Liu Jingxiao was stunned for a long time, but still couldn't believe her ears, so she asked again: "How is the situation on the front line?"

Ding Ning still said the same old saying: "Report to the commander, the battle has been completed!"

Liu Jingxiao stayed for a long time. Before he set off, he personally gave Ding Ning: "Be careful, I have set out to command in person. I will not fight with the main force of the provincial army before I arrive. You can withdraw from Mengyin if necessary!"

The meaning of this order is very obvious. If you can avoid conflicts, avoid them. After all, the provincial army is now advancing in unison. The third and fourth two mixed brigades have 4,000 people per brigade. The second mixed brigade is a trump brigade of Wang Ziqi, which is fully equipped. According to Xiong Xi's situation, "it is quite combat-capable, able to fight for grenades, and is the top main force of Wang Ziqi's second-class troops." The total force is more than 5,500.

If the three brigades are added together, that is 13,500 people. In addition, according to the situation, the Second Mixed Brigade is still affiliated with some troops. In this situation, even if Liu Jingxiao personally brought the main force of the 17th Division to fight, there may not be much chance of winning.

Moreover, the Mengyin defenders are very weak now, and there is actually only one regiment of troops. So Liu Jingxiao generated power to help Ding Ning avoid conflict and try not to exchange fire. As soon as he heard that the front line had been fought, Liu Jingxiao couldn't help but think: Did Ding Ning's troops knock out the provincial vanguard company or vanguard battalion? This is also good. At least it can dampen the provincial vanguard spirit and facilitate the subsequent negotiations. However, the revenge of the provincial vanguard is still worth worrying. With this idea, he asked again: "The war has been completed? What unit is being fought?"

Ding Ning's answer almost fell off the horse again. Her tone of answer was not heavy, but it contained endless confidence: "Our army will annihilate the Second Mixed Brigade of the Provincial Army, and we are continuing to chase and annihilate!"

Liu Jingxiao didn't know how to react, so she scratched her head before blurting out and asked, "What did you say? The second mixed brigade? Say it again!"

Ding Ning replied: "The brigade has been wiped out by most of our army, and only a few people escaped... Ding Ning failed to obey the order, please punish the division commander!"

The second Mengyin battle in the 88th year of the Republic was an extremely classic battle. Of course, a certain acting deputy company commander ignored it. He said in his memoirs: "Although the officers and soldiers performed very well in these battles and achieved considerable results, I personally believe that the leader of the cavalry regiment made a serious mistake in this battle. First of all, he disobeyed Commander Liu's intention to fight first, resulting in the establishment of annihilation of the enemy's combat intentions, which made most provincial troops successfully escape, bringing great difficulties to subsequent battles..."

He spent four pages of the memoir talking about the battle in Mengyin, with only eighty words talking about the battle in Mengyin, and the rest were criticizing the wrong command of the so-called "cavalry regiment commander", and by the way, he praised Liu Jingxiao to the point of being omnipotent. However, as far as the fact is concerned, Liu Jingxiao granted full authority to Ding Ning, and the combat command on the front line had nothing to do with him.

Of course, fighting such a beautiful battle not only requires the joint efforts of the party, but also requires the cooperation of the enemy. According to Wang Ziqi's plan, three mixed brigades will advance together. Liu Jingxiao's troops cannot withstand, and can only give up on Mengyin or wait for death.

The idea is good, and that's all. Since it is moving forward together, there is always a combat core. This combat core second mixed brigade is the only way to let the other two mixed brigades cover the two Hebei.

The gun hits the bird. Since you are the most powerful, the other two brigade commanders are watching the show. Although they don’t walk slowly, their attack speed is not fast. After all, they will win after the battle. This skill is considered to be the second brigade, and you can’t get much bones. It’s better to see the situation before talking about it. Moreover, the third brigade suffered a lot under Mengyin City.

The second mixed brigade was indeed the "first-ranking unit of Wang Ziqi's second-class main force". It was a very combat-capable force and fierce force. The entire brigade launched two columns on the left and right, and immediately attacked Mengyin.

After discovering signs of the enemy's actions, Ding Ning's temporary headquarters made a fuss. Some advocated retreat, some advocated taking the initiative to attack the provincial army off guard, and some advocated defending Mengyin County to wait for reinforcements. This was the opinion of Meng Dingguo and Hu Bo. They poked a big leak on the front line, but in any case, they finally took down a Mengyin County. If Mengyin County is thrown away, their future will be complete.

Ding Ning didn't dare to take the initiative, but after calling the phone, she realized that Liu Jingxiao had already left the headquarters and was rushing to this side. Guo Junqing's intention to call back was determined to be under the front line commander, and she was responsible for approval.

Ding Ning stood up, thought for a long time, and announced: "Prepare to retreat to the county town to defend and wait for reinforcements to support!"

This determination was approved after being asked by Guo Junqing by telegram, and several officers stood up to go back and set up defense. At this time, a message came: "There is only one mixed brigade at the front of the provincial army, and the other two brigades fell slightly behind."

