Chapter 32: War in progress

The people in Huainan area evacuated, but the battle in front of Bengbu was in full swing. The First Division on the front battlefield tried its best to resist more than 20,000 British troops and groups of heavy artillery and light artillery groups. The Nianjiagang area was even more bloody battles. Now both sides were gritting their teeth. In order to cover the retreat of Huainan, the Iron Blood Army had to hold on to death, while the British army was extremely fierce. If they wanted to break the defense of the Iron Blood Army and annihilate the Iron Blood Army, there would be one death and one death between the two.

During the war with the British in northern Anhui, the three major powers of Britain, Japan and France put pressure on Yuan Shikai one after another. Due to the heavy losses, the three parties were already full of anger, but they could not directly expose this anger to Deng Sen, the madman who dared to fight against the coalition forces of various countries alone, so they chose Yuan Shikai.

"Mr. Zhuerdian, I think this is our country's internal affairs and countries cannot interfere at all!" Yuan Shikai tried hard to make himself tougher, but under absolute strength, he was unable to do so.

"President Yuan Shikai, we have been in contact for more than ten years. I will not force you so unless I have to. Do you still want to see the scene of the Eight-Nation Alliance entering China? Dengsen's northern Anhui Iron Blood Army challenged the bottom line of my many powerful countries. We have to consider whether the loan you applied for will be rejected. Moreover, Japan has begun to discuss joining forces with France to enter the Northeast. Now it is time for you to choose. I know that as a Chinese, you have your pride, but you China also has an old saying, that is, those who know the times are heroes. Now that angering the great powers is no good for you in China, it is not beneficial to you in Beiyang. Now, my British Empire is fighting bloody with the Iron Blood Army south of the Huai River. So far, we have damaged more than 10,000 outstanding soldiers. You know, I

The British Empire has never suffered such great losses in decades. The Imperial Army has long been clamoring to retaliate against you. If you stand on our side, we can allow you to lead quickly and help you adapt and replace weapons. If you stand on that madman, then what awaits you is the anger of my British Empire." After receiving the casualties of Lieutenant General John, the British Empire quickly sent Juerdian, who was still on vacation, back to China from India. They learned from the report that the Iron Blood Army still had at least two divisions of troops to block the Iron Blood Army. Even if such an army defeated him, it would have to pay a significant price. They wanted to coerce and tempt Yuan Shikai, and use the Beiyang Army to attack northern Anhui and reduce the resistance of the Iron Blood Army in the southern battlefield of the Huaihe River.

"Okay! I'll participate! But please make sure you fulfill your promise first. And the interest rate of 25 million pounds I asked for is three cents for the loan, so that I will be under the national accusation and attack." The aftermath loan, Yuan Shikai began to contact the great powers in search of loans and use salt tax as collateral. However, the conditions of the bank group of the great powers were too harsh, and the interest rate of up to six cents made negotiators Xiong Xiling and others feel extremely inappropriate, especially his request to supervise China's finances, which was simply insulting the country, so he rejected the request of the bank group of various countries. After returning, he submitted his resignation. Yuan Shikai just agreed to his resignation a few days ago. Yuan Shikai urgently needed a loan now, and the first loan was not Yuan Shikai, but the Nanjing government. Today, because Dunson and the British were anxious, he also took the opportunity to lower the interest and lower the conditions.

"Okay, Mr. Yuan, don't worry, we will deliver the first batch of 5 million pounds soon." What I want is Yuan Shikai's reply. As long as Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army and the most advanced Chinese army, the most elite, trained to attack northern Anhui, it is impossible for Deng Sen to destroy it, but they could not think of the subsequent moves designed by Deng Sen that would cause them to suffer heavy losses and be at a loss.

"The head of state and northern personnel reported to us. Yuan Shikai agreed to the request of the great powers and would send a power to order the Li Chun unit of the Central Sixth Division of the Beiyang, Jin Yune's unit of the Shandong Fifth Division, and more than 40,000 people were for us only." Deng Sen had never forgotten the intelligence system. He began to arrange the money several months ago and spent a lot of money to win over personnel from all over the country, so he learned about some of the dynamics of the Beiyang and the revolutionary party.

"I knew that the old turtle could not withstand the pressure from various countries. How was the Qingjin Engineering Force prepared?" Deng Sen had been guarding against the Beiyang for a long time, otherwise the Fifth Division would not have stayed in the north, and a large number of militias were also gathered in the northern border areas.

"Although there is not much precipitation in the middle of the Huai River during this period, the upper reaches are sufficient rain. In another day or two, the flood peak will come to Bengbu. The floating river embankment in the north has been completed long ago. Even if water is released now, it can bring all the enemy troops in Sishui to Hongze Lake to feed the turtle." The reason why Deng Sen guarded Bengbu and defended the river bank was to wait for this moment. Although the water attack was very old-fashioned but practical, especially when unexpectedly, the water attack may not cause too much casualties to the opponent, but it will be a heavy blow to the morale of the enemy.

