If there are people above, it is good, life is easy, and promotion is fast; The flames on both sides of the Miluo River soared into the sky, and the Fourth and Seventh armies fought bloody crossings; Zhuang Jihua was in Changsha, the first army was the general reserve, the first division remained in Changsha, and the second division only reached Baishui, which was still far from the front line.

Zhuang Jihua is very satisfied with this state, but the brothers below are not satisfied, especially his first regiment, the three battalion commanders are soaked in the regiment headquarters all day long, complaining about the principal, they should be allowed to take the lead; After complaining about the principal, he complained about Zhuang Jihua again, saying that he would not fight for it. Every time Zhuang Jihua felt a headache at this time, their performance showed that high morale is a good thing, high morale is a good thing, can not and do not want to suppress, but it is also a little annoying to keep doing this, so under the pretext of preparing for war to resume the four and three lectures every day, each regiment pays close attention to tactics, especially the battalion and company tactics he discussed with Xue Yue, Zhuang Jihua goes to the regiment every day to check.

The division commander Wang Bailing, the party representative Miao Bin didn't care at all, they spent all day on the painting boat every night, throwing the troops to Zhuang Jihua, the two of them Zhuang Jihua couldn't manage it, but the others were managed by Zhuang Jihua to death. Two officers of the division headquarters secretly went to Scoop to gamble, and after he found out, they were ruthlessly driven away. He publicly claimed that Wang Bailing and Miao Bin couldn't control him, and whoever else wanted to learn from the two of them would get out. Wang Bailing didn't say anything after hearing it, but he hated it in his heart, but Miao Bin had a big quarrel with Zhuang Jihua again, thinking that Zhuang Jihua had no right to fire officers without the consent of the division commander and party representatives, Zhuang Jihua did not give in, and the two made trouble in front of Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek scolded Miao Bin again, and Miao Bin went back. The whole division knows that they can offend Wang Bailing and Miao Bin, but Zhuang Jihua's rules must not be violated.

In fact, Zhuang Jihua is also very uncomfortable, Changsha City is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the Xiangjiang River passes through the city, Yuelu Mountain is majestic and beautiful, the scenery is pleasant, the mountains and rivers are good, the girls are good, and the streets are full of beautiful Hunan girls; It was really a cheongsam and a skirt and a school skirt flying together, with tender faces, pink arms, and legs dancing together; Zhuang Jihua will be dazzled every time he goes to the street, tickling his heart, the ** night before parting, ignited his long-suppressed desire, but he didn't dare, he wanted to go again, that division had to be chaotic.

So every night he went to Xiangshui to cool off, after Wu Ziniu asked for leave, Song Yunfei followed him inch by inch, and the two drank and chatted at the food stalls along the river.

"Yunfei, are you married?" Zhuang Jihua and Song Yunfei were drinking at a food stall on the shore again, while two guards were at another table.

"No, there is no tomorrow for those who are soldiers, who will marry you." Song Yunfei replied.

"Not necessarily." Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said.

"Not everyone can meet a girl like Miss Liu." Song Yunfei sighed, in private, the two of them didn't have so many scruples, and the title was much more casual: "It's still your luck." ”

"When the battle is over, I'll ask Ah Shu to introduce you to one at their school." Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "Actually, with your ability, you really want to find a daughter-in-law, but it's not easy to catch it." ”

"It's useless, I'm not like you, I don't have a woman's relationship." Song Yunfei disagreed.

"You're too serious." Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "Pulling your face all day long, all the women are scared away by you, if you keep doing this, I'm afraid you will have to beat you for a lifetime." ”

"Hehe, that's not necessarily." Song Yunfei smiled: "Deputy division commander, when will we go to the front line?" ”

Obviously, he didn't want to talk about this topic, Zhuang Jihua smiled: "Look, I just said that you were too serious, and here you are, why are your hands itchy." ”

"I haven't been to the front line since I followed you, and I thought I could go to the front line in the Second Crusade, but it turned out to be...., and now it's like this again." Song Yunfei's tone was gloomy.

"Look at you, you're all captains, I'm afraid you'll be promoted to major after a while, why are you still so unbreathable, just like them." Zhuang Jihua's expression was relaxed, although his words were reproach, but his tone did not mean reproach at all.

"Am I not in a hurry?" Song Yunfei explained.

"Stay in peace, we won't need to go on yet."

"When are we going to go up?" Song Yunfei asked.

Song Yunfei's question, Zhuang Jihua just smiled and did not answer, but turned his head to look at the painting boat floating on the Xiangshui River. This kind of food stall is only put out at night, and the citizens who are close to it in summer like to come to such a place, a plate of peanuts, a pot of old wine, while drinking while watching the swaying painting boat on the Hunan water, and listening to the beautiful sound sent by the night wind.

Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts, of course, Zhuang Jihua understood, hard battles and hard battles were fought by other armies, and only battles with small casualties and large profits were fought by the first army. So Zhuang Jihua is very determined to "recuperate" in Changsha, Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters is also in Changsha, occasionally he also goes to the headquarters to see if Chiang Kai-shek has any instructions, in fact, the main thing is to find Jiang Xianyun, Jiang Xianyun seems to know what he wants to do, only told him when they met for the first time that the report had been handed in, and he would never mention this matter again in the future, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help asking, he also talked about him left and right, so that Zhuang Jihua was stunned.

"I really envy Cao Yuan and them!" Zhuang Jihua came to Jiang Xianyun again, Jiang Xianyun looked at the north and sighed, he really wanted to leave here, this kind of casual talk made him very unaccustomed.

"Are they in that regiment? Is Chen Geng gone? Zhuang Jihua asked, since the Big Buddha Temple, he didn't know about them.

"Let's go, I'm leaving, Director Deng is going to the front too." Jiang Xianyun was very disappointed, Li Zhilong also came to Changsha, Deng Yanda finally got him to the General Political Department to be responsible for propaganda, he knew that Zhuang Jihua had seen Li Zhilong, but he never pulled Li Zhilong to meet Jiang Xianyun, nor did he make peace for them.

"That's soon, the principal will definitely go to the front, occupy a place, and the political work will be done, this is our old method." Zhuang Jihua smiled slightly, he didn't expect Li Zhilong to go up, he just felt that Jiang Xianyun and him didn't have nothing to talk about like before. Zhuang Jihua has seen Li Zhilong, and at first he wanted to pull Li Zhilong and Jiang Xianyun together for a drink, but after thinking about it, he still gave up, if this Li Zhilong sees Jiang Xianyun and is pulled into [***], then I am afraid that he will not even be able to hide from the rebellion, and he will not be able to wait for the Cultural Revolution at all.

"Cao Yuan, Xu Jishen, they went to Ye Ting's reading group, and this time they are pioneers again." Jiang Xianyun said with some jealousy.

Ye Ting read the group, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but feel a stir in his mind, this regiment fought a lot of tough battles and sacrificed a lot.

"Are they alright?" Zhuang Jihua asked worriedly.

"It's okay, I didn't hear that a battalion commander was killed." Although Jiang Xianyun said easily, he was also a little worried in his heart.

"Brother, I'm blinded now, I don't know anything except the war briefing, where is the battle?" Zhuang Jihua asked.

Zhuang Jihua told the truth, the first division was regarded by Chiang Kai-shek as the Imperial Forest Army, and in private, Zhuang Jihua also asked Chiang Kai-shek for war, thinking that the troops had stayed in Changsha for a long time, and their fighting spirit would inevitably be relaxed, and when it was really needed, it might not be able to be used. Chiang Kai-shek told him not to be distracted, just manage the troops.

So Zhuang Jihua had to read the war report every day to understand the war situation. However, the war briefings were not timely, sometimes two a day, sometimes three days in a row.

"They're almost at Tingsi Bridge, there's definitely going to be a fierce battle here." When it came to the war situation, Jiang Xianyun was a little excited: "The Cultural Revolution, I really let you say it, Wu Peifu is strong in the outside, and the Miluo River will pass in one day." ”

After Chiang Kai-shek issued the general attack order, the 12th Division of the Fourth Army attacked Tianyue Mountain with one part at dawn, but the main force crossed the river from Baiyu Lake and surrounded and attacked from the east of Pingjiang to the north; The 10th Division crossed the river from Tuotian and attacked the mountains and Tamsui; Subsequently, the Seventh Army crossed the river from Hukou, Huangtang, Talc Beach and other places, launched an attack on Jiangjunshan, Zhangjiapai and other places, and occupied Pingjiang at noon, and in only one day's effort, all the strategic points on the north bank of the Miluo River fell into the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The Wu army retreated to Tongcheng, Yueyang and other places, and could not organize decent resistance at all, and by the evening of the twentieth, the Eighth Army pursued to Huangsha Street, Dajing Street, and Guanwang Bridge; The Seventh Army chased to Cen Chuan and Tanjiafang; The Fourth Army chased to the Tuojiang River, Fu Ziyuan.

The next day, the pursuit continued, except for Dong Zhengguo who organized some resistance, the rest of the Wu army fled, and on the 22nd, Yueyang was taken, and the 4th Army took Tongcheng on the 23rd, and the entire territory of Hunan was recovered.

"I don't think Wu Peifu can sit still at the south exit, so I guess he should come." Zhuang Jihua asked casually. Jiang Xianyun is a confidential staff officer, and the information has the priority to read, and the eighteen arhats that Zhuang Jihua put in Yanjing, Wuhan and other places are constantly providing information, and Jiang Xianyun knows all this information.

