Jagged Warlord

The strategic position of Heze, the seat of Caozhou, is very important. It has always been a place that military strategists must contend for. The White Lotus Sect uprising and so on, and the position of Dingtao is in the waistline of Caozhou. The strategic position is equally important. There have been many battles in Dingtao in history. It is an important battle in the history of later generations, and Dingtao can directly threaten Li Mohan's industrial base Shangqiu from the north. After Li Mohan announced his uprising, the gentry and wealthy households in Shangqiu were all anxious. In order to calm people's hearts, the Dingtao battle had to be launched first .

In the "Operation Plan No. [-]", the SS troops were divided into two groups. The Jiang Haoran Department of the First Independent Regiment of the SS started from Yanzhou in the north and attacked Heze along the Juye and Yongjia areas; He Feng, the independent regiment, attacked Dingtao from the front of Peixian County; Liu Shijie, the third independent regiment of the SS, set out from Dangshan, outflanked from the South Road and along the Yellow River to prevent the Beiyang Army Wang Tianchou from joining the Zhensong Army.

In addition, Wang Qinian's Department of the [-]st Mixed Brigade of the SS, Wang Shihu's Department of the [-]nd Mixed Brigade of the SS Army, and Shao Jianfeng's Department of the [-]rd Mixed Brigade of the SS Army were distributed along the line from Suizhou to Zhecheng. Behind them is Ma Qian'an's second division. In addition to supporting the above three mixed brigades, they can also turn defense into offense at any time.

It is undeniable that Jiang Fangzhen, who formulated the battle plan, was one of the best strategists and military strategists during the Republic of China. However, Jiang Fangzhen returned from studying in Germany until he came to Li Mohan to work here. He has been engaged in military education and training. He has never actually mastered military power or He actually led troops to fight, which is a bit like Zhao Kuo who talked about soldiers on paper during the Warring States Period. Therefore, there are a group of people in the SS who are very polite to him, but they are not convinced in their hearts. This is why Li Mohan intends to put The reason why the First Division was given to his command.

On March 1916, 3, the three groups of SS troops set off together, and the fronts of the soldiers pointed to Dingtao, Liaocheng, Zhecheng and Yidu respectively.

Li Mohan, who sits in Xuzhou, spends every day in the war room, watching the room full of telegraph soldiers uninterruptedly summarizing the telegrams sent by all divisions, brigades and regiments.

"Report, call from the [-]th Mixed Brigade, the Qiu Guozhu Regiment encountered and exchanged fire with the militia in Taohua Mountain!"

"Yeah, this side is the first to exchange fire~" Li Mohan was a little surprised, but he didn't take it seriously. He lit a cigarette and said, "Return the call, just four words: let go!"

"Yes." The telegraph soldier immediately returned to his seat and began to send the message tick-tock.

……Dividing line……

The Battle of Peach Blossom Mountain was a completely sudden encounter between the Qiu Guozhu Regiment of the [-]th Mixed Brigade of the SS Army and the Wu Dazhou Department of the Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Party. Generally speaking, the encounter is usually too late to deploy troops and ammunition When the distribution and tactics are arranged, the battle begins. The decisive factor is often that the brave wins and the wise lose, because the two sides have no time to think and deploy.

Mingshui Town is located at the junction of hills and plains, with high terrain in the south and low in the north. The SS and the Northeast Army encountered each other on the mountain road of Taohua Mountain with cliffs on one side and cliffs on the other. Seizing the commanding heights on one side at the right time is the key to victory.

Due to the narrow mountain road, the troops of both sides could not deploy, so Qiu Guozhu decisively ordered a company of soldiers to seize the commanding heights.

"Light and heavy mortars, cover the mountain raiding troops." Qiu Guozhu originally rode a horse, but on the narrow mountain road, if he rode a horse, the target would be too big.

Wu Dazhou also quickly discovered the importance of robbing the commanding heights. He ordered one of his men, a bandit leader who was born in the Northeast and nicknamed Lao Heishan, to take his troops to rob the mountain as well.

Lao Heishan patted his chest and boasted: "I have climbed more mountains in the northeast than they have traveled. This mountain is like a mound!"

While hiding behind a big rock, Wu Dazhou said, "Lao Heishan, if you can't take down this mountain, our entire team will be made dumplings. You can't be vague!"

Lao Heishan pulled out two shell guns from his waist, opened his big mouth to reveal his big yellow teeth, smiled, and said, "You just watch it." Immediately, he waved to the next group of people, "Little ones, come with me!" let me try!"

Lao Heishan's subordinates made a noise, "Follow the master." Then they climbed up the cliff in a mess. Not to mention, these bandits who are used to deep mountains and old forests are really not good at climbing mountains, although they climbed up in a mess. The ground, but it is definitely faster than the Henan soldiers who grew up in the plains under Qiu Guozhu's men.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Qiu Guozhu quickly ordered the 120mm mortars to be brought in and aimed at the Northeast Army that was robbing the mountain. At the same time, it suppressed the Northeast Army's attack with intensive light and heavy machine gun fire, covering the infantry as they rushed to the top of the mountain recklessly.

Wu Dazhou held the binoculars in his hand, and sweat dripped down from anxiety, "Damn it, the firepower of this SS army is too fierce. There are so many light and heavy machine guns, and the bullets don't cost money." Wu Dazhou looked at Qiangshan The troops rushed up one after another, fell down one after another, rushed up again, and fell down again. Apart from worrying in my heart, I also admired the ferocity of the bandits in Laoheishan. , I'm afraid I won't be able to grab it until next year.

