In the headquarters of Tongluo Village, Ouyang Jian held a telegram in his hand and looked around at the crowd: "Don't underestimate mine warfare, let alone despise the stones all over the mountains, stones are also our sharp weapons against the enemy." This is called using local materials and adapting to local conditions. As soon as the words fell, Mu Shixiong walked in, although he was a little dark for days, but his spirit was extremely high. Column leader, it's so enjoyable, the Gan army was blown up and cried wolf, and the anger jumped like thunder. Mu Shixiong said happily.

"Captain Mu, you have done your job well, go down and rest!" "Column leader, no more attacking enemy troops at night!" "Let the enemy stop this night, we will change the way of play, let Luo Ronghuan block in front tomorrow morning and continue to provoke the enemy, and then we will meet the enemy attack in Tongluo Village. As long as the attack of the Gan army is blocked, I will give him an anti-guest. The show has just begun, so let's have a good rest tonight. After Mu Shixiong went down, Ouyang Jian said to Mao Zetan: "Political commissar, you withdraw all the people in front of the mountain to the back of the mountain tonight to avoid casualties from enemy artillery." ”

The next morning, the Gan army began to move, and Zhang Kui, the commander of the 42nd Regiment, replaced Geng Zhong and took the lead in advancing to Tongluo Village. It was about 1 distance from the ground, and Luo Ronghuan led two companies to set up a blockade here, and the blocking position was located on the left side of the mountain. Due to the sparse trees on the left ridge, the view is wide and easy to block. "Comrades, the commander of the column has ordered us to strike hard at the enemy here, with the aim of provoking the enemy and driving him mad. Our task is to hold back for an hour and then retreat south, understand? "Understood!" Several company commanders replied aloud. Ouyang Jian's excellent command and flexible tactics filled them with confidence in their hearts.

The enemy appeared and soon entered the firing range, and Luo Ronghuan loudly ordered to fire. For mobile combat, the second detachment was not equipped with clumsy heavy machine guns, but with 4 light machine guns. The Gan army did not expect that there would be a blocking force at such a close distance from Tongluo Village. The sudden attack on the enemy was unprepared and chaotic, and soon the Gan army organized troops to fight back. Zhang Kui ordered a battalion to go into the attack, and at the same time ordered the artillery to set up positions and launch an artillery bombardment. The soldiers of the Jiangxi army launched a fierce attack under the cover of artillery fire, but encountered stubborn resistance, and the battle was very fierce for a while.

Zhang Kui was so angry that he felt that the red bandits did not have many troops, so he threw another battalion into the battle. However, when the Gan army launched the second round of offensive, the red bandits who blocked it disappeared. Zhang Kui couldn't help but be angry when he saw the casualties, and immediately ordered his subordinates to attack and advance towards Tongluo Village. The Gan army arrived at Tongluo Village quickly, Geng Zhong was in charge of guarding, and Zhang Kui was in charge of attacking. Soon the 4 cannons of the Jiangxi army were erected, and Zhang Kui ordered to shell Tongluo Village in a hurry, and suddenly the rumbling cannons began to roar.

Ouyang Jian and Song Renqiao hid in the command post, holding binoculars and looking down the mountain, where the artillery position of the Jiangxi army could not be seen. Shells continued to explode on the mountain, and smoke filled the air. Ouyang Jian said: "According to intelligence, the 4 mountain guns installed in the 6th Division of the Jiangxi Army are the Krupp 75 mm guns imitated in Shanghai, the caliber of the gun is 75 mm, the maximum firing range is 4,300 meters, and the effective firing range is 4,000 meters, which is much farther than our 60 mm rapid-fire guns. The performance of the Krupp artillery is good, and the troops of the Republic of China generally hunt this imitation cannon. The Jiangxi army is a miscellaneous army, and only one division is hunting 4 Krupp cannons, and it seems that Wang Jun has spent his blood. ”

"Column leader, just blow up the artillery of the Gan army!" Song Ren is poor. "It's blown up, I'm reluctant, since the enemy has sent the treasure to our eyes, we must take it. I'm going to capture these 4 cannons. "The enemy's artillery fire stopped, Ouyang Jian glanced at his pocket watch, and shelled for 10 minutes." The companies were ordered to enter the position, and the Gan army was about to attack. Sure enough, there was a horn sound from the bottom of the mountain, and the soldiers of the Gan army began to attack along the mountain road. "Order the artillery to prepare, so that they are often powerful with our artillery, this is called courtesy."

