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At 7:20 a.m., the city of Nazhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 More than 1,000 officers and soldiers in the northwest lined up in a long line, carrying the wounded brothers silently southward, all disheveled and depressed. It was in stark contrast to the well-equipped officers and men of the 1st Provisional Division, who were full of confidence in escorting them.

In only three and a half hours, the fortified city of Dengzhou in southern Henan was broken by the 16th Division and the New 9th Division of the Anjia Army, and what frightened the defending officers and soldiers was that the attacking enemy did not use a ladder to climb the city, but bombarded the city head with powerful mortar fire on the one hand, and sent death squads to plant a huge amount of explosives, blowing up six large openings in the city wall, and then swarming in and rushing into the city from all directions.

The siege troops of the Anjia Army were equipped with all light machine guns and machine guns, bullets rained down like a forest, grenades flew in pieces, and the corpses of the various units that resisted separately were scattered all over the place, and the army was overwhelmed, and in the blink of an eye, the brigade headquarters set up in the county government was surrounded, and all the brothers of the Northwest Army were demoralized, and they desperately laid down their arms and left them at the mercy of their opponents.

Yin Jinan, Deng Bin and other generals rode past the long line of captives, entered the south gate, turned over and dismounted in front of the heavily guarded enemy brigade department, entered the courtyard together, and soon stepped onto the main hall.

Li Zhide, deputy brigade commander of the 46th Brigade, was commanding a group of staff officers to collect enemy documents and maps, and when he saw brigade commander Wu Liheng accompanying division commanders Yin Jinan, Deng Bin, and other commanders to arrive, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and report.

Yin Jinan, who was young and old, asked: "I heard that you have captured more than ten generals and colonels of the enemy's 13th Mixed Brigade?" small

"All of them were concentrated in the backyard and detained, but unfortunately the commander of the 17th Mixed Brigade Pan Jiayang escaped, this grandson crossed the river and fled to the northwest under the desperate cover of hundreds of guards. The remnants of the army managed to cross the river and escape. Li Zhide's face was full of regret.

Yin Jinan nodded: "Zhide, just leave a regiment in the city, lead your soldiers to the north of the city, and assist the brothers of the new ninth division to dig the nine-kilometer-long trench

"Yes" Shizuo, aren't we going to fight Nanyang? What are you doing digging that big trench that is five meters wide and two meters deep? Li Zhide asked puzzled.

"Less nonsense! Just go! Xie Chi, who was promoted to major general, deputy division commander and chief of staff, scolded loudly. 、

"Yes!"

Li Zhide left quickly with his adjutant.

Xie Chi smiled slightly: "This Li Zhide, it's good to fight, but he doesn't want to use his brains, this guy is the senior brother of the same period of the division, right?" ”

Yin Jinan smiled and nodded: "Senior Brother Li is from the Political Section of the Fourth Phase of Huang Yu, and he has a good relationship with Commander An, and he is also the first batch of Huangpu comrades to join our independent regiment.

"I haven't forgotten, I just can't figure out how many issues he has been in Whampoa, haha! Let's go, go and meet Brigade Commander Zhang Miqing of the Thirteenth Mixed Brigade and see how to deal with it. The Tiger Head fought with enemy reinforcements to the north. It is estimated that the two machine gun battalions of our division have been reinforced, and after seeing the enemy general report to the commander, let's go and see Xie Chi said with a smile when we have time.

Five kilometers north of the city, Womaling, gunfire was loud and artillery fire roared, and the enemy's cavalry brigade, with the assistance of two regiments of infantry, charged three times, but could not pass through the blocking line formed by the strong fire on the east and west sides. Gu Changfeng, commander of the 44th Division, personally climbed the gunsmoke-filled hill to observe the enemy's situation, and secretly praised the performance of the brigades under his command.

