Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Battle of Yang Tugang (Ask for Collection)
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"Woo! Woo! With the sound of train horns, a black coal train arrived at the Liaozhong Railway Station. The door opened, and the soldiers inside were driven out of the car like canned sardines.
The faces of these Feng soldiers were full of exhaustion, and many of them had deep eyes. They lined up under the reprimand of the officers and went to the camp that had already been prepared. These Feng troops are the main forces of the Feng army that has just returned from the south of Mukden.
Not far from the train station, a group of senior generals of the Feng army in gray military uniforms were watching these Feng troops leave. The two leaders are both with the rank of major general. This is already the highest military rank other than Zhang Yuting. After all, even Zhang Yuting is just a lieutenant general. These subordinates, will their military rank be higher than Zhang Yuting?
"Fu Chen, there aren't many people in the car, right? The battle in Shengjing is very tense, and the marshal is urging very tightly! Yang Tingyu, chief of staff of the 27th town and chief of staff of the Feng army, asked.
"Chief of Staff, there are two more cars tonight. In this case, our main forces will be gathered in Liaozhong. However, I always think that there is a problem in this, and it has been three days, and the Jilin Army has neither captured Shengjing City, nor launched an attack on Liaozhong. Is there some conspiracy in this? Zhang Fuchen said. He is the commander of the 1st Independent Brigade of the Feng Army, but he has the rank of major general, and he has the power to control several other independent brigades.
"What conspiracy can there be? In my opinion, the Jilin Army is just like that. There were more than 10,000 people in Shengjing City, as well as 2,000 Japanese troops. No matter how powerful the Jilin Army is, it is impossible to capture Shengjing City in a short period of time. When we enter Shengjing City, it will be even more impossible for the Jilin Army to capture Shengjing City. At that time, the arrival of Japanese reinforcements will be the end of the Jilin Army. Yang Tingyu said. He believes that even if the combat effectiveness of the Feng army is not strong, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is incomparably strong. 2,000 Japanese troops, what a powerful force!
Zhang Fuchen nodded, although the doubts in his heart were still not eliminated, he didn't say anything more. Zhang Yuting's clear order was that the main force of the Feng army obeyed Yang Tingyu's command.
"Fu Chen, according to the latest information we have received, the Jilin Army has stationed a regiment in Yangtugang, about 4,000 people. This is obviously to prevent us from entering Shengjing. You led the 1st Independent Brigade and the 2nd Independent Brigade to set off this afternoon, striving to take Yangtugang tomorrow and open the way into Shengjing City. I led the army, and then I came. Yang Tingyu said.
"Yes, Chief of Staff." Zhang Fuchen nodded.
The independent brigade of the Feng army also belongs to a large establishment, with two regiments in each brigade, and if you add the troops directly under it, it is more than 6,000 people. It's just that after the early battle, all the departments of the Feng army paid some losses. If the 1st Independent Brigade and the 2nd Independent Brigade combined, there are still more than 10,000 people. Although the firepower of the Jilin Army is very strong, Zhang Fuchen does not think that he has two brigades that cannot defeat a regiment of the Jilin Army.
At this time, the generals of the Fengjun Army did not know that the 1st Regiment of the Jilin Army was stationed in Yangtugang, which was the most elite unit of the Jilin Army. In addition, the 3rd, 6th and 7th Infantry Divisions of the Jilin Army are also rapidly interspersed, and when the Feng army enters the encirclement, they will give them a fatal blow.
In Shengjing City, Zhang Yuting and Goto Xinping, old devils, are also wondering. For three days, although the attack of the Jilin Army was fierce, it also caused a lot of casualties to both the Feng army and the Japanese army. However, they still did not break through Shengjing City. Zhang Yuting was originally a bearded person, and he was very alert, and immediately realized that something was not going well.
"Your Excellency President, I always feel that there is a conspiracy in this, with the strength of the Jilin Army, if they let go of the attack, I am afraid that they would have already captured Shengjing City. But now, they are still besieging and not attacking, it seems that something is wrong! Zhang Yuting was a little worried.
"Your Excellency, you're too worried. The reason why Shengjing City is still in our hands is entirely because of the bitter battle between the Feng army and the Imperial Japanese army. In the past three days, the Feng army has lost more than 4,000 troops, and with the previous losses, it has almost 6,000 people, and the two brigades of the imperial army have also suffered heavy losses. Despite this, we held the city of Shengjing. The main force of the Feng army has already gathered in Liaozhong, and it will be able to reach Shengjing City in two days at most. We, soon, will be victorious. Goto Shinpei said nonchalantly.
He believes that the reason why Shengjing City was held was entirely because the Japanese army was not afraid of death. Otherwise, relying on the Feng army alone, I'm afraid that Shengjing City would have changed hands long ago. Even so, the losses of the Japanese army were very large, and the two independent garrison brigades had almost lost half. Fortunately, the main force of the Feng army was about to come back, which gave him hope. In addition, the 2nd Division of the Kanto Prefecture has also been replenished, and it will go north on the same day. At that time, the crisis in Shengjing City can be completely resolved, and perhaps the Jilin Army can be severely damaged by this.
