It's stuffy, the wind in the carriage is hot, and I can't even sweat for a few flats. ^^ Baidu search, read the latest chapter of this book**The sound of the collision of the wheels and the rails in the ear bath. I could barely hear any other sounds, and all I could smell was the stench coming from the toilet in the corner, except for the smell of sweat on people.

The stuffy jar carriage was full of soldiers stuffed with a wagon, a yellow military uniform, a gold-rimmed hat, and a cowhide military boot on the feet.

As a member of the Beiyang military officers, Wu Peihu was sideways in this stuffy tank carriage, because of the sweltering heat, like everyone else, he also took off the yellow military shirt, and held the big-brimmed hat in his hand and used it as a fan. But this little breeze really doesn't make much of a difference. can only give Wu Pei some psychological comfort.

As the new acting commander of the Beiyang Ninth Division, Wu Peihu is fully qualified to ride a spacious, comfortable, bright and cool float, but he finally chose this stuffy tank carriage as the means of transportation for this trip, which is not entirely contrived, the so-called "up and down with the same yù wins" since ancient times The most taboo thing with the troops is that the bitterness and happiness in the army are uneven, and the bitterness and happiness are uneven, and the upper and lower can't be the same, and the upper and lower can't be the same, so they can't be invincible, but more importantly, to set an example for his officers. In order to build the Beiyang Ninth Division into a leader in the Beiyang Army.

Since Zhao Bei, the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army, can stir horses and spoons with the soldiers in the same pot, then, of course, the commander of the Ninth Division, Wu can also use the same toilet with the soldiers in this stinky stuffy jar carriage.

The division commander took the lead in sitting in the stuffy tank carriage, and the officers and staff officers below naturally did not have special treatment, so they could only follow the example and squeeze into the carriage with the soldiers to endure the torment of the journey, so that they could do so. There was not a single passenger carriage on this military train, and several carriages were all stuffy jar carriages. Only the last cabooze was slightly more comfortable, but none of the officers dared to sit on it.

The Beiyang Ninth Division was ordered to go south to Henan for reinforcements, and its destination was Zhengzhou, Henan.

After the Hunan and Guizhou Incident, the powerful factions in the south were deploying troops, and Beiyang naturally could not remain indifferent. Placing heavy troops along the Jinghan Railway, and obtaining it is a strategy that can be attacked, retreated, and defended.

In fact, the Ninth Division was not a completely new unit, and this year, it was expanded on the basis of a Han infantry standard of the original Zhenjun Jiwei Army. There were a lot of jīng rui drawn from the former Beiyang New Army mixed in the troops, so the combat effectiveness of this division was still quite considerable.

Wu Peixiang was lucky, the commander of the Ninth Division was originally determined to be Duan Qirui's brother-in-law Wu Guangxin. But because Wu Guangxin was not yet thirty years old and too young, so in the end he only became a brigade commander, Yuan Shikai still believed in Wu Peihu, who was born in Xiucai, which was of course because of Wu Peihu's age, but also a balancing measure.

Since the expansion of the Beiyang Army, the power of Duan Qirui, the "Tiger of the Beiyang", has grown too violently, and it is necessary to balance it, so Wu Peihu, who does not belong to the Duan family, was promoted by Yuan Shikai, and this time he was ordered to go south to reinforce, which is also a test of the ability of this Wu division commander, if the ability is insufficient, it is still necessary to withdraw it, after all, there are many people who are staring at the position of the commander of the Ninth Division, and the "Beiyang Dog" Feng Guoci is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and there is no lack of military talent among the cronies under the seat. After Wu Peixiang became the acting commander of the Ninth Division, Feng Guozhu used the "teacher-student relationship" when he was the general of Baoding and the general office of the school to try his best to win over.

However, Wu Peihu wisely kept a distance from Feng Guozhang, because he knew that the current head of the Beiyang Group was Yuan Shikai, not Feng Guoji Feng.