In the past five months, the conscientious Gu Changfeng has brought a new division composed of almost all recruits to the current level, he is deeply satisfied and very proud, from the raid on Sangzhuang in the early morning to the blockade of Womaling and Qianmiao in this Xuan, twelve consecutive hours of fierce fighting and galloping, the 44th Senior Brother still has such a fighting spirit and tactical organization level, how can he, the division commander, not feel relieved and proud? The enemy troops who came in a hurry did not carry heavy weapons, and it was difficult to pass through the powerful fire network composed of 8,000 soldiers of the two brigades, and the poor dozen mortars of the enemy's two infantry regiments were accurately hit by the 24 mortars of their two machine gun battalions before they could be stabilized. No matter how brave the thousands of enemy infantry horses were, they could only charge with rifles and flesh and blood.

Gu Changfeng put down the binoculars, retreated to the four places more than ten meters behind the small slope, took off the steel helmet, turned his head and asked: "The enemy cavalry really moved northwest as we expected before the battle, it seems that they really want to cross the gentle slope to the west, and want to rely on their horses to quickly go down the situation and break through our blocking line, but unfortunately they still don't know that we have taken Dengzhou." I still want to go over and send my life, it is estimated that there is a brigade or even a division of reinforcements behind them, otherwise they would not be so anxious and reckless, Lao Yan, how is the 131st Brigade doing there? ”

"Dengyun (Fang Buqingzi) is overjoyed to receive your order, and is leading the division's engineer battalion and his more than 4,000 brothers to dig a horse pit, Dengyun ordered 5,000 brothers to open a distance of two meters under the gentle slope of 100 meters wide, and ordered each person to dig five small pits in front and back, left and right, densely packed with a large number. I guess it's about the same time this time. ”

Deputy division commander Major General Yan Yaohuan has a thick beard, 27 years old this year, a native of Ninghai, Xijiang, graduated from the second phase of the Huangpu Infantry Department, Chen Jiongming was injured in the Eastern Expedition and recuperated for more than half a year, recovered from injury and entered the General Headquarters as a captain staff officer to participate in the Northern Expedition, and was promoted to colonel staff officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs at the end of the Northern Expedition. It was a pleasure to work with Gu Changfeng.

Gu Changfeng laughed: "Isn't Fang Dengyun always complaining that he is not reused?" This time, let his 131st Brigade block 5,000 cavalry and see how well he fought. Order the 131st Brigade to quickly reinforce the 131st Brigade with the most powerful fire

"Stop! Let's go. Old face. Let's go and see June 1st, on the west side of the Qianmiao, the elite cavalry brigade under the command of Pang Xixun has been assembled, and Huo Jianxun, the major general brigade commander on the high post, tightened the reins, pulled out the saber, and shouted loudly with round eyes:

"Brothers, our brigade has been blocked by the enemy for two and a half hours, and seeing that the smoke of gunpowder in Dengzhou City is in sight, and the brothers defending the city are in danger, they will not break through the enemy's blocking line and rush to the aid of Dizhou. What face do we have to face the commander and the tens of thousands of brothers who are holding on to Dengzhou City?

The main force led by the commander has reached behind us, as long as we move forward with all our strength. We will be able to turn the crisis into a safe contribution! Listen to my order, all to the south, kill" The sound of killing horses' hooves shook the sky like thunder, and the angry shouts of killing shook the wilderness and soared into the sky, and the five thousand cavalry rushed south like a flood that broke the embankment and rushed up the gentle slope, rushing down the flat gentle slope like mercury pouring down, and the snow bright sabers pierced the eyes of the officers and soldiers on the blocking positions in front of them through the thick dust and smoke under the sunlight, and the dazzling pieces of knife light pierced the eyes of the officers and soldiers on the blocking positions in front.

The earth trembled, the sound shook like thunder, the brigade commander Fang Buqing saw the surging enemy cavalry and the indomitable momentum, his heart was shocked, and he shouted loudly to shoot all, but the officers and soldiers behind the bunker had already been shocked by the huge momentum of the enemy cavalry galloping, their consciousness shook, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves covered Fang Buqing's shout, and no one reacted to pull the trigger.

