Chapter 223: Defeated

Green grass and blue sky, white clouds. At this time, Horqin was full of life, with grass, horses' hooves, cattle and sheep, and steppe wolves, depicting a smart picture.

"The king, the Japanese are here." Bahutu heard the sound of men and women playing in the big tent outside the tent, and his heart was hot, but he didn't dare to covet the woman of Utai. In the past, the Mongolian people were also very open in this regard, but later some concepts of the Han people began to be introduced to the grassland, and many nobles began to change their minds in this regard.

"Distinguished guests from afar, welcome to the grassland." Utai asked a few women to go out and directly welcomed a few Japanese into the tent.

"King Wutai, the situation in China is very delicate now, the overseer in Fengtian is already fighting with an equally powerful division commander in Jilin, and the opportunity for the king of the county has come." Koiso Kuniaki said bewildermently. "In addition, under the threat of the empire, Qin Yu of Fengtian also had to place the main force of the Fengtian army near Fengtian City, and the area of Taonan is a relatively weak place for Fengtian."

"Your Excellency Shaozuo, even if Taonan is a relatively weak place in Fengtian, the strength of the Fengjun army in Taonan is not something I can provoke now. A few years ago, I was folded in the hands of the Feng army, and even my life was almost lost, and later the Outer Mongolian army also suffered heavy losses outside the city of Taonan, and the East Road army was almost wiped out, and several generals and princes in charge of the command were killed and wounded. I'm short of bullets now, and I don't have enough strength in my hands, so I don't dare to fight Taonan's idea. ”

When it comes to the Feng army, a trace of fear flashed on Utai's face, if it is said which army the Mongolian people who have often engaged in rebellion are most afraid of, it is undoubtedly the Feng army. Whether it is the Mongolian bandits, or the tens of thousands of Outer Mongolian troops who went south at the beginning, they will have some gains when they rob homes and houses. The army in those ordinary places can only eat sand after the horse's butt. Even when there are many Han soldiers, they can withdraw in time.

Only the Feng army brought out by Qin Yu, the rebellious prince who died in the hands of the Feng army, the king of the county, if it was the prince appointed by Jeba Zun Danbu, the general did not know himself. The flourishing Tauk Tau Hu. Baiyin Dalai, as well as his Wutai county. and the later Outer Mongolian army, which was not prominent in the grassland, as for the small leaders of those two hundred people, there are countless of them. However, after these people came to the grassland with Qin Yu's army, they didn't even touch the edge of Taonan.

Under a series of military defeats, Utai and others have been afraid of the Feng army from the bottom of their bones. Although Taonan's wealth is a mountain of gold and silver in the eyes of all Mongolian people, not everyone can grab it.

"How many people did the county king gather this time?" Aoyagi Katsutoshi Nakasa was a little disdainful of the fear in Wutai's eyes, but at this time, there were really not many objects to choose from in the Inner Mongolia grassland.

"There are already more than 2,000 subordinates. It's a lot of money to gather so many people, and if your country can provide enough weapons, I can bring another group of people over. Wutai swore that although the lives of the vast majority of herdsmen centered in Taonan had greatly improved and were unwilling to live a life of plundering, there were many people who could not survive in the deeper part of the grassland. As long as you have a gun, you can pull people and horses.

"This time the Reich together supplied five thousand guns. 8 field guns with more than 400,000 rounds of ammunition. Enough to fight a medium to large positional battle. But whether you can get this batch of arms. It depends on whether your ministry has the determination and ability to do so. Xiao Ji Guozhao said.

"5,000 guns, more than 400,000 rounds of ammunition?" Utai's breathing suddenly became short, as for the 8 field guns that the Japanese army was going to use to fight the Feng army, in Utai's opinion, it was flashy, it was extremely expensive, and it was actually difficult to operate, although it was extremely powerful. But it is very difficult to transport, it weighs more than 1,000 catties, and it is very good to take it to fight others, but it can be used against the Fengjun, according to Wutai's idea. Basically, it's mostly when he runs, and that thing will only slow down his escape speed, which is a fart. It's just that this kind of thought, of course, can't be expressed on the face.

"Distinguished guests, please rest assured, I will do my best to do my best for your country."

"Very good, as long as the king of the county is willing to serve our country, there will be no shortage of glory and wealth, wealth, and women."

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Boom boom...

The earth trembled under artillery fire, and the soldiers of the 17th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Feng Division, who were under shelling, only felt that their vision was blurred in the violent shaking.

