107871908 Far East Madman Chapter 306 Wu Sheng Guan

Wusheng Pass is located outside the junction of Henan and Hubei provinces, because the terrain is more dangerous to hum the orifice to connect the traffic channel of Hubei and Henan provinces, the Jinghan Railway passes through the pass, controls the Wusheng Pass, and controls the north-south traffic of the Jinghan Railway.

In the "Wushen Revolution", after the republican army recovered Wuhan, the Qing court issued an edict announcing the formation of a "thief army." "One east and one north attacked Wuhan, and in the face of the grim military situation, some staff officers in the republican army suggested that Zhao Bei send troops north to Wusheng Pass. Occupy the pass, control the traffic, and establish a blocking position at Wusheng Pass to block the Qing army on the north road.

However, there is a railway line of several hundred miles from Wuhan to Wusheng Pass, and if troops are sent to attack Wusheng Pass, the logistics support line will be stretched too long, and it will be easy for the front-line troops to fall into the predicament of poor logistics. Moreover, at that time, Wushengguan was still controlled by the Qing army, and if you want to occupy it, you must first have a tough battle. So in the end, Zhao Bei vetoed the proposal to march to Wushengguan, and decided to stick to Wuhan and wait for the situation in the north to change.

Facts have proved that the strategic vision of the traverser is correct, the Qing army collapsed without a fight because of Yuan Shikai's counterattack, Wuhan was in danger, and his subordinates were "prescient" to the commander-in-chief. All were surprised.

However, after the threat of the Qing army disappeared, the staff officers of the republican army still insisted on sending troops to garrison Wusheng Pass, and Zhao Bei also agreed. Therefore, since the establishment of the republican government was announced, this Wusheng Pass has been stationed with an infantry regiment of the republican army and a small artillery battalion, not only to build a solid defensive position at the pass, but also to establish an artillery position on the nearby hills, condescendingly looking down on the pass, controlling the traffic of the Jinghan Railway, if the northern army wants to go south to Wuhan along the Jinghan line, it must first take Wusheng Pass.

However, it is not enough to defend Wusheng Pass. The defense line was too thin, so Wusheng Pass was only the second line of defense, and the first line of defense of the Republican Army was actually established in Xinyang, Henan, where an infantry brigade was stationed, like the first division of Yuezhou in northern Hunan, staring closely at the gates of Hubei.

Compared with the Communist Advancement Association in Hunan, the Endeavor Association in Henan is much more "interesting", although the Endeavor Association regards southern Henan as its own territory, but it has never dared to drive away the republican army troops stationed in the Xinyang area, because they know very well that in Henan, the land of four wars, there is no support from the republican army. Endeavor will not be able to hold on in any case. Instead of offending the Republican Army, it is better to let the Republican Army garrison Xinyang for them, defend the Jinghan Railway, and ensure that the arms and ammunition from Hubei will continue to be transported to Xinyang and replenished to the Endeavor Troops.

With the recovery of Shaanxi, the territory of the Endeavor Association has been further expanded, but there are more places that need to be defended. And with the intensification of the confrontation between the north and the south. Endeavor even took the initiative to invite the Republican Army to send more troops to southern Henan, so that they could transfer more Endeavor troops to Shaanxi, march west to Gansu, Xinjiang, and Qinghai, and occupy more territory.

However, before the troops of the Endeavor Society occupied the entire territory of Gansu, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army began to advance southward in a big way, with the end of the congressional elections. A rupture between the North and the South is almost imminent. Endeavor will hurriedly transfer the Shaanxi troops back to Henan, but after all, it is a step too slow, the shortcut connecting Henan and Shaanxi Huangguan was cut off by the Beiyang Army, the road is impassable, and the Endeavor will only transfer the troops back to Ranyang Mansion in southern Henan through Shangzhou in southern Shaanxi, but the road is difficult and dangerous, the road is far away, and the movement of the troops is quite slow, as a result, when the Beiyang Army has been dispatched from Zhengzhou and rushed to Xuzhou in southern Henan, the troops of Endeavor in southern Henan are overstretched, and they do not shrink the defensive line, hold on and wait for reinforcements, and wait for the arrival of the main force of the united front.

