Chapter 206 Guiyang Offensive and Defensive Battle
The more Yang Du talked, the more excited he became. In the early years when he was in Japan, he had argued with Huang Xing and others. Yang Du insisted on a constitutional monarchy for China, while Huang Xing and others firmly believed in a democratic republic for China. Now it seems that Yang Du has won the battle.
For the most part, Yuan Shikai eliminated the biggest obstacle in front of him in one fell swoop.
Lao Yuan was also very excited: "Xizi, I've seen you do everything for me. No one in Xingcheng can match your strategy and knowledge. It's Yuan's blessing to have your help!"
After Lao Yuan played a game of harmony between the king and his ministers, he immediately ordered Qiao Yu and Liu Xianshi to destroy Xiong Kewu as soon as possible. At the same time, he mobilized the Beiyang army to begin an all-round encirclement and suppression of the White Wolf bandit army. The Sichuan army's troops were approaching Guiyang.
At this time, Liu Xianshi was commanding the Guizhou army to surround Guiyang from the southeast, and the Sichuan army surrounded the northwest. Xiong Kewu suddenly became a turtle in the urn. After several days of bloody battles, Xiong Kewu had less than 7,000 men left. For Liu Xianshi, he still had
It's a bit difficult, and now that the Sichuan army is more powerful, isn't it even more difficult to resist?
Xiong Kewu was sitting in the headquarters, clutching a telegram in his hand. It was the telegram that Sun Wen had sent to him not long ago, promising reinforcements, guns, ammunition, money and food. As long as Xiong Kewu could hold on for a few more days, everything would be
Everything will get better. Xiong Kewu persisted for seven days with full hope, but the news came that Sun Wen and others were completely defeated. They had fled to Japan with their tails between their legs, and now he was the only one left who was still fighting.
Xiong Kewu wanted to escape, but he was not willing to give away Guiyang, which he had finally obtained with great difficulty. Now he had no choice but to give it a try.
Xiong Kewu immediately ordered the mobilization of the entire city, mobilizing all the men in Guiyang who were fifteen years old and above and forty years old below to help Yuan Jun defend the city. At the same time, he personally placed the main force in the North City and built several lines of defense.
In response to the Sichuan Army's attack, while Xiong Kewu was frantically preparing for war, the Sichuan Army also calmly mobilized its troops. Planes flew to Guiyang City every day, or dropped some leaflets, and sometimes dropped a few grenades.
Although these could not bring substantial harm to Yuan's army, they were undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow to morale. The defenses inside and outside the city fell into the eyes of the Sichuan army. Xiong Kewu became more and more depressed. This gap in technical equipment made him
Extreme frustration, which cannot be compensated by the command level at all, and Xiong Kewu's command level is also mediocre.
On the third day, at ten o'clock in the morning, artillery boomed from the Sichuan Army's position, and blazing shells fell towards the Yuan Army's position. After a simple correction, the Sichuan Army's artillery fire became more fierce, filling the sky with dust and gunpowder smoke.
The pervasive and deafening sound of cannons frightened the soldiers who were attacking Yuan's army.
"Cannon? Where is our cannon? Fire back quickly, fire back!"
Xiong Kewu yelled sternly, and the artillerymen reluctantly pushed their cannons out and began to fire back sparsely. The sound of the Sichuan army's artillery seemed to be suppressed. Xiong Kewu's face seemed to be much better. At this time, several artillery shells seemed to be fired.
As if his eyes were blinded, he fell on the artillery position of the Yuan Army. The artillery shells exploded, and the artillery shells on the position also exploded. In an instant, three cannons were blasted into the sky, and more than a dozen artillerymen were also blown to pieces.
Half of the artillery used against Yuan's army were old-fashioned front cannons with very limited power. The remaining few were mountain cannon imported from France, which were the main force of the artillery. In this round of attacks, more than half of the new artillery was damaged.
, Xiong Kewu's heart felt as if it had been ripped out, and the pain was extremely painful. However, the Sichuan army on the opposite side did not give him a chance to feel sad. Another round of artillery shells blew up the artillery position of the Yuan army to pieces. It was terrible to see.