The shells fell to the ground, and from time to time huge columns of black smoke rose up, and the flames appeared.

"Wow!" The roof shook violently and collapsed abruptly.

"Tuanza, Tuanza!" The guards around the regimental command post were startled when they saw the sudden collapse of the command post, and they shouted one after another to step forward and lift the collapsed coffin away.

"Brother Xunchen, Brother Xunchen!" After Yu Xuezhong, who was embarrassed, was rescued from the house, he didn't care about the pain in his back, hugged the chief of staff who had passed out next to him and shouted a few times, and then shouted, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and call the people from the medical station!" ”

"Yes, yes, Tuanza!"

At this time, the Fengjun army was equipped with a field hospital at the division level and a medical station at the regiment level, and there were also medical teams and hygienists in charge of first aid in the battalion. It can be regarded as a precedent for the army of the Republic of China. Both medical personnel and medicine are far from being comparable to the military in Kannai.

Knowing that the chief of staff had only fainted temporarily, Yu Xuezhong relaxed his mind a little.

"Tuanza, there is a Jilin army in front of you. It is less than three miles from the regimental headquarters. ”

"The firepower is so fierce, it seems that it has encountered the 23rd Division, the main force of the Jilin Army." Yu Xuezhong took a breath, "Tell me to go down, let the artillery company not fire for the time being, the artillery of the 23rd Division is stronger than our 6th Division, and it is easy to suffer a loss if you do it, and in addition, pull the 51st Battalion to the front, and the 76th Battalion will be withdrawn, so take a breath first." The guard platoon came with me. ”

The Beiyang era is known as the period when the modern Chinese army is closest to the great powers, the most important thing is the configuration of the division's firepower, the 23rd Division as a regular division, has a complete artillery regiment, and the whole division is also a Hanyang-made rifle. The subordinates were accustomed to Hanyang-made, and in a hurry, they didn't have so much time to familiarize themselves with the new weapons. The empty door on the Gongzhuling side was wide open, Meng Enyuan was also red-eyed, and directly mobilized the main force of the 23rd Division to pounce on Taonan, according to Meng Enyuan's assumption, Qin Yu put so much effort into Taonan. It was impossible to ignore Tao Nan's safety, the Japanese who had sworn by it had left the field halfway, and they lost five or six hundred people and didn't see what happened to them, and while secretly feeling that Qin Yu was bold, Meng Enyuan was not willing to sit and wait for death. Of course, Meng Enyuan didn't know that the top brass of the Japanese military department was shocked by the advanced bombers equipped by Mukden, and he would not make any big moves until he figured out the number of bombers equipped by Mukden and the real combat power.

To say that the 23rd Division, as the capital of Meng Enyuan's beginning, is still a long-standing army. The combat power is indeed not comparable to ordinary troops.

"Dare to beat our master's idea and drive these guys from Fengtian back to their hometown." Chen Yulin, who had smoked a lot of cigarettes beforehand, was in a state of high excitement at this time, and the soldiers in the battalion took the lead in attacking the Fengjun position in the direction of Yangcun on the outskirts of Qian'an after the shelling.

"Damn, the tiger doesn't threaten you, and I'm a sick cat." He Jian spat Xingzi, took the Browning pistol in his hand and greeted him, and his soldiers fought back with guns.

The villagers had already fled in all directions, and soldiers from both sides were fighting around the rows of low adobe houses in the village.

Sizzle....Two small steel balls were thrown from the hands of Feng Jun on the other side.

"Bomb, dodge!" After passing the hand-to-hand. The Jilin army also began to understand the power of this kind of grenade equipped by the Feng army, although it was not far away. But it always makes people feel that the Feng army is extremely dangerous, every time you get close to fight, you have to prevent this thing from being thrown in front of you, after all, people are not beaten with iron, and they will die if they get caught in this thing.

Rumble!

Just after several Jilin soldiers rushed to the ground, the grenade exploded violently, and the flying shrapnel still blew up the two people. One dead and one wounded.

"Holy shit, fight with these guys."

A shuttle of bullets from the Jilin army came, and several Fengjun soldiers were also knocked to the ground.

After the shelling just now, the counterattack of the 1st Division of the 23rd Division was fierce. At one time, the 51st battalion was defeated and retreated.

After repeated battles, the Jilin Army finally took the initiative on the front line of Yangcun. Expelled the 51 battalion.

