On the beachhead of the Cihu River, a large group of soldiers of the revolutionary army were busy.

"Quick, hurry, push the cannon into the position..."

"Over there, be careful, don't throw the cannonball on the ground!"

"And you, yes, it's you, do you think you're lazy there I didn't see it, hurry up and work!"

Inside the position, an officer with the rank of major shouted at the busy artillerymen, while other officers were constantly directing the artillery.

With the continuous efforts of the artillery officers and men, 18 75mm mountain guns were soon pushed into the position, and the muzzles of the guns were all aimed at the Yanyan army on the other side of the river.

In another position, the same number of 75mm mountain guns and six 105mm light howitzers were also aimed at the Yuan army on the other side of the river.

For this total, Yan Shao mobilized a total of two mountain artillery battalions plus a light howitzer company, which is also all the artillery owned by the Anhui military government.

In addition to 6 of them were owned by the original Anhui New Army, the remaining 30 75mm mountain guns were ordered from the German foreign company in Shanghai—————— since the Germans emptied the warehouse, and finally made up 12 75mm mountain guns for Yan Shao, the Germans went to Qingdao again, and used various methods to get 18 more for Yan Shao, that is, a battalion of mountain guns, naturally, the cost inside is also very large, but it is worth the money.

As for the 6 105mm light howitzers, 2 were bought by various means at the earliest, and the remaining 4 were bought. It was finally obtained by the same means, and it was just shipped to the Tu...

At present, Yan Shao has a total of 36 75mm mountain guns and 6 105mm light howitzers. It was only 2 companies away from an artillery regiment. Although there is still a gap between the number and Beiyang, the 105mm light howitzer owned by the artillery unit is not available in Beiyang, so at least in terms of equipment compared with Beiyang, it is difficult to say which side has the upper hand. After all, just like the infantry, many of the artillery are newly recruited recruits, and now Yan Shao requires them. It's just that you can smash the cannonball on the opposite side...

When the sun was just in the middle of the day, all 42 guns had been erected in the artillery position, and only one order was needed to carry out a fierce artillery bombardment of the Yanyan army in the opposite position at any time—————— for this battle. Yan Shao has already gotten over more than half of Anhui's ammunition stockpile. It's definitely enough for Bai Wenwei to drink a pot.

And Bai Wenwei also seemed to feel the breath before the war, and ordered his troops to be on alert.

"Finally, I can't bear it anymore...", glancing at the opposite side with a telescope, Bai Wenwei muttered.

At least in his opinion, there seems to be only one explanation.

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When the time entered 14 o'clock in the afternoon, the soldiers of the various units who had just finished lunch, and had already rested, were ready under the leadership of their respective commanders. On the banks of the Cihu River, hundreds of boats of all kinds had already been prepared, ready to sail to the other side at any time—————— in any case, Yan Shao had been in Anhui for quite a long time. Naturally, he could get the boat he needed in a very short time, not to mention that he also ran a shipping company himself. There are thousands of tons, even more than 3,000 tons of displacement of river steamers, passenger ships, and the safety is extremely high, absolutely not those rifles on the opposite side can be injured, but it is a pity that not a single such ship has been transferred.

The reason is also very simple, because the river of the Cihu River is relatively shallow, and even if there are fishing boats and ferries, these ships with a tonnage of thousands cannot sail in the Cihu River.

"Alright, let's go..."After looking at the watch on his wrist and making sure that the time was up, the officer at the head said to a few people next to him.

As soon as he finished speaking, the troops from other places had already stepped out of their hidden positions and boarded the boats that had been waiting near the river beach for a long time.

After noticing this, the Yan army on the other side of the river also became nervous.

After all, they have already learned the power of the Anhui Revolutionary Army, and now that they have taken the initiative to call, who knows if they can withstand it.

Even Bai Wenwei originally organized his own personal soldiers to form a team of supervisors, ready to take the team up when necessary.

