The Republic is so violent

Chapter 87 The Second Own Dragon Battle (2)
Zhe Jun said: But there are many enemies...

Too many people can't lose!

(5) Strong copycat spirit
Not to mention that Li Tiancai rushed to Wulong Mountain with the help of Xu Shaozhen's personal cavalry.Here we just say that under the leadership of Zhu Rui, the brothers of the Zhejiang Army set off with their pet dogs.Passing through Gaozi Town, Xiashu Street, Qiaotou Town, Longtan and other places, we arrived at a place that might be called a fork.So the three armies stopped, protected the pet dog first, and sent a few cavalry as general scouts to find out the whereabouts of the enemy.

Soon the news was reported that on the road ahead, many enemies were moving from west to east under the leadership of a white horse general.

The Zhejiang army was overjoyed, and immediately brought out their secret weapon.

Speaking of the secret weapon of the Zhejiang Army, it is interesting.The Zhejiang Army originally had 12 super ancient German-made Krupp cannons. Legend has it that these 12 old mountain cannons showed their prowess during the Franco-Prussian War in Europe. They killed 20 elite French infantry in one breath and captured 10. .Later Li Hongzhang engaged in the Westernization Movement and went to Germany to buy weapons. He was overjoyed to see these 12 old cannons. After spending a lot of money, they crossed the ocean and shipped them to China.Since then, these 12 old mountain cannons have been passed down from generation to generation like treasures in the Qing Dynasty, from father to son, from son to grandson, and finally to the Zhejiang Army.Treat it like a treasure, hide it in a deep room, and keep it secret.

After Zhejiang was liberated, everyone happily dragged the 12 cannon grandfathers to prepare to fight Nanjing. Passing through Shanghai, they met Chen Qimei's second brother, Jiang Zhiqing's second brother, and former chief clerk of the Qing State Military Advisory Office Huang Yu.At that time, Huang Yu asked them: Brothers, you are going to attack Nanjing. Is there anything I can do to help?

The Zhe Jun said: "Old Huang, there is nothing else. We only have cannons and no shells. Get us some shells."

Huang Yu said, "Tell me the type of shells you need, and I'll ask someone to arrange them."

Zhe Jun said: I really don't know the model of the shell. I have to ask my grandfather about it, but I guess my grandpa's generation may not have seen the shell.

What gun are you talking about?Huang Yu was puzzled. When he came over to see it, he was shocked. He immediately stretched out his hand and hugged the gun barrel tightly, and refused to let go: the genuine old antique, the treasure that has a price but no market in the cultural relics market, is really older than my grandfather. I beg you to give us these cannons to Shanghai, the people of Shanghai will never forget you.

Zhejun: Come on, it’s no wonder if you don’t forget, we leave these antique cannons to you, but you have to pay us for 12 new cannons.

Huang Yu: There are new guns, but I'm afraid you won't want them.

Zhe Jun: Let’s talk about the artillery first.

Huang Yu: That's the thing. You know that our Qing Dynasty is the world's number one copycat country. It has no innovation ability at all, but its spirit of a copycat is unprecedentedly strong.Some time ago, Russia just researched a new type of artillery, and it hasn’t come out of the research institute yet. Even the name and model of the artillery have not yet been determined, and the blueprint has been stolen by our spies. Russia has not yet trial-produced it, and our side has already... ...well, mass production.

Zhe Jun was dumbfounded: Is it true?Can that cannon be fired?

Huang Yu: It can be fired, but the artillery has no name, and no one has ever used it.

The Zhejiang army sent gunners to take a look, and they reported back: "It's a good gun, much better than our grandpa gun."And there are plenty of shells.The Zhejiang army was overjoyed, and immediately mortgaged his grandfather's 12 Krupp cannons to the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau, and dragged the 12 knockoff cannons on the road.Even the horses used to tow the cannons were eliminated by the Shanghai race hall, and then these eliminated horses were exchanged with folk horses, and the mules and horses exchanged were used to pull the cannons—also counterfeit goods.

The secret weapon offered by the Zhejiang army is these 12 counterfeit guns.

fire!
(6) Pull a brother

However, in the city of Nanjing, it is not that there is no intelligence system in the 40th Battalion of Jiangfang Army under Ninghan General Tieliang and Zhang Xun.The intelligence system not only has, but also works delicately and solidly.But no matter how delicate and solid these spies are, how can they find out the secrets of the 12 counterfeit cannons?Both the military system and the intelligence system have a distinctive normative feature, but counterfeit goods are subverting norms and characterized by spoofing. Therefore, as soon as the Zhejiang Army opened fire, it immediately beat the Jiangfang Army to death. .

