Beiyang reactionaries

But Liu Xiang is different.

Liu Xiang doesn't have any feelings for the National Defense Army, nor does he have any feelings for the Revolutionary Party.Although it is not enough to only think about getting promoted and making a fortune, Liu Xiang hopes more to have a stage to display his talents.Therefore, Liu Xiang did not have the slightest embarrassment or burden in fighting the National Defense Army.On the contrary, I think this is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to prove myself.

"Tang Shengzhi."

"arrive."

"Don't the Yunnan army want to attack from the flank? This position, this position, you put your machine gun brigade for me. Don't rush to shoot, at least wait until they attack this position, listen to my order, and then shoot. "

"Yes."

Liu Xiang looked at the actions of the Dian army with his binoculars, and asked Fang Dingying, "Commander Fang, look over there. If we fire, can we hit that position."

Although Tang Shengzhi is Duan Xun's direct descendant, his position is not high after all, so Liu Xiang can directly command.But for Fang Dingying, Liu Xiang lowered his profile.Because Liu Xiang knew that Duan Xun and Fang Dingying were classmates, and Fang Dingying trained the artillery unit of Duan Xun's department now.

If Duan Xun was not the brigade commander, Fang Dingying's artillery unit could be reorganized into an artillery brigade in terms of scale.

"I have arranged three artillery positions in total, here, here, and here. The area they cover is this side, this side, and this side. My artillery position at position [-] should be able to hit them. But the No. [-] position is too far ahead, I didn't deploy a few cannons, I don't think it will have much effect. The distance is still a bit far, so we can hit the front. "

"Front?"

Liu Xiang nodded.

Then he said with a smile: "Scare and scare, as long as it works."

In fact, none of these people here thought that Duan Xun would give Liu Xiang the task of the defense commander.After all, there is Duan Xun's classmate Fang Dingying here in Luzhou, and there are Duan Xun's direct descendants Deng Hanxiang and Xu Yongchang, whose status is no lower than Liu Xiang.

"I will defeat their first attack later, and I will hit them hard so that they have no chance to react. When they suffer heavy casualties and choose to retreat, Commander Fang, your artillery will fire at me. Give me a shot at all three positions. I fired the cannon to give the enemy a shock. Especially your No. [-] position, you must bomb their base camp, and continue to bomb me until I give the order to stop. As long as our nearly [-] cannons are fired, they will definitely be confused .When the time comes, all troops will obey my orders and counterattack across the board.”

Just to keep the position, this is not Liu Xiang's goal.

Since Duan Xun trusts him so much, Liu Xiang also wants to show Duan Xun his ability.Liu Xiang has carefully observed the opponent, and from various intelligence analysis, the opponent has only one detachment of the Yunnan Army, that is, a regiment of the Yunnan Army and a brigade of the Second Division of the Sichuan Army.The total number of people is 4000, but more than a thousand people are just unarmed.This kind of army is the easiest to break up.

This ignorant army must annihilate him.

58 Blood-stained top wear 4

"Once you will succeed, your bones will die."

Duan Xun looked at the battlefield and couldn't help sighing. On February 1916, 2, the Yunnan Army and the Second Division of the Sichuan Army, which had been stalemate for a period of time, finally began to choose to attack.The first Naxi Defense War, which left a heavy mark in the history of the War of Protecting the Country, began.

war.

It's brutal.Since Duan Xun led the army, he has also fought many wars.But today's war made Duan Xun feel the cruelty of war for the first time, and how tragic the offensive and defensive operations of large troops are.The Dian army placed two battalions in front of them for a feint attack. Of course, it was a feint attack. Once the flanking troops made gains, it would immediately become a real attack.The real attack of the National Defense Army was placed on the flanks.

The same routine, the Dianjun or Cai E's favorite routine.

Seeing the National Defense Army's style of play, Liu Xiang stepped aside and resisted steadily.Liu Xiang gave up several positions one after another, and has been luring the enemy to go deeper.When the Yunnan Army and the Second Division of the Sichuan Army believed that they had broken through the flank defense, they also began to increase the intensity of the frontal attack to match the flank attack.But when it seemed that he was about to succeed, he was suddenly attacked by the machine gun position arranged by Liu Xiang.

What is defense in depth.

This is.

It doesn't mean that if you break through the first line of defense in front, there will be problems with the whole line of defense.On the contrary, in-depth defense means that several lines of defense are arranged one after another.Moreover, in such a defensive position, the firepower is crossed.The Dian Army and the Second Division of the Sichuan Army have been fighting in the southwest, and they have never seen such a defensive position.Thinking that breaking through the first line of defense, the attack will be victorious.

