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A few days ago, son-in-law Zhang Peilun and Li Jingfang (the eldest son of Lao Li Tou) went to Jiangning to meet Liu Kunyi with a handwritten letter from his father, which was actually a visit to Nanyang Hunan for help.

However, under the pretext that the Hunan army wanted to defend strategic places such as Wuxi, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, and Jiangning, Lao Liu Tou was already short of troops.

Now there are no extra troops to go south to relieve the siege of Suzhou, so he refused the request to send troops to Suzhou in person.

In Lao Li Tou's view, in order to avoid friction between the two sides, the Hunan army took the initiative to withdraw from Suzhou and cede the city to the Huai army.

As a result, Lao Litou's Beiyang couldn't even hold a city, and in the face of the attack of "Short Hair", it was really a series of defeats.

"Lord Zhongtang, it is very difficult for Lord Liu to mobilize people, and I still have to ...... Beiyang Save oneself! Zhang Peilun had no choice but to tell the truth

The generals present sighed when they heard it, and this time Nanyang made up their minds and fell into the ground.

"Report~!" An urgent telegram arrived from the herald outside the door

“…… See for yourself! ”

Lao Li Tou handed the letter to his son-in-law, then looked straight ahead with his eyes straight ahead, and was silent.

The content of the telegram was that Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou and other places were successively captured by the "short hair" within a week.

That is to say, except for Guangxian, all the coastal towns of the Qing Dynasty from Shangyang to the south have been lost.

Judging from the battle front, Suzhou can be regarded as the forefront of resisting the "short-haired" attack in southern Jiangsu.

But the imperial court didn't allocate a tael of silver, and Liu Kunyi refused to support, just with the Huai army, how could this battle be fought?

"The Divine Decree to !!!!!!!!"

When the people who were sighing heard the news, they had to say hello.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, today the short hair is raging, the south of the Yangtze River is ruined, and the people are not living. Beiyang soldiers, loyal to the monarch and defending the country, the sun and the moon can be proven. Li Hongzhang commanded properly, fought against the stubborn enemy, and made outstanding achievements. Li Hongzhang, Minister of Beiyang Trade and Commerce, is hereby dismissed from the post of Governor of Zhili, and is appointed as the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, acting in charge of the war in the south of the Yangtze River. I hope to live up to the grace of God and quell the bandits as soon as possible. ”

After sending off the eunuch who delivered the courier, Lao Li Tou put the holy decree on the table, and his face was not pleasant.

Officials all know that being promoted to an official at this juncture is obviously the court forcing themselves to be loyal.

Now the fleet is gone, the land battalions have suffered heavy losses, and the once prominent Beiyang military group is dying.

The court was controlled by the clear stream of privacy, the emperor was young and ignorant of the world, and Lafayette held on to his inner money.

The war in Jiangnan has been rotten to the extreme, and both the Hunan army and the Huai army are no longer able to fight.

However, the government and the opposition still have great expectations for the extermination of the "short hair", and they continue to issue orders to enter the army to clear it.

The most typical example is Iktang, after the defeat of Dongane, it directly led to the fall of Guangzhou City by "Shorthair".

As soon as the content involved "short hair", Lao Li Tou's mind remembered that special descendant.

"Thief!" These four words are enough to sum up the evaluation of him

It's just that I don't know if it's more suitable for Wang Mang, Cao Xiang, or Zhao Kuangyin?

After some careful consideration, in order to avoid being surrounded by "short hair" in Suzhou City.

Before the other party launched a large-scale attack, Lao Li Tou, who was declining, had to lead the remnants of Beiyang to continue to retreat.

The foothold is Yixing on the west bank of Taihu Lake, and then it turns into the territory of Ammonium Hui, which is its own territory, which is much safer.

Since Lao Liu Tou did not allocate a single soldier to support the south, there was no need for Beiyang to continue to defend Suzhou City for Nanyang.

On June 23, after the Huai army quickly abandoned the strategic point on the east bank of Taihu Lake, the clan army occupied Suzhou without blood.

"He Li Hefei is really bold and reckless, he has no military law, and he abandons his defense without authorization, which is the most unforgivable!"

As soon as Liu Kun learned about this in Jiangning, he immediately became furious.

Nanyang is still recuperating, just so that Li Hongzhang's Huai army can reach the front line and fight the menacing "short hair".

Now that Lao Li has released the pigeons, Lao Liu naturally knows where the enemy's next target is, but he can only defend hard.

Although the Hunan army recruited 100,000 new people, many important towns scattered in southern Jiangsu were easily defeated by the "short hair".

"My lord, Mr. Li is there...... there"

Cheng Wenbing, the governor of Jiangning, also understood that once Suzhou was lost, Wuxi north of the city would be in danger.

Angry is angry, the battle still has to be fought, the roots of Lao Li Tou are in the ammonium emblem, Zhejiang is finished, and Jiang Su is not his jurisdiction, so he can walk away.

But Lao Liu Tou is not the case, the title of Nanyang Minister and Governor of Liangjiang is to guard the area south of the Yangtze River.

