172 The Northern Expedition was defeated across the board
Lao Jiang’s idea is good, Xue’s military equipment and supplies, including a large number of heavy artillery and other heavy equipment that he would be jealous of when he saw it. Even if it was destroyed, it could not be left to his confidant Li Guosheng, and let him develop and strengthen himself, and then become his enemy.
However, although Lao Jiang’s idea is good, he still needs time to realize it.
With the command of the Special Forces of the Security Division, Yang Xiankun, two elite infantry battalions deployed on two positions, plus the large amount of heavy equipment seized by the Special Forces in the Northern Expedition Army's baggage position, even if the Northern Expedition Army assembled all the main forces to carry out a fierce attack, it would be impossible to complete it in less than a few hours.
After a few hours, after receiving the telegram from the commander of the spy regiment Yang Xiankun, the commander of the security division, Li Guosheng, who was also tempted by these materials and heavy equipment, would he give Jiang the time to counterattack? The answer is very obvious, that is, he will not...
Before Commander-in-Chief Jiang's order was passed to the regiment-level commander Li Guosheng, the commander of the security division, had completed the subsequent counterattack deployment of tens of thousands of elite troops of the Northern Expedition Army in front of the blocking position...
"Teacher seat, telegram from Commander Yu of the Artillery Corps... The five artillery battalions under the Artillery Corps are all ready and can fire artillery at any time at the assembly ground of the opponent's Northern Expedition Army's follow-up troops..."
"Teacher seat, telegram from the commander of the Guard Regiment Wang... The Guard Regiment has been fully moved and can launch a counterattack against the current main force of the Northern Expedition Army at any time and defeat them..."
"The Second Guard Regiment, the Third Regiment reported that the two main groups are gathering towards the blocking position. At most ten minutes, they can be assembled and attacked..."
"The Cavalry Regiment Report. The troops have been moved in place. Once the main force of the Northern Expedition Army is defeated, they can launch a series of attacks on the Northern Expedition Army's defeated troops in battalions and constantly intercept their living forces..."
"The latest telegram from the secret service regiment, the troops have assembled the main force of a battalion in accordance with the orders to find favorable terrain. Stop a certain number of Northern Expedition Army defeated troops, assist the main force to wipe out them..."
The confident smile on the face of the commander Li Guosheng became stronger and stronger.
Just after all the eyes of the combat staff gathered behind him, Li Guosheng spoke.
"Order all combat troops to start a counterattack according to the scheduled plan... Artillery, fire immediately..."
"Fire the artillery..." Li Guosheng's order had just been spread through the phone. The command of the regiment commander Yu Xiansheng was directly heard from the howitzer camp position under the artillery regiment...
"Boom..." A series of deafening roars sounded on the position. In just a blink of an eye, the huge artillery position was shrouded in thick white smoke from the shelling.
At the same time, a total of 12 large-caliber howitzer shells have already flew into the sky with a sharp howling sound of breaking through the air.
The 12 large-caliber shells that could devastatingly kill all targets within a radius of dozens of meters were flying for ten seconds before they crossed the guard division's blocking position and the attacking troops of the Northern Expedition Army. Then, they landed very accurately on the position where 10,000 or 20,000 follow-up troops of the Northern Expedition Army had exploded.
"Boom boom boom..." Then a deafening sound of artillery shell explosions sounded on the battlefield. A total of 12 orange-red fireballs swept across the surrounding large number of Northern Expedition officers and equipment, and rose directly from the ground and appeared on the battlefield...
While the heavy artillery cannons rang out on the battlefield, other small-caliber mountain cannons and infantry cannons... at the same time, at the same time, they used their fastest shooting speed to pour one shell after another, as if they were not worth it. They poured into the dense crowd of the follow-up troops of the Northern Expedition Army...
More than one hundred shells with amazing destructive power were used to plunder and harvest the lives of soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army on the battlefield with the bloodiest means.
