Jagged Warlord

"Report, enemy cavalry is found ahead!" The SS soldiers who were advancing towards the deep position of the Beiyang Army found a large group of Beiyang Army cavalry rushing towards them.

At this moment, although there was a deafening engine sound, it still couldn't cover the sound of horseshoes of a regiment of cavalry troops.The chariots also spotted the enemy's cavalry, so they rushed up to meet them. It would be very bad if the cavalry charged into the infantry formation.

Sure enough, there was an armored chariot, Li Dianrong, the head of the Beiyang Army Cavalry, took the lead, and soon saw the armored chariot that kept spewing fire, and secretly groaned in his heart.

"Wu Ziyu, it doesn't matter if you killed a small soldier by mistake, but you made me suffer." Li Dianrong was a little bit hard to get off the armored chariot. Fortunately, he took a closer look at the strength of the SS army, and there were only 7 armored chariots. , not many in number, followed by infantry.

What are you afraid of?As long as your own cavalry rushes over.

"Kill!" Li Dianrong held up his saber, and led the brave cavalry regiment of the third division to charge towards a monster they had never seen before.Due to the fierce firepower of the SS, some of Li Dianrong's cavalry were shot and fell from their horses from time to time, but they continued to rush towards the chariot. The fan-shaped firepower formed by the 7 chariots is not insignificant, but under the impact of the brigade of cavalry, many leaked fish still rushed to the chariot.

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It turned out that a cavalry soldier of the Beiyang Army slashed his saber viciously on the chariot's chariot, but his arm was numb from the shock, but the chariot remained motionless.

clang again

Another cavalryman of the Beiyang Army smashed the armored chariot with a saber.

The SS chariot soldier sitting in the chariot laughed, "What do these fools think they are holding?"

Immediately afterwards, several Beiyang Army cavalrymen slashed at the armored chariot with all their strength, but apart from a few sparks, the chariot was still unharmed.

The grenade thrown by the infantry following the chariot exploded beside the chariot, and a piece of shrapnel hit Li Dianrong's head impartially.With unrepentant eyes, Li Dianrong fell off his horse and fell in front of a monster he had never seen before. He never had a chance to figure out who this monster was.The wheels of the armored chariot ran over Li Dianrong's body, leaving behind a large pile of disgusting meat paste.

Seeing that the head of the regiment was dead, the Beiyang cavalry quickly turned their horses and ran away.Where would the SS soldiers let it go easily?The heavy machine gun team carrying the heavy machine gun quickly put down the machine gun, inserted the ammunition belt, and fired violently at the fleeing Beiyang Army cavalry.A large number of Beiyang Army cavalry were shot again, and the wounded people and horses wailed in a pool of blood. The scene was quite tragic.

Although the number of the Beiyang Army still has a slight advantage on the battlefield, the morale has actually been hit very low. In other words, the defenders have lost all their defensive advantages, and finally began to fail without support.The morale of the Beiyang Army, which was originally on the ground, no longer had an advantage, and in the face of the strong firepower advantage of the SS Army, it was at a disadvantage everywhere.Many soldiers of the Beiyang Army put on bayonets and prepared to fight, but the SS didn't take this at all. The soldiers kept pulling the triggers to fire or using grenades and mortars as a foreshadowing for the attack. Many veterans of the Beiyang Army Youzi didn't understand until his death, why the thing hanging around the neck of the SS soldier was much shorter than theirs, but it was so powerful when used.

The loss of the forward position, and even the news that the cavalry regiment was hit by the enemy, still did not cause much shock to Wu Peifu. He had already estimated this.Unlike his subordinates who were in a panic, he still sat firmly on the chair and observed the situation carefully.According to his plan in advance, he was going to use section resistance to lure the enemy to go deep, and fought tenaciously in the forward position.

In other words, the forward position was meant to be lost, but losing it too easily and hastily would cause doubts on the other side.Wu Peifu deployed two battalion forces on the second-line position. He estimated that this deployment could withstand the SS for at least two hours.Wu Peifu's final plan is to lure the SS attacking troops to the front of the core position, then suddenly dispatch the two wings to outflank, and then invest heavily in the reserve team to launch a frontal counterattack. Only in this way can he hold the position as much as possible and win what he needs. time.Therefore, Wu Peifu deployed some of the heavy machine guns on the core positions of the second line. This is undoubtedly one of the reasons why the front positions are easily lost.

When Li Dianrong's remnant fled back and told Wu Peifu that the armored chariots of the SS were unstoppable, Wu Peifu began to worry.

At this time, the brigade headquarters received an urgent telegram from Baoding, saying that the SS was besieging Baoding, and Cao Kun ordered Wu Peifu to return to Baoding immediately for support.Wu Peifu was out of luck now. After thinking about it, Wu Peifu decided to return to the army to rescue Baoding.But retreating like this cannot be saved. If you retreat like this, the SS will definitely come after you.At that time, I can't run away, and I can't keep Baoding.

"In order to attract the opponent's attention, I will lead some troops to stay in the core position and cover your retreat." Wu Peifu continued to explain to his subordinates, "When breaking through, you should go west first, then south, and then west again. As long as you keep Baoding, you can get through Without the north-south transportation, we still have a chance of turning things around." Wu Peifu called together several regiment leaders and staff adjutants under him, and lectured them.

"No, how can I let the brigade stay in the rear?" Yan Xiangwen, the commander of the No. 12 Infantry Regiment of the Third Division, immediately objected, "I am willing to stay and hold back the enemy."

