"Enemy attack! Enemy attack—"

"Smack-"

A gunshot rang out, the sentry on the watchtower of the enemy outpost at Xiaohan Qiaotou, two kilometers south of Changgou Town, plunged down the five-meter-high tower, and an accurate bullet three hundred meters away from the south bank of the Bianhe River flew half of the sentry's head, and thousands of panicked defenders rushed from the rear of the houses into the three-kilometer-long coastal position, and before they arrived, they heard a rumbling cannon, and the seventy-two mortars used by the reading division roared in unison, and one by one powerful mortar shells flew over the three-kilometer sky. Bursts of screaming and screaming sounds, all poured down on the enemy's position, blowing up hundreds of officers and men of the Zhilu Coalition who had not had time to enter the trenches, and thick smoke rose from the middle of the enemy's position and the left flank in the blink of an eye, and the tall towers in the gap between the smoke had disappeared.

With round after round of artillery shells covered, more than 2,000 officers and men of the Reading Regiment and the First Regiment braved the huge explosion smoke and scattered shrennel of earth and rocks to rush forward bravely, set up a light and heavy machine gun across the river bank, and began to fire at the enemy's position with fierce firepower.

On the low slope 600 meters behind the south bank, An Yi and Yin Jinan were prostrate on the edge of the bunker, observing in real time with binoculars.

The orders shouted out of Yin Jinan's mouth were quickly conveyed to the three mortar positions in the rear and the two attacking regiments in front. With the wave of An Yi's big hand, the signal soldiers on the hill waved the command flag, and Chen Zhibiao, who was ambushed in the ridge full of water in the left front, suddenly jumped up and let out a shout, and more than 1,300 officers and men of the second regiment who were responsible for the second wave of attack tasks rushed forward with a roar, just before the enemy's main force arrived, seized the favorable terrain on the south bank, set up light and heavy machine guns, and carried rifles to launch a fierce blow to the enemy troops who were only separated by more than 40 meters in the river.

Gu Zhutong, who had rushed to watch the battle in advance, and Chen Jian, chief of staff, were prostrate on An Yi's right hand, and were full of praise for the soldiers of the Reading Force Regiment for such a fierce approach attack that was not afraid of death.

Chen Jian looked at the battlefield full of flames of war and smoke, and said loudly that he fought smartly, but he did not expect that the officers and men of the Reading Division would dare to risk being accidentally injured by their own mortars, and they would directly attack the river bank with a single charge, shortening the distance between the enemy and us to within 100 meters to launch a counterfire.

In fact, Gu Zhutong, Chen Jian and others did not understand An Yi's helplessness in doing this, only because there was an artillery position four kilometers behind the enemy's position, forcing An Yi to shorten the distance of exchange of fire with the enemy as much as possible, so that the enemy did not dare to risk accidentally injuring his own army, and gave full play to the power of artillery, while the mortars of the Reading Regiment could be used flexibly from time to time, and they could move wherever they were needed, plus the well-trained and super combat effectiveness of the officers and men under An Yi's command and the shooting skills generally mastered by the officers and soldiers. Naturally, they can take the initiative in a swift short-range firefight.

The battle began to the present, less than 15 minutes, the three death squads after paying more than 100 casualties most of the successful crossing of the north bank, with the strong support of their own light and heavy machine guns, immediately found favorable terrain to attack the enemy's position, only the downstream death squads were repulsed under the stubborn resistance of the enemy's two firepower points, unable to complete the task of forcing the crossing, just when the second regiment led by Chen Zhibiao gave fire support, the 200-man assault team was finally able to escape back for the most part, and then launched fierce fire on the enemy to vent their anger.

At this time, the enemy's artillery began to return fire violently, and the whistling shells fell one after another to the open space of several hundred meters between the officers and men of the Reading Division who occupied the position on the south bank and the command headquarters in the rear.

Gu Zhutong shook off the dust on his body, spit out a mouth full of dust, and moved his body to An Yi's side: "The enemy is at the end of the crossbow, dozens of shells have failed to blow up Xiaohan Bridge, and the two demolition teams sent have also been defeated by the brothers, so a large-scale charge can be launched at this time!" ”

"Not busy! Wait—"

Because the artillery fire was too loud, An Yi could only shout loudly.

"Why? Are you afraid of loss? Gu Zhutong asked loudly.

"Boom-boom-"

A shell landed on the mountainside more than six meters in front of An Yi, and the violent explosion and vibration shook the colonel in the bunker to the ground, and everyone felt their ears buzzing, and their eyes were foggy.

An Yi raised his head, spit out a mouthful of mud, picked up Gu Zhutong in his arms, scolded a few words in front of him, turned his head, and patted the dirt and dust on Gu Zhutong's shoulders and hat: "It's soon!" After the explosion, the enemy will be in rout! ”

"What-"

The sound of the explosion made Gu Zhu, who was covered with dirt, deaf at the same time, and only saw An Yi's mouth moving and couldn't hear An Yi's words clearly.

An Yi gestured twice, and suddenly realized that Gu Zhutong couldn't hear for a while, looked at his watch, and immediately grabbed Gu Zhutong's sleeve and stood up and pounced on the edge of the bunker, pointing due north and west in front of him and shouting loudly:

"There is an ammunition depot in Liushu Village, 3.5 kilometers behind enemy lines, and my guard battalion has touched it in advance and is about to explode......"

