Xia Jun knew very well what kind of combat effectiveness the first and second reading regiments arranged in Yingtan were, so he didn't plan to use them to attack Jiangxi.

Instead, let the second division led by Lin Chenggui enter Jiangxi, and at the same time send a howitzer brigade to assist Lin Chenggui's attack.

The 01 Artillery Division has just been formed, most of them are new recruits, and they haven't even learned how to fight artillery, so sending them out this time is just to let them get used to the atmosphere of the battlefield.

The Second Division has been in force for several months, and its equipment has gradually become on par with that of the First Division, and its combat effectiveness has been significantly improved.

The third division led by Zhang Jiyu is carrying out a large-scale suppression of bandits in Zhejiang, and it cannot be transferred at this time, but it can be transferred to the third division, and the third reading regiment is added to assist in the attack, and the troops used by Xia Jun to launch this war are already very strong.

Xia Jun's troops in attacking Jiangxi this time have reached 30,000, and Jiangxi only has 10,000 troops, which is definitely a knife to kill chickens!

At this time, Xia Jun must establish a kind of prestige, so that the surrounding warlords dare not confront him, and in terms of territory, Xia Jun does not have much **.

At this time, with Xia Jun's strength, even Yuan Shikai has nothing to fear, if he wants to unify China by force, there is no problem at all, but the problem is that he has no administrators!

If you take too big a step, you will fall on your heels, and the meal is still good to eat one bite at a time.

Xia Jun has not laid a good foundation in the administration at this time, but only swallowed Zhejiang, and the administrative system has not been sorted out yet, if he swallows Jiangxi again, it will be a little reluctant.

But this time Xia Jun was attacked by the Jiangxi warlords, and he could only barely do it once.

…… On November 11, Yuan Shikai began the first inducement of the revolutionary army, and several people with paperwork stepped down from a small British steamer, but this time the inducement was rejected by the revolutionary army.

At this time, Xia Jun's Fourth Reading Regiment supporting Hanyang, as well as the rapid-fire artillery battalion, had arrived in Hanyang, and the reinforcements sent by Xia Jun arrived in the second batch, only two days later than the Guangdong reinforcements.

After Yuan Shikai failed to lure the revolutionary army to surrender, he immediately ordered Feng Guozhang to bombard Hanyang in order to exert strong military pressure on the revolutionary army.

Feng Guozhang did not know the essentials, and on November 14, he launched an offensive for Hanyang, and the Yangxia War began to enter the most tragic stage.

On the same day, Xia Jun and Jiangxi warlord Ma Liubao also started a war and merger.

After more than a day of marching, the 2nd Division went to Yingtan, and on the night of the 13th, the howitzer brigade also arrived at Yingtan, and then the 2nd Division launched its operation in the early morning of the 14th.

The first, second, and third reading regiments attacked in the predetermined direction.

Each brigade had its own offensive line, and finally took advantage of the night to form an encirclement of Nanchang on all sides: east, west, south, and north.

Because Ma Liubao is in Nanchang, he will not let Ma Liubao escape, and arresting him is the main purpose of this military attack, and attacking the city and plundering the land is only a secondary purpose.

At dawn on the 14th, the 2nd Division and the 3rd Reading Regiment formed an encirclement of Nanchang on the east, south, and north sides, and then the 1st and 2nd Reading Regiments circled to the west of Nanchang and formed an encirclement of Nanchang on all sides at about 11:30.

Suddenly, the soldiers approached the city overnight, and Ma Liubao and the Nanchang Revolutionary Army and Political Axe were suddenly in a panic.

By this time, the howitzer brigade of the 01 Artillery Division was ready.

"Call the howitzer brigade, please bombard the southern section of the wall. Call the howitzer brigade, please bombard the southern section of the city wall......" After Lin Chenggui observed the city wall in Nanchang, he began to call the howitzer brigade for fire support.

"Understood."

Soon, a corrective bullet fell outside the city wall of Nanchang City, and the scouts immediately reported the error to the howitzer brigade, and the howitzer brigade quickly adjusted the firing of Zhu Yuan.

With the firing order issued, 105mm caliber howitzers began to bombard the city wall, and the main role of the howitzer is to fire howitzer shotgun to kill people, but it is still easy to deal with the fortifications of the adobe structure of the city wall.

Violent explosions came from the city walls, and the howitzer shells were extremely powerful, and when the cannon went down, there was a trembling explosion, and the power was definitely not comparable to the 75mm caliber gun.

The radius of 105mm shells reaches about 18 meters, and all exposed targets within 18 meters are not spared, but in fact, unprotected personnel standing 30 meters away are still very likely to be killed by shell fragments.

Under such fierce artillery fire, the city wall of Nanchang City soon could not hold up, and a huge gap was blasted out in less than a moment.

The revolutionary army in the city was even more panicked under such ferocious artillery.

Everyone realized that Ma Liubao had caused trouble, and Ma Liubao hurriedly got up from the bed, and immediately heard a violent shelling.

Ma Liubao's face was suddenly like ashes, at this time it can be said that he regretted it, after the battle of Jiujiang, the more Ma Liubao wanted to cross the game, he provoked an existence that should not be provoked.

The equipment of the Min army is so strong, if it angers them, the strength of the Min army is completely beyond his ability to resist.

I just thought of this when I went to bed yesterday, and people called just after dawn.

Ma Liubao left the concubine he had just married the day before yesterday, put on his clothes and hurriedly ran out.

