August 31st, 1915.
Liaozhong, Sifangtai. This place was only ten kilometers away from the county. After Zhang Yuting personally led the main force to arrive, he made this place his headquarters.
Zhang Yuting's confidants were gathered in Zhang Yuting's command center.
"Any response from Ji Jinchun? Will he agree to our conditions? Or rather, we can satisfy any of his requests.”Zhang Yuting said.
Before they attacked Liaozhong, Zhang Yuting sent people to Liaozhong in an attempt to recruit Ji Jinchun.
For this, Zhang Yuting had put in a lot of effort. He promised to give Ji Jinchun a million dollars and support him as the commander of the 28th Infantry Division after the war. Such generous conditions even made Zhang Yuting's brothers jealous.
After all, apart from Feng Linge, Zhang Yuting's brothers were only brigade commanders or regiment commanders.
"Seventh Brother, Ji Jinchun has refused." Zhang Fuchen replied.
Zhang Yuting's expression suddenly turned ugly.
In this era, it was common for warlords to bribe the generals of the other side. Once the bribe was successful, they would be able to achieve victory without bloodshed. Many warlords were also keen to use such methods. However, Zhang Yuting did not expect that he would not succeed.
"Old Seventh, since that Ji guy doesn't know what's good for him, then let's just attack! There are only 12,000 people with the surname Ji. We have 50,000 people. It's enough to eliminate them in an extremely short time.”Sun Zhan Ao suggested.
"Old Fifth is also sending reinforcements to Liaozhong. Their reinforcements will arrive in Liaozhong soon. If you want to fight, you have to do it as soon as possible." Zhang Xuwu agreed.
Zhang Yuting nodded. Since bribery didn't work, they could only fight.
Zhang Yuting also believed that his troops were far stronger than Feng Linge, not to mention that only Ji Jinchun and his troops were stationed in Liaozhong. Even if they attacked forcefully, their chances of winning were still very high.
"Order the 1st Brigade, 2nd Brigade, and 3rd Brigade to attack in half an hour. We've already given Ji Jinchun a chance, but he doesn't know how to cherish it. Since that's the case, then don't blame us!”Zhang Yuting's eyes flashed with killing intent.
Zhang Yuting would never let go of people who did not give him face.
"Yes, Marshal!" The generals answered.
After Feng Linge was appointed as the Fengtian Military Governor, he could be called the Great Marshal. And Zhang Yuting was just a military affairs assistant. Logically speaking, he couldn't be called a marshal.
However, the generals under Zhang Yuting did not care about this at all. They only wanted to flatter Zhang Yuting.
Or rather, the generals under Zhang Yuting believed that they would definitely be able to defeat Feng Linge this time. At that time, the Beiyang government would also appoint Zhang Yuting as the Fengtian Military Governor.
At this moment, Ji Jinchun was inspecting the front lines in Liaozhong.
Liaoxi 2nd Division had two infantry brigades, an artillery regiment, and other divisions under its command, with a total of 12,000 soldiers.
Ji Jinchun knew very well that Zhang Yuting was powerful, and the 2nd Division of Liaoxi had no chance of winning if they fought him head-on. Therefore, he put all his energy into defense.
Relying on the Huishui River and Puhe River, the 2nd Division of Liaoxi built a three-kilometer-long defense line in the north of Liaozhong. The main force of the entire division was deployed on this defense line.
If Zhang Yuting wanted to attack Liaozhong, he would have to break through this line of defense. Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to cross the Backwater River and Puhe River, which were in the middle of the flood season.
" Dig the trenches deeper. Although Zhang Yuting doesn't have many cannons, he still has 75mm field cannons and mountain cannons.”
"Yes, teacher!"
"The machine gun fortress is a bit more solid. This is our main weapon against the enemy.”Ji Jinchun was very satisfied with the heavy and light machine guns that the troops were equipped with.
Of course, the number of machine guns in the 2nd Division of Liaoxi was far less than the number of machine guns in the 1st Division. However, at least each platoon was equipped with a light machine gun, and each company had a heavy machine gun and a mortar. Ji Jinchun and the other generals were already very satisfied with such firepower. After all, compared to before, the firepower of their troops had been greatly improved.
The trenches, machine gun fortresses, and the mines and barbed wire in front of the position formed a strong defense line.
After Feng Ping's temporary 1st division was formed, its training program was also adopted by the other three divisions under Feng Linge. All levels of troops were trained according to the training program, causing the combat effectiveness of the troops to be greatly improved.
Ji Jinchun was very confident that he could withstand the attack of Zhang Yuting's troops.
Furthermore, their reinforcements were also rushing over. In at most two days, the 1st Infantry Division would arrive. Soon after, the 28th Infantry Division and the temporary 1st Division would arrive. At that time, not only would they have enough strength to resist the attack of Zhang Yuting's troops, but they could also launch a large-scale counterattack and kill Zhang Yuting's main force in one fell swoop.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, after Ji Jinchun rejected Zhang Yuting's offer, Zhang Yuting mobilized three infantry brigades with more than 10,000 people and took the lead in attacking Liaozhong.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Less than five kilometers away from Liaozhong, Zhang Yuting's artillery was firing. The obsolete Type 3 Mountain Cannons and Field Artillery of the Japanese Army were firing at the 2nd Division in Liaoxi.
During the war between Japan and Russia, the Type 3 Mountain Cannons and Field Artillery were the main force. However, this kind of old-fashioned cannon had a slower firing rate. After equipping the Type 38 Field Cannons and Mountain Cannons, the Japanese Army had already retired most of the Type 31 Mountain Cannons and Field Cannons. As the main supporter of the Japanese, Zhang Yuting had also obtained a batch of these cannons by buying and giving them away.
"Very good, smash those bastards to death!”Zhang Yuting watched as his artillery shells landed on the 2nd Division's position in Liaoxi. His face was full of smiles.
This time, in order to defeat Feng Linge in one fell swoop, Zhang Yuting had mobilized his main force. There were as many as sixty cannons. They were all 75mm field cannons and mountain cannons. As for the more powerful 105mm field cannons, they were too heavy to bring along.
In Zhang Yuting's memory, Feng Linge's troops were not equipped with many cannons. He had deployed so many cannons this time that he could completely crush Feng Linge's artillery.
"Order the artillery regiment to prepare for a counterattack!”Ji Jinchun gave the order in time.
The 36 75mm field cannons equipped by the 2nd Division Artillery Regiment of Liaoxi immediately launched a counterattack and began to suppress Zhang Yuting's artillery.
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