It is almost certain that the mouth of the lake will fall.

Putting aside things like the protagonist's aura for the time being, just look at the comparison of the strength and firepower equipment of the enemy and the enemy, even a layman can see the result at a glance.

But to be able to capture the mouth of the lake so quickly, this is a bit unexpected.

Although the Hukou Fort was in some disrepair, and since the recovery, due to financial reasons, Li Liejun has not purchased any equipment for the fort. However, the whole battery was still very strong after all, and in addition, the Kuomintang only had rifles, machine guns, grenades and other weapons in their hands, and the artillery was still on the ship and had not been unloaded, and the warships on the river did not dare to fire as wantonly as before after the Kuomintang Army went ashore because of their concerns—————— otherwise, with their accuracy, the probability of hitting their own people was probably not much different from the probability of hitting the enemy.

In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Gan army is still some, and it is a bit surprising that Hukou will fall so quickly.

However, Li Liejun later learned that the reason why Hukou would fall so quickly was that the defenders had lost the will to fight.

The 10th Regiment stationed at Hukou, the regiment commander Li Mingyang, is Li Liejun's confidant. During the Second Revolution, in addition to Lin Hu's first brigade, only the Ninth Regiment and the Tenth Regiment followed Li Liejun with iron heart, and although the rest would not oppose him, they had their own ideas in their hearts, such as Ouyang Wu...

But there are exceptions to everything, although Li Mingyang is Li Liejun's henchman, but the people under him are not so dead-eyed.

Originally, the Hukou defenders resisted fiercely, but the reinforcements in Jiujiang were almost completely annihilated. And it is likely that after the news of no more reinforcements came out, the morale of the defenders of Hukou suddenly plummeted...

Because almost all the Gan troops at Hukou know one thing, that is, if reinforcements can't come. The mouth of the lake is almost impossible to hold. The reason why they are still persisting is because they are eating Li Liejun's salary, and on the other hand, because there is still a little hope.

Now that there is no hope, they have no idea of resisting.

Naturally, Li Mingyang is willing to fight to the death, but the people under him don't think so.

After all, this is just a war between compatriots, and there is no need to give you a life-and-death split. Plus a little life matters...

So after Li Mingyang was captured, the defenders of Hukou, who were still holding out, quickly surrendered.

However, even if the defenders of Hukou still want to continue to hold out, I am afraid they will not last long. Because according to the statistics after the fact, in just half a day, the Hukou defenders had already suffered more than 700 casualties, while the casualties of the Nationalist Army were only more than 80.

Such a huge disparity. Even if the defenders of Hukou still want to continue to hold on. I'm afraid it won't last long.

(During the Second Revolution in history, the Beiyang Army went south, and the Hukou defenders held out for two days, resulting in more than 2,000 casualties among the Hukou defenders, while the casualties of the Beiyang Army were only more than 100.) When conquering Nanchang, the Jiangxi army surrendered four battalions and suffered more than 1,000 casualties, while the casualties of the Beiyang army were only more than 100. In addition, during the Second Revolution, Leng Shu was beaten back by Zhang Xun's pigtail army just after going north. It can be seen that the Kuomintang troops were not at all opponents of Beiyang at that time ... ）

Naturally, these are all counted after the fact, and now, Xiao Yongyan, who is still on the Wind and Rain, only knows that the casualties of his army are very small, nothing more.

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The fall of Hukou also meant that the Nationalist Army could directly follow the south of Poyang Lake and take Nanchang directly.

However, if you don't clean up the main force of the Jiangxi army in Jiujiang first, even if you take Nanchang, you will have to go back and find a way to clean up Li Liejun in Jiujiang later.

Therefore, Xiao Yongyan did not plan to change the plan, but planned to take a little rest first, and then take Jiujiang directly.

