Beiyang reactionaries

Just two days.

On April 4, when Li Jishen's side had just begun to attack Baoqing, Wu Peifu's troops had already captured Hengyang.Since the Dharma War, Hengyang has been the home of the Dharma Army.During the first Hunan campaign, Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang were beaten to shame in Hengyang.However, in less than half a year, Wu Peifu easily won Hengyang.

The Hunan-Guangdong Allied Forces, whose morale was boosted and prepared to counterattack, saw that Wu Peifu had taken Hengyang, so they had no choice but to give up their plan to attack Changsha.Because after Wu Peifu took Hengyang, he could turn his guns anytime and anywhere, take Chaling and Youxian, and completely cut off the retreat of the Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces.

Therefore, when Wu Peifu attacked Hengyang, the Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces could only retreat quickly.From Liling, Zhuzhou and other places, the troops marched faster, and when they returned to Youxian on April 4, the vanguard had already arrived in Chaling.

Wu Peifu didn't move.

However, the Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces did not dare to stay in You County and Chaling, so they left a small number of troops to stop Wu Peifu, and the large troops could only continue to retreat south.Of course Wu Peifu would not let go of this opportunity, and turned around to attack Chaling and You County.The Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces are only small troops here, how could they stop Wu Peifu.

On April 4th, only four days after contributing to Hengyang, Wu Peifu's troops took Chaling and Youxian one after another. At this time, the Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces had already retreated to the Yongxing area.

In this round of attack, Wu Peifu became famous all over the world.Because the Beiyang Army had just suffered a disastrous defeat in eastern Hunan, Zhang Huaizhi suffered heavy losses, with more than 1 casualties.But Wu Peifu made a move, and the situation in eastern Hunan immediately changed.The Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces retreated from the vicinity of Changsha in just a few days, and they all withdrew to Yongxing.Wu Peifu's name can be said to be a sensation throughout the country.

A game of chess across the country.

The Hunan-Guangdong Allied Forces defeated Zhang Huaizhi in eastern Hunan before, which encouraged the various troops of the French Guardian Army.But in just a few days, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces even lost Hengyang.Immediately also affects troops in other places.

"Captain, something big happened."

"what happened?"

On the north wall of Hengyang, the second regiment of the first division of the Gui army was defending Li Jishen's troops.

Ma Xiaojun is 37 years old this year. He was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty in his early years, and later he joined the army as a soldier.Almost at the same time as Duan Xun, he studied in Baoding Crash School, and then was sent by the Ministry of the Army to study in Japan.Later, he participated in the Revolution of [-], and after the Second Revolution, he went to Japan to study at the NCO Academy again.

Very high education.

If he was in other troops, with his education and qualifications, he would be embarrassed to go out without a regiment leader, and even the regiment leader would be embarrassed to go out.Many of his classmates, even though they developed in the Beiyang Army, are now officers at the brigade commander level, and even generals at the division commander level.And Ma Xiaojun is just a model battalion commander in the Guijun.

However, after Tan Haoming led the Gui Army to withdraw from Changsha, Tan Haoming appointed Ma Xiaojun as the head of the second regiment of the first division of the Gui Army, and his name became the model regiment.In order to build a model regiment, the troops of the two battalions of the Gui Army were incorporated into this regiment.Moreover, the disintegrated Hunan Army and the local militia in Baoqing were all handed over to Ma Xiaojun.Ma Xiaojun's model camp was originally only a battalion of 500 people, but now Ma Xiaojun has more than 500 troops under his command.

It also became one of the main forces in the Baoqing defensive battle.

Speaking of which, Ma Xiaojun really has some skills.The Model Battalion, the Guangxi Army, the Hunan Army, and the militia all entered his army in a mess, but Ma Xiaojun was able to knead them into one army within a month.It performed very well in this Baoqing defensive battle.

Li Jishen led the sixth mixed brigade, the only brigade, the second brigade, and the temporary first division of the Hunan Army. These troops took turns to attack Ma Xiaojun's positions.However, Ma Xiaojun's position is still stable.

However, Ma Xiaojun has been under increasing pressure recently.Because from April 4th, Li Jishen personally went to the front to supervise the battle, and suddenly stepped up the attack.The offensive is getting stronger and stronger, and the artillery of Li Jishen's troops is also fully ready.In this siege campaign, by April 8, the troops had already mobilized more than 4 cannons.More and more troops are being put into the attack.

Ma Xiaojun has not slept for two days.

Troop casualties are also increasing.

"Commander Tan and his guards and the first regiment as a reserve are gone."

Huang Xuchu reported to Ma Xiaojun in a very low voice.

Ma Xiaojun's model camp is mostly composed of military academy graduates from Guangxi and students from Guangxi.Although there are only 500 people, many of the new Gui clan bosses in history came from this army.

