The 6th Regiment of the Anhui Provincial Revolutionary Army was reorganized from the 3rd Battalion of the 61st Standard, and in addition to the 600 veterans, the other 1,400 people were all temporarily recruited Anqing enthusiastic youths. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The commander of the 6th Regiment was Du Yuzheng, a revolutionary of the former baggage troops, Du Yuzheng was originally a platoon commander of the baggage troops, but this person was a resolute supporter of the revolution and a loyal supporter of Sun Yuyun, so he was entrusted with important tasks.

But it is a pity that Du Yuzheng's command level is limited to the platoon commander, he built a four-kilometer defense line, and distributed the army evenly on this four-kilometer defense line, and did not build a second defense line. Du Yuzheng delusionally imagined that relying on the ditches and trenches, with his regiment of 2,000 men, he would be able to resist the enemy for at least seven days.

A brigade of the Jiangbei Army is 12,000 soldiers, not to mention the number of the Jiangbei Army, and the firepower of the people alone is not something that the Sixth Regiment of the Anhui Army, which has been temporarily formed for only seven days, can withstand it.

A charge, Du Yuzheng's defensive position was not only penetrated, the army was also scattered, Du Yuzheng himself with less than 400 people to stick to the bridge position of the Baier River, but at this time the Baier River dried up in winter, this bridge had no effect at all, and was soon surrounded by the Jiangbei army.

"Report!" Lu Xuezhi, the commander of the cavalry battalion, ran to Gong Xuewen, the commander of the Sixth Brigade of the Jiangbei Army, with blood in his body, looked at the young Gong Xuewen and said: "Report to the brigade commander, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life, killed more than 500 enemy troops, surrendered more than 800 enemy troops, and some enemy troops fled into the forest. ”

Gong Xuewen nodded and said, "Very good, rest." ”

"Yes." Lu Xuezhi said.

Gong Xuewen looked at it with a telescope, estimated the number of troops guarding the bridge, and said to Wang Zhi, the chief of staff: "Five hundred people at most." ”

"I don't think there are more than five hundred." Wang Zhi said with a smile, "The enemy guard is a fool, as the so-called general is incompetent and exhausts thousands of troops, he actually built such a long trench, and he is not afraid of being tired." ”

Gong Xuewen shook his head and said: "Five meters alone, this defensive battle made him fight, typical mindless." ”

Wang Zhi clapped his hands and said, "But next year, the people's land will not have to be turned." ”

"Hahaha......" The generals laughed, obviously feeling incredulous at this extremely stupid defense of the Sixth Regiment of the Anhui Army.

"If it's me, I'll defend it." Wang Zhi said, "I will mainly put it on two high grounds, and build them on the mountain, because they don't need to block our army at all, but just make it impossible for us to conquer and march normally, and stay here to become a wart growing behind us." ”

"Thankfully, it's not you." Gong Xuewen said, "The enemy has been surrounded, and there is no need to fight this battle, so let people send a message to the defenders and allow them to surrender." ”

"Yes." The staff officer replied.

However, to the surprise of the Jiangbei Army, although Du Yuzheng, the commander of the Sixth Regiment of the Anhui Army, was not a good commander, he was a staunch revolutionary, he privately destroyed the letter of surrender, and even ordered the messenger to be shot, making people shout and refuse: "Revolutionary righteous soldiers, never negotiate terms with Manchu lackeys." ”

"Is this man crazy?" Wang Zhi was dumbfounded and shouted.

"There is no shortage of clever people in the revolutionary party, but there is also no shortage of elm heads." Gong Xuewen sighed, and then ordered: "After fifteen minutes of shelling, the rest of the people can surrender, but the enemy general who killed our messenger must not live." ”

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......"

The 75 mm caliber artillery shells blew up the position of the Anhui army's bridge-guarding troops in a mess, and the Anhui soldiers dodged the shells in a panic, but the bridge-guarding position was not large, and it was crowded with more than 500 people, and the Anhui army, which had nowhere to defend, even rushed to flee out, and was immediately shot and killed by the Jiangbei army and fell to the ground.

"Surrender!"

Several Anhui soldiers ran over with white flags held high, and were pressed to the ground by the Jiangbei army and tied aside, and then more Anhui soldiers surrendered.

Shortly after the shelling ended, the troops defending the bridge raised the white flag and chose to surrender.

This round of shelling killed more than 100 people and wounded more than 300 of the troops defending the bridge, and only more than 60 people were lucky not to be injured. In fact, the reason why this army easily chose to surrender was because they themselves were the army of the 61st standard of the 31st Mixed Association, and among the two infantry standards of the 31st Mixed Association, the 61st standard was more inclined to the Qing court, and the 62nd standard was the main force of the revolutionary army.

The fighting spirit of the defenders was not so high, second, they were also taken by the prestige of the Jiangbei Army, and third, they knew that the opponent was strong and their strength was weak, and they hit the stone with eggs, so the morale of the soldiers was naturally not high. In particular, they were very dissatisfied with Du Yuzheng, a revolutionary, who became the commander of the army overnight, everyone knows what kind of command level he is, but he is such a dull person, because he resolutely supports the revolution, he became a general, does not he take everyone's lives as a joke?

In fact, this defensive battle of the Baier River also proved that Du Yuzheng's command level was so low that everyone was completely chilled by the revolutionaries, so as soon as the shelling ended, the soldiers immediately launched a mutiny and tied Du Yuzheng to the Jiangbei Army.

Gong Xuewen asked people to press Du Yuzheng up, and as soon as the two met, they were stunned for a moment, and Gong Xuewen couldn't help but say: "It turned out to be you, junior brother." ”

"It's been a long time, senior, I didn't expect to meet you here." Du Yuzheng was also stunned for a moment, and then said embarrassedly. This Du Yuzheng also received training in the short-term training course of the Beiyang Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and the older Gong Xuewen also served as their instructor, never expected that the two would meet again in this situation.

Gong Xuewen shook his head and sighed, he understood why the level of the enemy commander was so poor, because Du Yuzheng studied the baggage department at the non-commissioned officer school, and was responsible for deploying military horse materials and building fortifications. When he was an instructor for Du Yuzheng, he knew that this person was stiff-headed but stubborn, and Du Yuzheng was responsible for all the shortcomings of this fate, but Du Yuzheng also became the commander of the enemy army, no wonder the enemy army was easily defeated by him, not to mention that his army was overwhelmed, that is, his number was one-third of the opponent, and he was also confident that he could defeat the opponent.

Du Yuzheng raised his head and sneered: "It's very proud to be a dog leg for the Qing Dynasty, senior, Gong Xuewen, who was determined to serve the nation back then, where has he gone now?" Did the Great Qing Kingdom give you any benefits that your Han ancestors had forgotten? What is good about you in this Great Qing Kingdom that makes you so nostalgic? ”

Gong Xuewen didn't explain, he just took off his military hat to reveal the short hair on his head, then put it back on, and said lightly: "Senior brother, our Jiangbei Army has already cut our braids, you listen to me, our Jiangbei Army is not loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but to the 30 million people in Jiangbei." ”