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The attack of the First Army of the Nationalist Army in the area west of Jiangbei was nothing more than a method of pinning down the enemy's forces, and the main force of the real surprise attack on Chuzhou was the Second Army of the Nationalist Army, which was still on the road, and among the many units of the Second Army, the Sixth Division was left in Hefei to rest and guard against the enemy forces on the Lu'an and Huainan defensive lines, while the Fifth Mixed Brigade was sent to capture Mingguang. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info.. The main force of the Second Army, the Fifth Division, the Eighth Division, and the Ninth Division, used the Ninth Division as a fist and directly inserted themselves into Chuzhou in the southeast.

According to the itinerary of the Second Army, they would arrive at the outskirts of Chuzhou in two days, and within three days the Second Army would be able to launch an offensive against Chuzhou.

If you count the time, it is around October 15th.

In addition to the First Army's diversion battle in Jiangbei and the Third Army's diversion battle in southern Jiangsu, the Nationalist Air Force's air force frequently entered and exited Jiangbei, Chuzhou, and even further Bengbu, and there were also traces of the Nationalist Air Force's reconnaissance planes.

In the early intelligence of the Nationalist Army, it has always been believed that the troops deployed in Chuzhou should be part of the Beiyang 11th Division, and it was determined that Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division was fully responsible for the defense of the line from Bengbu to Chuzhou, but it has been learned from previous reconnaissance that the Beiyang Army has deployed at least two regiments in Huainan, and the Nationalist Army believes that there are two regiments in Chuzhou, so the remaining strength of Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division in the direction of Bengbu will not exceed one brigade. However, now that the Air Force has detected a heavy group of at least seven or eight thousand enemy troops in the direction of Bengbu, there is a problem.

Because Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division has so many people, even if it has the same auxiliary troops as Cao Kun's 3rd Division, such as the Reading Brigade or the Supplementary Brigade, it is impossible to have a brigade in Huainan and a brigade in Chuzhou and still run out of Bengbu after 7 or 8,000 people, if this is the case, the total strength of Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division will be close to 20,000, and according to the previous intelligence of the National Army, although Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division has a supplementary regiment, the strength is also beyond the official establishment of the Beiyang Army. But in terms of troops, there are only about 15,000 people, and there is definitely no close to 20,000.

So the question arises, where is the extra brigade? Or did Xu Shuzheng get another brigade of troops over there?

Although some people believe that this extra brigade may be the 20th Division originally stationed in Xuzhou, the information transmitted by the intelligence personnel of the Military Intelligence Office in Xuzhou could not confirm this matter, but instead reported the news that the enemy's main force had left Xuzhou for Huai'an.

Although the enemy has one more brigade than expected, this does not have much impact on the Chuzhou strategy of the national army, the main force of the second army of the national army is still marching towards Chuzhou, and will use absolute superiority to conquer Chuzhou and completely cut off the Jinpu line, and once it successfully captures Chuzhou and cuts off the Jinpu line, then it can be announced that the second army of the Beiyang Army in the Jiangbei area will fall into a state of semi-encirclement, and Feng Guozhang's second army after losing the supply line will definitely not be able to hold Jiangbei, and even whether it can retreat and flee north is a problem. At that time, the strategic situation between the two sides along the Yangtze River will be completely reversed.

On 15 October, the Ninth Division of the Nationalist Army was the first to arrive at the outskirts of Chuzhou, and launched an attack on the periphery of Chuzhou, and the next day, a regiment of the Fifth Division on the north side of the Ninth Division captured Shahe Town, while the main force of the Eighth Division arrived on the Jinpu Line and went directly south along the railway line to Chuzhou.

Shahe Town, located fifteen kilometers north of Chuzhou, is the place where the Jinpu line passes, from the point of view of cutting off the enemy's supply line, the capture of Shahe Town and the capture of Chuzhou are of the same significance, but the previous battles between the National Army and the Beiyang Army were carried out around important cities, and there was no railway line to protect behind the two sides, so it was not so easy to cut off the supply line.

However, now the battle between the National Army and the Beiyang Army has reached the Jinpu line, and the railway spreads for thousands of miles, and any point can be cut off by the enemy, although the railway has brought great convenience to the Beiyang Army, making the Beiyang Army's troop mobilization and logistics supply extremely easy, but the same long railway line in the rear is also extremely vulnerable to the threat of the enemy, and any point is cut off from the supply line after being captured by the enemy.

In this way, on October 17, the Nationalist Army finally realized the threat to the Jinpu Line for the first time, and in fact cut off the Beiyang Army's logistical supply relying on the Jinpu Line.

The news that the logistics route had been cut off reached Feng Guozhang's ears, making him gloomy and not speaking for a long time.

Since Hefei was lost, he had expected this situation to happen, although his second army was strong, but every unit was contained, there was originally a fifth division stationed in Jiangbei as a general reserve, but as the offensive of the national army in the west of Jiangbei became more and more powerful, he also had to send a part of the troops of the fifth division to support the second mixed brigade, and the remaining fifth division could not continue to be transferred, because as soon as the fifth division was withdrawn, the national army on the opposite side of the Yangtze River immediately crossed the river. Feng Guozhang knew that there were many main forces of the Nationalist Army on the other side of the Yangtze River, at least the guard division was in Nanjing.

