Chapter 339 Attack on Guangzhou

"Great Marshal Order!"

Swish! In Anqing City, all the officers looked solemnly, straightened their waists, and waited for the following. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The headquarters of the Eastern Expedition Middle Route Army will be disbanded from today, and Li He will be relieved of his position!"

Half a year's crusade is over! Many people sighed with emotion, how many comrades-in-arms were sacrificed, how many were disabled, how many cities were breached, and the most difficult bones were finally gnawed off.

"Since the Eastern Crusade, all departments have been sincerely united, worked hard, and fought bravely to kill the enemy. Therefore, meritorious service can not be rewarded, the 3rd Division is now changed to the Third Army, the commander of the Third Army Li He, at the same time served as the commander of the Wajiang, Henan, and Zhejiang Military Region, responsible for Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and northwest Zhejiang. ”

"The Ninth Division was stationed in Wuhan with brilliant achievements, and Hong Xing was promoted to deputy commander of the Third Army."

"The second column advanced bravely and conquered everything, and is now reorganized into the 22nd Division, with the division commander Jiusong, and also the commander of the Xuanhu Military Region."

"The 13th Division has made meritorious contributions in battle, and it is the forward of the advance, killing a lot of enemies, and attacking the city. Stationed in Anqing, Jiang Yifeng was promoted to commander of the Anqing Military Region. ”

Jiang Yi was stationed in Anqing, which was not expected by everyone, and he himself was surprised.

Anqing is such an important strategic place, it is really shocking that it was thrown to him to garrison, and everyone speculated that this should at least be the descendant of the New People's Army, and Yang Dongfang, who was born in the Eight Classics, is qualified to guard here, otherwise the accessibility of the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is a big deal.

"Dog's day has let this guy pick up the cheap again." When everyone was thinking about Yang Dongfang's intention to let the 16th Division guard Anqing, Li He was muttering about another thing, and everyone reacted at this time, daring to give the commander of his own family the matter of guarding Nanchang, and transferred the second army of Tie 13 out of Jiangxi and went to Nanjing, this is to let Tie 13 be in charge, the rhythm of the commander-in-chief of the northern attack, and then there is nothing to do with their third army, no wonder the boss looks indignant.

But it's a pity, everyone understands a truth, originally their middle route army was to be assisted, but as a result, the Xianghan became the protagonist, and the task of taking the Yangtze River and breaking Anqing was deducted from Commander Tie.

Maybe Tie Thirteen has been complaining to Commander Li for a long time?

That's right, just when Li He received the order here, Nanchang's Tie Thirteen roared comfortably.

"Haha! Make you a fat man! This is your life, come to Nanchang obediently, this chair is given to you. Lao Tzu is going to the front line to fight, I want to fight in Beijing, look at the Forbidden City, you can nest in this ravine. ”

Hangzhou!

"This kid is finally back! He also knows to come back! ”

Feng Yuniang muttered a few words, put down the letter, looked southwest, and said to herself: "This kid is still not at ease with King Zhong and others, let Li He, who is good at defense, sit in Jiangxi, and even give him command of the troops of the 23rd Division of Quzhou and Jinhua. I just hope that this time, the people of heaven will not engage in civil strife again! ”

Inside the city of Xiangyang!

"Uncle! The big thing is not good, the New People's Army has broken through Nanyang. ”

The person who walked in was called Liu Jintang, who was full of vitality and handsome, and was Liu Songshan's nephew.

Liu Songshan was taken aback when he heard this: "How could this be, they have just opened the Bauhinia Pass with artillery in the Northwest Independent Division, how can they suddenly take Nanyang." There are about 10,000 of our army there. ”

Liu Jintang sighed and said: "The artillery of the New People's Army is too sharp, after blasting through the Bauhinia Pass, the deterrent power of our army is extremely strong, the defenders of Nanyang mutinied, it turned out that the New People's Army had a secret chess in the city as early as last year, and recruited a group of people, I don't know where to get the new rifle, knocked on the city gate from the city, and lied that the Northwest Independent Division attacked the city, and added mutinous soldiers, so the 20,000 army surrendered without a fight. Now a brigade of the Northwest Independent Division has moved into the city, and it will be difficult to take it back. ”

Liu Songshan didn't expect this result, and secretly said that Yang Dongfang was cunning, but he didn't expect to have a plan during the Northern Expedition last year.

