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Chapter 62: The Northern Expedition Sending Troops to Hunan

On June 20, 1926, after the conventional troops from Guizhou Province assembled in Huaihua, Zhang Zhonglin's brigade and Liu Yucai's brigade rode in large trucks, with the cooperation of intelligence personnel and independent regiments, and drove towards them all the way through the starry night.

The first target: Shaoyang.

Zhang Zhonglin has now changed his name to Zhang Lingfu. The reason is that when he was studying in the military academy, Generalissimo Haoren occasionally came to the school. He saw Zhang Zhonglin from a distance and called him: "Zhang Lingfu, Zhang Lingfu, come here."

Zhang Zhonglin heard the Generalissimo calling someone, and looked back at the Generalissimo, but he didn't know who he was calling.

Generalissimo Haoren saw that Zhang Lingfu had not come, so he pointed at him and shouted: "Zhang Lingfu, come here."

Only then did Zhang Zhonglin realize that the Generalissimo was calling him, but my name was Zhang Zhonglin. Zhang Zhonglin came over confused and said, "Generalissimo, are you calling me? But my name is Zhang Zhonglin."

When Haoren heard this, he realized that he had made a big mistake. He patted his head and said, "Uh, I forgot that you haven't changed your name yet."

Afterwards, Zhang Zhonglin was puzzled. Zhang Zhonglin has been in Yibin for some time now. He has heard many stories about the Generalissimo and witnessed some achievements with his own eyes. This guy was born to be a soldier and now he admires the Generalissimo.

He was simply in awe. Since the Generalissimo liked this name, he would call him Zhang Lingfu from now on. Therefore, the name Zhang Lingfu came out in advance. Speaking of who in Yibin’s army was promoted the fastest, it was Zhang Lingfu. Don’t forget that when Zhang Lingfu came to Yibin, he was still

He became a brigade commander in a blink of an eye. He was promoted in every battle. Zhang Lingfu knew that the Generalissimo was cultivating him, and Zhang Lingfu also strived for it. Studying in the military academy always came first, and there would never be any mistakes in every battle.

I played very well, but I don't talk much at ordinary times, but I understand in my heart, and all my energy is used in practical actions.

Shaoyang is only a hundred kilometers away from Huaihua, and we arrived at 4:30 in the afternoon. The barracks here only have the strength of less than one regiment. The brigade commander Zhang Lingfu issued a combat order: "The second regiment is responsible for the external encirclement, and the first regiment rushes directly into the barracks.

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Under the guidance of intelligence personnel and the independent regiment, trucks covered with steel plates rumbled straight into the barracks. The sentry in the barracks noticed that the situation was abnormal. As soon as he picked up his gun and said nothing, he was hit by the machine gun on the truck.

...ta da da" A burst of gunfire put it out, and a series of trucks roared past and rushed into the barracks. The trucks lined up facing the barracks, and then there was a burst of gunfire at the doors and windows. The momentum was really scary.

After the gunfire, the loudspeaker on the car shouted: "People inside, listen, you are surrounded. If you want to survive, throw your weapons out of the window first. You will be given three minutes. Anyone who refuses to hand over the gun will be shot."

"

The people inside saw rows of steel monsters and mud horses outside from the window. Even if they tried to resist, it was in vain. No one would be stupid. They were looking for death because they wanted to live longer. Firearms were thrown out of the window.

Soldiers from a company of the Independent Regiment rushed into the barracks and took prisoners from room to room. Seeing that the situation was under control, Zhang Lingfu gave the order: "Withdraw." The engines of the trucks began to roar, and the trucks drove in sequence.

He roared out of the barracks and headed straight for the next target. Peat, is this considered a war? It took less than twenty minutes. The rest will be left to the independent regiment, and the garrison regiment behind will soon follow.

Taking over the local defense, this "peach picking" operation focuses on highlighting the word "quick".

Zhang Lingfu's brigade galloped towards Changsha at night, while Liu Yucai's brigade was already on its way to Loudi. They had to wait until the follow-up troops arrived before they could leave and rush to Changsha to support Zhang Lingfu's brigade. After Changsha was captured, half of the war in Hunan was completed. According to

According to advance intelligence, there are not many Beiyang troops in Loudi, so it won't take much effort to capture them.

Shaoyang is still more than 200 kilometers away from Changsha. The road in this era is difficult, especially at night. Zhang Lingfu was so anxious that he shouted, the driver took turns to take a rest, and the soldiers slept in the car. People kept driving forward without stopping.

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Not to mention Zhang Lingfu's hard work on the road, it was more comfortable on the other side of Yichang. The four brigades rode down the river in boats. They stopped at any place with few soldiers along the way. Naturally, independent regiments would deal with it. Where there were more soldiers, they left

The next part of the army was dealt with, and they destroyed cities and villages along the way and rushed straight to Changsha along the Yangtze River. When they arrived in Changsha, there was just one brigade left.