Ouyang Jian saw that the Gan army was within the range of artillery fire, so he gave the order to open fire. Immediately, 4 rapid-fire guns opened fire, and the shells flew towards the Gan army with a whistling sound. Since there was only one way up the hill in Causeway, the artillery fire quickly formed a blockade area. The enemy was quickly defeated in the face of heavy artillery fire, unable to do anything. "Column leader, I didn't expect the enemy to be repulsed by a burst of artillery fire, and my machine gun hasn't spoken yet!" Song Renqiao put down the telescope and said happily. "Don't get carried away, we have a number of shells, and when we intercepted the arms of the Jiangxi army, we only got 200 shells."

"The artillery team used up 30 shells for training, so it had to be spared." "If there are enough shells and use artillery fire to blockade, the Jiangxi army will not want to come up." Song Ren shook his head helplessly. Ouyang Jian ordered Zhu Dianwen not to fire artillery for a while, and the Gan army would definitely launch a feint. Sure enough, Zhang Kui ordered to continue the attack, and this guy judged that the red bandits did not have many shells, and they intended to consume the opponent's shells. The Gan army charged fiercely, and immediately lay down when it entered the artillery blockade area. "Damn, the enemy is really cunning!" Song Renqian secretly thought: If I come to command, I will definitely have to fire again, and the column commander is worthy of being battle-hardened.

The soldiers of the Gan army lay on the ground and neither advanced nor retreated, so they stalemate for half an hour. In the rear headquarters, the chief of staff said: "Regiment commander, I estimate that the red bandits do not have many shells, and they should continue to launch a fierce attack. Zhang Kui hesitated for a while: "Order the artillery bombardment, and the stormtrooping troops will attack tentatively." "The soldiers of the Gan army received the order to continue the attack, got up tremblingly, and continued to charge under the cover of artillery fire. Entering the mortar range, Ouyang Jian ordered the mortar to fire.

Chu Yuan had already been designed in advance, so the impact point of the shell was extremely accurate. The Gan army was unable to parry under the bombardment of artillery fire, so it had to retreat again. In the headquarters of the enemy army at the foot of the mountain, Geng Zhong, the commander of the 43rd Regiment, put down the binoculars with a bandage on his head and said: "Brother Zhang, Tongluo Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you want to attack it, it is difficult, I suggest besieged." The red bandits withdrew a large number of people to the mountains, and their food shortages would soon be short, and as long as they besieged him for a few days, I am afraid they would not be able to hold on. ”

Zhang Kui said: "I heard that there is a secret way to escape in Tongluo Village. "Brother Zhang, they will not choose to run away if they stick to Tongluo Village. There are no people in this hundred miles, what to eat and drink? I heard that Ouyang Jian, several factories and personnel and families in Yunshui County have been evacuated to the mountain, do you think they can escape? "What Brother Geng said makes sense, he ordered the attack to be stopped, and the artillery company fired three shells every half an hour, so that the red bandits could not breathe." "Brother Zhang, my troops are on guard all around, you can rest assured!"

