Beiyang reactionaries

"The 25th Division (Division Commander Tian Songyao) has defeated the 24th Division of the Jiujiang Army (Division Commander Chen Guangyuan) 24th Brigade (Brigade Commander Yue Zhaolin), and the [-]th Brigade retreated to Nanchang."

Duan Xun nodded repeatedly.

This is good news.Jiujiang is an important place along the Yangtze River and an important city for troops to enter Jiangxi.After winning Jiujiang, it will be no problem to win Hukou and Duchang next.

Within a few days, troops can be sent to Nanchang.

"What about the Fourth Army?"

"Tenth Division (Division Commander Jin Handing) went straight to the west of Jiangxi, preparing to join forces with the No.19 Division (Division Commander Liu Mingzhao) and the Tenth Army (Army Commander Yu Xuezhong) Independent Mixed Brigade (Brigade Commander He Jian) ​​who had invaded Pingxiang from Hunan. The No.11 Division (Division Commander Pan Wenhua) is going to attack Jing'an and Fengxin, and attack Nanchang from the west."

"kindness."

Once in Nanchang, northern Jiangxi, eastern Jiangxi, and western Jiangxi will all be under the control of Duan Xun's troops.At that time, the purpose of entering Jiangxi will basically be achieved.Look at the situation and make other arrangements.

"There is also Suiyuan, Cai Chengxun's first army division, showing signs of retreating."

"withdraw?"

"Yes. According to our information, the First Division of the Army did not intend to defend Suiyuan, but instead packed up and retreated towards Chahar."

"Shrink the line of defense."

Duan Xun understood Cao Kun's thoughts.

The current situation is that Duan Xun's army has a large number of troops and is fighting around Cao Kun.Cao Kun was somewhat passive, after all, Duan Xun's troops were everywhere.If Cao Kun fortified every step and left troops everywhere, then the troops would be too scattered.It is easy to be defeated by Duan Xun's large army one by one.

It seems that Cao Kun is going to shrink the line of defense and defend the main places.

"Yes. So teacher, my idea is, since Cao Kun wants to shrink the defense line, we let them shrink the defense line. Everyone will have a decisive battle of the large corps somewhere. I think we have an advantage in the decisive battle of the large corps."

"Say."

"First of all, our command is unified. We have already started to reorganize the troops and unified the command of the troops. Although we dare not say that our troops have no factions, under the current situation, there will still be no troops that do not obey orders. However, the sources of Cao Kun's troops are complicated, especially Cao Kun's current troops, a large number of which were reorganized into Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui) troops last year. Although Cao Kun has tried his best this year, I don't believe those who were reorganized The army has no other ideas, especially when faced with our troops from the Anhui Department. Moreover, many generals of Cao Kun’s army have deep experience in the Beiyang Army, even not much worse than Cao Kun. But their strength may not be strong, and they are currently stationed in Xuanhua Feng Yuxiang's No.16 mixed brigade is a strong brigade, and Feng Yuxiang is even more of a thorn. Under such circumstances, it is very difficult to unify the command. Even if Cao Kun is in charge personally, it is not so easy. Sending other people, That’s even more difficult. If a unit’s command is not unified, the more people there are and the more units there are, the more chaotic it will be. If there is a problem in one place, it will easily lead to the defeat of the whole line.”

"That makes sense, what else?"

The most taboo thing when the troops are fighting is that the command is not unified.

But Cao Kun's troops had this problem.Because the composition of Cao Kun's troops is too complicated, it is estimated that only Cao Kun can bridge the differences between the troops.However, Cao Kun is currently sitting in the center and commanding the overall situation, and it is impossible to command the troops in person.

Of course, Cao Kun personally went to command the troops, and the command of the troops could be unified.

But Cao Kun commanded the army to fight?

"In a melee battle between large corps, it depends on whose tactics are stronger, whose troops are better organized, and whose weapons are better. In this regard, I have confidence in our troops."

"Ha ha."

Duan Xun nodded.

Not only Xu Yongchang has confidence in the army, Duan Xun also has confidence in the army.Don't pay attention to anything else, everyone just fights face to face, Duan Xun is really not afraid of Cao Kun's troops.

"Okay. Just tell Shang Zhen to gather Cao Kun's troops."

"Yes."

"What about Guangdong?"

"The Cantonese army has already begun to counterattack, especially Deng Keng's Third Cantonese Army, which fought four victories with Shen Hongying's troops. Shen Hongying retreated steadily. Lu Rongting's other troops were affected by the defeat of Shen Hongying's troops, and began to end their offensive. build a line of defense."

"The era of Lu Rongting and the others has passed. Where is Li Jishen?"

"Commander Li has decided to start the whole army's invasion of Guangdong tonight."

"Let him be responsible for his side. I only need Guangdong."

"is teacher."

Duan Xun still looked at the map carefully. Although he is in the absolute upper hand overall now, any small mistake may cause the entire army to be defeated.

So Duan Xun is still very cautious.

"General."

"how?"

As the secretary-general, Yang Jie has been exhausted for the past few days.Because he has to grasp the current new situation anytime and anywhere, so sometimes he is not required to be on duty, but he also rests in the duty room.As a result, Yang Jie's sleep is also seriously insufficient.

"At the invitation of Cao Kun, Zhang Zuolin's large troops began to enter the customs."

294 Wu Peifu Shots

"Master 23, that's all."

Xingtai.

On May 1920, 5, Yue Weijun, the first brigade of the garrison division, rushed and fought fiercely, and the 29th brigade of the 23rd division fled in embarrassment.Especially after being attacked by Dong Zhen's fifth cavalry brigade, the entire army collapsed.

The collapse of the 45th Brigade has aroused the emotions of the No.20 Third Division.

Originally, because of the 26th division, it affected the morale of the front line. The No.40 23th Brigade had just collided with the [-]st Brigade of the Security Division, and was defeated across the board within a few hours. Of course, it greatly affected the morale of the [-]rd Division.

rout.

The 23rd Division was really defeated.The troops withdrew from Xingtai in a hurry, and various military materials were scattered all over the place.

Yue Weijun quickly occupied Xingtai.

Standing in Xingtai, Yue Weijun really felt that he could see all the small mountains at a glance.Yue Weijun was actually holding back his anger.Because among the Shaanxi Army troops at that time, Yue Weijun's status was not low, and it could even be said to be relatively high.

Especially when the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army was in charge.

Hu Jingyi was imprisoned by Chen Shufan, and Yue Weijun replaced Hu Jingyi as the fourth commander.As the second in command of Hu Jingyi's army, Yue Weijun has a very high status.Li Yunlong, Yang Hucheng, and Deng Baoshan cannot compare with Yue Weijun in terms of qualifications and status.When Li Yunlong and Deng Baoshan were in the Shaanxi Jingguo Army, they were even Yue Weijun's subordinates.

But now?

Li Yunlong has already joined General Hulunbeier, Yang Hucheng is also the commander of the security division, and Deng Baoshan is already the chief of the Outer Mongolian Police Department.One by one, they climbed much higher than themselves.

Only after all these years, I am still a brigade commander.

So Yue Weijun wanted to prove his strength this time.As the vanguard, Yue Weijun led the troops to rush and fight. First, he defeated the No.14 mixed brigade (Peng Shouxin), and now he defeated the No.40 fifth brigade. Even the 23rd division also ran away, and successfully occupied Xingtai .

This is military merit.

"Yes."

Dong Zhenwu also nodded.