266 thin drag to death

266 thin dragging to death (Part 2)

After taking Jiujiang, Li Xiang naturally turned his eyes to Gannan.

Jiujiang was defeat. At this time, the Beiyang army had to end the second "encirclement and suppress" of the revolutionary base in southern Jiangxi and ordered all the troops to retreat back to defense.

Li Xiang thinks this is a good opportunity to attack them in the south.

After receiving Wuchang's counterattack order, Lin Dong confirmed the news of the retreat of the Beiyang army. After confirming the news, he learned that the 9th, 52nd, 60th and 61st divisions of the newly compiled Beiyang Divisions were retreating from Xingguo to Taihe and Ji'an.

Lin Dong was ready to seize this opportunity, unexpectedly destroying the two divisions in motion, and then the camera to expand the results.

Lin Dong ordered the troops to be divided into three directions: left, middle and right, and galloped towards Happy Wei and Lao Yingpan. That night, all kinds of National Revolutionary Army entered the position.

At dawn the next day, the battle began. The third division and the independent fifth division first seized the loess that the Beiyang army must pass when retreated in the north, cut off the contact between his leading brigade and the follow-up troops, surrounded the leading brigade from the north, south and west, and launched a fierce attack. At about 2 p.m., the leading brigade was completely annihilated, capturing more than 2,000 enemy people, and capturing more than 2,000 guns and ten mortars.

On the same day, Lin Dong commanded the Third Division, Fourth Division and Thirty-fifth Division to attack the two divisions of Happy Wei. This battle did not win. In the two-day fierce battle, although more than 2,000 people of the Beiyang Army were killed and injured, because the Beiyang Army, which has strong combat effectiveness, has occupied favorable terrain and the strength of the New 4th Army is not concentrated enough, the battle has become a confrontation, and the casualties of the New 4th Army are almost equal to those of the enemy.

When summarizing the lessons of this battle, Lin Dong said to Wuchang, "This battle did not play well. It is indeed a little proud. At that time, everyone was very happy to play. In fact, the plan is wrong. Because they are not Yuan Shikai's direct troops. At the same time, it is impossible to completely destroy him." If it had been dedicated to a Beiyang Army at that time, more guns might have been handed over. He added, "There is always a problem with anything that is decided in a happy and anxious situation."

Finally, Lin Dong commanded the troops to withdraw from the battle.

After being severely hit by the new 4th Army in the battle of the old camp and happy Wei, the Beiyang army did not dare to withdraw north through this road and changed its retreat route.

Lin Dong issued an order: the main force of the new 4th Army rushed eastward to pursue.

The main force of the new 4th Army rushed to Fangshiling and Zhangjiabei, south of Donggu, to control the favorable terrain first. Six infantry regiments of the Beiyang Army and an artillery regiment of one division entered the ambush circle of the New 4th Army.

Lin Dong took advantage of his unpreparedness and commanded the troops to launch an attack and annihilate them all. In this battle, more than 5,000 enemies were annihilated and more than 4,500 guns were seized.

In the second anti-encirclement and suppressing war, Lin Dong commanded the new 4th army and implemented the policies of "attracting the enemy deep" and "avoiding the enemy's main force and fighting its weakness". He fought six battles in Liantang, Liangcun, Huangpi, Laoyingpan, Happy Wei and Fang Shiling. In addition to the happy battle, which was tied, the other five battles have won great victories, defeating seven enemy divisions, annihilating more than 30,000 enemy people, and seizing more than 20,000 pieces of various weapons.

The Gannan base area has successfully realized the strategy of "fat dragging thin, thin dragging to death".

The National Revolutionary Army entered the big counterattack stage on the Jiangxi battlefield, and put on the posture of attacking the Beiyang Army in Nanchang!

But the "fire" Wuhan has begun the initial heat.

Li Xiang's staff and staff are now considering how to wipe out the enemies of the north and the Yangtze River.

Before the battle, Li Xiang had studied the problem of the Nanchang battle with the staff department many times.

Zeng Gao walked to the front of the map: "With our troops at this stage, the guards captured De'an from the south of the Jiujiang River and deterred Nanchang with the shortest straight-line distance. The north-south attack with the New Fourth Army in southern Jiangxi is the safest combat strategy.

Li Xiang didn't squeak after listening to it. This plan is indeed safe, but it is difficult to achieve the biggest result he expected.

Everyone is looking at Li Xiang and waiting for his opinion.

"Handi-in-chief?" Li Xiping shouted.

Li wanted to come to his senses and said, "In the southwest battlefield, isn't it successful that we made a big roundabout encircling? Why are you so conservative this time? On the surface, it is a north-south attack, but the Beiyang army can retreat from the mouth of the lake leisurely. In fact, they can attack and retreat. Think about it, how many people's ointment have they searched for in Jiangxi? How can they make them so easy and slippery?

What the general said is very reasonable. It's just that the Beiyang Army also has 300,000 troops in Jiangxi. Our Guards are 70,000 and the new 4th Army is 30,000, which is only 100,000. Other militia guerrillas have 300,000, but how can they fight with the Beiyang Army with a big knife and spear? This time, we took advantage of the Beiyang Army being dragged into exhaustion by the New Fourth Army in the second "encirclement and suppression" and launched a counterattack. The purpose of the battle was only to catch up with the Beiyang Army, not to annihilate the Beiyang Army. After all, our troops are still too small. The southwest warlords are not like the Beiyang Army in Jiangxi. The Beiyang Army in Jiangxi cannot be persuaded to surrender, and the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army is much stronger than that of the Southwest Warlords. The Jiujiang landing operation shows that they still have the will to resist. Like the southwest battlefield, it is too risky to make a big roundabout. Li Xiping said.

