"Although they are good at fighting, they can't stand the number of us, two or three for one, I don't believe that they can't take it." Zheng Junyan's eyes showed hatred: "Catch Zhuang Jihua, I have to kill him alive." ”

Zheng Junyan's judgment was very accurate, Zhuang Jihua's biggest difficulty was the lack of troops, and the continuous hard fighting caused his troops to lose a huge amount, and the casualties of the troops were nearly 1,000. As a last resort, Zhuang Jihua ordered the troops to be reduced, and the defense line west of the third regiment was all abandoned, and the two lines of defense were abandoned on the front, and the second battalion was defended on the front, and the first battalion retreated to the station to guard the station together with the division headquarters guard battalion and reconnaissance company. The 3rd Battalion abandoned one defensive line, the 4th and 5th Companies held two lines, and the 6th Company was in reserve. On the hills, Xue Yue guarded the north with nine battalions and guarded the small hills with seven or eight battalions, and the strength of these two battalions was equivalent to the reinforced battalions before the war.

Peng Dequan, Liang Hongen, Yang Genghe all went out and brought the guards to supervise the battle on the front line.

The fierce artillery fire smashed on the empty positions of the three regiments, stirring up a whole smoke, and the shelling lasted for half an hour, and then the whole regiment launched a charge, Zhuang Jihua's long-awaited moment finally came, and the artillery that had already marked Zhuyuan immediately sent out fierce artillery fire, and the shells rained down on the enemy group that was still cheering.

The position of a dense regiment suddenly became a hell on earth, in the roaring artillery fire, stumps and broken arms flew in all directions, completely unaware that the defenders actually had artillery of the enemy, under the sudden blow, scurrying around, looking for a place to hide, but the retreating three regiments removed all the anti-artillery holes and anti-artillery pits and filled in, and the bare position was empty.

The artilleryman, who had been holding back for a long time, fired the shells excitedly, the barrel of the gun turned red, and when he untied his crotch, it was a soak of urine, and then continued, the shelling lasted for forty minutes, and as soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, the 7th Battalion, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately launched a counterattack. The enemy, who had long been lost, had almost no resistance at all, and was pursued by the 7th Battalion all the way to the forward position.

Peng Dequan's face was pale, as soon as the cannon sounded, he knew that his regiment was over, Zhuang Jihua was too cunning, he fought for seven days, he actually endured it for seven days, ruthlessly watching his soldiers fight on the battlefield, ruthlessly watching his soldiers blood flowing, until this moment did he launch a fatal blow.

"Damn, your head is dead, and you still have the face to come back!" Peng Dequan roared and pulled out his pistol, and fired three shots at the bloodied deputy regiment commander: "Hang his head on me!" ”

Another head hung on the pole, Peng Dequan stared at the blood-red eyes and shouted to the officers around him: "There is no advance or retreat in this battle, and if you don't cower, military law is ruthless!" ”

In a densely wooded ravine more than ten miles north of Lehua Station, Sun Yuanliang led the second regiment to hide here, after returning to the Nanxun line, Sun Yuanliang looked for the enemy's flaws along the Nanxun line for seven days, he went from south to north, and from north to south, the enemy was very tightly guarded, and the ironclad cars on the railway patrolled back and forth, and each station was heavily guarded, so that he could not find a chance.

But in the past two days, Sun Yuanliang found that the enemies north of Lehua have moved north, and the enemies to the south have gone south, and the Nanxun line has suddenly become quiet, and he realized that major changes must have occurred on the north and south lines.

The local peasant association took the initiative to contact him and reported to him a major piece of information, the Lehua station was empty, the defenders had been transferred south, and the defenders in the station were only more than 100 people.

Sun Yuanliang was a little unconvinced, Lehua, there is only one company at such an important station? In his suspicions, he sent a reconnaissance platoon to confirm it. Now that he has cut off contact with the outside world, he does not know the situation of Zhuang Jihua at Niuhang Station, nor does he know Chiang Kai-shek's new battle plan, he is just acting according to Zhuang Jihua's original letter.

The reconnaissance platoon returned, and the situation was exactly the same as the report of the peasant association, Sun Yuanliang was overjoyed and immediately led the team to attack Lehua.

