Chapter 128 A great victory May 16, 1909, noon, Neijiang Science and Technology Socialist Party headquarters.
"Haha, good job this time, I took down 9 towns of Yuan Datou and a heavy artillery association hahahaha" After reading the good news from the front line, Wen Desi couldn't help laughing.
In the decisive battle that started early this morning, due to the fatigue of the Beiyang Army, the night attack of the People's Liberation Army, and the uprising of the Heavy Artillery Association, all the heavy artillery was abolished and other factors.
The combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army dropped significantly.
Under the firepower of the People's Liberation Army, Duan Qirui's troops had almost no power to fight back.
When the shelling stopped and the infantry began to charge, the Beiyang Army resisted for less than half an hour before beginning to collapse.
They fled in a hurry along the railway line, but the back route to Hanzhuang was blocked by the People's Liberation Army.
After many failed counterattacks, it was already dawn.
The People's Liberation Army's air force joined the battle, and the Beiyang First Army, which had been shut down and beaten, knelt down.
This unit was completely annihilated.
It was a real annihilation.
Except for a few units staying on the rear railway line, none of the people who entered Jiangsu escaped.
During the fierce fighting, Zhang Xun's 14 towns also tried to break out of Xuzhou City and join Duan Qirui.
So the People's Liberation Army deliberately resisted for a while, then opened a hole and pretended to let them break through.
So Zhang Xun happily joined the First Army, and then his 14 towns also suffered the fate of destruction together with the First Army.
Subsequently, the 11th Division turned around and captured Xuzhou City with less than 2,000 defenders left.
In this battle, the Beiyang Army suffered more than 18,000 casualties and more than 19,000 minor or serious injuries.
A total of more than 64,000 people from Duan Qirui on down were captured.
When Xin Jie commanded the First Army to take action, the Second Army commanded by Rossi also caught up with Feng Guozhang in Suqian, who was desperately turning in.
However, they did not attack immediately, but only surrounded them.
Because they were chasing too fast, they also needed to rest.
When it got dark, the Air Force launched the first wave of attacks.
Because the Second Army was fleeing for their lives, they had almost lost all their heavy weapons and anti-aircraft weapons, and had no room to fight back against the air force's attack.
At 10 o'clock, the People's Liberation Army's heavy artillery troops arrived and the formal attack began.
The Second Beiyang Army, which lacked both heavy weapons and fortifications, was defeated without any suspense.
Feng Guozhang and other senior officers were well prepared.
As soon as they arrived in Suqian, they sent people to Luoma Lake to take control of some ships.
Seeing that they could no longer hold on, they took a few of their cronies and got on the ship, preparing to escape through Luoma Lake.
After other officers and soldiers discovered it, they followed suit.
But there were too many people and few boats, so some of them started fighting among themselves in order to seize the escaping boats.
Seeing that they could not grab the boat, some people jumped into Luoma Lake and prepared to swim away.
However, Feng Guozhang still failed to escape.
Their ships were attacked by the People's Air Force.
After sinking some of the ships, the rest surrendered, and even many of the swimmers surrendered.
However, Feng Guozhang was very unlucky.
Because his boat was the fastest, he became the first target of the air force, and he could not swim, so he suffered a tragedy.
When the people next to him picked him up, he was already dead and could no longer die.
The unlucky Lao Feng became the highest-ranking officer killed among the two warring parties in this battle.
Of course, he definitely doesn't want this honor.
Because the Beiyang Second Army was chased all the way, it was not completely surrounded like the First Army, and no one escaped.
From the time the People's Liberation Army started its attack and the Second Army's North Jiangsu defense line collapsed, soldiers fled all the way.
By the time Suqian was finally wiped out, at least several thousand people escaped.
According to statistics after the battle, the three towns of the Second Beiyang Army had a total of about 44,000 people.
Zhang Xun's 14 towns were in Xuzhou and were included in the First Army.
In several battles, more than 9,000 people were killed and more than 11,000 were injured. , more than 30,000 people were captured, and more than 3,000 people were missing.
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Most of these guys ran away.
Including the 16th town that was annihilated in Bengbu, there are a total of 2nd town, 5th town, 11th town, 12th town, 13th town, 14th town, 16th town, 20th town, 28th town, etc.
Nine towns and the 1st Heavy Artillery Association were annihilated.
Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army now only has 19 towns and 2 heavy artillery associations.
This guy has removed half of them, especially the 2nd, 5th, and 20th towns among them are all old troops, and the first heavy artillery association has been updated.
It took countless money and effort.
This can cause Beiyang Group to suffer heavy losses, and it has already broken its muscles and bones.
The two provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu have undoubtedly fallen into the hands of the Science and Socialist Party, and the neighboring Shandong Province is also empty.
Except for a few patrol battalions, there are no troops to defend it.
As for those patrol camps, forget it.
Comrade Xin Jie, the commander of the People's Liberation Army in this battle, was naturally not satisfied with this result.
After leaving the 8th Mixed Brigade to clean up the place, he led the rest of the troops north to Shandong.
Commander Luo Xi of the Second Group Army was naturally not to be far behind, leaving the 6th Mixed Brigade to clean up the remaining enemies.
After the 1st Mixed Brigade occupied Lianyungang in Haizhou, he led two divisions to Pi County, Pizhou, preparing to attack Yizhou from here.
The government is Linyi.
In the afternoon of the same day, Beijing.
