Chapter 44 Central Plains Lu Zhengfei (11)

Li Yuanhong did not attend the meeting because he was looking for someone to make peace. Wang Zhengting, vice minister of foreign affairs, was sent to the U.S. consulate to mediate a three-day truce and accept a constitutional monarchy. He also said, "If it is refused, it will withdraw from Wuchang unconditionally."

"Hanyang has not yet fallen, and the First Brigade of Anhui, Liu Yutang of the Hunan Army, is still insisting on fighting. Hanyang City is still there, and we are waiting here to do it, so it is better to go into battle and kill the enemy. A person stood up in the conference room, and Yang Xizhang, deputy chief of staff, got up angrily and went out to cross the river. Dozens of people accompanied him were all members of the military government.

Cai Hanqing, deputy director of the Inspection Department, and Zhang Zhenwu, deputy director of the Military Affairs Department, led hundreds of students and soldiers across the river to help defend Hanyang. At this moment, Hanyang, on Turtle Mountain, is planning a counterattack.

Liu Yutang went to the First Brigade of Anhui again, and there were still more than 1,000 of his subordinates. In the entire defense of Hanyang, the civilian army suffered only more than 3,000 casualties, and the ordinary civilian army could not afford more than 30% of the casualties.

Soon after Liu Yutang arrived, Yang Xizhang, Cai Hanqing, Zhang Zhenwu and others came together, and several people entered the headquarters with excited faces. ”

Tian Jiyang's chin was raised, and he was about to fight back, Liu Yutang hurriedly spoke: "Everyone, everyone, we are discussing a counterattack and eating the outstanding part of the Beiyang Army." ”

Only then did everyone's faces change slightly, and Tian Jiyang sneered: "When did my Anhui army ever be afraid of the Beiyang Army?" Hit Beiyang as you like, hum! Just now, Commander Fang called, the Fourth and Fifth Divisions of the Anhui Army have been assembled in Hefei, and in ten days and half a month at most, the Anhui Army will surely sweep across the Central Plains. ”

Chief of Staff He Chong also sneered: "Commander Fang called, Hanyang is not guarded by others, and even if there is one soldier left in my first brigade, it is not allowed to withdraw from Hanyang." Other. The first division left behind in Anqing has been loaded and will arrive tomorrow. It's telegram! ”

He Chong handed over the telegram. After everyone took it, they all showed joy. Fang Jianxiong, who has been paying attention to the battle situation in Hubei, or Fang Jianxiong, who has been paying attention to Hanyang, how could he let Hanyang fall? Hanyang is known as the largest military production area in China. Fang Jianxiong, the reserve of technical talents, can drool when he looks at it. It's just that Huang Xing was in command before, and Fang Jianxiong was reluctant to go inside, but now that Huang Xing has gone to Wuchang, Fang Jianxiong expected that this person would not return to Hanyang, and reacted immediately. Convene an overnight meeting of the ministries. studied the battle situation, and finally Jiang Baili Jianyi was affirmed by Fang Jianxiong.

Gui Danqi immediately set out with the 1st Division, followed by reinforcements from the 2nd Division. The 3rd Division was divided into Anqing and Wuhu. Fang Jianxiong went to Hefei and led the fourth and fifth divisions to attack northern Anhui. Attacking Zhoukou, Henan, the Anhui Army was finally about to open its position and fight with the Beiyang Army in a dignified manner.

At this moment, the surrounding areas of Hanyang are all in the hands of the Beiyang Army. After Feng Guozhang's defeat in Li Chun's army, he concentrated on Chen Guangyuan's fourth town and attacked the Sanyan Bridge and Tangjiashan line. The Hunan army fought hard and retreated. Feng Guozhang got Yuan Shikai's order. Let Li Chun lead his troops to continue to attack the front line of Meiniang Mountain, Fairy Mountain, and Guodi Mountain, and ask him to be ashamed.

Li Chun called Wu Jinbiao and told him: "This association will personally go to the front line to supervise the battle, and if your troops do not defeat the enemy, you will personally lead the death squad into battle, and the reputation of the 11th Association must be redeemed in Hanyang." "Li Chun has accepted the position of the sixth town commander. The quality of this battle is not just a matter of face for him.

Li Chunbu worked very hard. The advance is fast. Mopan Mountain and Biandan Mountain quickly formed a protruding part. The First Brigade of the Anhui Army once again fell in love with Li Chun. The difference was Ma Jizeng last time, and this time it was Wu Jinbiao.