What happened on the river, Xiao Yongyan and Gu Chengzhou already knew what was happening on the river at this time. Almost two-thirds of the Bai boats that crossed the river were killed, and only one-third of them fled back to Jiujiang, although it was not clear what the losses of the Gan army were, but Xiao Yongyan also guessed that the casualties of the Gan army must have been very large.

"Go, send the news back to Anhui, and say that we have already taken Hukou, and then as long as we take Jiujiang again, we can take Nanchang directly!"

Putting the binoculars aside, Xiao Yongyan said to his adjutant excitedly.

Hearing Xiao Yongyan's words, the adjutant also nodded. "Yes, I'll go." As he spoke, he turned around and ran over.

And after the adjutant left, Xiao Yongyan said with a smile. "The first battle was fought so well, I believe our crisis can be alleviated a little..."

Hearing Xiao Yongyan, Gu Chengzhou, who was looking at Gu Chengzhou in the distance, seemed to have thought of something, sighed and said with a smile. "yes, the situation is finally a little better..."

At the moment, Xiao Yongyan is not worried about anything else, but that the surrounding provinces will rush to the top. Although with the current strength of Anhui and the promotion of the reserve system, there are sufficient troops that can be mobilized, even if all the surrounding provinces are rushed up, Yan Shao and others can cope with it, but in that case, the battle will be very fierce after all, and Yan Shao's losses will be very large.

Therefore, they need to use a beautiful battle to deter several surrounding provinces.

The leaders of those provinces are all wall-headers, such as Li Yuanhong in Hubei, Zhu Rui in Zhejiang, and Cheng Dequan in Jiangsu. There is a plus, these people will definitely be more positive than anyone else, but if there is even a slight risk, these people will hesitate.

In addition, the fall of the National Socialist Party, and the dominance of the Beiyang family, is not a good thing for them.

As long as Xiao Yongyan can fight the battle beautifully, he can guarantee that his next opponents will only be the Kuomintang and Beiyang.

Although this battle is not representative now, it is better to win than to lose, and this time it is easy to win, but it took most of the day to take the Hukou Fort. With this battle, I believe that even if Cheng Dequan and them want to fall to Yuan Shikai, they will think twice in their hearts...

In this way, Yan Shao's situation is slightly better than before...

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Through the radio on the Wind and Rain, the victory about Hukou soon reached Anqing.

"I didn't expect it so soon...", looking at the message on telegram. Yan Shao was overjoyed.

It will take most of the day to take Hukou, and if you follow this speed, I believe it won't take long to take Nanchang. Until that time. Li Liejun could only withdraw from Jiangxi in disgrace.

And Jiangxi's victory will also deter warlords in several other provinces.

In this way, what Li Liang and the others have been worried about all the time will not happen...

"This is mainly due to the fact that the governor has a good eye for the young, and he chose Division Commander Xiao to lead the troops, and the battle will naturally go smoothly..."Seeing Yan Shao's happiness, a person next to him immediately laughed and praised twice.

This year, I want to be promoted and make a fortune. The first thing is to shoot the people above.

And after glancing at the man, Yan Shao didn't say anything, after all, everyone loves to hear good words. The same is true for Yan Shao.

But then again, this victory really has nothing to do with Xiao Yongyan. Because the battle plan had been formulated in advance, and Xiao Yongyan only stood on the warship to observe the situation.

The reason why he won this time was that, on the one hand, the people of the navy army crushed the fleet reinforced by the Gan army. The defenders of Hukou completely lost the confidence to hold on. So after the casualties are getting bigger. It became very simple to surrender.

Another reason is the hard training in the past, coupled with the superiority in weapons and equipment.

In addition, this time the Nationalist Army attacked suddenly, and the defenders of Hukou were completely defenseless. Moreover, the main force of the Jiangxi army is also in Jiujiang, so it is natural that this will be the case.

If you can't win with so many advantages, then you really don't know what to say.

"Governor, what's next? Do you want Master Xiao to take Jiujiang down directly? ”

Glancing at the sycophant with disdain, Zhang Ying asked softly.

