Subsequently, under the cover of the 13th Division of the Red Fifth Army Corps, the Red Eighth Army broke through the blockade of the Gui Army and continued to advance towards the Xiangjiang River. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the Red Eighth Army separated from the Red 13th Division in the next mountain, it advanced to the area of Gulingtou and Qinglong Mountain in Quanzhou according to the order of the Military Commission, while the Red 13th Division crossed the Xiangjiang River from the north of the Red Eighth Army Corps, through Shitangwei, to Fenghuangzui.

At the crab-shaped mountain near Gulingtou, the Red Eighth Army was intercepted by the vanguard of the Gui Army from the direction of Guanyang, and a fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides.

The corps commander Zhou Kun ordered Sun Chaoqun to lead the 23rd Division to cover, and the rest of the troops rushed forward as soon as possible, and all non-combatants ran forward.

The number of Gui troops blocking the road was small, and Sun Chaoqun led the army to rush and kill, and drove the enemy to the Shixing Mountain in Lianghe Township at the junction of Quanzhou and Guanyang Xinwei.

At this time, more and more troops of the Gui army went north, and a steady stream of troops came over to join the battle, and the situation became more and more unfavorable.

When the Gui army attempted to outflank the Red 23rd Division in a roundabout way, Sun Chaoqun ordered to retreat while fighting, retreat to the crab-shaped mountain to continue the blockade, and then retreat to the direction of the Xiangjiang River through the line of Gulingtou and Qinglong Mountain.

Along the way, from time to time, small units of the Gui Army infiltrated and attacked and harassed the Red Eighth Army.

The Red Eighth Army Corps fought and walked, and sometimes the enemy and us were almost mixed together, and the chief of staff, Bi Zhanyun, issued orders from time to time for non-combat units to run and advance.

The pursuers of the Gui army were only a few dozen meters away from the command office of the legion in the near future, and the head of the legion, like the personnel of the organ, drew his pistol and participated in the battle, and the almost catastrophic tragedy began to reach its climax at midnight.

There was urgent news from behind, saying that the enemy was rolling up, and the black crows were at least two divisions of troops, and this news caused a great panic in the ranks.

Before the countermeasures came out, news came that a large group of enemies had appeared on the left flank.

As if to confirm this news, in an instant there was a loud burst of gunfire, the lines of bullets were staggered, and the shells were in all directions.

All of a sudden, the Red Eighth Army was in chaos, and the troops were completely out of control:

The organization is in chaos, the formation is in chaos, the officers cannot find the soldiers, the soldiers cannot find the officers, and there are surging crowds everywhere, like refugees fleeing the plague, those who are outdated, those who have taken the wrong path, those who have fallen and injured their hands and feet, and those who have lost their hands and feet......

A real rout!

From time to time, the enemy came in from the flanks and rear, and in the darkness it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, and there were many chaotic battles, and even the tragedy of cannibalism......

On the afternoon of December 1, the vanguard of the Red Eighth Army Corps arrived at the Xiangjiang River one after another, at this time the Jieshou pontoon bridge had been blown up, and the Jieshou ferry had also been occupied by the Gui army.

The Red Eighth Army had no choice but to wade across the river on foot from Fenghuangzui, which was located 12 kilometers downstream of the Jieshou, which was the second time that the Red Eighth Army took a right-angled detour in the Xiangjiang Campaign.

When the front troops of the Red Eighth Army Corps arrived at Mashi Village on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, they found that the 13th Division of the Red Fifth Army Corps and the troops of the Red Ninth Army Corps were rushing to cross the Fenghuangzui Ferry.

In order to ensure that the fraternal troops crossed the river, the Red Eighth Army Corps took the initiative to take on the task of guarding and covering, arranged a guard and hurriedly cooked rice, there was no vegetables, no salt and no bowls, and the commanders and fighters used hats to pack rice to eat.

Before the meal was finished, the troops of the 44th Division of the Gui Army, which had been chased from Xinwei, intervened from the side, and enemy planes also came to bomb and strafe, and most of the soldiers of the Eighth Army Corps were new recruits, and they were beaten into chaos by the troops of the 44th Division of the Gui Army, and only some of them were able to cross the Xiangjiang River.

On the evening of 1 December, the Red Eighth Army Corps contained the personnel who had crossed the river and sorted out the ranks, and found that the Red 21st Division had completely collapsed, and the Red 23rd Division had been seriously reduced, with only more than 600 combatants left in the entire regiment, and only 1,200 porters and miscellaneous personnel.

On December 13, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided to cancel the number of the Red Eighth Army Corps, and the rest was merged into the Red Fifth Army Corps.

The Red Ninth Army Corps, which was ahead of the Red Eighth Army, also suffered heavy losses, of which the Red 22nd Division lost more than 4,000 people, and the entire division was basically wiped out.

The Battle of Xiangjiang ended in a crushing defeat for the Red Army!

