readx; In April, the southern Anhui region has not entered the rainy season like the southeast coastal areas, although it is already spring, but the weather in southern Anhui at this time is gloomy at most, and occasionally a few light rains will not be like the continuous rain in the south of the Yangtze River to keep wetting people's clothes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tang Qiang looked up at the gloomy sky, the gloomy sky was very low, as if it would set off a torrential rain at any time, but Tang Qiang knew that the gloomy sky above his head had lasted for many days, and the heavy rain weather that the regiment headquarters was worried about for many days had not come, which made many officers of the 52nd Regiment feel a lot more relieved, and at the same time, they also kept urging the troops to speed up, intending to rush to Dangtu before the weather turned bad, and then capture Dangtu, laying the first victory for the Nationalist army's plan to attack southern Anhui.

In the plan drawn up by the General Staff of the National Army, the preliminary plan was divided into three parts, or three strategic objectives. The first objective was to capture Ganzhou and other areas in southern Jiangxi with the 10th Division from Guangdong, and the second objective was to use the 2nd Mixed Brigade and the 3rd Mixed Brigade to send troops from Shaowu in Fujian and Quzhou in Zhejiang to capture Nanchang and other areas in northern Jiangxi. The third goal is to capture the southern Anhui region with the Ninth Division as the main force and the Fifth Division as the coordinated support.

These three plans are relatively readable but cooperate with each other, and because the troops attacking Jiangxi will have a long way to reach Jiangxi, it will take some time to reach Jiangxi, so the first shot in the early stage will be launched in southern Anhui. Because the first battle was very important and would even affect the morale of the troops, Yuan Fang, chief of staff, sent a telegram to Zhuang Xianhe, commander of the Ninth Division, who was responsible for attacking Xuancheng and Wuhu, demanding that he win the first battle, otherwise the staff department responsible for formulating this plan would not be able to give Chen Jingyun an explanation.

If the General Staff Department wants to give Chen Jingyun a good report, then the front-line troops need to give the General Staff a good news first, and Zhuang Xianhe on the front line naturally strictly ordered the front-line troops to speed up the pace of the offensive and come up with a good news as soon as possible, so that he can explain to the General Staff and Chen Jingyun. In order to avoid defeat in the first battle, Zhuang Xianhe did not let the Ninth Division personally lead him launch the first large-scale battle, but handed over this important task to the 52nd Regiment of the Fifth Division that set out from Lishui to support the Ninth Division.

Since the Ninth Division was the main force attacking southern Anhui, and the 52nd Regiment belonged to the kind of support operations, it was temporarily assigned to the command of the Ninth Division, and Zhuang Xianhe directly commanded the operation, which was the so-called reinforcement of the troops.

After receiving Zhuang Xianhe's order, the commander of the 52nd Regiment sent the first battalion as the vanguard and arrived in Dangtu County on April 16.

Tang Qiang retracted his gaze to the sky, although the sky was still gloomy now, but the rain would not fall for a while and a half, but Tang Qiang still knew that he should not expect too much from God, and it was the right way to take down Dangtu before the weather changed.

"Report!" At this time, a herald trotted over: "The latest order of the regimental headquarters, order the first battalion to carry out armed reconnaissance of Dangtu, and receive the arrival of the main force of the regimental headquarters!" ”

Tang Qiang looked at it after receiving the order, although he took out a pen and brushed down a line of words and handed it to the outgoing soldiers: "Report back to the regiment, our department will attack immediately!" ”

When the herald turned around and rode on his horse and galloped away, Tang Qiang also issued a relevant combat order!

In less than an hour, two companies of the 1st Battalion, supported by several mortars, launched an attack on the Soviet positions not far away, and the sound of explosions, rifles, and machine guns suddenly resounded throughout the sky.

In fact, the Soviet army that is now on guard is less than a battalion, only 500 people. Due to Huang Xing's strategic contraction plan, the regiment originally stationed in Dangtu was ordered to retreat and prepare to withdraw to Wuhu. But after the people had left, the Nationalist army came, so the last remaining battalion had to set up a posture and prepare for defensive operations, ready to first defeat the offensive front of the Nationalist army and wait for the night retreat.

But Tang Qiang didn't know about this situation, the information in his hand was still a few days ago, although the scouts on the front line detected signs of the retreat of the Soviet army, but they did not get the information on how many people the Soviet army had retreated, plus the regimental headquarters had instructed before that the first battle to be won was not a defeat, let alone a stalemate, so no matter what, they couldn't lose. Therefore, both the regimental headquarters of the 52nd Regiment and Tang Qiang were extremely cautious, even if the enemy did not look good, they were still ready to use their greatest strength to defeat them and ensure victory. Based on this, the regimental headquarters did not even give Tang Qiang an order to take down Dangtu, but just asked him to carry out fire reconnaissance, and the regimental headquarters planned to wait for the main force to arrive and take down Dangtu in one go, and then report the victory to the superiors.

Based on this, Tang Qiang cautiously mobilized his troops to launch a firepower test, but the scene he saw in the telescope made him frown.

