The truth of history is often unknown…”

May 21st. Cangzhou.

As the leader of the vanguard regiment, Hu Bo finally obtained this position. Within three days, his vanguard regiment had arrived in Cangzhou and firmly controlled Cangzhou.

It’s just that people with qualifications like him should have commanded the army or taken charge of a province. Only because he made organizational mistakes, even the position of leader of this pioneer regiment was finally won over.

He himself knew whether he could turn over depends on the current battle. After he arrived in Cangzhou, he worked hard to facilitate the subsequent troops to continue to advance. Fortunately, there was no big trouble all the way. Lin Jingxiao had long planned to send troops to Hebei, and the officials of Hebei were willing to welcome Lin Jingxiao into the country. Therefore, the troops successfully entered Cangzhou before the Liefengren.

But Lin Jingxiao was still worried about him. Fortunately, Deputy Division Commander Ding Zilong, who came to serve as the military supervisor, was very nice to him. Now he said to him: "Sima's main force will arrive soon. Commander Ding's cavalry is coming soon. I think I'll send an army out to investigate, right?"

"Okay, I will send a battalion immediately to reconnaissance along the direction of Jinpu Road..."

"Thank you very much!" There is nothing happier than reinforcements for the Third Division attacking along the Jinpu Road: "Master Shenwang, thank you very much for your support to us..."

The Third Division, which was advancing along the Jinpu Road, was equipped with a field artillery gang, an independent engineer brigade and other special forces. The division's strength reached nearly 30,000, but for combat missions that arrived in Cangzhou and protected the smooth flow of Jinpu Road, this force was really less.

Although the Northern Army urgently added nine infantry squadrons to protect the railway, the logistics supply line had been too far away and the railway was repeatedly destroyed. Some infantry had to be used to protect and repair the railway. The resistance of the remaining soldiers in front of them became inexplicably fierce, making the advancement of the Third Division even slower.

In this case, although the Sixth Division only sent one Qianwang Detachment and one infantry brigade as the base, the captain of Qianwang Detachment is a famous person from the Land University, and his brigade is also composed of elite soldiers and generals of the Sixth Division, so the Third Division repeatedly said: "Thank you for your cooperation. Please repair it first..."

But the captain of Qianwang Detachment said: "Your troops have been fighting for many days. Let us attack and let the Liefeng Man's fast sword penetrate into Cangzhou City..."

Qianwang Detachment immediately walked in front of the entire army. The captain of Qianwang Detachment repeatedly ordered the entire detachment to speed up the advance, so as to distance himself from the Third Division, which had been under the long battle. The vanguard squadron of Qianwang Detachment consisted of infantry squadrons after cavalry, artillery squadrons, and engineering squadrons.

On the evening of May 23.

The soldiers of the 6th Company of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Alliance Division sighed, and the setting sun was as bloody as he saw that the day was about to pass, and the enemy was still missing, several officers surrounded the company commander and said, "Let's take a break... Keep moving forward tomorrow."

Facing the officers and soldiers who had been away for two days, Company Commander Chen Tianming nodded: "Prepare to camp. Send two sergeants!"

The soldiers could finally take a breath, just as they were about to untie their backpacks. A soldier shouted, "Enemy..."

The officers and soldiers immediately became nervous. Several sharp-eyed soldiers had seen a team of cavalry resting there in a reinforced valley not far away. Although they had never seen the Liefeng people with their own eyes, the identification signs issued before the war clearly meant that this was the enemy.

"Bang!" The first shot of the battle in Hebei was fired by the whistle of the Liefeng people. The Liefeng people who were originally lying on the ground to rest suddenly reacted, jumped onto the military horse quickly, and prepared to charge towards this side.

"Finally caught it!" Chen Tianming clenched his fists happily. With the neighing of the military horses, there were dense roars of gunfire. The more than 20 cavalrymen of the Liefeng people had been knocked over before they rushed in front of them. For a moment, the war horses were crying on the ground. Facing the coalition officers and soldiers who had been prepared, the Liefeng people felt something was wrong based on their intuition, and turned around and ran away.

The military uniforms, equipment and even temperament of the enemy army in front of us are different from any previous unit, and there is obviously a new enemy.

Accompanied by gunfire, the two infantry companies that came out with the company rushed up from the rear and charged towards the place where the gunfire sounded.

Chen Tianming, who was pursuing the enemy cavalry unit, soon discovered the main enemy force. In addition to this cavalry, there were about 250 infantry and even two artillery pieces, but he was not afraid. The two infantry companies in the same battalion with him could arrive at any time.

Kill! The cavalry on the opposite side also turned around and came back. The sound of horse hooves had a rush of momentum, but this could not scare the soldiers. The bayonet formation collided with the cavalry, and for a moment they were overturned. The cavalry team of the Liefeng Army was actually trapped in the bayonet formation. In just a short time, more than half of the team had been killed, but Chen Tianming's formation also seemed very chaotic.

