265 thin dragging to death

265 thin dragging to death (middle)

At dawn, Yang Fan, who was sleeping, was awakened by the fierce sound of gunfire in the direction of Gutang. Yang Fan went from Changsha to Wuchang overnight without any rest. He rushed to Tianjia Town without stopping, and then arranged the Jiujiang landing battle. He didn't sleep for 48 hours. This sleep was really sweet and sound.

A few hours later, the sound of the gunfire became low. Yang Fan, who has been fighting for a long time, knows that this means that the infantry have successfully landed on the beach, and the troops are advancing in the direction of Jiujiang.

Gutang.

At the messy beach, the main force of the National Revolutionary Army crossed hundreds of Beiyang Army corpses and expanded the landing site. All the defenders of the Beiyang Army of the 1st Battalion were killed in the battle, and the blood was stained with scorched soil.

Wang Zhanyuan of Jiujiang Command shouted franically at the phone: "Let the reserve team of the 11th Division fight back against the landing enemy! Fight back!"

Wang Zhanyuan put down this phone and shook another phone: "Hello? Hello! ...I'm Wang Zhanyuan! Damn it, mud horse! I now order your department to quickly reinforce the battle against Gutang! Dare to disobey the order, I will shoot you! Malebazi!"

Wang Zhanyuan put down the phone, sat in the chair at fate, and looked at the beam. The worries before the war became a reality on the ground at this time.

Yang Fan put down the telescope.

"Tell Lao Zhang to shrink the troops and prepare to cover with artillery fire." Yang Fan waved his hand to the staff officer Yang Kun. Order, organize an intensive bombardment of the reinforcements of the Beiyang Army with superior heavy artillery firepower.

Seeing the Beiyang army mobilize the army from behind, Yang Fan clearly understood that Wang Zhanyuan was still struggling to die and wanted to launch a counterattack. At this time, we must first shrink the troops, and at the same time coordinate the artillery firepower to break the counterattack of the Beiyang Army.

"Commong Li, take my order and go to the front line to coordinate Commander Zhang's offensive organization." Yang Fan turned his head, and Li Ming, Li Yuanhong's eldest nephew beside the team, ordered: "Decisive progress must be made today in the position of Gutang."

"Yes!" Li Ming answered loudly, "I will go to the 1st Guard Regiment immediately."

"Well, the National Revolutionary Army's battle in Gutang was all delivered." Yang Fan nodded and said with a saber with satisfaction, "The people in Hubei District, as well as the military headquarters and even General Li, are looking at you. Tell Lao Zhang that the prestige of the dang country and the glory of the revolution are also displayed by them.

"Yes!" Li Ming nodded and answered, and turned around and left.

"Mr. Yang, do you ask the Navy and the Air Force to cover the gunfire?" Yang Kun asked.

"Well, no, we don't need to make any support requests until we are suppressed by enough enemy firepower. You know, Xiao Yang, this will greatly affect the self-esteem of Marshal Li's direct line. Yang Fan looked at Yang Kun, who stood respectfully, and said.

"What is the direct line? The direct line is either an iron pot on the head or the direct line." Yang Fan said and pointed to the helmet on the soldiers' heads. Don't think they are just student soldiers. That pride is not inferior to the Golden Eagle Guard. If we need to ask for help from others to deal with the Beiyang army in front of us, isn't it to let these guys insult themselves?

Yang Kun nodded and said, "I see! Mr. Yang."

"Do it well, young man. Victory will eventually bring you the glory that revolutionary soldiers need most." Yang Fan said and patted Yang Kun on the shoulder and smiled meaningfully.

In fact, even without the firepower of naval naval gunfire and air force mosquito bombers, the firepower of the first regiment is much stronger than that of any Beiyang Legion-level combat unit.

That's the pride of their direct line. The direct line really doesn't just wear a steel helmet on their head.

The four-unit system adopted by the Guards, that is, the division has two brigades; the brigade has two regiments; and the regiment has three infantry battalions. The basic operational composition is the regiment.

Each infantry battalion has four infantry companies; one machine gun company with eight Maxim heavy machine guns; one artillery company with two 70mm infantry guns.

Each infantry company has a machine gun group, with two light machine guns; a projectile group with two projectiles; and two rifle groups.

If it is a mule-horse division, there are 4 brigades under the artillery regiment, with 36 75mm mountain guns and 12 75mm wild guns. Each infantry regiment has one artillery battalion with four mountain guns; one infantry battalion with four infantry guns, with a total strength of 28,500.

If it is a horse-bettered division, the division belongs to the artillery regiment with 36 wild guns and 12 120mm howitzers. Each infantry regiment has a gun battalion with four mountain guns, and a firing battalion with four 37 mm guns, with a total strength of 25,000.

Whether it is the combat force or the composition of firepower, the three divisions of the Guards are far stronger than the most successful army divisions of the Beiyang Army. This fierce firepower configuration, even in this Europe, is the top division. However, Li Xiang can only arm three such modern elite divisions, and he can't afford more money. Li wants to put all his family in the battlefield in Jiangxi, which determines China's future fate.

As a basic combat unit, the infantry regiment of the Guards is much stronger than the firepower support that the combat regiment of the Beiyang Army can get.

It is also because of this that, in Yang Fan's view, there is no need to ask for fire support from the air force and navy at all.

However, more than 100 mosquito fighters of the Air Force circled in the sky, bombing and shooting. I am very happy to take the initiative to cooperate.

