The 122nd Beiyang retreated

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The news of Nanjing's liberation made the south of the Yangtze River boil, and even the confrontation that appeared in Hubei was covered up a lot. South China began to imagine the arrival of the Northern Expedition, and at this time, the Hubei Military and Political Fu and the National Defense Force Headquarters also quietly lifted the military control order for the Huangshi Iron Mine Area in Hanyeping.

On the morning of 4 December, the two sides of the peace talks between the north and the south in Shanghai urgently sent a telegram to the military, government, and national defense forces of the three upstream provinces, demanding that all military actions to undermine the peace talks be stopped immediately.

In the afternoon, the General Staff of the National Defense Forces sent a telegram rejecting the results of any negotiations before Beiyang withdrew from Hubei, and at the same time demanded that all Beiyang troops entering Hubei must withdraw from Hubei by 6 December, and promised that as long as they took the initiative to retreat, the Wehrmacht would never deliberately intercept them.

On the same day, under the planning of Shen Shukai, several weak banks and ticket numbers have been merged and the venue has been obtained, the Southwest Bank of China, with a registered capital of 10,000,000 yuan, opened in Hankou, Changsha, Chengdu and other places at the same time to announce the issuance of banknotes, the head office is located in Chongqing, and the military and political officials of the three provinces have come to celebrate. On this day, Daye Cement Factory completed the transfer procedures, and after Song Weichen and several Hankou businessmen invested 400,000 yuan to buy 50% of the shares, the machine was turned again the next day.

After the Hubei Industrial Company supported more than a dozen masters, the Sichuan Machinery Bureau changed its name to the Sichuan Industrial Group and restarted, due to poor technology, lack of workers and other reasons, at present can only manufacture grenades and some bullets for the time being.

When industry re-emerged in Sichuan, Zhan Tianyou's West China Railway Company also quietly opened the curtain in Chongqing, officially announcing the construction of the new Hanchuan Railway in the mode of businessmen's investment and donations, and starting construction in three provinces at the same time. On the same day alone, the company received a donation of 2 million yuan from "private" people, and the Southwest Bank even took out the 400,000 yuan received from the cement plant to purchase Daye cement and donated it to the West China Railway Company for railway construction.

Still on the same day, the Sichuan Hydropower Company quietly opened in Chengdu, without any publicity or even no one present to celebrate, so it simply opened, and then quickly began to select a site for mapping.

When South China was still in full swing and Yuan Shikai of North China was anxious and waiting for the results of the peace talks, this series of high-profile or silent openings heralded that the three provinces under the control of the National Defense Forces were the first to resume production and preemptively enter the post-war reconstruction. However, none of this affected the Hankow Command from continuing to move troops in a step-by-step manner. The Operations Staff Office kept issuing one order after another, directing the four divisions to deploy in and out as planned.

"Shake it hard"

On the Xiaogan front, next to the 72 "doors" of the brand-new Krupp 75mm field guns, the gunners quickly shook the handle to raise the muzzle of the gun. The Minfu Brigade brought in truckloads of shells. The war horse dragged the Makqin machine gun and continued to move forward with the infantry singing, the light machine gun was resisted on the shoulder and drilled into the flow of people, all the bullet bags were full, standing on a high place and looking down, the eyes were full of blood-boiling war pictures.

From four battalions on the night of October 10 to five divisions and two brigades today. From a few "doors" of 75 guns to now, two regiments of 108 "doors" can be taken out at one time. The brand-new Wehrmacht not only survived the most difficult years, but also went from strength to strength. When the news of the great victory of Ozurayama was announced, the flying tiger flag flying high has become a well-known signboard in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Jiang Tai, the commander of the artillery regiment, was extremely excited, and with an artillery battalion "drawn" by the Second Division, four new artillery battalions already gave him the capital to fight against the Xiaogan Beiyang Army, not to mention that this time behind him were all new artillery shells that were not inferior to Japanese shells. Looking at the entire Southern Army and even the country, except for the more than a dozen "door" heavy artillery pieces that the Manchu Janissary Guard scares people about, this can be regarded as the top artillery regiment. The biggest regret of being able to command such a unit is when the battle will start.

"Commander."

"Hello Captain Jiang ()."

In the salute and greetings, Jiang Tai rushed into the command post quickly, the battle was imminent, the staff moved forward again, and Xiaogan was the starting point of the previous defeat, so everyone wanted to start the war as soon as possible to wash away the shame.

In the command post, Song Ziqingzheng and Yue Peng and Wu Zhaolin studied and deployed, and when they saw him come in, they smiled: "Isn't this Grand Master Jiang?" What are you doing here without sleeping with a cannon? ”

Everyone is familiar with working together for so long, Jiang Tai is not embarrassed, he directly put his hat on the table, poured himself a glass of water and drank it and asked, "Has the chief of staff decided when to fight?" ”

Wu Zhaolin glanced at the two of them, and said with a smile: "What, can't you hold it back?" ”

Jiang Tai smiled, deliberately rubbed his hands and said, "It's cold, and it's not hot to fight." ”

"Okay, you can come up with an excuse." Yue Peng cocked his thumb at him, looked at his pocket watch and said expectantly: "There are only a few hours, the deadline is tonight." The commander has already called to authorize, if Zishi Beiyang continues to unrespond, he will hit hard"

"It's so good." Jiang Tai jumped up, grabbed his hat and was about to go back to prepare, but just after taking two steps, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, turned his head and asked, "Hit it?" What is this command? ”

"The meaning of the order is to preserve the living force as much as possible, and consume the North Ocean instead of fighting twice as badly."

