Yuan Shikai was also ecstatic when he learned that the Fengde army had taken the capital of Guangxin Prefecture from Zhejiang to capture Shangyang County, the capital of Guangxin Prefecture. He did not expect that the Fengde court would commit suicide like this, because he knew very well that with the always strong style of the East China Government, it would never be possible to endure this breath.

Of course, Yuan Shikai also guessed that the Fengde court might think that the East China government is affected by the epidemic and is unwilling to do anything, so it may temporarily hold back this breath. However, according to Yuan Shikai's understanding, from the current epidemic, the impact on the East China government is actually limited. Moreover, in such a subtle situation, the East China government must never retreat. It must fight back against the Fengde court with a tough attitude to shock other forces that are ready to move and attempt to take advantage of the epidemic situation of the East China government and take advantage of the situation to rob the various forces.

Although the Fengde court was not strong, it also restrained Yuan Shikai's energy. If the East China Government could come forward to deal with the Fengde court, it would certainly be very beneficial to Yuan Shikai. Therefore, he received a request from Zhejiang Province, hoping that Yuan Shikai could assist and cooperate with the People's Army to annihilate the Fengde army that passed Zhejiang Province and occupied Guangxin Prefecture. Yuan Shikai immediately agreed and ordered Wang Shizhen to fully cooperate with the People's Army's actions. He also took the opportunity to capture more places in Fujian and expand his strength. In addition, he also drew two cooperative troops from the southern line to support the northern line.

At this time, some people advised Yuan Shikai to beware of the People's Army's territory in the name of annihilation of the Fengde Army, so they cannot fully trust the People's Army, but should be prevented. However, Yuan Shikai said that the East China Government is always loyal and righteous, and will do what it says, and will never take the opportunity to seize the territory of Jiangxi, so there is no need to worry too much.

In fact, Yuan Shikai knew very well that if the East China Government wanted to capture Jiangxi, it would not have to do these tricks at all. It would be enough to push forward directly. His own strength and Deyou and the Fengde court could still compete with each other, but in the eyes of the East China Government, it was not enough, so it would be better to make a generous attitude.

The People's Army was very quick. The 4th Marine Brigade, which received the order of attack, first, the 7th Brigade marched from Wenzhou Prefecture, defeated the border troops of the Fengde Army, broke through border fortresses such as Fenshui Pass and Leshi Pass, and attacked Fujian Province, and captured Fuding, Ningshou, Fu'an and other counties.

The 10th Field Army of the Southeast Military Region also marched, attacking Fujian from Xianxia Pass, Fushi Pass and other places, and successively occupied Pucheng, Songxi, Zhenghe and other places.

Japanese commanders such as Yamamoto Yoshima, Miura Kentaro and other Japanese commanders did not expect that the East China Government would react so fiercely, and they would attack Fujian Province in an all-round way. Therefore, they had to rush to dispatch troops to fight against the People's Army. First, they mobilized a division and a brigade from the front line of attacking Shaowu to garrison Jianyang, Jianning and other places to resist the attack of the 10th Field Army of the People's Army. Then they mobilized two brigades stationed in Fuzhou to garrison Funing Prefecture to resist the attack of the 4th Brigade and 7th Brigade of the People's Army Marine Corps.

Three days later, the two sides fought fiercely in Jianyang, Funing and other places respectively, but the Fengde Army was the opponent of the People's Army. Not to mention the training level of both sides, the ideological level was very different, and even the spiritual morale was far different. After the East China Government won the Far East War, the morale of the army had reached its peak and had obvious psychological advantages against the domestic army. In the hearts of the Fengde Army's soldiers, defeating the People's Army of Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the Netherlands was an invincible existence. Although Japanese officers repeatedly instilled the concept of "defeating the People's Army", no one would believe the words of the Japanese. Many soldiers said in private, "Japan is not a defeated general under the People's Army, what qualifications do we have to teach us to defeat the People's Army."

On the battlefield, although the People's Army did launch hastily attacks this time and many heavy artillery weapons were not available, the number of Feng German troops was not large, and the People's Army also had a large number of mortars, which were far better than the Feng German troops in firepower. Therefore, on several battlefields, the Feng German troops were no match for all, and were defeated by the People's Army.

Fujian was not big at all, so after defeating the Fengde Army that was facing the battle, the People's Army successively captured Jianning Prefecture and Funing Prefecture, approaching Fuzhou Prefecture from the east and west sides. In addition, Wang Shizhen also took the opportunity to command the seventh town of Yuan's army and launched from Tingzhou Prefecture in southwest Fujian. At this time, the Fengde Army's troops were blocking the people's attack in northeast Fujian, and the defense in the southwest was very empty, so they naturally could not resist the Yuan's attack. The Yuan army successively captured Tingzhou Prefecture, Longyan Prefecture and other places.

At this point in the battle, Japanese commanders such as Yamamoto Yoshima, Miura Kentaro and others also knew that the Fengde army could not defend Fuzhou, so they had to take a group of Fengde court personnel out of Fuzhou and retreat to Quanzhou Prefecture for temporary residence. They also asked for help from Japan, hoping that Japan would send troops to reinforce Fujian.

