If the battle of Fengyang is won, Jiangbei will basically ensure its survival, if it is defeated, Jiangbei will soon be annexed by Beiyang, Wang Yongan will widen his eyes, just waiting for the news of the battle of Fengyang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When it comes to Fengyang, many people will only remember that it is Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, but they will not think that his geographical location is very important, but if you mention another famous battle, people will understand how important Feng Yang is to Anhui Province, which is the Battle of Bengbu. Although Fengyang Prefecture will be Fengyang County, Bengbu has become the most important strategic location of Fengyang Prefecture because of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, and Feng Guozhang's strategic goal is to occupy Bengbu, Fengyang Prefecture.

Fengyang Mansion has jurisdiction over six counties, namely Fengyang County, Linhuai County, Huaiyuan County, Dingyuan County, Lingbi County and Hong County, during the Qianlong period Linhuai County flooded, the whole county was flooded, the Qing government canceled Linhuai County and merged into Fengyang County, so to the end of the Qing Dynasty Fengyang Mansion only five counties, the two most important counties of the five counties are Fengyang County and Dingyuan County, the Jinpu Railway through the Bengbu and Dingyuan County of Fengyang Prefecture and finally arrived at Pukou in Chuzhou.

The southern road with melting ice and snow has become the biggest enemy of the Beiyang Army, and the reason why the first road has been walking for so long is that the road is overwhelmed, Feng Guozhang got the construction drawings of Wang Yongan's preparation to build a railway in Jiangbei in Pukou, and sighed: "If we attack Jiangbei three years later, we will not be so embarrassed." ”

After Feng Guozhang occupied Pukou, he ordered a short rest to wait for follow-up ammunition, while Britain and France secretly transported ammunition to Pukou through the Yangtze River, providing logistical support for the Qing generals.

Feng Guozhang received the support of British and French ammunition, his confidence soared, and now Feng Guozhang has the Cao Kun Department of the Third Town of the Beiyang New Army (Chief of Staff Xiao Yaonan, under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Association Tang Tianxi Department, the Sixth Association Zhang Hongkui Department, the third standard of the horse team Li Dianrong Department, the third standard of the artillery team Wu Peifu Department), the fourth town of the Beiyang New Army Wu Fengling Department (Chief of Staff Yang Shande, under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Association Chen Guangyuan, the Eighth Association Wang Yujia, the fourth standard of the horse team Zhang Jiuqing Department, and the fourth standard of the artillery team Chen Zhengren Department), Li Chun Department of the 11th Association of the 6th Town of the Beiyang New Army (under the jurisdiction of the 21st Standard Wu Jinbang Division, the 22nd Standard Zhang Jingyao Division, the 6th Standard Wang Engui Department of the Horse Team, and the 6th Standard Zhang Songbai Department of the Artillery Team), the 29th Association Zhang Xiyuan Department of the Henan New Army, and the 20th Battalion of the Henan Road Patrol Battalion, of which the Henan Road Patrol Battalion is mainly used as a rear defense force to occupy central Anhui and is responsible for rhyming grain and grass ammunition, and the real combat army is the three Beiyang Army, totaling more than 60,000 people.

The real main force of Yuan Shikai's crusade against Wang Yong'an Jiangbei was not the second road of the seemingly powerful Qing army, but the first road of Feng Guozhang's Qing army, and Feng Guozhang also lived up to expectations, and won successive battles - of course, this is mainly related to the Jiangbei Army's abandonment of the front line to shrink the defense, but more importantly, because of the wrong arrangement of the early strategy, Jiangbei was too conservative, and their purpose in the early stage was only to promote peace, but they did not expect Yuan Shikai to strangle them.

From Chuzhou along the Jinpu Railway to the north, first pass through Dingyuan County, and Dingyuan County Dingyuan Railway Station has become a necessary place for the Beiyang Army to attack Bengbu. In order to seize the Dingyuan Railway Station, Feng Guozhang ordered Cao Kun to lead the Third Town to quickly occupy the railway station, and Cao Kun handed over this important task to Li Dianrong, the third standard of the cavalry.

