Chang chūn, the house of the young marshal.

"Report to the young marshal, I just received a telegram from Hu Jingyi, the governor of Shaanxi, that the governor of the southwest, Cai Yi, led the most sharp first division of the new army into Shaanxi, and has already taken the train, preparing to go to the northeast of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Shaanxi." Li Yang said with a somewhat strange face.

"General Cai is coming?" Feng Yong was taken aback. You must know that the current southwest is not a force that was just established at that time, and now the southwest is already one of the four major forces in China, dominating the four southwestern provinces, and the power is not weak. The land of abundance is also known as the land of foundation. Since the Northeast Army and Beiyang fought and showed unparalleled combat effectiveness, all forces in the country have shown a very strange attitude towards the Northeast. Under the impetus of the landlord class, all forces have a hostile attitude towards the Northeast, after all, the land reform carried out in the Northeast has mobilized their interests, and they do not want to become a prisoner with nothing like the landlords in the Northeast.

After the war between the Northeast Army and the Rì Army, Cai Ye declared himself a běi jīngzhèng fǔ and accepted the appointment of běi jīngzhèng fǔ to him. This largely supported běi jīngzhèng fǔ, allowing běi jīngzhèng fǔ to begin to overpower Nanjing Beiyang zhèng fǔ in the name of orthodoxy.

Of course, no one will be naïve to think that Cai Yi will really take refuge in Feng Yong, even if Cai Ye is willing, the generals in Cai Ye's hands may not be the reason, after all, each force is a collective of interests, and any change will cause the gain and loss and redistribution of interests.

"Is the message accurate?" Feng Yong asked in a deep voice, you know, this is not a joke, if Cai Ye really led the army to the northeast, it is very likely to become a great help, and it may also become a big trouble.

"I've already confirmed! Now that General Cai's 1st Division has boarded the train, it will be able to leave the customs and go to the northeast in three days at most. Li Yang said affirmatively.

"Cai Ye is really a patriotic general!" Feng Yong said admiringly. Although he is patriotic, he is a warlord, and he will never be ambiguous in the general interests of the nation, but he can't do anything like Cai Ye who takes the initiative to send troops without saying hello. Now Feng Yong can do whatever it takes for the country, but he will never give up the benefits he deserves.

If he was in Cai Yi's position, he would definitely make a big announcement before sending out troops, respecting the highest point of morality, and then he would definitely not send the most sharp troops. However, Cai Ye dispatched the most sharp first division of the Southwest New Army. Relying on the period when the southwest and the north were entangled, the intelligence agency of the Northeast Army had already built an airtight intelligence network in the southwest, and this intelligence network penetrated into all aspects of the southwest. The intelligence agencies will definitely confirm such a big matter as the dispatch of troops by the New Army in the Southwest.

"Young marshal, there is one more question...... Li Yang's god is very strange.

"What's the problem?" Feng Yong asked curiously.

"According to our intelligence, General Cai's division does not have many weapons, not a single heavy weapon such as artillery, heavy machine guns, and a small number of rifles, which is only enough for self-protection." Li Yang said with a twitch on his face.

"Huh? It turned out to be so! Feng Yong patted his forehead, a little speechless. You must know that the military system of the Southwest New Army is similar to that of the Northeast Army. One is to have two brigades under its jurisdiction, plus the troops directly under the division headquarters, with a standard strength of 30,000 troops, that is, once Cai Ye arrives, he will have to prepare 30,000 weapons and equipment. This gave Feng Yong a little headache.

"Young marshal, what should we do?" Li Yang asked.

"What else can I do! Here they come. If we don't receive it well, I'm afraid our reputation in the Northeast will be completely stinky. Feng Yong said angrily, but he secretly complained in his heart. Second Brother Cai! Second Brother Cai, aren't you making trouble for me!

There is no shortage of weapons in the arsenal of the Northeast, and the weapons seized in those years have already been sold, and the weapons and equipment replaced by the Northeast Army have also been sold one after another. But the terrifying military-industrial complex of the Northeast Army has not stopped. Of course, there are not many strategic weapons such as heavy artillery. This is because the Northeast is much slower to produce these high-tech weapons, because the Northeast lacks a scientific and technological foundation. It's a miracle to have what we have achieved now. But before he figured out Cai Yi's thoughts, Feng Yong didn't want to absorb new weapons from the Southwest New Army. The rifle is nothing, after all, the current Type 16 rifle in the Northeast is only good, far from being a classic. However, artillery and other heavy weapons are not very easy to handle, and if Cai Yi's new army is really sent to the battlefield, it must be armed to the extent that the troops of the Southeast Military Region are about the same, otherwise it will be irresponsible to the soldiers and murder. Feng Yong can't do this.

When Feng Yong had a headache for Cai Yi's reinforcements, the battle in the Southern Military Region was finally coming to an end.

Hulu Valley, a very different place in the southern hills, is also relatively remote, but it is here that it became the grave of the 1st Division of the Rì Army.

