Naturally, Chen Dayong, the commander of the Third Guard Regiment of the Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, shot at Ou Zhen.

Chen Dayong saw that the enemy was under his nose, so when would he wait if he didn't fight at this time? Raising his pistol and shooting it at an officer on horseback in the ranks of the enemy army, the guy was about to dismount, and he fell on his stomach and dodged the bullet. Chen Dayong was annoyed in his heart, he couldn't imagine that he also had a time to empty the gun, it seemed that he still needed to practice marksmanship again!

As soon as the guns rang out, the fighters on the positions of the three regiments, who had long been ready to attack, fired the trigger at the first time, and the heavy machine guns, light machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles were all spraying bullets. The mortars also began to fire, and with a sound of "tom, boom", the shells were smashed into the ranks of the 90th Division, which had already begun to be in confusion.

Ding Zhuodong's warriors began to exert their might, and with the combat experience of Qingxi Town, they became more proficient.

When the three regiments started, the soldiers had already pushed away the cover, and with a wave of the small flag in Ding Zhuodong's hand, the guns were loaded. With another wave of the flag, the fuse that fired the gunpowder was ignited. Soon. More than a dozen explosive packets were fired, drawing graceful arcs in the air, falling into the enemy group and exploding. As soon as a large area was blown up, more than a dozen explosive bags were blown down, and few people could stand within a radius of dozens of meters.

It should be said that among the generals of the Central Army, Ou Zhen, commander of the 90th Division, knew the Red Army better. He was originally a battalion commander of the 34th Regiment of the 12th Division of the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which is also known as Ye Ting's Reading Regiment. Later, Ou Zhen was promoted to the commander of the 71st Regiment and participated in the Nanchang Uprising, but on the way south of the Nanchang Uprising troops to Guangzhou, Ou Zhen led his troops to defect, causing heavy losses to the rebel troops. Therefore, Ou Zhen not only knows the [***] people and the heroism of the Red Army very well, but also knows what will happen if he falls into the hands of the Red Army, and his comrades-in-arms will not forget his name.

When the gunshot rang out, Ou Zhen lay on the war horse, his brain spun in circles, did the red bandits fight to block or ambush and surround them? Do you want to stop yourself or do you want to eat yourself? Soon, the sound of mortars woke him up, this is definitely the main force of the red bandits, there are so many heavy machine guns, and there are mortars, it must be the main force of the red bandits who ambushed the 59th and 93rd divisions in Qingxi Town, and used his 90th division as another pot of fragrant meat and vegetables!

Secretly looked up, and after a while, his vanguard group was already in an uproar. Glancing back again, obediently, I don't know what kind of weapon the red bandit used, and he exploded a large area. Now Ou Zhen finally understands how the three divisions of the Hunan Army and the 59th and 93rd divisions are finished, under such a firepower attack, it is a miracle to be able to escape alive, if you choose to resist or attack on the spot, I am afraid that the opponent's backhand will be displayed, and there will be only one end at that time, that is, to be annihilated.

Ou Zhen hurriedly ordered the vanguard to organize resistance, the rear team became the front team, and the whole division quickly retreated in the direction of Yuping.

When the order was given, Ou Zhen found that no one took the order, and his officers died very quickly, and they were all a bloody hole in the brain, blood mixed with brains, indescribably disgusting, cruel, and hideous. As soon as the adjutant gave the order, the adjutant died. There's no way, let's withdraw first! I hope that when the soldiers see the division commander withdrawing, they will all follow suit.

Ou Zhen pulled out the horse's head, came to hide in stirrups, turned around and ran backwards. As he ran, he shouted: "Retreat, retreat, retreat!" ”

This was a long time when he was written, but in fact the time was very short, Ou Zhen basically ran back when the first wave of shooting of the Third Guard Regiment was fired, which shocked Chen Dayong, who was fighting on the position, and scolded the Central Army of the dog that was more slippery than loaches.

Don't say it, when the Central Army retreated, it really had a set. The soldiers bent over and ran with their heads shut, simply ignoring the bullets behind them. It didn't take long for the 90th Division to withdraw from the rain of bullets.

When the troops had retreated 500 meters and left the range of the Red Army's rifles, Ou Zhen stopped his horse. When I looked at the troops, I almost shed tears in distress, and in just a few moments, my 90th Division lost one-third. The soldiers were like frosted eggplants, in piles of three or five, crawling on the cold snow on the roads and mountain slopes.

