Chapter 122

"Let's not talk about grievances, didn't Fuguo stay in Wuhan?" Jiang Fangzhen's meaning was very clear. This battle requires someone to stay in Wuhan to attract the attention of the Beiyang Army. Tactically speaking, this deception was very successful.

For Jiang Fangzhen himself, he lost an opportunity to command the main force in a decisive battle.

"Thank you for your hard work, Runong!" Fang Jianxiong put away the telegram and looked up to the northeast. It seemed that the rumbling sound of artillery was coming from somewhere. "Huang Xing called back. The Kuomintang refused to accept the reorganization of our army. I don't know what Fuguo felt.

?" Jiang Fangzhen felt somewhat regretful. Fang Jianxiong didn't want to fight a civil war, so why would Jiang Fangzhen be willing to fight a civil war? Unfortunately, some people regard the army as their personal capital, which is already a deeply rooted concept.

"Nanjing's current strength of two divisions, plus the strength of Shanghai, is not enough to shake Wuhu's defense. But we can't be careless. There are many desperate people in the Democratic Party. Maybe they can get the support of a certain great power." Fang Jianxiong said.

While talking, I naturally thought of Japan. For Japan, a divided China and a turbulent China are in line with Japan's strategy of cannibalizing China. At least in Japan currently, this is the mainstream, and the Japanese Army is not yet arrogant.

The point of destroying China in three months.

"The Military Intelligence Bureau reported that Nanjing was reorganizing the army. After Sun and Huang had a quarrel, Huang Xing left Nanjing and went to Japan. Suzhou hoped that we would provide some equipment. Xu Chongzhi of Fujian recently released the main Fujian First Division.

In Zixi, Long Jiguang was just the opposite. He refused to leave Guangzhou whether he was alive or not, and he had no intention of transferring any of his soldiers."

When Jiang Fangzhen said this, Fang Jianxiong stopped and said: "Long Jiguang is not a problem, but Xu Chongzhi, can we fight for it?" Jiang Fangzhen thought for a while and said: "It's hard to say, Xu Chongzhi still supports Sun Wen's greetings.

"

"In this case, then prepare to fight. Let Jiujiang transfer a division to Nanchang, and let Ma Yubao recruit troops on the spot to make up for the two B divisions. China is too big, and the troops are not enough."

Jiang Fangzhen smiled and nodded: "Yes. Army construction must be accelerated. In the next five years, military priority will be given."

At this time, Sun Baoqi appeared at the door of the war room. Fang Jianxiong was a little surprised to see him. He stepped forward to greet him and asked why he was there. Sun Baoqi lowered his voice and said: "Sun Daoren from Fujian sent someone here. He wants to be the governor of Fujian."

"Haha, I think this is a good place to live." Fang Jianxiong sneered several times after hearing this. Sun Baoqi felt the same. He nodded and said, "Sun Daoren feels really good about himself. Jiang Zungui also sent people here, hoping to help him."

The state sent some people over to help him organize and train the army."

In Beijing, the teahouses scattered in the streets and alleys always seem to be the most well-informed places in the world.

With the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners disciples lost their source of crops. You can’t see it in this teahouse. They still carry bird cages and get up early every day to walk the birds. When they are tired from walking, they go to the teahouse to drink tea and chat.

Without the Qing Dynasty, there were many more similar words in the conversation in the teahouse: I think back then, our ancestors...were so powerful that the Eight Banners disciples could no longer weaken their momentum.

The main topic in the teahouse has changed in the past few days. Earlier, the Beiyang soldiers captured Xuzhou. The news came that in the face of the Beiyang army led by Yuan Shikai, it was booming, and the flowers were like brocade and the fire was cooking oil. In the teahouse, the bannermen could only secretly

He cursed "Living Cao Cao" and died a good death.

Yesterday a rumor spread and everything changed.

"Hey, I didn't hear that. Beiyang was defeated, and Jinan was also lost."

"How do you know?" "Our second uncle's three boys are eating food in the First Division. The train station they went to yesterday said they were going south to Jinan to fight with the Greenskins."

"You said this is all evil. How can a family with such a big business in Beiyang be defeated if it fails?"

While there was a lot of discussion in the teahouse, suddenly someone upstairs shouted: Down with Yuan Shikai and oppose the Beiyang dictatorship. Everyone looked up to eat, and leaflets were flying upstairs like snowflakes.

Similar things were happening in many teahouses in Beijing. Many leaflets were posted on the streets overnight, all publicizing the news that the Beiyang Army was defeated in Jinan and Xuzhou.

Yuan Shikai in Zhongnanhai finally got up from bed. The first thing he did was to call Duan Qirui.

When Duan Qirui, who was dressed in military uniform, arrived, Yuan Shikai was sitting on a chair, looking a little haggard, but his eyes were still bright. "Zhiquan, I saw the plan you handed over before, and it's good. It's a good example of what's going on in Beijing."

The two new editors should also be transferred to Jinan. If this battle is lost, Beiyang will be over."

Yuan Shikai spoke very slowly, trying to make his voice stronger. Yuan Keding, who was beside him, turned slightly to avoid Duan Qirui's eyes. When Duan Qirui saw this, he understood. I think the previous plan was rejected, probably because

From the handwriting of the prince.

"Commander, I guess the train won't be able to deliver it. Besides, the green soldiers have already invaded Xuzhou, and Hua Fu is leading his troops to resist." Duan Qirui felt a little sad in his heart. He still couldn't figure out how the huge Beiyang could be defeated at any time.

With so many soldiers in Xuzhou City, how come the greenskins invaded Xuzhou without even being able to hold on for a day and a night?

