After learning that the 13th Regiment of the First Division was surrounded, Chen Jingyun had a very strange feeling in his heart, it was a kind of nervousness, it was a kind of panic, and it was a feeling of being at a loss.

Since the Fuzhou uprising, Chen Jingyun has always been smooth, although there are all kinds of problems and troubles inside and outside, but there are all thrilling and dangerous one by one, after getting married, he finally found a sense of belonging in this world, so that he is no longer like playing a strategy game, and his life seems to be full. The Nationalist Army swelled to more than 50,000 people in less than a year, not only controlling Fujian but also controlling most of Zhejiang and the eastern part of Guangdong.

But today, when he heard that the 13th Regiment was surrounded, and after analyzing the battle examples, Chen Jingyun realized that he had high hopes, and even thought that the national army, which could confront the Beiyang army, could not even defeat Zhu Rui. Moreover, this unit has always been the first division of its own descendant unit, and its equipment is the best in the whole army.

If it is said that because of the inferiority of troops, the first division could not attack and needed reinforcements, then in the case of defense, it could not support it for even three days, and it was surrounded by a regiment in only three days, which made Chen Jingyun very angry!

The First Division is a descendant of Chen Jingyun, and grass-roots officers and equipment are all given priority support; among the first two batches of graduates of the official class of the Fuzhou Military Academy, as much as half of them were allocated to the First Division, and basically all the grass-roots officers of the First Division have entered the Fuzhou Military Rank Crash Course, but in terms of officer quality, the First Division is definitely the crown of the National Army. Needless to say, except for mortars, which are not available in production, all other equipment is fully staffed, and even the First Pistol Division, which is lacking in other divisions, is also fully staffed, and sufficient ammunition is also prioritized every month for hoarding and training.

And such a unit actually allowed the Zhejiang army to surround a regiment within three days of the start of the war. Although the Zhejiang army on the opposite side was three times more numerous, he did not even have unified guns, and his artillery could not be compared with the first division. So what exactly caused the fiasco of the 1st Division?

Chen Jingyun thought about it and only found one point, that is, the incompetence of the front-line commanders!

Chen Jingyun is not a saint, he has not taken all the bad things on himself for the time being, and he is not a wicked person, so he will not blame ordinary soldiers and grassroots officers for his faults, so the only people who can be blamed are Zhu Rui and Yuan Fang.

In fact, Chen Jingyun was not wrong, among the senior officers of the National Army, only a handful of officers at the division and regiment level were qualified. Among the division commanders of the five main divisions of the National Army, Yuan Fang, Li Jimin, Ma Cheng, Chen Kui, and Lin Chengkun are the five people, only Lin Chengkun was born in Baoding Military Academy, and the others gradually climbed up from the old army. For example, the Army Middle School, Baoding Military Academy, etc. And among some regimental commanders, the situation is similar. If these generals can accompany the national army to fight the world for decades, maybe there will be some generals and commanders in it, but now that the national army has only been in the army for more than half a year, and has never experienced a war, the senior officers at the division and regiment level have climbed from a company commander, battalion commander and the like to a high position at the division and regiment level in a short period of time.

That is: these people don't have enough experience and don't have enough time to learn from it

When Chen Jingyun thought of this, he seemed to find that he had found the problem, but he thought about it, even if it was true, what if it was true? Could it be that he, Chen Jingyun, can find out more high-ranking generals?

Chen Jingyun's fingers continued to tap on the tabletop, and at the same time, he was thinking about the available generals one by one! In these days, it is quite simple to judge whether a general is qualified, just look at the academic qualifications, as for those so-called illiterate generals, most of them exist in novels, and in reality there are very few. This is because China is now in the midst of a transition between the old and the new, and the combat methods of the new army are completely different from before, and most of the old officers of the patrol battalion do not know how to coordinate infantry and artillery, let alone the cross-blockade of heavy machine guns, and still less do they know how to calibrate these tactics for artillery with balloons.

Without systematic study and training, a high-ranking general cannot command a modern army. Maybe people from Lu Shi and Baoding Military Academy can't all be generals, but it's even more impossible for people who are not from military schools.

And Chen Jingyun counted with his fingers, the talent pool under his hands is considered this and this half-ass, and there are five people from Lu Shi, including Wang Lin, Lin Zhaomin, Shen Gang, director of the Operations Department, and Liang Xunqin, deputy director of the Strategy Department. Among them, Wang Lin was unwilling to lead the troops, and only became a senior consultant, Lin Zhaomin had already been activated by himself, Shen Gang was also being cultivated, and although Liang Xunqin studied artillery, this person could not come to the army for a month, and he was still in the observation period. As for the Baoding Army Military Academy, there are more but not many, and basically all those who can be used are used, Lin Chengkun and Chen Weihua are one of them. Some of the remaining army middle schools are more from middle schools, and Zhuang Dafu is one of them, but the quality of these people is uneven, and the quality can only be regarded as average, as for those who came from army primary schools and the old army, they are not mentioned.