Now the location of the 90th Division is in the place where the third company of engineers planted explosives, He Mingliang was so anxious that he couldn't do it, and he asked for instructions to detonate it several times, but Liu Yimin stopped him.

As soon as Chen Dayong saw that the Central Army had withdrawn, and that the 1st and 2nd regiments led by the division commander had not attacked, he ordered the observation posts to be left behind, and the troops quietly withdrew to the woods behind the mountains to wait for the Central Army to attack.

The troops are like that, learning war in war. According to the combat habits of the Red Army in the past, when the 90th Division retreated, it was the time when the soldiers jumped out of the trenches in pursuit. However, since Liu Yimin's arrival, from the 34th Division's Elite Company to the Red 18th Regiment, and then to today's Central Guard Division, the cadres have learned many new combat methods and command skills from Liu Yimin. During the last battle at Xikou, after Hu Laohu's first wave of blockade, he decisively ordered to stop shooting, and the troops moved behind the mountain, which made the 62nd Division of Taoguang of the Hunan Army a big fool, and Hu Laohu made a special meritorious service. Chen Dayong is the commander of the main regiment and has very rich combat experience, and he can see at a glance the mystery of why the division commander made Hu Laohu's special merits. Therefore, instead of ordering the troops to pursue and avoid exposing the fighters to the enemy's guns, he did the same and ordered the troops to retreat.

According to Ou Zhen's original intention, the troops were completely withdrawn and out of the danger zone. However, his wish was frustrated, and Wu Qiwei led Liang Huasheng's 92nd Division and Huiji's first detachment up, followed by Xie Pufu's 5th Division and Zhou Yanbin's mortar battalion of the Tax Police Regiment.

When Wu Qiwei saw that the soldiers of the 90th Division were all pouting and crawling on the snow motionless, no matter how good his temper was, he asked Ou Zhen why he didn't attack and advance.

Ou Zhen said with a crying voice: "Junzao, my division was ambushed by the red bandits and suffered heavy losses. The red bandits' firepower was too fierce to rush through. ”

Wu Qiwei laughed angrily, and only after laughing did he say, "Master Ou, open your eyes and see, where are the red bandits?" ”

Only then did Ou Zhen realize that the red bandits had stopped shooting, not only on the hillside, but also on the road, could it be that the red bandits had withdrawn after fighting for a while? It's impossible, the firepower was so fierce just now, and he put on a posture of wanting to swallow himself in one bite, why did he disappear so quickly?

Picking up the binoculars, Ou Zhen carefully observed the hillside. There are really no red bandits, and there is no appearance of building a position. This group of damn red bandits will always be like this, they will fight if they win, and they will run if they can't win, and as soon as they see their main force coming up, they will slip away with their tails between their legs.

Sighing, Ou Zhen stubbornly said to Wu Qiwei: "Junza, the firepower of the red bandits just now was indeed very fierce, our division lost one-third, and several regiment commanders were killed. I was worried that the red bandits would surround our division like they would fight in Qingxi Town, so I ordered to retreat. ”

Wu Qiwei shook his head and said, "When did my Fourth Army become a shrunken turtle?" As soon as the enemy held back, they hurriedly retreated. Fortunately, there is no tail pursuit, otherwise, I'm afraid your 90th division would no longer exist! ”

This was too serious, Ou Zhen only felt that his face was "rising" and a raging fire ignited, and he roared loudly: "Please rest assured, the 90th Division is not a bad seed, we are still fighting the vanguard!" Turning around, he urgently organized the troops into two regiments, appointed an acting regiment commander, and resolved to take the lead with the strength of one regiment to occupy the mountain, and the other regiment as the second echelon, and resolutely take the mountain.

Seeing that Ou Zhen's deployment was in order, Wu Qiwei ordered his artillery and the artillery battalion of the tax police regiment to establish positions to provide fire cover for the 90th Division.

Zhou Yanbin commanded his own artillery battalion to take the lead in firing. After all, it is a professional artillery with long-term training, and the shells are very accurate, flying the branches of trees and bamboos on the hillside. Seeing that there was no movement on the hillside, Ou Zhen waved two regiments to attack the hillside.

