Dantu, the capital of Zhenjiang Prefecture, the first node of the Jinling-Shanghai Railway, was stationed by two thousand troops from Zhenjiang Prefecture.￥f,

Late at night, the extended train drove into Dantu Railway Station. The carriage door opened, and teams of Yanjun rushed out and quickly controlled the railway station.

Ding Richang and Wu Zhiqiang were the vanguards together. With Wu Zhiqiang's cooperation, two thousand troops of Zhenjiang Town, caught off guard, were raided and surrendered in less than half an hour.

Two hours later, the Yan army completely controlled Dantu City.

Just like the description in the intelligence, the Dantu Town Guards and the Yan Army were not aware that they would fight. Ding Richang was very happy about this and no longer doubted Wu Zhiqiang.

Wu Zhiqiang said: "The Dantu Telegraph Bureau may have sent a warning. Li Weiguo dispatched troops and generals, and the deployment will be completed the day after tomorrow."

After taking down the Dantu, Ding Richang had already believed Wu Zhiqiang. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Zhiqiang, we have two strongholds, Jinling and Dantu, and we are invincible. Once we move, the British and French coalition forces at the Haimen Hall and the Yangtze River Estuary will also take action. Li Weiguo's army will be restrained. It will take seven or eight days to mobilize reinforcements from other provinces. I have received the news that 200,000 elite troops have crossed the river safely. After resting for one night, we will come from Jinling by train tomorrow."

Wu Zhiqiang frowned and said, "Soldiers are very fast. This place is very close to Shanghai. There are too many variables in one night."

Ding Richang is a powerful general on the battlefield, so he knew this truth, so he said: "What Zhiqiang said is reasonable, and soldiers are the most important thing. You have a rest first and I will make arrangements immediately."

So Ding Richang ordered that the 200,000 Yan troops who had just crossed the river immediately took the train to meet the Dantu.

Looking at Ding Richang's departure back, Wu Zhiqiang sneered and ordered the adjutant to say, "Let the brothers prepare and take action before dawn!"

Before dawn, when people are most sleepy, especially after a night of marching and high nerve tension, they will definitely sleep like a dead pig.

In order to "cooperate with" the Yan army, Wu Yong and Wu Zhiqiang and his son specially ordered Duoduo to prepare the locomotive and carriage. Despite this, each carriage was still filled with five or six hundred people, twice the rated number of people.

A train departed from Jinling to Dantu. The first time the Yan army soldiers took the train. Five or six hundred people were crowded in a carriage, breathing dirty air, some were sick and vomiting, and some were nervous and unable to stop urinating. Almost two-thirds of the soldiers in each carriage were vomiting and were not energetic.

However, this is not the key, the key is that the train is not going to Dantu!

On the way, the railway was moved, and trains drove from the fork road to Jurong. The Yan soldiers on the train didn't understand at all. They were like local bulls, so naturally they could not doubt it.

On the other hand, the 250,000 Nanyang Army departed from Jiangning Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Zhili Taicang Prefecture, also took the train. They took another train lane, namely the Jinling Hangzhou Railway Line, passing through Lishui and Liyang, arrived in the Jurong area in advance, and then raided.

Before the first train arrived in Jurong, it broke down near Tangshan.

Then a train was blocked near Tangshan. Adjutant Ding Richang, who was in charge of command along the way, cursed him. He still didn't know that the train actually took a fork in the road and was not a Dantu.

The two commanders analyzed the pros and cons, and both made sense.

Finally, the commander Li Jie made a decision: "We took away all the mobile forces. If there is a sudden change on the prince's side, it may be very dangerous. Since what we lack the most is time, I suggest launching an attack immediately so that other troops who did not arrive do not need to gather, and go directly to the scheduled battlefield to launch an ambush."

Chen Yuming thought for a while and nodded, "I agree. If you want to fight, you will hit hard. The first step will make the enemy completely scared!"

Li Jie nodded and called Ma **, the commander of the second town, and Xu Diankui, the chief of staff.

"Your second town is the sign of our second front army. Now I will let your second town take the lead. You are facing the 200,000 elite Yan army. Do you have the confidence to defeat them?"

"Report to the commander, we have confidence!" Ma ** and Xu Diankui said in unison with confidence.

Chen Yuming added: "In order to gain time, we temporarily changed the encirclement and annihilation plan. Now we have to take the lead. It is not just to defeat the enemy on the other side, but to fight hard and show the might of our Second Front Army, and to scare the enemy out of fear, do you understand?"

"I understand! Please rest assured that the Chief of Staff will definitely fight the enemy in our second town. We will be frightened by the enemy and fight the majesty of our second front army!"

"In an hour, I'll see the effect!"

"Report, it takes less than an hour, half an hour is enough!"

"Okay. Then I and the Chief of Staff will watch. If you don't brag, I'll see if you don't kill me!"

"Please rest assured that the Chief of Staff will be able to complete the task!"

"Get out!"

"yes!"

Ma ** and Xu Diankui ran out of the command center in a flash. They were so excited that they were completely stressed.

What a joke, the Second Town is the ace among the elites of the Nanyang Army. It is the old foundation of the Shanghai Army who started with King Li Weiguo of Wu. It has the elite equipment and the strong combat power. They dare to call the second in the world, but no one dares to call the first in the world again.

Of course, the army where Ma ** is located has eight towns in the Nanyang Army, all of which are the eight towns of the Shanghai Army that started with Li Weiguo. The officers and soldiers of each town called themselves the world's number one, which was mutual dissatisfaction.

Now that the second town takes the lead, it is naturally impossible to lose its chain.

"Liu Sanpao! Du Lengzi!"

"arrive!"

"I've been bragging to the sky in front of the army commander. What should I do next depends on whether you are good at it!"

"Don't worry, the division commander, our third brigade will definitely not even recognize the enemy!"

"Don't worry, the division commander, the Fourth Brigade is guaranteed to be the first to rush forward!"

"The commander gives me twenty minutes, I will only give you fifteen minutes. Within fifteen minutes, I can't tear it open, I will kill you!"

"Yes! Complete the task resolutely!"

"Will we join the Third Brigade or the Fourth Brigade first?"

“Go together!”

"Teacher, no reserve team will be left?"

"Stay a bad reserve team, Quan Te's mother is the main force, let other towns be the reserve team!"

"yes!"

Liu Sanpao and Du Lengzi ran out, but Chief of Staff Xu Diankui asked with confusion: "The commander clearly gave us an hour, but you said it only took half an hour. Why did you say it's twenty minutes now?"

Li Jie smiled and said, "There is no way. If the trump card among the aces, the trump card will not put pressure on us. We have to put pressure on ourselves. If Liu Sanpao and Du Lengzi say that they will complete the task in half an hour, they will definitely delay until 29 minutes before completing the task. To be on the safe side, they have to tell him that it will be fifteen minutes."
Chapter completed!