Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

With Nogi Xidian's order, a brigade of Japanese troops immediately moved to the barracks of Fengziying, ready to launch an attack, but before they arrived at the camp of Fengziying, they were attacked by Huoziying and Shanziying.

It turned out that Nogi Xidian felt that the fighting power of the Qing army was extremely poor, and he believed that they could only do the work of digging fortifications and repairing fortresses, while the imperial army of the Japanese Empire should recharge their batteries and prepare to resist the attack of Lin Yuan's troops, so he did all the heavy work. It was handed over to the Qing army, but the Japanese army was extremely leisurely.

The people in Yuan Shikai's army considered themselves elite. How could they have been treated like this? There have been complaints about repairing fortifications these days, but unfortunately no one dared to stand up and resist. Now that Fengziying took the lead, they followed suit.

Fengziying is at the westernmost side of the camp. To fight Fengziying, the Japanese army had to pass between Huoziying, Shanziying and Linziying. Immediately opened fire, killing many Japanese soldiers immediately, the Japanese commander immediately ordered: "For the Chinese, shoot and kill!"

The two sides immediately exchanged fire. In all fairness, the personal combat quality of the Japanese army was much better than that of the Qing army, and even not much different from Lin Yuan's troops. Equipped with automatic rifles and squad light machine guns, the combat effectiveness completely left the Qing army behind. At first, the Qing army did not suffer a loss. The reason is very simple: the Qing army learned from the experience of the previous battles and improved the barracks.

In the original barracks of the Qing army, there were no bunkers and other fortifications in the barracks. Lin Yuan’s troops would have no danger to defend if they conquered the Qing army. Their weapons were not as good as those of Lin Yuan’s troops, so they could only be beaten passively in the barracks, so Yuan Shikai built When camping, a lot of bunkers were added to the camp to prevent Lin Yuan's troops from attacking.

These bunkers were all in the camps of the Qing army, so the Japanese army had no cover at all when they passed between the three camps. The Qing army then occupied the bunkers and attacked the Japanese army. The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties for a while.

The news was reported to Nogi Xidian, and after hearing this, Nogi Xidian was furious, thinking: "I can't beat Lin Yuan, can't I beat the Qing army?" So he ordered the troops: Use artillery to cover the attack!

After giving an order, the Japanese army immediately took out the mortars they equipped. The threshold of mortars is relatively low, so the Japanese army also developed it. At this time, the Japanese army has already equipped mortars. Type mortars fired chemical pills at Lin Yuan's troops.

The Japanese shooters shot very accurately, and the shells fell behind the Qing army’s bunkers like they had eyes. The shrapnel killed countless Qing soldiers in an instant. , There was no unified command, so the Japanese army quickly rushed into the barracks and occupied a large area of ​​barracks.

The Japanese army and the Qing army inside were fighting extremely lively, and Lin Yuan's troops outside could not watch. The brigade commander of the 46th brigade immediately reported the news of the exchange of fire between the Qing army and the Japanese army to Xiao Yingwu. Xiao Yingwu immediately ordered: "Attack the troops outside Baihe Town. Japanese defenders."

The 46th Brigade heard this order and dispatched immediately. Ningshan had already informed Xiao Yingwu of the Japanese army's defensive deployment, so the 46th Brigade easily chose a few directions away from the firepower point, and attacked the Japanese firepower point with an outflanking and roundabout posture. Before that, the artillery was mobilized to bombard the high slope where the Japanese army was hiding.

In order to guard against the artillery of Lin Yuan's troops, the Japanese army specially hid the troops on the side of the high slope away from Lin Yuan's troops, so that the shells could not hit them, so the artillery did not cause much damage to them. When the troops launched an attack, they came out from the back of the mountain to block Lin Yuan's troops.

The 46th Brigade launched a charge and suffered heavy casualties. Seeing this situation, the brigade commander immediately ordered to change the main attack direction and attack the western camp. The western camps were all Qing troops. After Lin Yuan’s troops entered, they could cooperate with the Qing army. , While changing the direction of the main attack, the 46th Brigade was still using artillery to attack Gaopo where the Japanese troops were stationed. The Japanese army did not discover the intention of Lin Yuan's troops for a while.

The west side of the camp area is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Nogi Xidian handed it over to the Qing army for garrison, and Nogi Xidian decided that Lin Yuan would not dare to attack from here, because there are all small roads here, and walking here is very easy to be ambushed. However, Nogi Xidian did not expect that Ningshan had already revealed the defense situation. The 46th Brigade already knew that the defense here was extremely lax, so he ordered the troops to launch an attack here.

The 46th Regiment of the 190th Brigade quickly entered the defense area of ​​the Qing army. It was a unit of Fengziying who was in charge of the defense here. Nogi Xidian wanted to transfer them out of the camp tonight, but unfortunately failed. Come, immediately lead Lin Yuan's troops into the barracks and attack the Japanese army.

The head of the regiment entered the Fengzi Camp defense area only to find that the three battalions of Huolinshan were also engaged in fierce fighting, and hurriedly asked Madman Ning: "Why did the three battalions also engage in fire with the Japanese army?"

Crazy Ning replied: "We don't understand what's going on, it may be that the Japanese deceived people too much and turned them all back."

The head of the regiment immediately notified his superiors, and the brigade commander immediately reported it to Xiao Yingwu. Xiao Yingwu was moved when he heard the news, because he thought of another important goal-the Huaihe Bridge!

The Huaihe Bridge was built by Lin Yuan for the Beijing-Shanghai Railway. It is a railway bridge and the main artery of north-south transportation. If Lin Yuan's troops can control this bridge, it will save the trouble of crossing the Huaihe River. It turned out that Xiao Yingwu did not He never thought of directly capturing the Huaihe Bridge, because he knew that only one Fengzi battalion in the Qing army turned against the water was not enough to plot the Huaihe Bridge.

Now that all four battalions of the Qing army have turned against the tide, the attack on the Huaihe Bridge will be a matter of course. Xiao Yingwu immediately ordered the 190th regiment to withdraw from the Qing army camp and attack the Huaihe Bridge as quickly as possible!

This is actually a dangerous move. The Qing army also stationed two battalions on the Huaihe Bridge, with a strength of 2000 people, while the 190th regiment only had 500 people. If the Huaihe Bridge cannot be defeated, the Fengzi Battalion will not be able to block the Japanese attack. , the 190 regiment will be attacked from front to back, and in the end only the whole army will be wiped out.

So the head of the 190th regiment was in a cold sweat when he received this order, but the military order was like a mountain, and he had to obey, so he wanted to lead the 190th regiment to withdraw from the barracks, but Ning lunatic stopped him and said: "You can't withdraw, The three battalions of Huolinshan will definitely not be able to stop the Japanese army, if you withdraw we will be finished."

The head of the 190th regiment thought to himself: "I don't know if Commander Xiao has considered this situation." The head then ordered the radio operator: "Contact the 46th Brigade and respond to the situation!" Xiao Yingwu reported, but Xiao Yingwu was busy mobilizing other troops to attack the Japanese army in Baihe Town, so he didn't reply for a while.

The head of the 190th regiment saw that the telegram was not sent for a long time, and he didn't know whether to leave or stay. At this moment, someone came to report to Madman Ning: "The three battalions of Huolinshan were breached by the Japanese army. Come to us."

Crazy Ning asked in surprise: "Why was it breached so quickly?"

The man reported: "their three battalions have no one to command, and the formation of troops is full of loopholes. The Japanese army has suffered a loss at the beginning, and when they understand it, they will definitely attack their weaknesses. The three battalions will definitely not be able to hold out for a long time!"