The mouth of the lake is so easy to come down. Zhang Ying also breathed a sigh of relief, and her expression became much more relaxed.

As for the inquiry. Although the general plan has been formulated, after all, Yan Shao is the one who can make a decision.

"Well, let me think about it..."Yan Shao touched his chin.

He also had some impressions of the Second Revolution, but in his impression, he only remembered that Li Liejun announced the Jiangxi Revolution at Hukou, and he couldn't remember anything else, let alone the battle that took place in Hukou with huge casualties.

So the lake mouth was taken down so quickly, which was really a bit unexpected for him.

After all, he had the impression that places like forts or fortresses were usually difficult to hold. Even if you want to take it down, I'm afraid it will take some time. So now that he took it down so quickly, it really disrupted his plan a little.

"Tang Li..."After thinking about it carefully, Yan Shao turned his head sideways to look at Tang Li. How many of you are in Jiujiang now? ”

Katerina is still recuperating from her injuries in the hospital bed, so now the representative of the Special Affairs Bureau is Tang Li. Naturally, she needs to participate in this kind of meeting, after all, the spy work of the Special Affairs Bureau will play a great role in the future actions of the National Social Security Army, and the information they get will also have great reference value.

And after hearing Yan Shao's words, although he didn't know why he was asking, Tang Li immediately replied. "There are thirteen of them, three of whom have just been sent..."

It's not that he really can't forget it, but at the moment, for the Kuomintang Socialist Party, Jiangxi's strategy is the top priority, and Jiujiang is the main offensive target of the Kuomintang Socialist Army.

"Thirteen people, in Yan Shao's opinion, were a little little, but he still asked immediately." Then can you make a batch of leaflets in Jiujiang, and before Xiao Yongyan and them are ready to attack the city tomorrow, they will first spread the leaflets throughout Jiujiang..."

"It should be fine..."Tang Li thought for a moment. Our base in Jiujiang is a newspaper office, and we can print articles ourselves, although the time is a little urgent, but it should be in time, but..."Tang Li said with some doubts. "Governor, what do you want to print?"

"The content is simple, that is, to inform the people in the city, that is, to say that the Nationalist Army is coming, let them take refuge in the city as soon as possible, so as not to be affected when attacking the city later, and at the same time tell the Jiangxi officers and soldiers in the city to let them surrender as soon as possible, so as not to be sent to death with Li Liejun and the Kuomintang, well, and so on..."

Yan Shao did this, on the one hand, because he was afraid that the fight would be too intense. It will cause too many casualties among the people in the city, and on the other hand, it wants to shake the morale of the Jiangxi army.

What happened in Hukou, I believe that the Gan army should have known the way.

There is also what happened at the entrance to Poyang Lake. If it is really as Gu Chengzhou said, then those remnants of the defeated army should have returned to Jiujiang now.

With these two things, if someone can distribute more leaflets, Jiujiang should be shaken up, so that the next siege will be much smoother.

"Attack the heart..."Fu Xiuming thought about it, and quickly understood what Yan Shao meant. To is a good idea. Although there is an example of Hukou, Fu Xiuming feels that Jiujiang may not be difficult to win. But now their situation is not particularly good, no matter what the battle is, they need to win beautifully. And the more beautiful the better, only in this way can we deter those wall grasses and even Beiyang, so Fu Xiuming has no objection to doing this.

As for the others. Nor is there any objection to this.

"That's good. You will inform the Jiujiang authorities of this later, and ask them to spread the leaflets throughout Jiujiang City before dawn tomorrow..."

"Yes!" Nodding, Tang Li spoke.

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On the river surface of Poyang Lake, the three gunboats, including Bu Zigao, did not continue to block the mission, nor did they return to the mouth of the lake to assist in the offensive there.

Because they had already learned the news from Hukou just now, they knew that Hukou had now been taken down. Although there is sporadic resistance. But it's only a matter of time.

