A month ago, Zhu Peide, who was the chairman of Jiangxi Province, had to transfer two armies under his command to Jiangbei to participate in the Northern Expedition under the constant urging of Commander-in-Chief Chiang and the central government in Nanjing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, before these two armies were transferred out of Jiangxi Province, Zhu Peide had already recruited 20,000 recruits from his hometown in Yunnan Province and the northern Jiangxi region, and stationed them in Nanchang, Jiujiang, Fuzhou, Zhangshu, Ji'an, and other strategic places in the name of local garrison troops and newly organized brigades.

For this reason, Zhu Peide did not hesitate to go to the Huhai area three times in the name of curing his illness, quietly got in touch with the Japanese, successfully evaded the supervision of the central government in Nanjing, and purchased a large number of weapons and ammunition from the Japanese to equip new soldiers to enrich the remaining troops in Jiangxi Province.

Zhu Peide is very lacking in the overall political situation, and has repeatedly made wrong choices at critical moments, resulting in an increasingly embarrassing situation, and the only thing he can hold in his hands at present is the real power of "Chairman of Jiangxi Province".

Once he loses Gan Province, he will lose the land of support, and the army in his hands will shrink sharply, and once the army shrinks, it will be followed by the loss of military power, and without military power, everything he has worked so hard to build up will fall apart and eventually become nothing.

Therefore, Zhu Peide's attention to the situation in Jiangxi Province is far above everyone else, which is also the fundamental reason why after he received Yang Chisheng's urgent telegram for help, he first watched coldly, then weighed and pondered repeatedly, and finally had to order the two brigades stationed in Ji'an and Zhangshu to go south to support.

Even if Zhu Peide was very reluctant to consume his limited strength, he had to take into account the possible bad political repercussions, as well as the enormous pressure from Commander-in-Chief Chiang and the central government in Nanjing.

Ganzhou, Ruijin and other southern Jiangxi regions, like northwest Jiangxi, have long been outside Zhu Peide's rule, and the rich central and northern Jiangxi regions are Zhu Peide's lifeblood.

In order to keep his hard-won territory and maintain his dominant position in Jiangxi Province, Zhu Peide never easily relaxed his control over central and northern Jiangxi, but in order to maintain his position as chairman of Jiangxi Province, he must express what happened in the whole province of Jiangxi Province.

It is based on this consideration that Zhu Peide had to mobilize two brigades to go south to Wan'an, originally he just wanted to put on a posture and go through the motions, but now it seems that it is difficult to do so, Commander-in-Chief Chiang has clearly asked him to recover Xingguo and Ningdu in southern Jiangnan, Zhu Peide has to act on orders, and must do it as soon as possible, otherwise it will attract greater suspicion from Commander-in-Chief Chiang, and at the same time lose control of the situation.

It can be said that Zhu Peide thought about the situation in all aspects, and the only thing he didn't expect was that Zheng Yi not only did not flee before the arrival of 5,000 men and horses of the two brigades of the Yunnan Army as he thought, but instead rushed forward and launched round after round of attacks and harassment before the two brigades of the Yunnan Army completed their combat preparations.

In just two days, the Dian army, which was scattered in all directions outside the city of Taihe, was frequently attacked by sudden attacks, and the number of dead and wounded officers and soldiers was now as high as more than 270 people, which frightened the Dian army and the local security forces to retreat into the county seat, and the connection between Taihe and Wan'an was severed.

Even the ships in the Gan River have turned around and scrambled to leave this dangerous water.

Whether it was ambushing the patrols of the Dian army or launching a surprise attack on the transport convoy of the Dian army, each time it fought extremely resolutely, and the longest battle lasted no more than ten minutes, and all the weapons and ammunition, pack horses, mules, horses and transport materials of the dead and wounded officers and soldiers of the Yunnan army were looted and immediately retreated without hesitation.

The wealthy families and wealthy merchants in Wan'an City ran to the gate of the camp where the Dian army was stationed every day to petition, and the county town of Taihe, which was empty of troops, also sent messengers disguised as ordinary people, begging Zhu Shigui, the commander of the major general of the Yunnan garrison division, and Chen Chuanwen, the colonel of the independent brigade, to send troops to rescue.

For a time, the wind and rumors in Wan'an, Taihe and the two counties were full of soldiers, and the water and land transportation was cut off.

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On the afternoon of February 23, 30 kilometers north of Xingguo, Laoyingpan.

