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On the street in front of the Nanyang Building, there is a post in five steps, a sentry in ten steps, military vehicles shuttle back and forth, and in the corridors up and down the building, you can see the civil and military officials who look nervous and hurried, and the sound of leather boots hitting the smooth floor is rapid and messy.

In the conference room on the second floor, the lights were bright, and more than 10 generals, including Zhang Huafu, Hu Zongshi, Xia Wei, Li Mingrui, and Yang Tenghui, gathered together to jointly command the hastily mobilized two divisions of the Seventh Army, the 19th Army, and the Eighteenth Army, and the Hubei Local Garrison Force. In the face of the six main divisions of the Central Army, which were well-equipped and high-spirited on the front line in eastern Hubei Province, Hu Zongshi, Xia Wei and others weighed it again and again, and made a decisive decision, ordering the first-line troops of Huangmei to retreat to the east of Xinchun, and assembling and deploying with the follow-up troops, and ordering the three divisions of the Eighteenth Army to reinforce the Yingshan direction of the North Road, echoing with the Nineteenth Army in the middle of the road, and forming a solid front.

After the series of orders were issued, Xia Wei walked up to Hu Zongzhong, who looked down at the military map on the desktop, followed the movement line of the pen tip in Hu Zongshi's hand, and carefully looked at it:

"Brother Jinyu, are you worried about the five catties under the poison of Zhu Yizhi on the front line of Jiangnan, division?"

"Yes! He Jian held heavy troops but wavered, claiming that the pressure on the front line in eastern Hunan had doubled, and he was unwilling to send his subordinates Zhou Lan Division and Liu Jianxu Division to guard the front line of Pingjiang and Liuyang. As a result, Brother Cuiwei had to station all his 16,000 men and horses in Pingliu, and the 12th Army that could have gone north to reinforce Echeng was two catties, and the division could only fill the void in northern Hunan and southern Hunan. ”

Hu Zongfeng straightened up and turned to Xia Wei, who looked grim, and pointed the pencil in his hand to the line of Xiangdong.

"Brother Xicang, please see, Zhang Huizan, Wang Jun, Jin Handing's three divisions have appeared in the southwest of Pingxiang, Lianhua, and the east of Chaling, Fan Shisheng's fifth division easily occupied Yizhang, which was abandoned by the Red Army, and is slowly moving north to attack Tiezhou, the purpose is very obvious, that is, to capture Hengyang and cut off our retreat, with He Jian's three divisions and the strength of our army's two supplementary divisions. It is not difficult to keep these local armies out of the east of Hengyang, the trouble lies in the traces of the Nanchang garrison division commanded by An Yi so far, from the analysis of the combat effectiveness of An Yi's independent division, the combat effectiveness of this unit led by his old partner Yin Jinan, called the local garrison division, cannot be ignored, but so far there is no trace of it, the northeast line of Hunan and the south bank of the Yangtze River are surprisingly calm, which is worrying! Hu Zongfeng took out a cigarette and lit one, and took a few puffs.

Xia Wei pondered for a moment on the map: "It is indeed abnormal, Lao Jiang handed over a southern line of Hunan and Jiangxi theaters to An Yi, it must have been done thoughtfully, judging from the current situation on the front line of Hunan and Jiangxi, the left road is Fan Shisheng's department, the middle road is Wang Jun and Jin Handing under Zhu Peide's two divisions, and the right road is Zhang Huizan's eighteenth division, but it leaves a gap of more than 300 miles from the Pingliu line to the Yangtze River in the north.

