The Republic of Heroes

In the first encounter, the victory came so suddenly that the soldiers did not realize that it was a victory.

After a long time, cheers broke out!

Wu Xiaoliang witnessed the entire battle process at Dong Haibin's regiment headquarters. In less than ten minutes, hundreds of troops from two companies were killed. He was completely shocked by the cruelty and tragedy of modern warfare. What the fans said is true, the firepower advantage of the [-]th Mixed Brigade needs to be strengthened.

Wei Yongchang was furious, the cavalry company was almost wiped out, he couldn't believe it, his men were so brave, how could they be wiped out by a group of child soldiers?He ordered the whole army to speed up and attack Pingjiang at night.

That night, Wu Xiaoliang had a premonition that the Gui army would attack aggressively tonight, so he transferred the third and fourth regiments to Shoujiaping in the northeast of the city to defend the shallow stalls, and transferred the fifth regiment to the front line of Yanjiatan. As a reserve team, he So far, there are only battalion guards directly under the brigade headquarters in Pingjiang City.The soldiers on the front line waited for the whole night, but they didn't see half of the Guangxi army.The east was already faintly white, and some people began to doze off. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire rumbled. Chen Xiuyan shuddered, jumped up from the chair of the regiment headquarters, and rushed to the observation point, "Everyone enters the battle position, where is the enemy?" Location?"

He searched the dark front line through the binoculars, but he still couldn't see half of the Gui army, and the faint gunshots became more and more intense. He wondered: "What's the situation? Did you go to fight Dong Haibin?"

A messenger came in, "Report to the head of the regiment, the first regiment sent a message to ask about the battle situation and whether they need support."

"Tell them that everything is fine here, Lao Tzu, and the enemy didn't attack here." Most warlord armies in the Beiyang period did not have radio stations, but the Fourth Mixed Brigade was the elite of Duan Qirui's direct line, so the radio stations had been distributed to the first-level units of the regiment.

When Chen Xiuyan said this, he was suddenly stunned. Could it be, could it be that they bypassed Yanjiatan...?

"It's impossible, it's impossible!"

The messenger looked confused, he should be glad that the enemy didn't attack his own position, why did the commander's nervous face change shape?

Not only Chen Xiuyan, but Dong Haibin, the head of the first regiment, was also very nervous. There was no enemy attack on either side of Yanjiatan, and the sound of the artillery could only come from the rear. How to cross the river at night?

Cannons rumbled in the distance. Hearing the sound, this was not the 75mm French rapid-fire field gun of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, but the Japanese Siyi Mountain Cannon. Dong Haibin was extremely anxious but helpless. He could not act without orders, not to mention whether this was a trap. It can be seen that it may be just a feint.

"Send a telegram to the brigade headquarters, asking about the battle situation and whether support is needed." Dong Haibin thought for a while.

The telegrapher tick-tock sent a telegram, and after a while, the brigade department replied: "The brigade department has no worries, stay put!"

……

In Tongcheng Wang Ruxian's Eighth Division, Fan Guozhang, the commander of the No. 20 Division, was drinking tea, not seeing the slightest embarrassment of the division's collapse, and said with a smile: "Brother Shaofu, Su Du Li Xiushan has agreed. I am the governor and governor of Hunan, so I am working hard to make wedding clothes for others."

Hu Jinshan, the envoy of the governor of Hubei, Wang Zhanyuan, said: "As long as the electricity is turned on, Marshal Chun will definitely send troops to fully support Master Wang and Duxiang."

Wang Ruxian remained silent, and Fan Guozhang added after seeing this: "Brother Shaofu, the baby brigade commander Duan Qirui sent is finished, and Tan Jun's first division and two brigades are besieging Pingjiang. At this time tonight, it is difficult to guarantee that Pingjiang has fallen into the hands of the Gui army." hand."

Wang Ruqin said at the side: "That's true. Everyone thinks that Tan Yuebo went north to Yueyang, but in fact he rushed to Pingjiang with a feint. That baby named Wu is in danger now."

In the eyes of everyone here, Wu Xiaoliang is no different from a dead person.

