Chapter 107 Beiyang who went berserk

The annoying winter rain finally dissipated, but the sun not only did not bring a trace of warmth, but made people feel more and more like the north wind (). 3∴35686688

The streets of Hankou were sparsely populated, most of the rich people hid in the concession, and those who had no money also went to Wuchang and Hanyang, just because the army from the north had reached Xiaogan, northeast of Hankou, and the distance between the two places was only more than 80 kilometers, and even the thunder could be heard in the sky in the dead of night.

Can you hold it?

Nobody knows. When stationed in Hanyang, many recruits who had only joined the army for a few days were also sent to the front line on the train, and the worry became more and more intense, and every heart waited, waiting for the sound of the good news, but it did not come for a long time. Miao Luo also returned to Liu's Huā Garden, she could no longer endure the daily political games, and didn't want to hear any more words that weakened him, so after giving her brother the matter of protecting Song Jiaoren, she returned here again, and it seemed that only those who wore a white coat could regain their previous innocence and peace.

"Senior sister."

A soft call outside Mén interrupted her work, and she turned her head to see Rui Yao, who was dressed as a fisherman's NV, appeared in the field hospital at some point, and when she saw her, she hurriedly pulled and said, "Senior sister, can you take me to meet Mr. Song?" ”

"Why did Hao Duanduan go to see Mr. Song?" Miao Luo saw Rui Yao's face anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Senior sister, is something wrong?" ”

Rui Yao said: "I just got the news this morning, our ships in Jiangxi and Lianghuai were all detained by the local military and political fu, and they were also driven out by the soldiers, and many brothers were pulled out, and they also seized a lot of goods from the military department, so I was very worried." ”

Miao Luodai's eyebrows twisted, "How can this be?" Didn't the military and government fu say that the protection of the Si property? ”

Rui Yao stomped her foot fiercely, and the violent action made Xiong's mouth tremble slightly, and she couldn't care about the gaffe's tongue, and she couldn't care about the gaffe and said urgently, "Sister doesn't know, I heard that there is going to be a move on Nanjing, so I requisitioned ships everywhere." But you know, my ship has been set for Yang Yangqiu, so that now a lot of goods can't be transported now, just now an officer from the military department asked us to immediately bring up the freight they urgently need, what should we do now that the ship is gone?"

Rui Yao is indeed in a hurry, the Yangtze River Gang was chartered by the Military and Political Fu Branch on the second day of the Hankou incident, which was nothing, because Yang Qiu paid by the day, but as the war became more and more intense, Hankou, especially Hanyang, needed more and more materials, and the Yangtze River Gang gradually took on the work of purchasing and transporting materials from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and even Hunan and Sichuan, her own life is small, and tens of thousands of brothers in the Yangtze River Gang will really have no way to live.

Miao Luo knew that the Yangtze River Gang was Rui Yao's heart, and after thinking about it, he also felt that only Song Jiaoren could solve this matter, as long as he sent a telegram, these places would definitely be released, so she left the matter in her hand and was just about to take her to Wuchang, when she saw hundreds of carts suddenly rushing in the direction of Dazhi Mén, and you could even see blood flowing down along the board along the way. What's wrong? Don't.

"Oh no, Beiyang has attacked Xiaogan"

With the arrival of a large number of wounded soldiers, a piece of news suddenly spread from Hankou to all around, Miao Luo finally didn't care about Rui Yao, and simply let her go to Miao Yuan by herself, and immediately devoted herself to the work of treating the wounded.

On the Xiaogan front, a huge observation balloon is suspended in the sky, and there are more than 90 German-made, 75-mm field guns from five artillery battalions below. Shells rained down the front of Xiaogan and repeatedly ravaged the Wehrmacht positions. Even in winter, the heat and busyness made many gunners simply strip off their clothes and go back and forth between the gun pile and the cannon with their upper bodies bare, venting all their grievances during this time, bombarding indiscriminately at a rate of five rounds per minute. 4∴8065

The rumbling platoon artillery exploded at full speed in the rage, dense clouds of smoke rose from every corner of the position, and all the places that could be called the horse piles, deer barricades, trenches, bunkers, and machine gun forts were covered by shelling, and the flying mud and poisonous yellow smoke swept through Xiaogan like a terrible tornado, and hundreds of Wehrmacht soldiers were killed alive.