In front of the Northeast Army's position, the corpses of the Rì Army had piled up very high. But the soldiers of the Rì Army were still fierce and undaunted by the attack of death. The heavy artillery has plowed your position in the Northeast Bureau several times, and even so, the Northeast Army is still fighting to the death. Because they were the sharpest 12th Brigade of the Northeast Army, if they retreated, then their pride would be completely lost. The results of the 60,000-strong army of the entire Southern Military Region were lost after three days of hard fighting. Based on this, the troops of the Southeast Army Department showed great fearlessness in battle.

The headquarters of the Zhenzhen Southern Military Region was set up two kilometers away from Hulu Valley, which was the closest Zhenzhen had to the battlefield.

"Report to the commander, the Rì army has launched the fifth decisive assault, our position has partially changed hands, and the two sides are engaged in a fierce fight." The herald said loudly.

"Got it!" Zhen Zhen said indifferently.

"Commander, can the Twelfth Brigade hold up? Do you need reinforcements? Political Commissar Qian Zhuangfei said worriedly.

"No need for the time being, Brigadier Wang Biao hasn't sent a telegram asking for help yet, let's just wait patiently." Zhen Zhen said in a deep voice.

"But in such a battle, the losses of the 12th Brigade were too great. Even if this stop is successfully over, the 12th Brigade will probably be disabled. Qian Zhuangfei had a lot of unbearability in his heart. You must know that the 12th Brigade is the trump card of the Northeast Army, and its low position in the army is very high, if the 12th Brigade is disabled, it will have an impact on the troops, after all, there are several brigades and regiments in the Southern Military Region that are derived from the 12th Brigade.

"War is war, and there is no immortal. All we have to do as generals is to reduce our losses. Now that the troops are encircling, the 12th Brigade has the heaviest task, and they must resist the attack of the Rì Army and buy time for the general attack of the large army. I believe in the 12th Brigade, so even if they are all killed, they will hold their positions. Zhen Zhen said with a cold face. There is a saying in China: "Compassion is not in charge of the army!" ”。 Deeply influenced by traditional Chinese education, Zhen Zhen naturally enshrines it as the truth. Of course, Zhen Zhen is not a brutal person, but on the battlefield, the woman's benevolent command caused greater casualties.

"Report to the Commander! The 4th Brigade arrived at the designated position and was ready to attack. ”

"Report to the commander, the heavy artillery regiment has reached the designated position, and the loss can be attacked!"

“……”

With one order after another, Zhen Zhen's face showed a satisfied look.

"Order the troops to attack, and the 1st Division can also disappear!" There was a tremor in Zhen Zhen's voice, although he was calm, but his age was only in his twenties after all, as a young man, how could he not have blood in his heart! Zhen Zhen knew that with his order, the destruction of the First Division was almost doomed, and he would definitely go down in history. How can this not be exciting. It can be said that it is very commendable that Zhen Zhen can show this kind of composure now.

Boom Boom!

The heavy artillery of the Northeast Army was sent out from a direction that the Rì Army did not expect. The artillery of the Rì Army, which had already been locked by the Northeast Army, became the target of the first wave of strikes, and the originally majestic heavy artillery of the Rì Army immediately suffered a huge attack.

Tick Tick Tick Tick ...... The loud trumpets of the Northeast Army sounded, and the shouts of killing all over the mountains and fields plunged the Rì Army into boundless fear. The 12th Brigade, which had been suppressed and beaten by the Rì Army, also rushed out of the wounded soldiers one by one, screaming and rushing towards the Rì Army. The army quickly collapsed. To the surprise of the Rì Army, the Northeast Army did not retreat into its position, but rushed forward with the rout of the Rì Army without hesitation.

At the moment when the heavy artillery of the Northeast Army sounded, Lieutenant General Shibagoro had a dead face all over his face.

"Is the artillery unit still combat-ready?" Lieutenant General Shibagoro said as if he had been drained of all his strength.

Major General Hanzo Yamanashi shook his head silently.

"Concentrate all the troops we can, we must rush out, I have seen the terrain, only if we go into a dense forest in the north, we still have hope." Lieutenant General Shibagoro said loudly.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander?" Yamanashi said in surprise.

"Yamanashi-kun, I, Shibagoro, can die, and it's not a pity to die, but the empire can't do without the First Division, even if we are desperate, we have to send the flag of the First Division out." Lieutenant General Shiba Goro said in a deep voice.

"Hay!"

The Rì Army gave the final order to resist and absolutely not allow the Northeast Army to join forces victoriously against the Rì Army. And Lieutenant General Shibagoro himself was on trial, and several crippled brigades around him rushed to the north. He felt that on the entire battlefield, the forces in the north were relatively weak. Because the north is mountainous, the trek is extremely hard, and if you can't figure out the direction, you may get lost, so the Northeast Army has only one regiment on this side, but there are four regiments on both sides to respond, and it seems that it is also tightly guarded.

In the chaos, Lieutenant General Shiba Goro, under the bloody fight of the Jǐng Guard Brigade, finally broke through the gap between the defenses of this regiment defending in the north, and then rushed towards the mountains and forests in the north without stopping, knowing that only by entering the mountains and forests could they escape. And only by going all the way to the northeast can they reach the first line of the Yalu River, then they are much more likely to escape. After all, there are more than 100,000 imperial troops on the front line of the Yalu River.

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