Lin Wenqian only thought that the work of the political commissar was very simple, but in fact, the work of the political commissar was not so easy to do. Zhang Chengyue didn't want to talk about how the political commissar couldn't be taught in a short time, but he was happy to see that if time permitted, he would fight in the south for a few more days, and his army would occupy the mouth of Meiling Pass and Valley, and his troops would not be less than Cai's troops, so maybe he could really bite off another piece of meat from the Qing army.

An hour before dawn, a new order was transmitted to all divisions, and the Qing troops in the encirclement were not allowed to reinforce Qihao Mountain, except for suppressing artillery fire and preventing them from reinforcing Qihao Mountain. Fortunately, the Banner Mountain side is okay, at least the military commander still has the intention of digging trenches and blocking and entanglement Cai Yi's department, so that Zhang Gong of the 15th Division can understand that the headquarters wants to eat Cai Ye together, but on the side of the 6th Division, there is only an order to stop the attack, so that the division commander He Zhaoxian is very unclear, and Wang Jin, the commander of the 12th Brigade who saw that all the artillery of the Qing Army was suppressed, and was about to attack the second trench, received the order to stop the attack and immediately went crazy.

When his own artillery regiment opened fire at night, he thought that the headquarters had increased the artillery preparations, and he was worried that his soldiers had already touched the front of the Qing army's position, and he was afraid that he would be injured by mistake, but in fact, the artillery fire was only a repeated bombardment of a certain place in the valley, so he was relieved. As soon as the time for the attack came, the soldiers of his brigade rushed into the first line of trenches, and after a not-so-fierce white-knuckle battle, they only killed the garrison of the 26th town and scattered in all directions. Wu Dianyang, the regiment commander below, wanted to follow the fleeing Qing army into the second trench, and did not want to garrison the third town of the Manchurian and Mongolian new army. At the same time, Wu Dianyang's plan to take advantage of the chaos was broken, so that the revolutionary army had to dig deep fortifications on the spot, waiting for a good opportunity to attack.

At this time, the two armies were separated by 100 meters at the Jigong Bridge. In the dark night, it is only constantly firing, the 12th Brigade is an old unit, night shooting is a standard horizontal shooting, the bullet is not high, as long as the Qing army fires, it can basically hit the target, and the Qing army forgot the trick of night shooting in a panic. The hit rate was not high, and those Maxim machine guns were only fired indiscriminately, and they were frequently killed by the mortars of the revolutionary army. However, the artillery of the Qing army had been shooting interceptively in front of the Jigong Bridge trench, so that the revolutionary army could only shoot at the ground and could not get up and charge. Finally, when the artillery fire of the Qing army was suppressed, the headquarters did not allow the attack. It just doesn't make sense!

After receiving the order. Wang Jinfa only broke into the division and asked He Zhaoxian to give a reason, and He Zhaoxian didn't quite understand what Lin Wenqian was going to do, but there was an order from above, and he had no choice but to implement it.

"Ji Gao, what are you anxious about, the tartar is already meat in the pot, isn't it good to cook more?" looked at Wang Jinfa with an excited face. He Zhaoxian gave him a cigarette and lit a fire, this fellow is good at everything. It's just that his temperament is more intense, although he is a showman, he is becoming more and more like a fierce general, if he can learn to calm down, he will not be just a brigade commander.

"Mother, Xipi! You can rush over and only kill the Tartar command and capture Feng Guozhang alive, but now you want me to stop attacking, it's really cheap for those bastards. Wang Jinfa took a hard puff of his cigarette and said very dissatisfied.

"Haha, what's Feng Guozhang, Feng Guozhang gave Brigade Commander Li a cannon and blew it into minced meat." Seeing that Wang Jinfa wanted to capture the flag, He Zhaoxian immediately laughed and told him the latest news.

"Are you telling the truth, Feng Guozhang was really blown up?" Wang Jinfa was shocked, he wanted to catch Feng Guozhang with his own hands to show his ambition as a man, but he didn't want this wish to be snatched away by artillery.

"Of course it's true. Why do you think the field artillery regiment opened fire early? It was because Feng Guozhang suddenly patrolled the night and was seen by those observers of the artillery, and ordered to go over, and the artillery regiment immediately opened fire, and then Feng Guozhang died! He Zhaoxian was helpless and envious about the bombardment of Feng Guozhang, and he found more and more that the revolutionary army was transforming, from a pure mountain infantry army to a new infantry with artillery as the core.

