Jagged Warlord

Duan Qirui didn't believe the telegram issued by the SS in plain code at first.Including Wu Changzhi, Tian Wangwang, Zhu Wenzao, the commander of the No. 30 Second Regiment of the Eighth Division Infantry, who has not yet been wiped out, and even Feng Yuxiang, who has fallen to Li Mohan, did not believe it at first.How long has it been since the cannons fired in Daxing Town, and the Eighth Division is already finished?Who will believe it?

Ever since, Zhu Wenzao, head of the No. 30 Second Regiment of the Eighth Division Infantry, sent a telegram to the division headquarters to confirm the news.No reply once, no reply twice, still no reply three times.Zhu Wenzao was a little flustered. He thought that the division headquarters was not far from his residence, so he just sent someone to confirm it.

The cavalry sent out quickly returned, saying that the location of the division headquarters was in a mess.As soon as Zhu Wenzao heard this, he immediately felt that something was wrong. The enemy actually took the division headquarters under his own nose. How capable is this?Zhu Wenzao was heartbroken, and quickly said to the adjutant of the staff: "Order to pull out the camp and retreat to Tianjin."

At the same time, Duan Qirui was sending telegrams to confirm the news. He sent several telegrams to Li Changtai, but did not receive a reply.Then he sent a telegram to Zhu Wenzao, and got the news from Zhu Wenzao that the Eighth Division's headquarters had been annihilated. Duan Qirui suddenly slumped on a recliner like a deflated ball.

"It's unbelievable~!" Duan Qirui muttered to himself

Xu Shuzheng thought for a while and said, "Prime Minister, now we can only rely on Cao Kun's third division. I hope he can open up the situation in Gaobeidian."

Duan Qirui smiled wryly, and said: "As soon as the news of the Eighth Division's collapse spreads, I'm afraid Cao Kun won't be in the mood to fight. As for Wu Changzhi and Tian Wangwang, they are even less interested in fighting."

In fact, Xu Shuzheng also knew that what he said was to comfort Duan Qirui, and wanted Wu Changzhi and Tian Wangwang to fight to the death for Duan Qirui, how could that be possible?

Duan Qirui sighed, and said: "Unexpectedly, this Li Bodhisattva and Li Mohan got together and actually caused a big wave. You Zheng, pack up, let's go to Nanjing to find Hua Fu."

Xu Shuzheng was a little reluctant, and said, "Prime Minister, are you going to succumb to Feng Guozhang's roof?"

Duan Qirui smiled and said: "I, Duan, can bend and stretch, and besides, Hua Fu is my fourth brother, and he is not an outsider, so what are you afraid of?"

Since Duan Qirui himself didn't mind, then Xu Shuzheng had nothing to say, so he immediately ordered someone to pack up the documents and prepare to go to Tianjin by boat, then take the sea to Shanghai, and finally take the train to Nanjing.Before leaving, Xu Shuzheng gave Wu Changzhi and Tian Wangwang an order to stick to it.

But at this time, Wu Changzhi and Tian Wangwang could no longer take care of it, because Feng Yuxiang believed that the Eighth Division was finished, so he attacked Wu Changzhi's department from the north.Wu Changzhi didn't intend to do his best for Duan Qirui, so he immediately retreated south as soon as he touched him.The same is true for Tian Wangwang. While retreating towards Tianjin, Tian Wangwang also encountered Zhu Wenzao's troops. The two teams fought forcibly, and the situation was chaotic.

……Dividing line……

On the front line of Gaobeidian, Cao Kun didn't know that Duan Qirui was planning to escape. He was still fighting fiercely with the SS and Tao Yunhe's troops who had surrendered.As everyone knows, an SS army from Shandong has quietly approached Baoding.

The Third Division of the Beiyang Army can be said to rank first among the divisions of the Beiyang Army.Wu Yushuai's super trump card.

In the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), Yuan Shikai took the opportunity of the Russo-Japanese War to expand the new Beiyang army, and the third town of the army was hastily compiled at this time.Yuan Shikai reorganized the Wuwei and Ziqiang armies into the third town of the Beiyang Standing Army, with Duan Qirui, the wing commander, in charge of the fifth and sixth associations, Lei Zhenchun and Zhang Yongcheng respectively, stationed in Baoding.Due to the haste of forming an army in the third town, the soldiers had no time to recruit aborigines in Zhili, so they recruited in Shandong, Henan, Anhui and other provinces.

At this time, the sequence of the Army's [-]rd Division is:

Commander of the Third Division of the Army: Cao Kun

Chief of Staff of the Third Army Division: Liu Jingyuan

Commander of the Fifth Infantry Brigade: Wang Xueqian

Commander of the Ninth Infantry Regiment: Xiao Yaonan and Chen Qingyuan

Commander of the Tenth Infantry Regiment: Zhang Xueyan

Commander of the Sixth Infantry Brigade: Wu Peifu

Infantry No.11 Regiment Commander: Wang Chengbin and Zhang Fulai

Infantry No.12 Regiment Commander: Yan Xiangwen

Commander of the Third Cavalry Regiment: Li Dianrong

Commander of the Third Artillery Regiment: Wang Yongzhong

Of course, Cao Kun didn't send out all the soldiers and horses this time, he just sent Wu Peifu's brigade and Li Dianrong's cavalry regiment.

a loud bang

A shell exploded less than 10 meters away from the command post of the third division. The strong air wave broke through the doors and windows. , A thick layer of dust fell on the ground and on the bodies of the two of them, and the paper was floating everywhere. After calming down for a while, the two of them stood up in a hurry. Fortunately, there was no injury to their beard or hair.