"What did you say?" Yuan Shikai suddenly straightened up, his eyes widened as he looked over. Duan Qirui took out a telegram, stepped forward and handed it over silently. Yuan Keding quickly took the telegram and handed it to Yuan Shikai.

"What's going on in Beiyang?" Yuan Shikai stayed for a long time and sighed.

In Xuzhou, the fierce battle last night continued. The National Defense Forces, which launched attacks from three directions from the left, center and right, concentrated all their artillery fire and blasted the city walls of Xuzhou. After two hours of fierce fighting, the city walls of Xuzhou were collapsed by heavy artillery, and the National Defense Forces entered Xuzhou.

Yang Zui, who was the first wave to enter Xuzhou, was currently directing the people around him to build a barricade. There was fierce fighting and chaotic fighting all night last night. The organization of his troops had long been disrupted. Except for Zhang Jingyao and his thirty-year-old son, Yang Zui was

A few people followed, and the other hundred or so people were not his subordinates.

The 7th Division took the lead in breaking into Xuzhou last night, and it was Yang Zui's guard battalion who made the contribution. Learning that the city defenses had been breached, Zhang Xiaohuai promptly put the reserve team into the battlefield. The 4th and 7th Divisions fought side by side and entered Xuzhou, sweeping the city overnight.

Half of Xuzhou City.

The Beiyang Army was unexpectedly tenacious. After the city defense was breached, street fighting broke out. This was related to Feng Guozhang staying in Xuzhou and not leaving. Despite this, the Beiyang Army was now compressed into a small area in the north of the city.

Bang bang bang, a series of bullets hit the ground and sparked. He looked at the barricade in front of him, and quickly retracted it. Just like that, Yang Zui's helmet was rubbed by the bullets, and there was a sharp scratching sound, which shook his head.

Yang Zui felt like vomiting.

He took off the crooked helmet and looked at it. There was an obvious scratch mark. Yang Zui wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, looked back at Zhang Jingyao and said: "There is something wrong with this place. It seems to be a headquarters. These Beiyang soldiers are fighting

Very fierce."

Zhang Jingyao also poked his head, quickly retracted and said: "Maybe it's Feng Guozhang's general headquarters."

"That's nonsense. Feng Guozhang probably ran away early. We've been fighting all night." Yang Zui disagreed. He looked around and found that the mortar was not following him. He said to Zhang Jingyao: "Go and find the brother troops to see if there are any."

The one with the mortar and the one next door must turn around and break the other leg of Sun Laizi from the machine gun company. At the critical moment, I don’t know where he went.”

Zhang Jingyao smiled and said: "Batalion Commander, don't be angry. It's normal for the chaos last night to break up."

After saying that Zhang Jingyao ran away along the wall, Yang Zui sat down behind the broken wall and ordered the troops to stop attacking. There were four Maxims on the barricade opposite, and there were not enough people to feed the machine guns with more than a hundred people.

Less than ten minutes later, Zhang Jingyao ran back and brought a lieutenant. "Batalion Commander, as soon as we left this street, we met Company Commander Zhang from our brother army. He brought two 120-weight mortars."

This company commander Zhang was very young, that is, in his early twenties. He came over and saluted: "Captain Yang, my humble position is the regimental artillery company commander of the 16th Regiment of the 8th Brigade of the 4th Division. There were originally six 120-weight mortars. They fired last night."

It was so chaotic that they all ran away."

Yang Zui replied: "Are there any more artillery shells?" Company Commander Zhang said: "Yes, there are six more for each cannon."

Yang Zui was overjoyed and led him to a hiding place, pointing to a building and barricade opposite: "Did you see, there are four Maxims in total, blocking the street from left to right. Can you destroy them?"

Captain Zhang squinted his eyes for a while and said, "It's almost the same. It's best to let the brothers feign an attack so I can see clearly."

Yang Zui waved his hand, and Zhang Jingyao bent down and called a dozen people to come out of their hiding places and slide forward against the wall. When they spotted the target on the barricade opposite, they immediately fired a hail of bullets. Captain Zhang immediately called people over, and Yang Zui ordered a few people to come over.

The light machine gun suppressed the fire and increased the momentum. All four firepower points on the opposite side opened fire. Zhang Jingyao and others did not dare to raise their heads and huddled behind a broken wall.

"That's almost it. Let the brothers continue the feint attack." Captain Zhang said a word and turned back to play with the mortar.

There were two bangs, and the result of the test fire was a little off. After correcting it, they immediately fired continuously. After a while, twelve shells were thrown out, and all the machine guns on the opposite side were mute. Yang Zui was overjoyed when he saw this, and rushed out with a submachine gun:

"Follow me."

"Zhang Xun and Jiang Guiti have already got in the car and ran away. Master Taishan, please withdraw too." Chen Zhiji begged, but Feng Guozhang sat still, his face ashen. Xuzhou was lost in one day and one night. This result

It was a huge blow to him.

As soon as he rushed out and was less than twenty meters away, Yang Zui felt a strong tug on his shoulder and fell on his back.

"Batalion Commander!" Zhang Jingyao yelled and rushed over, helped Yang Zui lie down in a safe corner, checked and said: "Fortunately, it was the shoulder that was hit, and it was a Japanese rifle. It would have been terrible if it had been hit by seven or nine bullets.

.”

After a simple bandage, Yang Zui waved his hand and said, "You lead people forward, I'm fine."

Zhang Jingyao hesitated for a moment and happened to see a stretcher team and a female soldier carrying a medicine box running over. He immediately stepped forward and said, "This is our battalion commander. He is injured."

The young female soldier ran over with a medicine box on her back, checked Yang Zui's wounds, and when she called for a stretcher to be carried down, her hat was hung on a residual log on the side and fell down, revealing her bun.

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