Chapter 117

A Xuzhou City defense map appeared in front of him. Zhang Xiaohuai was overjoyed and secretly surprised. The capabilities of the Military Intelligence Bureau were far beyond expectations. Judging from the content, this map was extremely detailed, just like the Beiyang Army itself.

The drawings are the same. The map is carefully marked with details such as unit number, troop strength, firepower equipment, etc.

With such a picture, it can be said that half of the battle in Xuzhou was won. Where this picture came from, Zhang Xiaohuai did not ask. He smiled and greeted Zhao Hao who personally sent the defense map: "Director Zhao, this battle is over.

, the Military Intelligence Bureau is the first contributor.”

"Chief of Staff, you're too polite. Compared with the brothers who work hard in front of the battle line, we are nothing. I hope that as few people as possible know about this matter." Keeping a low profile is the basic quality of an intelligence officer. If you can get this defense map,

, Zhao Hao spent a lot of effort. However, he must also thank the authorities of the Beiyang system. Such a fatal document was obtained for less than 5,000 yuan. The poor awareness of confidentiality on the Beiyang side made Zhao Hao secretly

Jing Xing, on confidential matters within the National Defense Forces, it is necessary to give advice to the commander-in-chief.

On the Xuzhou front line, it was dark after a brief contact battle. The National Defense Forces set up camp and set up sentries in an orderly manner.

Acting division commander Huyan Aobo felt suffocated in his heart. He must get rid of the word "generation". This battle was very hard. He visited every company-level unit to inspect the preparations, and returned to the headquarters to hold a meeting.

Pre-war preparation meeting.

How to fight tomorrow's battle? Huyan Aobo, who likes to fight skillfully, has been thinking about this problem in his mind. When he returned to the camp, the chief of staff was waiting outside. When he saw him, he stepped forward and greeted: "The commander-in-chief is here."

The commander-in-chief naturally refers to Zhang Xiaohuai. Huyan Aobo perked up, straightened his clothes and said, "Is it okay?"

The National Defense Forces attaches great importance to the tradition of discipline, and in the hands of Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Xiaohuai, the requirements are even more demanding. These two are well-dressed all day long, especially Zhang Xiaohuai. It is common for subordinates to scold them in person if they are not dressed strictly.

Walking into the headquarters, Zhang Xiaohuai was facing away from the door, staring at the map on the wall. The map marked the deployment of the Sixth Division, and he heard the sound of footsteps. Zhang Xiaohuai turned around, looked at Hu Yan who came in seriously, waved his hands and said:

"Back? Hu Yan and the chief of staff stay. Everyone else goes out."

Such a mysterious appearance made Huyan Aobo very curious. After everyone went out, Zhang Xiaohuai took out a map from his bag and said: "Look carefully, this is the defense map of Zhang Xun's headquarters opposite the Sixth Division. Please wait.

Study slowly, I have to go to the 5th and 7th divisions." After Zhang Xiaohuai said that, he left. The two of them looked at each other as they walked out of the door, and they were secretly surprised. Where did this information come from?

He couldn't control that much anymore, and it would definitely be fine if Zhang Xiaohuai personally sent it. Huyan Aobo immediately ordered him to go down for a meeting, the last preparation meeting before the war.

For Zhang Xun, it was also a sleepless night. Jiang Guiti's old body also stayed up late with him.

"Shuai Jiang, how many days do you think the outer positions can be defended?" Zhang Xun didn't have much confidence in his heart. After Jiang Guiti heard this, he secretly thought that he had seen the combat effectiveness of the National Defense Force before. Back in Bengbu.

The veterans of the ten battalions were beaten in a terrible way. Although there was a suspicion of being attacked by a sneak attack, after thinking about it carefully, even if they fought an upright battle, they might not be their opponents.

"Just wait for a day. If we lose this battle, you and I will have to go home and farm." Jiang Gui replied. Zhang Xun knew that this was the truth. It would be difficult to occupy a piece of territory under Yuan Shikai.

! After finally getting Xuzhou, I couldn’t help but fight tooth and nail. Jiang Guiti’s thoughts were probably the same. If we really want to retreat, where will the retreat end?

"It's almost dawn! Marshal, go lie down for a while, don't stay up for a while." Zhang Xun muttered, took out his pocket watch and took a look. The hands pointed to 5:58 in the morning.

Jiang Guiti stood up and said, "I'll just stare at this for a while." Zhang Xun stood up and went out. The cold air in the yard was so strong that he shuddered. He subconsciously glanced at the dark sky, but suddenly he saw a burst of fire.

The darkness before dawn was torn apart, and I was shocked. The deafening sound of cannons was like exploding in my ears.

Three heavy artillery regiments and 76 heavy artillery pieces opened fire at the same time. No one on either side of the war had ever seen such a scene, let alone the division's 75th Mountain Artillery Regiment who also joined in. The silence of dawn was broken, from silence to deafening, but it was

A momentary thing.

Jiang Guiti, who was in the house, was alarmed and ran out to see the flames outside the city and the massive bombardment. He was stunned for a moment. After looking at it for a long time, he murmured: "Shaoxuan, I'm afraid this level is going to be a disaster."

I can’t get through it.”

Zhang Xun threw away his hat and yelled viciously: "It's not that easy to destroy us. I personally went to supervise the battle outside the city, and this time I fought with the greenskins." The sound of artillery continued, and the positions outside the city were hit by shells.

The explosion turned into daylight. The fortifications that the Braid Army had worked so hard to build were like pieces of paper flying into the sky in the face of the powerful artillery fire.

