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Chapter 624 Everyone takes the lead

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    In the early morning of the next day, the Fengjun artillery launched a salvo, firing three base rounds of ammunition within 10 minutes. In an instant, the Mi Zhenbiao headquarters withstood thousands of artillery shells, and the Zhili army suffered a devastating blow.

    Without waiting for the Zhili Army to wake up from the explosion, the three regiments of the 54th Brigade of the 27th Division rushed out across the entire line. Regardless of the cost, casualties, taking no prisoners, and without stopping, they plunged into the rear positions of the Zhili Army in the thick smoke.  The subsequent troops quickly followed up and quickly opened a large hole in the Zhili army's defense.

    For a long time, there have been few such sharp battles between the Beiyang armies, and they were completely life-and-death battles.  Like the Zhi-Anhui War, after the war, it was concluded that the actual number of casualties in the Anhui army was only a few thousand, but there were tens of thousands of prisoners.  Everyone is from the Beiyang lineage. Although they are each their own masters, they still have friendship with each other when they are not fighting.

    But Fengjun is an exception.  Originally, they lived in a corner outside the pass and did not have deep friendships with the various factions within the pass.  After Zhang Hanqing's sudden rise, military training, enhanced political work, and good equipment have qualitatively improved Fengjun's combat effectiveness.

    A war is a war, and the Feng clique's army is not like the Zhizhi and Anhui cliques who openly make enemies and secretly cultivate friendships.  Although Zhang Hanqing had not been in the army for a long time, his effective methods were still copied by Zhang Zuolin and others.  Although the resemblance is only spiritual, it is true that Fengjun's spirit, energy, and spirit have greatly improved.

    Especially after Zhang Hanqing was officially established as the successor of the Feng clique, the influence of the People's Party increased day by day.  The slogan "Listen to the party's command and you can win the war" has gone from propaganda to forming a systematic organizational guarantee, allowing the People's Party to establish its control over the military.

    The principal officers at all levels study how to lead troops to fight, the political departments at all levels study how to improve the morale and ideological education of officers and soldiers, and the staff departments at all levels have formed a complete military order system. The habits that are common among other warlords are in the service department.  The army gradually lost its market, and it was even rarer in the People's Army.

    Moreover, the 27th Division is originally the elite of the Fengjun Army, and it is also the Fengjun Army that Zhang Hanqing values ????most. Sun Liechen, Zhang Zuoxiang, and Jiang Dengxuan have successively served as division commanders. It is the only division in the Fengjun Army besides the Guard Brigade (Division) and the First Division.  Zhang Hanqing was the most imprinted army.  As the team where Zhang Zuolin started, even after he was promoted to a very high-level position, he still paid no less attention and care to it.

    The 27th Division has always regarded Wu Peifu's Third Division as a reference and imaginary enemy. Successive division commanders have regarded defeating the Third Division as an important military task.  You must know that the Third Division originally had three mixed brigades, which were later increased to five. The 27th Division had to fight one against two.

    So when it encounters Yijun, who is generally weaker, it is like cutting butter with a sickle, beating the opponent until he has no temper at all.

    In just one round, Mi Zhenbiao's troops were defeated. The nearby 13th Mixed Brigade of Feng Yurong's Zhili Army did not want to support Feng's army while they were expanding their results.  Open a gap and cut off the connection between Peng Shouxin's front army and Wang Chengbin's reinforcements.  Wang Chengbin had no intention of fighting, so he took the opportunity to retreat to Langfang.

    Peng Shouxin was unable to support himself, so Sun Liechen issued an order for a general attack.  Three hours later, the Zhili army was completely defeated.  Peng Shouxin had no choice but to issue an order to retreat.  The Zhizhi army was captured and suffered more than 20,000 casualties. Ordnance and food were piled up everywhere.  On the one hand, Fengjun collected the Zhijun's ordnance, and on the other hand, he counted the spoils of war, and the harvest was extremely fruitful.

    In this battle, the 27th Division defended calmly and attacked vigorously, fully demonstrating the style of the main force of the Feng Dynasty.  In particular, the 21-year-old Major General of the 54th Brigade commanded the troops well and attacked decisively at the right time, laying the foundation for victory and thus becoming famous in one battle.

