Zhangmutou is a small town surrounded by mountains, and the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway tore through the front of the mountain and went to Kowloon through Zhangmutou Town. There was no Chen Jun in Zhangmutou, only dozens of policemen, and when they saw the policemen of the Seventh Company, they ran away. The people of the Seventh Company didn't have the strength to chase after them, they were so tired that they were panting like dogs, and what they wanted to do most was to find a place to rest.

After Zhuang Jihua led people to rush into the town's railway station, the people in the train station immediately scattered in a panic, and the soldiers of the seventh company didn't care, each found a chair and lay down, and the soldiers behind sat on the ground at will. After the break, Zhuang Jihua felt some strength again, stood up and shouted: "Count the number of people in each platoon." Hurry up. ”

After a while, the platoon commanders of various factions came to report, and Du Yuming, the platoon commander of the third platoon, had not yet arrived, and it was Tang Qijun, the deputy platoon commander, who came to report. Zhuang Jihua silently calculated in his heart, the whole company only reached eighty-nine people, and there were about thirty people on the way.

I don't know how Chang Ping's situation is? It is best if the enemy is annihilated in Changping, so that Lao Tzu does not have to play with his life. Although I looked forward to it in my heart, I didn't dare to pin my hopes on it.

Then Zhuang Jihua took out the map and discussed the deployment with several platoon commanders. Zhuang Jihua decided to put the main force in the town, and Hu Zongnan led a platoon to defend the mountain outside the town. Then Hu Zongnan led people up the mountain, and Zhuang Jihua arranged fortifications in the town.

When the workers at the train station saw the group of soldiers wearing red ribbons and began to build sandbags, one of the workers ran to them and asked them if they were the Crusade Army, and after receiving a positive answer, the workers ran away with a smile. Tang Qijun, the deputy platoon commander who answered, wondered, and after a while, the worker brought a young man with a slightly dark face, and the young man introduced himself as the chairman of the Zhangmutou trade union and wanted to meet the top commander of this unit.

The young man was soon brought to Zhuang Jihua, who was arranging fortifications at the entrance of the town, and when the young man came over, he introduced himself and said: "My name is Huang Mincheng, and I am the chairman of the railway union in Zhangmutou. The organization has already sent a notice saying that they are going to go east to fight against Chen, and we have been looking forward to your coming for a long time. ”

Zhuang Jihua and Cao Yuan immediately became happy when they heard about it, and Zhuang Jihua asked him: "How many people are you transferring now?" ”

"How many people do you need?" Huang Mingcheng didn't think about it in the slightest.

"Of course, the more the merrier." Zhuang Jihua is also not polite.

"Comrade, our men have not yet arrived, and the soldiers are also tired and unfamiliar with the situation in the town." When the comrade exited, Huang Mingcheng knew that this was a comrade in the party, and his eyes looked at Cao Yuan a little more affectionately. "You can find more people to help us with the fortifications. And tell us about the town. ”

"No problem." Huang Mingcheng looked at the busy soldiers around him: "Ah Shui, you go to find someone, bring all the people from the trade union and peasant union, hurry up." ”

Ah Shan promised to run away, but Zhuang Jihua hurriedly shouted to him: "Also, send a few people to the south and southeast to see if there are any enemies." Ah Shui agreed and ran away, Zhuang Jihua shouted at his back uneasily: "You must send someone, remember, it is the south and the southeast." ”

Huang Mingcheng waited for Zhuang Jihua to finish shouting, and said with a smile: "Don't worry." You won't be mistaken. "At this time, I remembered that I hadn't introduced anyone yet.

"Comrade Mingcheng, this is our company commander Zhuang Jihua, a member of the Kuomintang, and I am Cao Yuan, a party representative, a member of [***]."

Huang Mingcheng immediately stretched out his hands to hold Cao Yuan's hand with a smile on his face, and then shook hands with Zhuang Jihua, saying that you kept saying, "Great." Huang Mingcheng's appearance made Zhuang Jihua's heart feel bitter.

Before the union workers arrived, a soldier came in front of him to report that there was a situation. Zhuang Jihua and Cao Yuan immediately ran to the entrance of the town, and when they arrived at the entrance of the town, Zhuang Jihua squatted in a corner and looked out, and there were more than 100 people coming over in a mess on the opposite side, and the person who walked in front was still holding a flag, which was very strange, rectangular, and embroidered with the boss a Meng character on it. The line behind was very long, and looking at the other party's hurried appearance, it was estimated that the other party did not know that the camphor wood had been stuck.

Zhuang Jihua signaled to conceal, and then whispered: "You are not allowed to shoot without an order." All the soldiers lowered their bodies, the machine gunner Da Niu gently loaded them, the enemy got closer and closer, the atmosphere became more and more tense, Wu Ziniu loosened the hand holding the gun, and then grabbed it again. He admired this young company commander a little now, but he didn't expect the company commander to be so calm and still not give the order to shoot when he was almost fifty meters.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Zhuang Jihua's low voice came from the side. When the enemy reached thirty meters, and even the eyebrows of the person opposite could be seen clearly, Wu Ziniu was a little anxious.