"Traveler, if we don't leave, if we die, we will all die together." Several young staff officers were full of vigor.

"Nonsense, you are still young, and you still have plenty of opportunities." Wu Peifu said seriously, "You are all the seedlings of the third division. If you die too, what will the third division do?"

"But~" Several young officers still wanted to persuade Wu Peifu

"Report~!" A soldier stumbled into the brigade headquarters, "Report to the brigade, a large number of enemy troops have appeared in the southeast direction."

"What?" Wu Peifu turned pale with shock, and hurriedly asked, "Where is it?"

The soldier replied: "It seems to be coming from the direction of Bazhou, and we have already arrived at Sizhuang Town."

"How many people are there?" Wu Peifu asked again

The soldier replied: "According to the spies' report, there are no less than three regiments."

"Three regiments?" The other officers gasped.

Wu Peifu smiled wryly three times, and said, "It seems that our way back has been cut off. Everyone, this time we can't live together if we don't want to die together."

Wang Chengbin, head of the No. 11 Infantry Regiment of the Third Division, laughed and said, "It is my honor to die with Yushuai."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the two SS forces from the north and the south surrounded Wu Peifu's troops in the Xincheng area.Wu Peifu led the guards to stand firm on the core position. After a fierce battle, the defenders were finally wiped out. Wu Peifu originally wanted to commit suicide, but was blocked by his subordinates and failed to die.The SS rushed forward and captured Wu Peifu and a group of mid-level officers.

According to the "Captive Management Regulations" of the SS, whenever an enemy army is captured, the officers and soldiers must be distinguished, and then the officers and soldiers will be separated and detained.Generally speaking, the treatment of soldiers is quite simple. First, people from the political training department will do ideological education, and then they will give captured soldiers a way out. Assessment, sent to the rear into the reserve force.

This is the practice for ordinary infantry. If they are technical arms such as artillery, machine gunners, engineers, and heavy soldiers, as long as they meet the requirements, they will generally be mobilized to stay.It is not easy to train these types of arms. It is a very good choice if you can directly obtain supplements from the enemy, and the quality of this part of the soldiers is relatively high. In the Chinese squadron where the vast majority of illiterate people are illiterate, these soldiers are often literate Or those who have studied are a valuable asset to the army.

Of course, the treatment of officers is more complicated. Because the middle and senior officers of the Beiyang Army have served in the Beiyang Army for many years, they have a relatively strong sense of identification with the Beiyang Group and Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui and others. They are not guaranteed to continue to be enemies with them in the next battle.It is easier to release a tiger than to catch a tiger. To be on the safe side, the SS will not release them, but send them to the rear and imprison them.

For this kind of people, Li Mohan, Jiang Fangzhen, Liang Qichao and others all have the same opinion, that is, on the premise of ensuring the change of the other party's political position, they can be hired according to their ability.The current political ideological conflict between the National Party and the Beiyang faction is by no means incompatible with the ideological conflict between the KMT and the Communist Party in later generations.To put it bluntly, it was the situation when the warlords separated each other.In fact, many Beiyang military officers graduated from foreign or domestic military schools and received traditional Confucian education and the influence of Western civilization. Most of them are relatively patriotic, and their life beliefs and ambitions can be called Be positive.In a word, as China's eye-opening figures, they can basically be transformed, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future.Under this guiding ideology, Wu Peifu and others were screened out and sent to Beijing by the SS to wait for Li Mohan's disposal.

To be honest, Li Mohan's image of Wu Peifu is pretty good.Based on the evaluation of later generations, this person can be regarded as the most warlord in the history of the Republic of China, and he also has some backbone.During the May [-]th Movement, Wu Peifu sent telegrams many times to oppose the signing of the Paris Peace Conference and support the student movement, which was well received by the public.He also has the four no principles of not taking concubines, not accumulating money, not staying abroad, and not leaving the concession.In the end, he refused the wooing of the Japanese, and was assassinated by the Japanese, which is also considered to be strong and worthy of national integrity.

Li Mohan's SS army developed rapidly.Troop building is also very effective, but there is a weak link - there are too few experienced and qualified officers.Therefore, Li Mohan very much hoped to take Wu Peifu for his own use.Therefore, he immediately arranged a meeting with Wu Peifu.

When Wu Peifu learned that Li Mohan wanted to see him, he insisted on refusing to wash up, keeping his face full of gunpowder smoke and blood when he got off the battlefield.When he entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, he looked at a table of food and wine, and without waiting for Li Mohan to arrive, he sat down and ate without hesitation.The guard Guo Side was so angry that he wanted to draw his gun several times, but Li Mohan had ordered him to, so he could only endure it.

Wu Peifu planned to scold Li Mohan first when he saw him, and then wait to be shot by Li Mohan, so he could count himself as loyal to Marshal Cao.So he gobbled it up and planned to be a stuffed ghost.When Wu Peifu was seven or eight percent full, he saw a young man in a white suit approaching.Wu Peifu rubbed his belly, pointed at him, and said, "Tell your master, Li Mohan, if you want to kill or kill, you can do whatever you want. I don't see such a capricious villain."

"Bold!" Guo Side finally couldn't bear it and pulled out his gun

"Why am I capricious?" Li Mohan waved his hands with a smile, and sat down opposite Wu Peifu.

"Eh? You are Li Mohan?" Wu Peifu was taken aback, almost choking on half of the braised pork in his mouth.