However, bravery cannot solve all problems. Although only one of the 120mm mortars pulled over by the SS soldiers can be put into use because of the narrow mountain road, the huge power has already caused great harm to the Northeast Army who tried to grab the mountain. Small casualties, 16 kilograms of stray bullets exploded on the steep slope of the cliff, and the huge air wave directly blasted several Northeast Army soldiers into the valley on the other side. At the same time, the rocks shattered by the explosion rolled down and splashed , Killed and wounded many soldiers of the Northeast Army.

Finally, a company of the SS occupied the top of the mountain under the cover of artillery fire, and set up a machine gun to shoot down from above.

There was a whirring sound in the air, and the shells exploded right next to Lao Heishan, splashing mud all over the heads and faces of several people. He grabbed one of them and shouted: "Quick, go and call Captain Wu and send some people over. Otherwise, let him grab this hill by himself~!"

"Yes." This minion's scalp was broken by gravel, and his face was covered with blood. He crawled down the mountainside and found Wu Dazhou for help. Wu Dazhou had no choice but to line up another company to support the old man. Montenegro.

Lao Heishan was much more cautious this time. He ordered the soldiers to lie down and crawl forward. After a while, the bullets in the SS machine gun ran out and stopped to change the clips. Seeing this situation, Lao Heishan jumped up and slammed After running for a few steps, seeing the SS started to shoot again, he lay down on the ground to fight back. After a while, the SS's machine gun went silent again. Lao Heishan shouted and led his men to rush over to the middle of the mountain. The machine guns of the SS rang out again, and they fired wildly at the Northeast Army rushing forward. A group of Northeast Army soldiers who ran ahead fell down, but Laoheishan's offensive remained unabated, and the two sides fired at each other with intensive firepower.

Although Laoheishan's gang of bandits have good marksmanship and regained a lot of disadvantages, the firepower of the SS army is still much stronger than them. A dozen grenades were thrown from above, and dozens of them were reimbursed even after they were blown up and fell. The Northeast Army and the Laoheishan group were crushed behind the mountainside, unable to rush up at all. The entire mountain road was filled with black smoke, rocks were flying everywhere, and gunshots and grenade explosions were mixed together.

After controlling the commanding heights, Qiu Guozhu quickly sent reinforcements. The SS soldiers carried heavy machine guns and 60mm mortars to the top of the mountain and began to shoot at the Northeast Army on the mountain road. The Northeast Army was inevitable and suffered heavy casualties. The army soldiers aimed at one by one and hit one by one. After a while, many enemy soldiers screamed and rolled down the cliff on one side.

Wu Dazhou saw that the situation was not right, so he ordered the rear team to change to the front team and quickly withdraw.

Seeing that the enemy soldiers had retreated, Qiu Guozhu jumped onto a big rock and shouted: "Brothers, the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road. Now that the enemy soldiers are too timid to run away, let's stab him in the eye with bayonets!"

"Kill it~!"

The SS soldiers mounted bayonets and charged at the Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, which had begun to retreat. The retreat of the Northeast Army turned into a rout. Wu Dazhou could no longer control the situation. Run away from the crowd.

Moreover, the large army of Wu Dazhou's troops had not yet fully entered the mountain path, so the rout soldiers quickly escaped from the mountain path, and as soon as they came out of the mountain path to the plains, the rout soldiers encountered Bo Ziming's troops head-on.

Bo Ziming led a team of men and horses, each of them was shirtless, carrying a ghost-headed sword on his shoulder, and one of them carried a large banner with the words "supervising the battle team" written on it.

Bo Ziming himself held a pistol in his hand and stood in front of the supervising team with a big horse. Seeing the defeated soldiers coming bravely, he fired several times into the sky.

Bang bang bang bang

The group of rout soldiers instinctively stopped when they heard the gunshot and saw a man dressed as an officer blocking the way.

Bo Ziming said murderously, "Which part do you belong to?"

"Sir, we are Captain Wu's subordinates." A big soldier with a Northeast accent gasped and said in a panic, "The Henan soldiers' firepower is too fierce, brothers can't stand it anymore, run away!"

"Bastard, where's your Captain Wu Dazhou?" Bo Ziming snapped, "Where's your captain!"

The big man in the northeast shook his head, and said blankly: "I don't know, it's too chaotic, everyone is just running for their lives!"

Just as he was talking, another group of rout soldiers rushed over in a chaotic manner. The leader was a hideous, scar-faced man wearing a dog fur hat, with his sleeves rolled up. This group kicked and kicked several people away. The rout in front of him grabbed Bo Ziming in a few strokes, "Why are you stopping? Don't die. Who dares to stand in your way!"

"It's me." Bo Ziming glanced coldly at the scarred man, and said coldly, "I told them to stop!"

The scar-faced man glanced at Bao Ziming, who was thin and fair, and said with disdain, "You're such a fucking bastard, get out of the way, and don't get in the way of Mr. Scar, otherwise~"

The pistol in Bo Ziming's hand was raised suddenly, and he shot the scar-faced man in the face.

Hearing a crisp bang, the man with the scarred face fell to the ground, his brains and plasma scattered all over the floor, and the group of rout soldiers beside him were stunned.