In fact, Endeavor will have a lot of troops in southern Henan in terms of numbers, but Endeavor will have the confidence to confront the Beiyang strong army head-on, when Zhao Bei "suggested" them to go to Henan to develop, they were worried about this, and now the Beiyang Army is really fighting, Endeavor will also panic. Yang Wangpeng, Nawang, and others, who had originally taken a cautious stance on joining the "united front revolutionary armed forces," immediately changed their stance and announced that all the troops would immediately join the united front armed forces and be under the unified command of Zhao Bei, thus increasing the weight of the Endeavor in the eyes of the united front.

In fact, regardless of whether the Endeavor Society chooses to join the United Front in a hurry, Zhao Bei will send the main force north to block the Beiyang Army from moving south, and if possible, seek a decisive battle with the Beiyang Army in Henan, so as to show the world the strength and self-confidence of the commander-in-chief, and this strength and self-confidence will bring hope to the country and bring glory to Zhao Bei's cause.

As a member of the commander-in-chief's brilliant career, Tian Jinfu led a group of guards to set off first and rushed to Wusheng Pass to inspect in order to choose a suitable place for setting up the commander-in-chief's line.

Tian Jinfu left Xiaogan yesterday, rushed to Wusheng Pass today, spent half a day, accompanied by the garrison commander, carefully looked at the beautiful places up and down the Wusheng Pass, and finally selected a few brick houses with good ventilation and lighting on the mountainside, and requisitioned them as temporary residences and headquarters for the commander-in-chief during the operation under his command.

The owner of these brick houses is a local landlord, with hundreds of acres of thin fields under his name, and he can be regarded as a rich man in this poor and remote area.

Although Tian Jinfu knew Zhao Bei's temper, he didn't take it upon himself to drive the two catties and the maid away. Instead, they went to the health team that accompanied the army to help.

After choosing the line, Tian Jinfu took a telegram and reported to Zhao Bei that the line had been established, but the reply he received was "The commander-in-chief has set off in the morning." ”

In this way, when it was getting late, Zhao Bei led all the officers of the staff to Wusheng Pass. He was greeted at the station by only a few high-ranking officers of the garrison commander, Han Takeshiro. Tian Jinfu returned to the team in due course and continued to serve as the chief commander... Dartno

The commander of the Wushengguan garrison is Bao Shuxian, he is a native of Gansu, the seventh cadet of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, did not graduate and caught up with the "Wushen Revolution" so he returned to China with his classmates, first stayed in Xijiang for a while, and then rushed to Wuhan, signed up for the Republican Army, first as a company commander, battalion commander, after the battle of Sichuan, because of the combat bravery was promoted to the regiment commander, led the troops to garrison Wushengguan.

"I heard that there is a Jigong Mountain not far from Wusheng Pass, which is a summer resort?"

As soon as Zhao Bei got off the train, he inquired about the officers.

"Exactly. If the commander-in-chief is interested, the department is willing to accompany the commander-in-chief on a tour of Jigong Mountain. Bao Shu nodded first.

"It's going to be dark soon, let's go to Jigong Mountain another day. Now let's go to the street and take a look, the last time I inspected the Jinghan Line, I only turned around this Wushengguan Station slightly, and I didn't take a closer look. ”

Zhao Bei looked up at the sky and said that he would leave. Tian Jinfu hurriedly led people to lead the way for the commander-in-chief.

Wushengguan is a pass, although it is a north-south traffic channel, but because it is a mountainous area, commerce is not developed, after the completion of the Jinghan Railway, although it is slightly prosperous, but after all, it lacks the conditions to become an important commercial port, even this Wushengguan station is also a very inconspicuous small station, there is a small street paved with gravel not far from the station, it is the only street here, there are some small shops along both sides of the street, mainly engaged in mountain goods, not big in front of the door. Most of them are still run by the families of station staff to subsidize their families.