Outside the Lehua station, Sun Yuanliang blocked the enemy from the north with one battalion, two companies blocked the south, and the remaining four companies launched a surprise attack on Lehua from the west.

The attack came so suddenly and so violently that as soon as the enemy in the station reacted, the second regiment rushed into the station, and the defending company commander saw that the general situation was gone, and immediately chose to surrender.

Sun Yuanliang didn't talk nonsense, and immediately interrogated the enemy company commander, only then did he know that the Lehua garrison originally had a regiment, and due to the heavy casualties of the troops besieging Niuhang Station, Zheng Junyan transferred this regiment to the front line of Niuhang, leaving only one company. Only then did Sun Yuanliang know that Zhuang Jihua was still sticking to Niuhang Station.

There happened to be a carload of troops preparing to send it south in the station, and Sun Yuanliang was not polite, and took all the machine gun ammunition and five or six mortars on the car for himself, and pulled a few carts of ammunition, and then blew the station to shreds. A cart of ammunition, a violent explosion, shook the earth, almost all the facilities in the station were completely destroyed, and the sound of the explosion was heard for more than ten miles.

Hearing the news of Lehua's attack, Zheng Junyan, who was supervising the battle, almost fainted, where the attacking troops came from, these are not important, the important thing is that the car was destroyed weapons and ammunition, the battle has been fought for seven days, the shells here are almost bottoming out, and the front-line troops in the west and south are counting on this car of ammunition.

Zheng Junyan settled down, and immediately ordered a report to be sent to Sun Chuanfang, asking him to send a batch of ammunition, and then ordered the news to be blocked, and the matter of Lehua Station was not allowed to be leaked.

As soon as this matter passed perfunctorily, Deng Ruzhuo's telegram arrived again, and Fuzhou was lost.

Under the fierce attack of Gu Zhutong, Yang Chisheng and Yang Ruxuan fought hard for most of the day, Wei Lihuang first opened the east gate, and the two Yang led their troops to flee to the north.

After retreating to Jinxian, Deng Ruzhuo, who had been defeated in successive battles, lost confidence and proposed to Sun Chuanfang to resign as commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi army, Sun Chuanfang was very dissatisfied with his performance, and immediately approved his resignation and appointed Zheng Junyan as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi army.

Zheng Junyan received this hot potato at this time, and the helplessness in his heart can be imagined, so he had no choice but to appoint Jiang Zhenchen as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy on the southern line, and he once again urged Peng Dequan and the other three to launch a strong attack on Niuhang Station. But in private, he proposed to Sun Chuanfang to withdraw from the Nanchang area.

"Now the party army in the middle and south of the offensive is very fierce, once Jinxian falls, we have the possibility of being surrounded in Nanchang, the Niu Xing defenders are found to be the first division of the party army, the combat effectiveness is very strong, Peng, Liang, Yang three brigades attacked seven days, heavy casualties, nearly half of the soldiers, two regiment commanders killed, five battalion commanders, countless companies and platoons, the third brigade has cold courage, unless the troops are increased, there is no possibility of conquering in the short term, even if it is overcome, the three brigades have no ability to fight again. Where to go, Wang Xin Shuai decides. ”

Sun Chuanfang almost turned his nose crooked when he received the telegram, three brigades of tens of thousands of people besieged a small Niuhang station for seven days but still asked for reinforcements, this battle can be a miracle for the ages.

Sun Chuanfang called back and scolded Zheng Junyan for being shameless, but Zheng Junyan couldn't care about it, and still asked Sun Chuanfang to send reinforcements. After one of Peng Dequan's regiments was completely defeated, Liang and Yang were also defeated one after another, and after that, the officers and men of the three divisions regarded the attack as a daunting way, and refused to attack no matter how intimidating they were. Sun Chuanfang had no choice but to order Lu Xiangting to give Zhuang Jihua a brigade of troops, and Lu Xiangting received a telegram ordering Li Junyi, the 24th mixed brigade near De'an, to be transferred to the command of Zheng Junyan.

Qixi, a small town in the north of Wuning County, has Xiushui River in the west and Panlongling in the east, winding and stretching for several miles. Li Zongren led his troops to quietly climb over Yanggu Mountain and arrived at the foot of Panlong Ridge.

