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The night breeze that has come to the south of Henan is gently blowing, and the long-term drought is full of powdery thieves; A crescent moon floated in the blue sky, the occasional thin clouds drifting through the moon's tips flowed like a light veil in the starry sky, the silent summer insects clamored fireflies, and a few faint night owls screamed in the gray forest, so everything indicated another peaceful night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the arc-shaped trench of Wangliang Village, 10 kilometers south of Dengzhou City, a 17-year-old recruit could not sleep with his head resting on a shovel on his head. Finally, he changed to a supine sleeping position, looking at the bright stars in the sky and blinking, the starlight reflected his young face clearly, and the outline was clear, and the frightened color that could not be hidden in a pair of dull eyes was undoubtedly revealed.

The sound of "grunt" sounded, the hungry stomach of the pillar screamed uncontrollably, and the veteran squad leader with a scruffy beard next to him turned sideways, opened his tired eyes, stretched out his hand on the head of the pillar, and asked in a low voice: "Hungry?" ”

"Huh? Oh, Uncle Qi, you say, will An Jiajun's spy company touch it tonight and shoot cold? ”

Zhu Zi was very scared, he, like all the brothers, had no concept of special forces at all, so like all veterans, he called the special brigade of An Jiajun a special agent company, thinking that An Jiajun was also the same as his own troops, and the most powerful veterans with kung fu and accurate marksmanship were all concentrated in the special service company.

The old squad leader sighed: "Pillar, this matter is not accurate, people are in the dark, we are in the light." It's better to remember what my uncle told you. Don't leave the trenches, don't leave the guys, if you're alone, you can't tell, alas, sleep. Get up early tomorrow morning, Uncle asked Lao Huotou to give you an extra spoonful of corn rice, and you won't have to starve

The pillar lowered his head gratefully, closed his dagger eyes and opened them again: "Uncle, we are killed by the spy company of the An Jiajun every day, the roads in the south are full of mines, we can't move, Chief Pang and our brigade commander are not in a rut, I am afraid all day long, I feel uncomfortable, uncle." How long do you think we're going to stay up? ”

"Child, uncle doesn't know how long to survive, bear with it, being a soldier is like this, if you don't become a soldier, you can only wait to starve to death, you can still live with two meals a day as a soldier, it's better to die than to live." As long as you live, it's better than dead, sleep. When you open your eyes, the sky will be bright, and tomorrow you will have to strengthen the fortifications

The old squad leader curled up and closed his eyes, habitually holding the Hanyang-made rifle in his arms tightly.

The pillar closed his mouth and closed his eyes, and after a while, he was bitten uncomfortably by the lice in his tangled head, he stretched out his hand and scratched his head a few times, turned over and pillowed on the edge of the small pit on the ground, and after a while seemed to hear a faint roar, the pillar suddenly opened his eyes and listened carefully, only to feel that the sound was getting louder and closer, and he was so frightened that he immediately got up. Lying on the edge of the trench in terror, staring south, but unable to see anything clearly, the roar in his ears disappeared, and everywhere he heard except the tired snoring of his comrades was the cry of bugs in the wilderness.

The pillar rubbed his eyes and looked at it for a while, then sat down in the cold trench again, looked at the brothers who were sleeping in front of and behind him by the starlight, sighed, and slowly fell asleep, and the net was about to turn his body to change to a more comfortable sleeping position, when he heard a dull roar, followed by the terrible scream of a cannonball piercing the eardrums breaking through the air. The pillar was so frightened that he threw himself on the old squad leader and cried, and the whole position immediately wailed and became chaotic. The old squad leader sat up, a cannonball lightning fell next to him and exploded, the entire body of the pillar was blown away several meters high, and before the limbs were separated, he clearly saw the old squad leader's severed head hit his toes, and then everything was a burst of fire and smoke.

After the 48 artillery pieces of An Yi's Fifth Army bombarded the enemy's position indiscriminately for 10 minutes, the 72 mortars that came out of place roared again, and the 23,000 soldiers of the five brigades of the 16th Division and the New Ninth Division shouted in unison to charge with the loud trumpet of the charge, almost stepping on the landing point of the shells. Rushing into the enemy's arc-shaped position like a tidal wave, he fired mercilessly at everything that moved, and in only 20 minutes, he leveled the enemy's position with absolute superiority and indomitable momentum, and continued to charge fiercely at Nashu Castle.

