Chapter 263 Chain Reaction

"What? Did the Ninth Division take the Yinfeng line? Zhao Dongyun couldn't believe his eyes, but the war report sent by Xu Bangjie did say so, and since Xu Bangjie dared to write in black and white on the war report that he had taken Yinfeng, it was unlikely to be false.

Zhao Dongyun knows more or less about his generals, and also knows that these generals often avoid important things and report good news or bad news, but these things are limited to small things, and they definitely do not have the courage to lie and fake things that are big and wrong.

Fang Biyong also looked puzzled: "Although there is only one brigade left by the enemy on Yinfeng's side, its strength exceeds that of the ordinary mixed brigade, and although General Xu's ninth division is a strong brigade of our army, it may not be normal to take the first line of Yinfeng in three days with the strength of one division!"

Yang Deming also frowned: "Is it possible that Lu Yongxiang has sensed the strategic intention of us to surround them and has begun to shrink the strategic defense line?"

"With this, Lu Yongxiang is not an easy role to pass, and it is not impossible to realize our strategic intention!" Fang Biyong said: "But what I'm more worried about is that the direct army's move is intentional. It's hard to guarantee that there is no ambush behind. Yesterday night, we lost the trace of Lu Yongxiang's second brigade. It is possible that the brigade has gone south and will return to the front line of Yinfeng."

In Zhao Dongyun's headquarters, many staff officers heard that Xu Bangjie actually defeated the enemy's brigade within three days and took the Yinfeng front line with the power of the first division. In their impression, even the old unit of the first division of the direct army was even a brigade, but with a lot of soil If you want to take down the wooden fortifications, it is not easy for your own side to take it down. It is estimated that there is hope for ten days and a half months. If you want to take it down within three days, it is estimated that it will be difficult to invest in two divisions.

Huanxizhuang is the most obvious example. Chen Guangyuan's Third Division and Lin Yongquan's 10th Division combined more than 20,000 people launched a two-sided attack on the first mixed brigade of the direct army, but even if they saw the hope of victory on the first day, but in fact, two days have passed, the Feng army still failed to completely defeat the first mixed brigade. And capture Huanxi Village.

There was the Russo-Japanese War, and then several battles experienced by the Feng army entering the customs, which made many Feng army generals think that the contemporary war was biased towards a protracted war, and it was difficult to achieve the same speedy battle as before.

However, under this overall situation, Xu Bangjie's troops actually captured Yinfeng within three days. It has to be said that this move greatly stimulated many generals of the Feng army, and also made many staff officers of the headquarters begin to speculate whether it was Lu Yongxiang's conspiracy. Yinfeng was ambushed with tens of thousands of direct forces and so on.

Even Zhao Dongyun is a little suspicious. He is not an arrogant person. He never thinks that he has surpassed others in this era, let alone that his troops can be invincible after a little training. In fact, he is still aware of himself. Although his Fengjun has tactics and different weapons It is stronger than the Beiyang Standing Army in history, but the actual combat effectiveness is not much different. In terms of the three key factors: the quality of soldiers, the quality of officers, and the number of artillery, in fact, the two armies of the Feng army and the direct army are half a catty, and the gap is not big. As for the tactical advantages brought by mortars and light machine guns, the impact is actually very limited. Therefore, the tactical advantage is that it does not affect the overall strategic situation.

So in the two entry battles, he never let his troops play such nonsense as winning more with less and one-on-one. Like all military generals, he always tries to concentrate the maximum number of troops, and then form a hostile to the enemy in a certain part. The military advantage of the army.

What kind of commander is a qualified commander, that is, he can create various opportunities for his side to form an advantage over the enemy. Even if his army is generally at a disadvantage, he can also form a local advantage through various tactical deployments.

As for those who think about winning more with few and narrowly in their minds every day, they are visionists and have little to do with reality.

This time, there is also no exception. Zhao Dongyun invested his main force in Huanxizhuang to form an absolute military advantage, and then used this advantage to conquer Huanxizhuang, and then joined the Ninth Division to surround and annihilate the enemy on the front line of Yinfeng.

However, what he didn't expect was that Xu Bangjie's 9th Division, which was only a restrained attack, had made a decisive breakthrough. Although it was still a little suspicious about this matter, no matter how the 9th Division conquered the position of the direct army, in short, it was not, and now it created a huge opportunity for the Feng army. The opportunity to surround the first mixed brigade and the second brigade of the first division in Huanxizhuang!

"Order the Ninth Division to move west quickly. In addition to paying attention to the enemy troops that may be reinforced in the direction of Ninghe, the main force immediately launched an attack in the northwest direction!"

