In the wee hours of the morning, a faint glow appeared in the sky, piercing the dark sky and telling the people who were nervously waiting for a new day amid the sound of gunfire. The once busy river was now very peaceful, and there were only a few lonely warships passing and going on the empty river, and the cold water lapped against the cold steel, making a faint sound, like a longing for the sea, but it was muffled by the loud roar of the machinery in the cabin.

An assault team composed of more than 2,000 teachers and students of the Whampoa Military Academy, escorted by a group of warships, quietly went ashore near the Liede Fort, and immediately launched an attack to the north. The Dian army did not have many defenders in this area, and it was quickly routed, and the battle quickly expanded in the direction of Shipai, and according to the intelligence, the general headquarters of the strong enemy of the Dian army was located in Shipai. In the vicinity of Shipai, the assault team encountered stubborn resistance from the enemy, and the battle was in a state of stalemate for a while.

"Is there a Flying Eagle ship?" The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with the rank of major general, a thin face and glasses, and the rapid speed of speech showed that he was already in a hurry.

"Wenbai, don't worry, it's almost there." This is also a glasses, although he is wearing a military uniform, but he still can't hide the thick bookish atmosphere on his body.

Zhang Zhizhong had no other way, so he had to grab the telescope and look at the opposite side, it was obvious that the enemy on the opposite side was in a hurry, obviously there were no fortifications, just relying on the existing ridges, houses to resist, but the enemy's fire was very fierce, and several attacks were beaten back. If there is artillery, this group of enemies can be easily repulsed, and Zhang Zhizhong can't help but want to complain about Chezibanzhov again.

After Chiang Kai-shek sent the landing operation plan to Wang Bailing, Wang Bailing secretly handed over the task to Zhang Zhizhong, and the subsequent battle plan was completely drawn up by Zhang Zhizhong and the Russian adviser Chezibanzhov, and Wang Bailing forwarded it to Chiang Kai-shek for approval. Yesterday, Chezibanzhov, who had been worried about the lack of firepower, suddenly thought of the Flying Eagle of the Navy, which was being repaired, although the Flying Eagle could not sail, but it could be towed to the vicinity of the landing site as a fixed battery, and the Flying Eagle was a destroyer of the same class as the Yongfeng ship, with dozens of guns on board, and all of them were heavy artillery (according to army standards). As soon as Chezibanzhov said his idea, Zhang Zhizhong immediately agreed, and Chezibanzhov was put in charge, only he could fight the guns on the warship, and transferred the artillery students to him, but he only had one night to train his people.

Zhang Zhizhong's anxiety is also a matter of a while, this area is too familiar to the students of the Whampoa Military Academy, every field exercise is selected in this area, the content of the graduation exercise of the first phase of the students is strikingly similar to today's battle, and now the leader of the commando team is led by Chen Geng, Zuo Quan, Guan Linzheng, Deng Wenyi, these students who originally stayed in school and stayed in school after recovering from injury.

The assault team attacked again, a burst of not violent but very accurate artillery knocked out several enemy fire points, the gray military uniform rushed to the enemy position under the guidance of the military academy flag, the enemy who lost the support of the fire point looked very panicked under the fierce attack, the gray man wave quickly broke into the enemy position, after a short hand-to-hand combat, the enemy dropped dozens of corpses and ran backwards, the assault team did not stop, and chased closely.

Da Niu Wai is the forward support point of the outer defense line of Shipai, Chen Geng led his troops to chase here, and was fiercely blocked by the enemy, he had to stop and wait for the follow-up troops, but at this moment, a sharp whistling sound came from the sky.

"Lie down." Chen Geng screamed, and then lay down, and as soon as he lay down, a violent explosion occurred not far in front of him, and the dirt that was lifted up fell on them.

"The dog said, the fight was quite accurate, and it almost cost Lao Tzu's life." Chen Geng looked up at the big pit in front of him, shook his head and shook off the soil on his head, and scolded when he opened his mouth. Then he commanded: "Spread out, spread out, don't get together." ”

As soon as he finished giving the order, the scream sounded again, but this time the explosion occurred outside the big cow fence. Chen Geng couldn't help but wonder how the enemy's artillery hit.

"It seems to be our cannon." Someone grunted suspiciously.

"Something like, that is." Chen Geng had already judged it: "Damn, what are these boys from the artillery department doing?" What a look. Although I said this, I was still wondering where such a large-caliber cannon came from.

The shelling continued, but the drop point was very unstable, and a few shells did not even know that they had been hit, only the sound of explosions could be heard from a distance.

"Retreat, retreat fifty meters." Chen Geng ordered.

"Captain, is it our cannon?" Someone does not understand why retreat.

"I know, you didn't see the impact point, it's too unreliable for us to stay here, if a shell misses, it's us who suffers. Damn, the boys on the other side didn't know how to be happy when they saw us being repelled by our own shells. Chen Geng said hatefully that he was not able to participate in the First Eastern Crusade, he was aggrieved for a long time, and knew that he could participate in the counterinsurgency, he resolutely asked to play the striker, and finally got the treatment of playing the striker, but he did not expect to be repelled by his own shells.