"This is Huang Xing's army?" Tang Qiang looked at the sparse gunfire on the Soviet position, and felt not good for a while. Even if they had heard about Huang Xing's troops from other colleagues in advance, the Soviet division that was guarding Zhenjiang was defeated in the second half of the Beiyang offensive, and even caused the situation in Zhenjiang to deteriorate.

But it's one thing to hear about it, and it's another thing to really see it, Tang Qiang obviously just sent two companies up, the intention was obvious, it was just to conduct fire reconnaissance. However, the firepower on the Soviet position on the opposite side was obviously not gunned, Tang Qiang didn't even see a machine gun, only the sound of rifles, but this kind of firepower obviously couldn't stop the attack of the national army.

So a very strange situation appeared, a national army unit on the front line broke through a position of the Soviet army in less than a quarter of an hour, and then the commander of the front line decisively ordered the follow-up troops to follow up and support, and the Soviet defense line collapsed in an instant!

"That's it?" Tang Qiang couldn't believe his eyes, in less than half an hour, he only sent two companies up, and he didn't even get on the main force, not to mention the main force of the regiment headquarters that was coming behind.

"So you can take it down?" Tang Qiang muttered again, and the adjutant next to him was also surprised: "It seems to be really!" ”

At this time, the Soviet defense line had completely collapsed, Tang Qiang did not even continue to reinforce reinforcements, two companies on the front line had already broken through the Soviet defense line, Tang Qiang saw a large number of Soviet troops from the telescope turned around and ran backwards, and then continued to be knocked down by bullets and shells fired from behind. In fact, the two companies sent by Tang Qiang were already much stronger than the 500 remnants of the Soviet army on the defensive, not to mention the firepower, even the strength was about the same. The total strength of a battalion of the Nationalist Army is nearly 800 people, the standard strength of one subordinate company is 160 people, and the two companies are more than 300 people, and then plus the machine gun company supporting the rear, the number of troops participating in this wave of firepower testing has reached more than 400 people.

The Soviet army could not occupy an advantage in firepower and strength, and the morale of the army was fluctuating, and they all wondered why everything else had run away, but I was so unlucky that I was still here.

Under such circumstances, it is normal for this Soviet army to break and flee.

But such a normal thing is not normal in Tang Qiang's opinion, his previous intelligence said that there are more than 2,000 Soviet troops stationed here, and it is said that it is still Huang Xing's main force, he never thought that there would be so many differences.

"Battalion commander, this is a little strange! It can't be an ambush, right? The adjutant was also obviously a little unconvinced of his eyes, and from the point of view that the enemy was cunning, he came up with the idea of ambush.

After hearing this, Tang Qiang also felt that there was such a possibility, and immediately said to the soldiers behind him: "Order the first and second companies on the front line to stop the pursuit, and the third and fourth companies to guard around!" ”

It is still necessary to be careful, Tang Qiang took out his telescope to observe the front line after issuing these orders, at this time the Soviet army had already run a few hundred meters away, and the national army had already occupied the position built by the Soviet army before. If this wasn't a pretending rout to attract the pursuit of the National Army, then Tang Qiang wouldn't know what to say!

Tang Qiang waited cautiously, but the expected ambush was not found, and at this time, intelligence was also transmitted back from the front line, and no other Soviet troops were found within a radius of several miles.

At this time, Tang Qiang's thick eyebrows wrinkled even tighter, did he continue to attack and completely take down Dangtu? Or wait for the arrival of the main forces of the regimental headquarters?

Tang Qiang's identity is a bit special, he is Tang Huikang's second son, after Tang Huikang was valued by Chen Jingyun and appointed as the general manager of Fuzhou Arsenal, Tang Huikang even if he completely stepped on the ship of the National Army, he couldn't get off if he wanted to, and he Tang Huikang didn't want to get down. Like other senior generals or senior officials in the national army system, he also sent his son to join the army, and after entering the Fuzhou Military Academy to study, he joined the national army.

Among the students of the Fuzhou Military Academy, they can be roughly divided into three kinds of people, one is an ordinary hot-blooded young man, who has a dream to apply for the Fuzhou Military Academy, although most of them are young people from Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, but there are also many from other provinces, and many young people have come all the way to Fuzhou to apply for the Fuzhou Military Academy. The second is the kind of active duty soldiers who go to further study, that is, the completion of the previous crash course, and now after the cancellation of the crash course, they will join the formal class to study. The third type is the so-called rich 'second generation, official' second generation, this group of people is represented by Chen Jingyun's relatives and friends, as well as the children of senior generals and officials in the national army system, and many wealthy businessmen in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces will also send their children to attend the Fuzhou Military Academy.

The first two kinds of people have nothing to say, they are the main source of students of the Fuzhou Military Academy, and the third type of people is a little special, most of these second-generation children are sent by the elders of the family, and some of them are not interested in military affairs at all, but the elders of their families generally send their children to join the army for the sake of power, in order to maintain their status in the national army system, or simply to show loyalty to Chen Jingyun. The vast majority of these second-generation children are highly educated intellectuals, and it is naturally impossible for them to join the army to be the head soldiers, and they are generally assigned to various units as officers after entering the Fuzhou Military Academy to study, and slowly get up from the grassroots level, whether it is Chen Weitong or Yu Ruofei are among the representatives.

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