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At nine o'clock in the morning, the outer position of Feng County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the area of low soil slope at the entrance of Balifang Village in the southwest of the city, the brothers of the artillery regiment of the independent division were sweating like rain and were busy, and 30 artillery pieces were pushed into one solid and standard gun emplacement, one after another wide camouflage nets were propped up, and boxes of shells were opened.

The villagers saw the smiling faces of the officers and men of the An family and the real ocean, and the fear in their hearts was swept away, and every household vied with each other to kill chickens and omelette and boil porridge for the 1,800-strong revolutionary army artillery regiment.

Colonel Liao Minlin, commander of the regiment, accompanied by regimental deputy Shi Junren, inspected each gun position one by one.

In the battle of Fengxian in the early morning, the artillery regiment won the commendation order announced by An Yi as the chief of staff of the former enemy's general headquarters, and was awarded a collective second-class meritorious service, not only receiving a one-time reward of 5,000 yuan from the division headquarters, but also obtaining the corresponding promotion index, which boosted morale and greatly tapped the potential of officers and men.

When the whole regiment received the commendation order, the cheers and laughter of the whole regiment shook the sky, but after Liao Minlin gritted his teeth and announced the next task and told all the brothers who the enemy they were about to face, all the cheers and smiling faces stopped, and all the officers and soldiers kept their mouths shut, replaced by bitter hatred and all-out preparation.

Three kilometers north of the city, to the west of Da Li Zhuang, more than 4,000 prisoners were desperately digging two 5-kilometer-long trenches under the guns of the officers and men of the 72nd Division.

The construction of the first trench in the west requires a width of two meters and a depth of only forty centimeters, the terrain behind the trench is about two meters higher than that of the flat west, the trench construction requires a depth of one meter and four meters, and a width of two meters, and the distance between the two parallel trenches is twenty-five meters, starting from the south bank of the Taihang Dike River in the north and reaching the north bank of the Baiyi River in the south, all the shovels and hoes in the four surrounding villages have been requisitioned, and the excavation task of each prisoner is two meters and a half, and it is required to be completed within an hour

At the dusty construction site, the officers and men of the special service battalion of the independent division wearing the red armbands of the superintendent on their arms patrolled everywhere in squads, and when they encountered the captives who resisted or complained about them, they dragged them up and shot them directly without mercy, and after shooting and killing more than 20 prisoners who took the lead in resisting in a row, none of the prisoners dared to be lazy and lazy, and the construction progress suddenly accelerated several times, and the prisoners were so frightened that they dug and shoveled the soil as if they were crazy when they saw the officers and men of the independent division wearing camouflage uniforms and steel helmets coming.

The cruel and ruthless methods of the officers and men of the Independent Division not only frightened the more than 4,000 prisoners into tears and completely lost their sense of resistance, but also made the officers and men of the 72nd Division guarding the prisoners tremble in fear and break out in a cold sweat.

At 9:50 a.m., a team of dozens of horses approached the trench construction site from west to east, and more than a dozen trucks also drove quickly from the city and stopped on the west side of the two trenches.

Pan Shanzhai, the commander of the 72nd Division, who was walking in the middle of the trench, and a group of generals raised their heads, and saw clearly that An Yi and several generals of the Independent Division were in front of the horse team, and immediately sorted out their military hats and discipline and strode up to meet them.

An Yifei dismounted, walked quickly to Pan Shanzhai and the others, saluted back and shouted that Brother Pan and the brothers had worked hard, and after a period of greetings, Hu Jialin, Gu Changfeng and others quickly left to inspect the fortifications and issue orders.

An Yi put away his smile and said solemnly to Pan Shanzhai and the generals behind him: "Maybe the eldest brother has an opinion about the younger brother being so ruthless, yes, the younger brother has indeed gone too far, so the younger brother must explain the reason to the eldest brother, and also in order to have no pimples in everyone's hearts in the upcoming coordinated operation." ”

Pan Shanzhai hurriedly replied with a smile: "Junzuo, there is no pimple among the subordinates, there must be a reason for the military seat to do this, the subordinates and all the brothers not only have no pimples, but they are grateful to the military seat, if it were not for the wise command of the military seat, not only would we not win the battle, we would not have a military salary supplement of 50,000 yuan, but also have to bear the shame and reputation of escaping from the battle and can't raise their heads, all the brothers of my 72nd Division are respectful except for gratitude!" ”

"Haha! Brother Pan is serious! ”

An Yi took Pan Shanzhai's hand and said earnestly: "Brother Pan, everyone, we really have a great reason for doing this, I don't know if you remember the incident when the younger brother led the remnants to flee back to Nanjing from Jiangbei in August last year?" ”

All the generals and colonels said in unison not only remembered, but also admired and sighed very much, An Yi nodded and sighed: "At that time, the younger brother led more than 4,000 brothers to see the city of Nanjing, but was stopped by the ninth division of the Sun army, and the fight was very miserable, in the face of more than 10,000 enemies and a regiment of artillery on three sides, our division suffered heavy casualties, and finally the brothers who escaped with the younger brother were only a little more than a thousand......

This is nothing, fighting, life and death, winning or losing, winning or losing, but this is different from the Ninth Division of the Anhui Army, they slaughtered the wounded soldiers we gave up resisting, killed them one by one, without mercy, stabbed to death and cut off their heads, this feud is formed in this way.

