Chapter 18 Control Jiujiang
On the Jiujiang Front, the Revolutionary Army is now in panic. They were originally hoping for Li Junlie, but they did not expect that in less than a week, Li Junlie's 200,000 army was completely lost and almost wiped out. The Iron Blood Army had already reached the city of Jiujiang.
"Governor! You can't defend this place anymore. The iron-blooded army cannons are gathered. Our army will be unable to escape the fate of destruction when defending its positions! It's better to turn to the south!" The officers at the military meeting stood up and suggested to Bai Wenmo that the power of the iron-blooded army was no longer something they could withstand.
After hearing this, Bai Wenmo touched his beard, then stood up and came to the battle map in the conference room. There were now a few black small pieces in the southeast of Jiujiang on the battle map.
The flag represents the Iron Blood Army. His eyes were fixed, but after a moment, he shook his head! The Iron Blood Army's power was no longer something they could resist after Li Junlie's failure!
"Governor! Look! If our army is injured and killed here, then the provinces such as Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangzhou and other provinces under our control will become extremely empty. The Beiyang Army will only send a partial division to drive straight in. So we still recommend that the governor move south immediately." No officer is willing to be attacked by the Beiyang and the Iron Blood Army here. Moreover, when it landed in Panyang Lake, the Iron Blood Army dispatched nearly twenty small warships. If they used these warships to attack the "Revolutionary Party Defense Line, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"This" Bai Wenmo wanted to resist to the death before, but what the officers under his command were saying was not unreasonable, and the Iron Blood Army's military strength was indeed unmatched, so he hesitated!
"I will report to Mr. Hunter immediately, and the teacher will decide! In the end, Bai Wenmo himself did not decide whether to stay or withdraw, but sent the telegram to Sun Wen, who was far away in Guangzhou.
Sun Wen, since the Iron Blood Army started a war against him, left Jiujiang and came to Guangdong. When the Iron Blood Army participated in the war, he felt that he would fail again. This failure made him at a loss! He had never organized hundreds of thousands of troops. He thought that even if the Northern Expedition failed, he would be able to break the ground and govern himself, but he did not expect that Deng Sen, who had always been unoffended on both sides, would brazenly unite with Yuan Shikai.
The Revolutionary Party was originally the weakest of the three parties, and it was very difficult to deal with either Beiyang and the Iron Blood Army. This time, the war was launched with the help of Yuan Shikai's large loan and constitutional reform, mainly to enhance the justice of the Revolutionary Party and restore reputation, but all this was not achieved. First, Deng Sen made fierce criticism of his selling of land and resources in public opinion, and then all parts of Beiyang followed suit. Moreover, most newspapers of this era were in Shanghai. Under the control of the Iron Blood Army, the image of the Revolutionary Party declined again for a while.
Moreover, the Iron Blood Army and Beiyang have joined forces, and their strength has no longer increased by one plus one to two. Everyone has not seen the hope of victory of the Revolutionary Party, so they have prepared a move early, that is, to go into exile overseas. Of course, they will choose this path before the last step, and they are still ready to resist to the death.
Holding the telegram sent by Bai Wenmo, Sun Yat-sen seemed to see a little hope. The 200,000-strong army could not stay in several provinces, so Sun Yat-sen ordered the front line to withdraw to Guangzhou and directly discard the other provinces. Moreover, the revolutionary parties in each province were also quickly transferring funds.
A large amount of money and materials were transported to Guangzhou.
In Jiujiang, Li Fang stood in the command car, camped for a day before the attack was ready to begin.
The Iron Blood Army had more than 40,000 revolutionary troops in front of the Iron Blood Army, and their weapons were quite good. Of course, they were much better than the Revolutionary Army in history. There were several mountain cannons, but they were still too weak in the Iron Blood Army’s hundreds of artillery groups!
"Are ready for the cannon group! Get ready for the cannon attack!" Li Fang recruited the correspondents and issued an order to the cannon group, and looked at Tian Shi beside him.
"Tian Shi!" Looking at Tian Shi, Li Fang shouted loudly.
"Arrival! What instructions does the military throne have?, Tian Shi immediately stood up and straightened his feet in front of Li.
"Armored vehicles are ready to break through the enemy on defense." Li Fang looked at Tian Shi. Tian Shi was growing very fast. At the same time, although they were superiors and subordinates, they also had brotherhood. Deng Sen's young generals were mainly Tian Ding, Guo Huai, Li Fang, Tian Shi and others. These people were the most trusted and cultivated by Deng Sen. In addition, Tian Ding was Deng Sen's sworn brother, so in the senior management of the Iron Blood Army, although Tian Shi had arrived later, because of his brother Tian Ding, his loyalty to Deng Sen and his own efforts, he had already won everyone's respect. In Li Fang's view, he would definitely be punished this time, he might be dismissed or transferred. He was very worried about his Anhui First Army. He felt that Tian Shi was likely to take over him, and it was precisely for Tian Shi to take over, so he handed over all actions that could be credited to Tian Shi.
"Don't worry, the military throne will definitely live up to expectations.
"Tian Shi replied confidently.
"That's good! We all see the strength of the mechanic. I hope you can continue to work hard!" Li Fang smiled at him, and at the same time he turned his eyes to Zhao Guangxing, Wang Chenghuai, and Qian Yinglin.
