their bodies and run at all, and the infantry line was not scattered enough, let alone cooperate with each other to charge alternately. As a result, in the face of a garrison regiment in Yichang District, the three regiments of the 1st Division charged several times in turn, but they did not completely take the Yichang garrison regiment.

The Sichuan Army seemed to be invincible before, but in fact, most of the opponents they faced were uninspired, and they could basically win it with a messy punch, which was not a real hard battle at all.

The Hubei army was very different from the previous opponents of the Sichuan Army, and the combat effectiveness of the Hubei New Army was also among the best in the country. With a single round of training and the quality of individual soldiers, the Hubei New Army, which is known as the strongest army in Nanyang, is not necessarily weaker than the Beiyang Army.

Many soldiers of the Yichang Garrison Regiment were veterans of the original Eight Towns, and it was only because of Li Yuanhong's suspicion and many reasons that they were reorganized and sent to the garrison regiment, and their combat effectiveness was naturally not weak.

The Yichang garrison regiment was attacked by the Sichuan army for a while before, but it quickly reacted, quickly used the terrain of Yihei Tiger Mountain to build a defensive line, and gradually stabilized its position. Their bunkers were set up very tightly, the firing points were well concealed, and the soldiers' marksmanship was very accurate, so it was not surprising that they were able to repel several charges from the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army.

"Order, the 1st Division withdraws! Lu Dayong, you go up with the second division and a regiment! Wang Mo ordered.

"Yes!" Lu Dayong immediately stood up to take the order.

Wang Mo advised: "Don't just cover your head and fight stupid battles like the first division, think more about what is said in the combat drill code, how do I usually take you, do you understand?" ”

Lu Dayong snapped and replied loudly: "Understood!" ”

Wang Mo always seemed a little verbose when he gave combat tasks to the officers of the Second Division, who he personally brought out, and often instilled his own operational thinking and concepts in them, and explained the strategic and tactical arrangements. It has to be said that this kind of teaching in actual combat is much more efficient than teaching in the classroom of the military academy, and the officers of the Second Division have made very rapid progress under Wang Mo's words and deeds, and they are no longer the children of peasant families who did not understand anything when they joined the army in the past.

Soon after Lu Dayong left, Wang Mo summoned all the regimental regiments of the First Division, and the three regiment commanders were obviously a little depressed because of the unfavorable battle.

Wang Mo didn't show any blame, but said: "I called you here to let you see the difference between the Second Division and your operations. At the same time, you all think about why you suffered so many casualties just now, and you couldn't take a mere Yichang garrison regiment after several charges. ”

All the officers of the First Division were a little ashamed, and even Hao Gang, who was usually always arrogant, was silent at the moment.

Soon, Lu Dayong led the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division to launch an attack on the defense line of the Yichang Garrison Regiment.

As soon as the charge began, the officers of the First Division standing beside Wang Mo saw the difference, the first regiment of the Second Division charged as a company, the speed was not fast, and the skirmish line was very open.

Dada-

At each distance of advance, the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division set up machine guns on the left and right flanks to suppress fire and cover the charge of the soldiers.

Under the cover of machine gun fire, the pressure of the Sichuan soldiers was greatly reduced, and the speed of the charge suddenly accelerated.

Whenever there was machine-gun fire on the enemy's position, the mortar team of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division would quickly step forward and set up mortars, lock on the fire point of the garrison regiment, and bombard it with several rounds of artillery bombardment, and cleanly clear the fire point that suddenly appeared in the garrison regiment.

The charging soldiers ran to about 400 meters from the defense line of the garrison regiment and immediately lay down and crawled forward. At a distance of 400 meters, it is basically difficult to hit a prostrate enemy if you are not a sharpshooter with particularly accurate marksmanship, or if you are assisted by an optical sight.

When a soldier crawls for a distance, he stops and shoots at the line of the garrison, providing cover for his comrades crawling behind him. The soldiers in the back climbed to the front and then stopped shooting and fired, and so on alternately to cover the advance.

Advancing to about 150 meters away from the defense line of the garrison regiment, all the soldiers jumped up and charged as fast as they could.

Although the design hit rate of the soldiers of the garrison regiment increased greatly because of the proximity, and the Sichuan soldiers who were constantly charging fell, it was precisely because of the distance that it was difficult for the soldiers of the garrison regiment to have time to fire the second and third shots.

After rushing to about 50 meters, the charging Sichuan soldiers no longer shot while rushing, but grabbed the rifle with their left hand, tore off the wooden-handled grenade that had been tucked into their waist and had unscrewed the bottom cover with their right hand, bit the string with their teeth, and then threw it violently into the position of the garrison regiment.

Boom - boom - boom -

One grenade after another exploded in the position of the garrison regiment, and the defense line of the garrison regiment was suddenly in chaos, and the charging Sichuan soldiers took the opportunity to rush in.

One point was broken, the whole line collapsed, and under the chaos of the garrison regiment that broke through the defensive line, it was simply unable to resist the ferocious attack of a regiment of the second division, and soon died and abandoned the surrender of the abandoned weapon, and the Black Tiger Mountain garrison was completely captured.