It's just that at this time, Bai Wenwei didn't notice that beside him, Ying Shan and Bi Gao were a little strangely silent.

A few minutes later, the boats docked on the other side of the river, loaded with soldiers, began to move towards the opposite bank. At the same time, in order to cover the troops crossing the river, the artillery located in the rear was also played under the operation of the artillerymen.

If the power of 6 75mm guns is insignificant, then when this number is expanded to 42, the power is already considerable. Especially when there are 6 light howitzers of 105mm caliber inside, the shells fly out from the position of the artillery position and fall on the position of the Yanyan army on the other side of the river, although not every shell can accurately hit the enemy, but the effect of the salvo of 42 guns together still brought a great shock to the soldiers of the Yanyan army hiding in the trenches...

"Since the opposite side has begun, then we will also go back to our own troops..."Seeing that the artillery fire had already covered the position of Bai Wenwei's first division, after bowing his head and thinking about it, Ying Shan said to Bai Wenwei.

"That's right, the troops may still need our command, so we'll go back first..."

Bai Wenwei naturally didn't have the need to leave them, so he just nodded and let them leave his headquarters.

Seeing that many others left, Xu Baoshan, who was originally standing beside Bai Wenwei, nodded at him and returned to his second army.

He had just returned to his headquarters when he saw that the men he had left behind had already greeted him. "Commander..."

"How's it going?" Seeing his subordinates, Xu Baoshan hurriedly asked.

said that he was a subordinate, but in fact he was the leader of his subordinates. Xu Baoshan turned out to be a salt lord. A considerable number of outlaws gathered under his hands, and later Yangzhou was recovered by a person named Sun Tiansheng, and Xu Baoshan was like a way to kill Sun Tiansheng. Then he replaced Sun Tiansheng and sat in the position of governor of Yangzhou, and these brothers under his hands were also sealed in turn.

At the same time, because that Sun Tiansheng was actually an impostor, even the Alliance did not plan to stand up for him, and Xu Baoshan also sat firmly in this position.

"It's okay...", wiping his face that had just been blackened by the smoke, a subordinate said. The guys were shelling so hard that they didn't want money. Fortunately, it was not very accurate, so the casualties of the brothers were not very large..."

"It's not surprising..."Xu Baoshan nodded. Didn't the guy named Li Guoyun send intelligence, talking about the artillery on the other side. Except for an artillery company of the original Anhui Revolutionary Army, the rest are basically newly recruited recruits, and it is already very good to know how to fire artillery, but I am afraid that nothing else..."

"If that's the case. That's good news...". A cannonball fell, just 3 or 40 meters away from Xu Baoshan and them, this cannonball made Xu Baoshan and several officers and soldiers around him shrink their heads slightly, until they confirmed that there was nothing wrong before they stood up straight again, and then listened to the subordinate complain. "I don't know if Lu Dao has seen the hell, the cannonballs on the opposite side fell on our and Bai Wenwei's positions, but there was not even a single one in other places..."

Hearing his subordinates say this, Xu Baoshan was suddenly taken aback. "What do you say? Only our side and Bai Wenwei's side have shells falling? ”

"yes!" The subordinate pointed to the spot around where shells were falling from time to time. After pointing to quieter spots in the distance. "You see, except for our two places. The other troops have not been beaten at all..."

"This..." seemed to have figured out something, and a chill escaped from the bottom of Xu Baoshan's heart.

He didn't say much, he just said to his subordinates. "You all come with me..."

After speaking, he returned to the road he came from, and the few people hurriedly followed, and Xu Baoshan did not answer after asking two questions on the way.

After a while, Xu Baoshan returned to Bai Wenwei's headquarters.

Seeing Xu Baoshan coming back, Bai Wenwei was a little surprised. "Lao Xu, why are you here again, is there something wrong?"

"Of course there is..."