Li Dianrong's cavalry moved quickly and rushed to the Dingyuan Railway Station, but they didn't know that Fang Xianwu had already ambushed heavy troops here, relying on armored trains and station fortresses to build a defensive line, and defending here was the Second Regiment of the Ninth Division of the Jiangbei New Army. Fang Xianwu's task for the second regiment was to hold on for three days, but what he didn't expect was that Guo Xichen, the commander of the second regiment, saw that the Beiyang army was strong, so he actually disappeared in advance.

After Yi Bin, chief of staff of the second regiment, learned that the regiment commander had escaped, he immediately called the deputy regiment commander and the three battalion commanders together, took out his pistol and said: "Guo Laoba has run away, and now only we are left, if we also run away, this team will be finished." I decided to continue the mission and fight the Beiyang Army. Brothers, we have studied in the military academy for many years, and many generals of the Beiyang Army are classmates, but what are we inferior to them? ”

"It's not bad."

Yi Bin said: "Yes, it's not bad, so we have to fight hard with the Beiyang Army now, brothers, maybe we only have this chance in our lives, maybe we will never have the opportunity to fight face-to-face with the Beiyang Army in this life." What will happen to Guo Xichen and Guo Laoba in the future, have you ever thought about it, although he lived for a while, but as a man and a gentleman, he will not dare to recall his past in the future, and his life will be wasted. Although I, Yi Bin, am only twenty-five years old, I dare to do it, maybe I will die here, but if I don't die, this is the proudest thing in my life. ”

"Chief of Staff, we did it with you." The generals replied.

The battle for Dingyuan Railway Station took place on March 26, and the temperature in the south has gradually risen, especially in the past few days, the ice and snow have begun to melt, and the war horses have splashed mud on the road, which is why the Beiyang Army wants to go north along the railway, after all, it is more difficult to take other roads.

Yi Bin calculated that the Beiyang Army could only advance along the train tracks, so he had already laid an ambush, and when Li Dianrong's cavalry rushed to the station, Yi Bin used the armored train to advance and strafe with machine guns, while the soldiers of the Second Regiment of the Ninth Division of the Jiangbei Army sat in the train carriage, opened the window and shot leisurely outward, aiming at the enemy, snapping a shot, and a cavalryman fell.

Li Dianrong's troops immediately scattered and fled, but when they passed by the surrounding mud and rice fields, many people had to dismount and lead their horses to run. Yi Bin laughed and shouted: "Brothers, chase me, kill one and reward three taels of silver, and catch one and reward five taels of silver." ”

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Jiangbei Army rushed out excitedly with bayonets, and in the muddy rice fields, two legs were far better than four legs, and the cavalry of Li Dianrong's Beiyang Army fled desperately, so they escaped by luck.

Looking at the fleeing figure of the Beiyang Army, Yi Bin immediately asked people to send a telegram to the Bengbu base camp to inform them of the recent situation on the battlefield. Zuo Shuai Fang Xianwu temporarily appointed Yi Bin as the commander and chief of staff of the Second Regiment, with full authority to manage the Second Regiment, and told him that the Beiyang Army would definitely retaliate, and that the Second Regiment could withdraw at any time, and that the Third Regiment had arranged the second line of defense in the three mountain positions of Jiashan, Maoshan, and Zhangshan in Fengyang County, and was ready to respond.

"Zuo Shuai is too careful." Yi Bin said to the deputy commander, "If it were me, I would send an army to directly attack central Anhui, so that the rear of the Beiyang Army would be in chaos and cut off its baggage transportation roads." But what Yi Bin didn't know was that at this time, all the baggage and ammunition of Feng Guozhang's department were transported and supported by Britain and France through the Yangtze River waterway, and even if more people were dispatched, they would cut Feng Guozhang's logistics road, and they could only divide their troops.

The attack on the forward troops of the Beiyang Army caused heavy losses to the Beiyang Army, and after Li Dianrong's troops lost more than 400 people, they fled back to Chuzhou in disgrace. Feng Guozhang was furious and immediately demanded that Cao Kun immediately lead his army forward and storm the Dingyuan Railway Station.