Li Songnian led the Chinese army out of Fengyun County, Li Guangda led his troops to take the opportunity to enter the county seat from the north of the city, and the guerrillas and militia on the east and west sides also took the opportunity to enter the city, and quickly fortified the city wall to prevent the enemy army from retreating into Fengyun County. "According to the report, the rearguard guard unit reported that only a small number of Red Army troops entered the county, and most of them were guerrillas." A subordinate came up from behind to give a report. "Division, we were fooled, there were only a small number of Red Army units surrounding the county seat, and the vast majority of them were guerrillas!" The chief of staff seemed to regret something.

Li Songnian sighed and said, "No wonder we broke through so smoothly, it turned out that a group of rabble soldiers came to the city. Ouyang Jian arranged the artillery unit in the north of the city, which makes us believe that it is the main force of the Red Army, Ouyang Jian is too terrifying, and the arrangement of troops in such a formation can be described as thrilling. In the past, we either underestimated the enemy or talked about the tiger's discoloration, when will we be able to grasp the initiative on the battlefield with ease? To put it bluntly, Ouyang Jian knows us too well, true and false, false and false, and there is no chance of winning against such an opponent. Li Songnian was in a gloomy mood.

"Report, Wei Lihuang called, the enemy is very tenacious in blocking the Phoenix Ridge, but the Red Army blocking is already at the end of the strong crossbow, I hope that the 55th Division will accelerate its advance and flank the enemy at the Phoenix Ridge." Li Songnian said disdainfully: "Nonsense, Wei Lihuang can't break through the Phoenix Ridge defense line, and he actually has to flank the enemy army, so it's lucky that we can escape and ascend to heaven." The enemy's large forces are swarming, and the 27th Division will be destroyed in one day and one night, and Mijia Village is only 100 miles away from Fengyun County, and the enemy army will soon pounce on the Red Army at Fenghuang Ridge, and he can think of it. “

"Wei Lihuang is known as a tiger general, and his troops are elite troops, especially Li Yannian's siege brigade, which was unable to break through the Red Army's interception, this move is just to use us to save face for ourselves." "We ignored him and ordered the troops to speed up. Warning the forward troops, reach Phoenix Ridge and quickly open a gap to cover the passage of the main force. Now time is a guarantee of safety for us, maybe when, Ouyang Jian suddenly increased his troops in Phoenix Ridge, then we really can't escape. ”

At this moment, Li Songnian is thinking about escaping from this dangerous place quickly, and he can't take care of the rest. Suddenly the gunfire of the front intensified, and the troops stopped advancing. The 55th Division only left Fengyun County for 5 kilometers, and the front resistance suddenly intensified. Li Songnian was shocked when he heard such a fierce gunshot, "Isn't it only a small number of Red Army troops to intercept it, why is the gunfire so dense." "A fast horse galloped forward at this point," reported the forward troops, who found a large number of Red Army interceptors, and the vanguard regiment launched an attack that was quickly repulsed. The commander of the forward regiment reported that the Red Army had about two regiments of strength. ”

"Two regiments, so difficult that the Red Army fell from the sky? The forward brigade was ordered to launch a strong offensive at any cost, to break through the Red Army interception as quickly as possible. Immediately sent a report to Nanchang that our unit was intercepted by a large number of Red Army. Li Songnian was shocked and continued: "Send a report to Wei Lihuang, asking him to break through the Phoenix Ridge defense line as soon as possible and respond to our breakthrough of the siege." Soon the attack of the forward brigade was repulsed, and Li Songnian was even more anxious. The artillery positions were deployed, and the forward brigade attacked again with artillery support. The offensive worked, and the Red Army, which had been intercepted in front, unexpectedly retreated.

Zhao Liang's troops retreated in order to avoid enemy artillery bombardment and avoid unnecessary casualties. Legion headquarters orders could use the tactics of blocking the enemy, as long as they delayed the enemy's advance. When Li Songnian learned that the attack of the forward brigade had been effective, and the Red Army that had intercepted it took the initiative to retreat, he naturally saw the clues. The Red Army took the initiative to retreat to avoid shelling. The 55th Division had 6 mountain guns and dozens of mortars. After the artillery position is deployed, it has not yet played its role, and then it has to move the position, and this kind of cumbersomeness will inevitably affect the time of the attack, and the present time is a life-saving straw for Li Songnian. However, without artillery support, the soldiers' attack intensity was sharply reduced, and Li Songnian knew that there was no way, so he had to order the mortar battalion to go forward to support the operation.

