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Yuan Shikai from Zhongnanhai was furious again.

"The sudden rise of the Kuomintang Lin and Ji's different troops is a big trouble for me! Our Beiyang army of 100,000 people is advancing to the Central Plains. Lin and Ji actually broke through the Longhai Road, went straight to Xuzhou and Zhengzhou, and then threatened Nanjing! In just 10 days, let them go down 5 cities and break 300 miles. What have you people done?!"

Yuan Shikai threw a thick red and blue pen on the battle sand table. His cold eyes went straight to Duan Gou, known as the "Three Heroes of Beiyang", Duan Qirui, the commander-in-chief of the army stationed in Xinyang, and Zhao Ti, the governor of Henan Province.

As soon as Lin Ji's army came out of the Longhai Line, it took only two days to break through a 150-kilometer-long gap in the Central Plains defense system of the Beiyang Army, which greatly shocked the army headquarters of the Beiyang Army.

Duan Qirui knew that he was looking down and had no expression.

Zhao Wei was about to explain with his lips when Yuan Shikai waved his well-maintained fat hand: "I don't want to listen to your explanation. The fact that Longhai Road was destroyed has shown your dereliction of duty! Incompetent!"

The corners of Duan Qirui's eyes twitched, but Zhao Ti tilted the corners of his mouth. The rough old man pointed to Dabie Mountain on the sand table and stopped talking.

Yuan Shikai's face was calm: "I know you want to say that you can't separate troops from Zhao Youcheng in Dabie Mountain. So let me ask you, where is Zhao Youcheng's army after two months of suppressing? If you grab one end and lose the other end, it is worth the merits and demerits, and both ends are lost. What face do you have to repay my trust?

"Report to the President." Duan Qirui finally summoned up his courage, "What I want to say is that as long as a part of the troops are divided and quickly gathered in the southwest of Shandong, I can guarantee that even if it can't completely annihilate the Kuomintang army, it will give the most powerful blow, so that it can't freely enter and exit in the eastern section of Longhai Road!"

"Not only Longhai Road, but also Jinghan Road." Yuan Shikai's eyes were compelling, "If you don't fight this battle, you will drive Ji Yulin back to Taihang Mountain!" Drive Lin Tiechang back to Tongguan!"

Duan Qirui stopped talking again.

Yuan Keding raised his eyelids and wink at Jiang Baili.

Jiang Baili hurriedly took over the words. He pointed to the sand table and said, "In accordance with the deployment of the President, the 5th Division of Xuzhou, the 10th Division and the 18th Division of Xuzhou are now divided into three routes from Xuzhou, Dangshan and Yucheng areas to attack the Shanxian, Chengwu and Yutai areas; the 3rd, 41st and 4th of Zhengzhou. All 7th Divisions and one brigade each of the 55th and 68th Divisions of Liu Ruming's in the 4th Jing District, divided into three Zifengqiu, Kaifeng, Kaocheng and Shangqiu areas to attack Dongming, Dingtao and Cao County. At present, after Lin Tiechang won the battle on Longhai Road, he was far away from the rear. He did not dare to go south and refused to cross the river. Therefore, after our army formed a force attack, his foothold was unstable and uncertain! As for the commander-in-chief of this battle..."

As the "Zhao Kuo Kuo" in modern history, the ability to talk about soldiers on paper is indeed profound, and no one can jump out of it.

Jiang Baili's eyes turned to Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai opened his eyes slightly and nodded.

Jiang Baili immediately raised the tone of a decibel: "It is still held by the governor of Henan, Officer Zhao Yi!"

"President! ..." Zhao Ting himself didn't expect that he could be promoted after losing the battle. For a moment, his lips trembled with excitement and he couldn't speak any more.

Duan Qirui and others stared at the fat Zhao Ti, who was covered with fat, and looked at his fat lips, fat cheeks, and fat belly. It seemed that he was busy eating and drinking, and his eyes were full of sarcasm.

In the Beiyang system, only when there are guns and people can you be powerful. Xiang Zhao is like this, after he has finished his strength, everything is.

Zhao Di finally ate and drank all his excitement and said confidently, "President! With this heavy responsibility, although Zhao Di is full of heart and mind, he will not hesitate!"

"You need to cover up quickly and drive in immediately..." Yuan Shikai opened his eyes and inspected the crowd. "I want to supervise the front line in person!"

"Yes, drive in now!" Zhao Ting answered loudly.

......

Wuchang.

Black clouds, lightning and thunder.

The plane pierced the clouds and landed at the airport.

Lin Tiechang, Ji Yulin and several senior generals in the Central Plains war zone got off the plane, got on the jeep, and went straight to the courtyard of the Military Commission.

It's still on the road, and the heavy rain is pouring down.

In the combat room, everyone sat around a table with a combat sand table, and no one spoke for a long time.

