readx; Feng Guozhang and Xu Shuzheng's resistance on the Bengbu front line did not last as long as they had hoped, and the more than 30,000 Beiyang defenders on the Bengbu front line faced the attack of Li Jimin's first army, but they only resisted for less than four days before they were defeated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Jimin's First Army in the Nationalist Army came by taking advantage of the victory, not only had high morale, but also gave priority to adequate supplies, and the light and heavy weapons and firepower of the troops had far exceeded that of the Beiyang defenders, but as far as artillery was concerned, there were at least two battalions of artillery in each division under the First Army, and the Ninth Division maintained a full artillery regiment after being supplemented. In addition, the 9th and 1st divisions each had a reinforcement of a 120-mm mortar battalion.

In addition to the firepower directly under the divisions, Chen Jingyun was also temporarily assigned to the First Army of the First Reading Artillery Regiment directly under the General Staff, and this First Reading Artillery Regiment was established by Chen Jingyun for more than two years through the purchase of German artillery and the United States, and it also included all the artillery of more than 105 mm in the National Army, including three howitzer battalions and a cannon battalion before. Later, in the Jiangbei Campaign, the Chinese People's Army captured a number of artillery belonging to the Beiyang Army Heavy Artillery Regiment, although some of them were destroyed, but they could also be used after repair, so that the National Army obtained more than 20 150 mm heavy guns, but some of them were old models, after all, the Beiyang Army originally only had 18 field heavy artillery with new signals, and the remaining 18 battalions were all kinds of old goods used for fundraising, so after adjustment, those old and inconvenient artillery were grouped alone, For the time being, he stayed in Nanjing. The remaining twelve newer, unified models of German-made Krupp 150-mm field howitzers were organized into a heavy artillery battalion.

In order to make command more convenient, the General Staff Department transferred a 100-millimeter howitzer battalion from the 1st Reading Artillery Regiment, and the captured 150-mm artillery battalion was organized into the 2nd Reading Artillery Regiment to stay in Jiangbei.

And the 1st Reading Artillery Regiment retained two howitzer battalions and one cannon battalion with a total of thirty-six guns. This is also in line with the establishment of artillery regiments in the national army.

After being strengthened by the downsized First Reading Artillery Regiment, coupled with the artillery firepower of the original divisions of the First Army, it can be said that the artillery firepower of the First Army has ranked first in the National Army, and it far exceeds the more than 30,000 Beiyang defenders on the front line of Bengbu.

If it is said that the more than 30,000 Beiyang Army in the direction of Bengbu still maintained the state of the Xinhai year, including the peak of morale and equipment, it was possible to block the attack of the First Army of the Nationalist Army, but the current Beiyang Army has experienced several defeats, low morale and many losses of light and heavy weapons and equipment, and the more than 30,000 Beiyang Army can not even make up a complete artillery regiment of 54 artillery pieces, how can this resist the attack of the Nationalist Army.

In just four days, the Beiyang on the first line of Bengbu is declaring the collapse of the whole line!

Yu Youfu's second mixed brigade, which was the first to collapse after a long time of hard fighting and an extreme lack of artillery, and more than 3,000 people of the second mixed brigade of the Beiyang Army were defeated from the front line in just two days under the full attack of the first division of the national army, and after the defeat of the second mixed brigade, it directly affected the operation of Tang Tianxi's tenth division, so that the left flank of Tang Tianxi's tenth division was directly exposed to the threat of the first division of the national army. However, Tang Tianxi's contraction caused Xu Shuzheng's 11th Division on the right flank to be hit by the main force of the Nationalist Army.

So Xu Shuzheng scolded on the side: "I, you are an immortal banban, Lao Tzu ran to Shahe Town to rescue you, and now you are actually under me!" ”

Seeing that Tang Tianxi had retreated, the Second Mixed Brigade had been defeated, and although Jin Yunpeng of the Fifth Division still had more than 7,000 remnants, it was obvious that he couldn't fight like that, Xu Shuzheng thought about it and felt that the consequences would be very bad if he continued to resist.

Then he couldn't take care of his supplementary brigade that was still in Huainan, and he didn't care about Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai's strict orders to ask him to hold Bengbu, and seeing that he couldn't do anything, he immediately led the main force of the 11th Division to retreat, closely following Tang Tianxi.

I have to say that Tang Tianxi and Xu Shuzheng are indeed rare generals in the Beiyang Army, whether it is Wang Ruxian or Jin Yunpeng, when they led the troops to retreat, they all evolved into a rout, but Tang Tianxi retreated from Wuyi Town and Shahe Town to today's Bengbu retreat, although they retreated again and again, but Tang Tianxi's 10th Division has lost the main force so far, and the scale of the force still maintains tens of thousands of people.

And Xu Shuzheng is not bad, after receiving the remnants of Feng Guozhang's Second Army in Shahe Town, his 11th Division was used to retreat after the break, and although it lost part of its strength under the pursuit of the First Division of the National Army, the main force was also not lost.

The retreat of these two men is enough to make the vast majority of the generals of the Beiyang Army and even the National Army sigh to themselves.

"Damn, these two people are running fast!" Li Jimin was also a little depressed when he saw that he had not caught the main forces of the 10th and 11th Divisions.

The adjutant next to him said: "Junzao, although the main force of the 10th and 11th divisions was not left, but this time the harvest was not small, the remnants of the enemy's second mixed brigade and the enemy's fifth division were all left!" ”

The Beiyang Army retreated from Bengbu again, and it was the main force that took the lead in retreating, and even Feng Guozhang couldn't react to the collapse of the situation, and when he knew the news, Tang Tianxi and Xu Shuzheng had already run out of more than ten kilometers away, and he didn't care about anything else, so he immediately led his relatives to take the train and go directly to Xuzhou. And Yu Youfu's Second Mixed Brigade had already been defeated, and the remnants of Jin Yunpeng's Fifth Division failed to get the order to retreat in time, and Jin Yunpeng also failed to detect the escape of Tang Tianxi and Xu Shuzheng in time, so when he found that he needed to retreat, the main force of the First Army of the National Army had already pursued, followed by a great rout on the whole front.

The 5th Division, like the 2nd Mixed Brigade, is finished!

"What, the Fifth Division is gone?" In the Yanjing War Department, Duan Qirui looked at the battle report sent back by Feng Guozhang with a blue face, although the battle report showed that the front-line generals exaggerated the strength of the national army many times in order to cover the failure of the command, claiming that the national army had a total of 100,000 people attacking Bengbu, and the front line could not resist and had to retreat, and the fifth division could not escape back. As for the 2nd Mixed Brigade, it had completely collapsed two days after the Battle of Bengbu.

Duan Qirui looked at Wang Shizhen, and then sighed deeply: "Brother Wang, look at the current situation......

Wang Shizhen originally did not plan to return to the military world, but after the Beiyang Army failed to connect with the Jinpu line, Yuan Shikai invited him several times before Wang Shizhen agreed to go back to the mountain and temporarily served as the deputy minister of the Ministry of the Army.

Wang Shizhen also sighed: "The first battle in Jiangbei wiped out Wang Ruxian's Seventh Division, and the main force of Pan Juying's Twentieth Division was also annihilated. Now in the first battle of Bengbu, the Fifth Division and the Second Mixed Brigade have also been lost. If this continues, I'm going to ...... Beiyang."

Wang Shizhen's subtext Duan Qirui is very clear, it is nothing more than that if it continues like this, Beiyang will collapse, but Duan Qirui can't blame him for saying this, because this is a fact that Duan Qirui himself knows.

"Brother Wang, you see how we should go next, now that Bengbu has been lost, then northern Anhui will definitely not be able to hold it, and northern Jiangsu will not be able to hold it. If the Nationalist Army continues to move north along the Jinpu line, then the next step will be Xuzhou. If Xuzhou is lost, Shandong is in danger! Duan Qirui asked Wang Shizhen very sincerely, the continuous fiascos of the Beiyang Army in this short period of time not only made Yuan Shikai fall ill angrily, but also pushed the responsibility for the defeat on Duan Qirui. Even Feng Guozhang, who had lost troops on the front line, had not received the accusation telegram, and he Duan Qirui had already been scolded by Yuan Shikai for the two sessions.

In order to save the situation, Duan Qirui knew what he needed to do, if the situation was allowed to deteriorate, it would not be Yuan Shikai who would remove him from his post at that time, but the big tree of Beiyang would be very complete.

Wang Shizhen pondered for a moment and said: "Now the situation, Anhui and Jiangsu will definitely not be able to keep it, and the most important thing now is to concentrate the front-line troops and hold Xuzhou." In addition, the 1st Division, the 16th Division, and even several newly formed mixed brigades are afraid that they will also be transferred south to Shandong. In any case, it is necessary to block the northward momentum of the Nationalist Army, and if they can't do it, they will be able to fight Gyeonggi in one go. ”

Duan Qirui said: "Now there are only 10th and 11th divisions left on the front line, although there are still tens of thousands of troops in these two parts, but the morale is low and the artillery is also lacking. And now although the 23rd Division in Xuzhou has sufficient troops and weapons, Meng Enyuan's troops have never fought, and this is the first time they have fought with the main force of the national army like a tiger and wolf, and I am afraid that they will suffer losses. Moreover, there are still more than 10,000 people on the Qingjiangpu side to withdraw, which is also a troublesome matter. ”

Wang Shizhen said: "The situation is difficult, all we can do is to do our best, and now there is no other way to think of it." ”

Duan Qirui nodded after hearing this, then took a sip of tea and said, "In addition, if this fifth division is gone, I have to tell the old man, I am afraid that what I want to say will make the old man's condition worse." Brother Wang, look ......"

Wang Shizhen naturally understood the meaning of Duan Qirui's words, it was nothing more than wanting to let herself say it, Wang Shizhen didn't care about this, and immediately agreed: "I will say this, but I have to wait for a few days when the old man's spirit is better." If he goes now, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on! ”

Yuan Shikai was lying on the hospital bed, not knowing that the Bengbu defense line on which he had high hopes had been declared lost, and the Fifth Division and the Second Mixed Brigade had been completely annihilated. At this time, he has been tossed by uremia and is not human, his illness has actually been there for a long time, but because he has been recuperating, it is okay, but in the past year, he has almost been worried about the entire Beiyang, especially in the past few months, he has not even slept peacefully, and after learning that Chuzhou was lost and Jiangbei was defeated, Yuan Shikai was so angry that his body could no longer hold it and could not afford to be sick.

And just now, the foreign doctor personally told Yuan Shikai himself, saying that his uremia had reached an advanced stage, and suggested that Yuan Shikai take recuperation.

Although Yuan Shikai doesn't know much about Western medicine, he also understands the meaning of this sentence after listening to the doctor's explanation, that is, he has little time to say, maybe there are two or three years left, and maybe only one and a half years.

Yuan Shikai strictly ordered the doctor not to spread the word about his illness, and he didn't know much about it except Yuan Shikai himself, even his son and wife.

What kind of consequences will Yuan Shikai have if there is not much news when he comes out, the first few generals of the Beiyang Army will think about how to inherit Yuan Shikai's position, and even his eldest son Yuan Keding will also think about how to inherit his political legacy. And now it is at the critical juncture of the war between the Beiyang Army and the National Army, he Yuan Shikai is the pillar of Beiyang, if he and the pillar of the pillar fall, then you can know with your toes that the collapse of Beiyang is certain and there is no suspense.

But this Beiyang foundation is the hard work of his Yuan people's life, not only with his Yuan people's hard work, but also the foundation that has been painstakingly established by foreigners for several generations, including Li Hongzhang, and it must not collapse.

Therefore, at this time, his illness must not be spread outside.

Just when Yuan Shikai was thinking about leading Beiyang out of the predicament in the last period of time in a daze on the hospital bed, Chen Jingyun was teasing his son.

"The young master is still crying, and he will laugh as soon as the master comes!" The nurse holding the baby said in a flattering tone.

Chen Jingyun was also full of smiles, and he did not postpone this obviously flattering words, but continued to tease his son, watching his son grab his fingers with his hand and giggle, very satisfied, and the nurse took the child down to feed after a long time.

And Dong Baishi next to him swayed and walked over, Chen Jingyun turned around and looked, and saw that Dong Bai's body seemed to be getting more and more rich, especially the two white rabbits on his chest seemed to be growing every day, and immediately reached out to her: "It's hard for you to take the child every day!" ”

Dong Bai snuggled softly: "Don't be tired!" ”

Chen Jingyun's hand was gently held in front of her chest, but Dong Baishi twisted his body slightly: "Don't, otherwise it will flow out!" ”

"Oh!" After Chen Jingyun heard this, he worked harder: "Really? Don't be afraid, we children drink it, and I want to drink it too! ”

Then he picked up Dong Baishi and went directly into the room, making the maid next to him blush, and muttered in his heart: "Do this shameless thing in broad daylight!" ”

When she came back from Dong Bai's side, it was already the morning, and although Lin Yun didn't ask everyone when she saw him come back, she still knew that Chen Jingyun stayed at Dong Bai's side all night yesterday. I felt uncomfortable, but I didn't say anything.

Since Chen Jingyun took Dong Bai's mother and son from Shanghai to Nanjing, although it was impossible to hold any large-scale ceremony due to the influence, Chen Jingyun still invited a few descendants to drink a meal, and Dong Bai's was toasted by everyone, and after a simple meal, Dong Bai's was also given a semi-public name, and later Dong Bai's also brought his children to the presidential palace to see Lin Yun, Dong Bai's knew his identity, so he was very respectful in his words, In addition, it was not easy to say anything when Chen Jingyun was watching Lin Yun from the side, and after taking Dong Bai's cup of tea, he accepted her identity, so Dong Bai's became Chen Jingyun's rightful third wife.

It's just that Chen Jingyun wanted to avoid a fire in the backyard, and he was even more afraid that Lin Yun would get angry because he lived together, so he still let Dong Bai's family live outside and didn't let her move in.

Due to the lack of things in these two days, Chen Jingyun also gave himself a few days off, and he did not go to the office to work on this day like yesterday, and some urgent things were sent directly by the secretariat, and he himself was in the backyard with Lin Yun.

Lin Yun has always been a quiet person, she didn't like to move before, but after she became pregnant, she was even more active, most of the time she was reading tightly on the recliner, sometimes she would play and take pictures, and sometimes she would listen to the gramophone, Lin Yun's words were plain and quiet, and Chen Jingyun, who accompanied her, naturally couldn't find anything lively to do, so the couple was in the living room while enjoying the early winter sunshine cast outside the glass window, while reading a book in the sound of the gramophone music, Lin Yun has been learning French recently, I read a French novel, and Chen Jingyun was not very interested in those novels and articles, and he usually didn't have much time to read books, although he also read books today, but what he was holding was an economics book written by a British scholar that was translated by the Economic Development Department.

It's just that the content is too boring, and he fell asleep unconsciously not long after reading it.

Lin Yun next to her looked at her husband who was already asleep, and reached out like a little girl and touched Chen Jingyun's nose, Chen Jingyun seemed to notice something in her sleep and turned her head. Lin Yun looked at him in the sun, and put down the book in his hand for a while, just looking at it.

"It would be better if you weren't so attentive and didn't provoke such a girl outside!" This thought flashed through Lin Yun's heart: "Well, Dong Bai's family, she will forget it, her son has already been born, and I am afraid that I can't get rid of it." But that Cai Ning in the secretariat, I can't let her get in anymore! ”

Although Chen Jingyun didn't know about the rumors of Cai Ning and Chen Jingyun, although it was not true, the rumors were still spreading more and more, and this kind of thing naturally had people secretly Gao Shanshan Lin Yun. In view of Chen Jingyun and Dong Bai's criminal record, Lin Yun also believed seven or eight points in his heart, so he paid attention.

If this Cai Ning is okay, then the adopted woman Lina who lives in Shen Yuan makes Lin Yun helpless and incomprehensible. She wouldn't feel strange if such a beautiful and knowledgeable woman as Cai Ning attracted Chen Jingyun, but that blonde and blue-eyed foreign woman? Lin Yun couldn't figure out how Chen Jingyun could have taken a fancy to her, if she hadn't taken a fancy to her, then how to explain the long-term correspondence before and now finding an opportunity to see her or meet in other ways after a few days.