At this time, Zhu Shigui, the commander of the garrison division of the Yunnan Army, who was thrown into the water, was already unconscious. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A boatman and a guard swam to Zhu Shigui's undulating side one after another, shouting and taking off Zhu Shigui's heavy tweed coat.

The experienced boatman endured the biting cold and roared loudly: "Let go!" Let go of your hands and hand over the general to me, and you immediately take off your cotton clothes, take them off quickly, or you will sink in a short time! ”

The young guard hurriedly pushed Zhu Shigui, who was bleeding and unconscious, into the arms of the boatman who had stripped off his fineness, and in the surging waves, he quickly took off his cotton clothes and cotton pants, and threw them away together with the armed belt and two barge guns, and then pounced on the half-section of the boat that was floating on the side, paddling desperately, chasing the sturdy boatman who was holding Zhu Shigui's head and swimming to the west bank of the Ganjiang River.

The small steamer sank in the roar of shelling and the sound of gunfire, and the huge whirlpool swept all the corpses and floating objects within a radius of tens of meters into the water.

The three transport ships in the rear, which had not yet had time to cut the towing cables, collided again in a series of collisions, and after swinging violently, they could escape the danger of capsizing.

The surviving Yunnan officers and soldiers and boatmen jumped into the icy river water one after another, and no longer dared to stay on the ship, which was riddled with holes and bullets.

Immediately afterwards, another small steamer raised the white flag amid the incoming shells, and the four troop transports towed raised the white flag one after another to announce their surrender.

Li Lianshan, the commander of the first regiment, immediately ordered more than 300 brothers in his battalion to run down the wharf, board five large and small ferries, and row quickly into the river.

Zheng Yi and Wang Huchen above the dock finally showed a knowing smile.

The battle was the same as they had anticipated, with four of the thirteen troop transports fleeing, six of the remaining nine raising the white flag due to heavy casualties, two towing freighters sinking and one surrendering, and two regiments of the Dian army either died under the dense rain of bullets or in the icy waters.

The surface of the river was full of dense corpses, and less than a third of the enemies escaped.

"The battle was fought easily and beautifully, and our army had almost no casualties, but I don't know how many captures we could take." Wang Huchen smiled happily.

Zheng Yi looked at the several ferries that were gradually approaching the enemy ships, observed for a moment, and shook his head slightly: "More than a dozen cargo ships in the rear of the troop transport fleet have all fled back to Wan'an, and no less than five hundred enemy officers and soldiers have been knocked off the boat, or jumped into the water to escape. ”

"The few surrendered troop carriers in front of me were riddled with holes, and most of the corpses and wounded were left on them, and it is estimated that there are not many weapons and equipment, so it would be good to have 500 guns captured."

Wang Huchen thought so: "It's a pity that we don't have enough ships, otherwise we will definitely be able to intercept the dozen or so cargo ships behind." ”

Zheng Yi laughed: "Being able to cripple the two regiments of the Dian army has achieved the purpose of this operation, and the most important thing is that the initiative on the battlefield is back in the hands of our army, and we have the final say on how to fight and where to fight next." ”

"If the first division led by Commissar Mao can take Yongxin, it will be even more perfect."

"How many defenders are left in Ji'an?" Wang Huchen asked.

Zheng Yi shook his head: "Our intelligence station has not yet been activated, and the party organization in Ji'an has not established contact with us, so we can't get accurate information!" ”

"However, we can speculate based on various circumstances that there are only two regiments of the Dian army in Ji'an City at most, and a local security regiment of more than 1,000 people."

"The news of this battle will soon reach Ji'an City, Ji'an defenders in addition to self-protection, it is difficult to mobilize troops to attack me, we need to deal with, only one brigade of the enemy entrenched in Wan'an County is left."

Wang Huchen immediately made a suggestion: "In this case, let's simply turn around and go north, attack Taihe County, which is empty of troops, and force the enemy of Wan'an to go north again to rescue." ”

"If we can mobilize the defenders of Ji'an to rush to the aid of Taihe, we will definitely be able to relieve the pressure on Commissar Mao and them to attack Yongxin, and maybe we can get new fighters from it."

"Heroes see the same thing, haha! Let's go down and have a look, and tell the brethren to move quickly, and clean up all the boats that can be moved, and then let us sail down the river and threaten Taihe! ”

After Zheng Yi finished speaking, he pulled up the happy Wang Huchen and walked to the dock in front of them together.

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After more than two hours of clean-up, the three transports that caught fire were forced to give up, and the small steamer, which had been blown off the port deck, towed six troop carriers covered in blood and bullet holes, slowly approached the dock.

More than 300 Yunnan prisoners carried hundreds of wounded and landed on the shore, and a battalion commander of the Yunnan army, whose arm was broken by a bullet, was escorted to Zheng Yi.

Li Lianshan took the lead in reporting to Zheng Yi: "There are not many weapons and equipment captured, 430 38 rifles, 6 Browning light machine guns, 4 Makqin heavy machine guns, and a lot of ammunition, the original more than 200 boxes, and 70 boxes of grenades. ”

Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, and then became furious: "Immediately pick out the prisoners on those two boats and throw them all into the river for me!" ”

"That's what I want, I'll do it!" Li Lianshan turned around and left.

The commander of the enemy battalion was so frightened that he begged for mercy: "Commander, be gracious! The brothers are not stubborn! I beg you, sir, to spare those ignorant brethren. ”

Zheng Yi motioned to Li Lianshan to do it immediately, stared at the eyes of the battalion commander of the Yunnan army, and said in a deep voice: "The two armies are fighting, and the dead and wounded have their own destiny, since the white flag has been raised, you should put down your weapons and wait for disposal, instead of throwing weapons and equipment into the river, you are undoubtedly intent on fighting to the end, how can you expect to get preferential treatment from our army?" ”

The commander of the enemy battalion made a loud distinction: "Most of our brothers are new recruits who have just come to Jiangxi Province from their hometown in Yunnan Province, and nearly half of the soldiers in the division are newcomers who lack discipline, and they have only been in the army for four and a half months now, and they are still ignorant!" Abundance, sir, spare our brothers this time! ”

Zheng Yi asked curiously, "Isn't your Ji'an garrison division subordinate to the Third Army?" How can there be so many recruits? ”

At this juncture, where did the enemy battalion commander dare to conceal it: "Before our Third Army was transferred to Jiangbei to participate in the Northern Expedition last month, veterans of two regiments of our garrison division were transferred to Jiujiang, and two regiments of recruits were transferred from Nanchang to fill the vacancy. ”

"This time, there are nearly half recruits in the two regiments that followed our division commander Zhu to the south, and I originally thought that I would just walk around and go back, but I didn't expect that there would be such a big conflict with your army!"

Zheng Yi immediately asked: "You tell me honestly, what is the number of a brigade stationed in Wan'an County now?" Who is the chief? Why are you armed with six 75 mountain guns and you don't? ”

"This ......"

"If you want to save the lives of your brothers, you must be honest, otherwise Lao Tzu will throw you into the river together!"

"No, no! I said, I said ......" (To be continued.) )