Chapter 066: Tiger Roaring Changsha (10)
The entire eastern part of the city was already in a pot of porridge at this moment, and the officers and men of the Ninth Brigade seemed to have an almost fanatical attachment to the attack, and they could not contain it as soon as the fight began. And the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Division to which Mei Xin belonged was really a bit insufficient, coupled with the paralysis and carelessness, no effective precautions were made. As a result, Song Xianfu and Hao Bing's respective attacks lasted only a few minutes, and the two regiments of the Fifth Division nestled in their respective garrisons were defeated. The commanders of these two regiments looked at each other's jiashi, and then looked at the panicked subordinates around them, this is still a hair, and directly chose to surrender, seeing that Wan Yaohuang, who was ordered by Wang Zhenyu to follow the battle behind, was stunned, in his opinion, it was too amazing.
Magical? This is nothing, because less than four hundred meters away from Wan Yaohuang, Lu Diping's attack is more magical than that of the Ninth Brigade, and it is even a bit child's play.
It should be said that Lu Diping, who has already served Tan Yanmin, is still very righteous, Wang Zhenyu is not a fun thing to start a rebellion, and if he doesn't do it well, he will lose his head. Although Lu Diping is a famous wall grass, he falls downwind, but as long as he gets to Wang Zhenyu, this guy can't be righteous. Without waiting for Wang Zhenyu to say hello, Lu Diping tied up a few disobedient officers and pulled his team out. Then he ran to Wang Zhenyu and put out a picture of Jiashi, which made Wang Zhenyu's heart warm for a while. But Lu Diping is Lu Diping, and he won't do things like gnawing bones. The direction of his attack was different from others, he took the initiative to ask for it, Wang Zhenyu couldn't refute this friend's face, so he naturally agreed.
Lu Diping's initiative request was actually a trick, because he asked that the commander of the regiment responsible for the attack was not only his fellow countryman but also his alumnus. So as soon as the siege was completed, he sent someone to invite this little hair out. The two toasted a few drinks at the gate of the camp, and Lu Diping persuaded a few more words, and the other party actually ordered the headquarters to surrender. It turned out that most of the officers of the Fifth Division knew that Mei Xin had now become a stinky rat that everyone shouted at in Changsha, and even the military government he supported did not want to see him, as evidenced by the arrears of military pay in the past three months. Naturally, the officers were reluctant to risk their lives for the notorious Mei Xin. As a result, Lu Diping was a rich and noble life, and he didn't fire a shot, so he did this errand, and afterwards, when he heard Wan Yaohuang talk about it, Wang Zhenyu, who couldn't cry or laugh, admired Lu Diping. A few days later, when he talked to Yang Wangui and others about this matter, he sighed: Our Lu regiment commander did not do business, it was the luck of the businessman and the misfortune of our soldiers. A huge Hunan army, Lu Diping can indeed be regarded as a wonderful flower.
The entire Fifth Division, what really supported it was the station where Mei Xin's division headquarters was located, and more than 400 of Mei Xin's cronies and guards were ordered to guard here. Whether it is equipment, training or treatment, these people are the most haode in the Fifth Division, even if the military government is in arrears of military salaries, Mei Xin does not forget to take money out of her private pocket to feed these people. Therefore, when the matter comes to an end, the entire Fifth Division, that is, the department, can still fight to the death for Mei Xin.
And Mei Xin herself, no matter how stupid she is, knows what the situation is now, and he summoned the officers around him to make a confident lecture. He told everyone very clearly that as long as the big guy sells his strength and persists until dawn tomorrow, the Governor's Mansion will send troops to support, and he will not be stingy at that time, and he will definitely reward everyone.
The morale of the guards was mobilized, and everyone went to arrange the defense with a roar.
Mei Xin, who has a bitter stomach, actually knows best in her heart, what bullshit reinforcements can't be counted on. Tan Yanmin, which old bastard wishes he died. If the Governor's Mansion really sent an army out, it would definitely not be any reinforcements, but the black and white impermanence that came to give him a ride. I am afraid that I will not be able to get over this catastrophe today, and Mei Xin is extremely depressed in her heart.
But when people are desperate, they always have to die and struggle, and the dog has to jump off the wall when he is in a hurry.
And the morale shown by the steel of the guards seemed to give him a little bit of confidence, but then this pitiful confidence was ruthlessly extinguished by Wang Zhenyu.
He actually ordered the troops to use mortars and grenades against the division headquarters of the Fifth Division, come on, this is in the city. As a result, the whole of Changsha was awakened by the explosion of grenades and mortar shells, and the citizens shivered on the beds with their wives and children in their arms, secretly praying to heaven that no one would break into the door.
Tan Yanmin waited for Zhao Hengti's return in the Governor's Mansion, although Zhao Hengti's departure time was not long, but Tan Dudu felt like a century had passed, and his heart was very tormented, and he could only stop pacing back and forth in the flower hall to relieve a little. Suddenly, he heard a fierce explosion, and Tan Yanmin, who was shocked, asked the adjutant standing on the side in great surprise: "What is this sound?" Cannons? How can the mutiny even use artillery, what do they want to do, you go, send someone to check it quickly, and report it quickly. ”
Looking at the stunned adjutant who did not immediately carry out the order, Tan Yanmin suddenly had a very powerless feeling in his heart, the situation was completely out of control, and he no longer blamed the adjutant's gaffe, just sighed, slumped in the chair and stopped moving.
