The sound of artillery shattered the dawn, and the sleepy sky hurriedly opened its eyes, and the siege of the city, which the Second Division had launched at 5:30 a.m., finally began at the first rays of dawn.

In the north of Fengxin, Chen's 4th Regiment successfully crossed the pontoon bridge built by more than 150 officers and men of the 2nd Company of the Model Battalion and 1 supplementary battalion of the 4th Regiment and rushed to the north bank, occupying the condescending favorable terrain and launching a fierce attack on the Fengxin defenders.

Hui Dongsheng's 6th Regiment detoured to the south bank of Guandong Mountain, seven kilometers downstream, in advance, and took advantage of the lower water level in autumn and winter and the desperate collection of more than a dozen fishing boats to successfully cross the north bank, and bravely attacked from east to west, until it reached Baiheling, which was 600 meters away from the Fengxin city wall, and then stopped advancing and building fortifications under the dense machine gun cover of the defending enemy.

On the south bank, Wen Zhiwen's fifth regiment quickly advanced to the front line in front of the kiln on the north side of Pingfeng Mountain, successfully built an artillery position by using the rout to defend the enemy's original position, and carried out a fierce artillery bombardment on the Fengxin south city wall, which was only 3.2 kilometers away from a river, and the rest of the main battalions rushed to the south bank quickly under the cover of artillery.

The artillery position of the defenders, which was placed at 2.3 kilometers north of the city, launched a fierce counterattack against the four regiments, which posed the greatest threat, and several shells accurately hit the pontoon bridge at Houlong Ferry, and the two field guns of the artillery company of the four regiments were blown over the river from the pontoon bridge, and more than 10 horses pulling artillery and more than 20 artillery and transport soldiers were blown up and splashed with blood, and they flew up in the air and fell to the water, causing the pontoon bridge to break with violent shocks.

Seeing this, Cai Guangqing, commander of the engineer company on the shore, gave an order, and more than 60 brethren who were still panting again took up heavy iron chains, steel connectors, tools, and logs and rushed onto the violently shaking pontoon bridge, braving flying sheln to reconnect the middle section of the pontoon bridge that was about to break. Dozens of brothers lying on the bridge deck quickly stood up, carrying logs and heavy planks to rush to the breach, and wielding hammers to repair the bridge deck in the high water curtain that was constantly blown up by shells around them.

The pontoon bridge was repaired, dozens of brothers were about to retreat, several shells whistled again, one of the shells just fell on the river surface five meters upstream of the pontoon bridge that had just been repaired, and the huge waves that were stimulated suddenly lifted off the pontoon, the duck egg thick traction rope suddenly broke under the huge pull of the pontoon bridge, more than 20 meters of broken rope was like a leather whip waved by a giant hand, and the screaming sound of breaking the air was violently pumped to the pontoon bridge, and the water column that was cut into the sky was cut with an incomparably fierce and rapid momentum, and more than 20 sappers on the pontoon bridge were pumped sideways. Like fragile scarecrows, they soared several meters into the air and fell into the river, and after the churning river gushed out pieces of blood, no one floated again, the water curtain splashed, and there was not a single figure visible up and down the violently tumbling pontoon bridge, and more than 60 brothers disappeared in the mist in the blink of an eye.

Cai Guangqing on the shore was so frightened that he howled and rushed out a few steps, and suddenly picked up a bundle of tow ropes weighing more than 150 catties on the ground, like a wounded beast rushing upstream, and the other brothers roared angrily and lifted the rope to carry the tools to chase after him, and rushed to the fixed wooden stake on the shore upstream to quickly fasten the rope.

At this time, Cai Guangqing, who had forgotten everything, tightly wrapped the other end of the thick rope around his waist, opened his mouth and bit the rough rope head and walked into the water quickly, five grief-stricken brothers pulled the heavy rope and followed, jumped into the river one after another and desperately swam to the fixed steel ring in the middle of the pontoon bridge in the middle of the river, the brothers on the shore ran wildly, ran back to the pontoon head in a few steps, carried the tools and the last two fastening steel parts and rushed to the gradually calming pontoon bridge, lying in the middle of the pontoon bridge like crazy wielding a hammer to beat the fastening steel drill, More than a dozen brothers jumped into the icy water again, rising and falling in the churning water, inspecting the joints at the joints of each section of the bridge deck.

Twenty minutes passed, Cai Guangqing, who was bruised from the cold, was pushed to the shore by the brothers, and more than 20 brothers on the shore rushed up, stripped Cai Guangqing and the drenched brothers one by one, wrapped them in a bed of dry and warm military blankets like rice dumplings, and carried them in groups of two like wooden rafts to the fire that was lit in the low-lying part of the shore.