On the ground, the superior artillery fire also released thousands of shells from the Beiyang Army reinforcements. The reinforcements were pressed on both sides of the road, and their heads could not be raised. There was no talk about fighting back. Although the regional reserves were close to the beach, the soldiers were small and poorly equipped. Several counterattacks were beaten back by the National Revolutionary Army.

Although Wang Zhanyuan jumped and scolded in Jiujiang, the reinforcements could not go up.

One day of fierce battle, the beach head has been controlled by Zhang Xueyi's first regiment.

The remnants of the Beiyang Army had no choice but to retreat from Jiujiang and Xingzi.

Wang Zhanyuan did not hesitate to spend his money. Except for the 4th Army of the General Reserve, all the troops that could be transferred were transferred to the front line, but their flesh and blood still failed to withstand the planes and cannons of the National Revolutionary Army. The four main divisions suffered heavy losses and failed to counterattack.

Yuan Shikai, the highest command of Beijing Beiyang, was so anxious to go around the house. He is worried about Jiujiang and Wang Zhanyuan.

Before the war, Wang Zhanyuan reported a plan to Yuan Shikai in Beijing, saying that in order to avoid the success of the enemy's breakthrough landing in the early stage and affecting future operations, our regiment plans to control a strong reserve team in the area of Ma Huiling, Ruichang and Miaozhipu in order to support the first line of the battle, and is scheduled to take the east and west lines of Huanglaomen as the second-line reserve. In order to resist one by one when the situation is unfavorable.

Yuan Shikai is disgusted with Wang Zhanyuan's plan from the bottom of his heart. Wang Zhanyuan has the idea of lightly abandoning Jiujiang before the war, which is definitely contrary to the full-line defense plan. He commented in this way and immediately rejected the case. Subsequently, he telegramed to Wang Zhanyuan that Jiujiang must defend and must not let the bandits go to land.

At present, I heard that Jiujiang was tight in the direction of Gutang, and Yuan Shikai couldn't help worrying about Jiujiang. He was just afraid that Wang Zhanyuan would make his own decision and give up the front-line position. In the Beiyang system, many generals have the idea of preserving their strength, and the atmosphere of escaping from the battle cannot be banned. At present, give Li Chun and Wang Zhanyuan one power each, and once again make it clear that the front-line position of Jiujiang must be firmly guarded.

"A day passed, Gutang's urgent needs were unsolved, and Jiujiang was broken through by the "bandits". The 2nd Corps was attacked by the enemy, and the Jiujiang position was deteriorating day by day. The Beiyang army positions in Jiujiang also turned into a sea of fire in the frequent bombing of enemy aircraft. Wang Zhanyuan was in a hurry at the headquarters and said to himself nervously.

At this time, Wang Zhanyuan has only two ways to go: either fight against the bandits with all his troops, or retreat to the second position to resist one by one. In his opinion, he wisely withdrew from the second position early so as not to repeat the mistakes of the Hubei battlefield. That battle left him too deep a lesson. But Yuan Shikai obviously asked him to take a strategy, at the cost of breaking all the staff.

It's hard to make up your mind. What will Yuan Shikai say when he withdraws at this time? In particular, his direct line of the "Iron Army" has not been used, and this army has a long historical relationship with him, which is his starting point. His position in Beiyang today is supported by the barrel of a gun. No, the army is all gone, and Jiujiang is still lost.

After thinking about it, Wang Zhanyuan gritted his teeth and punched the table: "Lost him, withdraw! If you stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid that there will be no firewood.

At night, the Wang Zhanyuan Corps retreated and turned to the line of Niutou Mountain, Jinguan Bridge, Shili Mountain, and Chengmen Lake in Jinlinshan District.

The National Revolutionary Army was so powerful that it chased and beat its buttocks.

Gutang was lost, Jiujiang was lost, and the gate of Jiangxi was knocked open by the National Revolutionary Army.

After being frustrated in the first battle, Yuan Shikai scolded Wang Zhanyuan in the highest command: "Malebazi, Wang Zhanyuan is selfish at a critical juncture. He hid his direct lineage, why didn't he use it? Why not?"

Yuan Shikai knocked on the table with a "bang, bang" and became even more angry: "He is openly defiant and has no military law!" There is no military law!"

Duan Qirui and other Yuan Shikai's anger subsided a little. They came forward and hypocritically advised, "President, Wang Zhanyuan doesn't need to put the 4th army. Maybe it's difficult to get rid of the overall situation, and he is afraid of being entangled by the bandits. Now the whole army has safely retreated to the second position, and the ending is reasonable. It's better to give him a chance to block the enemy and save the influence on the front line of Jinguan Bridge.

Yuan Shikai stood up from his chair, took two steps in the room, stood up, and shouted angrily, "Losing Jiujiang is like giving a foothold to a strong enemy. The Battle of Nanxun was 10 times more difficult. Such a military-mariled general can never be put on the front line again.

Yuan Shikai was already disgusted with the old generals of Beiyang. At this moment, when he saw that Wang Zhanyuan was unwilling to fight, his opponent had a suspicion of selfishness, which was even more intolerable.

"Let him come back, come back. I want him to make it clear."

Yuan Shikai was so angry that he couldn't listen to anyone's words.

This makes the Beiyang generals here feel sad, and the gap between them and Yuan Shikai is deeper.