Back to the Republic of China as a commander

After arriving at Xiaotuan Mountain, Company Commander Zhao and the representative of the Wang Party left the team and went to inspect the terrain. The sharp knives were also released. They were asked to conduct reconnaissance and vigilance five miles away from Lixiaotuan Mountain.

It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at Xiaotuan Mountain. After we had a quick lunch, we were ordered to build a simple fortification according to the request of Company Commander Zhao.Company Commander Zhao had a lot of ideas. We were asked to build fortifications in the woods on the side of Xiaotuan Mountain near the road. There was no requirement for sturdiness, but for concealment.

We dug the fortification around 104 o'clock in the afternoon, but saw dozens of guys in youth army uniforms running towards us. I was ordered to take ten soldiers to stop them.After asking, I found out that they belonged to the 20th regiment. Their company set off half a day earlier than us, and they marched in a hurry. In the morning, they had a fierce exchange of fire with the vanguard of the Beiyang Army at a place more than 30 miles away from us. Obviously they did not They can take advantage of too much, because their company commander, party representatives and several platoon leaders are all honored, and the remaining [-] or so people broke out under the leadership of a squad leader.The squad leader is Zhang Zipei. I chatted with him for a while before I found out that he graduated from Anjiang Middle School just like the representative of the Royal Party, but he was two grades lower than the representative of the Party. It was just because of bad luck that he was not admitted to the Xiangxi Army Military Academy.But he still signed up to join the army, and the recruit training is actually at the same base as me, but unfortunately I don't know him.But these are not important. According to him, the Beiyang soldiers are very powerful. After being hit suddenly, they shrink very quickly, and they will quickly find out the enemy's situation, and then use outflanking tactics to surround them from both sides.It was for this reason that they even suffered a big loss. Facing an enemy with a superior force, standing on a geographical advantage and relying on the courage of the officers and soldiers, they only persisted for less than three hours before collapsing.

Company Commander Zhao and the representative of the Royal Party attached great importance to this, because I saw that their brows were always furrowed. Obviously, the strength of the Beiyang soldiers had exceeded their expectations.More than 30 of Zhang Zipei and the others were then compiled into our battle sequence, because Company Commander Zhao said that although they were defeated, their fighting spirit was still there, and it would be a waste if they didn't use it.

Maybe Zhang Zipei and his team fought too tenaciously. We didn't see any Beiyang soldiers this afternoon and night.However, it was around dinner time that we heard violent gunfire, which seemed to be less than seven or eight miles away from us. The gunfire lasted for more than two hours and then stopped. We all know that there is another company Glory to the brother army, it may be our turn next. . .

On March 3th, it was cloudy and overcast, and the wind was strong. In the early morning, the crows rang out in the mountains, which made me feel very bad, because everyone knew that there would be a fierce battle here today, but we didn’t mind the magpies coming out to cry Twice.

The sharp knives came back an hour ago and reported that the enemy had camped less than ten miles away from us last night and was on the way now.There is a full regiment of troops, but they experienced at least three battles yesterday, and we don't know how much they lost, but we know that what we have to do is to stop them for as long as possible.

Everyone began to check their equipment nervously. All the camouflages were in place, and a fierce battle was about to start.

Next, let’s look at the memoirs of Zhang Zipei, who joined Li Weidong’s company with more than 30 soldiers yesterday afternoon. Zhang Zipei’s later career was even smoother than Li Weidong’s. With outstanding performance in a series of operations, he has served as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, division commander and other positions.When he wrote this memoir titled "Hot-Blooded Youth", it was already after he had honorably retired from the post of Vice Admiral Chief of Staff of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Federation.

Obviously, the company commander and party representative whose surname I can no longer remember valued the experience of those of us who had fought with Beiyang soldiers, but I really wanted to tell them that I was just a squad leader of the cooking squad.But what's the use of saying anything now, in all honesty, they are much better than my hapless company commander, at least they have the intention of ambush, instead of foolishly deploying troops to block.

And what I admire the most is that the company commander actually watched the enemy's leading regiment pass by under our noses but didn't order to fire. This laid a solid foundation for our great achievements later.Many years later, thinking back on this guy who can no longer remember his face, if he can survive, with his ability, the marshal dare not say that it is no problem to be an admiral, but it is a pity that he is honored.So he became a martyr, but I became the general of the navy. Many things in this world really cannot be explained clearly, which is really amazing.

Still returning to reality from the memoirs, as soon as possible the representatives of the royal party were very dissatisfied, but Zhao Zhao did not give an order. He, a political cadre at the same level, did not have the power to command troops to fight.This is also stipulated by Marshal Wang Zhenyu himself. The final decision-making power of military operations belongs to the military director, and the political cadres are more responsible for the assessment and recommendation of the responsible personnel and the ideological and political work of the unit.

