At 11 o'clock in the evening, the first division of the Guangdong Army in Yunfu was in charge.

"Governor, the Second Regiment can't hold on anymore. Lord Mo asked for support!" The head of the communications office walked over quickly with the latest telegram, and shouted hurriedly.

Wu Shaoting was staring at the sand table with He Fuguang and others at the staff room to deduce the map. At 8:20, the Second Regiment successfully repelled the attacks of the two battalions of the Gui Army. At 9:10, the Second Regiment was captured by the first beachhead defense line under the powerful firepower of the Gui army. Fang Shaohua, the battalion commander of the First Battalion, was killed. At 9:20, the Artillery Regiment began to shell the beachhead and successfully suppressed the offensive of the Gui army. At 10 o'clock, the Gui army launched a third round of attacks while the Guangdong Artillery Regiment was transferred to the position of the Guangdong Army. The troops of the four battalions attacked from 200, 220, 240, 380, 300, 330 respectively. The firepower was mainly concentrated on the defense line of the Second Regiment, and one battalion restrained the position of the Sixth Regiment. Until now, the Second Regiment completely lost the riverbank defense line and retreated to the suburbs of Fengkai County to deploy defense.

"Request for support" is just a high-sounding sentence. All the troops of the First Division of the Guangdong Army are on the front line, and there is no reserve force to support it. If there is any support, the division headquarters can only go to the front line. Everyone understands this truth, and Mo Qingyu naturally understands it. The real purpose of the Second Regiment sending this telegram is to "request for retreat."

He Fuguang frowned and looked very serious. He shook his head and said seriously: "You can't fight like this, you can't fight like this anymore. The second group will be consumed!"

Wu Shaoting held his shoulders with his hands and stared at the sand table map with a gloomy face. This battle was indeed too hasty. Although the Guangdong Army maintained its state of war well, the troops lacked experience in defensive battles in various situations, and the enemy artillery bombed them quickly lost their positions. More importantly, the Gui army obviously fought head-on this time, and he spent a lot of money to win Fengkai at all costs.

"Let the Second Regiment retreat to the Baishi Realm to reorganize the defense line. Order the Sixth Regiment and the Artillery Corps to defend the position to the death and not retreat." After a while of silence, Wu Shaoting said immediately.

The staff room was talking about it, and many staff officers thought it was very risky to do so. The Second Regiment adhered to the main force of Fengkai County, echoing the Sixth Regiment and the Artillery Regiment. To withdraw, three regiments should be withdrawn together. Now that the Second Regiment is only withdrawn, the Sixth Regiment and the Artillery Regiment completely lose the barrier to the south. Once the Gui army launches a double-sided attack from the west and occupied Fengkai County, the Sixth Regiment and the Artillery Regiment will probably fall into an unfavorable position.

He Fuguang saw the mystery at a glance. He nodded slightly and sighed: "Governor, you really want to set up a bird cage. But... there are risks, and there are great risks. If the Gui army launches an attack on the 300 and 330 positions in one go, they are afraid that the sixth regiment and the artillery regiment will be trapped in the bird cage."

"Chongshi, you have to understand that both the enemy and us have been seriously injured. Do you think the division headquarters has only received casualties from the Second Regiment so far? You have to understand that the Gui army also suffered heavy losses in the battle crossing the river. After five hours of high-intensity combat, both sides invested a large number of heavy weapons, and the casualty rate is not a joke." Wu Shaoting said calmly.

"But Wuzhou's troops are twice as garrison as ours." A staff officer emphasized.

"How many ships do they have? After the capture of Fengkai County, their primary transportation task was ammunition supply. So what if they had three times the strength? As long as our artillery regiment insisted on the position of 300,330, they would not be able to transport comfortably." Wu Shaoting said incisively.

He Fuguang nodded, and he said in a difficult tone: "The governor is right, and it may not be impossible to trap Gui's army this time. In the current situation, this is the best way. If we can't stand the line of sealing open, we will really be defeated thousands of miles away. Send a telegram to inform us."

Mo Qingyu asked the Third Battalion to set up a defense line in the western suburbs of Fengkai to delay the Gui army. The Second Regiment's headquarters moved first. He stayed in Fengkai County until the logistics and supplies troops began to transfer, and then with the troops to retreat east. He fought a tough battle in the middle of the night. Although he repelled the Gui army's attacks many times, it was now a defeated unit. The soldiers were dejected and staggered. Except for a small number of logistics soldiers and regiment officers, none of the soldiers in the regiment was unlucky.

These Guangdong soldiers who had never experienced a large battle finally tasted the cruelty and horror of the war in just a few hours. Soldiers with poor psychological quality are still trembling. Some seriously injured soldiers lying on stretchers even cried in pain, while others were silent and depressed. Officers at all levels followed the orders of the regiment headquarters, retreating while counting casualties on the way, and also did a good job of pacifying the morale of the army. The officers not only had combat commands, but also took into account military and political guidance, and played an example at any time and anywhere.

Mo Qingyu rode a war horse, looking back and forth along the way, inspecting the situation he could take. He was in a bad mood. This battle was the heaviest battle since the second standard was converted to the second regiment. Most of the old troops were damaged and had directly injured their internal organs. When passing by the regiment headquarters' battlefield hospital, he saw stretchers connected continuously, and even soldiers responsible for carrying the stretchers were wounded. He couldn't help but squeeze the reins tightly and sighed sadly.

