The one-day attack did not make any progress. Instead, he lost his troops. In order to boost his morale, he even sacrificed his cousin. How would he explain to his father when the war was over?
The National [Revolutionary] Army's defense was too stable. Their weapons were sophisticated and their fighting spirit was high. After a day of fighting, the 17th Division had not accomplished anything, and in the direction of Xiamen, the enemy army was already in an offensive posture.
As time goes on, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable.
"Night attack!" Tong Jiaxuan said through gritted teeth.
Let’s treat a dead horse like a living horse. If the night attack still fails to succeed, then maybe the outcome of the Battle of Fujian is destined.
What is hateful is that the situation in Fujian is so critical, but Li Chun, the governor of Jiangsu, refuses to send a single soldier. Doesn't he know that once Fujian is lost, Zhejiang will be next, and then it will be Jiangsu's turn?
Thinking of this, Tong Jiaxuan sighed helplessly...
Night fighting is extremely unsuitable for both the National Revolutionary Army and the Beiyang Army. They had very little experience in this area before.
At the beginning of the battle, both sides were very nervous. After only a short preparation, the 17th Division rushed forward in a chaotic manner. In their view, there was actually no difference between fighting at night and fighting during the day. Anyway, when the charge horn sounded,
All we have to do is rush forward without risking our lives.
In fact, they didn't know that night fighting was not like this at all, and most of the Japanese soldiers were exposed to night fighting for the first time. Night was supposed to be a time when everyone had a tacit ceasefire and rest, but why did those Fujian soldiers take the wrong medicine and fight at night?
Woke up?
There were fires everywhere, lighting up the area as usual, which was a disaster for the attacking side.
The torches held by the Fujian soldiers became the best targets for the defenders. As soon as the night battle began, a large number of the Fujian soldiers had fallen in a short time, and the casualties far exceeded those in the daytime battle.
Seeing this scene, Liu Xiang immediately moved a machine gun battalion to the front line. This firepower turned the battlefield into a terrifying hell.
The Fujian army rushed forward with a roar, but after suffering serious casualties, they retreated with a roar.
Tong Jiaxuan, who was watching the battle from behind, shook his head helplessly. The last move had failed and the battle situation was irreversible. The rest was just to fulfill his duties as a commander.
Gunfire rang off intermittently all night long, but the 17th Division found nothing but corpses on the ground.
The air in the morning was no longer fresh, and the smell in the air made people feel sad. Even when the sun rose, the sunlight shining on the earth was full of blood. I thought there would be more crazy attacks, but I didn't expect it.
, the 17th Division was digging trenches on the spot and actually switched from offense to defense.
Tong Jiaxuan is still very smart. He has clearly seen that with his current strength, he cannot capture Longhai, and the enemy's reinforcements will arrive soon, and the offensive and defensive sides will reverse the order. It is better to take advantage of now.
Dig fortifications and prepare defenses. If you can defend yourself here and you can defend Xiamen, then maybe the situation of the war will change.
But things were far from what Tong Jiaxuan thought. Just when he was preparing to defend on the spot and block the Northern Expedition, Li Houji of Xiamen began to have major changes in his thinking.
The Northern Expeditionary Army divided its forces to attack Xiamen, which surprised Li Houji. News of the fall of Yunxiao, Pinghe and other places also came one after another. This gave Li Houji his first instinct: Fujian could not be defended!
He now has three options. The first is to stick to Fujian. Judging from the comparison of the forces between the two sides, the possibility of success is very slim. The second is to surrender to the National Government, but in the National Revolutionary Army, which is full of talents, he can
It's hard to say what status it will achieve.
The first two roads are useless, so there is only the third road left: abandon Fujian and retreat to Zhejiang!
This is the safest and most effective way!
Yang Shande, the governor of Zhejiang, is seriously ill, and Zhejiang is leaderless. Lu Yongxiang, the commander of the Songhu garrison, has been eyeing this position for too long. If he hadn't suffered heavy losses in the stock market some time ago, he might have taken action now.
Yang Shande is seriously ill. If he can take advantage of this opportunity to lead the main force to evacuate Fujian and enter Zhejiang, he will seize the opportunity and seize the position of Zhejiang governor in one fell swoop.
Now Beijing has too much to take care of. The most urgent thing is for local warlords like themselves to stop the Northern Expedition's fierce offensive. As for who is in charge, they don't care at all.
"Then, do you want to inform the deputy commander in chief?" Li Saiyuan, his subordinate, asked carefully.
Li Houji shook his head: "You can't tell him. Once the 17th Division knows the news, it will immediately fall into chaos. I still need them to help me block the Northern Expedition. Sai Yuan, put up a decisive battle posture in Xiamen, and then secretly marched to Zhejiang
retreat, and at the same time send someone to inform Tong Jiaxuan that I have mobilized the 18th Division to reinforce him, so that he must defend Longwen no matter what!"
"Yes, I understand!" Li Saiyuan responded loudly.