The hill on the side of the road was not very high, it was arranged neatly, and the time was not very long, and the soldiers of the 90th Division were about to climb up. Wu Qiwei led Ou Zhen, Liang Huasheng, Xie Pufu, and Huiji to hide next to the stones on the side of the road, holding binoculars to watch the battle. Seeing that the soldiers were about to reach the top of the mountain, several people were ecstatic, and it seemed that the red bandits had really withdrawn.

The sudden burst of gunfire on the hill completely shattered the dreams of several people. Seeing that the regiment of the 90th Division attacking the hill was dead and wounded, and the alive were chased by bullets and ran down the hill, Wu Qiwei was furious and ordered the artillery to cover the hill, ordered the 90th Division to press on the whole line, and ordered the 92nd Division to immediately charge along the road and bypass this hillside.

The troops shouted and jumped again, and Ou Zhen went into battle shirtless this time and personally supervised the battle. The 92nd Division moved forward, preparing to rush across this hillside and take Yangping Town when the 90th Division launched a charge, forming a flanking attack on the Red Army defending the hill.

Just when the 90th Division and the 92nd Division were moving together, Liu Jianjian moved.

When the 90th Division was blocked by the 3rd Regiment just now, Liu Jianli was about to make a move, but through the telescope, he saw the large troops behind the 90th Division, and remembered the combat style of the division commander, Liu Jianli held back, seeing that the enemy's main force and the 90th Division converged, the 90th Division launched an attack and was repulsed, and then the troops of the 92nd Division began to move forward. The snake hit seven inches, and Liu Jianjian gave an order, and the artillery battalion on the other side of the river spoke.

The first to fire was the mountain artillery battery of the artillery battalion, and after the six mountain guns fired one test shot, they were quickly corrected, and then the six shells accurately landed on the enemy artillery position. Immediately the artillery positions were covered in smoke. Without waiting for the enemy artillery to react, shells fell one after another. Withdraw! Zhou Yanbin reluctantly gave the order to abandon the position, and the artillerymen who were lucky enough to be alive carried the artillery and the shell boxes on their backs, and hurriedly moved.

This was the beginning, and then the nightmare came, and the mortar battery of the artillery battalion began shelling, twenty-four shells at a time, and smashed the enemy on the road. Immediately chaos began on the road, with the shouts of officers and the cries of soldiers mingling.

If the shells brought chaos and flying limbs, then the heavy machine gun fire that followed was a real life harvester. On the mountainside on the other side of the river, dozens of heavy machine guns spewed tongues of fire, turning the highway into a living purgatory.

The 92nd Division, the first detachment, including the 5th Division, which arrived later, tens of thousands of officers and men were rubbed on a human washboard composed of shells and heavy machine gun bullets.

Several division commanders climbed up to Wu Qiwei, and Liang Huasheng said boldly: "Military seat, our army is suppressed on the highway and can't move, if this continues, everyone will all die or be taken prisoner." ”

Ou Zhen's courage is also bigger, such a powerful firepower shows that he has indeed met the main force of the red bandits, and his previous retreat now seems to be correct, if he retreats early, there will be no such big losses. Seeing that Liang Huasheng opened his mouth to suggest, Ou Zhen continued: "Junza, the firepower of the red bandits is too fierce, if we don't retreat, we will be finished!" ”

Wu Qiwei did not hesitate at all, gritted his teeth and hated the enemy and said, "Withdraw!" ”

Then, after thinking about it again, he ordered: "Leave one regiment of the Ninety Division to continue the attack and entangle the red bandits." The fifth division was in front, the ninety-second division and one detachment were in the center, and the ninety-tenth division was behind, and the whole army retreated quickly. Report to Commander Xue and ask him to send troops to meet us, and order the air force to be dispatched to block the possible pursuit of the Red Bandits. ”

Several division commanders took the order and left, but only Ou Zhen did not leave.

Wu Qiwei patted Ou Zhen on the shoulder: "Brother, if you want to open a point, as long as the troops are withdrawn, if there are many soldiers, I will be responsible for replenishing you." ”

Ou Zhen left in a huff.

As soon as Wu Qiwei beckoned, the guards rushed up and escorted him to retreat first.

