Chapter 38 Central Plains Deer Zhengfei (5)

On November 21, Sun's cannon from London to Paris touched another nose of ash. First of all, Sun was interviewed by a reporter from the Paris "Daily", saying: 1. China is as big as Europe, and it is not suitable for centralized power, and it is intended to be modeled after the US federal system. (Note that this is speaking in the tone of a national leader.) 2. Welcome foreign capital and engineers to build roads and mines for China. 3. A five-power constitution will be implemented in China. 4. Respect the treaties and loans concluded between the Qing government and foreign countries.

On the same day, the Shanghai Navy Government set up the Bank of China to issue military bills and 10 million public bonds. Lu Rongting led the governor of Guangxi, and under the pretext of the Northern Expedition, the Kuomintang sent a telegram urging Wang Zhixiang to leave Guangxi.

On the same day, Fang Jianxiong issued a telegram in Anqing, calling on Yuan Shikai to negotiate peace between the north and the south. Said: No matter whether you win or lose, it is the blood of the Chinese. He also said that if Yuan Shikai insisted on fighting, the Anhui Revolutionary Army would go north to the Central Plains.

On the 23rd, Sun visited the French Chamber of Deputies and asked the members of the French government to recognize the Republic of China. To no avail! So he talked to Simon, the manager of Crédit Agricole CIB, to discuss the French loan to the provisional government of the Republic of China, but he was refused! The request to transfer the influence of the French government to prevent the alliance between Japan and Russia was also refused!

For a time, the land of China became a big stage, and the city changed the king's flag, and you sang and I appeared.

The battle for Hanyang continued brutally, and Wu Jinbiao's troops continued to line up at the Sanyan Bridge to contain the Tangjiashan Revolutionary Army. Cover Ma Jizeng's troops to continue the attack. Zhang Jingyao led his troops to storm Fairy Mountain!

In the position of Guodi Mountain, the Anhui army was waiting for it. The soldiers on the position had mixed expressions. From Anqing to Hanyang, they came to fight. But it was not trusted by the application and was put in the back position.

Tian Jiyang, who was holding a telescope, had a gloomy face, the cannon rumbling on Fairy Mountain, and the tactics of the people's army being beaten passively, Tian Jiyang did not understand very much. There was a sound of footsteps outside the headquarters, and Tian Jiyang continued to look ahead intently. He Chong approached and whispered, "Commander-in-Chief Liu of the Hunan Army is here." ”

Liu Yutang is not tall. But very spiritual. After coming in, his face was grim, and he saluted first: "Brigade Commander Tian, our department is about to launch a counterattack against Fairy Mountain." I hope to get the support of your artillery. ”

Tian Jiyang was still worried about Huang Xing's transfer of artillery, thinking that this was an excuse. Immediately refused: "No! Our artillery must fight with the army. It's okay to be transferred. Let Commander Fang send a telegram. ”

Liu Yutang sighed secretly in his heart, things are indeed a bit bad. Commander-in-Chief Huang is also right, why can't he look down on the Anhui Army like this. Along the way, when he saw the equipment of the Anhui army, Liu Yutang drooled.

"Brigade Commander Tian misunderstood, Yutang didn't mean to command your army." Liu Yutang explained, and Tian Jiyang's expression improved slightly: "Commander-in-Chief Liu, it's not that I despise your army. Fairy Mountain fell, and your army had no equipment except rifles. Why counterattack the Beiyang Army, which is armed with a large number of Maxim machine guns? ”

Liu Yutang's expression darkened, and then he straightened his chest and said: "My generation of soldiers has caught up with this great era of national awakening, no matter how difficult it is, they still have the determination to exchange my blood for the rise of the nation." ”

