Where could he retreat to at that time? Henan? Shandong? Or Hebei? Obviously, no matter where he retreated, he would not have the glory he had now. If the revolutionary army continued to march into Henan and other places, what would he have to resist?
Moreover, even if the revolutionary army gave up on advancing into Henan and other places, would the warlords in the north, who saw their strength greatly reduced, let go of such a good opportunity? Putting everything else aside, with his understanding of Zhang Zuolin and his deep hatred for him, the bandit would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.
Therefore, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't let the Battle of Wu Han fail. With insufficient information, he could only use the information from Tingsi Bridge to extract favorable factors and set up defenses in Wu Han. At the same time, he had to be prepared for the loss of the outer positions.
He wanted to set up a large number of fortifications in the city. If the outer positions were defeated, he would engage in street battles with the Revolutionary Army in the city. This was Wu Peifu's territory, not a place where the Revolutionary Army could behave atrociously! He wanted to use these arrangements to build up an iron bucket like existence in Wu Han!
Two flowers bloomed, each showing a branch. Let's not talk about Wu Peifu's "Iron Bucket in Wuhan'.
On the other side, Liu Feng's Sichuan Army and Baldy Jiang's Revolutionary Army had discussed their plans for the march. The two of them arranged for their soldiers to rest. Other than the two divisions of the Revolutionary Army and one brigade of the Sichuan Army, the remaining troops, including the cooks of the logistics team, all went to sleep.
The next day, when the sky was hazy, all the people who were about to go to war had already begun to gather. At eight o'clock in the morning, with Liu Feng and Baldy's orders, the Revolutionary Army and the Sichuan Army, a total of 120,000 people, began to slowly march towards Wuhan...
(I am the dividing line of all evil)
A day ago…
Less than 30 kilometers away from Xianning City, there was a small town that was separated from Xianning City. It could be said that this was the last defense zone of Wu Peifu's army before they arrived in Wuhan.Here, Wu Peifu had less than 10,000 troops.
Because the terrain of this place was not conducive to defense, plus before the battle, Wu Peifu wanted to take the initiative to attack. Even if it was defense, he placed more hopes on the Tingsi Bridge and did not pay too much attention to the Hesheng Bridge.
Therefore, because of the importance of the location, a division of troops was stationed here. They didn't even build too many fortifications. It was only after Wu Peifu heard that the situation at Tingsi Bridge was not good that he ordered the troops stationed at Hesheng Bridge to build fortifications.
If it weren't for this, the current Hesheng Bridge would at most be a simple fortification made of sandbags and fences. There would definitely not be so many trenches and artillery bunkers.
But even so, because it was only built in a hurry, coupled with the influence of the direct soldiers, most of these trenches and bunkers were only some "tofu dregs". Compared to the temporary fortifications outside Xianning City, they were inferior. In this way, the defensive power of these fortifications could be imagined.
Regardless of whether Liu Feng knew about the situation at the Hesheng Bridge, even if he did, he wouldn't care about such things. Forget about these dispensable " tofu dregs ", so what if he spent a lot of effort to build a " solid " fortification? As long as it wasn't the kind of thick reinforced concrete fortifications, no matter how many earthworks there were, they were equal to the heavy artillery. It was just a waste of more artillery shells.
Even if Wu Peifu built a small amount of reinforced concrete fortifications, it didn't matter. The Sichuan Artillery Army didn't just have howitzers. They were also equipped with many cannons! Therefore, no matter what, these were not important. Under the conditions of absolute superiority, everything was like floating clouds.
The army marched towards the Hesheng Bridge. They did not split up like the revolutionary army in later history. Instead, they chose to advance directly from the front. Liu Feng did not think of playing any tricks on the Hesheng Bridge. There was no need for that. Instead of wasting a lot of time thinking about it, it was better to directly push through.
In any case, it was not like Xianning City, where there were tens of thousands of soldiers. Moreover, because of the county city, Liu Feng could not bombard the county city. In this way, it was not impossible to push them horizontally. However, even if it was not like " killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of their own ", the losses on their side would definitely not be small!
Didn't the Riben Devils in the movies also suffer heavy casualties during street battles? Although those movies were exaggerated, it was a fact. No matter what, Liu Feng didn't want such casualties.
On the other hand, there were only so many soldiers at the Hesheng Bridge. Moreover, the terrain here was not conducive to defense. Under such circumstances, if Liu Feng was still hesitating, what was the point? In the future, would he have to slowly ponder over every war, regardless of its size? Carefully study how to fight?
Then wouldn't he be annoyed to death? He didn't want to become " Zhuge Liang "." Zhuge Liang " did the right thing. He was personally involved in everything. He forcefully turned a weak Shu Kingdom into a force that could divide the world into three parts. But what was the result? Such a "strong man" was actually exhausted to death. It had to be said that this was the greatest regret!
Therefore, he didn't want to interfere in this battle. He just let his generals do whatever they wanted. These people were all talents who had emerged from the Sichuan Army Sergeant Academy over the years. Since Liu Feng believed in " speaking according to ability ", these people weren't like Huangpu Military Academy, where " seniority " didn't exist in the Sichuan military system.
If you have the ability, then come. If you don't have the ability, then scram. No one is begging you! If anyone wanted to throw a tantrum, Liu Feng would personally teach them how to behave! He, Liu Feng, didn't want the Sichuan that he had worked so hard to build to be ruined by these people who lived in vain!
Therefore, Liu Feng was very confident in the ability of his officers. If he hadn't wanted to intimidate Baldy in the battle of Xianning City, he would have handed the battle to Jiang Qiong and the others. He was basically a "lazy guy". He didn't have to do anything himself, but he was definitely too lazy to do it!
After deciding to let go of the Battle of Hesheng Bridge, Liu Feng began to focus on the layout of the city. Although Wu Peifu might not have received any effective information because of the sudden attack of his special forces, Wu Peifu had probably guessed a lot of things after not receiving any information for such a long time!
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