On the hill next to the artillery position, Feng Guozhang, who was surrounded by officers, was dressed in military uniform, standing majestically with a Japanese-style saber in both hands, and his whole body exuded a terrifying and domineering atmosphere, looking at the enemy's position with a fire regiment, and said coldly, "The key artillery machine gun fort is ordered, whoever is the first to break through the defense line, and the battalion will break through first and take Xiaogan, and I will deal with them."

Hearing the order, more than a dozen Beiyang officers ran murderously to their respective attack positions, they were indeed angry to say that the most memorable thing in their lives, I am afraid is the scene of Wushengguan, the victory in hand became a tragic victory because of the big explosion, the railway was broken, morale was frustrated, and the two towns and three associations brought by them have lost more than one association, although they took Weidian and killed Xiaogan, and they are only one step away from Hankou, they are not a ragtag army on the opposite side, Gong Bao does not know how much effort Huā has put in, and the officers are very ashamed to be so wasted. Although Gong Bao had now returned to Beijing, the telegrams urging everyone were on pins and needles, so everyone held their breath and immediately began to agitate the soldiers after returning to the position.

"Open the gun"

In the face of the black cháo like the Beiyang infantry, the four Wehrmacht artillery battalions left in Xiaogan also immediately began to roar, although only two battalions are equivalent to 75 mm field guns, but the momentum is not weaker than Beiyang at all, every time the shells explode among the Beiyang soldiers, you can always hear the screams and beast-like howls, and the two sides launched a fierce battle under this fierce shè ().

Huang Keqiang looked ahead with an artillery telescope in a thick bunker, flames rose up, columns of smoke dispersed, and the rain of fire from the machine guns on both sides weaved into a strange trajectory, constantly harvesting lives. This is the first time he has really stepped on the battlefield, he never knew that the real war was so tragic, it was such a terrible and spectacular scene, only to understand that the so-called armed ** in his past was actually just a child playing at home, especially when he saw the stumps and severed limbs of soldiers constantly rising in the shells, even his heart trembled, he really didn't know how Yang Qiu held on to Wusheng Pass for seven days, so fierce artillery fire was probably difficult for three days.

"Quick Look"

Deng Yulin's shouting frightened him suddenly shuddered, turned his head to see only a ball of flames rising above the No. 6 machine gun fort on the right, and one of the most important heavy machine gun fire points was hit by the Beiyang artillery The heavy machine gun is the key to whether it can continue to support, so seeing the Beiyang artillery began to bomb the machine gun fort one by one, the yin haze in everyone's hearts suddenly became a lot heavier, and Cai Jimin, deputy chief of staff and commander of the third division, immediately ordered the organization of two light machine guns to detour over there, trying to make up for the loss of weakened firepower after the heavy machine guns were blown up.

"The Overseers have come up from the North Ocean"

As the sound of artillery in the ears gradually thinned out, the Beiyang infantry began to charge after the short charge horn sounded, and in order to ensure sufficient pressure, the first BO threw in three infantry marks, nine infantry battalions, under the cover of a large number of Maxim heavy machine guns and artillery, launched a simultaneous attack on the 11th, 12th and 13th positions marked on the frontal map of the Wehrmacht.

Especially in the direction of Xiaotubao, where the 12th position, which controls the only commanding heights around, Beiyang is even more involved in four battalions, and the third division and the second brigade led by Xiong Bingkun are just in charge of the 12th position, and when he saw more than 2,000 Beiyang soldiers from four battalions rushing towards him, he took out his pistol and shouted: "Give me a good fight, let these Beiyang dogs know how powerful we are."

In his shout, 3,000 Hanyangzao opened fire fiercely, and the first heavy machine gun and two Madsen light machine guns belonging to the Second Brigade were even more frantically swept away, but there were too many Beiyang soldiers, and the three machine guns still could not completely suppress the four Beiyang battalions that relied on the two Makqin machine guns to suppress the formation. In just a few minutes, his heavy machine gun was damaged in the confrontation, and he had to find someone to send the heavy machine gun to the rear ().

Without the heavy machine gun to suppress the formation, the firepower in the position suddenly weakened, and more than 300 soldiers were killed in just half an hour. Seeing that the position was shaking, the 57-mm mountain artillery that had rushed to support was pushed up, and when he saw the artilleryman Xiong Bingkun, he stomped his feet again and again to signal to hurry up and open fire.

"Boom."

