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275 Unfounded worries (below)
In the evening, with the sunset, the mouth of the lake was shrouded in darkness, and the Beiyang defenders seemed to be blown away by the night wind.
"The 5th Regiment was adjusted to be equipped at night, and excluded the reconnaissance of the enemy in front of the scouts. The feedback reports all said that there were no enemy soldiers in front of them. The 2nd Battalion was stationed in the area of Guanjing Mountain and was not attacked by the Beiyang Army. The 3rd Battalion of Shizhong Mountain gathered behind it through the trestle. The housekeeper is making the latest report on the situation to Marshal Li. The first regiment on the river bank began to go inland after nightfall.
Li wanted to confirm that the landing had been successful. He patted Zhu Xiaoxian, the commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps, on the shoulder and said, "Well done!"
Then I went back to the room.
At the other end of Poyang Lake, the planes of the National Revolutionary Army threw leaflets at the positions of Nanchang on the banks of the Ganjiang River and the Beiyang Army on the Nanxun Line. The title of the leaflet was "National Revolutionary Army landed at the mouth of the lake". The content is as follows:
"The officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army: The powerful National Revolutionary Army has landed at Hukou and is moving forward... The invincible National Revolutionary Army is your opponent. Whether it is equipment, military strength or firepower, it is above you. Surrender is your only way to live. Surrender to the National Revolutionary Army quickly. Food and medical treatment are waiting. Stay with you."
That night, Haichen received telegrams from the Kuomintang authorities in Shanghai and Tokyo, as well as Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and Chen Qimei to congratulate the successful landing. The telegram praised Marshal Li's strategic vision and unyielding will, almost paying tribute to the success of gambling.
It is true that the battle has been successful.
Tang Xiangming's worried "half-over attack" was the same as Marshal Li's previous prediction. It did not stop the National Revolutionary Army from moving towards victory. The loss of the landing of the navy at Hukou was only 20 killed, 1 missing and 174 injured.
Victory is an unprecedented perfect dazzling!
After that, there were a lot of criticisms, and one side was full of foreign media.
The sour comments of the roadside community: The Hukou National Revolutionary Army has great advantages, and even a sergeant command with a muscular head can win.
When Marshal Li saw the comment of the roadside community, he said proudly, "The most successful landing is in the empty place of the enemy, but it can only be the marshal, not the comoral, who can find such a place!"
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The morning after landing, the mouth of the lake was shrouded in fog and smoke.
Many citizens who have taken refuge have emerged on the hazy streets. The preparation of artillery fire before landing was to avoid the residential area as much as possible. In addition, the Beiyang Army had withdrawn at night, and the citizens began to go home early.
The citizens reacted quite quickly. Before the smoke dissipated, the buildings and houses on both sides of the street hung five-star red flags one after another, and a small number of red flags all over the ground. Some flags are painted, and more flags seem to be hidden secretly. In short, they are very eye-catching.
The guerrillas and militias organized by underground parties have sprung up, and they can be seen everywhere to help maintain order.
There were some fruits in front of the shops on the road. The local merchants wiped the apples with their sleeves while selling them to the well-disciplined National Revolutionary Army soldiers.
Zhu Xiaoxian reported to Marshal Li that he was ready to land on the bridge of Haichen.
Marshal Li put his left hand on Zhu Xiaoxian's shoulder and said, "Very good, General Zhu. Next, I hope you can set up the division to Penghu as soon as possible to seize the horse."
Li Dashuai was in a very happy mood and his voice was very bright.
At the same time, according to the scheduled plan, the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Guards began a new round of attack on the front line of Nanxun.
The attack of the 1st and 2nd Division of the Guards is an inseparable and important step in the landing of Hukou. The 3rd Division of the Guards who landed from Hukou will form an anvil from Hukou to Nanchang, and the 1st and 2nd Divisions will be "threts", hammering the Beiyang Army between Nanchang and Nanxun. This is General Li's Hukou Deng. The important operational concept of the mainland.
Counterattack operations are also known as "anvil hammer" operations.
However, the counterattack of the 1st and 2nd Guards Divisions is very worrying.
The main force of the Beiyang Army was all attracted by Yang Fan on the front line of Nanxun. The goal of Yuan Shikai's counterattack was also very clear, and he basically tried his best to attack repeatedly. Hearing this information, Li Xiang also began to worry unfoundedly.
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The focus of the battle between two old classmates, Yang Fan and Sun Chuanfang, is now concentrated on Ruiwu Road. The fierce battle on Ruiwu Road depends on the battle between Baishui Street and Qilinfeng.
Baishui Street and Qilin Peak are located on the east side of Ruiwu Highway, 35 kilometers southwest of Ruichang. They are shortcuts and passways to Ruoxi.
"While the 2nd Division of our army attacked Ruiwu Road head-on, it sent Gong Fuxiong's 3rd Regiment to attack here in order to go straight to Ruanxi." Yang Kun reported to Yang Fan the battle plan of the General Staff: "If our army breaks through the pass and takes down Luxi, it will become a double-headed poisonous snake. If you go west, you can force Wuning and threaten the back road of the Beiyang army on the front of Ruiwu Road; if you go east, you can detour Nanxun Lu'er Lu'an along Yiyongxiu Avenue. At that time, the Beiyang Army on Ruiwu Road and Nanxun Road will be shaken. On the contrary, if the Beiyang army wants to fight back successfully, Baishui Street and Qilinfeng are also a must-have place, so that they can attack the main force of our 2nd Division on Ruiwu Road.
