Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 503 Capture of Satun
A large number of shells were poured into the city of Penang. The city was full of flames, coke and ruins everywhere. The organized positional warfare of the rebels had been completely defeated. of elimination.

The sky is getting dark, and entering the city in the dark is quite unfavorable for the attacker. After all, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. If we attack like that, we will suffer great losses. Of course, Liu Guanxiong would not do business at a loss, so he ordered that the infantry be stationed outside the city and stop attacking Penang. The area was bombarded, and no matter what, the enemy could not be calmed down at night. At the same time, the navy blocked the sea surface of Penang Island, so that the rebels could not send reinforcements or supplies to Penang Island.

"How is the landing of other ministries? Is it smooth?" Liu Guanxiong asked.

"The landing of the 3rd Regiment went smoothly, but encountered some resistance in Alor Setar. The landing on other beaches was smooth. Obviously, the enemy was not prepared enough for our landing in this area. As of the time of sending the report, our army had almost five points. The third team members have successfully landed, the beachhead is already in our hands, and the follow-up troops are also landing continuously. Now, the 3rd regiment is preparing to concentrate its superior forces to quickly take down Alor Setar. And the 4th regiment is coming According to reports, their landing operations went more smoothly. Obviously, the defense work of the rebels in the north of Penang was not done well, and they did not make careful arrangements like the frontal coast. Our 4th regiment did not encounter much resistance during the landing process. The next move of the 4th Regiment is to attack the big city of Medan, please give me your instructions."

Liu Guanxiong smiled and said: "What are the instructions? Since the offensive in the north of the city is entrusted to him, he will be fully responsible. You don't need to ask for instructions. You can fight as you like. I don't care about the process, even if you fight the whole process. It's very ugly, I only look at the result, as long as the result is good, everything is fine, of course, the premise is that I don't let me lose my troops randomly."

When the sun was just westward, the tank battalion of the Marine Corps entered the urban area of ​​Penang City. Facing such armored tanks and huge tanks, without heavy weapons and effective lethal weapons, Tong Biao's soldiers could only dodge the attack of the chariot battalion as much as possible. After all, only a fool could do such a stupid thing with their flesh and blood and steel chariots.

The battalion commander of the chariot battalion found that the entire city was silent, and knew that the other side had no weapons to attack the chariots, even grenades. Probably during the heavy bombing during the day, many weapons of the rebels were killed.

"Order the troops, no matter what, there must be something to gain. These bastards see our chariot battalion nesting now. Once our infantry enters the city, they will definitely scream happily. So, for our infantry brothers Tonight, we must clean up the whole city."

"Yes!"

If Liu Guanxiong heard what this battalion commander said, he would definitely not give him a good face, but he couldn't go wrong. Although there are still people in the city, there are not many left, and in addition, people will always die when fighting. It will inevitably hurt the people, because this is war!

A night of bombardment and a night of tank attacks made Tong Biao's 3rd Brigade exhausted. By the next morning, it was already a tired division. At this moment, Liu Guanxiong gave an order that all officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps Attacking the city like a tide, the rebel soldiers who had fought fiercely all night had already been tested mentally and physically. The confidence to resist is gone, and a large number of troops surrendered in front of the battle.Tong Biao, commander of the 3rd brigade, saw that the momentum was wrong, and disguised himself as a soldier to escape, but was shot and killed by the oncoming marines.

In this way, in less than a day, Penang, the strategic hub of the Malay Peninsula, was basically controlled by the Nanyang Fleet.

In the early morning of May 5, a unit quietly approached the border between Malaya and Thailand. The 23th Brigade of Yuan Nijun's 4th Army guarding Satun hardly noticed the dangerous approach.

With the order of Qi Xieyuan, the commander of the 20th Army Infantry Regiment, the infantry regiment launched a fierce attack on the defenders of Satun. Wang Baogui, the commander of the 4th Brigade guarding Satun, was awakened by the sound of rumbling artillery in his sleep. Call the adjutant over and ask, "What happened?"

The adjutant stammered and said: "Now, the enemy is attacking, attacking Satun."

"Fuck, I'm waiting for this day. It's time for us to make contributions. We order all soldiers to concentrate our forces to fight back. We want to show the enemy who attacked us that the officers and soldiers of the 4th Brigade are not easy to mess with." Wang Baogui said , while getting dressed, took the gun and command knife, rushed out the door, and excitedly went to command his troops to fight.

"Fire, fire, fire!" Qi Xieyuan directed the military artillery regiment to fire in the direction of Satun by radio, while the infantry regiment as the vanguard continued to attack Satun's defense line in the dark.

