"Squeak,,squeak,."

Riding boots stepped on the snow, the officers of the brigade wearing brand new cotton clothes walked slowly along the battle fortifications, and stopped one after another by the big river with the stop of the leading officers, Wu Xiaoliang looked at the Northeast Army on the other side of the Yellow River with a solemn expression, and the staff had previously analyzed that Zhang Xueliang's biggest possibility was to wait for the price to sell, but unexpectedly he had such a strong sense of war, as soon as the old Jiang moved, he made a posture to attack on the north bank of the Yellow River.

The first snow in the winter of the eighteenth year of the Republic of China came ten years earlier than in previous years, and the heavy snow fell all night, and then a more serious problem was placed in front of us, after the first snow arrived, the temperature dropped sharply, the water flow in the lower reaches of the Yellow River was extremely slow, and the river surface could be frozen at any time, and once the river surface was frozen, the Yellow River natural danger was not enough, and most of the fortifications built along the river would be useless.

In the second half of the night, the Northeast Army suddenly had 10,000 cannons, and the Shandong defenders were extremely nervous, and they didn't sleep in the middle of the night.

However, at dawn, the Northeast Army stopped shelling but there was no follow-up action, and the General Staff almost unanimously determined that this was a bluff by the Northeast Army, and the Northeast Army would definitely not cross the river to attack before the Yellow River froze.

After walking for several sections in a row, all the arrangements were in order, and the permanent fortifications were also repaired, Wu Xiaoliang was quite satisfied with this, and secretly discussed that as long as the arrangements were strictly guarded, there would be no major mistakes.

From time to time during the march, there were soldiers who passed by on official business standing on both sides of the salute, and went away in high spirits, without the slightest tiredness of tossing all night, but all of them were high morale, Wu Xiaoliang couldn't help but let out a heartfelt exclamation:

"Master Dong Changguo is the style of the year."

Originally, the defense line on the south bank of the Yellow River was defended by the 17th Division, and the division commander was Dong Haibin of the Beiyang Model Regiment that year.

This time, he was transferred to lead the main force of the 17th Division to the junction of Shandong, Henan, and Anhui provinces to clamp down on Chen Cheng's 11th Division, so he insisted on leaving a brigade stationed on the Yellow River defense line, after all, they had been training here for several months, and they were already familiar with defensive warfare, and they were suddenly all replaced by the newly returned 57th Division, and I am afraid that they will have to adapt for a while, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Wu Xiaoliang gladly accepted Dong Haibin's proposal, and still used the 1st Brigade of the 17th Division as the main force of the defensive position, while the 57th Division served as a reserve, and once the battle further expanded, he would send corresponding troops to the battlefield as appropriate.

Yang Xiaoou is still not far from Wu Xiaoliang, to be honest, he still remembers the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army vividly, Yan Xishan's Jin Army is not enough to see in front of it if it is not enough to see it by borrowing geographical advantages and external forces, it would have been defeated a long time ago, he has privately made a ranking of the combat effectiveness of various warlord factions in the country, and the Northeast Army is second to none, and it is ahead of all domestic forces in terms of equipment and training.

As for the Central Army, which the Nanjing government has been vigorously supporting and advocating, it is actually far from being as powerful as the outside world imagines, except for factors such as morale and organization, at least there is still a considerable gap between it and the Northeast Army in terms of weapons and equipment, and the German armament division mentioned by Lao Jiang at every turn is only one or two hundred thousand people, which is not universal, and he will definitely not take it out to fight for the old bottom unless it is absolutely necessary.

Indeed, in order to preserve his strength in the Battle of Songhu, he ordered his descendant Liu Zhi's First Army to be stationed in Jiangyin and linger, allowing the Japanese army to attack the Shandong Army in various ways without helping.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Zuolin died early, even if he couldn't keep half of the country, it would be more than enough to protect the four eastern provinces and Hebei.

Yang Xiaoou seemed to see Wu Xiaoliang's concern that the Yellow River was about to freeze, and his mouth moved, wanting to say something, but he hesitated when the words came to his mouth, and he didn't say anything after all, and followed Wu Xiaoliang to hurry to the next section of the fortification.

In the evening, bad news came one after another, Feng Yuxiang went out of Tongguan in the east, and actually marched forward, all the way to occupy Shaancheng and Mianchi to Xin'an, which was less than 100 miles away from Luoyang.

Several civil officials and members of the provincial government couldn't help but be a little panicked, although Feng Yuxiang and Lao Jiang had a new defeat, but after all, their reputation was outside, whether it was President Cao Kun or Duan in power, and even Generalissimo Zhang, who was almost half of the country in the future, had suffered the loss of him Feng, so like a bamboo, was it to sweep Henan's rhythm.

