Chapter 228 Battle of Wuding River
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"Fengtian's soldiers also want to come to northern Shaanxi to grab a job. Let's ask about the big sword in the hand of Lao Zi first." A team of cavalry led by Shi Xiangyi met the vanguard under the Third Cavalry Brigade of Northeast China. Seeing that there were only a hundred people on the other side, I couldn't help but feel relieved. I felt relieved, and I took nearly 150 cavalry under my subordinates, holding a big sword or spear in one hand, and holding a reins in the other. I shouted and rushed towards Sun Yan.
Both sides discovered each other almost at the same time. In this case, it is impossible to turn around and run. Don’t turn around and speed up first. Will the enemy catch up? The Northeast Army also has no precedent for fleeing before fighting.
With a clang, Sun Yan pulled out the saber. The cavalry behind him was unsheathed at the same time. The narrow and long sword body that was shining was extremely dazzling under the sun. It flashed with a cold light.
"Good guy, these good knives and equipment are all ours today. Brothers, rush for me!" Shi Xiangyi saw the other party's long swords and military kettle, and the best saddles couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
"It's so much nonsense, kill!" Sun Yan shouted loudly, and the horse under his crotch ran wildly.
The frantic horse hooves trampled on the earth.
The sound of the big sword, spear, and sabers colliding one after another, accompanied by screams, more than twenty corpses fell into the rising dust. There were swordsmen and Northeast Army.
"Wow, come again." In the first round of the killer, Sun Yan turned his horse's head and shouted loudly, "Northeast cavalry, if you advance but not retreat, kill!"
"Kill! Kill, kill!" The remaining 90 people charged again with Sun Yan! His expression was fierce and his momentum was like a rainbow.
Just now, Sun Yan's cavalry squad took a little advantage in the confrontation, but the advantage was not great. The stone elephant still had the upper hand in military strength. However, seeing the mountainous aura of the Northeast cavalry and the uniform movements showed that the Northeast cavalry were well-trained.
"Kill all these Fengtian soldiers! Avenge your brothers!" Shi Xiangyi was also a stubborn person. Although the losses were greater than those of the enemy just now, he still had an advantage. Shi Xiangyi didn't believe it anymore, and Fengtian's soldiers were really not afraid of death.
After two or three trips, Shixiangyi, the swordsmen, dropped more than thirty more bodies than the cavalry company of the Third Brigade.
"Brother, you can't beat me anymore. If you hit me again, you will fight all the money." Shi Jianqiang had a few blood grooves on his face, and wiped the blood on his face and said in a voice.
"Run through this round, and then kill back!" With the rushing just now, both sides changed positions. If you want to get back to Mizhi, Shixiangyi must take his subordinates to rush through the blocking of the Northeast cavalry. Taking advantage of the Northeast cavalry's kung fu, he ran back and opened the distance.
As the two sides intertwined again and separated, Shixiangyi left behind another dozen people. Shixiangyi, who was bleeding from his heart, fled to Mizhi with the remaining people.
"The teacher's seat is Mizhi after crossing the Wuding River. The commander of the Jingguo Army still has some vision. The two small wooden suspension bridges nearby have been demolished. In addition, most of the ships on both sides of the Wuding River have been collected." Wang Shuchang said, "It took a little effort to collect more than a dozen small wooden boats. However, the other party was obviously prepared. It is difficult to successfully cross the river with these dozen small boats for a while."
"The Wuding River is so long that the Jingguo Army can defend against a little, but it cannot defend against a river bank. Today I will stay on site and wait for two days to cross the river again." Zhao Zheng said.
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"Commander-in-Chief, have you not rest yet?" Liu Yuexi, chief of staff of the Jingguo Army, came to the command center and saw Yu Youren still wandering in the courtyard under the moonlight.
"The Jingguo Army survives and dies in a daze, how can we sleep?" Yu Youren sighed.
"The commander-in-chief is worried because of the Fengtian army heading south." Liu Yuexi asked.
