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The second platoon led by Zhao Yong showed a different quality from the fifth company at this time, and these soldiers performed very well in night combat.After a few strides, the four strong soldiers stuck their bodies against the low wall of the village.Then more than 40 officers and soldiers sprinted forward in groups of four, and stepped on the folded hands of the previous four strong soldiers when they were by the wall.And these four soldiers were very skilled in sending their hands up, and the soldiers who stepped on their hands easily climbed over the low wall with their weapons, and immediately entered a state of alert on the other side of the low wall.

In less than two minutes, all fifty of Zhao Yong and the others entered Doosan Village.

Feng Guozhang still attaches great importance to his own defense, but he pays more attention to quality than quantity.His [-] personal guards all had [-]-shot shelling guns. If it was really close combat, with this firepower alone, I am afraid that even a regiment of troops would not be able to take advantage of it.In history, Feng Guozhang had such a brigade of pistol guards by his side, but it was a pity that it failed to play any role.The last time this expensive pistol brigade appeared in the official history, it was blocked by Ni Sichong in a train carriage with a heavy machine gun and disarmed, and then disappeared in the long river of history.

This period of history is destined not to appear in this time and space, because Ni Sichong will soon become history in advance, even if he does not bring the army to Pukou, with his current strength, he is destined to be able to do nothing in this long river of history Spray.And Feng Guozhang's pistol brigade may not appear, because Zhao Yong is now less than 200 meters away from Feng Guozhang.

Facts have proved that people like Feng Guozhang are destined to be blessed by the gods. Just as Zhao Yong and the others quietly advanced towards the brightest place in the whole village, a Beiyang soldier who had to urinate at night suddenly discovered something unusual.

The Beiyang soldier couldn't believe his eyes at first, because this was Marshal Feng's headquarters, how could there be enemies here.But he is a professionally trained elite guard after all, he quickly made a judgment, the enemy in front of him, he has no weapons, so his professional quality made him choose to shout loudly: "Enemy attack, Enemy attack, enemy attack."

Zhao Yong felt that victory was just a little bit closer to him, but he was ruined by this lazy man with a lot of shit. He raised his hand and shot, killing this yelling guy, but the shot that pierced the night sky The whole Doosan Village woke up.

Then Zhao Yong seemed to have identified the target, and led the officers and soldiers in the second row to rush towards Feng Guozhang fiercely.

The guards guarding the entrance of Feng Guozhang's command department obviously haven't figured out the situation yet. The gunshot just now was regarded as a misfire by them. When a large group of black shadows rushed over, they didn't choose to fire, but asked someone very calmly. .

Those who want your life, Zhao Yong and the others rushed into the headquarters quickly, and the battle began immediately.

In Feng Guozhang's headquarters, staff officers are the most numerous, and guards are the most lacking. Although these staff officers quickly took out their guns, they are often knocked to the ground without firing a few shots because they don't understand basic tactical movements.

Feng Guozhang's guards reacted quickly, and they rushed towards Feng Guozhang's headquarters. The twenty rings in their hands were not vegetarians, and the crazy firepower quickly beat Zhao Yong and the others out of breath. Come.The casualties of the youth army inevitably appeared and continued to rise.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yong yelled at his soldiers: "Use grenades, use grenades!"

Now it was the turn of the Beiyang soldiers to be dumbfounded. Just a few grenades collapsed these Beiyang soldiers who had hardly experienced any battles on weekdays.At this time, Feng Guozhang's bodyguard rushed in frantically, picked up Marshal Feng and ran to the backyard, and several other major generals also ran out.

At this time, Cui Fei led his troops to attack Doosan Village. Feng Guozhang's guards couldn't figure out the situation in this dark night. They felt that they had encountered a large army, so without further ado, Protect the commander and withdraw.

In the midst of this turmoil, Yang Shande, the commander of the Fourth Division, was accidentally hit in the leg by a stray bullet while fleeing with Feng Guozhang, and fell to the side immediately, while his guard was killed in the battle just now. No one cares about him anymore.

And Zhao Yong, who was chasing Feng Guozhang and others, rushed to Yang Shande's side impartially, and shouted to his soldiers: "Chasing, chasing quickly. Don't let them run away..."

Yang Shande didn't have a gun on his body, otherwise he would have to shoot whether he committed suicide or killed Zhao Yong, to show the dignity of an old Beiyang soldier.However, the severe pain in his leg made him very eager to be discovered. If the gunshot wound was not treated in time, it would become very serious.

Zhao Yong stomped his feet on the spot angrily. Damn it, he lost more than a dozen brothers, but in the end he didn't even get a hair, so he had to hurry up and retreat.Habitually shaking his head, he saw a living Beiyang officer, and he was actually a lieutenant general in military uniform.

