Jagged Warlord

The Liu family temple fell, and the Beiyang army retreated to the Dazhimen area.The SS continued to pounce on Dazhimen along the railway, and a small force entered and occupied the foreign business racecourse, detoured the Sanyi Bridge, and detoured the flank of the Beiyang Army.At that time, Pan Shouzheng, the commander of the Fifth Infantry Regiment, was not on the battlefield, and the troops had no unified command.Although the soldiers of the Beiyang Army resisted tenaciously and fought repeatedly with the SS, in the end they were defeated by the SS because of lack of backup and backward weapons, and were forced to retreat from Dazhimen.The Beiyang Army guarding Xinsheng Road, relying on strong houses, fought tenaciously, but they still couldn't withstand the rain of steel bullets from the SS.

At this time, the artillery positions of the SS moved to the area of ​​Liujiamiao, and set up cannons on the high ground of Liujiamiao to bombard the artillery positions of the Beiyang Army.Due to the exposure of the Beiyang Army's artillery targets, artillery and personnel losses were great.With the support of superior artillery fire, the SS continued to advance, and successively captured Xinsheng intersection and Huashang Racecourse.The Beiyang Army retreated to Yudai Gate and the market south of Xinsheng Road.Since then, the two sides have launched fierce street battles, but due to the superiority of the SS artillery fire, the Beiyang Army retreated steadily.Finally, after a day of fierce fighting, all the SS troops occupied Hankou.

Wang Zhanyuan couldn't sit still anymore, and he began to organize a counterattack. His plan was that the Guanjiyun Department of the Sixth Infantry Regiment would cross the river from Qinduankou, divide into three teams from the left, middle and right, occupy the dike near the Boxue Academy, and then advance towards Yudaimen to attack the SS guards. Army right wing.The remnants of Cui Pei of the [-]th Infantry Regiment and the remnants of Pan Shouzheng of the [-]th Infantry Regiment were the auxiliary troops. After the main attacking troops crossed the river and launched an attack, they crossed the river from the northeast end of Hanyang, landed at the Dragon King Temple, and marched towards China Street to attack the SS. Army left.After crossing the river, the remnants of the artillery Peng Dequan and the remnants of the cavalry Nan Yuanchao occupied the launching position in the southwest of Boxue Academy to support the infantry in combat.

Wang Zhanyuan's battle plan was effectively implemented by the soldiers of the Beiyang Army of the Second Division who planned to fight the beasts. Under the cover of the gunboats on the river, the Beiyang Army launched.The first to be dispatched were the Beiyang Navy's Chu Guan and Jiang Kun. They approached so arrogantly that they were less than 2000 meters away from the Jiangbei shore, raised their muzzles, and prepared to fire at the SS positions in Jiangbei.

The SS Frontier Artillery Observatory at the corner of the Yangtze River to the east of the northern section of Jiangbei reported that these two Beiyang warships sailed into the river, only 1500 meters away from our observation station. Our observers could even clearly see the Chuguan going to Beiyang Sailor's attire.Although Wang Keming, the commander of the artillery regiment, did not order to load or fire the guns at this time, in fact, all the cannons had been equipped with shooting guns by themselves, and they had already been loaded. Chu Guan and Jiang Kun left.

However, at this moment, an accident happened. The remnants of Beiyang Army Nan Yuanchao who landed from the Dragon King Temple did not know what was going on, but unexpectedly bypassed the infantry defense position and suddenly appeared on the flank of the artillery position.In desperation, the artillerymen could only fight against the cavalry with their pistols. During the churning of iron hooves, more than [-] artillerymen who were caught off guard were cut off by sharp sabers in the blink of an eye.

Nan Yuanchao realized that he was fighting sideways and entered the artillery position that lacked infantry protection, so he shouted: "Brothers, this is the artillery position, let's kill with courage."