In a blink of an eye, the lives of hundreds of soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army disappeared with the explosion of the shells.
Of course, the greatest power of dense shells is not that it causes great damage to the follow-up troops of the Northern Expedition Army. It is that it causes great chaos to the follow-up troops of the Northern Expedition Army in a short period of time.
Faced with shells that could land beside him at any time and the follow-up troops of the Northern Expedition Army with tens of thousands of people, they were immediately in a state of chaos where the soldiers could not find their generals or their generals. What's more important is that
In order to deal with the upcoming retreat, Lao Jiang specially ordered a simple blocking position temporarily built by an infantry regiment. Before he could exert his due power and role, he was instantly torn to pieces by the sound of shell explosions one after another...
"Commander-in-Chief, the security division has begun to counterattack... At most, the security division's artillery fire will hit our heads for five minutes. It's too late. I suggest that for your safety and for hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army, let the guards escort you to retreat immediately..." Looking at the artillery fire not far away, which was constantly extending to the location of the enemy command center, an operational staff member rushed into the command center and persuaded anxiously.
"Commander-in-Chief, I beg you to retreat immediately..." As the sound of artillery approached, dozens of subordinates answered in unison in the command center, with the atmosphere becoming more and more serious.
Although Lao Jiang was very unyielding and even couldn't believe the sudden failure in front of him. However, as the rumbling sound of cannons continued to reach his ears, a strong sense of danger slowly enveloped his head, making him unable to help but fall into deep thought. It is clear that on the battlefield where the war is full of deadly shells, no matter whether you are the commander-in-chief or an ordinary soldier, you are treated equally.
So, with the persuasion of a number of subordinates, for his own safety and for various political ambitions that he had not yet realized, Commander-in-Chief Jiang took advantage of this step and retreated to the rear with great unwillingness.
Commander-in-chief Lao Chiang retreated. Among the 30,000 elite Northern Expedition Army, the officers who were afraid of death finally found a reason to flee. Without any hesitation, they followed Commander-in-chief Lao Chiang and joined the ranks of the escape.
As a result, the Northern Expedition Army, which had already become chaotic, immediately broke out into a large-scale retreat under the influence of this retreat idea...
The front command of the security division, Li Guosheng, was standing at the lookout with a serious face, looking at the battlefield that was completely covered by artillery fire a few kilometers away.
As time passed by minute by minute, the area covered by artillery fire became larger and larger. Of course, the latest battle situation on the front line was also transmitted to the command center by phone, and to the ears of Commander Li Guosheng.
"Report the division seat, the vanguard of the Northern Expedition Army's vanguard has been completely covered by our artillery fire, and the defenders have suffered heavy losses..."
"Trider seat. Frontier Observation Post report, the follow-up troops of the Northern Expedition Army that were shelled have begun to retreat to the rear..."
"Trial seat, good news..... The latest report of Commander Zhang of the Guard Regiment: The defense line of the Northern Expedition Army that was blocking the troops has been completely torn apart by our artillery fire..... Commander Zhang asked whether the troops will launch a counterattack immediately, break through the enemy's defense line in one fell swoop, and enter the assembly ground of the Northern Expedition Army's follow-up troops, and give them a fatal blow."
"Reporting the division seat...the follow-up troops of the Northern Expedition Army showed signs of overall defeat..."
As soon as the last combat staffer finished speaking, a smile of excitement flashed quickly on the face of Commander Li Guosheng. He said boldly to the subordinates in front of him: "Okay... Yu Xiansheng fought well... As long as we can overwhelm the last life-saving straw in the hearts of the Northern Expedition Army, these tens of thousands of Northern Expedition Army will be completely finished..."
"Since God gives me the opportunity to guard the security division, I, Li Guosheng, must seize it. Now I order: the guard regiment to attack immediately and give the followers of the Northern Expedition Army a fatal blow... As for other troops, according to our scheduled combat plan, launch a general attack on the current followers of the Northern Expedition Army at the corresponding location and at the corresponding time, and take it down in one fell swoop..."
