Chapter 67: The Battle of the Jinghan Line (7)

The courtyard was a little messy, and a dozen young soldiers were sitting around basking in the sun, drinking ginger soup in their hands, and a marching cauldron was burning beside them. When Fang Jianxiong came in, the young soldiers were flustered and stood up one after another to salute.

Kong Lingdong hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and seeing Fang Jianxiong's brows furrowed slightly, he quickly explained: "These are all student soldiers, death squads. They helped build bridges in the mornings and transported supplies when crossing the river. When the Beiyang Army shelled, the bridge was blown off a supporting pillar, and these student soldiers jumped into the river to support the pontoon bridge with their shoulders. It was my arrangement to arrange for them to rest here and drink some ginger soup to go cold. Please also ask the commander to punish! ”

With this explanation, Fang Jianxiong's brows stretched, nodded and smiled, and walked towards the student soldiers. Looking at these cramped and restless student soldier death squads, Fang Jianxiong snapped a straight, standard military salute!

"All of them! Salute to all the daredevils! No matter who it was in the headquarters, they all stood solemnly and saluted these young student soldiers.

Don't look at Fang Jianxiong, it's not much, but in the eyes of these student soldiers, this is an idol. The idol saluted himself, and the young people's faces turned red with excitement, and they were at a loss. Fortunately, a young soldier was more astute and snapped in return: "Salute to the commander!" ”

Fang Jianxiong looked at a pair of young faces with excited eyes. The mistake of pretending to be forced was committed again, and he shook hands with the student soldiers with a kind face and talked, the first one: "What's your name?" "Report to the commander, my name is Li Zongren!"

Not! The one who won Taierzhuang? Fang Jianxiong paused for a moment. A few more looks. Two more words of encouragement, and the excited Li Zongren trembled slightly. Next, "What's your name?" "Student Bai Chongxi." Hmm, Xiao Zhuge , these two got together so early? Or is it because of Lao Tzu's messed up history?

Picking up two treasures in a row, the smile on Fang Jianxiong's face was even worse, and he continued to shake hands, and many familiar historical names from YY novels appeared among these young people. Tang Shengzhi, Gu Zhutong, Qian Dajun, Liu Zhi, Zhang Zhizhong, and many other Fang Jianxiong don't know but are also very famous, Xiong Shihui, Liao Lei, Jiang Guangnai, Li Pinxian and so on.

The composition of the student daredevils is very mixed. There were army primary school graduates from all over the country who came to join the revolution, and there were also Baoding students.

After Fang Jianxiong shook hands one by one, he kept a smile and said goodbye to everyone, and when he entered the headquarters, he twisted his thighs fiercely. Hurt. Not a dream! I feel like a fox who was going to steal a chicken, but I didn't expect to steal a nest.

The battle of the Jinghan Line was mainly considered from the political point of view. The people in the Alliance didn't plan to take Fang Jianxiong to play, Fang Jianxiong wanted to tell them, you can't play without Lao Tzu. Fang Jianxiong wants to let those actors on the stage know that they are all scum if they don't write their own scripts!

Unexpectedly, because of this, the British who were bent on supporting Yuan Shikai were provoked, and jumped out to threaten and intimidate. Fang Jianxiong stubbornly pushed back. I never thought that these historical celebrities would be fooled. Young people are so deceitful, I really didn't expect to be able to catch so many treasures.

A group of young student soldiers sat together and continued to drink ginger soup and chat, and the topic was naturally Commander Fang.

"Commander Fang is so young, not much older than us."

"Mo San, don't dream, the newspaper said that Commander Fang went to the German Army Primary School at the age of 12 and received the strictest military education since he was a child."

"Wen Bai, I don't dare to agree with what you say. Ambition is not in high age! In the future, I will definitely be like Commander Fang, commanding thousands of troops! ”

"Delin is right, the husband should be like this!"

A group of young people. The friendship of diving together soon became good friends, and they dared to say anything when they got together. As he was talking, Kong Lingdong, the same young chief of staff, came and smiled at everyone: "The commander has an order." You're all doing well. All of them will be sent to Anhui Army University to study, and the school will open next spring. The principal is the commander, and the executive principal is Jiang Fangzhen. Let's say okay first, all of them must be voluntary, and if you are willing to go, go back to the headquarters to sign up for the military uniform and soldier code, even if you join the Anhui Revolutionary Army. For other students who were not present, please remember to tell me that in March next year, you can enter the preparatory class for the guò exam, and those with excellent grades will be officially enrolled at the end of August. ”

The student death squad immediately cheered, and some of them hugged each other excitedly and jumped up. The Anhui Revolutionary Army has always been where they yearn for. Today, only Fang Jianxiong led the Anhui Revolutionary Army and is still fighting against the decaying Manchu army. The other provinces said that they had been recovered, and most of them have not sent a single soldier so far.

Students are not stupid, they have eyes to see and brains to think.

Students are stupid, and what they see with their eyes may not be what they want.