The vanguard squadron of Qianwang Detachment rushed out immediately, and Company Commander Chen Tianming was the first to stand out, and he shouted: "Kill!"

The entire company launched a counterattack with courage. The two sides fought together, and people fell from time to time. However, the Liefeng people gradually gained the upper hand because of the advantage of numbers. However, cheers came from both sides and reinforcements arrived.

"Retreat! Retreat!" Faced with the dilemma of attacking front and back, the Liefeng people began an organized retreat, and the arrival of reinforcements made the morale of the officers and soldiers even higher. During the pursuit, they solved seven more enemy soldiers.

"Our squadron was attacked by the superior enemy!" Qianwang Shendu unexpectedly received a report from the front line: "The enemy is well-equipped and has strong combat effectiveness..."

He immediately waved his saber and shouted: "All brigades attack! Rescue the Orange Squadron!"

"Our army encountered the Liefeng Army north of Cangzhou, annihilated one of its units and surrounded it..." For Hu Bo, this was good news, and he immediately ordered: "The whole regiment will advance!"

The first collision between the two sides happened like this, and the offensive and defensive battle on the high ground was beyond Chen Tianming's expectations, and the battle between the two sides was in a stalemate.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" After the volleyball, one outstanding soldier after another fell to the ground with a thud, and the casualties of the coalition forces were much greater than those of the Liefeng Army.

It has to be admitted that the elite military power of the Liefeng Army in the early stage did have excellent results. The Liefeng people actually built simple fortifications in a short period of time, which made the second manager's offensive comeback in vain.

Chen Tianming's eyes were about to spit out of fire, and his company suffered the most losses. He shouted: "Follow me!"

The remaining combat soldiers in the entire company shouted loudly and rushed up with bayonets. However, although this time, although they broke into the Liefeng Army's position for a time, the two sides even fought fiercely, they were finally suppressed.

The reinforcements from both sides arrived almost at the same time. Hu Bo saw the Liefeng people's brigade from afar and shouted: "Kill!"

The artillery had already expected to unfold its positions. The two sides first had a dense volley of guns. Following the Hu Bo regiment, the artillery under the battalion united to carry out firepower. The Qianwang Detachment encountered an attack from the superior enemy during its march, and it was immediately a pool of blood. Although the Qianwang Shendu charges twice, the enemy's firepower is too fierce.

The history of the Sino-Japanese Army's combat operations said: "In the face of at least two enemy divisions, Qianwang Detachment was forced to retreat and contain it in extreme danger. There were about 600 enemy corpses. Sixteen of the Qianwang Detachment died in battle and seventeen of them were injured..."

In fact, the Liefeng Army abandoned at least fifty bodies on the battlefield. Hu Bo immediately ordered the troops to pursue, while the other unit had all its strength to encircle and annihilate the surrounded vanguard squadron.

"Kill!" But just three minutes later, the new second company was forced to stop the attack. The infantry and artillery coordination was not good, the shells fell on their own people, and the firepower organization of the Liefeng Army was quite successful. Chen Tianming immediately said: "It's not possible to fight like this! We have to prepare well!"

However, the battle was unexpectedly difficult. The Qianwang Detachment's resistance organization was relatively successful. Although more than 60 casualties were killed or killed, their main force did not suffer a fatal blow and still retained more than 500 combat power. Facing the attack of the main force of Hu Bo's regiment, they still had offense and defense.

The night battle that night was even more difficult. It was not until five o'clock in the morning that the coalition forces rushed to the top of the mountain. All the Liefeng troops on the top of the mountain had committed suicide. However, according to Chen Tianming's recollection, "More bodies buried themselves, and many weapons were destroyed..."

Although the nearly 300 strengthened vanguard squadron of the Liefeng Army were annihilated, the Second Regiment also lost more than 400 people, even greater than the Liefeng Army's losses. However, after the vanguard squadron was eliminated, the Second Regiment immediately transferred the main force to the Qianwang Detachment, and the Qianwang Detachment began to unable to hold on.

"After learning that Qianwang Detachment was surrounded, the Corps sent two squadrons to support. At dawn, the unit successfully met with the detachment and retreated later..."

Hu Bo didn't expect Qian Wang Shendu to be so sloppy. He let him run away if he didn't pay attention. He cursed regretfully: "I won't spare you next time!"

At 9:00 am on May 24, the first Hebei Battle ended.

The scale of this battle was unexpectedly small. The Liefeng people used only one reinforcement brigade and then reinforced two squadrons, and lost a reinforced vanguard squadron in the battle, with a total loss of no more than 550 people. The Liu army used an infantry regiment, which lost nearly 600 people in the battle, and the losses exceeded that of the Liefeng Army.

However, in the history of war between both sides, this battle was called a "big battle". The Liefeng Army estimated that the Liu army had used four divisions, while Hu Bo calculated all the 3rd division and other subordinate troops in the rear, so that half a month later, there was a saying that the first battle in Hebei was the first battle.
Chapter completed!