When the battle started, Mengchang and Li Houji were still in the middle of the Beiyang Army's march a few miles away.
Suddenly, there was thunder and artillery fire from the front, gunfire and shouts of killing. For a moment, the sky was dark and the earth was dark. The earth-shattering momentum was greater than any war that everyone in the Beiyang Army had ever experienced. The two looked at each other for a moment, They all saw the nervous look in the eyes across from them.
"The fight is on, the fight is on!" I saw from a distance that the Beiyang Army soldiers who were retreating from the front were scattered in the fields, and groups of crying fathers and mother-in-law retreated from the front. Among them was an unkempt military officer. He rushed forward on horseback and suddenly saw the two of them. He quickly dismounted, straightened his body, performed a military salute and reported to the two of them:
"Sir! It's terrible, we were ambushed!"
Mengchang was startled, pursed her lips tightly and asked the officer:
"We were ambushed, how was it? The situation, how was the situation?"
"This it's over, it's all over." The officer's face was extremely depressed. He spoke without taking turns and had no intention of covering up. "My subordinates are behind. Our army retreated too fast. My subordinates didn't even look at it." I was very clear. I only knew that when the battle started, enemy troops were almost everywhere in all directions. Our marching team, which was several miles long in front of us, was completely under the cross fire of the enemy troops. The brothers in front almost collapsed as soon as they came face to face. There are people fleeing everywhere. My subordinates belong to the first battalion of the sixth standard, and in front are the three battalions of the fifth standard. Now, I¡¯m afraid they are all gone!¡±
"What?" After listening to the officer's words, Mengchang felt as if he had been hit by a bolt from the blue. The whole three battalions were marked as dead! That is to say, more than half of the Seventh Association's troops in his hands have been lost? Look at the current situation of the six-standard run, how can we fight? Can I still fight?
He couldn't help but do all kinds of activities in his frightened heart. His face was changing, but unexpectedly, Li Houji stepped forward with a livid face and slapped the officer awake with a loud slap.
"What's over! Bullshit! As long as I'm still here, the Seventh Association will still be there. Even if I'm the only one left, I can't lose the reputation of the Beiyang Army! Go and rectify all your soldiers. Establish a position for me on the spot behind me, let¡¯s stay here and withstand the enemy¡¯s attack first!¡±
After saying that, Li Houji jumped onto the horse with a leap, and rushed towards the front line with a series of hoofbeats.
At this time, Mengchang reacted behind Li Houji:
¡°Hurry, go and notify Wu Tongzhi at the back and ask him to bring his people up immediately to support¡±
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There is a saying that a group of sheep led by a lion can defeat a group of lions led by a sheep! In the field of war, this sentence is definitely a classic saying!
In any case, the quality of the Beiyang Army is definitely higher than that of the Japanese Army at this time, and it is probably even higher than that of the Beiyang Army. After more than ten years of hard training, the Beiyang Army will be far from this if it actually fights. The Japanese army at that time can be compared, but the problem is that war is unpredictable, and it is far from as simple as soldiers from the two armies coming to compare their training qualities before the battle.
Led by veterans of the Ba'ath Party with rich combat experience, the poorly trained Japanese Army was able to exert its combat effectiveness to 120% when fighting a favorable battle. On the other hand, the Beiyang Army on the opposite side marched all the way south, and its arrogant soldiers Many mistakes were made that were bound to fail.
But the most terrible thing is that Mengchang's own eagerness for success, coupled with the attitude of the Beiyang Army, created this situation of a lonely advance and a tight siege. The final result was the victory of the Japanese Army at Zoumaling. The entire three battalions of the 7th Association and 5th Biao of the Fourth Town, with nearly 2,000 troops, were all annihilated by the Second Division of the Japanese Army in a successful raid, and a battalion of the 6th Biao on the rear route also ran away at the same time.
This was the first war after the revolution of the Japanese army, and it was also a morale-boosting war. The firepower advantage of the Japanese army was greatly exerted, and it also allowed the recruits at the bottom to improve their military morale, which was important for The benefits of the growth of the ** army in the future will naturally be endless! But this result was somewhat unacceptable to the Beiyang Army on the opposite side.
The head-on battle between the Beiyang Army and the Japanese Army has finally begun, but the scene at this prologue is completely different from what the Beiyang Army had imagined!
In an emergency, Li Houji quickly organized the withdrawal of troops for defense, but Mengchang, the dignified president of the army, could only cry for help from the rear army at this time!
The person he sought help from had just reached the Han River and was preparing to cross the river and garrison at Xingou Town, which had been captured by the front army on the opposite side. The time was six o'clock in the afternoon on May 5.
