When he saw a large number of enemy troops in the headquarters who either surrendered with weapons or fled in all directions, to be honest, Liu Guangyuan himself was also surprised. Because he never imagined that this battle would be fought so smoothly, you must know that the other side of the road has more than twice as many troops as him...

As an orthodox soldier, like many of his colleagues, Liu Guangyuan actually didn't look down on the people's army in Nanjing, thinking that they were just a rabble. This is also the reason why after receiving the order, Liu Guangyuan crossed the Cihu River with his troops without saying a word.

But looking down on it, Liu Guangyuan was still very cautious when he first came into contact, after all, the troops on the opposite side were more than twice as many as him, amounting to more than 8,000 people. And his first brigade, except for the first regiment, which is the old foundation of the original Anhui New Army, most of the second regiment are newly recruited recruits—————— Suzhou always has to be guarded, and the original Anhui New Army has a total of two regiments, and it is impossible to pull all two regiments to be Tu.

There are only two regiments in total, and most of the regiments in one regiment are recruits, which means that Liu Guangyuan only has more than 2,000 people in one regiment who really has combat effectiveness, so he can't be careless.

It's just that not long after the first firefight, Liu Guangyuan found that the firepower on the other side was far weaker than his own, and if he had to say it, it might only be equivalent to one-fiftieth of his own, or even one hundredth.

For an army, the most important thing is morale, training, equipment, logistics, and so on, and so on, and so on, and the morale of the troops at the moment is quite good, although the training is poor, but it is also stronger than the civilian army on the other side, and logistics do not need to be considered. After all, there is the Cihu River defense line behind, and there are so many more vital equipment. After discovering this, Liu Guangyuan decisively changed his cautious attitude. Order your troops, with the machine gunners in each squad as the core, to charge the enemy's 4th Division...

Because it was an encounter, neither side dug trenches or other fortifications, so the Anhui Revolutionary Army, which had light machine guns when launching the charge, had a great advantage, and it only took a few minutes to tear a few holes in the Fourth Division of Xing Jian'an.

And in the process of penetrating through these openings, the infantry surrounding the machine gunner only needs to see the enemy. They keep throwing grenades, and if an enemy gets close to them, they use a pistol or a sapper shovel to deal with them.

Said earlier. The Confederacy's troops were notoriously poor, not to mention artillery and machine guns, and even pistols were only available to a small number of officers, so the Confederacy's troops were usually made up of rifles and pistols. And even if it's a rifle. The best ones are only made in Hanyang, and not every soldier is equipped with them.

Although there are more than 8,000 of them, it is impossible to compare more than 8,000 Hanyang-made and Martini rifles with more than 200 light machine guns, not to mention that according to the establishment, each regiment of the first brigade has a regimental heavy machine gun company, and the brigade headquarters also has a heavy machine gun battalion directly under it...

What Liu Guangyuan and Xing Jian'an encountered was a flat land with extremely simple terrain, which was basically clear at a glance except for a few places that could be used as barriers. In addition, there were no trenches and other fortifications to rely on, facing machine guns and grenades of the Anhui Revolutionary Army. The troops at the front only held out for a short time before collapsing, and this group of collapsed troops led to other units in the rear.

No way, these people are not elites in the first place, even if they fight with the wind, the bullets on the opposite side are almost like raindrops, plus the grenades that are almost really thrown down like raindrops, these guys can't withstand it at all.

Although Xing Jian'an later formed a supervision team with his own soldiers and killed many deserters in front, it only allowed the troops to hold out for a while. After more than an hour, the 4th Division, which could no longer hold on, finally collapsed completely, and the troops of more than 8,000 people either surrendered with weapons raised or fled in all directions like headless flies.

Originally, Xing Jian'an also wanted to control the situation, but perhaps because he killed too many people with his own soldiers, he didn't know where Lu Dao was shot by a cold gun, and he was directly hit by a heavy blow and fainted, although he himself was escorted back to Nanjing by his own soldiers, but in the end he died of excessive blood loss, and his own serious injuries also led to the rout of the Fourth Division completely out of control.

