As the most elite army of the Great Qing Kingdom, when did they encounter such fierce artillery fire. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Covered by just one round of artillery fire, the attacking troops of the battalion in front suffered heavy losses.

The Beiyang Army, which was lucky enough to survive, showed a panicked expression on everyone's face, and before receiving the retreat order, they did not dare to continue the attack, and it was not possible to retreat directly, and they had a posture of not being able to advance or retreat.

At this time, the second round of shells smashed into the battlefield under the even more incredible gaze of the Beiyang Army.

With their knowledge of artillery, it would take at least ten seconds for the second round of shells to hit them. But now the shells smashed over just two or three seconds, which shows how strong the artillery of the Liaodong Army is.

Although it is not clear how the Liaodong Army did it. However, they were under heavy artillery fire and knew very well that if the fierce shelling continued, it would take less than half a minute for a battalion of attacking troops to be completely blown up.

Ordinary soldiers of the Beiyang Army on the battlefield are aware of this situation, and the co-ordinator with a dignified face is no exception.

As soon as the violent explosion of the second round of shells reached his ears, the co-ordinator, who was also shocked, subconsciously ordered the attacking troops to retreat immediately.

This is not only that, after the retreat order was issued, the co-commander followed and ordered the reconnaissance troops to reconnoiter on both sides of the pipeline to determine whether they had avoided the path of the Liaodong Army blocking the troops, and then leave here as soon as possible with the troops.

After waiting for ten minutes, the co-ordinator did not wait for the reconnaissance force to send him good news, but heard a burst of gunfire from both sides of the pipeline.

Without thinking about it, he knew that the reconnaissance force he sent out had encountered the troops surrounding him by the Liaodong Army, and exchanged fire.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the adjutant general to come over with a solemn face and report: "We are surrounded. It is not known how many people there were in the Liaodong Army, but they were armed with a large number of light and heavy machine guns. General, what are we going to do? ”

Before the co-commander who frowned had time to speak, a battalion management belt in front of him ran over and reported: "General, a person who claims to be the standard commander of the forbidden army from the blocking position of the Liaodong Army wants to see you, and he has no shoelace weapons. ”

"Forbidden Army!" The Co-Commander muttered to himself with a gloomy face.

Then he immediately ordered: "Bring him here at once." Maybe we can know from him what happened in Tongliao City before we came. ”

After the Forbidden Army Standard Commander brought it over, he didn't wait for the Commander to open his mouth and told all the things he had experienced in the past two days.

After finishing speaking, he directly said the purpose of his coming over to the still stunned co-ordinator.

"General Wang, as far as I know, the Liaodong Army has deployed at least five thousand elites and two hundred light and heavy machine guns around you."

"Plus, it's not really deadly. The Liaodong Army also arranged 18 heavy artillery, 54 field artillery, more than 30 mountain artillery, and at least 50 new artillery pieces that have never been seen before. These cannons are now aimed at you. As long as you don't lay down your arms and surrender within half an hour, these artillery pieces will definitely open fire immediately. ”

With a shocked and frightened face, the co-ordinator asked with the last glimmer of hope: "There is really no other way out than surrender!" ”

Biao Tong shook his head and replied: "At that time, our ruler didn't want to surrender like this, and planned to fight." But in the end, apart from losing hundreds of lives, there was nothing to gain. More than 100 artillery pieces shelled together, coupled with more than 200 heavy machine guns surrounding the area, there was no other way to survive except surrender. Unless the general is willing to take all the 5,000 soldiers under his command to die here. ”

Seeing that there was still a trace of hesitation on the face of the co-commander, the forbidden army standard commander continued to break the news: "Also, the general may not know that Lord Xu, the governor of the three eastern provinces, and the Beiyang Army of the five towns defending Mukden have all surrendered to the Liaodong Army. There are several town commanders in the entire Beiyang Army who were captured by the Liaodong Army, and you are not inferior to a co-commander! ”

For the Beiyang Military Commander, the news was obviously even more exciting, and it crushed the last bit of persistence in his heart in one afternoon.

Xu Shichang, who had the Beiyang Army of the Five Towns, surrendered, not to mention a small standard of his own.

In the future, even if the court and the marshal want to be held responsible, it will be those town commanders who will not be implicated in themselves.

Thinking of this, the first reaction of the co-ordinator was to breathe a long sigh of relief, and then ordered in his most relaxed tone: "Then surrender!" ”

As soon as the 5,000 Beiyang Army surrendered, the imperial court's hope of recapturing Tongliao in a short period of time was gone.

When the news reached the capital, the aggrieved and angry Cixi was eager to cut Yuan Shikai, who proposed to let the forbidden army send troops.

Of course, Cixi's real heartache was not the 5,000 soldiers who were wiped out and captured by the Liaodong Army, but the large amount of weapons and equipment brought over by the 5,000 forbidden troops. Not to mention anything else, those heavy artillery and field artillery alone are worth seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver. If you add rifles and light and heavy machine guns, it is more than a million taels.

These silvers are all saved from their usual expenses, and now they are gone all of a sudden, and it is absolutely impossible to say that they are not heartbroken or angry.

Compared with Cixi's heartache and anger, Yuan Shikai's first reaction after receiving the news was despair.

Because, he not only received the news that the 5,000 Beiyang Army was wiped out by the Liaodong Army outside Tongliao City, but also received the bad news that Xu Shichang, the governor of the three eastern provinces, and the Beiyang Army of the five towns of Fengtian surrendered to the Liaodong Army together, and Fengtian was occupied by the Liaodong Army.

The Five Towns Army, plus the One Town Army, which was blocked by the Liaodong Army and would be wiped out by the Liaodong Army sooner or later, accounted for two-thirds of the Beiyang Army. With so many troops, it can be said that they were formed single-handedly by exhausting half of their body and mind, and now that they are gone, Yuan Shikai directly has a faint desire to commit suicide.

Fortunately, at this time, several staff members persuaded Yuan Shikai back in time, even if the Beiyang Army of the six towns outside the Guanwai was lost, in the north, the Beiyang Army still had the Three Towns Army on the bright side, and it was also the most elite Three Towns Army of the Beiyang Army.

In addition, secretly, the forbidden army of the two towns is still under the orders of the Beiyang Army. If you take them all, the Beiyang Army is still the most powerful army in the north of the Great Qing Kingdom. As long as these troops are ensured, the imperial court still can't help the Beiyang Army. And the Beiyang Army can also use the most elite Three Towns Army as a seed, continue to expand its troops, and restore the strength of the Nine Towns Army. ”

After several staff members took turns to persuade him, Yuan Shikai finally felt a lot better.

However, his face was still gloomy and terrifying, and he frowned and said: "This defeat has made this official see the strength of the Liaodong Army again, and he is more certain that there will definitely be a battle between us and the Liaodong Army in the future." ”

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