Wu Peifu got up carelessly, and said: "Hey, if I knew it earlier, I would have asked the commander to transfer Wang Yongzhong's artillery regiment, so that we would not be bullied by the enemy's small steel cannons." The small steel cannons in Wu Peifu's mouth actually referred to Mortars of the SS.

Before the words fell, he heard the sound of cannons outside, and the sound was scary.

"No, is it possible that reinforcements have arrived again from the enemy?" Wu Peifu knew that the cannon fired now was not the same as the one just now when he heard the sound.

Immediately, unfavorable news from all sides came to the command post, none of which was good news, either damage to fortifications or casualties, loss of equipment or interruption of news. His subordinates anxiously asked Wu Peifu: "Brigade Commander, what should we do?"

Wu Peifu was not in a hurry to answer, but asked calmly, "Have the enemy's infantry come up?"

The staff officer was taken aback.Then he replied: "Not yet. Except for the position in the east that cannot be contacted. The rest of the places have not reported the shadow of the enemy. It's just that the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce..."

Wu Peifu shook his head. He said: "The enemy soldiers are powerful with artillery! Grandpas have already hidden away. When you attack, you will look good."

It was not easy to wait until the artillery fire was heard, and the Beiyang soldiers of the third division got out of the mud, stretched their guns out of the trench, and were ready to shoot.

"What's that sound?" a Beiyang soldier muttered

"How can there be any sound?" Another person shouted, "I didn't hear it."

"What is that?" Someone finally noticed something strange.

In the field of vision of the Beiyang soldiers, a behemoth they had never seen before appeared.This monster was covered in black, and the front continued to pour firepower, hitting the trenches of the Beiyang Army with a storm of shrapnel.What kind of monster is this?The soldiers of the third division instinctively picked up the rifles in their hands and attacked. Did the bullets hit?They didn't know either, they just saw the monster getting closer and closer to them.

That was Shen Liankai's chariot unit.

Of course, the main force of Shen Liankai's chariot troop was still in the Daxing area, and they didn't come to Gaobeidian so soon. This was a squadron of chariots specially reserved by Li Mohan for the Gaobeidian battle.The chariot soldiers poured the ammunition of the 37mm machine guns onto the enemy's position one after another. The machine guns were a little far away and hadn't fired yet.

Behind each chariot, there are several infantrymen. They hide behind the chariot carefully with their waists down, relying on the thick body of the chariot to shield them from the firepower pouring from the opposite side.The bullets of the Beiyang army hit the front armor of the tank, and there was a "clang" sound, but the tank continued to move forward with its head held high, as if nothing had happened.The infantry patiently followed the chariot and slowly moved forward. Although the chariot was driving very slowly, there was a chariot in front of it, so I felt at ease. At least I didn't have to lie on the ground and crawl forward.

Whenever the chariot encountered an obstacle that was difficult to overcome and made a huge roar, the infantry all worked together to push the chariot forward. Strange to say, with the combined efforts of the infantry and the efforts of the chariot engine, The 7 chariots successfully arrived in front of the Beiyang soldiers.

"Heavy machine gun, aim the heavy machine gun at that thing and hit it hard!" Several officers of the Beiyang Army panicked and ordered their machine gunners to shoot at the tank, but the truth made a merciless joke with them. , the tank didn't move at all, and didn't care about the dense bullets at all, as if mocking the Beiyang Army, the large-caliber bullets of the tank's machine gun swept over a large number of Beiyang Army soldiers.

The chariot was getting closer and closer to the trench. Seeing that the guy in his hand couldn't do anything to the monster in front of him, the soldiers of the Beiyang Army in the trench were shaken.Even if they were the elite third division, they would have nothing to do with armored chariots that were invulnerable.So, some soldiers dropped the guns in their hands and ran back, one person driving two.Two led four, and soon the whole position fell into panic. Taking advantage of the panic of the enemy, the infantry who had followed the tank also poked their heads out and fired violently with their rifles, light machine guns, and submachine guns. The position of the Beiyang Army.The morale of the Beiyang Army was shaken even more, and finally even the officers joined the ranks of fleeing places.

When the armored chariot came to the trench dug by the Beiyang Army, the soldiers behind hurriedly unloaded firewood from the back of the chariot and filled it into the trench.However, the trenches dug by the Beiyang Army were quite wide. In desperation, the SS soldiers added the bodies of the Beiyang Army like mud.The result was still not enough, the chariot could only be put into reverse gear, retreated a few meters back, and then used the shovel pushed to the obstacle to scoop up the soil on the ground and fill it into the trench, thus paving a path.

As soon as he heard that the position was lost, Wu Peifu hurriedly sent Li Dianrong's cavalry troops to support.

A company commander who had escaped kindly told Wu Peifu that the SS had invulnerable armored chariots, and the cavalry would only die if they went there.Wu Peifu was furious, and shouted: "You bastard, you dare to talk nonsense after losing your position, I'll shoot you."

"Traveler, what I said is true." The company commander hurriedly begged for mercy: "Traveler, please forgive me."

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Wu Peifu raised his hand and shot, "Whoever dares to spread rumors and shake the morale of the army will be executed before the battle."