On another front, the 19th Field Army of the Southeast Military Region of the People's Army entered Jiangxi Province and occupied Yushan County in order to annihilate the Fengde army that occupied Guangxin Prefecture through Zhejiang Province. The Yuan army sent a cooperative army to cooperate with the People's Army in combat.

Although Fukuda Masaki led the Fengde Army and successfully passed from Zhejiang Province and captured Shangyao Prefecture, the capital of Guangxin Prefecture, the People's Army quickly launched an attack into Fujian. Yamamoto Yoshima and Miura Kentaro were forced to withdraw their troops from the Shaowu line to block the attack of the People's Army. Therefore, the plan to attack Yuan's army on both sides was completely lost.

At this time, Futian Zhengqi didn't know what to do, because he was alone and it was very difficult to collect intelligence information, and the timeliness was also poor. Futian Zhengqi didn't know that the Yuan army, which was against the Shaowu Prefecture and the Fengde Army, had actually retreated almost. Otherwise, Futian Zhengqi had already ordered to go directly to Fujian from Jiangxi. Bi Jing was an isolated army at this time and it was not suitable to stay in Jiangxi Province for a long time. As a result, it was not until three days later that Futian Zhengqi learned that the Yuan army, who was against the Shaowu Prefecture and the Fengde Army, had withdrawn to attack Tingzhou Prefecture and Longyan Prefecture, so he decided to lead the army back to Fujian. But at this time, the People's Army entered Jiangxi Province and approached Shangyang County.

At this time, the Fengde Army naturally could not withdraw its troops, because now the withdrawal will inevitably be pursued by the People's Army in the middle of the journey. After all, the Fengde Army was in Jiangxi for two lives and could not escape, so it could only defend Shangrao and wait for rescue. Fortunately, the Fengde Army had a lot of troops, with two divisions of about 30,000 troops, and they were all elite troops of the Fengde Army. In addition, the weapons and ammunition were also very sufficient. When we detoured from Zhejiang, except for fighting with the People's Army's border troops on the border, there was basically no war. The ammunition was not consumed much. Although there was no support to support, Futian Zhengqi believed that defending Shangrao would be able to hold on for at least 10 days, and he might wait for a turnaround. If there was no turnaround, then the last soldier in Shangrao, and he would sacrifice his life for his country, and he would never let the People's Army succeed easily.

Seeing that the Fengde Army was defending Shangrao, the People's Army did not rush to launch an attack. Instead, together with the Yuan army, they occupied all the key areas around Shangrao and immediately built temporary fortifications. Because the People's Army's mission was to wipe out the Fengde Army to demonstrate the determination of the East China Government, the first thing to do was to complete the siege of the Fengde Army.

In addition to the heavy artillery troops, the 19th Field Army of the People's Army that entered Jiangxi this time, all other troops were dispatched, including two divisions, one brigade, and one independent special forces of the military, totaling about 42,000 people. Together with a cooperation between Yuan's army, the total was about 50,000 troops. He was responsible for besieging the main People's Army of Fengde on the front line, while Yuan's army was mainly responsible for support and logistics.

When the People's Army built a line of defense, the Fengde Army also attacked, hoping to catch the People's Army off guard when the People's Army was not stable and win a few small battles, which could boost the morale of the entire army. But it was known that although the People's Army had not yet established a stable foothold, the defense was very tight. Even if the defensive position was not built, it could still fight head-on with the Fengde Army. Several small-scale battles occurred on both sides. The Fengde Army not only did not gain any advantage, but also lost a lot of troops. After three days, the People's Army had basically arranged the defense line, and the Fengde Army could only give up the attack and turn to the defense with all its heart.

At this time, the People's Army launched an attack on the Fengde Army's defense line. Although the 155mm heavy artillery troops of the military did not reach the battlefield, each division and regiment had its own artillery troops, the 125mm heavy artillery troops of the military, and a large number of mortars. Therefore, the firepower of the People's Army was still extremely fierce. The peripheral defense line carefully constructed by the Fengde Army was attacked by the coordinated infantry and artillery of the People's Army, and was defeated in a scattered manner. In one day, several outer positions were easily captured. Even the Yuan soldiers who were watching the battle were stunned. They had never seen such a dense and fierce artillery fire strike.

In the First Southern War, the Yuan army was able to defeat Deyou and Fengde troops with strong firepower with less and defeat Deyou and Fengde troops. However, compared with the firepower of the People's Army, the firepower of the Yuan army was simply a tiny. First of all, the Yuan army's artillery was mainly 75mm artillery, but in the sequence of the People's Army, this was only regiment-level artillery, 100mm artillery of the division, and 125mm heavy artillery of the military. Moreover, in this war, the 155mm heavy artillery of the military has not been transported to participate in the war. Not to mention the various mortars that have been popularized in the combat troops.

Even if the Yuan army soldiers were watching the battle, then the Fengde soldiers who had experienced the terrifying firepower of the People's Army had a deeper understanding. The Fengde soldiers who escaped back to Shangyun City basically had only one idea. The People's Army was too strong and could not be defeated.
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