Seeing that the enemy had retreated, Zhuang Jihua returned to the headquarters and asked when he entered the door: "Have you contacted the principal?" What did he say? ”

Xiong Shouyun handed him a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek: "The principal told us to stand by and wait for help. ”

Zhuang Jihua took it, only to see that the telegram read: "Commander Zhu is about to help, and I hope to stick to the cattle line." After reading it, Zhuang Jihua handed it to Xue Yue.

"Do you think Zhu Peide will come to relieve us?"

"It should be, he is only seventy or eighty miles away from us, and he should be there in three days." Xue Yue's confidence is not very strong, it has been four days since Cheng sneaked into Nanchang to today, if Zhu Peide wanted to come, he should have arrived a long time ago, but now he is still seventy or eighty miles away from Nanchang, what he wants to do, Xue Yue does not understand.

Zhuang Jihua didn't speak, just nodded, seemed to agree with Xue Yue's opinion, in fact, he thought that Zhu Peide would come, but he wouldn't come happily.

Chiang Kai-shek was the 18th and the second division left Wuchang City and transferred to Jiangxi, and the failure of the siege battle under his personal command under Wuchang City and Liu Zhi's lying about the military situation had a very bad impact on his reputation, so he was eager to go to Jiangxi to personally command the battle and save his reputation.

As soon as he arrived in Pingxiang, he received a report from Cheng Qian to conquer Nanchang, Chiang Kai-shek was very strange, how did he run to Nanchang, Bai Chongxi reminded him that there was a word for consideration in the order, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to accept this fact, Bai Chongxi and Gallen found that Cheng Qian's situation was not good, surrounded by the enemy, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhu Peide to attack immediately, open up the passage to Nanchang, Zhu Peide agreed, but proposed that the second and third armies were fighting for a long time, and the ammunition was seriously insufficient, please replenish the ammunition as soon as possible. The logistics base of the Northern Expeditionary Army was in Guangdong, and ammunition was transported from Guangdong to Shaoguan, and then carried to Hengyang by people, and then transported to Changsha by train.

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek knew that this was Zhu Peide's excuse, and he had no choice when he was angry, so he had to urge the logistics to hurry up and send the ammunition up, but he didn't expect that Cheng Qian lost Nanchang in a blink of an eye, and he was very embarrassed, this time Chiang Kai-shek was in a hurry, Cheng Qian was nothing, even if he died, it was nothing, but the first division of his heart was also in Nanchang.

"What is Cheng Songyun doing! How is it directed? Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but scold: "More than 10,000 people, they lost Nanchang so quickly!" ”

"The commander-in-chief is angry, now you have to send someone to respond, there will always be some troops standing out." Bai Chongxi didn't understand how Cheng Qian did it, how could such a strong city as Nanchang lose it so quickly.

"Yes, yes, let Zhu Peide send to pick it up." Chiang Kai-shek calmed down, he thought that at least Zhuang Jihua could be killed.

"Report." A hurried voice came from outside the door.

Chiang Kai-shek's brows furrowed slightly, and then he let go again, and he heard that it was Jiang Xianyun's voice.

"Come in."

Jiang Xianyun pushed open the door and stepped in front of Chiang Kai-shek in a few steps: "Commander-in-chief, the Cultural Revolution called, he led the first and third regiments to be surrounded by tens of thousands of enemy troops at Niuhang Station, and he asked for reinforcements. ”

Chiang Kai-shek grabbed the telegram, and on the telegram Zhuang Jihua reported his current situation and the loss of Nanchang: "... Commander Xue led the 3rd Regiment and the division headquarters across the river to reach the post, and according to his report, Division Commander Wang and the Miao Party representatives were missing; The enemy forces surrounding our department were the 2nd Mixed Brigade, the 5th Mixed Brigade, and the Reading Brigade, with a total strength of about 10,000 people. ”

(Note: At that time, the flag was to be erected in war, and the surname of the commander of the unit to which he belonged was marked on the flag.) After reading the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he trembled: "Cheng Songyun is greedy for merit and misleads the country, Wang Maoru is shameless, two bastards!" ”

Bai Chongxi picked up the telegram and read it silently, at this moment he had an understanding of the whole process of Nanchang's failure, and he couldn't help but shake his head, not that he had never seen such a ridiculous command; It's just that Cheng Qian's absurdity is trivial compared to the king of Bailing, this person can't even find the troops, and he disappeared after entering Nanchang. However, although the supreme commander of the first division is absurd, the commanders below are very strategic, Zhuang Jihua is in Niuxing, and Xue Yue did not choose Dengjiapu, which shows that they have made accurate judgments on the situation.

Bai Chongxi understood why Chiang Kai-shek was in such a hurry, the essence of his lineage was surrounded at Niuhang Station, and he had to be anxious if he was replaced.

"Let Zhu Peide immediately attack Xishan and answer the Niu Xing defenders to break through." Bai Chongxi suggested.

"Okay, Nanchang is also lost, he can attack." Chiang Kai-shek said coldly.

Bai Chongxi understood that Chiang Kai-shek had seen through Zhu Peide's so-called lack of ammunition was actually the drunkard's intention not to drink, but to the chairman of Jiangxi Province.