Nanyang, Headquarters of the Third Route Army.

Pang Bingxun, who had just fallen asleep, put on his military uniform and came to the front hall, and was filled with noisy radio waves, telephone calls, shouts and footsteps. Walked up to the pale-faced chief of staff: "How's it going?" ”

"From the Dengzhou front line to this moment. The two lines of defense had been torn apart by the opponent's strong forces, and the two brigades of Nazhou hurriedly met the battle, and it was still impossible to judge the specific number and strength of the attacking enemy. In just 25 minutes, the Xinye Urgent Report was fiercely attacked by no less than two divisions of the enemy, and the enemy's artillery fire was far beyond our expectations, and judging from the urgent report of the Eighth Division, the enemy had at least two artillery regiments, and it was logical to infer that the attacking enemy force was no less than three divisions. At present, the enemy's Fifth Army Corps has formed a siege on Xinye from the east, south, and west, and the New Eighth Division was suddenly hit by heavy artillery fire, suffering extremely heavy losses, and asked for urgent reinforcements. ”

Forty-five-year-old Chief of Staff Za Fangming's voice trembled slightly.

Pang Bingxun took out his pocket watch and glanced at it: "One o'clock in the morning", I have heard for a long time that An Yi's department is good at night fighting, and sure enough, it seems that the small-scale disturbance of the previous twenty days is for this day, order: The Ninth Division will rush to the aid of Xinye, and the cavalry brigade will immediately assemble and stand by! ”

"Yes!"

Za Fangming immediately conveyed the order to the staff officers around him

Wu Pang Bingxun frowned and asked loudly, "What?" Isn't it enough to call the notification? ”

"Commander, ten minutes ago, the telephone contact between our unit and the front departments was completely cut off, and a small group of enemy troops of the enemy army had infiltrated our hinterland, and the alert companies along the road from Nanyang to Xinye and Dengzhou were attacked one after another, and the enemy retreated as soon as he struck a blow. At present, it is late at night, and it is difficult for our troops to pursue and judge the exact number of attackers, and the enemy has been continuously carrying out despicable means such as assassinations, explosions, and sabotage attacks for several days. The various departments have suffered heavy losses and are full of concerns, where do they dare to pursue? At present, except for the Xinye Temporary Eighth Division, which is equipped with a forward radio station, the three mixed brigades of Nazhou and Sangzhuang do not have radio stations and cannot be contacted.

。 Gong Fangming replied stubbornly.

Pang Bingxun gasped, sat down slowly after a moment: "Time is not waiting, we must act decisively, order the cavalry and brigades to be fed, and we must gallop out to aid Dengzhou at six o'clock in the morning!" In addition, immediately get in touch with the Temporary Eighth Division and ask them to report the battle situation! ”

"Yes!"

2:15 a.m., Sangzhuang.

The team of horses is galloping. Crossing the burning houses and grass along the way, breaking through the thick smoke and rushing into Sangzhuang, the horse team stopped in the south of the small stone bridge in the north of Zhuangbei, the commander of the 44th Division, Gu Changfeng, dismounted, and came to the burning land temple, the two brigade commanders trotted over and saluted together, and the colonel of the 131st Brigade, Fang Buqing, took half a step forward and reported loudly:

"Shizuo, the Fourth Mixed Brigade threw down more than 100 corpses of concubines and fled north in panic, and Brother Xulun has already led one or three. The soldiers of the brigade waved their division west to Dengzhou, and their subordinates and Brother Boying stayed behind to wait for the division to make a decision

Gu Changfeng looked at Fu Guanjie, the commander of the 132nd Brigade who graduated from the third phase of the Huang Yi Infantry Department: "Boying, lead the headquarters to rush to Womaling through the waist shop as originally planned. Remember, immediately after arriving, occupy the high ground along the line, and build a blocking position. If the brigade defeats the enemy defending Zhaozhuang, it will all rush to the Qianmiao in the west, and cooperate with your troops to defend it, and we must give Lao Tzu the enemy in Nanyang to block the north of Nazhou! ”

"Yes!" Fu Guanjie saluted and left.

