The situation brought by Cao Yuan was that there was currently only one battalion of Yuan Yao's 9th Regiment in Dongguan City, and the main force of the regiment was engaged with Zhang Mingda's division of the Guangdong Army in the Shilong and Shitan areas.

Although I guessed that there were not many troops in Dongguan City, there was only one battalion? Zhuang Jihua was still a little surprised, but Hu Zongnan, Song Xilian and Du Yuming were very excited, and there was no problem at all in winning Dongguan.

Zhuang Jihua then opened the map and began to think, in order to ensure the successful capture of Dongguan, in addition to teaching the second regiment, he also arranged to teach the first regiment to attack Dongguan along the eastern foot of Daling Mountain, through the mountain gate and Niutou; There is also the Guangdong Army's Zhang Idong Regiment attacking from the direction of Shigu; Lin Shuwei's division, which was originally stationed in Humen, defended to the south on the back street and the Taiping line, and was ready to go north at any time to join the battlefield on the middle line. Such a large deployment annihilated only one battalion of the enemy. Thinking of this, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but say to himself: "Killing chickens with knives should be cannons to fight mosquitoes." ”

"*, what did you say?" Cao Yuan didn't hear Zhuang Jihua's words clearly.

"Come and see." After summoning the four of them, Zhuang Jihua pointed to the map and talked to the four about our deployment, and said: "Such a huge deployment can only destroy one battalion of the enemy, which makes people a little unwilling." ”

Only then did Hu Zongnan and others know that so many troops had been mobilized to conquer Dongguan, and they couldn't help but be a little disappointed. Cao Yuan suggested that he report the enemy situation to his superiors and suggested that the battle plan be revised. Zhuang Jihua nodded in agreement.

Later, Zhuang Jihua wrote a report and asked Cao Yuan to hand it over to the battalion commander Wang Jun when he sent the prisoners and wounded soldiers to the battalion headquarters, and asked Cao Yuan to suggest to Wang Jun that he should report the enemy situation to the regiment headquarters at the same time as the school headquarters. Here Zhuang Jihua played a trick, hid behind himself, and Cao Yuan suggested that Wang Jun come forward, so as to avoid Wang Bailing's suppression as much as possible.

After reading Zhuang Jihua's report and Cao Yuan's explanation, Wang Jun personally interrogated the prisoners, and after being convinced that there would be no mistake in the information, he submitted a report on the enemy situation to the school headquarters and the regimental headquarters; He is not stupid, although Zhuang Jihua does not come forward, he also understands what Zhuang Jihua means, although he understands, but he does not want to be this up-and-coming bird, so he only reported the enemy situation to the above, and the rest is up to the top.

Wang Bailing didn't say anything after receiving the report, and filed the matter; But Chiang Kai-shek and Gallen are not Wang Bailing.

It was already afternoon when Chiang Kai-shek received this report on the way to Longwangbu, and when he got the report, he cursed in suspicion, "Niang Xipi, a battalion, I mobilized more than 5,000 men and horses for this battalion, and he stood there and whipped the trunk of a tree with a horsewhip; He said to Yu Jishi: "Go and invite the gallon consultant, and tell the radio station to ask Zhang Damin how many enemies he has." ”

Soon Zhang Damin called back to report that the enemy he was facing was estimated to be about 800 men, and at the same time reported that he had routed the enemy army and was advancing towards Hengli. After Gallen came over, Chiang Kai-shek handed the report he received to Gallen with a blank face, and after listening to the words of the translator, Gallen carefully calculated for a moment and said: "Zhang Damin's division of the Guangdong Army reported that there are nearly 800 enemies in the Shilong Shitan area, and this information is likely to be accurate. ”

Then he took the map, and Chiang Kai-shek also came over, and the two of them understood in their hearts that since there was only one battalion in Dongguan, it was inevitable to change the operational deployment. After marking the positions of the regiments, Gallen carefully calculated them and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "General, I think the first and second regiments can give up attacking Dongguan City; The first regiment advanced to Changping through Liaobu, and the second regiment advanced to Zhangmutou through Shangshanmen, Daling, and Shuiwei. ”

"Is the attack distance of the second regiment too far?" Chiang Kai-shek asked suspiciously.

"The distance between the second regiment is a bit far, but there is no way. You see. Gal used his finger to draw a line on the map, and this line zigzagged through Liaobu, Dongkeng, Changping, and Zhangmutou to Shenzhen.

