At 6:40 p.m., south of Sixian County, the position of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In the compound of the temporary headquarters of the Tao family ancestral hall, Hu Jialin, Du Yuming, and other generals and colonels looked at the more than 100 wounded who were receiving first aid and bandaging, crying and laughing, most of these wounded were panicked and wounded by stray bullets, the two armies were located in the north and south, and the nearest part of the position was more than 300 meters, except for blind shooting at each other, it was simply not enough to cause such casualties, not to mention that the position entered by more than 4,000 soldiers was originally carefully built by the officers and men of each regiment of the Reading Division, and the concealment and protection surnames were much better than the enemy.

"Report: There is confusion behind the enemy's position, and there is a dense exchange of fire in the direction of the west of the city, and it is estimated that Chief Gu's three regiments are fighting with the enemy."

Peng Jianqing, a communications staff officer attached to the position in the south of the city, reported loudly.

Hu Jialin returned the salute, left the headquarters with Du Yuming and others quickly, arrived at the forward position after a while, raised the telescope to observe for a while, Hu Jialin ordered loudly:

"Chen Kan, the tiger head has led his troops to succeed in a sneak attack, and the enemy on the position outside the city is about to run away, give me more firepower and strike hard, and if I have the opportunity, I will move forward in a roundabout way to contain the enemy's firepower, and immediately launch a charge when I hear the horn of the charge."

"Yes!"

Chen Kan, who had been squatting in the trench for more than an hour and firing bullets, excitedly rushed to the position and conveyed the order to the machine gun company and the two teaching companies under his command.

"Deputy Division Commander Hu, give the order!" Du Yuming knew that the task was coming.

Hu Jialin nodded, glanced at the brothers and ordered loudly: "Listen to the order, immediately return to your respective regimental camps, order the officers and men to fire their bullets and bayonets, and when the charge horn sounds, follow behind the officers and men of the teaching company and the machine gun company to launch a charge, catch the prisoners who are left behind as much as possible, and minimize casualties." ”

"Yes!"

In less than ten minutes, the enemy fled from the position one after another, and the two regiments of the instructor watched Chen Kan's two companies and machine gun companies pressing along the criss-crossing trenches step by step, driving the enemy to the east, but still did not hear the sound of the charge horn, Du Yuming and Zheng Jiemin and others knew that Hu Jialin did not want the recruits to lose too much, but they were still so angry that they wanted to scold their mother, and the gunfire from the city was still so intense, which made people anxious but helpless.

"Tick tick

"Kill—"

Hu Jialin on the dirt slope finally gave the order to launch a charge, and 4,000 recruits, led by their respective battalion and company commanders, jumped out of the trenches and rushed to the enemy who had fled on a large scale 800 meters away.

Unfortunately, when the officers and soldiers rushed to the east of the city, they could only watch as more than 600 elites led by Chen Kan smashed into the enemy who was lagging behind.

As long as it was the enemy who surrendered on his knees, Chen Kan and his 600 warriors ignored it, leaving the large army behind him to catch the prisoners, and led his brothers to divide into two teams and shout "surrender or kill" and rush forward, the flower machine guns and light machine guns in their hands kept hitting the fleeing enemy in the distance and the stubborn enemy, and only after chasing three kilometers did they stop out of breath, turn around and open the search formation, and flank and coerce the enemy behind them.

At the west gate of Sixian County, corpses were all over the ground, streams of blood were gathered together along the cracks of the stone slabs in the center of the street, flowing all over the low-lying places, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and pungent gunsmoke, several machine gun fortifications inside and outside the city gate were all blown up, and stumps and broken arms could be seen everywhere.

In the middle of the city and in the direction of the north gate, there were still fierce exchanges of gunfire and the explosion of grenades, and the remnants of less than one regiment of the enemy were either strewn through the streets or rushed out of the north gate and fled frantically.

