Tongguan once became a nightmare for Chen Shufan, the overseer of Shaanxi, and Liu Zhenhua, the governor of the province, and at this time, the troops commanded by Liu Zhaocheng seemed to be quietly becoming a nightmare for Wu Peifu!

Liu Zhaocheng's unpredictable use of troops made Wu Peifu fooled one after another, and the 11th Division was almost lost to the Northern Expeditionary Army.

You can't underestimate those Northern Expeditionary Troops anymore, especially Liu Zhaocheng.

The Henglong Bridge on the flank has been lost, and Cangshui will be attacked at any time, and once Cangshui is lost again, it is difficult to say whether the situation in Yiyang can still be controlled.

It was necessary to break through the enemy as soon as possible and deal the heaviest blow to the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In addition to the third division, Wu Peifu put all the troops in his hands into the battlefield!

The battlefield was unprecedentedly fierce, the artillery of both sides was roaring desperately, and the barrels of machine guns on both sides were empty.

Planes of both sides frequently took off and constantly flew over each other's positions in an attempt to put heavy psychological pressure on the other side and change the situation on the battlefield to a certain extent.

However, there is a fundamental difference between the fighters of the two sides.

The Beiyang side uses the BE2B, a multi-purpose aircraft imported from abroad, but the many problems exposed in the European war have long been obtained by other more advanced aircraft.

The Northern Expeditionary Army used "Migratory Bird 2" reconnaissance bombers and "Falcon A" fighters. In particular, the "Falcon A" fighters used the "Thunderbolt" aviation special machine gun fixed on a special gun mount as the main combat weapon, and specialized shooters provided good rear protection.

6 The day was when Wu Peifu's 11th Division suffered a defeat, as if it was destined that this day would become the famous day of the Northern Expeditionary Air Force, and the planes of the two sides met in the air.

At this time, Wang Wei, the pilot who was piloting the No. 06 "Falcon A" fighter, quickly came up with an idea when he saw the other party's BE2B appear in the line of sight:

Shoot it down!

The "Falcon" quickly climbed, and this did not attract the attention of the opposing pilots.

"Machine gun, kill it!" Wang Wei coldly gave such an order to his machine gunner.

Immediately after that, the special aviation machine gun "Thunderbolt" on the plane emitted a terrifying lightning!

Lines of lightning drew beautiful and dazzling traces in the air, and they went straight to each other.

"BE2B" suddenly became flustered, and kept making various movements in the air, trying to avoid the pursuit of the other party. But the shortcomings of "be2b" are undoubtedly exposed in this air battle, it is just too clumsy!

barely escaped the pursuit at the beginning, and suddenly, "be2b" was shot.

"BE2B" fell to the ground like a bird with broken wings, and soon, a huge fire rose from the ground!

The infantry soldiers on the ground who witnessed this short but thrilling air battle instantly erupted in an earth-shattering cheer!

This was the first air battle that took place in the skies over China and the first plane shot down over China!

Wang Wei piloted his fighter plane and continued to circle in the sky a few times, as if he was cheering for his brother and as if he was demonstrating to the enemy, and then roared away

This air battle that took place in the sky over Hunan will never be forgotten.

Although this was a small air battle, it was announced to the world that China's air force also has strong combat capabilities and also defends its own airspace!

While the Chinese Air Force is showing its strength, the Chinese Navy is also experiencing a crisis

On the Beiyang side, Du Xigui, commander of the Second Fleet, who had rejoined him, led seven warships carrying the 53rd Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang Army, the 1st Mixed Brigade of Shandong, the 4th Mixed Brigade of Hubei, and the 12th Mixed Regiment.

At this time, the Hunan army fighting on the front line in Yuezhou had no navy, and the river defense was very weak, so they did not dare to open fire casually, for fear of accidentally injuring the warship, and giving Yue himself an excuse to directly intervene, so the northern warship successfully passed through Dongting Lake and arrived at the Yueyang Tower!

After transporting reinforcements, the navy in the north shelled the positions of the Hunan army in Yuezhou, and the Hunan army only had two companies of the second mixed brigade, which was powerless to resist. The commander of the Hunan army, Zhao Hengti, was in Yuezhou, because the bridge of Nanjin Port was destroyed by naval fire, the train could not pass, and Zhao Hengti ran away in a sedan chair. As soon as Yuezhou collapsed, the Hunan army on the entire Yuezhou battlefield collapsed like a tide.

The Northern Fleet opened artillery bombardment unscrupulously, and the Hunan army suffered extremely heavy casualties.

And at this time, the Southern Protector Fleet appeared!

The three warships of the French Protector Fleet were continuing their mission of protecting overseas Chinese in Vladivostok and had not yet returned, and the Southern Political Axe formed the Northern Expedition Fleet, with Chen Shaokuan as the commander of the fleet, and led the cruiser "Haichou," the destroyer "Whale Wave," and the gunboat "Yongxiang" to the Hunan battlefield.

