230 Battle Southwest

230 Battle Southwest (Part 2)

Zhenxiong Pass is the gateway to Qiandong, and it is also the only way for the Hubei army to enter Guiyang in the west. Therefore, the enemy set up heavy troops to guard in an attempt to take advantage of the danger to block our army from advancing to the west.

On the west side of the Zhenxiong Pass, there is a more dangerous terrain called Goose Wings. The goose wings are composed of two high mountains of about 800 meters. The mountain is steep and dangerous and difficult to climb. The two mountains are like the wings spread out when the swan flies, closely guarding the Zhenxiong Pass, hence the name Goose Wings. In front of the goose wings, there is a river that is deep and horizontally north and south, and it arches the goose wings like a moat. Xiangqianguan Road runs east-west through Zhenxiong Pass. The official road through Zhenxiong Pass is less than 2,000 meters long, with 16 sharp turns and three times crossing the river through a dangerous bridge. The terrain is so dangerous that you can't open it.

After the enemy's first line of defense was crushed by the Hubei army, the enemy immediately strengthened the defense of Zhenxiong Pass. The enemy's 49th Army, the 279th Division's 7th and 5th Regiments built positions in Goose Wings, Liujiazhuang, Loess Slope and other places. The enemy sent a reinforced battalion in the goose wing position. The enemy's intention is to first take advantage of the dangerous pass, guard it with heavy troops, prevent the enemy's army from advancing to the west, and cover the enemy's main force to retreat backwards; if the gate can't be held, it will blow up the dangerous bridge on the river and delay the Hubei army to advance west. Therefore, whether it can quickly seize the goose wing position and keep the pass passage has become a key issue in whether the main forces of the 16th Division and the 5th Corps can enter Guiyang in due time, so as to complete the strategic task of closing the door and fighting dogs.

Yang Fan and the staff consider that if they attack from the front, it will not only increase casualties, but also easily cause the enemy to blow up the pass when it is difficult to defend, which will make it difficult for the Hubei army's cars, cannons and heavy vehicles to pass.

Therefore, the 46th Regiment was instructed: "We must take a surprise attack and quickly take down the goose's wings to ensure the smooth westward advance of our army."

The task of capturing the key place of goose wings is completed by the th and thizophth Battalion of the 46th Regiment. According to the instructions of the superior leader, the 3-8th Battalion first took the third battalion from the south of the highway, around the south side of the goose wings, inserted into Liujiazhuang, the camp headquarters of the enemy's goose wings reinforcement battalion, and attacked from behind the goose wings. But on the way, I was blocked by the steep wall of the deep valley and couldn't move forward, so I had to go back.

The sneak attack in the south was not successful, and the 3-8th Battalion decided to find a breakthrough on the north side of the goose wing position. The fifth company was inserted from the north side of the highway to the side of the hill on the right side of the goose's wings. If the insertion is successful, attack the enemy together with the troops attacking the enemy head-on.

That night, under the leadership of company commander Wu Bai, the fifth company, followed the road instructed by a local fellow villager and marched in the rain. First, they went north from the northwest side of Zhenxiongguan Village and along a rugged sheep intestine path. After more than three hours of difficult march, they reached the only cottage, Meizi Mountain, about four miles northeast of goose wings. Then turn to the west, climb over a high mountain, and then slide down the steep slope into the river valley. After wading through the cold river, he secretly circled to the side of a company of the enemy who controlled the goose wing pass, and suddenly launched a fierce attack. Because the enemy dreamed that the Hubei army would attack from this place, he was caught off guard and was suddenly driven out of the position, and the five companies captured the commanding heights of the pass and its vicinity.

When the frontal troops of the Hubei Army saw the success of the fifth company's sneak attack, they immediately launched an attack from the front. At this time, the sound of gunfire between the two sides and the explosion of grenades and shells sounded together, shaking the valley. The enemy on the frontal position was attacked back and forth, mistakenly thinking that the main force of the Hubei army had reached its side. Suddenly, it fell into chaos and the whole line collapsed.

The Hubei army cheered up and captured the position of the goose wing.