The brothers of the two companies of the third regiment attacked for nearly ten minutes and still did not succeed, Gu Changfeng, who was hit by a bullet in the right shoulder, roared when he saw this, pulled out his shell gun, like a crazy tiger rushing to the front of the county yamen, one rolled forward, leaned under the stone lion, shouted fire cover, grabbed the attendant who followed him and dragged it in front of him, quickly untied the grenade on his waist, unscrewed the back cover, and scolded "What is the grenade on the back of the dog", while scolding and pulling the fuse, Holding it in his hand and waiting for three seconds before throwing it into the sky above the courtyard behind him, there was an explosion of "boom", followed by a burst of wails, and the flying shrapnel shot into the head of the stone lion and the fire behind it, and the brothers in the distance were extremely anxious.

Gu Changfeng leaned his back against the stone lion like this, and threw out three grenades that exploded in the air in a row, and dozens of brothers who were crawling in the corner of the street saw that the regiment commander was so brave, and they all concocted the same way, after a rain of grenades exploded, the brothers roared angrily and rushed to the county government with thick smoke, holding flower machine guns, light machine guns and shell guns, striking at all moving targets, killing from the gate to the backyard and then killing to both sides, until there was no one alive, then they stopped killing and guarded separately.

Gu Changfeng sat on the only intact Taishi chair in the lobby, and the adjutant Wang Xulun hurriedly bandaged his wounds, Gu Changfeng listened to the report of the first battalion commander, nodded with satisfaction, and asked how the battle outside the city was and where the beard was.

As soon as the words stopped, Hu Jialin strode in surrounded by the guards, saw Gu Changfeng hanging colors, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, and immediately relieved when he learned that he didn't hurt his muscles and bones: "Tiger head, you killed too hard, and there were not a few prisoners left in the corpses all over the city, and it is estimated that your casualties are not small." ”

"Inevitably, even the 1,000 brothers of the artillery battalion have carried their guns and divided into regiments, so what do I have to count as a few casualties? How's it going on the boss's side? ”

Gu Changfeng stood up, took the clothes handed by the adjutant and draped them on his body, then took the cigarette handed by the beard, and lit it close to his mouth.

Hu Zi looked left and right: "I don't know, I didn't send a telegram for help, and I didn't send someone to warn me, I should have taken Changgou Town, otherwise Lao Ding will definitely come over to inform us, what I'm worried about now is not Changgou, but worried that Gu Zhutong's third division won't be able to take Lingbi." ”

"Yes, let's work hard, aren't we just for Lingbi......"

Gu Changfeng sighed, he knew that his reading master was very difficult, otherwise An Yi would not have launched the entire campaign in such a hurry, Gu Changfeng knew that An Yi cherished the lives of the brothers more than anyone else, but once the battle was launched, it was not something he could control, and before An Yi explained, everything could only rot in his heart, and could not be explained to the brothers.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Changgou Town.

An Yi inspected around, but still did not receive Gu Zhutong's telegram, so he did not dare to send a war report to Nanjing, looking at the desolate and devastated Changgou Town, An Yi did not have any joy at all.

Xia Jian's first battalion was on alert to the north under An Yi's order, Yin Jinan led the regimental commanders to discuss the deployment of defense, and An Yi instructed Zhan Huanqi to continue to use radio for uninterrupted contact, and then greeted the exhausted Lao Ding and the brothers of the special forces.

"Commander Gu called, the third division has completely occupied Lingbi, and the results are being counted." Zhan Huanqi excitedly caught up with An Yi's report.

An Yi sighed with relief: "Okay! Call Chief Gu, Changgou is under the control of our reading division, Si County has been successfully occupied, and the results will follow. ”

"Understood!"

At 11:40 p.m. on June 1, the headquarters of Nanjing Xiyuan.

"What? Say it again! Commander-in-Chief Chiang looked at Ge Jingen in surprise.

