"One, two, three, one, two, three, work harder, and you'll be in the position soon!"

At the beginning of October, more than 20 soldiers of the National Social Army were working hard to push a 150-caliber heavy howitzer into an artillery position 8 kilometers away from the Beiyang Army's position, and next to this 150-caliber howitzer, several howitzers of the same caliber were already quietly standing there.

"What a nice guy..."

Touching the 150mm heavy howitzer with a 14-caliber barrel, Yang Shan smiled at Zhu Qinglan on the side.

Not far behind them, several 12-mm heavy howitzers with a caliber of 210 times have been seated for a long time. And farther in the rear, 40-mm long-barreled cannons of 150 times caliber and 35 times caliber 210-mm rapid-fire cannons were seated.

These were originally intended by Yan Guang to greet the Beiyang Navy, but because of the relationship between Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, Yan Guang had no choice but to push them to Qianjiang.

Originally, with the tonnage of these big guys, it would be a hassle to send them to Qianjiang, especially considering the level of roads in China. Fortunately, the Hubei section of the Sichuan-Han Railway, which was funded by Yan Guang, has been repaired from Wuhan to Jingzhou, and Jingzhou is a port city, so after loading these big guys on the ship, it only took a day or two for these big guys to be transported from Yucheng to Jingzhou, and then transported from Jingzhou to the Qianjiang front line by rail.

"The Governor was so prescient..."

Thinking of the scene when these big guys were sent over, Yang Shan and others, who were originally a little puzzled by Yan Guang's contribution to build the railway for Li Yuanhong, had to bow down.

And looking at these big guys, Zhu Qinglan also nodded.

"With these big guys, the certainty of winning Qianjiang is even greater..."

While Yang Shan and Zhu Qinglan were talking, the 150-caliber heavy howitzer had been pushed into the preset position.

And at a distance of 1 km ahead, almost 300 75, 105 and 120 caliber guns have been ready for a long time ...

Looking at the dense artillery group on his side, Yang Shan patted Zhu Qinglan on the shoulder.

"How? Let's go! ”

After taking a shot back, Zhu Qinglan also nodded.

"Let's go, it's time!"

Not long after Yang Shan and Zhu Qinglan left surrounded by the guard battalion, a group of artillery had already rushed into the artillery position with ammunition boxes.

Straightening the helmet on his head and looking at the position of the Beiyang Army a few kilometers away, an artillery officer spat on the ground.

"Damn, I finally have a chance to have a good time."

By the time Zhu Qinglan and Yang Shan returned to the headquarters, the staff officers in the headquarters had already sorted out all the materials they needed.

"All the ammunition has been sent, right?"

"Send it down." A staff officer nodded. "Right now, the soldiers are ready at the forward positions, just waiting for the ammunition needed by the artillery to push into the position."

"How much more time will it take for the artillery to be ready?"

"With 300 guns, it will take at least an hour!"

"Good!"

Saying that, Zhu Qinglan, Yang Shan and the others looked at the sand table in front of the table, this sand table was made by the Military Intelligence Bureau after collecting information for nearly half a month, and there are many other sand tables of the same kind, all of which are cities on the march route. However, because the Beiyang Army took the initiative to abandon Yichang and Jingzhou, the sand table of those two cities was in vain.

There were neither hot air balloons nor airplanes for aerial photography when collecting information, so the sand table was very crudely made, but even so, the form of the county seat and surrounding areas of Qianjiang County was still clear in front of Zhu Qinglan and Yang Shan.

"It's clear..."

"Yes, I didn't expect those guys to have a bigger role than I imagined..." The guys in Zhu Qinglan's mouth naturally refer to the intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Although Zhu Qinglan himself attaches great importance to the role of intelligence, as long as he thinks that these people who engage in intelligence are likely to lurk around him, Zhu Qinglan always has a feeling of unpleasantness when he looks at them, and he naturally brings it out in his words.

The people from the Military Intelligence Agency naturally knew about these things, because just as Zhu Qinglan thought, there were indeed a few people from the Military Intelligence Agency around him. It's just that Zhu Qinglan is the deputy governor of Sichuan Province and the commander of the Second Army, not only in a high-ranking position, but also theoretically the second-highest figure in the Kuomintang Party, so the people in the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Military Defense Bureau have no choice but to collect his "black" materials at ordinary times, and wait until the day when he is no longer in a high position, or Yan Guang does not want him to be in a high position...

As for Yang Shan, Ping Yueli has also persuaded him many times, after all, he is with those despicable villains who engage in intelligence............ No matter how polite he usually says, that's what he thinks in his heart.

The surnames of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Military Defense Bureau are similar to those of the factory guards in the Ming Dynasty, and in Yang Shan's view, it is very meaningless to offend these people.

Of course, Yang Shanzhi didn't worry much, firstly, he was loyal to Yan Guang, and secondly, he had not done anything that violated the law and discipline, not to mention that he had not offended the people of the Military Intelligence and the Military Defense Bureau, even if he was offended, they had nothing to do with him.

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After taking a fresh look at the terrain on the sand table, Zhu Qinglan said to the staff officer just now.

