Chapter 17: The Nature of Historical Coincidence (I)

Wu Peifu arrived in Zaozhuang by the way, received a telegram from the fifth town, and simply handed over the defense, threatening to get on the train and go to Tai'an. It is said that this is not a good thing, and Wu Peifu is not a fool, of course he knows that there are more than 1,000 people under him at the forefront. But I couldn't say anything to admit it, so I simply didn't say anything, and quickly ordered the troops to take over the defense.

Turning his head, Wu Peifu sent a telegram to Cao Kun, and after the matter was reported, Cao Kun was in a hurry. scolded in the office: "Zhang Yongcheng, you turtle grandson bastard, Lao Tzu sent troops to reinforce you, it's better for you to let the troops retreat." ”

Cao Kun is not easy to bully, so he immediately called Zhang Yongcheng first and asked him what he meant? Zhang Yongcheng received the telegram, and he called back to explain that Zhang Xun, an old slippery head, refused to contribute, and went to Jining. originally planned to let Wu Peifu stay in Jinan, but the goods went to Zaozhuang by themselves. Zhang Yongcheng can't be blamed for this.

If there is an explanation, it is easy to say, Cao Kun called back and said: Xuzhou is lost, and the palace guard is angry. If there is a mistake in Shandong, it is not good for the brother to be empty.

This means simply, you can do it. Anyway, I'm still packing south, and I'm worried that you won't be able to withstand it, so I'll send a reinforcement standard first. If Shandong doesn't play well, it is estimated that Lord Gongbao will be furious.

Zhang Yongcheng is not stupid, he understands when he looks at this telegram. If Shandong loses this battle, it is estimated that he will take the lead. Think about it and call back quickly, saying: Thank you Brother Zhongshan for reminding me, Yunyun!

Originally, he planned to retreat to the tactics of Tai'an and Jinan, but Zhang Yongcheng hurriedly revised it, and ordered Zaozhuang to command Wu Peifu by telegram, and the two armies cooperated in the battle, and at the same time ordered a mixed brigade in Tai'an to go south to reinforce Zaozhuang. Anyway, if this people's army hits the city of Jinan, the result will not be much worse. Let's just hit a dozen first. No, let's talk about anything else, it can't be that the revolutionary army in the world is all perverts brought out by Fang Jianxiong, right?

Wu Peifu saved Cao Kun's life, more than once. is very trusted by Cao Kun, so there is such a thing. Besides, Cao Kun has always been a short-handed person, no matter whether he is right or wrong, he will definitely help his relatives or not.

The Zaozhuang garrison was all under the command of Wu Peifu. This guy has a lot of troops. There are 3,000 people. Wu Peifu is much calmer. Lin Shuqing on the other side didn't know, this unlucky kid, Zhenjiang was cut by the cold rain spy group, and his luck has not been very good. After entering Yangzhou City, Lin Shuqing's 3,000 men and horses were doubled, and he was known as a division to the outside world. Finally, I looked forward to the Northern Expedition in the city of the Provisional Government. Lin Shuqing also fished out a commander-in-chief at the beginning, but he never thought that once Sun Yue arrived, there would be nothing to do with him.

The Northern Expedition begins. Lin Shuqing's department didn't have any serious battles, but when he arrived in Xuzhou, his subordinates made a fuss. None of them are willing to continue north. You know who's waiting in front of you. Count on other troops to go north, others are not stupid. Fight Zhang Xun, everyone can accept it, and fight the serious Beiyang Fifth Town, then it's another matter.

Zhu Rui of the Zhejiang Army was the first to propose. The troops are tired and need to rest. Lin Shuqing took the opportunity to echo. Not to mention Gu Zhongchen's Jiangsu division, he was also unwilling to move. The reason is simple, the arms bought by the Provisional Government, all Nima cheaper than the 1st Army and the 3rd Division. It is also the so-called Ning Army, the original Ninth Town. Gu Zhongchen's division, the latest number is the sixth division. Well, the Provisional Government has unified its number.

In fact, in terms of combat effectiveness, Gu Zhongchen's division is really not bad, the foundation of the Jiangsu New Army, the equipment is all German origin 1888, both pointed and round-headed bullets can be used, and Fang Jianxiong bought it back. Seriously, his division has an artillery mark, equipped with 57 and 37 guns, and the whole division has more than 12,000 people, which is the absolute main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Gu Zhongchen asked for additional ordnance, didn't he buy a lot of Haqi Case? Let's have a dozen of them, right? Otherwise, the firepower of the Beiyang Army is too fierce, and we can't hold it down. In this first area, everyone else followed suit, and the ones who were squeezed were Leng Shu and Tang Zhidao, which benefited the most from Wuhu's equipment procurement.

Sun Yue, the leader of this gang, couldn't suppress it at all, but fortunately, Huang Xing came, and all kinds of voices within the Northern Expeditionary Army were forcibly suppressed. Even so, in order to balance the various departments, Huang Xing had no choice but to divide the Northern Expeditionary Army into two, Leng Shu and Tang Zhidao went to Shangqiu, and the other troops continued to go north to Jinan.

In order to let the Northern Expeditionary Army fight, Huang Xing also sprinkled a ** foreign and repaid two months' salary. As for the opening fee, then don't count on it. It's all for the revolution, and it's good to have money.

Lin Shuqing was the first to be supplemented, Hanyang made a thousand, and Haqi Keith machine guns five. If you have to replenish, you can't stop fighting. So after the weather cleared, Lin Shuqing led his troops to set off and take the lead.

Coming out of Xuzhou to Zaozhuang, the train in Xuzhou had already been looted by Zhang Xun, and Lin Shuqing could only walk north. After walking for two days, I arrived at the periphery of Zaozhuang, it should be said that the walk was not fast, but there were others slower than him. Gu Zhongchen, who set off in the second wave, has not yet come out of Jia Wang. You said that Xuzhou is only how far away from Zaozhuang, and at this speed, Lan Tianwei has taken Laiyang.

