Chapter 206: Guiyang Offensive and Defensive Battle
The more Yang Du talked, the more excited he became, in the early years, he had argued with Huang Xing and others when he was in the book, Yang Du insisted that Junxian was in China, and Huang Xing and others firmly believed that the Ming Cook Republic was in China, and now it seems that Yang Du has won more than half, and Yuan Shikai eliminated the biggest obstacle in front of him in one fell swoop.
Lao Yuan is also angry: "Huizi, you saddle the horse for me, I see it in my eyes, your strategic insight is that Xingcheng has not been able to compare with you, with your assistance, it is Yuan's luck!" ”
After Lao Yuan played a game of getting along with the monarch and the minister, he immediately ordered Qiao Yu and Liu Xianshi to exterminate Xiong Kewu as soon as possible, and at the same time mobilized the Beiyang army to begin to comprehensively encircle and suppress the White Wolf Bandit Army, and the Sichuan army's brigade had approached Guiyang.
At this time, Liu Xianshi was commanding the Guizhou army to surround Guiyang from the southeast side, and the Sichuan army surrounded the northwest, Xiong Kewu became a turtle in the urn in an instant, after a few days of bloody battles, Xiong Kewu only had less than 7,000 people left, and it was still a little difficult for a Liu Xianshi, and now the Sichuan army, which is stronger and stronger, is not even more unable to resist.
Xiong Kewu sat in the command center, holding a telegram in his hand, it was Sun Wen who sent him not long ago, promising reinforcements, guns, ammunition, money and food, as long as Xiong Kewu can hold on for a few more days, everything will be fine, Xiong Kewu insisted on seven days full of hope, but the news of the complete defeat of Sun Wen and others came, they had fled to Yuben with their tails between their legs, and now they were left with their lone army still desperate, Xiong Kewu had the intention to escape, but he was not willing to give away the Guiyang that he had finally obtainedNow there is only one desperate fight.
Xiong Kewu immediately ordered the whole city to mobilize, and mobilized all the men from the age of fifteen to the age of forty in Guiyang to help the Yuan army defend the city, and at the same time he personally placed the main force in the north city, and built several lines of defense to deal with the attack of the Sichuan army.
Although these can not bring substantial damage to the Yuan army, but the blow to morale is undoubtedly extremely heavy, the deployment inside and outside the city has fallen in the eyes of the Sichuan army, Xiong Kewu is more and more depressed, this gap in technology and equipment makes him extremely frustrated, this is not at all by virtue of the command level can make up, and Xiong Kewu's command level is not enough.
Until the third day, at ten o'clock at dawn, the artillery on the position of the Sichuan army rumbled, and a blazing shell fell on the position of the Yuan army, after a simple correction, the artillery fire of the Sichuan army became more violent, the dust was all over the sky, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the deafening cannon sound frightened the soldiers of the Yuan army.
"Cannons? Where's our artillery, fire back at me, fire back! ”
Xiong Kewu shouted sharply, the artillery barely pushed their cannons out, and began to fight back sparsely, the artillery of the Sichuan army seemed to be suppressed a little, Xiong Kewu's face seemed to be a lot better, at this moment a few shells fell on the artillery position of the Yuan army like an eye, the shells burst, and the shells on the position also exploded, and in an instant, three cannons were blown into the sky, and more than a dozen artillery soldiers were also blown apart.
Half of the cannons of the Yuan army are old-fashioned front cannons, the power is very limited, and the remaining few are imported from France, which are the main force of the artillery, and the new artillery has lost more than half in this round of attacks, Xiong Kewu's heart seems to have been taken off, and it hurts to the extreme, but the Sichuan army on the opposite side does not give him a chance to feel sad at all, and it is another cannonball, which blew up the artillery position of the Yuan army, which is miserable.
Immediately under the cover of artillery, the Sichuan soldiers rushed out of the trenches, quickly approaching the position of the Yuan army, the machine gun artillery provided a strong cover for the Sichuan army, and was able to approach the position of the Yuan army with very small casualties, the distance between the two sides was only one or two hundred meters, the rifles in the hands of the Sichuan soldiers began to exert power, and as long as someone dared to show their heads, the other side would attract a stormy blow.
Many of the soldiers who asked for Yuan blindly shot bullets into the air, and finally the Sichuan army pressed in front of the trenches, these soldiers of the Yuan army were no longer willing to give Xiong Kewu their lives, the ethereal reinforcements would never arrive, and they were not willing to bury themselves for those slogans that sounded great, this was the soldiers retreating one after another.
As the saying goes, the defeat of the army is like a mountain, if there is a person who escapes, there is a second, a third, the speed of the retreat of the Yuan army is not inferior to the avalanche, countless soldiers will still have the guns in their hands, holding their heads and desperately fleeing, just like this, the Yuan army collapsed, even Xiong Kewu could not stop it, so he had to retreat to the city under the protection of the guards.
"I didn't expect this Xiong Kewu to be so can't help fighting, isn't this a knife used to kill chickens?"
Han Yong accompanied Qiao Yu to the front line, and from a distance, he could see the position set up by the Yuan army, the position was extremely rough, only a few shallow trenches, which could only cover most of the body, and the rest were all exposed, the number of machine guns and cannons was very scarce, and the position was not reasonable, Qiao Yu thought that Xiong Kewu's dying battle would bring some trouble to the Sichuan army, but now it seems that it is not as difficult to deal with as imagined.
The soldiers of the Sichuan army followed Xiong Kewu and chased to the city of Guiyang, at this time the city of Guiyang had become a pot of porridge, and those who were forcibly recruited saw that the Yuan army was scattered, and they also dispersed, and even some of the more heroic ones had picked up shovels and pickaxes and began to attack the Yuan army.
Xiong Kewu led his cronies to flee to the Shuaifu, where a large number of defeated troops have gathered, many of them were defeated and retreated from the east and south of the city, just when the Sichuan army launched an attack, Liu Xianshi also urged the Qian army to start attacking, he absolutely could not let the Sichuan army seize the opportunity, so it was completely a desperate way of playing, and after paying more than a thousand lives, Liu Xianshi overcame the defense line of the Yuan army with difficulty.
These Guizhou troops have been deeply tortured by the war, are a little hysterical, after entering the city, looting and burning, without any care, those soldiers who have surrendered have also been killed a large number, this kind of behavior made the Yuan army drum up the last hero, to the death to defend a few streets near the marshal's mansion, and the Sichuan and Guizhou armies fought fierce street battles.
The soldiers of the Sichuan army were also a little careless, and were swept by the two machine guns at the main gate of the Shuai Mansion to dozens of people, Shi Yi personally rushed to the front of the Shuai Mansion at this time, and saw that the victory was within reach, but it was difficult to win, it was really annoying, he suddenly thought of a good way, and hurriedly let a small group of soldiers carry two mortars through the houses on both sides of the street and approach the Shuai Mansion.
When there were still about 200 meters away from the Shuaifu, this small group of soldiers adjusted the angle of the two mortars, they were the most elite gunners, not 100% sure, but it would not be much worse, after choosing the angle, immediately loaded, two shells fell into the sky, one of them fell on the gatehouse of the Shuaifu, the gatehouse was knocked down by a violent explosion, and the other deviated a few meters, but it happened to fall next to a machine gun, this machine gun also became a part, and even a few soldiers around it were killed.
The soldiers of the Yuan army were dizzy by this sudden artillery bombardment, they didn't know how the shells came over, and they didn't know how to dodge, and at this moment, several shells fell in succession, blowing up all the front doors of the Shuaifu, losing the last stronghold, and the Yuan army quickly dispersed!