Chapter 857: Breaking the City
In this context, the Wuchang Uprising broke out in the same place and at different times. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Compared with the Wuchang Uprising in history, this time it was much smoother.
One is that the revolutionary party has used the last year or so to master more new troops than in history.
One is that Fu Yi issued an edict to abdicate, and without the imperial court, the new Huguang soldiers in the name of the imperial court were panicked and demoralized. When facing the rebel army, there was not much combat effectiveness at all.
The last reason has to do with the Wehrmacht, because the Wehrmacht sells a large number of weapons, including many heavy weapons, to the Central Plains and Jiangnan. The revolutionaries also took the opportunity to buy a lot, and with these weapons, the equipment of the rebel army was more than twice as good as in history.
In this case, in less than one night, Wuchang was controlled by the revolutionary party.
The army, which was under the direct control of the revolutionary party, swelled rapidly from 3,000 men to 15,000.
Taking advantage of this victory, the increasingly ambitious revolutionaries quickly struck out to expand their forces and troops in Hubei, and strive to take the whole of Hubei before the dispute between the Wehrmacht and the Beiyang Army ended.
After the revolutionary party sent a telegram, took Wuchang, and announced the results of the Hubei Military Government, in addition to causing a lot of sensation in the south of the Yangtze River, whether it was Yuan Shikai, who was in a hurry to return to Jinan, or Yang Xingguo, who was planning to take Gyeonggi and weaken the strength of the Beiyang Army by the way, they did not pay much attention to it.
As the strength in their hands grows bigger and bigger, a province and an army of 10,000 or 20,000 are no longer taken seriously by them.
At this time, the attack of the guard division on the city of Jinan had already begun.
Because of the lack of troops, and the city of Jinan is so big. In order not to give the guard division a chance, all the troops that could be used in Jinan City were sent to the city wall.
Although this makes Jinan City look impregnable, because there are no reserves, it also makes Jinan City have an Achilles heel.
As long as one point of the city fortifications is broken through by the Wehrmacht, the entire city fortifications will be shattered, and there is no possibility of saving.
"Division commander, the third regiment and one battalion of the special operations division telegraphed: they have been lurking in place, a special operations company is in charge of our breakthrough through the east gate, a special operations company is responsible for the headquarters of the Beiyang Army and the Marshal's Mansion, and a special operations company is responsible for all the material reserves in Jinan City!" As soon as the chief of staff walked up to Li Xiaohu with the telegram, he excitedly reported.
Because many of the officers in the guard division came out of the special operations division, Li Xiaohu knew their combat effectiveness very well.
As soon as he read the telegram, he knew that although this siege battle had not yet begun, it was because the special operations division had lurked into Jinan City in advance. This siege battle will definitely be won by itself, and it will be fought cleanly.
A confident Li Xiaohu immediately said to his subordinates: "The special operations division has reported that the Beiyang Army has no troops in Jinan City, as long as we kill a gap in the city fortifications, Jinan City will be ours." ”
"Commander Zhang, I will hand over the east to your regiment, there is a special operations company in the city to cooperate with you to open the gap. So, I'll just give you an hour, and after an hour, the troops will have to fight in. ”
"The chiefs of staff of other troops arranged to launch an attack on Jinan City from several directions together."
"As long as we have troops to enter Jinan City, the defense line arranged by the Beiyang Army on the city wall will collapse. When the time comes, everyone will have one task, enter the city in the shortest possible time, and take over all the important targets that the special operations division has occupied. ”
"The division headquarters guard battalion is responsible for the headquarters of the Beiyang Army and the Marshal's Mansion!"
"Yuan Shikai will definitely not leave us too much time, according to the speed of the Beiyang Army's reinforcements, we can only stay in Jinan City for twelve hours at most. Therefore, after entering the city, the troops must seize the time to find what we want, and then pack up and retreat. ”
"Boom!" After the offensive began, the first to speak were the artillery brought over by the guard division.
The mountain artillery and mortars carried all the way by war horses all opened fire and fired shells at the city.
Two or three minutes later, the nearly ten-meter-high city wall was completely shrouded in gunsmoke.
In the violent explosion, the already small garrison at the head of the city lost more than 30% at once.
If it weren't for the fact that the officers in the garrison were all from the main force, they reacted quickly and promptly ordered the troops to temporarily withdraw from the city walls to avoid artillery fire. The ten-minute artillery coverage of the guard division alone could blow up the defenders of the city.
Finally, when the shelling stopped, many of the garrison still had panicked expressions on their faces. The officers, scattered among them, began to urge them to go up the walls and prepare for battle.
But at this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out in the city.
With the crackling gunshots, the subordinates who were rushing towards the city around them were shot in the back and fell to the ground.
"What's going on? How can there be an enemy behind us, and when did the enemy enter the city? Looking at the enemy who suddenly appeared behind him, the commander of the highest-ranking garrison shouted in shock.
After finishing it, he immediately ordered the panicked subordinates around him: "What are you still doing in a daze, quickly counterattack." There are certainly not many enemies in the city, hurry up and shoot them! ”
More than a hundred Beiyang troops quickly fired a counterattack.
However, their opponents were not ordinary Wehrmacht. No matter how they fought, none of the special operators hiding behind the house were killed.
Not only that, but the bullets reflected by these people are also particularly tricky, and they can basically hit the target with guns.
In less than half a minute, the opponent not only had no casualties, but he himself died a lot. Densely packed corpses, piled up everywhere.
What's more, because the opponent is too powerful and his own casualties are large, the subordinates who are still alive around him have slowly lost the courage to continue fighting. Lying on the ground or hiding behind the corpse, no matter how threatening the officers around him, he did not dare to raise his head and shoot.
Just when the battalion commander's face became more and more gloomy, a cry full of horror suddenly sounded at the head of the city.
"My lord, the Wehrmacht is about to rush in!"
The battalion commander's face suddenly turned pale, and then he showed a desperate expression.
Under the blows of the enemy's accurate marksmanship in the city, the few remaining subordinates didn't even have a chance to raise their heads, let alone expose their bodies in front of the enemy and rush towards the city.
It is certain that no matter how many people you have, you will not be able to rush through the enemy's fire interception.
And if you can't rush to the top of the city, you won't be able to stop the Wehrmacht outside the city that is constantly approaching the city walls.
Just when the battalion commander looked embarrassed and desperate and didn't know what to do.
Another exclamation sounded at the head of the city.
"My lord, the Wehrmacht has rushed to the city gate, and they are going to blast the city gate with explosives packs!"
Before the battalion commander could react, a earth-shaking explosion sounded in his ears. Immediately after, a thick black smoke came out of the city gate hole.
"Oh no, the city gate was blown open by the enemy, and the city was broken!" Immediately, all sorts of frightened cries reached the ears of the battalion commander. (To be continued.) )