108908 Far Eastern madman

The staff officer sent back to the headquarters ignored Wu Peibei and went straight to Feng Guo. brought Cao Key's "good news" over.

"Report to the commander! Cao Shuai ordered a humble post to come to report. Our mixed division has broken through a position of the Southern Army and made contact with a unit of the Seventh Division, and is now expanding its results and will soon be able to rescue the Fourth and Seventh Divisions. ”

"Good, good! Cao Shuai is indeed the Beiyang Tiger General. Ben Shuai wants to take credit for him! ”

Feng Guozhang suddenly raised his eyebrows, his eyebrows fluttered and he admired again and again, perhaps he was too excited, he seemed to have forgotten that Wu Peixiang was the commander of the mixed division he appointed, if it was not Wu Peihu's ninth division. With Cao Xuan's third division, it would not be able to break through the defense line of the Southern Army no matter what.

"Order the whole army, attack bravely, advance and retreat! rescued the 4th and 7th Divisions, and the officers and men of the whole army were paid for two months! The person who rescued the division commander will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver! The person who rescued the brigade commander will be rewarded with two thousand taels of silver! ，”

Excited, Feng Guozhang began to dictate the order. But before the order could be issued, the ground under his feet suddenly shook, and even the teacups on the table jumped.

Then, there was a loud "boom", followed by another sound, and the whole house shook.

"Shelling! Southern Army", the Southern Army shelled Lao Qinzhuang! ”

The adjutant rushed into the headquarters in a panic and stammered a few words.

"Can the artillery of the Southern Army hit here?"

Feng Guoci felt strange, and other people in the headquarters also felt strange, one of the very important reasons why Wu Peihu put the division headquarters in Lao Qinzhuang was that it was far away from the front line, and it was far away from the railway line, whether it was the artillery of the Southern Army or the armored train of the Southern Army, their shells could not hit here.

But now, why did the shells of the Southern Army fall on Lao Qinzhuang?

Everyone walked out of the division headquarters with doubts, stood in front of the house and looked, but they didn't see anything, although the shell exploded just now, it obviously didn't hit anything that could be burned, so now there was no fire, only a strong smell of gunpowder smoke wafting in the air, and judging from the smell, the shell seemed to be filled with picric acid, a kind of fierce explosive.

"Could it be that the Southern Army has assaulted the vicinity?" There is speculation.

"Not true. The sound of the cannon just now was very violent, and it seemed to be a heavy cannon.

A staff officer said.

Just when everyone was suspicious, there was a sudden "woo" in the dark night sky, which sounded like the whistle of a train, and the sound was getting closer and closer.

"Heavy artillery! Lie down! ”

Someone shouted in the darkness.

But before everyone could react, two huge black shadows had fallen from the sky, and they exploded the moment they hit the ground.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two loud bangs, the dark night sky was suddenly brightened, the dazzling light made everyone close their eyes, and at the same time the ground shook violently again, a large amount of earth rushed to the sky, hitting people's faces, and the scorching shrapnel was also flying in all directions, sweeping everything with a roar, for a while, no sound could be heard in the ears, and those who reacted slowly were also shocked to the ground.

Heavy artillery, only the high-explosive shells of heavy artillery can cause such an effect, and all the soldiers present were soldiers, and they quickly affirmed their judgment, and looked up, the landing point of the two shells was less than 200 meters away from these tiled houses of the headquarters, compared to the range of heavy artillery, this error can be ignored at first glance.

This shelling made everyone understand at least two things: first! The forces of the United Front were composed of heavy artillery units; Second, the other side did not bombard elsewhere, but stared at Lao Qinzhuang and fired four shells in a row, which can only show that their shelling is not an aimless deterrent shelling, and they probably already know that this is the command center of the Beiyang Army.

The snake has no head, and if the headquarters of the Beiyang Army is terminated, the Beiyang Army will lose its unified command, and in this situation, once the headquarters is bombed into the sky by the enemy, the already wavering military spirit will collapse in an instant, which is the main purpose of the commander of the Southern Army to shell Lao Qinzhuang.

Knowing this, all the people jumped up from the ground and ran to the east under the instinct of their instincts.

Wu Peihu also jumped up from the ground and followed everyone to the east, but before they could run a few steps, they heard a "woo" sound from the air, and everyone immediately fell to the ground again.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Two more deafening explosions. Waves of air came with dirt and shrapnel, this time. The shells fell to the east, closer to the headquarters, and some of the musty officers disappeared into the flames of the two explosions.

A military hat fell from the sky and smashed on Wu Peihu's right hand, he touched it, it was sticky, but he couldn't see it clearly in the dark, but he didn't know if it was blood or brains, it was hot anyway.

In the chaos, the neighing of several military horses was heard, which made everyone's already uncomfortable ears even more uncomfortable, and apparently, those military horses were also injured by cannonballs.

A few horses' hooves sounded, and then a black shadow swept past Wu Peihu's head, and an overly frightened military horse dragged half of the reins into the night.

Wu Peixiang turned his head to look in the direction of the headquarters, and saw some figures shaking under the light, but he couldn't see how many people were still in the room.

At this time, Wu Peihu had calmed down, so he turned his head and ran back, and when he returned to the headquarters, there were two loud bangs, but this time the shell fell farther.

When he entered the headquarters, Wu Peihu found that there were only a few staff officers and adjutants in the room, and they were throwing papers on a fire in the middle of the room. As for Feng Guozhang and Feng Dashuai, the presidential officers of the Second Army of the Beiyang Southward Advance, they have disappeared.