In the end, Liu Guangyuan's 1st Brigade defeated Xing Jian'an's 4th Division in more than an hour at a very low cost, and then returned to the other side of the Cihu River with more than 3,000 prisoners.

"I didn't expect these guys to be so vulnerable..."Riding a tall horse, Liu Guangyuan's adjutant let his horse lag behind Liu Guangyuan a little, and then said with some disdain. It seems that we don't need to worry about these guys at all, if you want me to say it, after cleaning up these guys, let's just knock down Nanjing..."

"It's not that easy..."Hearing the adjutant's words, Liu Guangyuan shook his head and said. To be honest, I was also shocked, but this time we were able to win because the other side thought they had a numerical advantage and were careless, and on the other hand, because we had an absolute advantage in equipment...... After this incident, it is impossible for Bai Wenwei and the other troops of the Alliance to give us a similar opportunity..."

When he said this, Liu Guangyuan's expression suddenly became much more relaxed. "But if the troops of the Alliance are like this, at least Anhui will not be in any danger, as for whether to fight to Nanjing, this depends on how the governor and the division commander arrange it, we still don't have to worry about this..."

As an officer from the Anhui New Army, Liu Guangyuan originally had a good impression of the Alliance, because on the eve of Anhui's recovery, Liu Guangyuan had fought side by side with the people of the Alliance, and he also had many friendships with Wu Yanggu and others. However, the acquiescence of the Nanjing Provisional Government to Bai Wenwei's invasion of Anhui made many people, including Liu Guangyuan, see the true face of the League, and even the original goodwill disappeared without a trace.

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Although much was still going on in China at this time, perhaps the most notable was the battle between Anhui and the League, which was the first large-scale conflict after the abdication of the Qing dynasty. Although the alliance has always insisted that it is the good work of Bai Wenwei and others, anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Even if Bai Wenwei's actions were not supported by the Alliance, I am afraid they had already been tacitly approved, and if it weren't for this, Bai Wenwei would not have been able to pull up eighty or ninety thousand people so easily.

The most talked about right now is who will win the conflict. Because of the series of new policies announced by Yan Shao in Anhui, coupled with the reputation he earned in the past, most people are actually very inclined to Yan Shao, but they are not very optimistic about his situation, after all, the gap between the two sides is too big.

So when the news of the battle, which took place less than 10 kilometers from the Cihu River, came out, almost everyone was shocked. Taking the initiative to attack an enemy twice as large as oneself with the strength of a brigade can completely defeat him in just over an hour. Then he successfully returned to the other side of the Cihu River with more than 3,000 prisoners, so that the Confederacy troops who got the news and rushed there did not even have time to rescue, this kind of battle was undoubtedly very surprising. Especially when the news came out later that the commander of the Fourth Division, Xing Jian'an, was seriously injured and died, it added a layer to it.

Now almost everyone is speculating about how strong the Anhui army really is, and after learning the news of the defeat of the Fourth Division, Bai Wenwei was furious and ordered several other troops to slow down. Try to avoid being left alone and seized by enemy forces.

This time he brought more than 80,000 people. But at the very beginning, more than 8,000 people were lost. Although it has not yet reached the point of breaking his muscles and bones, it is enough to make him feel distressed. At the same time, the combat effectiveness of the Anhui army also made him secretly vigilant, Xing Jian'an he knew the way, although he did not have much ability, but he was by no means greedy for life and afraid of death, and he was extremely brave in battle, which was also the reason why Bai Wenwei would recommend him to be the commander of the fourth division, but a division of more than 8,000 people was actually defeated from the front by a brigade on the opposite side in more than an hour. If this kind of thing were to be replaced by the Alliance, I am afraid that no army would be able to do it with certainty. If only every army on the other side had such strength...

Thinking of this, a drop of cold sweat flowed from Bai Wenwei's forehead.

