Chapter 359 The Beiyang Army’s Pain

After Zhang Xiaoya's convoy unloaded the goods, Wu Shaoting only arranged a few entourages to stay and take care of Zhang Xiaoya, while the rest of the convoy were all sent back. Throughout the afternoon, the command post was busy allocating the New Year's goods. After statistics, it was really as Wu Shaoting said, as more than 3,000 bottles of juice, a soldier could only drink one sip.

Wu Shaoting insisted on splitting the juice and other New Year goods into the various combat troops, and after the liquidation was completed, he could send someone to transport it a little bit. As for the New Year goods left on the North Line, of course, they had to be given a little more than the score. After all, some fractions cannot be distributed, so he simply stayed.

Sure enough, they were distributed according to one row of two bottles, and they did not drink it immediately. Instead, they stayed tonight to enjoy the wonton and Wujietang when they were waiting for the New Year. Although it was at the forefront of the battlefield, the New Year was always a hope, and all the hopes of the soldiers were no longer the hope of ending the war this morning, but the hopes of the wonton noodles and juice that they wanted to touch earlier. Although the portion was not large, at least it was a small wish that was close to them.

The Logistics Department of Baisha Town has also been prepared. After all, it is the New Year, and the transportation between Shaoguan and Guangzhou is very convenient, so it is not difficult to transport materials. In the evening, the Logistics Department also sent people to deliver packaged wontons to various combat troops on the front line. Although the appearance is not very good, it is a rare extra meal for the soldiers. In addition, each soldier also provided an extra egg and a small bag of peanut candy.

Throughout the afternoon, Zhang Xiaoya and a few followers were teaching the Second Governor's cooking class to help Bao Yunton. A daughter like her, a daughter-in-law, cooked in such a simple environment for the first time. Although she had learned how to cook before, she wouldn't have anything to do like today. Although she was a little worried, she thought about having a unique atmosphere with Wu Shaoting on the position tonight.

Wu Shaoting helped arrange the distribution of New Year's supplies in the afternoon, but soon Deng Keng sent the summary documents of the recent battle today, and he handed over these trivial matters to others and went back to the command post to study the documents.

Not only are the North Line alone difficult these days, but the casualties on the First Division may not be much better.

The defense line of the entire Shaoguan battlefield showed signs of moving backward. Two urban battlefields and one suburban battlefield, these places concentrated the power of all the main battle groups of the First Division, but every time they suffered a continuous attack, they were forced to retreat to the next line of defense. Although today, the battle zone has not been completely lost, not many people can see hope of a comeback.

Although the urban battlefield was supported by the navy, the artillery fire coverage was very limited. In addition to the Beiyang Army taking the risk of launching a frontal avenue on the morning of the 14th, which caused the naval artillery to be severely damaged and repelled. Since then, the navy's artillery can only serve as intimidation.

The only one who can hold his position and not take a step back until today is still the mountain forest battlefield outside the city. The defense line in this area is the most inconspicuous Sixth Regiment of the First Division. The Sixth Regiment is a local soldier in Shaoguan and is very familiar with the terrain of this area. Because its combat effectiveness is relatively weaker than that of the first regiment, the second regiment is arranged to deploy defense in the mountainous areas.

In the combat effectiveness of the previous few days, the Sixth Regiment played its geographical advantage, using positional warfare to cooperate with guerrilla warfare, delaying a group of the Southern Expedition Army in the depths of the forests and unable to move. The significance of this war zone lies in the powerful artillery terrain at the top of the mountain. Once the Southern Expedition Army artillery seized the place and attacked Shaoguan City from a high place, it would be very easy to cover the firepower.

The commander of the Sixth Regiment, Hao Shaoyi, finally proved his value. During a guerrilla war on the 15th, he intercepted a transfer artillery squad. Although he killed only more than 30 enemies, he seized three eight-seven-five artillery artillery artillery artillery artillery artillery artillery artillery and 150 accompanying artillery artillery. In addition to the surprise counterattack launched by Mo Qingyu last night and the navy repelled the front-on-front attack enemy, Hao Shaoyi's interception of artillery this time was considered the biggest victory of the Guangdong army.