"Brother Tingsen is asking this knowingly. I am not afraid of Chen Shufan's Shaanxi Army, but with the Feng army, the Jingguo Army is not an opponent. I thought about it for a while. There is a natural danger of the Yellow River in the east, and Yan Xishan's head and rat will not accept the Jingguo Army. In the urgent situation, I can only let the protector army separate and retreat west to Gansu to preserve their strength." "I am here for this." Liu Yuexi smiled, "The Jingguo Army does not need to retreat to Gansu."
"Oh? Why did Brother Tingsen say this?" Yu Youren looked at Liu Yuexi suddenly, "Does Brother Tingsen have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"
Liu Yuexi Road "Chen Shufan sent an envoy over overnight, saying that he was willing to withdraw his troops, shake hands with the Jingguo Army and make peace, and fight against the Fengtian army entering Shaanxi together."
"Chen Shufan wants to fight against the Feng army with us?" Yu Youren was surprised. "Chen Shufan has no faith, is this true or false?"
Liu Yuexi Road "It's not fake. Chen Shufan regards Shaanxi as his private kingdom, and how can he tolerate the Fengtian army? Moreover, Chen Shufan also sent people to send 2,000 rifles and 90,000 rounds, which is very sincere."
"Why didn't I receive the message before?" Yu Youren frowned.
Liu Yuexi Road "Chen Shufan's representative just came here, and it was of great importance. After I heard the news, I came here to report it myself."
Yu Youren said, "Chen Shufan was willing to send arms to the Jingguo Army. This should be true. However, the Fengtian army has strong combat power, so it is impossible for the Jingguo Army to take the lead in the Shaanxi Army."
Liu Yuexi nodded and said, "The Commander-in-Chief is right. You must never let this happen."
"Where has the Feng army been now?"
Liu Yuexi Road "has reached the Wuding River. Fan Zhongxiu is quite steady. He has destroyed the wooden bridge. The fishing boats on both sides have been collected in advance, and no more left for the Fengtian army. In a short period of time, the main force of the Fengtian army cannot cross the river."
"That's good. With a few more days of buffering, the Yasukuni Army will also make arrangements calmly."
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Wuding River was unable to stop the footsteps of the 13th Division. Fan Zhongxiu had only more than 4,000 people in his hands, and could only stare at the main force of the 13th Division, but could not prevent the entire Wuding River. That night, more than 500 soldiers from a battalion of the 13th Division took a boat to cross the other side of the river to hide. The next day, the same was done. By the third day, Fan Zhongxiu discovered something was wrong. He hurriedly sent troops to attack, but the soldiers of the 13th Division who crossed the river had already constructed simple fortifications along the river embankment under the leadership of Wang Xin, the commander of the 39th Regiment.
"Chief of Staff, have you found out whether the number of Fengtian soldiers crossing the river?" The Fengtian soldiers smuggled so many people with extremely limited wooden boats under their noses, which made Fan Zhongxiu's face dull, and he had a gloomy face since he heard the news.
"Commander Fan, I found out that so far, there are only more than 1,000 Fengtian troops crossing the river, about 1,200 to 1,500 people. Since the Fengtian troops have few ships and are not large, no artillery should be transported here for the time being."
When Fan Zhongxiu heard this, his face looked a little better, with only 1,500 people. Without the assistance of artillery, the Fengtian army was very limited even if it was powerful.
He climbed Zhong Xiu and led the way, "Give me instructions and press the army up to me, and pull out the artillery company. We must drive the Feng army down the river. We only let the Feng army cross the river in just three days, and it will be heard that I, Fan Zhong Xiu, cannot afford to lose this person."
In order to block the 13th Division north of Wuding River, Fan Zhongxiu used all the equipment at the bottom of the box this time. The Artillery Company had 3 2-pound cannons, 1 3-pound cannon, and 5 57mm Gruson fast cannons imitated by the original Hanyang Arsenal. In addition to the few shells, this equipment was no longer bad among several Jingguo troops. Most of the artillery were seized from the battle with Chen Shufan's Shaanxi army. However, compared with the 13th Division, it was obviously not on the same level.
