Just after nine o'clock in the evening, after three and a half hours of fierce fighting, the Yutai defenders who suffered heavy casualties finally could not withstand the two-sided attack by the five divisions of the Third Army. In particular, the Anyi Independent Division annihilated the Sixth and Ninth Division of the Anhui Army and quickly captured the enemy.
Shunhe Town, and took advantage of the victory to attack Yucheng to cut off its retreat. After the news reached Yutai, the enemy forces were finally shaken on all fronts. Seeing this, He Yaozu once again dispatched only more than 3,000 soldiers left. Yang Yongqing, who had rested for less than six hours, 82
The division joined the battlefield and broke through the enemy's central defense line in one fell swoop. Yuan Jiaji, the enemy's deputy corps commander and commander, died in the chaos. He Yaozu also avenged the death of his division commander Gong Xian.
The remnants of the four divisions of the Anhui Army, which fled all the way north, suffered heavy casualties under the heavy attack of the artillery regiment commanded by Hu Jialin. The two main regiments of the Independent Division, the First Regiment and the 72nd Division, led by Gu Changfeng, stormed at 9:40.
After Yucheng succeeded, he immediately occupied the enemy's position and launched a fierce attack on the enemies fleeing north, laying a solid foundation for consolidating the victory and expanding the results.
The four and a half divisions commanded by He Yaozu and Xia Douyin pursued them all the way and refused to let go until they reached Wanglu Town, 11 kilometers to the north. Then they stopped. More than 18,000 officers and soldiers escorted more than 3,000 prisoners and a large number of captured
The supplies are returned to Yutai.
At this point, the Battle of Fengfei and the Battle of Yutai, which shocked the whole country, came to an end. Sun Chuanfang, the Anhui warlord who lost 55,000 elite troops in three days, came to an end as a hero. A week later, he completely withdrew from the stage of fighting for world hegemony.
It rained continuously all night, and the four divisions and two brigades of the Sun Army guarding the front line of Jinxiang fought very hard under the fierce attack of Shi Yousan and Fang Zhenwu. Suddenly, there was news that the Sixth and Ninth Divisions were attacking the entire Fengxian Army.
Upon hearing the news of their destruction, the Jinxiang garrison was immediately in a state of morale. They completely lost confidence in resisting and in the early morning of the next day they all withdrew from the Jinxiang front line and fled to Jining. Unexpectedly, this was the opportunity for the fierce general Shi Yousan. When the enemy was halfway through their retreat, Shi Yousan suddenly launched his troops.
He struck hard and beat the enemy to pieces. He was completely defeated. He threw away all his baggage and ran away without his life. After defeating the enemy three times, his friend launched a fierce pursuit until he reached Madian on the south bank of the Cai River, 20 kilometers southwest of Jining. Then he stopped and took stock of the results of the battle.
In one battle, Shi Yousan seized countless guns and ammunition, and even Fang Zhenwu's Fourth Army Corps that invaded Jinxiang also benefited greatly.
On the morning of the next day, Hu Jialin, Gu Changfeng and Cheng Chengguang handed over the defense area to the headquarters of the Third Army. They led all the brothers of the Independent Division and the brothers of the 72nd Division to escort the bodies of more than 700 fallen brothers and more than 1,800 injured.
The brothers and a large amount of weapons and supplies were seized and returned to Fengcheng on thirty-six trucks from the artillery regiment and the logistics department.
As soon as the convoy arrived in the north of Fengcheng, they saw more than 3,000 brothers from the engineering battalion, logistics section and teaching regiment lying exhausted on the newly filled trenches. Thirty-seven headquarters trucks that had returned early last night were on the vast battlefield.
After being crushed back and forth, the shocking stumps, severed limbs, internal organs and brains that could be seen everywhere on the battlefield were no longer visible. Almost all the dense craters had been filled up. Only then did the brothers realize that the three people who had stayed at home were no longer visible.
More than a thousand brothers spent a whole night doing the dirty work of burying corpses and erasing traces.
More than a thousand wounded brothers and more than a thousand wounded from the original 33rd Army were promptly sent to the headquarters truck and returned to Xuzhou for treatment. The more than 10,000 independent division officers and soldiers who had worked hard all night hurriedly had lunch and fell asleep.
An Yi sent an apology telegram to He Yaozu, commander of the Third Army Corps, stating the reason why he could not make it to Yutai for a reunion. Then he quickly held a military meeting above the battalion level to arrange the entire division's return to the camp in the north of Xuzhou City for rest and recuperation.
In two consecutive days and two nights of fighting, 527 officers and soldiers of the Independent Division were killed and more than 1,400 were injured. The 72nd Division with more than 7,500 people now only has more than 4,000 people left.
, including the more than 2,000 people who died in the first battle of the 71st Division, in just three days, the total number of officers and soldiers of the three divisions commanded by An Yi reached an astonishing 5,200 people, and the total number of injured was nearly 8,000.
