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With the light in the big tent, Xu Guangyuan took a deep breath and said: "If we attack it, the bandit army of the Chinese Empire will inevitably swarm to save it?" ”

Zeng Guofan glanced at Zeng Guoquan, because Zeng Guoquan had said that the troops of the Chinese Empire were a group of wolf cubs, and attacking one point would definitely be besieged, so Zeng Guofan nodded. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xu Guangyuan suddenly felt confident and smiled slightly: "For so many days, I have been observing the commander of the Russian army, Veldovsky, this person, I found that he is very stubborn and self-serving, and especially looks down on our Qing Dynasty, and also looks down on Lin Wei even more, the so-called arrogant soldiers are not exaggerated at all, this time we dare not stop the burning and looting of Nanjing, which makes it even more arrogant, so it is humblely suggested!" ”

Xu Guangyuan deliberately lowered his voice and said: "I know that there is a place in Bacai Town where you can cross the Wangyu River, and the large army can't do it, but two or three thousand elite soldiers will definitely be able to!" We helped the Russians open a bloody road to Shanghai, and then concentrated the main force in Jiangyin, where is there a division of Lin Rei, although they have the cover of the river gunboat fleet, but if we launch an offensive at night, presumably their gunboat fleet will not be able to stay for a long time, and when they run out of shells, they will go back to Shanghai to replenish, come and go for a few days, we can concentrate the troops of the three towns to annihilate a whole division, fight a dozen of Lin Rei's arrogance, we eat meat here, let the Russians go to Shanghai to fight, The closer the Russians are to Shanghai, the more fierce the resistance will be, and even besieged by Lin Yi's bandit army, at that time, we can calmly transfer the elite soldiers of the seven towns of Lord Zuo to come, and wait for the Russians to fight to the death with Lin Wei, we are in one fell swoop! The First World War is decided! ”

After listening to Xu Guangyuan's battle plan, Zeng Guofan nodded and said, "It's really a good plan!" We can avoid the suspicion of not being able to save ourselves when we fight Jiangyin, and as for when Zuo Zongtang's army will arrive, it will depend on when the Russians and Lin Wei are exhausted! ”

The more Zeng Guofan looked at Xu Guangyuan at this moment, the more pleasing he was, and the more pleasing he was, the happier Zeng Guofan became, because this proved that he had someone with vision, and the young talents he promoted against public opinion were indeed a hundred times stronger than those Qiu Baxingwu elders in the past.

Xu Guangyuan saw that Zeng Guofan was very happy, so he took the initiative to ask: "Marshal, the lowly post is said to be training the army, and he also imitates Lin Yi to train a 1,000-person elite army. ”

As soon as Xu Guangyuan's voice fell, Zeng Guoquan on the side snorted coldly and said, "What a good idea!" The marshal's personal soldiers are all at the general level, that is the hard work of the marshal and the blood of the Hunan army, a total of less than three thousand, all of which are piled up with silver, and you will have one thousand as soon as you open your mouth? What a lion's mouth! ”

Zeng Guofan said unhappily: "What is the purpose of training elite soldiers? Isn't it just raising soldiers for a thousand years and using them for a while? The real elite soldiers have seen the blood shed in the battle array, and the hundred battles have forged elite soldiers, I gave this thousand people, and I will give you five hundred more, plus your total of 2,500 people, all of them are equipped with double short guns, and the Shamanli has a single single bare pole! Take my gold medal order arrow, anyone who doesn't stop you commanding, don't report to me, just cut it first! Afterwards, even if it escapes from the battle, it will be punished! ”

Zeng Guofan's words made Xu Guangyuan suddenly feel a little enthusiastic, so he arched his hand and said: "Lin rebel bandit army also has many military flags, and the same is true for the Russians, dare to ask the marshal to give the flag!" ”

Zeng Guofan hesitated, and before returning to the case, Zeng Guoquan hurriedly waited for the pen and ink on the side, while Xu Guangyuan carefully spread out the rice paper, Zeng Guofan thought about it, and wrote down the four big characters "Beiyang Blade" like a cloud!

Everyone on the side hurriedly applauded, Zeng Guofan put down the pen in his hand and said: "I hope that your generation will rise up and work hard, serve the imperial court, and raise the prestige of my Beiyang army!" ”

Xu Guangyuan hurriedly knelt down and took the four big characters with both hands and said: "The humble position must live up to the high expectations of the handsome, and if this battle is not successful, it will become benevolent!" ”

Zeng Guofan smiled and said: "I have seen a lot of life and death old husbands, how can you and other young talents become benevolent at every turn?" You have to learn to cherish yourself and keep a useful body to reimburse the court, right? If it is implemented according to the plan, whether it is Lin Wei or the Russians, it will be greatly weakened, after all, the combat power of these two sides is very strong, it can be said that the strong army is against the elite soldiers, and I am afraid that the deer will be killed between five and five! ”

Xu Guangyuan hesitated for a moment and said: "I'm afraid it's also difficult to determine the commander between the five and the five, our army has attacked and killed a bloody road, and the Russians will definitely swarm in after it, and the Lin rebel bandit army is bound to encircle and suppress it heavily in order to protect Shanghai, this is a big bloody battle!" In the battle of the narrow road, either the blood of the Russians was shed, or Lin Wei lost Shanghai, and the situation of defeat and defeat that we hoped for may not appear? ”

Zeng Guofan suddenly fell into thought......

