The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 367 Love House and Crow
He wanted to talk to Wei Jinghai on the phone, but seeing the staff officers dancing with excitement and reporting the battlefield situation loudly into the microphone with inexpressible excitement, Teng Yuzhao had no choice but to put on his Mauser rifle, climb down the rope ladder quickly, and return to the simple headquarters where cheers were heard.

Seeing Teng Yuzhao, Wei Jinghai, whose face flushed with excitement, jumped over, grabbed Teng Yuzhao's hand tightly and shouted.

"Marshal, we won! We won easily! It was so unexpected!"

Looking at Wei Jinghai who was as excited as a child, Teng Yuzao couldn't hide his excitement and laughed out loud.

Wei Jinghai was right. Not only was the battle won, but it was also won easily. Teng Yuzhao would even think that although the outcome of this battle would be great, the casualties would likely be surprisingly small, which could not help but make people happy and excited!
However, Teng Yuzhao was the supreme leader of the vanguard army. The officers and soldiers could laugh as much as they wanted and vent their immense excitement and agitation, but he had to remain calm.

After laughing, Teng Yuzao immediately asked, "Ningbo, how is the situation with Xuanqing?"

Wei Jinghai also realized that he was a little too excited, and quickly put away his smile and said.

"Marshal, the situation there is also very good. The mortar battalion only fired five salvos before Assistant Commander Hu ordered them to stop the bombardment. Under the cover of the Maxim heavy machine guns, they promptly launched a full-scale charge against the chaotic Japanese."

"The charge went smoothly. Ten minutes ago, they were already engaged in a battle with the remnants of the Japanese army."

Teng Yuzhao nodded. Hu Dianjia was indeed very confident in fighting the Japanese army. Although there might be more casualties, such a charge should be the normal state. Victory achieved by intensive artillery fire was not something that ordinary people could afford.

Moreover, not to mention that there were five rounds of mortars fired there, even with the same number of shells, it could not be compared with the artillery bombardment of the foreign devils by the 1st and 2nd Mixed Brigade.

It's not just a matter of caliber. When it comes to area damage to infantry, the killing effect of mortars is far greater than that of artillery because of the angle involved.

What's more, five salvos were more than 800 87mm shells, which were a near-devastating blow to a Japanese brigade of only seven or eight thousand people.

"Have they made all the arrangements to stop the American troops coming to Langfang?"

"Commander-in-Chief Hu just said on the phone that the troops blocking the reinforcements are three battalions of the Imperial Guards. He has asked the mortar battalion to rush over and prepare to assist the Imperial Guards in blocking the possible reinforcements from the US troops."

There are not many American troops in Langfang, only two to three thousand at most. Not to mention that they dare not send out their entire army to provide assistance, even if they all come out, there won't be any big problems.

With the support of the mortar battalion, the three battalions of the Guards Association will be able to hold out for a while against the 3,000 American troops. By then, Hu Dianjia will be able to free up his hands and maybe even wipe out these American troops.

In fact, if Teng Yuzao did not want to get this batch of weapons and ammunition, he would not want to let the US troops in Langfang go.

Teng Yuzhao nodded, and when he was about to continue asking Liu Yuzhi and the others about the arrangements for the guard forces in the direction of the capital, Wei Jinghai had already reported.

"Regarding the alert in the north, Commander Liu only deployed one battalion. He just called and said that since the ambush here went smoothly, he has transferred his reserve troops to the north to strengthen the alert."

If there is any situation in the capital, it can only be the cavalry in the coalition forces.

It would take at least a day for the infantry to arrive, so they would not be able to make it in time.

"Very good!" "Ningbo, the battle here should be over soon. Move all the baggage troops up. Once the battle is over, we must clean up the battlefield and evacuate as soon as possible according to the plan."

For this ambush, Teng Yuzhao not only mobilized all the baggage battalions, but also brought all the pack horses and carts of the vanguard army. The purpose was to rush back to Yanjiachang with the captured ammunition and supplies as quickly as possible.

When they arrive at Yanjiachang, they will be picked up by Cao Futian, and then quickly withdraw across the Yongding River and Xiaoqing River. Then they will be completely safe.

Now, what Teng Yuzao needs to consider is how to deal with the coalition forces' frenzied pursuit and how to bring this large amount of ammunition and supplies back safely.

The battle in the ambush area between the First and Second Mixed Corps and the assault column ended with a great victory for the vanguard army after half an hour.

Only the Japanese troops under Hu Dianjia and Wu Peifu fought desperately. More than 600 Japanese soldiers broke out of the ambush circle and were fleeing towards Langfang. Among them was a major general of the Japanese army, who was most likely the brigade commander of the Japanese army.

Hu Dianjia also reported that he had asked Wu Peifu to lead three battalions of the Imperial Guard to pursue the enemy, and reported that the US troops in Langfang had already been dispatched, with only about 2,000 people.

He told Wu Peifu that they should stop the pursuit when they encountered the American reinforcement troops, and he was cleaning up the battlefield at the moment.

As for Hu Dianjia letting Wu Peifu lead his troops alone to pursue the hundreds of remnants of the Japanese army who broke through, Teng Yuzhao knew that this was Hu Dianjia sharing the credit with Wu Peifu.

Teng Yuzao couldn't help but feel secretly happy for Wu Peifu in his heart. Like Hu Dianjia, Li Xianze, Liu Shijiu and others, they also saw that Teng Yuzao intended to promote Wu Peifu.

Treating Wu Peifu in this way is really loving the person and loving his family.

Teng Yuzhao sighed in his heart that Wu Peifu was lucky!
Wu Peifu led his three battalions of the Imperial Guard to chase the more than 600 remaining enemies. Moreover, there were three battalions of the Imperial Guard in front of them to block the enemy. It was difficult to catch this small group of Japanese remnants.

There is a major general of the Japanese army in there!

Even if Wu Peifu encountered the US military support troops, there would be absolutely no problem with the cooperation of the mortar battalion.

If it was Teng Yuzao or even Hu Dianjia, it is entirely possible that they would take advantage of the situation to support the US troops and deal a heavy blow.

Without waiting for the gunfire on the battlefield to completely stop, Teng Yuzhao took his personal guard squad and hurried to the ambush area of ​​Liu Yuzhi and Li Xianze. He was still thinking about those artillery pieces.

But the most important thing is that Teng Yuzao really wanted to see his "Miss France", which was the Italian cannon mentioned by Li Yunlong in later film and television dramas, the French Schneider M1897 rapid-fire cannon.

Teng Yuzhao hurried to the battlefield with a very nervous mood. He was worried that his "Miss France" would be completely destroyed by Liu Changfa's fierce artillery fire.

On the battlefield, the two mixed brigades have begun to clean up the battlefield intensively.

Teng Yuzao even saw many soldiers coming back from the green tent that had been hit by bullets. Many of them were carrying captured guns, with belts and bullet boxes hanging on their shoulders. They were chasing into the green tent to search for remaining enemies.
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