Wu Qiwei didn't expect that Ou Zhen did not return to the army, but like him, he turned around and ordered the special battalion of the 90th Division that was climbing on the road to avoid the rain of bullets to protect himself and rush out.

Just as the Central Army was retreating, Liu Yimin's hand waved downward.

He Mingliang was impatient to wait for a long time, and when he saw the division commander giving the order, he immediately ordered the detonation, and violent explosions suddenly sounded continuously on the road. The soldiers who were bombed were thrown high, broke their arms and legs and fell into the Wuyang River, causing a few waves and then drifting away with the water.

Wu Qiwei, who had already fled this section of the road, heard the explosion, looked back, his eyes were full of fear, and he wondered if he was not escorted by the guards and left first, and it was estimated that he would have to leave an arm and leg if he didn't die. The red bandits kept making tricks, and they didn't know what else was waiting for them, so they quickly withdrew and left this unlucky place.

really let him be right, just when the Central Army was desperately retreating in the rain of bullets, Liu Yimin led the First Guard Regiment and the Second Guard Regiment to rush out of the mountains and forests, and slammed into the Central Army team.

Liu Yimin rushed to the front with a submachine gun in his hand, and behind him were two sharp swords of the first battalion of the first regiment and the fourth battalion of the second regiment, followed by the second, third, fifth, and sixth battalions. The light machine guns and submachine guns in front of the team fired at the fan of the Central Army.

As soon as Liu Jianli saw that the division commander had led the first and second regiments to kill, he immediately ordered the transfer of fire, focusing on striking at the vanguard of the enemy's retreating team, trying to leave them all.

Chen Dayong, who was guarding the mountain, saw that the division commander had rushed out, and knew that it was time, so he ordered all the trumpeters to blow the trumpet of the charge and lead the three regiments to the 90th Division that was broken down the mountain.

At this time, the enemy was completely in chaos, but the main forces of the Red Army came out together to destroy them all, the arrogance of attacking the Soviet area was gone, the arrogance of pursuing the Red Army all the way was gone, the majesty of the Central Army was gone, and the military style and discipline were not mentioned. The cannon is in the way and throws the gun, the gun is in the way and the gun is thrown, the grenade is in the way, the cotton clothes are in the way, the horse is in front, the horse is behind, crying and grabbing the ground, scolding the father and mother, panicking like a lost dog, braving the rain of bullets, stepping on the corpse of his companion, and fleeing the way he came.

Seeing that the enemy's large force had rushed out of the effective range of fire, Liu Jianli ordered the artillery fire to be diverted again, aiming at the 90th Division that was cut off behind.

Just now, when the artillery battalion and heavy machine gun battalion of the guard division were covering the road with fire, the remnants of the 90th Division were attacking the hill and avoided being hit by fire. When Chen Dayong led the third regiment to rush down the mountain, he happened to collide with the 90th Division, and this time, the elite of the Central Army and the elite of the Red Army directly faced each other.

As soon as the officers and men of the 90th Division on the hillside saw the Red bandits rushing out, they immediately greeted them with machine guns and submachine guns.

As soon as the commander of the fire support company of the 3rd Regiment saw that the main force was being blocked, he immediately ordered the mortars and heavy machine guns on the position to concentrate their fire and open the way for the main force.

Chen Dayong saw that the 90th Division was fighting to the death and did not retreat, and knew that he had encountered a hard stubble, so at the sound of an order, the soldiers threw grenades down.

The vanguard regiment of the 90th Division attacking the hill finally could not hold on anymore and began to retreat.

Another regiment of the 90th Division on the mountainside saw that the large force had withdrawn and the Red Army was pursuing, and that it knew that it had become a lone army and an outcast. The regiment commander appointed by Ou Zhen temporarily was also stubborn, using the terrain to cover and lead the troops to shoot desperately to cover the retreat of the vanguard regiment.

Chen Dayong was in a hurry, he knew that if he could not eat the remnants of the 90th Division and let them retreat, it would be possible to pose a threat to the 1st and 2nd regiments led by the division commander, and when the enemy's main force understood that the division commander was not the main force of the Red Army, he might counterattack the 1st and 2nd regiments and strike two flanking attacks, and the consequences would be serious. Of course, if Chen Dayong was killed, he would not believe that he could clean up his division commander with these straw bales of the Central Army, what kind of person is that, witty and brave, it is estimated that the person who can defeat him is not born yet.