After thinking about it like this, Chen Jingyun still found that he could not solve the current situation of the extreme shortage of senior officers. Even if the big picture can't be changed, subtle adjustments are still necessary.

With this in mind, Chen Jingyun ordered the adjustment of more than 10 senior officers at the regimental and battalion level on the same day, transferred a number of officers who were obviously incompetent and only remained loyal to serve in less important departments, and then enriched a group of officers from military academies. Of course, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he did not change the generals of Zhejiang, although the battle situation over there made Chen Jingyun a little worried, but it has not yet reached the point of being out of control, and changing generals in battle is also a taboo for soldiers, Chen Jingyun is not confused to this point no matter how confused he is.

Of course, if the 1st Division really suffered a big defeat and the 13th Regiment could not be rescued, Chen Jingyun would have to replace a large number of generals, including Yuan Fang.

When Chen Jingyun was worried, Yuan Fang was not happy, since the 13th regiment was surrounded, Yuan Fang was more anxious than anyone else, he was not a stupid person, of course, he clearly knew that if he lost the 13th regiment this time, even if Chen Jingyun didn't want his life, he would definitely push himself to the end, and there was no possibility of turning over.

On the morning of the 20th, he immediately organized the division's engineer battalion, baggage battalion and other auxiliary units as a task force, and cooperated with the remnants of the 12th Regiment to re-stabilize the defensive line on the edge of Baoge Mountain, and launched a small-scale counterattack in the afternoon. However, the trip could not be carried out because of low morale, low combat effectiveness of the task force and a shortage of ammunition.

Because the first guard regiment that came to Zhejiang was equipped with an artillery battalion and other related auxiliary arms, and at the same time strengthened the machine gun mortar, so it carried a large number of heavy weapons and equipment, resulting in a slow march, and a group of more than 3,500 people only reached the flank of the 12th regiment in the evening, and at the same time, because of the fatigue of the march and the arrival of night, Yu Ruofei did not immediately enter the counterattack after discussing with several generals of several guard divisions, but rested on the spot, and at the same time got in touch with the division headquarters of the first division.

After learning of the arrival of Yu Ruofei and others, Yuan Fang personally arrived at the station of the First Regiment of the Guard Division to see Yu Ruofei.

"Brother Yu, you're finally here!" Yuan Fang looked a little older than before at this time, and although the officer's dress on his body was still there, the folds were already faintly visible.

"The brothers of the first division have worked hard, and Brother Yuan has also worked hard!" Yu Ruofei walked over to shake hands with Yuan Fang, and Yuan Fang's expression was faintly visible in the dim light.

"Brother Yu, do you know when your troops will be able to launch a counteroffensive?" Yuan Fang didn't have any extra polite words, he really didn't have any politeness now, so he opened his mouth to ask the question he was most concerned about.

Yu Ruofei didn't answer and asked: "I don't know what the battle situation is now, we have just arrived from Shaoxing, and now the various departments are still being adjusted, and the artillery on the side of the artillery battalion has not yet arrived." ”

Yuan Fangdao: "Now my 12th Regiment has reorganized the defensive line in the southern area of Baoge Mountain, that is, about five miles to your left, and it has been preliminarily found that the Zhejiang Army of Baoge Mountain is the number of three regiments of the Sixth Brigade, with a total of nearly 6,000 people. ”

As he spoke, he had already walked to the military map and explained to Yu Ruofei: "There are also enemy troops in the Niujiao Mountain area east of Baoge Mountain, and the number of them cannot be known for the time being, but the preliminary estimate is about 3,000 people. To the west of Mt. Baokaku is the defense line of my 11th Regiment, and although I have ordered them to come in with reinforcements, they are still entangled in enemy forces, and their advance is slow, and they cannot reach it in a short time! ”

"What about the 13th regiment?" Yu Ruofei looked at the map of the situation and found that the situation was really unfavorable for the First Division, and the three regiments of the First Division were all fighting separately, and they were completely unable to form a unified cooperative operation.

Yuan Fangdao: "As of eight o'clock this morning, nearly 10,000 people of the enemy's Fourth Brigade and Fifth Brigade are attacking in front of them, and there are enemy Baoge Mountain and Niujiao Mountain behind them to block it, so they can't effectively break through. However, the ammunition of the 13th Regiment was already in short supply before it was surrounded, and under such fierce fighting, it was impossible for their ammunition to support more than two days! ”

Originally, the ammunition of the 13th Regiment was already in short supply, and if it had not been surrounded, the First Division would naturally have been able to transport it at any time, but now, it ......

Hearing that the situation was so serious, Yu Ruofei was also secretly shocked. Before this, he thought that even though the 13th Regiment was surrounded, it should be able to hold out for several days with its firepower superiority, so as to wait for reinforcements to come to the rescue.

But now Yuan Fang actually said that the ammunition of the 13th Regiment was not much, and it couldn't support it for even two days in a combat situation?

And now a day has passed, that is, wait until this time tomorrow night, maybe the 13th regiment will have no ammunition available, and the 13th regiment will still be able to hold it by then? How can you hold it?