Chapter 423 When Tu is defeated 1

In Taiyuan, Shanxi, Wu Fengling did not show the joy that Zhao Dongyun's ally should have, but showed his sad face after learning that the Feng army had captured Jurong.

"Zhao Zihua's action is too fast. We haven't even taken down Shaanxi now. He has taken Jiangbei and entered the south of the Yangtze River. It's not easy in the future!"

Wu Fengling said to himself like this. He was very aware of his relationship with Zhao Dongyun, that is, the relationship of mutual use, and even the relationship of mutual cooperation.

According to the original secret agreement between him and Zhao Dongyun, Zhao Dongyun occupied North China, East China and other places after entering the customs, while Wu Fengling went west to Shaanxi and Gansu. For this reason, Zhao Dongyun also specially awarded him the title of patrol envoy of the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Jin. However, now Wu Fengling's title is not true, and the current territory is also There is only one Shanxi, and even Shaanxi has not been able to take it, let alone take Sichuan and so on.

When he thought of this, he hated Zhao Erxun on the opposite side. The federal forces in the south are so unpopular, but Zhao Erxun has made a 19th town, making his westward strategy unable to make a big breakthrough.

The idea of winning Shaanxi and Gansu in the past and competing with Zhao Dongyun after Sichuan has been ruthlessly smashed.

Just what to do next? Do you sit back and watch Zhao Dongyun unify other areas, and then turn around to clean up yourself?

Or did you directly send troops to the Jinghan Railway to give Zhao Dongyun a hatred behind his back?

These two choices are very difficult for Wu Fengling, because these two ideas are not so good. Naturally, it is not good to sit back and watch Zhao Dongyun take down the south of the Yangtze River and even other southern provinces. In this way, Wu Fengling's end will never go there, but now he can't go there if he turns against Zhao Dongyun.

Zhao Dongyun has always been defending himself. The three divisions of the Third Army of the Feng Army and the former 11th Mixed Brigade of Shijiazhuang are all used to guard against Wang Shizhen and Wu Fengling. As long as the Jin army shows the intention of entering Shijiazhuang in the east, the whole Third Army of the Feng Army is estimated to have to march into Shanxi, and there is another tenth on the side. Jiuzhen is staring at it. At that time, the Jin army will not be able to stand under the attack on both sides.

And another very important thing is that at present, the supply of ordnance of the Jin army is almost completely dependent on the supply of the Feng army.

Wu Fengling's subordinate team's rifles, artillery, bullets and shells were bought from Zhao Dongyun, and Zhao Dongyun never sold them to him in large quantities. They gave them little by little every month, which satisfied the battle between the Jin army and Zhao Erxun, and did not give Wu Fengling any opportunity to hoard ammunition.

As for finding other ways to buy out, it is also lucky to come in. He is different from Duan Qirui. Duan Qirui is close to the seaside and it is very convenient to directly import arms. However, Wu Fengling wants to buy arms, and small fights can still be brought in. However, if there is a large-scale purchase of arms, it is estimated that it will be detained by Zhao Dongyun at the first time. Because the arms have to be transported through the Jinghan Railway.

Now Wu Fengling is trapped in Shanxi. He can only watch other warlords grow day by day, and he is always in place.

Wu Fengling felt bad, and Wang Shizhen did not feel good. At the end of last year, he was attacked by Zhao Dongyun and the Southern Federation, and almost destroyed the whole army. In the end, Zhao Dongyun did not want to face the Southern Federation directly. He wanted to concentrate on killing Duan Qirui first, so that he reached an armistice agreement with Wang Shizhen. Wang Shi Zhen was able to mobilization the troops from the north to return to the front line of Hanyang and stop Zhang Zhidong of the Southern Federation.

However, although he blocked it, he still couldn't fight against the Wuchang Yangtze River defense line that Zhang Zhidong had operated for two years.

Like Wu Fengling, Wang Shizhen is also trapped in Hubei and can't move at all. She can only sit back and watch Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun play very lively, but she can't find any sense of existence.

It is not only him who can't find a sense of existence, but also Zhang Zhidong, Duanfang and Zhao Erxun of the Southern Federation. Although these warlords of the Southern Federation still control half of China and the whole southwest region are under their control, after losing the eastern coastal provinces, the situation of the Southern Federation is very bad. Now It can only be maintained.

In particular, the low combat effectiveness of the Southern Federal Army is an unsolved problem, but hundreds of thousands of troops have been suppressed by the warlords of the North Sea.

Whether it is Zhang Zhidong, Wang Shizhen or Wu Fengling, their influence in contemporary China has declined seriously, and few people think that they can compete with Zhao Dongyun or Duan Qirui.

Now they are watching Zhao Dongyun and Duan Qirui competing for hegemony. Not that they don't want to intervene, but they really don't have the ability to intervene.

And whether it is Zhao Dongyun or Duan Qirui's victory, which side of the victory is bound to continue to launch a unified war in the future, and their days will be unlucky.

To describe them in one word is: lingering!

