Sun Xiaolan said his plan in one go, and gestured with bricks in the corner of the ruins.

One of the cavalry commanders said: "Sir, I suggest that in order to prevent accidents, the two cavalry battalions should be pulled to the east side of Renhe and the town to stand by, and in the event of an emergency, the two battalions of cavalry will attack from the flank. ”

One of the officers of the observation regiment stood up and said, "If you were to combine the chariots of your troops now, the forward cavalry and follow the whole assault on the Feng army, and crush him while his morale was bad." ”

Gao Jinchang suddenly stood up and grabbed Sun Xiaolan's shoulder and said: "This is feasible, he Zhang Zuoxiang is only a little more than one brigade, we are not many and one brigade, and we are all chariots and cavalry, we can definitely defeat him." ”

"I've always thought that we can't be passive on the defensive, and a non-stop offensive is the best tactic for our heavy armored regiment."

Sun Xiaolan nodded, thinking that this was the best proposal, and said to the officer: "If Wang Yongyang wins a big victory this time, I will ask Chief Hu for credit for you." ”

Without further ado, Gao Jinchang and Sun Xiaolan gathered the two cavalry regiments outside Renhe and the town, and the chariots were replenished with fuel and ammunition. The moon that hung in the air gradually set in the west, and the outside of the town was lit up from time to time by the miserable white light of the lights. The darkest time of the night is when the moon sets, and the temperature is very low in the early morning of spring in the north, and the soldiers of the Heavy Armored Regiment take refuge in their vehicles to protect themselves from the cold.

Just after four o'clock, the special agents came to report that the Feng army had begun to line up and was about to attack. Short whistles sounded one after another, and the chariots started and the cavalry mounted. Gao Jinchang repeatedly told the two cavalry regiment commanders not to rush to the front of the tank, and to pay attention to the soldiers of the Fengjun army holding explosives bags against the tanks.

When he was about to explain a few words, the buried * sounded, and Gao Jinchang didn't care about explaining anything, so he hurriedly got into the tank, picked up the walkie-talkie, and ordered the artillery to start shelling according to the set firing unit.

Gao Jinchang raised his binoculars and saw through the light that the Feng army was in the dark, and he couldn't see the edge, and the mortar was ordered to fire freely.

Asked the walkie-talkie: "Brother Xiaolan is far more than three regiments on the other side, Zhang Zuoxiang has reinforcements?" ”

Sun Xiaolan shouted: "Now is not the time to worry about the opponent's troops, since Guhua Mountain, he was defeated and captured alive by Zhang Zuoxiang." ”

"Brother Xiaolan, that's what I mean, I want to die and hang upwards for thousands of years. The troops waited for my signal to defeat Zhang Zuoxiang together. ”

The guns rang out from the forward positions, with the frantic harvesting sound of the Makqin heavy machine gun, the roar of the light machine gun characteristic of the heavy armored regiment, the explosion of the 80 mortar shell, the loud noise of the 105 grenade, and the crisp sound of the Type 20 rifle.

Feng Junxiang hit a steel plate and suddenly slowed down, and the cavalry commander waved the M1911 in his hand to boost morale: "Brothers, follow the chariot for a while, and those who can use guns don't be stupid and don't know how to use sabers, remember that you still have four grenades on your waists, find an opportunity to throw them for me, and whoever still has grenades on them after the battle will be locked up and confined." Mother, you have to feel like you're with the rich man. ”

The soldiers laughed and shouted: "Follow the rich man to capture Zhang Zuoxiang alive." ”

The 75 guns and 105 howitzers in the rear began to extend the shelling, and the tank guns joined the shelling. The three machine guns on the armored vehicles behind the trenches screamed, and the fierce attack of the Feng troops retreated like a tide in the blink of an eye. The flare dyed the night into day, Gao Jinchang leaned out of the tank and raised the flare gun in his hand to shoot a red flare into the air, and the red flare hung in the air reflected the red sky.