"Brothers, Commander Fan has given the order. Who is the first to kill the river embankment and reward 200 yuan to get promoted to the next level!" Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men. Most of them are farmers. The Jingguo Army, who was a swordsman, is not very rich. When they heard the reward, they rushed towards the river embankment with red eyes and screams.
"What the hell are these Fengtian soldiers doing? Why haven't they fired the fire?" The officers leading the army were a little confused about the Fengtian army's posture. If Chen Shufan's Shaanxi army had been shooting a long time ago, regardless of whether they were outside the range or not. The changes in the differences made the officers of the Jingguo Army a little uncomfortable.
"Start up, rush up, fight with the Feng army!" The Yasukuni Army, who did not hear the gunshots, was overjoyed. The problem of bullets has always caused the most headache for the Yasukuni Army. In the past, when fighting with the Shaanxi army, most of them fired a few shots and rushed forward, and the enemy's formation was a bit dispersed. Even if they resisted stubbornly and fought with the big sword, the Shaanxi army was not the opponent of these swordsmen.
When I rushed to more than 400 yards, the gunshots on the river bank finally rang out. �
"Roar, rush up!"
Due to the previous quietness of the Feng army, Pan Zhongxiu increased his investment and started with a battalion-level attack. The No. 400, Jingguo Army rushed towards the river bank with great momentum.
As the distance approached, the machine gunner lifted off the disguise covered by the machine gun, and the links were already loaded. The flames spit out by the four machine guns swept over, and the rushing Yasukuni soldiers fell to the ground one by one like harvesting wheat.
"Bastard, hurry up and let the artillery company open fire and knock the machine gun off!" Fan Zhongxiu saw the four or five hundred people rushing out, and was in great flames.
Bang, Bang, Bang, the crisp fire sound of the 57mm Gruson fast cannon is only slightly larger than that of Fengtian's mortars. However, the Northeast Army's mortars are only equipped with 27th Divisions, 28th Divisions, and 8 divisions, namely Feng 1st Division to Feng 6th Division. It is the turn of the 13th Division to wait at least until the end of the year.
"I hit it, I hit it!" A Maxim gunshot and a branch raid were blown to pieces and fell heavily in the air. Another machine gunner was also hit by shrapnel, and his lifeless body lay on the machine gun. The Jingguo army made a cheering sound. Without the firepower of the machine gun, it would be much easier to drive the Feng army down the river.
"Grenade!" The Yasukuni Army rushed up in groups, and the machine guns were blown off two. The Northeast Army officer who was fighting against the dike shouted.
More than a dozen Mu Bing bombs were thrown down.
"Damn it, what is this wooden handle thing?" Several of the Yasukuni Army picked it up and looked at it when they rushed up.
The continuous grenade explosion cleared out a small piece of untie. The Yasukuni Army saw the things thrown from it and was afraid that it would fall next to it.
"Increase the firepower, the Fengtian army on the opposite side is crossing the river again!" Fan Zhongxiu gritted her teeth and ordered. She opened the bow without turning back. At this time, she could only rush up with her neck hard.
"I want to learn from the ancients and attack halfway through?" The Jingguo Army was the 39th Regiment stationed on the river bank. Zhao Zheng could not see the formation of the Jingguo Army, but hearing the sound of fighting across the river was not small, I think the number of Jingguo Army would not be small.
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the Yakuzai Army." The river embankment is very long, and the Northeast Army can only defend one section. From elsewhere, we are preparing to encircle the 39th Regiment. The Jingguo Army, which is surrounded by three sides, quickly noticed the movement of the Fengtian army on the opposite river embankment. The cannons on the opposite river embankment were involuntarily gasped. More than a dozen assembled 75mm mountain cannons are not comparable to the Gruson fast cannons of the Yakuzai Army. The Jingguo Army, who had just climbed up the dike, hurriedly hid, lowered its body and forced it towards the dike section where the 39th Regiment was stationed.
(To be continued.
Chapter completed!