Seeing the passionate commander Li Guosheng in front of him, thinking about the upcoming final victory. The faces of his subordinates were directly shrouded in excitement and expectation, and answered decisively: "Please rest assured and ensure that the task is completed..."
"Boom boom boom boom..." Under the cover of dense shell explosions, more than 2,000 elite guards had quietly moved to the forefront of the position, waiting for the final blow to the current Northern Expedition Army...
"Bang bang bang..." After three crisp signal flares exploded three gorgeous fireworks in the air. Just as it was raining, the shells that continued to fall on the front positions of the Northern Expedition Army immediately disappeared.
Artillery clusters quickly aimed their black muzzles at the rear position of the Northern Expedition Army's assembly site and began to pour artillery shells into the rear.
The Northern Expedition Army vanguard position, which had been blown into chaos by artillery shells, was about to escape the artillery attack. Just as the heavy rain bullets were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they had once again hit their faces, pressing against their heads and flying across the huge position, pressing the Northern Expedition Army officers and soldiers who were just about to take a breath, so they couldn't lift their heads.
The officers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army had not yet reacted from the sudden heavy rain of bullets, and the continuous clamor of killing sounds followed closely and reached their ears.
In the eyes of more than 2,000 elite soldiers in the guard regiment, victory was already a result of reach. However, more than 2,000 elite soldiers still followed the training manual specially edited by Li Guosheng, three people, three teams, three teams and one line... More than 2,000 people, holding various weapons, patted very loose formations, and appeared in front of the guard division's blocking position...
In the eyes of the enemy, the sparse attack formation looks very messy and it is impossible to organize very tight offensive firepower. However, the large number of submachine guns and light machine guns equipped by the guard regiment fired a ventilated bullet net at the front-line attack position of the Northern Expedition Army that had been completely torn apart by artillery fire at the beginning of the attack...
"No, the security division started to counterattack..... machine guns, machine gunners, immediately began to counterattack..... "Faced with the counterattack of the guard regiment, the Northern Expedition Army attacked the position directly, and the roars and commands of an officer were heard.
However, what surprised all the officers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army arrived was that their counterattack firepower seemed very dense. However, in such a sparse attacking queue of the guard regiment, there were no results in the battle.
Not only that, the large number of machine gun fire points just exposed by the Northern Expedition Army were completely destroyed in the face of the dense cross firepower shot from the "33" offensive formation of the Guard Corps. They were either beaten to the point of being unable to lift their heads, or under the dense offensive firepower of the Guard Corps, together with the machine gunners, were completely destroyed...
The Guard Corps has its own tricky offensive formation and dense offensive firepower...
On the front-line attack positions of the Northern Expedition Army, the officers and soldiers with low morale were in a messy blocking position, and it was difficult to find a machine gun. Of course, even if they were found, they could not carry out any effective counterattack under the suppression of the dense cross-offensive firepower of the guard regiment...
One of them has risen and the other has declined. The elite soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army, who were invincible in the past, directly showed a scene that everyone could not believe...
Faced with the attack of more than 2,000 elite troops of the Guard Regiment of the Guard Regiment and the storm of countless light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns, nearly a thousand Northern Expedition officers and soldiers who survived the front positions of the Northern Expedition Army directly lost the courage to continue to resist...
Faced with the suppression of the fierce attack firepower of the guard regiment, the Northern Expedition Machine Gunners who were suppressed so much that they could not raise their heads at all and could die at any time. They threw down the light and heavy machine guns in their hands, left the machine gun position that could have taken their lives at any time, and began to flee.
Ordinary infantry, who loses the cover of light and heavy machine guns and is also under heavy attack firepower by the guard regiment, is also so pressed that they cannot lift their heads. Not to mention counterattack, they don’t even have the chance to raise their heads…
In addition, a large number of light and heavy machine gunners on the position have begun to flee in the face of death. To a certain extent, it has affected the courage of these ordinary infantry to continue to resist...
