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    At dawn, a quick horse delivered the battle report to Wangjiadian.  During the attack of the two regiments of the first division, the Beiyang Army stationed there was in chaos. In addition to an ammunition depot being bombed, the fire also burned most of the food. However, at the most critical moment, Beiyang also showed a slight advantage.  With their strength, they defended the northwest corner of the town. Seeing that the sneak attack troops were about to break up at dawn, they had to withdraw from the battle with the two captured heavy machine guns and some firearms and ammunition, and returned to Jingshan.

    Considering that most of the people who joined the night attack were new soldiers, and based on Chenjia'ao's experience, Beiyang's defenses were obviously strengthened, this result is already very good. The most important thing is that after this battle, Feng Guozhang will definitely feel the thorn in Jingshan.  As we get deeper and deeper, it is imperative to divide our forces.

    Soon after the battle report arrived, Huang Keqiang and Wang Longzhong also arrived at Xiaogan Station. What surprised Yang Qiu a little was that Li Shucheng actually served as the chief of staff of the Xiangyi Association.

    Wang Longzhong was in his thirties. He was previously an adviser to the 49th Standard of the Hunan New Army. Following Jiao Dafeng's uprising, he took the lead in conquering Xiaowumen and laid the foundation for victory in Changsha. He was at odds with the ruffians of the patrol camp like Gan Xingdian. He also had Japanese experience.  He was Cheng Qian's classmate at the Army Military Academy, and the two had an extraordinary relationship.  However, this guy's expression is not friendly now. It must be that the incident in Changsha has made him have some grudges.

    Wang Long's Chinese character is "Xingxing", but he likes others to call him Wenwei, so Yang Qiu saluted and thanked: "Thank you brother Wenwei and Hunan brothers for helping me in Hubei! Yang Qiu and the tens of thousands of soldiers of the National Defense Force thank you."

    "Commander Yang, you're welcome. Wen Wei is a rough guy. I just hope he won't be stabbed in the back." Wang Longzhong relied on Huang Keqiang's support to speak rudely to Yang Qiu, a "junior", which made He Xi and others  He was secretly angry, but Yang Qiu didn't seem to hear this. He glanced at him coldly and said: "Since we are here, we are all revolutionary brothers! The Xiangyi Association lacks machine guns. Qing, you instigated two machine gun squads to cooperate with them.  ." Huang Keqiang did not expect that as soon as the Xiangyi Association arrived, Yang Qiu assigned two machine gun squads to follow his orders. Just when he wanted to thank Yang Qiu, he had already taken the lead and walked to the headquarters.

    Cai Jimin and others still have objections to Huang Keqiang personally leading the Xiangyi Association. With his reputation, he actually came to be the president of the Association, and he obviously wanted to compete for credit!  It would be fine if Yang Qiu was not sincerely revolutionary, but he personally led the troops and had never been on the battlefield since Wusheng Pass. Now he has been here to fight Beiyang for so many days. He has no credit but hard work.  In addition, the dispute between the two about compromise has already caused a storm in the city. Now that it has come out, many officers, especially those from Hubei, feel very uncomfortable.  So after sitting down, Deng Yulin was the first to stand up: "Commander, Mr. Keqiang is a revolutionary predecessor, and everyone in the world knows it. Coming to Xiaogan in person to supervise the war will definitely boost morale. I think he should be awarded the title of military governor."

    The officers also agreed. The National Defense Force has now shared weal and woe, so even junior officers such as Jin Zhaolong are not satisfied with his appointment as associate commander. This makes Huang Keqiang and others' expressions change slightly. He has heard the dissatisfaction of these Hubei generals.  , knowing that if he didn't commit, he would be in trouble, and said: "Why should revolutionaries care about positions? Since everyone recommends them, it would be disrespectful to Keqiang."

    Warlord is simply a good position to display his "fame", not to mention that he can also command the army as warlord, so Yang Qiu nodded happily. From an outsider's point of view, the two armies seemed to be very friendly, but one position already showed deep meaning.  Deep cracks in the ground.

    "Commander, urgent report!"