The enemy goose wing pass was captured by the Hubei army, which scattered the entire enemy defense line in eastern Guizhou, and the door of the Hubei army's march to Guiyang was completely opened.

The main force of the enemy regiment in the loess slope area west of the goose wings heard that the goose wings were captured by the E army, so they hurriedly threw down a large amount of ammunition and fled to the west. At the same time, Shi Bing, Huang Ping, Jiuzhou and other defenders of the enemy also heard that the wind was retreating in the direction of Guiyang. The enemy only ran for his life, nor did he take care of destroying the dangerous bridge of the river.

The enemy's pass had been broken, and the 16th Division ordered the 46th Regiment to chase and fight against the fleeing enemy, and quickly captured Taijiang, Kaili and other places. And joined with the leading troops of the 48th Regiment.

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All the way to chase, the Hubei army almost ate the four regiments of Huanghuju's first mixed brigade. Huang Ju commanded the main force of the 20th Regiment and the remnants of the directly subordinate troops, and retreated to the Qianjiang and Pengshui areas in eastern Sichuan.

Pengshui County is located on the east bank of the Wujiang River, with mountains on all sides. It is a distribution center for goods in eastern Sichuan and used to be very prosperous. Therefore, there used to be a lot of ferries and wooden boats. However, when Huang Huju arrived in Pengshui, he found that there was no boat on the river.

It was not that the Hubei army took the ship away, but his own logistics agency, which requisitioned dozens of civilian ships and carried luggage and supplies downstream.

Huang Huju set up the command post in an ancient temple in the east of Pengshui County. He was very sad to watch the chaotic troops crossing the river every day.

Huang Huju took a lot of time to get the boat. But the retreated troops kept pouring in. The whole city of Pengshui County was full of soldiers, and the people had fled.

After crossing the Wujiang River, Huanghu sat on the shore and watched the troops continue to cross the river as if watching the bustle.

Huang Hui seemed to have a feeling and said to himself, "I think President Yuan's Beiyang can't stand these mud legs that have turned over. Although the Hubei army is young, it is really desperate to fight. President Yuan is going to be finished, and Beiyang is going to be doomed... This is the heart of the people and fate; this is the trend and anger. Count."

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The senior generals of the Beiyang Army immediately held a combat meeting at Yuan Shikai's presidential palace. Before the meeting began, the telegram of mourning had arrived. After reading the telegram sent by the secretary, Yuan Keding reported to Yuan Shikai with a sad face: "Father, the telegram just received, the gate of Qiandong has fallen, and the armies in Guizhou have collapsed."

Yuan Shikai, with a pale face, cursed, "The generals in front are incompetent and afraid of the enemy like a tiger. Beiyang's career is defeated by this group of rice buckets!"

Duan Qirui said carefully, "After all, it's not my direct line in Beiyang. It's normal that I can't withstand the offensive of the Hubei army..."

Then, the generals studied the defense of the southwest and agreed that the Hubei army followed Xiang. The breakthrough on the border of Hubei is intended to go straight to Chengdu and Chongqing, cut off the Sichuan army's road into Yunnan, and join the Sichuan troops surrounding the Chengdu Plain.

To this end, Yuan Shikai made a decision: urgently transferred the four divisions of the Sichuan army to withdraw from the Qinling and Dabashan to the south of the Sichuan, and ordered Huanghu to withdraw part from the west of Daxian and Qianjiang areas, and set up defenses in the south of Sichuan and its east, delaying the advance of the Hubei army and covering the retreat of the four Sichuan army; at the same time, the second mixed brigade of Lingzhong Tidao was from Wanxian County. Withdraw to the west and guard Chongqing.

In order to cheer up the generals on the front line, Yuan Shikai could only open his purse with pain, and then sent 300,000 yuan to Shi Long Jianzhang, his trusted in Guizhou. First appease Liu Xianshi in Guizhou, and then go to Chuandong to express his condolences to Huang Huju and others.

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Liu Xianshi received the money, but he still did not go to the edge of the Hubei army, and hung a white flag at the head of Guizhou.