After all, the National Revolutionary Army is too young. The battlefield is too wide, and the troops are weak and overstretched. So much so that, such as the northwest battlefield, the southwest battlefield, and the newly ended Central Plains battlefield, after winning, it is impossible to take advantage of the expansion of the battle. The northwest battlefield stops in Outer Mongolia, the southwest battlefield stops at Yunguang, and the Central Plains battlefield also stops at the Yellow River. Now the Jiangxi battlefield is also a beautiful annihilate of the Beiyang army.

The venue was silent.

The head of the military department unanimously opposed the roundabout operation like the southwest battlefield.

How will Marshal Li deal with it? After the speech, Li Xiang still smoked a cigar and stared at the map. He has been listening to it seriously for an hour and a half.

He wanted to keep silent first, and he clearly felt that the tension in the room had become stronger. The long silence in the conference room left an impressive and strong effect on his speech. Marshal Li appreciated everyone's pessimism, and even their anxious look when arguing, because all of this became the foreshadowing before his speech.

Li wants to prepare for a speech is not so much a speech as a speech.

Then, Li Xiang took off the thick cigar, still stared at the map, and said in a low tone: "My judgment is that the enemy has self-respect for soldiers, preserves strength on the battlefield, and does not fight with us."

Li Xiang's tone was a bit like talking to himself, but the tone suddenly improved, restoring his original aria-style tone, and it was an endless monologue-like speech.

He delivered a 45-minute brilliant speech. His eloquence, even in a lively tone, left a deep impression on the people present.

"The main force of the Beiyang Army," Li Xiang said, "concentrated on the defensive positions in Nanxun, northern Jiangxi. I am convinced that the enemy did not carry out proper defensive preparations at the mouth of the lake, Pengze and Ma blocked. The impracticality of your splitting troops to seize the mouth of the lake and beating dogs just ensures the suddenness of the attack. Because the enemy will infer that no one is reckless to take such an adventure. Unprepared attack is the key factor for victory in the war.

He admitted that this would be strongly opposed by the navy. But these difficulties can be overcome. I am completely confident in the navy. In fact, I have more confidence in the navy than in the navy itself.

He said that capturing the mouth of the lake can effectively cut off the enemy's supply system.

"This in turn paralyzes the combat effectiveness of the enemy opposite Yang Fan."

"Capttaking the mouth of the lake is an urgent strategic, political and psychological priority. After closing the gates of Jiangxi, the enemy will definitely panic.

"The enemy will certainly not think that we will land from the mouth of the lake, so although it is much difficult, we are very likely to succeed."

"The decisive battle between Nanxun and the Beiyang army is also a good plan. However, the decisive battle in Nanxun can only destroy the remnants of Wang Zhanyuan, or part of Li Chun's enemy. It can neither cut off the enemy's supply line nor encircle the enemy."

"Strengtheing the strength of the Nanxun battlefield and pushing the enemy back is just pushing the enemy back along the Nanxun line. There will be a lot of time and sacrifice. If the time is delayed, the Beiyang army will slow down and the battle will become more difficult."

"However, if we land from the mouth of the lake, cut off the enemy's contact with the rear, and then form a hammer and anvil with the 4th Army who counterattacks from southern Jiangxi to completely smash the enemy."

"Now the whole country is watching the battlefield in Jiangxi. If it fails, it will throw fire on China. If it wins, there will be no war in China."

Finally, Li wanted to say, "If you don't land at the mouth of the lake, there is only one way left, that is, to attack on the Nanxun Line and start a protracted battle with the Beiyang Army. Would you like to? China may enter the tragedy of the melee between warlords and miss the God-given opportunity brought by the outbreak of the war in Europe. Who is responsible for such a tragedy? Of course, I will never! If my estimate is not accurate, and in case I fall into a defensive situation that I can't cope with, I will personally withdraw our troops. At that time, the only loss will be my personal professional reputation. But the Battle of Hukou will never fail, and it will definitely win. It will save the lives of 100,000 people.

Everyone present was moved by his speech.

Li Xiang took a breath and concluded in a loud voice, "Guys, let's land at the mouth of the lake and completely crush the enemy!"

The people present sat quietly and listened to his speech intoxicatedly.

Finally, Zeng Gao, who shouted the loudest in opposition, stood up from his seat: "Thank you! This is a great call for a great cause.

With his strength and stubbornness and his prestige as a military general, Li Xiang persuaded the three military ministers who were difficult to deal with in the Joint Chiefs of Staff to agree to the plan of landing at Hukou with his speech full of demagogy.

Navy Commander Tang Xiangming looked at his watch and the speech lasted 45 minutes.

He listened to Li Xiang's debate and dispelled his worries about the landing at the mouth of the navy lake. The rest of the room must have been persuaded by him like him.

After the speech, the room was full of speechless excitement. Although there was no applause, it seemed that everyone at the meeting was conquered by Li Xiang's courage and debate. His head was congested, and there was an impulse in his chest that seemed to rush out.

Li wants to open the situation, and an unprecedented war is imminent.