Beiyang reactionaries

"How many people?"

"They are not very clear at the moment. The scouts of the troops estimate that there are quite a few troops. The Fengjun they found on the front line of Jining is at least five to six thousand people."

Liu Xiang's expression became more and more serious.

Looking in the direction of Jining, he muttered to himself: "Jining, Fengjun, Wu Peifu. Chief of Staff, there was intelligence before that, how many troops does Fengjun have in Rehe?"

"After the Feng army entered the customs, there were two divisions and two mixed brigades in the Rehe area, with more than 3 troops."

"It should be them."

Liu Xiang thought for a while and said: "The third division, the third division. Since Wu Peifu has set up such a big game, the next step will definitely be to attack Handan. Let's speed up and enter Handan. If the security division is driven out of Handan, we will go further On the daimyo side, our Zhili operation will fail this time, and the troops will suffer a big defeat. Give Handan power, let the guards have to defend Handan for me, and I will give him reinforcements soon. As for the previous brigades ?”

Liu Xiang is not sure either.

The first three brigades have been completely surrounded by direct troops, and it is not easy to rescue them at this time.But without rescue, that is the main force of the security division.Liu Xiang finally said: "Let the security division contact the three brigades as soon as possible to see if there is any way to save them. It is best to let the second brigade guard Xingtai."

"Yes."

He Guoguang accepted the order to leave the command room.

Duan Kan said to Liu Xiang: "Commander, what should we do now? Even if the 22nd Division arrives, the current situation is not very favorable. Wu Peifu's attack this time will deal a great blow to the Security Division."

"It's a disadvantage, but it doesn't mean it's not an opportunity."

Although Liu Xiang frowned, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Chief of Staff, have you forgotten that we still have a troop?"

"Another troop?"

"Have you forgotten the army in Zhengzhou?"

"Which air force is the commander talking about?"

"kindness."

Liu Xiang nodded.

Liu Xiang continued to stare at the map and said: "When the general handed over the air force to me, I was still worried about how to use it. After all, you and I have never used such an army, and I don't know their role. Air force It is a new thing for us. Last time I went to the exercise of the air force, it was still very powerful. Especially they can drop aerial bombs directly in the air, which is very lethal to the ground. But in my case It seems that their deterrent effect is greater than their lethality. But they also have problems, and the hit rate of bombs is not high. I saw that when they were training, the error of bombs was too large, and sometimes they had errors of hundreds of meters .”

Liu Xiang introduced to Duan Kan the aviation team he knew of course.

Duan Xun got the air team out for this war.At present, the most important battlefield is still the battlefield with Cao Kun, so Duan Xun handed over the entire air force to Liu Xiang to command.

How to use this air force was also handed over to Liu Xiang.

"I've always thought that this thing can scare people, but it has no real effect. But now that I think about it, it's not entirely true. Tell me, their hit rate is low, and the error of hundreds of meters is very common. It would be very difficult for them to specifically attack a certain target. But in the face of a dense army, they are very powerful. Now the direct troops are besieging the garrison division, plus Wu Peifu's third division, and soon there will be [-] to [-] troops The troops will gather together. This way our air force will have usable space. Throwing bombs on their positions of tens of thousands of people, even if the hit rate is low, can still give them enough damage. It depends on how we use it. "

war.

Today I have the advantage, and tomorrow it may be someone else who has the advantage.

Originally, Duan Xun's troops fought against Cao Kun, but Wu Peifu turned the situation back as soon as he made a move, and even Wu Peifu took the advantage.But what Liu Xiang is thinking about now is how to bring the situation back.

What Liu Xiang thought of was the aviation team.

The air force is a rarity in China at present. To be honest, no one knows how the air force should be used.Liu Xiang was also confused about the use of the aviation team.But now it is found that the air force is still very useful.

In the whole of China, only Duan Xun currently has an air force here.

And there are quite a few planes.

All the planes, even the planes used for teaching in Wuchang Aviation School, were brought to the battlefield by Duan Xun.Some planes are not bombers, but they can go to the battlefield after installing aerial bombs in them.

A total of 34 aircraft.

Sixteen aircraft were purchased from the United States, and eighteen more were ordered from France.

