The eyes of the whole of China are focused on the main battle situation between the north and the south at the moment, and the secondary battlefield of Changde is naturally no one paying attention. As for Wang Zhenyu's energization, he was drowned in a bunch of unclear so-called energies.

On July 22, Jiangsu's army against Yuan lost the battle with Feng Guozhang's Beiyang Second Army and Zhang Xunwuwei's former army in the Xuzhou area, and retreated to Nanjing. From July 22nd to 28th, Shanghai repeatedly attacked the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. The command was disbanded by the Shanghai Concession authorities. On July 28, Huang Xing saw that the overall situation was hopeless, so he left Ning and asked Yuan's army to shake the overall situation.

The situation in the whole country was like this, the war only started less than half a month, and the well-prepared Beiyang Army defeated Yuan Jun one after another, although Wang Zhenyu avoided an escape by a surprise attack. But Huang Xing, who lacked enough ability to withstand failure, finally became a deserter.

Wang Zhengya received these news on July 29, and he was so happy that he summoned Qing Heng and others to have a drink: "I have long said that Sun Dacang is not good, they are not Yuan's opponents. So it's right for us to stand on Lord Yuan's side, didn't Wang Zhenyu, a traitor, want to take advantage of the chaos to grab territory? Haha, when Lord Yuan has quelled the gang of bandits in the southeast, I'll see what kind of death he Wang Zhenyu will have when he arrives. ”

Qing Heng was silent, and the others congratulated one after another, and Wang Zhengya, who was a little drunk, went to sleep flutteringly......

On July 30, Wang Yuyin, who had finally finished reorganizing 9,000 men and horses in 9 battalions in Changde, received a telegram from his father: "Launch an attack on Taoyuan on the same day and annihilate the Yuan army in western Xiangxi." ”

After the war was over, this telegram was sent to Wang Zhenyu, who saw his hahadaxiao. Because from beginning to end, this so-called Xiangxi Yuan Army, except for Zhang Xueji, the empty commander, never existed at all. From beginning to end, he also used the name of the Xiangxi garrison to launch this damn "war of aggression".

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what it's called, because it won't affect Wang Yuyin's ending......

At this moment, Wang Yuyin was looking at the out-of-control battlefield in a daze, if he could give him another chance to choose, he would definitely not order an attack:

The time of the attack of the Chang German army was twelve o'clock at noon, and it was indeed enough to choose this time point, and it was time for normal people to eat. Wang Yuyin still knows a little about military affairs, he first let his brothers eat lunch an hour earlier, and the idea of fighting is to let the opponent fight with him on an empty stomach, and then the Xiangxi army, which has insufficient successors, will inevitably collapse.

As for the firepower of the opponent's position, he has completed several rounds of rough firepower testing, and he doesn't know if the opponent has an extremely high combat quality, or if it is indeed insufficient firepower. Wang Yuyin prefers to believe that it is the latter, because he does not believe that the other party's military literacy can be to the point of calmly facing temptation. Since the opponent's firepower is insufficient, let's rush in one go.

The development of the battle situation was also in line with his conjecture, and the more than 3,000 fierce Chang German troops soon captured the first line of defense. This result strengthened Wang Yuyin's determination to continue the attack, because this kind of loss of position was very demoralizing to his side, and there was no reason for the Xiangxi Army to be an exception. Many years later, Wang Yuyin sighed in a private chat with Li Zongren: "I really committed a taboo in the army, and launched an attack without knowing your details at all, and as a result, my military career was ruined, and Zuihou could only go to be an old master." ”

Li Zongren set up an overall situation from the very beginning, and the three solid blocking lines were just tools to lure the enemy into depth, except for creating a little damage, and then immediately began to retreat, creating the illusion of insufficient combat strength. The Xiangxi Army, which was almost two regiments, was in full position on the fourth line of defense, which was about 2 kilometers away from the first line of defense.

Wang Yuyin's earthen artillery team could only cover the second line of defense, and when attacking the third line of defense, the resistance of the Xiangxi army became fierce. The casualty figure of the Chang German army immediately exceeded 300, and a large number of officers were killed. This made Wang Yuyin, who was originally worried that the other party was playing a knife trick, made a judgment that made him regret it, this is Zuihou's bottom line, as long as it is broken, the war can end today. So the three elite battalions were put into the attack, the third line of defense was successfully taken, and Wang Yuyin personally dismounted and gave the order for the general pursuit. More than 6,000 menacing Changde troops were extremely arrogant and killed the fourth line of defense outside Taoyuan City......

The battle of Taoyuan has finally entered the moment of life and death......