The adjutant of the regiment headquarters and two staff officers rushed over from the front of the team on horseback. When they came to Mo Qingyu, each of them looked bad, and even showed anger. Mo Qingyu glanced at these subordinates and asked calmly: "What are you here to do? What happened to the regiment headquarters?"

Adjutant Liu Yonghao sighed, shook his head and said, "I am here to see you, sir."

Mo Qingyu's heart was originally very heavy, but when he saw Liu Yonghao and others' scenes, he couldn't help but feel a little more confused. He asked, "What do you have to say?"

Liu Yonghao's expression was very firm. He took a deep breath and said teasingly: "Sir, today's battle, our second regiment lost nearly half of its combat effectiveness, and Lao Fang sacrificed in vain!"

Mo Qingyu's face turned cold and he asked, "Baibai sacrifice? What does Baibai sacrifice mean?"

Liu Yonghao said calmly: "Mr. Mo, think carefully. Since the war between Guangdong and Guangxi started... no, since the Guangzhou Uprising, which battle has not been the most difficult task for our Second Regiment."

Speaking of this, his tone gradually became fierce, and he continued: "When fighting Shaoguan, the first regiment went to the city to grab things first. After our Second regiment entered the city, we had to fight with the patrol battalion. When fighting the 23rd town, our Second regiment marched and attacked Yunfu overnight without a reserve team or a gun regiment to support him. Now the battle between Guangdong and Guangxi is at war, the First regiment and well-equipped teaching regiment sneak attacked Hezhou. The local beggars in Hezhou did not even have decent guns, but our Second regiment was going to stand on the front line of the Wuzhou firepower point, and more than 200 brothers died in five hours. What's the reason for this?"

Mo Qingyu clenched his fists, and he was very shocked at Liu Yonghao's idea. Thinking that Liu Yonghao had a close relationship with Fang Shaohua on weekdays, perhaps he was too sad for a while, he temporarily endured his anger and just drank sternly: "Old Liu, what are you talking about? What about their first group, our second group, and we are the first division of the Revolutionary Guangdong Army! Don't let me hear such disagreements again, I will definitely punish you very much next time!"

The staff officer Shao Shijie was very sad and angry. He said with dissatisfaction: "Mr. Mo, don't you understand? The governor has always supported the direct troops and wished that our Second Regiment would be exhausted early. Look, is our Second Regiment still the second standard in the past? Is it the former unit of Lord Mo?"

Mo Qingyu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became a little panicked. After attacking the 23rd Town in Yunfu a year ago, the Second Regiment almost replaced one-third of the troops. Today, he was defeated from Fengkai County, and he was afraid that one-third of the troops would be replaced again. Fang Shaohua, the battalion commander of the First Battalion, was killed, and those from Huangpu Phase I must fill this position. After this subtle influence, how much control does he have in the Second Regiment still have?

Seeing that Mo Qingyu was silent, Shao Shijie knew that he was talking about Lord Mo's heart. He strengthened his tone and continued, "Mr. Mo, we are not sow discord, but we just don't like this injustice. Brothers have been following you for so long, and everyone only recognizes Lord Mo, you are a big boss. No one wants to see our Second Group being frustrated like this."

Mo Qingyu suddenly had an uneasy thought. He still remembered that Liang Hongkai was attacked by Wu Shaoting for embezzling 300,000 treasury silver in the official treasury last year. Since Liang Hongkai's affairs were exposed, it was obvious that Wu Shaoting knew more about embezzling more treasury silver in the treasury. Although he did not believe that Wu Shaoting would deliberately consume the strength of the Second Regiment, this shadow was finally imprinted on his heart. Even if Wu Shaoting's intention was just to preserve the strength of the direct troops, it was still not a good thing for him, because it showed that Wu Shaoting did not treat the Second Regiment as his own person at all.

At this time, Liu Yonghao said heavy again: "Mr. Mo, we can't continue like this..."

"Stop!" Mo Qingyu finally spoke. His tone was very cold, as if it was a roar under the abyss of the polar regions. "Listen to me, if anyone dares to spread these rumors in the army, I will be the first to shoot him!" He grabbed the reins with one hand, raised the whip with the other and pointed at Liu Yonghao hard.

Liu Yonghao felt cold in his heart, his expression was very complicated, and he looked melancholy and unsolvable.

"Old Liu, you have been with me for the longest time. You know the temper. Don't let me know that you are making trouble below!" Mo Qingyu said with a strong sense of threat.

"Mr. Mo..." Liu Yonghao was anxious and aggrieved, and at the same time he was a little unwilling to accept it.

"Stop talking. I assume that what happened just now didn't happen. You all go back to you. It's still time for war. The regiment headquarters still has a lot to be busy with when they arrive in the Baishi Realm. Don't fucking random thoughts and waste time. Do you understand?" Mo Qingyu scolded.

"Hey! Yes." Liu Yonghao sighed helplessly, then turned his horse's head and headed forward in disappointment.

Shao Shijie and another staff officer looked bad, but they knew that if they continued to talk now, they would only make the regiment commander even more angry. After sighing, they turned their horses and chased Liu Yonghao's tail dust.
Chapter completed!