"Are you ready to ship the ships?"

"It's ready." The staff officer hesitated. "However, the boats we collected are all ordinary fishing boats, and the largest is only a passenger boat used for ferrying, so I'm afraid if you use it to grab the ferry..."

As mentioned above, there is a tributary of the Yangtze River near the Qianjiang River, and the name of this tributary is Dongjing River. The river is more than 100 meters wide and 10 meters deep. Originally, this river had nothing to do with the National Social Army, but what happened to be that this river happened to stop on the road of the National Social Army to Qianjiang County. This is also why Feng Guozhang will deploy positions around the county seat, because there is no better natural danger for him than the Dongjing River.

By the way, the river is very long, so long that if you bypass him, it will not be far from Wuhan ...

"It's a nuisance..."

Looking at the Dongjing River, which was only more than 100 meters wide in front, Zhu Qinglan sighed.

"yes."

Yang Shan also nodded.

The soldiers of the National Social Army were originally defective in the quality of individual soldiers, and they had never been trained to cross the river or anything, but now they were in a hurry to find a way to cross a river more than 100 meters long, and there were more than 70,000 well-trained Beiyang Army on the other side of the river...

Just thinking about it, I worry about these soldiers.

"However, the Beiyang Army is in Qianjiang County across the river, and it seems that there is no intention of taking the initiative to attack, and now there is no other good way except for us to take the initiative to attack."

"Yes...", Yang Shan said as he looked at the artillery position not far away. Whether they can take Qianjiang or not depends on them. ”

A little more than an hour later, when each of the guns on the artillery positions was equipped with at least two base ammunition, the soldiers of the 2nd Division in the forward positions began to board the fishing boats and passenger ships prepared for them. To increase the survivability and firepower of these ships, each fishing boat was even equipped with a 60 mortar and a 37-mm infantry gun............ This is a light small-caliber infantry gun specially equipped for assault troops when carrying out tactical innovation in assault groups, and like 60 mortars, they can be used by a single person, of course, ammunition still needs to be carried by a special person.

After noticing that the Nationalist Army began to board ships on the riverbank, the Beiyang Army on the other side of the river seemed to want to make a move, but before they could make any moves, more than 300 guns on the artillery position of the Nationalist Army had already begun their feverish dance.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!!! ”

The first to fire were the most powerful 210 caliber cannons and howitzers, which were also the longest-range guns of their type. After they opened fire, in the blink of an eye, 20 thick dust pillars had been lifted from the Beiyang Army position on the opposite bank, and there seemed to be some scattered debris scattered in the dust columns. It's just that who the owner of those fragments is, I'm afraid no one can recognize it anymore...

After the 210 caliber guns fired, the 150 caliber guns also fired, followed by the 120, 105 and 75 guns. As more than 300 artillery pieces opened fire one after another, pillars of dust were also lifted on the opposite bank.

On the other side, as the commander of the Beiyang Army, Feng Guozhang was naturally in the safest county seat of Qianjiang County, and as the main leader of the troops, except for Wang Zhanyuan, who was too old and was also a reserve, the rest of Yang Shande, Jin Yunpeng and Li Chun rushed to the front line.

The trench fortifications dug by the Beiyang soldiers were very professional, although they were not very comfortable, but because the gap was very small and the depth was enough, except for a few shells that directly hit the fortifications, those shells that fell around the fortifications did not cause much casualties, except for the heavy artillery of 210 caliber...

Heavy artillery of this caliber, even if the shells did not fall in the fortifications, as long as they fell around the fortifications, it was enough to wipe out the Beiyang soldiers in the fortifications. If it falls on the anti-artillery bunker, you can even bury all the soldiers hiding in the bunker alive, but fortunately, this probability is very small, even if the 210 cannon has fired 60 shells in the blink of an eye, only one shell buries alive a squad of soldiers in the bunker...

As the ship loaded with SNS soldiers headed for the opposite shore, the soldiers on board also began to fire at the opposite shore with 60 mortars, 37mm infantry guns, and the Madsen light machine guns they carried............ Regardless of whether you hit or not, at least you have to fight again, otherwise you may not have a chance to fight again after a while...

And after the ships sailed in the direction of the positions of the Beiyang Army, the 75-caliber field guns on the positions of the Beiyang artillery also opened fire one after another.

Although the firing range of these 75 field guns is definitely not as far as the 210, 150 and 120 caliber guns of the National Socialist Army, their target is only those Beiyang Army who are trying to cross the river in vain, so they do not need to worry about the attack of the artillery of the National Social Army, so they do not need to worry about the attention of the artillery of the National Social Army after firing.

In Qianjiang County, the Beiyang Army has a total of 6 infantry divisions with more than 70,000 people, and each infantry division has an artillery regiment, that is, 54 75 mm mountain guns and field artillery, that is to say, 6 infantry divisions have a total of 324 75 mm guns, although the rate of fire of these guns is only 6 or 7 rounds per minute, but the victory is large enough, so just two rounds of artillery bombardment, there has been a fishing boat full of soldiers crossing the river was stopped and sunk...

(To be continued)