What kind of artillery did the Zhejiang Army fire?

Huang Yu who gave them the cannon didn't know about it, the Zhe Army who fired the cannon didn't know, and how could the Jiangfang Army who received the cannon know?

But Beiyang is Beiyang after all, and the Jiangfang Army is the Jiangfang Army. Where the cannons sounded, although the Jiangfang Army was blown up and flew all over the sky with their arms and legs pierced, the dense formation immediately dispersed, and the soldiers panicked and scattered Soldiers shot in all directions—confused by the bombing, and couldn't figure out where the enemy was.

The Zhejiang army was excited, rushing, the soldiers raised their guns and rushed forward. Once they rushed to the river defense army, they knew where the enemy was, and immediately fell on the ground to launch a sniper attack.

The battle started at noon, between Xiaolingwei and the horses. The Zhejiang army suddenly attacked, rushed forward, broke through the defense line of the Jiangfang Army, and approached the villages near Xiaolingwei.The terrible thing is that there are too many Jiang Fang troops, and they come from all directions in an endless stream. Fierce gunfire rang out all afternoon.

At dusk, the weather turned cold, and both sides were tired from fighting. You shot, I shot, and the weak gunshots became more and more sparse.At this time, the poor Zhejiang soldiers, some of them were too excited and their physical strength was seriously overrun, and they fell asleep as soon as they lay down on the ground. .

Commander Zhu Rui's order: Battle the outpost all night long!

What does this command mean?

That is to say: the soldiers on the ground are not allowed to sleep, and they must be vigilant all night to prevent the enemy from sneaking at night.Wait until dawn, when the sky is about to dawn but before dawn, and then suddenly launch a fierce attack on the enemy, because this time is the time when the enemy's mental will is weakest and sleep is the deepest.If you suddenly attack him, you will definitely beat him to tears.

Good order!
This tactic is also good!

There is only one small problem, the tactical routine, when giving the order to fight the outpost all night, the first thing to do is to withdraw the frontline troops. They have been fighting for a day, and they will be exhausted and scared. Freaked out, pulled back to give them a warm meal and a good night's sleep.Another elite unit that did not participate in the battle during the day was sent to the front line to keep an eye on the enemy all night long. However, this elite unit lay in the trench and stared at the dark front. Basically, the spirit has collapsed, and when you attack at dawn, you must withdraw this army that is about to collapse, and send a new force up.The new recruits had enough food and sleep, and they fought at the time when the enemy's mental will was weakest. There was no reason not to win.

In other words, the order issued by Zhu Rui requires three troops to coordinate and complete.

But he has only one army in his hand.

It is enough for Zhu Rui to use one army to complete the work that three troops can do.However, Xu Shaozhen of the General Command still felt that the pressure on Zhu Rui's side was not enough, so he kept making phone calls, asking Zhu Rui to allocate the main force to support the other brothers.

The other brothers, who were beaten even worse by Jiang Fangjun, are also desperately sending people to come, begging: Lao Zhu, for the sake of the Republic of China, please give me a hand. ?Surely not?
Zhu Rui cried, and he said: Everyone wanted me to help him, but why no one came to help me.

After crying all night, finally came dawn.Zhu Rui stood up, raised the command knife in his hand, and was about to order the dawn assault, when the fierce gunshots rang out.

The assault has already begun, but it is the superior Jiangfang Army that raids the Zhejiang Army that is on the verge of collapse.

(7) The third complaint
On the other side of the Jiang Fang Army, the order was exactly the same as Zhu Rui's: fight the outpost all night!
With a superior force, Jiang Fangjun's order can be called accurate.

As soon as the order was issued, a follow-up force immediately entered the front line in an orderly manner. After fighting all day, the troops dragged their tired bodies, carried the wounded and the dead on their backs, and went off to eat and sleep.The troops that entered the position kept a close eye on the Zhe Army's side. When dawn came, the third fresh force had already entered in a file. The troops who had been staring at it all night withdrew, and the new troops who came up shouted and directed at the Zhe Army's side. rushed over.

