Just when the city of Nanchang started, Zhuang Jihua rushed to the periphery of Niuhang Station with a group, and the gunfire in Nanchang City alarmed the enemy in the station, and the enemy in the station came out of the barracks in a hurry, and gathered strangely nearby, asking about the situation from ear to ear, instead of entering the position to prepare for battle.

Seeing this scene, Liu Jing, the commander of the avant-garde battalion, immediately made a decision and immediately launched an attack. He didn't have time to figure out any tactics, so he deployed three companies on the spot and rushed in from the direction of the station gate.

In the loud charge, the commander of the seventh company, She Haifeng, took the lead in the charge, and the guards at the station gate only saw a group of people rushing over with bright bayonets, and they were so frightened that they turned around and ran, and the soldiers in the improvised fortifications on both sides had just set up their guns, and She Haifeng was killed.

The defenders retreated to the waiting hall and near the platform to resist, but their will to resist collapsed with a few shells, and the troops with artillery in this era were generally divisional. The defenders of Niuhang Station had only one battalion, and the battalion commander knew that it was over as soon as he heard the sound of artillery, how could he stop the attack of a division, he withdrew with his troops, and it was also a loss that he ran fast, as soon as he left, the second battalion returned to its position, and Yu Chengwan intercepted his rear team is a fierce killing, pursued five miles along the railway line, and annihilated most of the battalion.

Zhuang Jihua entered the station and did not have time to take a breath to order the construction of fortifications, Niuhang station is almost flat all around, there is a small hill bag about a mile away on the left, the bamboo and trees are verdant on the mountain bag, there is a small temple between the green bamboos and pines and cypresses, the yellow wall is tiled, and the cigarette smoke lingers. On the right is a field, the autumn wind is bleak, and the grass and trees are withering. Behind the main entrance of the station is the ticket and waiting hall, out of the hall to the platform, the left side of the platform is the dispatch room, the right side is the mechanical and electrical room and the water room. As a terminal station, the railway tracks in the station are vertical and horizontal, and the carriages and locomotives are everywhere, and beyond the front of these carriages, there is a row of station staff dormitories on the opposite side, and in front of the staff dormitories are several forks, and behind them is a row of one-person high walls, and the outside of the walls is overgrown with artemisia grass.

Not far from the station is the ferry, the passengers to Nanchang take a boat to cross the river here, there are two hostels near the ferry, the passengers who arrive at the station at night are here for the night, and only cross the river into the city the next day.

As soon as Zhuang Jihua came back from seeing the terrain, there was a train whistle in front of him, Zhuang Jihua was full of excitement and shouted: "Prepare for battle." ”

The soldiers who were repairing fortifications everywhere immediately picked up their guns and hid themselves, the station commander was arrested, and Zhuang Jihua told him with a calm face what he usually did and what he did now. The stationmaster trembled and picked up the indicator light, stood in front of the platform and waved the signal light, regardless of how far the train was.

"Tell him, don't panic, we keep him safe." Zhuang Jihua said to Song Yunfei, Song Yunfei took off the red cloth strip around his neck, found the military uniform of the Sun Army soldier and put it on, and then ran to the stationmaster and said to him: "Don't be afraid, I am by your side, and there are so many people." ”

The stationmaster's face was dripping with sweat, he looked at the calm Song Yunfei, and then turned his head to look at the hidden soldiers around him: "No....I'm afraid, I'm not afraid." ”

While speaking, a train appeared at the end of the railway, the stationmaster hurriedly danced the signal light in his hand, the train slowly descended, slowly stopped in front of the platform, the front of the car gasped and spewed out a puff of white smoke from both sides, and the stationmaster who ran with the head of the car disappeared into the smoke.

"Get off! Get out of the car now! Everyone get out of the car at once! An officer jumped from the front of the car and shouted at the back of the car. , but didn't pay attention to the anomaly in the station, let alone the only person on the platform, slowly leaned towards him.

"Sir, which part are you?" Song Yunfei walked up to the officer and asked.

"Didn't you get the order? Is the ship ready? The officer asked impatiently.

"Nope. No orders were received. Song Yunfei replied loudly.

The officer was stunned for a moment, and then became furious: "What about your sir? The order should have arrived last night, you sir? What did he do? ”

"Staff Officer Liu, what's wrong?" Out of the carriage came an officer in an overcoat with the rank of colonel. After Staff Officer Liu saw him, he ran in front of him in a few steps: "Report to the chief, the station guard, I didn't know that we were coming, and I didn't prepare a boat to cross the river." ”

"Oh," the colonel's face sank, and he walked quickly to Song Yunfei and said sharply, "Why didn't you prepare?" Who dares to mistake Lao Tzu's affairs, Lao Tzu killed him! What about your captain? Tell him to come to me. ”

"I can't find him, he went out last night and hasn't come back yet." Song Yunfei replied.