During the whole offensive process, although the performance of the second division and the first regiment was still a little immature, the charge had no rhythm and was disrupted by the garrison regiment from time to time, and the quality of the individual soldiers was not high and relied too much on firepower to cover, but on the whole, Wang Mo was satisfied.

Just now, the three regiments of the First Division attacked in turn, and it took half a day to take the Yichang garrison regiment. But now it has only been a while, and the second division and the first regiment have captured Heihu Mountain, and the casualties are not very large. The officers of the First Division looked at each other with even greater shame. You must know that on weekdays, their first division has always regarded itself as an elite veteran, and they don't look down on the recruits and young children of the second division, and some officers even complained that Wang Mo preferred the second division he brought out.

"What's the matter, that's it?" Wang Mo saw the dejected looks of the officers of the First Division, and said a little excitedly. He hoped to reverse the operational thinking and philosophy of the First Division, but he did not want to attack these people.

As if he had been greatly insulted, Hao Gang suddenly shouted loudly: "Whoever coaxed it, if he dares to charge to the death, none of the brothers in the first division will be a bad seed!" Yelled, and the volume went down again, "That's it...... It is this delicate work that the brothers will not be able to learn for a while. ”

Wang Mo smiled slightly and said, "I don't want you to learn this style of play right away, just take your time." Our Sichuan Legion is not arrogant, but it is also not arrogant. Compared with the Hubei New Army and the Beiyang Army, which have been in the army for many years, our Sichuan Army is indeed still immature and has many deficiencies. But—"

Speaking of this, Wang Mo raised his voice and shouted: "We can learn in battle, grow in battle, and grow in battle!" Now, the Beiyang Army, known as the strongest army in the world, is now in the area around Wuhan. How about it, do you dare to call the strongest army in the world? ”

"What do you mean by dare! We were originally here for the Beiyang Army, but no one shrank their eggs, the brothers said, didn't they? Hao Gang shouted angrily.

"That's it, what's so great about the Beiyang Army!"

"It's the strongest army in the world!"

"It's to trample the Beiyang Army down, so that everyone can see and see our Sichuan Army!"

……

Being provoked by Wang Mo like this, the officers of the First Division finally recovered from the blow of the defeat just now and rekindled their fighting spirit.

After taking the Yichang garrison, there was nothing in the whole of Yichang that could resist the armed forces of the Sichuan Army, and Wang Mo quickly took control of the city located on the edge of the Yangtze River.

Subsequently, Wang Mo continued to march along the Yangtze River towards Jingzhou, because his logistics and transportation were now very dependent on the Yangtze River waterway.

Whether it was sending the seriously wounded back to Sichuan for resettlement, or transporting the artillery regiment and supplying ammunition, Wang Mo used the transport fleet organized by Wang Dahu.

However, after passing Jingzhou City, Wang Mo was ready to let the artillery regiment go ashore to join the large army, and then march to Wuhan together. This is because the unexpected event in Zigui County ruined his original plan, so he had to take Yichang immediately.

After taking Yichang, the news of the Sichuan Army's eastward march into Hubei must be impossible to hide, so there is no need to pursue the speed of the march, but to be stable. After all, the Beiyang Army, the strongest army in the world, should definitely not be underestimated, Wang Mo would rather fight steadily than risk a surprise attack.

Facts have proved that Wang Mo's guess is not wrong. The news that the Sichuan Army had brazenly marched eastward into Hubei and captured Yichang in one fell swoop spread throughout China by telegram that night.

After the news reached Beijing, Yuan Shikai had to urgently convene a military meeting in the middle of the night to discuss the response strategy.

"Did the Sichuan army really enter Hubei east? How is this possible? ”

"It's true, it is said that the Sichuan army has captured Yichang and is marching into Jingzhou, which is a posture of going straight to Wuhan."

"This ...... How is this possible? Even the Sichuan army's tofu scum-like army can also break through Yichang, and dare to march to Wuhan? ”

"True, I still can't believe it's true. Seeing that the Kuomintang bandits in the south were about to be exterminated, the Sichuan army, which had not been taken seriously by us, actually jumped out to stir up the situation. ”

……

The Beiyang officers present at the meeting had a lot of discussions, and almost everyone was incredulous that the Sichuan army had marched east into Hubei and had been so strong all the way.

"The President has arrived—"

Yuan Shikai walked into the military intelligence chamber in a military uniform, with a gloomy expression.

After all the officers sat down, Yuan Shikai said in a deep voice: "Many of you should have heard that the Sichuan army has entered Hubei in the east and has now captured Yichang, this news has been verified by many parties, this is true!" ”

What the!

The Sichuan army, which was rumored to be unable to even call the army, really brazenly marched east into Hubei and successfully captured Yichang?

Despite their psychological preparations, the Beiyang officers were still shocked and couldn't believe that this supposed absurd and unruly thing was true.

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