"Enemy attack—"

"Smack...... Da Da Da ...... Boom, boom...... Dadada......"

Gunfire and shouting rang out in the narrow hollow bend, and a dense burst of grenades exploded one after another among the vanguard units of the 6th Regiment and 1st Battalion of the 2nd Division, and bursts of rifle bullets and light machine gun bullets were once again fired from the high mountains on both sides, causing the officers and men of the 6th Regiment, who had just rested on the way, to panic and retreat rapidly.

The angry commander of the major general, Guo Jun, once again led the pistol company to rush to the scene, but the gunfire had stopped, and thick gunpowder smoke was slowly rising from both sides and an area of tens of meters in front, and the enemy was nowhere to be seen, only the rustle of snow falling on the mountains on both sides was heard.

Twenty-four-year-old Tan Fulie, the deputy of the colonel's regiment, heard the report of seventy-six brothers killed and one hundred and thirty-seven wounded, sighed, and strode to Guo Jun's side:

"Tuanzao, this is the sixth attack in the past two days, and before we have engaged the enemy's main force, we have lost more than 270 officers and soldiers, and we have to send two companies of the third battalion and an engineer company to escort more than 200 wounded brothers back to Yushan for treatment, it is not a way to go on like this!"

Guo Jun ordered the regimental pistol company to move forward to track, and raised his binoculars to look at the snow-capped rolling hills ahead: "The enemy is very cunning, and the time of these surprise attacks is to choose to start when we are tired from marching, relying on the familiarity with the terrain, with a small force at the company and platoon level, hiding on the mountains on both sides of the road, and turning around and running when the attack is successful, we can't catch up and have no strength."

What is even more hateful is that last night's garrison in Hecun encountered the enemy's incessant harassment, and the intermittent sound of cold guns and grenade explosions made the brothers of the regiment sleepless at night, and the wind was loud, and the officers and men were tired and complained about the rapid march in the wind and snow, but the enemy always blocked and disturbed us step by step, and we could only walk on guard and stop for two days before we walked 25 kilometers, full of anger but unable to vent.

This place is only 17 kilometers away from Jiangshan County, and it has to pass through dangerous areas such as Shilipai and Sanchakou in front, and it is really difficult to launch a general attack if the obstacles are not cleared, and I wonder if Li Yannian's Fifth Regiment on the left flank also encountered a similar situation. ”

Tan Fulie looked around and lowered his voice: "In the morning, the liaison officer sent by the Fifth Regiment came to report that Ji Fu (Li Yannian) also encountered such a situation, and he was also annoyed by the previous two attacks, but they suddenly changed their way of marching, and at four o'clock in the morning today, they sent a battalion to sneak out of Wayao Village in the south of Tanshi Town, and successfully outflanked the enemy, surrounded and ambushed a battalion on two hills in the east of the town in one fell swoop, annihilated more than 140 enemies, captured more than 270 people, and fought beautifully, it is estimated that the enemy in front of them will not dare to repeat the old tricks. ”

Guo Jun put down the binoculars in surprise, turned to face Tan Fulie, and asked curiously, "How did they know the information that the enemy had laid an ambush in advance?" Could it be that a reconnaissance team sent to find out? How could their reconnaissance group be so good? ”

"Yes."

Tan Fulie took out the map and opened it and said: "The regiment may not know that a few days after the Battle of Nanchang, Ji Fu felt the strong combat power and excellent performance of the guard company under the command of Regiment Commander An Yi, and quietly selected 35 people from the whole regiment to send them to the camp of the Reading Force Regiment in old Nanchang, and participated in the 35-day strong training of the Reading Force.

The regiment should know that many of the instructors of the Reading Force Regiment are veterans who have been in the army for seven or eight years, and some of them are from various sects and even bandits, and they have quite rich experience in combat marching, and they have secretly entered Zhejiang a month ago to carry out reconnaissance, you see...... This is based on the information and summary map provided by An Yi, and the division headquarters copied and sent it to us after collation, you see this...... This...... And here, the three specially marked lots are the places where we were attacked, and I have to admit that An Yi did a good job in this regard, and now I think of his repeated reminders at the combat meeting before departure...... I really can't get rid of it. ”

Guo Jun silently took the map and squatted down, carefully placed it on the stone beside him to look at it carefully, and felt very uncomfortable when he saw the dangerous areas marked in red on the map.

