Chapter Seventy-Four: The Battle of the Jinghan Line (14)

When he stepped off the train to take a look, Feng Guozhang knew that he was too lucky this time. About a hundred meters away from the train, a section of the railway was blown to pieces, twisted tracks like twisted flowers, and rubble everywhere. At such a small distance, if the train driver hadn't reacted in time, the tragedy of the train derailment would have happened.

Luck is lucky, Feng Guozhang realized that this battle was in big trouble, and he had to rush to Xinyang as much as possible, even if it was walking.

On the 20th, it was really bad for Duan Qirui, and bad news came one after another. The Jinghan line was damaged many times, and the telegraph line was also brutally poisoned. At noon, messengers on horseback brought worse news, and Chiang Baili led his troops to launch a fierce attack on the defense line of the Ru River. In the letter, Wang Zhanyuan said that Chapter 74 The Battle of the Jinghan Line (14) Ruhe Fierce Troops: The enemy bombarded fiercely with dozens of large-caliber artillery, and the 39th Brigade of Wuxiang Frame had lost hundreds of people before the enemy was engaged. The headquarters has ordered reinforcements from the Fourth Association and ordered the military department to launch a counterattack.

When Duan Qirui received this news, he couldn't help but caress his chest and rejoice, and said to Xu Shuzheng: "Zheng has made meritorious service again, if you hadn't sent Wu Xiangjiao over, Wang Zhanyuan's department would be in danger." Jiang Baili's department was equipped with heavy artillery, which shows that Fang Fuguo was dominated by the northern group. ”

Xu Shuzheng rushed to the map and watched for a while, then turned around and slammed his fist on the map, and shouted: "Immediately order Cao Kun's troops to go south quickly, order Chen Guangyuan, give up Xiaogan, retreat to Xinyang, and hand over Wusheng Pass to the Di 11 Mixed Association to defend." In this way, we can concentrate the main forces and strike at the main forces of Fang Fuguo. ”

"The telegraph line in the north is still being repaired, so give Chen Guangyuan an order first." Duan Qirui can be described as obedient to Xu Shuzheng. Especially when it was determined that Jiang Baili had a large number of heavy artillery, he made a decision without hesitation.

Xu Shuzheng said again: "The key now is to look at Wang Zhanyuan, if he can't withstand Jiang Baili's onslaught, it's nonsense." I immediately rushed over with reinforcements from the Association, but there were not enough troops to hold back the battle of the Jinghan Line (14) of the Jiang Baili group. ”

Duan Qirui said: "Wait a minute, Chen Guangyuan's call back will arrive." The troops can prepare first. ”

Half an hour later, Chen Guangyuan's reply telegram said: "The vanguard of the Anhui Army has arrived ten miles outside Xiaogan. Now retreating, a large number of materials can not be transferred in time, not to mention, the commander of the Anhui army is following the pursuit. I'm afraid it's hard to get out of it. It is better to stick to filial piety, in order to kill a large number of enemies, and it is not too late to retreat when the enemy is tired. ”

Xu Shuzheng angrily tore the telegram to shreds, and said angrily: "Chen Guangyuan bastard, if he doesn't save Hanyang, it's already disobedient, and this time he refuses to give up Xiaogan, what does he want to do?" ”

Duan Qirui didn't speak with a gloomy face, and only after a while did he come up with a sentence: "Why hasn't Feng Huafu been there yet?" ”

Xu Shuzheng was stunned for a moment, and his anger was suddenly poured with a scoop of ice water.

Feng Guozhang had not yet arrived, and Wang Zhanyuan's second messenger had arrived. The letter stated: Wu Xiang's troops launched a powerful counterattack and fought fiercely with the enemy on the banks of the Ru River for an hour, but failed to achieve the goal of repelling the enemy army. The Fourth Association has been ordered to carry out a second counterattack, which is now being prepared.

This is another piece of bad news, and it looks like it's missing its purpose. In fact, both of them knew that the key to crossing the river was to force the enemy out of the river during the period of time, and the enemy could not be knocked out of the river within two to three hours, and the more difficult the next battle would be.

When Wang Zhanyuan rushed to Wu Xiangjiao's headquarters, he saw a gloomy face that could rain. The resentment in Wu Xiangjiao's heart is not deep. came from afar and was sent to the front line, and actually ate the first cannon. What is hateful is that the information provided by this Wang Zhanyuan is unreliable, saying that the equipment of Anhui Greenskin is similar to that of the Beiyang Army.

As a result, less than half of the hundreds of officers and men in the forward positions survived after a heavy artillery break. A battalion has been disabled, and I haven't seen what Anhui's green skin looks like. The next thing was to order a counteroffensive, saying that after the Anhui Green Skin crossed the river, the heavy artillery would stop bombardment, and it was estimated that the safety of its own troops crossing the river would be safe. This is also true, Wu Xiangjiao sent a target force to discharge a linear charge formation after the bombardment of the artillery of the second town, which was taught by the Japanese.

Unexpectedly, this counterattack suffered a big loss, and the heavy artillery of Anhui Greenskin did not fire, and there were many small cannons. The miserable sound of the cannon fell like a raindrop of ghosts. There are also Makqin machine guns, there are four of them in a small position, don't you need money for bullets? Forget it, there is also a repeating gun equipped with a large number of Anhui green skins, which emits the kind of Tata Tower, with a strong rhythmic sound. The soldiers who retreated all said that hearing that voice, even experienced veterans could not escape death.

A target counterattacked up, and in less than an hour, it was beaten back. There were more than 200 casualties, and more than 100 fell directly on the way to the charge. How can this battle be fought? Less than three hours after the battle began, a battalion was lost.