This transformation only made him both happy and disappointed: he was happy that his combat effectiveness had increased, and the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy army was no longer as difficult as before, basically the artillery exploded, the infantry rushed, and then the battle was over; The disappointment is because of leaving the artillery, or being suppressed by the enemy's artillery, then the results that the troops can achieve are very small, such as the Jigong Bridge, under the suppression of the Qing army's mountain artillery, the 12th Brigade can only dig soil to protect itself, and it is difficult to have a chance to attack.

"Oh......" There is no hope for the merit of killing the general to capture the flag, Wang Jinfa just touched the back of his head, and said after a while: "Niang Xipi, then wait until dawn to fight." It's a cheap tartar. ”

The revolutionary army stopped attacking, and the Qing army headquarters was jubilant, Tie Zhong was now not thinking about the gang sitting before, but walking back and forth in the command room, thinking about how to kill the revolutionary party so as to complete the task assigned by Zaitao. Only Tanaka Yu and Shi Jingyun knew that the revolutionary party had already been encircled, otherwise their own artillery positions would not have been bombed, and the enemy artillery could only be attacked from the south or east and west, so that they could hit those positions.

Tie Zhong was happy, and they didn't even have the strength to explain the situation, so they only sighed without saying a word, and after a long while, Tanaka Yucai asked Shi Jingyun softly: "Then can the wireless telegraph still be used?" The revolutionary party is now surrounded but not annihilated, but it is necessary to send a letter to Cai Songpo immediately, otherwise he will be fooled if he is not careful. ”

Shi Jingyun had already thought of this, and shook his head: "Dashuai, the heavenly line was damaged by the revolutionary party, and there is no way to send a report." Hey, what will happen to them over there, then it can only depend on Cai Songpo's luck, I hope he won't be reckless. ”

Shi Jingyun said so, Tanaka Yu nodded, and shook his head again, Cai Songpo is just a non-commissioned officer, although he can be regarded as having been trained in many encirclements and suppressions, but now he commands the troops of the three towns, and he has to deal with such a complex situation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to compete. Tanaka Yu thought about Cai Songpo for a long time, but then thought that he was already in such a situation, and it was a matter of time before he was captured by the revolutionary party. Fortunately, the revolutionary party was short of money, and the Qing army was generally captured, and the family members could use the money to redeem it, but after the redemption, the road to advancement was cut off...... Tanaka Yu was thinking about the future after being ransomed, and suddenly thought that things had come to this kind of field, and what kind of court was he thinking about. It is estimated that this court will be overthrown by the revolutionary party in a few years.

Tian Zhongyu thought about it and finally thought that the imperial court was not guaranteed, and in the headquarters of the East Route Army in Daciyan Town, more than 20 miles to the east, Wenhua, the town commander of the 4th town of the Manchurian and Mongolian New Army, was reprimanding Cai Yi. If you don't rescue immediately, where will you put the imperial court?

Although separated by mountains, at three o'clock in the morning, the sound of artillery still carried to Daciyan Town intermittently in the snowy night, and the telegram sent later made the whole camp of the Eastern Route Army commotion. However, at this time, there were some contradictions in the command, and Cai Yi meant to be careful of the revolutionary ambush at night. It should be after dawn that the whole army will pull out the camp to rescue, but Wenhua, the town commander of the 4th town, thinks that the artillery over there is so fierce that the camp should be pulled out overnight.

Wenhua is the same as Tie Zhong. Born in the Jingzhou Banner Battalion, he graduated from the first non-commissioned officer school, but he doesn't want to change his name to show his loyalty like Tie Zhong, and his official luck has been better than Tie Zhong since graduation. The even rarer Minister of War Zaitao appreciated him very much. This is also the reason why he was transferred to the Eastern Route Army, in case Cai Ye changes, he can also immediately forcibly take over the command of the Eastern Route Army. Of course, in order to take care of Liang Qichao's face as a last resort, he would not show the secret order of the Military Advisory Office and forcibly take over the command, and more importantly. If the Eastern Route Army was ambushed by the Revolutionary Party on the road, it would also be an improper strategy of the commander. So now he is only questioning and persecuting Cai Ye, and he does not turn his face.