The air was a little dull. Outside the house, there was a storm, and a snowy lightning light shot into the window lattice and crossed the sand table. In an instant, the blue arrow stretched out from the east to west on the sand table was like two ghost teeth that were biting, sharp and gloomy.

Li wanted to take a look at Lin Tiechang and Ji Yulin, broke the dullness, and said, "You'd better talk about it."

Lin Tiechang and Ji Yulin exchanged glances. Lin Tiechang stood up and said, "Everyone knows the situation. There are three divisions of the enemy coming from the direction of Jinpu Road, two of which are Yuan Shikai's ace troops in Beiyang. Yuan Shikai has a total of five trump cards, and he took out two of them this time. The 5th and 11th Divisions are all equipped with moral equipment, which is more difficult to deal with. There are many enemies in the west, but their combat effectiveness is not strong. In response to this situation, I consider two plans: one is to temporarily avoid the edge of the enemy, quickly withdraw our main force to the north of the old Yellow River and rest for a short time, and then look for an opportunity to go south to annihilate the enemy. This plan is more beneficial from the local situation, but in this way, it is bound to increase the pressure on Zhao Youcheng in the Dabie Mountain war zone, and even threaten the security of Hubei and be unfavorable to the overall situation. Another plan is to grit your teeth and fight another battle. In this way, our burden will be heavier, but Zhao Youcheng and others will be much easier! My opinion is that the second plan is better.

Ji Yulin looked at the generals who flew with them with a smile: "I agree with Commander Lin. Yuan Shikai is a restaurant tactic. He sent a table instead of waiting for you to finish eating, and then a table, forcing you to eat. It's impolite to come and go. Since it's delivered, we'll let go of our stomachs to eat!"

At this time, Ji Yulin's funny words will definitely cause the generals to laugh.

However, today, they really can't laugh. If they are just a soldier, with an order, any of them will charge into battle without hesitation, but they are all leaders, generals on the leading side, and they carry a heavy burden on their shoulders. They need to consider the endurance of the troops. During the Longhai Campaign for half a month in a row, the troops were extremely tired. The casualties are great, the wounded are too late to transfer, the ammunition is too late to replenish, and the enemy situation is so serious that if it is fought, it will be a cruel battle. In this case, whoever it is, will weigh the weight in it.

As the supreme commander, Marshal Li understands their feelings.

Marshal Li stood up, walked to the window, and said slowly, "Your army is now very famous outside. What's the name of Lin and Ji Dajun? In fact, I know that you have such a little family background. There are less than 50,000 soldiers, plus a few mountain cannons, mortars, and ammunition. Most of the soldiers in our army are the children of peasants who have been turned over and liberated, with good quality. There were 5,000 casualties in the Battle of Longhai, and there are not many additions. It's really sad for you to fight with these backbones..."

"Marshal! Don't say it..." Ma Hongkui stood up, "I'm in favor of fighting! Just use our six verticals! Compared with other columns, our six columns are the youngest. Take us to fight. Even if it is all, as long as it is beneficial to the overall situation, one word: 'value'!"

"We are reluctant to keep the car. We are willing to make sacrifices for the sake of the overall situation!" Chen Jianlian, the commander of the third column, also stood up.

"Marshal! Give me an order!" The commanders and political commissar of the columns in the Central Plains war zone all stood up.

Li Xiang hesitated instead.

"Comrades," Lin Tiechang looked at a group of love generals who stood up together and was slightly moved. "I once said that our field army in Jin, Hebei and Luyu is in the land of four wars. We want to fight with the troops in Shandong and northern Jiangsu to the east, and to cooperate with the troops in Shaanxi and Gansu to the west against the enemy. Therefore, the people are used to calling our Jin-Hebei Luyu Field Army the 'Fourth War Army'. Today, it is the time when the overall situation tests us, and we have to bear the glory of the Fourth World War Army!"

After saying that, Lin Tiechang proudly walked to the map: "Yuan Shikai made a big bet this time and stretched out two big iron tongs to kill us here. But his two pliers seem to be generally thick, but their actual strength is different. Although the number of the road in the west is more than that of the east road, it is mostly a miscellaneous army, of which only the whole 3rd Division is Yuan Shikai's direct line. The division has always been known as 'good at attacking and defending, and invincible', but it is also arrogant and domineering. If we eat his main force, we can break its west road; the rest of the east road will naturally become lame, and I can take the opportunity to divide the encirclement and destroy it and break it one by one!"

"Marshal, give us the task of annihilating the 3rd Division!" Ma Hongkui was the first to fight again.

"Okay, I support you." Li wanted to say, "I support your second plan!"

