Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Commander-in-Chief Chiang's Panic

As soon as the garrison division fired dense mortar shells, the attacking troops of a main regiment of the Northern Expedition left hundreds of corpses in front of the garrison division's blocking position, and then withdrew from the battlefield in embarrassment again.

He looked at the head of the colonel standing in front of him, whose face was blackened by the gunpowder smoke.Although Commander-in-Chief Jiang was very angry, he had nowhere to vent it.Because, as the commander-in-chief, he is very clear that the failure of one attack after another is not because the subordinates in front of him are not working hard, but because the strength of the guard division on the opposite side is too strong, and they have too much artillery...>

After heaving a long sigh, Commander Jiang, whose expression became more and more dignified, said directly to the dozen or so division heads in front of him, "Everyone, the new round of attack has failed again. For the security division in front of us, Blocking position. Everyone tell me how to fight in order to completely occupy it... >

"Commander-in-Chief, do you have something to say about your humble position?" After a brief silence in the small headquarters, a major general and division commander spoke to Commander-in-Chief Jiang. [

"Say...>

"According to the several hours of attack, I can judge with certainty that the mountain artillery in our hands has no lethality to the blocking position of the opposite security division at all. Therefore, in order to completely destroy the position of the security division on the opposite side, I boldly suggest, Larger caliber heavy artillery was mobilized from the rear to destroy the guard division's blocking position in one fell swoop...>

"Once the security division loses the cover of the blocking position, I believe that no matter how powerful the security division is, it will not be able to escape the fierce artillery attack of our army..." Facing Lao Jiang's eyes.The major general replied confidently.

"Mobilize larger caliber heavy artillery...>

However, this kind of contemplation only lasted less than ten seconds, and he shook his head very firmly, and vetoed: "It is not impossible to mobilize heavy artillery. But, you have to be clear about one thing, the only one in our Northern Expedition Army A large-caliber howitzer battalion. Until now, it is still stationed in Jinan City...>

"As for the chief of staff, who has been surrounded by heavy troops from the security division, without ammunition supplements or even a piece of dry food, can he persist for such a long time?"

After a series of rhetorical questions, the hopeful expressions on the faces of more than a dozen people disappeared immediately.

Just when the small headquarters fell into silence again because of this.A combat staff officer with a very unnatural expression rushed in panting, hesitating to speak.

"Commander-in-Chief, a telegram from the Chief of Staff...>

"What's the matter?" A bad premonition immediately surfaced in Commander Jiang's mind.He frowned and asked.

"The Chief of Staff...>

"The chief of staff voluntarily surrendered to the security division, and asked us to retreat immediately? How is it possible, how could the chief of staff surrender voluntarily, impossible, absolutely impossible...>

I don’t know if I don’t see it, I was shocked when I saw it...

After reading the last telegram sent by He Yingqin, Commander-in-Chief Jiang was shocked by the various data listed in the telegram.

Facing the same stunned and puzzled subordinates in front of him, he muttered to himself: "How is it possible? How could the security division have such a huge military strength in such a short period of time? How is it possible? How did Li Guosheng do it?" Did it?"

"Commander-in-Chief, what happened?" Facing Lao Jiang's shocked expression, a division commander hurriedly asked.

"Look for yourselves... I really didn't expect that Li Guosheng's security division was so hidden. From the very beginning, they fought this battle with the goal of completely annihilating the two main divisions of our Northern Expedition Army...>

A few minutes later, the thousand-word telegram was read by all the officers in the headquarters.The atmosphere in the entire headquarters immediately became dignified.

In the end, it was Commander-in-Chief Jiang who broke the silence in the headquarters, and was the first to ask: "Everyone, what do you think about the situation our Northern Expeditionary Army is currently facing? Is there really only the last way out? According to the The chief of staff said that before the strength of the garrison division is mobilized, it should be retreated immediately..."[

"Commander-in-chief, according to the information provided by the chief of staff, the garrison division is equipped with four mountain artillery battalions, one heavy howitzer battalion, and a large number of infantry artillery and mortars. With so many artillery, if all of them are concentrated On my follow-up troops. I can be sure that within 10 minutes of artillery fire, the three mountain artillery battalions under our Northern Expedition Army will be "destructively" hit by the artillery units of the Guard Division...>

"If we lose these three mountain artillery battalions, what will happen to our infantry?" The expression on Commander Jiang's face instantly became embarrassing.Facing Jin Shiwen in front of him, he continued to ask.