When Song Ziqing was about to explain, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly sounded outside the "door", and looked up at Jiang Fangzhen, who had changed into a long robe, and appeared at the entrance of the "door" with a small suitcase, he and Yue Peng had met him when they were studying in Germany, so they immediately won "excitedly": "Brother Baili haha looks forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looks forward to you." ”

Wu Zhaolin and Jiang Tai and other officers who met for the first time also had their eyes lit up. Lu Shi Sanjie, Jiang Fangzhen, Cai Yi, Zhang Xiaozhun are good guys, this is much more powerful than Wu Luzhen and other minor non-commissioned officers who were blown out later ().

"Stop" Jiang Fangzhen didn't have a good face, threw the suitcase on the chair, pointed at the noses of the two of them, and said: "You two are beautiful now, look outside, good guys come all the way to clear the 'color' of German equipment." I don't blush you with your development, but don't come to hurt me."

"Hurt you?" Yue Peng scratched his head: "How can Brother Baili say this?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen glared angrily: "Isn't it?" If you want to win over people, you should always have a prophet, right? It's better for you to send a brigade directly to change, when did you "insert" the price on the head of the hundred miles? ”

Song Ziqing smiled slightly: "Brother Baili is much more valuable than a brigade, if it weren't for the brother to stop him, the commander would have directly thrown out a German armorer." ”

"Just blow it." Jiang Fangzhen didn't bother to pay attention, he walked to the deployment map and looked at it. He has always been very self-assured, if it weren't for the "fine" color duel between Yang Qiu and Feng Huafu that started from Wusheng Pass, maybe he wouldn't even have the interest in taking a look. Fortunately, he was very satisfied with the morale, equipment and training of the Wehrmacht all the way just now, at least much stronger than those miscellaneous troops downstream. If you insist on training for a year or two according to this momentum, you will definitely be able to become an army comparable to or even surpass Beiyang, so I took the initiative to look at the map.

"The mapping is good, it seems that Ziqingshou is not alive yet." Before Song Ziqing's smile bloomed, Jiang Fangzhen picked up his bones: "There are three brigades and an artillery regiment in the front, do you want to attack Beiyang head-on?" It was the Beiyang attack before, so you can't see his ability to defend, relying on the artillery and machine gun team to arrange you to defend for three days is more than enough, and you can guarantee that Duan Zhigui can't break through the interception of two divisions in three days? Why don't you concentrate your superior forces and go to Yunmeng to "insert" Weidian Town? Now they are weak, there are few supplies for half a month, the people are sleepy and demoralized, and they collapse after a few days of encirclement, why bother so much? ”

Song Ziqing smiled bitterly, he couldn't tell him that Yang Qiu didn't want to weaken Beiyang too much now and cause an imbalance of power between the north and the south, right? This is a core secret, and if it is known by the officer, it will definitely be questioned, so he has to say: "Brother Baili has a sharp eye, I will redeploy." ”

"It's too late." After Jiang Fangzhen looked at him meaningfully, he said: "I heard you outside just now that the ultimatum was closed, so it's too late to transfer now." After he finished speaking, he pointed to the horns of the two wings in front of him, and made a piercing movement with his fists: "You should still have the 57 artillery battalion in your hand, right?" Pull two up and deploy along the front of the two diagonal lines of the front at close range, and wait for the infantry to accompany the artillery attack at the same time after the battle. If Wang Shizhen wants to deal with your two fists, he must free up at least one association, and he doesn't have many soldiers. Yunmeng was pulled away from the west, and if one more was 'drawn' away from the two corners of the front, it would not be able to stop the repeated impact of your four brigades. ”

After listening to this, Wu Zhaolin nodded secretly, compared with his own half-tone, this is a real staff officer-type talent, and immediately shouted loudly: "Why are you still stunned as the head of Lu Shi's three masters?" The 3rd Division sent two artillery battalions up, mobilized all the men, and within two hours, the artillery positions had to be repaired. ”

His shout made the staff officers all disperse and get busy, Jiang Fangzhen smiled at him, and said hello: "The third brother is afraid of the righteousness of the first night to provoke the beam, hehe, it really makes Baili admire." ”

"Brother Baili, don't make fun of me, I'm afraid of three ducks to the shelves." After Wu Zhaolin finished speaking, he asked, "By the way, has Brother Baili seen the commander?" He's waiting for you. ”

"Not yet. The boat stopped at Chenjiaji, saying that the river was still impassable, so he simply came here to take a look. Jiang Fangzhen was neat, and after finishing speaking, he picked up the suitcase and said, "I'll leave now, and I'll talk about it when you triumph." ”

Song Ziqing knew his temper, so he didn't stop him from sending it to the "door" in person, and just as he was about to send a few soldiers to protect him, he saw a sudden commotion in the distance, and then the chant rang out.

"Beiyang retreated"

In the midst of the excited shout, Jiang Fangzhen smiled slightly and took the lead in walking towards the high ground on the left. After everyone climbed the hill and raised the binoculars, they saw that a white flag was erected in the direction of Xiaogan at some point, and a large number of Beiyang troops began to retreat south. There was also a small group of British soldiers supervising it in case of a surprise attack by the Wehrmacht to break the ceasefire.

At four o'clock in the afternoon of December 5, the remaining four associations in Hubei Beiyang retreated to Wushengguan under the leadership of Wang Shizhen