    Just when Song Qing was about to explain the current situation to Huang Keqiang and others, Chen Guofu ran in with a communication cavalry and saluted: "Commander, Beiyang has divided its troops!" Yang Qiu and Song Qing looked at each other and saw the smiles in each other's eyes.  Intrigued, he asked: "How many people and horses were there? Where did they go?"

    "Looking at the number, it's the fourth town. Judging from the number of people and heavy equipment it should be the complete fourth town! The forward has already headed towards Jingshan."

    "The complete fourth town!"

    Yang Qiu suddenly stood up and rushed to the map in front of everyone's surprised eyes.  The fish was finally caught, but the fish was too big!  Master Feng actually divided his troops into one town and marched into Jingshan. It was obvious that he wanted to forcefully bribe Hanchuan and then flank Hankou.

    A town!  It was a town with nearly 9,000 infantry, three artillery barracks, 54 seven-year-old and five-field guns, fifteen Maxim heavy machine guns, as well as complete engineering and equipment!  Yang Qiu really felt like scolding his mother, and wished he could rush to Feng Huafu and ask him if he thought too highly of himself and actually sent a suppressor!

    Song Qing's expression also changed suddenly. When he and Yang Qiu discussed it before, he had always believed that Feng Guozhang could send at most one auxiliary flank to contain him. After all, he didn't have many troops in front of him, but he didn't expect that he would send out an entire town's military strength!  There are now two brigades in the Jingshan First Division, and the two regiments that attacked Wangjiadian will be back at least one day later than the Fourth Town.  The number of troops seems to be similar, but because the artillery is all on Xiaogan's side, the First Division only has one and a half artillery battalions, all of which are veterans.There are only twelve heavy machine guns and twenty-four light machine guns, but nearly half of the soldiers are new recruits. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to capture an entire town.  According to previous estimates, in order to ensure that the beating hurts him, at least three more travel support trips will be deployed!

    The first brigade of the second division is responsible for diagonally inserting to block the two battlefields. The second brigade can be withdrawn. The third brigade and the three brigades of the third division were originally prepared to defend the front. Only the Xiangyi Association can be used.  Five dissatisfied brigades, including an obviously resentful Hunan Army brigade, have to block Feng Guozhang's three elite Beiyang Associations. Perhaps the Henan 29th Association will simply abandon Wangjiadian and Weidian and go south directly to help in the war. This is simply not possible.  Not enough.

    It is already dangerous for five brigades to cover four associations. The problem is that Jingshan needs at least one brigade to barely cover it!

    what to do?  From where?

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????:  Sophisticated, reliable, and fierce!  A simple division of troops forced out all the wealth of the National Defense Force, and now the plan cannot be changed!  Because once Jingshan is lost, Hanchuan will be destroyed across the board, and even Hanyang will be in danger.

    Looking at his stern expression, even Huang Keqiang felt something was wrong, and asked Li Shucheng beside him: "Xiaoyuan, Feng Huafu has divided his troops, and the frontline military strength has been reduced by nearly half. Isn't this a good thing?"

    Li Shucheng was also worried about Jingshan. He suddenly felt like swearing when he heard this kind of question. Fortunately, he stopped his mouth in time and explained in a low voice: "The governor didn't know something. Jingshan is a barrier to defend Hanchuan. To Han Chuan  For Sichuan, crossing Jingshan and Tianmen is like crossing Wusheng Pass and entering Hubei. Now Feng Huafu sent a town to open up this line! Once Jingshan and Tianmen are breached, Hanchuan will definitely not be able to hold it, so Beiyang can bypass it.  Kai Xiaogan's troops are pointing directly at Yangxia's flank. Even if our side blocks the main force, there will be"

    With his explanation, Huang Keqiang finally understood why Yang Qiu and the officers looked so serious. Unknowingly, his heartbeat began to accelerate and he said, "Isn't there a division in Jingshan? They should be ordered to use the terrain to delay for a few days. Really  We can¡¯t let the Fourth Division of Hunan come to help immediately. We take the initiative and find ways to force the Fourth Town to return reinforcements"

    As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of whispers in the conference room. Yang Qiu looked at it twice and shook his head: "Forget the Fourth Division! They won't be able to come up for ten days, and even if they come up, it will be useless."  ! Offense and defense are completely different things. If Feng Huafu wants to defend, our current strength is far from enough!"