Zhang Yuting will be skeptical, and he is not satisfied with Goto Shinpei's explanation. However, he has no other way now, but can hope that it is really like what Goto Shinpei said. Otherwise, Fengjun will be completely miserable this time.
Yangtugang, sixty miles away from Liaozhong, is just in the center of Liaozhong and Shengjing City. A day ago, thousands of soldiers were stationed here, and it was the 1st Regiment of the Jilin Army Instructor. As soon as the 1st Regiment of the Instructors was stationed, all the residents of the town were mobilized. This is about to become a battlefield, and if they stay here, their lives are not guaranteed.
Although it is difficult to leave the homeland, compared with the small life, the people still choose to leave quickly. The losses caused by the Russo-Japanese War in the previous two years are still remembered by the common people, and they do not want to suffer another military disaster.
After the 1st Regiment of the Instructor arrived at Yangtugang, it immediately began to build a position. According to the predetermined plan, the 1st Regiment would block the Feng army here, so that the Feng army would think that the Jilin army wanted to prevent them from entering Shengjing City, so as to buy time for the Jilin army to attack Shengjing City. In this case, the main force of the Feng army will definitely gather here. And this also created an opportunity for the Jilin Army to completely annihilate the main force of the Feng Army.
At that time, the four infantry divisions of the Jilin Army will encircle the main force of the Feng army and eliminate the main force of the Feng army in one fell swoop. Then, the Jilin Army, which attacked Shengjingcheng, launched a full-scale attack and broke through Shengjingcheng in one fell swoop. In this case, the Feng army will be completely finished. The only remaining enemy of the Jilin Army was the Japanese. Without the Feng army making trouble, the Jilin Army was undoubtedly able to concentrate all its efforts on a decisive battle with the Japanese army.
Thanks to the efforts of more than 4,000 officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the instructor, Yang Tugang has completely changed. Flammable houses were torn down, and a ring was formed outside the town. Trenches, barbed wire, minefields, as well as machine-gun firing points and mortar positions, were arranged. In the center of the town, there were also nine 75-mm field guns of the regimental artillery battery.
In addition, the main force of the instructor is not far to the north of Yang Tugang, and once Yang Tugang is in an emergency, he can attack at any time.
On the morning of 26 August, more than 10,000 people from the 1st Independent Brigade and the 2nd Independent Brigade of the Feng Army, led by Zhang Fuchen, arrived less than five kilometers away from Yangtugang.
Zhang Fuchen and Zhang Xiaokun, commander of the 2nd Independent Brigade of the Feng Army, who is known as the dog meat general, went to observe the enemy situation together, and the two of them, under the protection of the guards, quietly touched a place less than three kilometers away from the Jilin Army position.
"Xiaokun, this battle is not easy to fight! The people stationed in Yangtugang are obviously the elite troops of the Jilin Army. You see, those civil engineering works are not bad even compared to those in small Japan. After seeing the position of the 1st Regiment of the Instructor, Zhang Fuchen's brows were already tightly furrowed.
"Brother Fu Chen, otherwise, in this battle, let the younger brother's 2nd Brigade go first, and the eldest brother's 1st Brigade will sweep behind. The handsome man is urging tightly, those of us who are subordinates, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, we can't frown! I don't believe it, how strong the combat effectiveness of the Jilin Army is, what kind of person Wu Xingquan is, who of us doesn't know, although Wu Haoxuan's little cub is extraordinary, but he is too young, right? I want to see how strong the army he has formed is. Zhang Xiaokun said disdainfully.
A trace of displeasure flashed in Zhang Fuchen's eyes, Zhang Xiaokun, this guy, is just a villain who only knows how to slap horses, it is precisely because of this that he leaned on Zhang Yuting and became a colonel brigade commander at the age of 25. Listening to what he said just now, he looked like he was Zhang Yuting's confidant, but it set off Zhang Fuchen as if he had some bad intentions.
"Since Brother Xiaokun wants to try the Jilin Army's catties and taels first, then I won't stop it, and the 2nd Brigade will go first in this battle." Zhang Fuchen said lightly.
Half an hour later, the 2nd Independent Brigade of the Feng Army began its attack. Zhang Xiaokun was not ambiguous, and in the first wave of the attack, an infantry regiment was invested, with more than 2,000 people. However, the artillery of the Feng army was extremely lacking, and the entire 2nd Independent Brigade only had six 57-mm guns. During the attack, these battalion guns fired a few shells indiscriminately and ended hastily, causing almost no damage to the position of the 1st Regiment of the Instructor.
The Feng army not only lacked artillery, but also shells, and fired a few shots at random, not to destroy the enemy's fortifications and inflict losses on the enemy. It's more to cheer up your own troops.