Several officers were so quick that they had already walked out of the headquarters. Ding Ning shouted suddenly: "Come back! Come back! Prepare to fight the second mixed brigade!"

When Liu Jingxiao heard this, she couldn't help but praise: "Okay! OK!"

He has always liked generals with attack spirit, but when it was implemented, Ding Ning could only gamble hard. It was hard to cook without rice. Ding Ning's strength was too weak. Since the Second Mixed Brigade was divided into two columns on the left and right, he was determined to concentrate all his troops to sweep the whole route and intercept the other route with a small amount of troops.

When Liu Jingxiao heard this, she couldn't help but feel excited and asked immediately: "Which unit is the main force of the enemy on the left side?"

Ding Ning replied: "It turned out that he wanted Battalion Commander Hu to defend the left side. But Battalion Commander Hu said that his troops suffered a lot of casualties in the previous battle. As a result, Sima took the initiative to ask for battle and led a battalion to defend the left side..."

This was just a click. Liu Jingxiao understood in his heart. He cursed: "Hu Bo, this fox, is so slick, he doesn't even obey the orders of his superiors... He refuses to do it when he encounters hard and tiring work! Ding Ning, continue..."

Since Battalion Commander Sima took the initiative to ask for the battle, he handed over the most difficult work to him. He immediately found a lot of mountain gates in the way forward of the left army to prepare to stick to it.

There is a so-called "Yimeng Seventy-Two Gates" in the Yimeng Mountains. The actual number is more than a hundred Gates. The Gates are table-shaped mountains formed by erosion of flowing water. The peaks are steep and rise from the ground, but the top of the mountain is as flat as a table, which is conducive to guarding but not to attack.

Ding Ning put all her capital together and attacked the right-wing army of the Second Mixed Brigade. However, Ding Ning's most powerful move was the silver bullet offensive. She sent someone to notify the two Mixed Brigade Commanders of the Provincial Army, saying that they would fight to the death with the Provincial Army under the order of Liu Jingxiao. However, if the two Mixed Brigades could be slightly slower, the money would be easy to negotiate.

Since the money is easy to negotiate, what does it matter if you sell your mother and father to you? Considering how bad the front line is, the two brigade commanders will sit down and bargain.

Of course, the price will not be disturbed. The two brigade commanders have their own ideas. After all, the Second Mixed Brigade is a trumpet of Wang Ziqi. Liu Jingxiao's 17th Division will not be able to take it away for a while. At that time, both sides will fall into a hard battle. He can send troops to rescue the Second Mixed Brigade and get a great contribution, but also make a big move from Liu Jingxiao.

Since I was sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and the second mixed brigade was eager to fight and rushed too fast, I had a fierce battle with Ding Ning's troops the next morning.

The first thing to do was Sima Kan Camp, whose battalion was a very capable army. A volley of guns knocked down forty or fifty provincial troops, and immediately blocked the left-road army.

Ding Ning likes to pick soft persimmons to pinch. Her information shows that the Left Route Army is the main force of the Second Mixed Brigade. The brigade's direct team leads a regiment to operate, while the Right Route Army is much weaker, with only one infantry regiment. She has two infantry battalions and a cavalry regiment in her heart, and a part of the security forces, which has a significant advantage in military strength.

The two sides expected the encounter in the region. Ding Ning was determined but not intent. At the beginning, the troops were like tigers going down the mountain, directly killing the vanguard of the right-wing army, and then fell into a bitter battle with the vanguard.

Since it is the top main force of the second-rate troops, the second mixed brigade is naturally not a vegetarian, and both sides are in a hard battle.

The left-road army found that Sima Kan Camp blocked the attack on the front line. The method was very simple. He used artillery to bombard him for a while, and then the infantry came up. Their infantry and artillery were fighting very well together. Sima Kan shouted: "Don't be afraid! Get ready to fire!"

After the intensive shooting, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Sima Kanying suffered smaller losses due to fortifications, but the infantry of the Second Mixed Brigade also rushed to the top of the mountain. The 17th Division has always believed that the bayonets are invincible, and a platoon picked up the bayonets and fought forward.

According to the previous practice, as long as you fight a bayonet, no matter what kind of bandits are, they will turn around and run away. However, the provincial army did not believe in this evil. Both sides immediately fought each other with one hand and left more than a dozen corpses. In the end, because the 17th Division had a little more confidence, someone in the provincial army shouted and turned around and ran away.

Along the way, dozens of people who rushed up all turned around and ran backwards. This wave of attacks finally came over. What made Sima Kan a headache was that the commander in front of him might be a ox, with a brute force, and the troops attacked one after another. Finally, Sima Kan had been guarding Yanglou Shi for seven days and seven nights, but he gritted his teeth to resist.

Sima Jianying was not easy, and Ding Ning was not easy. After a fierce battle, he suffered a lot of casualties. He finally made dumplings from the Pioneer Camp. As a result, the other two regiments saw that the opportunity was not good, and immediately ran away and met the main force. Seeing that the fat piece was about to run away.
Chapter completed!