The black lights were blinding, and the sky was foggy and there was no light in sight, Yuan Shikai rode a healthy horse specially selected for him, sandwiched among the guards, and hurriedly ran forward. Along the way, people were constantly rushing to deliver the news.

"My lord! The forward battalion has arrived at Lubeikou and has not found the enemy! ”

"Report to your lord! The former army detected Yang Liuqing, and there was no abnormality! It seems that no one intercepted! ”

"Sir! It's too tight in the back, do you think it's going to speed up a bit? ”

This is Wu Fengling, the son of his servant, who personally came to deliver the letter. As the rear team officer of the first battalion of the horse team, he grew up in the Yuan family, and his loyalty does not need to be doubted. Therefore, it is used to protect the Chinese army, rest assured. Yuan Shikai is lively, and he is most afraid that Yang Hao will quietly buy people and suddenly turn back.

Yuan Shikai's ears kept pouring into the sound of explosions behind, and he nodded with palpitations: "Okay, but tell everyone to be careful, be sure not to mess up just for the sake of hurrying." Although the enemy army is strong and has more than enough attacks, it is impossible to besiege it with all its might. ”

"Yes! Relax your mind, sir, the little ones are awake. ”

Wu Fengling waited softly and delicately, and he couldn't wait to lean down to put the person on his back.

That being said, it was extremely difficult to run as fast as possible, and it was not an easy job for them to have a poor vision at night, and they did not dare to raise the fire too brightly, and they had to keep the unit structure intact.

That is, the basic training of this unit was carried out by German instructors, and the foundation was very solid, the discipline was strict, and the night march was especially strengthened. In this way, they were not frightened by the artillery fire, and they rushed along the retreat route planned in advance.

Duan Zhigui was wrapped in the crowd, his expression was so nervous that he almost broke the strings! He was unconvinced, and thought that he could pick up a paw. Unexpectedly, he just showed up. A cannonball smashed into the face. It shook his head!

He's never heard it that loud when he's grown up! Like a thunderstorm on a dry day, before the eruption, there was a whistling in the distance of the skyline, and when it was close, it sounded like a strange cry of "day and day", and the sound went straight to the hearts of people.

Until the shells hit the ground. A flash of light dazzled everyone's eyes, and the violent tremors that followed reminded them of the legendary earthquake. The final roar, the explosions, the rushing smoke were like a volcanic eruption—though they hadn't seen them before!

But the visuals are undoubtedly the most amazing! A solid masonry shelter for the barracks. After being smashed into it by a cannonball, I watched as an area the size of several houses was cut into white ground! I don't know how many soldiers there are inside, and there is no scum left. Through the heat wave coming from afar, the fumigated people seem to step into the fire with one foot, not feeling warm, but shocking cold!

The German instructor who was traveling with him commented with an extremely stern expression: "This is a large-caliber heavy artillery!" Use the latest smokeless potion that is eight times more powerful than Black Flame! They are even more amazing than ship guns. Gentlemen, we have encountered a formidable enemy like never before, and we must not confront them head-on! ”

German instructors were rigid and strict, and they were able to force soldiers to step on glass ballasts under their feet. It doesn't matter if you step on dog poop or fall into a mud puddle, you are not allowed to move without an order.

Outstanding young people selected from the Shandong area of Zhili. Rustic and obedient, he was able to fulfill all the requirements of the Germans. Yuan Shikai relied on his impression of Yang Hao's troops to repeatedly raise his requirements, at least the spirit on the surface seemed to be almost the same.

But under the threat of 122 and 152mm howitzers, they are still powerless to resist! If it weren't for Yang Hao's fear of killing too many people and wasting too much ammunition and valuable talents, if he took out a 203 heavy howitzer, it would be terrifying!

Duan Zhigui honestly shut up, and then ran wildly with the big army.

Behind them, Zhou Dingxin led the main force of the second regiment to follow the landing point of the shells. The nostrils were filled with the smell of gunpowder from the explosion of their own shells, the flickering fireworks were rising in front of them, and the wounded and fallen soldiers were groaning on the side of the road.

The medical staff of the division's field hospital and the medical soldiers of each company would take the initiative to go over and save the people, and Zhou Dingxin's entire spirit was used to pursue the enemy in front.

However, except for the brief exchange of fire at the beginning, he kept chasing for the rest of the time, and he couldn't see a few enemies who turned back to resist!

The reconnaissance company reported the news: "The enemy has long been ready to retreat, and its vanguard has reached Yangliuqing, and there are signs of continuing to retreat to the capital. Its main force is not in disorder, its military appearance is neat, and the success rate of attacking and intercepting with small units is not high. Is it necessary to blow up bridges for interception? ”

Zhou Dingxin thought for a while, and called back depressedly: "Forget it!" Let them run! The commander demanded that the soldiers should not be over-killed, and they were all our reservists, and any less was a loss. The Germans trained them so hard that it seemed that they would not surrender and continue to chase until they could no longer run! ”

Fighting this kind of battle is the most embarrassing, and I can't make it out of it! However, Zhou Dingxin is not particularly unhappy, after fighting with foreign enemies, he can no longer look down on this bullshit infighting in his eyes. He also agreed very much with Yang Hao's request, what kind of ability is it to kill and injure his own compatriots? To make meritorious service, you have to go to the external battlefield.

Whether it was a night battle or a long-distance attack, the new army's su zhì was not comparable to Yuan Shikai's troops.

