In the conference room used as the east wing of the county ya, An Yi gathered with Gu Zhutong, the commander of the third division, Han Deqin, the new deputy division commander, and Chen Jian, the new chief of staff, and buried their heads in discussion. Du Yuming and others gathered with several regiment commanders of the Third Division, Chen Tie, Zheng Dongguo and other brothers and sisters, and had a warm conversation, meeting and fighting side by side for nearly two years, which made this group of Huangpu comrades feel extremely excited and emotional.

The brothers had a heated discussion and gradually calmed down.

Zheng Dongguo pointed to An Yi, who was whispering to Han Deqin as if to explain, and whispered that our brothers can't catch up with Xiao Yi's steps, he can already sit on an equal footing with Chief Gu and Chief Han, work hard, brothers!

The head of the regiment, Chen Tie, smiled and said humorously Don't worry, Xiao Yi is still a colonel, and he has not recovered the rank of major general for the time being, let him salute us later.

The brothers listened interestingly, and they all laughed, and when they saw Gu Zhutong standing up, they hurriedly stopped laughing and stood upright.

"Everyone, please take a seat, and now I would like to ask Division Commander An Yi to explain the requirements and purpose of this battle...... Xiao Yi, there are no outsiders here, just let it go. ”

Gu Zhutong took the lead in sitting at the top of the wide long table, facing the map and nodding to An Yi with a smile.

An Yi agreed, walked to the map and picked up the baton, saw that the generals were all sitting upright and looking at him, nodded slightly, and began to explain the plan before the war:

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the latest changes in the enemy situation and repeated discussions among the commanders, our battle plan has now been finalized.

According to the latest news sent by the headquarters, the headquarters of Tang Shengzhi and General Zhang Fakui in Wuhan respectively attacked Xuchang, Changge, Xinzheng and other important places, and successfully encircled Zhengzhou with the main force of General Feng Yuxiang, who occupied Xingyang.

The retreat of the Feng army will undoubtedly seriously affect the morale of our enemy, Zhang Zongchang and the Zhilu coalition army, and the whole situation will suddenly become very favorable to us. ”

The generals exclaimed in surprise, saying that Zhengzhou was playing well, and An Yi smiled and signaled everyone to be quiet:

"According to the actual situation that the defenders of Si County have gathered heavy troops and have been building fortifications for half a month, in the upcoming battle, we will adopt the method of luring the snake out of the hole, and to lure the defenders of Si County out of the tall and strong city walls and dense fortifications outside the city, our only choice is to storm Lingbi.

According to the original battle plan, General Li Delin's second division of the Seventh Army of the Third Route Army occupied Guzhen, and then immediately sent troops to attack Lingbi, but after General Hu Zongduo's second division occupied the ancient town, it was targeted by two brigades of the Suzhou defenders.

In this battle, General Hu Zongduo could not give us any help, because the two enemy brigades facing them east of Guzhen had been launching small attacks for the past few days, and they were not able to take the initiative until General Li Delin's reinforcements arrived. ”

An Yi moved the baton to Lingbi: "Based on the above reasons, with the approval of Commander Gu and all the commanders, the regiments of the Third Division will turn northwest through Wuqiao Town to Caogou Town before four o'clock this afternoon, with a total distance of 33 kilometers. After a short rest, he arrived at the town of Changgou, fourteen kilometers to the north, no later than seven o'clock in the evening, and then immediately attacked Lingbi along both sides of the Bianhe River.

Changgou Town is located between Si County and Lingbi, 17 kilometers away from the east and west counties, relying on the Bianhe River this natural defense line plays a very important link and response role, it can be said that Changgou is from Lingbi to Si County and then to the east of Sihong County, this 70 kilometers of defense line is an important hub. As long as the long ditch is successfully overcome, the enemy's entire defense line will be broken, and the enemy army will form a dilemma of fighting on its own.

There are two enemy regiments stationed in the town, before the arrival of the brothers of the third division, our reading division will make every effort to take the strategic place of Changgou Town, as long as the battle of Changgou starts, the enemy of Si County will have to reinforce Changgou Town, and our goal of leading the enemy to dispatch can be achieved, and it will be relatively easy to capture Si County. ”

The generals nodded frequently, and Chen Tie stood up and asked, "Division Commander An, the key to this battle is to capture Changgou Town first, but what if the Reading Force Division is frustrated in attacking Changgou?" ”

An Yi knew that this was the question of most of the generals here, and in the discussion before the meeting, Gu Zhutong and Han Deqin were also very worried about this problem, An Yi made a detailed explanation and patient analysis for this, due to limited time, An Yi did not want to explain again, but replied very seriously:

"Before six o'clock in the afternoon today, my reading master can't take Changgou Town and stick to it, and I An Yi immediately pulled out a gun and cut myself!"

