At 9 o'clock in the evening, the 34th Regiment of the 17th Brigade broke through the defense line of the 26th Regiment of the 7th Division of Liangjiang, thus announcing that the defensive line deployed by Lei Zhenchun in the rear was completely lost, and then the 33rd Regiment and 34th Regiment of the 17th Brigade were able to directly attack the rest of the 7th Division of the Anhui Army in Liangjiang, which was still in the breakthrough operation.

That night, the remnants of the 7th Liangjiang Division and the 17th Brigade and the 36th Regiment of the 18th Brigade of the 9th Division of the Feng Army continued to fight, and by dawn the next day, the attacking troops of the 34th Regiment of the Feng Army had already advanced to a distance of 500 meters from Lei Zhenchun's headquarters.

Lei Zhenchun, whose eyes were bloodshot, seemed to have aged a lot overnight, and at this moment there were less than ten officers left around him, and more officers of the Seventh Division had surrendered either dead or wounded, and the rest of the troops of the Seventh Division were defeated one after another last night, and the speed of collapse was beyond the imagination of ordinary people, one company and one battalion collapsed next, or were completely annihilated or surrendered, and by dawn now, the troops still surrounding Lei Zhenchun were less than a thousand.

It can be said that at this point, even if Lei Zhenchun reluctantly escaped with these remnants, the Seventh Division of Liangjiang could be regarded as disappearing forever.

"These days, you've worked hard!" Lei Zhenchun looked at the officers around him with a tired look, and then continued: "Although my Seventh Division has suffered defeat, but your bravery is in the eyes of you, Lei someone, and it is an honor for me Lei to be able to fight with you!" ”

"Division Commander, although the situation is critical now, we are desperate to the death, and we can't open a small gap!" The adjutant on the side said.

But Lei Zhenchun shook his head: "When I was in Jiangbei, I escaped once, although the handsome man never complained about me, but inspired me to cheer up and fight again, but in this life, it is enough to escape once!" Moreover, with our current more than 1,000 remnants, how can we open the gap? ”

Since yesterday, the main force of more than 7,000 people led by him has been able to break through the defense line of the 36th Regiment and open the gap, and now there are only more than 1,000 remnants left, even if Lei Zhenchun is given a hundred miracles, he will not be able to open the gap and escape.

After saying that, he looked at everyone present again, and then said, "Wait a minute, I will let the troops disperse and break through, and you all should go!" Whether you can escape or not depends on the will of God! ”

After his voice fell, there was a violent explosion next to him, and the impact of the explosion almost lifted these temporary command headquarters, and Lei Zhenchun, who had been fighting with the Feng army for a long time, knew that this should be the kind of one hundred and twenty millimeter mortar of the Feng army, and only this kind of heavy mortar could cause such a huge explosion power.

Although its weight is not light, it is inconvenient to maneuver, its firing range is not far, and its accuracy is even worse to the point that countless officers and men of Feng are scolding their mothers, but the power is not to be said, and the explosion power of 120 mm shells thrown out is much more powerful than the 100 mm cannon of the largest caliber field artillery equipped in the Feng army.

And Lei Zhenchun also knew that this kind of heavy mortar had a very short range, and when its shells landed in front of him, it meant that the battle line of the Feng army had advanced to the vicinity of his headquarters.

Lei Zhenchun immediately said: "Order, the whole army will disperse and break through!" ”

Then he just sat down again, the other officers, look at me, and then after a collective silence for more than ten seconds, a few officers immediately turned around and walked out quickly, and a few officers chose to sit down, and then took out the pistol on their waists and wiped it carefully.

Their pistols are varied, some are Fu-made 1904-style revolver pistols, and some are Japanese-made revolver pistols, compared to the unified system of rifles, the pistols in the warlord troops, especially the pistols worn by the officers, are much more complicated, basically worn according to personal preferences, this is the case in the Feng army, the same is true in the Anhui army, generally speaking, the ordnance department will not interfere too much with what pistols the officers wear, why?

Because this involves a question of military honor!

In modern times, officers wear pistols that serve only two purposes, one for decoration and the other for suicide.

At this time, Lei Zhenchun also took out his pistol, and carefully wiped it with a white cloth, this is a 1904-style revolver 'pistol', although the gun is a standard' pistol, but the gun body is engraved by him personally with the word 'spring', although it has been worn for several years, but it is well maintained on weekdays, and it looks like it is the same as new.

He carefully wiped the pistol in his hand, very carefully, every corner was wiped repeatedly, just as he was wiping, there was a crisp sound of gunfire beside him, he looked up slightly, and saw that the major in a seat was already lying on his back on the chair, with red and white liquid on his head, his hands hung down weakly, and the pistol also fell to the ground.

Immediately after, two more gunshots rang out, but the two officers next to them pulled the trigger at the same time towards each other, and then fell to the ground.