"'Shorthair' is a way to avoid the real and attack the false, and I am afraid that our batteries along the river will hurt its warships, so I will attack our hinterland by land. Speed Ling Ziyi (Zuo Xiaotong, Zuo Zongtang's four sons) ordered the headquarters to gallop from Changshu to help Wuxi, if the city is lost, Changzhou is in danger! ”

Changshu is not along the river, and it should not be closed, so it is better to abandon it and concentrate troops to protect Wuxi.

If you let the "short hair" drive straight in, I am afraid that after a month, the other party will come to Jiangning City.

More than 30 years ago, Jiangning was captured by "Long Hair", and the Hunan army spent a lot of effort to recapture it.

If now, Jiangning City, which is guarded by the Hunan army, is invaded by the "short hair" again, then Daqing will lose face.

"Boom ......"

On 23 June, the Heinkel-111 bomber group began bombing Wuxi.

Wuxi Defender - General Li Guangjiu is the second son of Li Xubin, a fierce general of the Hunan Army, and inherits the third-class baron.

But the shiny title did nothing to defend the city, which was ravaged by a storm of more than a hundred tons of bombs.

The damage to the fortifications in various places was quite serious, and the braids who did not want to leave their homes also fell into bad luck.

It's just that Li Guangjiu still has two battalions of the Hunan Army, four battalions and eight banners, six battalions of green battalions, and ten battalions of regimental training, with more than 10,000 people.

There is also the capital to fight hard, so it is categorically not easy to abandon the city and retreat, let alone even surrender to the other party.

After inspecting the city, although Li Guangjiu had a look of displeasure and hesitation on his face, he resolutely decided to stick to it.

"Lord Li, Ziyi is ordered by Lord Liu, the governor of Liangjiang, to come to help, if there is any delay, I hope you will forgive me!"

Strictly speaking, although Zuo Xiaotong commanded the Chu army, it also belonged to the battle sequence of the land division of the Nanyang Group.

"Where, where, it's good that Ziyi is here, not only to strengthen our army's might, but also to fight side by side, and hit the arrogant 'short hair' hard!"

Li Guangjiu now wishes for reinforcements to reinforce him, just with this little man in his hand, he has the determination to fight to the death, but he still has no bottom in his heart.

Zuo Xiaotong brought 15 battalions of the Chu army, about 7,000 people, and the two armies combined together, but it seems to be a lot, and it can play a role in strengthening his courage.

On June 25, the repaired First Army of the clan army did not encounter much resistance on the road, and quickly drove to the city of Wuxi, and after persuading the surrender to no avail, it began to shell the defenders.

The route of the march arranged by His Majesty the Emperor to capture the southern Jiangsu region was divided into two routes, both of which were to attack westward along the Yangtze River.

The inner line went to Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Danyang, all the way to conquer the city, and finally besieged Jiangning Mansion.

The outer line passed through Taicang, Changshu, Jiangyin, Jingjiang, and Zhenjiang, and cooperated with the naval fleet to force into Jiangning.

The plan to attack the southern part of Ammonium Hui from Huzhou through Xuancheng was temporarily shelved, after all, the clan army had naval superiority.

Replenishing troops by sea is more efficient and convenient than by land, and a single shipload of supplies is usually enough to support a week's worth of combat needs.

If it is converted to land transportation, it will need at least hundreds of trucks, and you will have to watch out for ambushes from the Qing army on the way.

As long as Jiangning is conquered, and from there it goes upstream, Wuhu, Tongling, Chizhou, Anqing, and even Jiujiang, Huangshi, Ezhou, Wuchang and other places along the river will be captured one after another.

The main task of the troops on the outer front was to cooperate with the "Stuka" dive bombers to destroy the batteries along the river and avoid damage to the warships of the ethnic army.

"Shhh...... Defense is in place! ”

Cao Kun, who commanded the Fourth Infantry Brigade, took out the pre-marked map of the Qing army's fort defense, and carefully studied it surrounded by adjutants.

Although the Yangtze River is an inland river, it can be navigated at any time by large warships, so the imperial court attaches great importance to it, especially in the downstream areas, on the north and south banks, there are many forts, and the danger is guarded.

In particular, Jiangyin Fortress, as the most dangerous place in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, is the largest key position for fortification.

The Qing court not only ordered the construction of concrete forts, tunnels, and bunkers on Huangshan, but also deployed British Armstrong's 800-pound (305 mm) fortress guns here!

The entire Huangshan battery complex had eight heavy fortress guns, each with a separate gun pit and four underground bunkers (two each for ammunition depots and personnel rooms).

The vaulted bunker is made of concrete on the inside and covered with solid rock on the outside, which is connected to the gun pit by a tunnel, which greatly guarantees the survival of the fighters.

Heavy cruisers of the "Admiral Hipper" class of the clan army are not easy to destroy such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack battery.

But if a 305-mm shell hits the target, a heavy cruiser can be temporarily paralyzed.