Facing the attacking troops of the guard regiment who were getting closer and closer and almost unstoppable, officers and soldiers with poor psychological qualities had already developed a hint of wanting to retreat...
When one of the officers and soldiers howled, threw down their weapons, and fled backwards desperately, the remaining officers and soldiers finally found a reason to retreat. Regardless of the orders of the officers around them, they stared at the densely packed bullets above their heads and joined the ranks of retreat...
"Brothers, run away quickly. If you don't run away, you will be beaten to death..."
"Brothers. The security guards can even beat the Japanese, let alone us... If you don't want to die, run away quickly... Even if we die, we will die at the hands of the Japanese. We must not die in vain at the hands of the Japanese. We must not die in vain at the hands of the anti-Japanese heroes..."
"If you don't want to be a traitor, retreat immediately... The guards are all anti-Japanese heroes. We can't fight anti-Japanese heroes. Brothers, go quickly..."
Sudden screams began to sound among the dense fleeing teams at the frontier positions of the Northern Expedition Army, which directly aggravated the panic of these Northern Expedition Army officers and soldiers...
In addition, the harsh guns, violent screams, and deafening shouts from the guards... continued to reach the ears of these people. In order to survive, these Northern Expedition officers and soldiers, who had lost their morale, directly accelerated their escape invisibly. What's more, they had thrown away the stumbling rifles, bullet belts, and grenade belts in their hands, to speed up their escape speed...
The guard regiment of the Guards of the Guards of the Guards of the Guards will certainly not miss this good opportunity to defeat the elite of the Northern Expedition Army in one fell swoop...
The regiment commander Zhang Huxiao gave the order, and the entire guard regiment was like taking stimulants. He was raising all kinds of equipment and roaring behind the defeated soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army, and began to pursue...
The Guard Division Command received good news from the Guard Corps, and the entire command was instantly shrouded in excitement.
"Teacher, the task of the guard regiment has been completed... The two and three regiments have just sent the latest news. The two main regiments have all been in place and can launch an attack immediately. Look..." An excited combat staff member suggested.
"Of course, we should launch an attack immediately, and take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the Northern Expedition Army falling into chaos to expand the results of the war as much as possible.... We passed our orders, the two guards and two guards and two guards and immediately launched a general attack.... The five guards and six guards and two guards and followed closely to launch an attack to expand the results of the war.... The cavalry regiment, looking for a favorable opportunity, launch a raid on the Northern Expedition Army's defeated troops.... The secret service regiment is ready to welcome the enemy.... "The confident Li Guosheng decisively opened his orders.
“Yes, the teacher…”
The two main groups of the security divisions successfully moved to the two wings of the Northern Expedition Army, directly below the mountain and tigers, like two sharp swords unleashed, densely packed towards the Northern Expedition Army, and a chaotic defeated troops launched an assault...
Two sharp blades penetrated hard into the middle of the defeated soldiers. Suddenly, they stopped almost 4,000 Northern Expedition troops...
Thousands of defeated soldiers cut off by their waists were directly surrounded by the two main groups of the Guard Division. The result waiting for them was to be completely wiped out, except for being completely wiped out, there was only one way to surrender to the Guard Division.
Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army were cut off two pieces of fat with a total strength of more than 6,000 people by two main groups. However, their misfortune did not end here. The cutting operation of the two main groups had just been completed, and a huge roar sounded directly from the right wing of tens of thousands of defeated soldiers...
Looking in the direction of the sound, a black cavalry appeared directly in the eyes of all the defeated soldiers...
On the Chinese battlefield where armored troops have not yet been developed, the cavalry troops still dominate the battlefield and have absolute advantages in front of ordinary infantry...
One thousand meters away, the cavalry, who were still black just now, directly lit up more than three hundred shiny sabers. Suddenly, a burst of cold air appeared in the middle of the vast cavalry formation... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!