At this time, Tong Jianxuan, who was still supervising the battle on the front line, would never have imagined that at the critical moment when he was preparing to defend Fujian, he would be ruthlessly betrayed.
And Li Houji's escape also brought a huge achievement to Yang Sen, the commander-in-chief of the Hussars...
With the capture of Yunxiao and Pinghe, western Fujian has been pacified. Yang Sen immediately ordered the vanguard brigade to quickly move towards Longhai, and ordered Wang Zanxu's Sixth Division to launch a probing attack on Xiamen.
The place where the Longhai and Longwen armies faced each other was strangely calm. Neither Liu Xiang nor Tong Jiaxuan wanted to attack the other side.
On the third day when Liu Xiang defended Longhai, reinforcements arrived.
The 11th Brigade stayed here for three days. Except for the extremely fierce fighting on the first day, there were only sporadic contacts and no major battles on the other two days.
However, Liu Xiang won a famous name for this: "Babi tiger fought bloody battles in the sea of dragons and remained motionless for three days and nights"!
Many legendary stories on the battlefield actually come from this column.
Liu Xiang became famous in one battle!
Immediately, Yang Sen sent an order to put the two brigades in Longhai under the unified command of Liu Xiang, and immediately launched an attack on Longwen, captured Longwen, and encircled Xiamen.
At this time, no one thought that Li Houji was actually ready to give up on Fujian!
Only one person seemed to feel something was wrong: Yang Jie!
"Chief of Staff, Liu Xiang is defending beautifully. He has launched a general attack on Longwen. At the same time, Wang Zanxu also captured Baishui and launched an attack on Haicang. He captured Haicang within an hour. Xiamen is already within the direct attack range of the Sixth Division!
"Jie nodded, suddenly startled, and asked: "How soon did you say Wang Zanxu would capture Haicang?"
"An hour." Yang Sen was a little surprised.
Yang Jie frowned: "Is the battle fierce?" Yang Sen shook his head: "The resistance was very weak, but after capturing Haicang, Li Houji launched a decisive battle. It seems that a fierce battle in Xiamen is inevitable.
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Yang Jie said nothing. He stood in front of the map and stared at it for a few minutes. Then he suddenly turned back and said, "Li Houji is going to run away!"
"Escape?" Yang Sen seemed a little unconvinced.
Yang Jie pointed at the map and said: "Look, if Li Houji really wants to defend Xiamen, then Haicang must be the place where he must defend. Without Haicang, Xiamen will be under direct artillery fire.
It cannot be defended no matter what. Moreover, the loss of Haicang also cuts off the connection between Xiamen and Longwen, leaving both sides alone. Li Houji will never fail to see this!"
Yang Sen stared at the map for a long time, then took a big picture: "***, this is really the case, I immediately ordered Wang Zanxu's entire army to attack Xiamen!" "No!" Yang Jie waved his hand: "Let him
Run!" "Let him run?" Yang Sen frowned and thought for a moment, then understood what the chief of staff meant: "Do you mean to let Li Houji leave Fujian?"
Yang Jiexiong said confidently: "If Xiamen is lost, where else can Li Houji go? Only Zhejiang!"
Yang Shande, the governor of Zhejiang, is seriously ill. Many people are eyeing this position. The most promising one is Lu Yongxiang, the envoy of the Songhu garrison. Now he is waiting eagerly for Yang Shande to die. At this time, Li Houji suddenly intervenes. How can Lu Yongxiang
Are you willing to give up?" Yang Sen laughed: "What the chief of staff means is to let Lu Yongxiang and Li Houji kill each other, and then we can easily capture Zhejiang?"
"That's right." Yang Jie threw the pen in his hand on the table: "Zhejiang's fertile land, everyone's eyes are fixed on it, and everyone wants to take a bite. Let them fight first, and we will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
, waiting for the opportunity to seize Zhejiang in one fell swoop!"
"Come here!" Yang Sen said loudly: "Order, Wang Zanxuzhi's Sixth Division, temporarily stop attacking Xiamen, concentrate all forces, and launch an attack on Longwen. Order, all my units will speed up!" Yang Jie breathed out softly: "
You can send a message to the president, Fujian already belongs to our National Government!" "Let the brothers hold on, the 18th Division will be here soon!" Tong Jiaxuan shouted at the Longwen front line.
At this time, Tong Jiaxuan was very moved. Xiamen was also attacked, but Commander-in-Chief Li pulled out his elite 18th Division to reinforce the Longwen defenders.
With the arrival of the main force of the National Revolutionary Army, the opponent suddenly turned from defense to offense and launched a large-scale attack on Long Wen.
Tong Jiaxuan had no idea whether the 17th Division could successfully defend Longwen, but with the imminent arrival of the 18th Division, the war might change.
But Tong Jiaxuan never imagined that he had been ruthlessly abandoned by Li Houji.
He and the 17th Division became completely alone.
No reinforcements, nothing.
Once the National Revolutionary Army completes the encirclement, the fate of the 17th Division will be irreversible.
Fujian is about to enter the jurisdiction of the National Revolutionary Government as Yang Jie said!!