Sure enough, Zhu Peide called back and immediately launched an attack, and the defenders of Niuhang Station broke through, but at this time, a fierce battle had already started at Niuhang Station.

After the gentle attack was repulsed, Yang Geng and the three of them met again, and when they met, they scolded each other for deceitful and untrustworthy, this time there was no peacemaker, Liang Hongen was also involved, the three of them quarreled, broke up unhappily, and then surrounded the Niuhang station, no one wanted to attack first.

Zheng Junyan couldn't hear the gunshots in Nanchang City, and called to inquire about the battle situation, but Yang Genghe was not polite, and reported the truth, saying that he could not command the two of them, and asked the commander to come and command in person. After the report was issued, Yang Genghe commanded the troops to launch an attack, which was still a gentle attack.

After receiving the report, Zheng Junyan crossed the river and rushed to Niuhang Station, called the three to scold, and then personally commanded an attack on Niuhang Station.

Now Zhuang Jihua began to feel pressure.

Zheng Junyan's main direction of attack was the railway line, attacking the station from the front. Nanchang was taken down without much effort, which made him feel that the Northern Expeditionary Army was nothing more than that, and the main reason for Wu Peifu's successive defeats was that Wu's army was not good.

Zheng Junyan and Yang Genghe are different, as soon as he came to Peng Dequan and Liang Hongen, he no longer dared to hide his strength, Liang Hongen took out a battalion of troops for the first time, and Peng Dequan also took out a battalion, but Yang Geng and a little less, it was still a company.

The shelling intensified, a series of explosions rang out inside and outside the station, the light of fire and smoke obscured people's vision, several houses inside the station were the focus of their bombardment, and the piercing whistling sound was heard into the headquarters from time to time.

"These stupid people don't know how to concentrate fire, it's a pity that these shells are gone." Zhuang Jihua raised his eyes to look out the window, and a shell exploded not far away, and the shock wave shook the window.

Zhuang Jihua is justified in saying this, the enemy's artillery fire is fierce, but the impact points are very scattered, from the front line to the station, everywhere, but there are not many vital front-line positions.

On the front line is a battalion and a company Chang Jianshi and all the soldiers lie in the trench like all the soldiers, the trench has a single anti-artillery hole every few meters, this kind of anti-artillery hole is also proposed by Zhuang Jihua, formed after several tests, the anti-artillery hole is not to dig a hole, but to take a little arc, with thick soil on it, compromise anti-artillery hole, unless the shell hits directly, otherwise it is very safe to hide inside. There is an anti-artillery pit every 20 meters, and the anti-artillery pit is very large, and it can hide a squad and cover it with rails and thick soil. was able to repair these things, thanks to the cooperation of Yang Geng and the three of them, who gave them so much time.

As soon as the sound of artillery stopped, a company quickly drilled out of the anti-artillery hole and ran into the battle position, the position sounded the sound of crackling bolts, Chang Jianshi lay next to the machine gun shooter to observe the enemy situation, hundreds of enemies came out from a place of about a kilometer, and came to this side under the guidance of the military flag, the enemy did not go fast, but the momentum was very different from before.

Song Xiongfu originally wanted to command on the front line, but Zhuang Jihua strictly ordered him to retreat to the second-line position, and transferred him back to guard the warehouse if he was not allowed; A regiment seized about two regiments of weapons and equipment, the prisoners were handed in, but the weapons and equipment were not handed over, and Zhuang Jihua did not even hand in a single bullet, all of them were piled up in the station warehouse. The station itself was a logistical transit base for the enemy, and some of the ammunition and food were not transported from the warehouse. For these materials, Zhuang Jihua sent a special person to guard them. Under the threat of Zhuang Jihua, Song Xiongfu had no choice but to retreat to the second-line position, which liberated Chang Jianshi.

"The old rule, if the machine gun doesn't go off, you are not allowed to shoot!" Chang Jianshi shouted loudly, then pushed away the machine gunner, and went up to hold the machine gun himself, a regiment is now very "rich", a company is equipped with two machine guns, a heavy machine gun, a light machine gun, and the machine gun company has eight heavy machine guns; In addition, Zhuang Jihua also allocated six machine guns and 30 machine guns to the three regiments.

"Company commander, you can't rob me of my job." The Heavy grumbled aggrievedly.

"No nonsense, I'll give it back to you when I'm done." Chang Jianshi glared at him dissatisfied. The Heavy was not afraid of him, but glared at him.

"Okay, this time it's mine, next time it's yours, it's all right." Chang Jianshi was very "generous", but the machine gunner muttered, found the rifle, and lay beside him.

"Heralds, get those snipers ready to take out the officers and machine guns." Chang Jianshi's eyes showed bloodthirsty excitement, staring at the enemies that were getting closer, and these enemies had made him wait too long.

Zheng Junyan was very excited, the attacking troops were getting closer and closer to the enemy, and the Northern Expeditionary Army never fired.

"Looks like they've been scared." Zheng Junyan said disdainfully to Liang Hongen. As a rule of thumb, no shots were fired at this distance, and the defenders had generally fled.

"It's all Commander Shenwu." Liang Hongen flattered.

Before his words fell, there was a loud gunfire on the opposite position, and the two fire dragons were like two death sickles, circling left and right, mercilessly harvesting life.

(To be continued)