A large number of soldiers of the 23rd Division rose to the rescue, and pursued most of the retreating 51st Battalion with rifles.

"His grandmother's, Fengjun is nothing more than that!"

Tutu Tu Tu ....

A string of tongues of fire rushed out, and the footsteps of the Ji army's pursuit were suddenly stopped, and the soldiers chasing in front rolled on the ground like gourds, falling to the ground and tumbling for a while, but most of them were difficult to get up again.

"Our Feng army has not suffered a defeat in the northeast, and this head must not be opened by the 6th Division!" Yu Xuezhong said sharply, "Kill this group of Jilin troops to Lao Tzu!" ”

"Kill back, kill back!"

At the same time, the divisional firepower on the side of the 6th Division also counterattacked with all their might. However, although the power of a single gun is slightly better than that of the 23rd Division, it is almost twice as powerful as the more than 50 guns of the 23rd Division, and it is not cheap.

"Damn, it must be the Japanese secretly making it bad, otherwise where did Meng Enyuan get so many shells!" Zuo Yunong in the division headquarters was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and behind him was the periphery of the Taonan Industrial Zone, the cavalry brigade had to guard against the newly developed bandit force on the grassland, and could not be transferred to help in the battle, Zuo Yunong fought this battle enough to hold back, even if the firepower was not as good as the 23rd Division, he could only stand hard, otherwise if the 23rd Division was allowed to jump into Taonan, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of punishment he would face if he returned to the city. Even if you win, I'm afraid there will be no good fruit to eat. Otherwise, with Jilin's family background, at least four or five hundred shells were consumed in the intensity of the shelling just now, and it was almost impossible to continue, but at this time, the two armies were fighting fiercely, and the artillery of the 23rd Division only took a short break and then became fierce again, and there was no intention of completely extinguishing the fire.

In the case of the onslaught of the 23rd Division and the only way to receive the 6th Division, the consumption of soldiers was also very huge due to such intense firepower. A battalion filled the front line, and within a few hours, it was beaten into empty shells. Meng Enyuan, who was in charge of sitting in the back, was also trembling in distress.

"Brother Xuebin, you won't still hesitate, speaking of which, we are also Senior Meng's old subordinates, but when Senior Meng is happy. I forgot about one of our cadres, I was almost cornered by his eldest nephew, if it weren't for the Fengjun going north this time, I'm afraid your results would not be much better than mine. Wang Jianbing, who was reactivated, looked very resentful under the candlelight in the house.

"But, this. Division Commander Meng's main force is here, nearly half of the original regiment in my hand has been transferred, and now there are only a thousand people, Division Commander Meng can wipe me out with a flick of his fingers, where will I do anything, Master Meng's character You are not ignorant of the way, he is angry, he can really do this. Zheng Xuebin said hesitantly, he had already told Chen Tao that he would secretly start an army. However, who would have thought that Meng Enyuan would directly dismember his regiment into two halves, and now that the main force of the 23rd Division is pressed to the side, even if he has some other thoughts in his heart, he does not dare to take any substantive action for the time being, after all, his life is important.

"Brother Xuebin, I don't have a few soldiers in my hands now, but you are different, and the opportunity is fleeting. Don't look at the 23rd Division fighting decently on the Qian'an side now, but Division Commander Meng has pulled all the old foundations to Qian'an. On the opposite side was only the 6th Division in Mukden. The other two divisions had already made a direct attack on Changchun and Jilin. Do you think Gao Shifu's pustule can stop it? There was Japanese intervention on the Gongzhuling side, and it was taken down by the Feng army in less than a day, and Master Meng was desperate, and you also want to go all the way to the black? Wang Jianbing asked several questions in a row, and really stopped Zheng Xuebin.

"What? The other two divisions of the Feng army have already gone in the direction of Changchun and Jilin? Zheng Xuebin said discoloredly.

"The 23rd Division, which Commander Meng can fight the most, is now only five or five wins and losses with the Feng 6th Division, even if the Feng 6th Division is defeated, what can it do. Yushuai still has a full 5 divisions in Mukden. There is only one chance, if you don't hurry up and gamble, Brother Xuebin will have no chance to throw himself into Fengtian again, and as soon as the fighter plane arrives in Fengtian tomorrow, whether the 23rd Division can survive is still two words. The Japanese army in Gongzhuling, as well as Gao Junfeng, were blown down by Mukden's bombers. ”

"Okay, if you don't succeed this time, you will become benevolent, if you want to blame, you can only blame Master Meng for being too conniving with his nephew, you are right, even if you defeat the Feng army, you may not have a good life in the future." When Zheng Xuebin lamented the strength of Fengjun, he finally made the most difficult decision.