I want to think about it, but I can't stop at once. Chen Dayong ordered the 7th Battalion, that is, his old 3rd Battalion, to immediately organize fire to rush downward, the 8th Battalion led the cavalry battalion to the left flank, and the 9th Battalion led the baggage battalion to the right flank, and the whole regiment opened the way with machine guns and grenades to kill the remnants of the 90th Division.

As if sensing a thunderous blow from the Red Army, the two regiments of the 90th Division converged and began to fight and retreat along the hillside.

It is said that it is two regiments, but in fact it has suffered heavy casualties, and after the first ambush blow, plus the continuous attack on the mountain, the remnants of the 90th Division are now about 3,000 people. The problem is that these two temporarily appointed regiment commanders are relatively powerful, both of them worked as platoon commanders in the 90th Division after graduating from Whampoa, and they have a certain prestige among the soldiers.

The hillside is full of woods and bamboo, the terrain is complicated, the 90th Division is fighting and retreating along the hillside, Chen Dayong and the third regiment really can't do anything about them, the Red Army chases and fights along the hillside, [***] retreats on the hillside and fights back, the two sides are like hide and seek, fierce battles, and the casualties are getting bigger and bigger.

At this time, Liu Jianjian's firepower arrived, and the brothers of the Ninety Division immediately knew what firepower coverage was. Branches and bamboos from cannonballs fly in all directions, and if you are not careful, the flying branches can kill people. The officers and men of the 90th Division could no longer care about fighting with the Red Army and began to desperately flee along the hillside. Running all the way, leaving corpses and wounded along the way, staged a jungle victory escape in advance.

Chen Dayong led the third regiment to pursue all the way along the mountain, and to see that he could not catch up, the first regiment and the second regiment led by the division commander also began to retreat, and then the pursuit was stopped.

Liu Yimin led the first and second regiments along the road, following the enemy in relentless pursuit, not even taking prisoners who surrendered with their guns, but just staring at the enemy's main force to chase and fight fiercely, until they chased for five or six miles, and saw that the enemy's brigade had turned over the mountain bay, and then ordered the troops to stop the pursuit. Quickly return to clean up the battlefield.

Xie Pufu's Fifth Division was the first to get out of the sea of suffering because of its backward position, and the losses were relatively small, and the establishment was quite complete. Originally, Liu Yimin's 1st and 2nd regiments all gave up heavy weapons in order to attack the enemy's main force, and if Xie Pufu could quickly organize his troops and turn back to meet the attack, it would not be impossible to inflict heavy losses on the Red Army that had escaped the cover of heavy firepower, and at least he could stop the Red Army from continuing to pursue and reduce the losses of the Central Army. But the defeat was like a mountain, and Xie Pufu, who was frightened by the firepower of the Red Army, how could he still think of sorting out the troops and turning around to counterattack? There is only one word in his mind, that is, to escape, the faster he escapes, the better, and the farther he escapes, the better.

I escaped for 20 miles, and when I heard that there was no gunfire behind me, I remembered to organize the troops and organize the defense.

Shot and killed a few soldiers who took the lead in continuing to flee, curbing the momentum of escape, and Xie Pufu's Fifth Division of the Central Army finally stabilized the front. By the time Wu Qiwei arrived, Xie Pufu had already begun to organize soldiers to dig trenches.

Wu Qiwei saw that the troops had stabilized their positions, rested for a while, and listened to the fact that there was indeed no gunfire in the distance, and his spirit recovered. Began to find a few division commanders to organize the collection of troops. It was busy until the sun was about to set, and the troops were finally completed.

Looking at the dilapidated troops, Wu Qiwei couldn't help but cry, he couldn't imagine that he had failed like this, and he was defeated by the red bandits. Four divisions and one division-level detachment in his own column, the 59th Division and the 93rd Division were finished, and no one came back, and the 90th Division finally came back with more than 2,000 people, with a loss of three-quarters; The 92nd Division and a detachment also suffered heavy casualties. In one day, his troops suffered such a big loss, how could he explain it to Chief Xue and the commissioner!

Just when Wu Qiwei was crying, Xue Yue led the two divisions of Zhou Hunyuan as the rearguard.

(To be continued)