Guarding the opposite side was a company led by Yu Chengwan, and the order given to him by Zhuang Jihua was to defend it to the death, and even if it was fought to the death, it must be defended.

Zhuang Jihua wants to annihilate this enemy, but his troops are insufficient, he can only eat one bite at a time, a regiment has more than 1,400 troops and Yang Zhendong's strength is about the same, the difference is that Yang Zhendong has just lost the battle, the troops are very tired, food and ammunition are insufficient, and a regiment has two battles and two wins, the victory is clean and beautiful, the results are large, and the casualties are small; The morale of the whole regiment was high and they were eager to fight.

Zhuang Jihua's net this time was a little big, and Yang Zhendong was still fighting; After cutting Yang into two sections, the battle entered a stalemate; In the first half, the first regiment concentrated two companies of the 1st and 3rd battalions, a machine-gun company, a newly formed artillery company, and laid siege to the Yang army; In the second half, Yang Zhendong in the encirclement frequently attacked Yu Chengwan, who was stuck in the retreat, trying to find a way to escape. Only three companies of the second battalion and one company of the third battalion surrounded the second half, and these four companies relied on the terrain to stubbornly block Yang Zhendong.

"Tell Song Xiongfu that if he can't take it anymore, I'll change people! Tell him not to use forces evenly. Zhuang Jihua saw through the telescope that Yang Zhendong had organized the third attack, and he was very anxious.

Zhuang Jihua rested for a day at Nanguqiao, and this morning received a report from the local township protection regiment that a group of Sun troops was coming to Xiushui, and Zhuang Jihua concluded that it was Yang Zhendong at that time, and he rushed here with his troops to set up an ambush. Choosing this place as an ambush battlefield, he had some arguments with Xiong Shouyun, who thought that the flat terrain here was not conducive to setting up an ambush; But Zhuang Jihua thinks that Yang Zhendong is already a frightened bird, and a place that is easy to set up an ambush will arouse his suspicions, and he will relax his vigilance against this kind of place that is not easy to ambush. Now Yang Zhendong really entered the ambush circle as he wished, but he didn't expect Yang Zhendong to be so tricky.

After Song Xiongfu received the order, he was embarrassed and angry, before the war, Zhuang Jihua wanted to hand over the main attack to the second battalion, but Song Xiongfu grabbed it alive and dead, and Zhuang Jihua is now threatening to replace him, which is undoubtedly extremely dissatisfied with his performance.

The enemy in the encirclement was divided into several groups, relying on two small hill bags to resist desperately, Song Xiongfu was about to take the lead in the charge with his gun, but was stopped by Zhuang Jihua.

After Zhuang Jihua gave the order, he couldn't sit still in the command center, threw the command headquarters to Xiong Shouyun, and ran to the front line to see the situation. This look almost didn't make his nose crooked, Song Xiongfu dismantled the artillery company and machine gun company that Zhuang Jihua assigned to him, three enemies, each with a few guns and a few machine guns; Attacking three groups of enemies at the same time, the already inconspicuous advantage became even less obvious.

"Ordered the artillery to fire at the enemy on the beach, concentrate the 3rd company of the 1st battalion and the 8th company of the 3rd battalion, and destroy the enemy on the beach first. The other two units did not attack first, but instead monitored and contained. Tell the artillerymen, give me aim to hit! ”

After seeing the problem clearly, Zhuang Jihua began to make adjustments, about 200 people were gathered on each of the two small hills, and the enemy on the river beach was about 100 people, relying on the ditches and ditches on the river beach to resist. On the other side of the river was the 8th Company, which was responsible for the attack, and on this side it was a platoon of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion. In line with the principle of attacking the weak enemy first, Zhuang Jihua decided to destroy the enemy on the river beach first.

With Zhuang Jihua's order, the end of the enemy on the river beach has arrived. The defensive terrain of the river beach was not good, and this group of enemies wanted to flee to the other side of the river, but they ran here and were blocked by the Eighth Company, and used the terrain here to barely organize their defensive formation, but how could such defensive terrain withstand the blows of the platoon artillery.

A volley of artillery went down, rocks flew on the river beach, and stumps and severed arms rose into the air. This group of enemies could no longer bear it, and began to flee to the other side of the river, and the sixth company met the head-on attack, and Song Xiongfu led the third company to kill from behind, and with two flanking attacks, this group of enemies was wiped out cleanly.

Then Zhuang Jihua turned the muzzle of the gun and began to sweep the enemy on the hill. Three companies and eight companies also entered the battle, first with artillery bombardment, then with machine gun cover, and the assault group took up the hill with bright bayonets.