Guess where the Zhejiang Army hit?
They rushed through the infantry's skirmish line and rushed to the position of the Zhejiang army's cannon. After looking at the unheard-of counterfeit cannon, they were suddenly at a loss: Where are the people?Where have all the Zhe Jun guys gone?

At this time, the Zhe army was sleeping in the ravines and cemeteries.

It turned out that although Zhu Rui's order was issued, the troops were exhausted from fighting. At first, they were still staring at the front line, fell asleep unconsciously, and woke up suddenly, only to find that the place where they were was was bitten by the cold wind .Well, where is shelter from the wind?There are only distant ravines and small burial mounds in this barren mountain, where everyone can shelter from the cold.

If at this time the Zhejiang army really listened to Zhu Rui's order and lay down on the front line honestly, and the Jiang defense soldiers attacked this time, the Zhejiang army would be completely finished.Even if they didn't die, they would definitely be beaten and maimed. However, the Zhejiang army had a serious tendency towards liberalism, and they didn't listen to the commander's orders, which led to an empty city plan in the position. After the Jiangfang army rushed up, they were taken aback.

Hearing the shouts and the sound of guns and cannons, the Zhejiang Army came out of the ravines and graveyards, fired at the confused and inexplicable Jiangfang Army, and took advantage of the Jiangfang Army's unpreparedness to forcibly regain the artillery positions.So the artillery immediately entered the position and began to fire immediately.

Regarding this battle, there were newspapers at that time saying that the Zhejiang army collapsed and fled to the vicinity of the Qilin Gate before stopping.As a result, this report aroused the anger of the Zhejiang army. Many Zhejiang people looked everywhere for the reporter who wrote the report, and wanted to beat this troublesome guy. Some people also demanded to sue the newspaper, saying that the newspaper was lying.So for the sake of safety, we cannot say that the Zhejiang Army has collapsed, we must quote the battle report issued by the Zhejiang Army.

Zhe Jun said: We have been shooting cannons.

The memoirs written by the Zhejiang Army stated that in the fierce battles, the Zhejiang Army not only did not take a step back, but on the contrary, the artillery kept firing.It's just a little confusing, the Jiang defense army has already rushed under the nose of the Zhejiang army, where is this artillery going?
In this way, the two armies fought each other all morning, and temporarily stopped fighting for lunch.

After lunch, the Jiang defense army rushed up to digest food again, and the Zhejiang army fought unrelentingly with them. During the battle, a rain of bullets flew from the left side, knocking down many Zhejiang troops.

So the soldiers reported to Commander Zhu Rui: Report, the brother troops on the left are attacking us.

Zhu Ruidao: The brother troops on the left wing are covering us. They fired at us. This is wrong. I want to complain to the general headquarters.

So he sent a power to the general headquarters to complain about the wrong behavior of the left-wing brother troops.Not long after, the general headquarters called: Criticism and education have been made to the left-wing brother troops, and your department is now ordered to continue the offensive.

So the Zhejiang Army began to shoot at the Jiangfang Army again, but at this time there was another rain of bullets from the left, several brothers were killed and injured, and the soldiers started yelling again.

Zhu Rui was very angry and sent another power to complain to the headquarters.Not long after, the general headquarters called: I have once again criticized the left-wing brothers. I hope your department will not care about temporary gains and losses, but focus on the overall situation and continue to attack.

Zhu Rui resentfully: Then grit your teeth and admit it, everyone will continue to shoot at Jiang Fangjun.

But at this time, a denser rain of bullets came from the left, hitting the Zhe army so hard that they couldn't even raise their heads.Zhu Rui is furious: Is this over?Left-wing brother army, if you continue to mess around like this, don't blame me...don't blame me...

Don't blame me for the third complaint!

(8) We are surrounded

One after another, the Zhejiang army complained to the general headquarters about the left-wing fraternal troops, causing Xu Shaozhen of the general headquarters to shake his head: "Oh, this Zhu Rui is really violent, and he doesn't get on well with the brother troops that protect him. How can this be done?"Just send Shi Jiuguang, the liaison staff officer, to adjust the relationship between the two armies.In front of the enemy, don't make conflicts.

Shi Jiuguang, a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu, an outstanding graduate of the Japanese Military Academy, and Li Liejun from Jiangxi are alumni.He came to the front line and said to Zhu Rui: "Old Zhu, what did you do? The enemy is at hand, and taking Nanjing is the right thing to do. Why do you always complain about your brothers?"
Zhu Rui pointed it out to Shi Jiuguang: Look, you can see clearly for yourself, the left-wing brother troops are shooting at us again, and each time is more fierce, and the bullets are denser each time.

