Chapter 51: The Battle of Pingjiang (2)
In the first encounter, the victory came so suddenly that the soldiers did not realize that it was a victory.
For a long time, the cheers exploded!
Wu Xiaoliang witnessed the entire battle process at the regimental headquarters in Dong Haibin, but in just ten minutes, two companies of hundreds of men and horses were killed, and he was completely shocked by the cruelty and tragedy of modern warfare.
Wei Yongchang was furious, the cavalry company was almost completely wiped out, he didn't believe that his subordinates were extremely brave, how could they be annihilated by a group of baby soldiers? He ordered the whole army to advance and attack Pingjiang at night.
That night, Wu Xiaoliang had a premonition that the Gui army would attack on a large scale tonight, so he transferred the third and fourth regiments to the defense of Jiaping in the northeast of the city, and transferred the fifth regiment to the front line of Yanjiatan as a reserve. The soldiers on the front line stayed all night, and they didn't see half of the Gui army. The east was already faintly white, and some people began to doze off, and suddenly the cannon rumbled, Chen Xiuyan shuddered, jumped up from the chair of the regiment headquarters, and rushed to the observation point, "All enter the combat position, where is the enemy?" ”
He searched the dark front line in the telescope, but he still couldn't see the shadow of half of the Gui army, and the faint gunfire became more and more dense, and he wondered: "What's the situation?" Did you go to fight Dong Haibin? ”
A herald came in, "Report to the regimental commander, the first regiment telegraphed to ask about the battle situation, whether it needs support." ”
"Sue them, Lao Tzu is fine here, the enemy didn't attack here." During the Beiyang period, most of the warlord armies did not have radio stations, but the Fourth Mixed Brigade was the elite of Duan Qirui's lineage, so the radio stations had been lowered to regimental units.
Chen Xiuyan was suddenly stunned when he said this, could it be, could it be that they bypassed Yanjiatan ......?
"This can't be, this can't be!"
The herald looked confused, the enemy should be glad that he did not attack his position, why did the regiment commander's nervous face be deformed?
Not only Chen Xiuyan, but also Dong Haibin, the commander of the first regiment, was also nervous, the positions on both sides of Yanjiatan were not attacked by the enemy, and the sound of artillery could only come from the rear, but the Pingjiang River was flooded on three sides, and the water potential was quite large, how did the Gui army cross the river at night?
The sound of artillery rumbling in the distance, listening to the sound, this is not the 75mm French-fired field gun of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, but the Japanese 41 mountain artillery, Dong Haibin was anxious but helpless, he couldn't act without an order, not to mention whether this was a trap is still unknown, it may just be a feint.
"Telegraph to the brigade headquarters to ask about the state of the battle and if you need support." Dong Haibin pondered for a long time.
The telegraph operator ticked up the telegram, and after a while, the brigade headquarters called back: "The brigade headquarters is worry-free, stand by in place!" ”
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Fan Guozhang, the commander of the 8th Division and the 20th Division of Tongcheng Wang Ruxian, drank tea, and did not see the embarrassment of the whole division at all, and said with a smile: "Brother Shaofu, Su Governor Li Xiushan has agreed, once we jointly call the counterpart, you and I will be the governor and governor of Hunan, so I am desperately working hard to make wedding clothes for others." ”
Hu Jinshan, the envoy of Wang Zhanyuan, the governor of Hubei, said: "As long as the electricity is connected, Chunshuai will definitely send troops to support Wang Shichang and supervise Xiang." ”
Wang Ruxian was still silent, and Fan Guozhang added when he saw this: "Brother Shaofu, the baby brigade commander sent by Duan Qirui is finished, and the troops of the first division and two brigades of the Tan army are besieging Pingjiang, and it is difficult to ensure that Pingjiang has fallen into the hands of the Gui army at this time tonight." ”
Wang Ruqin on the side said: "That's true, everyone thinks that Tan Yuebo went north to Yueyang, but in fact, he is rushing to Pingjiang with a false shot, and the doll surnamed Wu is already difficult to protect himself at the moment." ”
In the eyes of everyone here, Wu Xiaoliang is no different from a dead man.
