At 11:55 a.m., the southbound train crashed into two huge obstacles that lay across the railroad tracks in succession, and under the fierce fire of the officers and men of a battalion of the Anhui Army, it staggered and made a sharp metal twisting sound, and the speed did not decrease, and it quickly crossed the station and rushed towards Chuzhou Station, which is 14 kilometers to the south.

After the Anhui army, which could not stop the advance of the train, urgently reported to Chuzhou, the battalion commander personally led the team to pursue the south, and no one was willing to let go of the good thing of beating the water dogs, not to mention the annihilation of the model army of the revolutionary army known throughout the country.

At 12:20 p.m., the out-of-control train ignored the dissuasion of various light signals and machine guns at the fork in front of it, and violently bumped a few times at the fork in the railway, rushed straight to the right three times, and finally capsized under the action of strong habitual habits and huge torque.

The derailed heavy locomotive suddenly fell out horizontally, crushing the solid concrete of more than ten meters of platform No. 2, bounced high again and rolled around and still castrated, and the back carriages collided with each other, making an earth-shattering crashing sound, and pieces of sparks shot out between the deformed carriages dozens of meters long, and the derailed carriages separated and flew left and right with a strong wind.

The tumbling locomotive boiler burst out, igniting a raging fire, steam and flames mixed to emit a sky-high black and white smoke, the front of the locomotive that rushed forward dozens of meters finally stopped in the shocking metal noise and friction sound, the rear carriage was still overturning and rolling, the sound was endless, the whole station north entrance was smoky and miasma, a mess, on both sides and hundreds of meters before and after nearly 10,000 Anhui troops were shocked to the ears roared, their faces turned pale, and they reacted when all the sounds stopped, and rushed up with a shout, but in the remnants of a radius of 100 meters, Where is the figure of half a revolutionary army?

Almost at the same time, the defenders of a battalion in Lai'an City were suddenly attacked by more than 700 officers and soldiers wearing the same clothing as themselves.

The regiment commander thought about whether it was right, rode his horse to the high place, looked back at Lai'an County, which was not guarded by the city wall, pondered for a moment after descending the mountain, and suddenly ordered the whole group to gallop to Sanguan Town in the southwest direction, where there was a battalion that he had divided to intercept in order to prevent the remnants of An Yi from escaping from the railway, and the same battalion that rushed to Shahe Town in advance to intercept the train, all belonged to the troops stationed in Lai'an City.

At this time, the commander of the garrison was extremely remorseful, regretting that he had made meritorious contributions, and even scattered his troops to intercept them, so that the cunning remnants of An Yi could sneak attack successfully, and lost two companies in vain, and made up his mind to rush to Shahe as soon as possible, and urgently reported to the Chuzhou military headquarters by telephone, so as to quickly pursue the remnants of An Yi who were heading east.

The An Yi Division, which had broken through Lai'an, marched 18 kilometers with incomparable tenacity and perseverance, and it was already 3:20 p.m. when they reached the town of Wuji in the southeast, and all the officers and men were so tired that they could hardly move their feet.

An Yi, who was out of breath, ordered everyone to drive into the town to rest, scavenged all the food that could satisfy hunger from every household to replenish their strength, and then threw an ocean to each family, and there was no energy to explain more.

Only the elite led by Ding Zhicheng showed unparalleled endurance and sustained combat effectiveness, and more than 230 of the 300 brothers still maintained their vigorous energy, and after a full meal, they forcibly recruited the only 40 inferior horses in the town, and two special teams rushed to Shuikou Town in the southeast to guard the direction of Chuzhou, and went to Chengqiao and Daying Towns to reconnoitre.

This place is only thirty-two kilometers away from the river bank in a straight line, but the nearest road is also forty-one kilometers, and these forty-one kilometers are extremely difficult, in the eyes of An Yi and the brothers, it is far more difficult than all the previous roads, because Liuhe is stationed a division of the Anhui army, Pukou is stationed Sun Chuanfang's ace third army, more than 3,000 exhausted brothers who are already at the end of the crossbow, how difficult it is to pass these forty-one kilometers.