The two mén 57-mm mountain guns shook violently, and the recoil made the wheels sink into the yellow mud, the distance was so close that the shells exploded almost as soon as they came out of the muzzle, and the three or four Beiyang soldiers were immediately blown to pieces. The fierce artillery fire made the Beiyang soldiers begin to move their positions, so that they could not continue to crawl, giving the soldiers of the Second Brigade a good shè to hit the target, and the two light machine guns kept changing positions to sweep shè, and cooperated with Hanyang to beat those Beiyang soldiers to the formation and retreated.

Li Chun saw that the charge was actually beaten back, so angry that he pulled out his saber and pointed at the 12th high ground fiercely, and in an instant, the 18mén 75mm heavy gun sprinkled all the shells on the 12th position, and in an instant, the entire position was covered by shells again.

"No, we must immediately support the 12 positions, otherwise the second BO will not be able to stop it" Cai Jimin immediately looked at Huang Keqiang after seeing this scene from the telescope, this move made Song Ziqing next to him sigh slightly, Huang Keqiang's series of actions just now showed that he was already a little at a loss, what is the use of asking for his opinion at this time? No wonder Yang Qiu wants to take this opportunity to pull out this nail, his status in the eyes of the party is too high, but he has to take so many lives, is it worth it? If it weren't for the fact that the sailors had quietly agreed to neutrality, the three ships of Chu Yu could finally go to the mouth to provide fire support, and I am afraid that they would have been able to declare that they had lost this battle now.

Huang Keqiang's eyes slipped a trace of nervousness, gritted his teeth and looked at Wang Longzhong, which made Li Shucheng secretly say that it was not good, he knew that this person really didn't know much about military affairs, but it was a pity that he didn't stop him that day and actually agreed to take charge of the Xiaogan war, at this time, he could only help him and said, "Overseer, Xiang Yixie is the general reserve, and now it's only the first day to pull it up, and we may have no reserves tomorrow."

Song Ziqing walked to the front, "It's okay, Qingshan Cheng Bingrong has already led the third brigade to start crossing the river, and he can come in the afternoon at the latest." ”

"The Third Brigade has crossed the river?" Cai Jimin grabbed him movingly and asked, "What about the water master?" Didn't they stop it? ”

Song Ziqing smiled slightly, "The commander has reached an agreement with the Sa commander, I received a telegram just now, the Sa commander has taken all the Manchu officers back to Shanghai on the grounds of physical discomfort, and now the water division is under the command of Yang Jingxiu, but we haven't convinced him to join the ** team." ”

"Heaven will not die, and I will too"

Deng Yulin and other officers immediately laughed when they heard this, without the naval division, it not only means that the Third Brigade can finally free up their hands, but also means that even if Beiyang goes south, it will not be assisted by naval guns. Huang Keqiang was even more secretly frightened, he didn't expect Yang Qiu to have the ability to persuade Sa Zhenbing, and he was even more dissatisfied in his heart, so he immediately ordered Xiang Yixi to attack, hoping to recover the decline.

Wang Longzhong didn't fight very well, but he didn't lack guts, and immediately after getting the order, he rushed to the 12th position to support the second brigade, and also brought the Santing light machine gun that Yang Qiu assigned to him, but he didn't take the rest of the mark, and wanted to leave it to Huang Keqiang as a personal guard just in case.

After the Hunan Yixi and the first standard finally arrived at the 12th position, the soldiers of the Hunan army finally felt the difference, just now in the rear to watch the battle only felt lively, Ji Lie, and when they walked into the position, they knew that it was so terrible, Huang Sè's smoke was dizzy after two puffs, and the mud splashed after the shells exploded, and the bullets hit the side wall of the trench and splashed countless small mud columns, which wiped their cheeks and hurt.

"Dog's Day Brigade Commander, Beiyang is here again"

Before Wang Longzhong and the Hunan army could adapt, Jin Zhaolong jumped up suddenly, because the third division had not been able to complete the reorganization for a long time, in order to strengthen the strength of each brigade, Yang Qiu ordered the three death squads to be withdrawn and joined the three brigades before leaving. Following his fingers, everyone in the 12th position gasped, and behind the smoke that was blown away by the wind, there were actually two targets, and a few mén 57 mm mountain guns and several Maxim heavy machine guns were dragged, obviously trying to take this place completely in one go.

Jin Zhaolong clicked the action of the bayonet on the chā, so that the position began to fill the position with a sense of tragedy, the soldiers all chā on the bayonet, the snow bright bayonet also seemed to inject everyone with stimulants, and the Wuting light machine gun took the lead in roaring (). In the sound of gunshots, the Beiyang soldiers fell one after another, but this time there were too many people.