There are always too many unfairness in the world, such as the Changsha rebellion. As the biggest victims of this rebellion, the officers and men of the Fifth Division had not participated in any actual combat before. When they were in the New Army, they did not have the opportunity to participate in the autumn exercises in Zhangde, and they did not go to the Hubei front line during the revolution. Although he received a certain degree of military training, it was training after all, and the intensity was not even as fierce as a street fight. To be precise, it's okay to bluff people, but it's not okay to really fight, and when you go to Baoqing Mansion to arrest the revolutionary party, you also have a calculating and unintentional, and the bayonet is unhanded, and you are simply going to play prestige, and you haven't encountered decent resistance at all.
The combat effectiveness of an army that has not experienced a war contains a great deal of water, and if it is compared to the military posture, the Fifth Division is definitely no worse than the Tiger Brigade, but the actual combat experience, the gap is the distance between heaven and earth.
So the moment the grenades and mortar bombs flew into the barracks, these brave guards didn't even know what these black things were, and they didn't even know that they were lying down.
This greatest injustice came out, and the officers and men of the Fifth Division encountered the Ninth Tiger Brigade, which can be called the strongest in the Hunan Army, before they even had a chance to make a transition. This unit first became famous in the first battle of Yudaimen, and then went to Nanjing to recruit thousands of elite people who gnawed hard bones, coupled with good treatment, strict training, high morale of officers and soldiers, especially experienced military operations such as suppressing the Nanjing rebellion. Such a unit may still lack some time to fight with the Beiyang Army, but it is easy to fight such a group of stragglers as the Fifth Division.
After the first round of firepower attacks, the elite of the elite of the brigade, the ace of the trump card, the teaching team was the first to kill in. The combat characteristic of the teaching team is that the attack is swift, and once a breakthrough is achieved, it will not hesitate to go to the end, leaving no chance for the enemy. This has been demonstrated in the battle to suppress the rebels in Nanjing. Soldiers attack alternately in squads, advancing quickly and quickly forming support firepower to effectively suppress resistance. Where had the soldiers of the Fifth Division ever seen such a ruthless style of fighting, and they only lasted for more than a minute before they were defeated.
Because of his outstanding performance in suppressing the Nanjing Rebellion, Li Zongren was awarded the rank of lieutenant, but he did not go down to the grassroots level, but stayed in the teaching team to be the acting head of any detachment, and the former detachment leader Captain Song Haomin was transferred to Wang Zhenyu's security secretary. Bai Chongxi was transferred to Yang Wangui as a lieutenant combat staff officer, Yu Zuobai, Liao Lei, and Li Pinxian went down to the army as platoon commanders, and almost half of the teaching team was replaced.
In this attack, Wang Zhenyu still decided to let the teaching team serve as the main attack, and as a result, Li Zongren, who served as the acting team leader, was the first to lead the team to the headquarters of the Fifth Division. Taking the lead, he opened fire with his newly issued shell gun, knocking out several enemy soldiers who were not eye-opening.
At this time, there was chaos inside the headquarters of the Fifth Division, some wooden buildings had begun to catch fire, and the smoke was getting thicker and thicker. There were swaying figures everywhere, and some of Mei Xin's henchmen were still trying to organize the scattered soldiers, hoping to resist for a while longer. But this was obviously in vain, because the repeated explosions just now had blown away the courage of these soldiers.
Li Zongren is now not interested in these stragglers who are fleeing in all directions, from the initial desire to leave, to fully agree with this team, and now Li Zongren has only one ideal, to work hard in the Ninth Brigade, strive to get ahead as soon as possible, and realize greater ideals and ambitions. So his goal now is to catch Mei Xin, whether she lives or dies.
But it was so chaotic, Li Zongren suddenly saw a few officers running towards a small three-story western-style building dozens of meters away in a very regular manner, and directly told him that it should be the division headquarters of the Fifth Division.
"The first squad leader, the second squad leader, bring your people with me" Don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, Li Zongren immediately made a decision and shouted loudly.
Immediately, more than a dozen student soldiers rushed out with Li Zongren, aiming directly at the small western-style building.
Mei Xin was in this small western-style building at this time, and his chief of staff was persuading Zuihou: "Master, let's change into civilian clothes and leave quickly, leave the green mountains here, don't be afraid of no firewood!" ”
Mei Xin stood by the window, looking out the window at Shijie, he didn't look at his scattered subordinates, but stared at the dark night sky, as if to find some answer.
After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Chief of Staff, where else can we escape?" It's all over, it's time to end. I'm the bastards of the Advisory Bureau, since I killed the two governors, I was destined to end up like today, you go, Mei is incompetent, I'm sorry for the brothers of the whole division. ”
The chief of staff wanted to persuade him again, but at this time, several officers ran in and were about to persuade the division commander to leave with the chief of staff. Mei Xin suddenly shouted, "Lao Tzu is still your division commander, right?" ”
The confidant officers were stunned for a moment, and Lizheng replied loudly: "Yes."
Mei Xin nodded: "Then carry out Lao Tzu's order, take the chief of staff out, go quickly."
After several officers looked at each other, they immediately chose to carry out the order, set up the chief of staff and walked out.
The chief of staff struggled but shouted at the division commander, but Mei Xin didn't pay attention to it, it was time to end, this wealth and glory were like gusts of wind.
A minute later, Li Zongren kicked open the door of Mei Xin's living room, and he saw a scene that he would remember clearly in his old age, a man in a lieutenant general's dress with his back to the door, standing by the window, turned around and said with a smile: "I am Mei Xin, the commander of the Fifth Division, I want to see your commander." ”
The LTTE captured the headquarters of the 5th Division with almost no casualties.
Mei Xin knew that the general trend was gone, and he didn't choose to commit suicide, because he really couldn't understand how his dignified lieutenant general and division commander, with nearly 10,000 soldiers, ended up like this overnight. He couldn't figure it out, and sat in the division headquarters in despair, until Li Zongren rushed in with the people of the teaching team......