Chapter 13 Capture Wuhan (7)
Feng Guozhang quickly grabbed the side of the ship, so he was not rolled off the ship by the waves, and said sternly: "Roar quickly, row quickly!" On the surface of the Yangtze River, isn't sailing ship trying to abuse the cruiser?
Subsequent shells continued to fall around Feng Guozhang's fleet. After each explosion, the sailboat was splashed by huge waves, and many soldiers fell into the water and shouted for help.
As soon as Feng Guozhang's ship docked, Feng Guozhang took the lead in taking the remaining people to scatter towards his camp. As long as they avoided the range of the Beiyang Fleet cruiser guns, they would be safe on the north shore.
Strangely, the cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet stopped chasing after seeing Feng Guozhang's troops landing. After the ceasefire, a full rudder began to return.
When Feng Guozhang led the remnants to escape to the dark night on the north bank, Tang Jian and several regiment commanders walked out of a shadow on the south bank.
Tang Jian smiled and said, "The shelling of Sa Zhenbing is so accurate! It specializes in fighting soldiers, not the head coach! These few knocks on the mountain and shocking tigers scared Feng Guozhang so much!"
The commanders also smiled knowingly after hearing this. They could even imagine that Feng Guozhang must have run towards Wuchang with a desperate face!
Tang Jian ordered: "Let Sa Zhenbing bring those wooden turbine transport ships to the south bank immediately, and order the four regiments to land on the north bank before dawn, and assemble before eight o'clock in the morning, and immediately launch a general attack on the Wuchang Arsenal after the assembly!"
After Tang Jian's order was issued, several troop transport ships began to transport troops to the north shore in an orderly manner, and several regiment commanders were commanding the troops of their respective units to board the ship in an orderly manner.
Tang Jian barked Chen Ergou to his side. Chen Ergou had just injured his right shoulder in the battle, and a shrapnel pierced into the flesh. After a simple bandage, he was fine.
Tang Jian asked, "Chen Ergou, do you have no name? This Ergou Ergou barked so hard that it sounded awkward."
Chen Ergou used his complete left hand and scratched the back of his head, saying, "My father said he could take a lowly celebrity to support him. He originally planned to change his name when I was 18 years old. Unexpectedly, his parents were killed by the Japanese in Lushun. After he joined General Sun in Shandong, he joined the name of General Sun.
Tang Jian pondered for a moment and said, "Then I'd better give you a big name!"
"Thank you, Commander!" Chen Ergou said gratefully.
Tang Jian thought for a while and thought that Hubei was the land of Jingchu, Chen Ergou got a new name here, so he said, "Then call it Chen Chusheng!"
Chen Ergou read these three words carefully again, and thought it sounded very nice and thanked Tang Jian very much.
Tang Jian looked at the east, and the fish belly was pale in the sky, and he saw that most of the troops had arrived at the north shore. He said again, "Let's go, go to the north shore to see Feng Guozhang! Haha, Chu Sheng, you should be my guard in the future!" Now Wang Jianchuan's life and death are unknown, Tang Jian wanted to arrange a smart guard beside him, and Chen Chusheng just met the conditions.
Chen Chusheng was overjoyed. Following Tang Jian has always been his dream. Now he has not only been named by Tang Jian, but also become his guard.
Chen Chusheng took Tang Jian's windbreaker and boarded the ship to the north shore with Tang Jian.
"Report to the commander! The new 1st regiment of the 7th Division is completed!" Major commander Yuan Jingxiang stood attentively.
"Report to the commander! The 301st Regiment of the 8th Division has been assembled!"
"Report to the commander! The 108th Regiment of the First Division has been assembled!
"Report to the commander! The main group of the 7th Division has been assembled!"
After counting the number of people in his troops, the remaining group leaders reported to Tang Jian in turn.
Tang Jian glanced at the team of more than 4,000 people below and said loudly: "Last night, Feng Guozhang sneaked into the wartime command center! Today, we attacked his arsenal and dared to attack our National Revolutionary Army? Our National Revolutionary Army is not a good master, so we will return it today!"
After hearing this, the soldiers burst into laughter. After a night of raid, they immediately swept away their difficulties. Everyone's faces were red and their eyes were full of excitement.
"Okay, let's go now! Capture Feng Guozhang alive!" Tang Jian said with a smile.
"Catch Feng Guozhang alive, capture Feng Guozhang alive!" More than 4,000 soldiers shouted loudly.
Then, the troops of more than 4,000 people and four regiments advanced towards the Wuchang Arsenal under the command of officers of each regiment.
Tang Jian and the four regiment commanders each rode a war horse in the middle of the team. Zhang Jinghui, who was steady and cautious, asked: "Commander, although Feng Guozhang fled because of his defeat, the Hanyang Arsenal's strength is not weak! The commander is preparing to conquer the Hanyang Arsenal!"
Tang Jian smiled and said, "Feng Guozhang is already a frightened bird now, but as you said, the Wuchang Arsenal is very strict, and it really takes some effort to swallow it in one bite."
The slightly younger Yuan Jingxiang asked, "I don't know if the commander has any good plans!"
Tang Jian laughed: "The plan is not good, but it can successfully capture the arsenal!"
"Oh, let's talk about it!" Wang Zheqi asked.
"Chu Sheng, map!" Tang Jian called Chen Chusheng, and Chen Chusheng immediately understood and took out a military map from his backpack and handed it to Tang Jian on the horse.
