Less than 20 minutes after the teaching regiment left, Guo Ziquan, the new battalion commander who led the 2nd Guard Battalion to guard the Laoyingpan Pass, sent an urgent report: The 2nd Division of the 39th Army arrived at Shacun, 20 kilometers northeast of Laoyingpan, and our reconnaissance team had a brief exchange of fire with the enemy's forward troops!

Li Zhao's head was immediately as big as a fight, and he immediately urgently discussed countermeasures with Zhou Bingyao, the new deputy head of the guard regiment, and Sun Yingfa, the political commissar, and the three staff groups all threw themselves into the intense analysis of the battle situation, and Wu Pinxing, the commander of the communications company who stayed behind in Xingguo, took the telegram prepared by Li Zhao himself and returned to the telecommunications room to send a report to Zheng Yi, the division commander who was sitting in Yudu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Guard Regiment, which had just completed its expansion three days ago, had only two battalions totaling more than 760 officers and men, one-third of whom were old brothers who had returned from their wounds, another one-third were veterans drawn from the baggage battalion, and the remaining one-third were recruits from the three Red Guard brigades in Xingguo County.

Tian Antai, the newly promoted commander of the guard regiment and commander of the 3rd Guard Battalion, was still by the side of division commander Zheng Yi, and the two spy companies that formed the 3rd Guard Battalion were still conducting reconnaissance on the enemy on the East Road and the South Road.

The two newly formed guard battalions, together with Dong Zongzhuo's teaching regiment and baggage battalion, have a total strength of only 3,000 men, while the enemy forces approaching from the two directions are a newly formed division of nearly 10,000 men and an independent brigade of nearly 5,000 men, and the two enemy armies are not only well-equipped, but also have an artillery company each, and the disparity between the enemy's and our forces is extremely huge; even with the full help of 1,800 Red Guards from the three Red Guard Brigades led by the Xingguo County Party Committee, Li Zhao is not sure that he will be able to hold on for five days.

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On the evening of May 10, in the county seat of Yudu, the instructor of the front-line headquarters.

Zheng Yi silently read the urgent telegrams that were constantly sent and the information summarized by the various staff groups, and the new guard regiment commander Tian Antai, the second regiment commander Zhao Jingting, the deputy regiment commander Gao Cheng, the political commissar Tao Zhuguo, and the machine gun battalion commander Yang Liding stared at the map on the table and discussed in a low voice.

Li Sihua, deputy secretary of the county party committee, and Zhang Yisheng, minister of military affairs, who had just arrived from Ningdu, were full of anxiety and fidgeting, but they did not dare to disturb Zheng Yi and the chiefs of various ministries who were discussing nervously.

Zheng Yi gave instructions on the telegram and summary report one by one, handed it to Zhang Yao, the deputy chief of staff who was waiting on the side, and motioned for everyone to be quiet:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Chief of Staff Wang Huchen has already led the third and fifth regiments to Ruijin, and the second regiment and three battalions that went to pick up the wounded and supplies have not yet arrived."

"In view of the current rapidly changing battlefield situation and the increasing pressure on the Xingguo side, I decided to transfer the regiment left in Jiangkou Town back to Xingguo to reinforce the second guard battalion and the two Red Guard Brigades stationed in Laoyingpan.

"Is our second company coming back?" Tian Antai asked carefully.

Zheng Yi nodded: "You can order the second company of spies to withdraw to the capital, take a short rest, and continue to investigate the area south of the capital." ”

"Understood!"

Tian Antai quietly exhaled turbid air, the brothers of the second company of the spy did not get a break for half a month, and there was no radio station to contact him at any time, Tian Antai could not sleep day and night, and he was worried.

Zheng Yi turned to Zhao Jingting and Yang Liding: "I have already called the Fourth Regiment, and within two days we must sneak to Luokou, west of Guangchang, and if everything goes well, your Third Battalion will be able to return to Yudu at noon tomorrow." ”

"The morning after tomorrow, your whole regiment will set out, and together with the Ningdu County Party Committee and the Red Guard Brigade, you will send the wounded and all the supplies to Ningdu, and leave the police communication company to me. The 2nd Regiment and the 5th Regiment will march north late tomorrow night, and within three days, launch an attack on the 1st Division of the Dian Army that is forcing towards Ningdu! ”

Zhao Jingting and the others hurriedly agreed, and Li Sihua, deputy secretary of the Yudu County Party Committee, and Zhang Yisheng, the military minister, finally showed a smile.

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When Zheng Yi was dispatching troops to seek a breakthrough, the vanguard of the Yunnan army, which was approaching Xingguo from the north and northwest, had a fierce collision with the reconnaissance team sent by the instructor's guard regiment.

Both skirmishes were short-lived, but the casualties were significant.

The reconnaissance platoon of the 2nd Division of the Yunnan Army, which was unfamiliar with the terrain, made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and under the guidance of two guides selected by the squires, it went five kilometers deep into the mountainous area, and just crossed the Meitouling area, which was 16 kilometers away from the Laoyingpan Pass, when it encountered an ambush; under the precise blows of two Czech light machine guns and more than 20 grenades of the reconnaissance detachment of the instructor's guard regiment, it suffered heavy casualties; only four soldiers of the Yunnan Army jumped into a deep ditch and escaped by chance, while the remaining 29 officers and men and two guides were killed and wounded.