The tanks were the first to rush out of Renhe and the town towards the Feng army, and the armored personnel carriers stopped at the trench for a short time, picked up the soldiers, and then galloped forward with the tanks. The machine gunner on an armored car had the first task of securing the two wings of the tank. Immediately following it, two cavalry regiments poured up like a tidal wave.

Feng Jun definitely didn't expect that the direct army on the opposite side would counterattack so much, and the offense and defense would easily switch roles. Gao Jinchang still underestimated the power and deterrence of the chariot on land, and Feng Jun looked helplessly at the shocked steel monster and turned around and ran, throwing guns all over the field. Following the route of the Feng army's retreat, Gao Jinchang pursued all the way, and had already chased in front of the Feng army at two, three, ten, and fifteen kilometers.

Vehicles were parked in the village ahead, and Sun Xiaolan shouted into the walkie-talkie from the armored car: Zhang Zuoxiang's headquarters, capture Zhang Zuoxiang alive.

Gao Jinchang was extremely excited: "The tanks scattered, the No. 4, 7, 12, and 18 tanks took a company of cavalry to go around the back of the village to cut off his retreat, and the rest rushed in frontally, and I was not allowed to destroy the vehicles." ”

Dozens of chariots toppled adobe houses on the outskirts of the village, and cavalrymen followed the chariots into the village with sabers. Gunfire was everywhere in the village, and the guards were firing back with their pistols in hand. Sun Xiaolan was lying on his stomach at the roof window of the armored car, holding the antiaircraft machine gun in both hands and firing flat, and the bullets of the Feng army hit the baffle with a loud sound.

Zhang Zuoxiang sat motionless in his chair and waited for the verdict of fate, resistance had no effect, he knew that the defeat was like a mountain. Weakly said to the adjutant: "Inform the troops to stop resisting and surrender on the spot." ”

After 12 hours of fierce fighting, the curtain ended with the total annihilation of the Guards Brigade and the Fourth Mixed Brigade, this time Gao Jinchang, under the instigation of Sun Xiaolan, was not so generous to hand over Zhang Zuoxiang, on the contrary, he quickly escorted all the officers above the battalion commander to the Cangzhou garrison, and Zhang Zuoxiang and the two brigade commanders will be escorted to Xuzhou by plane early tomorrow morning. Sun Xiaolan patted Gao Jinchang on the shoulder proudly and said, "You still thought about it and didn't destroy the vehicle outside the village, and now it's just used to transport loot." Haha"

Gao Jinchang grinned happily and boasted: "Brother Xiaolan, don't say it, when I saw this batch of vehicles, I immediately knew that they were going to be used to load trophies." It just so happened that Zhang Zuoxiang's headquarters was transported back to Cangzhou. ”

Wang Xiaojun walked over with a few telegrams in his hand: "Don't praise each other if you two are not too big, look at these telegrams collected from Zhang Zuoxiang's headquarters." ”

One of the four messages was sent by Zhang Zuolin asking Zhang Zuoxiang to rescue Zhang Xueliang no matter what, and the other three were sent by Zhang Xueliang asking when Zhang Zuoxiang arrived. A group of officers stood in front of Zhang Zuoxiang's map and pointed, Gao Jinchang thought that there was no need to participate in the Dacheng County, and the troops needed to be repaired after 12 hours of fierce fighting, and proudly said that the mechanized troops were not good, and the combat vehicles must be maintained after a long battle.

Sun Xiaolan pointed to the map and said, we have annihilated the most elite Guards Brigade, the Fourth Mixed Brigade and the 27th and 28th Divisions of the Feng Department in the three days of the battle, there are at least 30,000 people, and the heavy armored regiment is used to surprise the assault and penetrate the opponent's strongest defense line, not to fight positional warfare. We shouldn't be involved in Dacheng, what do you think?

Gao Jinchang squinted at Sun Xiaolan and said, "When did Brother Xiaolan become the boss's apprentice?" The boss also has a saying that only firepower wins, and in front of powerful firepower, any courage is not afraid of death. ”

"TMD Cao Kun made a mistake, this Feng army has achieved his strategic purpose, the front-line position is built in front of Cangzhou, the direct army just retreats, and this battle can't be fought." An officer of the observation group learned Sun Xiaolan's words at the Yanyang Military Academy that day, causing hilarity.

