On the evening of 13 February, Zhao Jingting led the second regiment of the instructor to pretend to be a supplementary regiment of the Yunnan army and took the lead in marching into the county seat of Xingguo. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The 3rd Regiment of Duan Xuan, which followed the 2nd Regiment into the city, also passed through the city and set up on the spot at the port of Butou, a transportation hub 4 kilometers south of the city, blocking the water and land passage for the enemy in the city to flee southward.

Before the Xingguo County Magistrate, the police chief, and the head of Jingwei, who hurriedly came out to greet them, understood what was going on, they were taken down on the spot by Li Lianshan's Brother Tonglian.

Wei Xiuquan, deputy commander of the regiment, led two battalions of the first regiment to rush straight into the camp of the Jingwei regiment, which had recently been expanded opposite the county government, and in the blink of an eye, more than 100 regimental soldiers were subdued.

It wasn't until 9 p.m. that the large-scale manhunt came to an end, and the local Kuomintang officials and their families were kept under centralized custody, and the city's landlords all closed their doors, waiting for an unknown fate in panic.

Duan Xuan left a battalion stationed at the ferry port in the south of the city to set up checkpoints, and led the second and third battalions composed of recruits to escort the captured more than 100 escaped regiments back to the county seat and take over the defense from Li Lianshan.

After Zheng Yi and Li Zhao discussed, the fourth company of the elite guard regiment was renamed the first company of the guard battalion, and then one company was transferred from Li Lianshan regiment to enrich the guard battalion and renamed the second company of the guard battalion.

The two companies were personally commanded by political commissar Li Zhao and were responsible for the security of the division headquarters, the maintenance of public order, and the picketing of military discipline, while Duan Xuan's third regiment remained behind to rejuvenate the country.

The special service company, which has worked hard and made great achievements, still bears the name of the third company of the guard battalion, and all the 50 elite officers who won the top 10 in the military pentathlon competition are incorporated into it, bringing the number of officers and men of the special service company to 185.

At this moment, under the leadership of Tian Antai, the commander of the guard battalion, the special service company has completed the replenishment of ammunition and supplies, and has taken the radio station to Ma'anshan, where the second regiment is located, to rest, and will set off again at 5 o'clock in the morning to serve as a reconnaissance leader for the two main regiments that are about to attack Ningdu.

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In the middle of the night, everything is silent.

The people inside and outside the city have quieted down, the instructors and division personnel stationed in the Xingguo County Ya are still busy, the furnishings in the county hall have basically not changed, and the front and rear courtyards and the east and west cross courtyards are being transformed into armory, conference rooms, and barracks dormitories.

Zhang Yao led the brothers of the communication company to erect two tall antennas in the open space to the west of the front yard, and immediately returned to the west wing to turn on the radio station and make radio contact with the team headquarters in Ma On Shan and Donghua Mountain.

After Li Lianshan accepted the task, he said goodbye to Zheng Yi and Li Zhao and left in a hurry, returning to the barracks opposite the county government to prepare for the continuation of the march tomorrow morning.

"Let's have a cup of tea first."

Zheng Yi handed the teacup to Li Zhao, picked up the teacup in front of him and drank it silently.

Li Zhao, who was dizzy, sighed: "I'm going to attack Ningdu soon, can you afford it?" ”

Zheng Yi slowly put down the teacup: "I can only hold on to it in one go, once the enemy in Ningdu is prepared, this battle will not be easy to fight, maybe I will have to come back in the end, alas!" ”

"The only chance to win this battle is speed, to rush before the enemy is defenseless, I don't know where Huchen and the four regiments of Donghua Mountain have been, their strange army is very critical!"

Before the words fell, Zhang Yao, the commander of the communications company, ran over with a happy face: "Report to the division commander, Chief of Staff Wang has called back——"

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The Fourth Regiment of Donghua Mountain, led by Wang Huchen, the instructor's chief of staff, moved very quickly, and they traveled all the way east along the sheep intestine trail opened up by the She people in the vast mountains, and walked out of the mountains in only two days to Shishang Town, 14 kilometers north of Ningdu County.

Shishang Town is an ancient town with a history of more than 1,000 years, located at the three-way intersection leading to Yihuang and Guangchang, since ancient times it is a relay station of the trade road connecting central and eastern Jiangxi, and can reach the prosperous Ganzhou by boat through the Meijiang River.

The ancient town facing the mountains and rivers is not large, more than 6,000 residents live all the year round, the old stone street in the east-west direction is wide and flat, the east leads to the depth of the town, the west is connected to the largest Han Emperor Temple within a radius of 100 miles, the streets are all lined with flags and banners, the nameplate is hung high shops and wine shops, the alleys on both sides are connected with rows of houses, the residents outside the town are the same as the Ningdu County 14 kilometers to the south, are all Hakka people.

Wang Huchen and his more than 120 brothers hid on the mountainside 1.5 kilometers west of the town, and the brothers who had traveled all night lay down in a place where the sun could shine to catch up on sleep.

Wang Huchen sat cross-legged by the rocks at the protruding part of the mountain road, looking through the dense woods and the lush weeds that sprouted, and carefully observed the bustling town across the river to the east.

Chen Minxian, the bearded head of the Fourth Regiment, and Xiao Ying, the young and handsome deputy head of the regiment, squatted on the left and right to Wang Huchen, each holding a brand new Zeiss telescope, observing the ferries and tax checkpoints that began to become increasingly lively in the west of the town.

"Judging from the two rows of houses and yards on the west side of the tax card all the way to the top of the wharf, it is estimated that there is a company of militia stationed here, and the rows of houses on the north side of the wharf are blocked by two big banyan trees, I don't know what other yards there are besides the Han Emperor Temple."

Xiao Ying chattered to herself as she observed.

Chen Min smiled first: "According to the customs of various places, except for buildings such as private schools and schools, there will be no other big families around the temple, let alone a military camp or yamen, unless it is a city god temple." ”

"Besides, there will be no army stationed in such a town, and according to the current observations, there will be only about 100 local regiments in the whole town, plus the dogs raised by the landlords, there will be no more than 300 people......

"Just send a platoon of brothers over, pick up a dozen machine guns and sweep over, and you can basically solve the problem, hehe!"

Xiao Ying couldn't help but smile, turned to Wang Huchen and asked, "Chief of Staff, what if after we occupy the town, the defenders in Ningdu City still can't come to reinforce it?" ”

Wang Huchen put down his binoculars, took out a cigarette and lit one: "Let's wait for the two She brothers sent to come back, if the situation is the same as the information I got before, it is very likely that the commander of the Dian army in Ningdu City will send troops to come to the rescue, otherwise he can only let our group of bandits kill all the regiments in the town and rob his father-in-law's property." ”

Xiao Ying nodded and continued to observe, Chen Min put away the binoculars first, sat down next to Wang Huchen and asked in a low voice, "Where are the teachers?" ”

Wang Huchen estimated slightly: "We should arrive at Lotus Mountain, which is twelve kilometers west of Ningdu, and at twelve o'clock at noon, we will turn on the radio on time and receive instructions from the division commander, and everything will be clear by then." ”

Chen Min first felt guilty and did not think about himself: "In the final analysis, we are not angry, with the number of the fourth regiment, we have weapons and ammunition that can equip a regiment in vain, but after a few months of tossing, there are only more than 200 people, nearly half of whom have to stay in Donghua Mountain for basic training, and the company brought is full of old brothers, and even fighting a small town has to be considered repeatedly, ashamed!" ”

Wang Huchen said with a smile: "Don't say that, the division commander knows the situation on our side very well, and has never blamed any brother ......" (To be continued.) )