"Smack", the flag bearer fell to the ground at once, the sound of the gun was the signal, the machine gun of the bull crackled, all the soldiers of the seventh company appeared, the enemy immediately fell again, Zhuang Jihua shouted: "Blow the trumpet." Come on! In the sound of the strong charge horn, Cao Yuan roared on the left and Song Xilian on the right, jumped out of the fortifications and rushed towards the enemy.

"Rush!" "Kill!" The soldiers of the Seventh Company followed the two and killed them, the enemy was blinded by this burst of random guns, and only heard the sound of killing once, I don't know how many people were killed, turned around and ran, and the Seventh Company chased closely. Zhuang Jihua learned the lesson of the last time, and instead of following the charge, he climbed onto the roof and looked into the distance. Seeing that they were chasing and chasing, they killed another group of people from the flank, and launched a fierce attack on the enemy, and after being hit by this group, the enemy was even more confused, and many people dropped their guns and knelt down by the side of the road, and this group of men and horses cut off the enemy's rearguard troops, and the surrounded enemy surrendered almost without much fighting. The enemy in front took the opportunity to run away. Seeing this, Zhuang Jihua knew that this first battle was won, and he couldn't take advantage of it if he fought again. Then he said to the sentinels, "Blow the trumpet and call them back." ”

The first battle was successful, killing more than 20 enemies, capturing 34 people, and surrendering more than 70 guns, including a machine gun.

As soon as the captives returned, he went to interrogate them, which made him a little frightened. The enemy in front of him not only included Yuan Yaojiu's troops who retreated from Shilong, but also Meng Xianxiang's troops who went to reinforce, with a total strength of more than 1,200 people.

Killed from the flank was Du Yuming, who was sheltering the stragglers in the rear, he spotted the enemy when he was close to Zhangmutou, he immediately hid himself, and when the gunfire rang out from this side, he launched an attack from the flank.

Zhuang Jihua called Cao Yuan, Song Xilian, and Du Yuming aside, and told them what they had just gotten, but Zhuang Jihua found that these three people were not worried at all, but very excited, Song Xilian said: "Okay, Lao Tzu didn't run this trip in vain, and he was tired and tired and finally blocked them." ”

Zhuang Jihua said: "The blockade is blocked, but we only have more than 120 people, but the enemy has more than 1,100 people, which is ten times more than ours. We caught the enemy off guard just now, and next time it won't be so cheap. If the main force of the regiment does not arrive on time, how long can we stop. Hearing Zhuang Jihua say this, the three of them felt a little tricky.

"Pu Quan, let's go find that Chairman Huang, there are some things I want to discuss with him." Zhuang Jihua pulled Cao Yuan and went to find Huang Mingcheng.

Huang Mingcheng had just seen a wonderful ambush station, and he was still excited, when he saw the two commanders coming, he stepped forward and said, "Happy, happy, really happy." Zhuang Jihua asked him with a smile: "Do you want to have a good time?" Huang Mingcheng was stunned for a moment, and his smile was a little stiff: "There is something in Company Commander Zhuang's words." ”

Zhuang Jihua was also not polite, and told him the situation in detail, Huang Mingcheng asked suspiciously: "Company Commander Zhuang, what do you want us to do, just say it, we will never shirk." ”

Zhuang Jihua is very sure in his heart, Cao Yuan is here, and you can't excuse yourself if you want to.

"We have captured more than seventy guns, I want to use these guns to arm the workers, of course we will not let you participate in the battle until we are dead, but we are dead, I hope you can continue to hold the enemy here and hold out until the main force arrives."

Cao Yuan understood now what Zhuang Jihua had in mind, but he couldn't help but secretly applaud, if Chairman Huang agreed, then the Seventh Company would increase the strength of two platoons out of thin air, and at least it would be able to hold on for a little longer.

Huang Mingcheng thought about it and asked: "After the battle, are all these guns left for us?" ”

"Of course it's no problem, after the fight, I can give you another hundred, if a hundred is not enough, then two hundred, three hundred." Zhuang Jihua said indifferently; Cao Yuan couldn't help but interject: "*, don't make a wish, how can there be so many guns." ”

"Yes, we don't, the enemy does, they have 1,200." Zhuang Jihua winked at Cao Yuan slyly. Cao Yuan suddenly smiled with realization: "*, you kid is good enough." ”

Huang Mingcheng doesn't care whose gun it is, as long as it's a gun. As soon as Zhuang Jihua agreed, he immediately went to gather people, and Zhuang Jihua asked Du Yuming to take two people to conduct emergency training for the workers, the key is to teach them to shoot guns and throw grenades.

The enemy soon attacked again, the enemy cautiously attacked in a straggler formation, Zhuang Jihua did not wait for the enemy to approach, and when they entered a distance of 100 meters, he gave the order to shoot. This time the Chen army showed a certain tenacity, and the 7th Company began to suffer casualties.