The streets and alleys of Nanchang City were filled with a cold wind, and the people who heard the sound of the cannons all hid in their homes.

Ma Liubao was blown by the cold wind and immediately shivered.

"Governor Madadu, it's not good, the Min army is coming, you better run!" At this time, an official with a military and political axe came over, and when he saw Ma Liubao, he hurriedly advised.

"Why am I running?" Ma Liubao replied stiffly.

"Oh, the Min army is shouting outside the city that they want to send you to the military court! If you don't run, people will enter the city in a while, and if I don't tell you, I will have to hide first......" The military and political axe officer said and pulled his hakama and ran quickly in the cold wind.

…… In the early morning of the 14th, the Second Infantry Division poured into Wuchang from the gap in a large section of the city wall that had been violently demolished at the south gate of Nanchang City, and the attack on Wuchang was immediately launched.

But then what was surprising was that the revolutionary army in Wuchang City all gave up resistance, and the previous battle of Jiujiang had made the Jiangxi Revolutionary Army lose confidence in the Fujian army.

At this time, Ma Liubao disappeared, and no one organized resistance under the leaderless group of dragons, and the Second Infantry Division quickly occupied the streets and alleys of Nanchang after pouring into Nanchang.

The revolutionary army in the city of Wuchang quickly laid down their arms and surrendered to the 2nd Infantry Division.

When some of the ruffians saw the battle, they rejoiced in their hearts and began to make fire and loot in the city. The 2nd Infantry Division on this side quickly surrendered to the revolutionary army, and found that the city was in chaos, and immediately sent troops to patrol.

During the patrol, some ruffians were immediately caught and immediately shot on the spot, and these personnel who had carried out robbery, forcible annihilation, and other acts in the war were executed, and only the identification cards of their own teams were required.

The situation in Nanchang City quickly stabilized, and the Second Infantry Division immediately posted a notice to calm the people, and then began to search for Ma Liubao throughout the process.

Lin Chenggui walked in Nanchang City, looking at the city with novelty, in fact, Lin Chenggui has not seen much of the world, in addition to learning to read and write, he is still a rural baby.

Since following Xia Jun, Lin Chenggui will be promoted every time he expands the army, in order to repay Xia Jun's promotion, Lin Chenggui has worked hard to study and work hard.

"Hasn't Ma Liubao been found yet?" Lin Chenggui asked.

"Report to the division commander, I didn't find it."

"This person is designated by the chairman to be arrested, we have to send him to the military court to complete this combat mission, don't stop if you can't find anyone, and issue a reward to the people of Nanchang City, and reward those who catch Ma Liubao...... Three hundred dollars. Lin Chenggui thought about it and waved his hand.

"Commander, don't you think three hundred yuan is too little?" The deputy division commander once said very speechlessly, Lin Chenggui said: "That's my three-month salary!" If you feel that it is less, deduct some from your salary, and then it will be more. ”

"......" Zeng was speechless for a while, and replied: "Then I'll pay 50 yuan." ”

"Okay, that's 350 yuan, who else wants to pay for it?" Lin Chenggui asked out loud.

"I've got a dollar."

"I've got a dime...... here"

"Commander, I only have a corner ......"

"I want a corner too, bring it!" Lin Chenggui said with a smile.

For the sake of Lin Chenggui being wanted for money, officers at all levels responded with money, and the atmosphere in the army was not too serious.

On the side of the street, a beggar in a torn cotton jacket huddles in a corner in the cold wind, and this beggar is not taken seriously, because people are looking for Maliubao all over the world.

In fact, this beggar is Ma Liubao in disguise, Ma Liubao is very successful in disguise, no one will suspect that this beggar is the Governor who was still wearing decent clothes the day before yesterday and even married a three-room concubine.

But then Ma Liubao showed his feet, and just as Ma Liubao was about to escape, the soft hidden in his arms suddenly fell out of the torn cotton jacket, and the streets were suddenly full of gold, pearls and other items rolling down.

This strange beggar immediately attracted people's attention, and was soon recognized as Ma Liubao, the governor of Jiangxi, who was soon captured by the soldiers who rushed in.

Ma Liubao caught it, and the news reached Lin Chenggui's ears, and he hurriedly called back to Jian'an from the divisional headquarters to report the matter.

"Well done!" Xia Jun praised Lin Chenggui with a smile on the other end of the phone, "Since Ma Liubao has been caught, we also have the Jiangxi territory, you immediately arrange a plan to capture various prefectures and counties, let people bring Ma Liubao back to me, and send him to court in a few days." ”

"Yes, Chairman."

…… On November 14, the battle for Hanyang broke out, and as soon as this tragic battle broke out, the First Army of Beiyang was attacked head-on, because the rapid-fire artillery battalion sent by the East China Provisional Political Axe had arrived in Hanyang, and the rapid shells of the rapid-fire guns often killed people without realizing it.

However, the rapid-fire artillery battalion was immediately bombarded by heavy artillery of the Beiyang Army, and after the casualties, it was muted for a while, and the Beiyang Army took the opportunity to charge, and fierce battles broke out between the two sides in Hanyang.

During the battle, the heavy machine guns of the 4th Reading Regiment became a powerful firepower pillar of the revolutionary army, and the advantages of the Beiyang New Army's heavy machine guns in fighting the revolutionaries in the original history were suddenly eliminated.

(To be continued)