But the attack was still slow, and the army crawled like a snail. At this time, more than ten bombers appeared in the sky to support the operation, Li Songnian's expression was shocked, as if he had been boosted, and ordered to launch an attack in turn. At this time, the enemy suddenly launched a counterattack and fought hand-to-hand combat, resulting in a sharp reduction in the combat efficiency of bomber support. In hand-to-hand combat, the bayonets of the Red Army soldiers were red and powerful, and the enemy fled back in fear. When Li Yannian gathered the defeated troops, he found that the vanguard brigade had collapsed.

On the south side of the Phoenix Mountains, Wei Lihuang was silently speechless with the telegram from the Nanchang camp in his hand, "Shizuo, we are limited to two hours to break through the defense line, isn't it a joke." At present, the soldiers are extremely tired, and the attack for two days and one night has been fruitless, and it is no longer possible to launch a strong attack. "Send a report to the Nanchang Xingying that our department is making every effort to strengthen the offensive, and I hope that the Nanchang Xingying will order the 55th Division to quickly move closer to Fenghuangling." The chief of staff understood that there was no way to do it. What it means to intensify the offensive is nothing more than launching a symbolic offensive.

The Red Army soldiers in the trenches of the blocking position were resting, and many of them had bandages wrapped around their heads and bodies, and they had now reached the point where they could not get out of the line of fire with minor injuries. "The enemy is attacking again!" The soldiers in charge of the lookout shouted loudly, and the soldiers in the trenches quickly entered combat readiness. When the blocking operation was fought to such an extent, the soldiers were already fearless, because they knew in their hearts that the main force was encircling and annihilating the enemy forces behind them, so every Red Army soldier had only one belief, that is, to establish the belief of stubborn defense, and that people were in the position.

At present, the threat of the attack on the left flank has been sharply reduced, and the fire has almost stopped, and the 12th Siege Brigade has suffered heavy losses and can no longer attack, so the reserve 51 regiment is all pulled to the right flank to defend. In the division command, Zhang Shiying was covered in dust, his face was pitch black and his beard was unshaven, and he could barely see the original appearance. The enemy attacked again, he raised his binoculars to observe, and after a while, an operational staff officer said: "Division commander, why is this round of enemy attack so slow, and the artillery fire is not sharp?" "The enemy is no longer able to attack, and now is the time to compete in perseverance. Inform the troops that the enemy's 55th Division was successfully intercepted by two regiments of the Red 19th Division, and the main force is coming, as long as we hold out until dusk, it will be victory! ”

"Division commander, the enemy has retreated!" A combat staff officer shouted hoarsely. The chief of staff said: "Strange, where did all the enemy planes go?" "Do you still need to ask, you must have gone to the north to support the operation, comrades, the enemy's 55th Division can't run." The smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the battlefield was in shambles. On the top of the mountain, a military flag fluttered in the wind, and although the military flag was riddled with bullets, the upright body of the military flag stood proudly. The fluttering military flag seemed to be the god of war, intimidating the enemy. At the same time, the military flag that does not fall is also inspiring the fighting spirit of the soldiers. The sun finally set over the western horizon, and the fluttering military flags seemed to be more vivid and dazzling.

At the headquarters of the enemy's 10th Division, Li Yannian walked in with a pale face and said: "Division, our division has already suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and we have no strength to attack again!" "You and I have done our best, the 55th Division has no way to return to the sky, I estimate that the Nanchang camp will soon issue a retreat order, and the next step you and I will shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending Nanchang, and your department will first withdraw from the forward position and wait for the retreat order." Li Yannian glanced at Wei Lihuang gratefully, raised his hand in salute, and turned to go out. The chief of staff said: "After this battle, this king's spirit may have disappeared, and he will never recover." ”

"It's good to experience setbacks, it's up to him to manage them in the future. Our troops also suffered more than 1,000 casualties in this battle, and Ouyang Jian's troops impressed me. I did not expect that if we fought so well in regular combat, this person would definitely be our most difficult enemy to deal with in the future. I am going to submit a detailed operational report to the Military Council, and I want to carefully study Ouyang Jianqi's person, this person is too terrifying. "Report, Li Song called and asked for a hand in the interests of the party-state." "Tell Li Songnian to hold on for the last 5 minutes."

