Danyang City, located in the south of Zhenjiang, is one of the important military arteries leading from the interior of Jiangsu Province to Shanghai. The important geographical feature here is that the Nantong to Jiangsu Province is close to Shanghai, the north is Zhenjiang, and the west is Nanjing, the important city of Jiangsu Province. Danyang is located exactly
As long as Danyang is captured as an important railway center, it can directly control the lifeline of railways to and from these three places, paralyzing Qi Xieyuan's later supplies and troop exchanges. Therefore, capturing Danyang is the top priority of the attack on Jiangsu Province.
Heavy.
Zhang Zongchang is a carefree man, but he is not ambiguous at all when it comes to fighting. After leading troops in battles for so many years, he naturally knows exactly where the battlegrounds for military strategists are. Therefore, after taking Zhenjiang, he did not delay at all and directly
Strike while the iron is hot and send troops to Danyang, hoping to capture Danyang in the fastest possible way and approach Shanghai.
For Qi Xieyuan, Zhang Zongchang's capture of Zhenjiang was tantamount to directly opening the door to Su Province, making Su Province undefeable and wide open. This is, and Danyang is a small place compared to Zhenjiang.
But its strategic position is even better than Zhenjiang. If Zhenjiang and Nanjing are lost, Danyang can prevent the Lu army from going south. If Danyang is lost, not to mention Zhang Zongchang can send troops to surround Nanjing on three sides, even Shanghai.
They will also be exposed to the iron hoof of the Lu army, which shows the importance of Danyang.
But what Qi Xieyuan didn't expect was that just when he received the news of Sun Chuanfang's joint operation, the news of the Lu Army's White Russian Army coming to Danyang also came one after another, which made him no longer happy.
In doubt, the supporting troops were already too late.
When Zhenjiang City was breached, Qi Xieyuan had long expected that the Lu Army would attack Danyang. As a provincial governor, Qi Xieyuan still had some military strategic vision. However, he never expected that the Lu Army would move so quickly.
It was just a day and a half. When the 30,000 support troops that I had sent from Shanghai early were still halfway there, the Lu army came to the city. What should I do?
Han Baihang and the soldiers of the Belarusian Corps took the same train and drove to Danyang City in a mighty manner. Along the way, Han Baihang's soldiers were strictly disciplined, sitting and standing, even eating and replenishing.
It was carried out in an orderly manner, but on the other hand, the White Russian Army was really miserable. It was a mess, with people fighting, swearing, drinking, and smoking. It didn't look like an army at all. If they took off their military uniforms, Han Baihang would definitely kill them.
As a group of bandits.
Just two-thirds of the way through the sixth carriage, Han Baihang's orderly subordinates were clearly distinguished from the "random" soldiers of the White Russian Army. The White Russian Army looked down on the "pretentiousness" of Han Baihang's soldiers, and Han Baihang's subordinates also looked down on the White Russians.
The behavior of legionnaires is like that of bandits. The two parties do not deal with each other, and neither party pays attention to the other.
The train traveled for only three and a half hours before arriving at Danyang City. In addition to the White Russian Army Corps and a division of Han Baihang who got off the train, Zhang Zongchang's armored troops had also arrived at Danyang City early, eyeing the enemy.
Aiming at Danyang City, waiting to rendezvous with friendly forces.
Looking at Danyang City again, compared with the momentum created by these tens of thousands of troops, it is like a small piece of grass that is swayed by the strong wind, and seems to be swallowed up by the army at any time.
It was already afternoon when Han Baihang got off the train. The weather was sunny today. The afternoon sun cast its setting sun slantingly on the small Danyang City. The shadow of Danyang City was stretched out and trampled under the feet of the Fengtian army.
He looked so pitiful when he was crushed under an armored vehicle.
There was no dialogue, no signal, and the battle started so suddenly. The Fengtian troops, who were ready to go, were reminded by a cannon shot from nowhere, and launched the final attack directly towards the small city of Danyang.
Yes, the first attack is the last attack.
The artillery of the White Russian Army has long been famous all over the world. Although the soldiers of the White Russian Army are misbehaving in life, during the war, the power they unleashed cannot be underestimated. Hundreds of large and small caliber cannons were aimed at the Danyang Tower.
There was no need to adjust or precise positioning. Hundreds of cannons were fired at Danyang in no particular order. After three rounds of shells, the entire city of Danyang was already a sea of flames.
The artillery fire was mixed with gunpowder smoke. In the gunpowder smoke, soldiers running back and forth could be vaguely seen shouting for help. The flames on many soldiers flickered back and forth on the city wall, like a poor creature begging the God of Death.
Show mercy. But no one shows mercy. The shells are still going on and the war is still going on.
After a round of fierce artillery fire, Zhang Zongchang's armored force was dispatched next. For this ace armored force, Zhenjiang's city defense cannot restrict them, let alone Danyang, which has a weaker defense than Zhenjiang.
The city. The armored troops drove past in a mighty manner. Hidden behind them were countless soldiers of the White Russian Legion. Two people were on the left side of the armored vehicle, two people were on the right side, and four people were following the rear side of the armored vehicle.
, on the one hand, it is to let the armored vehicle's thick armor protect itself, and on the other hand, it is to prevent enemies from approaching the armored vehicle and risking their lives to die with the armored vehicle.
Zhang Zongchang can still calculate how many oceans a complete armored vehicle costs and how many oceans a soldier costs. Therefore, his strategy can be regarded as maximizing profits. The reason why soldiers boldly accept such a war is
The formation was because they discovered in hundreds of battles, large and small, that few enemies could brave the hail of bullets from armored vehicles to approach armored vehicles, so their danger was not as great as imagined.
Under the fierce attack of the armored forces, the Danyang City Gate was quickly blown down, and large holes were blasted out one after another in the city wall. After these two rounds of fierce artillery attacks, the effective forces in Danyang City had already been defeated.
It's so unbearable that even self-rescue is a problem, let alone preventing a counterattack.
It's not that the defenders of Danyang City didn't expect such a fighting method from Fengjun, or that they were out of strength, but that they didn't have any effective methods.
Just when Zhenjiang City was broken, they had already received a telegram from Lieutenant Commander Qi Xieyuan. However, Danyang is a small town, and the defenders here do not have a large number of heavy artillery, nor armored troops like the Lu Army. What they do have,
It's just that this weak city defense, although they have already dug trenches outside the city to stop armored vehicles, seems to have no effect in the face of absolute strength.