At ten o'clock at noon, the Seventh Army suddenly appeared on the periphery of this town, Li Zongren looked at the somewhat quiet town, and was about to give the order to rest, when there was a sudden gunfire on Panlong Ridge, and Xie Hongxun, who was detouring to Ruichang, met with the Seventh Army unexpectedly.

Li Zongren immediately ordered the Xia Wei Brigade and Hu Zongduo Brigade to advance left and right, launched a fierce attack on the enemy army on the mountain, and immediately went to the front line to supervise the battle.

Xie Hongxun's artillery fire is very fierce, Xie Hongxun at this moment is not Xie Hongxun when he repaired the water, Sun Chuanfang also allocated the troops transferred from Anhui and Zhejiang to him for command, and he has 20,000 people.

Xia Wei and Hu Zongduo launched two charges in a row, but they were both knocked down by Xie Bu with heavy artillery fire, Li Zongren saw that the situation was not good, he must defeat the enemy as soon as possible, once they were blocked in Jixi, Chen Tiaoyuan's troops who pressed from the north, and Lu Xiangting from the east would surround them here.

Li Zongren judged that Panlongling must be taken as soon as possible, the Seventh Army won successive battles, and its morale was high, and if it could not maintain its offensive, it would inevitably be defeated by the superior enemy. After the strategy was decided, Li Zongren immediately ordered Li Mingrui, as a reserve, to make a great detour to the enemy from the right flank, and asked him to return to his position before 4 p.m., and defeat Xie Hongxun in two phases and open the road to the south.

Li Mingrui is a standard soldier, who does not drag his feet in his work, and is known in the Guangxi army for being good at fighting tough battles. After accepting the order, he didn't say a word, and quietly set off with his troops.

After Li Mingrui left, Li Zongren gave Xia Wei and Hu Zongduo an order to limit them to conquer Panlongling before they fell. Xia Wei and Hu Zongduo oversaw the attack and took down two hills in a row. In the face of the flood offensive of the Seventh Army, the enemy's front was somewhat shaken, Xie Hongxun hurriedly mobilized reserves and personally led his troops to launch a counteroffensive from the left flank.

The division commander personally participated in the battle, so that the morale of the officers and men of the Xie Department was greatly boosted, and the two sides fought together on the front line of Guzhangpo under the Panlong Ridge, and when the fierce battle was in full swing, Li Mingrui succeeded in a roundabout way, and launched an attack from the main peak of Panlong Ridge from the right rear direction, and the deputy division commander Gan Shijun, who was guarding the main peak, was caught off guard and was killed by the Li Brigade in the confusion.

After Li Mingrui succeeded, he was condescending, sweeping from east to west with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas, Xie Hongxun was shaken on the whole line, Li Zongren then put all his forces into battle, the enemy collapsed on the whole line, and the officers and soldiers fled by their own way, scrambling to flee to the Xiushui River, which was crowded with people and went down the river. Xie Hongxun slashed and killed in the chaos, trying to prevent the officers and soldiers from escaping, but the deserters were raging and could not be killed.

When he arrived at the river, looking at the rising and falling heads in the river, listening to the swishing bullets, Xie Hongxun burst into tears, feeling shameless to see Sun Chuanfang, he stomped his feet and yelled: "It's the man who comes with me!" Turning around to meet the pursuers was about to go up, as soon as he turned around, a stray bullet hit his left chest, Xie Hongxun fell down on his back, the left and right guards were shocked, helped him to run downstream, ran more than a mile, found a small boat, the guards helped him onto the boat, and drove the boat downstream.

After the First Battle of Jixi, the Fourth Division used by Sun Chuanfang to copy Li Zongren's back road was wiped out, and Li Junyi was transferred out of De'an, and the German case became almost empty. After Li Zongren annihilated Xie Hongxun, he took De'an lightly and cut off the Nanxun line.

The fall of De'an disrupted Sun Chuanfang's overall deployment, and he immediately ordered Lu Xiangting to lead his troops to recover De'an, and at the same time ordered Li Junyi, who was on the front line of Niuhang, to lead his troops back to Tujiabu.

However, Li Junyi dealt a heavy blow to Zhuang Jihua during his two days at Niuhang Station, resulting in the death of Song Xiongfu, the commander of the first battalion, and Xiong Shouyun, the deputy commander of the regiment.

Today I have diarrhea and barely code words, so be it.

(To be continued)