Everything was ready, Han Xing and Li Changjian nodded, meaning that they could start acting. Han Xing took the megaphone first and shouted to the recalcitrant soldiers of the Shuangmiao: "Brothers of the recalcitrant army, surrender!" There is no good fruit to eat with Luo Zhaorong. Our artillery is ready, and if we don't surrender, we'll open fire. ”

An officer from the Shuangmiao also shouted at Han Xing, "What's so great about your eight roads. The Eighth Route Army fought against Luozhuang last time with nearly 10,000 people, and it was not that it could not be defeated. Don't look down on our twin temples, if you have the ability, you can fight, I'll see if you can beat it. Hehe, I only see the mud on my legs when I get out of the water, and if I have the ability, I will fight-"

When Han Xing heard his words, he got angry and scolded: "It's true that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin." Artillery preparation ......"

The recalcitrant officer on the opposite side hurriedly shouted: "Don't shoot the cannon yet, don't shoot the cannon yet." We are now the national army, the Eighth Route Army and the national army are in a group, don't fight your own people!? ”

Han Xing scolded: "Is there a person like you? You helped the Japanese kill how many Chinese we have done, and how many bad things you have done, if you were really your own people, you would not have helped the Japanese devils to kill the Chinese. You are the scum of the nation, the scourge of the Chinese, the pure two devils. Artillery fire—"

I saw a black projectile flying up in the air, and then landed impartially on the puppet officer's turret who was shouting, only to see a ball of fire flashing, and then I heard a "boom" sound, and the bricks and tiles fell together, and I couldn't see anything clearly for a long time.

When the smoke cleared, I saw that the turret had collapsed half a corner, and the original turret had a roof. Needless to say, the pseudo-officer just now didn't squeak anymore, and he must have been killed.

Han Xing thought that many of these stubborn bandits were diehards, and if he didn't hurt them, he didn't know that the pot was iron. He continued to issue orders to the artillerymen: "Continue to give them a nest to eat for each of the other three turrets." ”

Libbs replied, "Yes!" He also commanded 75 mm mountain guns, and rewarded each of the other three turrets with an iron nest to eat.

"Boom, boom, boom" There were three loud bangs, and the three turrets also suffered heavy damage.

Han said to Libus: "Don't be polite to the east gate of the main attack, give it a dozen iron watermelons first, and blow up a few holes in it." ”

Libbs understood, and immediately gave an order to the artillerymen: "Towards the east gate, concentrate the bombardment, three shots per cannon." Prepare--shoot-"

......The "boom, boom...... quickly turned into "boom, boom" and grenades exploded on the east wall. Only the stubborn army on the wall was a ghost crying wolf, missing arms and legs, and several stubborn soldiers were directly thrown into the sky by the air wave. It took a long time for the smoke to clear.

Han Xing saw that it was very good, and two large openings more than two meters deep appeared on the wall.

Without Han Xing saying anything, Li Changjian shouted: "The Southern Expeditionary Army fought too well, it's up to us below." We can't embarrass the Fourth Brigade either, right. Commando, on-"

The deployment of the three battalions was as follows: the seventh company was the main attack, attacking the east gate, the three platoons of the eighth company were feinting from other aspects, and the ninth company was the reserve.

The commando team of the seventh company came up, and in accordance with the prior operational deployment, they immediately rushed to Lu Qi with the explosives bag, put down the explosives bag, pulled the fuse, turned around and retreated. Only a "boom boom" was heard, and the deer was blown open, mixed with the explosion of some grenades.

Then the cart came up, filled with explosives, and then pushed it to the blockade ditch, pulled the fuse, and fell into the blockade ditch. For a long time, only an earth-shattering sound was heard, and the blockade ditch here was blown up several downhills, and the loess collapsed.

Then the cart continued to get on, and pushed the explosives to the end of the blockade ditch along the soil, and the fuse was pulled, and the cart could not be pushed back, so it was simply not needed. I could only hear the sound of "boom, boom, boom" for a while, and the end of the blockade ditch was blown into a ramp again.

At this time, the earthen tank began to be on, and the so-called earthen tank, that is, a small cart, was put on a wet quilt, and the bullets could not penetrate at all. Five or six earthen tanks lined up in a row, seriously obstructing the enemy's shooting perspective, and the seventh company of the first echelon attacking behind followed, reducing a lot of losses.

The Seventh Company rushed to the base of the wall, then shook off the grenade, blowing up the recalcitrant troops on the wall. The recalcitrant troops also let go, risking huge casualties, desperately blocking the gap, trying to block the attack of the Seventh Company.

Although the casualties of the Seventh Company were very large, the soldiers were brave and fearless of death, risking death to charge, the front fell down, and the back continued to rush forward. Although the company commander was seriously wounded, he still commanded the troops to continue the offensive and never retreated.

When Li Changjian saw it, the Seventh Company was nervous, and immediately ordered the Ninth Company of the Second Echelon to go up. Under the cover of the heavy machine guns of the guard battalion, the 9th Company, on the basis of the attack of the 7th Company, quickly repelled the enemy's resistance on both sides of the gap and occupied a part of the wall.

As soon as the commander of the 3rd Battalion saw that the 9th Company had successfully broken through, he ordered one part of it to consolidate the breakthrough point, and the other part boldly penetrated and divided into the enemy's depth, and smashed the enemy's township office. Soon, the second platoon of the Ninth Company attacked the outside of the township office. At this time, the 7th and 8th companies also attacked the wall and attacked the enemy together with the 9th company.