"Go out, he actually dares to go out at this time, go to the kiln, he doesn't want it anymore!" The colonel was furious, he looked at Song Yunfei, and suddenly felt that the person in front of him was a little abnormal, Song Yunfei stood there with his feet crossed, always neither humble nor arrogant, and the clothes on his body didn't seem to fit.

"Who are you?" The colonel asked suspiciously.

"I am Song Yunfei, the adjutant of the deputy commander of the first division of the First Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army." Song Yunfei replied very honestly.

The colonel's face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but take a step back, and the people on the left and right drew their guns one after another and aimed them at Song Yunfei.

"Colonel, you take a look around first." Song Yunfei said slowly.

A gunshot rang out, and in the window, on the corner of the roof, hundreds of black holes and muzzles appeared, "Surrender the gun and don't kill!" With the shouts one after another, the Sun soldiers who were getting off the train found that they had been surrounded, and immediately made a mess, looking for a place to hide, but the empty platform was unobstructed, only the bottom of the car seemed to bring a trace of safety, but there was also a thunderous shout behind the train.

"You, you... When did it arrive? The Colonel's voice was shaking.

"Last night." Song Yunfei took off his military uniform as he spoke: "Surrender the gun, Mr. Colonel, I assure you, there are at least ten guns aimed at your head now, and the sound of the gun is a massacre." ”

"Staff Officer Liu told the brothers not to move, and not to shoot without an order." The colonel hurriedly ordered, and a smile appeared on the corner of Song Yunfei's mouth, since you spare your life, it will be easy to do.

A whole regiment, without firing a shot, was all captured.

Zhuang Jihua interrogated the regiment commander and learned that this regiment was the Fourth Regiment of the Jiangsu Reading Brigade, and the commander of the Jiangsu Reading Brigade Yang Genghe was ordered to reinforce Nanchang, they were the vanguard regiment, and there was also the main force of the Reading Brigade and the tenth division of Zheng Junyan behind. The total strength of the two divisions is about 20,000.

Hearing this, Zhuang Jihua's scalp was numb, and he hurriedly sent all the prisoners to Nanchang, and then convened a meeting of the battalion commanders. After Chief of Staff Chen Zhuo briefed him on the situation, there was a dead silence at the meeting hall, and there were 20,000 enemies, and one regiment now had only 1,600 men, and the disparity in strength was too great.

"Lose his mother, Cheng Qian will make us miserable this time." Liu Jing couldn't help but scold: "Deputy division commander, what do you say we should do now?" ”

"Yes, deputy division commander, if you say defend, we will keep, and if you say go, we will go." Yu Chengwan also agreed.

Zhuang Jihua's face sank and he said sharply: "What, are you scared?" Want to go? Saying that, he slapped his palm on the table and stood up suddenly: "Okay, if you want to leave, you can leave now, hand over your position, hand over your weapons, take off your military uniform, and I'll let him go immediately!" ”

"No, it's not, the deputy division commander ......" Liu Jing distinguished: "I didn't want to leave, even if he came to 100,000, he would die if he deserved it, revolutionary, can he not be sacrificed, I didn't plan to admit Xiong when I was admitted to Huangpu, I, I just felt aggrieved." ”

"What's so aggrieved! Soldiers, it is their duty to obey orders, the right ones must be carried out, and the incorrect ones must be carried out, and you can't bargain, don't you know! Zhuang Jihua was full of emotion, but he judged in his heart that after Cheng Qian got the news, he should think about whether he would still defend Nanchang, as long as Cheng Qian ordered, he would immediately lead the team to flee west, as long as he arrived in Xishan, no one could do anything about him.

"Yes, it's wrong." Liu Jing didn't dare to argue anymore, and stood up straight to admit his mistake, and Yu Chengwan also stood up.

"The prisoners have been sent to Nanchang, and Commander Cheng will naturally know what to do, what we have to do is to rush to repair the fortifications and prepare for defense. Now I will assign the defensive positions of the battalions, the first battalion to defend the front, the two flanks to be the responsibility of the second battalion, the third battalion of the seventh and eighth companies to be responsible for the hill on the left, and the ninth company to be responsible for the ferry outside the station, and at the same time to act as a reserve. Hear me clearly! ”

"Yes!" The three battalion commanders replied in unison.

In the afternoon, Cheng Qian's order came, and Zhuang Jihua led a regiment to guard the station of Yuniuxing, and ordered Sun Yuanliang's regiment and the 17th Division to attack Lehua, the 57th Regiment to occupy Dengjiapu to block Lexian's coming enemy, and the 56th Regiment and the 55th Regiment and Xue Yue's regiment were responsible for the defense of Nanchang City.