"Four mountain artillery battalions under the garrison division, plus a large number of infantry artillery and mortars...>

"No, no matter what, the remaining [-] elite cannot be defeated...>

It must be clear that what I have mobilized in this operation are all the troops in the Northern Expedition Army who really obey my own orders.Once these [-] direct descendants are buried here, it is certain that his power in the entire Northern Expeditionary Army will be greatly affected by the loss of these [-] elites.more than this.Maybe it will also affect his position in the Northern Expedition.

Thinking of this, for his own status, but also for the tens of thousands of direct descendants who really belong to him.Old Jiang who was a little hesitant just now.In my heart, I made the final decision immediately.

However, at this very moment.A sharp ringing of the phone reached the ears of everyone in the headquarters.

In less than half a minute, a pale-faced combat staff officer walked up to Lao Jiang and the others, out of breath.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, gentlemen, an emergency call from the rear artillery position. The artillery position was suddenly attacked and suffered heavy losses. Request for reinforcements...>

Before Commander-in-Chief Jiang could react from his shock, another combat staff officer appeared.Standing in front of everyone with a face full of horror, he said, "Commander-in-Chief, gentlemen...>

The Northern Expedition army's logistics position, which is less than two kilometers away from the frontier investigation, is to better preserve the huge amount of supplies on the Northern Expedition army's logistics position and use it for its own use.The garrison division special task force, which has an absolute advantage in strength and firepower, did not rashly launch an attack from the front.

With the help of the cover of the Northern Expedition Army uniform, a battalion under the Secret Service Regiment.Directly in the name of moving the supplies forward, they quietly broke through the outer sentinels and entered the heavily guarded supply positions of the Northern Expedition Army...>

Looking at the Northern Expeditionary Army's logistics position that was divided into different categories, all kinds of materials were piled up like a hill.The face of the battalion commander of the first battalion of the secret service group showed an expression of excitement, and he ordered decisively.

"The guard platoon guards the entrance of the position, one company, and launches an attack on the left side of the position...>

"Yes, Battalion Commander...>

The three infantry companies directly used submachine guns and light machine guns to clear the way, like an unstoppable torrent, centered on the entrance of the logistics position, quickly swept away to the surrounding area.

In order to avoid the destruction of a large number of weapons and ammunition on the logistics position, although an elite infantry battalion of the Northern Expedition was stationed on the blocking position of Nuo Da.However, due to various conditions, this infantry battalion could not fully exert its combat effectiveness.

As for the three infantry companies of the secret service regiment that are constantly attacking, although they also have scruples in this regard.However, the large number of automatic weapons equipped by the three infantry companies gave them a huge advantage...

When the defenders of the Northern Expedition Army stationed in the logistics position were afraid of using mortars or even grenades.The ten light machine guns and dozens of submachine guns of the security division's special agent company have fired a dense rain of bullets, hitting their faces and shooting into their chests.

"Counterattack, counterattack immediately, block the enemy's offensive..." Another simple line of defense was easily broken through by the security division special task force.Duan Fa, the major and battalion commander of the Northern Expedition Army who lost another infantry platoon, directly directed at the only remaining infantry platoon beside him, and gave orders with an anxious expression on his face.

Immediately, three light machine guns, six submachine guns, and dozens of submachine guns fired dense flames on the position, forming an airtight bullet net directly in front of the defense line.

"Da da da...>

"Enemy attack, cover up quickly... All machine gunners, concentrate your firepower, severely suppress the enemy's machine gun firepower, and shoot immediately... >

"Da da da...>

However, due to the terrain and the impact of a large number of sandbags piled up in front of the machine gun position, the dense bullets fired by the secret service group did not affect the three light machine guns on the last line of defense of the Northern Expedition Army.

The dense bullets are still "shooting" in their direction regardless of everything...

"Company commander, the enemy's machine gun position is too hidden. Our bullets can't hit them at all...>

"Ask a prisoner, what is behind the enemy?" Company Commander Tian Houyi did not answer directly, but asked in a deep voice.