In the drizzle, two fast horses quickly ran along the winding mountain road, crossed the thousands of Red Guards of Xingguo County, who were building fortifications with huge logs and sandbags, passed through the north entrance of the pass guarded by six officers and soldiers, and soon sent the latest information into the sturdy barracks close to the mountain.

After reading the urgent report sent by Kuaima, Zheng Yi, the instructor and division commander, casually handed it to Wang Huchen, the chief of staff who was sitting in the lower position, stood up and walked to the soaking young officer, raised his hands, sorted out the disheveled collar of the soldier who was full of water stains but smiled very happily, and asked, "Can you afford to eat?" ”

The young officer happily replied: "It's okay, the detachments led by Battalion Commander Tian are working even harder, and I am only responsible for guiding the fifteen brothers of the second sniper detachment......

"When we were cold-shot, we were far away from the enemy, and after a few rounds, we basically completed the mission, and after the brethren of the raiding detachment rushed up, there was nothing to do with us."

Zheng Yi nodded: "Xiaojun, I'm afraid you can't rest yet, I want you to return to Guanchao Town immediately with my order, and order all the regiments of police to withdraw to rest." ”

"Your battalion commander Tian has a radio on his side, but the police are not equipped here, they are only fifteen kilometers away from Taihe City, once the enemy in the city pours out, it will cause unnecessary battle damage, and they have been attacking for three days and three nights in a row, it is time to come back and sleep well."

Wang Xiaojun took the warrant that Zheng Yi hastily wrote, puffed up his chest and responded loudly: "Obey!" I'll rush to Guanchao Town at once, and I'll be able to get the order in two hours at most. ”

"Slow down! After the order is delivered, you lead your sniper detachment and special detachment to come back with the police company, and there is no need to go south to meet your battalion commander Tian, the detachments will evacuate Qilin Mountain and Juxian Temple in the north of Wan'an City before dark, and return to the old camp to rest for three days, after three days, we are likely to have a big battle. Zheng Yi commanded in a low voice.

Wang Xiaojun saluted and left, Zheng Yi returned to his position and sat down, saw a blue arrow drawn by Wang Huchen on the map, thought about it and asked with a smile: "Are you not afraid that a brigade of the enemy army left behind in Wan'an will take advantage of my unpreparedness and quietly attack Xingguo from Huangju Port in the south through the mountains?" ”

Wang Huchen did not raise his head, and continued to fill in the number of the Ji'an garrison division on the side of the blue arrow just marked: "The enemy does not have the ability to cross the 80-kilometer rugged mountain road in the drizzly weather, and it will take us at least three days, and we can't carry too many supplies, let alone artillery or something." ”

Zheng Yi nodded slightly and continued to ask, "What do you think about the enemy's division of troops to garrison Taihe?" ”

"I think the enemy is still in the process of adjustment, at least in the next three days will not be able to pose a threat to our department, I don't know if these two enemies will be due to the weather, they will retreat in Wan'an and Taihe City respectively to enjoy Qingfu, and wait until the sun comes out before there will be further action, if this enemy who goes north to Taihe is not on a small steamer, I really want to beat him."

Wang Huchen replied very confidently.

Zheng Yi pondered for a moment: "It's not that it can't be fought, the enemy takes a small steamer north to Taihe, the speed will not be too fast, the tonnage of the small steamer in the upper reaches of the Gan River is not large, usually a small freighter drags a dozen wooden boats slowly, as long as you choose a good ambush river section, you can still fight." ”

"No matter how many enemies can be destroyed in the end, they can play a role in provoking the enemy, not to mention that ships can only sail on the river, and there is no place to move at all when they encounter a blow, and the two-hundred-meter-wide river is completely within the optimal range of light and heavy weapons, as long as it is properly concealed, it is as easy to fight as a target."

Wang Huchen's eyes lit up: "That's true, if our mortar crews are more accurate and kill one or two small steamers dragging wooden boats, maybe we can achieve even greater results!" ”

Zheng Yi's finger slid to the Yaotou ferry, which was twenty kilometers south of Taihe, and nodded lightly: "This place is not bad...... Both sides of the strait are flat terrain, with an unobstructed view of the five miles, and the enemy would never have imagined that we would launch an attack in this place, and the county seat of Taihe is so close that the enemy on the ship will definitely relax their vigilance. ”

"There are only a few hundred security guards in Taihe City, and they definitely don't dare to come out to die."

Wang Huchen thought for a moment: "Okay! I immediately devised a battle plan, and the row of caves east of the ferry was enough to hide the strength of two regiments. ”

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