Lei Zhenchun stopped wiping the gun at this time, and then clenched the grip of the pistol with his right hand, at this time, the chief of staff of the Seventh Division beside him also smiled at him, and then said softly: "Brother Lei, I'll go first!" ”

Then he put the muzzle of the pistol into his mouth, and he hesitated for a few seconds, but finally pulled the trigger!

Then the pistols in the house rang out intermittently, and more than ten people in the house committed suicide one after another, leaving Lei Zhenchun alone!

He sighed and muttered to himself: "In this battle, more than 10,000 brothers were thrown on the battlefield, how can I, Lei Zhenchun, live alone?" ”

As soon as the voice fell, he pulled the trigger on his head, and the high-speed bullet passed through the right side of his head, then entered his mind and rolled and stirred, and then came out from the other end, with a red and white mixture of blood and brains!

Lei Zhenchun committed suicide and became the first senior general at the division commander level to commit suicide on the battlefield since the battle between the two armies of Fengwan and Anhui, and the second senior general to commit suicide after the Beiyang uprising in 1906 and the country fell into a melee, and before him was Xiliang, the commander of the tenth town of the Southern Federation.

Ten minutes later, dozens of soldiers of the Feng army cautiously moved towards here, they held their guns and carefully probed the surrounding situation, but to their surprise they did not find any living enemies, and when they pushed open the simple door, they were stunned by the situation inside, there were more than a dozen corpses of Anhui army officers in the room, and at a glance they knew that it was suicide, and there were two generals wearing the clothes of senior generals of the Anhui army.

"These are all big officials, look at this, this is a lieutenant general, is that Lei Zhenchun?" A corporal soldier walked up with a big grin, and then squatted down as he spoke, and unceremoniously directly took off the epaulettes on Lei Zhenchun's body, and then picked up the pistol he had dropped on the ground.

However, after glancing at the pistol, he was a little dissatisfied: "I thought that this big official would use something so strong, why should he take a blessing to make a revolver!" ”

Fuzao's 1904 revolver pistol was convenient for large-scale mass production and cheap in cost, and it was equipped with the Beiyang Standing Army on a large scale as early as the Beiyang Standing Army era, and then it became the standard pistol of the Feng Army, and the cavalry, artillery, and machine gunners in the Feng Army. Another standard 'pistol' in the Feng army, that is, the Fuzao 1905 automatic pistol imitating the Browning 1900, is mainly equipped with middle and senior officers because of its relatively high cost.

So for the seizure of only one Fuzao revolver' pistol, it makes this corporal seem very regretful.

After these soldiers took some loot, they quickly passed on the news that a large number of high-ranking enemy generals had committed suicide.

Pan Luanqing felt a little embarrassed after learning that Lei Zhenchun committed suicide, although he and Lei Zhenchun were enemies, but there was no hatred between individuals, and now Lei Zhenchun was defeated and committed suicide, so that he still felt a little sympathetic as a soldier, if he was also defeated, did he also have the courage to commit suicide like him?

Pan Luanqing shook his head, didn't think about this question that had not yet come, and immediately said: "Properly collect the remains of General Lei and others, and choose a place to set up a monument for burial!" ”

Lei Zhenchun died, and his Liangjiang Seventh Division was also completely defeated, although Lei Zhenchun finally issued the order to disperse and break through, but the Anhui officers and soldiers who could escape were only a few hundred at most, and this was a pitiful number for an army with more than 14,000 people before the war.

The Seventh Division of Liangjiang can be regarded as completely annihilated!

The news of the destruction of the Liangjiang Seventh Division and Lei Zhenchun's defeat and suicide reached Meng Enyuan's ears, but Meng Enyuan didn't have much feeling about Lei Zhenchun's suicide, but immediately said: "The telegram headquarters reported the victory, saying that our army had gone through a day and a night of hard fighting, and successfully counterattacked and surrounded the enemy's Liangjiang Seventh Division in a roundabout way, and more than 10,000 enemy troops, including the enemy leader Lei Zhenchun, were annihilated, and the rest of the words are at your own discretion!" ”

But after saying that, he immediately changed his words and said: "Forget it, I will draft the message myself!" ”

Immediately sat down, picked up a small pen and wrote: "Since the post department led the army to cross the river, the Fourth Army has lost the great hope of the president, and has been fighting hard for days......

Meng Enyuan wrote a battle report of hundreds of words, and then looked at it carefully to check the side, confirmed that the words were not used wrongly, and read this good news again, Meng Enyuan's face also showed joy, he could already guess what kind of surprise the president Zhao Dongyun would show after seeing this good news.

After reading it carefully, he signed his name at the back: Meng Enyuan, commander of the Fourth Army.

Lei Zhenchun's good news was soon taken to the Fourth Army's telegraph room next door, and then it was transmitted to the distance through guò radio waves.