On February 17, gunshots rang out outside Zaozhuang City, and gunshots rang out outside Laiyang City. Although history has changed, the nature full of coincidences has not changed.

Lin Shuqing's intelligence shows that the enemy defending Zaozhuang is a target force in the fifth town, and there is no artillery. Even so, Lin Shuqing was still very cautious, and sent sharp soldiers, and the brigade was ten miles behind, so as not to fall into it.

The situation on Lan Tianwei's side is a completely different concept, according to the report of local revolutionary comrades, the Jiaodong Self-Defense Forces have more than 10,000 guns. Lan Tianwei smiled heroically at this: "The rabble, the local chicken and the dog." ”

So Lan Tianwei's Second Army of the Northern Expedition continued to advance westward. As soon as Lan Tianwei came out of Laiyang, Qi Zhenghong knew about it, and called Xing Nan and others to discuss, and they all felt that Lan Tianwei was not worthy of his name, just look at his marching team. The distance between the vanguard battalion and the brigade is only three miles, so what about the three former non-commissioned officers? Clean him up!

As for the people's army, Qi Zhenghong and Xing Nan also have the same opinion, and coincidentally said a sentence: "The rabble, the local chickens and dogs!" ”

At the same time, there was also Wu Peifu, who was holding a small 3,000 people in his hands, and was full of ambition to set up a position in Zaozhuang. Wu Peifu's command moved directly to Changzhuang, and when he found the vanguard of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Wu Peifu also said with a telescope: "The people's army is just a rabble, what are you afraid of?" Wu Mou looked at it, although there were tens of thousands, but the local chicken and the dog. ”

The first to start was the periphery of Zaozhuang, and the town army was ranked to the ninth division in the establishment of the provisional government, and the fake ones were also considered regular troops. After all, with the foundation of the original Ninth Town, the combat effectiveness is still not too bad.

Not far from Changzhuang, gunshots rang out of the village, and several soldiers of the vanguard company were shot, and the rest immediately dodged and returned fire on the spot. Not long after the contact, with the wounded, he took the initiative to retreat. When Lin Shuqing heard the news, he personally came to the front, and after understanding the situation, he knew that there were only rifles in the village opposite, and the machine guns were not fired, and he judged that the opposite side was also a small force, and decided to launch a tentative attack.

Wu Peifu was also quite cunning here, and after discovering the civilian army, he ordered that neither artillery nor machine guns should be allowed to fire. Send a team of soldiers to fight first to see how it goes. After a simple contact battle, Wu Peifu continued to let the artillery and machine guns pretend to be dumb, waiting for the civilian army to crash into the position.

The blue-gray military uniform is still relatively eye-catching, and it is not difficult for Lin Shuqing to make a judgment. Although there were no machine guns, the shooting standard of this Beiyang soldier was very high. Lin Shuqing sent a regiment of troops to attack the village on the side of the road ahead. There were casualties on both sides, and after fighting for a morning, they failed to take the village.

At noon, Lin Shuqing felt that the bottom of the Beiyang Army had been beaten out, and he ordered the only machine gun battalion to be pulled up, and Lizheng took the village and made war exploits, so as to show the prestige of the town army. Of course, Lin Shuqing was still very cautious, and immediately sent someone to inform Gu Zhongchen, who followed up, that he had encountered the Beiyang Army in front, and that the opposite side was very fierce, and it was fighting fiercely, and he tried his best to reinforce it.

Having lunch in this year and month is called a meal. In normal times, the town army eats two meals, one in the morning and one in the evening. It's not a war, don't think about eating this lunch. This is not Lin Shuqing's abuse of soldiers, but it is the same. Don't say it, if you have two full meals, you will be happy in this year. After eating enough, Lin Shuqing ordered the troops to start attacking, and the first to attack was the machine gun battalion Haqi Keith and the Sanqi artillery, these two things have a long range, but they have to advance to about 500 meters away from the target to be accurate.

The small village in front of him was greeted by a meal, and Lin Shuqing was still very satisfied, holding a war knife and touching the mustache. Just waiting for the good news of victory.

Gu Zhongchen received the news that it was already afternoon, and it was thirty miles away from Lin Shuqing's location. At this distance, Gu Zhongchen walked for an afternoon, seeing that the sky was dark, and there was a sudden burst of violent gunfire in front of him.

Gu Zhongchen hurriedly ordered to prepare for battle, and as soon as he set up the formation, the town army in front of him ran back like a tide.

What's going on? Gu Zhongchen was frightened, and hurriedly asked people to intercept and inquire about the situation. Soon found Lin Shuqing, who was unbearable in the chaotic army, and it was too embarrassing to see the meaning. The hat was lost, the horse was gone, and the two guards behind him were holding him back.

Seeing Gu Zhongchen, Lin Shuqing called a cry without tears. Before the two could talk, there was already a fight ahead. The blue-gray Beiyang Army covered up, and Gu Zhongchen saw that the posture was not right, and ordered to open fire. After a burst of artillery fire, the Beiyang Army also survived and stopped chasing. Slowly retreat.

At this time, it was almost dark, how dare Gu Zhongchen continue to go north, and ordered to retreat twenty miles. Lin Shuqing did not follow Gu Zhongchen, but went around to Zhang Luo to collect defeated soldiers, and when it was dark, he collected more than 3,000 guns. Lin Shuqing was released and cried. How hard it was to save this little bit of money, and half of this battle was disabled.

finally met with Gu Zhongchen, and as soon as the two talked, Gu Zhongchen knew that Lin Shuqing was not unjust. (。 If you like this work, () vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )