In early July 1926, the Southern Route Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army suddenly appeared in Fujian Province and attacked eastward. On July 5, it had captured Yunxiao County and approached Zhangzhou, catching Sun Chuanfang, the commander-in-chief of the Five Provinces Alliance, by surprise. Sun Chuanfang

In response to the sudden change in the situation, Jiang Ding urgently ordered Zhou Yin, the governor of Fujian Province, to fight against the Northern Expeditionary Army in the south. Zhou Yinren organized more than 30,000 troops into four armies and fought against the Northern Expeditionary Army in the Zhangzhou area in early July.

.The Northern Expeditionary Army in the South took advantage of the successive victories in the battlefields of Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi to attack forcefully. In mid-July, the Southern Route Army broke through Zhangpu County and entered the outskirts of Zhangzhou.

Sun Chuanfang was very surprised when Fujian Province was suddenly attacked. He had only received news a few days ago that the Northern Expeditionary Army had gathered in Hunan to attack. How could it suddenly hit Fujian Province? Maybe the other side sent out a small force to harass.

Sun Chuanfang comforted himself and said that the news that came back also confirmed his guess. The number of troops attacking Fujian Province was indeed not very large, only more than 30,000 people or 40,000 troops at most.

The offensive and defensive battle in Zhangzhou was fierce. Both sides invested heavily in fighting tenaciously. Tang Shengzhi was also impatient. The Northern Route Army had passed through Jiangxi and entered the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. He had not yet made an inch of success here, but he was a fool.

The distance was too far and it was hard to explain. So, Old Tang issued a fatal order: "The troops are not allowed to stop attacking, and must defeat the current enemy at all costs." His order didn't matter, and it directly led to an unprecedentedly tragic battle.

His chief of staff reminded: "Commander, I'm afraid there will be more casualties in fighting like this. Is it better to slow down a little and take other methods?"

"No, the Northern Route Army has arrived in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and we are still separated from Fujian. This is extremely detrimental to the Northern Expeditionary Army. We must get closer to the Northern Expeditionary Army as soon as possible, otherwise, we will be defeated one by one." Old Tang Hao

He rejected the chief of staff's suggestion without hesitation.

It was mid-July. Due to the war crisis on the front line, Zhou Yinren had almost mobilized all the troops from Fujian. At this time, the three brigades of the Guizhou Northern Expeditionary Army assembled in Jiangxi suddenly set off, and the two brigades in Zixi were along Guangze County.

The Shaowu and Nanping front lines went south and began a long-distance attack on Fuzhou. A brigade deployed in Ruijin went south to Changting and attacked Longyan. Behind the three brigades were the independent regiment, the garrison regiment and a part of the working group.

On July 20, Zhang Lingfu's brigade and Zhao Hongliang's brigade arrived at the outskirts of Fuzhou. Zhang Lingfu ordered Qiu Qingquan to continue moving towards Putian, capture Putian and find favorable terrain around Putian to block the retreating troops of Zhou Yinren. Zhang Lingfu is now the regiment commander.

, was promoted to regimental commander immediately after the First World War in Jiangxi. His regiment was newly established and temporarily under the command of Zhang Lingfu.

Prior to this, special forces and intelligence personnel had already penetrated into Fuzhou, and preparations had been made. Everything was ready. All that was left was east wind.

On July 22, under the instigation of intelligence personnel, Yang Jingxiu, commander of the Fujian-Xiamen Garrison Command of the Fujian Navy, and Zhou Zhaorui, commander of the First Fleet and commander of the key port of Fujian, led the entire Fujian Navy to declare an uprising. Guizhou's Northern Expeditionary Army easily captured

Fuzhou.

At this time, both armies fighting fiercely in Zhangzhou already knew about the new situation in Fujian's rear. Zhou Yinren received a report on the 21st that an unknown army appeared in the direction of Fuzhou and was rapidly approaching Fuzhou. Tang Shengzhi received a report from Guizhou

The Northern Expeditionary Army informed that they would attack Fuzhou from behind the enemy to cooperate with the Northern Expeditionary Army's actions in the south. Tang Shengzhi's Southern Route Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army was required to be fully prepared. The excited Tang Shengzhi immediately shouted: "Okay, okay, now.

Look at how arrogant you Zhou Yinren is, your old home is about to be taken away and you have nowhere to run, haha, Zhou Yinren is already dead."

Tang Shengzhi ordered the Northern Expeditionary Army to take the opportunity to launch a new attack, but Zhou Yinren was about to be fired as soon as he saw the way out, leaving the two brigades Cao Wanshun and Du Qiyun to continue to resist the enemy. Early on the morning of the 22nd, he led the main force to quickly retreat to rescue Fuzhou.

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Qiu Qingquan chose Fengting Town as the first blocking location, using the bridge over Fengci Creek as the main blocking position. The army deployed along Fengci Creek. The water potential in Cixi was acceptable at the moment, but the water in the middle was as deep as the chest. It would be difficult to wade through it, but the army would just pass it.

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At noon on July 23rd, Zhou Yinren led his army to Fengting Town. What awaited him was that the road was blocked. Now Zhou Yinren was so furious that he couldn't care less about the threat to his home base, nor did he care about the long distance of the soldiers.

Tired from the trek, he was ordered to organize an attack immediately.

The battle started. Zhou Yinren ordered the army to forcefully cross the bridge, but he underestimated the army on the opposite side. Although the number was smaller, the weapons and equipment were better. Furthermore, Crazy Qiu armed the bridge to the teeth, using bricks on the outside and bricks on the inside.

Materials such as sandbags and crossbars build a double-layered fire fortress. Without heavy firepower, you cannot cross the bridge.

The Fujian army began to attack. They first sent a company to conduct a tentative attack. There was no way. It was useless to have more troops on such a bridge. The bridge was not long, only sixty or seventy meters.

You can rush across in one breath, but this is a battle. The opponent's firepower is very strong. Before they were halfway through, they withdrew due to too many casualties. If one company can't do it, then send a battalion to attack. The enemy troops are densely packed towards the bridge.

Rushing towards the opposite bridge, Qiu Qingquan's troops were also unambiguous. The dense gunfire began to fire fiercely. The machine gun fire was intense and direct. The enemy troops could not get close to them at all. It was simply the same as sending them to death.

There was no progress for most of the afternoon, and the anxious Zhou Yin people were furious. Damn it, I'm afraid they would be doomed if they didn't go to their old nest. So, when dusk approached, they ordered the army not only to attack on the bridge, but also to attack from the water, both above and below the bridge.

Attack simultaneously.

Although Qiu Qingquan had already been mentally prepared, such a large-scale attack still made Qiu Qingquan's army nervous. After all, the upper reaches of Fengci Creek is very long. How long can a regiment expand? Fortunately, Zhou Yinren was eager to charge.

In the past, he charged near the bridge, and the battle suddenly started. Madman Qiu was so stubborn that he did not let the enemy rush over until dark. The two sides fought in a dark battle, and the Fujian army relied on its strength of numbers.

Everyone, Qiu Qingquan's side relied on well-equipped weapons and equipment, fierce firepower, and a large number of effective forces to kill and injure the enemy.

Zhou Yinren's army really couldn't hold on any longer. Not to mention the deaths and serious injuries, let alone the fatigue that no human being can bear. Two consecutive days and one night without rest, even if they are not made of iron, who can bear it? Seeing it.

As the soldiers were extremely tired, the battle could no longer be fought, and the casualties were not small, so Zhou Yinren ordered the troops to withdraw and ended the afternoon's attack.

Before going to bed, Zhou Yinren's chief of staff advised him: "Commander, the casualties in this attack are too great. If it doesn't work, let's find another way. We don't have to go through the bridge. We can find a way upstream."

Zhou Yinren thought about it for a while. It looked like he couldn't cross the bridge. He might be able to cross it from above, so he nodded and said: "Well, that's all we have to do. We will send people upstream early tomorrow morning to find a way out. Our time is running out."

I'm sorry."

Although Zhou Yinren's idea is good, will the other party give them this opportunity? The answer is no. Early the next morning, Zhou Yinren sent a unit to go upstream. Of course, the attack on the bridge will not stop.

After breakfast, an attack battle on the bridge began again. Although the battle was fierce, the outcome was the same as yesterday, with only more casualties.

At about half past eight, gunshots rang out from the north. Not long after, some remnant soldiers ran down from a distance. There was a chaos outside that alarmed the people in Zhou Yin, who asked urgently: "What's going on?"

"It seems to be the battalion that was just sent out. Why are there enemy troops in the north?" the chief of staff next to him replied.

The battalion commander who was sent out soon ran in embarrassment in front of Zhou Yinren, and shouted from a distance: "It's not good, commander, a large number of troops are coming from the north. We are surrounded, it's over."

Zhou Yinren is so angry, you won't come close to speak, you have to shout and disturb the morale of the army, and the whole army will know about it. This guy didn't even finish running close to Zhou Yinren, but he still said, shouting: "

Commander..." Zhou Yinren was afraid that he would tell bad news again, so he pulled out his gun and shot the unlucky battalion commander to death with a bang.

The bad news didn't stop here. Within about ten minutes, another news came: enemy troops appeared behind the army, and the baggage and other troops were attacked. The broken troops fled this way in a swarm. Now the whole army is in chaos.

Yes, we were really surrounded this time, with the sea to the south and troops appearing on all three sides.

The Zhou Yin people hurriedly sent troops in two directions to stop the enemy. What a waste of time. The troops sent in both directions were destroyed in a short time. Repeatedly, Zhou Yin people's army continued to shrink, and was compressed in less than two hours.

This small place at the bridge is surrounded by enemy troops.

Zhou Yinren looked around at the few remaining defeated generals, sighed, and said helplessly to the chief of staff: "It's over, surrender, don't let the soldiers die."
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