The braided troops on the position experienced the longest hour. The experienced veterans huddled in the trenches with their heads in their hands, waiting for the bombardment to end. The new recruits were afraid of the artillery, and many were so frightened that they got up from the trenches and ran away. As a result, they were killed.

It exploded into the sky, and severed arms and legs flew everywhere.

After an hour of shelling, it was dawn. The troops of the 6th Division rushed out from the scheduled starting point, lined up in skirmish formation, and rushed forward following the extended footsteps of the division's 75 artillery pieces. The first line of the Braided Army

Counterattacks from the positions were sporadic, and such fierce shelling destroyed the will of most people to resist.

However, some people were dissatisfied. The top commander of the artillery unit, Cheng Zhixuan, who was personally on the front line to command the operation, jumped up and cursed: "A bunch of losers, just give them a base number, how can they make a base number of half? Is it easy to transport some artillery shells in logistics? Do you know?

How much does this shell cost?"

For this battle, the General Logistics Department of the National Defense Forces prepared ten base numbers of artillery shells, one and a half base numbers at the beginning. No wonder Cheng Zhixuan wanted to jump around. Who knows how long this battle will last?

Huyan Aobo was very satisfied. He stood in front of the high-power gun scope and watched the assault troops smoothly rush into the enemy's position. He felt very happy. Judging from the process, the artillery played an important role. The fierce artillery fire made

The braided army on the opposite side had reached its limit of endurance, and most of the trenches and obstacles in the front-line positions were cleared.

The First World War has not yet begun. In this battle that took place in China, neither warring side had the consciousness to dig deep trenches. The so-called trenches were actually trenches more than one meter deep. In the face of large-caliber artillery, they could

It plays a very small role.

The Sixth Division's attack encountered relatively tenacious resistance at the second line of defense set up by the Braided Army. In the morning light, Zhang Xun's troops with braided hair hid in the trenches and fired desperately. Some fire points were in the artillery fire.

What remained, amidst the punches, kicks and curses of the officers, the resistance of the braided army was a bit hysterical.

Only an hour after the war started, the second line of defense was already crumbling. The resistance of the Braided Army was very tenacious in their eyes, but in the eyes of the Sixth Division, this level of resistance was really nothing. A large number of light machine guns were equipped with them.

The Braid Army played a huge role in the battle. The Braid Army was suppressed by intensive machine gun fire in the trenches. Tata, tower, tower, it was very rhythmic.

Burst fire suppression has become a nightmare for the Braided Army. Some soldiers who dared to show their faces to resist were ruthlessly knocked down by machine guns. Several firepower points were protected by mortars, and no one was spared. They were blasted into the sky before and after. Ghostly snipers

He used his own hands to target military officers, with accurate marksmanship and constant headshots. In the minds of the braided soldiers who were later captured, snipers were like devils.

Although Zhang Xun personally went outside the city and chopped off the heads of several defeated officers, he could not prevent the second line of defense from being captured. Zhang Xun helplessly ordered the artillery to block the firing. In less than five minutes, Zhang Xun's artillery

They were suppressed by the artillery of the National Defense Force. Half of the artillery of two battalions was blown up. The distressed Zhang Xun almost cried.

Finally, in front of the third line of defense outside the city, the attack of the National Defense Force was contained. This line of defense was not hit by heavy artillery. The officers and soldiers at the several battalions were still in order, and the machine guns were still there. The continuous attacks of the National Defense Force were defeated.

Went back.

Zhang Xun angrily scolded Feng Guozhang for not being interesting enough. He asked the heavy artillery unit to fire several times, but received no response. Just when he was about to go to the door to scold him in person, the communications troops sent out came back. A heavy artillery battalion assigned to Zhang Xun did not fire a single shot.

They were all wiped out. The green-skinned artillerymen seemed to have eyes, and they headed towards the heavy artillery positions from the beginning.

Zhang Xun felt cold all over after hearing the news. He held his sword and couldn't believe his ears. That was a heavy artillery, and it had a long range, right?

Regarding whether to shell the city, the Wehrmacht had clear regulations before the war and heavy artillery was not allowed to be used in the city. This is why the third line of defense was not shelled. It was too close to the city, only 100 meters away. Wehrmacht Artillery

No matter how good your craftsmanship is, there is no guarantee that cannonballs will not fall into the city.

Huyan Aobo was very dissatisfied with this regulation. He thought it ignored the life and death of soldiers. From the defense map, Feng Guozhang still had two artillery battalions in the city. At Zhang Xun's request, the heavy artillery battalion in the Beiyang Army City opened fire and attacked.

The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division in the position suffered a big loss. The position they had just gained was forced to retreat. Zhang Xun breathed a sigh of relief, and Huyan Aobo angrily opened the telescope.

"Bullshit regulations, send a telegram to General Staff Zhang, requesting heavy artillery to fire at enemy artillery positions in the city." Although the number of casualties was not calculated, Huyan Aobo was still heartbroken.

Zhang Xiaohuai's reply came back soon, saying that he had called Commander-in-Chief Fang of Wuhan to make a decision. Obviously, Zhang Xiaohuai had no right to break this rule and could only ask Fang Jianxiong to make the decision.

The morning at Wusheng Pass was immersed in thick fog. Fang Jianxiong stood at the gate and put down his telescope helplessly. Telescopes were unnecessary at this time. Judging from the time, Xuzhou had already started. Fang Jianxiong hoped that there would be good weather in Xuzhou.

This can give full play to the firepower advantage.

Yin Weijun quickly rushed to the front and said loudly: "Help Commander, there is an urgent call from Su County."
Chapter completed!