Bumping into an officer who was slightly in the way, Xu Baoshan grabbed Bai Wenwei's hand and brought him to the observation port. "Look at it, now on the defense line of 70,000 or 80,000 people, only your first army and my second army are being beaten..."

Hearing Xu Baoshan's words, Bai Wenwei was a little inexplicable at first, but he quickly reacted. took out a telescope from the table on the side and looked out, everything was as Xu Baoshan said, the shells on the opposite side only fell on the positions of the troops where he and Xu Baoshan were, but not a single bullet fell on the positions of Ying Shan and Bi Gao's miscellaneous divisions, and the troops crossing the river on the opposite side were also coming towards their side...

"Hell!" At this point, if Bai Wenwei still doesn't know what happened, then he has lived in vain for so many years.

"Immediately let the reserves get ready, ready to fight at any time...", Bai Wenwei said this, looking at Xu Baoshan who was standing aside. Lao Xu, how many more people can you use there? ”

Hearing Bai Wenwei ask himself, Xu Baoshan just wanted to answer, when he saw a guy sneaking around in the corner, wanting to get out of the command headquarters.

Seeing this scene, Xu Baoshan hurriedly swallowed back the words he was about to say, and then pointed at the person and shouted. "Quick, get him!"

Such an inexplicable voice made everyone else inexplicable, not to mention that the person who had just come out of the army was still a colleague of these people in the headquarters, how could they arrest Xu Baoshan because of his words?

However, when Xu Baoshan came this time, he still brought a few subordinates and personal soldiers, and the people in the headquarters could not dump Xu Baoshan, but they couldn't, and they had followed Xu Baoshan for many years, and they gradually got used to Xu Baoshan's way of behaving, so Xu Baoshan's words had just fallen, and those people had already pounced on the officer and pressed him to the ground.

"Commander Xu, who are you?"

"Commander Xu, Lao Wang is a member of our First Army, and he did this for no reason..."

Seeing that the officer surnamed Wang was pressed to the ground by Xu Baoshan's people, some people suddenly stepped forward to persuade him, and some people's attitudes obviously became a little unkind. After all, no matter what, the person surnamed Wang was a member of the First Army, and Xu Baoshan just let his subordinates press him to the ground. In their opinion, it is just not to give themselves face...

However, unlike those people, Bai Wenwei quickly understood why Xu Baoshan wanted to do this.

Slowly walked up to the officer and crouched down. Bai Wenwei lifted his face with his hand.

"Now, is there anything else you'd like to say?"

Looking at Bai Wenwei's cold face, the officer's face turned pale. "Army, army commander, I..." This officer was one of the people who was bribed by Bai Wenwei's side by the Special Affairs Bureau, and this time after hearing that Bai Wenwei had discovered Yan Shao's plan, he immediately wanted to inform Ying Shan and Bi Gao of the news. Who would have thought that Xu Baoshan would find out, and as a result, he became like this...

Seeing that the officer couldn't say anything, Bai Wenwei's face became even more ugly.

Meanwhile. The officers around him seemed to understand, and they all closed their mouths, and their faces became much more ugly.

Pulling out a pistol from his waist, Bai Wenwei aimed the muzzle of the gun at the officer's forehead.

But just as he was about to pull the trigger. Suddenly, in the distance, there was a dense burst of gunfire and shouts of killing. Judging from the direction of the sound, it should be Ying Shan's 11th Division. "Damn, they really took refuge in Yan Shao..."

Listening to the shouting and killing sound from the position of the 11th Division, Xu Baoshan's face changed and he stomped his feet.

At this time, Bai Wenwei didn't care about disposing of the officer, so he quickly stood up and looked through the binoculars.

In the direction of the 11th Division's station, countless soldiers were heading towards the positions of the First Army, all with a white towel tied to their arms. It appears to be used for identification. And as their opponents, the people of the First Army didn't seem to react for a while. As a result, he was killed by the men of the 11th Division, and lost his armor...

"Lao Xu, you go back to the Second Army immediately, I will mobilize the reserves, and I must stabilize the position..."