The soldiers of the New Army generally carried heavy cross-country training every day, and walked almost every route around Tianjin. Their foundation has been trained in the mountainous areas of Liaodong, and their ability after the baptism of blood and fire can be compared to a group of recruits?

The second regiment marched in three directions, stepping on the heels of Yuan Shikai's troops and constantly approaching, as long as they encountered a blockade, they would be smashed by a shell, and the bullets fired out by the machine guns were as dense as the splashing wind, and there was no way to parry!

Throughout the night, they started from Xiaozhan Town and pursued to the south of Tianjin in the early hours of the morning!

Yuan Shikai did not enter the city gate, bypassed Tianjin City and continued to run, so that the pocket array deployed by Yang Hao there did not catch the big fish. Of course, he didn't think about killing Lao Yuan, otherwise Yuan Shikai's few lives would not be enough for him to plot.

This kind of crazy pursuit of sixty or seventy miles all the way can make Yuan Shikai miserable! He couldn't rest and ran for his life, he couldn't resist two horses in a row, and his crotch was already worn out and bleeding.

In this way, none of them ran past the pursuing Zhou Dingxin Second Regiment! After crossing the Lubei Pass, when he reached the Danan River, he suddenly stabbed a battalion that had overtaken him and cut it diagonally, leaving Zhang Huaizhi of the 1st Battalion of the Artillery Corps and making dumplings.

At seven or eight o'clock in the morning, when the sun had just risen, Yuan Shikai ran to the South Canal, but was stunned to find that all the ferries that had been fine before had disappeared! He probably forgot that the Canal Gang was now the most determined cooperative force in the Yang Group. Zhan Liuye sent his old daughters to Yang Hao's side, and tens of thousands of boat gangs and pedestrians worked for Yang Hao, who do you want to help, so you still need to ask?

But this is not difficult for Lord Yuan, he still has the engineering battalion led by Zhang Xun here! Immediately build a bridge on the spot with the prepared carts and towed timber, and select a place for the light infantry to forcibly swim first!

It's just been busy, and Zhou Dingxin's pursuers have arrived!

Jiang Guidi, the commander of the left wing of the infantry team, led two battalions of men and horses to meet him, but the shelves were not opened, and he was smashed by a heavy mortar in the face, and he couldn't raise his head!

This handsome braid, who was famous in later generations, shouted: "Is this fucking still a war?" I chased all night and didn't leave the cannon down, you bullies people don't take it so excessively! ”

The German instructor's face turned black, not only ashamed of Zhang Xun's panic, but also shocked by the other party's terrible firepower! As the country with the strongest army, he knows very well how amazing the power of a rapid-fire artillery that can be deployed to fire at any time on the move! Thinking of the spring-made rapid-fire guns that he bought from Yang Hao, a very bad feeling came to mind.

Damn the Chinese, keep a hand!

The Germans helped train the new army not because they were noble and dedicated, but because every officer had a mission. They wanted to see for themselves what kind of standard Chinese soldiers could achieve when they were equipped with advanced weapons under the rigorous training of German standards. In the future, if Germany wants to expand its colonies in the Far East, it will inevitably have to go to war with China, and only by understanding the maximum combat effectiveness of the other side can it ensure that there will be no problems in the decisions made by the General Staff.

The Qing court invested heavily in the new army, and the guns and artillery equipment were the standard Yang's foreign trade German version. The much more advanced Mauser rifles and rapid-fire infantry guns were of first-class standard. There were even some hand-cranked Grimm machine guns. The number of heavy weapons is unprecedented, but the effect is truly unsatisfactory!

When the bullets rained down, the German instructor concluded: "They also carry Maxim machine guns, and the number of them can reach one in each platoon!" Damn bastards, they're so rich! ”

This battle can't be fought! There was no shelter on the side of the canal except for the causeway, and it was too late to dig temporary fortifications. It is sad that inexperienced recruits encounter such a strong opponent in their first battle.

Whistling cannonballs swept overhead, blasting up a stout column of fireworks on the other side of the canal! The shock wave swept around, and the waves of sand and dust were like blades cutting through the vegetation, and the soldiers in the range flew up and fell out like straw men!

"This is going to kill them all!"

Yuan Shikai lamented in despair, his legs trembled like playing a pipa, and he couldn't handle it when he walked.

Wu Fengling immediately leaned in front of him and shouted, "Master, I'll carry you away!" ”

Gritting his teeth and trying his best, he actually put the fat old Yuan up, stumbled to the canal, and sent him to a boat board that he had dismantled from nowhere, and then surrounded by more than a dozen guards, running and swimming to the opposite side!

Fortunately, the main task of the artillery sent by Yang Hao was to deter rather than kill, and most of the large-caliber shells fell far away, and the number was extremely small, and the pace was slow.

Yuan Shikai was blessed all over the sky, and he didn't hurt a single hair from beginning to end. But when I ran to Yangliuqing, I heard that thousands of soldiers were intercepted in the back, and then I looked at the triangle lake in front, and the Ziya River and the Dongdian River were still two passes. He couldn't help but regret in his heart: "If I knew this, I should have gone all the way south to Cangzhou!" ”

On the other side, Yang Hao heard that the pursuers of the second regiment had captured thousands of prisoners, and said with a satisfied smile: "It's best to stripped Yuan Shikai's horse clip in one go!" Without troops, I see how he can serve the Qing court! (To be continued......)