Volume 1 Unsettled Times Chapter 192 Raid
After explaining to Zhang Zuolin, Yang Du went back to the house to rest. Although Yang Du keenly discovered that Zhang Zuolin disagreed with what he brought, with Xu Shichang's handwritten letter and the weight of Fang Zida, I think Zhang Zuolin would not take it seriously. Yang Du is an extremely smart person. He just needs to know that some things and some words are enough. Zhang Zuolin can get from a beard to his current status, so he should understand how to do it.
He thought about staying in Fengtian for one more day tomorrow, and if Zhang Zuolin did follow Fang Zida's instructions, he could return to Beijing smoothly. Yang Du, who had relaxed, fell asleep not long after his head was stained with a pillow, and had a good night's dream until the dull rumbling thunder in the early morning. He woke him up.
"Why did it thunder?"
Sitting up from the bed in a daze, Yang Du felt a little strange: "This winter can also thunder?" Suddenly, he was clever and woke up immediately, turned over and got out of bed.
The dull thunder sounded one after another in the distance. Outside the window, a vague white light shook the darkness before dawn. She didn't care about wearing clothes at all. She ran to the window barefoot and pushed it away suddenly and looked southward. He was shocked and stunned. It was not thundering, but there were countless cannons roaring.
"Not good!" Yang Du reacted instantly, quickly put on his clothes and put on his shoes, and even had no time to tie his shoelaces. He ran out to the door and saw a raucous raft outside the courtyard, and there were people running around everywhere. Even the two guards arranged by Zhang Zuolin to guard the courtyard gate had gone.
"Where is Zhang Yuting?" Yang Du asked anxiously when he reached out to grab a servant who was running around like a headless fly.
The other party was only wearing a small shirt. He looked confused with his bare feet, with a look of fear and anxiety. He still held a stool firmly in his hand, and didn't know what to do. He couldn't even ask a few questions to find the result. Yang Du was so angry that he shook his hand and ran to Zhang Zuolin's residence under the light and dark sky.
In a short journey, people were running around in panic. Yang Du finally found a place, but saw that the gate of Zhang Zuolin's yard was open and there were no soldiers guarding him, so he rushed in immediately.
"Zhang Yuting! Yuting!" Yang Du shouted loudly, but there was no sign of Zhang Zuolin on both sides. When he entered Zhang Zuolin's bedroom, there was no one inside.
"Where are you, Marshal Zhang? Where are you? Where are you?" When you returned to the corridor, you suddenly saw an officer running from the other side. Yang Du stopped him and asked.
"Are you..." The subordinate officer did not know Yang Du, so he asked subconsciously.
"I am the Senate of the Presidential Office and Yang Du, Vice President of the Central Bank! I ask you, where are you, Mr. Zhang?" Yang Du asked loudly with a blue face.
"The General has just gone to Peking University." The officer was shocked when he heard the title Yang Du reported and replied quickly.
"Let's go! Take me to see your commander." Without saying a word, Yang Du pulled the officer and ran out.
"Mr. Yang, but I..." It seemed as if the officer had some task. Although he did not dare to use force with Yang Du, he tried to explain anxiously.
Yang Du interrupted him without hesitation and asked him to take him to find Zhang Zuolin immediately, otherwise he would bear all the consequences. This was just a lower-level officer. After hearing this, he would not dare to refute it. He could only nod and agree with a bitter face. He led Yang Du out of the General's Mansion and headed towards the Beidaying.
The more you walked outside Fengtian, the clearer the sound of the cannon became. At this time, the sky was getting brighter. A red light shot up into the sky in the south of Fengtian. Yang Du looked anxious from a distance.
"I didn't expect that I really made the case for Zheng Jingming. This Japanese actually made a trick of concealing the world. I don't know if Zhang Zuolin can stop it."
Worried about the situation on the front line, Yang Du ran towards Beidaying after leaving the city, and was out of breath. Just when he was anxious, he was lucky to run into a carriage. Under Yang Du's order, the lower-level officer immediately requisitioned the carriage, and the two jumped onto the carriage and whipped away.
At this moment, the headquarters of the 27th Army of Beidaying was in chaos. It was late in the north in winter, and it was still dark at 6 o'clock in the morning. No one expected that the Japanese on the opposite side would attack suddenly at this moment. The sudden sound of artillery broke the calm of dawn. The defense line of the 27th Army was instantly covered by a sea of bullets and fire. The Japanese army on the opposite side assembled hundreds of cannons and started shelling the 27th Army at the same time, and suddenly fooled the front-line soldiers who were still sleeping.
Zhang Zuolin, who was in the Marshal's Mansion, reacted quickly. When the first sound of running came, he suddenly jumped out of bed. After years of military career, he could not hear the sound of the Japanese 75mm field cannon, 105mm howitzer, 150mm howitzer, 150mm cannon and other small-caliber flat-fire cannons? He suddenly woke up and thought of what Yang Du said last night, and immediately understood that it was the Japanese attack. He never expected that the Japanese in the south actually launched an attack on him while withdrawing troops. This was simply
Unbelievable. He cursed "Ma, let me slap my shit" and Zhang Zuolin put on his clothes and rushed out of the room, summoning the officers and guards to gather. Before all the personnel arrived, Zhang Zuolin jumped into the car and rushed to Beidaying. As the commander of the 27th Army, he now knew very well that the Japanese suddenly attack would inevitably cause great casualties to his front-line troops. Maybe the first line of defense would soon be lost. It is obviously inappropriate to rush to the front line in this situation. He had to go to the headquarters first to find out the situation, grasp the troops, and defend the second or third line of defense.