"How is it now! Yi Zhai, you see, now that the Northwest Independent Division has captured Nanyang, it has formed a line with the Fourth Division of Suizhou, and has surrounded us, and now the land of Jingzhu has become a dumpling boiled in water, as long as a fire is added, the hot water will cook us. ”

Liu Jintang's eyes were sharp and said, "Uncle! Then we must recapture Nanyang as soon as possible and open up contact with Henan with King Song. ”

"Liu Changyou, don't mention it, this guy wrote the day before yesterday saying that the New People's Army went out of Tongguan and attacked Luoyang, and they wanted to eat his Kaifeng, and the twisted bandits also stabbed him in the back, how can he have the kung fu to help us." Liu Songshan shook his head, and Liu Jintang said hurriedly: "Then urge those Jianghuai to help, now that the bandits have been defeated and left Anhui, they should always be free, and the court can't see death without help." ”

Liu Songshan shook his head: "Yi Zhai, you are still too young, how did Zeng Guoquan die, if they are really willing to sacrifice themselves for others and take care of the overall situation, can they sit back and watch the demise of the Hunan and Han dynasties?" Now that the New People's Army has attacked the north bank of the Yangtze River, the next thing is Yangzhou Huainan and other places, and is the court still the same court? When he named us as kings, he abandoned us, and wanted us to be the substitutes for the New People's Army, to buy time for the Qing Dynasty, so as to develop the Northeast, I think, this group of old and young people have already thought of a way out. ”

Liu Jintang said unwillingly: "How is that good, uncle, we can't just wait and surrender!" Do we still have 60,000 troops? ”

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"Hum surrender, go dream, we have hundreds of thousands of troops, you will fight if you want to!"

The original governor's palace in Guangzhou, which is now the headquarters, Liu Yongfu slapped the table, full of anger, and repeatedly scolded the British consul from Hong Kong.

Ah Liguo was slightly angry, and said gloomily: "General! For the sake of the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Guangzhou, you had better surrender the city, and I believe you don't want this beautiful city to fall into a sea of fire. ”

"How dare you threaten me!"

Ah Liguo waved his hand, indicating that this is the case.

"It's not a threat to you, but your new Nationalist Army is challenging the dignity of our British Empire, it's you who don't take us seriously, as long as you release our Minister Bruce and all the British in China, and compensate us for our mental damages, we can avoid the war, otherwise the Imperial Navy will not let go of any provocateur, and our artillery will destroy all those who resist."

"Excellent! Come on, then, and let me see how long you aggressors can be arrogant. Liu Yongfu flicked his sleeves and left: "Send off!" ”

"You... You! You guys are so rude! The British consul left dissatisfied, and Liu Yongfu said: "Send a telegram to report to Taiping, notify all forts, closely monitor the movements of foreign ghosts, as long as a warship approaches, no need to warn, no need to wait for orders, just fire and sink it!" ”

"Bastard! A group of stupid Oriental pigs, since they have been given a chance not to cherish, then attack, kill into the city of Guangzhou, and all soldiers can enjoy a three-day vacation. "The commander of the British army, Richard Burke, did not even think about it, so he said what he had already made in his heart.

"It's Lord Earl!" As the order to attack Canton from the mouth of the Pearl River was heard, the British soldiers who had come from afar whistled and smiled lewdly.

As long as they break through the city of Guangzhou, they can grab it for three days without impunity!

This is the reason why they came to the East, one by one from the exhaustion of crossing the sea, thinking that the girl in the East was pressed under her, holding porcelain, gold, calligraphy and painting in the other, the whole person was full of energy, and wanted to have inexhaustible strength.

"Kill the Oriental Monkey and enter the city of Guangzhou..."

"Let them know that even God can't stop the wrath of the Empire.。。!"

"Look, there's wolf smoke! The foreign devils are coming, get ready! ”

On Weiyuan Island, the various units were always vigilant, but the soldiers who were far away at the Shajiao Fort received another order.

"When the foreign ghosts go over, if they see the enemy retreating in disarray, they will be shelled on the line."

There are not many batteries in Shajiao, and they are not the main battlefield, if they are blocked first, they will inevitably be destroyed by the fierce shelling of British warships.

However, the New People's Army did not fight the British army, and the British army fought here first.

On the command ship, Vice Admiral Balin of the British Royal Navy said: "I remember that there used to be a battery here, but after we destroyed it, did the Orientals repair it?" ”

"General! Recently, the New People's Army has taken control of various places and has imposed a strict blockade, so it is impossible to know. ”

"Then blow up this place first, and teach the Orientals a lesson."

Soon, the British battleship turned to the east and moved closer, and the guns of more than a dozen battleships bombarded the position of the Sand Point Battery.

"Boom, boom, boom.!"

"Hurry up and get into the bomb hole. No counterattack is allowed without an order. ”

It turned out that the New People's Army had already learned to build a new anti-artillery position, and covered up the real fort, got some fake wooden cannons and painted them, and put them on the old forts that had been destroyed by the British and French forces before, and of course there were useless old guns of the former Qing army.

False, false, true!

After two rounds, the artillery bombardment ended, the British army was satisfied, and then Yang Fan continued to go north and kill the Weiyuan Fort. (To be continued.) )