"Bang!" Tian Jiyang's fist slammed on the map and scolded: "MLGBD, just a disabled mixed association dares to break through so far, when my first brigade in Anhui doesn't exist?" Hit him! The others were somewhat speechless when they heard this.

Take Liu Yutang as an example, his subordinates are known as a cooperative, but in fact, there are only more than 1,000 guns. Who can compare with your Anhui army, a mixed association comes over, all branches of the army are complete, and the number is thousands.

"The key now is the front line of the Xianghe Black Mountain, which must be held for more than 12 hours, and when our army completely annihilates Li Chun, the crisis in Hanyang can naturally be solved."

When the First Brigade was seeking a counterattack, Li Yuanhong called everywhere for help. The reply that came was that Hu Hanmin, the governor of Guangdong, sent Yao Yuping to the Northern Expedition, which was a typical distant water and was not thirsty, and when the Guangdong Northern Expeditionary Army arrived, the daylilies were cold.

Zhenjiang Lin Shuqing telegraphed to Fujian and Guangdong: select strong forces and storm Tianjin on the sea route ....... This hurts even more!

The Jiangxi military government sent an infantry team to Huangzhou, Hubei, and then did not move.

At the moment of crisis, only Fang Jianxiong responded by telegram in Wuhu, saying: The first and second divisions will advance westward on the same day, and Jianxiong will personally lead the Northern Expeditionary Army to send troops to northern Anhui to march to Henan, threatening the Jinghan line.

As soon as this electricity came out, the world was stunned! A small Anhui, where did so many soldiers come from? Then began to quarrel, all sorts of noises in the newspapers. Some said that Fang Jianxiong was unashamed and bluffed. Some say that Fang Jianxiong hit the stone with an egg. More people applauded Fang Jianxiong. Of course, behind the applause, it is estimated that Fang Jianxiong is afraid that Fang Jianxiong and the Beiyang Army will not fight hard enough, and the injury will not be deep enough.

The Anhui army is divided into two routes, all the way with Gui Danqi as the commander-in-chief, and the task is very clear, to hold Hanyang! Leading the way, Fang Jianxiong personally led the army, Jiang Baili was the chief of staff, and the army gathered in Hefei.

"Commander, the 1st Brigade has called and decided to launch a counterattack to recapture the Mopanshan position and strive to annihilate Wu Jinbiao." Jiang Fangzhen held the telegram in his hand and hurried over.

Fang Jianxiong was paying attention to the battle situation in Hanyang on the map, turned around and stared at the map again, and said, "Yes, but I have to warn Tian Jiyang that his task is to hold Hanyang and wait for reinforcements." ”

Jiang Fangzhen said with a worried face: "The key is the line of Xianghe and Montenegro, in case of loss, the overall situation will collapse." ”

Fang Jianxiong nodded and said, "Yes, I'm afraid that Gui Danqi won't be able to catch up." Sue Sù Tian excited, pay attention to the Montenegrin line at any time, and once lost, immediately abandon Hanyang. I can only prepare for it with two hands. ”

Hanyang, inside the headquarters of the 1st Brigade. After some urgent consultations and a telegram requesting Li Yuanhong's approval, it was decided to set up two defense headquarters in Wuchang and Hanyang. Jiang Yiwu served as the commander-in-chief of Wuchang, Gui Danqi served as the commander-in-chief of Hanyang, and Yang Xizhang was temporarily deputized.

Huang Xing voluntarily stepped down and went down the river to Shanghai.

The Hanyang command immediately made a new campaign plan, and the 1st Brigade of the Anhui Army took over all the fronts on the flank, and the rest of the troops held all the places. After Liu Yutang's troops were replenished to a certain extent, they strengthened to the front-line position of Xianghe Black Mountain.

At three o'clock in the morning of the 29th, Zheng Yangyuan led a battalion to quietly appear at the foot of Mopan Mountain. His mission is to recapture the Mopan Mountain position!

Tian Jiyang does not like simple defense. Passive beating like that. The Anhui Army has always beaten others, and this concept has been instilled in various ways since joining the Anhui Army. It goes deep into the hearts of every officer and soldier.

After Fang Jianxiong's telegram admonished, Tian Jiyang revised his counterattack plan, not seeking to completely annihilate Li Chun's troops, but to annihilate his troops of about one battalion in the salient. Yang Xizhang personally led the troops to the front line of the Sanyan Bridge. Monitor the Beiyang Army on the opposite side of the garrison and cover the counterattack of the Anhui Army.

