After the battle of Wuhan began, Wu Peifu staked all the main forces that he could mobilize, plus the Anguo Army composed of the Northeast Army and other armies, the Wuhan warlords had as many as 300,000 troops, and the Cui Wu Corps of the Northern Expeditionary Army also had 100,000 troops.

With the three towns of Wuhan as the center, the two sides built a huge whirlpool, attracting hundreds of thousands of troops.

At the beginning of the battle, the two large corps collided here, and along the Yangtze River, there were marching armies everywhere. At the beginning of the battle, the armies of the two sides still had some obvious geographical indications to distinguish them, basically which mountain and which river were like this, but after more than ten days of fighting, most of the formed troops were scattered, and the two sides began to fight separately in regiments, battalions, companies, and even in a platoon and a squad.

This situation also appeared on the side of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the troops that could be directly mobilized by the front-line command headquarters under Cui Wu were only the guard battalion and two special service companies directly under the headquarters, and the other troops were scattered like sesame seeds at the beginning of the battle.

Before the start of the campaign, Cui Wu had given an order that the general policy had been decided, and that all the troops would "fight all the way to the north." As soon as the troops heard this, they all rushed towards each other with a roar, and as a result, the current situation in which the progress of the various units was inconsistent and they fought indiscriminately.

Although the situation of the Northern Expeditionary Army was very chaotic in terms of structure, it was not chaotic when it was fighting, and all the troops began to attack in accordance with the predetermined direction in advance, and because the Northern Expeditionary Corps and some battalions were equipped with radio stations, although the troops attacked everywhere, it was still easy to take them back.

In this way, the Anguo Army composed of warlords was overwhelmed, and the troops of the warlords such as Feng and Zhi had already had a lot of friction, but now they were fighting together, and the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked everywhere, and most of the hundreds of thousands of troops were all out of chaos except for those who were wiped out.

In the attack, the most ferocious one was the spy company led by Xue Boling. Since the last time he came to prominence at the military conference, Xue Boling has been sent to the grassroots troops as he wished, becoming a company commander of a grassroots company and a well-trained special service company.

One of the advantages of the special service company is that it is not subordinate to the combat unit at the regimental level, so when the regimental level discharges its respective combat tasks, the special service company is blank. At this time, Xue Boling, who couldn't wait, asked the commander for a task, and the big war was imminent, and the cadres at the regiment and battalion level ignored him at all and asked him to go directly to the division commander.

Xue Boling had no choice but to find the division commander to report to the higher level, the division commander was busy at the time, and when he saw Xue Boling coming to him again, he said casually, "You can fight casually with the troops, I don't have a specific combat mission here, as long as you have the ability, you can arrest Wu Peifu." ”

The division commander originally sent him away casually, but this gave Xue Boling a chance to emerge, and as soon as the battle began, he took the spy company back and forth, either to eliminate a firepower point, or to kill a logistics supply point.

The special service company of the Northern Expeditionary Army is a divisional combat unit, which is actually a special squad experiment specially set up by Huang Ke. Because of such an original intention, the equipment of the special service company is still good, every member of the team is equipped with long and short guns, a squad has a light machine gun and a flower machine, and a company has a firepower squad with grenadiers.

At that time, this kind of firepower could be regarded as comparable to the world's armies of the same level, and when they were in close combat, the firepower advantage of the spy company became even more prominent, and often the firepower of one company could suppress a battalion of the warlord's army.

After tasting the sweetness of firepower, Xue Boling could let go of his hands and feet. When the fierce battle between the two sides was raging, he took more than 100 brothers from the spy company to the Yangtze River, and attacked everywhere along the Yangtze River, and also reaped a lot of benefits.

Just after noon, Xue Boling led his troops to move in the enemy-occupied area. The troops changed out of their long coats and shorts with obvious signs, and then put on dozens of sets of earth-gray Anguo Army uniforms, just like the Anguo Army's dress.

"Company commander, there is a situation ahead." When the reconnaissance soldiers returned, they reported to Xue Boling what was going on, and in the village not far ahead, a group of enemy troops was on guard with guns; It can be seen that it is the Northeast Army wearing blue-gray clothes.

Xue Boling raised his binoculars and looked at it, and there were indeed some soldiers of the Northeast Army in front of him. In the telescope, the soldiers walk back and forth idly, and the soldiers are different from the previous Northeast Army, they are not using the Liao 13 rifle, but a kind of imitation of the German MP 18I type*.

The back of this army is definitely not simple, but he still doesn't know how many people there are in these Northeast Army?

"Third squad leader, approach reconnaissance!" Xue Boling felt in his heart that this would be an interesting battle.

"Yes!" The third squad leader was a small but very neat Guangxi man, and after hearing the order, he rushed over with a wave of his hand and the flower machine in his arms. After a few turns, the third squad leader came back breathlessly.

