At dawn, the Nanjing Field stood like a giant in front of Han Baihang. In front of it, Han Baihang's division was so insignificant, but in the huge city of Nanjing, no one knew the huge power contained in Han Baihang's small division.
Once the energy breaks out, it will cause a devastating blow to the city of Nanjing.
Han Baihang's division has not undergone any huge changes since it returned from Jiamusi last time to suppress the bandits. The only difference is the addition of an artillery battalion. This is Han Baihang's biggest capital for daring to attack Nanjing City.
In fact, before this, Han Baihang Division already had two artillery battalions and trained a large number of artillery troops. Although Han Baihang Division had been severely damaged, the foundation of the hundred-man squad was still there. With their existence, in the past year
It is not a big problem to build an artillery regiment here. The reason why only two artillery battalions were built for such a long time is because the weapons and equipment are insufficient.
To say that the most expensive thing in the army is undoubtedly the artillery. After a battle, especially when artillery is the main force, an attack will consume thousands of artillery shells. Although the combat effect is very obvious, it looks like a scene.
It is also very gorgeous and spectacular, but the shells fired are all money. Without enough capital, the average army really cannot afford artillery.
This is the reason why only two artillery battalions were built in the past. Although the artillery has strong firepower, it costs money. Secondly, once the artillery position is lost, the artillery is basically powerless. Generally speaking, it is not very effective.
Good deal.
The reason why it was able to form a complete artillery regiment this time was because of the enemy weapons and equipment captured in the Danyang battle last time, which allowed Han Baihang's artillery to form a complete and independent organization.
Not to mention Fengjun, even looking at the generals of the entire Republic of China, there are only a very small number of divisions that can be equipped with a complete artillery regiment. In this battle of Nanjing, Han Baihang's artillery regiment will definitely give full play to its best.
Strong strength.
The arrival of Han Baihang Division did not immediately alert the Nanjing garrison. This was not because they did not predict that the Feng Faction would attack Nanjing. On the contrary, when Zhenjiang fell, Nanjing knew that it was in danger, but the Feng Army
The Lu army's attack was too fast. Danyang fell again a day later. He could only protect himself and had no power to fight back.
Currently, Nanjing City still has one division of Qi Xieyuan's troops. Regarding Qi Xieyuan's deployment of troops, Han Baihang really did not dare to compliment him, but he could understand it. When the 100,000-strong army pressed down on the border, Qi Xieyuan knew that he was defeated, but he
We cannot give up all the land north of Shanghai to Zhang Zuolin, so we can only place our hope on the garrison troops in various places, which are not many in number in the first place.
In the eyes of Han Baihang, this approach is extremely wrong. Originally, Qi Xieyuan's troops did not have an advantage, and this method of dividing the troops into four places greatly dispersed the troops. It was impossible to form a strong resistance force in time and could only let it go.
It is eaten away bit by bit by the other party.
But for Qi Xieyuan, he really had no better way. He wanted to support him, but he couldn't move as fast as the other party. He wanted to withdraw. After all, Zhenjiang, Danyang, and Nanjing were all his territory. Although he had troops in Shanghai,
But he didn't dare to go all out to support him. If he failed, he would be defeated like a mountain and fall into an irreversible situation.
Now, Qi Xieyuan could only place his hopes on the strength of a division in Nanjing. As long as they dragged Sun Chuanfang's 20,000 troops to arrive, Nanjing would be safe.
But, will Han Baihang really give him such an opportunity?
The answer is of course no.
The dew on the grass and trees in the early morning had not yet dissipated, and Han Baihang's division was already gearing up outside Nanjing. They were not in a hurry, as if they were waiting for something.
Gao Hongyi had looked at his watch several times. Finally, he looked at his watch once and confirmed the time with the soldier next to him. Then he walked up to Han Baihang and said: "Commander, it's already half past six, and the time is also
It’s almost time, it should be here, right?”
Han Baihang took a telescope and looked at the scene in the city. After a long time, he slowly put down the telescope and said, "Wait a minute!"
Gao Hongyi looked a little anxious, and then said: "Commander, the art of war says that if the opportunity is too late, it will never come again. If we are discovered, we may lose the opportunity to take the lead. I think... should we act on our own?"
Han Baihang looked back at Gao Hongyi, then looked at the sky, and said: "Let's wait a little longer. After all, so many people's lives are at stake, and I don't want to be scolded by my father, mother, and ancestors! In this way, if I wait ten more minutes, if ten
In a few minutes, if they haven’t come yet, we’ll do it ourselves!”
Gao Hongyi nodded, passed on the order, and prepared to fight ten minutes later. The sound of preparing firearms rang out one after another, and the artillerymen were ready to move and build artillery positions.
Time always passes so slowly on the battlefield, one minute, two minutes... When eight minutes passed, Gao Hongyi looked at the sky, but there was still no movement. He had given up.
Han Baihang quietly looked at the lively scene around the Nanjing Drum Tower in the distance. He couldn't help but cursed secretly. Suddenly, just when Han Baihang was about to issue the order to attack, a line of white smoke suddenly appeared in the blue sky.
, on alert, Han Baihang Gao Hongyi and others heard the familiar sound of the aircraft engine, which was really not pleasant to hear from a distance.
However, when he saw the plane appear, Han Baihang finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
This plane was not local support, nor was it a plane for the city's defenders. On the contrary, after receiving the order to attack Nanjing yesterday, Han Baihang asked Marshal Zhang to send aircraft for support. This was also a crucial step for Han Baihang.
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However, the distance from Fengtian to Nanjing is too long, and Zhang Zuolin and Marshal Zhang cannot provide such long-distance aircraft support in such a short period of time. However, this is crucial to Han Baihang and Nanjing as a whole, so Marshal Zhang also
I can only contact Duan Qirui of the Anhui Department and ask the Anhui Department to help with this small favor.
For Duan Qirui, Qi Xieyuan's defeat was just a matter of time. In this case, it was the best thing for him to do a favor for the Feng clan, so he readily agreed. After all, it was also a meritorious deed.
