With a total strength of 24,000 troops, the Third Town of the Beiyang New Army is a first-class strong army of the Beiyang Army, and it is not natural to storm the railway station - but this will take time, and the defensive ability of the Jiangbei Army on the opposite side is far beyond their expectations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Xiao Yaonan, Cao Kun's staff officer, estimated that it would take at least five days to capture the Dingyuan Railway Station, which was like the Iron King Eight.

But what Feng Guozhang lacks most now is time, the Qing army's 300,000 troops went south, but he didn't expect that the four-way army lost three roads, and the second road was defeated and returned to Shandong, the third road was completely annihilated and only one association escaped, and the fourth road was defeated since the chaos of the position, the Qing army or Yuan Shikai urgently needed a big victory to stabilize the army's heart.

As the first heir of the Beiyang Army, Feng Guozhang thought that he also needed a big victory to consolidate his position in the Beiyang Army and even the Qing Army, both in terms of connections and military ability.

"There must be no delay, Zhong Shan, your troops must immediately capture the Dingyuan Railway Station." Feng Guozhang said to Cao Kun.

As Feng Guozhang's confidant general, Cao Kun nodded violently, of course he understood the importance of Dingyuan Station in his heart, but now he was worried about the other party's armored train, this armored train was a new and unfamiliar weapon for the Beiyang Army, and many Beiyang Army soldiers trembled with fear after seeing the armored train.

"What the hell is this?" Cao Kun said with a wry smile.

Chief of Staff Xiao Yaonan said: "It's better to dismantle the railway ......"

"No, the railway can't be dismantled." Cao Kun said helplessly, "We have put so much effort into dismantling the railway in order to occupy it...... We've lost all our work. ”

Xiao Yaonan sneered: "Why bother to go to Fengyang Bengbu to fight a decisive battle with the enemy, if I say, just take Yangzhou, as long as Yangzhou is occupied, the Jiangbei army will lose its backbone, and it will naturally surrender to us." ”

"Alas, we just need to obey the military order, and we don't have to talk about the decision of the superior." Cao Kun said.

Although Guo Xichen, the general of the Jiangbei Army, fled before the war, he left a vital defensive weapon for the Jiangbei Army - the armored train. At this time, the armored train was not a professional armored train with machine guns like in World War II in later generations, but Guo Xichen, who was an engineer professional, clearly realized that if the iron guy of the train was inlaid with heavy machine guns, then the powerful defense and outstanding firepower were enough to deal a fatal blow to the enemy. Of course, all the premise is that the enemy does not destroy the Jinpu Railway, Guo Xichen once discussed privately with Yi Bin that Feng Guozhang must not want to destroy the railway, after all, the goal of Feng Guozhang's army is Pukou, and the only purpose of attacking Pukou is to occupy the Jinpu Railway.

It's a pity that Guo Xichen is a good staff officer, but not a good general, and when he faced the pressure of the enemy's army, he fled privately. Yi Bin inherited everything from Guo Xichen, including the armored train and his knowledge of the enemy, since the enemy would definitely not destroy the railway, he could use the armored train to attack the enemy.

After Cao Kun's troops surrounded the Dingyuan railway station, Yi Bin personally led a company of soldiers on an armored train and then rushed south along the Jinpu Railway.

"Dada......"

The shooting holes on the train fired bullets like rain, knocking the Beiyang Army soldiers around them to the ground, and the powerful ability of the armored train front knocked all the obstacles on the railway open, and Cao Kun's unknown defense line was opened a gap, and the Jiangbei Army was extremely likely to escape. Cao Kun immediately ordered the gap to be sealed, but what he didn't expect was that Yi Bin then came back in an armored train, and continued to strafe, repeatedly strafing, killing and wounding countless Beiyang Army soldiers.

"Grandma's bear, what the hell is this?" Cao Kun was furious when he learned that his army had been killed and wounded by the enemy's one-time charge, and he said to Wu Peifu, the artillery commander: "Ziyu, can you give me a shot to knock that iron guy down?" ”

Wu Peifu thought for a moment and said: "The armored train is very fast, and I am worried that the shelling will damage the railway, and if I don't care about damaging the railway, I will definitely be able to knock it down." ”

Tang Tianxi said sarcastically: "If we could destroy the railway, we would have picked up the railway a long time ago, and it would be your artillery's turn?" ”

Wu Peifu frowned, unhappy in his heart, this Tang Tianxi used to be the captain of the guard for Yuan Shikai, and he didn't have any great skills, but he was mixed up with the co-unification because of his qualifications, Wu Peifu looked down on this officer who smoked a lot in private, so he said coldly: "I believe that the artillery can be done well, and the commander will give us a day to prepare." ”

"If the cowhide blows up, it won't end well." Tang Tianxi laughed.

"You can't say that, if everything can be calculated well, then we still need to do what we soldiers, just a group of accountants can lead the army to fight." Zhang Hongkui said with a smile that he had a good relationship with Wu Peifu, and he couldn't see Tang Tianxi sarcastically mocking Wu Peifu in his words.

Cao Kun thought for a while and said: "Ziyu, I can only give you one day, while the troops are resting for one day, you have to think of a good way for me, that is, you can't blow up the railway, but also blow up the enemy's Iron King." ”

Wu Peifu agreed with a wry smile, and after he returned to the army, he gathered his subordinates, first simulating the speed of the train, and then using the time difference of the artillery shooting to bombard the armored train. However, this method was unsuccessful after many trials, and until the evening, Wu Peifu did not find a suitable method at all, and his officers suggested that there was no other way to demolish the railway.

Wu Peifu had no choice but to apologize to Cao Kun, and said that temporarily dismantling the railroad is the only way, maybe we let the armored train drive directly into the water, after all, it only takes one day to rebuild the railway, but now we have been blocked by them for a day, if we still have any scruples, we will be blocked by the Jiangbei Army for at least three days. After much deliberation, Cao Kun decided to dismantle the railroad tracks and let the head of the armored train fall into the rice paddies on the side of the road.

Tang Tianxi learned that Wu Peifu was deflated, and was about to look for Wu Peifu to see his jokes, but was stopped by Zhang Hongkui and said: "Old Tang, I know you look down on Wu Ziyu, but he has real skills, don't go against him in the future." ”

"I just don't care about his bullish appearance, dog, there are many capable people, and there are few who die like him." Tang Tianxi said.

Zhang Hongkui said: "To be honest, Wu Ziyu's ability is originally stronger than you and me, and now although he is just a cannon standard, Cao Dashuai attaches great importance to him, and we will have more contact with him in the future, and it is better to make fewer enemies." ”

"Cut! Does he dare to provoke me? Tang Tianxi said disdainfully, but after Zhang Hongkui's advice, he stopped provoking Wu Peifu, but unfortunately Wu Peifu hated Tang Tianxi deeply and buried this hatred in his heart.