Also in the command post at the forefront, looking at the dust pillar lifted in the distance, Yin Changheng, who was holding a telescope, nodded.

"Sure enough, it is worthy of 150 and 210 caliber heavy guns, and the power is really extraordinary..."

After listening to Yin Changheng's words, the adjutant on the side also nodded in agreement. "Yes, it's no wonder that the governor will work tirelessly to transport these dozen artillery pieces from Chongqing to the Sichuan-Yunnan border, and it really has a great effect..."

In addition to testing the surname of the artillery, the most important thing in the shelling just now was to dissuade and intimidate the Dian army.

Yin Changheng knew very well that his task was not to fight the Dian army here, but to prevent them from launching an attack on Sichuan. Therefore, it is very important to show their strength to the opposite Dian army as a deterrent, and it just so happens that more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces of Yan Guang have been delivered at this time, as the largest field army artillery in China at present, in Yin Changheng's opinion, there is no more suitable for showing strength than these dozen cannons...

Facts have proved that Yin Changheng's means are very effective, after seeing more than a dozen of his own heavy artillery, the opposite Dian army is obviously much more honest, after all, 150 and 210 caliber heavy artillery can already be used to attack Qingdao fortress, not to mention that there are 72 75, 105 and 120 caliber guns in Yin Changheng's artillery regiment...

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During the Second Revolution, although Duan Qirui sent Li Chunbu of the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army and Wang Zhanyuan of the Second Division into Jiangxi, in fact, only part of the Second Division entered Jiangxi, and some of them were stationed in Hubei. So when Yan Guang announced Sichuan and Guizhou Reading Power, the first batch to go to Badong for defense were these soldiers of the Beiyang Second Division who stayed in Hubei, as well as the troops in the command of Li Yuanhong in Hubei.

However, the Hubei army had collapsed at the time of the Xinhai Revolution, so now Li Yuanhong has all the troops established after the Xinhai Revolution, and they are far from Beiyang in terms of combat effectiveness, so when facing the Kuomintang Socialist troops, the real mainstay is still Beiyang.

"Second Brother Li, when do you say that the reinforcements of Senior Commander Li and Senior Commander Wang will arrive?"

Outside the county seat of Padang County, a soldier of the Beiyang Army who was building fortifications asked his companion on the side.

Hearing his companion's question, the veteran surnamed Li shook his head after inserting the shovel into the soil.

"I don't know, but I've heard we've already set off."

"So—" The soldier's expression was a little worried.

Looking at his companion like this, the veteran surnamed Li sighed. "Look at you, what's there to worry about, isn't it just a rabble? It's not like we haven't seen what those rabble are like when we were in Jiangxi, it's like when we were at Hukou, we could beat 20 of them alone (real record...). What is there to be afraid of those who suddenly came out of Sichuan, even if there are many people? ”

Perhaps the Second Revolution was fought too easily, which made the entire Beiyang feel proud of other warlords. I feel that the troops under those warlords are a rabble, and a regiment or even a battalion of their Beiyang troops can defeat a division of those local warlords.

However, hearing what the veteran surnamed Li said, the soldier was still a little worried.

"But I heard from my boss that this time the opponent is different, and it's not as easy to deal with as before..."

Hearing his companion say this, the veteran surnamed Li's expression changed, but he knew that his companion was very appreciated by his superiors because he had read books, so he could often hear some news, and now his companion would say so...

Just when the veteran surnamed Li was still thinking about the meaning of his companion's words, an officer suddenly walked outside.

"Okay, okay, the brothers can come out first, the brother troops of the Hubei army have just come over with a division, and the fortifications can be dug by them."

Hearing what his boss said, the veteran surnamed Li didn't care about studying the words of his companion just now, and after inserting the shovel back into the soil, he beckoned his companion to go out together.

Not long after this group of Beiyang soldiers came out of the fortifications, a group of Hubei soldiers had already jumped into the fortifications with scolding in their hometown, continuing the work that the group of Beiyang soldiers had not completed just now.

On the city wall of the county seat of Badong County, the two regiment commanders of the Second Beiyang Division and a division commander who had just been reinforced by the Hubei army were also talking about the deployment of defense in Badong County.

"We have already set up fortifications in these key locations, but we are short of manpower, so we can only ask you..."

"It doesn't matter, after all, there are a lot of us, and we should make some efforts."

The regiment commander surnamed Wang and the regiment commander surnamed Zhang were noncommittal to the words of the division commander of the Hubei army.

"Also, just now the division commander and the army commander sent a telegram that the president has ordered Vice Minister Tang to lead his fleet in the direction of Padang, I believe it will not be long before we can reach Padang, and then we will have the support of the naval army."

Obviously, Tang Qianming's fleet had an outstanding effect in the Battle of Hukou, and it was still fresh in the memory of Duan Qirui, Li Chun and others, so before the battle began, he asked Yuan Shikai for naval support.

And after hearing that there would be support from the navy, the commander of the Hu army, Ma Division, also clapped his hands very happily.