So now everyone can only wait for Zhao Zhao's order, and Zhao Zhao is still looking at the road down the mountain without saying a word.

An hour later, the battle started about seven or eight miles behind them. Obviously, another company's brother troops and the vanguard of the Beiyang Army fought. . .

The Second Division of the Beiyang Army was the vanguard of Feng Guozhang's attack on Tongling this time. From the division commander Wang Zhanyuan down, all officers and soldiers were determined to go forward desperately, and wash away their shame of losing Hubei with the victory and the blood of the youth army.

At this moment, the vanguard of the second division is Wang Jinjing, the brigade commander of the third brigade. Historically, this brigade commander Wang should have been promoted to the commander of the second division, but because of Wang Zhenyu, he has no chance in this time and space.

Leading the battle for Wang Jinjing was Shi Zhensheng, the head of the Fifth Regiment of the Titans under him. This kid wiped out four or five hundred youth troops in one day yesterday. Everyone should have arrived in Tongling.But now?I actually walked less than twenty miles a day.

The chief of staff of the second division, Wan Muzhong, was with Wang Jinjing at this moment. Both of them were generals, so naturally they both marched in sedan chairs, which was much more comfortable than riding a horse.

Before they knew it, they entered the ambush circle of Zhao Zhao's company.

Party representative Wang Shuaiyu took a telescope and saw Zhang Jiarui, head of the Sixth Beiyang Regiment, riding on a horse, and quickly saw from his epaulettes that he was a colonel.Big fish, Wang Shuaiyu immediately suggested to open fire and kill the kid immediately, this time his death was not in vain.But for some reason, this suggestion was rejected by Zhao Zhao again.

Wang Shuaiyu said angrily: "Company Commander Zhao, what do you mean? We just watched the enemy pass by under our noses but did nothing. This is against the order of the superior. I have the right to take battlefield measures against you."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhao sighed and said, "My party representative, don't get excited, take a binoculars and look behind you, isn't there still two sedan chairs?"

Wang Shuaiyu took a look, and sure enough, he asked in amazement: "What's the matter with the sedan chair? The one I saw just now riding on the horse is the Colonel."

Zhao Zhao said with a smile: "This is the difference between your political department and our command department. My instructor told me that this Beiyang Army is different from ours. High-ranking officers don't ride horses, they all ride sedan chairs. You Think about it, this colonel is riding a horse, how big an official must be in this sedan chair?"

Wang Shuaiyu slapped his head, yes!

Zhao Zhao stopped laughing, but ordered in a low voice: "Give me the order, listen to my gunshots, and aim the mortars at the two sedan chairs. After the firing, kill the two sedan chairs as soon as possible. We will withdraw after a while, we have few people, and we can't stand a long battle."

The order was quickly conveyed, and at this time, the sedan chair was getting closer and closer to the ambush point. . .

"Boom" Zhao Zhao fired the first shot, followed by rifles and machine guns frantically covering the mighty Beiyang soldiers on the road, the bullets were shot out like raindrops, there was no need to aim at all, the enemy was there, too many too dense.

And the three mortars also fired righteous shells at the two sedan chairs (is the property of the shells divided in this way?), so the tragedy happened. The battle report issued by the Second Division of the Beiyang Army on that day truthfully recorded: "Yes On that day, our army defeated thousands of youth troops and killed countless enemies. However, Lieutenant General Wanmu, the chief of staff, and Major General Wang Jinjing, commander of the third brigade, were accidentally hit by stray bullets and died heroically for the country. The whole army mourns. Our generation will inherit his legacy ..."

Chapter 259 Deadly Assault ([-])

When the news of the deaths of Wanmuzhong and Wang Jinjing reached Feng Guozhang, Lao Feng went berserk, and he crazily reprimanded everyone standing in front of him, even Guo Songling was not spared.Everyone understands this very well. The battle has not yet started, and the troops in charge of the attack are still in the process of marching. As a result, the two generals were damaged. No one would think this is a good omen, let alone What about Feng Guozhang, who is under tremendous pressure from gambling?Gamblers are very taboo about certain things, don't touch your head, don't pat your shoulders, don't see books, bald heads, and nuns.And Zhao Zhao and the others killed the two generals in one go, this is not a question of touching the head, it is simply touching the tiger's butt.

Feng Guozhang lost his composure because of this. He roared angrily: "Tell Wang Zhanyuan that all the officers of the Second Division will be demoted and let them perform crimes and meritorious deeds. We must wipe out this group of rebels..."