Immediately under the cover of artillery, the Sichuan Army soldiers rushed out of the trenches and quickly approached the Yuan Army's position. The machine guns and artillery provided a strong cover for the Sichuan Army. They were able to approach the Yuan Army's position with minimal casualties, and the distance between the two sides was only a small distance.
At one or two hundred meters, the rifles in the hands of the Sichuan soldiers began to show their power. As long as anyone on the other side dared to show their head, they would be hit like a storm...
Many of the soldiers fighting against Yuan's army blindly shot bullets into the air. Finally, the Sichuan army pressed them to the front of the trenches. These soldiers fighting against Yuan's army were no longer willing to sacrifice their lives for Xiong Kewu. The illusory reinforcements would never arrive, and they were unwilling to fight for those who listened.
The slogans that sounded great were ruined, and the soldiers retreated one after another.
As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain. If one person runs away, there will be a second and third one. The speed of Yuan's army's retreat is no less than that of an avalanche. Countless soldiers dropped the guns in their hands and ran away with their heads in their hands.
In this way, the whole front of Yuan's army collapsed, and even Xiong Kewu could not stop it, so he had to retreat to the city under the protection of the guards.
"I didn't expect that Xiong Kewu could not help but beat him. Isn't this killing a chicken with a knife?"
Han Yong accompanied Qiao Yu to the front line. From a distance, he could see the position set up by Yuan Jun. The position was extremely rough. There were only a few shallow trenches, which could only cover most of his body, and the rest was exposed.
Outside, the number of machine guns and artillery was very sparse, and the positions were set up unreasonably. Qiao Yu originally thought that Xiong Kewu's last battle would bring some trouble to the Sichuan army, but now it seems that it is not as difficult to deal with as imagined.
The soldiers of the Sichuan Army followed Xiong Kewu and chased into Guiyang City. At this time, Guiyang City was already in chaos. When the civilians who were forcibly recruited saw Yuan's army collapse, they also dispersed one after another. Some of the braver ones even picked up spades.
Hao, began to attack Yuan Jun.
Xiong Kewu led his trusted subordinates and fled to the Commander's Mansion, where a large number of defeated troops had gathered. Many of them had retreated from Dongcheng and Nancheng. Just when the Sichuan Army launched its attack, Liu Xianshi also urged the Guizhou Army to start.
When attacking, he absolutely could not let the Sichuan army seize the opportunity, so he resorted to a life-threatening strategy. After paying more than a thousand lives, Liu Xianshi struggled to overcome Yuan's army's defense line.
These Guizhou troops had been deeply tortured by the war and were a little hysterical. After entering the city, they looted, burned and killed without any regard. A large number of soldiers who had surrendered were also killed. This behavior only encouraged Yuan Jun to rebel.
In a last act of bravery, he defended several streets near the Commander's Mansion and fought fierce street battles with the Sichuan and Guizhou armies.
The Sichuan Army soldiers were also a little careless, and two machine guns at the main entrance of the Commander's Mansion killed dozens of them. Shi Yi rushed to the front of the Commander's Mansion in person at this time. It was surprising to see that victory was so close, but it was so difficult to win.
Angry, he suddenly thought of a good idea and hurriedly asked a small group of soldiers to carry two mortars to pass through the houses on both sides of the street and approach the commander's mansion.
When they were still about 200 meters away from the commander's mansion, this small group of soldiers adjusted the angles of the two mortars. They were all the most elite gunners. They couldn't say they were 100% sure, but they wouldn't be much worse.
, after choosing the angle, he immediately loaded the bomb. Two shells fell into the sky. One of them landed right on the gatehouse of the Commander's Mansion. The gatehouse was knocked down by the violent explosion. The other one missed a few meters. What a coincidence.
It fell next to a machine gun. The machine gun was also turned into parts, and several soldiers around it were also killed.
The soldiers who were fighting against Yuan Jun were stunned by the sudden artillery fire. They had no idea how the artillery shells came, let alone how to avoid them. At this moment, several more artillery shells fell in succession, blowing up the front door of the general's mansion.
Fei lost his last stronghold, and Yuan's army quickly collapsed!