"It is said that the seventh mixed brigade can attack the area of thecha River!" After thinking for a moment, Zhao Dongyun did not hesitate much. Although he still suspected that Yinfeng's victory on the front line was an ambush of the direct army, he could not care so much. Now a great opportunity was placed in front of him. Even if it was a real trap, he was ready to jump down. He brought all the main forces of the Feng army into the customs in Tang Dynasty. This small place gathers the huge troops of the three divisions and the three brigades. Unless Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen and other troops fly to Tangshan overnight, even if Yinfeng retreats is a real trap, who has the ability to eat the prey of tens of thousands of his troops?

Yang Deming, who was beside him, was a little worried and said, "Isn't it too early for the 7th Mixed Brigade to join the general reserve of our army?"

Zhao Dongyun said, "What we need now is to work hard. The reserve team is not only used to prepare for accidents, but also to expand the results!"

In the face of this major decision, Zhao Dongyun has always been decisive and resolute, and his behavior has also brought confidence to his generals.

When Zhao Dongyun transferred the seventh mixed brigade into the battlefield, tried to expand the results, completely broke through the Yinfeng area of the southern line, and then surrounded Lu Yongxiang's troops. Lu Yongxiang, who had marched to the periphery of Huanxizhuang, heard that his first brigade was defeated and fought in Tangshan for many days, even if the situation is now tense these two days. When Huanxizhuang was about to collapse, Lu Yongxiang always kept calm and commanded many troops calmly.

However, after hearing the defeat of the First Brigade, he was angry and lost his temper!

"What does Zhu Panzao eat? He has two artillery battalions to support can be defeated. What's the use of such an incompetent? I'm going to kill him!" Lu Yongxiang even became furious in front of other officers of the First Division and shouted words to kill Zhu Panzao.

But after getting angry, he also meditated: "How's the old Bao in Huanxizhuang?"

The old Bao mentioned by Lu Yongxiang is Bao Guiqing. Like many contemporary Beiyang high-level generals, he is not famous in history. In fact, many of the high-level generals in the Beiyang system in 1906 and 1907 are actually unknown to future generations, such as Wang Yingkai, Bao Guiqing, Xu Bangjie, and these people's Most of them have the same characteristics. Basically, they are all old weapons, and then they are the core generals of the early Beiyang.

Bao Guiqing successively served as the management belt, standard and co-tong of the first division of the Beiyang Standing Army Zuozhen\First Town\1st Division. After the Republic last year, he became the commander of the first mixed brigade. From his resume, it can be seen that this person, like Wang Zhanyuan and Lu Yongxiang, is the core general under Wang Yingkai.

And this person's personal relationship with Zhao Dongyun is actually not shallow. When Zhao Dongyun was still in Baoding, this person and Cao Kung, Wang Zhanyuan and He Zonglian were all guests of Zhao Dongyun. However, the friendship in the Beiyang system does not represent anything, just like the Soviet brand on Cao Kuang's body is so deep that it can't be removed. Bao Gui The straight brand on your body is also deep into the bone marrow.

If the melee in the early years of the Republic of China in the future is a war between a group of Lu Shi students, then the current Beiyang civil war is a war between Tianjin old Wubei students, and most of them are still friends in their early years.

Zhao Dongyun and Wang Yingkai were also brothers in those years. Cao Kun, He Zonglian, Wang Zhanyuan and Lu Yongxiang have also been good friends for many years.

But this kind of private lock is not worth mentioning in the face of big right and wrong. Friends in the past have met each other today.

"The current situation of the First Mixed Brigade is very bad, with many casualties. General Bao has asked our department for reinforcements many times!"

Lu Yongxiang said, "What about the 11th Division? What about the 12th Division?

"The 11th Division is currently intercepted by the enemy's second cavalry brigade in the area of Lizhuang, and the 12th division is still in the area of Yahong Bridge and is intercepted by the enemy's 5th mixed brigade."

"So, they can't break through the enemy's blockade and come to reinforce in a short time?" When Lu Yongxiang said this, he turned his head and looked into the distance without waiting for the answer of the staff around him.

At this time, there was a faint sound of gunfire in the north, which was Huanxizhuang. At this time, his troops were less than three kilometers away from Huanxizhuang, and the front line troops had even contacted the defenders of Huanxizhuang.

Lu Yongxiang looked at the faint joyous village in the north. After a long time, he said, "Go on the order and immediately turn to march in the direction of Xifengtai!"

"Order the first brigade Zhu Panzao to retreat to Ninghe immediately!"

The second brigade led by Lu Yongxiang suddenly turned west only three kilometers away from Huanxizhuang, which made Bao Guiqing in Huanxizhuang angrily curse: "He is going to run. He is going to leave us and run away!"

The news of the defeat of the first brigade of Yinfeng could not be concealed. Bao Guiqing also learned the news. At this time, when he saw Lu Yongxiang's move, Bao Guiqing understood very well that Lu Yongxiang had concluded that Huanxizhuang could not be defended. In order to avoid being besieged and annihilated, he had already broken out to the west in advance.

Lu Yongxiang ran away, but Bao Guiqing is still in Huanxizhuang!