The announcement of the "6.20 Declaration" means a complete break between the political axe of the southern country and the political axe of the north, and there is no possibility of mediation between the two sides!

In Fujian, after Yang Sen seized Xiamen, there was no effective resistance force in the whole of Fujian, and the seizure of Fujian was proceeding in an orderly manner.

In Hunan, the prelude to the Armageddon has also begun, hundreds of thousands of troops are hoarded in Hunan, and a major war will break out at any time.

In Shaanxi, Tongguan has also become the focus of everyone's attention!

Here, although Wang Hengyue paid special attention to Sun Lianzhong before and promoted him to regiment commander without hesitation, not many people recognized this unknown young officer.

Until this time, Sun Lianzhong will become famous in Tongguan!

On June 21, the second day after Wang Hengyue's letter to the whole country was released, Chai Yunsheng's first division arrived at Tongguan.

On the wall of Tongguan, there is a banner fluttering in hunting and flying:

Northern expedition!

Sun Lianzhong has already decided to defend Tongguan here, and Chai Yunsheng also knows what it means for the Yu army to seize Tongguan as soon as possible!

Without any preparation, the offensive and defensive battle of Tongguan broke out!

Chai Yunsheng took the lead in exerting force, and as soon as he arrived at Tongguan, he concentrated the strength of the two regiments and launched a fierce attack on the forward position of Tongguan.

Arranged in the forward position, it is also a future hero: the former Feng Yuxiang's subordinates, the second company of the cadet corps, that is, the commander of the "model company", a native of Tangyuan Village, Linqing, Shandong:

Zhang Zizhong!

I'd rather be a centurion than a scholar!

When Zhang Zizhong was 25 years old, he was introduced by the Beiyang School of Law and Politics to join Feng Yuxiang's army.

After Feng Yuxiang was defeated by the Northern Expeditionary Army, Zhang Zizhong was transferred to the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 82nd Regiment, which can be regarded as an exceptional promotion in the eyes of everyone!

The first battalion lined up in the forward position of Tongguan, and Zhang Zizhong personally appeared in the place where the battle was most intense!

Zhang Zizhong is sincere and friendly, and he attaches equal importance to governing the army and power, and is very loved by the soldiers, at this time he personally appeared at the front of the battlefield, and the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion were all in high spirits and died in a battle!

Chai Yunsheng did not take the Northern Expeditionary Army in Tongguan in his eyes, in his opinion, the enemy was just a group of people, and he used the absolute superiority of a division to make a fierce charge, and Tongguan was at his fingertips!

But the development of the battle situation is completely different from what he imagined!

The defenders' firm determination to defend greatly surprised Chai Yunsheng.

The soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 82nd Regiment of the Northern Expeditionary Army defended smoothly in their positions, facing the enemy who rushed up, calmly pulled the trigger in their hands, and calmly shot the targets within the range.

The two charges were defeated and retreated under the strict precautions of the defenders, which made Chai Yunsheng a little annoyed, what Tongguan meant to the Yu army, everyone knew that this was the fatality of the Yu army fleeing back to Henan once the development of the Shaanxi war situation was unfavorable!

Now, this key point is in the hands of the enemy.

Death squads were organized!

Chai Yunsheng fought extremely fiercely, never afraid of death, and seeing that the two attacks were unfavorable, he immediately appointed his cronies, the commander of the 1st Regiment and his cousin Guan Guangming, as the captain of the death squad, and gathered five hundred death squad members to launch a decisive charge towards Tongguan!

Chai Yunsheng personally handed over a bowl of wine to his cousin: "If we can take the forward position, Tongguan will lose the barrier, and our army will be able to recover Tongguan." Enter Tongguan, I will ask for credit for you again! ”

Guan Guangming took the wine bowl, drank it all in one gulp, smashed the ground with the empty bowl, and said angrily: "If you can't complete the division commander's instructions, I would rather die in front of the chaotic army to follow the military law!" ”

As he spoke, he pulled out the big knife behind his back: "Brothers, rush with me!" ”

The death squad "Hulala" roared and rushed forward!

These bare-chested death squads, with grenades and bombs tied around their necks and large knives in their hands, still brought a certain psychological shock to the defenders as soon as they appeared on the battlefield.

Grenades and bombs were thrown out of the hands of these soldiers, and explosions rang out in front of and in the position, and under the cover of explosions and smoke screens, the death squads rushed madly.

"Steady, steady!"

Zhang Zizhong's calm and calm voice sounded in the ears of the soldiers.

Zhang Zizhong saw very clearly that although these death squads were domineering, their combat quality was not high, they didn't know how to effectively protect themselves, but only knew how to rush blindly, trying to rush into the position with a charge, and then start hand-to-hand combat with the enemy!

"Aim at the one who rushes to the front!" In the roar, Zhang Zizhong pushed away a machine gunner, personally held the machine gun, and "suddenly" sprayed a long series of tongues of fire.

The daredevils who rushed to the front and the fiercest fell in a pool of blood in an instant under the blow of the machine gun.

And Zhang Zizhong's practice also instantly re-inspired the determination of the brothers.