As if to confirm Chen Geng's words, another shell exploded nearby, and Chen Geng led the troops to hurriedly retreat.

The development of things has completely deviated from Yang Ximin's prediction, after the base camp issued a counterinsurgency order, the originally disunited base camp troops, suddenly united, launched an attack on Guangzhou, Beijiang Xiang Army disarmed a regiment of the Dian army in the place, divided into three routes along the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway south; Li Jishen's First Division of the Cantonese Army returned from Guangxi; Chiang Kai-shek led the Eastern Expeditionary Army to quickly return to the division; Compared with the rapid reunification of the enemy, his generals were slow to move and the pace was inconsistent, Hu Sishun was greedy for Huizhou's finances and taxes, resulting in the Third Army being stranded in Huizhou until now and not rushing to Guangzhou, Yang Chisheng and Yang Xuanru did not listen to the order, and even retreated to the direction of Zengcheng without authorization, instead of retreating to Guangzhou according to the order.

Since the start of the war, the continuous loss of Shilong Stone Beach, and now the Longyan Cave position defended by the main force is also precarious, and the battle situation on the front line is unfavorable, Yang Ximin decided to go to the front to supervise the battle.

Zhao Chengliang, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, welcomed Yang Ximin into his headquarters at Shipai Station, his face was gloomy, and the Whampoa student army that had landed at the Liede Fort in the early morning had now rushed to the vicinity, and the reserve force could not stop the enemy's offensive after it was on top, so he had no choice but to reinforce the headquarters guards. Although the attack of the student army has been stopped now, it is difficult to say if the enemy continues to increase his troops. As soon as the crisis on this side eased, the Longyan Cave front asked for reinforcements, and he had no troops to send.

Yang Ximin saw that he was not very interested, so he cheered him up: "Brother, these student babies are fighting with strength, and there is hope if they can withstand his strength." This was the case in Sichuan back then, the Beiyang Army not only had more people than us, but also more guns, and the result was. ”

Zhao Chengliang smiled bitterly when he heard this, what was the situation at the beginning, what is the situation now, when he was strong and desperate for revolution, what is it now? Take the following officers as an example, when the hungry soldiers went east to beg for Chen, everyone was penniless, and the soldiers could not even have a full meal, and the slogan was to fight to eat meat in Guangzhou, but now even a battalion commander has a lot of money, and it is difficult to expect them to work as hard as they did at the beginning. But can you say that?

Zhao Chengliang introduced Yang Ximin into the headquarters, and then ordered the following to prepare a meal, Yang Ximin stopped him and said, "Don't be busy first, you talk about the battle situation first." ”

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." Zhao Chengliang picked up the baton, pointed to the map and said: "Commander-in-chief, the situation is not good, the combat effectiveness of the student army exceeds our imagination, and more importantly, in the early hours of this morning, they landed near the Liede Fort, the number of people is about 2,000 people, and the number of follow-up troops is not known." Once ashore, the student army attacked in the direction of Shipai, and the battle is taking place here, and here," he pointed to two places on the map with his baton, "this move was unexpected, we only had a few surveillance troops in this area, so I had to put the 102nd Regiment of the Reserve and the Guard Battalion on top. The battle on the battlefield of Longyan Cave was fierce, the student army was attacking fiercely, and almost all the forward positions were lost, and the enemy was currently attacking the main peak. Regiment Commander Liu asked for reinforcements, but I ran out of soldiers. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Chengliang spread his hands, with a helpless expression on his face, Yang Ximin understood that the deterioration of the battle situation had exceeded his imagination, he did not speak, his brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to break the siege, but he found that there seemed to be no good way, reinforcements, after the periphery was launched, Li Fulin, who was shrinking in the Shimin Soil Factory, was also ready to move, and the limited troops in Guangzhou City were attracted by him. Now to solve this crisis, the only way to wait for Hu Sishun's Third Army to come back.

There was a burst of cannon sound in the distance, shaking off a puff of dust on the roof, Yang Ximin let go of his brows and smiled lightly: "Brother, there are many winds and waves, and it's not a big deal." Eat first and talk while eating. ”

The dishes and chopsticks were placed on the table one after another, and while this time, Yang Ximin carefully checked the map again, and Zhao Chengliang shouted: "Commander,...。 ”

At that moment, a brief screech streaked, "Shelling." The two words crossed Yang Ximin's mind at once, he almost instinctively turned over and lay on the ground, before his body was stable, a violent explosion sounded, and the smoke quickly poured into the house, and after the smoke dissipated, a strong smell of blood filled the room, "Master Zhao is dead." Hearing the shout, Yang Ximin quickly stood up, Zhao Chengliang had been cut into two sections, and two officers next to him also fell in a pool of blood.

"Commander, let's go." The two guards rushed over and picked up Yang Ximin and ran out.

(To be continued)