Shi Jiuguang observed for a while, and found that it was as Zhu Rui said, so he said: "This is really the case, then I can't blame you for this matter, it is indeed their fault."Can you lend me a horse, and I'll go to the Left Wing Brothers and find out what's going on.

Zhu Rui said: "Then there is trouble."So he lent Shi Jiuguang a horse and let two cavalry escort him.Three people and three riders, bypassing the dense firepower point on the battlefield, rushed all the way in the direction of the left wing troops, and it didn't take long before they arrived at a small hill.On the hill, there were densely packed human heads lying on their stomachs. The soldiers were all hiding in the trenches, baring their heads and shooting in the direction of Zhu Rui of the Zhejiang Army.

Shi Jiuguang rode his horse forward, stretched out his hand to say hello to Xiao Shanbao: Hello, brothers, I am Shi Jiuguang, the liaison staff officer of the General Headquarters, thanks for your hard work, brothers.

The shooting on the mountain bag stopped, and all heads turned to Shi Jiuguang, staring at him curiously.Shi Jiuguang waved his hand again: the gate faces the sea, the three rivers and waters have been together for thousands of years, the earth shakes the high hills, and the pine streams are beautiful through the ages.Hello brothers, it's anti-Qing and Ming-ming, who is your commander?Call him quickly to see me.

Several soldiers came out of the trench and walked towards Shi Jiuguang.Shi Jiuguang jumped off his horse and went up to meet him: Brothers, what part of you are you? Several soldiers turned back.

The two cavalry who came with them hurried forward to stop them: Hey, how dare you twist the history of the staff, he is the general headquarters... bang!A shot came from the opposite side, and a cavalryman screamed in pain and fell to the ground injured.The other cavalryman was terrified, turned his head and ran towards the three war horses, but the three horses were so useless, when they saw the fight here, they turned around and fled wildly before their master jumped on their backs. The cavalry thumped their two legs desperately, gnashing their teeth in pursuit, but how could a two-legged man catch up with a four-legged horse?
When the cavalrymen were exhausted and half dead, and Fili Niu panted and ran back to his position, the three war horses had already returned and were grazing leisurely.

Cavalry Niu panted and reported to Commander Zhu Rui: Report, the left-wing brother troops, arrested Staff Officer Shi.

Zhu Rui said: Look, I said that the left-wing brother troops shot at us, but Staff Officer Shi still insisted that I was at fault. Who is at fault this time, should we figure it out?
Send electricity to the general headquarters, and let the headquarters ask the left-wing brother troops to get people back.

Just as the telegram was about to be sent, Zhu Rui suddenly felt something was wrong: Wait a minute, add another telegram and ask our left-wing brother army, who is it?

Soon the general headquarters called back: You seem to have no left-wing brother troops.

Zhu Rui was stunned for a long time, and then wept.Said: Where is the brother army, the left is Zhang Xun's Jiang Fangjun!

People have already surrounded us.

(9) The Nemesis of the Revolutionary Party

Shi Jiuguang was so confused that he mistakenly took the Jiang Fang Army as his own army and sent him to the door. He was tied up tightly and slumped like a rice dumpling. He was carried by a horse and escorted to Nanjing City.

He was escorted to the supervisor's office. At first, he was thrown on the ground and ignored. Later, some people came to untie the ropes on his hands and feet, and took him into a room.

Inside the room, there was a table full of food and drink. A young man with a stern face and sharp eyes was sitting on a seat drinking alone. When Shi Jinguang came in, he laughed loudly: Who did I think it was? Order to wash your dirty hands and come over for a drink.

Shi Jiuguang said suspiciously: You know me?

The young man said, "After peeling off your skin, I can recognize your bones!"You are my younger brother, how do you think I don't know you?

It turns out that you are also a student studying in Japan!And it's a military academy.Shi Jiuguang was overjoyed, and quickly washed his hands in a basin brought by a maid, and quickly sat down on the seat, picked up the chopsticks and quickly started to eat: "Damn, this battle has been fought, and I have been hungry for almost a day."The old alumni's dinner, if you don't eat for free, you won't eat it, the bastard will not eat it.

(End of this chapter)