Of the 86,000 Red Army officers and soldiers, about 31,000 were killed or missing, and about 6,000 were captured.

The Red Eighth Army Corps behind the palace no longer existed, the 18th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Red Third Army Corps and the 34th Division of the Red Fifth Army Corps on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River were all wiped out, and the rest of the divisions were only less than half of them after the Battle of the Xiangjiang River.

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After reading the battle report, Feng Chen was in a very low mood, and secretly made up his mind to do something for the Red Army in the Long March.

In the afternoon, Feng Chen came to the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, ready to find Pinggang Long to play a few games of chess to relax.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the consulate, I met Yoshio Yoshida, who was about to go out in a car.

"Feng Sang, it's been a long time, what have you been busy with lately?" Yoshio Yoshida asked, sticking his head out of the car window.

"There's been a lot of going on lately, so I didn't come to visit the teacher, where are Yoshida-kun going?" Feng Chen stopped to greet Yoshio Yoshida.

"Feng Sang, get on the train quickly, come with me to the train station to pick up Chief Hiraoka." Yoshio Yoshida beckoned.

"What? Mr. Hiraoka is not in the consulate? Feng Chen pulled the car door and sat in the passenger seat and asked.

"Chief Hiraoka went to Nanjing the day before yesterday and came back by train today." Yoshio Yoshida gently increased the accelerator, and the car slowly drove out of the consulate gate.

"What is Mr. Hiraoka doing in Nanjing?" After the car turned smoothly onto the street, Feng Chen turned his head and asked casually.

"Chief Hiraoka's old friend, Nanzojiro, was arrested by the Fuxing Society in Nanjing, and he went to Nanjing to help mediate." Yoshio Yoshida replied.

"Minami Zojiro?"

"That's right! Nan Zaojun used to be the head of the Great Japanese Residence Corps in Shanghai, and the predecessor of Kawabataju. ”

"Why haven't I heard the teacher mention him?"

"Oh, Nan Zaojun didn't come to China again until April this year after returning to China in 28, he opened a bookstore in Nanjing, and for some reason, he was arrested by the Fuxing Society."

As he spoke, the car had arrived at the North Railway Station Square, and after the car was parked, Feng Chen and Yoshida Yoshio got out of the car one after another and walked towards the exit of the station.

"Brother Feng is good!"

Suddenly, Shen Zui got out of a car parked next to him and greeted Feng Chen loudly.

"Oh? Brother Shen? Why are you here? Feng Chen was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Hehe, pick up a guest from Wuhan, Brother Feng, ...... are you?" Shen Zui glanced at Yoshida Yoshio who was standing next to Feng Chen, hesitated and asked.

"Oh, this is Mr. Yoshio Yoshida from the Japanese Consulate, and I am accompanying Mr. Yoshida-kun to pick up my teacher, Mr. Hiraoka." Feng Chen introduced Yoshio Yoshida to Shen Zui.

"Then I won't bother Brother Feng, our brothers will reunite another day."

Shen Zui arched his hand towards Feng Chen, and walked towards the waiting room with the two plainclothes behind him.

Feng Chen and Yoshida Yoshio walked towards the exit of the train station one after the other.

The two had just arrived at the exit of the station, and they saw Ryuichi Hiraoka walking out with a man in his fifties and a beautiful woman in his twenties.

"Oh? Feng Sang is also here?! As soon as Hiraoka Ryu saw Feng Chen, he greeted with a slight smile on his face.

"I just went to visit my teacher at the consulate, and I happened to meet Mr. Yoshida at the door, so I came with me."

As Feng Chen spoke, he stepped forward and took the suitcase that Hiraoka Ryuchi was carrying.

When Hiraoka Long was greeting Feng Chen, the beautiful woman standing on the side, with a pair of sparkling eyes, kept looking Feng Chen up and down.

"Feng Sang, this is my classmate, Mr. Nanzojiro."

Hiraoka Ryu handed the suitcase in his hand to Feng Chen, and then introduced him to the man in his fifties beside him.

"Hello Mr. Nanzo!" Feng Chen bowed slightly to Nanzojiro.

"Hehe, I've heard Mr. Feng talk about Mr. Feng in the morning, and today I saw that he was really extraordinary." Nanzojiro nodded and smiled, looked Feng Chen up and down, and said.

"This is Mr. Nanzao's daughter, Miss Yunzi."

Hiraoka Ryuichi then introduced Feng Chen to the beautiful woman standing next to Minamizojiro.

"Hello Miss Yunzi!"

Feng Chen nodded slightly towards Nanzao Yunzi.

Nanzao Yunzi's eyes were slightly raised, looking at Feng Chen, and with a smile, revealing a mouth full of glutinous rice and white teeth, looking extremely charming and charming.

Feng Chen couldn't help but feel a throbbing in his heart, and secretly thought, how could this woman be full of indescribable fox energy, it seems that she is not an ordinary person!

After greeting people at the exit of the station, everyone walked towards the place where the car was parked......