In the brigade headquarters, Kong Lingdong was introducing the front-line battle situation: "Since the river crossing was launched at 6 o'clock in the morning, the 11th Association has been fighting stubbornly. Three counterattacks were launched successively, but fortunately, they all retreated under the powerful blows of our artillery fire and troops. The operational plan of the General Staff Department is to break through the first-line defense of the Qing army within 24 hours, and at present, it is not difficult to fulfill this requirement. Even the casualties were greater than expected, and the stubborn Cheng Dù of the Beiyang Army was also stronger than expected. ”

Hearing this, Fang Jianxiong let out a cold snort from his nostrils and glanced at Gui Danqi. Gui Danqi immediately stood up and sang with a red face, with a serious look, and said in a stern tone: "The General Staff has held operational meetings many times, and the commander has repeatedly emphasized that the enemy must not be underestimated. I think your third brigade has the idea of underestimating the enemy, do you think that the first brigade fought well before, and you think that the Beiyang Army is like that? Self-confidence is a good thing, but it is never advisable to be overconfident and blindly optimistic! ”

"Let's not talk about these now, how can An Yi run to the front line? He was a brigade commander, not a platoon commander. As a brigade commander, his task is to coordinate and deploy the entire battle, what to do on the front line? Charging with a bayonet? Monkey business! Fang Jianxiong also spoke, but his tone was not too harsh.

"We must learn a lesson and resolutely correct it!" Kong Lingdong was talking when the phone rang, and after picking it up, he said, "The commander is at the headquarters, I ask him to speak." ”

An Yi's scalp went numb when he heard this. For Fang Jianxiong, the young chief instructor in the past, they never accepted it until they were desperate. It can be said that these people in the teaching team are not afraid of heaven and earth, but they are afraid that Fang Jianxiong will say: "You can endure too much, don't mess around with me, roll up and get out." ”

"Commander! I am comfortably! "Subconsciously stand upright, and speak loudly into the microphone comfortably, in this era of hand-cranked telephones, the call effect is really not very good. There was a constant murmur of rustling, and there was a lot of movement on the battlefield, and the officers were accustomed to shouting loudly.

"The fourth town of the Xiaogan Beiyang Army has not moved so far, I limit you to break through the enemy in front of you before four o'clock in the afternoon, and force the opponent to play cards first. It is now a little more than ten o'clock in the morning, and the two new 75 artillery regiments of the division have been handed over to you for direct command, and I am waiting for your good news. One last word of caution, you're a commander, not a commando leader, get back to the command! After Fang Jianxiong finished speaking, he put down the phone, and with a bang, An Yi's frightened neck shrank.

Liu Bin's face on the side also turned pale, and he asked in a low voice: "Dashuai is angry?" ”

An Yi shook his head: "I didn't seem to be angry, but just criticized me for leaving my post without permission." ”

Then An Yi conveyed Fang Jianxiong's words, Liu Bin's face was a little hot when he heard it, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Shame on the marshal, brigade commander, I'm going to organize a commando, don't worry, don't wait for four o'clock in the afternoon, before 12 o'clock at noon, I can't take the opposite position, I'll come to see you." ”

After contemplating for a while, An Yi said cautiously: "I will let the six regiments also go up and attack from the left and right sides, and you will beat me a little harder in the middle." The marshal is waiting for the news of our victory at the headquarters, and he can't let the marshal down. Time is running out, hurry up and prepare, and I'll contact the artillery regiment. At 10:40 sharp, the shelling was launched on time. Don't be afraid of casualties, the commanders at all levels must go to the front line. Whoever dares to take a step back, regardless of their official position or background, will immediately enforce battlefield military law. Speaking of which, An Yi's expression was hideous and murderous.

An unimaginable scene of the Beiyang Army appeared again, two artillery regiments with 48 75 guns, and they were able to shoot a barrage and slowly extend. Only 200 meters after the barrage, it was the Anhui army that launched the attack.

This green skin, even if he is ruthless to the enemy, he never thought that he would be so ruthless to his own people. Wu Jinbiao witnessed a scene on the battlefield with his own eyes, and before the barrage dispersed, Anhui Green Skin had already rushed to the front of the position dozens of meters away. The soldiers of the Beiyang Army on the front-line position had not yet come to their senses, and grenades fell like raindrops.

Several machine gun fire points frantically strafed and suppressed, this time the Anhui green skin attack will be extremely resolute, no one retreated, some launched a counterattack on the spot, and some continued to crawl forward. Wu Jinbiao saw with his own eyes in the telescope that after some Anhui green skins were erected with round pipes, several machine gun positions rose to the sky.

Although he was still very unconvinced, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, more than half of the casualties of a battalion of the Beiyang Army on the front line were lost, and Wu Jinbiao ordered to abandon the defense line and retreat to the third line of defense. Wu Jinbiao telegraphed Chen Guangyuan again, and at the same time sent a report to Duan Qirui in Xinyang, saying: Chen Guangyuan does not send reinforcements, and it will be difficult for Hankou to hold on.

Chen Guangyuan called back: "Slowly retreat to Xiaogan." Duan Qirui called back: "If there is a person who oversteps the level to report, the military law will be engaged." ”

Chen Guangyuan of Xiaogan has always been very hesitant, because he has not clearly judged whether Fang Jianxiong's purpose is to recover Hankou or to send reinforcements. Because of this, Chen Guangyuan sent several telegrams to Xinyang, proposing: "Xiaogan has hoarded a large amount of military supplies, and once it is lost, it will have an immeasurable impact on the war situation. The Fang clan advanced by water, attacked by three routes, and the Chinese boundary in Hankou was a blank land, what was the use of guarding it? The implication is that it is better to give up Hankou, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and take Xiaogan as the defense center.

Duan Qirui asked his henchman Zeng Yujun to discuss with Xu Shuzheng, Xu Shuzheng did not make a judgment, but said: Chen Guangyuan has not sent a single soldier so far! Zeng Yujun didn't speak, waiting for Xu Shuzheng's opportunity to go to the toilet, Duan Qirui asked again: Zheng is in a hurry again. ()