Cai Guangqing, whose eyes were closed, trembled, opened his mouth with difficulty, and frequently asked: "Cannon...... Cannon ...... No ....... past"

"It's over, company commander, seventeen guns have crossed the bridge safely!" The third squad leader hurriedly replied.

"Good...... Good ......"

Cai Guangqing was about to fall asleep in a daze.

The third class leader was taken aback, slapped Cai Guangqing's bruised face, and shouted loudly: "Bring the wine, hurry-"

Chen Jiji and other generals on the south bank witnessed all this, and sighed frequently under emotion, and Chen Jiji, who was blue-faced, finally gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Where can I find such officers and soldiers?" Who can compare to such a spirit? There are more than 80 people left, Lao Tzu is going to decide, if An Yi dares to say a word, Lao Tzu will break off his friendship with him in this life! ”

At this time, An Yi didn't know that nearly half of the 150 brothers of his second company had lost nearly half of them in Houlongdu, he stood beside Liu Zhi and watched the fierce battle of the siege on three sides with binoculars on the high post at the foot of the screen mountain, Chen Kan's first company and Xia Jian's subordinates, a total of 250 elites sat quietly under the high post, and Chen Kan, a few company-level officers who were issued with binoculars, were also carefully observing, and were deeply worried about the fierce battle that lasted for more than four hours.

The sound of artillery gradually thinned out, and sure enough, as An Yi deduced, more than three hours of fierce artillery battles and four siege charges launched consumed the twin shells, and the remaining limited artillery shells on both sides have lost their long-range coverage and suppression effect, and the battle between the two sides will tend to be a tragic hand-to-hand duel.

An Yi put down the binoculars and took half a step closer to Liu Zhi: "Division, judging from the current situation, the sixth regiment commanded by the chief of staff and the fourth regiment commanded by the deputy division commander occupy the most favorable terrain, although they cannot enter the city in the four attacks, they will not have much consumption." On the contrary, the five regiments in the south suffered heavy casualties, and although the three companies under their command successfully blew up the bridgehead obstacle and cleared the three barbed wire fences, they also paid the price of more than 60 casualties, and several attacks of the fifth regiment were suppressed by the crossfire network composed of the pillboxes under the tower of the north bank and the city wall and a dozen heavy machine guns. The subordinates felt that the current attack of the Fifth Regiment was very similar to the scene when we attacked the Tingsi Bridge. Fortunately, Fengxin City does not have a moat, otherwise the casualties of our Fourth and Sixth Regiments would be greater. ”

Liu Zhi put away the binoculars and nodded, ordered the adjutant to issue an order to suspend the attack, and pointed to Zhushan in the north of the city and said in a low voice: "You have observed very carefully, and the attack of the Fifth Regiment makes me feel this way." You see, the Zhushan Heights currently occupied by the 4th Regiment is only 2.8 kilometers away from the North City Gate, and it has successfully forced the enemy to abandon the artillery positions in the north of the city and retreat to the city. The position of the Sixth Regiment in Baihe Mountain is already equivalent to the soldiers coming to the city, but the battlefield of the Sixth Regiment faces the water on the left and the mountain on the right, and the offensive formation cannot be expanded. Under the superior machine-gun fire of 4,000 defenders, our breakthrough could only be in the direction of the north of the city. I plan to transfer the 3rd and 5th Battalions of the 6th Regiment to reinforce the 4th Regiment and concentrate on breaking a little. You...... Don't be too sad, since ancient times, the siege battle has suffered heavy casualties, for the general should be firm confidence, you always maintain an indomitable spirit, can not have the slightest woman's benevolence, there will be a tough battle waiting for you in the future, but it is difficult to break through this hurdle. ”

"My subordinates have been taught!"

An Yi sincerely bowed his head and thanked him, knowing very well that under such conditions, it was useless to cooperate with the outside and attack the west, only to fight to the end regardless of his body was the right way, if he did not take Fengxin as soon as possible, and wait for a day or two for the enemy's reinforcements to get rid of the entanglement of friendly troops and come in time, his second division could only retreat to the Tonggu line, otherwise he would not be able to run away under the enemy's flanking attack in several ways, let alone defeat Fengxin to disrupt the enemy's layout in one fell swoop, boost the morale of friendly troops, force the enemy to shrink back, and maintain the interconnection of the defensive line.

Liu Zhi didn't eat lunch, and quickly led the division's operational staff team around the east of the city, passing through Houlongdu to rush to the command post of the Fourth Regiment in Zhushan, north of the city.

An Yi led more than 200 of his elites to follow behind, and when he arrived at Houlongdu, he learned that more than half of his second company had suffered casualties, and the bodies of more than ten brothers could not be recovered.