Three shells exploded on the mountain, "3 shells every half an hour, what does the Gan army mean by this?" Song Renqian was confused. Ouyang Jian said with a smile: "The Gan army is not a fool, he knows that a strong attack will not work, and it seems that he will use siege tactics." came and did not deal with incivility, so I gave him an anti-guest and put the cart before the horse. Ordered Luo Ronghuan to intensify the attack tonight, so that the enemy could not stop for a moment. ”

When it was dark, the enemy stopped shelling, and I saw Guo Mei leading several girls to carry their burdens into the headquarters. "Column leader, I'm bringing you rice, everyone is hungry!" Guo Mei put down her flat shoulder, her face flushed. "How dangerous it is for you to come to the front!" Ouyang Jian said angrily. "You are not afraid of what we are afraid of, don't underestimate the lesbians!" Guo Mei glared at Ouyang Jian dissatisfied. "Comrades, the girls brought us fragrant rice, everyone hurry up and eat." Ouyang Jian changed the subject. Guo Mei took out a white porcelain bowl from her satchel, personally served a bowl of rice to Ouyang Jian, and then took a few pieces of pickles to the front.

The crowd pretended to turn a blind eye, so as not to embarrass the scene. Ouyang Jian ignored it and devoured it. After eating, Ouyang Jian ordered Song Renqiang to arrange for his subordinates to rest quickly, and asked him to organize a capable commando team to go down the mountain in the morning to kill him, because the enemy would never think that people would attack from the mountain. In addition, Ouyang Jian arranged for Mu Shixiong to go down the mountain during the day tomorrow to shoot coldly at the Jiangxi army and continue to harass the battle, and in an instant, the two regiments of the Jiangxi army changed from the attacking side to the target of attack.

For three days in a row, frequent attacks made the Jiangxi army miserable. On the 4th day, Ouyang Jian asked Luo Ronghuan to attack during the day, and the Gan army couldn't bear it anymore. At the headquarters of the 16th Brigade in Fengyun Town, Brigade Commander Fang Hua held a telegram in his hand and seemed to be unable to believe his eyes. He took a few steps on the ground and said decisively: "Order the 42nd and 43rd regiments to prepare for the opportunity, the terrain of Tongluo Village is dangerous, and it cannot be captured in the short term, so retreat immediately." He understood that Ouyang Jian's tactics were too vicious, and this was to drag the two regiments down. At this moment, Fang Hua really understood the extraordinaryness of Ouyang Jian.

In the evening of that day, in the headquarters of the Gan army under the mountain, Geng Zhong and Zhang Kui sat opposite each other and were silent. The two of them are obviously sluggish, this battle is too bad, the key is that the strength cannot be used, the fist seems to hit the cotton, and the enemy is hiding needles in the cotton. The two of them have unshaven beards and seem to have aged a lot. The bandage on Geng Zhong's head was removed, and the wound was still a little red and swollen. The other officials were silent and gloomy, apparently having lost the desire to fight. It can be said that in their military careers, they have never fought such a battle, and Ouyang Jian has made them fearful.

At this time, the communications officer ran into the tent and reported: "Report, the brigade commander is calling!" Geng Zhong hurriedly took the telegram and checked it, his eyes lit up, and he said, "The brigade commander ordered them to quickly withdraw to Fengyun Town. Zhang Kui took the telegram and checked: "The brigade commander is smart, if we don't retreat, we will be dragged down." "Brother Zhang, continue to shell tonight, and don't let the red bandits notice. The Red Bandits will certainly continue to harass us, and we must be vigilant, and we will quietly retreat as soon as it dawns tomorrow morning. "Let's retreat together, so as not to make a fuss among our subordinates!" Geng Zhong understood what Zhang Kui meant, whoever was behind the palace was unlucky, and it was fair and reasonable to retreat together.

In the evening, the artillery fire of the Jiangxi army suddenly intensified, and Song Renqiang in the command post was puzzled: "Column leader, what trick is the Jiangxi army playing, it is difficult to launch an offensive at night?" Ouyang Jian raised his eyebrows and sneered: "The Gan army wants to run!" The telegram ordered Luo Ronghuan to stop the attack tonight and pull him to the front line of Shilizi to set up an ambush. I want to ambush and seize the artillery of the Gan army, it's not easy to run! ”