On the evening of June 12, 1862, Huang Shengzhi, the 12th Division of the Second Army of the Chinese Empire, returned to the command post after inspecting the position, Huang Shengzhi, who drank a few large bowls of cold water, wiped his mouth and came to the map.

Huang Shengzhi didn't know that during the period when the light was at its worst at dusk, more than 2,500 hard-dressed Beiyang New Army led by Xu Guangyuan, the commander of the tenth town of the Beiyang New Army, had quietly crossed the Wangyu River, and their crossing site was actually a dead end of the defenders' defense, where a muddy swamp was, and it was impossible to pass at all, so Huang Shengzhi's headquarters of the 12th Division only put a company for surveillance, and it was here that Xu Guangyuan found a secret way! The fifteen infantry regiments of the Russians had all been assembled and were secretly entering the position.

Vyledovsky, who had been bleeding from his head in front of the positions of the defenders of the Chinese Empire for several days, also restrained his arrogance at this moment, and still accepted the suggestion given by Zeng Guofan, waiting for 2 o'clock in the morning of the 13th, the nearly 30,000 troops of the 15 regiments he deployed in the front line would violently attack the positions of the defenders of the Chinese Empire, so as to attract the attention of the other side and provide cover for the new Beiyang army that had quietly crossed by the muddy pond.

Huang Shengzhi's two brigades, the 23rd Brigade Zhang Chengsuo and the 24th Brigade Li Jisuo are currently on the defensive line, he has a division to defend the defensive line, if this defense in the past requires at least two divisions of troops to defend, now there is only one division, although he flexibly mobilized troops to resist several large-scale attacks of the Russian army, but he believes that the Russians will not give up so easily, sooner or later the Russians will find the Achilles heel of his serious lack of troops, once he feints in two directions, Or simply concentrate on attacking the second point, then Huang Shengzhi will be difficult to deal with.

Now all Huang Shengzhi's hopes are in the artillery position not far from the division headquarters, and 54 75-mm field guns are his greatest help.

Huang Shengzhi only has a battalion of less than 600 people in reserve at hand at this moment, for this big battle, this reserve is simply a drop in the bucket, the layout and intention of the General Staff he is very clear, that is, to show weakness to the enemy, if the blocking force is too strong, the enemy will not take the initiative to attack, if the enemy does not take the initiative to attack, it will not be able to achieve the goal of continuing to consume the enemy's vital strength, fighting reinforcements and defense is a very skillful work, but also an extremely dangerous place, once it cannot be resisted, resulting in the failure of the blockade, then if the troops from the periphery have not yet completed the encirclement, then they will become the best target for the enemy to defeat and destroy one by one.

After putting down the binoculars, Xu Guangyuan, who was covered in mud, tore open the pistols and rifles wrapped in oil, imitating the Chinese Imperial Army, and the officers of the Beiyang New Army were no longer wearing fresh clothes and shiny, especially the saber on the waist had already been removed, and even his leather boots were replaced with straw sandals and cloth shoes, for fear of becoming the target of the opponent's snipers.

Xu Guangyuan carefully checked the weapon, at 18 o'clock, when the last rays of the sun disappeared on the horizon, Xu Guangyuan and his 2,500 men lined up in three rows of skirmishers with a distance of two meters apart, slowly advancing alternately among the weeds, and the Russian offensive had already begun, rows of Russian troops braved the fierce artillery fire of the Chinese Empire alternately, in order to destroy the barbed wire fence made up at the front of its position, the Russian army even used artillery fire, the infantry approached and blasted, cutting all means can be said to be all-in, Under the dense firepower, the frenzied Russian troops swarmed forward under the pressure of the warlords.

In the ranks of the attacking Russian troops, there were also junior officers and soldiers who angrily scolded Veredovsky shit, the machine guns of the Chinese Empire were used to fight the enemy, and their machine guns were reserved for their own people.

The battle ahead touched Huang Shengzhi's heart, and tonight somehow the Russians' attack was so ferocious? It seems that the pauses between waves are less than ten minutes? Did the Russians eat the wrong thing for dinner? Or didn't you take your medicine today? Huang Shengzhi feels that his heart is very unstable? Something big seems to be going to happen? The continuous roar of the artillery positions and the Zhu Yuan of the artillery support firing area passed back and forth by the outpost cavalry made him unable to think calmly at all!

At 21 o'clock in the evening, the battle entered a white-hot stage, the Russian army made several breakthroughs in the defenders' positions, but was quickly blocked by artillery fire, Xu Guangyuan, who had realized that the time was ripe, immediately led his troops to launch an attack on the empty 12th Division in the rear, the first to bear the brunt of the artillery positions and the headquarters of the 12th Division!

Looking at the Beiyang New Army rushing out of the darkness like a tide, Huang Shengzhi immediately realized that his defense line was finished, where did these damn Beiyang New Army come from? After leading the division personnel to make the final resistance, Huang Shengzhi hurriedly ordered the herald to immediately notify all units and disperse to retreat in the direction of Shanghai!

Xu Guangyuan looked at the rows of neatly arranged cannons and the chaotic corpses of the enemy, he knew that he had succeeded, and the Beiyang Blade belonged to him!

(To be continued)