The bodies of the 74 brothers were put into a deep ditch on the side of the road and hurriedly buried in Wujiawan, east of Lai'an City, and after eating in Wuji Town, 47 people were hastily buried, and the brothers who shoveled soil to cover the corpses were completely numb, and only knew how to mechanically shovel piles of dirt and sprinkle them on the bodies of their comrades-in-arms, and finally the deputy division commander Yin Jinan and two division staff officers deeply knocked down a wooden stake engraved with a special mark, and did not bow down. There was no memorial service.

Of the remaining 676 wounded and sick, more than 200 brothers stubbornly stood up, refusing any brothers to come to their aid, and when all the brothers had not had enough to eat, they loaded their guns with bullets on their backs, and marched together towards the south where the brothers of the Special Brigade had disappeared.

An Yi threw down his rice bowl, hurriedly rushed up and asked the brothers to stay and go together later, Liu Changying, deputy of the third regiment and three battalions who was missing his left arm, said with a smile: "Master, please rest assured, we are stupid birds flying first." One sentence made An Yi, Hu Jialin, Yin Jinan, Yang Bin and others red-eyed, and hurriedly transferred Xia Jian's group of brothers to accompany them throughout the whole process and set off first.

More than 800 brothers of the Reading Force Regiment lifted 174 stretchers, including their regiment commander Lu Guang, carried the brothers who could not walk one by one, and set off again under the escort of more than 600 soldiers of Chen Zhibiao's Second Regiment and Chen Kan's Teaching CompanyIn the end, he threw down a piece of ocean and didn't turn around and leave, and all sat under the eaves outside the house or under the big tree to rest and eat.

These officers and men were very hungry and tired, their eyes were red, their beards were extremely hideous, but none of them stayed in the villagers' homes, let alone touched a single hair of the villagers.

At 3:40 p.m., the enemy finally completely figured out the general direction of An Yi's remnants, and the Anhui army of a division in Chuzhou quickly launched a pursuit to the east; 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Reading Brigade of the Third Army of Pukou rushed north to seize Chahe Town, a major transportation crossing in the north; The defenders of a division of Liuhe divided a brigade and quickly moved north, occupying the line from Qianjiazhuang to Wangzhuang, which was thirteen kilometers to the north, and a regiment defending the enemy in Tianchang in the northeast advanced in the southwest direction; The two battalions of the defending enemy of the first regiment of Lai'an, which had been broken through, were assembled and ordered to atone for their sins and take on the task of pursuit.

However, until the sun went down, the various units marched to the predetermined position, and none of them found the shadow of An Yi's remnants, and the various units of the Anhui army that were stubbornly guarding the specified place hesitated, because the encircled troops in the three directions did not have radio stations, the orders of the two military headquarters in Chuzhou and Pukou could not be issued in time, and except for the unimpeded communication of the enemy troops in Pukou and Lu'an, the other roads invariably stopped advancing.

An Yi's division's night combat ability and strong combat effectiveness are indeed terrifying, and the rumors that have been boiling for months are enough to make countless Anhui officers and soldiers tremble, and it is still not known whether the surviving number of An Yi's remnants is 4,000 or 6,000? As a result, the Anhui army also made the same mistake as the Zhilu coalition army, mistakenly thinking that An Yi's continuous escape was already overwhelmed, and he must be surrounded by a large army, hiding at the foot of a certain mountain or in an inaccessible place around the lake to breathe.

An Yi's remnants are indeed hidden, hidden in the first line of the Dragon King Temple at the southern foot of Dushan, this area is two or three kilometers away from the wild grass and shrubs are tall and lush, the small lake in the southeast of the Dragon King Temple is surrounded by deep grass and trees, very suitable for lurking, this place is only twenty-one kilometers away from the Yangtze River, closer to the escape place than in the afternoon, although the strong enemy is getting closer and closer, the danger is multiplied, but the protection of the night makes An Yi and his brothers feel at ease, at this time, the night is so kind and precious to them.