Zhao Yong wiped his eyes violently, and then glanced at Yang Shande who was full of disbelief. He was really a lieutenant general, hahaha, he caught a big fish.Zhao Yong's feeling was that he suddenly won a 500 million grand prize after being extremely depressed. He mentioned Yang Shande and asked: "Be more conscious, designation, position, and name."

Yang Shande gave Zhao Yong a cold look: "Let go of your dirty hands, I am Yang Shande, Lieutenant General and Commander of the Fourth Division of the Central Army."

Hearing this reply, Zhao Yong immediately understood that the big man who escaped under the protection of a group of guards just now was most likely Feng Guozhang, oops, he missed an unrivaled feat.But soon after he realized that his current actions were undoubtedly stabbing a hornet's nest, he retreated, and retreated immediately.

Zhao Yong immediately asked his subordinates to carry Yang Shande on their backs, and then immediately retreated towards the mountains.Sure enough, a regiment of Beiyang soldiers rushed over, but fortunately Zhao Yong and others escaped.

In the next day or so, Zhao Yong and others worked hard to get rid of the pursuit of the Beiyang Army, and successfully brought Yang Shande back to the headquarters of the Tongling First Division. talk. . .

The most immediate effect was that Feng Guozhang collapsed. He really couldn't accept that he was kicked out of the nest by a group of boys at such an old age, and he almost fell into the enemy's hands.At the same time, Yang Shande, the commander of the Fourth Division, was obviously with him at the time, but disappeared after encountering the enemy. He didn't even find his body, so he was probably captured.

"Bastards, you bastards, you are all waste, waste, shoot all the officers who were in charge of patrolling the periphery that night, they are dereliction of duty, serious dereliction of duty. Shoot them, immediately, it is a shame for this group of Beiyang."

After a while, Feng Guozhang spoke again: "Give me an order, and the whole army will immediately retreat to Wuhu, immediately."

The immediate result was chaos. The first reaction of all the troops when they received such an order was that something serious was going to happen. It was good that the Second Division had the commander Wang Zhanyuan around.The Fourth Division lost even its commander, and they took the lead in chaos before the First and Second Divisions of the Jiangsu Army.

All the armies were clueless and retreated without a plan.A large amount of luggage was also discarded without anyone caring about it, and no military officer even organized personnel to burn these supplies.On the road from Tongling to Wuhu, all the combat units were crowded together. If the senior staff officer Guo Songling hadn't returned from the front line in time and immediately organized a 400-member law enforcement team to try to maintain order on the road, the situation would have been much worse. It was completely out of control, and it is estimated that even the establishment did not exist.

Therefore, military historians of later generations gave high praise to Zhao Yong's heroic night attack that was almost lucky.

No matter from which point of view, the brave actions of Zhao Yong and the officers and men of the 111th Company of the [-] Infantry Regiment finally laid the foundation for the victory of the Southeast Front Army. Although we have no direct evidence to prove how much impact this raid had on Feng Guozhang's subsequent behavior .But no one can deny that this attack made a huge contribution to the final victory of the entire southeast battle.

------ "Battle in the Southeast", author Yi Zhongdi, published by Federal Publishing House

Tao Zhiyue breathed a sigh of relief in the face of the retreat of the Beiyang Army, and was still considering whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue it. However, after three or four days of fierce fighting, the first division suffered more than 5000 casualties, which was the biggest loss since the establishment of the army. once.The second thing is that the weapons and ammunition have been exhausted, and the existing materials are not enough to launch a large-scale battle unless there are reinforcements.

At this time, Wang Zhenyu had already arrived in Wuhan. On the way to Wuhan, he personally issued an order that Zeng Jiwu's Tenth Division would provide reinforcements to Tao Zhiyue's right army by water.

So Feng Guozhang's disaster was about to begin. Relying on the strong transportation tonnage of Yuanjiang Shipping Company, the equipment and personnel of the Tenth Division boarded the ship in Yueyang almost in the afternoon when Wang Zhenyu's order was issued.

While Feng Guozhang's army was still in chaos on the road from Tongling to Wuhu, Zeng Jiwu arrived in Tongling on April 4, April Fool's Day, and personally reported to Li Zongren, commander of the Southeast Front Army.

So far, Li Zongren's army has reached an astonishing 7 divisions, and the goddess of victory naturally waved at him unceremoniously.

On April 4, Li Zongren, the commander of the Southeast Front Army, issued an order for a general offensive across the board. Bai Chongxi commanded three divisions of the Left Army to rush towards Pukou fiercely, while the first and tenth divisions commanded by Tao Zhiyue began to follow Feng Guozhang's troops (so wretched) word).

At this moment, Lu Diping reported that Lu Yongxiang, the 11th Beiyang Division in front of him, had run away. Tao Zhiyue replied without hesitation. The No. [-] Division immediately attacked and tried his best to cut off the road between Wuhu and Nanjing. Be sure not to let the main force of the Beiyang Army get away.