When Zhao Bei and his subordinates rushed to the street, the health team accompanying the army was handing out leaflets to the shopkeepers and men one by one, promoting basic hygiene knowledge to them. It's the end of summer, and although autumn is coming soon, the temperature is still high. Considering the imminent outbreak of the north-south conflict, this health and epidemic prevention work is the top priority, and Zhao Bei attaches great importance to it. Therefore, there are such health teams in the areas along the Jinghan Line to promote epidemic prevention knowledge to residents, because the health teams are from different regions. Given the issue of dialect, the health team is often accompanied by local leaders.

The health team from Wushengguan was sent from Xinzhou and was accompanied by a local railroad worker who took on the role of propagandist while acting as a puffer, given that many of the residents were illiterate.

What surprised Zhao Bei was. It was in this health team that he actually met half an acquaintance.

The reason why they are "half" acquaintances is because Zhao Bei has only heard the name of this person and seen his photos, but he has never spoken to him face-to-face.

This person's name is Liu Tiezhu, he was born in Xinzhou, and he was serving the Republican Army during the "Xinzhou Massacre", when the Japanese warship overturned the wooden boat he was on, and the hull also shook his head. He woke up after being in a coma for several days and nights, and he was one of the witnesses of the "Xinzhou Massacre", and Chinese and foreign reporters have interviewed him.

When Liu Tiezhu was hospitalized in Chuwangtai Military Hospital. Zhao Bei had planned to visit him, but then delayed for some reasons, and when Zhao Bei rushed to visit the injured boatman, Liu Tiezhu's father had already taken him out of the hospital. Before leaving, he withdrew the disability allowance issued by the republican military government, saying that he wanted to go back to marry his daughter-in-law and settle down. At that time, Liu Tiezhu's head injury had just stabilized.

Although Zhao Bei had never met Liu Tiezhu himself, Tian Jinfu did, and joked with him, persuading him to become a soldier in the Republican Army, and it was this joke that made Father Liu restless for a few days and nights. So after Liu Tiezhu's injury stabilized, he hurriedly left Wuhan with his son and returned to Xinzhou, without even receiving the "Medal of Outstanding Service" that the military government intended to award to the injured boatman.

Later, Tian Jinfu talked to Zhao Bei about this matter during a small talk, and the two even discussed the topic of "good men are not soldiers" on this issue, and Zhao Bei also remembered this boatman named "Iron Pillar" whose life is harder than iron.

Liu Tiezhu actually joined the health team in Xinzhou. This really surprised Zhao Bei, because according to the current establishment, the health team is a subsidiary organ of the army, and the staff of the health team should be counted as soldiers of the Republican Army, although most of them are not equipped with guns. However, they do lead the army's salary, two oceans a month, and when necessary, they will go to the front line to care for the wounded, and even directly participate in the battle.

Is Daddy Liu, who firmly believes that "a good man is not a soldier", changed his mind? Or did Liu Tiezhu secretly run away from home by himself?

Regarding this, Zhao Bei was very interested in asking. But before he could speak, he suddenly heard several very strange whistles coming from the direction of the station. A train entered the station again, and judging by the faint sound of wheels crashing against the rails, the train was very heavy.

"Could it be that the train has arrived?"

Zhao Bei listened and waited for the train to stop. I don't care about asking Liu Tiezhu about the roots. Hurriedly turned around and led his subordinates to the train station.

Entering the station, almost everyone except Zhao Bei was dumbfounded.

Because the train to Wushengguan is really weird.

Ordinary trains also have at least a dozen carriages, but this train only has eight carriages. The whole train looks very short, but whether it is the front of the train or the carriage, it is covered with thick steel plates, even the smoke white is surrounded by steel plates, the whole train is like a warrior in full armor, and the flat and long window on the side of the carriage also sticks out of the black hole of the cannon, which is like a weapon in the hand of the soldier.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't be surprised. This is called "armored train", and the outer squadron has been equipped for a long time, and our squadron is only afraid that it is the first time that this kind of weapon has been equipped. We were able to equip the armored train so quickly, thanks to our arsenal technicians. ”

Zhao Bei smiled faintly and boasted quite confidently.