An Yi was so sad and indignant that after visiting Cai Guangqing, who had escaped, he instructed Xiao Lang to send him to the division hospital. An Yi immediately went to the south bank, and visited the old brothers lying in a row of yin and yang above the excavated row of tombs, holding the sapper shovel with one hand and burying the second row deep in the soil, the blood from the wound on his left shoulder was soaked, and his chest was still wet, and he saw hundreds of brothers with tears in his eyes.

Hu Zi made a look, Xia Jian and Gu Lao Er and other five or six brothers hugged each other and carried An Yi to the open space, but An Yi did not resist at all, nor did he shed a tear, he gasped and silently looked at Fengxin City in the northeast.

The brothers of the first company took the pickaxes and shovels from the hands of the brothers of the second company, worked silently, and soon put all the brothers into the ground, and nailed bare wooden plaques deep into the graves.

An Yi stood up calmly and asked Qian Bojun, the instructor of the second company in front of him, in a low voice: "Bojun, can the pontoon bridge you built go through the trucks that tow artillery at the division headquarters?" ”

Qian Bojun was stunned for a moment, and stepped forward to stand upright: "Report to the battalion commander, as long as you add four strands of pulling rope and slowly drive onto the pontoon bridge one by one, your subordinates will guarantee that there will be no problem with their heads!" ”

"Let's take out the spirit of the 'model company' when we were in Guangzhou, and strengthen the bridge to ensure that the three-and-a-half-ton empty trucks can pass through the pontoon bridge smoothly." An Yi whispered.

Qian Bojun, whose face was full of scars, replied firmly: "Obey!" Take out the level of our 'model company' when we were in Guangzhou, and we will definitely be able to complete the task within half an hour! ”

An Yi patted Qian Bojun's shoulder, gently pushed away Xiao Langzhong beside him, strode down the slope and stepped onto the pontoon bridge, the beard behind him knew what An Yi's decision meant, he half turned around and said loudly to more than two hundred sad brothers: "Brothers, the pain of Tingsi Bridge is still fresh in my memory, Fengxincheng has given us a big blow, in Tingsi Bridge we have avenged and regained face, today facing Fengxincheng, it is still the same, to find our face, to avenge our brothers!" ”

"Revenge—"

More than 200 hot-blooded men roared in the sky, the fierce gunfire and the shouts of the charge came from Fengxincheng, the fifth charge of thousands of brothers from all parts of the Second Division had begun, more than 200 elites rushed across the pontoon bridge under the leadership of Hu Zi, chasing An Yi and others who were striding quickly, and more than 50 brothers of the Second Company who survived uninjured were all busy again to start the tense pontoon reinforcement construction again in the roar of instructor Qian Bojun.

In less than half an hour, a war horse rushed across the pontoon bridge and jumped onto the south bank in a blink of an eye, and after another 40 minutes, seven artillery trucks loaded with layers of quilts and sacks drove to the south bank, and under the guidance of the engineer brothers of the 2nd Company, it took only 22 minutes to safely cross the pontoon bridge and drive to the battlefield in the southeast.

The remnant sun is like blood, and the earth is silent.

An Yi, whose eyes were dyed red by the setting sun, put down his binoculars, walked to Liu Zhi, Xu Tingyao, and Jiang Dingwen, who were observing Fengxincheng diagonally, saluted and reported loudly: "Report to the division, deputy division commander, chief of staff, the two hundred and fifty-three officers and soldiers of the model battalion have been prepared, please give the order for a general attack!" ”

Liu Zhi replied in a deep voice: "Go and prepare, after the last round of shelling, each regiment will launch the fiercest attack from three directions at the same time, and the two battalions of the sixth regiment and the three battalions of the fourth regiment will attract the enemy's fire for your troops due north and west, I wish you success immediately!" ”

"Yes—"

An Yi solemnly saluted, led Hu Zi and Gu Lao Er to stride down the hill, and came to the depths of the bamboo forest at the bottom of the slope to inspect the seven trucks covered with thick quilts up and down, front and back, left and right, as well as the five-layer sandbags fixed at the rear of the carriages, and found seven drivers to meet one by one.

An Yi immediately made a promise to the seven anxious drivers: no matter whether they succeed or fail, each of them will be given a hundred oceans, as long as the truck is reversed to the city wall as quickly as possible, it will be considered successful, and everything else will be handled by the brothers in the carriage.

The cannon sounded, and with An Yi's order, hundreds of brothers from the four regiments handed buckets of icy stream water to the carriage, and the brothers of the first company of the model battalion on the carriage took the bucket and poured the layers of quilts tightly wrapped around the car body, and fourteen fourteen four-meter-long sturdy bamboo ladders and fourteen light and heavy machine guns were sent to the seven truck compartments, which were quickly erected by the brothers in the carriage on solid sandbags.

Xia Jian's seven men quickly climbed onto the front of the truck, clung to the thick ropes that were wrapped around both sides of the windshield in advance, and lay on the hood that protruded a large section to act as guides.