"When ancient warriors fought, they often covered the hardest armor on the critical parts of the body." Yang Fan walked into the map and carefully considered: "Baishui Street and Qilin Peak are the key points, but the Beiyang garrison in this area does not seem to be the hardest. The garrison is not the direct army of the elite Beiyang Army, nor the troops of the Northwest Yi Army that is good at fighting, but the new Jiangxi army in Jiangxi.
Yang Fan showed a sneer at the corners of his mouth.
Several newly compiled armies in Jiangxi that are not highly expected. Although Sun Chuanfang is such a handsome man, in general, poor equipment and weak combat effectiveness are still the general impression of the outside world. Yang Fan didn't believe that Sun Chuanfang could turn this miscellaneous army into an iron army in such a short time.
This time, it went to the front line of northern Jiangxi to reinforce the 3rd Army Group of Nanxun. The new 13, New 14, New 15 and New 16 divisions are all newly assembled temporarily based on local security regiments. The troops don't know each other, and even some command palaces are not yet in place.
After the battle of Nanchang began, all the departments of the Third Army did not carry out centralized training, that is, they rushed from Nanchang to the battlefield in the hot summer. The army was in a hurry and it was urgent to go to war, so that it was defeated as soon as the war was fought.
Meng Zhaoyue's new 13th Division was the first to arrive at the front line, replacing Li Qizhou's 21st Division to defend the Liyu Mountain area southeast of Ruichang.
This area is made of gravel soil. The new 13th Division rushes to build fortifications day and night, but it is not urgent. The fortifications are both simple and not strong.
Interveloit with the fierce National Revolutionary Army. The light new 13th Division was defeated by the fierce attack of the National Revolutionary Army aircraft and artillery, and few returned to Taiwan.
Ruichang lost, and the new 13th Division and Beiyang Army troops fought and retreated. They retreated to the mountains around Qilin Peak and took a dangerous defense.
The terrain here is mostly broken rock of more than 100 meters, and only the northern slope is relatively slow and the terrain is relatively open.
On an open rock, Meng Zhaoyue's hair was messy, and her right hand was hard to spare the dandruff. Looking at the map over and over again, he thought about it and said to himself, "Mr. Sun said that the bandit army will make the main attack from now on... Why... Why are you staring at me? ......”
"Marshal, then... then... what should I do?" The adjutant asked tremblingly.
"What else can I do?" Meng Zhaoyue's nose crossed, "Hard top, only hard top!"
"My handsome man, the dolls can't stand it!"
"Tell the brothers, as long as you hold on, I'll let them rob... guns... No, 'Big Suo Ten Days', let the brothers have fun."
"Oh...yes!"
Therefore, Meng Zhaoyue ordered a brigade of the new 14th Division to defend the left and right positions behind Qilin Peak, and personally led the new 13th Division to guard Qilin Peak.
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"Is the situation clear?" Gong Fuxiong asked the hurried adjutant.
"It should be a division of the Beiyang Army that built a defense line here." The adjutant replied.
"Which unit is the closest to this defense line?" Gong Fuxiong wrinkled his forehead slightly.
The adjutant said with a blank face, "It's a brigade of Meng Zhaoyue's new 14th Division. Their division commander Meng Zhaoyue personally led the new 13th Division to guard Qilinfeng.
"Request the cooperation of the Air Force." Gong Fuxiong's eyebrows were difficult to stretch: "Order the artillery to cover."
"Yes."
The adjutant immediately ran to contact.
According to the basic rules of the army's combat tactics, when the army begins to come into contact with the enemy, whether it is the artillery battalion to which the regiment belongs or the infantry artillery company directly under the jurisdiction of the battalion, it should follow the infantry and advance in a leap forward, so as a continuous fire support given by the assigned artillery to suppress the enemy's firepower.
Usually, the main combat tasks of these artillery are to intercept the movement of enemy troops, fire attacks on their own troops, support the actions of their own infantry troops, and also carry out certain anti-artillery suppression tasks.
Gong Fuxiong's troops of the 27th Division, under the cover of aviation and artillery, attacked the main position of Qilinfeng five times in a row.
The miscellaneous army of the Beiyang Army can't defend the city, but it is quite good at guarding the top of the mountain. Perhaps it was inspired by the "Ten Days of the Great Rope". In the previous battle, there was no landing in my heart. Especially under the firepower of the absolute advantage of the National Revolutionary Army, the brave and advanced fighting style inevitably caused inferiority and wavering. However, after Meng Zhaoyue announced the victory, he magnified the "Ten Days of Da Suo". As soon as they entered the battle, they smelled shit like hungry dogs and suddenly regained their self-confidence.
The officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army have experience in being beaten. They are used to the first artillery fire and then charging of the National Revolutionary Army. When the artillery fire of the National Revolutionary Army is ready, the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army are waiting in the dead corner of the solid fortifications or stone rock. As soon as the artillery fire extends, the officers and soldiers jump out of the artillery and rush to the position. Set up grenades and rifles in no hurry. It was not until the panting National Revolutionary Army climbed 40-50 meters in front of the battle that they slammed up and slammed grenades.
Bombardment, charge, bombard again, charge again, and the National Revolutionary Army attacked repeatedly in one day until dusk.
Meng Zhaoyue took the night to withdraw the disabled troops from the mountain and replaced them with a new army.