Compared with the 2nd Division of the 39th Army of the Yunnan Army in the northwest, Zhang Chaozhen, the colonel and brigade commander of the 1st Independent Brigade of the Yunnan Army in the northwest, is much better.

After a brief exchange of fire between the reconnaissance teams of the two armies, each of them carried the dead and wounded brothers on their backs and quickly retreated.

Zhang Chaozhen, who received the urgent report, immediately ordered the artillery to push the six mountain guns, march four kilometers all the way, and launch an artillery attack on the Wulonggang position of the first battalion guarded by the instructor, and at the same time sent two infantry battalions to move forward quickly, approaching more than 400 meters in front of the position of our instructor, immediately stopping the advance, adjusting the artillery firing range again, and firing more than 30 shells in a row.

As soon as the shelling stopped, the two battalions of the Dian army, which were hidden at the foot of the mountain, shouted in unison and launched a feint.

In a panic, the instructor guard battalion on Wulonggang and the first battalion of the teaching regiment that had come in from the reinforcements opened fire in full force, and the upper and lower positions and the four heavy machine gun fire points hidden in the mountains were all exposed.

Zhang Chaozhen, who had achieved his goal, blew the trumpet to collect his troops, and the two battalions of the well-trained Yunnan Army threw down a few corpses and supported more than a dozen wounded to quickly retreat.

Dong Zongzhuo, who hurriedly climbed to the Wulonggang position, hurriedly took out his binoculars and took a closer look, and Li Shufang, the commander of the first battalion of the guard with sweaty face, hurriedly ran over, and just about to give advice to Dong Zongzhuo, he was pulled aside by Wu Yaojie, deputy commander of the teaching regiment.

Wu Yaojie, who was born in the Hubei army, is not very literate, but he is a battle-hardened veteran, with very rich battlefield experience, after being captured on the battlefield of Hunan Province in the early days of the Northern Expedition, he resolutely defected to Zheng Yi's garrison regiment, and successively served as the deputy commander of the infantry battalion and the tactical instructor of the teaching regiment, and had a good relationship with Li Shufang, an old brother who enlisted in the army during the First Eastern Expedition, so he stopped Li Shufang in time and explained very apologetically:

"Shufang, don't get excited, most of our teaching regiment are recruits, and when they are nervous, they can't control themselves, and they fire indiscriminately without hearing the order you give."

Li Shufang was annoyed, pointed to Dong Zongzhuo, who was squatting on the edge of the trench in front of him holding a telescope, and complained in a low voice:

"He's inexperienced, and your old brother is inexperienced? The enemy's mountain artillery could not reach our position at all, so there was no way to indiscriminately shell the mountainsides on both sides, and the enemy's four companies all squatted in the rocks and dry ditches half a mile away, pretending to launch a round of attack, and before they had run 100 meters, they all retreated, clearly trying to find out the firepower of our army through a feint. ”

"It's good that you guys are full of firepower, so that the two recruits on Lao Tzu's side can't control it, the enemy didn't kill a few, and the bullets consumed nearly 10,000 rounds, shame!"

Wu Yaojie smiled, glanced at Dong Zongzhuo, who was still observing the enemy's situation, pulled Li Shufang under the big tree behind, took out a cigarette, and took one of each to the fire, then asked unhurriedly: "What do you think of the only brigade of the Yunnan Army on the other side?" ”

Li Shufang shook his head slightly: "There is a degree of advance and retreat, not slow or slow, he is a strong opponent!" Extrapolating from the density of the enemy's artillery fire, there should have been five to eight seventy-five mountain guns. ”

"This kind of mountain cannon is usually about 700 to 900 kilograms, and two batches of inferior horses can be easily pulled, but fortunately, there is no open land within five kilometers north of the position, and the width on both sides of the winding river is not enough, and there are not many places that can be used as artillery positions, otherwise this battle will be suffered!"

Wu Yaojie thought for a while: "I feel that the enemy on the opposite side will not stop for too long, and will definitely try to pull the artillery to the front." ”

"You mean, let me rearrange the firing point?" Li Shufang attaches great importance to Wu Yaojie's opinion.

Wu Yaojie nodded: "Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy has not yet attacked in a big way, immediately deepen and widen the trenches, I will let the brothers of the whole regiment cooperate with you, load sandbags, move wood, it is not enough to cut down trees immediately, at least six heavy machine gun fire points that can withstand the bombardment of 75 artillery, in order to seal the river beach and the mountain road on both sides that are one kilometer wide and two kilometers deep in front." ”

"And I suggest that you give me the position to the east, and I will bring a battalion to assist in the defense, and after rebuilding the position, the rest of the troops and the Red Guard brigade will all withdraw to the foot of the mountain in the rear."

Li Shufang thought for a moment: "Listen to you, the east will be handed over to you!" ”

Wu Yaojie smiled slightly: "Don't worry, it's past four o'clock in the afternoon, it is estimated that the enemy will not attack again, let's seize the time to strengthen the position together, if it rains tonight, the open and dark sentinels on the mountain roads on both sides must also be prepared in advance." ”

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