It's a pity that after entering the first line of defense arranged by Liu Xiang, he entered the trap arranged by Liu Xiang instead.

Huge casualties were suffered immediately.

Hot weapons.

Duan Xun has hundreds of machine guns in his hands, all of which are placed on Liu Xiang's side.One battalion of the Dian army, one battalion of the Sichuan army, flanking the east and west.They had already attacked.When they broke through the flanks, the two battalions that were feinting to attack also quickly broke through the frontal defense.But after these four battalions took down the first line of defense arranged by Liu Xiang, they were suddenly hit by machine guns.Hundreds of machine guns, plus the rifle firepower of thousands of people deployed on the second line of defense behind, already fell in a few blows, with more than half of the casualties.

dead.

It's not that Duan Xun has never seen dead people, but so many people died in an instant, which made Duan Xun himself inexplicably horrified.Because the National Defense Army broke through Liu Xiang's first line of defense, that is, five or six hundred people fell down in the blink of an eye, and Liu Xiang's offensive was not over yet.

massacre.

In an instant, the only word that came to Duan Xun's mind was this one-sided massacre.The troops of the Dian Army and the Second Division of the Sichuan Army had no power to fight back, and fell down one by one.

Blood instantly stained the forward position red.

"Teacher."

Deng Hanxiang saw that Duan Xun's expression changed, so he called Duan Xun.Duan Xun shook his head and sighed: "The Dian army and the Sichuan army were all meritorious troops who overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They both contributed to the republic. Hey... they were supposed to fight for the country, but they died. It's in my hands."

"Master, the winner and the loser have been like this since ancient times."

"maybe."

Duan Xun smiled bitterly.

Then he said to Deng Hanxiang: "Don't worry about anything else. After all, they are all troops of the National Defense Army who oppose the imperial system and maintain the republic. In public opinion, they are a force that grasps righteousness. But now I am a minion who maintains the imperial system. History will How do you evaluate today's war, say I am a reactionary warlord, say I am an executioner who slaughtered the heroes of the National Defense Army."

National Defense Army.

The name sounds like a progressive force, an army that opposes the monarchy and maintains the republic.But what are you?He himself was the executioner who slaughtered the National Defense Army.In an instant, Duan Xun felt a little depressed, so he could only smile wryly.

Involuntarily.

Duan Xun immediately thought of this word.If possible, Duan Xun would never fight against the National Defense Army, let alone massacre the National Defense Army troops.But the reality forced Duan Xun to fight with the National Defense Army, forcing himself to annihilate the National Defense Army troops.

This is helplessness.

"Teacher, then..."

"Don't worry, I just lament the impermanence of the world. No one in this world can say that he is just, and what he does is right. After the year of [-], Sichuan has been in constant war and banditry. You said that if I rule Sichuan , to end years of war in Sichuan, to end the banditry in Sichuan, to return to peace in Sichuan, to allow Sichuan to develop, am I just?

Duan Xun smiled.

Duan Xun sighed a little watching the battle.

But Duan Xun's purpose of entering Sichuan this time is very simple, that is to take down Sichuan and become the governor of Sichuan.Anyone who dares to hinder his goal is Duan Xun's enemy.This also includes the National Defense Army, including Cai E, who has a long history.If Cai E wants to fight Duan Xun, Duan Xun will not give in at all.Duan Xun will not be ambiguous when it is time to fight.

"Master, for the people of Sichuan, it doesn't matter whether it is the Beiyang Army, the National Defense Army, or the natives of Sichuan, as long as they can live a good life, that is justice. For ordinary people, what do they know about the imperial system, The Republic, the Beiyang Army, the National Defense Army. As long as they can live a stable life, whoever they will support."

Deng Hanxiang also immediately echoed Duan Xun's statement.

"Haha."

Duan Xun smiled and said: "It's just to comfort myself. If it weren't for my background, maybe I would be the same as them in opposing the president's proclaiming emperor. We have already abolished an emperor in the early years, don't we have to change another emperor?" .”

While observing and talking, Duan Xun suddenly saw the artillery on his side start firing for the first time.With hundreds of cannons, in Sichuan, except for Duan Xun, no other army could produce them.Including the Seventh Division of the Beiyang Army and the Third Division of the Beiyang Army that have begun to enter Sichuan.

As the saying goes, the difficulty of the road to Shu is harder than going to the blue sky.

It is very difficult for these heavy weapons to enter Sichuan.Duan Xun prepared for these heavy equipment for several months, and mobilized an unknown amount of manpower and material resources to be able to pull them all into Sichuan.These units of the Beiyang Army all set out from Zhili and entered Sichuan at a fast pace. How could these cannons be transported in time.And even if the cannons are brought in, it is impossible to bring in enough shells.