"Ascending the clouds"

Gu Changfeng looked at Fang Buqing, the commander of the 131st Brigade that Commander-in-Chief Jiang had given him.

"Your unit will go straight to the north of Dengzhou City along the Valley, assist the brothers of the 16th Division and the New 9th Division in besieging the city, there is no need to attack, and you are always waiting for orders to support the two brigades north of our division." Gu Changfeng commanded.

"Yes,"

Fang Buqing, who was twenty-seven years old after graduating from the third phase of the riding department of Huang Du, reluctantly turned around and left, he was transferred from the attendant room to the 44th Division of Xijiang Dongyang school officer, originally served as a major attendant officer, entered the 44th Division and was promoted to two levels to become a colonel brigade commander, although he wanted to make some achievements. But in terms of personality, it is incompatible with Gu Chang's style. The brothers of the 131st Brigade are all recruits from Henan and Shaanxi, and there are great difficulties in communication between different languages, and he and Gu Changfeng brought the two regiment commanders from the independent division have no friendship, and they are used by Gu Changfeng as a reserve this time. It made him feel very uncomfortable, but the military order was like a mountain, especially when he met Gu Changfeng, a division commander who had outstanding achievements and a distinctive personality, Fang Buqing didn't dare to snort even if he had an opinion.

Gu Changfeng saw his brigade commander leave, ordered the communications staff officer to report the battle report to the commander of the regiment, An Yi, and then turned over and got on his horse surrounded by 500 brothers of the special service battalion, crossed the enemy corpses scattered on the small bridge, and crossed the bridge under the blazing fire. Iron hooves made a crisp sound on the stone slabs, and pools of blood splashed under the horses' hooves in the low-lying places.

At three o'clock in the morning, the front command of Xiangyang City.

Major General Li Fuqiang, the chief of operations, walked to the map with a stack of telegrams: "Commander, the 44th Division defeated the enemy defending Sangzhuang, and the whole division turned west half an hour ahead of schedule and rushed to the battlefield in Nazhou; Ji Nan Report. The 16th Division and the New 9th Division, which were in charge of the main attack, were progressing smoothly and would definitely attack Nazhou within half an hour, and Lao Ding's 1st Temporary Division was ready to wipe out the fleeing enemy. ”

An Yi nodded, looked at the mulberry village where Zhao Rui inserted a small blue flag on the map, and smiled slightly. asked in a low voice: "Lao Li, where do you estimate Pang Bingxun will transfer the main reinforcements?" Direction? ”

"Nazhou, compared to Xinye, Deng Zhou is more important to Poison Fuqiang replied.

An Yi nodded again and turned to the director of intelligence, Liu Qing: "Call Commander He of the Third Army immediately." Request General Xu Yuanquan, commander of the left wing of the Third Army, to cooperate in attacking Xinye! ”

"Understood!" Liu Qing turned around and left.

Zhao Rui asked, "Commander, is General Xu Yuanquan willing?"

"He didn't want to fight Nanyang, he was absolutely active in fighting Xinye, and he was attacked by Pang Bingxun from the direction of Xinye several times in the past half a month, not to mention the loss of troops. also restrained his northward troops, and Xinye had long become a thorn in his side. An Yi replied confidently.

Li Fuqiang thought for a while and said: "Our three divisions are enough to take Xinye, and at most we will fight harder." It's okay not to cooperate with Xu Yuanquan's department

"Lao Li, didn't Commander-in-Chief Chiang repeatedly emphasize close coordination? Let's give Xinye to him, and at the same time transfer the pressure to him, and concentrate our forces on the Nazhou line in the west to eat Pang Bingxun's three brigades. As long as Pang Bingxun's three brigades are annihilated and approaching Nanyang, the veteran's little family background will be gone. The Northwest Army has no choice but to urgently dispatch and host the rush, and our goal has been achieved. ”

After An Yi finished speaking, he turned to the map again and discussed with Zhao Rui in a low voice.