You must know that the unit is also a rabble, composed of many guerrillas, left-behind troops, and the old, weak, sick and disabled officers and soldiers handed over to them by Guo Zhuocheng, and they must undergo a long period of training to be combat-effective.

Of course, Guo Zhuocheng's intentions were much more than these, he also had the intention of destroying He Jian's troops near Heng-Yang to create a situation of attacking Changsha, or to use this to join forces with the He-Long troops on the Hunan-Hubei border, so as to divert the Hunan army blocked between Sichuan and Hu-Nan, so as to facilitate the westward march of the directly subordinate columns.

In the early morning of 17 March, the first division of the directly subordinate column, which had rested, crossed the Leihe River from the vicinity of Jiangkou Town, and went straight to Liaotian Town, where the headquarters of the Hunan Army's Zhou Xieqing Brigade had been reconnoitred by the special forces, while the rest of the troops quietly advanced along the river to the north.

Because the troops were very familiar with the deployment of the Hunan army, the directly subordinate column hardly encountered anyone along the way, only the special combat team that opened the road in front caught a few hunters, and for the sake of secrecy, these hunters were all controlled by the special combat team and handed over to the main force behind.

This time, the first division commanded by Chen Peng did not use any fancy means, leaving half of the troops, including Zhuang Zongquan's regiment as a reserve, the regiment under his personal command and half of the soldiers of the Suda Youth Regiment launched a fierce attack while the enemy was still unprepared.

The rumbling cannon fire and fierce gunfire stunned Zhou Xieqing and his subordinates at once.

Looking at the shells that kept falling around, Zhou Xieqing immediately shouted for the dispatcher to send a report to Tao Guang in Hengyang City, asking Master Tao to send and come to the rescue immediately.

When the other party asked him how big the troops were there, he figured out where for a while. Grab an officer who had just rushed in from the outside and hurriedly asked a few questions. Then he replied to Tao Guang: "The other party is Gui Jun." The strength is at least one division! ”

In fact, the officer did not know anything, because he did not even see the shadow of the attacking side, but only the skyrocketing fire and the cannonballs falling like hailstones. In his mind, the only ones who could be the enemy of the Hunan army were the Central Army and the Gui Army, and the Central Army did not dare to slander it, so he had to put the hat of the sneak attacker on the head of the Gui Army.

When Tao Guang heard that it was Gui Jun, the anger in his heart did not come from anywhere, and while cursing Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, he immediately reported to He Jian, who was far away in Changsha. While commanding the troops to kill Liao Tian Town.

Yes, like all the leaders of the Hunan army, they all hated the Gui army, not only did the Gui army occupy Jianghua County, which originally belonged to Hu-Nan, and other places that produced rare metal ores, but also the Gui army was too slippery in this Xiangjiang Campaign, and immediately retracted to Gui-Lin after suffering a little loss, so that the Hunan army and the central army could bear the blow of the Red Army together.

The reason why Tao Guang dared to go out of the city in the early morning before dawn to rescue the attacked Zhou Xieqing brigade was because he believed that Gui's army was exaggerated and its reputation was difficult to deserve, and even a rout of the Red Army could wipe out one of his regiments and divisions. Moreover, it took place in the fierce battles between the Central Army, the Hunan Army, and the Red Army, which shows how bad the combat effectiveness of the Gui Army was.

After the Red Army sneak attack and occupy the county seat of Jianghua. Because the Gui army was afraid that these Red Army would attack Gui Lin, on the one hand, they shrunk all their troops back to their hometowns, and on the other hand, they sent money, guns, and cannons to the Red Army. If it weren't for the fact that they wantonly pumped weapons and ammunition to the Red Army out of fear, how could the rabble Red Army have strong combat effectiveness and annihilate Xiao Zhiping's two divisions?

You must know that among the two divisions led by Xiao Zhiping, Wang Dongyuan's 15th division is the Hunan Army. Division commander Wang Dongyuan and Tao Guang of his 62nd Division are brothers and good friends who have nothing to say. It can be said that half of the sins of the destruction of the 15th Division should be recorded on the Gui army.

Now that the Hunan army has not said revenge, you actually came to the door, it is really unreasonable!

It was really a mixture of new and old hatreds, which made Tao Guang angry, and commanded his 62nd Division and the militia defending Heng-Yang City to kill Liaotian Town together.

As for whether Heng-Yang City is in danger, Tao Guang is not without consideration. In his opinion, it would be good for Gui Jun to enter Heng-Yang City, so that Gui Jun could be given an urn to catch turtles. Because Tao Guang's division and Zhou Xieqing's brigade were only the vanguard troops besieging the central-Soviet region, and there were large troops one after another.

If the Gui army invaded Hengyangcheng, not to mention that Jiang Jiaoshi, who was far away in Nanjing, would be furious and forcibly order them to withdraw, even the Hunan army would happily clean them up. Just took advantage of this opportunity to take revenge, not only to eliminate the enemies of the Hunan army, but also to climb mountains and wade through rivers to Ruijin to fight the Red Army, which is really a double win.

