After dividing the troops, Zhuang Jihua told his subordinates in detail about the mission, and then announced his plan: the troops were divided into three, he took the first battalion and the regimental machine gun company to attack head-on from Mashi and Hangkou to Xiushui along Pingxiu Avenue, and Yu Chengwan, the commander of the second battalion, took the second battalion to turn to Sandu and attacked from the flank, and the deputy regiment commander Xiong Shouyun took the third battalion to detour through Chengfang and Zhuping to attack Xiushui from the southwest.

Zhuang Jihua's plan made several battalion commanders sweat coldly, a total of one regiment was divided into three ways to attack a division?

"Cultural Revolution, you're crazy! We have only one regiment. Xiong Shouyun wanted to touch Zhuang Jihua's head to see if he was sick.

"Don't worry, our goal is to confuse the enemy and make him misjudge." Zhuang Jihua then explained: "After the division of troops, you will all be called division commanders, and the company commanders below will be promoted to regiment commanders. The first battalion fights the banner of the division, the second battalion is the seventeenth division, the third battalion is the nineteenth division, every village must be brushed with slogans, and your new number must be dropped under each slogan. All the tax cards along the way should be pulled out, and all the prisoners should be put back as much as possible, but they must not be allowed to discover that you only have one battalion, and let them think that you are a division. Note that you are not allowed to live in the village, and you are only allowed to camp in the wilderness. ”

Zhuang Jihua finally smiled and asked: "You say, what judgment will Xie Hongxun make after getting these reports?" ”

Xiong Shouyun and the three battalion commanders suddenly realized.

Zhuang Jihua led a battalion and a machine gun company to swagger towards Xiushui, the team dragged on for a long time, all the tax cards along the way were pulled out, and all the tax collectors were released after being educated; These tax collectors were not from Xie Hongxun's fourth division, but locals, and Zhuang Jihua was not sure if they would report to Xie Hongxun, so he decided that it was best to fight.

The town of Ma Mian is an important stronghold in the western part of Xiushui, where a company of Xie Hongxun lives, and Zhuang Jihua decided to pull out the nail after hearing about it.

As soon as the first battalion changed to a somewhat dragging pace, it forced its march overnight, surrounded Ma Mian at dawn, and then launched an attack, three companies charged the town from three directions, and before the commander of the Xie army could organize resistance, the first battalion attacked the town and swept into his company headquarters like lightning.

"Report to the division commander that our regiment has taken the horse," and then the second company commander scolded and asked the company commander of the Xie army: "Which of you is the official, and how many of you are here?" Didn't you say a reinforced battalion? How can this person be this person. What about the others? ”

"Report sir, we, we only have one company here." One of the captives replied tremblingly.

"A company, damn, Lao Tzu used a whole regiment, damn, those rabbit cubs are blind!" The commander of the second company scolded and walked out of the door.

"Commander, commander..." A soldier in the back chased and ran out, and the second company commander shouted and scolded from a distance: "Go to the reconnaissance company and call the person surnamed Song, Lao Tzu must clean up the ......!" ”

"Hehe, brother, your regiment commander is still charging." Company Commander Xie Jun was wearing a gown, and he was still secretly happy in his heart, fortunately he didn't wear a shirt, otherwise his identity would not be able to be concealed, and fortunately, the regiment commander was reckless.

"Our Northern Expeditionary Army has always been the commander of the army, unlike your commander who hides behind, hey, what are you doing, be honest." Soldier A replied disdainfully, then stared at him warily.

"Don't dare, don't dare, brother, I'm just curious," Xie Jun's company commander nodded again and again: "It's still good for you, you are really blessed to be a soldier there." ”

"I said you, don't give Sun Chuanfang your life, join our Northern Expeditionary Army, defeat imperialism, eliminate the warlords, and we will live a good life." Soldier B kindly served him as a counselor.

In the prisoner of war camp, an officer spoke to all the prisoners of war, the officer's Hunan accent was very strong, and the prisoners of war did not understand it for a long time.

After leaving the town, the company commander of Xie Jun ran desperately to Xiushui County, and reported to the headquarters when he entered the city, Xie Hongxun immediately summoned him, and after listening to the report of the company commander, Xie Hongxun asked suspiciously: "How many people are there?" ”

"A division."

"How many are attacking you?"

