269 Lake Port Landing Next

Li Xiang wanted to personally supervise the battle on the command ship "Hai Thou" of Tang Xiangming, the naval commander of the landing battle, and even set out from Wuchang secretly in order to hide the combat attempts.

On the flagship, the generals of the navy, especially Zhu Xiaoxian, the commander of the 1st Marine Division, and Tang Xiangming, the commander-in-chief of the navy, had just learned that the 5th Marine Corps had been put into the front line by Yang Fan. They immediately negotiated urgently, and then found Li Xiang.

Zhu Xiaoxian protested to Li Xiang: "The opinion of the navy after consultation is that if the first echelon landing at Hukou does not participate in the 5th Regiment of the Marine Corps, we will not be able to guarantee the success of the operation."

Tang Xiangming and Zhu Xiaoxian's opinions just disagreed and immediately objected, "I support the disposal of the 3rd Field Army Group. If Yang Fan does not join the 5th Regiment of the Marine Corps, it is not to tear Nanxun, because if Nanxun can't be opened, it will be meaningless to land at Hukou!"

"I really feel the same way. Then don't land at the mouth of the lake."

"..." Tang Xiangming stared at Zhu Xiaoxian, took a deep breath, and proposed an alternative plan to Zhu Xiaoxian: "You can use the 32nd Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Guards, which is being reorganized in Wuchang, as the first echelon to land."

"Although the 2nd Division is elite, it does not have the ability to deal with such a difficult battle as the landing at Hukou. You know, the Marines are the elites specially trained by the Deep Blue Academy for landing operations, and only they can be competent. Zhu Xiaoxian shook his head and said, "If the 1st Regiment of the Marine Corps is the first echelon and the 32nd Regiment is the second echelon, then the planned double-pointed landing tactics of the 5th and 1st Regiments of the Marine Corps cannot be realized. If I am attacked by the enemy, I will not be able to bear this responsibility.

Li wanted to listen for a long time and understood that Zhu Xiao first competed with Yang Fan for the 5th Marine Corps. He thought for a moment and said, "If the 2nd Division can be used, how about going to the front line instead of the 5th Marine Corps?"

"It's better to send 17 regiments." Tang Xiangming replied, "Exchange the 17th Regiment for the 5th Regiment of the Marine Corps to participate in the landing."

"Is it too late?" The landing at the mouth of Lixiang Lake is imminent.

Tang Xiangming hurriedly summoned the staff officers to come back after emergency calculation in another room: "It's too late. It's too late to withdraw from the front line to Jiujiang, and then go directly from Jiujiang to Hukou."

"How does this work?" Zhu Xiaoxian shook his head violently, "If you act like this, there is no rest or exercise. It's impossible. Even if the Marines can be used to fighting, such a tired continuous battle is not enough. It's better to transfer the 5th Regiment of the Marine Corps back immediately. If not, we might as well give up the lake entrance landing.

"Does that mean giving up the landing at Hukou?" Li wanted to put down his huge cigar. He had quit smoking, but recently the war has been tense, and his addiction to smoking has been uncontrollable.

The talks returned to the discussion of whether Nanxun is more important or Hukou is important.

"It is not the tradition of our National Revolutionary Army to retreat when encountering difficulties." Li wanted to say.

A strong wind with a wind speed of nine meters per second blew on Poyang Lake. Li wanted to smoke a cigarette, and the wind outside the window made him frown.

"Continuous combat is the glorious tradition of our army." Li wanted to make a decision: "Tell Yang Fan that he must give up the 5th Regiment of the Marine Corps."

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The field defense positions on a series of hilly areas such as Datianshan, Ma'anshan and Jinjiashan on the front line of Jinguan Bridge were shrouded in strong gunfire. Hundreds of aircraft of the National Revolutionary Army Air Force, which took off from the Jiujiang River, poured deadly steel to the ground one after another.

Because the position of the Beiyang garrison is only more than 10 kilometers away from the Jiujiang River, the activities of the National Revolutionary Army aircraft are extremely frequent. From dawn to sunset, the bombing from the air has not been intermittent, and the accuracy of the bombing is extremely high.

Although the ground troops of the National Revolutionary Army did not have modern radio-to-air communication in the 21st century, Li Xiang came up with a wonderful local method. In order to indicate the target of the aircraft, the National Revolutionary Army on the ground often groups of more than 20 people, wearing eye-catching white shirts, crawled on the back of the hillside that the Beiyang army could not see, forming a big "V" character.

The aircraft in the air bombed according to the arrow, and the bomb landed 100% on the position of the Beiyang garrison. There was no mistake in bombing.

Dozens of field heavy artillery that had been ready on the ground, as well as hundreds of other field guns, mountain cannons and mortars of other calibers, also opened fire together. In the hot weather, the artillery of the National Revolutionary Army went shirtless and loaded and fired vigorously. The shell casings around the artillery were piled up like a hill, and they had to send someone to remove them.

The National Revolutionary Army was not in a hurry to invest troops, but bombarded the Beiyang garrison positions of the Beiyang Army in Jinguanqiao with all the artillery and combat-assisting aircraft.

For a while, there were 10 mountain positions on the first line of Jinguan Bridge, with smoke and dust and fire.

The inexperienced Beiyang officers and soldiers of the 4th, 8th and 70th garrisons suffered a lot of losses, and their positions were blown into pieces of scorched earth.