"Hmm." Nodding, Xu Baoshan didn't care about the traitor in the command, and hurriedly left with his brother.

It's just that Xu Baoshan had just left not long ago, and he saw that there were also shouts of killing from the positions of Bi Gao and several other divisions.

Although Bai Wenwei's First Army was very strong, it had Yan Shao's Anhui Revolutionary Army in front of it, and several other miscellaneous divisions on the left and right wings, and soon there was a feeling that it could not be resisted.

However, for Bai Wenwei, the most well-known blow is probably the rebellion of Lei Ping of the Ninth Division...

When he learned that even Lei Ping's Ninth Division had defected, Bai Wenwei was like being struck by lightning, and his face completely changed.

Standing next to him, Bai Wenwei's adjutant was struggling to persuade. "Commander, let's withdraw first, or we'll all be trapped here..."

"Withdraw..." shook his head helplessly, but Bai Wenwei seemed a little calm at this time. In this situation, even if I withdraw, where can I withdraw..."

If all the troops are trapped here, even if Bai Wenwei can escape back to Nanjing alive, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape the punishment of Nanjing. This kind of thing is like this, if Bai Wenwei can win, then the rest is naturally easy to say, but if Bai Wenwei loses, then he has to be responsible for everything he has done, even if all this is what Nanjing has already acquiesced to...

"If you want to go, just go, there's no need to die with me..."Loading the pistol with a bullet, Bai Wenwei walked out of the command headquarters very calmly. Now he only wants to die, and he doesn't care much about anything else...

In fact, even if he didn't want to, it was useless, with the ninth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fifteenth divisions throwing themselves at Yan Shao, the ratio of troops between the two sides had changed from more than 70,000 to more than 10,000 to more than 50,000 to more than 20,000, in other words, Bai Wenwei had no hope of winning...

Seeing Bai Wenwei like this, the officers and soldiers who were following on the side looked at each other, some chose to go with Bai Wenwei, while others took off their military uniforms after packing up their things, and then they also learned from the people outside to get a white towel for themselves and escaped...

There are not many loyal people in these years, and not everyone is afraid of death, but after all, these people have their own families, as long as they think of their families, even if they really respect Bai Wenwei, they can't follow him to send it, after all, they still have families to take care of...

As for the officer who was caught earlier? also took advantage of the opportunity that no one paid attention to him and secretly ran out...

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On March 15, the Anhui Revolutionary Army launched a general attack on the Yan Army led by Bai Wenwei, the general offensive had just begun, and the 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th Divisions that were originally attached to Bai Wenwei turned against each other and besieged Bai Wenwei's First Army and the Second Army under the command of Xu Baoshan.

In the face of the rebellion of the above-mentioned troops, Bai Wenwei was determined to fight to the death, and finally died in the chaos. Xu Baoshan of the Second Army led the army to break through, and finally led less than one brigade of troops to successfully break through from the chaos, but Xu Baoshan did not return to Nanjing, but returned directly to his hometown in Yangzhou...

As for Jiang Zuobin, who came to be a 'guest', he was searched out of a tent after Bai Wenwei died in the chaos.

With the death of Bai Wenwei, the retreat of Xu Baoshan, and the defection of Ying Shan, Bi Gao, and Lei Ping, the crisis that had threatened the regime of the Anhui military government was completely eliminated. And Yan Shao also took this opportunity to successfully expand the Anhui Revolutionary Army from the original three divisions to eight divisions, and the number of troops was not inferior to the League in Nanjing, second only to Yuan Shikai in the north...

Naturally, these miscellaneous troops could not be compared with Yuan Shikai's Beiyang, but they were still much stronger than the Alliance, and Yan Shao also took advantage of this to become the second largest warlord in China, and had the strength to compete with the Alliance and even Beiyang...

It can be said that for this matter, the alliance will definitely steal chickens and rice... (To be continued......)