"Counterattack, all the goddamn fathers, come out of the trench and fight back!" Wang Baogui waved his command saber while ordering the heavy machine gunners around him to keep shooting at the incoming Huwei army.

The sound of machine guns was endless. In order to prevent the enemy's intrusion, Wang Baogui constantly mobilized heavy weapons to an attack point, and poured bullets to the opposite side frantically. Now he only thought about how to stop the enemy's strong intrusion and hold on to the Satun line of defense. If this battle can be survived, Yuan Shikai must at least give one of his division commanders a sit-down. At this time, he has no regard for whether his inventory is enough to support the entire battle.

Liu Cunhou stood on a mound ten kilometers away from Satun, observing the situation through a telescope. Chief of Staff Hong Zhaolin said from the side: "Commander, it seems that Qi Xieyuan has attracted the enemy's heavy firepower. Our other regiments can Make a detour, outflank them from the side, and attack their rear. At that time, we will be sure of this rebel army!"

Liu Cunhou immediately agreed to Hong Zhaolin's deployment, and quietly separated the main defenders of Satun from the other reinforcements according to the division of labor of the three regiments of the 20th Army. Because Wang Baogui concentrated his energy on Qi Xieyuan The infantry regiment, so he didn't even know that there were two other regiments who had already followed him.

The war lasted until dawn, and the three regiments had completely surrounded the main force of the 4th Rebel Brigade. At this time, Wang Guigui always thought that he was only fighting with one regiment's troops, but he didn't know that his troops had already Became the turtle in the urn.

"Commander, the outflanking has been completed, do you want to order a general attack?"

Liu Cunhou asked: "Did the other party discover our intentions?"

"Don't worry, don't worry about Lao Qi's infantry regiment. It has completely attracted the attention of the rebels. They didn't realize that our three regiments had quietly surrounded them. I can say that this time the enemy was captured. We are determined!" Hong Zhaolin said with certainty.

"Very good, order, general attack!"

"Yes!"

As the signal flare was lifted into the air, Qi Xieyuan, who received the order, immediately ordered: "Attention the three regiments, attack!"

All three infantry regiments launched a general attack on the small Satun. At this moment, Wang Baogui knew that his troops had been completely surrounded by the opponent, and it was not just one regiment attacking Satun.

"Brigade Commander, what should we do now? Let's generate electricity and ask for support." An adjutant asked nervously.

"It's too late, how many people are attacking us?" Wang Baogui asked.

"No, I don't know, but after a rough estimate, there must be about two regiments." The staff officer said.

"Break out, order the troops to break out, we only have a few hundred people now, we don't even want to compete with others, break out, break out immediately!" Wang Baogui's position has changed, and his voice has changed.

After receiving the order, the various ministries defending the city began to forcibly break through. However, it is a pity that the staff officer miscalculated the opponent's strength. The gap between the two regiments and the three regiments was very large. There is no chance to break through, and at this time Wang Baogui can only break through at one point with all his eggs in one basket.

Wang Baogui was like a trapped beast, roaring crazily, but the gap in strength made him helpless no matter how crazy he was.

As the gunfire gradually weakened, the battle in Satun was drawing to a close. It took more than 3 hours from the start of the attack at 10 a.m. to the end of the battle. Qi Xieyuan was not very satisfied with this. In his opinion, this The battle didn't go very well. "It takes more than ten hours to fight a small Satun. It's too shameful. If my colleagues know, where will I put my face? I must find this place. By the way, the military What will happen after the commander told us to fight Satun?" Qi Xieyuan asked his regimental deputy.

"Reporting to the regiment commander, after the battle against Satun, the army commander asked us to stay temporarily."

"Stay behind? No, we are fighting too badly. Pass my order, and the troops will advance towards Dongli. I want to cooperate with the East Route Army to take down Dongli. Satun will keep a battalion of troops, and all other troops will Throw me into Trang's battle!"

"Regimental Commander, this is not a good idea, is it? Some army commanders did not issue such orders."

"I can't control that much anymore. The current battlefield situation is greatly beneficial to us. If we don't take the initiative to attack at this moment, when will we attack?"

"Well, Captain, I think we should ask the headquarters for instructions."

Qi Xieyuan thought for a while and nodded, and said: "You go to the headquarters to ask for instructions, but the actions of the troops will continue as usual. If the headquarters does not agree, it will not be too late to withdraw at that time."

The deputy of the regiment nodded, and then sent a telegram to the headquarters. After receiving the telegram, Liu Cunhou thought twice and decided to agree with Qi Xieyuan's opinion and let his troops march towards Dongli. Then it is really inappropriate to stay in Satun.After Qi Xieyuan received the telegram from the headquarters, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered his troops to march towards Dong Li.

(End of this chapter)