"The 22nd Division, the 24th Division, and the 21st Mixed Brigade all launched an attack. This time, we must fight to Jiujiang City under the leadership of the mechanic to make up for our previous mistakes!" Li Fang did not forget his own mistakes. This was his own mentality and responsible mentality.
"It's the military throne!" Everyone stood up one after another. Although the previous mistake was because of Li Fang's arbitrary decision, they must have been military banquets for the First Division of Anhui, so they could not escape the responsibility. If they lost such a great face, they naturally wanted me to come back, especially the fanatical Wang Chenghuai tried it out loud.
"Teacher, how could the governor be so kind to send us so much supplies today?" In the trenches of the Revolutionary Army, a brigade commander of the Revolutionary Army asked his division seat strangely. Unlike usual, this time, the Jiujiang commander sent a large amount of supplies, enough for the supplies and bullets of the 40,000 troops to use for a month. This has never happened before. Bai Wenmo had cherished every ammunition in the past.
"How could I know that! Now the Iron Blood Army is in the middle of the border. I think even if we have so much supplies, we can't resist!" The officer room called the division seat is Huang Xingbang, a guard officer from Fujian. He is not Sun Wen's direct line and has never been popular. He has strict control over military pay and supplies. The sudden generousness made Huang Xingbang a little at a loss and could not think of it!
And at this time he had no time to think about this problem, because the Iron Blood Military Camp had already taken action.
"Order the troops to prepare for defense of artillery attacks. The artillery of the Iron Blood Army is not weaker than that of the great powers!" Huang Xingbang looked at the troops and looked at the already busy Iron Blood Army position. He knew that the Iron Blood Army would launch artillery attacks before the infantry attacked. The battle lines ahead and in the past made them pay great attention to the artillery attacks of the Iron Blood Army, so they learned to avoid artillery attacks.
"The enemy is about to bombard the enemy. Be careful if you are hit to death and don't blame us!" The officers shouted to their own troops, and the soldiers who heard this began to look for places to hide around them.
"Bang bang bang" kept groaning, with a ray of light, countless shells attacked.
"Architecture Hidden" [Revolutionary Army Commanders shouted again, and then tried to lower their bodies in the trenches.
"Boom" The peaceful revolutionary army positions became hustle and bustle when the shells fell. Groups of shells fell one by one, causing mud and endless fire.
"Ah! My hand" A shell fell into the trenches. About ten revolutionary soldiers lost their lives in an instant. The sharp shrapnel flew in all directions after the explosion. A revolutionary soldier's arm was cut off and the pale bones came out. The soldier lay in the trenches covered with mud, covered with dust, including the wound on his broken arm. Obviously, such injuries were almost equivalent to death in this era, but the soldier did not want to die. He pressed his wound with his other hand and let out a creepy scream.
However, the Iron Blood Army artillery group did not stop shooting because of his screams, and the artillery continued to fire. Even if it was hidden, many people still died under such dense artillery fire. The earth-shaking momentum slowly disintegrated the resistance of the Revolutionary Army soldiers.
Half an hour later, the shelling ended, and the mechanic rushed to the Revolutionary Army camp under the leadership of twelve armored vehicles.
The roar of the armored vehicles was conveyed very far. When it was still five hundred meters away from the Revolutionary Army camp, the Revolutionary Army soldiers poked their heads out to see what happened.
"What is that?" The soldiers of the Revolutionary Army looked at the black vehicles that were approaching little by little in fear. Until now, they had no idea of the use of this thing, but when the heavy machine guns on the vehicle fired at them, they knew its power.
"Fire!" Tashi left the periscope and gave orders to his machine gunner and his flag-speaking men.
The machine gunner pulled the trigger in an instant, and the bullets of the heavy machine gun were fired like flames.
"Ahhhh" didn't understand what this was. The Revolutionary Army soldiers were swept to the ground one by one, and the armored vehicles had already reached the edge of the trench at this time.
The trench is 1.8 meters wide, which is an insurmountable distance for ordinary cars, but for an armored vehicle with six wheels, it is no different from a flat ground. As long as the tires behind it have a place to borrow strength, the armored vehicle can continue to move forward.
"Dadada..."
"Kill this guy" Just like all the troops who saw armored vehicles for the first time, the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army aimed their weapons at the armored vehicles, and then opened fire violently on the armored vehicles, leaving fire pieces on the armored vehicles.
However, these attacks did not seem to have any effect on the armored vehicles. The armored vehicles stopped slightly in the trenches, and then the engine suddenly started and jumped directly over.
After the armored vehicles turned again, and heavy machine guns began to fire at the Revolutionary Army soldiers in the trenches. For a moment, countless Revolutionary Army soldiers were killed in the trenches.
The battle was very fast. In less than two hours, led by twelve armored vehicles, the Revolutionary Army retreated across the board and retreated to Jiujiang. Unfortunately, they ran to the place where they were as good as the Iron Blood Army's armored vehicles. After chasing for twenty minutes, most of the Revolutionary Army, who had escaped, surrendered, and Jiujiang City was opened with a large gate in front of them. The whole city was very quiet.
Chapter completed!