Ding Zhicheng's special brigade was divided into six groups, sneaked out to reconnoiter in all directions, and saw that the strong enemy in the south was still in constant mobilization, the enemy posts on the first line of Wangzhuang in the east were constantly connected, and the patrols were crossing and walking around from time to time, without any pattern, An Yi did not dare to act rashly, so he could only order his subordinates to continue to lie dormant and take a good breath.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the enemy's deployment finally stopped, the enemy defense line on the southeast side was clear and stable, and the law of changing guards every two hours was clearly understood by the special elites lurking under the noses of the enemy, and the sentry posts of one hundred meters seemed to be dense, but in fact, the flaws had appeared, and only by quietly taking the two adjacent sentry posts located downstream of Jiangjiadu, the more than 3,000 brothers of the whole division could cross the Chuhe River through the small wooden bridge within an hour and a half, and go three kilometers east along the Chuhe River and go south to the Macha River in the south. You will be more sure to reach the north bank of the Yangtze River.

An Yi called Shen Fengdao, and An Yi had no choice when his life was at stake, he could only play the last trump card hidden by his side, otherwise he would be uncertain or even defeated.

Shen Fengdao was very calm, half-squatting in the dense grass, staring at the two sentry posts on the other side of the Chu River, and listening attentively to An Yi's detailed explanation:

"We couldn't wait any longer, there was only a dead end at dawn, so we had to take a desperate gamble. Everyone looked at the sentry at the head of the small wooden bridge, there is a sentry within a hundred meters of the north and south, there is a river bay between the north sentry and the other, it is estimated that there will be a dark sentry, and the south sentry seems to be wide and there is no lurking place around the outpost, but it cannot be taken lightly.

I suggest that Lao Shen's team solve the north sentry, Lao Ding's team solve the south sentry, the twelve brothers are already the strongest masters in our department, you can divide yourself into groups, I asked Lao Li to bring two sniper teams up, monitor across the river just in case, if your whereabouts are exposed, the enemy's gunfire rings, so as to support your timely retreat.

It is now about 1:20 o'clock, and the enemy has changed the guard at 2 o'clock, and we must solve the north and south posts before 2:30 o'clock, and then solve the guard post at the bridgehead, so that we can quietly cross the bridge and march all the way east to get out of the enemy's encirclement. ”

Shen Fengdao nodded: "Let Lao Ding, Hutou, Xia Jian, Xingzhen, Zhou Li and Lao Wu be divided into a group, they have been together for a long time, and they have a tacit understanding, you just let Xiao Jiu and the other four people of the guard go with me, the brothers of the guard stay with me all day and are familiar." ”

"Good! Do you have any objections...... That's settled. An Yi said in a low voice.

Twenty minutes passed, An Yi in the grass stared nervously at the river with a rifle, listening to the noise of insects and frogs, but did not see any movement of the brothers.

Li Fuqiang, who was crawling two meters away, felt An Yi's anxiety, quietly crawled over and lay on his back, pointed to the bright moon in the sky, shook his head and smiled slightly.

An Yi quietly turned over and looked up at the sky, and found a thick dark gray cloud slowly drifting towards the moon, and the irregular edge of the cloud had obscured the corner of the bright moon.

An Yi suddenly realized, and admired the group of old rivers and lakes under his command in his heart, and when the clouds completely covered the moon and the sky slowly darkened, An Yi turned around and stared at the gentle river, only to feel that he couldn't see anything in the fog, and he didn't hear the slightest splash.

After waiting quietly for a long time, An Yi felt Li Fuqiang raise his rifle and immediately stared at the bridgehead two hundred meters away.

Under the silver-white moonlight again, the enemy sentries walking back and forth suddenly fell silently, and then a tall figure strode silently onto the small bridge, making a familiar gesture in the middle of the bridge, so excited that An Yi almost cheered......

(To be continued)