When Zhang Zuolin arrived at Beidaying, Zhang Zuoxiang, who was left behind, kept calling. The entire headquarters was in chaos and no one knew what to do.
Seeing Zhang Zuolin arrive, Zhang Zuoleng was overjoyed, so he quickly put down the phone and trotted over.
"What's going on the front line now?" Zhang Zuolin asked calmly.
"I don't know yet, the phone number ahead has not been reached, but I have sent someone to contact me."
"Where are Yang Yuting, Tang Yulin, Zhang Jinghui and others?"
"I don't know, I haven't contacted you yet, I guess you're rushing here too." Zhang Zuoxiang replied, wiping his head full of sweat.
Zhang Zuolin frowned slightly, took over the command without saying much, and made arrangements immediately. He ordered Zhang Zuolin to gather the remaining troops immediately and prepare for attack at any time. At the same time, people were asked to find the whereabouts of Yang Yuting, Tang Yulin, Zhang Jinghui and others, and let them rushed to Beidaying immediately. As for the front line, they must contact Sun Liechen's troops and report on the current situation on the front line. As for the subsequent defense lines, Zhang Zuolin just asked them to inform them to do their best to defend and must do everything possible to block the Japanese.
As soon as the instructions were made, Yang Yuting, the chief of staff of the 27th Army, arrived. Zhang Zuolin nodded at him and repeated the above order. Yang Yuting didn't say much, and immediately arranged according to Zhang Zuolin's order. After waiting for a while, Zhang Jinghui and others also came, but even Tang Yulin waited and could not see him.
"Report! Someone asked to see the Grand Marshal!"
Tang Yulin was not delayed, and Zhang Zuolin was so angry that he cursed, and a guard came in to report.
"Is Tang Yulin here? Mom, let this kid come in immediately!" Zhang Zuolin cursed without looking back as he lay on the map.
"No...yes..." Before the guard finished speaking, a man rushed in: "It's me! Brother Yuting, what's going on the front line now?"
I heard the sound and looked back. It turned out to be Yang Du. It was so fast that it was Yang Du's head and face were covered in sweat. His head was steaming in the middle of winter.
"Why are you here?" Zhang Zuolin said in surprise.
"When is it, why can't I come?" Yang Du strode close and asked, "I said, Brother Yuting, this cannon has been fired for half an hour. How is the front line now? Can we block the Japanese?"
Zhang Zuolin shook his head. Seeing Yang Du's face suddenly changed, he knew that he was misunderstood and quickly explained: "It's not that I can stop it, it's because I haven't contacted Sun Zanyao on the front line yet, but I have asked Zhang Fuchen to gather the team. If I can't contact within ten minutes, Zhang Fuchen will take a brigade."
"That's good, that's good..." Yang Du breathed a little relieved when he heard Zhang Zuolin say this. He didn't understand military affairs. Since Zhang Zuolin had already made arrangements as soon as possible, maybe things wouldn't be as bad as imagined.
"Report! Commander Sun has contacted!"
An officer rushed in and gasped and reported.
When Zhang Zuolin heard that he didn't even bother to look at the map, he threw down the pencil in his hand and turned around and asked anxiously: "What's the situation with Sun Zanyao now?"
"When I returned to the Grand Marshal, the first defense line had been broken by the Japanese. The 54th Division on the front line suffered heavy casualties. Commander Sun had retreated to the second defense line. However, Commander Sun said that the second defense line might not be able to be defended. Please send troops to help me immediately to continue retreating."
"What!" Zhang Zuolin was shocked. The first line of defense could not be defended as he expected, but Sun Liechen said that he could not defend it either. Fengtian City had only four lines of defense. If the two lines of defense were to be lost in just over an hour, Fengtian would be in danger.
"How is Sun Zanyao's 54th Division?" Zhang Zuolin asked afterwards.
The officer said with a gloomy expression: "The Japanese shelling came too suddenly, with most of the fifty-four majorities suffering heavy casualties. Now there are less than one brigade who has been collected. Even Commander Sun was slightly injured..."
"Hi!" Zhang Zuolin stomped his feet heavily, heartache as if a knife was stirred. Sun Liechen's 54th Division suffered such great casualties with just a little effort, which was like a bolt from the blue for Zhang Zuolin. It shouldn't be absolutely necessary, and he shouldn't be smart enough to be self-righteous. Yang Du had been idled for two days. If he had known that he would have prepared in advance, he wouldn't have been like this!
He looked at Yang Du with some guilt, but he saw that Yang Du was also shocked.
"Yu Ting! Come to the Ninth Army and the Twenty-Eighth Army immediately!" Yang Du suggested anxiously.
"Yes! Yes!" Zhang Zuolin was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that Yang Du was reminded and asked Yang Yuting to arrange this.
"Also, Fengtian's situation should be reported to the central government immediately and sent a telegram! Send a telegram immediately! Ask for help from the central government!" Yang Du shouted anxiously with sweat on his head. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!