Ge Jingen put the telegram on the commander-in-chief's desktop with both hands: "The third brother Gu Mo of the third division has called, after three hours of hard fighting, the officers and men of the third division successfully occupied Lingbi at 10:20 tonight, and achieved the proud record of destroying nearly 1,000 enemies and capturing more than 1,600 enemies. ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang took a deep breath: "Mo Sancai! It's long overdue to use him, it's long overdue to use him! ”

"Yes! An Yi called, the department successfully occupied Changgou and guarded to the north, Si County has been under the control of Gu Changfeng Regiment of the Reading Division, the Second Regiment of the Instructor, and the Supplementary Regiment, and the whole division has successfully completed the pre-war set tasks, and the results are still being counted, and they will be reported tomorrow morning. Ge Jingen then reported.

Commander-in-Chief Chiang closed his eyes and stood silently for a while before he whispered:

"Zhan Hou, it's only been two days! It's only been two days since An Yi went back! Before he left, I gave him a time limit of five days, and he completely accepted that there was no excuse, and although I had confidence in him, I never expected that he would do everything in such a short time.

The whole plan was based on An Yi's suggestion, and he did far better than we hoped, tell me, how to reward him this time? ”

"Report: Commander Deng Zhenquan of the 1st Division called, after an hour and 20 minutes of hard fighting, the defending enemy in Sihong was completely defeated, and the 1st Division successfully occupied Sihong County and various important places in the north of the city."

The staff officer of the lieutenant colonel of the staff office finished the report loudly and handed the message to Ge Jingen.

Ge Jingen hurriedly glanced at the message, thought for a moment and took a step forward:

"Commander-in-chief, strictly speaking, the second phase of the Second Route Army's mission has been successfully completed, just as General An Yi planned at the beginning, after occupying Lingbi, General Li Delin had to say that the commander-in-chief should strike while the iron is hot and inspire the whole army.

As for the reward question, the subordinates don't know how to answer, I believe that what An Yi and General Mo San are looking forward to is not a reward, but to capture Xuzhou as soon as possible!

Please ask the commander-in-chief to take into account the overall situation, because now Wuhan has captured Zhengzhou, I believe that this good news will definitely shock the whole country, therefore, the subordinates think that the reward of the headquarters is small, and the victory of Xuzhou is big! The top priority is not a reward, presumably the third brother Gu Mo and An Yi will definitely be able to understand the love of the commander-in-chief, but it is just ...... It's just that the overall situation is the top priority, and the commander-in-chief should still think long-term! ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang nodded gratefully to Ge Jingen: "Okay...... When it comes to saving, make a record. ”

"Yes!"

Yu Jishi picked up the folder and strode forward.

"Telegraphed to the whole country: Under the wise command of General Chongxi, the commander-in-chief of Bai, the 3rd Division of General Gu Zhutong, General An Yi's Reading Division, and General Deng Zhenquan's 1st Division of the Second Route Army ended at 10 o'clock in the evening of this day, and captured the three cities of Lingbi, Sixian, Sihong and most of the areas in one fell swoop after fierce battles, and achieved remarkable results, and the remnants of the Zhilu coalition army fled north in panic.

So far, all units of the Second and Third Route Armies have completed the strategic task of besieging Xuzhou that General Li Delin is looking forward to at night, and the Second and Third Route Armies of our Northern Expeditionary Army have successfully joined forces to carry out the final preparations for Xuzhou.

At present, Xuzhou has been surrounded by our army, the enemy army is panicked, and there is an endless stream of surrenderers, and the capture of Xuzhou is just around the corner! ”

Commander-in-Chief Chiang stated the order with great calmness.

"Is it immediately broadcast?"

Yu Jishi handed over the record to Commander-in-Chief Chiang for review.

Commander-in-Chief Chiang took the pen and quickly signed his name: "Immediately send a telegram and inform the Party Department and the branches in Shanghai, Nanjing, and Guangzhou of the good news." ”

"Yes!"

Yu Jishi took the folder and said goodbye and left.

Ge Jingen stepped forward and laughed in a low voice: "Headmaster, it's time to restore Xiao Yi's rank, right?" Otherwise, it is unreasonable for him to command a group of generals as a colonel! ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang laughed: "I know you like him, haha......"

(To be continued)