"If that's really the case, then things will be in trouble..."Looking at the chaotic scene of the people around him after learning the news, although it was still thunderous just now, Bai Wenwei's heart was very calm at this moment.

No matter what Yan Shao's strength is, there is no way for him to retreat now, in other words, he has only one way to move forward.

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In the headquarters not far from the Cihu River, Yan Shao, Fu Xiuming and others were anxiously waiting for Liu Guangyuan's news. Although Yan Shao was very confident in Liu Guangyuan—————— he was actually confident in the hundreds of machine guns in his brigade.

But the exact news didn't come back one day, and Yan Shao was never at ease.

It's just that unlike Fu Xiuming, who showed this mentality, at least on the surface, Yan Shao still sat calmly in his chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, which also made many officers who couldn't usually see Yan Shao have a much higher evaluation of him.

About ten minutes later, just when Yan Shao was about to find something to see and distract himself from the tension in his heart, an officer finally ran in from outside.

"Governor, the telegram sent back by Brigade Commander Liu..." It's good news! ”

Hearing that it was good news, the officers in the command headquarters immediately surrounded him, and even Yan Shao stood up from his seat. After noticing this, Wu Qianqiu and Fu Xiuming, who were standing on the side, smiled secretly in their hearts, the two who were familiar with Yan Shao's personality were originally very suspicious of his calm appearance just now, and now Yan Shao's appearance proved the conjecture in their hearts.

However, the content on the telegram was the biggest at the moment, so the two of them hurriedly got together.

Taking the telegram from the officer's hand, Yan Shao was the first to read it, and when he finished reading most of the telegram, a wave of joy had already surged up on Yan Shao's face.

"Good!" After only saying this one word, Yan Shao handed the telegram to Fu Xiuming, who was standing aside.

After receiving the telegram, Fu Xiuming did not just read it by himself, but read it again. “…… At 2:17 p.m. on March 3, he encountered the enemy's 4th Division of the Criminal Construction and Security Department more than 10 kilometers away from the Cihu River, and after more than an hour of fighting, the enemy was defeated at 3:53, killing and wounding more than 2,000 enemy troops, capturing more than 3,000 people, and more than 3,000 people escaped, and our army suffered more than 400 casualties——————.

After reading the last word of the telegram. Fu Xiuming couldn't help but wave his fist and applauded. "Lao Liu did a good job!"

In addition to Fu Xiuming, there were many officers in the command headquarters who couldn't help but applaud.

After all, this is a beautiful battle from any point of view...

Hold back the excitement in your heart. Yan Shao handed the telegram to Wu Qianqiu, who was standing aside. "Go, publish this news to the whole army, and copy a copy to those reporters outside..."

At present, Yan Shao needs such a thing to stabilize the hearts of the army and the people, although most people in Anhui now choose to support Yan Shao, but at least on paper, Yan Shao's strength is too different from Bai Wenwei after all, and even many people are not optimistic about Yan Shao. And the army is also very nervous because of too many recruits, and now with this record sent by Liu Guangyuan, Yan Shao can just take this opportunity to alleviate this situation...

Heard Yan Shao's words. Wu Qianqiu was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what he meant.

"I'll do it..."After saying that, he took the telegram, Wu Qianqiu ran out quickly...

And inside the headquarters, the officers were still discussing the battle that had just taken place.

"I didn't expect the people in the Alliance to look quite powerful. In fact, it is vulnerable. ”

"yes. Lao Liu is brilliant now, four thousand against eight thousand, but he used more than 400 casualties to clean up the other party, and also captured more than 3,000 prisoners back, which can be regarded as a first achievement..."

“…… I knew that the people of the Dao Alliance were so useless, so I took the initiative to ask for battle..."

"Hindsight..."

Compared with these officers, Yan Shao and Fu Xiuming had much more to consider.