Wang Ruxian cast a reproachful glance at his younger brother, knew about it but didn't tell him about it, he didn't know Wu Weizhong's life or death, and sighed: "Forget it.

Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang jointly issued a telegram, anti-war and anti-duan.Li Chun, the governor of Jiangsu, and Wang Zhanyuan, the governor of Hubei, also generated electricity to support them.

……

Beijing, the Presidential Palace.

The Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace rushed over in a panic, "The Hunan issue is getting bigger."

"What's the panic?"

"Wang Shaofu and Fan Ziyu jointly sent a telegram to oppose the war, what should we do?"

"What can I do? There is a responsible cabinet." Feng Guozhang said leisurely. He has been bullied by Duan Qirui these days. This puppet president just stamps his seal and nods, but he is no better than the wooden clay sculptures in the temple. How much, now the generals under his command are starting to force the palace, let's see how Duan Zhiquan ends up.

Local generals opposed the central government, which was a taboo in all dynasties and a harbinger of rebellion.Seeing that the president was watching the excitement happily, the secretary-general said with a worried face: "Wang and Fan are opposing the central government without authorization. This trend cannot last long!"

"Ask the responsible cabinet for everything." Feng Guozhang left a sentence indifferently, got up and left.The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help humming a Beijing accent.

The Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace came to ask Duan Qirui again, and Duan Qirui flipped the table angrily, "I have one solution, resign!" Wu Xiaoliang, whom he had placed high hopes on, had no news at this moment, and Wang Ruxian, who was stationed in Hubei, sent a message earlier asking for help. , Tan Haoming besieged Wu's troops in Pingjiang with one division and two brigades. Please send reinforcements quickly, but he can't send troops when he is surrounded by Zhili troops. The only way is to order Duan Zhigui, the governor of Jiangxi, to send troops to assist Hunan.

Zhang Guogan, secretary-general of the State Council, persuaded him worriedly: "Mr. Zhi, it's not too late to resign when Wu Weizhong gets news."

"It's too late. Weizhong Ruosheng had everything to talk about before they switched on the power, but now the crowd is raging..."

Pingjiang City was in flames, Siyi Mountain was roaring, and the Gui army waded across the south bank and rushed into Pingjiang City.It turned out that there was a barrage 90 miles upstream of the Mishui River, and Tan Haoming's local subordinates proposed to cut off the flow.

Gui Jun waded across the river from the south bank of Mishui River, which was indeed beyond Wu Xiaoliang’s expectations. When formulating a defensive plan, he almost ran along the entire Mishui River bank to check the terrain. The channel on the south bank is relatively narrow, and the water is deep and deep , is his most assured location, but something unexpected happened.

The time was critical, and it was impossible to find out the reason. He urgently ordered the artillery regiment to provide fire support, but all the shooting elements were set for the front of Yanjiatan, and there was no scouts to measure and calculate at the Mishui section in the south of the city.Wu Keren, the commander of the artillery regiment, was furious and scolded his subordinates to send someone to measure immediately.

The city wall of Pingjiang had been in disrepair for a long time, and it had been incomplete for a long time. Fortunately, Fang Qidao once commanded the rout soldiers to build a circle of sandbags along the river outside the south gate, which came in handy at this time.The artillery can no longer be counted on in a short period of time, and only the battalion-owned machine gun company is the greatest suppressing force.After the first wave of attack was suppressed, more than 24 mg08 heavy machine guns were put into place one after another, and the tongues of fire were spewing out. The Gui army was immediately suppressed on the beach and could not lift their heads. The charge company screamed:

"Damn it, you fucking cowards, come with me, there are not many people in the Great Wall of the baby brigade..."

The soldiers of the Gui army got up and followed the company commander to rush towards the barrage of 7.92mm caliber bullets.

Tan Haoming was observing the battlefield with a binoculars on the other side of the river, his heart was bleeding. The first batch of three companies crossing the river had suffered more than half of their casualties in a quarter of an hour. These were all old subordinates who had followed him since the Guangxi army started. The seed of the first division, he is bound to win this battle and will not give an order to retreat easily.

"Let Ma Xiaosheng's model camp go, and the Pingjiang South Gate must be captured before dawn."