However, the flood peaks of the Huai River are different. The surging floods are enough to flood all the enemies. This is also the reason why Deng Sen gathered all the people in Bengbu and the southern part of Bengbu to the north of the Huai River.

"Order the Third Division to speed up the progress. One day after that, he must participate in the defense of Bengbu, and at the same time, he ordered the First Division to leave a brigade to defend against the enemy. The other troops immediately returned to the northern region. What about the commander of the army sent by Yan Xishan? Are there any conditions to agree to us?" Deng Sen made arrangements for the war, and at the same time he was very optimistic about the soldiers of the regiment sent by Yan Xishan. Those guys dressed like beggars but had sharp eyes, and the serious Sichuan army! Yan Xishan was worried that these guys would rebel, but he Deng Sen was not worried. Shaanxi was too close to Sichuan, and he could firmly hold this army in his hands for thousands of kilometers away from Sichuan. Now a regiment is not a decimal place if there is no soldiers available.

"That Captain Wu was straightforward and said that he would be the one who was in charge of his job. Haha, as long as the head of state, they would dare to fight for us." Thinking of the Turtle Son who was fine all day long, Peng Qingjin, a Sichuanese who called the Turtle Son, couldn't help laughing.

"Tell him that as long as I abide by the discipline of my Iron Blood Army, my Iron Blood Military Government will never treat them unfairly." Deng Sen had a good impression of that not tall but very tough guy. Although the discipline of that army was very scattered, his morale was quite high.

"Brothers, this Marshal Deng treats us well. Since he came, Marshal Deng has been in charge of food, accommodation and meals. Look at our clothes now, look at the guy in his hands is not comparable to those under Yan Laoxi. We are also regular soldiers now. Grandma's, I took you out of Sichuan. I'm a slap. It's not the group of turtles. How could we run out of the old nest? This time, the Marshal said, fight well, no one can get thirty dollars after the fight, and even more people will make military achievements. At that time, building a house can still bring the wife of my hometown.

I brought it up and saw the life in northern Anhui. There is no shortage of white flour, rice and meat. Do you want to live here? Do you want to settle down here and have children?" In the military camp in the north of Su County, northern Anhui, an officer of about 1.72 meters stood on a higher platform, with more than 3,000 soldiers underground looking at him. Everyone should guess that he is Wu Yao, the commander of the Sichuan Army. Of course, his height is not 1.72 meters. He reached this height after adding four centimeters of military boots. But it has to be said that they are much taller than the Japanese soldiers wearing military boots.

"Captain! Stop silly! Just say it! Brothers all know that Marshal Deng is good, who doesn't want to live here! Just say what you want us to do! Look at the wounded soldiers who retreated from the front line, they are all awesome. Logically speaking, we are not cowards, and fighting a fucking foreign devils can kill them too!" Whether it was the melee in the early Republic of China or the later War of Resistance Against Japan, it can be said that the Sichuan Army has always been a model of the Chinese army, and the spirit of not being afraid of death made all the enemy troops frightened.

"You turtle son, you can't wait for me to finish your words. It's not that we are fighting with foreign devils. Maybe the bosses of the military headquarters think that our brothers in the Sichuan Army can't beat foreign devils. Now, Yuan Shikai is going to take advantage of the dangers to seize our retreat. Do you think we should teach those turtle sons a good lesson?" Wu Yao looked at the soldier who spoke to him. He was his far-far cousin who escaped from Sichuan with him.

"I thought why, wasn't that the Beiyang turtle sons? We couldn't beat them at the beginning because we didn't have their weapons. Now we are afraid of them for five consecutive shots? Besides, we have ten small cannons." It can be said that during the warlords in China, the reason why the Beiyang Army was able to fight warlords everywhere was their elite equipment. Of course, they were much better in training than in those places. However, Sichuan people were not afraid of death and could fight Beiyang for two matches.

"Okay! Now General Deng has given us an order. The 101th Militia Brigade of Contract is defending Guanqiao. There are many former surrender soldiers in this militia brigade. This time we will be a supervising team. They will give me enough food and drink, and then go to the front line." Wu Yao felt that he had come to a good place this time. Because he is from Sichuan in Shaanxi, Yan Xishan was guarding everywhere and his treatment was extremely poor. After coming to northern Anhui this time, he suddenly felt that there was one in the sky and one underground. If he was asked to go back, he would not die. This time he would have performed well.

Now, more than 30,000 prisoners of war and young men were selected to weave them into the First Reservist Militia Division, which was divided into three brigades, stationed in Guanqiao, Lieshan and a brigade in the middle of Yonggu Town as reserve forces. The three regiments of the Second Brigade of the Fifth Division and the First Regiment of the Sichuan Army were stationed as main forces to resist the Beiyang army and the end of the Southern War.
Chapter completed!