Thirty-year-old Guo Jun's family was poor, he worked hard and ambitious since he was a child, and entered the Hubei Provincial Eastern Han Academy under the sponsorship of his uncle, and since then he has been exposed to new education and new trends of thought, and has gone through hardships and hardships to go to Yanjing twice to be admitted to the Higher Industrial School, but he had to drop out because of his family's embarrassment, and then he was successfully admitted to the Infantry Department of the Baoding Military Academy at public expense, and after graduation, he established contact with the "Liqun Book Society" founded by Yun Daiying in Wuchang, Hubei, and since then he has studied revolutionary theory and studied Russian hard. In May 24, Guo Jun, who had two years of party experience, was appointed by the party organization to go to Guangzhou to participate in the preparatory work for the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, and became the captain of the enlisted student district, the commander of the seventh company of the teaching regiment, and participated in the Second Eastern Crusade.

Due to Guo Jun's excellent performance, young and strong, he was recruited by Yu Feipeng, who loved talents, and the relationship between the two parties eased after the Northern Expedition, and the conscientious and hard-working Guo Jun was exceptionally appointed as the major general of the first military station, in charge of the allocation of military supplies and materials of the First Army, Nanchang failed, and a large number of middle-level officers of various departments of the First Army were killed, and Guo Jun returned to the First Army to become the commander of the Sixth Regiment of the Second Division.

As early as when he was the station supervisor of the major general of the military station, Guo Jun learned about An Yi from the materials in circulation, and wrote a report for the organizational investigation of An Yi, but with the deepening of his understanding, Guo Jun did not like An Yi's ruffian spirit and sleek and sophisticated mercenary style. After being transferred to the commander of the 6th Regiment of the 2nd Division in mid-November, he had more frequent contact with An Yi, and was keenly aware that this brave and good young regiment commander who had made many achievements in war had extraordinary scheming and extraordinary means of dealing with the world, and was impeccable in military affairs, in dealing with people, and in his personal life style, but his mercenary and cunning methods of destroying merchants in every possible way made Guo Jun very disgusted, and he also fully understood that this person could not become a qualified revolutionary, and he had no lofty ambition to cherish the motherland and save the country and the people. Therefore, Guo Jun and An Yi do not have any friendship, and they are unwilling to establish a further relationship, but there is one thing that Guo Jun admires An Yi very much, that is, An Yi's unique and efficient military management methods and training methods, especially after the last exchange and observation exercise, Guo Jun sighed at the strong combat power and endless combat methods of An Yi's reading group, but praise is praised, Guo Jun, who is full of achievements and aspirations to serve the country, is also like several other colleagues, and is unwilling to give An Yi any chance to perform in the battle into Zhejiang with victory in sight.

However, the predicament he is facing now makes Guo Jun have to rethink An Yi's admonition, and once again carefully check the detailed and clear map Guo Jun found that An Yi has taken almost all the roads and possible surnames into account, and An Yi's anxious look at the combat meeting is not for merit, but to foresee the hidden crisis.

Guo Jun exhaled slowly, put away the map and stood up and gave a decisive order: "Pass my order: the third battalion will leave to escort the baggage and the wounded to follow, and the rest of the troops will immediately set off in full gear and rush to Jiangshan County as quickly as possible. ”

"Yes......"

Tan Fulie thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Tuanzao, do you want to send a fast horse to contact the five regiments on the left flank first?" ”

Guo Jun smiled confidently: "No need, Li Jifu's marching speed is definitely not below my regiment, I expect that he is already waiting for us to launch a general attack in the northwest of Jiangshan County." ”

"Yes!"

Four hours later, Guo Jun led more than 3,000 officers and men of the Sixth Regiment to Luting, two kilometers southwest of Jiangshan City. Accompanied by his lieutenants and guards, Guo Jun ascended to the heights and looked at the city by the light before nightfall.