"A regiment, after knowing that we only have one company, their regiment commander is throwing a tantrum."

After the company commander went down, Xie Hongxun and Gan Shijun glanced at each other, and they both gasped. After the chief of staff marked the newly discovered enemy situation on the map, he raised his head and said to Xie Hongxun: "Division, you see, the 17th Division appears in Sandu, the 19th Division appears in Chengfang, and the 1st Division is in Matang and Division, and they are besieging on three sides. ”

Xie Hongxun looked at the officers at the division headquarters and saw that they were all afraid: "Siege on three sides? Hmph, even if it is besieged from all sides, it is not a big deal, the order will go down, all the troops will be withdrawn into the city, Brigade Commander Zhang will lead the first brigade to defend Phoenix Mountain, Brigade Commander Wan will guard Jiugong Mountain, and I will personally guard the county seat. Chief of Staff, give the big cigarettes to the brethren, and tell the brethren that the battle is fought and everyone will be rewarded; Xie will never break his word. ”

"Yes!" The officers perked up a little and agreed in unison.

After the officers left, Gan Shijun whispered to Xie Hongxun: "They have three divisions, and the disparity in strength is too great, do you want Yang Zhendong to move closer to us." ”

Xie Hongxun nodded, and then shook his head: "We have three divisions here, Yang Zhendong is probably not easy, let's ask Commander Lu for help." ”

The regiment is now unprecedentedly dispersed, and the battalions are all operating in companies, and there are many battles, but they are all useless, and at first they can still pack up a squad, half a platoon, but then for two days they are all tax collectors, and in the end there are no tax collectors left.

Zhuang Jihua saw that the scenes that should be done were finished, and he brought back the three revenues, and he estimated that Xie Hongxun should find something strange.

Xie Hongxun waited in the city for two or three days and did not wait for the Northern Expeditionary Army to attack the city, but he waited for the telegram sent by Yang Zhendong asking for help, and he was very surprised.

"Fuck, nonsense, there are so many people from the Northern Expeditionary Army, he has three divisions there, and I also have three divisions here, so many people from them?" Xie Hongxun jumped like thunder.

"Wait, don't get angry first," Gan Shijun thought in his heart: "I'm afraid we have been fooled, we have been waiting for two days, why hasn't the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived yet." These three divisions are true or false. ”

Xie Hongxun looked at Gan Shijun and the chief of staff in confusion, and his heart suddenly became suspicious.

"What do you think Xie Hongxun is thinking now?" Zhuang Jihua stopped Song Xiongfu, Yu Chengwan, Liu Jing and others from fighting.

"Needless to say, wait for us in the city, I sent someone to Jiugong Mountain to see, the mountain is heavily guarded, and they live in the trenches at night, which is difficult enough for them." Song Xiongfu laughed rudely. When they first met, a few people complained that the battle was not happy, and it was so small that they couldn't even see the small fish.

"Deputy division commander, are we teasing them, sneak attack them at night, even if we can't beat them, we can scare them." Liu Jing put forward a suggestion, he and the deputy head Xiong Shouyun walked to Chengfang, there were basically no soldiers along the way, and finally got a platoon in Zhuping.

"Master Yu, what do you think?" Zhuang Jihua intends to listen to Yu Chengwan's thoughts, Zhuang Jihua's three battalion commanders, Song Xiongfu Meng, Liu Jing is a little impulsive, Yu Chengwan who doesn't like to talk, but he is very organized, so Zhuang Jihua attaches more importance to his opinions.

"Deputy division commander, I think that Xie Hongxun may have found something wrong," Yu Chengwan said slowly: "So he must take action, and besides, the three divisions of our army are besieging Tonggu, Yang Zhendong will definitely not be able to stop it, he will ask Xie Hongxun for help, but he didn't think about it, whether Xie Hongxun will directly come to the aid of Tonggu or test our strength first." ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded with satisfaction: "Battalion Commander Yu is right, the war is always mutual, if we give him a knife, he will give us a punch; So, the hunt is over, and the time has come to really test us. ”