Huang Xuchu is one of them.

Huang Xuchu is a graduate of Army University, which is the fourth phase of Baoding Military Academy. After graduating in December 1916, he came to Guangxi and served as the third-class staff officer of the captain in the Guangxi Warlord's Office.After Ma Xiaojun established the model camp, Huang Xuchu came to the model camp as the captain and company commander.Ma Xiaojun regards him very highly, and just a few months ago Huang Xuchu was promoted to the battalion attached to major.And as Ma Xiaojun became the head of the regiment, Huang Xuchu also became the regiment attache, but his rank did not increase accordingly.

"What did you say?"

"Commander Tan is gone. Not only Commander Tan, but also Commander Lin, Commander Tan's guard and the first regiment are gone."

"Ran?"

Ma Xiaojun's heart skipped a beat.

Ma Xiaojun disliked Tan Haoming very much, or looked down upon him completely.Ma Xiaojun was very disappointed by Tan Haoming's performance in all aspects of the law protection war.Now that he heard that Tan Haoming was gone, Ma Xiaojun immediately thought of this aspect.

"I guess so."

Huang Xuchu was even more flustered.

Now Baoqing's defensive battle has been fought for five days, and the battle is getting more and more intense.Especially the troops on the front line of defense suffered very serious casualties.But everyone still did not lose confidence, because Tan Haoming still has a reserve team of 3000 people.

Relying on Baoqing's perfect defense, everyone still has the confidence to keep Baoqing.But Tan Haoming can't be found now. If Tan Haoming really runs away, then Baoqing's current defense line will collapse immediately.

"Damn it. Tan Haoming, that bastard."

Ma Xiaojun really couldn't care less at this time.Originally, although Ma Xiaojun looked down on Tan Haoming, he still gave Tan Haoming enough face outside.Never scold Tan Haoming like that.But at this time, he was already furious.

If Tan Haoming really ran away, he would treat himself as an abandoned son.Although Ma Xiaojun knew that Tan Haoming didn't want to see him all the time, how could Ma Xiaojun not be angry when he abandoned himself in Baoqing like this.

"Who else knows about this?"

"No. Didn't I go to Commander Tan to get the ammunition? That's why I found out. I have sent a platoon of troops to seal the gate of the headquarters so that no one will find out."

"Good job. Go and quietly call Ji Kuan (Huang Shaohong) and De Lin (Li Zongren) to the command room. Don't make people suspicious, let's discuss what to do next."

"Yes."

After seeing off Huang Xuchu, Ma Xiaojun clenched his fists.If Tan Haoming is in the front, Ma Xiaojun will definitely give him a punch, no matter what kind of big shot you are in Guijun.Now Ma Xiaojun can't wait to shoot Tan Haoming dead.

Tan Haoming took away his guards and the first regiment. It can be said that he took away all his direct troops.Now Baoqing only has his second regiment, the third regiment of the Gui army, and Wang Wenhua's guardian Qian army.

Ma Xiaojun can't panic.

Because Ma Xiaojun knew that once this news got out, the whole Baoqing would be breached immediately.But this news will definitely not be hidden for long.Soon Baoqing's defense forces will know about it.

calm down.Ma Xiaojun calmed himself down. Only when he calmed down could Ma Xiaojun find a solution to the problem.

158 Baoqing 2

"Commander, where's the ammunition?"

Huang Shaohong came in and saw Ma Xiaojun, and immediately asked Ma Xiaojun for ammunition.Ma Xiaojun's model battalion, this is really the cradle of officers of the Guangxi clique.Ma Xiaojun set up a model battalion with three company commanders.One is Huang Xuchu, the other is Huang Shaohong, and the other is Li Zongren.

That's why it is said that Ma Xiaojun's model battalion is the foundation of the new Gui family.

After fighting for several days, Ma Xiaojun's troops had some problems with ammunition supply.After all, the Gui army is a guest army, from Guangxi to Changsha.They withdrew from Changsha to Baoqing, and they didn't have much ammunition with them.After fighting offensive and defensive battles for several days, the ammunition is already stretched.

In comparison, the ammunition reserves of Duan Xun's troops are very rich.After all, Duan Xun started preparing for this war in May and June last year.In order to store ammunition, Duan Xun borrowed a lot from Japan and bought a lot of arms from Japan.

The main reason is that after Duan Xun's troops entered Hunan, although they occupied a lot of places, they didn't fight many major battles, and their ammunition consumption was limited.

"How is the position?"

"I have let Xia Wei take charge of the position temporarily, and there will be no problems."

"That's good."

When Ma Xiaojun and Huang Shaohong were talking, Huang Xuchu and Li Zongren walked in.Ma Xiaojun saw that all three people were there, and immediately asked them to sit down.Ma Xiaojun sighed inwardly as he looked at the future of these Gui troops.