"General Jiang, there are only two routes for the enemy army in Dongguan to escape, one is to flee south along the Guangzhou-Kowloon Line, and the other is to flee south along this line, Changping and Zhangmutou are key points; In addition, if the enemy wants to reinforce Dongguan, then it will inevitably come along Zhangmutou and Changping. ”

"The first regiment goes to Changping, if the first regiment can stop the enemy in Changping, then the second regiment can block the enemy's reinforcements at Zhangmutou; If the enemy is entrenched in Changping, then the second regiment will become a dagger inserted into the enemy's rear. ”

After listening to Gallon's words, Chiang Kai-shek was still a little uneasy: "Can the Second Regiment arrive on time?" ”。

"Whether the plan can be realized depends on whether the second regiment can arrive at Zhangmutou on time."

"What if a regiment fails to stop the enemy, and the enemy is not at peace?"

"If that's just their luck."

Chiang Kai-shek made up his mind after thinking about it and ordered a change in the operational deployment:

Intelligence shows that the defenders of Dongguan are less than one battalion, and the enemy's main force is defeated by Zhang Mingda's division of our Guangdong Army in the Shilong Shitan area, and the defenders of Dongguan have signs of fleeing south to Changping through Liaobu, so our combat plan has been changed as follows:

1. Teach a group to turn from the local Jingliao to Changping. Strive to occupy Changping before the enemy; If Changping is occupied by the enemy, it will attack Changping with Zhang Damin's division of the Guangdong army.

2. Teach the 2nd Regiment to attack and advance to Zhangmutou from the spot through Shangshanmen, Daling, and Shuiwei; Within two days, rush to Zhangmutou

3. The Guangdong Army's Zhang Idong Regiment is responsible for attacking Dongguan, and it is necessary to conquer Dongguan in the Ming Dynasty.

4. The Gui Army Lin Shuwei Division continued to guard the enemy forces in the direction of Bao'an.

When the first regiment received the order, it was not far from Niushan, the designated starting point for the attack, and it was more than ten kilometers from Niushan to Liaobu, and the regiment commander He Yingqin immediately ordered the troops to be transferred to the east, and the first regiment quickly marched towards Liaobu, and the fourth company of the second battalion with Jiang Xianyun as the party representative became the vanguard of the whole regiment.

Hearing that the defenders of Dongguan were shaken and were about to flee south, the morale of the whole regiment increased greatly, and they marched to Liaobu at the speed of a forced march, and arrived in two hours after a road of more than ten kilometers.

When they arrived at Liaobu, the top soldier group found that in Liaobu Town, chickens and dogs jumped, noisy again, and some people fled from the town from time to time, and the squad leader of the top soldier group immediately led the team to hide in the small woods outside the town, and then immediately reported to the company commander Luo Kaiping that there was an enemy situation in Liaobu.

After receiving the report of the vanguard group, company commander Luo Kaiping and party representative Jiang Xianyun immediately rushed over, and the troops immediately entered combat preparations. When Luo Kaiping was observing, the squad leader brought over a fellow in his thirties with a seven or eight-year-old child, and the villager told Luo Kaiping that a group of soldiers had come to the town and were grabbing things; Luo Kaiping immediately realized that it was possible to retire from Dongguan, and he immediately asked the fellow if he knew where this group of soldiers came from? How many people are there? The villagers said that they had entered the town from the north, and there were about 100 people.

At this time, Luo Kaiping was completely sure that the enemy came down from Dongguan. The enemy's movements were so fast, to say that Chiang Kai-shek's response was already very fast, but the enemy actually rushed to Liaobu almost at the same time as them.

Luo Kaiping decided to fight, this enemy is a group of panicked birds, and it is impossible to have the determination to fight. "Let's fight." Jiang Xianyun hated this kind of army that brutalized the people very much, and his political education after joining the company was mainly to stress love for the people, and to deal with the behavior of harassing the people very seriously, and the military discipline of the fourth company was one of the best companies in the school army.

Luo Kaiping nodded and said resolutely: "Fight." Then he called the three platoon commanders and ordered the second and third platoons to attack the town, and the first platoon was on guard. Luo Kaiping reminded Wang Gongliang, the platoon leader, that the enemy only has about 100 people here, and the enemy army from Dongguan has a battalion, and the other enemies are estimated to be still behind, so you must choose a good guard position, otherwise we may not only be unable to block the enemy, but also may be attacked by the enemy from both sides. Wang Gongliang loudly promised not to let the enemy outside the town enter the town.

Then Luo Kaiping led the second and third platoons to quietly touch the town, this group of enemies did not expect to meet the teaching regiment here, and because there were their troops behind, they did not even put a sentry. Soldiers were scattered throughout the town cabinet, and the officers did not know where they had gone.