"Get up, he *** shoot Lao Tzu"

Wang Long was the most anxious, in order to increase Huang Keqiang's merits, he lowered his head and ran along the trench all the way shouting and scolding, one after another Hunan troops trembled under his scolding and stood up and began to fight, but these Hunan troops were not ready to fight a vicious battle at all, and many people quietly retracted their necks after seeing him go away after a few shots.

More than a dozen Beiyang soldiers rushed out carrying a Makqin machine gun in the smoke, and the gold thread on their military caps made Xiong Bingkun suddenly secretly cry out badly, and when he saw them running in the direction of the Hunan army, he immediately shouted to remind Wang Longzhong to pay attention, and at the same time organized two light machine guns to set fire to destroy it. The chirping bullets hit the feet of the Beiyang machine gun team and splashed countless pillars of mud, but it still failed to prevent them from rushing to a distance of 300 meters in front of the Hunan army's position on the left.

"The Beiyang machine gun is too ruthless, the team is right, and if you continue to fight, the brothers will be finished."

"That's it, they Hubei people don't fight, why let us come."

The Hunan army, which faced the heavy machine gun for the first time, was suddenly at a loss, and was so frightened that he lay pale in the trench and trembled, and the courage and combat confidence he had inspired when he came from Hunan finally could not hold on under the fierce bombardment of machine guns and artillery in Beiyang, and several officers even climbed to the side of the company commander and asked to evacuate.

This company commander was a small officer in the Hunan patrol battalion before, and it was not so much to participate in ** as to be coerced by the soldiers, anyway, the Mantars are not a good thing, so they took one step at a time, and when they were sent to support the Hubei army, they felt that they could take the opportunity to get a vote.

The whole team is a Japanese 6.5 mm 30-style rifle that was eliminated by Beiyang, and each person got five oceans before the battle was fought, but who knew that the fight would be this scene, seeing that it had only come up for an hour, his company had lost nearly 100 people, and if he continued to fight, he was afraid that it would be over, so when he heard the following officers and soldiers persuading him to retreat, he simply gritted his teeth and issued a retreat order ().

"Don't retreat, don't retreat, who dares to retreat, don't kill."

Seeing that his troops actually retreated first, Wang Longzhong's face turned white with anger, and he hurriedly rushed over there with the standard, and pulled out his saber to stop the deserter, but at this time, the deserter was already red-eyed, and when he saw them, a soldier with a pockmarked face immediately shouted, "you, I don't want to die here" Before the standard commander finished speaking, a bullet came over, maybe he didn't expect his own soldiers to be killed, and this standard didn't close his eyes until he died.

The thousand-mile embankment collapsed in the ant xue, and the stormy 12 positions were suddenly turned upside down by the Hunan army that was scurrying around.

"**Your mother, Brother Ejun, rush with me" Jin Zhaolong saw that the Hunan army was defeated, and Beiyang kept jumping into the position from the left flank, so angry that he rushed over there with a bayonet, and hundreds of original death squad soldiers also followed him to start a fierce white-knuckle battle. Seeing from the telescope that it was actually the Hunan army that he relied on who fled first to stir up the formation, Huang Keqiang suddenly felt dizzy, if it wasn't for Tian Tong, who came with him, he might have fallen down

Feng Guozhang also saw the abnormal situation of the 12th Heights, and when he was about to give the order to go up to another battalion, the staff officer had already trotted all the way over, "Report to the military commander, there is an alliance of enemy troops in the direction of Dafushui and Pu"

"Partition?" Feng Guozhang immediately walked to the map, and his face changed slightly after seeing the location of the Jiepu, and Zhang Lianfen said even more urgently, "Military commander, this Xiechā to Jiepu will suddenly separate us from Si Cheng's fourth town, do you think Yang Qiu will move Si Cheng?" ”

"Want to cut off my connection with Si Cheng? Send a radio to Si Cheng, don't worry about it, go all out to take Jingshan Hum and see how Yang Qiu will take care of it this time. Feng Guozhang's eyes gradually narrowed, and after half a sound, he suddenly raised his head, pulled out his knife and pointed at the 12th height, "Take this high ground on the left, send an artillery battalion, and follow now." Tell Xiushan that even if he dies, he must protect the artillery battalion and clear all the shè dead spots that can be seen by tomorrow morning at the latest."