However, based on the analysis of the strength of the six divisions under the command of An Yi's First Route Army, four of which are in eastern and southern Hunan regions, the strongest independent division network under An Yi's command has been boarded opposite Nanjing, and it will take at least two days to drive to the battlefield. Division, if you want to enter Hunan from the Pingliu line, I'm afraid it will take a few days of fierce fighting, Brother Cuiwei's line, the division is not necessarily much worse than you and my team, not to mention that there is still the Twelfth Army behind him at any time to rush to the aid Hu Zongfeng nodded: "This is also where the younger brother can't figure it out, but judging from the younger brother's understanding of An Yi, he is likely not to fight hard with Brother Cuiwei, but to move quickly and unexpectedly, where to find a breakthrough and concentrate troops to strike quickly, this trick has been tried and tried again and again in the two years of the Northern Expedition. But it is always unguardable, especially in the mountainous and complex terrain area in northeast Hunan Province, which is more conducive to him wielding his own expertise, and the little brother is really sweating for Brother Cuiwei! ”

Zhang Huafu didn't know when he came to the two of them, smiled slightly and whispered: "Maybe Brother Jinyu is too worried, with Ye Cuiwei's resourcefulness and many years of combat experience, as well as the support of General Chen Jiayou and General He Jian, that opportunistic An Yi can't get a little cheap, let's put our energy on the main battlefield we face, all the departments of the Central Army on the front line in eastern Hubei have been identified, but Jiang Dingwen's Ninth Division has not been whereabouts so far, and it cannot be ignored!" ”

"Report: Martial Cave Emergency!" The confidential staff officer handed the message to Hu Zongfeng.

After reading it, Hu Zongfeng handed it to Xia Wei casually, leaned down and looked at the map carefully: "Not good! Yellow ginseng.

"Here!" The confidential staff officer stepped forward.

"Call General Ye Qi immediately to guard against the direction of Tonggu, Wanzai, and Shangli! Tell him not to defend Wuxue, Jiang Dingwen's 9th Division is likely to cross the river and advance west along the south bank, attack Xianning through Tongshan, Ran contain the strength of the 12th Army, and plan An Yi's First Route Army to attack. Hu Zongfeng hurriedly ordered.

"Yes!"

Xia Wei put down the telegram, and Shenwu was extremely grim: "The vicious battle of Fuchikou is imminent, and Tingfei can't hold Fuchikou." The river defense fleet of the Central Army will cover the ships of the army, and second, the first line of Huangzhou will approach Wuhan, and the line from Yingshan to Chop Chun will be self-defeating, and the big battle is coming! ”

Hu Zongfeng thought for a while and suggested: "Ziqin Taojun has returned to the front line of Jingyi to deal with Liu Xiangchuan's army, and he can no longer transfer his troops, can Brother Xicang transfer the two divisions from northern Hubei here?" Although Lao Jiang appointed Feng Huanzhang's Han Fuqu Department as the Third Route Army, Feng Huanzhang will not easily express his position as a scheming person, let alone obey Lao Jiang's command to make it difficult for me, he is sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, as long as we resist Lao Jiang's offensive, Feng Huanzhang will not go south, so now the matter can only focus on the overall situation. ”

Xia Wei looked at Li Mingrui and Yang Tenghui, who were chatting not far away: "Okay, I will leave a division at Wushengguan to guard the Northwest Army, and let the two of them lead the main force under their command to go to Xiaogan immediately to stand by, and put it wherever it is needed." ”

"Why hasn't Degong come yet? Why don't you come yet" Zhang Huafu, who acted as Li Zongren's government affairs, was very anxious, and Hu Zongfeng glanced at him disdainfully: "At this time, what's the use of being anxious?" It was rainy in Guangdong for several days, and the plane could not take off, and Degong just wanted to come to meet us, and he had to make a detour to Wuhan through Hunan to the north, and you couldn't see it for ten days and half a month. ”

"Hey! What can I do about this?"

"Report: General Ye Qi sent an urgent telegram, and his headquarters fell into the Pingliu area surrounded by An Yi's headquarters on all sides, Liuyang was lost, and his headquarters was rapidly shrinking. Strive to break through to the west! ”

Staff Officer Huang arrived again, and the voice of the report couldn't stop trembling a little.

"What"

Hu Zongfeng was stunned on the spot, and it took a while before he spit out a string of frustrated words to the panicked generals around him: "Brother Cuiwei is finished!" As long as they are surrounded by An Yi, how many people can escape?

