Lao Dao couldn't have imagined that he met him on the first day of meeting An Yi, who was worried about his stomach every day, and he only learned about it when he returned to the camp in Zhenjiang City.

Looking at the real sand table in front of him, looking at the lifelike Yangtze River, canals, Qianmo roads and villages and cities on the sand table, looking at the staff officers Yang Bin and Hu Zi, the two tiger generals who calmly and steadily passed the people, planted a small pennant next to the trails and villages, and discussed in a low voice with An Yi the next step of the coordination of the forced crossing of each battalion, Lao Dao suddenly felt like a dream, and in a blink of an eye, he seemed to see An Yi with a hippie smiling face lying on the floor of his home in Guangzhou, constantly fiddling with those nonsense and unknown things, reminiscence and reality, Dao heart and mortal heart, floating in the heart of the old Taoist ancient well and valley.

"Urgent telegram from the headquarters: The third division of Chief Gu has taken a special train from Changzhou Expressway and arrived in Zhenjiang in about three hours...... Dai Yue, commander of the Second Army, personally led the 5th and 6th divisions to set off lightly from Qixia to Longtan Station, and the headquarters ordered me to prepare for them. Zhan Huanqi reported loudly.

An Yi smiled slightly: "Chief Dai personally went out, but it's a pity that Chief Zhang Shihou's fourth division didn't come, otherwise it would be more lively...... It's four o'clock in the morning, and it is estimated that the reinforcements from the east and west will arrive at the station within two and a half hours, beard, you are familiar with Chief Dai, last time in Chun'an, you led the team to relieve him, you will be very happy to meet him, and then directly cross the Shadun Pier on the north shore from the five ferry piers, from where it is much faster to attack Yizheng. ”

"Okay, I'll go to the fourth camp at the foot of the tiger head in Beigu Mountain first, and then rush to the station to make arrangements."

Hu Zi explained a few words to Yang Bin, walked to Lao Dao's side and said goodbye respectfully, he didn't tell Lao Dao that he was afraid that he would be able to meet again after Yangzhou.

Yang Bin discussed with An Yi for a while, and also went to the second battalion in the southeast of the city, he will lead the soldiers of the second battalion to follow closely behind Gu Changfeng's fourth battalion, under the cover of the artillery battalion's artillery fire, carry out a forced crossing, cooperate with the fourth battalion to block the reinforcements of the enemy in the east, and cover Yin Jinan's model battalion to attack Yangzhou City at the fastest speed, Chen Zhibiao's third battalion will be flanked by the second battalion led by Yang Bin on the third regiment in the middle road.

Only An Yi, Chen Lifu, Zhan Huanqi, Lao Dao and seven staff officers were left in the conference room, Lao Dao and Chen Lifu who was sitting on the sofa next to him gathered and whispered, and the black-faced Li Zhengming strode in and whispered to An Yi:

"Jiang Luming and 16 foremen of his shipyard have been secretly arrested, and the owner of the grocery store at the Jinshan Temple Wharf has also been escorted back, without alarming anyone, fifteen pistols and a batch of detonator explosives have been found, and no radio station has been found. Tiger Head had already led four battalions and one company to blockade the shipyard east of the port, and more than 20 brethren from the Logistics Unit and the Ordnance Unit were inspecting the three large steamboats. ”

An Yi patted Li Zhengming's arm to show his appreciation, walked to the coffee table in front of Chen Lifu and Lao Dao and whispered: "Instructor Chen, the annihilation has been brought, and none of them have missed the net." ”

Chen Lifu stood up happily: "Very good, I'll go to interrogation, you are busy, Xiao Yi, I will inform you at any time if new information is examined." ”

"Yes."

An Yi and Li Zhengming sent Chen Lifu and his adjutant to the door, and Li Zhengming was responsible for cooperating with their interrogation. An Yi watched Chen Lifu and the others leave, and saw Peng Jianqing coming in a hurry and asked in a low voice, "What's the good news?" ”

"Xia Jian's 1st Battalion successfully crossed the river in the section east of the Seventh Ferry, and all units successfully arrived at the predetermined position, and the artillery battalion took advantage of the heavy fog to go out to the Canglang Bridge position at the western foot of Jiaoshan Mountain. The two detachments of Lao Ding and Dou Fang have arrived at the operational position, and if there is no change, they will launch an attack as planned in 45 minutes. Peng Jianqing handed the message to An Yi.

An Yi read the watch and ordered: "Call the headquarters immediately, just say everything is going well." ”

"Yes!"

Before An Yi answered the sand table, he pulled up two small blue triangular flags marked with a sharp sword, and inserted them into Hongqiao in the north of Yangzhou City, in the south of Slender West Lake, and Xiajiaying, seven kilometers south of the city, respectively, and ordered loudly for a moment: "Huanqi, give an order to the artillery battalion: prepare in forty minutes!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhan Huanqi strode towards the two female signal soldiers on the north side, and ordered one of them to immediately connect the phone of the artillery battalion, while An Yi walked to the large map to make a final check and calculation of the movement routes and possible situations of each department. Lao Dao thought about it and didn't bother An Yi, leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes to meditate on his thoughts.

