Wuyang, a small county town, looks inconspicuous, but it is actually stuck on the official road leading to Luohe, and it is also the first county town to enter the plain from the mountainous area in western Henan. Therefore, in order to prevent Bai Lang from advancing eastward and crossing the Jinghan line, the county town of Wuyang must be defended, otherwise Bai Lang's room for advance and retreat will be greatly increased.

At this time, Bai Lang began to fight against Yuan and thieves, and received the support of Nanjing, and Sun Wen also specially sent a staff officer surnamed Shen to help Bai Lang. (The exact name is not verified)

Compared with Bai Lang in real history, this time the Bai Lang Rebellion was more smooth. At the beginning of the uprising, Bai Lang received a certain amount of military and economic assistance from Nanjing, and pulled up a team of nearly 1,000 people. And soon entered Wuyang in the early winter of last year, and issued six words to the siege of the city (2) more than 10,000 bandits in Chapter 139, including the following sentence: "Now Allah in Zhongzhou is swinging like a god." ”

This sentence exposes Bai Lang's ambition to be the king and the emperor.

In any case, the rapid defeat of Beiyang made Bai Lang lose the banner of anti-Yuan. After capturing Wuyang, Bai Lang waved his army north, because of the rapid retreat of the Beiyang Army, a large blank area was exposed, so that Bai Lang swept all the way to conquer Yu County. Then Bai Lang divided one army to the west, and the other stayed in Yuxian County to continue to expand, and the team expanded rapidly.

After the defeat of Beiyang, Bai Lang did not stop because of this, but continued to expand the strength of the team. Wang Tianzong, who was also a bandit, once sent a letter to Bai Lang, hoping that he would go to Luoyang to accept the reorganization, and promised the position of regiment commander.

It's a pity that Bai Lang didn't leave. changed the banner of "walking for heaven". Taking advantage of the continuous natural disasters in Henan in the past two years and the hardships of the people's livelihood, Bai Lang's team soon grew to more than 10,000 people. At this time, Wang Tianzong reported upward.

As the troops in Luoyang and Zhengzhou reacted, there were also some disputes within the Bai Lang army. Opinions on where to go, there is a lot of disagreement. It is certainly not realistic to go north, because it is too difficult to cross the Yellow River. To the west is Shaanxi, where the place is too poor, and it is difficult for Bai Lang to find food in Chapter 139 (2) More than 10,000 bandits, so this direction was quickly rejected by internal opinions. The rest is to the east or south. After discussion, Bai Lang's military advisers, Lu Wen and Shen Staff Officers, both advocated eastward expansion, for the simple reason that it was very likely that they would encounter the main force of the Wehrmacht in the south. You must know that the Beiyang Army has been defeated.

Bai Lang was still a little self-aware, gave up the opportunity to go south, and decided to go east, first sacking the rich areas of the plains, and then going south to the Dabie Mountains to avoid the pursuit of the regular army.

After Sun Chuanfang's second battalion was stationed in Wuyang, the results of military discipline rectification were supported by the people. After Tong Nianhua and others publicized the discipline and traditions of the national defense army, they ordered the garrison to help the people repair the city wall and build fortifications. On the one hand, to appease the people, on the other hand, to actively prepare for war.

Considering the special position of Wuyang in front of the lonely protrusion. Liu Bin strengthened a machine gun company with one of the few machine gun units in his hand to Wuyang. The company was equipped with three wheeled Maxims, six 60-caliber mortars, and three Haqi Keith machine guns, and the battalion's combat effectiveness was quite good. Of course, this Beiyang Army, which has not completed the reorganization, still uses the original Japanese weapons, and does not have a light machine gun, and after replenishing a batch of grenades, the guns and ammunition are relatively sufficient.

The nights in Henan in early spring are still cold, especially in the period before dawn. It's even more uncomfortable with the cold. The original Beiyang soldiers were also well-trained, and in the early hours of the cold morning, the sentry still insisted on the city gate.

Tong Nianhua slept very late last night, and he always felt unsteady in his heart, so he got up after four hours of sleep. Take a look at the watch on your wrist. It was about a quarter past six in the morning, so I got up and cleaned up. Go out and check the sentry.

Sun Chuanfang and Tong Nianhua slept opposite the door, and he didn't sleep well recently. After Xuchang came back from the meeting, Sun Chuanfang just couldn't understand a lot of things, and every time he fell asleep in a daze, and got up with a little movement.

Today is still the same, hearing footsteps on the other side, Sun Chuanfang also got up. Pushing the door to greet Tong Nianhua, who was about to go out, said: "Coach Tong, get up so early?" ”

Tong Nianhua still respects the battalion commander of the Beiyang Army very much, mainly because this guy has a very good way of leading the soldiers, and the soldiers of this battalion are quite good. Of course, there are many problems with the Beiyang Army, purely in terms of military elements.

"Last night, my eyelids jumped for a while, didn't the telegram I received from Xuchang three days ago say that Bai Lang left Yuxian County and went west? I always feel that this matter is not so simple, Bai Lang to the west is certainly into the mountains, but Shaanxi has the danger of Tongguan, not so simple to pass. Moreover, Shaanxi is barren, and more than 10,000 people have gone over, what do they eat? I have also read Bai Lang's six-word notice, and I think this person is not ambitious, otherwise why not surrender to our army? Tong Nianhua analyzed, Sun Chuanfang also felt that this was reliable, and simply said: "Wait a minute, let's go out together and check the sentry posts of the two city gates respectively." It's cold enough in the morning, and I'm worried that the grandchildren will be lazy. ”

Tong Nianhua smiled, waited for a while, Sun Chuanfang came out without freshening up, and the two of them got out of the rented house and went to things separately. There are only two gates in Wuyang County, east and west, which are just pinched on the official road. If Bai Lang wants to go east, he must fight Wuyang first, otherwise the back road will be exposed in front of the garrison in Wuyang County.