"Well said!" He Chong praised it, and Tian Jiyang nodded in agreement. stepped forward and said, "Commander Liu, please come and look at the map." Liu Yutang walked over, and Tian Jiyang pointed to the map and said: "Please see, the Qing Army's Detachment B is only in its early 3,000s, and our department has more than 5,000 people, and it is well-equipped. Defeat it head-on. I built yì, you and I two armies cooperated, with a regiment of our army to launch a counterattack on Fairy Mountain, and after your troops detoured and penetrated straight to the side, they cut off their way back. It was now 11 o'clock in the morning, and at 12 o'clock sharp, our army launched a counteroffensive, and for a maximum of two hours it was guaranteed to defeat the enemy in front of it. Two hours is enough for you to take a detour. ”

Liu Yutang was in charge of the counteroffensive campaign, and Huang Xing was still on the front line of the Sanyan Bridge in the morning to boost morale, which would go to transfer reinforcements. Truth be told, Huang Xing's courage is more than enough, and his resourcefulness is too poor. Tian Jiyang's words, Liu Yutang was overjoyed when he heard it, he didn't expect the Anhui army to make a move, but he didn't expect Tian Jiyang to take the initiative to fight.

"Okay, no problem at all, I'll go back and deploy." Liu Yutang said that he was leaving, but Tian Jiyang hurriedly stopped: "Wait a minute, someone, go and call the commander of the spy company." ”

This spy company is an elite temporarily transferred from the Cold Rain Department, and the company commander Wang Mazi was born as a bandit. Thanks to this guy's familiarity with all kinds of tricks of stealing chickens and dogs, the reconnaissance has been in place for the past few days.

"Company Commander Wang, you take the spy company and go to lead the way for Commander-in-Chief Liu. After scouting these days, you are familiar with the terrain. When necessary, the special service company can be used as a commando, and your firepower is sufficient. Tian Jiyang actually didn't command this spy company, and He Chong said in time: "Wang Mazi, Commander Fang sent a telegram to instruct, asking us to attack bravely and dare to attack with a fearless spirit to defeat the Beiyang Army, which is known as the first in the world. Your company, as the elite of the elite of the whole army, lost the battle to see how you go back to see Commander Fang. ”

Wang Mazi really couldn't hear this, and immediately stood up and said: "Please rest assured, the chief of staff, there are only heroes who died in battle, and there is no shame for the commander!" ”

Several people were full of momentum and murderous spirit, and the morale of the military seemed to be at its peak. Liu Yutang looked at the side and was secretly speechless, and said in his heart that the other troops were all demoralized, but this Anhui army was full of soldiers and eager to try.

Wang Mazi went out to form a team, and soon the spy company was assembled, accompanied by a radio station. Tian Jiyang said to Liu Yutang: "Commander-in-Chief Liu, if there is anything, contact the radio station." You and I have a good fight this time! ”

These days the Anhui army has been idle, and Huang Xing is almost when they do not save zài. The whole brigade held their breath. Tian Jiyang ordered a pre-war meeting, and at the same time had people send a telegram to Anqing to report on the battle plan.

The pre-war meeting was arranged, and the first battalion of the first regiment was the main attack, and the second and third battalions responded left and right. The 2nd Regiment was in reserve, ready to attack at any time and expand the results of the battle.

As soon as the arrangement was completed, Fang Jianxiong's call back came. Tian Jiyang waved a telegram after watching it: "The handsome man is calling, and he sent a congratulatory message of victory in advance!" The First Brigade of the Anhui Revolutionary Army is mighty! Long live the First Brigade of the Anhui Revolutionary Army! ”

All the blood present was ignited, everyone stood up with red eyes, and looked eastward: "Long live the Anhui Revolutionary Army!" ”

At 12 o'clock, the battlefield, which had been silent for several hours, suddenly sounded with the suffocating sound of cannons!

Twelve Bofors 75 mountain guns were neatly fired at the pre-locked positions of Zhuyuan. With a rate of fifteen rounds per minute, the artillery battalion maximized its potential, and in less than fifteen minutes, all the shells of the two bases were fired.