Today's aircraft are not as powerful as future bombers, but it is still no problem to carry bombs weighing several hundred kilograms. More than 30 aircraft can drop several thousand catties of bombs at one time.This is no joke.

Wu Peifu, Wu Peifu.

At the beginning, Wu Peifu made a move, which made Liu Xiang very nervous.But apart from nervousness, Liu Xiang is currently full of fighting spirit.Wu Peifu's reputation has grown more and more in recent years. Starting from sweeping the Hunan-Guangdong-Guangxi Allied Forces in the War of Protecting the Law, his reputation has risen even more when he defeated Duan Qirui's main force.Now as long as we talk about domestic famous players, Wu Peifu must be the first to be talked about.

In fact, Wu Peifu's real sensation in the world was the army that defeated Zhang Zuolin in the Zhifeng War in history.

But even if he doesn't have the brilliance of fighting directly, Wu Peifu is one of the best when it comes to fighting.Liu Xiang is very excited to be able to fight against such an opponent.Liu Xiang became famous in his early years when he defeated Cai E's Yunnan army in the Luzhou defense battle.Now fighting Wu Peifu, Liu Xiang is very eager to defeat Wu Peifu.

"The Commander means..."

"As long as Handan is defended, Wu Peifu's third division is squeezed between Handan and Xingtai. When the war is most intense, use the air force to surprise his troops. Air force, many people know the aviation force, and they all know the plane. But Several units have seen planes, seen real air forces, and even been bombed by planes. If they were really raided by the air force, even Wu Peifu's carefully crafted Third Division would be in chaos. That is our chance."

In an instant, Liu Xiang thought of a lot.

At present, Wu Peifu is really powerful, and he will put a lot of pressure on Duan Xun's side as soon as he makes a move.Including the time to mobilize Fengjun is also very suitable.But Liu Xiang had a trump card in his hand, so he immediately thought of the next solution.

However, in order to realize this idea, Hu Jingyi's security division must withstand Wu Peifu's attack and give himself time to dispatch troops.

"Send a telegram to the 22nd Division, telling Hu Ruoyu's troops to arrive here within three days. Chief of Staff, tell the Independent Mixed Brigade to speed up and arrive at Handan tonight to reunite with the Guard Division. Handan must not be allowed to fall. .”

"Yes."

"We also set off immediately to the front line."

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"Boom-boom-boom-"

"Da da da--"

The weapons of Cao Kun's troops are not bad.

Cao Kun served as the governor of Zhili for many years, and has always been a powerful figure in the Beiyang Army. He was not a master who lacked weapons and equipment in his early years.Only before the Zhiwan War last year, the sudden expansion of troops caused a temporary shortage of weapons.However, Duan Qirui was defeated last year and took control of the Beijing government.Duan Qirui's troops were reorganized by Cao Kun, and Duan Qirui's weapons and ammunition were also obtained by Cao Kun.Although Zhang Zuolin took away a lot, Cao Kun also got a lot.

That was Duan Qirui.

Duan Qirui, who has been in control of the Beijing government since Yuan Shikai's death.He has controlled the Beijing government for many years, and he has a lot of good things in his hands, including a lot of weapons and ammunition, which are all cheaper than Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin.

Cannons, machine guns, rifles.

Everything should be there.

Wang Chengbin's No.20 Third Division was defeated by Yue Weijun's troops in the first brigade of the Security Division, so he fled Xingtai in a hurry.It was definitely not Wu Peifu who asked him to retire on purpose.It was Wu Peifu who guessed that the situation of the No.20 Third Division could not stop the garrison division at that time, so he did not send troops to support the 23rd Division at all.Let the 23rd Division face the security division alone. Sure enough, the No. 20th Division failed to stop Yue Weijun's troops and was defeated from Xingtai.Since Wu Peifu wanted to make a move, the enemy would not be able to see any flaws at all.As the saying goes, if you want to deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your own people.

It is precisely because the defeat of No.20's third division was a real defeat, not an act at all.That's why Yue Weijun and the others were so easily fooled.

Even Liu Xiang and Hu Jingyi felt a little unusual, because Cao Kun's main force was near Baoding, and he had no intention of supporting the 23rd Division at all.But although it is a little unreasonable, there is no flaw in other places, so no one has discovered it. This is Wu Peifu's brilliance.