Long Jianzhang carried the "Holy Oracle" and the ocean overnight and ran to the mouth of the river to express his condolences.

Long Jianzhang rushed to Jiangkou. At the gate of the Huanghuju Command in Jiangkou Town, a group of senior generals of the First Mixed Brigade of the Sichuan Army are waiting for his arrival.

After greeting, Lu Jianzhang first took out the 100,000 yuan he brought, and then handed Yuan Shikai's secret telegram to the generals one by one.

Huang Hui opened the envelope, pulled out the letter paper, and found that his letter had the most content. In the letter, Yuan Shikai first explained that he must "defend the southwest position and fight the Hubei army to the end"! Secondly, the letter particularly emphasized the so-called "good results he made in suppressing bandits in Henan and Jiangxi". He will soon give a "war of annihilation" to Li Kuangzi and Hubei District. Therefore, he admonished Huang Huju, as long as he holds the determination that "there are bandits without self, and if there are no bandits, the southwest will definitely be able to defend it, and the Hubei army will definitely defeat"!

"Brother Jianzhang, I have understood the instructions of the President. I tried my best to support the war in eastern Sichuan. In the end, there is only one sentence, just do your best to listen to fate!" After repeated consideration, Huang Yuju decided to adopt the policy of preserving power and moving the camera.

The military heart has dissipated early. The war here is no longer a problem that can be saved by Yuan Shikai's money. As soon as Lu Jianzhang left, Yang Fan's army chased after the remnants of Huang Yu with an unstoppable force. Huang Yu raised a little resistance and led the remnants to quickly flee to the west.

The remnants of Huanghu's lift rate rolled and climbed to the White Horse Farm area. Before I had time to eat breakfast, I was about to stop to take a breath and get some food, but I immediately received a report that the Hubei army chasing behind was only six or seven miles away. Huanghu listened and didn't dare to eat. He ordered the troops to leave immediately.

In this breath, I ran for more than ten hours and arrived in Nanchuan at dark. While it was dark, Huang Ju asked the remnants to stop and take a breath.

Huang Ju checked the remaining number of people, including the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and there were still 8,000. While the army was resting, Huang Yuju immediately gathered several civil and military generals with him to study the next step.

After the meeting began, Huang Yuju first analyzed the situation and the way out. He said, "At present, we can be said to be exhausted. In the front, tens of thousands of Hubei troops are pressing forward, and the Wujiang River can't stop it from going west; behind it is Chongqing. Where is our way out?"

At this point, Huang Yu can't go any further. He wants to see other people's attitudes.

At this time, someone said, "How can we go to Chongqing when the war is like this?" Besides, we can't go to Chongqing. It's obvious that the southwest can't be preserved. The Hubei army is determined to win, and the president can't do anything about it. When the Hubei army surrounds Chongqing, we will have to find our own way out!"

"It's a big deal. Where is the way out? Do we need to contact the Hubei army?"

Someone asked without saying anything.

When it comes to "Tongcheng", some people say, "It's also good to defect to the Hubei army. I heard that they have a policy of not killing prisoners and not abusing prisoners."

Huang Yu strongly objected: "We can't be fooled by the Hubei army. Now we don't want to kill the head, so who knows whether to kill or not in the future. Even if you don't kill your head or abuse, but let you do the cooly, it's not easy to live. I heard that Lian Zhang Xiyuan was a prisoner of the Hubei army in the year of 1911 and was sent to the railway construction site to do coolies. Zhang Jingyao, who was captured on the battlefield in Jiangxi, was sentenced to death by the public trial of the masses. He cut off his head and threw it in a pig cage in the Ganjiang River. What a miserable end? What's more, we."

Huang Yuju has killed many revolutionaries. He was afraid that this old account could not be calculated and followed in the footsteps of Zhang Jingyao, so he strongly opposed it.

These defeated generals sat together and talked for a long time, but they couldn't find a good idea.

In the end, the opinion of continuing to run away prevailed: "Go, no matter what, I really can't walk. As long as you can get out of the pursuit of the Hubei army and not be annihilated, everything is fine.