"Where's the handsome? What about Feng Fushuai? Wu Peihu grabbed one of the adjutants by the collar. Shouted loudly.

The adjutant shook his head, and Wu Peihu snarled at the other officer. But that person also didn't know where Feng Guozhang went, and the order to destroy the documents was still issued by a staff officer at the headquarters.

Feng Guozhang ran away?

Wu Peixiang was stunned for a while, during which the southern army fired a few more shells at the headquarters, but they missed, and all the shells exploded a hundred meters away from the headquarters, and the air wave only swept away some roof tiles.

Then the shelling suddenly stopped, as calmly as it had begun.

Wu Peihu walked out of the headquarters and stood under the eaves to look, but saw that the old Qinzhuang was already a mess, and a few shells hit several houses that had long been uninhabited, causing them to burn violently, and the blazing fire reflected the night sky red, and there were many people in the firelight, and all the people were running like headless flies. It was evident that they intended to flee the land while the shelling stopped, and most of them headed east.

There were not many people in the vicinity of these tiled houses of the headquarters, and except for the few dying military horses in the stables, the other military horses had been ridden away.

"Why didn't the Southern Army continue to fire?"

Wu Peihu was a little strange, turned his head to look south, where the sound of gunfire was still there, and the breakthrough battle of the besieged troops in Beiyang was still ongoing, Wu Peihu really couldn't judge where the heavy artillery position of the southern army was located.

Just when Wu Peixiang was looking at the southern battlefield in a daze, a dazzling light suddenly flashed several miles away in the southeast, and then, a burst of thunder rolled in.

Now, Wu Peihu suddenly understood why the heavy artillery of the Southern Army stopped shelling Lao Qinzhuang, obviously. They changed their goals, and now they are shelling somewhere in the southeast.

Where will it be?

Wu Peihu looked at the place that was bombarded by the heavy artillery of the Southern Army, and after a while, a sneer slowly piled up on his stiff face.

"Cao Mu, Cao Ling, if I'm not mistaken. Your former enemy headquarters is in that direction, right? The Southern Army has also figured out where you Cao Yin is hiding. There are also some supernatural powers. Looks. After this battle, I'm afraid this big drama in Beiyang is coming to an end. ”

Wu Peihu guessed correctly, after the headquarters of the Second Army of the Beiyang Southward Advance was bombarded by the heavy artillery of the United Front troops, Cao Ling's former enemy headquarters was also bombarded with the same heavy artillery, but Cao Jian did not have the same good luck as Feng Guozhang. The first two shells fired by the Southern Army were close misses, and the explosion point was only a few dozen meters away from Cao Ling's headquarters, and the shrapnel flying horizontally and the powerful shock wave instantly knocked down the adobe houses, and most of Cao Ling and all the officers of his command were buried under the rubble.

If it was a brick house, these two shells might not have destroyed it, but these dirt houses had an unstable foundation and really fell in response. Cao Jian and his staff officers were buried in the waste

After the soldiers had calmed down from the chaos, they found that the headquarters was gone, although the officers immediately organized men to dig up. But when Cao Ling was dug out of the ruins, he was already angry and dying.

The former enemy headquarters was taken up by the Southern Army, and the Beiyang Mixed Division immediately became leaderless, lost its unified command, and the troops were immediately split into two divisions. Cao Peixiang's 3rd Division, under the command of a senior officer, quickly retreated eastward with Cao Ling on his shoulder, while Wu Peixiang's 9th Division, after the confusion, remembered their old superiors and retreated from their positions to find their commander Wu.

Losing external strategy, the Beiyang Fourth and Seventh Divisions, which tried to break through, finally failed. Honestly retreated to the sortie position. More officers and enlisted men chose to abandon resistance. They were automatically disarmed, lying on their positions and waiting for the Southern Army to come and capture them, and the Beiyang troops in the encirclement had completely lost the will to fight.

This night battle ended like this, and the sound of guns and cannons gradually died down.

When the staff officer reported the news of the re-closing of the encirclement to Lan Tianwei, the former commander-in-chief of the revolutionary armed forces of the United Front, the young general finally sighed.

Gently rubbing his temples and rubbing his eyes, which had become red from staying up late, Lan Tianwei gave a new order to all the officers of the former enemy command.

"Command! The Chenzhou lurking troops immediately set off and rushed to Xinyang, searching and attacking along the way, and the small troops did not need to pay attention to it, and when they encountered a large force of Beiyang Army, they were immediately annihilated! The Xinyang cavalry unit immediately set off. Rush to the preset positions in the east and intercept any Beiyang Army troops that try to retreat east! "Telegraphed to Xuzhou, ordering them to immediately send elites to attack south, and be sure to occupy Xiping before dark tomorrow. And go out to Changle Pass! At the same time, troops were sent. Harassing Zhengzhou to the north. All the troops on the Xinyang position, from now on, take turns to rest, take turns to eat, recuperate and wait for dawn. After dawn, the revolutionary armed forces of the United Front launched a general offensive with the whole army, and the Second Army of Beiyang must be completely annihilated! ”

After the order was given, the officers took the order and left, and Lan Tianwei walked to the window and glanced at the dark sky.

"It's dark, I don't know when it will be light." Wu Luzhen walked to Lan Tianwei's side and also looked at the sky

Lan Tianwei's tense face slowly relaxed, and squeezed out a slight smile, stretching comfortably.

"The day will finally dawn! After dawn. It's a new era! ”