One minute later, a piece of news that let company commander Tian Houyi breathe a sigh of relief.directly to his ears.

"Company commander, I have already asked clearly...>

"It's fine if it's a bullet... As long as it's not a cannonball, we can attack with a grenade." Company Commander Tian Houyi's face.An expression of excitement was directly revealed.

After a short period of contemplation, facing the deputy company commander who was waiting for the order, he directly ordered: "Old Wang, immediately order the company headquarters to be directly under the grenadier squad. Don't have any worries, immediately fire the grenade and blow me up!" Drop the enemy's light machine gun position, hurry up... >

"Yes, Captain...>

As soon as the order was issued, three dull grenade popping sounds began to resound on the battlefield.Three grenades flew out of the barrel at a speed visible to the naked eye.After drawing a perfect arc in the sky, it landed firmly around the three machine gun positions of the Northern Expedition Army.

"Boom boom boom..." Three violent explosions sounded from the blocking position of the Northern Expedition Army, and the three machine gun positions were directly shrouded in the thick gunpowder smoke produced by the grenade explosion.Of course, what excites Tian Houyi and others most is.The three machine gun positions that were still spitting out bullets just now became misfired.

"Machine gun cover, keep moving forward...>

Under the command of company commander Tian Houyi, more than 100 people from the company of the spy battalion were intercepted by the sudden firepower of the Northern Expedition Army. Under the command of the company commander Tian Houyi, they quickly occupied the Northern Expedition Army position that was still completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke with an unstoppable offensive posture.

The place where all the logistics and supplies of the [-]-strong Northern Expedition Army were stored was quickly occupied by the First Battalion of the Special Service Regiment.

The artillery position, which is less than one kilometer away from the logistics position, also did not hold out for too long under the capture of the remaining two infantry battalions...>

Although Commander-in-Chief Jiang was in the headquarters, he had listened to the reports of the two combat staff officers.Lao Jiang, who was already solemn, felt as if he had been hit hard.Shocked, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood... >

"Artillery positions, supply positions...>

At the beginning, in order to raise all the logistics supplies needed for the [-] army to go out, I not only took away all the captured wars of the Northern Expedition, but also took a lot of supplies from other non-directed troops to supplement...>

But now, these supplies are gone...

It is conceivable that even if I still want to continue fighting at this moment, I don't have enough material reserves to support myself and support the remaining [-] elites to continue fighting.

As for the three mountain artillery battalions, they can almost be called Lao Jiang's heart and soul.

Among all its direct troops, each army may have a full-staffed mountain artillery battalion.Therefore, these three mountain artillery battalions, plus a howitzer battalion left in Jinan City, are almost all the large-caliber artillery owned by all his direct troops.

Now, all these cannons are lost, which directly means that his direct troops will lose strong artillery support in future battles.There is no heavy artillery unit, which means that the several direct-line units under his personal command are not much different from other miscellaneous units in terms of combat effectiveness.

For a period of time to come, the direct line that I personally command will fall into a bad situation where there is not enough logistics and supplies, and there is no powerful heavy artillery unit to deter the enemy... Thinking of this, a trace of cold sweat directly appeared on Lao Jiang's forehead superior.

Of course, at this moment, there is a problem that is about to be faced, which has been directly placed in front of Lao Jiang.

Seeing Commander-in-Chief Jiang's face constantly changing in front of him, Master Jin Shiwen, who also had a very ugly face, spoke.

"Commander-in-Chief, the supply and artillery positions have fallen one after another, which is enough to show that the guard division on the opposite side has already started to move. For the sake of the remaining [-] elites of our Northern Expedition Army, I boldly suggest that we retreat immediately and quickly get out of the attack range of the guard division. , Commander-in-Chief, please think twice...>

Losing the artillery unit directly means that your unit will always be under the fierce artillery fire of the security division in the next battle... >

Thinking of this, the faces of the other officers immediately showed a look of deep fear.As soon as Master Jin Shiwen's voice fell, more than a dozen other officers spoke in unison.

"Commander-in-Chief, please think twice and make an early decision...>

"Forget it, from the very beginning of the whole battle, we have been caught in a huge conspiracy by Li Guosheng's security division. Now that we have lost, what we can do is to minimize our losses... >

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..." (to be continued...)