In order to prove his ability to President Yuan Da, Wu Peihu can be regarded as hollowing out his mind to show himself. Not only personally led the leading troops to walk in the forefront, but also refused to take the float prepared by Feng Guozhang for him, this move really won Yuan Shikai's heart, when the military train passed by Zhangde Mansion, Yuan Shikai also personally took a telegram of condolences, and praised Wu Peihu for "leading by example", praising him as a "Beiyang athlete" to Beiyang up and down to take Wu as a model, "to build an invincible division with hard work and tenacity".

President Yuan Da took time out of his busy schedule to send a commendation telegram, this move made Wu Peihu grateful, the person who died as a confidant, Wu Peihu was determined to perform well in the south, even if he couldn't be President Yuan Da's Han Xin, but also be a Zhang Liang, so that Beiyang could take a look, he Wu Peihu Wu Ziyu was still worthy of this military salary, and also asked the revolutionary party in the south to see, there is a Wu division commander in the Beiyang Army who can fight and is not afraid of death.

But Zhang Liang is not easy to do, and Han Xin is even more difficult to do. This way from Tianjin Station, Wu Peihu can be regarded as experiencing the feeling of steaming Turkish bath, this midsummer, in the stuffy tank carriage is a day and a night, the clothes on the body have been soaked with sweat, never dried, the military kettle has long been seen to the bottom, but the dry food prepared is only pot helmet, oil cake, this throat is so dry that no one dares to look at the dry food.

However, this kind of ordeal is nothing to Wu Peixiang, when he was a detective in the Sino-Russian War, he went out to reconnoiter Russian military intelligence on a dripping winter night, and that kind of torment was not much better than the stuffy tank carriage in this midsummer, Wu Peihu gritted his teeth and persevered. Now, he is confident enough to persevere in this stuffy tank carriage.

Persistence is victory, persistence is seniority. What the Beiyang Army values most is this qualification. Why was he Wu Peihu able to become a teacher? It's because he has enough qualifications!

Raising the military kettle and spilling the last few drops of water into his thirsty throat, Wu Peihu closed his mouth and tasted it carefully

, "The taste of a few drops of tea in Xiaoyue, that Mai is the big bowl of tea he poured at Tianjin Railway Station" was drunk to the bottom when he was young, because he didn't dare to stop along the way, so this military kettle has not been refilled with tea.

Seeing Division Commander Wu drinking water, several staff officers and adjutants sitting beside him also subconsciously raised the military kettle and shook it, and then put it back in frustration. Even if there is water to drink, it is the first to honor the commander. Where will the people get how much?

Seeing that his subordinates were a little sluggish, Wu Peihu said with a smile: "Everyone, bear with me, we will cross the Yellow River in a few hours, this train stops to add coal and water, and we can quench our thirst at the train station." Tell someone to open the door a little more and let in more wind. How much can drive away the heat. ”

This is also a cheer, in fact, the door is wide and useless, it is summer, it is hot and dry, the wind pouring in from the outside is simply hot wind, even sweat can not blow away, where can I drive away the heat?

It's also that the train is going too slowly. There is no way, I don't dare to drive too fast, otherwise it is easy to overturn, because there are too many people and too many goods on the car, and these carriages are all old carriages transferred from Tianjin Railway Station, which are eliminated by foreign countries. In disrepair, the iron wheels were worn out much more than the steel wheels, and the good carriages only jumped slightly when they passed through the joints of the two rails, but these carriages were jumping no matter where they passed the tracks. The noise of "bang, bang, bang" is restless.

But this day and night continuous driving. Wu Peihu was used to this kind of noise, so when the train slowed down, he could immediately feel the change in the frequency of the noise.

Finally, Wu Peihu felt the frequency of the noise change again, but this time, the train didn't just slow down, it finally stopped.

The officers and soldiers in the stuffy tank carriage were stunned at first, and then burst into cheers, and some of the anxious soldiers began to squeeze towards the car door, squeezing the soldiers sitting near the car door out of the car.