Wang Mazi's spy company, taking advantage of the cover of the night, went straight to the bottom of the mountain and cut off the back road. Waiting for an opportunity to capture the position of the pot bottom mountain. The rest of the departments have made arrangements, trying to kill chickens like knives and eat Li Chun's salient in one fell swoop.

At five o'clock in the morning, three signal flares were lifted into the air, piercing the night brilliantly, and the battle began on time.

Hefei, the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Anhui Army. and the 1st Artillery Division (under the jurisdiction of the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 1st 75th Artillery Brigade. Led by the secret service group. Go north to Huainan.

In the morning, Fang Jianxiong immediately stood by the avenue and looked at Wuchang from afar. Jiang Fangzhen on his side rode and looked, and after a long time, Fang Jianxiong chanted: "Daze Dragon Fang is stinging, and the Central Plains deer is fat." ”

Jiang Fangzhen has much deeper cultural heritage than Fang Jianxiong. But I haven't heard of this sentence either.

"Fuguo, good momentum!" Jiang Fangzhen still praised it. Fang Jianxiong shook his head with a wry smile and said, "This is Yuan Shikai's handwriting, I don't have this level." He said that he raised his whip all the way to the north. laughed loudly: "The Central Plains deer is fat!" Good! Good! Good! I'd like to see who kills the deer! ”

Not far after, Zheng Quan and Li Muyan accompanied them, and when they heard this, they looked at each other and smiled. Although these two have the intention of competing for favor, they are still partners at the moment. The two have different divisions of labor, and there is no conflict of interest for the time being.

In Hanyang, the sound of artillery broke the silence of dawn, and the mixed brigade launched a fierce bombardment of Zhuyuan, which had been locked in advance with heavy artillery fire from the artillery battalion. This time the artillery bombardment lasted for half an hour, and the Qing artillery wanted to suppress it, but the range was insufficient, and they did not dare to open fire lightly to avoid being hit by the opponent's artillery.

At the command post in front of the battle, Cai Hanqing and Zhang Zhenwu arrived together, and it was the first time they had seen such a powerful artillery bombardment. The Anhui army is only an artillery battalion, and it can make such a huge noise. It can be seen that its soldiers are highly equipped and sophisticated. Zhang Zhigong of the artillery battalion was one of the cadets in Qingdao, who had previously been an artillery grassroots and had excellent academic performance in Qingdao, and was promoted to commander of the artillery battalion of the mixed brigade. When the first division arrives, it is estimated that the regiment commander will be promoted. The original regiment commander was transferred to other troops.

After half an hour of shelling, the earth-shattering shouts were remembered at the foot of Mopan Mountain.

Zhang Zhuguo, the commander of the first battalion from the teaching team, personally led the commando, raised his rifle and shouted the password of the Anqing Uprising: "For New China!" Advance! ”

Zhang Zhuguo took the lead in rushing out, and everyone in the department followed him bravely!

At the foot of Guodi Mountain, the scouts sent by Wang Mazi came back and reported that there was a Beiyang Army headquarters on Guodi Mountain. It seems that Wu Jinbiao's headquarters is on it. Wang Mazi was moved when he heard this, and the animals of the spy group were more courageous than the other.

"Okay, Lao Tzu took his headquarters!" Wang Mazi waved his hand, and he didn't care about the task of cutting off the retreat, he directly asked people to report to Tian Jiyang, and personally led the spy company to lurk forward.

Wu Jinbiao and Ma Jizeng were both in the headquarters, and with the sound of artillery, both of them got up. They all came out of the house, and when they met in the courtyard, they looked at each other in a panicked expression. Ma Jizeng is too familiar with this cannon sound, and only the artillery of the Anhui Army can make this noise.

"Report to the upper peak, it's best to get reinforcements, I don't think this time is a good sign." Ma Jizeng, who had palpitations, proposed a Jianyì. Although Wu Jinbiao didn't agree with this Jianyì very much, he thought about it out of caution and sent someone to report to the Sanyan Bridge in Meiniang Mountain.

Feng Guozhang, who was sitting in Hankou, was also awakened by the sound of artillery, rushed to the courtyard and looked at the fire rising in the distance, and said with surprise: "This should be the Anhui army, I haven't seen their movements for a long time, and now it has finally appeared." ”

Hurrying to Chen Guangyuan and Wang Yujia, Wang Yujia, who was in charge of attacking Hanyang head-on, said: "Listen to the voice, it's 75 mountain artillery." ”(。 If you like this work, () vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )