The artillery regiment of the 28th Division did not last long, and the enemy mountain artillery regiment, which had adjusted and fired at Zhuyuan, began to counterattack. The artillery of this period was definitely the most expensive branch of the army, after all, advanced artillery was very valuable, and shells were one-time consumables. There is a saying that when a cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold. Artillery, no matter what period it is, is a huge gold-eating beast. The artillerymen were well paid and the training requirements were high. After Zhang Zuolin's two artillery regiments locked onto the artillery position of the 28th Division, a single burst of artillery fire made the artillery position of the 28th Division mute.

The three artillery regiments of the 27th Division were arranged in echelons, and the artillery regiments of the 28th Division could only include the enemy's first artillery regiment in the front of the attack. And for the two regiments in the back, there was some powerlessness. Because the accuracy of the artillery is too low, it is difficult to exert too much pressure on the enemy artillery regiment, but it is easy to trigger a large-scale artillery battle. This is also the reason why the artillery regiment of the 28th Division opened fire, knocked out the first artillery regiment, and began to massacre the attacking infantry of the 27th Division. Because of the enemy's superior artillery attack, the infantry of the 28th Division suffered extremely heavy losses. In order to delay the enemy's capture of Beizhen as much as possible, Feng Delin had to order artillery to attack the enemy infantry to relieve the pressure on the infantry regiments on the front.

Twenty-eighth Division Headquarters.

"Marshal, the artillery positions have been shelled by the enemy, and the current losses are unknown." The heralds hurriedly sent information from the front.

Feng Delin nodded expressionlessly, how could he not hear the ceasefire in his own artillery position. I just hope it doesn't wipe it all out. After all, without artillery at this time, they will face a more severe form. Of course, Feng Delin knew that he had some extravagant hopes, under the blow of two superior artillery regiments, even if his own artillery regiment was in the enemy's non-precision strike zone, I am afraid that in the end, there would not be a few artillery pieces left.

Boom Boom -- The artillery of the 28th Division was once again sounding from the artillery position, but there were less than 10 guns left, and the other guns were dumb. It is not known whether the artillery was destroyed or the artillery was sacrificed.

Hearing the sound of artillery, Feng Delin's heart was relieved, fortunately, the artillery regiment was not completely annihilated. Although there are only so many mountain artillery left, it can also contain some of the enemy's artillery and buy time for the infantry to defend.

"Dashuai, Dashuai, I'm back!" Wang Ji, chief of staff of the 28th Division, who was exhausted and his arms were hung high in bandages, had just entered the command headquarters.

"Ji Gang! What about the artillery? ”

"Very bad! The artillery bombardment just now has caused a lot of losses to our artillery, and at present, Commander Wang is assembling his team and using the last nine artillery pieces to maneuver with the enemy. Marshal, we can't go on defending like this. While the artillery still has a certain role, let's launch a counterattack! "The enemy's powerful artillery made the attack of the enemy infantry extremely sharp. The troops defending in the front line of fire were constantly afraid of the enemy's artillery attack, so they were afraid of being beaten passively. Morale is getting lower and lower.

"Staff Officer Liu, how many of us are there now?" Feng Delin asked the temporary head of the General Staff.

"At present, judging from the information sent back by the regiments on the front, our people are less than 30,000! And casualties at the front line continue. ”

"Thirty thousand! The 27th Division has been attacking for such a long time, and the casualties are 5,000 if not 10,000! 30,000 against 45,000, you can fight! Zhang Zuolin thought about it in his heart and made up his mind.

"Order all the troops of the front to counterattack with all their might. Defeat the enemy's offensive enthusiasm! ”

Toot toot!

The horn of the 28th Division's all-out counteroffensive suddenly sounded. Li Jinglin and Wu Junsheng, commanders of the 27th Division on the opposite side, looked at each other, and couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Feng Delin was selling in his gourd.

"Order the artillery to speed up the clearing of the enemy's artillery positions."

"Blow the horn of attack, since the 28th Division wants to attack, let's accompany him to attack." Li Jinglin has confidence in the veterans under his command. In the face of the soldiers of the 28th Division in Beizhen, the veterans of the 27th Division, who had more combat experience, had an absolute advantage.

Tieling area.

Temporary Headquarters of the 28th Division Southward Troops. As the commander of the 1st Brigade of the 28th Division, Zhang Haipeng was appointed by Feng Delin as the commander of the southbound troops when he might be sniped by the 27th Division, and comprehensively commanded the troops to the south. After the troops marched to the Tieling area, they were blocked by Tang Yulin's division of the 27th Division, and the two sides engaged in fierce fighting in the Tieling area. The number of people on both sides is equal, but whether it is weapons and equipment, or the combat effectiveness of soldiers, Zhang Haipeng's department has the upper hand. In addition, the headquarters of the 28th Division constantly urged forward, and Zhang Haipeng was also ruthless. Since the start of the war, Zhang Haipeng's artillery has not stopped, fortunately, when the troops passed through Feng Yong County in the south, Feng Yong, in order to ensure their combat effectiveness, supplemented them with a batch of mountain artillery shells produced by the Woniushan Arsenal, and in addition to the ammunition accumulated by the 28th Division stationed along the way in Siping, it can be said that the ammunition of the 28th Division's southward troops was very sufficient.

"Commander, we have broken through the two lines of defense, Tang Yulin's troops have suffered a lot of losses, but they have no intention of retreating. The handsome's urging telegram is here again! This is already the eighth letter. The commander of the second brigade, Ji Jinchun, said worriedly. The situation of his own marshal in Beizhen seems to be very unoptimistic, or he would not have sent reminder telegrams one by one. Feng Delin is a strong person, if it weren't for the fact that the situation was really extremely sinister, he would definitely not be in such a hurry.

"Order the troops to attack with all their might, and at all costs, must open the passage to the south. Send a telegram to the young marshal, hoping that their men will speed up their journey south. ”

"The telegram has been sent. The young marshal replied that a brigade of the public security corps had already moved south, and the cavalry regiment of the vanguard could reach the Beizhen battlefield in three hours at most. At the same time, the troops of the other two brigades of the major commander were also advancing rapidly. Just after waiting for the intelligence, the 2nd Brigade of the Public Security Corps had advanced to Benxi, and the 6th Brigade had also approached Fushun. Young Marshal Feng hopes that the three of us can unite to besiege Zhang Zuolin's base camp - the provincial capital. ”

Hearing Ji Jinchun's words, Zhang Haipeng quickly opened the map he was carrying, glanced at Ji Jinchun and said, "The young marshal's team is advancing very fast!" I just don't know how their specific combat effectiveness is? ”

"It's hard to estimate the specifics, but they were able to pull out the security regiments of the two counties so quickly, it should be regarded as some combat effectiveness!" Ji Jinchun is not very clear about the combat effectiveness of Feng Yong's department, after all, from the time when the security corps was established, even if the combat effectiveness of the public security corps is strong, it is not much stronger.

"Send a report to the marshal, we will do our best to go south, and the troops will open the passage at all costs, so that the marshal must hold on." Zhang Haipeng was not interested in Feng Shaoshuai's suggestion. Although he is not very clear about the total number of people in Zhang Zuolin's 27th Division, the army that can be used by Zhang Dashuai, who maintains the two major battlefields in the north and south, is probably extremely limited. As long as he breaks through the defense line in front of him and rescues Feng Dashuai, then the situation in Fengtian will be rewritten. For the public security corps, which has been in the limelight in the past six months, Zhang Haipeng has maintained a wait-and-see attitude. Although they had also come into contact with the soldiers of the Security Corps on the way south, they looked pretty good. However, Zhang Haipeng, who is truly combative, does not have great hopes. Zhang Haipeng did not believe that Zhang Zuolin would not deploy heavy troops in the provincial capital. But if he led two brigades of the 28th Division to attack the provincial capital, even if he could defeat it, it would definitely consume a lot of time. And Zhang Haipeng didn't have much hope for the Fourth Brigade of the Public Security Corps that rushed to the aid of Feng Dashuai, but just hoped that they could help Feng Delin delay for a while. Therefore, he still prefers the troops to go south with all their strength and gallop to the aid of Beizhen.

"What does the young marshal mean?" Ji Jinchun looked at Zhang Haipeng, after all, Zhang Haipeng was the commander of the troops, and he was responsible for whatever decision he made.

"Don't worry about it. Jin Chun, don't forget, we are officers of the 28th Division, not soldiers of the Security Corps. Besides, Young Marshal Feng is only a young marshal after all, and he has no right to command us. Zhang Haipeng said this is a bit too blind. Feng Yong was able to win the two northern provinces with the year of the weak crown under the condition of crowd strong ring feeding, which has proved his ability and skill. However, among the troops that pay the most attention to qualifications, Zhang Haipeng, who has only become a brigade commander after many years of military career, looks down on the brigade commanders of the public security corps who are on an equal footing with him without holding a gun for a few years. This should be a kind of jealousy!

Ji Jinchun nodded, although he knew that ignoring Feng Yong's order might affect his position in the 28th Division in the future, but now that Feng Delin was in the prime of life, it was still unknown whether the 28th Division could reach Feng Yong's hands. As long as it is not a matter of principle, it will not have much impact on them whether or not to pay attention to it. After all, not everyone in this world has excellent strategic vision.

Mukden, Beidaying.

"Dashuai, Brigade Commander of the Northern Tang is in a hurry!"

Zhang Zuolin didn't even look at it, and said directly to the operator: "Tell Brigade Commander Tang that I know where they are very hard, but reinforcements are impossible." Let them not fight hard, they can appropriately let Zhang Haipeng's troops go south for a certain distance, unload their sharp energy and then defend. Just don't let them approach the Northtown battlefield. ”

Now the whole Fengtian is like a big game of chess, Feng Delin plus Feng Yong and him Zhang Zuolin are playing.