"What's the situation?" Xue Boling asked softly.

"Ironclad soldiers, it's fucking ironclad soldiers!" The third squad leader was out of breath, and his face showed a trace of excitement and uneasiness: "Two small ironclad cars, and a team of soldiers wearing fur hats. ”

"Ironclad car!" Xue Boling's eyes suddenly glowed, when he was at the Xiguan Military Academy, he had taken a course in the ironclad army, but he never had the opportunity to come into contact with the real ironclad car. Is it easy to give up such a good opportunity now?

Xue Boling greeted and said, "This is a piece of fat, brothers!" Third squad leader, you take a few brothers to take a look and touch their bottoms. ”

"Yes!" The third squad leader pulled the flower trap on his chest, and took a few people to quickly detour to the wings, and after about ten minutes, the third squad leader led people back around.

"The situation is clear, there are more than 30 soldiers on the opposite side, and now they are scattered and preparing lunch, there are no reinforcements in the surrounding three miles, and there is an infantry battalion stationed in the northwest corner of the three miles, but from the military uniforms on their bodies, it is Wu Peifu's people."

"Wu Peifu's people? Scratch your tongue and come here, I'm going to see which unit it is? After Xue Boling finished speaking, the third squad leader rushed towards the northwest corner with a few more soldiers. The northwest corner is known to be stationed with an infantry battalion, which can be eaten if you are not careful, but the third squad leader is an old scout, who used to be a hunter in the mountains, and his attack is not only black, but also fast. In a few moments, they brought with them a small soldier.

The soldier was young and horrified when he saw the other man holding a knife to his neck. Xue Boling seemed to understand at a glance that this kid was pulled by the warlord Lazhuang Ding.

"Don't be afraid, boy! To tell you the truth, we won't move you, say the number of your troops, what other troops are stationed in this area now? ”

Xue Boling raised the bayonet in his hand, and the young soldier was frightened.

"Sir, don't kill me! We are from the 5th Battalion of the 17th Brigade of the Angolan Army, and there is also the ironclad team of the Northeast Army over there. I don't know anything else......" The young soldier shuddered before he could finish speaking.

Xue Boling had no reason not to believe his words, he signaled, and the soldier fainted as soon as the third squad leader slapped down.

After figuring out the situation, a smile appeared on the corner of Xue Boling's mouth: "It seems that these ironclad cars are specially prepared for us, and we will strive to end the battle without firing a shot." ”

As he spoke, Xue Boling gathered the squad and platoon leaders together, and after whispering a few words, he waved his hand, and all the officers and soldiers began to communicate, and after a few minutes, all the troops gathered together, and then lined up in a long line and marched towards that side.

A company was divided into two parts, one part was led by Xue Boling, swaggering towards the ironclad garrison, and the other part was starting from the path to detour past, preparing to eat them.

"Keep moving!" Xue Boling walked over slowly with the team shouting the trumpet, and the ironclad soldiers who were on guard didn't care when they saw it, everyone knew that there was a big rear here, plus the military uniforms they were wearing, he subconsciously regarded the group of people in front of him as Wu Peifu's troops.

Xue Boling saw clearly, there were more than 30 infantry eating, close to the two Renault FT-17 French light tanks parked there, tank crews wearing fur hats got out of it, and several people gathered together to smoke.

Renault FT-17 light tank! Xue Boling heard the instructor mention it when he was at the Xiguan Military Academy, and he had seen this kind of picture, but he was still a little excited to see the real thing for the first time.

"What the hell? Didn't you see the grandfathers eating? Can't you move to the side? Seeing that these ironclad soldiers were eating, Xue Boling deliberately showed that he wanted to eat, which angered a captain of the Northeast Army.

"Brother, we are all friendly troops, we haven't seen any hot food in the past few days, give us some even?" Xue Boling said with a shabby face.

"! Who's your friend? You beat us up miserably when you put it aside, and now you let the Northern Expeditionary Army bully us and think of us? You still want to eat, why are you so shameless? The captain said as he ate the big hot steamed bun.

"Don't give it to eat? Lao Tzu let you eat guns! Xue Boling suddenly whispered.

"What's that?" Before the captain could react, at this time, Xue Boling's eyes suddenly lit up when he was standing in front of him, and then the box cannon in his arms was pulled up, and the captain in front of him was a shuttle, and the bullet pierced the captain's body, and he was brought to the ground.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, the people behind pulled the bolt of the guns and opened fire, and at this time, a group of officers and soldiers from behind also rushed over.

The ironclad soldiers who were eating were beaten before they could touch the gun, and several soldiers who drove the ironclad car were all shot in the head.

"Those who have learned to drive go up and drive, and then go up and one person to control the cannon, and the others will follow, so withdraw now!" Xue Boling knew that as soon as the gunshots rang out here, the Anguo army would gather after a while, and now only a quick retreat was the only option.