At this time, news of the annihilation of the Beiyang First Army and the Second Army also reached Beijing.
After receiving this shocking news, the Beiyang bosses were all stunned.
The People's Liberation Army is very capable of fighting, and they know this.
The Beiyang Army's combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the People's Liberation Army, and they know it.
But the fact that the gap is so big is really unacceptable to them.
Ni Sichong was the first to be annihilated in the 16th town.
Because he was isolated and helpless, his strength was far less than that of the People's Liberation Army.
Moreover, Ni Sichong himself was knocked unconscious and was killed by his subordinates, and then surrendered.
Being defeated in one day is quite understandable.
But this is not the case with the First Army and the Second Army, especially the First Army.
Together with the troops of Zhangxun 14 Town in Xuzhou, they already have more than 83,000 troops.
It has about the same number of people as the People's Liberation Army's First Army.
But in such a situation where the number of people was almost the same, in less than half a day, they were washed away by the People's Liberation Army and swallowed up in one gulp.
Coupled with the 44,000 men of the Second Army, the army of nearly 130,000 was gone within two days.
If you add in the patrol battalions and other miscellaneous troops in the cities along the way, Beiyang lost more than 150,000 people in one fell swoop, not counting the lost equipment.
Well, the Beiyang Group is not short of money now, but the officers lost this time cannot be replaced.
Even if we recruit ordinary soldiers, I'm afraid it will be very difficult.
After the news of Jiangsu's defeat comes out, I am afraid that the whole world will not be optimistic about Beiyang.
At that time, it can still attract ghosts.
I am afraid that except for a very small number of people who cannot clearly see the situation or are sworn in with the Socialist Party of Science and Technology who can respond to the recruitment, forget about the others.
It took Yuan Shikai a long time to recover from the shock and disbelief.
Probably because the news was too bad and a negative was a positive, Datou did not fly into a rage or faint directly as some people thought.
"Trash and trash are all a bunch of trash."
Yuan Shikai picked up the telegram and read it again.
When he saw the words "It has been confirmed that our first and second armies are all dead, and the bandits have entered Shandong." , couldn't help but tremble all over, not because of fear, but because of anger.
"There are 8 towns and 1 association, nearly 130,000 troops, and they were gone in 2 days."
Yuan Shikai slapped the table and said with a sullen face: "What a bunch of rubbish.
Even if there are 130,000 pigs, let the People's Liberation Army catch them." , I can’t catch it all in 2 days.”
Xu Shichang, Wang Shizhen and other Beiyang bigwigs all looked at each other and did not dare to speak.
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"Prime Minister, Prime Minister, urgent telegram from Shanxi."
At this time, Datou's crony Xia Shoutian hurried in with a telegram.
"The Socialist Party of Science and Technology has taken action against Shanxi again.
I have long thought that they would not only take action against Anhui and Suzhou."
Yuan Shikai glanced at him and said unusually calmly.
"It's the Socialist Party of Science and Technology, and the 15th Town has rebelled."
Xia Shoutian didn't dare to say any more and quickly handed over the telegram.
Yuan Shikai took the telegram, took a look at it, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, I must have been wrong about the blue sky."
The telegram was sent by Jiang Guiti from Datong.
It said: The 1st and 10th Divisions of the People's Liberation Army in Shaanxi suddenly invaded Shanxi this morning.
The 15th Town stationed in Shanxi, led by Lan Tianwei, immediately declared an uprising. , now half of Shanxi Province has changed its banner.
If there are no reinforcements, it is only a matter of time before all of Shanxi Province falls.
"Prime Minister, don't worry.
We still have troops.
We will mobilize all the troops from the Northeast.
We will have a showdown with the Socialist Party of Science and Technology."
Duan Zhigui jumped out.
At this time, Beiyang also stationed three towns, No. 6, No. 23, and No. 27, in the northeast, mainly to guard against Tsarist Russia and Japan.
Wang Shizhen immediately said: "If we transfer all the troops from the Northeast, who will keep an eye on the Japanese?
They are doing things in Jiandao now."
"You still have thoughts about Guanjian Island, and now the bandits are about to enter Zhili," Duan Zhigui said with a glare.
Normally, he would never dare to talk back to Wang Shizhen, but at this time, he didn't care so much.
Yang Du also disapproved of mobilizing troops from the Northeast.
"The dispute between us and the Socialist Party of Science and Technology is a civil war.
If the Japanese take advantage of this matter, then we would be guilty of a big sin."
"The situation is critical now.
It doesn't matter if we make some concessions to Japan.
The most important thing is to stand up to the Socialist Party of Science and Technology first."
Liang Shiyi supported Duan Zhigui's opinion.
While the two sides were arguing, another confidant, Gu Ao, ran in again, also holding a telegram in his hand.
"Prime Minister, urgent call from Henan.
The 2nd and 3rd divisions of the Wu bandits suddenly launched an attack this morning.
They have now crossed Wusheng Pass and are heading north along the Beijing-Hankou Line.
Henan Governor Zhang Zhenfang cannot resist it.
The situation is extremely critical.
Please send reinforcements as soon as possible." " The hall that was noisy just now suddenly became silent.
After a while, Yuan Shikai sighed and said dullly: "Where can I find reinforcements for him now?"
Wang Shizhen said quickly: "Prime Minister, let Cao Kun and Wu Peifu go to the Zhili border to deploy defenses first":