Xia Jian and Gu Lao Er jumped into the second and third cars respectively, and sat cross-legged in the carriage with more than a dozen brothers in the car, nervously checking the flower machine guns, shell guns, and grenades in their hands.

The brief shelling stopped, and An Yi kicked down the winter boy who was blocking him, jumped into the first truck, closed the door and gave the order to go.

The driver of the first car with the best quality smiled heartily, put up gear and left, leading six trucks with a special mission through the dense bamboo forest, turning a 120-degree bend and rushing to Fengxincheng from the northwest direction.

The truck drove through the grass in the middle of the two ponds, and in the open area about 300 meters away from the city wall, it turned sharply and turned around.

Seven trucks wrapped in thick wet quilts then slammed into the city wall like drunken bulls, crooked and slammed into the city wall with their heavy buttocks, and the fourteen heavy machine guns on the carriages opened fire on the city, and the dense rain of bullets quickly suppressed most of the enemy fire that had been drained from the city.

The more than 100 brothers of the death squad in the carriage were overjoyed when they saw this, and they all stood up and threw themselves on the sandbags and the side of the carriage, picked up their machine guns and opened fire in unison, and it only took more than ten seconds to beat the defenders within 100 meters of the city to the point that they fled in all directions.

"Stop-bang, boom-"

With the seven guide brothers lying on the bare front of the car shouting loudly, two trucks still slammed into the city wall, knocking the more than 20 brothers in the car to the ground. By the time the brothers in the carriage had come to their senses and gained a foothold, the brothers in the other five carriages had successfully erected a bamboo ladder to climb the city wall.

On the bamboo mountain, Liu Zhi and the others nervously looked at the northwest corner of the Fengxin city wall, watching the seven trucks rushing out of the bamboo forest, from the truck galloping to turning and driving backwards to the foot of the city wall, it was only a short five and a half minutes, which was as long as five and a half hours for Liu Zhi and others.

As the beard flew up to the top of the city, the hearts of the dozens of generals on the mountain jumped to their throats.

In the binoculars, I saw the brave beard climbing the city wall with his left hand, leaping up like a dragonfly, the flower machine gun in his right hand spewed out bursts of gunsmoke, and several defenders who would not have time to flee in the future trembled all over their bodies, and they were killed in a blink of an eye, and the warriors in the second and third carriages also flew into the city one after another, picked up light machine guns and flower machine guns and fired wildly, beating the defenders within 100 meters of the city wall to the point of crying wolves and fleeing frantically.

The beard threw away the weapon that had finished shooting, pulled out the long knife, and another officer who pulled out the long knife at the same time, each led dozens of brothers to kill separately, and the brothers behind him picked up the automatic weapons in their hands and fired frequently, which soon caused the chaos and collapse of the defending enemy, and the warriors of the fourth and sixth regiments also took this opportunity to set up a dense long ladder and successfully climbed the Fengxin city wall less than six meters high.

At this point, there was no suspense in the war, and the roaring city turned into a one-sided killing by the revolutionary army.

"Look...... The leading man who rushed to the north gate was the one with the long knife, my God...... There was no one in the face, Lao Tzu saw that he had cut off four heads, ruthless man......" Xu Tingyao exclaimed loudly.

Liu Zhi held up the binoculars and replied: "He is the famous bandit leader who led more than 380 of his subordinates to defect to An Yi outside Tonggu City, Gu Lao and Er Gu Changfeng, who was called 'Jiangbei Tiger Head' by the underworld in the northern and southern provinces of the Yangtze River, and is currently the deputy of the model battalion guard...... This guy was splashed with blood everywhere he went, and he was not inferior to Hu Jialin, the battalion deputy...... Another tiger general! An Yi, this kid can always find such a ruthless character, if you don't accept it, you can't ......"

Jiang Dingwen put down the binoculars, wiped the sweat on his broad head, and immediately raised the binoculars to continue watching: "Lao Tzu was terrified...... Fuck it! Xiao Yi, the dog, said that he had a hanging arm, and he actually went to the city...... Holding a shell gun, he kept firing around...... Xia Jian, who was beside him, actually picked up the heavy machine gun at the head of the city by himself, turned the muzzle, and began to shoot down the city...... Lao Tzu obeyed them! Not only did he come up with such an ingenious siege method, but he also fought so bravely......"

Xu Tingyao put down the binoculars and let out a big sigh: "Let's go into the city too, don't let the brothers of the various departments kill the red eye, otherwise the captives won't be able to get it, and it will be hard to bury the corpses." ”

Liu Zhi laughed: "I want to ask for credit for the model battalion, for these brave, tenacious, resourceful officers and soldiers, and also to submit the report to the principal, Fengxin War is of great significance!" ”

(To be continued)