"What happened to the security forces?"

"According to the order of the marshal, the security regiments in the northeast of Fengtian have all assembled in Benxi and Fushun. There are about 10,000 people in Benxi and almost 8,000 people in Fushun. ”

"The auxiliary pillow has now arrived in Benxi! With 10,000 people against 20,000 people in the security corps, the pressure on the auxiliary pillow will definitely be very great. Jinghui should also be in Fushun now. I hope he can hold Fushun for a while with 8,000 men. Zhang Zuolin muttered to himself. He expected that Feng Yong would definitely intervene in Fengtian's battle, but he didn't expect him to enter Fengtian on a large scale. 60,000 people, and the pace of progress is extremely fast. The news that came back from before the collapse of the security regiments in Xinbin County and Qingyuan County, coupled with what the cabinet ministers had seen and heard in the security corps last year. Zhang Zuolin keenly believes that Feng Yong's security corps is not as vulnerable as he imagined. His own security regiment of 800 people didn't even hold on for half an hour, and was wiped out by Feng Yong's Second Brigade. In addition to the huge numerical superiority of the Second Brigade, this also reflects from the side that the Second Brigade also has a certain combat effectiveness. At present, the main forces are basically engaged in the two major battlefields of the north and the south, and the defense of Mukden has become extremely empty. However, Feng Yong's two troops could not be ignored, and Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to transfer security regiments from all over the country to block the second and sixth brigades of the public security corps. and sent henchmen Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Jinghui to personally command. Zhang Dashuai now regrets rashly launching an attack. After all, he does not have the upper hand in strength at present.

However, there is no turning back from the bow, and a hero like Zhang Zuolin will definitely not be annoyed for a long time for a wrong decision, they will find a way to find opportunities in their mistakes, and then obtain greater benefits.

"Send a report to Li Jinglin and let him take Beizhen within two hours."

On the front line of Beizhen, when Zhang Zuolin's telegram arrived, most of Beizhen had fallen into Li Jinglin's hands, since the artillery of the 28th Division was completely annihilated, the advance of the 27th Division accelerated, although the 28th Division's several counterattacks made Li Jinglin's men suffer great losses, but compared with the 28th Division, Li Jinglin's division still occupied the absolute upper hand. After all, they have superior artillery to work together.

"Junsheng! You go to the front line and form a warlord. It's time for our final assault! At the same time, send a report to the marshal, within an hour, our department guarantees to take Beizhen! Li Jinglin said confidently. So far, Li Jinglin has basically locked the battle situation, and Feng Yong's cavalry supports the troops, and it will take two hours to arrive at the earliest. Li Jinglin still has plenty of time.

Zhang Zuolin received Li Jinglin's telegram and was overjoyed. But immediately asked the staff officer to send a telegram to Li Jinglin. He was asked to capture Feng Delin alive as much as possible, and to treat Feng Delin preferentially. After all, Feng Delin is his sworn brother Zhang Zuolin, if it weren't for the great persecution of the Feng family during this time, Zhang Zuolin would never have chosen to fight each other. Feng Delin was his early leader and had great kindness to him Zhang Zuolin. No matter what outsiders say about him, Zhang Zuolin still has a conscience. There is still some friendship for this sworn brother.

"Dashuai, let's withdraw! I can't hold it anymore! If we stay, we'll all have to bury Beizhen! Wang Jigang, chief of staff of the 28th Division, said loudly. Now all the front-line units have suffered heavy losses, most of the positions they have mastered have been lost, and the remaining positions are also shaking in the wind and rain.

The horn of the 27th Division's all-out charge sounded on the battlefield. The shrill sound of the horn pierced Feng Delin's heart like a sharp sword.

"Order the troops to withdraw from Northtown!" Feng Delin said with difficulty. After all, he had been in operation in Northtown for several years. This is the lair of the 28th Division, but I didn't expect that someone would even tear down the lair today.

With Feng Delin's order to retreat, the units of the 28th Division showed an unparalleled ability to escape. At this time, the training of the Japanese showed results. The 28th Division did not collapse like a rabble, but each regiment left behind the troops behind the palace, and then took advantage of the gap between the resistance of these abandoned troops to quickly withdraw from Beizhen and retreat towards Fuxin.

Feng Delin lost the battle of Beizhen, but no one thought that Feng Delin had no chance of turning the tables. After all, Feng Delin still has Feng Yong behind him, who controls the land of the two provinces. There is still an army of 100,000 in Mukden. Even if he loses Beizhen, as long as Feng Delin is not caught, he still has strong capital. Zhang Zuolin, the big chess game of Fengtian, only has a slight upper hand! It is not yet known who will kill the deer!

(To be continued)