After entering the town, Luo Kaiping and Jiang Xianyun soldiers divided into two roads, each with a platoon, and launched from the left and right sides at the same time, Jiang Xianyun took the third platoon to the right, and Luo Kaiping took the second platoon to the left, both of them walked in front of the team with shell guns without care.

After walking a short distance, he saw two soldiers sitting in the corner of the wall to rest, and when he heard a movement here, one of them opened his eyes and saw that it was a group of soldiers with red ribbons walking towards him, and the officer at the head was glaring at him, and instinctively grabbed his gun, but his arm was pulled, and then he heard someone next to him shouting: "Sir, spare your life." At this time, he immediately realized that if it wasn't for his companion to hold him, he would probably have seen Hades. He knelt down, raised his gun above his head, and cried out, "Sir, spare me." ”

At this moment, the gunshots rang out on the opposite side, and the two of them shuddered, and after a while they realized that it was all right, it was a few soldiers who came out of the alley who were killed, and from these few gunshots, the gunshots rang out again and again in the town.

Luo Kaiping grabbed the soldier who was kowtowing and asked loudly, "What about your sir?" The soldier trembled and pointed to the teahouse in front of him, Luo Kaiping still got off this person, and with a wave of his hand, Li Xianzhou, the leader of the second platoon, led the team to fan around the teahouse, and shot a few bullets from the window on the second floor, two soldiers immediately fell, and the others immediately hidden. Luo Kaiping shouted: "Machine gun." The machine gunner aimed the machine gun at the second floor for a short time, and then Li Xianzhou commanded the soldiers to rush up.

Jiang Xianyun also started on the right, and the enemy soldiers poured out from everywhere, and after being scattered, they fled out of the town in a chaotic manner, without any power to fight back.

Not long after Li Xianzhou escorted the enemy company commander down, there was a burst of gunfire from behind, Luo Kaiping knew that a platoon had started outside, he looked inside the town, and estimated that the enemy could no longer organize effective resistance. Then he said to Li Xianzhou: "I'll take a squad and machine guns to a platoon, and you should hurry up and clean up the enemy in the town." After saying that, Luo Kaiping ran out of town with a machine gun and a group of people.

Luo Kaiping's judgment was very accurate, and the follow-up troops of Dongguan who had fled the enemy arrived and were in the town with a platoon. The enemy's offensive was a little messy, and after shooting for a while, he retreated, and Luo Kaiping found Wang Gongliang, who was lying on the side of the tomb and shooting at the retreating enemy.

"A platoon length, how's that, how many enemies are there?"

"About one hundred and seventy-eight. Fortunately, they couldn't rush it. Company commander, how's the town? Wang Gongliang saw that it was Luo Kaiping, and replied loudly.

"The enemies in the town have become a scattered sand, and Wushan will soon be able to settle the battle." After Luo Kaiping finished speaking, he turned around and asked the machine gunner to set up the machine gun on the top of the grave. To be honest, the position that Wang Gongliang is looking for is really good, just enough to block the road into the town.

Soon the enemy on the opposite side rushed up under the organization of the officer, this time the enemy's determination seemed to be great, when the enemy rushed to about 100 meters, Luo Kaiping raised his gun and aimed at a soldier to shoot, and saw that the soldier fell to the ground with a stumble, he didn't like the shell gun, this kind of gun shook too much, it was difficult to aim, but this time his luck was obviously good.

The machine gunners immediately began to shoot, the enemy did not seem to expect a sudden machine gun, and suddenly panicked, several people immediately turned around and ran back, but soon, those who ran in front were killed by officers. The officer brandished his pistol and roared loudly, and the enemy, who had already wavered, summoned up the courage to rush this way.

The soldier's platoon gun killed two more, the enemy lay there and did not move, the officer behind continued to loudly encourage morale, Luo Kaiping was a little angry, grabbed the gun of the soldier next to him, and after estimating the distance, he moved the ruler back two squares, and then aimed, held his breath, lightly buckled the machine, and with the crisp sound of gunfire, the officer also fell.

"Dog, count yourself lucky." Luo Kaiping knew that his shot failed to kill the officer, he was only injured.

After the shouts of the officers disappeared, the clicking of the machine guns frightened the soldiers even more, and they did not dare to attack.

The gunfire in the town gradually decreased, and gradually moved farther away, and the soldiers on the opposite side were almost desperate, but at this moment, let the voices of even more despair come from behind the side.

A rapid charge came from behind the enemy's flank, followed by a sound of killing, and a large group of soldiers wearing red streamers rushed over with snow-bright bayonets.

On February 1, the defenders of Dongguan were completely annihilated in Liaobu.