"Hey! Brother Xiufeng, I'm also worried about marching at night in case of accidents. "Wenhua is the first phase of Lu Shi, Cai Yi's senior brother, and a banner man, and he has Zaitao's trust, so Cai Yi has no choice but to persuade him." The commander of the army, who has been in battle for a long time and is experienced in handling affairs, is unlikely to take advantage of the revolutionary party. Besides, the night attacks of the revolutionary party are at most small forces, and it is not uncommon for them to shell at night before, they are all lying in ambush nearby and waiting for us to pull out the camp."

The telegram sent did not inform Cai Ye and others that Feng Guozhang was dead, because Feng Guozhang's body was not found at night, and it was Tie Zhong who sent the telegram. The signature on this telegram only caused Cai Ye and Wen Hua to have an ambiguity in their understanding, Cai Yi thought that the telegram was sent by Feng Guozhang to Tie Zhong, and if there was no signature, it was just a time of forgetting, and if the commander of the first army was killed by the enemy's artillery before the battle, it would be unbelievable to anyone; Wenhua believed that since Tie Zhong signed the telegram, it must have been Tie Zhong who was already commanding the battle, and Feng Guozhang must have suffered an accident, otherwise Tie Zhong would not have been able to take over the command. Of course, he can't explicitly say that he and Tie Zhong have a secret purpose to take over the command in wartime, which is actually an important key for Cai Ye to conclude that Feng Guozhang did not die, if Feng Guozhang dies, then according to seniority, it should be Tanaka Yu who takes over the command and not Tie Zhong. Now the telegram is Tie Zhong's straw bag signature, which is definitely the reason for Feng Guozhang's order.

Cai Yi insisted on pulling out the camp again at dawn, and he also won Wu Jiezhang's support for a while, but after all, he had been an official for a long time and was also tactful, and he did not explicitly oppose it considering the identity of the Wenhua bannerman.

"Cai Songpo, since you want to pull out the camp at dawn, if the Western Route Army is completely annihilated by the revolutionary party, you will be responsible." Seeing that no one supported his idea, and it was not easy to turn his face openly, Wenhua had no choice but to throw out cruel words.

"Brother Xiufeng, for the sake of the general's responsibility, you should try your best to kill the enemy. It's just that the battle situation is unclear now, and the whole army is planning, so it can only be pulled out after dawn. There are more than 30,000 soldiers on the commander's side, and they have not gone too far into the mountains, and now they are defending against the danger, and they will definitely be able to hold out until noon tomorrow. Being asked by Wenhua like this, Cai Yi smiled bitterly in his heart, but he could only say so.

"Okay, Cai Songpo! I don't care how the battle is fought, if you lose, you go and ask the emperor for guilt! Seeing that he had said nothing for a long time, Wen Hua was so angry that he whipped on the table, and then went back to the camp.

Seeing that Wen Hua left angrily, Wu Jiezhang said uneasily: "Brother Songpo, this is ...... He's ...... It's not going to happen, is it? Wu Jiezhang also entered the mountain to know that the patrol battalion was the 4th town of the Manchurian New Army, but he knew the virtues of those banner people, and he had no ability, but he had a big temper, after all, this country was originally a banner man.

The meaning of Wu Jiezhang's words Cai Yi completely understood that Wenhua was also very worried, but when he thought of his teacher Liang Qichao, his heart settled down again, and said: "Brother Deyu, don't think too much about it, my generation of soldiers should do their own things!" The military commander is old and steady, even if he is caught off guard by the revolutionary party, as long as Meiling Pass is not lost, he can still deal with it calmly. ”

"But what if Meiling Pass is occupied by the revolutionary party at night?" Wu Jiezhang asked the key, Meiling Pass has been a critical pass since ancient times, and the ancient wars have been a battleground for soldiers. Once there is a loss, then ......

"No, it won't!" Cai Yi shook his head vigorously, "It's impossible for the marshal to camp without arranging heavy troops at Meiling Pass." As long as there is a new army of the association to guard at Meiling Pass. The revolutionary party could not be defeated. ”

Cai Yi thought that guarding Meiling Pass required an association, but in fact, Feng Guozhang sent four new Manchurian and Mongolian military camps, three new military camps, and one seven battalions, which was already more than one association. Now he thinks that there is a co-ordination that can hold on to Meiling Pass, which is not right or wrong, he just does not expect that the scale of the revolutionary party's night attack is unprecedented. It was not only one or two thousand people as in the usual night raids, but the night raids of the whole army; Then there is the mark in the 25th town, because Yao Yuping's camp is uprising. The outlying positions did not play any role at all and were lost; Finally, in addition, the revolutionary army had done night training specifically for the terrain training of Meiling Pass, so that the first wave of night attacks only did not take the banner mountain, and the rest of the country was completely occupied half an hour after the battle.

