Chapter 475: Battle of Fengyang (4)
"Bang! Bang! Boom ......"
The train started, the wind blew into the carriage, and at the same time the sun had sprinkled into the train carriage, everyone was very nervous, and did not dare to have the slightest snubbing and underestimation of the enemy, and then the train encountered the enemy's blocking troops, everyone was engrossed, but they did not expect the enemy to run away when they saw the train coming, so that the second regiment easily withdrew from Dingyuan County. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Soon after, Wang Xibao only felt that the heavens and the earth were shaken, and he knew that the Dingyuan Railway Station had exploded, and even about two kilometers of rails carrying the Tianjin-Pudong Railway were also blown up. The soldiers in the carriage cheered, and some people said: "Look, look, Qinggou took great pains to get the train station, but I didn't expect it to be a waste station." ”
"Hahaha, Qinggou deserves it." Everyone talked and laughed, this battle was fought both happily and aggrieved, happy because the first appearance of the armored train made the brave Beiyang Army suffer a big loss, the grievance was that the opponent's artillery was too accurate, the defensive position of the Jiangbei Army was built very strong, but it was suppressed by the opponent's artillery and could not raise its head, 80% to 90% of the casualties of the soldiers on this side were caused by the opponent's artillery, and after leaving the Dingyuan Railway Station, without the opponent's artillery to throw shells on the head, everyone could finally relax.
"Xibao, what do you want?" The squad leader asked.
"Squad leader, why do you think they want to beat us?" Wang Xibao asked rhetorically.
The squad leader was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, if you let you beat it, can you not listen to the commander's order?" ”
Wang Xibao said: "But the instructor said that we will be restored in order to overthrow the Manchu emperor and establish a country of our Han people, isn't the Beiyang Army also Han?" ”
"Even if they are Han Chinese, they are also soldiers." The squad leader sighed, "No matter what you say, those who are soldiers must listen to their superiors, didn't the instructor say it?" Soldiers regard obedience to orders as their duty, and those who become soldiers must first obey orders before thinking about whether the order is right or not. Like this morning, let us charge in a row, can you think more? ”
Wang Xibao smiled and said, "No, if I think too much, I will definitely be kicked by you." ”
"Hahaha......" The soldiers around him chuckled.
"Alright, little cubs, leave one soldier at each window to watch, and the rest to sleep." The company commander came over at this time and ordered, the soldiers lowered their heads and began to rest a little, after fighting with the Beiyang Army last night, now everyone is exhausted, fortunately the train speed at this time is not fast, the wind pouring in from the window is not hard, and the weather has suddenly warmed up these days, and the temperature during the day is very high.
Wang Xibao looked out the window, he couldn't sleep, and the faces of the people he killed kept repeating in his head, which made him feel very annoyed. After walking all morning in a daze, they finally arrived at the Sanshan position, and in the response of their comrades-in-arms, the soldiers got off the train and were quickly arranged to eat and rest in the dormitory, and even the comrades-in-arms of the Sanshan position also prepared hot water, so that many of them took a good hot bath.
The defense force of the Sanshan position is the third regiment of the ninth division of the Jiangbei Army, the commander Bai Chun is not a Han, but a Mongolian officer, and the people who opposed the Manchu government in the late Qing Dynasty are not only Han Chinese, but all ethnic groups in the country, especially the people at the bottom have also awakened and hope to establish a new country and break the rotten imperial rule.
Bai Chun is an officer in Mongolia, once studied in the Baoding Army Non-commissioned Officer School for two years, and then went to the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School to study for a year, and after returning to China, he studied for another year in the Tianjin Military Academy (later renamed Beiyang Army University), but after graduation, he encountered an embarrassing thing, the old army did not want him, and the new army rejected him.
The commanders of the old army, such as the patrol battalion, are all cronies or relatives of the local governor, for the patrol battalion, it is the last word to use the new one, and only the back is the most reassuring to hand over the back to the relatives on the battlefield, how can Bai Chun, an outsider, be inserted into other people's ranks, and according to Bai Chun's military rank, at least to be a commander, who wants him to take care of a patrol battalion. The new army is divided into the six towns of the Beiyang New Army and the new army of each province, of which the main force of the six towns of Beiyang is not very accepting of non-Han officers, and Yuan Shikai's army has always maintained a high degree of xenophobia, which is why he can always master the six towns of Beiyang. (In the later period, many non-Han officers were absorbed, but it did not affect the combat effectiveness) and the provincial new army did not need a commander to give advice, Bai Chun was placed in the Sichuan Provincial New Army, because the Sichuan people were xenophobic, and Bai Chun was a Mongol, so he was repeatedly ostracized.
After Bai Chun was in the Sichuan Army for half a year, he unexpectedly learned that his former classmate Fang Xianwu was an officer in Jiangbei, so he resolutely resigned as an officer in the Sichuan Army, defected to Fang Xianwu and came to the Jiangbei Army, and became a staff officer under Fang Xianwu. The Jiangbei Army is really a place that does not exclude talents, Bai Chun followed Wang Yongan and Fang Xianwu to fight abroad, served as the commander of the guard company, the commander of the reconnaissance company, and participated in the attack on the city of Irapuato, although the performance was not outstanding, but the accumulated merits, after returning to China, he served as the commander of the field battalion, and after the expansion of the Jiangbei Army, he served as the head of the regiment.
The Ninth Division of the Jiangbei Army has five field regiments, the commanders are Ni Baoguo, the first regiment commander, Guo Xichen, the second regiment commander, the third regiment commander Bai Chun, the fourth regiment commander Zhang Fengwu and the fifth regiment commander Jiao Yuchen, Ni Baoguo is the division commander Huang Zhan's old subordinate, it is said that he is ready to be promoted to deputy division commander, but in terms of strength, Bai Chun and Zhang Fengwu are the most powerful competitors for the deputy division commander, but unfortunately one of the two of them is a Mongolian, the other is a Sichuan, Huang Zan is still worried about their loyalty, but he was rashly promoted to Ni Baoguo, Huang Zan is also worried that others will say that he is a gang, so the candidate for the deputy head of the regiment became a three-person dispute, and the three of them secretly competed.
Bai Chun wants to perform better, firstly, to let the Jiangbei army take a look at his own ability, and secondly, to let everyone see his determination to be loyal to Jiangbei.
After arranging the friendly forces, Bai Chun called Yi Bin and discussed with him how to use the advantages of the three mountains to engage the enemy, Yi Bin said with a smile after watching the terrain of the three mountains: "Unless the enemy traps them on the mountain, they will definitely not be able to cross the three mountain positions." ”
The total strength of the two armies was more than 6,500 people, and after sending back to Fengyang more than 500 wounded soldiers who continued to recuperate, there were still 6,000 Jiangbei troops in the Sanshan position, which was very bad news for the Beiyang Army.
After the morning attack, Cao Kun's army reacted quickly, but found that the Dingwu railway station had been blown up, and the railway track of the Jinpu Railway had also been damaged by two kilometers. However, when Cao Kun arrived at the Sanshan position, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, the three peaks were staggered, the Tianjin-Pudong Railway passed between the peaks, and the armored train was reused, and the Sanshan position became a hard bone.
"Damn Anhui Province, why are there so many mountains?" Cao Kun looked up to the sky and scolded.