Although the ships were smaller than those of the Northern Fleet, the Northern Army's ships were extremely weak, most of them were used to transport troops, and the only two gunboats were no match for the Northern Expeditionary Fleet.

But the key problem lies in the destroyer "Twilight", which is cruising not far away and escorting the Northern Army.

"Commander, what should I do, to fight or not to fight?" The captain of the "Haichou", who was born in a naval family, followed Chen Shaokuan to the south with Lu Yixuan, who was a little impatient.

Chen Shaokuan, who was standing on the deck, did not answer immediately.

The ship "Twilight," which discovered the Northern Expeditionary Fleet, began to slowly move closer to the Beiyang Fleet, and if it was accidentally damaged, it would inevitably immediately cause diplomatic disputes between China and China, and even force each other.

At the critical moment of the Northern Expedition, how can we not find an excuse for the people to interfere?

"Tell the 'Twilight' that we are the Northern Expedition Fleet and are on a military mission, and let the 'Twilight' leave the warring waters immediately!" Chen Shaokuan, who had made up his mind, blurted out.

"Yes!"

"Report, the 'Twilight' remained silent and did not answer!"

"Tell them once more that we are the Northern Expeditionary Fleet, and we are on a military mission, and tell them to leave the warring waters immediately!"

"Report, the 'Twilight' still hasn't responded!"

Chen Shaokuan sneered.

The posture of the "Twilight" is to respond with silence, but as long as the ship is shelled, perhaps the "Twilight" will immediately return fire, which will quickly lead to a series of consequences.

"Report, the Americans' destroyer 'Lady' is approaching our fleet!"

"Americans?" Chen Shaokuan was stunned for a moment

Guangzhou, the presidential palace of the National Revolutionary Political Axe.

"Thank you, Mr. Stawang, for doing me another great favor." Wang Hengyue said with a smile.

Lookout shrugged: "The 'Lady' happened to pass by there, and it wasn't us Americans who wanted to meddle in anything. ”

"yes, coincidentally, coincidentally." Wang Hengyue's smile became brighter and brighter: "Things in the world are so coincidental. The 'Lady' happened to pass there, and happened to see the unreasonable behavior of the ship, and happened to see the repeated demands of the commander of my fleet to leave the ship immediately. ”

Stewang also smiled: "Mr. President, I'm really getting more and more curious about you, how did you know that the ship was bound to interfere in the Northern Expedition?" ”

How did Lao Tzu know? Did Lao Tzu tell you that Lao Tzu knew it before the Northern Expedition? Wang Hengyue smiled slightly: "From before the Northern Expedition to the beginning of the Northern Expedition, I have been looking for excuses several times to sabotage my Northern Expedition, and now the situation in the Northern Army is unfavorable, how can I not continue to interfere?" ”

This is a barely explainable reason.

In fact, Wang Hengyue was still very angry in his heart at this time. On their own land, they said that their own fleet, the Americans' fleet, and the British fleet came and went whenever they wanted. Where is your sea power? To protect one's own interests, one must also use the hands of the Americans!

When will I be able to let go of my hands and feet and fight with me?

Sooner or later, sooner or later, there must be a day. Now my navy is still very weak, but there will always be a strong day. At that time, all the accounts can be settled together

The arrival of the American destroyer "Lady of the Lady" changed the situation on the sea at once!

The "Lady" also remained silent, as if it had never existed on this surface of the sea.

This is a delicate, even somewhat absurd, situation.

He said that his own "Twilight", the Americans' "Lady", and the two destroyers, none of them said a word, but their respective positions were very clear.

After about half an hour of confrontation, the "Twilight" seemed to have received some order and slowly left the warring waters.

"Lu Yixuan!"

"Here!"

"The target, the Beiyang gunboat 'Jiangan', the target, the nearby waters, three artillery salvos, but do not sink it, in the future it will be part of our Navy!"

"Yes!"

Having lost the cover of the ships, the Beiyang Fleet appeared to be in a panic. A small gunboat is definitely no match for the cruisers and destroyers of the opposing side.

The "Hai Chou" began to demonstrate the shelling, and the water near the "Jiang'an" suddenly stirred up a huge column of water.

The Beiyang Fleet began to waver, and the "Jiang'an" was the first to leave the warring waters in a panic, and then the Beiyang ships withdrew one after another.

Not a single ship was injured, and as Chen Shaokuan said, these ships are part of the future Chinese navy, and they should not be sunk here.

There is another point that Chen Shaokuan, Lu Yixuan and their naval soldiers do not know.

Although their president, Wang Hengyue, was not on the front line, he relied on his own strength to contribute everything to the Northern Expedition and clear all obstacles for the Northern Expedition.

Wang Hengyue will not tolerate any force infringing on his own interests and China's, and he himself is no exception.

Wang Hengyue was still there and continued to endure himself, just like everything he had done before, he would never make a move until the best time.

This is true for the reunification of Sichuan, the reunification of the southwest, and the reunification of the whole country.

Yes, at least until now, it's not time to make a move!

(To be continued)