……。

The disappearance of the gunfire in the first half made Yang Zhendong desperate, the position of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the opposite side was as solid as a rock, and the four attacks had no effect except for a large number of casualties, and even one did not attack the position of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

When the smoke cleared, it was obvious that the Northern Expeditionary Army was moving on both sides, and this was the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army who had transferred the troops that had solved the previous brothers to deal with him.

Yang Zhendong sat down on the mud ground, there was no hope, the passage was not opened before the end of the battle in front, and it was even more impossible now. The chief of staff next to him contained a hint of pleading in his bitter eyes, and he understood what he was pleading. But he hadn't wanted to go that far.

"Brigade commander, do you think Xie Hongxun can think of us here?" The chief of staff asked cautiously.

Yang Zhendong didn't answer, looking blankly at the sky in the distance.

The encirclement was dead and silent, and the Northern Expeditionary Army on the opposite side did not attack, but only vigilantly observed this side.

The battlefield, which was still the sound of artillery just now, has become very quiet, eerily quiet.

"Brigade, brigade commander," Wu Jie, the commander of the third regiment, came to report with a sad face, "Brothers, they are running out of ammunition. Can you fire some ammunition? ”

"Where to find ammo?" Without waiting for Yang Zhendong to answer, the chief of staff said bitterly: "Commander Wu, you haven't seen it all the way, how can we have ammunition, I was expecting to find Xie Hongxun after repairing the water." Alas....... ”

Wu Jie didn't have much hope, and after hearing the chief of staff's answer, he could only sigh.

"Report, there's a person coming across the street, looking at the military uniform, it seems to be one of us." The adjutant came to report with a hunched waist.

Yang Zhendong looked up at the opposite side, only to see a person holding a white flag, walking towards this side, shouting as he walked: "Don't shoot, don't shoot, I'm Tang Menglong, the commander of the first battalion of the second regiment, and I have something important to meet Brigade Commander Yang." ”

"Let him come." Yang Zhendong said.

Soon Tang Menglong was brought to Yang Zhendong.

"What did they ask you to do?" Yang Zhendong asked coldly.

"Report to the brigade commander, the humble post was captured just now, and let me send a letter to the brigade commander over there." Tang Menglong took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Yang Zhendong with both hands, Yang Zhendong did not answer, the chief of staff hurriedly took it, the envelope was not sealed, the chief of staff took out the letter, read it first, and then said to Yang Zhendong tentatively: "Brigade, do you want me to read it?" ”

Yang Zhendong hesitated and nodded.

"Brigade Commander Yang Zhendong General Jian, the current battle situation has been very clear, your army has no hope of breaking through, and if you continue to fight, it will waste your life and be useless, your tenacity will impress me deeply, as an opponent, I admire it very much, but I still advise your army to lay down its arms and no longer make senseless sacrifices, the general's subordinates have followed for years, the general endures it as a senseless sacrifice, I also know that it is difficult for the general to accept this suggestion, you can plan for the general, for the general's subordinates, please accept my suggestion, if the general accepts my suggestion, Our army will ensure the safety of the lives and property of all officers and men of your army, and our army will be responsible for treating the wounded. I also believe that you have fulfilled your duties as a soldier and deserve the respect of all your troops. Signed: Zhuang Jihua, deputy commander of the First Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army. ”

The letter of surrender is earnest, without the slightest arrogance of the victor. After the chief of staff finished reading, he looked at Yang Zhendong with a complicated expression, and Yang Zhendong read blankly: "Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua, what a Zhuang Jihua." ”

"What else does he have to say?" The chief of staff asked Tang Menglong.

"He said give us half an hour to think about it." Tang Menglong replied.

Yang Zhendong's mood is very complicated, he is now without food and ammunition, and he is in trouble both internally and externally. Yang Zhendong called several major officers to discuss together, and the officers were unanimously silent, and finally the chief of staff suggested accepting their suggestions. The officers who attended the meeting had forgotten whether they should ask Tang Menglong's captured wounded whether they had been properly treated.

Yang Zhendong finally chose to lay down his arms, and the remnants of the 7th Mixed Brigade of Jiangsu surrendered to the 1st Division of the National Revolutionary Army.

"Pretty, so pretty." When Xiong Shouyun looked through the notes during this time, he couldn't help but exclaim, he had the habit of taking notes, and after each battle, he had to record the process of the battle, and at the same time analyze the deviations in the process of the battle.