"Fuck, Cheng Qian is dizzy!" Zhuang Jihua was so angry that his face turned pale with this deployment.

"He's still thinking about the chairman of Jiangxi Province." Chen Zhuo smiled bitterly and said that he was also speechless about this deployment. The strength of the Sixth Army was not strong, and the best strategy was to concentrate its forces, rely on the fortified city of Nanchang for defense, and wait for Zhu Peide's support.

"Who doesn't want to, Zhu Peide doesn't want to...... Think. The three words Zhu Peide blurted out made Zhuang Jihua sober up, but his heart sank, sinking into the boundless darkness, and the answer to the question that had been circling in his mind was so clearly revealed, but it brought despair, Zhuang Jihua just wanted to pull his legs and run away.

Chen Zhuo looked at Zhuang Jihua with a pale face, obviously he also thought that Zhu Peide would not come to help, he would sit and watch Cheng Qian be eliminated, because only if Cheng Qian was eliminated, Sun Chuanfang would recapture Nanchang, and then he would reconquer Nanchang, only in this way would he have a chance to become the chairman of Jiangxi Province.

This answer is so cruel that nearly 15,000 people of the Sixth Army and the First Division will be bloodied under the city of Nanchang because of their chairmanship. And to attack Nanchang again, the Northern Expeditionary Army did not know how much it would cost.

Zhuang Jihua was confused and hesitant, and reason told him, go, hurry up; But his feelings told him that staying and keeping a way out for the whole army could save at least thousands of lives.

"Teacher, what should I do?" Zhuang Jihua asked Chen Zhuo bitterly.

Chen Zhuo, who was also bitter, was silent, and he didn't know what to do. After thinking for a long time, he said: "Defeat seems inevitable, but if you leave now, you may be able to save the lives of the whole regiment, but during the Cultural Revolution, you have to be careful, Cheng Qian will definitely blame people, at that time, you are the person he blamed." Coupled with your relationship with Senior Teacher Wang and the representatives of the Miao Party, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the principal to protect you. Staying, it's not like there's no way out, we hold the station, it's equivalent to getting stuck in Lu Xiangting's throat, and it also leaves a way for the troops in the city to retreat, and as soon as Cheng Qian leaves, we can follow. ”

Chen Zhuo's words made Zhuang Jihua ignite a trace of confidence, once Nanchang is not guaranteed, the south is Deng Ruzhuo's troops, Cheng Qian can only cross the river and flee north, and then it may be too late to leave, thinking of these, Zhuang Jihua made up his mind: "Okay, let's compete with Lu Xiangting here." Still, teacher, you have to go. ”

Chen Zhuo looked at Zhuang Jihua with some surprise, and suddenly smiled: "Cultural Revolution, what do you say, how can there be students who work hard, but the teacher runs away." ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "It's all our wishful thinking just now, I'm worried that things may get worse, you see, Lu Xiangting has a strong army, he can completely besiege Niuhang Station, while dividing his troops, crossing the river from Shengmi Street, and attacking Nanchang, so that our retreat to the west will be broken, at that time, only the principal can save us, you go out, report the situation here to the principal, and ask him to urge Zhu Peide to relieve the siege for us." ”

Chen Zuo still shook his head: "No, I can't go, this is an escape." ”

"No, you have to go, I'm the deputy division commander, you have to obey my orders!" Zhuang Jihua now took out the power of the deputy division commander.

"I am your teacher, only the students obey the teacher!" Chen Zhuo was also unambiguous, and yelled at Zhuang Jihua.

"This is the army, not the military academy." Zhuang Jihua refused to accept Chen Zhuo's reason: "In the army, the subordinates obey the superiors, which is stipulated by the regulations of the army, and you must obey my orders." ”

Chen Zuo's tears flowed down his face, he knew that Zhuang Jihua was looking for a reason to let him leave this dangerous place, but he couldn't watch these students of his work fighting bloody here.

"Cultural Revolution! You can't give this order. Chen Zhuo shouted bitterly, soldiers, there is nothing more painful than knowing that you are dead and you have to take your brother to die.

"Teacher, I'm not taking care of you, you are our last hope, I really doubt that Zhu Peide will come to our rescue, only the principal can supervise him." Zhuang Jihua was a little anxious, and time was running out.

Chen Zhuo was silent, raised his right hand and gave Zhuang Jihua a solemn military salute: "I will definitely let Zhu Peide send troops, even if I die, I will let him send troops." ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said, "Teacher, you must remember that there is only one person who can make Zhu Peide send troops, and that is the principal." ”

After speaking, he returned a military salute to Chen Zuo, Chen Zhuo nodded, and took the two guards across the West Mountain.

(To be continued)