    He is the second son of the veteran Zhang Zuoxiang, which fully shows that the tiger father has no dogs and sons is by no means a literary exaggeration.

    When the Zhizhi troops on the left and right heard the defeat in the middle, they retreated at the same time.  Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Hanqing divided their forces into two groups, the left and right, and jointly attacked Langfang. At this time, the war had turned into a strategic offensive by Feng Jun.

    The Zhili troops were in trouble on the front line, and Wu Peifu was not having an easy time either.  Rumors were flying all over the city of Beijing, and most of the battle reports ahead were unfavorable to the Zhizhi Army. There were rumors that Peng Shouxin, commander of the First Army, had been killed in battle, and there were rumors that a certain army had mutinied, which shocked Wu Peifu three times a day.

    The military situation at the front was not conducive to the Zhili army, and Cao Kun was favoring him. He felt a thorn in his back when Wu Peifu was in Beijing, so he encouraged Cao Kun to urge Wu to go to the front line to command the military.  Cao's lieutenants said: "If I were to be the commander-in-chief in Beijing, anyone would do it!"

    At 9 a.m. on October 26, Wu Peifu took the special car of the Commander-in-Chief of the Rebel Army, departing from Zhengyangmen in Beijing and heading straight to Langfang.  The main reason why Wu Peifu went to the front line was not the anti-Wu faction under Cao Kun, but the unfavorable battle situation on the front line, and the fact that the naval raid plan was hindered.

    ??This time to supervise the war, personnel from the rebel army headquarters accompanied them, as well as more than 100 foreign military attach¨¦s and journalists traveling with the vehicle. The momentum was huge. During the civil war scenes in the early years of the Republic of China,??It can be said to be unprecedented.

    Before setting off, Wu Peifu, in order to boost morale, scolded Zhang Zuolin: "The horse thief in the white mountains and black waters is as ruthless as Lu Bu and as fierce as Zhu Wen. He is not of my race and cannot be transformed by virtue."

    At 1:30 pm that day, Wu Peifu¡¯s special car arrived in Langfang and parked directly next to the station. Wu Peifu immediately led his staff and guards to the front line to inspect the battle situation.  At this time, the two armies of Zhizhi and Fengxi were fighting fiercely at the edge of Yongqing County. The rumble of cannons shook the earth and the smoke of gunfire rose slowly.

    The news that Wu Peifu went to the front line spread throughout the Zhili Army, which greatly boosted the morale of the army. When Feng Yurong, a general from Tongfeng, heard that Wu had arrived at the front line, he committed suicide out of fear of crime!  Wu Sui directly dispatched thirteen mixed brigades and built another position to stabilize his position.

    After Wu personally went to the front line, the headquarters of the rebel army was set up in Wu's special car.  The troops directly under Wu's headquarters set up tents in the station.  Wu got up early every day and went out with his staff from the chief of staff level down for inspections, so he changed his battle plan and devoted all his strength to deal with Zhang Hanqing's department on the right wing of the Feng army.  He ordered Chief of Staff Zhang Huaizhi to lead a division to advance along the Yongding River mouth towards Beichen and advance towards Tianjin.

    After a fierce battle, Zhang Huaizhi's army captured Beichen the next day, making the battle situation gradually more favorable.  Sun Liechen ordered Jing Youyan's 28th main division to come out and confront it at the mouth of Haihe River.

    Since October 27, Wu Peifu used all 8 direct divisions and a mixed brigade with about 150,000 people to attack the Fengjun defense line in turns.  Especially the third division he founded has more people than the "elite divisions" of the Feng clan, and the equipment is not as generous. It has been in the war for many years, and its force value is amazing.

    Seeing Wu Shuai's personal command and the incomparable bravery of the Third Division, the other direct armies were greatly affected and began to display their extraordinary abilities again.  The powerful forces collided, and by October 30, both sides suffered 10,000 casualties.