Today, he argued with Zhuang Jihua and lost again, but he lost happily and comfortably; In fact, since he came to repair the water, he has never won the argument with Zhuang Jihua.

"What's pretty?" After Zhuang Jihua dealt with the matter of the surrendered troops, he heard Xiong Shouyun's cry as soon as he returned to the command headquarters, and asked with some curiosity, in this wilderness, there is neither food nor beauty, and the scenery is not very good.

"I'm talking about the whole process after we get to the water repair." Xiong Shouyun said: "Three battles and three victories, not only completed the task of containing Xie Hongxun, but also eliminated more than 2,000 enemies and captured a large number of weapons and ammunition. ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled: "This sycophant is comfortable, but the soldier is a murder weapon, and the saint has no choice but to do it." I'm essentially a pacifist. ”

Xiong Shouyun smiled secretly, he now fully knows Zhuang Jihua's level of ancient writing, a mistake that he deliberately missed the day before yesterday, he hasn't found it yet, and he actually dares to drag the text: "Yes, I know, you are a soldier among pacifists, a pacifist among soldiers." ”

Saying that Xiong Shouyun packed up his things, Zhuang Jihua saw the notebook he was about to put back in his satchel, and asked, "What do you write all day long?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a little bit of a record." Xiong Shouyun smiled wistfully.

Zhuang Jihua had a suspicion in his heart, could it be that Principal Jiang sent him to spy on me.

"Oh, what did you remember? Can I take a look, I won't read the love letter. Zhuang Jihua pretended to say casually.

"That's not it, I have to take notes after every battle, analyze the process of the battle, the use of tactics, that is, some experience." Xiong Shouyun said honestly.

"Oh," Zhuang Jihua wanted to see it even more: "Show me, see your analysis." Well, no, Song Xiongfu should be asked to make such notes, this kid, he knows how to fight fiercely, he doesn't use his brain at all, if it weren't for him today, the battle should have ended earlier, and the casualties would have been smaller. ”

Xiong Shouyun deeply agreed with Zhuang Jihua's words, and Song Xiongfu on Phoenix Mountain made such a mistake.

"In my opinion, a system should be formed, and after every war, officers at all levels should sum up, and soldiers should also sum up," Zhuang Jihua said.

"I firmly support this decision, and I won't argue with you." Xiong Shouyun said happily.

"Okay, hurry up and pack up, I'm afraid Captain Cheng and they are about to arrive, we have to pick them up."

The next day, Zhuang Jihua met Cheng Qian in Siyangzhuang outside Xiushui City, Zhuang Jihua was still late, the army at this time was not the kind in the previous life, each company was equipped with a radio, the radio station of the Northern Expeditionary Army was only assigned to the division level, and the division below relied on heralds. Zhuang Jihua also heard that the Northern Expeditionary Army had passed, and after catching up, he met the rear guard of the 19th Division near Siyangzhuang, and only then did he know that Cheng Qiansi Yangzhuang had passed.

When Cheng Qian heard the news of Yang Zhendong's capture, he almost didn't believe his ears, and he didn't fully believe it until he saw Yang Zhendong.

"Cultural Revolution, where did you catch him?" Yang Jie was very curious, after the 19th Division was thrown off, the division commander Yang Yuanjun was criticized by Cheng Qian, but he didn't expect to be caught by Zhuang Jihua.

Zhuang Jihua briefly talked about yesterday's battle process, and said at the end: "The humble post just picked up a cheap one, and the main reason was that Commander Cheng crippled him in the copper drum." ”

The sedan chair is carried by everyone, and the credit for grabbing Yang Zhendong must be his, and everyone is happy to say a few good words by the way, Zhuang Jihua understood this kind of thing in his previous life.

The senior officers of the Sixth Army looked at Zhuang Jihua with complicated eyes, they were busy for a long time, but the first work was robbed by Zhuang Jihua, who was far away, but they couldn't say anything, they grabbed it openly and justifiably.

Then Cheng Qian asked Zhuang Jihua about the battle situation in Xiushui, Zhuang Jihua did not hide it, and talked about it in 1510, and everyone was even more surprised. With the strength of a regiment, Xie Hongxun, who had several times the number of troops, suffered repeated losses, and was forced to dare not leave the city, I really don't know how he fought this battle.

After Zhuang Jihua left, Yang Yuanjun said with a little jealousy: "Dare to love us people are all busy in vain, and they will pick the fruit away with a light stretch of hand." ”

Cheng Qian disagreed, he shook his head and said: "Bo Sheng's words are biased, you chased people away, and people intercepted people, which is naturally the credit of others." ”

(To be continued)