"It's not like Lao Tzu hasn't seen a heavy armored regiment, this tactic is also the first time in China, what are you laughing at? Didn't you all think that way that day? Sun Xiaolan's face turned a little red.

The regimental staff officer drafted a telegram to Wu Peifu and handed it to Gao Jinchang to sign and send a report, and Sun Xiaolan suggested that the immediate brigade nearby should come over to accept prisoners of war and clean up the battlefield. It is best for the troops to return to Cangzhou at 9 o'clock in the morning to repair, and it is estimated that the defeat of the Feng army has been decided, and it is very likely that they will need to go straight to Shanhaiguan in the next few days to keep the Feng army in the pass.

A group of people agreed with Sun Xiaolan's analysis, and Gao Jinchang added a note in the telegram hoping that the nearby direct troops would come over as soon as possible to accept prisoners of war and clean up the battlefield.

After a day and a night of high-intensity fighting, he dragged his tired body and endured the bumps of the road, went to the Cangzhou garrison, fell into the tent and fell asleep, and the whole camp was quiet, except for the sentry and the confidential communication room. At four o'clock in the afternoon, a hurried military horn sounded, Gao Jinchang rubbed his head and didn't understand how it was played by the commander's main camp horn, and immediately jumped up and shouted that the whole regiment would gather and line up to welcome the boss.

Hu Wenkai dressed in military uniform, accompanied by Li Manqiang and Dai Jitao, went to the Cangzhou station. Hu Wenkai waved his hand and said that everyone should take a break, this is a wartime do not need excessive courtesy, I came to express my condolences to you on behalf of the people of Jiangsu and the Central Party Department of the Fujin Party, you have played the appearance of Jiangsu soldiers, you are an excellent party member of the Fujin Party, you have the courage to beat the elite of the Feng Army, which shows that you are the best elite troops, I am here to express my condolences to our excellent comrades-in-arms this time, and now I announce that the heavy armored regiment group will be awarded a first-class meritorious service, and all soldiers will be awarded a third-class medal, and important awards will be submitted by your regimental headquarters after the war.

There were cheers, and the third-class medal meant that the second half of his life was guaranteed to have a carefree life in Jiangsu. Hu Wenkai asked the soldiers to disband and rest, and called a meeting of officers above the battalion level and officers of the observation regiment.

The regimental staff officer gave Hu Wenkai a detailed account of the three-day operation on the map, and Hu Wenkai kept asking them about their command at that time and their analysis of the battlefield situation at that time. Gao Jinchang replied one by one, and Hu Wenkai nodded and said: "Commander Gao is generally passing, but Renhe and Zhen have failed in their offensive strategy against Zhang Zuoxiang. ”

"Instead of defending on the spot in the people and towns, you should attack head-on, with great firepower and mobility, but choose a weak position to defend. If it is during the day, you are likely to suffer huge losses, so change Sun Xiaolan to Zhang Zuoxiang. ”

Sun Xiaolan stood up and said: "If it is found that Commander Gao's defensive array lacks deep and horizontal defensive positions during the day, I will dispatch a small number of troops to contain the front, and most of the troops will outflank the rear and report to the rear."

Hu Wenkai looked at Gao Jinchang with his head down and said: "Fortunately, it's night, but fortunately, you accept the right advice and can take the initiative to attack, if you want to wait for the plane to bomb at dawn, Zhang Zuoxiang will find your weakness, and he will be desperate to fight and entangle with you, and it is useless for the plane to come, and it cannot be bombed." ”

"Don't worry about being able to play like this is beyond my expectations, and finding the problem is so that it doesn't happen in the future. What about casualties? ”

Over the course of three days, more than 50 people were killed and about 100 wounded, of which 40 were seriously wounded, and more than 10 percent of the officers of the regiment were killed.