"With the help of a troll? That would be great. ”

Obviously, Tang Qianming's fleet has also heard of the achievements of the Hukou fleet, and he, the division commander of Hubei, has also heard of it.

It's just that just when the three of them were talking happily on the city wall, an officer of the Beiyang Army suddenly walked up from under the city wall and said urgently. "Regiment commander, the news just came back from the outpost that a group of cavalry is advancing towards our side, I believe it is the forward force of the Sichuan army..."

"Are you sure it's the Sichuan Army?" In fact, Commander Wang also knew that he was asking nonsense, after all, who else could appear at this time except the Sichuan army?

However, after hearing Commander Wang's nonsense, the officer who reported the news still nodded hurriedly.

"You shouldn't be able to go wrong."

"That's ......... How many of those cavalrymen were there? ”

If there were few people, Commander Wang would be interested in trying the quality of these cavalry first, but seeing Commander Wang's intentions, the Beiyang officer smiled bitterly. "There are more than 2,000 people, probably two cavalry regiments..."At that time, the number of an infantry regiment was a little more than 2,000 people, and a cavalry regiment was 1,117 people if you count the regimental headquarters. The news that had just come back from the outpost was more than 2,000 cavalry, so it was natural for the officer to come up with the data of 2 cavalry regiments.

"Two cavalry regiments?"

Hearing such a number, the two regiment commanders and the division commander Ma both glanced at each other with some embarrassment.

If the number is small, they are interested in touching the cavalry, but more than 2,000 cavalry...

More than 2,000 cavalry is not a joke, if there are fewer people sent over, they will definitely not be able to defeat others, but if there are more people sent over, then they can just turn around. Although in the regular army of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, there was basically a regiment of cavalry and a regiment of artillery, except for troops like Beiyang and the National Socialist Party, most of the warlords' troops did not have these two types of troops, and the same was true of the division of Commander Ma...

"Forget it, let's let those cavalry go for the time being, let the brothers below arrange the fortifications of the county seat first, what do the two brothers think?" Although his military rank was much higher than the two regiment commanders in front of him, Master Ma still consciously regarded the two of them as his equals.

And hearing what Commander Ma said, Commander Wang and Commander Zhang naturally had no opinion, after all, they were all infantry regiments, and they couldn't catch up with other people's cavalry at all.

"But if those cavalry rush over and disturb the fortifications below, it will be a troublesome matter..."

After a long groan, Head Wang spoke.

"In this way, Lao Zhang, we will garrison the machine gun company in the regiment to a few key points, and if the cavalry of the Sichuan army comes, we will use the machine gun to drive them away."

Hearing what Head Wang said, Head Zhang nodded after thinking about it. "That's fine."

Beiyang can be said to be the first warlord in China to attach importance to machine guns, and the Makqin machine gun was used to cause heavy casualties to the revolutionary army during the Yangxia Defense War of the Xinhai Revolution, so almost every division in the Beiyang Army is equipped with heavy machine guns, and the configuration method is the same as that of the Sichuan Army, the regiment is equipped with a machine gun company directly under the regiment, and the division is equipped with a machine gun battalion directly under it, and the two add up to 36 Makqin heavy machine guns in a division.

However, the fly in the ointment is that the Beiyang Army is not equipped with light machine guns, but this is good news for the Sichuan Army.

One company is equipped with 6 Maxim machine guns, and two companies are 12, although the number is a little less, but according to the lethality of Maxim and the super large target of the cavalry, 12 Maxim machine guns can still exert great lethality. Therefore, for these 12 machine guns, both Commander Zhang and Commander Wang are very confident.

Sure enough, more than half an hour later, more than thirty cavalrymen suddenly appeared in the sight of the three of them.

"Are those the cavalry of the Sichuan Army?"

Looking at the cavalry of the Sichuan Army wearing gray training uniforms on horseback, the commander of the horse division, who was holding a telescope, spoke.

At this time, the thirty or so cavalrymen in the extreme distance seemed to want to get closer for reconnaissance, but not long after, when they found the Maxim machine guns arranged on several fortifications, they hurriedly turned their horses and retreated to a safe place as if they were greatly frightened. Both the Sichuan and Guizhou armies were equipped with a large number of machine guns, and they knew even better about the power of Makqin than Beiyang.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the appearance of those Sichuan cavalry, the Beiyang soldiers and Hubei soldiers on the city wall also burst into laughter.

However, after retreating out of the range of the Makqin machine gun, one of the leading Sichuan cavalrymen took out a notebook, and then recorded the Beiyang Army's city defense deployment in Badong. A few soldiers even took out the Mauser G98 rifles on their backs and opened fire on the Hubei soldiers who were working inside the fortified line.

It's a pity that now they can't even shoot the Maxim machine gun when they are standing, let alone the Mauser rifle in their hand.

So after discovering that the Sichuan cavalry on the periphery couldn't shoot themselves at all, those Hubei soldiers continued to work with peace of mind...

(To be continued)