Wang Ruxian glanced at his brother reproachfully, knowing about this but not telling him about it, I don't know how Wu Weizhong lives and dies, and sighed: "That's it, the Eighth Division has a joint telegram, anti-war, anti-Duan!" ”
Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang jointly signed Ma Dian, anti-war and anti-Duan. Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangsu, and Wang Zhanyuan, the overseer of Hubei, also telegraphed support at the same time.
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Beijing, Presidential Palace.
The secretary general of the presidential office came in a panic, "The Hunan issue is a big problem. ”
"What's the matter?"
"Wang Shaofu and Fan Ziyu jointly telegraphed against the war, how is this good?"
"What can I do, where there is a responsible cabinet." Feng Guozhang said gracefully, he has been bullied by Duan Qirui these days, this puppet president just stamps his head and nods, but it is not much stronger than the wooden clay sculpture in the temple, and now his generals are forcing the palace to see how he Duan Zhiquan ends.
The opposition of local generals to the central government was a taboo in all dynasties and a harbinger of rebellion. The secretary general saw that the president was happy to see the excitement, and said with a worried face: "Wang and Fan oppose the central government without authorization, and this wind cannot be long!" ”
"Ask the responsible cabinet for everything." Feng Guozhang dropped a sentence without being salty, got up and left. The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help but hum in a Beijing accent.
The secretary general of the presidential office came to ask Duan Qirui again, and Duan Qirui flipped the table angrily, "I have one way, resign!" Wu Xiaoliang, who he had high hopes for, had no news at the moment, Wang Ruxian, who was stationed in Hubei, had called for help earlier, Tan Haoming besieged Wu in Pingjiang with the strength of the first division and two brigades, please send reinforcements, but he can see that he is surrounded by the Zhili army, how can he still have soldiers to send, and the only way is to send troops to Hunan by telegram ordering Duan Zhigui, the overseer of Jiangxi, to send troops to aid Hunan.
Zhang Guogan, secretary general of the State Council, persuaded worriedly: "Zhigong, it's not too late to resign when Wu Weizhong has news." ”
"It's late, Wei Zhongruo Sheng said it before they were electrified, and now the crowd is ...... raging."
Pingjiang City was a sea of fire, Siyi Mountain roared, and the Gui army waded across the south bank and rushed towards Pingjiang City. It turned out that there was a barrage in the upper reaches of Mishui 9o, and Tan Haoming's local subordinates mentioned that the gate was cut off, and the army took advantage of the gap in the low water to wade from the south bank to kill the Pingjiang River, and the northern army was caught off guard.
Gui Jun waded across the river from the south bank of Mishui, it was indeed unexpected by Wu Xiaoliang, when formulating a defensive plan, he took people to almost run all over the entire Mishui coast to explore the terrain, the south bank of the river is relatively narrow, the water is rapid and deep, it is his most reassuring area, but there is still an unexpected situation.
At the moment of crisis, it was impossible to exhaust the cause, he urgently ordered the artillery regiment to support the fire, but the shooting Zhuyuan was set up for the front of Yanjiatan, a section of Mishui in the south of the city, and no scouts were sent to measure and calculate. Wu Keren, the commander of the artillery regiment, was so angry that he scolded his subordinates to immediately send people to measure.
The city wall of Pingjiang has been in disrepair for a long time, and it has long been incomplete, but fortunately, Fang Qidao once commanded the rout army to build a circle of sandbags along the river outside the south gate, which came in handy at this time. The artillery could not be counted on in a short time, and only the battalion-affiliated machine gun company was the largest suppressive force. After the first wave of attacks was suppressed, after twenty-four MGO8 heavy machine guns 6 continued to be in place, tongues of fire spewed, and the Gui army was immediately suppressed on the beachhead and couldn't raise its head, and the commander of the charging company shouted angrily:
"Damn, it's all fucking bastard, follow me, there are few people in the Great Wall of the Doll Brigade ......"
The Gui soldiers got up and followed the company commander towards the barrage of 7.92 mm bullets.
Tan Haoming was on the other side of the river holding a telescope to observe the battlefield, his heart was dripping blood, the first three companies to cross the river had suffered most of the casualties in a quarter of an hour, these were all his old subordinates who had followed him since the start of the army in Guangxi, and they were the seeds of the first division of the Gui Army.
"Let Ma Xiaosheng's model camp be taken down before dawn at the south gate of Pingjiang."
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