Chapter 445: Going North Strongly

Zhang Biao's Hainan cavalry troops roared from the binoculars, and when he visually measured their distance, it was obvious that it was too late for the artillery to adjust the distance and shell this Hainan cavalry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Therefore, Zhang Biao immediately ordered the infantry to quickly charge forward, and just when the Hubei New Army was adjusting its deployment, the cavalry of the Hainan Army had already charged to the artillery position of the Hubei New Army.

At this moment, the artillery of the Hubei New Army was in full swing, and suddenly found that a fierce cavalry unit appeared in front of them.

The cavalry of the Hainan army rushed to the enemy's artillery position at lightning speed, and before the artillery of the Hubei New Army could react, this cavalry had already thrown the explosives in their hands into the artillery position.

This group of cavalry roared and roared away, and just after this group of cavalry roared away, the artillery position of the Hubei New Army instantly turned into a sea of fire.

The enemy is far away, far too far, so the trick is cool

The enemy's Far Away Far Ground Far Away Far Away Far Ground Sect Gang Gang Commander Ling Zhan Middle Road Army organized armored combat vehicles and motor vehicle transport troops, and under the leadership of Huang Biao, they went straight to Baoji, the western gateway of Xi'an.

By the time the infantry of the Hubei New Army received the order to charge and came to the front of the formation, the Hainan cavalry unit had disappeared into the thick fog like lightning.

Just when the Hubei New Army was still shocked by this sudden change, the three mixed brigade units in Hainan began to launch a fierce attack on the mixed brigade of the Hubei New Army.

Due to the early arrival of the Hubei New Army, they had already built strong fortifications during the period before the arrival of the Hainan Army. Therefore, as soon as the infantry in Hainan charged, they were stubbornly resisted.

Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong were also very experienced commanders, and before the start of the battle, they commanded the soldiers to build fortifications and put a lot of effort into it.

The trenches of the Hubei New Army were dug very deeply, so that they could effectively protect themselves in wartime.

After the artillery of the Hubei New Army suffered heavy losses, Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong ordered all the infantry to divide into two teams, ready to take turns to fire at the enemy in front of the Hainan army when they charged to the front.

In this way, the gap between changing bullets will be omitted, and the opponent can be hit more violently, without giving the opponent a chance to breathe.

This trick of the Hubei New Army really worked, completely curbing the charge of the Hainan army, and the Hainan army suffered heavy casualties.

The three brigade commanders, Niu Bibi and Feng Sheng, who entered the city, were at a loss for the situation in front of them. Therefore, they immediately reported the battle situation here to General Ling Zhan, the Changsha General Headquarters of the Middle Route Army.

After Ling Zhan learned of this situation, he immediately asked Chen Zhong to request the Yangtze River Inland River Fleet of the East China Sea Fleet to provide artillery support to the Hainan army.

Colonel Lin Haiyang, the captain of the Yangtze River Inland River Fleet, immediately began to launch a fierce artillery bombardment of the positions of the Hubei New Army after receiving the order from Ye Gucheng of the East China Sea Fleet.

Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong were proud of their tactical success when suddenly in the trenches of the Hubei New Army, one after another whistling shells smashed into the trenches of the position.

In an instant, the infantry position, which was originally lined up, was in shambles. The Hubei New Army was caught in a sea of fire.

This shelling blinded the Hubei New Army. They completely lost their bearings. The officers and men of the Hubei New Army did not understand where this burst of artillery bombardment came from, could it be that the follow-up troops from Hainan had already arrived here?

The enemy is far away, and the ghost is the grandson

Just when the Hubei New Army was still in the circle, the infantry of the Hainan Army had already taken advantage of the thick mountain fog to rush to the front of the battle.

After a fierce close-range shootout, the Hubei New Army was completely confused and quickly retreated.

Seeing that the general situation had turned, Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong hurriedly fled to Wuhan with less than 2,000 new troops who had already withdrawn from the encirclement.

The remaining more than 10,000 Hubei New Army were all captured, and later this group of captured New Army was incorporated into the sequence of the Hainan Army. This was the end of the battle in the Sichuan-Hubei area.

When Zhao Erxun received the news that the Hubei New Army was almost wiped out, he sat down on the Taishi chair, shook his head helplessly, and sighed uncontrollably.

He already had a premonition that Sichuan, a fat country of abundance, would soon change hands.

The Qing army's defense line in southern Sichuan was soon broken through by Ling Zhan's army in the middle.

Blade's special operations forces and Ling Zhan's mid-lane army launched attacks on Chengdu and Chongqing respectively.

The two armies of Hainan used heavy artillery groups to carry out destructive artillery bombardment of the fortifications outside the city.

After destroying all the fortifications around the city, Blade and Ling Zhan agreed that in order not to damage the facilities in the city and injure the people in the city, they adopted a strategy of encirclement and blockade, cutting off all sources of supply from the city and the outside world.

If there were reinforcements from the Qing army to come to support, the Hainan army could use the method of encircling the point to send reinforcements to annihilate the troops that came to support on the spot.

While encircling Chengdu and Chongqing, the two cavalry units of Blade had already begun to cross the dividing line between Gansu and Sichuan and enter the territory of Gansu. Almost at the same time, Ling Zhan ordered Huang Biao's 19th Army to also launch an attack on Shaanxi.

Blade's two cavalry units, led by Liu Tongshu, commander of the First Cavalry Brigade, and Lu Jingang, commander of the Fifth Cavalry Brigade, went straight to Lanzhou.

The Lingzhan Middle Road Army organized armored fighting vehicles and motor vehicle transport troops, and under the leadership of Huang Biao, they went straight to Baoji, the western gateway of Xi'an.

The Qing court did not attach much importance to the defense of Lanzhou, and there were only 20,000 green battalion troops in the city. There were also no artillery, only a few heavy machine guns, and the combat effectiveness was very weak.

According to the military intelligence report of the Military Intelligence Department, there are only fifteen Makqin heavy machine guns in Lanzhou City, and there is not a single artillery, which cannot be compared with the army of Blade at all.

In addition, less than a third of the 20,000 Green Battalion troops are equipped with new rifles, most of them are equipped with old-fashioned muskets, and there are even many people who still use broadswords and spears!

The people in Lanzhou City have basically left this place when they learned that the Hainan army was going to attack Lanzhou. The city of Lanzhou has almost become an empty city.

After learning of this news, Blade changed his original plan to climb the city and bombarded Lanzhou with heavy artillery instead.

"Order the artillery to prepare, first solve the fire point of the Qing army's machine guns, blow up Lanzhou City, and rush directly into it!" Blade lowered the binoculars in his hand and gave the order.

A hundred heavy artillery guns launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Lanzhou City, and after a burst of artillery fire, Lanzhou City was hit a huge gap.

The Qing defenders in Lanzhou had completely lost the ability to resist, and after dealing with the resistance for a while, they abandoned their armor and fled.

The Hainan mobile unit led by Huang Biao appeared outside Baoji City with an ironclad warrior-like attitude.

They still used artillery fire to open the road first, and after making a gap, dozens of armored vehicles drove into Baoji City.

Where had the Qing troops defending the city seen such a thing, and before they could understand what kind of weapon this armored vehicle was, the machine guns in the armored car had already begun to shoot violently.