"Brother Wu, how's the situation going?" Wang Zhanyuan naturally asked politely when he saw him, Wu Xiangjiao is the co-leader of the twenty towns, and Wang Zhanyuan can't control him. If it weren't for Duan Qirui's intentions, Wu Xiangjiao might not be willing to come to reinforce him.

Seeing that his tone was softened, Wu Xiangjiao relieved himself a little, and sighed: "The ghost knows how to fight?" ……。 Then he said, Wang Zhanyuan couldn't help but gasp when he heard it, and hurriedly asked about the situation at the front again, and learned that the Anhui army had begun to build pontoon bridges, and when the follow-up troops were constantly crossing the river, Wang Zhanyuan couldn't help but secretly say that Lao Tzu was lucky, otherwise the first line was the second town, and he would have to lose a lot of money.

But you can't just forget it, if you don't make any action at all, don't say that Duan Qirui doesn't agree, and Wu Xiangjiao can't agree. Moreover, we can't just let Anhui Greenskin cross the river, don't think about doing it, we must take action.

"Come on, offer a reward of 100 yuan per person in the ocean, and organize a death squad." Wang Zhanyuan shouted, Wu Xiangjiao frowned and didn't speak, that means don't look for me.

After the first charge was repulsed, Lao Zui An let him be unharmed, lying in the trench, and his heart passed another hurdle. The Beiyang Army that launched the attack just now seems to have that kind of combat effectiveness. The brothers on the battlefield were wounded three or four, and none of them were killed. However, the three platoons on the side positions suffered heavy losses, and the artillery of the Beiyang Army was not vegetarian, and they fought quite accurately. In a hurry, the trenches were not repaired too deeply, and when crossing the river, the platoon commander fell into the river and the three platoons reacted slower, which was a big loss.

The second batch of reinforcements was another battalion across the river, and when the pontoon bridge was already two-thirds of the way out, and there were still more than a dozen meters to go, there was another whistling sound overhead.

"Hidden!" The old drunk shouted, and just after shouting, a shell landed on the trench on the side, and a recruit was blown away, and a severed hand fell beside him, rolling a few times.

After silently withstanding the shelling for more than ten minutes, the stormtroop formation of the Beiyang Army appeared. It doesn't have a long memory, but it's still a dense linear tactic to push forward. The difference is that this time the Beiyang Army seems to look much tougher, and many people don't have hats on, and they rush forward with a roar.

Lao Zui quickly touched a nearby Bren machine gun, and explained to the machine gunner: "See, the stupid big guy who rushed to the front, you will order him first." ”

Li Yifeng is much more relaxed now, with two battalions of infantry under his command and six or seven mortars. The pattern of the Beiyang Army's charge remained unchanged, and more than 1,000 people rushed forward in a straight line, in the eyes of Li Yifeng, a brigade commander from the teaching team, this was not much different from sending to death.

"The distance is five hundred, and the mortars will serve them first." Li Yifeng sneered, the first counterattack was actually the most dangerous time, the Beiyang Army was not a little better at that time, and now it is even more hopeful.

Wang Zhanyuan nervously looked at the changes on the battlefield, the shelling just now did not take advantage, and an artillery team was retaliated by the 75 guns of Anhui Greenskin, and three 75 guns were reimbursed. It's all 75 guns, why does it seem that their guns are firing a little farther? The rate of fire seems to be faster, Wang Zhanyuan doesn't understand it very well, and can only explain that the training of Anhui Green Skin is better than that of his own artillery.

Wang Zhanyuan was glad that the heavy artillery of Anhui Greenskin did not fire, otherwise there would be no more than a few guns left in one artillery mark.

At this time, the 1st Anhui Artillery Division had already begun to pack up its belongings and retreat. Cheng Zhixuan didn't understand it very well, but this was an order, and the order in the Anhui army must be executed. Those who dare to disobey orders will be removed from their posts at the slightest and shot at the worst. No matter the level.

Cheng Zhixuan really wanted to ask why? But he didn't dare to ask. Jiang Fangzhen is not Fang Jianxiong, the relationship between the two sides is average, and Jiang Fangzhen is strict in governing the army, and he is much more ruthless than the commander in the implementation of military discipline. Two days ago, several soldiers from the original Hefei patrol battalion ran away and were captured, and Jiang Fangzhen ordered all of them to be shot. It looks like Sven, but it's actually ruthless.

Fang Jianxiong couldn't go to Cheng Xiaogan because something else happened. After dealing with the affairs of the concession, Fang Jianxiong ordered the troops to advance in the direction of Xiaogan, and when Fang Jianxiong went out with the army, he was stopped by a group.

How to say it, this is a group of women, all wearing the military uniforms of the Hubei Army, and everyone has a guy in their hands. Fang Jianxiong soon saw the Yin family sisters among the roadblockers, they should be the leaders.

"You are Fang Jianxiong?" Fang Jianxiong, who was stopped and pulled, was very disappointed when asked like this, my brother has been here for more than a day, why don't I know my brother?

The one who stepped forward to grab the reins and ask was actually a beautiful woman who looked good. He has a round face, fair skin, and can only be said to be average. It does not conform to the aesthetics of the next century, but at the beginning of this century, women in military uniforms, you dare to ask too much?

"I'm Fang Jianxiong!" Helplessly answered, Fang Jianxiong turned over and dismounted. It is undoubtedly not too polite to speak condescendingly to a woman.

"Tang Qunying, a member of the League, the captain of the women's death team." When the woman reported to her home, she bowed her hand, and these two box cannons were inserted in her waist. Double-gun old woman? No, no, it's not that old!

Women's death squads? Fang Jianxiong frowned, glanced at it, and sure enough, there were two or three hundred women in military uniforms standing not far away, but this queue was a bit chaotic. (To be continued)RQ!!