The brothers looked at each other, and when they heard An Yi say such cruel words, no one dared to ask anymore, An Yi continued: "It's 7:50 in the morning, and in half an hour, the supplementary regiment of the third division and the division's subordinate units will arrive locally, all the actions of the third division will be commanded by Commander Gu, and the guard battalion of the Reading Division will send a company to act as a guide to assist.

Due to the limited time, I will not explain the battle plan of the Sixian side in detail, but I can reveal to you a piece of news, the first division led by General Deng Zhenquan and Senior Brother Hu Zongnan has arrived in Xuyi, and they will go all out to attack Sihong County due north after lunch, so as to prevent the Sihong defenders from reinforcing Sixian.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is only one requirement for this battle, and that is to be fast! Complete! ”

Gu Zhu Tong An Yi returned to his seat and immediately stood up: "The commanders of each regiment of the Third Division immediately return to all departments, prepare for a rapid march, and all set off in an hour!" ”

"Yes!"

The colonels of the regiments of the Third Division stood up neatly and replied loudly, picked up the hats on the table and buckled them to their heads and hurried away.

At nine o'clock in the morning, An Yi, Du Yuming and others rushed to the Tonghe ferry to board the boat surrounded by guards.

The ferry went offshore, Fang Tian wiped the sweat flowing on his face, looked up at the drizzly sky, heard the conversation between Du Yuming and An Yi, and hurriedly looked at the south bank of the Huai River in the east.

An Yi turned his head to see Fang Tian's appearance, knowing that everyone wanted to know what their task was, so he took the opportunity to cross the river and briefly explained:

"The two regiments led by the senior brothers will be under the unified command of Deputy Division Commander Hu, and the direction of operation is Si County. As long as the battle in the direction of Changgou begins, one of the enemy's brigades distributed in various positions outside the city will be divided into troops to help, and the task of your two regiments is to approach the enemy's positions outside the city, drag the enemy outside the city, and force the enemy to send the enemy out of the city to rescue, and our machine gun company and two companies of the teaching brigade will be dispersed into your two regiments, and the formation of more than 4,500 people is enough to frighten the enemy.

Rest assured, the enemy who is attacked on three sides will never dare to charge, and will only confront your 4,500 men on the south and southwest lines of the city, and when you go back, I will issue you enough bullets to let the brothers have a good time, except that they cannot take the initiative to attack, they can fight as much as they want, and the brothers of the teaching company will assist you in taking care of the new recruits. ”

Only then did the brothers realize that their two regiments were rushing to the ground with their lives, and it turned out that they were just putting on a show to contain the enemy, and would not participate in any form of attack and siege, Du Yuming sighed:

"Lao Tzu is considered to have obeyed you, using our 4,000 recruits who have not fired a few rounds of guns to drag the enemy to a brigade of more than 5,000 people, no wonder you dare to say the cruel words of success if you don't succeed at the pre-war meeting just now, it turns out that you guys have calculated everything to death, and we came all the way to play with you!"

An Yi hurriedly and humbly explained: "Senior Brother Du, don't say that, just because the junior brother promised the teacher and Principal Jiang that he would never let the two regiments of our mentor be damaged, and they would be returned after this battle, so they can only be arranged like this."

If you think it's really not enough, I will send a telegram to my mentor after the battle, saying that because of the lack of troops, I have to borrow your two regiments to temporarily garrison Si County, and then the senior brothers can carry out more effective field training.

Don't think that it will be easy to garrison a small county town, not only to build defenses, reassure the people, patrol and go out to reconnoiter and guard, but also to keep an eye on the battle situation at all times, in case of accidents, and even have to keep an eye open to sleep, under such pressure, how dare the officers and men not sell their lives?

As long as we persist for half a month, it is more effective than our efforts in the Xiaguan camp for three months, after this training close to actual combat, I believe that the recruits and brothers can quickly mature, and hear the sound of gunfire and artillery all day long, who dares not to raise the spirit of 120,000 points and cherish their lives?

Okay, I landed on the shore, and when I arrived at the camp, the younger brother accompanied the senior brothers to visit the brothers of the teacher, and they ran around non-stop twenty-four hours a day, and it was difficult for the recruit brothers, and it was estimated that they had no time to be afraid, and now they all fell asleep. ”

"It's better to be on the front lines for a while longer...... Wait, how do you attack the county seat of Si County? With the more than 5,000 soldiers you have in your reading division, can you lay a solid county seat? And you have to undertake the task of attacking Changgou Town, without more than three regiments, you can't take Changgou at all! Zheng Jiemin asked.

An Yi smiled slightly: "It's a long story, I can't say it clearly in a few words, and Senior Brother Zheng will be able to see it when the battle starts, let's go!" Ji Nan and Beard are waiting for our meeting. ”

At 10:30 a.m., An Yi and Hu Jialin stood straight at the Liuxiang ferry, watched the regiments of the Reading Force pass quickly, and drove to the north shore with a pontoon bridge built by connecting 64 fishing boats.