    The battle situation is at a stalemate, and both sides are extremely anxious.  Wu Peifu was worried that the old camp in Henan would be in danger if he stayed for one more day, so he tried every means to attack the Feng Clan's must-rescue and divide the Feng Clan's army, so as to hit the target with one blow and defeat the powerful enemy on the opposite side, achieving "concentrate the strength to defeat them first from the north and then from the south."  strategic decisions.

    Zhang Hanqing no longer has a reserve team at this time. If Wu Peifu knew that the defenses of his most important industrial bases, such as Tianjin Automobile Factory and Tangshan Machine Tool Factory, had been mobilized, and attacked these places with even a small number of troops, would he have to dispatch without completing the training?  Artillery and armed police forces?  For this reason, he even prepared for the worst.

    And when Wu Peifu brought his main force to gather the Zhili army, the Wu army that concentrated the main force of the Feng faction was much more than the Feng army. Just with fewer people versus more people, the pressure was already obvious in a head-to-head confrontation.

    It¡¯s time to bring out his trump card.

    He ordered Feng Yong, the commander of the Northeast Aviation Department who was on standby in Qinhuangdao, to dispatch all 4 seaplane squadrons, 1 US-aided aircraft squadron, and a reconnaissance squadron composed of 4 reconnaissance aircraft to fly to Tianjin's Zhangguizhuang Airport.  , prepare to use the Feng system¡¯s air superiority to defeat the enemy.

    Feng Yong was an old acquaintance of his. After Feng Delin lost power, he was able to peacefully control the 28th Division. As the eldest son of former division commander Feng Delin, Feng Yong's intervention played a big role.  Therefore, even though he and Zhang Zuolin had a long-standing feud, Zhang Hanqing still made Feng Yong his senior staff, and prepared for the establishment of the Fengxian Air Force and witnessed its development.

    The Northeast Aviation Department was affiliated to the Liaoning War-General's Office, later the Northeast Patrol Envoy's Office, and the Military Committee of the National Unification Council. It was under the direct responsibility of Zhang Hanqing, so it grew rapidly: there was a steady stream of capital investment and talent joining, and a relatively strong team.  Industrial support.  Zhang Hanqing also ordered that all needs of the Aviation Department be handled directly by Niu Yuanfeng, the Minister of General Military Supplies of Fengjun.

    The Air Force is China¡¯s best military branch and the one closest to the strength of other countries.  Because no country paid much attention to it at that time, even though China's military industry was weak, it also achieved the best development.  The Harbin seaplane test base produces a new aircraft every few months. If it hadn't always failed to meet Zhang Hanqing's requirements, why would the Fengtian faction only assemble two "Shuih-1" squadrons every year?

    Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.  China under its own rule will definitely improve the development of its air force to an incomparable level. This is China's trick to take shortcuts at this stage. Correspondingly, it will be a great development of air transportation in the future.  Therefore, very early on, Zhang Hanqing and Feng Yong planned to build an airport under the Feng clan.

    Because the flight range of early aircraft was small, there must be at least one within a distance of two to three hundred kilometers. The planned aviation route map was densely populated in many large and medium-sized cities, starting from Harbin, Changchun, Siping, Shenyang  The construction of 6 airports has started in advance in Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao and Tianjin.  Tianjin's airport, located in Zhangguizhuang on the Bohai Sea, later became Binhai International Airport.

    Tianjin Airport has the most complete facilities. Zhang Hanqing originally planned to use Tianjin as an important town to guard the pass.  Tianjin was called Tianjin Wei in ancient times and was originally an important maritime defense line for Beijing.

    "Shuihong-1" has a maximum range of 450 kilometers and a combat radius of about 200 kilometers. It can fly directly from Qinhuangdao.  After refueling here, Beijing, Tangshan, Dezhou and other places are within its attack range.  The Zhili and Fengcheng front lines have been unable to hold out for a long time. It is time to use this extraordinary force to break the deadlock.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)You can fly directly to the island.  After refueling here, Beijing, Tangshan, Dezhou and other places are within its attack range.  The Zhili and Fengcheng front lines have been unable to hold out for a long time. It is time to use this extraordinary force to break the deadlock.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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