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"Report to the division commander, political commissar, and regimental commander Tian urgently telegraphed to find the Red Fourth Division and Comrade Peng!" Zhang Yunrui, the new head of the intelligence section, came to Zheng Yi excitedly.

Zheng Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and Li Zhao and Wang Huchen also stood up excitedly and asked loudly about the specific location. Zheng Yi glanced at the message and walked quickly to the large map hanging on the west wall:

"Here, about 20 kilometers southeast of Jiaoling County, about 32 kilometers away from Sanheba, where the enemy's heavy troops are gathering in the southeast."

"It's amazing, it's not a good place!"

Wang Huchen was shocked after seeing the picture clearly.

Li Zhao was also worried: "Good luck has been found!" If it had been delayed for another two days, it would have been very likely to be surrounded by the enemy's heavy forces. ”

Wang Huchen nodded: "Did you telegraph to Tian Antai and Comrade Peng Peng and ask them to go north overnight and quickly leave that valley area?" ”

Zheng Yi pondered for a long time: "Section Chief Zhang, immediately call Commander Tian to inquire about the details of the Red Fourth Division, including the mental state of the officers and soldiers and the number of wounded and sick, and report it as soon as possible." ”

"Understood!"

Zhang Yunrui immediately returned to the telecommunications room in the back.

Wang Huchen immediately understood: "Are you worried that the Red Fourth Division has too many injuries and can't march at night?" ”

Zheng Yi silently bowed his head and turned to the map to take a closer look: "To the east of the valley is Taoyao Town in Dapu County, I estimate that the enemy army has already guarded there, blocking the road to southern Fujian and southeastern Jiangxi. ”

"If you use a strong attack to break through to the north, it is likely to attract heavy enemy pursuit, after all, the main division under Xu Jingtang is in the south of Sanheba."

Wang Huchen frowned, his fingers slowly swiped north of the Sanhe Dam on the map, and finally stopped at the north of the valley, thoughtful: "I wonder if there is a road feasible in this mountain?" ”

"This big mountain is not high, there are streams and small rivers everywhere, the mountain is not very steep, there should be a small road leading to Shanghang in the north, it is really impossible to storm Taoyao Town, the strength of the Cantonese army in the town will not exceed one regiment, with the combat effectiveness of two battalions of the guard regiment, it should not be a problem to take Taoyao Town, not to mention that there is a company of spies and brothers from the Red Fourth Division fighting side by side." Zheng Yi analyzed.

Wang Huchen weighed for a moment and nodded heavily: "The casualties will be greater in this way, but as long as you can defeat the enemy army in Taoyao Town, it will be a smooth road to continue north." ”

"Now that the enemy army in Shanghang has been transferred to Longyan, at most one company will be left to guard Shanghang County, if we can make up our minds, maybe Tian Antai and Comrade Peng Peng will be able to defeat Shanghang County."

"How to be advantageous, the key is to act quickly, as long as you can bring the Red Fourth Division back, even if the casualties are larger, it is worth it."

In the face of major issues, Li Zhao did not hesitate.

Zheng Yi turned to Wang Huchen, and Wang Huchen also agreed, and at this time, Zhang Yao and Zhang Yunrui both arrived, sending the action telegram that they had just received from Tian Antai and The Paper: "They have made a decision to attack Taoyao Town overnight, and then quickly go north into Shanghang." ”

Zheng Yi and the three of them looked at each other and smiled, and Li Zhao asked, "Did you explain the specific situation of the Red Fourth Division?" ”

Zhang Yao shook his head: "No, I guess, it is likely that the Cantonese army has approached them!" ”

Zheng Yi smiled bitterly: "I agree with your speculation, otherwise Tian Antai and Comrade Peng Peng would not be in such a hurry, alas! I don't know what the current state of the Red Fourth Division is, it's worrying......"

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Zheng Yi and Wang Huchen's speculation was very correct, and the guard regiment and the Red Fourth Division, which had converged for less than two hours, encountered an unexpected situation before they had time to celebrate.

Twenty minutes ago, the reconnaissance detachment of the instructor's special service company, which had sneaked two kilometers out of the valley to carry out reconnaissance, unexpectedly discovered that dust and smoke were flying under the bend several hundred meters to the south, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the wind.

The twelve officers and men of the reconnaissance detachment glanced at each other, quickly made a judgment, and laid an ambush on both sides of the empty official road.

Half a minute later, three Cantonese officers and soldiers in khaki uniforms rode their horses from south to north, and soon rounded the bend below and entered the uphill section.

When the three horses ran up the hill, their follow-up was weak, and their speed was greatly reduced.

The twelve elites who were lying in ambush in the ditch on both sides suddenly lifted the branches and weeds on their bodies, pounced on the three unsuspecting enemy soldiers respectively, dragged the three panicked enemy soldiers off their horses with their hands and feet, and then successfully controlled the three war horses that were constantly neighing and jumping.

The commander of the reconnaissance detachment opened the captured briefcase, and soon saw the battle order put together with the notebook and the neatly folded map, and was shocked, and immediately interrogated the captured herald and two guards of the Cantonese army.

After reading the battle order signed by Xu Jingtang, commander of the Cantonese army, Tian Antai and Comrade Peng Pao immediately interrogated the enemy herald.

Knowing that the specific location of the Red Fourth Division had already been discovered by the Guangdong army, the Second Division led by Xu Jingtang, lieutenant general of the Fifth Army of the Guangdong Army, had arrived at Songnan Town, 15 kilometers to the south, and that the two regiments of the Twelfth Division were slowly approaching from Jiaoling County and Wenfu Town in the west, and that the Red Fourth Division would be encircled by the early morning tomorrow morning at the latest.

Tian Antai and Comrade Peng Pao learned from the operational order signed by Xu Jingtang that the Cantonese army stationed in Taoyao Town and blockading the main communication route in the north was the Meizhou Garrison Regiment, which was a regular army reorganized two months ago, with three infantry battalions and two directly subordinate companies under its command, with more than 1,420 officers and men, 36 light and heavy machine guns, and 1,200 Belgian 79 rifles copied from the Shijing Arsenal.

In order to prevent the Red Fourth Division from launching a possible charge to break through the encirclement, the regiment also specially carried 200 boxes of grenades, and set up complete blocking fortifications on the two heights south of Taoyao Town, completely blocking the passage of the Red Fourth Division to the north.

At this time, there were only more than 1,400 officers and men left in the Red Fourth Division, all the officers and men were ragged and exhausted, and there were more than 600 wounded and sick who could not walk independently.

What's even worse is that most of the officers and soldiers have lost their weapons, with only more than 2,000 bullets left, an average of less than five per person, and even fewer grenades, only 35, and the overall situation is more than 10 times more difficult than Zheng Yi speculated.

In the face of the harsh status quo, Tian Antai, who had always been brave and good at fighting, did not dare to do anything, and after discussing with Comrade Peng Peng and the five chief and deputy commanders of the Red Fourth Division, he immediately ordered the special agent company to take the lead and quickly move north along the coming road to reconnoiter the enemy troops in the direction of Wenfu Town.

In addition, Tian Antai also ordered the police company to act as a striker, closely following behind the spy company, and to come forward to support at any time in the event of an exchange of fire; He also ordered the first battalion to act as the rearguard, and the rest of the brothers carried more than 300 seriously wounded men to set out one after another, seizing the time to quickly evacuate the encirclement that was about to be formed.

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