In the cover part, Li Ming, with bandages tied to his head, held a telescope to observe the smoke and fire in the distance, with a ferocious smile on his face.

The adjutant behind him, holding the command knife around his waist, was a little anxious: "Master, charge! The Beiyang Army has been knocked down by gunfire. Without fortifications, the revolutionary army will clean them up like a duck.

A permanent regimental commander standing beside him was even more anxious: "Master, we don't need so many shells to deal with the Beiyang Army. Maybe it only takes a round of group bombing, and their souls will fly! I asked the master to allow our regiment to launch an attack immediately.

Li Ming put down the telescope, turned around, looked at the two tiger generals under him, and shook his head. After his chin was injured by shrapnel, it was a little difficult for him to open his mouth and said in a turbid voice, "Don't worry. The Beiyang Army opposite is a miscellaneous card that doesn't even have planes and cannons. It should let them see the power of cannons and let them know what modern warfare is. In addition, there is an old saying in the art of war that you should remember: pre-emptive. Now that I don't have to play with them, I have put them in my heart first

Lost by five points. Isn't this a good thing?!"

At this time, he turned to He Daguo Road, the commander of the artillery regiment: "Comrade Daguo, the artillery has done a good job, do it well! Keep two bases of ammunition, and the rest will be sent to the position of the Beiyang Army.

After saying that, he turned around and whispered to the generals and cadres who seemed to be their opponents, "Don't worry! The war has just begun. I don't know how many attacks there will be in the future?

After saying that, he raised his telescope and enjoyed the black scenery formed by gunfire in the distance.

In fact, he only said half of what Li Ming said. Therefore, he did not launch an attack for a long time, but just bombarded with artillery fire, because Commander-in-Chief Yang repeatedly explained that Yang Fan knew his opponent Sun Chuanfang too well.

Sun Chuanfang, regardless of character and ability among the non-commissioned officers studying in Japan in the same period, Yan Xishan and others can't catch up even if they beat horses. The National Revolutionary Army landed in Jiujiang and Xingzi landed smoothly, but as long as it enters Sun Chuanfang's defense zone, it can only stop, which is enough to prove Sun Chuanfang's strength.

After suffering the unprecedented fierce bombing, the Beiyang army stepped on the scorched earth under the command knife, relying on the emergency repair of simple bunkers, craters, and even dead bodies, and began to counterattack with light firearms such as steps, machine guns and grenades.

After encountering the fierce blow of the National Revolutionary Army, many of the Beiyang Army either turned around and ran back, or lay still in the crater. Although the governors of the Beiyang Army ruthlessly cut off several defeated soldiers who fled in front of them, the troops did not have the courage to resist.

Sun Chuanfang was angry and couldn't calm down. She directly called Meng Zhaoyue, the front line commander: "If you retreat again, I will do it!"

Meng Zhaoyue hung up the phone and came to the front of the position with red eyes to supervise the battle in person. He may not be afraid of the threat of Sun Chuanfang's killing his head, but he can't help but pay attention to the consequences of letting the "bandit army" go south and cutting off the road of the north line's friendly army. Moreover, in 1911, he and Sun Chuanfang were almost defeated in Hubei.

With far more ferocity than Sun Chuanfang, Meng Zhaoyue ordered all the departments to go to Jinguan Bridge, regardless of casualties, and forcibly blocked the "bandit army".

After all, it is Wang Zhanyuan's direct line, and it has been decided.

The offensive scale of the National Revolutionary Army is escalating step by step, and the main focus of attack is becoming more and more concentrated, accompanied by more fierce and tragic offensive and defensive battles between the two sides.

In the front-line position from Shahe to Jinguan Bridge, the battle is tense and changeable, which makes people breathless.

Li Ming is under unprecedented pressure. Although the position has been blown up by the National Revolutionary Army, it is a piece of scorched earth. But it is still firmly controlled by the Beiyang Army.

The battle on the position has become white-hot.

Under Li Ming's personal supervision, officers and cadres at all levels pressed forward one after another, and Xue Liang's command knife pointed forward. A large number of National Revolutionary Army stepped on the bodies of their companions and poured into the breakthrough.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Zhang Zhaoyue of the Beiyang Army was desperate. He took the only remaining guard company to fight back, and the two sides launched a fierce hand-to-hand battle.

Li Ming's reserve team has been exhausted, and he can only watch the attacking troops be shot down. In annoyance and anger, he rushed up with the guard with a knife.

Li Ming blocked his life and finally took the front position of the Beiyang Army's defense at Jinguan Bridge.

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When Jin Guanqiao made a decisive breakthrough, Zhu Xiaoxian was sitting in Yang Fan's office.

Zhu Xiaoxian told Yang Fan about Li Xiang's decision. Just as he wanted to explain, Yang Fan couldn't wait to emphasize: "It's an emergency now, and the 5th Regiment of the Marine Corps can't be released. At least the Marines will use it for another two days, okay? Do you know that Jinguanqiao has just made a breakthrough? Do you know how difficult it is? I just need to expand the results of the battle.

"It can be... But in that case, the landing at the mouth of the lake will have to be stopped."

"What... Didn't you understand what I said? ......”

"Okay, that's it first."

After Zhu Xiao left first, Yang Fan stared at the corner of the table in a daze