In addition to the 800-pound man, the fortress also had a large number of 120-pounder Urich breech guns, 80-pounder Krupp breech guns, 80-pounder Vavas breech guns, and 40-pounder Bosch horse breech guns.

At that time, the Japanese army was also quite afraid of the firepower of the batteries near Weihaiwei, for fear that the combined fleet would capsize in the shadow ditch, so they landed in Rongcheng Bay and captured the batteries from behind.

It is worth noting that the Huangshan Fort Group is only a part of the Jiangyin Fortress, and if you count the artillery of the entire fortress, it is enough for any enemy to have a headache.

It is precisely because of the great importance of this place that Liu Kun ordered the veteran Chen Xiang, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, to lead the fifth battalion of the Jiangnan Defense Army, the fifth battalion of the green battalion, and the fourth battalion of regimental training to be stationed nearby and cooperate with the fort defense.

"My lord, that 'short-haired' 'flying monster' destroyed my two forts again!"

When the general reported the battle situation to Chen Xiang, the Huangshan Fort Group was already full of smoke and flames.

Many soldiers were shooting at the uninvited guests with their rifles, although they basically couldn't hurt the opponent's armor.

The battalion officers gathered hundreds of pigtails and used shovels, branches, brooms and other tools to fight the fire.

Although the Huangshan Fort Group has strong firepower, it is used as a ship block on the Suojiang River, and air defense is its lifeline.

Concrete and rock are not afraid of each other's repeated tossing, but many cannons are not so solid.

As long as the "Stuka" dive bomber dropped a hundred-kilogram bomb, it was possible to reimburse a fortress gun.

"Send the soldiers and shoot the 'flying monsters' near the fort with the electro gun (Maxim heavy machine gun)!"

After several defeats, Chen Xiang finally summed up some ways to deal with "short hair".

It's just that the five battalions of the Jiangnan Defense Army are equipped with a total of 20 "Makqin", and the other units are a combination of rifles and artillery.

"Boom ......"

Although there were sporadic anti-aircraft firepower, the various forts in Huangshan were still bombarded indiscriminately by the other side.

This time, as many as two squadrons of 48 "Stuka" came to attack the main attack, which was more than twice the number of machine guns of the Qing army below!

Despite the lack of anti-aircraft weapons for the braids, His Majesty just likes this simple and direct (brutal and brutal) style of play!

There is no need to use a big move, just to install the Madonna watch wearing a mentally handicapped mask, which can really attract a large number of brain-dead fans!

Navy warships could strike at a distance beyond the range of Qing artillery, but they were far less time-consuming and labor-saving than the Air Force's small Kuailing (Stuka).

The braids who have suffered a big loss in Baodao are still staring, and the court does not allocate money to buy weapons for them, so don't blame the clan army for bullying people too much.

"It's really annoying to me!"

Chen Xiang shot all the bullets in the revolver at the target hundreds of meters away, looked at the "flying monster" in the sky, and gritted his teeth hatefully.

Although the old general's headquarters also suffered a lot of losses in the air raid, the general skeleton is still there.

Nearly 5,000 foot soldiers can be dispatched by him, and they can fight to the death with the "short hair" around Huangshan.

"The artillery provides fire cover, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions are respectively responsible for taking the three main peaks on the east side, and the 5th Brigade will cooperate with us to flank the enemy from the south side!" Cao Kun, commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade, gave the order to attack

The Air Force sent a telegram that the batteries on the hill had basically been cleared, and the remaining infantry had been left to the army to clean up, and they would call it a day and return to the Shanghu base.

"Boom ......"

Thirty-six seventy-six-millimeter cannons began to roar, and the lush mountainside opposite was immediately exposed to orange-red fireballs.

The "Makqin" heavy machine guns deployed by the clan army at the foot of the mountain also returned fire on the braids and continued to strafe the general area.

The situation is similar to the battle of Malingjianshan on Treasure Island, except that the positions of the attacking and defending sides are just reversed.

The Qing army in the mountains was condescending and had an excellent terrain advantage.

However, after they were "taken care of by Stuka", the situation was not very optimistic.

The soldiers of the Green Battalion have no intention of fighting at all, and the training of the Township Brave Regiment to form combat effectiveness still needs to be tempered.

Chen Xiang's Jiangnan Defense Army, which only had more than 1,000 people in five battalions, really felt that it was difficult to support it alone, and it was extremely difficult to resist the onslaught of the "short-haired".

At the end of June, even though the battlefield was close to the river, the heat of more than 30 degrees Celsius made the soldiers on both sides of the war unbearable.

The braids stuck to the mountains were even more depressing, and the originally lush Yellow Mountain was simply covered by the continuous artillery fire of the clan army and cut into barren mountains and bald mountains.

The veteran Chen Xiang disagreed, and he was not afraid of death.

He had already seen many tricks of "shorthair" on Treasure Island, and now he was used to it.

However, the newly recruited township warrior regiment training was miserable, and if it weren't for the bullet pressure of the battalion officers, they would have been so frightened that they would have lost their armor and fled on their own.