    "How is it possible! There are more than 20,000 soldiers in the Fourth Division, and there are 5,000 new soldiers in Hankou. They are three times more powerful than the enemy. How can we not attack them?" Huang Keqiang was a little unhappy. Seeing that Yang Qiu was still not moving at this time.  The Fourth Division stood up and wanted to say something more, but was pulled down by Li Shucheng: Warlord, Commander Yang is right. Not to mention that the Fourth Division has not arrived at Yuezhou yet, even if it reaches Hanyang, it will take three days.  It was another day to rush from Hanyang to Jingshan. By then, Jingshan might have been conquered!  "

    "I will take the Xiangyi Association to support Jingshan." Wang Longzhong stood up and said: "It can take at most half a day to untie the cable from here, and there will be time to block it."

    Yang Qiu¡¯s mouth was a little bitter. He cast the net and put down the bait. Just as he was about to tremble at the last moment, he attracted a nest of big fish!  Now there are only two ways in front of him. One is to immediately pull up Hanyang's new soldiers and fight all the 1st Division. Here, he can attack Feng Huafu's main force to see if he can take them down.  The second is to forcefully close the net and fight to the death!  Thinking of this, he looked at Song Qing next to him, who saw his eyes and nodded firmly.

    Snapped!

    The pen in Yang Qiu's hand broke into two parts. He took a deep breath and sat down. He had thought about holding a meeting to study the plan before, but now he simply skipped this step. Gan Gang ordered directly: "Guofu, you can fight immediately."  Give Lufeng to Minister Zhang and ask Bingwen to mobilize immediately! Qin Zhangshu."

    "Here!" Qin Zhangshu is twenty-six years old this year. He is a young officer promoted by Yue Peng. He is short and stocky. He was born in the right army, so he is not so pretentious. He stood up immediately when he was called.

    "The first brigade will set off immediately. It must slant into Gepu next to the Dafu River and establish a defensive front before sunset tomorrow." Yang Qiu was afraid that he would not understand the cruelty, so he said seriously: "I tell you, once you open this place, it is very possible  You will be attacked from both sides by Feng Huafu's Ministry and the Fourth Town! I don't have many troops for you. The two thousand veterans brought back by Chief of Staff Song from Sichuan were originally used to make up for the Third Division. Now I will give it to you, within five days! You  Even if we lose everything, we can¡¯t take even half a step back!¡±

    "Yes! Even if we fight hard, we won't take a step back!"

    "Zhang Tingfu and He Xifan, you and your two brigades will immediately set off to retreat with the second and third brigades, take Xingou, and support Jingshan at the Yangtze River port. Remember! The external task is to withdraw to Xingou for rest and recuperation!"If our army shows any signs of weakness, you won¡¯t have to come back!  " Seeing that Yang Qiu said so solemnly, the two people immediately promised not to leak the information.

    All three brigades of the Second Division were transferred away at once. Cai Jimin stood up anxiously and said: "Commander, the First Division and the Second Division have left. We only have the Three Divisions, three brigades and the Xiangyi Association left here. If Feng Huafu's main force  attack¡­¡­."

    "Tomorrow afternoon at the latest, the 1st Division and 3rd Brigade from Qingshan will cross the river to support you. The Hanyang recruits have been organized into two brigades and I will transfer them all to Sandaoqiao as a reserve force." Yang Qiu stood up and walked to Huang Keqiang and said solemnly:  "Mr. Keqiang, no matter what disputes we had before, it is now a life-or-death moment, so I hope everyone will forget these tools for the time being! I will personally lead two divisions to cut off Jingshan, and leave this place to you! No matter what  .I need five days!¡±

    Huang Keqiang did not expect that Yang Qiu would hand over this important task to him just after he arrived. This meant that the five frontline brigades and the two recruit brigades at the back would be given to him to command. What a great opportunity!  So before Li Shucheng could pull him, he stood up and held Yang Qiu's hand: "Chen Hua can rest assured, I will personally stop Feng Huafu here for five days!"

    Yang Qiu nodded and secretly glanced at Song Qing, who was still in front of the map. After exchanging quick glances, he led the officers of the Second Division out of the conference room with firm steps. As he left, the final battle of the Xiaogan Defense War  The curtain slowly opened.

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