"The general has the final say, just use the second plan." Zeng Gao pointed to the sand table and said, "The whole 3rd Division will be handed over to Ma Hongkui!" Remember, to destroy the whole 3rd Division, you have to give him a place first. That is to say, we should block and lure the enemy deep until we introduce him to the tomb of Dayang Lake, and then destroy him!"

......

Liu Zong, who was resting near the city, received an order to evacuate.

Ma Hongkui is still an old tradition. He immediately organized the troops to return the bed board, sweep the yard, fill the water tank, and check the discipline of the masses. Everything was ready to stop, and the phone rang. When Ma Hongkui heard that it was from Ji Yulin, he immediately reported that the troops had withdrawn in an orderly manner and that the discipline of the masses had been checked.

"No!" Ji Yulin interrupted Ma Hongkui, "Don't sweep the yard, and don't fill the jar with water."

Ma Hongkui muttered in his heart, what's wrong with the chief? Political Commissar Ji has always used an iron fist to grasp discipline. What's wrong with today? Is there something wrong with your ears? Ji Yulin's voice in the headphones continued: "Be in a hurry, be more panic!" You can lose a little rags, and you can also throw away a few backpacks... Retreat is not to be calm, but to be in a hurry..."

"Is this..." Ma Hongkui thought of this and slammed his temple with his fist. Gao Shen Zeng Gao also explained during the meeting: "The soldiers are not tired of cheating. This is to lure the enemy deep! ......”

In the face of a new round of attack by the enemy, Lin Tiechang and Ji Yulin accepted Zeng Gao's suggestion and were determined to take a big step forward and retreat, mobilize the enemy, and avoid the strong and weak. Before the action, create momentum first, and then lead the main force to secretly march westward to find an opportunity to annihilate the enemy in the movement.

The two armies of the Beiyang Army, east and west, were dispatched at the same time. The whole 3rd Division was far ahead, repelled the National Revolutionary Army several times in a row, and was advancing towards the Yanghu area, large and small.

After the rain in the southwest of Shandong, the sun is shining brightly, and the weather is particularly sunny.

Lin Tiechang ordered the main force to give up some towns and run to retreat north. Without any effort, the whole 3rd Division occupied Dayang Lake, Tianye Temple and Dahuangji area, and was far away from the 17th Division of the same wing reorganization.

At this moment, Zhao Xiyuan, the commander of the 3rd Division, proudly reported to Zhao Ti: "Lin Tiechang has collapsed. I can occupy the whole Jiluyu and catch up with Taihang Mountain in less than two weeks!"

Although Zhao Ti is also crazy, he is also afraid of Lin Tiechang's resourceful and heroic general's ability.

"Brother, don't underestimate the enemy." Zhao Ting thought about it and said, "Do you want a plane to cooperate?" The foreign devils are willing to exert their strength, and we don't need to be polite to them.

Zhao Xiyuan's face was a little uncomfortable. The foreign devil's plane dropped bombs and never separated me: "Brother, you worry too much. The plane doesn't need it anymore. With this little equipment, the bandits will be vulnerable.

At this time, not only the arrogant Zhao Xiyuan knew nothing about Lin Tiechang's intentions, but also the Chief of General Staff of Jiang Baili of the Beiyang Army was also kept in the dark.

A battle report from the front line greatly encouraged Yuan Shikai, who was in Zhongnanhai, and specially sent a telegram to commend the whole 3rd division.

Zhao Ting's concerns were completely dispelled, and he immediately rushed from Zhengzhou to the front line for inspection and comfort.

"In order to develop a good situation and quickly expand the results," Zhao Tian gave an order to a group of generals and said, "I decided to temporarily change the deployment and change the plan of the whole 3rd Division and the whole 17th Division to attack Dingtao to the whole 3rd Division to attack Heze alone, and the 17th Division to attack Dingtao alone!"

He never dreamed that in this way, the gap between the two divisions would be further expanded, which was just a help to the "bandit" army.

The 3rd Beiyang Division marched alone, once again "repulsed" the bandit army and successfully entered Yanghu, the big and small.

But they can't come out anymore.

"Ma Hongkui? How are you going? Lin Tiechang called Liu Zong.

At this time, Ma Hongkui had penetrated to the forefront only a few hundred meters away from Dayang Lake.

"Commander, please rest assured. We have prepared everything and resolutely annihilate the 3rd Division! Even if there is only one company left, I will be the company commander and Chen Yide will be the instructor. I ask the soldiers to hit all their bullets and grenades on the enemy, and finally bite the enemy to death with their teeth!"

"Good!" Lin Tiechang praised, "Comrade Ma Hongkui, your determination is very good! If we can't win this battle, we can't stand in the Jilu Yu Plain! We have to return to Tongguan, and Ji Yulin even has to carry the burden back to Taihang Mountain! Your task tonight is very difficult. As long as you destroy the enemies of Dayang Lake, the whole battle will change a lot.