"I don't know what level the fourth division of Xing Jian'an is under Bai Wenwei? Above the average, it is still the weakest one. If it's the former, maybe we can consider changing the plan. Turning defense into offense, but if it is the latter, then Lao Liu's record will have a lot less reference value..."After Yan Shao walked into the corner, Fu Xiuming said softly.

"Who knows..."Yan Shao shook his head. However, since it can be sent by Bai Wenwei to take the lead, at least it will not be the weakest force, and now that Brigade Commander Liu has defeated the Fourth Division, Bai Wenwei is estimated to be much more careful, and I am afraid that such an opportunity will not be there again..."

When Yan Shao said this, he regretted a little in his heart, he knew that Lu Dao Xing Jian'an was so unbeaten, so he sent an extra brigade, and when the time came, he would come to a little bit and two sides, ensuring that even the three thousand people would not be able to escape.

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I didn't know that Yan Shaozheng regretted it in the headquarters, after opening from the headquarters, Wu Qianqiu first asked people to copy a copy of the telegram in his hand, and then ordered his subordinates to bring the original to pass the news of the victory to all the soldiers in the army, and he himself rushed to the rear with the copy that was copied.

The press was also very concerned about this battle, so before the war began, many reporters had gathered not far away, wanting to get first-hand information.

In order to avoid leaking military secrets, or there are people from the alliance among these reporters, so the special affairs bureau has made a unified arrangement for them, almost all of them are arranged in the rear façade of a building not too far from the headquarters, in addition to a platoon of soldiers guarded around, there are also several people from the special affairs bureau mixed in—————— this time there are a lot of newspapers, and there are more than 20 reporters, it is impossible for each of them to know each other, so naturally there is no need to worry about identity leakage...

After arriving at the building by car, Wu Qianqiu nodded to the soldiers guarding outside, and then walked to the building with a copied telegram.

In the lobby of the building, the more than 20 reporters were gathered together, discussing with each other about victory and defeat, etc., although these reporters were also very supportive of Yan Shao, but they were really not optimistic about Yan Shao, and their words were inevitably a little pessimistic.

At this time, Wu Qianqiu walked in from outside and said hello to them. They still know Wu Qianqiu, after all, he is Yan Shao's adjutant, and they usually deal with each other, so after seeing Wu Qianqiu walk in, a reporter soon surrounded him and asked.

"There was the sound of gunfire just now from a distance, may I ask if your army has already exchanged fire with Bai Wenwei's troops?"

"How's the battle going? How far is Bai Wenwei from here? ”

In the process of questioning, the reporters did not seem to be very optimistic about Yan Shao.

However, after hearing the reporters' inquiries, Wu Qianqiu smiled and showed the telegram in his hand.

"The telegram just came back from the front, our 1st Division and 1st Brigade Liuguang Yuanyuan, just encountered the enemy's 4th Division's Criminal Construction and Security Department more than 10 kilometers away from the Cihu River, killed and wounded more than 2,000 people, captured more than 3,000 people, our army won a complete victory in this battle, and now Brigade Commander Liu is on the way back with prisoners..."

Wu Qianqiu was excited when she said this, but the eyes of the reporters over there were a little weird.

They still have some understanding of the Anhui Revolutionary Army, a brigade, that is, more than 4,000 people, and a division on the opposite side has at least more than 8,000 people, and some even more than 9,000 people. It is said that a brigade of more than 4,000 people can defeat a division of 8 or 9,000 people, and also kill and wound more than 2,000 and capture more than 3,000, these people don't believe it...

Seeing that these people didn't seem to believe it, Wu Qianqiu smiled, if it weren't for the fact that he knew Liu Guangyuan's personality very well, and the position where the battle took place was very close, and there was no way to fake, I'm afraid he wouldn't believe it, so he didn't care, just said to the reporters. "Brigade Commander Liu is on his way back, and those captives are probably being escorted back, I wonder if you are interested in going for an interview?"

Facts speak louder than words, Wu Qianqiu didn't plan to argue with these guys who played lip service every day, just let them see the facts. (To be continued......)