The lethality of the heavy artillery is amazing, and the shock effect is even more amazing, and the violent explosion sound is as if the sky is falling apart. Soldiers who have not been trained become frightened and lose their fighting spirit just by hearing these voices.

Xu Chongzhi got up from the rubble with difficulty, and his back and head were injured, although it was not serious, but it also frightened him to the extreme, it was like picking up a life from the ghost gate.

When I looked at his position again, there was the sound of rumbling artillery everywhere, the sound of crying father and mother everywhere, and his subordinates were all disrupted.

"Wu Peifu, you bastard, you have the ability to fight with Lao Tzu with real knives and guns, and it is the turtle king bastard who relies on the cannon!"

Xu Chongzhi was scolded angrily, but it didn't help, at this moment, another sharp whistle of a heavy artillery shell crossed the sky, Xu Chongzhi couldn't care about anything, and hurriedly fell to the ground.

The shell happened to fall in an arsenal not far away, and all the ammunition in it was detonated, and Xu Chongzhi, who was lying on the ground, felt as if there was an earthquake, and the violent vibration spread to his body, shaking the internal organs for a while, this feeling was very uncomfortable, as if a mouth could spit out the parts in the stomach.

Finally, the artillery of the Beiyang Army weakened, and the tide of people rushed over, and they hardly encountered any decent ground resistance along the way, and the opponent had long lost their fighting spirit. Seeing that the Beiyang Army rushed over, they all fled, even if it was repeatedly urged by the Inspectors, they didn't care, and even broke up the Inspectors and fled.

The Beiyang Army was like a duck, and Zhang Fulai, who rushed ahead, was overjoyed, and kept giving orders and desperately pursued.

Facing the overwhelming Beiyang Army, Xu Chongzhi could only flee with the defeated army. I didn't even dare to turn my head back. Wu Peifu led the army to successfully occupy Changsha, and the rebel army was victorious, and newspapers in various places reported that the situation was unprecedentedly unfavorable to Sun Wen and his party, and it depended on whether they had the ability to redeem the defeat.

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"Dashuai, this is a telegram sent back by Xue Ju."

Zhang Tinglan was also paying attention to the war in the south, and compared with the various comments in the newspaper, his own things were more convincing, so he hurriedly took the telegram from Chang Yinhuai's hand and looked at it carefully. As soon as I looked at it for a while, my brows furrowed.

In the telegram, Xue Ju introduced the situation at the front, and Wu Peifu led the army to capture Changsha after a bloody battle. The Great Army is advancing south. Zhang Tinglan was not surprised by this, Wu Peifu was originally the most capable general in Beiyang. He also took so much fine equipment from Feng Jun's hands. If you can't win, something goes wrong.

However, Zhang Tinglan was still too dissatisfied with Wu Peifu's advancing speed, they only marched more than ten kilometers a day, and if they encountered resistance, the speed would be even slower. This speed is for Beiyang. Very good, but in Zhang Tinglan's opinion, it is still too slow, and it has not achieved the goal of a quick solution at all.

Yang Yuting also looked at the telegram, and then said, "Dashuai." The combat capability of the Beiyang Army is so that it cannot be forced, and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway has not yet been built, only a section from Wuchang to Changsha, and all other places have to rely on the soles of the feet, and the degree of hardship and hard work of the Beiyang Army is still not good. ”

Zhang Tinglan had a calm face and said with a stern face: "Sun Wen is more slippery than a loach, if he doesn't advance quickly, he will escape, once he runs to Hong Kong, or even directly abroad, it will be difficult to arrest him." ”

Yang Yuting also said: "That's right, in fact, it doesn't matter if Sun Wen runs away, he still has a lot of followers, such as Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin, Liao Zhongkai and other figures, at least a few must be taken, so that even if the Kuomintang does not die, it will be completely crippled." ”

"Since the marshal is worried, then let's work harder to help Wu Peifu." Jiang Dengxuan said on the side.

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "We are indeed a little negligent, we just sent a special combat team, and did not send other auxiliary troops, in the final analysis, we still overestimated the modernization of the Beiyang Army, and we only hope that we can catch up with the additional troops now." ”

After several people discussed, it was immediately decided to send 2,000 professional engineers, 500 railway soldiers, 100 professionals in communications and road surveying and mapping, plus 20 reconnaissance planes, a medical team, and some auxiliary personnel, for a total of 2,000 people.

Zhang Tinglan handed over the command of this force to Feng Yong, and his main task was to open roads for the Beiyang Army, detect the movements of Sun Wen's subordinates, and help the Beiyang Army move quickly. Before leaving, Zhang Tinglan called Feng Yong to his side again and asked for a face-to-face lecture.