"Where is Brother Xuebin going to start?" Wang Jianbin asked.

"Since you do it, then you have a big ticket, the 23rd Division relied on those dozens of artillery pieces to block the 6th Division, so I will fight this artillery regiment." Zheng Xuebin gritted his teeth and said.

"Yes, in the end, it is the veteran oil who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and it is difficult for the 23rd Division not to lose this battle." Wang Jianbing hit the knot.

It was day and night, and the two armies took a break from the battle, and each of them set up camp to rescue the wounded. Generally speaking, the Feng 6th Division was slightly at a disadvantage, but every time the 23rd Division attacked, it could be beaten back by the Feng 6th Division, and the two sides continued to fight like this, and the outcome was still difficult to predict.

Meng Enyuan listened to the latest casualties reported by the staff officer, and his head was almost wrinkled into a Sichuan character. Except for some soldiers of the 23rd Division, most of them died under machine gun fire from the Feng army. In addition, the grenades equipped by the Feng army are also a very headache, although the soldiers of the 23rd Division are shelling fiercely enough, the infantry close-range support firepower is blank. Naturally, it will suffer a lot of losses when it comes to a hard encounter with the Feng army. The 23rd Division temporarily gained the upper hand, but in fact lost slightly more troops than the 6th Division.

"What's going on? Did the Feng army find out when they were so close? What does Zhang Dakun eat? Hearing the mocking fighting outside, Meng Enyuan suddenly got up and said angrily.

"Oh no, Shizuo, Zheng, Zheng Xuebin, he, he has defected!" Zhou Kun, the commander of the artillery company who fled back from outside, had a black and gray face and was out of breath. "The artillery regiment is finished, it's all over."

"Boom"

"Boom!" A series of explosions sounded, and the direction from which the sound came was the official artillery regiment station, but this movement was higher than the movement of dozens of artillery guns firing together, needless to say, the shells must have been detonated.

"What? Zheng Xuebin! Meng Enyuan took a breath of depression in his chest, his eyes were dark, and his body fell straight back.

"Master, Master!" The officers around them, who had long lost their minds, were suddenly in a hurry.

At this time, Zuo Yunong, who had already received the news, issued an order for a general attack, and from several villages such as Yang Village, Jimin Town, and Liu Village, the shouts of killing were endless.

The remaining 27 guns of the 6th Division opened fire with all their might, and dazzling sparks flashed from time to time in the thick dark night. The 23rd Division, which had lost artillery support, had lost its only advantage, and was under the enemy's back, where was the opponent of the 6th Division. In the dark night, the slightest hint of a rout can be quickly amplified. After a bloody battle, Zheng Xuebin took the remaining six or seven hundred people to the 6th Division and joined the 6th Division.

By the time Meng Enyuan woke up leisurely, the sky around him was already bright, and his body was shaking slightly, it should be in the carriage.

"Where is this?"

"Master's seat, it's gone, it's all gone." Ge Shiyong said with a hint of crying, "Last night, the 6th Division and the traitor Zheng Xuebin joined forces inside and outside, and the 23rd Division couldn't hold on, so only one and a half regiments were withdrawn, and the rest were all gone. ”

"Zheng Xuebin, Zhuzi, Qin Yu, good means!" Meng Enyuan spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted again.

Ge Shiyong sighed, this incident was a big blow to Meng Enyuan, even the 23rd Division suffered defeat, and there was no way to fight it anymore. Jilin's strength was originally inferior to Fengtian, and in the face of the Feng army that had already advanced for a long time, if Meng Enyuan couldn't fight one or two beautiful battles, just thinking about defending the city, he wouldn't be able to hold out for long. And under the bombardment of the Fengjun planes, the soldiers could not hold on, which was no better than fighting with foreigners, and for ordinary soldiers and ordinary people, it did not make much difference to them who would be the overseer of Jilin. What's more, since Fengjun entered Jilin, the tax reduction policy he publicized has attracted a large number of people.

The remnants of the remaining 23rd Division were all discouraged when they retreated, and even deserters had begun to appear on the way to Changchun, although I don't know how Gao Shifu's side fought, but with Gao Shifu's ability, I don't think the situation would be higher than that of the 23rd Division. (To be continued......)