However, Nan Yuanchao underestimated the combat effectiveness of the SS, and even the artillery was not at the mercy of others.Soon, the two heavy machine gun squads finally arrived at the scheduled cover point. After a little adjustment, the two Maxim machine guns released countless bullets, followed by several heavy soldiers carrying ammunition boxes. machine gun capabilities.People who have not experienced war cannot imagine how terrifying it is to shoot at full speed with 2 heavy machine guns capable of firing 600 rounds per minute and 6 light machine guns. Shake the machine gun left and right, and a dense rain of bullets will appear on the front.

Especially for heavy machine guns, the loader does not need to repeatedly stuff bullets into the machine gun. He only needs to lock the buckle at the interface of the two canvas belts, and the belt can be extended continuously, and the water-cooled type does not need to worry about the barrel. It's too hot, unless it's jammed or the bullet is gone, otherwise it can continue to shoot.

It was precisely because of this horror that the slanted crossfire formed by the machine gun array was like a hurricane rushing past. In just a few minutes, more than a hundred cavalry cavalry were beaten to the ground, leaving blood and flesh all over the ground.Nan Yuanchao's war horse was hit by a few bullets, fell down, and pressed Nan Yuanchao tightly under him. The SS soldiers rushed up and captured Nan Yuanchao.

The battle on the artillery position did not seem to attract the attention of the Chu Guan and Jiang Kun on the river, and they seemed to be planning to continue sailing towards the Dragon King Temple area.The artillery company commander here saw that the battle was going to be impossible, so in desperation, he ordered the artillery to fire.Hearing the sound, the gunner pulled the fuse manually almost reflexively, and the first shell roared out of the chamber.As soon as the cannon sounded, the other cannons and even the neighboring troops in the nearby positions mistakenly thought that their superiors ordered to fire, so they also opened fire.

The Chu Guan and Jiang Kun were taken aback. They never expected to be hit by artillery fire from land.However, the Chuguan and Jiang Kun reacted quickly, and immediately used all their artillery to fight back.At that time, the SS artillery fired on the Chuguan and Jiang Kun almost at a low angle. The first shot accurately hit the front turret of the Chuguan, and the artillery fire from the Chuguan also covered the entire company in an instant. The positions of the SS artillery.

Due to the large caliber of Chuguan's naval guns, and the rate of fire of naval guns is much higher than that of land guns, the firepower advantage can be said to be very large.Due to the ingenious construction of the SS artillery positions, the Chuguan's shooting was not accurate. It is estimated that the target was not found for a while, and it was mistakenly thought that the SS artillery positions were behind the river embankment.Most of Chu Guan's shells crossed the river embankment and flew into the deep area. Although they did not cause too much damage to the artillery, they caused considerable casualties to the SS infantry units that were preparing for the battle here.

Although it was difficult for the SS artillery to use the 105mm grenade that triggered the fuze to penetrate the armor of the Chuguan, the violent explosion also caused considerable damage to the Chuguan. The bridge and superstructure were hit in a mess. A momentary interruption.What's more terrible is that the helmsman who was killed by the shell, the helmsman tilted his body when he was dying, and stuck the rudder to death.As a result, Chu Guan lost control and slammed into the river embankment at full speed. After a loud noise, Chu Guan ran aground directly by the river.

As for the Jiang Kun, it is just a shallow-water gunboat with a displacement of 140 tons. Although it dodged left and right under the fire of the SS, it still could not escape the fate of being sunk in the end.

After the Chu Guan and Jiang Kun were captured, the "Jiang Li", "Jiang Xi" and "Jiang Zhen" who were also involved in covering the Beiyang Army's counterattack across the river were afraid that they would also be bombarded, so they went down the river one after another. Heading towards Jiangxi.This is a pain for the troops of the Second Division of the Beiyang Army. The troop transport and the crossing of the river are only halfway through, and it is difficult for the beginning and the end to meet each other.As a result, the troops crossing the river were completely annihilated by the SS, and the Beiyang Army, which escaped the catastrophe without crossing the river, had no will to fight and had no intention of fighting again.