In the spring rain that wants to warm and cold, the slender West Lake in the north of Yangzhou is vast, lonely and silent, built in the south of the wide area between the ancient Hongqiao and the old north gate in the Ming Dynasty, there is a moat more than five meters wide across the east and west, the original city wall is long gone, it has become a gorgeous shop and Qinglou restaurant facing the scenic spot of the lake area, a simple and narrow wooden bridge and stone bridge lie on the moat, connecting a large messy residential area behind the Qinglou restaurant with the picturesque Slender West Lake area.

In the alleys that extend in all directions, one or two dog barks can be heard from time to time, the sound of raindrops falling from the eaves can be heard clearly, and a group of soldiers wearing raincoats and loaded guns drowned in the rain before dawn, and almost silently and slowly walked southward, covered with flashlights covered with thick red cloth, and from time to time flashed at the entrance of the streets and alleys, guiding the way for more than 220 ghostly special combat personnel.

At dawn, the special combat team members divided into seven squads finally touched Meijia Lane on the back of Wenchang Pavilion after sneaking fast and slow, and peeked at Wendeyuan across the street from the three alleys -- the headquarters of Sun Jun's new Second Brigade and the headquarters of the former enemy.

Ding Zhicheng retracted his head and gently retreated to the back of a two-story house, and the seven squad leaders quickly gathered around him, and Ding Zhicheng issued an order in a low voice:

"There are still ten minutes left before the time of action, and the 4th to 7th squads clear the south and east gate of the barracks as planned, and then leave the machine gun team to control the gate and block all possible reinforcements, and the assault team will destroy the enemy troops in their respective areas as quickly as possible, without leaving prisoners. The first and second teams attacked the north gate and immediately split up to kill the barracks on both sides, threw all the grenades into each barracks, and then cleared the remnants of the enemy one by one; Thirty brothers from the third team followed me directly into the battalion headquarters and did their best to capture the enemy general Nie Mingshan and his generals, is it clear...... Let's go! ”

A few minutes later, the 125 brothers of the 4th to 7th squads lined up in a neat line and appeared at the east intersection of Wenchang Road, where they quickly split into two and walked to the east and south gates of the Wende barracks.

The two sentries outside the east gate were huddled in the cold doorside sentry box smoking and chatting, and they were very surprised to see dozens of men with loaded guns in raincoats walking neatly, the two glanced at each other, and immediately picked up the spears leaning against the wooden wall, and before they could pick up their guns, they were hit together by a shuttle of bullets, and the wooden spire sentry box was knocked down by the weight of the two people, making a huge rumbling sound.

The dense gunfire resounded over Yangzhou City in an instant, the south gate and the north gate of the barracks were breached by the fierce special combat personnel in a blink of an eye, and a light machine gun was immediately erected on both sides of the camp gate, and more than 200 wolf-like soldiers quickly entered the camp and launched accurate point fire on all moving targets, one by one grenades were thrown into the barracks on the east and west sides, and the sound of explosions came and went, and the entire battalion was beaten to the ground crying wolf and howling beyond recognition within a few minutes.

Ding Zhicheng, who was armed with a machine gun, personally led the 3rd squad of 30 brothers to rush straight to the battalion headquarters, ignoring the fierce gunfire and explosions on both sides, and several enemy guards who hurried out of the back door of the headquarters were shot to the ground before they could shoot.

Ding Zhicheng, who took the lead, killed four panicked stubborn enemies in a row, pulled out the shell gun that was filed to remove the crosshairs, and raised his hand to shoot down the gun-wielding enemy hidden in the corridor on the second floor, and then quickly flashed to the door on the west side of the hall, flew out and kicked open the solid door, and slid into the room with a falling forward leap to the ground, and fired three shots in succession, hitting the two enemy lieutenants so that the heads were covered with a bloody mist, and the muzzle of the gun jumped up and hit the temple of the enemy general. The enemy general who had just put on his coat was so frightened that his pistol fell to the ground and begged for mercy, looking at Ding Zhicheng's expressionless black face in horror and shaking.

"Say, what's your last name? What official position? ”

Ding Zhicheng put away his gun, took out a cigarette, and lit it leisurely, hearing the sound of gunfire outside from time to time, and the screams came from time to time, knowing that his brothers had successfully completed their task.

The enemy major general, who looked elegant and had two beautiful mustaches, replied tremblingly: "I am Chu...... Chu Zhitian, the staff officer of the major general of the former enemy headquarters under Sun Dashuai's account, had just arrived here to inspect the day before yesterday...... The revolutionary army doesn't kill prisoners, right? ”

Ding Zhicheng nodded, and said in a deep voice to the half-naked woman on the bed who was scared to cry when she sat up: "Girl, you'd better lie down honestly and don't move...... General Chu, right? Put on your clothes and go to the lobby honestly, or I can't guarantee your safety. ”

"Yes Yes ......"