The 71st Division is currently stationed in Pei County for rest and recuperation, and the 72nd Division is temporarily stationed in Feng County.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the exhausted officers and soldiers of the Independent Division were ready to go. Pan Shanzhai led dozens of generals under his command to see him off. Although the 72nd Division itself suffered heavy losses in this battle, Pan Shanzhai and his brothers did not complain at all.
Most of the more than 4,000 soldiers were veteran ruffians who had been following them for a long time. In two consecutive days and two nights of fighting, the combat effectiveness of their entire division jumped to a new level. Late last night, An Yi fulfilled the contract and captured 80,000 oceans, three of which were captured.
Thousands of rifles, one hundred light and heavy machine guns, twenty-four artillery pieces, and a batch of military supplies were distributed to Pan Shanzhai, and more than a thousand of his injured brothers were sent back to his Xuzhou camp for treatment, and he solemnly promised to help the 72nd Division with training
Two hundred artillerymen.
The General of the 72nd Division, who had never been treated as well as he is now, and who had never been richer, was filled with gratitude to An Yi and the Independent Division. Therefore, all the battalion commanders and commanders above who could stand up in the division came to see him off and promised An Yi.
The more than 4,000 Anhui army prisoners who were still detained in the city were given preferential treatment, and those who did not want to stay as soldiers were given two oceans of travel expenses.
In the convoy that was slowly going south, An Yi and more than a dozen of his generals were sitting in the same compartment. Gu Changfeng, who was extremely energetic, pointed at the various vehicles passing by and speeding north, and asked in surprise: "
What's going on? I encountered so many trucks and cars along the way, and the people inside seemed to be literati. What are they doing going north at this time?"
An Yi turned his head and looked at it, and replied in a low voice: "It should be reporters from major newspapers and party propaganda personnel... Yesterday afternoon, the General Headquarters informed the whole country about the situation of the Fengfei Campaign, and there were two "Declarations" in the evening
The reporter arrived and wanted to enter the battlefield for on-the-spot interviews, but was blocked by our sentries. Later, I asked Xiaofeng, the reporter from the Oriental News Agency who had been following us for interviews, and he said that more reporters would come to conduct on-site interviews tomorrow.
, I guess foreign reporters stationed by news agencies from various countries would not miss such good news. When I saw that something was wrong, I immediately ordered the brothers who stayed behind to clean up the battlefield, bury all the corpses, intestines, limbs and limbs, and fill them in the crater.
Before dawn, I asked Brother Yu’s thirty or so cars to roll back and forth to make the soil solid. Uncle De had sent a telegram asking us to clean up the battlefield. I thought I could rest for a day before starting work, but I didn’t expect the reporter to move so quickly.
, it can only make the brothers suffer."
Lu Guang shook his head and sighed: "The battlefield within a radius of ten miles is completely scorched. After venting the evil anger in my heart, I still have to deal with the aftermath. It is estimated that thousands of brothers will not be able to recover after three days of sleep."
Gu Changfeng saw Zhao Rui's pale face and laughed heartily: "What do you think? Old Zhao, would it be more comfortable to go to the front line to fight? My younger brother started burying people from the Battle of Fengxin until August last year.
After disarming and returning to the field, I deeply feel the discomfort of this feeling!"
"That's for sure. Who is willing to do such a stupid thing? I've been feeling sick since last night, and my stomach is still churning!" Zhao Rui replied angrily, causing everyone to laugh. For someone as elegant as Zhao Rui
He also said bad words, obviously feeling very uncomfortable.
Lu Yixuan, who was leaning on the side of the carriage, said with emotion: "Before I came here, I heard outsiders say that the independent division is so good and so good. You can eat meat every day. You are really rich, famous and status. Only after you came in did you know how it all came about."
It's not easy. Others don't see the brutal process of our tough battle, only the results. Others don't know about the arduous training that is several times more than other friendly forces. They only say that the independent division has its own way of training. In the past three months, I finally understand the hardships involved.
, I also experienced a kind of happiness and satisfaction that I had never experienced before. After thinking about it again and again, I felt that I was very happy. I was a hundred times happier than those fellow apprentices who were still struggling to pursue an official position, honor and status.
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The new brothers felt the same way and all echoed the sentiment. The unshaven Hu Jialin touched his cheek: "Don't become happy so quickly. You will be happier after a few days."
Lu Yixuan, Zhao Rui, Huang Zhi and others didn't know what was going on. They all cast doubtful eyes on the faces of An Yi, Hu Jialin and other old brothers.