In fact, before Feng Guozhang could speak, in all eyes, the moment Wang Jinjing's sedan chair was hit by a mortar, Zhang Jiarui, the head of the Sixth Beiyang Infantry Regiment, who was riding on the horse, was heartbroken.The division chief of staff and the brigade commander were easily killed by the enemy under his heavy protection. Zhang Jiarui would not be able to hang out in Beiyang's circle in the future, so he went crazy at that time.

Zhang Jiarui didn't care about the bullets fired by the youth army at all, he jumped off his horse, pointed at the ambush point of the youth army and shouted at his adjutant: "You, bring the guards up for me, no matter what, take the commanding heights. "

Then he yelled at the battalion and company level officers he could find: "I am finished, and you are also finished, I don't care how much you pay, organize people, go around from the two sides, this youth army must be wiped out, quick! Damn it, Shi Zhensheng, how did you open the way for reconnaissance? This has made me suffer."

It should be said that Zhao Zhao's thinking was very accurate. After the first round of strikes, he organized everyone to retreat.So the officers and soldiers of the youth army took up their weapons one after another, turned around and ran towards the top of the hill, as long as they ran across the ridge line, they would be safe.

However, the Beiyang soldiers are obviously very experienced. They did not collapse after being ambushed, but organized firepower and hit them head-on towards the mountain.All of a sudden, more than a dozen soldiers who were struggling to climb up were hit by flying bullets, and their lives were unknown.

Seeing the situation, Zhao Zhao immediately organized seven or eight soldiers who hadn't evacuated yet, and used a heavy machine gun to frantically shoot at the Beiyang Army's firepower point, knocking down four or five people with one shuttle, and the Beiyang Army's firepower was immediately reduced. small.

Zhao Zhao immediately got up and ran towards the ridgeline, when a sinister stray bullet hit his back impartially, the bullet entered from the back and passed out from the chest.Zhao Zhao immediately felt a chill all over his body, and the warmth of life was drained from his body.

Li Weidong, the clerk, was beside Zhao Zhao at the moment. He quickly helped Company Commander Zhao and ran away. The blood of Company Commander Zhao kept gushing out like running water in the Anjiang dormitory.

Seeing this, Wang Shuaiyu hurried to this side, shouting at the same time: "What's the matter with Company Commander Zhao? What's the matter with Company Commander Zhao?"

Li Weidong touched his nose and was out of breath. He shook his head sadly and told Wang Shuaiyu who was standing far away: Company Commander Zhao has gone.

Wang Shuaiyu was stunned immediately, and at this moment, boom, boom, boom, the artillery of the Beiyang Army opened fire.A shell fell less than one meter away from Wang Shuaiyu, and Wang Shuaiyu and three soldiers were killed on the spot.

Li Weidong saw this scene with his own eyes. He couldn't help the pain in his heart, his mind went blank, and then shouted hoarsely: "Party representative!!!"

Then the whole person rushed over, hugged Wang Shuaiyu's bloody body and couldn't help howling and crying.

At this time, the Beiyang soldiers had already started to charge, but Li Weidong didn't know it. He just kept crying while hugging Wang Shuaiyu. The life of the past year and more appeared in his mind, just like yesterday.

At this time, Zhao Yong, the second platoon leader who looked back to check the situation, rushed back. When he felt the pulse on the company commander's neck, it had stopped beating.Zhao Yong sighed, bent over and rushed to Li Weidong, shouting anxiously: "Li Wenshu, how is the party representative?"

Li Weidong didn't speak, still holding Wang Shuaiyu and crying.Seeing the situation, Zhao Yong stretched out his hand to touch Wang Shuaiyu's neck, alas, it's gone.He glanced at the Beiyang soldiers who were charging in the distance, and quickly patted Li Weidong on the shoulder and said, "Li Wenshu, go!"

Li Weidong ignored him at all, Zhao Yong pulled a few times without pulling, and in a hurry, knocked Li Weidong unconscious with a pistol, and then dragged Li Weidong across the ridge line with Cui Fei, Cui platoon leader and others who rushed over.

A week later, the youth army returned to this place again, but the corpses had been collectively disposed of by the Beiyang soldiers. Li Weidong and others failed to find the remains of Zhao Zhao and Wang Shuaiyu, so they had to use the clothes in front of them to build a tomb for them in their hometown. .This battle was later reported to the General Staff Headquarters and the Attendant Office by comrades from the Political Department of the Regiment Headquarters.After Wang Zhenyu learned of this story, he built the Martyr's Shrine with a stroke of his pen. Tens of thousands of martyrs including Zhao Zhao and Wang Shuaiyu were the first batch of martyrs to live in the Martyr's Shrine, and Yue Fei and the others were the second batch.