Cai Ye said no. There was silence in the tent. Everyone is waiting for the dawn, but the sun is always slow to come out in winter. At 6:50, the sky was bright, but it was still dark and unclear. But as long as there is a bright color, the sun will come out soon, and it will only wait until ten o'clock at seven o'clock, and the sun will finally come out. However, during the day the snow stopped. But the weather was still bad, and the sun rose and then retracted into the clouds. And the sun seemed to be covered with a thick cloth, cold and deserted.

Cai had finished breakfast before dawn, and at this time the horse team sent to spy on Meiling Pass had returned, and the situation was unexpectedly bad, Meiling Pass had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and then the horse team returned, and saw the military flags of friendly troops on the banner mountain, and the revolutionary party continued to bombard the new army in the valley.

began to hear that Meiling Pass had fallen into the hands of the enemy, including Cai Yi, everyone's hearts were cold, and Wenhua was even more angry and stomped his feet. Fortunately, the second visit gave everyone some hope, after all, Meiling Pass still has the east side in their hands, and half of the gate that closed the entire valley is still open. In such a critical situation, Cai Yi only ordered the troops to speed up their advance, so as to quickly reach the periphery of Meiling Pass, and open up the line of Shimuling, Leiwuyuan, and Qihao Mountain, so as to meet Feng Guozhang's troops.

The mountain road is more than 20 miles, and even if it has been cleaned up a long time ago, it will take three hours to travel alone, and this time is not the time for the infantry to walk, but the time it takes for the artillery to carry their baggage. At dawn, Cai's Eastern Route Army marched towards Meiling Pass, while the Qing army in the valley stared wide-eyed at the surroundings that should have been familiar, but things were different. The whole valley was full of gunsmoke, and everywhere you could see the craters left by the revolutionary shelling and the corpses of our own soldiers all over the ground, and the medical team was taking advantage of the dawn to collect the wounded everywhere, and some civilians even came out to clean up the battlefield under the strict orders of the officials. At first, these people were worried about the artillery fire of the revolutionary party, but later they found that the shells only fell at the foot of Huayi Mountain, and other places were not bombarded, and they finally fought boldly.

In addition to these people cleaning up the corpses, Shi Jingyun and several staff officers also went out of the bunker of the headquarters, only looking for his remains in the place where Feng Guozhang was killed, but more than a thousand shells mixed up everyone's bits and pieces, and finally they finally relied on the town's coat to pick up something.

Shi Jingyun looked at the pile of things and just wanted to cry loudly, but he was afraid that it would affect the morale of the whole army, so he could only kneel on the ground and choke in a low voice. When Shi Jingyun was crying bitterly, Chen Tiaoyuan only looked at the banner mountain in the south, where the flag of the second standard of the Mongolian New Army was fluttering in the wind, but he knew that there was only a remnant army on it, and the rest of the people were estimated to be less than two teams, and the reinforcements sent were completely blocked at the foot of the mountain by the artillery fire of the revolutionary party and the machine guns on the heights of Anshan Temple. The revolutionary party deliberately wanted to keep the position on the banner hill so as to induce the Eastern Route Army to come to the rescue. Eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, Chen Tiaoyuan admired Lin Zhou's courage very much, but he could only admire the different camps.

"Let's go, Lan Feng, let's go back!" Chen Tiaoyuan looked at Shi Jingyundao, who was still kneeling and crying bitterly. "The matter of the commander has to be hidden, and once the soldiers know about it, the whole army will collapse."

Chen Tiaoyuan said the order of some people in the headquarters just now, but Shi Jingyun wiped away his tears, and said angrily: "Hmph, what a whole army collapses, what a joke!" It's just a few straw bales covering their ears and stealing bells. Now that we are surrounded on all sides, and their artillery in the north and south has suppressed us to the death, this revolutionary party has already comprehensively surveyed and mapped the entire battlefield, otherwise how could their artillery be so accurate?! The military advisor is dedicated to the country, who is in power and commanding, and he actually ended up like this! In this world, it's time to change colors. ”

Listening to Shi Jingyun say something rebellious, Chen Tiaoyuan hurriedly said: "Lan Feng! If you spread this, you will be killed. After speaking, he pulled Shi Jingyun up from the ground, and then said in a low voice: "What does the surname of the world matter to us?" As long as you are loyal to your duties, you can do it. The body of the eldest husband is better than dying on the bed, although the military commander is gone, but this is the best place for a soldier, Lan Feng, don't be too persistent. ”