Even if Brother Cuiwei loses his troops and sacrifices his life to break through, how can he outrun the troops under An Yi's command who can't run to death" Only Hu Zongshi still knows An Yi better, Ye Qi in the rainy night not only can't run away, but Ye Qi, who ordered to shrink in a hurry and prepare to gather troops to break through a little, was surrounded even more deadly. In the north, Yin Jinan's two brigades blocked three retreat routes with strong firepower, and in the east, with the support of strong artillery fire, the brigade flew into the two-kilometer line on the east bank of the Boluo River, and the superior mortar and machine gun fire beat the defenders who retreated in the city and on the west bank of the Saluo River to the point that they could not raise their heads; To the west, Zhang Hao's brigade under Xia Jian repelled three attacks by a regiment in the west of the city, and successfully occupied Liuzhongling and Ratzui on both sides of Wuli Pai, the road to be passed, and the sappers of the two companies under his command took advantage of the enemy's rampant retreat and did not have time to organize a counterattack, and buried 300 mines in the open space on both sides of the avenue.

In the south of Pingjiang City, Yang Bin and Xia Jian stood on the Changchong Ridge, which was three kilometers away from the county seat, looking at the enemy artillery position in the south of the city, which was full of fire from the mortar battalion, and calmly commanded Zhou Dingcheng's Second Brigade to enter the southwest line along the river and block the last gap in the encirclement. The colonel of the 3rd Brigade, who served as the reserve, was so anxious that he jumped up and down three times, and ran to his old boss Yang Bin several times to ask to join the battlefield.

Yang Bin was so entangled that he could only point to Pingjiang City at night: "The enemy's artillery is gone, the firepower of a regiment is not as strong as our battalion, it has been beaten to the ground, and it is a drizzle, and the black light is blind except to gather troops and desperately flee west, what else can they do?" In the west, more than 8,000 brothers from the two brigades of Zhang Hao and Yang Lie were guarding, and in the face of the favorable terrain and powerful firepower occupied by the two brigades, how could the enemy escape? You can't open it again to join in the fun, save it, don't you have fun playing Liuyang in the afternoon? Are you afraid that there will be no war now? When we attack Tongcheng, I will let you fight the main force. ”

Reading first scratched the big head that grew a few points from the net, and reluctantly left, Xia Jian lit a cigarette and asked Yang Bin: "How do you know that you are going to open up the city next?" ”

"It's obvious, after this battle, He Jian can't wait and see, the commander-in-chief will rush to Changsha when he arrives tomorrow, Changsha and Yueyang have nothing to do with us, except to go north to attack Tongcheng, what else can we do? What worries me now is that the Twelfth Army Supplementary Division stationed in Tongcheng ran away before we arrived. Yang Bin explained easily.

Xia Yu nodded: "It seems that it can only be like this, Lao Yang, how should Ye Qi deal with it?" ”

"Didn't Zongjun's special brigade say that there are two steamboats parked at the dock in the city? Let him run, save him from catching and letting go, let him escape to Changsha, and see what He Jian will do? It would be better if He Jian grabbed him and invited him to take credit, and if He Jian let him go, he would also resent He Jian for not supporting him, and this feud between them was settled. Yang Bin smiled.

Xia Jian sighed: "Old Brother Yang, now you and the boss are very similar in this regard, anything in your hands, you can make so many insidious ways, it seems that this person is really angry than people, if you don't accept it, you can't do it!" ”

"What am I? Waiting for Fang Luye to return from studying in Germany, you can look at his style again, I must be a hundred times more vicious than my brother, haha! Okay, the gunfire suddenly intensified, it seems that Ye Qi is almost ready, order your little brother Zhang Hao to defend the 6th road, I also inform Yang Lie and Dingcheng, don't sink Ye Qi's two motorboats, if a few mortars chase after it, Ye Qi will be drowned if he is not killed, and we can't explain to the top. ”

After Yang Ji finished speaking, he walked to the telephone and personally gave orders to the two brigade commanders under his command.