The enemy erected a fortification outside the gate of the township office, piled up cloth bags full of earth, in a vain attempt to block the attack of our army with such simple fortifications.

Han Xing also asked Libus to pull a cannon into the village, and shouted to the township office: "Brothers of the recalcitrant army, don't resist, surrender!" Surrender the gun and don't kill it, treat the prisoners preferentially, and if you don't surrender, you will eat me with a shot. ”

The recalcitrant soldiers in the township office still refused to surrender or answer, and continued to shoot outside. Han Xing asked Libus to give him a shot.

Only a "boom" was heard, the fortifications at the main gate were blown away, the recalcitrant soldiers were killed and wounded, and the soldiers of the Ninth Company rushed over. Seeing that the resistance was useless, the recalcitrant soldiers in the township office had no choice but to raise their guns and surrender.

At this point, the Shuangmiao stronghold was completely conquered by us, and the three battalions killed and captured more than 190 enemies, and captured 7 light machine guns and more than 90 rifles.

Han Xing returned to the front line in Luozhuang with the guard battalion and artillery battery. Kong Qingde was very happy to see Han Xing, patted him on the arm and said: "Han Xing went out on horse, one top two, Shuangmiao conquered, eliminated so many enemies, greatly increased our prestige, and destroyed the morale of the recalcitrant army. What's next for Commander Han? ”

Han Xing hurriedly said: "Don't call me Commander Han, even Brigade Commander Kong also calls me Commander Han, it really makes me embarrassed." ”

Kong Qingde hurriedly smiled and said: "I'm just like them, I can't change it!" Han...... Commander, just talk about it! Attack Luozhuang, what are the plans, I'm afraid you already have a plan in your heart! ”

Han Xing had no choice but to say: "Brigade Commander Kong, now we have the advantage of being outnumbered and powerful, and with the support of the common people, we can besiege the enemy for a long time. As for the recalcitrant army, their advantage is that the city is fortified and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The offensive and defensive battles of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Tianjing can be used as a reference.

In this way, Brigade Commander Kong, in my opinion, don't panic when attacking, and trap the enemy first. After a long siege, the situation on both sides will inevitably change, and when the time is ripe, it will not be too late for us to attack. ”

Brigade Commander Kong nodded and said, "This is reasonable, specifically, how do we besiege the enemy?" ”

Han Xing pointed to the military map next to him and said, "1 km south of the Shuangmiao is Maozhuang, and 1.5 km west of Maozhuang is Niuying. We dug a blockade ditch from Shuangmiao and Niu Ying to Maozhuang and besieged the enemy of Maozhuang first.

700 meters northwest of Huayuan and Luozhuang is Qiu Zhuang, and 1000 meters southwest is Jiazhuang, so we dug a blockade ditch from Qiu Zhuang and Jiazhuang to Huayuan and Luozhuang and besieged them. If they don't eat or drink, they lose contact with each other, and then when the opportunity is ripe, they will break each other. ”

Kong Qingde nodded and said, "Well, good!" Good! It's a bit of a problem, but if you continue to besiege it for a long time, no one in it can stand it. I have also heard that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Tianjing was besieged and warned, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had an army of 400,000 troops, which can be said to be a strong military force, and if it is a peripheral field war, it will definitely have something to do.

However, the Qing government used the Nandaying and the Beidaying to besiege Tianjing for a long time, and although there were not many people in the Beidaying and Nandaying, they dug a deep and wide blockade ditch, so that the troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could not get out and enter. After a few years of siege, Hong Xiuquan finally caused civil strife, the economy collapsed, and the military strength plummeted, resulting in the fall of Tianjing and ruining the career of a generation. ”

Han Xing continued: "Let's not talk about who is righteous and who is unjust, in terms of military strategy alone, the Kingdom of Heaven is wrong, but the strategy adopted by the Qing government is correct. ”

Brigade Commander Kong said: "Okay, I understand, let's also learn the strategy of the Qing government, first surround the enemies of Maozhuang, the enemy of the garden and the enemies of Luozhuang!" Without food or drink, after a long time, they will inevitably undergo internal changes and create opportunities for us to attack. ”

On January 3, Brigade Commander Kong issued an order. The 10th Regiment dug a blockade ditch from the two directions of Shuangmiao and Niuying to Maozhuang, and the 11th Regiment dug a blockade ditch from Qiuzhuang and Jiazhuang to Huayuan and Luozhuang. With the order, the troops acted immediately, coupled with the cooperation of a large number of migrant workers, the workers made rapid progress, and saw that the blockade ditch was stretching forward meter by meter.

Chiping, Wuping most of the area is sandy land, sandy land has a characteristic, don't look at digging tunnels, but if you do a water conservancy project, dig a big ditch or something, it is quite fast. Why, the sand lacks cohesiveness, so it's easy to work.

Besides, in the Luozhuang stronghold, through the battle on the 2nd, Luo Zhaorong was still a little complacent, and he said to Luo Xiaoquan, the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, yesterday's battle was still good, and at least more than 200 people died in the Eighth Road. If this is the way of playing, how many people can be filled in the eight roads to attack Luozhuang! ”

Luo Xiaoquan also squinted his eyes happily and said, "Commander Luo, I don't think they can attack at all." Our Luozhuang's fortifications are so solid that needles can't be inserted or water can't be splashed, how can they attack it so easily. ”

At this time, a spy came in and reported: "Report to Commander Luo, the big thing is not good, the Shuangmiao stronghold has been breached." None of the people from the Twin Temples came out, and all of them were wiped out by the Eight Paths. ”