Faced with such a situation, Feng Guozhang felt the danger again for the first time, carefully calculated the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us, Feng Guozhang found that he was already in extreme danger, even if the troops in Chuzhou could recapture Shahe Town, but the national army could also pick a place to cut off the Jinpu line at will, and even other enemy troops had been found on the periphery of Chuzhou, and Chuzhou was in danger.

While Feng Guozhang was thinking hard about the current battle situation and trying to find a way to face the current situation, Chen Jingyun was in a very good mood and waited for the good news from the front-line troops.

"Okay, take Shahe Town, Feng Guozhang's second army in the Jiangbei region will be cut off from the supply line, even if he can use the land to transport supplies, but it will not be able to meet his needs for so many troops!" Chen Jingyun was in a good mood, and various news from the Jinpu line had already shown that the Nationalist Army had gained the upper hand in this life-and-death decisive battle.

After Cao Kun's third division was defeated, the Nationalist Army was able to gather superior forces to attack the Jiangbei region, of course, if it is said that the encirclement and annihilation of Feng Guozhang's second army is a bit of a fool's dream, although the Nationalist Army occupies a certain advantage in strength, but it is far from being able to blockade the front that stretches for hundreds of miles, Feng Guozhang really wants to give up Jiangbei and desperately flee north, it is really difficult to stop, but it is impossible to annihilate completely, and it is much easier to severely damage the enemy. The staff officers in the staff department even predicted how much damage Feng Guozhang's Second Army could be caused by this Jiangbei Campaign, how many Beiyang Army were captured, and whether they would be able to capture the heavy artillery regiment deployed by the Beiyang Army in Jiangbei.

It's just that Feng Guozhang is not stupid, after discovering that the situation is not good, he has already predicted that the enemy's troops in Hefei may not continue to go north or west, but turn east to Chuzhou Er, it is likely to copy his own back road.

Then after looking at the map for a long time, Feng Guozhang is more and more uneasy, if he sticks to it, it is very likely that his second army will be wiped out in Jiangbei, but if the troops are withdrawn, then Jiangbei will fall into the hands of the enemy, and the follow-up may be Chuzhou, Bengbu, Xuzhou, and the battle line that stretches for hundreds of kilometers is actually said to be able to retreat, such as the seventh division in Yangzhou, if it wants to retreat west, the national army in the direction of Jiangdu will definitely pursue it, and the second mixed brigade in the west of Jiangbei is also, As soon as the Fourth Division of the Nationalist Army was withdrawn slightly, it advanced, and the same was true of the Fifth Division in Jiangbei, and as soon as the Nationalist Army on the opposite side retreated, it would immediately cross the river in pursuit.

If it retreats, then the Second Army will face the danger of being completely routed and pursued, and if one is not careful, there will be a danger of annihilation.

Although he knew that it was very dangerous after the Jinpu line was cut off, and although he knew that Chuzhou would be lost, Feng Guozhang still did not immediately turn around and flee north after pondering for a long time, but adopted a neutral plan, first shrinking his forces, if he could keep the Jinpu line and Chuzhou in the future, he would continue to hold Jiangbei, if he couldn't keep it, he would gather the main force to break through to the north, abandon Jiangbei or even Chuzhou, and then redeploy Bengbu and Chuzhou on the Jinpu line. Of course, before that, we have to see when Xu Shuzheng can win it, and it is difficult to keep the Jinpu line and Chuzhou

After Feng Guozhang had this thought, Wang Ruxian's Seventh Division of the Beiyang Army received the order to retreat to Jiangbei, but at this time, Feng Guozhang, like Wang Ruxian some time ago, made the mistake of overestimating the ability of the Beiyang Army to organize a retreat.

After Wang Ruxian's Seventh Division began to retreat according to the order, the troops of the 3rd Division and the 7th Division of the Nationalist Army on the opposite side immediately pursued, and then the retreat of Wang Ruxian's 7th Division once again evolved into a major rout, and the 7th Division rushed all the way to Jiangbei and had less than 5,000 men left.

War will never be fought according to people's pre-researched plans! Feng Guozhang wanted to shrink his forces, but Wang Ruxian's Seventh Division brought him a fiasco of the collapse of the Eastern Front, and the Fifth Mixed Brigade of the Nationalist Army who went to Mingguang prepared to cut off the Jinpu Line while guarding against Bengbu's Eleventh Division to go south for reinforcements, and as a result, he made military achievements in Caijiagang, and Guo Chengdong, who was awarded the Silver Double Sword Medal by Chen Jingyun, tasted a fiasco for the first time, and on October 18, the Fifth Mixed Brigade of the Nationalist Army, which had just arrived in Mingguang, did not have time to rest for two hours. It was attacked by the main force of Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division from the south of the Jinpu line, and was heavily damaged under the unstable foothold, and the 520th Regiment that was forced to retreat and served as a cover was besieged by the 11th Beiyang Division, one of the battalions was completely surrounded and annihilated, and the remaining two battalions were also heavily damaged, and the loss of the Fifth Mixed Brigade in this battle was as high as nearly 2,000 people, and the strength of the first brigade and two regiments was lost, and only half of the remnants remained. Even Major General Guo Chengdong was shot in the arm and was slightly injured.

The Fifth Mixed Brigade failed to block the southward reinforcements of Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division in Mingguang according to the staff's predetermined plan, but only the remnants of the army urgently fled to the south of the Jinpu line, which made the biggest variable in the Chuzhou campaign of the Nationalist Army.

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