In the telescope, a huge blue sky white flag fluttered above the low half-section of the city wall, and more than ten fast horses carried the battle flags of the five regiments across the bends outside the city to greet them, Li Yannian's five regiments had already occupied Jiangshan City!

Guo Jun and Tan Fulie, who came to his side, looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly, and suddenly realized that they were so sloppy and incompetent, and they suffered casualties all the way and finally reached the city, hoping to fight a battle to eliminate the righteous indignation in the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment, build confidence and reinvigorate morale.

The next morning, the Yushan County Division Headquarters camp.

Xu Tingyao stood in front of the large map and informed the congregation generals of the battle: "After a fierce battle, the fourth regiment took Changshan before dusk yesterday afternoon, and achieved the record of destroying more than 210 enemies and capturing more than 120 people. On the right flank, Li Yannian's Fifth Regiment achieved brilliant results, not only successfully breaking up the enemy's layers of blockade, but also using favorable fighters to quickly launch a pursuit, and the defenders abandoned the city and fled in panic, and the Fifth Regiment occupied Jiangshan and completed the construction of the position at 2:40 p.m. yesterday. The 6th Regiment changed its marching mode and attacked lightly and went all out, arriving at Jiangshan at 6:30 p.m. yesterday and successfully joining forces with the 5th Regiment.

So far, the first phase of our unit's operation in Jiangxi has been successfully completed. In this battle, the three main regiments achieved the excellent achievement of destroying more than 400 enemies and capturing more than 500 enemies, and became the first unit in our Eastern Route Army to complete the strategic offensive task. ”

The applause rang out, An Yi was full of smiles, and the applause was particularly vigorous, Liu Zhi, who was sitting on the main seat, glanced at An Yi and smiled helplessly.

I only heard Xu Tingyao continue: "This battle also exposed the deficiencies of the regiments of our division in the preparation before the battle, did not fully understand the difficulties of the march in the mountainous and hilly areas, and did not take effective containment of the stubborn enemy who was elusive and constantly harassed, and the speed of the march was extremely slow, resulting in casualties of more than 1,200 soldiers and soldiers, only the Li Yannian Division of the Fifth Regiment quickly adjusted its tactics, successfully broke up the stubborn enemy's sectional surprise attack, and suddenly made a force to pursue, not only achieved the record of destroying the enemy and capturing the enemy's battalion and company, but also took advantage of the situation to occupy Jiangshan City, Valuable experience in mountain operations was accumulated for the other two regiments. The division headquarters decided to report the results of the battle and at the same time ask for credit for Li Yannian's regiment! ”

The applause rang out again, and the generals and schools present praised continuously, Xu Tingyao returned to Liu Zhi and sat down, and announced the dismissal of the meeting after assigning tasks to Lao Ma, the director of the logistics department and the division field hospital.

An Yi, Hu Zi, Yin Jinan, Yang Bin and the chief officers of the division headquarters guard battalion and engineer battalion stood up and saluted and left, and before they reached the door, An Yi was stopped by Xu Tingyao loudly.

Xu Tingyao motioned to An Yi, who was puzzled, to sit down, and angrily threw a pack of cigarettes for An Yi to light by himself: "Say, how could you kid guess the outcome of the war in advance?" ”

An Yi smiled, saw Liu Zhi looking at him with a calm face, hurriedly put down the cigarette, and replied in a low voice: "Where did the subordinates have any foresight?" It's just that from the brothers' sand table deduction, I occasionally feel it, personally play the defenders and accept the brothers' attacks in turn, haha...... His subordinates won three hundred oceans for this! ”

Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao glanced at each other, unable to cry or laugh, so they could only wave their hands and let An Yi take the pack of good cigarettes and get out.

As soon as An Yi, who was full of spring breeze, left, the two bosses immediately sighed, realizing that An Yi's anxious admonition before the war was so predictable, and now he was facing a full battalion of wounded soldiers as soon as the war began, and it took four days to pay such a price for the sake of the two small county towns, which is really not a thing worth celebrating.

(To be continued)