"There is Yan Laoxi in the north and south of Henan, and Jiang Zhongzheng in the south, and now this Feng Yuxiang is about to hit Luoyang City, I don't know if General Li can withstand it."

Leng Shu oversaw the government affairs of Shandong, and worked diligently for several months, and Shandong was very good, this Admiral Wu regarded himself as a faction and not a person who was greedy for money and power, and spared no effort to support Shandong's education, industry, etc., and the most important thing is that he could always get a large amount of money from foreign banks to invest in construction, and never asked the provincial government to guarantee the repayment deadline, he also privately speculated that these were all funds secretly raised by Admiral Wu through special channels, but he never thought that this was all Wu Xiaoliang's own pocket.

If Feng Yuxiang fights, these achievements will be ruined again in the military disaster, and months of hard work will be in vain, so how can he not be nervous.

"Leng Yugong doesn't have to worry, Feng Yuxiang is just bluffing, and he will stop at Xin'an."

Leng Shu is not familiar with military affairs, and all this information was brought back by scouts from the General Staff, and Li Youting, the general in charge of the army in Henan, did not submit any official documents, which shows that if there is no accident, at least the situation in Henan is under control.

Leng Shu may not know, but Yang Xiaoou knows that the nominal number of the army led by Li Youting in Henan is a brigade, and the actual strength is actually at least two divisions.

The reason why Feng Yuxiang roared out of Tongguan this time was nothing more than that he was beaten too badly by Lao Jiang, and this time he wanted to get back the losses on the Shandong army, but he may not have expected that this kick was mentioned on the iron plate.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiaoou sneered, and after listening to Yang Xiaoou's words, Leng Xiao's uneasiness was gradually suppressed, at least he had the bottom in his heart, seeing that these guys were confident, even if Henan was not guaranteed, Shandong would be as stable as Mount Tai.

But in the evening, the news came again, and the entire Shandong provincial government shook.

"What, not only Xin'an, but Luoyang is also lost."

Yang Xiaoou suddenly got up from his seat, brought a small uproar, and actually brought down a few chairs that were close to him, this result was too unexpected for him, what Li Youting was doing in Henan, this time even he couldn't see through.

At this juncture, the Shandong army has no way to defeat a single achievement, and the current Shandong army is like the Yellow River embankment in the flood season, as long as there is a break, the thousand-mile embankment will be lost, and the land of Luyu will be yellowed everywhere.

Moreover, with the current strength of the Shandong Army, it is true that it cannot send extra troops to support the battle in Luoyang, Henan, and Yang Xiaoou even has a sense of powerlessness that is resigned to fate.

In a hurry, he blurted out:

"Junzuo, let the Second Army go up, with the Second Army, Henan will not collapse."

Wu Xiaoliang immediately shook his head, "The Second Army has gone, and Henan has been enriched, but once the old Jiang Yan of Jiangsu goes north to Shandong, what should he do to resist." ”

Yang Xiaoou was depressed for a while, yes, it is impossible to lose the foundation of Shandong for the sake of Henan, a land of four wars, in other words, even if Henan is taken, if there is no strong support from Shandong as the foundation, a province of the land of four wars, the east, west, north and south are all enemies who have no ability to defend, so the premise of taking Henan and even controlling Henan is that the foundation of Shandong must be stable.

However, Wu Xiaoliang's words made him feel a little calmer.

"Jing Cong, I understand, this defeat in Luoyang, even if you take 10,000 steps back, it will be the end, after all, the main force is no longer in Luoyang, as long as Kaifeng is not lost, the Henan front will not collapse, and when Guan Bingyan's armored brigade is freed up in southern Henan, it can also go north to support it."

Hearing Wu Xiaoliang's words, the vast majority of people in the room calmed down, having said that, but Yang Xiaoou said to Wu Xiaoliang that Guan Bingyan's armored brigade could go north to support Li Youting, because Gu Zhutong's 16th Army could not be annihilated in a short period of time, and the Shandong Army did not have that strength at present, so it was not easy to trap him, so as long as Gu Zhutong's 16th Army still insisted on Xuchang for a day, Guan Bingyan's armored brigade would not be able to go north for a day.

Therefore, the statement that the armored brigade went north to support is only a statement, but Yang Xiaoou also understands that this is Wu Xiaoliang's rhetoric to stabilize people's morale, of course he can't say this kind of doubt in public, but he still deeply believes in the first point that Wu Xiaoliang said, Li Youting is resolute, decisive, and resourceful, seeing that he alone led a brigade of men and horses in the cracks of several forces far stronger than himself, and finally succeeded in conquering most of the cities in Henan, this person's ability can be seen.

Speculation is speculation after all, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the big guy's heart is still up and down, waiting for good news to come from the direction of Henan, but the news from Henan has not arrived, but the power supply in Shanxi has arrived first.

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