Li Guang, a real man, explained with a smile: "What Huzi said is true. With two unexpected great victories in a row, our independent division will definitely receive special commendations and awards from the Army Group and the Central Military Commission. It is estimated that the military ranks of all brothers will soon be
Promoted to the first level. In this regard, the boss has always done his part. Including the ordinary soldiers under his command, the division headquarters will remember his military exploits and promote his military rank. It can be said without boasting that, looking at the whole army, we are the only ones
The rank of the independent division is promoted the fastest. This is not because we use backdoors or force it on anyone, but because we report real military achievements one by one. The superiors never make things difficult for us in the independent division. Basically, we report in as many batches as we can.
Everyone can see your military exploits. According to the boss, it’s okay not to give you money, but it’s okay not to give you a gun. You will definitely not agree to it if you don’t give honor, so brothers, just wait for your promotion with peace of mind after you go back!"
The brothers were very moved after hearing this, and many people's eyes were covered with mist. An Yi saw that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly changed the topic: "This is a happy event, you should be happy! By the way, everyone knows these two
Are you not talking about the impact of this battle? Well, let me tell you, after the independent division was rebuilt, it was a hit. Everyone, including me, got this precious training opportunity. It took two days and two nights to annihilate the enemy.
Another glorious achievement of 30,000 people, but from the overall perspective, these are not important. The most important thing is that this battle changed the current situation between the enemy and ourselves in one fell swoop, tearing apart the enemy's self-proclaimed impregnable defense line that they had worked hard for half a year. This is strategic
A major victory.
Because the victory of these two battles accelerated the demise of the two northern warlords, Sun Chuanfang and Zhang Zongchang, our Northern Expedition will be accelerated exponentially. At the same time, our army has also matured and grown rapidly through these trials.
, can intimidate all the warlords in the country, and is of immeasurable significance to the unification of the country. Even if the entire country is unified in name, it is a hundred times better than the current warlord separatism and north-south division.
You may all know that Russia is doing everything possible to split Outer Mongolia. Japan supports warlord Zhang Zuolin to seize the three eastern provinces, but it is not ambitious enough and is still eroding our territory step by step. Britain uses naval guns to divide our Tibet and is still supporting northern warlords. Other European and American
The great powers are using various means every day to plunder our wealth and prevent our reunification. This is all because our country is not only weak but also divided. Without a unified country and a strong army, we can only be passive.
We are being slaughtered, and everything we are doing now is not done for any one person or political party, but for the entire country and nation.
I am very proud of the battles we have fought in the past two days, because we are fighting for the country and the nation, and I hope everyone can see this."
The brothers were thinking deeply. An Yi waited for everyone to think about it, and smiled and clapped his hands: "Okay, okay, let's keep this question and think about it slowly. Don't be anxious. Now there is an issue before us. I think
Make this one of the main topics during our break. After two days of continuous fighting, everyone probably feels out of breath because the pace is too fast. Therefore, we need to summarize and look back to see how fast we are.
Where? Why is it so fast?
Secondly, we have fought very hard in several consecutive battles, not just against our bitter enemy, the Ninth Division of the Anhui Army. The attack and interception operations commanded by Hutou, Hutou, and Cheng Guang last night were absolutely ruthless, both in terms of command and control.
Still, the tactics used by each department are remarkable and worthy of our summary.
The third is to be accurate, the target is accurate, the time is accurate, and the start is accurate.
I hope we can come up with something beneficial to us through a quick, accurate, and ruthless summary. Once done, it is likely to form our own unique style or become a development direction.
As for me, I will probably be left at the headquarters by Uncle De and the Commander-in-Chief after I go back, but I will try my best to spare time to discuss with you all, what do you think?"
"Agree!" All the brothers agreed very unanimously.
An Yi nodded and smiled, and looked at Gu Changfeng: "Hutou, I will ask for credit for you in the name of the chief of staff of the former enemy general headquarters of the group army and the deputy commander of the third army, and help you get the rank of major general back. Your
Your achievements are obvious to all, especially in last night's attack on Yucheng. You led three regiments to defeat a main enemy division, which played a vital role in the Third Army's complete defeat of the enemy's main force and expansion of the results. Even He Yaozu
Both seniors and seniors Xia Douyin are full of praise for you. The two seniors jointly sent me a telegram asking me to take you to Yutai for a celebratory drink. I want to see you, a famous bandit leader in the army, with my own eyes. Unfortunately, time is too tight.
, there are too many wounded, we can only wait until next time, haha!"
All the brothers congratulated together, and Gu Changfeng said happily: "That's great! When I received my general uniform and military rank, I immediately asked the army reporters to take a standard photo, enlarged it eight inches, and sent it to Xia Jian's grandson first. At the beginning of the year
That grandson was very angry with me when he got the rank of Major General Commander of the Security Command. He deliberately showed off to me at least ten times. My current Major General is much more valuable than his gold!"
The brothers did not expect that Gu Changfeng would say such words. After being stunned for a moment, they all laughed. The happy laughter floated out of the carriage, marking a successful conclusion to the battle.