Li Songnian ordered his troops to launch a series of attacks, and finally stopped at a distance of 8 kilometers from Fengyun County. During this period, he desperately asked for help from the Nanchang camp, and finally pleaded with Wei Lihuang in a low voice, but to no avail. At about 4 o'clock, the rear guard unit reported the outbreak of a fierce battle with a detachment of Red Army units. Li Songnian was almost stupid when he heard this, his hands were a little trembling, and his expression was stiff. The chief of staff took command on his behalf and ordered the attacking troops at the front to stop attacking and defend in place. An hour later, gunfire erupted on the east and west flanks, meaning that the 55th Division was encircled.

When night comes, gunfire is like beans in all directions, and the explosions of mortars, grenades, and grenadiers are mixed together to form a unique melody. In the face of this chorus of urgency, all the generals of the 55th Division Headquarters were blank, and only the combat staff officers were conveying the order to resist. "Report, Commander-in-Chief calls!" When Li Songnian heard this, he immediately took the telegram, slipped out of his hand before he could finish reading it, and sat on the marching bed. The chief of staff picked up the telegram from the ground and saw that it read: "You are the elite of the party-state, and if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!" Signed: Jiang Zhongzheng!

The meaning of the telegram could not be clearer, that is, to let Li Songnian resist to the end, and would rather break the jade than be whole, in order to thank Guoen. After dark, the large forces of the Red Army, together with Li Guangda's headquarters, guerrillas, and militia, besieged from all directions. At about midnight, the big battle was basically over, and an hour after the 55th Division headquarters was surrounded, Li Songnian did not fulfill his loyalty to the party-state and ordered the guard regiment to lay down its arms and surrender. The sporadic battle to wipe out the remnants of the enemy lasted until 3 o'clock in the morning, and almost all of the 11,000 men of the 55th Division were wiped out without any escape.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, the sun rises in the east, the glow of ten thousand rays is reflected, and there is jubilation on the Phoenix Ridge. The soldiers couldn't help but hug each other when they saw the enemy retreating in disarray. The brutal blocking operation finally came to a successful end with a brilliant victory. At this time, Zhang Shiying, the political commissar, and the chief of staff climbed high and looked into the distance, and the morning glow reflected their resolute faces, showing a unique charm. After such a brutal resistance battle, they gradually grew up and matured. Looking at the celebratory scene of the officers and soldiers, Zhang Shiying said emotionally: "Comrades, let us pay tribute to the heroic soldiers!" The three of them raised their hands in a solemn salute.

At the same moment, Li Guangda, Xiao Ke, Han Chu, Chen Ming, and Zhao Liang stood side by side on the city wall of Fengyun County, and a large number of prisoners at the foot of the city wall flowed westward, and the captives were to be escorted to Yunshui County. "Brother Li, you're busy again this time." "I am Han Xin, the more soldiers the better, I am afraid that there will be no captured soldiers. Ladies and gentlemen, I pledge to bring the total strength of your units to 10,000 by the end of the year. "That's what you said, you can't break your word!" Everyone couldn't help but ridicule.

At this time, Li Songnian was escorted over, and everyone looked at him coldly. Li Songnian stopped and carefully examined the opponent in front of him, trying to find Ouyang Jian's shadow. But he was disappointed. It turned out that Ouyang Jian was not here, but commanded by remote control. Li Songnian thought of the Nanchang camp and the Jiujiang Command, including the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, and his heart was relieved. The annihilation of the entire army of the department is not due to its own incompetence, but to the incompetence of the above. At this moment, he was disappointed in the party-state. Let's say it's the Red Army, what would they do if they saw friendly forces in trouble? Everything in front of you is the answer.