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Text Chapter 224 It¡¯s Wang Zhanyuan again

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    Haozhou.

    Ever since being killed by a hunter, Fuyang has fallen into a state of chaos. More than 20,000 Ni troops are fighting among themselves for leadership. Before the end, trucks of 10 units of the National Defense Force guard division arrived at their door. An artillery battalion  With support, it took only two days to tear open the gate of Fuyang.

    Immediately afterwards, the Ni troops in Linquan, Taihe, and Woyang were all wiped out. Some of the Ni troops retreated to Suzhou, while others huddled in Haozhou and tried to resist for the last time. However, before they could gain a foothold, a regiment of 10Ø­ arrived with the help of trucks.  He chased his ass into Haozhou City.

    There was no suspense in the battle. Mortars, grenade launchers, and light machine guns equipped on duty frightened the more than 3,000 Ni troops who had no unified command and had long lost their will to fight. They only fought for half an hour before raising a white flag.

    When Mei Sheng arrived with his cavalry company, Haozhou City had been completely occupied. The Ni Army soldiers who raised their hands in surrender could not see the posture of sweeping across northern Anhui a year ago. Many of them were still yawning with pain on their faces.  It looks like he is addicted to cigarettes.  He looked down upon the dark prisoners of Ni's army, and he now looked down upon these peripheral troops of Beiyang.

    "Report, Mei Sheng, commander of the third company of the first battalion of the cavalry regiment, has been ordered to report."

    Meisheng met Qiu Wenbin, commander of the 10th brigade, in the depression outside the city.  From a guard company soldier to a squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, and battalion commander, he graduated from the Hubei Gaowei Academy and was a student in the first batch of the military officer crash course at the National Defense University. He almost did it step by step without a background in studying abroad.  In addition, the officers and soldiers of the guard company were mostly taught by Yang Qiuyan's words and deeds, so after the expansion into a division, these people were promoted to officers and became the backbone of the guard division.

    After Qiu Wenbin returned the greeting, he took a few glances at the sturdy cavalry company commander. He pretended to raid Yijun in Sanmenxia, ??and the news of capturing Zhao Ti had spread throughout the army.  So he immediately took out a small box from his pocket and handed it over: "You can't go back for the time being, so the commander-in-chief specially sent someone to deliver it and asked me to give it to you."

    Mei Sheng opened the box and found a small silver-plated National Defense Force Second Class Medal of Honor. Although the medal was not large, it made Mei Sheng particularly excited. He saluted and shouted: "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief."

    Qiu Wenbin put on the medal for him and pulled him to the map: "Where is your cavalry regiment now?"

    "The regiment leader has led his people across the Yellow River a few days ago and is currently operating in the area between Shandong and Xinxiang. There are still two companies on the Xuchang side waiting for orders. My company has been assigned to raid on the Shangqiu side. After receiving the order, it will be carried out overnight  Here we come." Meisheng was a typical Northwest character and told the cavalry regiment's deployment in just a few seconds.

    Qiu Wenbin glanced at the flower machine gun he was carrying and asked: "Our brigade was ordered to turn into Hebei to attack Kaifeng. The general route is to prepare to penetrate diagonally northeast along the Wuhe River or Huiji River. You have been active in this area for almost a month.  , which lane do you think we should take? It has to be able to pass the truck quickly."

    Mei Sheng had heard before that the Guard Division was equipped with trucks owned by foreigners, but trucks were afraid of crossing rivers and mountainous areas, so he pointed at the map and said: "Actually, they are all the same. Starting from Haozhou, the terrain is flat in both the south and north.  The advantage is that you can avoid Ningling by taking the Wohe River, but when you reach Tongxu, there is a river blocking the road. It is the flood season, and the water depth is about three or four meters. There are only wooden bridges that you can't cross. There are basically no roads blocking the road in the north except for a few low hills.  Yes, as long as you pass through Ningling, you can take the post road from Shangqiu to Kaifeng and Zhengzhou. Trucks can run on this section of the road. But you have to pass through Ningling first. Beiyang has a mixed brigade and two artillery battalions stationed here.  Please help me, I have recruited many Yijun troops to help me in the past few days, probably just to guard against you."

    "According to your estimate, how long does it take to arrive at Ningling from Haozhou?"

    Mei Sheng scratched his head and said with a smile: "It's only a hundred miles from Haozhou to Ningling. Our cavalry can get there in less than an hour. I don't know your marching speed.

    ¡°With the help of trucks, if the terrain is flat, we can walk at least 80 miles (40 kilometers) in an hour.¡±

    "That's not much slower than our cavalry. This section of the road is flat and easy to walk. In this case, it will take two hours. However, the truck cannot rush directly from Ningling. There are many checkpoints set up in this section of Beiyang, so we also took a detour.  I just came from the north of Shangqiu."

    "Is there a trench?"

    "There are some outside Ningling, but there is none in the section between Ningling and Shangqiu. We only have roadblocks and Lu Chai to push them away. However, the mixed brigade in Ningling used to be Zhang Huaizhi's Zhili Mixed Xieyi." After Mei Sheng finished speaking,  He was just about to remind him that Beiyang in Ningling was not simple, but halfway through his sentence, there was a sudden noise and noise in the distance. When Qiu Wenbin heard the cheers, he knew that the equipment sent by the commander had arrived, and he quickly led people to greet him.

    Eight Daimler armored vehicles, covered with rivets and steel plates, slowly stopped in the open space, puffing out black smoke. The hemispherical turtle shells on the upper part looked very funny, but the heavy Maxim gun muzzle made no one aware of it.  Dare to underestimate, steel plates, machine guns and black smoke make armored vehicles look tough.In comparison, those Ni Jun prisoners were all dumbfounded, secretly thinking that if this thing just drove over, I guess there wouldn't even be any scum left, right?