Sun Chuanfang went to the east gate and arrived at the place with the guards, and when the sentry saw someone coming, he immediately shouted and asked: "Password!" ”

"Republic! Rebate! "Xinhua!"

After getting the password right, Sun Chuanfang checked the light and dark whistle and found that there was no problem, so he was much more relieved. Just as he was about to check on the patrol on duty, suddenly a gunshot rang out from the west. The gunshot is very brittle, hook eight! Hook eight! As soon as I heard it, I knew that it was a Japanese fast gun equipped by the Beiyang Army (non-38 type, what is the one that lacks a dust cover called?) ）。

This was followed by a burst of Tata Tata's short shots, and when he heard the movement, he was shooting Ha Qi Keith. Sun Chuanfang took out his whistle without thinking about it and blew it vigorously. Wuyang County is not big, and soon the whole city was alarmed.

When Sun Chuanfang ran to the west gate, the fighting here had been suspended. Sun Chuanfang hurriedly looked for Tong Nianhua, and only after inquiring did he know that Tong Nianhua was still in the city. hurriedly climbed the city and saw Tong Nianhua smoking on a machine gun position.

"How's the situation going?" Sun Chuanfang hurriedly asked, Tong Nianhua's face was calm, he stood up and stepped on the cigarette butt and said: "The bandits sent a small team of more than a dozen people to touch the city, and I just arrived when the secret whistle fired." Mingshao's brother was hit by an arrow and was sent down for treatment. Shots were fired from the fire point on duty, killing and wounding about six or seven bandits. ”

Sun Chuanfang's face changed when he heard this, and Tong Nianhua quickly gave a look and said: "Don't be nervous, bandits don't have heavy weapons, they have the protection of the city wall, no matter how many people there are, it's useless." ”

A battalion of the Beiyang Army has four companies, each with about 130 people, plus the battalion headquarters, 7788 strengthened up to about 550 people, plus a supplementary machine gun company, the combat force is close to 700 people. After all, Beiyang is no better than the A division of the Wehrmacht, and under normal circumstances, the infantry battalion of a Wehrmacht A division, four infantry companies, and 700 people are only a lot more. Each battalion was also armed with two 70mm infantry guns, and the firepower was the first.

It may be that after being discovered, they gave up the sneak attack, and a large number of torches appeared in the distance outside the city, and there were many places where there was no edge to be seen, and at a glance in this pre-dawn darkness, there were extraordinarily mad people.

"How many people are there?" Sun Chuanfang muttered to himself, and Tong Nianhua looked at it with a solemn face: "At least five or six thousand." ”

Sun Chuanfang, who had less than seven hundred people in seven, seven, eight, and eight, was furious when he heard this number.

"Battalion Commander Sun, you are staring here, order the troops to enter the fortifications to rest, and I will go back and ask the communication squad to send a telegram to Xuchang." Tong Nianhua explained, and Sun Chuanfang was relieved. That's right, Instructor Tong brought a telegraph class, carrying a radio on his back, and he could contact Xuchang at any time, not afraid of bandits destroying the telegraph line.

Not long after Tong Nianhua left, Sun Chuanfang's heart sank more and more, there were more and more bandits outside the city, and it was not five or six thousand that could be defeated at all, at least ten thousand people. Sun Chuanfang couldn't care about being afraid, and hurriedly let his two subordinates go to the city, seize the time to strengthen the fortifications, and prepare to fight the bandits.

The sky was just white, and the bandits outside the shooting range could already be seen clearly in the binoculars, the ranks were in disarray, and there were many animals on horseback. Sun Chuanfang looked at it, Tong Nianhua didn't find it when he came back, and he came back to his senses after being stabbed.

"Mentor Tong is back? What did the division commander say? Sun Chuanfang hurriedly asked this, if the reinforcements came slowly, the team of less than seven people would not last long, and there were too many bandits on the opposite side. Don't look at many people with spears and big knives in their hands, they can't stand up to a lot of people, and they can kill people when they rush into the city.

"The division commander is gathering troops, and the troops are scattered on the front line of Xuchang and Luohe, and there is no point in reinforcements without soldiers. But don't worry, an elite brigade of the Third Division of the National Defense Army in Xinyang has already sent an infantry regiment to load a vehicle to the north, and it will be able to reach Luohe in the afternoon. Seeing what this means, we only need to keep watch for one day. Tong Nianhua looked extremely calm, this is probably related to the invincibility of the National Defense Force, don't look at this unit turned out to be the Beiyang Army, but how can it be the elite of the Beiyang, it is definitely enough to deal with bandits.

Sun Chuanfang didn't speak again, secretly glad in his heart that when he entered Wuyang County, he resolutely implemented military discipline, and with the help of the people, the fortifications were still very perfect.

In the west of the city, Bai Lang climbed onto a roof, held the captured binoculars, and stared at the county seat of Wuyang for a long time. After a while, he lowered the military officers Lu Wen and Shen staff, and the bandit leaders Wang Chuanxin, Song Lao, Li Hongbin, and Wang Zhen.

Probably because history was messed up, after the main force of the Beiyang Army in this time and space withdrew across the Yellow River, some local troops could be said to have fallen when they encountered Bai Lang. In Wuyang, Xiangcheng, Yuxian and other places, three regiments of Henan local troops have successively returned to their old profession of bandits, with battalions and companies as units. Probably because I saw that there was no hope in Beiyang, and the local troops in Henan were indistinguishable from bandits, and it was normal to return to the old business!!