September 6th, 1812, Jinzhou.
Zhang Zuolin, Feng Delin, Zhang Shaozheng, Lan Tianwei, and the others had already arrived. Their troops had all arrived. Moreover, they began to set up defenses along the Little Ling River, preparing to deal with Yuan Kewen's troops.
"Yuan Kewen's cavalry has already arrived at the south bank of Little Ling River. However, they did not take the initiative to attack. Instead, they were waiting for the follow-up troops. According to the information he had received, Yuan Kewen had a large army. Two infantry divisions were expected to arrive at Jinzhou tomorrow or the day after. After that, there were three infantry divisions.
Furthermore, Yuan Kewen's infantry divisions were all very large, with a total of 28,000 soldiers, similar to the Japanese infantry divisions. That's more than two infantry divisions!”
Zhang Zuo said to everyone.
"Humph! It seemed that Big Head Yuan really doted on his son! It was just that he did not know how much combat power the troops that Second Young Master Yuan had hastily assembled had. If they were all a bunch of trash, that would be too laughable.”Zhang Zuolin snorted coldly.
If he could build an army of more than 100,000 people, perhaps the entire northeast would have been under his control.
"This battle is about to begin. Soon, we will know if Yuan Kewen's troops can fight.”Feng Delin said.
"Everyone, this battle concerns our lives. Therefore, everyone must not have the slightest thought of preserving their strength in this battle. "If that's the case, we'll only lose very badly.”Zhang Shaozheng reminded.
"Of course! Everyone should be very clear about this.”Zhang Zuolin said.
"How about this, General Zhang's 20th Infantry Division and a mixed brigade will be responsible for guarding the lower reaches of the Xiaoling River. General Feng's 28th Infantry Division and two mixed regiments were in charge of defending the middle reaches of the Xiaoling River. General Lan's two mixed regiments were in charge of guarding the upper reaches of the Xiaoling River. We confronted Yuan Kewen's troops along the Little Ling River.”Zhang Zuolin continued.
"What about your troops?" Feng Delin asked.
"My troops, as reserves. If anyone's defense line is attacked and there's a crisis, my troops will be the first to send reinforcements. Brother Feng, don't worry, now is not the time to kill someone else." Even if we want to compete for the position of Fengtian Governor, we have to wait until we defeat Yuan Kewen. Otherwise, it would really be self-destruction.”Zhang Zuolin said.
Naturally, Feng Linge did not believe Zhang Zuolin.
However, in the current situation, they couldn't afford to panic in the face of the Northern Army. Otherwise, this battle would not be able to continue.
Of course, Feng Linge was not a fool.
If Zhang Zuolin really had the intention to kill someone with a borrowed knife and even put it into action. Then, he would rather be defeated by the Northern Army than let Zhang Zuolin have his way.
In other words, he would rather see Yuan Kewen take control of Fengtian and even the entire northeast than let Zhang Zuolin and the East Asian people behind him take control of the northeast.
Of course, Feng Linge had his own selfish motives and ambitions.
Before his hopes were completely dashed, he still wanted to compete for the position of Fengtian Governor. He could even take a step forward and control the entire northeast, becoming the king of the northeast.
He would only choose to give up if he could not see any hope.
Feng Linge, Zhang Shaozeng and the Blue Sky Wei troops were positioned on the north bank of the Little Ling River.
On the south bank of the Little Ling River was Yuan Kewen's 101st cavalry regiment.
After the 101st Cavalry Brigade arrived, they did not immediately attack.
Major General Chen Gan ordered the cavalry units to first understand the situation on the other side and wait for the reinforcements to arrive.
Although the 101st cavalry regiment had more than 9,000 men, they were still not as strong as the 101st cavalry regiment. However, there were at least tens of thousands of people on the other side of the river. They didn't have the ability to fight ten people at once.
It was better to wait for the follow-up troops to arrive before attacking.
September 7th, the 102nd Infantry Division arrived at the south bank of the Xiaoling River.
The next day, the 104th Infantry Division also arrived.
The 101st Infantry Division and 101st Artillery Brigade led by Yuan Kewen were still behind.
However, Yuan Kewen couldn't wait and arrived first.
"General, according to the information we obtained, the troops of the local tyrants of Fengtian have gathered on the north bank of the Xiaoling River. They built a defense line along the Little Ling River.”Major General Chen Gan reported.
Yuan Kewen put down the binoculars in his hand.
"Although, they didn't blow up the bridge over the Little Ling River. However, we don't dare to cross the bridge rashly! What if they planted explosives under the bridge? If they detonate the explosives when our troops cross the bridge, our losses will be huge.”Lieutenant General Jiang Baili reminded.
"That's right! They would first force their way across the Xiaoling River, and then the engineers would inspect the bridge. After ensuring safety, the troops would cross the bridge.”Yuan Kewen said.
"Yes, General!" Jiang Baili and the others answered.
"Time is of the essence, we can't wait any longer. We'll attack first thing tomorrow morning. Defeating Zhang Zuolin and the others as soon as possible would also reduce the chances of the East Asian people interfering.”Yuan Kewen ordered.
The longer this dragged on, the more the Japanese would intervene, and it would be even more disadvantageous to them.
"Yes, General!" Jiang Baili and the others nodded.
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