The Xiaotuanshan ambush was later proudly included in the history of the First Division. In this battle, 120 people from the Beiyang Army were killed, including one lieutenant general and one major general; More than 103 officers and soldiers died. Among them, the company commander Zhao Zhao and the party representative Wang Shuaiyu died unfortunately during the retreat.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the fifth company did not know that they had killed two generals of the Beiyang Army, and their morale became low because of the loss of the company commander and the party representative.Several major officers and soldiers got together for a small meeting. According to the military regulations, Cui Fei was elected as the acting party representative and Zhao Yong was the acting company commander. That is to say, Zhao Yong will lead this team next.

Just when the youth army was enjoying the fight with the Beiyang army in front, the Sichuan Beiyang army lost its backup and Cai E was defeated. Cao Kunshuai's third division and other Beiyang remnants retreated to Hanzhong. On March 3, the guards led by Shuai Cai E attacked Longquanyi not far from Chengdu. Seeing that the general situation was over, Chen Huan, the governor of Sichuan, sent a telegram to announce the suicide and asked Yuan Shikai to abolish the imperial system and go down as soon as possible.According to reliable rumors, Yuan Shikai vomited blood and passed out after hearing the electricity. He was rescued with great difficulty, but there were two lines of old tears, and he was speechless.

At this time, there were two surprise incidents, one was the Kuomintang and the other was Beiyang.

First of all, in Shanghai, Zheng Rucheng, the guardian of Beiyang Shanghai and the commander of the Yangtze River Fleet, was not assassinated in November 1915 due to historical deviations.As a result, the old boy commanded the Yangtze River Fleet to attack the youth army's water transportation supply line for the second time, sinking ten large ships at one time, and severely damaged the youth army's logistics supply.The other time was unlucky, and was intervened by the British Yangtze River Fleet. As a result, they had to go back home to Shanghai to rest and attack again.

Recently, the front line of Tongling started, and Feng Guozhang has issued the latest order, asking Zheng Rucheng to attack again to cut off the water supply of the youth army.

At this time, Zheng Rucheng, who was worrying about how to deal with the British intervention, did not know that he had been targeted by the assassination king Chen Qimei.

On March 1916, 3, the Waibaidu Bridge across the Suzhou Creek on the Bund of Shanghai was bustling with people and vehicles. A luxury car kept honking its horn, separated the crowd, and hurried towards the bridge.Zheng Rucheng wore a white feathered gold hat, and a straight military uniform with many medals on his chest. The officer-looking man sitting on the left said something to Zheng Rucheng, and heaved a long sigh of relief, quite proud of himself.There were many people crowded with cars on the bridge, and the cars slowed down and drove slowly on the bridge.Suddenly a bomb flew in the sky, with a loud bang, it blew up the rear wheel of the car, and the car came to an abrupt stop.Before long, a young man separated from the crowd, grabbed the car window with his left hand, and fired several shots at Zheng Rucheng who was knocked down in the car with his right hand, causing his brain to burst.Another officer in the vehicle was also shot twice.After a brief commotion, several bodyguards jumped out of the car following the car, but they were stopped by another young assassin and retreated quickly.

The two assassins did not flee immediately after their deed.The young man who shot Zheng Rucheng unhurriedly inspected the body of Baiyu Jinmao. Regardless of the groaning of another seriously injured man, he turned and stood on the bridge of Waibaidu, and bowed his hands to the crowd: "I am Wang Xiaofeng. Yuan Shikai Usurping power and stealing the country, self-rule, Zheng Rucheng helped Yuan do evil, frantically hunted and killed members of our party, and killed them now to eliminate harm for the country." After hearing this, the people understood that the deceased in the car was the highest military and political officer in Shanghai at that time, the guardian envoy of Shanghai, and the admiral of the navy. General and Lieutenant General Zheng Rucheng.Just as Wang Xiaofeng scolded Yuan Shikai and Zheng Rucheng for their traitorous crimes, the Yinghua patrols on both sides of the bridge heard the sound and surrounded the two assassins.Wang Xiaofeng laughed heartily: "Our official business is over. If we wanted to escape, we would have left a long time ago. Now we are waiting for you to come, why don't you come up and arrest us!" After finishing speaking, the two threw away their pistols Take it easy.

After Zheng Rucheng was assassinated, the situation in Shanghai became more turbulent, and for the youth army, the biggest benefit was that a few days later, the Beiyang Yangtze River Fleet collectively announced that it had defected to Sun Yat-sen's Chinese revolutionary government.