Then Zhuang Jihua's tone turned serious: "Xie Hongxun is relatively coarse, but no matter how coarse he is, he has also fought for so many years, and experience will tell him that this situation is not normal now, Yang Zhendong's telegram for help must have arrived, and Cheng commanded them to climb to the copper drum even if they climb, but will Xie Hongxun go to reinforce the copper drum like this?" I don't think so, Xie Hongxun first has to determine whether there are really three divisions around Xiushui. Zhuang Jihua said solemnly: "So we have to firm up his judgment, how to do it?" Wait for him to send someone out. When there are many people coming out, we will fight his vanguard. If there are fewer people, they will be completely defeated. ”

Xie Hongxun turned around several times in the command headquarters, and after fighting for so many years, this battle made him a little incomprehensible, and he thought for a long time before saying: "Lao Gan, what you said has some truth, I think so, let Wan Shouhe and the people who took him go to Hangkou tomorrow to have a look, and tell him to be careful along the way, don't fall into the ambush of others." ”

Wan Shouhe Brigade is now stationed in Jiugong Mountain, and has been squatting in the mountain trench for two days, and in the mountain in September, the night is already a little cold, and his soldiers have already complained.

After Wan Shouhe received the order, he went down the mountain to Hangkou the next day, his brigade was not a three-regiment system, but a two-regiment system, Wan Shouhe himself took a regiment to walk behind, he told the avant-garde regiment commander, you must be careful, rather slow than fast, the two regiments one after the other, cautiously advance towards Hangkou.

Not long after Wan Shouhe went down the mountain, Zhuang Jihua got a report that Zhuang Jihua and the whole regiment were not at the mouth of the pit, but hidden in the mountains northwest of the city, only thirty miles away from the county seat. After Zhuang Jihua made the judgment that Xie Hongxun would send someone out to probe it, he led his troops around and stationed here. The reason for choosing this place is that he doesn't know which direction the people sent by Xie Hongxun will go, but his intuition judges that it is either north or west, and now this position is just right.

"Deputy Divisional Commander, you are really a god, how did you know that he would do this?" Song Xiongfu widened his eyes and asked, when Zhuang Jihua said that Xie Hongxun would send someone out to test it, he didn't believe it very much, but he didn't expect it..., his confidence immediately exploded, and he felt that it was difficult to follow such a chief and not make meritorious contributions.

"What's the hell, don't you see that Camp Commander Yu also knows, use your brains more, otherwise you will only be a battalion commander for the rest of your life." Zhuang Jihua scolded with a smile.

After Yu Chengwan made that judgment, he was not sure in his heart, but now that he saw that the result was really like this, he couldn't suppress his excitement at all, his face was full of red light, hehe smiled, and he didn't know what to say anymore.

"Judging right is only one aspect, the following things will determine whether we can drag Xie Hongxun in Xiushui." Zhuang Jihua hurriedly stopped the ecstatic crowd and told them to calm down.

"Deputy division commander, how to fight?" Liu Jingzui asked first, Song Xiongfu took a step slower, and also looked at Zhuang Jihua with expectation.

"I don't know." Zhuang Jihua's answer disappointed everyone: "Do you know how leopards hunt their prey in Africa?" Everyone looked at each other for some reason, and Zhuang Jihua then explained: "After the cheetah found its prey, it did not attack directly, but quietly followed it, slowly approaching it, and when it relaxed a little, it suddenly pounced on it with lightning speed. We're going to learn about African cheetahs today. ”

"Deputy division commander, deputy division commander," Song Yunfei shouted in a low voice, this time he personally went out to follow Wan Shouhe, Zhuang Jihua and the whole regiment were on the left side of the Wan Brigade, the two divisions were only three miles apart, and the dense forest that covered the sky covered the whereabouts of a regiment.

"Yunfei, how's it going?" Zhuang Jihua asked hurriedly when he saw Song Yunfei.

"They stopped, cooked and smoked on the dam in front." Song Yunfei said simply and quickly: "The covering troops on both sides are also resting. ”

"Let's go, let's take a look." This battle is too important, Zhuang Jihua hesitated. Song Yunfei took him quietly to climb to a hill, and from the gap in the bushes, Zhuang Jihua saw that the enemy in the distance had already put their guns together, some people were making fires to cook, and many people were lying on the side and smoking.

"Over there." Song Yunfei said softly, Zhuang Jihua followed the direction of Song Yunfei's finger and found a figure shaking on the hill on the left, but he couldn't see how many people there were, and then he also found a figure shaking in the woods on the left.

(To be continued)