Just when Zhang Lingfu arrived in Xiangtan after hard work, a brigade of the North Route Army had already started fighting in the north of Changsha. Haoren strictly ordered the Zhao Shusen Brigade of the North Route not to attack Changsha City by force, and they also had to make a big fanfare and bang all the way for fear of fear.

People don't know that they are going to attack Changsha. If you don't call them thieves, this old guy is very cunning. There is no problem in attacking Changsha City, but there will definitely be many more dead people. This guy doesn't want to suffer a loss.

, Besides, there is no guarantee that the news will not be leaked if we go down the river to destroy the city. It is better to stage a feint attack to attract the enemy defenders in Changsha City to come out to fight. The real trump card is the armored truck unit of Zhang Lingfu Brigade on the South Road. Even the troops on the South Road

It was exposed, but being so far away from Changsha City, the enemy must not have expected that Zhang Lingfu and the others would reach Changsha City so quickly.

Sure enough, when the defenders of Changsha heard that the enemy troops were attacking Changsha, they quickly organized their troops. The defenders of Changsha only had about two brigades of troops. This was still the provincial capital, and other cities were scattered here and there. The total number of troops supported by Hunan and Hubei was

With the total strength of seven divisions and five brigades, there are six divisions and two brigades on the front line. Do you think that if such a large Hunan is spread out, wouldn't it be an empty city strategy?

Zhao Shusen's brigade encountered the enemy a long way from Changsha City, and the two sides began to fight on the spot. Zhao Shusen's brigade was not impatient and chose a favorable terrain to dig trenches and set up a position.

If you're not in a hurry, the other side won't do it. Why are you traveling in such a leisurely way? How dare you touch the tiger's butt? I'll beat you up. The enemy's commander is not a reckless person. At first, he only sent out a very small number of troops for testing.

First there was a burst of artillery fire, and then only one company of troops was sent to attack each position. The calculation was good, but what he faced was not an ordinary army, they were all bad guys. In response to the enemy's artillery bombardment, the artillerymen of Zhao Shusen's brigade were all

Too lazy to fight back, shells fell sparsely on the position, and the soldiers hid in the cat's ear holes and suffered no major casualties at all.

After the shelling, the commanders of each department looked at the front of the position. Well, to test it out, these thieves naturally knew how to deal with it. So, sparse gunshots rang out from the position. A gunshot sounded, and an enemy

The army fell down. The gun was so accurate. The soldiers in Yibin were fed bullets. Besides, the commander ordered not to shoot without aiming. These soldiers used the other side's soldiers to practice aiming!

A few hundred meters away, one company's troops suffered nearly half casualties. The enemy company commander couldn't stand it anymore and ordered a retreat. Their commander was also observing and found that the opponent's troops and firepower were not strong. He saw that their soldiers were slowly swallowing.

The man on the ground yelled loudly. The company commander returned to the rear and was unlucky. When he came to the commander and was about to report, the commander slapped him across the face, "Pah... pah".

There was a loud noise, and then he kicked the unfortunate company commander far away.

Since the opponent's strength was revealed to be weak, the brigade commander was no longer polite and decided to attack with heavy troops, investing four battalions at a time. The entire battlefield was covered in darkness by the attacking army.

Brigadier Zhao Shusen was also observing. When he saw that the enemy had been fooled, he smiled "hehe" to his subordinates and said, "Guys, the food is here, have a good drink!"

All the subordinates burst out laughing and went to make arrangements one after another.

There was no movement from the Beiyang Army 200 meters away from the position, there was no movement 150 meters away, and there was still no movement from the enemy even after it was nearly 100 meters away from the position. The whole battlefield was so weird that even the commander of the Beiyang Army who was responsible for the attack felt a little bit in his heart.

Strange, Ni Ma, why do you feel so frightened? It's so uncomfortable. This guy gritted his teeth and shouted: "Come on, hurry up!"

Well, this time the soldiers no longer advanced slowly step by step, but rushed quickly, and quickly passed ninety meters, eighty meters, seventy meters, sixty meters, five..., the former soldiers had just

Fifty meters past the position, a violent shooting sound erupted from the opposite position. The sound was shocking. Bullets were raining down on the Beiyang Army soldiers in front of the position. People fell one after another. The people in front

When it was gone, the bullet began to extend backwards, and the soldier was finished without even having time to lie down. Ouch, what a powerful firepower this is!

Faced with such powerful firepower, the soldiers behind were frightened. When they saw the bullets starting to shoot in this direction, they ignored the commander's orders and ran back. Whoever runs faster will survive. In just a short while, the two men

A battalion of troops is gone. It’s really fucking scary!
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