There were bursts of angry scolding and struggling voices in the lobby, Ding Zhicheng frowned, motioned to the two brothers who came to his side to take the major general surnamed Chu out, strode into the lobby and came to the enemy general who kept struggling and scolding, glanced at his rank of colonel, didn't want to pull out the gun is a shot, the whole body was tied to the sturdy colonel surnamed The sturdy colonel stopped scolding in his heart, and looked at Ding Zhicheng incredulously for a while before he fell to the ground. The sound of grenade explosions and shells being bombarded is clearly audible.

Ding Zhicheng coldly glanced at the dozen or so captured enemy generals in the hall, and scolded loudly with disdain: "I'm fucking your uncle!" When you are dying, you dare to be hard-mouthed, do you hear the sound of gunfire from the south? Three divisions with more than 20,000 troops, but you can withstand it? Being captured by Lao Tzu is your blessing, and it is much luckier than being shot to death and being killed by artillery fire, and you are not satisfied? Lao Tzu tells you that now is the time of the battle, if anyone dares to scold and disobey discipline again, this dog on the ground will be your fate! ”

Nie Mingshan, the tall and thin commander of the new second brigade of the enemy, seemed very calm, he took two steps forward very bravely, walked in front of Ding Zhicheng, stared coldly at Ding Zhicheng's eyes, and asked calmly: "I am Nie Mingshan, can you loosen the contemptible first?" ”

Ding Zhicheng nodded, motioned to the two brothers who were escorted to untie him, Nie Mingshan, who was wearing silk satin pajama pants on his lower body and a major general's uniform on his upper body, moved his numb wrist joint, raised his head and asked solemnly, "May I ask which part of the general is it?" ”

Ding Zhicheng replied kindly: "I am only a major and not a general, it doesn't hurt to tell you the number of the headquarters, we are the Reading Force Regiment of the Second Division of the First Army of the Revolutionary Army, and we have been confronting General Nie's New Second Brigade across the river for more than half a month, I believe the general knows very well, it is estimated that the spies you have planted in Zhenjiang City send reports to you every day, and they know every move of our department well." ”

Nie Mingshan and more than a dozen other generals were taken aback, and Nie Mingshan's chief of staff blurted out in shock: "An Yi regiment...... Didn't you just withdraw? ”

"There is a way that soldiers don't get tired of cheating, haha!" Ding Zhicheng smiled and issued a serious warning: "In a few hours, you will meet with our General An Yi, and you will be kind to you with our general's surname, but before meeting, I hope you don't try to play any tricks, otherwise you will be sorry...... Pillar, Xiaoliang—"

"Here!"

"Tie these generals together in groups of three, and let them sit on the thresholds of this house, in front of them, on the left and right; The squads again cleared the camp of the remnants of the enemy, and brought all the prisoners into this hall; Each machine gun team went upstairs to occupy the high ground and strictly prevent any enemy from approaching this building! Ding Zhicheng ordered loudly.

"Yes!"

The sky was bright and the light rain did not stop, the enemy artillery position of the Xia family camp in the south of the city was in a mess, the rain washed the pools of blood into a pool, and the top camp tent built on the low slope had already been blown up and overturned, except for the moaning in the ancestral hall of the Xia family by the canal.

More than 300 brothers led by Dou Fang destroyed the enemy's artillery position at the cost of more than 80 casualties, and achieved the record of destroying more than 230 enemies and capturing more than 290 enemies, but Dou Fang did not have the slightest joy of success on his face, but was very sad for the more than 50 brothers who died and the more than 30 injured brothers who were in urgent need of treatment, only three of the more than 80 brothers killed and wounded were his subordinates, and the others were all excellent non-commissioned officers selected and sent from various divisions for training, although the 220 non-commissioned officers who participated in the operation were experienced and disciplined. However, compared with the 110 brothers under Dou Fang's command, the gap between their combat effectiveness and Dou Fang's command was not ordinarily large, and Dou Fang was helpless to cause such a large number of casualties.

Dou Fang's adjutant strode into the ancestral hall and reported to Dou Fang and Huang Yan, who had been temporarily drawn from among the non-commissioned officers to serve as deputy captain: The model battalion was rushing along the west bank of the canal toward Yangzhou City, the battle flags of the fourth battalion had been planted on the fenced mountain two kilometers to the southeast, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions in the southwest and the machine gun company and mortar company affiliated to the regiment had successfully divided and surrounded the enemy's two regiments, and Commander Gu's third division was crossing the river.

Dou Fang, who quickly matured, nodded, and ordered Huang Yan to lead two platoons of non-commissioned officers to stay behind to guard the twelve artillery pieces and captured shells, and he led the rest of the men and horses to Yangzhou City to join Ding Zhicheng's troops, and then handed over the occupied camp to Yin Jinan's model battalion, and escorted the prisoners to Zhenjiang City as planned.

With the large forces of friendly forces successively crossing the river and entering the battlefield, the whole battle has no suspense, and the two regiments of the enemy army, which were divided and surrounded by four battalions and two companies of the Reading Regiment, which had superior firepower and occupied a favorable position, had only one way to die except surrender, and the task of the special detachment was thus successfully completed, and they kept in mind the principle emphasized by An Yi and would never participate in the encirclement and pursuit in addition to their own tasks, but escorted 13 enemy generals and colonels back to Zhenjiang quickly.

(To be continued)