"This time I went to the south, not only to help Beiyang, but also to find out the situation in the south, sooner or later, we also need to go south, and find out the geographical environment in advance, there is no harm to us. In addition, I should take advantage of this opportunity to check with me the warlords in Liangguang and Southwest China, and find out their political views and personality traits to determine whether there are any available talents among them. ”

When Feng Yong heard this, he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I promise to complete the task." ”

The efficiency of Feng's mobilization was very high, and after Fengtian requisitioned the army, he immediately went south, relying on trains all the way, and it took only eight days for Feng Yong to lead the personnel to feel Changsha. Then they chased all the way, and finally caught up with the Beiyang Army, at this time Wu Peifu was leading a large army, through the southern Hunan region, and their speed was even slower than expected.

Wu Peifu was still very happy to get the news that the Feng army had sent a large number of jishu troops, although the Beiyang Army had obtained a large number of heavy firepower, and these weapons showed their might in Changsha, bombarding Xu Chongzhi and his subordinates into a mess and fleeing in despair.

But these weapons also increased the logistical burden and slowed down the speed of the march, especially those heavy artillery, which sometimes could only travel five or six kilometers a day, which greatly annoyed Wu Peifu.

After Feng Yong led the men and horses to arrive, Wu Peifu personally received him.

"Lan Shuai was able to send engineering troops to come, and Wu was grateful."

"Chief Wu is polite, eliminating Sun Wei is also the mission of the Feng army, we can't transfer the main battle troops, so we naturally have to help from other aspects."

Wu Peifu nodded with satisfaction, not sending the main battle troops, just keeping the credit for himself, Zhang Tinglan is still very measured, Wu Peifu nodded with satisfaction.

"I wonder how much time your army needs to rest before it can officially start work?"

"Chief Wu, the soldiers are fast, tomorrow we will open the road in front of the mountains, build bridges in the water, and act as pawns for the large army."

After Feng Yong asked for an order, the Feng army really did the same, they rushed to the forefront, the south and the north are different, the river network is dense, the existing roads are difficult to pass the carriages, not to mention the transportation of heavy artillery, those ordinary bridges simply cannot withstand the weight of heavy artillery, and must be fully reinforced.

Although the Beiyang Army also has engineers, they are basically the role of work, and there is no concept of modern construction at all.

Feng Jun was completely different from them, and from the first day he came, he first found out the situation of various weapons and means of transport of the direct army, and he knew it by heart. Then the next day, Feng Yong divided the 2,000 sappers into three construction brigades, plus a guard team, and they divided the road into three sections, each of which was responsible for one section.

According to the results of the calculation, they should widen and strengthen the road to ensure that the Beiyang Army can pass normally, and also check whether the bridges along the way can bear the weight.

The Fengjun sappers opened the way in front, and the Beiyang Army followed behind, and this time when they walked again, the situation was completely different, and the road was extremely smooth. Wu Peifu also carefully observed the situation on the road, and he couldn't help but give Feng Jun a thumbs up.

Especially when it came to several temporary bridges built by the Feng army, he was even more amazed, the same logs were used as tools, but the bridges built by the Feng army were simple and beautiful, firm and generous, from the materials used to the structure of the bridge, all of which were carefully calculated. It is just enough to pass a gun truck, and the materials are the most economical and the construction is the simplest.

This kind of ability is completely explored through a little practice, and it is definitely not an overnight achievement, especially it can also be seen that Fengjun has accumulated a lot.

In short, with the help of the Feng army, the speed of action of the Beiyang Army has been greatly accelerated, and the forward has approached Shaoguan, an important town in northern Guangdong. Beiyang's artillery was aimed at Shaoguan City, and the planes were also circling back and forth in the sky, and a black cloud was overwhelming the city, which made all the members of the Kuomintang tremble. This time, the rebel army acted quickly, and the momentum was more ferocious than any other time, which made Sun Wen and his party a little trembling.

"Prime Minister, something is wrong, Deng Keng, who is in charge of guarding Shaoguan, has surrendered to Beiyang, and the north gate of Guangdong has been opened!"

Suddenly hearing this report, Sun Wen burst out of his seat at that time, and the green tendons in his head collapsed: "What's the matter, how dare Deng Keng betray the revolution and betray the leader, he must not let go of this bastard!" ”

When Liao Zhongkai heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said loudly: "Prime Minister, Deng Keng is obedient to your arrangement in name, in fact, he and Chen Jiongming wear a pair of pants and are Chen Jiongming's henchmen. ”

When Wang Jingwei heard this, he waved his hand again and again: "Chen Jiongming is very influential in the Guangdong army, if you want to deal with the Beiyang Army, you can't do without him, I think you should be kind enough to appease, don't provoke internal friction at the juncture of the war!" ”

"The more the enemy is at present, the more we must clean up the internal cleanup, and Chen Jiongming must not let it go." Sun Wen suddenly said loudly: "Chen Jiongming has been making irresponsible remarks about our strategy over the years, and if we don't eliminate this hidden danger, how can we deal with the Beiyang Army?" ”

Sun Wen thought about it again and again, and then said to Hu Hanmin: "You go to see Chen Jiongming, and say that I will invite him to discuss the strategy of dealing with Beiyang." (To be continued......)