Light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and rifles fired at the same time, and grenades were thrown out one by one against the opponent's grenades!

The pressure and difficulty on the attacking side is often greater than that on the defensive side.

The 500 death squads of the 1st Division were all crowded into a small battlefield, and once they entered the range of the defenders, if they did not disperse as soon as possible, then they could easily become miserable targets!

The relentless firepower of the defenders' positions, indifferent and merciless strafing all targets within range, the smell of blood can be smelled in every corner of the battlefield, and the air is full of the smell of death!

A large number of death squads fell on the road of the charge, and some of the death squads had just pulled the fuse of the grenade and lit the fuse of the bomb, but before they could throw it, they were pierced by the fatal bullets, and the grenades or bombs exploded in their hands!

It's a battlefield of death!

The defenders even killed a little softly.

Suddenly, everything became quiet, and the brothers of the 1st battalion were still a little overwhelmed. It's over? Don't those who are shirtless and don't want to die stop attacking?

Looking ahead, the blood had stained the battlefield red, and the corpses were piled up in layers. But there were no more people who charged wildly, no more people who wielded broadswords, no more people who threw grenades and bombs with their lives.

Zhang Zizhong put down the machine gun whose barrel had been red, and sighed softly.

The road to reunification by force is always full of blood and death, and this process, although cruel, is indispensable, and when the country truly completes reunification, I hope that this scene in front of us will never appear again on the land of China

Chai Yunsheng on the opposite position was also full of sorrow, almost half of his death squad died on the way to the charge. When his cousin Guan Guangming was carried down, Chai Yunsheng's heart seemed to be cut by a knife.

Guan Guangming's whole body was covered with blood holes, and he was lying on a stretcher alone, and he had lost his life forever.

The soldiers who survived the battlefield told Chai Yunsheng that Commander Guan was very brave and always rushed first, and then he fell into the enemy's fire net, and the dense bullets beat him to the way he is now.

Chai Yunsheng tried his best to control his emotions and let his subordinates bury his cousin. He wanted to bring his cousin's body back to his hometown, but he couldn't.

Tongguan towered in front of them like a giant, can you pass through this? Chai Yunsheng, who was full of confidence before, is now shaken.

He picked up the binoculars and looked at the opposite side, trying to see what kind of troops were on the other side, but no matter how hard he tried, the other side was also bloody, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Sun Lianzhong also took the binoculars and looked at the opposite side of the position.

The 1st battalion defended very beautifully, and fought very bravely, when the 500 death squad of the Yu army charged, Sun Lianzhong also had some worries about whether his 1st battalion could hold it.

But now it seems that this concern is completely unnecessary. Zhang Zizhong and his 1st Battalion performed far better than they imagined.

In fact, Zhang Zizhong had been Shi Yousan's platoon commander for a period of time before, which inevitably made Sun Lianzhong look down on him. But now it seems that he is wrong to blame Zhang Zizhong.

When Zhang Zizhong was the commander of the model company, the model company was a model for Feng Yuxiang to govern the army. Zhang Zizhong's style of paying attention to military discipline and governing the army strictly has become very prominent. When encountering a violator of military discipline, he first persuaded and educated, then severely reprimanded, and served with a military stick three times. As the soldiers sang in the ballad: "Teach you to learn well or not, the duck-billed military stick is on the hook." ”

Because Zhang Zizhong often said a mantra to officers and soldiers who violated military discipline: "Look at me, I can't pick your skin!" As a result, he was nicknamed "Zhang Papi" by the officers and soldiers, and no one in the whole army knew about it. A song slipped out of his mouth and said: "Shi Yousan's whip, Han Fuyu's rope, Liang Guanying's flat shoulder race is like a dragon, Zhang Zizhong is really ruthless!" The nickname of "Zhang Papi" makes people mistakenly think that this Gong is a ruthless, unrighteous, rough and arrogant martial artist, but in fact it is not. Zhang Zizhong loves soldiers like sons, and he is strict and gracious, and he knows the meaning of "governing the army before governing the heart" and the magic of the use of "grace and power". Taking the beating of military sticks as an example, Zhang Zizhong did not beat him immediately when he encountered it, and used sticks and sticks indiscriminately, but practiced the "eight no-beatings".

At present, it seems that the 1st Battalion, which is composed of a model company, has indeed played its own prestige on the Tongguan battlefield under the careful training of Zhang Zizhong.

"Regiment Commander, Chai Yunsheng's first division is really playing with his life!" Zhang Zizhong came to Sun Lianzhong's side and said.

Sun Lianzhong put down the binoculars in his hand: "Tongguan is the only way for the Yu army to withdraw to Henan, and Chai Yunsheng is the first fierce general under Liu Zhenhua, so he has to play with his life." It is estimated that in the next few days, there will be fierce battles, and it will take some time for our main force to reach Tongguan. ”

"Yes, within three days, the position must be in my hands!"

Sun Lianzhong looked back, and the majestic Tongguan was like a giant, standing tall there.

Here, it will be an iron wall, and it will cut off Liu Zhenhua's way of life!

(To be continued)