Before the Changde army launched the Zuihou attack, Li Zongren personally went to the two main regiments preparing for a counterattack and gave a lecture to the officers above the company level: "Brothers, tell me? Are you men? ”

The officers were stunned for a moment, then immediately straightened their chests and shouted, "We are men." ”

Li Zongren nodded with satisfaction: "Today is the first battle of our first mountain brigade out of Xiangxi, I don't know how the future history will record what our people do today." Whether we are righteous or evil, I don't know. But I know one thing, we must not be losers, if there is to be a loser in this fight? ”

Li Zongren waved his hand and pointed straight to the front of the position: "That's them, give them failure, and leave the glory to ourselves." Long live the tiger, the tiger will win! ”

The officers and nearby soldiers all responded excitedly: "Long live the tiger, the tiger will win!" ”

Chang De's army rushed over without hesitation, and the smooth capture of the first three positions made them have a trace of contempt for their opponents, and this time they even charged before the earth artillery could be pushed.

Two hundred meters, one hundred meters, eighty meters, sixty meters, fifty meters, closer......

But it's very strange, it's really strange, this time those white tiger soldiers in Xiangxi are different from the previous guns fired from a hundred meters away, the whole position is silent, and not a single bullet is fired.

This silence was oppressive, and the Chang German army would rather be shot than face the strange atmosphere now.

Gradually, as the distance continued to close, the speed of Changde's officers and soldiers slowed down, and they became a little panicked.

At a distance of four or five hundred meters from the front line, 75 mortars (25 mortars were equipped by standard in the 33 regiment) had been lined up according to the angle adjusted yesterday, and the gunners were all staring closely at the shock straggler line of the Chang German army in the distance, waiting for the commander's order. And the commander had already raised the red flag high, waiting for Zuihou's order to fire.

Farther away, twenty homemade mountain guns were also in place, all of them having their armor faded according to the set haode elements, waiting for the order to fire. The concentrated use of this kind of artillery was also mentioned many times by Wang Zhenyu at the tactical seminar, and Li Zongren learned and used it on the spot.

Li Zongren put down the telescope in front of him, took a small breath and said, "Let's fire!" ”

The adjutant gave a military salute and turned to the sky and fired three flares......

Almost at the moment when the flare rose into the sky and was about to fall, seventy-five mortars and twenty mountain guns also let out an earth-shattering roar, and forty heavy machine guns that were ready to fire were also fired unceremoniously. The entire front of the battlefield was immediately shot up with a puff of smoke, and the Chang German army was immediately covered by fierce artillery fire and machine-gun fire.

Many Chang German soldiers flew into the sky before they could figure out what the situation was. Wang Yuyin, who was standing in the rear to supervise the battle, was immediately startled, this team of 5,000 people can have such ferocious firepower, how did they do it? It was the first time that Wang Yuyin, who had participated in the Zhangde Autumn Exercise, had seen such a ferocious firepower being used so intensively, not to mention the Changde soldiers under him.

After only two rounds of shelling, Li Zongren called it off, there was no way, the shells were too expensive, and it was estimated that the marshal would be angry if he used too much, and secondly, it was a civil war, and more casualties would hurt the peace. And the effect of the shelling just now is also obvious, in the battle to the death, those who rush to the front are often the bravest. Although the firepower strike just now killed and injured no more than 400 people, it was enough to hit and deter the other party, and the rest was left to the infantry to solve.

The trumpet was sounded immediately, and the infantrymen very neatly stopped their design, drew their thorns from their belts, and thudged them into their rifles. Then the officers took the lead, and more than 2,000 officers and men of Xiangxi followed the White Tiger Army flag, shouting the slogan of Long Live the Tiger Army, jumped up from the position and rushed out.

Chang Dejun has completely fallen into a huge shock and panic at this moment, the lucky ones have already ascended to heaven, and the unlucky ones have to continue to look directly at the dripping blood and continue to face this bleak shijie.

Looking at the murderous and rushing Xiangxi Tiger soldiers on the opposite side, they lost the most basic courage of a man, and the idea of escaping inevitably popped up in their minds. So the heart has this thought, and the people have the same heart, and the great rout inevitably happens.

Wang Yuyin's second regret at the moment is that he didn't set up a team of supervisors, and he was helpless when he encountered this situation. The only thing he could do now was to take the lead in retreating with the 2,000 men and horses who had not yet been put into the attack, so as to prevent them from being led into chaos by the chaotic army. At the same time, an order was issued to let these troops who had lost the courage to fight immediately run in the direction of Changde City, God knows how many people could flee into Changde City in these dozens of miles.

For escape, this distance is indeed a bit too long, and what is even more terrifying is that the running ability of the Xiangxi Tiger soldiers is too amazing.

More and more Chang De soldiers, who couldn't run, threw their guns to the ground, then sat down on the ground, panting and shouting to the Xiangxi Tiger soldiers who caught up: "Don't be afraid, Lao Tzu surrenders." ”

Of the 6,000 Changde soldiers who participated in the attack, less than 3,000 fled back to Changde, and the loss of equipment and baggage was even greater. Wang Yuyin was distressed and regretful, and Zuihou gathered 6,000 men and horses to stick to Changde without mentioning it. As for where his father was, Wang Yuyin thought about it again and again, and still sent a telegram truthfully......