"That's still sitting still, and the day before yesterday I went south from the south exit." Jiang Xianyun said with a smile: "Wu Dashuai lost face this time, the north and the south entrance were finally taken by the Feng army and the Zhilu coalition army, and the south side was defeated even in the battle, and he failed at both ends." ”

Faced with the critical situation in the south, Wu Peifu had to agree to put the Feng army into the Nankou battle, which also meant that he agreed to make concessions to Zhang Zuolin in the Yanjing regime, the national army was one to four, and the offensive launched in the north of Jin did not achieve the expected effect, but Nankou was exhausted and had to withdraw from Nankou and withdraw from Zhangjiakou, and did not gain a foothold until Wuyuan, and Feng Yuxiang, who had received a large amount of aid in the Soviet Union, was rushing to Wuyuan.

As soon as the Battle of Nankou ended, Wu Peifu did not wait for the troops to rest, and immediately led two divisions to the south and hurried to the battlefield in southern Hunan.

"Since Wu Peifu has gone south, Tingsi Bridge will definitely be a vicious battle." Zhuang Jihua was also worried, at this time, a group of students holding banners and singing "Down with the Great Powers and Eliminate the Warlords" walked outside, the singing was crisp and warm, and the atmosphere on the street was immediately a little lively.

Good news was frequent, and such scenes could be seen almost every day in the city of Changsha, where the workers, peasants, and students were all mobilized, and every victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army could set off a new round of celebration and bring the revolutionary momentum to a new peak.

"Down with the powers, down with the powers, in addition to the warlords, in addition to the warlords, we must be the masters,......" Jiang Xianyun gently sang the most popular song of this period, smiling at the young students who posted slogans everywhere outside.

Every time he heard this melody, Zhuang Jihua felt so familiar, and it took him a few days to remember that it was the once very popular "Two tigers, run fast, run fast, one didn't...", even children could sing it in their previous lives.

The old song and the new lyrics are also innovative. Zhuang Jihua slandered viciously in his heart, but he still maintained a smile like a spring breeze on his face.

"Wushan, you see when the General Headquarters will move forward, this is too far from the front line." Zhuang Jihua asked.

"I don't know." Jiang Xianyun shook his head and said, "The commander-in-chief may have his plans. By the way, the Cultural Revolution, did you put that garbage? ”

"Let them go?" Zhuang Jihua sneered: "The battle is not over, I will not let people go, your party will not be rectified, I will not let people go." ”

Jiang Xianyun nodded, but didn't say anything more, Zhuang Jihua wanted to ask him about the report, what it meant, but he opened his mouth and finally didn't say anything, he didn't want to put any more pressure on Jiang Xianyun.

After Wu Peifu arrived in Hankou, he learned that Tongcheng and Yueyang had fallen, and immediately ordered Ye Kaixin to hold the line of Tingsi Bridge, Xianning, and Baidun for a week, waiting for the main force in the north, but considering that the front line was defeated, morale had collapsed, and he was worried that Tingsi Bridge could not be held, so he sent Chen Jiamo to lead 13 mixed brigades to aid Tingsi Bridge, and ordered Liu Yuchun to lead the 8th Division to establish a second line of defense at Hesheng Bridge.

Chiang Kai-shek seized the favorable opportunity when Wu Peifu's troops were scattered and the main force had not arrived, and decided to immediately launch the Battle of Tingsi Bridge, open the door to Wuhan, and ordered the Fourth Army and the Seventh Army to attack and advance along the Wuchang Railway, capture Tingsi Bridge and Hesheng Bridge at the fastest speed, and then attack Wuchang, cross the river from the upper reaches of Wuchang with the main force of the Eighth Army, attack Hankou Hanyang, the Second Division of the First Army took over the task of guarding the river on Wuchang Road of the original Eighth Army, and the First Division of the First Army was stationed in Yueyang, The Sixth Army was responsible for covering the right flank of the Wuchang Road.

The eyes of the commanders of both sides were fixed on the Tingsi Bridge at the same time.

If you want to attack Wuhan, Tingsi Bridge is the first level that must be overcome; Defending the Tingsi Bridge can hold Wuhan.

Tingsi Bridge, a small town on the Wuchang Railway, Tingsi River winds and turns from southwest to north obliquely through Tingsi Bridge Town, the east of the town is a series of steep hills, and the river and the mountain form a natural hazard. If the Northern Expeditionary Army wanted to capture the Tingsi Bridge, it had to wade across the river under enemy fire, and then attack the hill on its back. A tragic battle, a battle that will go down in history is about to be fought here.

(To be continued)