In the forward command center, just when the officers were still busy with the battle on the front line, a super loud voice suddenly came in. Not long after the voice came in, Yang Shande, who was covered in mud and looked very embarrassed, had already walked in.

"Xiushan, Jingxing, why did the first line of defense fall so quickly?"

Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng were lying on the table studying the map, and after hearing Yang Shande's voice, they raised their heads and smiled bitterly at him.

"It's Shutang, you've finally arrived..."

"Ah, I almost hung up on the way over..."Saying that, Yang Shande patted the dust on his shoulder, and several officers next to him covered their noses and retreated. The firepower of the National Social Army was really powerful, and I was almost blown up when I was ordered to reinforce from behind..."As he spoke, Yang Shande looked at Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng again. "But what the hell is going on here, how did the first line of defense on the right flank be taken down by the enemy so quickly?"

When Feng Guozhang, who was sitting in the county seat, learned that the first line of defense on the right flank had been lost, he could hardly imagine what had happened. You must know that Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng are both veteran generals who have been in battle for a long time, and the 6th Division and the 20th Division are also very powerful troops, especially the 6th Division, as a unit from the old Beiyang 6 Town, it is the backbone of Beiyang.

But in any case, the loss of the first line of defense is already an ironclad fact, and the only thing that can be done now is to retake the defense. To this end, Feng Guozhang ordered Yang Shande's department, which was originally a reserve, to reinforce Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng. And after receiving the order, Yang Shande, who said goodbye to Jin Yunpeng, also directly led the troops through the line of fire to reinforce —————— there are tunnels between the defense line and the defense line, so even if it is dangerous to do so, it is much safer than crossing the flat ground...

However, although he came up with reinforcements on Feng Guozhang's orders, Yang Shande was still very curious about what happened to the first line of defense.

"Lost the line of defense in a daze?"

Yang Shande would not believe such a reason, you must know that Zhang Shaozeng's 20th Division is also forgotten, and Li Chun's 6th Division is from the same old Beiyang as him.

After hearing Yang Shande's question, Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng smiled bitterly.

In fact, Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng didn't know what was going on in front of them, because the first line of defense fell too quickly and too suddenly, and suddenly by the time Li Chun and Zhang Shaozeng wanted to send people to reinforce them, the first line of defense had been lost.

In fact, it is no wonder, after all, equipping a pistol to the level of a soldier is such a thing even in the world. After all, the Beiyang soldiers in the position only had Hanyang-made and long bayonets, while the soldiers of the National Society they faced were equipped with semi-automatic pistols and sapper shovels...

It is important to know that trenches and other defensive fortifications are not only complex terrain but also very narrow, and the 130-centimeter-long Hanyang-zuku and 125-centimeter-long Mauser G98 cannot be flexibly used in narrow trenches after being equipped with special bayonets. Therefore, it was only during the First World War that the Germans created sharp weapons such as sapper shovels (during the First World War, there were even soldiers who made cold weapons such as maces by themselves...). ）

In this case, the river-crossing troops equipped with semi-automatic pistols and sapper shovels have an overwhelming advantage over the Beiyang Army in trenches and other fortifications, especially the Beiyang military is not clear about this—————— the only trouble is that the Beiyang Army is equipped with grenades, otherwise it may be easier in the process of seizing.

However, it is not difficult to get grenades or anything, because the Beiyang Army does not have a sufficient number of grenades.

Although because of the Guiyang Incident, the Beiyang Army also let the subordinate Beiyang Machinery Bureau produce some grenades, after all, grenades are not complex weapons. However, after the production of grenades, the generals of Beiyang did not pay enough attention to this weapon. In other words, the generals of Beiyang did not think that this weapon had as much power on the battlefield, in their opinion, enough field artillery and mountain artillery were king—————— and there was enough ammunition.

Therefore, the production of grenades by the Beiyang Machinery Bureau has always been maintained at a very low level.

Later, that is, at the time of the Second Revolution, because the Yuan army was too much, the grenade did not play a role in the war, which naturally made the generals of Beiyang pay less attention to the grenade.

Therefore, even if it is a Beiyang elite like the 6th Beiyang Division, a soldier of the Beiyang Army is only equipped with 5 or 6 grenades, and when these 5 or 6 grenades are exhausted, the Beiyang Army can only use the Hanyang and bayonets in their hands to deal with the Nationalist Army armed to the teeth...

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After Yang Xincheng's 8th Infantry Division also arrived at the beachhead, the Nationalist Army began to attack the second line of defense.

However, after receiving reinforcements from Yang Shande's department, although he only had Hanyang and a small number of grenades in his hands, with many personal qualities that surpassed the National Social Army, the Beiyang Army still repelled more than ten attacks by the National Social Army. Moreover, in these more than ten attacks, the Beiyang Army not only understood the characteristics of the National Social Army, but also understood the reason why the first line of defense would be lost so quickly.

"It's going to be M1911..."