Wu Shaoting finally saw information about the beheading operation in the document. It turned out that the beheading operation arranged by the First Division was carried out from the fifteenth day and was carried out for four consecutive days. There was no news on the fifteenth day, and the action on the sixteenth day was reported in the early morning of the seventeenth day, so it happened to be delivered to Wu Shaoting that afternoon.

On the 17th, there were eight groups carrying out tasks. Except for one mistake, the other seven shots killed the target.

Among these seven successful sniper operations, one of them was very exemplary. The sniper team carrying out this mission lurked for fifty-five hours. During this period, three company commanders and one battalion commander passed by, and the sniper team did not fire. Until the regiment headquarters sent a major staff officer to inspect the front line, the sniper team hit the major staff officer in the head with a shot five hundred meters away.

In the previous two days of operation, the highest sniper target was the major staff officer. The other six times were a company commander, a platoon leader and four squad leader. But in general, it caused a certain blow to the grassroots command system, and more importantly, it greatly shocked the psychology of enemy officers, making these officers feel a sense of fear at all times.

Wu Shaoting put down his intelligence summary, reached out to his eyes, and sighed deeply. Liu Yonghao had been busy all day and had just had dinner outside and returned to the command post to rest. When he saw Wu Shaoting's worried look, he immediately came over and asked, "Military, what's wrong?" At this time, he saw the information on the table in front of Wu Shaoting and vaguely understood.

Wu Shaoting said in a deep voice: "In just a few days, the First Division has more than 1,000 soldiers killed in the first division, and more wounded soldiers are injured on the front line. The Third Division must be not good. The situation I saw alone is sad enough, not to mention the situation in the few days when I was not on the front line."

Liu Yonghao pondered for a moment and persuaded: "Staff, from me, except for last night...Mo Shishi's affairs are a bit of a loss. We have been fighting to this day to prove our strength. Don't just look at the casualties on our side. The Beiyang Army is basically attacking, and their casualties are even worse than ours."

Wu Shaoting knew that Liu Yonghao wanted to think from the perspective of others, but he was not comparing who suffered heavy casualties, but was considering how to win the war. This is the core focus.

Liu Yonghao sat down on the wooden stool opposite and said, "Look at the military throne, the gunshots are much weaker today, whether inside or outside the city, which shows that the enemy is also tired. If I were the Beiyang Army, although New Year's Eve is an important traditional festival, it will definitely launch a large-scale attack again, because the enemy will relax more or less on important festivals. However, the Beiyang Army has not been moved all day today. The tenth *** is that continuous combat hurts its vitality, and a major rest is required."

After hearing Liu Yonghao's words, Wu Shaoting couldn't help but nodded in agreement. He knew that Liu Yonghao had the point. Yuan Shikai's order to the front line was to complete the task before the Lunar New Year. It would be better to be able to win Shaoguan within the requirements. However, on this last day, the Beiyang Army chose to give up the opportunity to fight. It was not that they didn't want to fight, but that they really couldn't fight.

The Beiyang Army was not only seriously injured during the past ten days of the Shaoguan Battle. The Shaoguan Battle was only part of the entire northern Guangdong War. Since the war between the north and the south last year, the Beiyang Army has also experienced more than four months of combat. Before that, although the Revolutionary Guangdong Army fought a Guangdong-Guangxi War, the Southern Expedition Army also fought several battles in Hunan, and the scale of the Jiangxi Army and Li Liejun's battle with him was not small. Therefore, fatigue is not only for the Revolutionary Guangdong Army, but also for the Beiyang Army.

"What you said makes sense." He sighed slowly, his mood getting slightly better.

"Military, it's New Year's Eve at least. Although we dare not take it lightly on the battlefield, we must never forget the joy of the holiday. If the Beiyang Army has not taken action tonight, we will celebrate the New Year openly, and it is best to let the enemy see our happy side. The Beiyang Army has a long logistics route, which is not as good as our Shaoguan side. We are eating the fragrant wontons and hit the morale of the opposite side well." Liu Yonghao explained his point of view.
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