In this case, the Hukou side did not need them, and they no longer needed to worry that the Gan army would send reinforcements again.

Nature. Gu Chengzhou wanted to transfer him back to Hukou, after all, he had just finished a battle, and there was nothing fuel on the gunboat, because the distance from Anqing to Hukou was not very far, but the consumption of ammunition was a lot...

However, after receiving the order, Bu Zigao sent a telegram to Gu Chengzhou.

The telegram is also simple, that is, the war is over, and there will be nothing important later, hoping that Gu Chengzhou can allow the three of them to stay here in Poyang Lake to search and rescue those who fell into the water...

After all, it's just a civil war between compatriots, and it's already over, so there's no need to fight it anymore...

And search and rescue people who have fallen into the water, this is also an international practice, although Buzigao has not been to the UK to study, but he also knows this...

After receiving the telegram from Buzigao, Gu Chengzhou was also stunned, but they did not refuse, just nodded and acquiesced.

However, Gu Chengzhou probably didn't know what to do, and before they sent a telegram, they had actually started to rescue the people who fell into the water.

Standing on the deck of the gunboat, Bu Zigao lightly glanced at the more than a dozen Gan officers and soldiers who had just been fished up. Because of the overboard, these soldiers no longer have weapons in their hands, so the people on the boat don't need to worry about what these people will do, just a few sailors are enough to shock all the situation.

What's more, at this point, those officers and soldiers of the Jiangxi army probably don't have the spirit to play with their lives.

At least in their opinion, what happened to them is already worthy of the few dollars given by Li Liejun, and there is no need to work hard in the future...

"Try to save as many as possible..."walked to the railing, looked at the floating corpses on the river, and said to the subordinates beside him.

"Yes—" nodded, and the officer turned to convey the order from step high.

And looking at the river surface that was almost red with blood, Bu Zigao didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking in his heart.

As a staunch nationalist, Buzigao naturally agrees with Yan Shao's idea that only a unified voice can make the country strong, which has been confirmed in Anhui in the past.

But...

"This kind of war is completely different from what I used to think..."

Looking at a corpse tumbling past in the sea of blood, Bu Zigao muttered softly.

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The smoothness of the lake mouth somewhat disrupted Yan Shao's plan.

On the other hand, ten gunboats, including Bu Zigao, have also docked at the dock of the Hukou Battery, waiting for the ships in the rear to replenish the ammunition consumed in the battle.

As for the men of the army, except for the troops who were about to stay at the mouth of the lake, only the wounded were allowed to land, and all the rest remained on the ships.

It is not surprising that the troops of an entire division did not know how much effort it took to let them board the ships in the first place. Now that Jiujiang is about to be hit, Xiao Yongyan doesn't want to spend most of the day, just to let his subordinates board the ship...

Due to the rapid fall of Hukou and the heavy casualties of the Second Brigade, Li Liejun's original plan also changed. Originally, he just wanted to cheer for the Kuomintang, but now...

Now there are only more than 5,000 Jiangxi troops left in Jiujiang, and the attacking Kuomintang army is afraid that there are tens of thousands—————— this is what the Kuomintang said in its external announcement.

In this case, the disparity in force is too great. With the combat effectiveness displayed by the Kuomintang at Hukou, these 5,000 people alone may not be able to hold Jiujiang. Therefore, not long after receiving the news, Li Liejun, who had recovered, had already telegraphed the troops of the Second Division to rush to Jiujiang as soon as possible, and at the same time, he was reorganizing the remnants of the Second Brigade so that they could recover their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

However, perhaps it was frightened by the incident at Hukou, and the second division was already a little shaken, so although the second division responded to Li Liejun's message, the speed of action was very slow...

As for the Second Brigade, because Yu Weiqian didn't know what to do, it was also very troublesome to straighten out.

It's just that when Li Liejun had a headache, on the second day, he found that Jiujiang City was full of notices and leaflets from the Anhui Military Government, but no one knew where these notices came from... (To be continued......)