Du Yuming and others stood beside An Yi, silently watching the speeding team: nearly a thousand wounded soldiers also carried weapons, mixed in the middle of the fast-moving team, their heads wrapped in white gauze and their bandaged arms were extremely conspicuous, and every officer and soldier of the Reading Division who passed in front of An Yi paid attention to An Yixing, and the respect and confidence revealed in their eyes were extremely moving. An Yi shouted the name of a non-commissioned officer and soldier in the team from time to time, and the rude jokes caused bursts of laughter among the officers and soldiers.

"Nearly 6,000 officers and soldiers, no wonder you are so sure." The attentive Zheng Jiemin said with a smile.

An Yi nodded proudly: "There are more than 5,480 people left in the main regiments and divisions intact, and more than 1,380 wounded brothers and brothers from the division's logistics, quartermasters, and even cooking classes have all gone up, which is exactly 7,000 people."

Senior brothers, don't underestimate the logistics officers and soldiers of the younger brother, they are not inferior to the veteran ruffians of the main regiments in the battle, many logistics officers and soldiers are veteran brothers who have followed the younger brother for a long time and made several military exploits, the younger brother originally wanted to let them retire from the army and return to their hometowns to marry wives and have children after defeating Xuzhou, but they did not expect to trouble them. ”

"Even if you don't bother them, it won't work, hundreds of old brothers in logistics and military quartermasters pestered me and my beard for a night, and didn't let them go up, they didn't even let the regiments receive ammunition supplies, there was no way, I had to agree."

Yin Jinan had already come to his side, took over An Yi's topic and explained with a smile, nodded with Du Yuming and immediately reported to An Yi: "The Self-Defense Forces have mobilized more than 3,000 villagers to be responsible for water services, of which 1,500 people are responsible for the transportation of the Changgou battlefield, and the fleet transporting ammunition entered Tiangang Lake through the Chahe River half an hour ago, and it will arrive at the wharf of Wuqiao Town within an hour and a half." ”

An Yi was quite grateful: "It's troublesome to the villagers, our reading teacher owes more and more debts to the villagers...... Ji Nan, don't you go to the Tong River Estuary Wharf to command? ”

Yin Jinan, who was originally in charge of the logistics supply and reserves of this battle, wanted to speak again and again, and Hu Jialin, who had not spoken, said:

"Liu Shoujiang, the party representative, took the initiative to take over the task of Jinan, this kid can't fight, but he has a set of demagoguery, he led the political work unit and the gendarmerie to enter the towns and towns to mobilize from the early morning, and even asked him to gather more than 5,000 villagers to come to help, and Jinan also freed his hands."

An Yi smiled bitterly: "Forget it, let him be responsible, I haven't said a few words to him since I came back from Nanjing, and I guess he doesn't feel good in his heart...... Hey? Whose team is that? ”

Everyone followed An Yi's line of sight, and a team of more than 1,000 people waved more than a dozen red flags and drove over from the southeast.

The generals took out their binoculars and took a closer look, and felt that the first few soldiers were a little familiar, and asked An Yi where the new force came from.

An Yi put down the binoculars and laughed: "The person who started is Uncle Maogen, who led the fleet to transport our two new regiments in the early hours of this morning!" He actually put on the uniform of our regular army, he looks very spirited, this must be what Jinan promised Uncle Mogen and the captains of the Self-Defense Forces, they asked us to send military uniforms to participate in the battle in the last Battle of Five Rivers. ”

Du Yuming put down the binoculars and sighed with emotion: "As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, today you readers have received such support from the local people, I know that this battle will be won before it is fought, logistics transportation, battlefield transportation often consumes a quarter of the troops, and now the people have helped you do it, and you can organize a team of more than 1,000 people to actively participate in the war, this kind of spirit of unity of the army and the people, the same hatred of the enemy, is admirable!" ”

Fang Tian, Zheng Jiemin and the others also sighed repeatedly, and Chen Jianxuan asked thoughtfully in a low voice to An Yi, "Is Division Commander An planning to let this group of militiamen go to the battlefield?" ”

An Yi thought for a while and replied: "Not only let them go to the battlefield, but also let them be on their own!" Ji Nan ......"

"Here!"

Yin Jinan replied.

"Send your adjutant to rush to the Tonghekou logistics headquarters six kilometers to the west, inform General Liu Shoujiang to hand over the work at hand to Li Zhengming, and ask him to lead a logistics platoon to take all the battle flags in stock here and distribute them to the Self-Defense Forces, and lead the Self-Defense Forces to rush to Xiaozhuzhuang on the northeast shore of Tiangang Lake by boat as soon as possible, and immediately set off north at four o'clock in the afternoon, bypassing Xiaozhouzhuang and inserting it directly into Weijialing, five kilometers east of Si County. An Yi ordered with a smile.

Yin Jinan smiled when he heard this: "Understood!" I'm going to give the order. ”

"You use these more than 1,000 militia as suspicious soldiers?" Du Yuming asked in surprise.

An Yi laughed: "I can't hide anything from Senior Brother Du, haha......"

(To be continued)