As soon as his troops came out of Hengyangcheng, Guo Zhuocheng, who was hiding in the shadows, received the news, and he immediately ordered his troops to lurk on the spot and wait patiently for Tao Guang's division, the 62nd division of the Hunan army, to pass.

If you look at the map, it is easy to find that the location of Liaotian Town is sandwiched between the Leihe River and the Xiangjiang River, and there is basically one way to go out of Hengyangcheng, once Guo Zhuocheng's troops are inserted from near the gate of Hengyangcheng, they can cut off the retreat of the troops out of the city, and use the Xiangjiang River and Leihe River to surround this army.

Therefore, Guo Zhuocheng waited with confidence, looking at the Hunan army running hurriedly on the main road down the mountain.

Guo Zhuocheng's troops were strong, and on the left was a reinforced platoon of firepower, with three heavy machine guns and three mortars all pointed at the road. To his right was another fire platoon with four heavy machine guns and two mortars and a 92 infantry gun. The muzzle and muzzle of the gun are equally pointed at the road.

This level of firepower can be compared with the firepower of the US military during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, surpassing the US army during World War II, the only difference is that there are no tanks now, and if you add a few tanks, it can be comparable to the United States.

This kind of firepower is absolutely a piece of cake whether it hits the Hunan army or the central army, one of his battalions can withstand the attack of one division of the central army, and one regiment can beat a division and flee, and he did not even arrange 105 mm caliber M-2 howitzers, thinking that it is not worth using at all.

The only thing he has to do now is how to minimize the losses of his side, not worry about whether he will win.

He did not directly attack Heng-Yangcheng in order to avoid street fighting, and to avoid smashing Heng-Yangcheng and making the people lose.

Mao Runtan led this powerful army into battle for the first time, and knew in his heart that this army was invincible, but he was still a little worried, and he wanted to see how this army used its firepower in actual combat, and he didn't know if it was as powerful as he expected.

Seeing a group of soldiers of the 62nd Division of the Hunan Army running neatly in front of him, Mao Runtan couldn't help but pull out his pistol from his holster and slowly raised it.

The front investigators reported that the gate of Heng-Yangcheng had been closed, that is, all the troops of the 62nd Division had left the city, Guo Shucheng nodded at Mao Runtan, and looked at the pistol he took out with a smile.

Only then did Mao Runtan realize that the troops he was leading were not a small army of a few hundred or even a few dozen people, but that he was a chief of staff with tens of thousands of troops. He laughed awkwardly, didn't have time to put away the pistol, took the microphone and said loudly: "Fight!" ”

With this order, fierce gunfire and cannon fire suddenly sounded in the mountain, and the unique sound of the heavy machine gun roared beside Guo Zhuocheng. The Hunan army, which was running, immediately fell down in a large area, letting out bursts of screams.

However, because the artillery was roaring and the guns were raging, the screams of the wounded soldiers were not loud, and they could not cover up the roar one after another.

With the roar of light and heavy machine guns, and the roar of mortars and infantry guns, the ranks of the 62nd Division were thrown into disarray, and the marching ranks were blown up to the ground, and the people turned on their backs, and they were miserable.

Tao Guang rolled into the saddle and dismounted at the moment the gun rang out, hiding in a crater that had just exploded but the smoke had not yet dissipated, and looked around in horror. It was only then that he knew that he had been encircled by the other party, and that his appetite was not only to eat Zhou Xieqing's brigade, but also to swallow his own division.

At this time, torches were thrown from the top of the mountain, and the light from the torches illuminated the entire battlefield, but the situation on the mountain was not visible, and only the light of the light and heavy machine guns was fired.

I don't know how many light and heavy machine guns are pouring dense bullets on my men, I don't know how many mortars are shelling, and the dark red curve produced by the shells across the dark sky in the early morning is like the golden thread inlaid with the phoenix crown on the bride's head, which is extremely beautiful and decorates the night sky with great brilliance.

"Where the fuck is there only one division, how can a division have so many machine guns, how can there be so many mortars, artillery? Lao Tzu himself has seen more heavy weapons than our entire Hunan army, this is still a fart, and if you continue to fight, Lao Tzu will not die and become the commander of the light pole! Thinking of this, Tao Guang simply yelled at the chief of staff lying beside him, "Surrender immediately, surrender immediately!" Order the troops to lay down their arms! ”

The chief of staff of the division was already frightened, and it was also subconscious to get off the horse and hide at that time, because he saw the division commander Tao Guang rolling down, and he also rolled down, otherwise he would have been torn apart by shrapnel.

Now listening to Tao Guang's words, I am really excited in my heart, and I feel that this is the first time in my life that I feel that this Tao Guang has given the most correct order.

He hurriedly shouted, "Brother Guijun, stop fighting!" We surrender! Stop it! We surrender! ”

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party's gunfire was lower, he simply stood up and shouted loudly: "Commander Tao orders all the 62nd Division to surrender, and all the brothers of the 62nd Division to lay down their arms and stop resisting!" ”

Tao Guang resented this screaming guy very much in his heart: "Damn, if you shout surrender, you shout surrender, what are you doing when you carry Lao Tzu out, others don't know that I gave the order?" Isn't that helling trying to embarrass me? ”

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