You all know that my An Yi's independent division treats the prisoners well, and it has always been over after the battle, and the prisoners are injured and treated, and the travel expenses are not injured, and the gifts are sent out of the camp, but the ninth division of the Anhui army is too inhumane, so all the people of the ninth division of the Anhui army will not forgive, if the younger brother easily spares them, the more than 20,000 brothers of the independent division under his command, the old Nanchang Security Headquarters, the garrison division and the retreating fierce cannot spare the younger brother, and the thousands of brothers who died tragically under the broadsword of the ninth division cannot spare the younger brother. The 17,659 brothers who have died in battle since the formation of the Model Battalion cannot spare the younger brothers, so this revenge must be avenged. ”

Pan Shanzhai and his generals suddenly realized, sighed one by one, and asked for help, and the tall and thin deputy division commander Lu Quanzhong said loudly:

"I said no wonder the independent brothers who died yesterday still talked and laughed one by one, not long after the defeat of Fengcheng, all of them were scary with black faces as if they had eaten gunpowder, it turned out to be like this, no wonder you became so ruthless to the captive Xiu, we all understand! From the beginning of the Battle of Willow Springs, we are brothers who share life and death on the battlefield, and the brothers of the grass seat are also our brothers! ”

Pan Shanzhai clasped An Yi's hand and said sincerely: "Military seat, although you are only temporarily serving as our military seat, I respect you in my heart, and my brothers are grateful to you!" What do you want us to do, even if you tell us, all the brothers of the 72nd Division will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire! ”

"Thank you! An Yi and Brother Independent will always remember this friendship! ”

An Yi shook hands with Pan Shanzhai and his generals one by one to thank him, and asked Lin Yaodong, the chief of the guard, to take the map and spread it on the ground, and all the generals and colonels immediately squatted down around An Yi.

An Yi pointed to the Baiyi River on the map: "This is a natural barrier, I ask the 6,500 brothers of the 72nd Division to guard this five-kilometer-long natural defense line on the south bank, no need to attack, just defend well."

As long as the enemy is within your range, you will give me a fierce blow, take out all the light and heavy machine guns and bullets captured in the city, and beat me hard across the Baiyi River, now your firepower is stronger than the enemy, this battle is very easy to fight, but you must send a special service company to help me protect the artillery positions behind you, because the infantry battalion of the escort artillery regiment has gone west, and they have to sneak five kilometers with the other division of the independent division to attack the artillery regiment that the ninth division is lagging behind, so as to avoid more pressure on our main battlefield.

This ninth division is very fucked, the next 09th regiment is their artillery regiment, with a full number of 24 German artillery, and a mortar battalion, it is the most powerful ace division under Sun Chuanfang's command, with a full strength of more than 15,000 people, and the number and firepower are almost twice as many as other ordinary divisions in the Anhui system.

If you win this battle, I will equip you with all the captured artillery, and if necessary, the independent division can also train you in artillery, so that you can also become the main division in the sequence of our revolutionary army. ”

Pan Shanzhai and the generals were excited, they had never had a single artillery piece until now, not even a mortar, how could they not be excited when they got An Yi's coveted promise?

Pan Shanzhai stood up abruptly and said loudly: "Military seat, my subordinates will lead their troops to prepare for battle in advance!" ”

"Excellent! There is still an hour and a half to go, and there are two requirements: first, take the sound of the cannon behind you as a signal, and you must pay attention to concealment before the cannon fires; 2. Send a regiment to guard the junction between your southern front and the eastern front here, and never allow an enemy to escape your defensive line! Appoint. An Yi stood up and ordered solemnly.

"Yes!"

The generals replied in unison, and ran to their respective units after saluting, Pan Shanzhai and Lu Quanzhong, the deputy division commander, walked up to the second trench about two meters high and suddenly couldn't walk, only to see more than 4,000 prisoners being pointed at guns by more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the teaching regiment behind them, one by one they hurriedly took off their clothes and threw them on the ground, and were forced to jump off the first trench in the west shirtless, watching in horror as the Zang team went back and forth with fierce and vicious overseers, and took the water bottle and dry food handed by the officers and soldiers of the teaching regiment. After receiving the old rifles without bolts, he was ordered to stay in the trench and sit down.

The officers and men of the war overseer announced the same order back and forth: if you want to live and eat, lie down in the trenches, and send you back with five oceans per person after the battle.

Only then did Pan Shanzhai and others know why the first trench in the west was so shallow, and it turned out that several bosses of the independent division were determined to do this, so that these people could only crawl inside to avoid bullets, and if they wanted to survive, they needed to be motionless, otherwise they would be in danger of being hit if they raised their heads in such shallow trenches.

More than 4,000 prisoners were prostrate in the trenches with rifles like burning sticks, and from a distance, it really looked like the entire line of resistance had been set up with heavy troops, and even better, the trench 25 meters behind had been erected with a very light and heavy machine gun, and boxes of ammunition unloaded from the trucks were scattered into the trenches, and the officers and men of the condescending teaching regiment could not only strike hard at the enemy, but also free up their hands to set up a blocking line along the south bank of the Baiyi River in the south, and the manpower and material resources were exhausted by the independent division. made Pan Shanzhai and his generals sigh greatly, and finally understood why the independent division was so strong and so capable of fighting, all of them were human spirits!