Looking at the pistols on the table, Li Chun and Yang Shande both had surprised expressions. Although the most popular pistol in China is mainly the revolver, Li Chun and Yang Shande are also very familiar with this semi-automatic pistol with the largest caliber.

Seeing the expressions of the two people, Zhang Shaozeng said with a strange expression.

"What, is there anything special about this pistol?"

"Of course it's special, this is the latest model of the Browning pistol in the United States, with a caliber of 0.45 inches, which is the same caliber as the Maxim machine gun we use. I didn't expect that even the soldiers in the National Socialist Army were equipped with such pistols, no wonder the first line of defense would be lost here quickly..."

"Yes..."After seeing the M1911 on the table, Yang Shande was no longer surprised...

But at this moment, the officer who brought the pistol shook his head.

"Several commanders, according to the reports of the soldiers below, although the whole army of the National Social Army is equipped with pistols, not every soldier is equipped with M1911, and the vast majority are only M1900..."

"It's just M1900..."

Hearing what the officer said, Li Chun and Yang Shande shook their heads and said. "Even this is amazing, you must know that in our Beiyang, pistols are only worn by officers." Saying that, Li Chuntong and Yang Shande looked at the officer. "By the way, what's the reply from Miyaho-sama about the grenade?"

And after hearing Li Chun's question, the officer also hurriedly replied.

"A telegram from Miyaho-sama some time ago said that the first batch of grenades would be ready to arrive in just a week."

After so many battles in a row, the Beiyang Army finally understood the role of grenades—————— and there was no way not to understand it, after all, every time the National Social Army attacked, it would throw a grenade first...

After understanding the role of the grenade, Li Chun and the other three jointly sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai through Feng Guozhang. It is hoped that the Beiyang Machinery Bureau will make a large number of grenades to pop out as soon as possible, and then transport them to the Qianjiang front line through the Jinghan Railway.

Although Feng Guozhang didn't know how powerful the grenade was, he didn't dare to despise the opinions of Li Chun and the others, so he quickly conveyed the opinions of the three to Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai didn't expect that the gadget of grenades was so important, but after receiving the opinions of Li Chun and the others, he still signaled the Machine Bureau to make grenades as soon as possible, and then replenished them to Li Chun and other departments who were still in Qianjiang.

However, when they heard the officer say this, Li Chun and the others looked at each other and smiled bitterly

"I'm afraid I won't last until then..."

"yes..."

Although the Beiyang Army has repelled the Nationalist Army more than ten times in a row in the second line of defense, the casualties of the Beiyang Army itself are definitely not small, or because of the inferiority of equipment, the casualties of the Beiyang Army are much higher than those of the Nationalist Army.

To be honest, if the second line of defense was suddenly captured by the National Social Army not long after, Li Chun and the others would not be surprised.

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Just when Li Chun and the others looked at each other and smiled bitterly, Yuan Shikai was waiting for a distinguished guest in his presidential palace, and he was also his good friend.

British Minister to China, Zhu Erdian.

Crusade against the National Socialist Army? Originally, Yuan Shikai didn't want to trouble his old friend about this kind of thing, because although Zhu Erdian was his old friend, he was also an Englishman after all, and he needed to think about the interests of Britain many times, so if Yuan Shikai wanted to ask him for help, it was natural to pay some price.

However, about the war in Qianjiang, Yuan Shikai had already learned from Feng Guozhang's telegram.

As long as he thought that the war in Qianjiang was so bad, Yuan Shikai felt a chest pain.

Yuan Shikai knew very well what would happen if the battle in Qianjiang failed.

First of all, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Jiangsu will all fall into the hands of the National Social Army, and Tan Yanmin in Hunan will also take the opportunity to regain his reading strength. There are also Cai Yi in Yunnan, Zhu Rui in Zhejiang and Sun Daoren in Fujian, Cai Yi is okay to say, Zhu Rui and Sun Daoren are two wall grasses, as long as the Qianjiang War fails, these two people will definitely take refuge in Yan Guang's side.

Although the strength of Cai Yi's Yunnan army is good, at that time, due to the situation, I am afraid that he will also stand on Yan Guang's side...

And Guangdong...

"The whole south will be included in the sphere of influence of the National Socialist Party..."Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly. I knew it would be like this, so I wouldn't have cleaned up the Kuomintang so cleanly..."

Just as Yuan Shikai was sitting in his seat and smiling bitterly, Yang Shiqi suddenly walked in from outside.

"Kung Bao, the British Minister Mr. Zhu Erdian has arrived..."

"Oh?" Hearing Yang Shiqi say this, Yuan Shikai was in good spirits. "Let's go meet Mr. Minister."

Now Yuan Shikai can only pin his hopes on Zhu Erdian, hoping that Zhu Erdian can help him win the battle of Qianjiang, after all, the war is now taking place in the Yangtze River Valley, and the Yangtze River Valley is the British's sphere of influence...

(To be continued)