Chen Tiaoyuan persuaded while pulling, and only coaxed Shi Jingyun back to the headquarters. At this time, Tie Zhong in the command headquarters was only shouting, and after dawn, the staff officers had completely observed the entire battlefield, and everyone knew that they were in a desperate situation, and the reason why the revolutionary party did not encircle and annihilate it was to wait for Cai Yi's Eastern Route Army to come and eat it together. It can be said that last night, when we broke through the siege, we might have been able to escape from the artillery fire of the revolutionary party, but now that the field of vision is wide during the day, and the artillery of the revolutionary party has also appeared on the high ground on the east and west, and there are cannons on all sides, it is completely impossible to escape.

This is the case, Tanaka Yu and Long Jiguang have already admitted it, but Tie Zhong still has illusions about Cai Yi's department, and he completely opposes Tanaka Yu's message to make Cai Yi and others give up the rescue move, but instead send someone to Cai Yi's side to rescue quickly. However, now he is completely isolated, so he can only walk around the headquarters restlessly, waiting for Cai Yi Wenhua to help open up the way to life, but when the noon scene sounds, he has never heard the sound of gunfire from the south. Tie Zhong only walked faster and faster in the house, faster and more urgent, and scolded more and more urgently, and only scolded those who could not go to death to serve the court, and were afraid of the enemy like a tiger.

Tie Zhong scolded fiercely, but there must have been no movement in the south, because Cai Ye had already received the messenger he sent out and was deliberately let go by the revolutionary party, although Tie Zhong did not say that Feng Guozhang had been killed, but when he saw the signature on the new construction again was Tie Zhong, Cai Ye basically believed that Feng Guozhang and Tanaka Yu had been killed, otherwise, how could it be Tie Zhong's turn to be the commander? The current situation is simply Lin Zhouji waiting for himself to be set.

When Cai Yi thought of this, the troops had already driven to the pavilion dock and began to unfold, and in front of the pavilion dock was Shimuling, where the revolutionary party was deployed, and the barbed wire was densely pulled. After this Shimu Ridge, there is the source of the thunder dock, and three miles behind the source of the thunder dock is the banner mountain. The five-mile stretch from Shimuling to Qihao Mountain was simply a bait for the revolutionary party to lure itself into the trap. And the Qing army flag fluttering on the banner mountain, he only felt that it was the spirit flag!

Sun Zongxian, the chief of staff next to him, said: "Songpo, I think it's better to forget it." The Western Route Army is already a mortal situation, it seems that Lin Zhouji should have come to Meiling Pass in person, and the main force of the Yanzhou Revolutionary Party has also been mobilized. If we are entangled by the revolutionary party, we will have to explain it here. ”

Sun Zongxian told the truth, which only made Cai Yi sigh even more, and he said: "Hanchen, in this situation, do you think we can retreat?" ”

Sun Zongxian only considered the situation of the enemy and us, but did not consider other factors, although he felt that what Cai Ye said was reasonable, but he still insisted on the duty of a staff officer and said: "Songpo, fight a battle that can be fought, this is what every officer must know, especially now that we can choose, we should preserve our strength." What we have to do is to immediately report to the general of Hangzhou, in addition to asking them to quickly send reinforcements to the 10th town that has just been organized, but also to order all friendly troops to take advantage of the air defense of Yanzhou City, speed up the pace, and go straight to Yanzhou. Here, we can only drag Lin Zhoumi, not Lin Zhoumi. ”

Sun Zongxian's words were very reasonable, but Cai Ye knew that he couldn't do this, and said, "Hanchen, what you said is right. But I can't do that. In the big picture, if I don't let go of a shot and ignore the friendly army, when the time comes, the Western Route Army will be exhausted, and the court will investigate it, I am afraid that I am not the only one who will cut off my head, but from a small point of view......"

Cai Ye made up some reasons for himself, but when it came to the truth, he couldn't go on. He can have today, of course, because of his own ability, but more importantly, because of the support of his mentor Liang Qichao, otherwise how can he be the head of a town in the officialdom of Fly Camp Gougou? Now that he has received the favor of his teacher, he really wants to abandon his allies now, no matter how correct he does, such an act will put his teacher in an embarrassing place. He can't retreat, he can only fight! (To be continued......)