    Mei Sheng's eyes widened even more, and he even walked forward and smashed the steel plate twice with his fist, exclaiming: "Good guy, can this thing stop bullets?"

    Ouyang Wu happened to get out of the car at the back and laughed: "I have tried it with rifles and machine guns. 300 meters is not even scratching the itch. 200 meters heavy machine guns can pose a slight threat. Only when you go 100 meters can you be hit by bullets."  It was penetrated, but there were machine guns on it, and anyone who could survive within a hundred meters was killed."

    Although Ouyang Wu had never met Qiu Wenbin, he knew from the epaulettes that he was the 10Ø­ brigade commander. He smiled and said: "Wenbin, I have fulfilled the mission of the commander and brought you the things. I almost broke my bones along the way.  Fight."

    After a few people exchanged pleasantries, Qiu Wenbin immediately selected a few of the most skilled drivers and machine gunners to familiarize themselves with the equipment. In an instant, eight armored vehicles rushed forward and back in the open space, attracting countless soldiers and civilians to watch.

    "The commander-in-chief warned that this kind of armored vehicle cannot protect against artillery shells and close-range grenades, so you must first use artillery to suppress Ningling's Beiyang artillery, and use full power to rush over as soon as possible when attacking. He asked you to concentrate on the flower machine guns.  When attacking, follow it to protect it, because the steel plate behind it is the thinnest, so that Beiyang will not take advantage of it." After Ouyang Wu told Yang Qiu, he took out his old pocket watch: "When will you set off?"

    "We'll leave after lunch. The man stationed at Ningling is Wang Zhanyuan, an old friend of our National Defense Force. If everything goes well, we can meet him in the afternoon. If we can break through, maybe I can get to Kaifeng City tomorrow morning!"

    Qiu Wenbin's words made Ouyang Wu secretly applaud. As expected, a strong general has no subordinates and no weak soldiers. He knows the importance of soldiers and speed. To be honest, if Beiyang is fully prepared, these armored vehicles may not cause much trouble, but if they are fast,  , one night is enough to change a lot of things.

    When Mei Sheng thought that he would see the power of these steel plate monsters in the afternoon, he jumped up excitedly: "I'll go first to clear the way for you to explore!"

    "No hurry, let's have lunch."

    "No need, our regiment leader's request is to be able to sleep and eat on horseback." Mei Sheng laughed and led more than 200 cavalry roaring towards Ningling. Seeing these young men traveling alone across the Central Plains, Qiu Wenbin  He and Ouyang Wu also secretly admired.

    With their guidance, the soldiers of the brigade quickly made preparations.

    Two Daimler vehicles and a truck filled with protective soldiers and gasoline walked in front, followed by an infantry regiment and a transport team composed of more than 500 packhorses and carriages. The horses were all equipped with 70mm infantry cannons and mortars.  and heavy machine guns, and most of the soldiers sat on horse-drawn carriages.  Behind them was the main force consisting of 54 trucks. 12 Krupp 1909 105mm light howitzers were hung on the back of the trucks. Heavy ammunition and gasoline barrels were also filled with trucks. There were also trucks without cannons.  The hemp rope is dragging a large flatbed truck. This is an original towing method. The flatbed can not only store ordnance supplies, but also be used to seat soldiers. Although it is impossible to carry all four thousand infantrymen at once, it is possible to take turns in the vehicles.  Let the soldiers maintain their physical strength to the greatest extent, and the speed will be much faster.

    Ouyang Wu¡¯s eyes were almost dropped with envy for the heavy-financed packhorse infantry brigade. Fortunately, he was not too disappointed, because he had been guaranteed that the Ninth Division would also undergo this kind of packhorse modification in the future.

    When the kb brigade turned around and headed north to advance into Henan, the Beiyang 21st Mixed Brigade in Ningling didn't know what it was about to encounter. The camp under the sunset was filled with shouts and shouts. Seeing that it was almost dinner time, a few veterans who had nothing to do simply decided to  A gambling game was set up, which not only attracted a large number of soldiers, but also many officers participated. The gamblers made their faces red and sweaty, and several of them even took off their clothes.

    Ningling is located five kilometers west of Shangqiu. It is an important gateway from northern Anhui to Henan. After learning that Ni Sichong was killed by an "assassin", Chen Huan realized that there was a big gap here, so he immediately sent the 8th Mixed Brigade to prevent it.  The National Defense Forces go north here.  After 1911, Beiyang imitated the National Defense Forces and made an outline of the military structure, and the numbers of each unit were also modified. The 8th Mixed Brigade used to be Zhang Huaizhi's Zhili Mixed Association. After Zhang Huaizhi went to Shandong to take charge, Yuan Shikai defeated Wang Zhanyuan of Xiaocangshan.  Transferred to serve as brigade commander.

    In the barracks, Wang Zhanyuan looked at the noisy scene outside and ignored it.  The huge gap from division commander to brigade commander really made Wang Zhanyuan understand what it means to be warm and gentle. He wanted to make a comeback by being incorporated into the First Army, but Chen Huan rejected his repeated requests for war. Instead, he was transferred to Ningling to guard the second line.  , and sending telegrams directly to Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai also came to nothing.

    Now he is counting on the Fuyang National Defense Force to go north so that they can have a good fight and let everyone know that he is not old yet!  Wang Zhanyuan picked up the small wine cup and took a deep sip, then picked up a few peanuts and was about to eat them.Suddenly, several scout cavalrymen suddenly rushed in from the direction of the camp gate outside the window.

    "The National Defense Forces are coming!"

    Wang Zhanyuan slammed the wine glass. Whether he can make a comeback depends on this battle!  .

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