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Wu Fengling was standing on the bank of the Han River with her arms akimbo, watching the people below neighing and horses hooting, little by little.All the baggage of the rear army crossed the river. On the river, various ferries shuttle back and forth, it's a busy scene! The entire six battalions of the Eighth Association of the Rear Army, as well as the horse standard, engineering team, and baggage team, a total of six to seven thousand people and various supplies, must be completed within two days today and tomorrow. This task is not an ordinary one. So busy.
His heart was even more uneasy because he failed to execute the order from his master Yuan Shikai!
Although he had intercepted all the most powerful horse marks in the army in order to block the advancement of the Four Towns, he could not stop Mengchang from rushing forward with the Seven Concord Cannon Marks. The result If Mengchang accidentally led the Sixth Association into Wuchang, Feng Guozhang and Wu Fengling behind him would be completely laughing! If you delay the old man's important event, you will be in trouble!
Why! With a long sigh, Wu Fengling was helpless! After worrying for a long time, I finally came to my senses - when fighting, it is really annoying to always have to think about such annoying things!
Wu Fengling shook his head fiercely and drove his horse forward a few steps. A medium-sized ferry of dozens of tons on the river bank was ready to ferry him and his horse to the other side.
At this moment, Wu Fengling suddenly felt that something was wrong. He always felt a little uncomfortable when he looked around. He looked around, and there seemed to be nothing unusual. Then, he inspected the river surface Hey! wrong!
It seemed that the sky suddenly darkened on the river, and large shadows shrouded the ferry boats passing by. The light from the setting sun seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden, and it was as dark as night. All the people on the ferry boats , all sitting with the same expression, their mouths wide open, silly, their heads looking up
"Oh my God! What is that?"
Everyone fell into a silent tacit understanding at the same time. Suddenly, a person's voice broke the silence. In the blink of an eye, everyone reacted at the same time. The only action many people could make was a hysterical cry. Yell! ah¡ª¡ª!
In the sky, I don¡¯t know when dozens of oval-shaped behemoths appeared, slowly pressing down from the distant sky towards the ground. The huge body was probably several hundred meters long lying in the air, like an ancient creature. The legendary beast that came was getting bigger and wider, and soon completely blocked the sky!
No, it¡¯s an airship, and it¡¯s a giant airship that I¡¯ve never seen before. Wu Fengling was stunned for a moment, and finally realized what he was doing.
Then, before he had time to continue thinking, he saw, from the belly of the increasingly larger giant airship, a giant dark object descending towards the river, quickly getting bigger and bigger, getting bigger and bigger. Nearly, it finally turned into a round, irregular oval-shaped thing, exploding in the sky above the river!
explode!
First, a ball of orange flash appeared on the river, instantly brightening everyone's vision, and then a loud bang spread, and the violent sound waves shattered the eardrums of everyone in the nearby area! Everything on the screen seemed to dim all of a sudden. In a slow-motion feeling, the rolling flames and smoke roared and flew dozens of meters away. Even Wu Fengling, who was standing far away on the river bank, could feel it. A wave of heat hit my face, so scorching that I could hardly stand!
The sound of countless blunt objects mixed in the flames streaking through the air at high speed cut through the space of a hundred or ten meters around. Far and near, the bodies of countless people or ferries were destroyed in an instant. The speed was so fast that even It makes people unable to make any sound!
The horse at its feet could no longer control itself. It was kicking and screaming, and Herod was about to run away!
The ferries on the river were instantly dyed into countless fireballs. The nearest ferries turned into pieces and sank into the river without saying a word. Farther away, the people on the ferries were miserable. After waking up from the scene, they rowed desperately for their lives, trying to escape to the shore. The people on the boat were anxious and jumped into the river. White water waves rolled up on the river, and in the water waves Yin Hong's blood was mixed together everything was in a mess!
But facing this scene, the God of Death in the sky seemed to have no intention of letting these people go. After more than ten breaths after the first bomb exploded, he seemed to be satisfied with the effect. From the belly of the airship at high altitude, , began to fall in batches like hens laying eggs, the same thing as the terrible murderer just now. Each one fell to the ground and quickly expanded into pieces of terrifying hell space.
The huge airship in the sky began to move high in the sky, greedily chasing the blood and flesh of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Town on both sides of the Han River. The explosions of bombs formed pieces of fiery hell, surrounding them all. . The fire and steel it released in the air split vertically and horizontally on the ground, transforming into?A deadly area covering several miles around, judging the life and death of everyone living in it
The Eighth Association of the Fourth Town is over!
Wu Fengling rode her horse and ran far away, and then looked back at the fiery hell in the distance, with hot tears in her eyes flowing into two lines of bright red!
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