After Tian Antai left, Zheng Yi said unapologetically to his father-in-law: "I disturbed your tranquility today, I'm sorry!" ”

"But no matter whether you can take Ningdu City today or not, I want to thank the master for his hospitality, wish the master good health, and the prosperity of Buddhism, and take my leave!"

The abbot hurriedly stood up and asked curiously: "Please stay with the general...... General, can you tell the old man the name of Gao? Why did the army led by the general attack Ningdu? ”

Zheng Yi replied kindly: "I, Zheng Yi, our army is a people's army under the leadership of the Communist Party, and all the warlords who ride on the heads of the people are our mortal enemies, including the Kuomintang Party, which has massacred communists all over the country for more than a year!" So, the master should understand, right? ”

The abbot was shocked when he heard this, but Zheng Yi didn't have time to explain it to him in detail, so he smiled and led the guard platoon to the regiment at the foot of the mountain. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the small village where the first regiment was located, Li Lianshan strode forward and told Zheng Yi the good news: ten minutes ago, about a regiment of enemies hurriedly drove out of the north gate and rushed to the direction of Shangshi Town in the north!

Zheng Yi was overjoyed, and immediately entered the ancestral hall on the side of the road with Li Lianshan, and discussed it carefully on the map:

"It will take at least an hour and a half to march thirteen kilometers in a rapid march, and if Huchen drags the enemy for another hour, we will have nearly three hours of time to attack."

"The defending enemy in the city is called a division, in fact, there are only two regiments, each regiment is less than a thousand people, there is no artillery and mortars, only a dozen heavy machine guns are distributed on the seven city gates, and then excluding the logistics and heavy companies that have little combat effectiveness, we need to deal with less than 1,000 defenders in the city."

"Even if we add a 500-strong local security regiment, there will be no more than 300 enemies in each defensive direction, as long as we fight fast and fiercely, we will definitely be able to break through the city in one fell swoop!"

Li Lianshan was also excited: "Lao Zhao left me five mortar groups, and I plan to use mortars to bombard the two machine gun fire points on the city first, and at the same time order one battalion to rush into the west gate desperately, and the other two battalions under the cover of machine guns, carrying bamboo ladders to forcibly climb the city walls on both sides." ”

"Three battalions are launched at the same time, and as long as one battalion succeeds, this battle can be a decisive victory!"

"When does the West Gate close?" Zheng Yi asked.

Li Lianshan said with a smile: "I have repeatedly asked the villagers, the west gate, like the south gate, the east gate, and the north gate, are the main passages in and out of the city, and the city gate is usually closed before dark, and in winter it closes at about half past six in the evening and opens at about eight in the morning, and in summer it is usually closed between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, and the door opens at seven in the morning." ”

"There is only one squad of enemies guarding the city gate, and the vast majority of the enemy either gathers in the two military camps in the middle and north of the city, or wanders in the Qinglou wine shop inside the east gate......

"So, as long as we move fast enough, the enemy won't have time to close the gates."

Zheng Yi took out his pocket watch again, and when he saw that the time was already 5:20, he immediately gave an order to Li Lianshan and several regiment commanders: "Let's go!" ”

The sun hanging on the top of the mountain to the west slowly hid behind the mountain, and the sky gradually darkened, and the horse team carrying heavy machine guns and mortars left the village under the traction of the officers and men, and the whole army of officers and soldiers marched east along the mountain village path.

The panicked villagers were relieved to see the army leaving, and only a few people knew in their hearts that Ningdu City was about to change!

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5:50 p.m.

Tian Antai, commander of the guard battalion, led the special service company to successfully cross the east bank of the Meijiang River, three kilometers south of the city, and the two hundred elites gathered slightly and turned on their horses and slaughtered the large pier on the east bank in the north with an indomitable momentum.

The sound of dense horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and the yellow dust stirred up rolled up like an angry dragon, and the sound caused by the two hundred horses was extremely terrifying.

Tian Antai, who took the lead, rode his horse into the chaotic East Coast Pier in just over three minutes, picked up his machine gun, and fired at all the targets with weapons in hand.

The dozens of horsemen who followed opened fire one after another, launched intensive strafing at all the targets wearing gray-blue military uniforms, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed through the wailing dock, and killed until more than 200 meters in front of them before turning their horses' heads and charging back.

The sudden fierce battle at the Grand Pier on the East Coast frightened the defenders of the city.

Yang Yukun, the commander of the garrison division of the Yunnan army, did not need to probe the horse to make an urgent report, but quickly judged from the dense gunfire and continuous mortar bombardment that the big wharf in the east of the city had been attacked by a large-scale surprise attack.

Yang Yukun loudly gave the order to mobilize troops to rush to the east of the city, and on the other hand, he quickly put on his military coat and put on his weapons, and turned on his horse surrounded by dozens of hurried officers and guards, rushed through the chaotic streets of human figures, crossed the hundreds of officers and soldiers under his command who hurriedly gathered to help the east of the city, and rushed straight to the direction of the east gate where the flames were burning and the smoke was rising from the sky.

The reinforcements led by Yang Yukun were not unpleasant, and they rushed to the city walls on both sides of the east gate in less than ten minutes.

After the brave commander of the Yunnan Army, Yang Yukun, dismounted, he hurriedly glanced at the East Gate Tower that was burning on half of the collapsed side, and then led dozens of guards to rush up the city wall in the billowing smoke, bent down to the rear of the battlements in the roaring rain of bullets, and took the telescope handed by the adjutant and slowly stood up to observe.

The officers behind Yang Yukun took the initiative to run towards the chaotic officers and soldiers on both sides, shouting to organize firepower to fight back as they ran.

Before Yang Yukun could see it, there were sudden bursts of violent explosions in the south and east of the city, and the thick gunpowder smoke soon flooded the two enemy towers in the east and west of the city.

After a short period of shock, Yang Yukun, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, immediately realized that Ningdu City was under a large-scale attack by unknown forces, and in a hurry, he could no longer care about observing the burning east bank, and turned to the terrified officers behind him and shouted loudly:

"Return to the ministries at once, and immediately mobilize all your forces......"

Before Yang Yukun could finish the order, a bullet hit his head accurately, and half of the Heavenly Spirit Cover flew out several meters in the rising blood mist along with the military cap, and his sturdy body fell with a bang.

The officers and guards of the surrounding Yunnan army shouted "division seat" one after another, desperately pounced on the corpse that was still convulsing.

"Quick! Quickly carry the master's seat, quickly-"

"Boom, boom—"

Three mortar shells roared in the midst of bursts of exclamations, blasting Yang Yukun and a group of scrambling officer guards into the air, and the flying flesh and blood splashed more than ten meters away in the billowing smoke of gunpowder.

Until this moment, neither of the warring sides knew that the command core of the Ningdu defenders was killed and wounded in the violent explosion of three mortar shells. (To be continued.) )