"**Your mother was so anxious that Fang Buqing, whose face was flushed, rushed to the heavy machine gunner, kicked the machine gunner who was stupidly staring at the front with his mouth open, flew down and fired the first shot, and the sudden gunfire finally woke up the five thousand brothers on the position, and suddenly the gunfire was loud, the smoke was filled, and the mortar position behind the position immediately opened fire, and the one and three who came to the rescue. The brethren of the brigade rushed to the eastern heights, and a dense rain of bullets poured out on the galloping horses of the black press.

Hundreds of horses rushed down the gentle slope and were about to add. One by one, the horses' hooves suddenly stepped into the air and fell into small pits more than 30 centimeters deep, and the overturned war horses collided violently, making a dull crashing sound. Immediately, the cavalry was thrown into the air one by one, and the war horses rushing like a tide in the rear could not stop, and collided violently with each other. The sound of horse hooves breaking, crashing, neighing, wailing, and the explosion of cannonballs came one after another, resounding one after another, and the whistling bullets rained down, raising strands of blood mist, and the gentle slope of more than 300 meters wide was miserable, like a hell on earth, and the corpses of nearly a thousand fallen horses and cavalry were piled up into a winding low wall in a blink of an eye, and thousands of war horses on the slope were still galloping down uncontrollably. In the dense barrage of bullets and mortar shells, pieces of limbs flew sideways, screams were incessant, and the billowing smoke of gunpowder and the light of the explosion reflected the entire area in a purple red, and the southeast direction was stopped. Gu Changfeng and Yan Yaohuan on the bag were stunned, and their hearts were shocked.

The sound of the guns gradually thinned, and the smoke and dust were still rolling in the sky above and below the slope, and the eyes were full of dying wailing horses and dying wails, and the blood of men and horses stained the earth with red and dry tears. Streams of blood flowed disorderly along the small ditch, and there were bloody bursts within a radius of two miles, which was disgusting. Nearly 10,000 officers and men of the 44th Division behind the position lay on the bunkers and high ground, looking forward in sadness and horror.

The neighing of horses suddenly sounded, and four horses rushed from the northwest to the top of the slope, standing still. Huo Jianxun, the cavalry brigade commander on horseback, overlooked the hellish gentle slope, suddenly took off his hat, looked up to the sky and roared, pulled out a pistol and aimed it at his temple, the "snap" gunfire rang out, his strong body fell off the horse, and the three people around him flew off the horse, picked up Huo Jianxun's body and shouted with all their might, and then they all pulled out their pistols and cut themselves beside Huo Jianxun, one of the figures knelt on the top of the slope, looking at the north for a long time.

The sky and the earth were silent, the sun shone on the sad faces of the officers and soldiers of the 44th Division, Gu Changfeng stood like a javelin on the mountain bag and stared at the top of the slope, slowly took off his military hat, and roared with all his strength

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Eight kilometers north of Xiaji, more than 100 exhausted cavalry crossed the fast south to reinforce the main force. Rushing to the south of the town, the immediate chief of staff was quickly led in front of the commander Pang Bingxun.

Pang Bingxun was taken aback when he saw the chief of staff of the cavalry brigade with tears on his face, and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

The filthy chief of staff knelt down with a "bang", touched his head to the ground, and cried sadly: "Big brother." : Brother Bu is sorry for you, big brother! The cavalry brigade was wiped out, and the fourth brother was sad and angry, and he gave the five thousand brothers a martyr, "The eldest brother and the younger brother are incompetent, even under the nine springs, and they have no shame to face the five thousand brothers,"

"Old Five, stop" slammed the chief of staff's body and leaned back sharply, the smoking muzzle of the gun slipped out of his open mouth, and the blood and brain plasma splashed from the back of his head shot five steps.

Pang Bingxun's whole body trembled, and he stood for a long time, and the audience was silent and extremely shocked.

Pang Bingxun's mouth squirmed a few times, and a stream of bloody arrows spewed out with a "wow", and his tough body leaned back, straight down, and the generals in the hall shouted in unison to pounce on him.

The old chief of staff saw Pang Bingxun's eyes closed. Angry, he hurriedly ordered: "Order our division to stop advancing, the rear team will become the front team, and Lihong will withdraw to Nanyang."