Before the cannon fired, Zhang Jingyao was on the position, proudly inspecting the results. Wearing riding boots and holding a horse whip, Zhang Jingyao pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said to the people around him: "The people's army is just a local chicken and a dog, ploughing the court and sweeping the holes, just today." ”

As soon as the words fell, there were dense strange cries in the sky. Zhang Jingyao was agile and rolled into the trench regardless of his image! Before the others could react, the rain of shells fell.

The earth trembled, and the fairy hill position trembled. The Beiyang Army had never encountered such fierce artillery fire, and it was instantly beaten. Zhang Jingyao, who was still arrogant just now, could only shrink in the trench with his head in his arms at this moment. There was a rain of bullets falling around him, and in addition to the sound of cannons, the sound of cannons was still heard.

On the position of Meiniang Mountain, Ma Jizeng was startled by the dense sound of artillery, and rushed to a high place to hold a telescope to look ahead, but when he saw the fairy mountain, the smoke was covered, the fire flashed, and the entire mountain position was beaten into a sea of fire.

"Oh my god!" Ma Jizeng secretly complained in his heart, there is a battalion on the top of the mountain, how many people are left under the cover of this kind of artillery fire?

In the headquarters of the People's Army, Huang Xing was arguing with Sun Wu, a representative of the military government, to ask for reinforcements, repeatedly stating the plight of Hanyang. Sun Wudao: "Aren't Anhui reinforcements coming?" Didn't Liu Yutang's reinforcements come? That's almost 10,000 people, what more reinforcements do you need? Right now, in Wuchang City, there are only newly formed troops, and the soldiers can't even put their guns, so you let them come to reinforce them? ”

Huang Xing was speechless, and Dayuan Dazuo stood up and said: "Anhui's first mixed brigade is cowardly before fighting, and it can be ignored." ”

As soon as the words fell, a dense cannon sound sounded in his ears. Da Yuan was a soldier, and of course he could hear the intensity of the shelling at once, and his face changed at that time, and he rushed out of the command headquarters, standing on a high place and holding up a telescope to watch.

Soon Huang Xing and Sun Wu came out together, and the two looked side by side, but they saw that the fairy mountain was covered with fire, and the smoke covered the sky.

"Good fellow, whose troops are this in the artillery?" Sun Wu muttered to himself, and Huang Xing subconsciously said: "Except for the Anhui Army, who can be so arrogant?" Sun Wu was excited when he heard this, and sneered: "Who said just now that the Anhui army can be ignored?" ”

Da Yuan was choked, and said stiffly: "I can't see it now, let's talk about it when I launch a charge." No matter how well equipped, what is the use of troops that dare not shed blood? ”

Sun Wu snorted twice and said, "I'll go to the front and have a look!" "Saying that, let people lead the horses and go to the front. Huang Xing couldn't sit still, and followed: "I'll go and see it too." ”

A cannon fired 120 shells in fifteen minutes, if Cheng Zhixuan was here, it was estimated that he would be able to scold this group of guys for being losers. The loss of this barrel is too great, and after this battle, it has to be replaced!

Tian Jiyang didn't care so much, the marshal even sent a congratulatory message of victory in advance, if he couldn't win the battle, he could break it. As the brigade commander, Tian Jiyang came to the front-line position and loudly lectured the commando: "You go up first, you can't rush up, Lao Tzu personally led the commando team to rush up." In our Anhui Revolutionary Army, there are only heroes who have fallen on the road of charging. ”

He Chong also came, and said in time: "Courage is a must, but it must also be done in strict accordance with the tactical requirements, four teams in a group, and they must cooperate closely with each other." ”

The sound of artillery continued, and the assault team moved forward in advance. The artillery battalion accompanied them, arrived at the designated place and set up mortars. The 75 guns finally stopped, and three flares were lifted into the air. The mortars began to approach and suppress, and a company of commandos almost stepped on the mortar's blast point and rushed up. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )