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On October 20, the 81st Infantry Regiment of the 9th and 8th Divisions of the Nationalist Army launched a joint attack on Chuzhou from the back and west.

"Bastard, why is this national army like eating gunpowder, it has been fighting for a day and a night and has not stopped!" Pan Juying scolded with a sad face. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although the Twentieth Division is also regarded as the Beiyang system, it is not a descendant of the six towns of Beiyang, and the ordnance and military supplement of the troops are naturally not as good as those of the Beiyang descendants, plus the Twentieth Division has been stationed in the northeast since Xinhai, and has not fought south like other units of the Beiyang Army, so the Twentieth Division has not had any large-scale combat experience before this, and soon after arriving in Chuzhou, the large-scale offensive of the National Army began, and the fierce offensive of the National Army surprised Pan Juying.

"No wonder Cao Kun of Hefei was able to suffer defeat, this national army is indeed not simple!" The commander of the 40th Brigade also echoed with a bitter face.

"Fortunately, we are well prepared in advance, and we have the fortifications built by the friendly forces before, otherwise if we don't have these fortifications to start an encounter, I'm afraid we will suffer a big loss!" Pan Juying pondered in his heart, although he had heard that the combat effectiveness of the National Army was not bad before, but today, judging from the enemy's 9th Division on the opposite side, it was obvious that it was not weaker than the Beiyang Army, at least not much worse than his 20th Division.

In just one day of contact, the Chuzhou defenders who relied on fortifications for defense, that is, the 40th Brigade of the 20th Division, the division headquarters of the 20th Division, and the cavalry regiment and other auxiliary forces added up to about 7,000, and the 39th Brigade of the 20th Division had been sent to Huai'an by Yuan Shikai. Although the troops in Pan Juying's hands were not as good as the ninth and eighth divisions of the attacking Nationalist Army, he had fortifications to rely on.

But there is also an extremely important problem to be solved, that is, the railway line between Chuzhou and Bengbu has been cut off, and the national army also controls the area on both sides of the railway, the logistics supply line of the Beiyang Army can be said to have been cut off, even if it can be supplied by land, but those supplies simply cannot meet the many Beiyang troops in the Jiangbei region, you must know that there is not only one 20th division south of Chuzhou, but also the troops of Feng Guozhang's second army, including the 7th Division, the 5th Division, the 10th Division, 2nd Mixed Brigade. The total number of these troops is more than 60,000, and these troops are still in a state of high-intensity combat, and the daily consumption of materials is hundreds of tons, especially the consumption of ammunition is astronomical. Even though the Beiyang Army had previously made material reserves in Chuzhou and Jiangbei and other regions, it could only support about half a month at most, but if you save some and try to avoid unnecessary consumption, it may be able to support about 20 days. If the Nationalist Army in the eastern, western, and Chuzhou directions of Jiangbei were all the same as today's Ninth Division of the Nationalist Army, if the ammunition in the hands of the Beiyang Army south of Chuzhou could not be supported for even ten days, after all, the ammunition required for ordinary defensive operations and high-intensity operations were completely different.

For example, in the fierce offensive launched by the Ninth Division of the Nationalist Army against Chuzhou, if the Beiyang Army wants to resist and suppress the artillery attack of the Nationalist Army, it must suppress the artillery fire in the same way, and the machine guns on the front line cannot be stopped for a moment, so that the consumption of the defenders will be much greater.

In other words, if the Beiyang Army cannot open up the railway supply line from Chuzhou to Bengbu and maintain it within half a month, then the Beiyang Army south of Chuzhou will lose ammunition supply, even if military rations and other materials can be solved on the spot, but ammunition can never be solved on the spot, and without a large amount of ammunition support, then the Beiyang Army will be defeated without a fight.

The dependence of the modern army on logistics is not comparable with the army in the era of cold weapons, the most important logistics material in ancient times is military rations, and in the modern army, military rations are not a major problem, more important is the supply of ammunition, without sufficient ammunition, the guns and cannons in the hands of the modern army will become scrap copper and rotten iron, and there is not much difference from unarmed ordinary people.

The important surnames of ammunition supply and logistics lines are known to both the Beiyang Army and the Nationalist Army, and this is also a theme that is almost the same in a series of battles between the two sides, that is, the attackers desperately want to cut off the enemy's supply lines and surround the enemy. The defenders want to keep the logistics supply line and contain the enemy at the same time, which is the same from the Chaohu war, the Hefei war, and the Chuzhou war, and even the entire Jiangbei campaign is around how to cut off the supply line of the Beiyang Army.

Now the Nationalist Army is determined to cut off the Jinpu Line, and if the Nationalist Army wants to cut off the Jinpu Line, it actually does not need to occupy Chuzhou, and it can completely station heavy troops at any point from Bengbu to Chuzhou to cut off the Jinpu Line. It's just that because the troops on both sides are not large, and the total number of troops gathered by the two sides in the huge southern Jiangsu and Anhui regions is only 200,000, but they have to face a front that stretches for hundreds of miles, which leads to the density of troops being too thin and impossible to cover everything, which will give the opponent a lot of defensive loopholes.

That is to say, if the Nationalist Army does not take Chuzhou, but only cuts off the Jinpu line in a place like Shahe Town, the Beiyang Army can bypass Shahe Town for overland supply, although the supply amount is smaller at that time, but it should not be underestimated. In order to completely cut off the logistical supply of the Beiyang Army from Chuzhou, the only way to completely cut off the Beiyang Army's supply line in the Jiangbei region was to destroy Chuzhou, the stronghold of the Beiyang Army, and obtain this strategic location.

Moreover, it is also hoped that perhaps Chuzhou will use Chuzhou's infrastructure for defense and imitate the enemy's counteroffensive, after all, places like Shahe Town are too limited to effectively carry out defensive operations.

At the same time, the main force of the Eighth Division of the Nationalist Army has turned around and returned to Shahe Town, and they will meet the Fifth Mixed Brigade that has retreated southward in Shahe Town, and then block the enemy's 11th Division in Shahe Town.

When the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army engaged in a large-scale high-intensity battle around Chuzhou, Chen Jingyun also got a good news from Dao Erqing, that is, Dao Erqing informed Chen Jingyun that due to Jia Leheng's personal wishes, he hoped to continue to stay in China as a minister to China, and in the United States, considering that Jia Leheng has dominated the United States' diplomatic relations with China in recent years, and is the actual contact between the United States and the Nanjing Republican Political Axe, so Jia Leheng's special surname is no one to replace for a while, so he withdrew the transfer of Jia Leheng.

After Chen Jingyun learned the news, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Jia Leheng's important surname is beyond doubt, although the relationship between the United States and the Nanjing Republican Political Axe has become closer and closer, but the role of Jia Leheng is irreplaceable, not to mention the rest, at least Chen Jingyun can not guarantee that the next US Minister to China can still maintain a good impression of himself and the Nanjing Republican Political Axe. And this kind of personal favor is very important, although personal relations are not worth mentioning at the level of national interests, but national interests are also dominated by the leaders of various countries, and the likes and dislikes of these leaders directly affect the actual policies of countries.

When the news of Jia Leheng's retention came, it also brought another good news to Chen Jingyun, that is, the United States will organize a business delegation to visit China early next year, with the intention of strengthening business ties between the two countries.

And the same that contributed to this action was Jia Leheng, and the reason is very simple, that is, after Jia Leheng learned that the Nationalist Army had won a decisive victory in Anhui and captured Hefei, he had stayed in China for many years, and Jia Leheng, who had a deep study of the current situation in China, immediately realized that the life-and-death decisive battle between the Beiyang Army and the Nationalist Army that broke out in Anhui and Jiangsu had already occupied a dominant position on the premise, and then as long as the Nationalist Army captured the Jiangbei region and severely damaged Feng Guozhang's Second Army, Then no one can stop the Fujian and Zhejiang military groups from replacing Beiyang as the ruling force in China, and Chen Jingyun will also become the de facto ruler of China.

Jia Leheng has always admired and favored Chen Jingyun, and in fact, Chen Jingyun's performance has always made Jia Leheng feel that he was right to find Chen Jingyun at the beginning. Even Jia Leheng has begun to imagine that under his own leadership, the United States will support the birth of a political axe in the Far East that has a great affection for the United States, and that China will open up to American capital in the future, and that American products will spread all over the land of China, and that the huge Chinese market will provide a new growth impetus for the development of the American economy.

It is for this reason that Jia Leheng took the initiative to apply for continued service in China and refused the invitation to return to China to serve in an important position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In order to better allow American companies to enter the Chinese market, and also to show domestic entrepreneurs the potential of the Chinese market, Jiale Hengcai led and initiated this business delegation to China.

The main purpose of Jia Leheng's business delegation is definitely to serve American companies, but also to promote his Far East policy, but this does not prevent China from bringing great benefits to China and Chen Jingyun.

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