Jumping out of the carriage with his jubilant subordinates, Wu Peixiang looked left and right, but this was a wilderness, where could he see the shadow of the train station?

The conductor hurried over, his face pale.

"Why park?" Wu Peihu asked.

"If you go back to the division commander, the traffic light in front of you will signal us to stop here. More than a dozen miles ahead is the Taohuayu Iron Bridge of the Yellow River, where there is a small shunting yard on each bank, and it is indeed inconvenient to venture forward, in case you run into other trains. This trip was even more delayed. ”

The conductor explained the reason for the stop, but he didn't know what was going on in front of him, so Wu Peihu didn't ask any more, sent a few horses, and rode the war horses that were transported with the car. Rush to Taohuayu Iron Bridge to investigate.

The soldiers and officers who got off the car went all over the world to look for water sources, and Wu Peihu finally gathered the team and sent people to the nearby villages to find drinking water sources, but before all those people returned to their lives, the horses who went to Taohuayu to investigate had already galloped back with a carriage, and the handlebar type of the car was a railway foreman.

"Division commander, the Taohuayu Iron Bridge in front has been damaged and is no longer open to traffic." The news brought by Ma He made Wu Peihu shocked and inexplicable.

"The iron bridge is heavily guarded, how can it be destroyed?" Wu Peihu asked the railwayman, head.

The man said: "If you go back to your lordship, the iron bridge has not been destroyed, but what has been destroyed is the roadbed of the approach bridge of the iron bridge, and the railroad tracks above have been picked up, and even the road nails have been stolen together, and the place where the bridge is put on and down is more than a mile long. Only the sleepers are left bare. The railroad tracks were stripped last night, and the soldiers guarding the bridge were all tied up, and a train had derailed and capsized in that place before dawn today, without a crane. It can't be dragged away at all. My lord, I'm afraid that this Jinghan line will not work. ”

"Who did that? How dare you tear down the railway? It's the Beiyang Army that guards the bridge.

Wu Peihu asked in amazement.

"It is said that the skinheads of the Republican Army did it. However, it is only rumor. Those people were indeed bold, they not only demolished the railroad tracks, but also kidnapped Mr. Melinado, the foreign manager of the Taohuayu Iron Bridge Management Office late last night, and kidnapped the people by touching the manager's office, and even the guards were not alarmed, and no one knew where they came from. Mr. Merinado was the technician in charge of the Iron Bridge, and without his command, no one would have had the right idea to repair the roadbed and tracks of the Iron Bridge, and several overseers were now arguing there. ”

Listening to the words of the railway foreman, Wu Peihu snorted coldly, thinking of the elusive "bald battalion" of the Republican Army. However, it was just a legend, Wu Peixiang did not believe in any folk myths of "divine soldiers descending from heaven", he insisted that it was just a small army of jīng rui, and that the railroad track was not necessarily demolished by them, and Henan was the territory of the Endeavor Society.

"Order, immediately assemble the troops, leave the Radiant Battalion to guard the Radiant Heavy, and the rest of the men run forward. Rush to Taohuayu, find a ferry on the Yellow River, and let's walk to Zhengzhou! ”

Wu Peihu gave the order expressionlessly, and the staff officer did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sounded the trumpet to gather the troops. In a short time, the Beiyang Army, which numbered more than 1,000 people, set off in full gear.

Riding on a white horse, Wu Peihu looked south, although he could only see the village and the wilderness. But he could also feel Nanyi's tense air.

"The IRA? Hum! I didn't fight with you seriously last time, but this time my Wu family wanted to meet the "invincible and invincible." Commander-in-Chief Zhao. Among the generals of the Beiyang Army, there are certainly spineless ones like Wang Zhanyuan and Lu Yongxiang, but there are also those who are loyal to the country and loyal to their duties, and I, Wu Peihu and Wu Ziyu, are counted as one! ”