When several regiment leaders saw that Tang Jian was going to talk about tactics, they all tied the horses and surrounded Tang Jian.
Tang Jian expanded the map, and there was a detailed defense thumbnail picture about the arsenal. Jie Jiajun asked in surprise: "It turns out that the commander is interested in this arsenal, and even the defense thumbnail picture is ready!"
Tang Jian raised his head and said to several commanders with a serious expression: "Only by knowing yourself and your opponent can you win every battle! This sentence is not just a verbal statement, but more importantly, it is applied in practice!"
Several team leaders knew that Tang Jian was teaching him and agreed with Tang Jian's words.
Tang Jian pointed to the thumbs-up image on the map and said, "You can see that in the thumbs-up image of the Hanyang Arsenal, Feng Guozhang arranged most of the firepower on both sides of the gate! That's it!" Tang Jian pointed to the gate of the arsenal that had been marked on the map and said, "There are at least six Maxim water-cooled machine guns at the gate of the arsenal, and there is a barracks not far from the gate, with an estimated thousands of people inside!"
"The walls around the arsenal are covered with barbed wire, and there is a battalion of troops patrolling and guarding the arsenal for a long time!" Tang Jian said the deployment of the remaining arsenal.
"The commander, what should we do next?" Jie Jiajun asked.
Tang Jian laughed treacherously: "The central government breaks through, surrounded by two wings!" Tang Jian once again shamelessly plagiarized the strategies and tactics of later generations.
This "central breakthrough, two wings encircle" is a classic tactic of the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War. Although the Japanese aggression was cursed by the world, his tactic was unsatisfactory. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops could easily break through the defense line of more than 100,000 national troops. In addition to the differences in military qualities between the two sides, these eight words are used.
When Tang Jian thought of plagiarizing the classic tactics of later generations, he couldn't help but fantasize in his heart for a while. If Yuan Shikai was defeated this time and China was truly unified, Tang Jian could let go and develop national defense.
After the plane and tank are built, what kind of blitzkrieg can be tried with Russia to see if it can be broken without Hitler and Napoleon breaking the curse and conquering Russia's capital in one fell swoop.
By the way, Chu Zhaoliang can also make a "wolf pack tactic" and sank several British battleships without knowing it. I wonder what the UK will react.
Hehe, and, after the aircraft carrier was built, I also learned from Yamamoto Iroku and sneaked into Pearl Harbor to let Americans know whose back garden the North Pacific is.
"Commander, Commander!" Zhang Jinghui on the side shook Tang Jian, who was about to drool.
Tang Jian was shaken by Zhang Jinghui, and immediately woke up from his fantasy and asked, "Ah? What's wrong?"
Zhang Jinghui said: "I just saw the commander stopping halfway through the speech. When I saw that the commander was distracted."
Tang Jian smiled in his heart. If he told them that he was thinking about how to build aircraft, tanks and aircraft carriers just now, he would not know what expression they would have.
Tang Jian cleared his throat and said, "Listen, I'll tell you the specific situation of this tactic again. The New 1st Regiment of the Seventh Division, Yuan Jingxiang and Zhang Jinghui of the 301st Regiment of the 8th Division led their troops to attack the gate of the Hanyang Arsenal, Wang Zheqi of the 108th Regiment of the 1st Division and Jie Jiajun of the 7th Division led their troops to attack the left and right wings of the arsenal! Did you hear it clearly?"
"I heard it clearly!" the four of them said in unison.
"Okay, then we will obey my command and we will break the Wuchang Arsenal!"
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At dawn, Feng Guozhang led his troops to flee back to his base in a panic. The shelling on the river just now was thrilling. Feng Guozhang is still in fear. If he was accidentally hit by the cannon fire, he would probably not even be able to fight back.
No wonder Tang Jian was so fearless. With such a Beiyang fleet alone, he dared to confront Lord Yuan's hundreds of thousands of Beiyang New Army across the river.
It seems that he underestimated Tang Jian's strength! Feng Guozhang glanced at the soldiers who were abandoned with armor around him and thought to himself.
Humph! If Wang Shizhen hadn't delayed the increase in his troops, Feng Guozhang would not have been defeated so badly. Wang Shizhen's increase in troops should have arrived last night. If the two soldiers cooperated with each other, Tang Jian would have been able to capture Tang Jian alive last night.
"Come on, commander, have a drink!" Feng Yuxiang brought Feng Guozhang a bowl of clear water and said.
Feng Guozhang took the clear water and drank it all in one gulp. After a night of rushing to escape, Feng Guozhang was also very thirsty.
Feng Guozhang asked, "Yuxiang, have those brothers who are called the Arsenal strengthened their vigilance? I'm afraid that Tang Jian will take the opportunity to counterattack. This Arsenal is his best target!"
Feng Yuxiang's eyes flashed and he smiled and said, "Teacher, don't worry, I have already asked the brothers guarding the arsenal to increase their vigilance. It should be fine!"
As soon as Feng Yuxiang finished speaking, gunfire suddenly appeared outside. Feng Guozhang was inspired by the sudden gunfire. At this time, a messenger ran in with a sad face and said in a panic: "Teacher Commander...Teacher Commander..."
Feng Guozhang said anxiously: "Speak slowly!"
"Report to the division commander, Hanyang Arsenal is attacked!" The messenger finally put a whole sentence in his mouth.
"Clang" The porcelain bowl in Feng Guozhang's hand suddenly fell to the ground and broke.
Chapter completed!