"Boom-"

In the direction that An Yi pointed to, a sky-high fire suddenly appeared, rising black clouds dozens of meters high, soaring up like a black angry dragon, and the explosion sound that followed was earth-shattering, shaking the huge beams and pillars above the bunker jumping, and falling dust all over the sky.

Several staff officers who had just stood up were shaken by the sudden earthquake and almost fell, and everyone rushed to the front of the bunker to watch the strange scene formed by the huge explosion:

A series of deafening explosions had already drowned out all the sounds of the battle, and the roaring flames and billowing smoke were like a huge black mushroom rising up, and the dazzling fire and rolling black clouds were clearly visible.

"Look! The enemy on the north shore fled—"

The loud cheers of the combat staff officers attracted the attention of all the generals and colonels, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing continued to come, and everyone raised their binoculars to carefully observe the enemy positions on the north bank through the smoke of gunpowder, and sure enough, they saw that the brothers of the Reading Regiment had rushed to the position, shooting and assassinating the fleeing enemy, and thousands of soldiers continued to rush across the Xiaohan Bridge and kill the enemy on both sides, and the long-suppressed death squad on the right side directly carried out armed swimming to the north bank, and the entire battle against Changgou Town had been successful for the most part so far.

Jian Chen glanced at the gold watch on his wrist and exclaimed loudly: "It only took forty-two minutes, and he is indeed an invincible reader!" ”

An Yi shook off the dust, rolled up his sleeves and wiped his face, and said with a smile to Gu Zhutong, who was like a cat: "If you don't come up, you don't listen, in case you have a bad day, the principal won't shoot me?" ”

Gu Zhutong ignored An Yi's joke, pointed to the place where the smoke was billowing due north and west, and asked, "You didn't order the attack just now, just waiting for the explosion there?" ”

"That's right! As the enemy guards the arsenal very tightly, they have no way to force it into it to carry out the blasting, only when the south bank starts to attract the defenders on the arsenal, they can only start, as long as the enemy's arsenal is blown up, the panicked enemy will definitely be defeated without a fight, and the front is almost broken by us. In this way, my brethren will die less. An Yi explained with a smile.

Gu Zhutong nodded with relief: "No wonder the generals at the headquarters said that you will never use only one method to fight, it turns out that you guys are still hiding this trick from me, which makes me more anxious than you." ”

"Report to the master's seat, my first group has already exchanged fire with the enemy who came to Lingbi's aid and Hujiazhai in the west." The panting herald of the Third Division rushed up and reported loudly to Gu Zhutong.

Gu Zhutong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay! Sure enough, the Lingbi defender was lured out, and it was a good fight! Order: The third regiment and the supplementary regiment immediately passed through the Xiaohan Bridge, headed west at full speed, and ordered the divisions to advance quickly along the south bank of the Bianhe River, and Lao Tzu would have dinner in Lingbi tonight! ”

"Yes!"

An Yi looked at Gu Zhutong with wide eyes: "The last sentence of the instructor is scary!" The three senior brothers still have to work hard for your meal? ”

Gu Zhutong laughed heartily, gave An Yi a punch and said goodbye loudly, took two steps and turned back and asked, "Tell me, how did you attack Si County?" You've been chasing people after you? ”

"No need, at this moment, it is estimated that Si County has almost arrived."

An Yi said with a smile, seeing the surprised looks on the faces of Gu Zhutong, Chen Jian and others, he hurriedly explained: "When you first came up, didn't you ask my tiger general Gu Changfeng why he didn't see anyone?" According to the battle plan, he had already led the officers and men of two battalions and one machine gun company under his command in advance to change into the clothes of the Zhilu army and lay in ambush in the reeds, six kilometers west of Sixian County, where there was a waterway submerged in the reeds that led to Xiaogezhuang in the northwest of the city.

Just wait for the enemy in the city to drive through the west of the city to aid Changgou Town, Gu Changfeng will lead his troops to blow up the only bridge five kilometers west of the city, and then pretend to be an enemy army to defeat Si County, take a step back and say, even if Gu Changfeng and his subordinates can't sneak attack and can't take Si County, a brigade defending the enemy in the position outside the city will be frightened by the sound of fierce fighting behind him, and the taste of the enemy on his back is not good, plus the news of the fierce battle in Changgou has passed, and then seeing that our large army is gradually encircling from the east, the enemy outside the city will definitely abandon his position and flee north around the county seat.

The two regiments of the instructor, led by the officers and men of the three main companies of our Reading Force, could rush to the city with only one charge, and the stubborn enemy in the city saw the banner of our model battalion and the Reading Division, and had no choice but to flee. ”

Gu Zhutong touched his chin and asked with some confusion: "Where did the army come from in the east of the city?" ”

"More than 1,000 local self-defense forces have put on our military uniforms, and more than 2,000 young people have helped carry more than 100 battle flags directly into Weijialing, five kilometers east of the city, no matter how brave the enemy is, he will not try to feint Weijialing from the east to break through, not to mention that Deputy Division Commander Hu Jialin will lead the brothers to chase the fleeing enemy and beat him, and the enemy can only flee to the north." An Yi replied with a smile.

Gu Zhutong and the generals next to him looked at each other, and after a long time, they shook their heads and strode away, and when they walked down the mountain, Gu Zhutong shouted to An Yi: "When you arrive in Sixian County, remember to send me a telegram!" ”

An Yi nodded solemnly and replied loudly: "Obey—"

(To be continued)