Speaking of these people, now the attention of the whole country is focused on the war between the Anhui army and the Feng army, and on the battle of Jinling. They want to see who can win this war that is about who can unify China in the future.

On April 8, the first mixed brigade took a two-day rest and added more than 1,000 new recruits, and then marched east again. This time, their target was straight to Zhenjiang.

Of course, the most direct strategic purpose of the first mixed brigade is not to conquer Zhenjiang, but to cut off the Ninghu Railway between Zhenjiang and Jinling.

If you want to cut off the railway line, it does not mean that you have to capture an important railway station. As long as you casually control a section of railway line, you can directly cut off the railway.

In order to cooperate with the continued eastward advance of the first mixed brigade, the ninth division also followed step by step to avoid the isolation of the first mixed brigade from penetrating and exposing its flanks.

Now the task of the ninth division is very simple. It does not have its own main attack task. Its biggest task is to cover the flanks of the third division and the first mixed brigade respectively.

When Bao Guiqing's first mixed brigade continued to advance eastward, and the ninth division followed closely, Duan Qirui knew that it was time to make a decision.

Give up Jinling?

No, although Duan Qirui has made many decisions to withdraw his troops, this time he wants to gamble.

Although Jinling is currently facing the joint attack of the 14th and 3rd divisions of the Feng army, relying on urban buildings, the fourth division is the main force. The Anhui army is relatively stable to resist, and at least it can form a state of consumption tug-of-war.

Now the biggest crisis facing Duan Qirui is not Jinling itself, but the danger that the Feng army will continue to advance east after the fall of Jurong, and his rear supply line may be cut off.

Jinling can't give up, and Qirui has only one choice, that is, to stop the eastward momentum of the first mixed brigade.

As long as you stop the first mixed brigade, you may not have no hope of turning over.

Duan Qirui still has some hope for the second mixed brigade, hoping that the second mixed brigade can break through the defense line in the next few days and reinforce Jinling.

Just as Duan Qirui transferred troops from other parts of southern Jiangsu to reinforce Zhenjiang, the fierce battle between the Anhui army and the Feng army on the other side of Dangtu also reached a frightening stage.

Jin Yunpeng of the second mixed brigade has received many orders from Duan Qirui in succession. These orders are the same, that is, urging him to break through the Dangtu defense line as soon as possible to reinforce the Jinling defense line.

And this morning, Duan Qirui sent him another telegram. This time, the wording of the telegram was stronger than ever, requiring him to break through the Dangtu defense line within three days, and then reinforce the neighbors, and even instructed him to bypass Dangtu directly when necessary. In short, he can't continue to consume Dangtu. It is estimated that the Anhui army in the whole Jinling area will be in danger.

In the face of the crazy attack of the second mixed brigade, although the 4th mixed brigade and the 33rd regiment tried their best to stop it, although the overall combat effectiveness of the Feng army is stronger than that of other warlords, it is also extremely difficult to fight against the elite troops in the Anhui army such as the second mixed brigade.

The situation of the 33rd Regiment is even more so. The 33rd Regiment, which was not in good condition, became the first breakthrough point of the second mixed brigade. In order to conquer the position of the remnants of the 33rd Regiment, Jin Yunpeng directly used two regiments on April 9, and all the artillery launched an attack on the regiment.

A day later, the 33rd Regiment was once again forced to retreat due to heavy casualties, and this time's retreat was quite tragic. The first battalion, which was on the post-end mission, could not withdraw and fell into the encirclement of the Anhui army. Although the fourth mixed brigade on the flank sent a regiment to rescue, the first battalion avoided the whole The fate of the destruction of the army, but in the process of breaking through, more than 700 people in the battalion finally escaped.

The loss of the 33rd Regiment enabled the Second Mixed Brigade to successfully get a road around Dangtu and to Jinling.

After learning that the 33rd Regiment had been lost, Meng Enyuan quickly ordered the 4th Mixed Brigade to go south in time to force the 2nd Mixed Brigade to turn around by threatening the flank of the 2nd Mixed Brigade.

However, in the face of the flank threat of the fourth mixed brigade, Jin Yunpeng did not retreat at all. Of course, he was not stupid enough to continue to move forward directly. Regardless of the flank, he made a decision that many people could not understand.

He led the second mixed brigade to turn north and directly hit the fourth mixed brigade of the Feng army!

So, since the Feng army crossed the river, the biggest field hand-to-hand battle between the two armies of Feng and Anhui broke out!

The fourth mixed brigade of the Feng army wanted to delay the other party. The second mixed brigade of the Anhui army had to defeat the fourth mixed brigade in the shortest time, and then continue to march east to reinforce Jinling. Although Lin Pingxiong, the commander of the fourth mixed brigade, wanted to delay the time steadily, Jin Yunpeng on the opposite side immediately issued an order to charge the whole army, no With any artillery support, machine gun support, and no reserve, Jin Yunpeng threw all the infantry and even those heavy soldiers into the charge.

When the southeast of Tu went to Zhuang, it was as famous as countless small villages. However, today, nearly 20,000 people of the two armies of Feng and Anhui had the most fierce collision here.