An Yi rushed to the division headquarters in the town, but did not see the division commander Liu Zhi, after reading the note left by Liu Zhi, he thought about it for a while, entered the backyard to visit the bedridden Xu Tingyao and talked for a while, and immediately returned to the Baiyun Pavilion station, which is located 4.5 kilometers north of the town.

Baiyun Pavilion is not a pavilion, but a quiet and elegant, quite large-scale landlord's manor, because of the fear of the revolutionary liquidation of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the old landlord led a family of dozens of people to move to Suzhou early to avoid trouble, only more than 200 meters away from the traffic artery of Nuoda a manor, became the temporary military camp of the Zhejiang army, after the panic retreat of the Zhejiang army, this place became the regimental headquarters of the Reading Force, and nearly 2,000 brothers stationed directly under the departments did not feel too crowded.

In the lobby of the main building, where East meets West, An Yi fell asleep on the sofa in front of the fireplace on the west side.

The leather sofa with thick velvet upholstery was so comfortable that he lay down and closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, the faint fragrance of the camphor wood burning in the fireplace, and the flickering flames reflected a faint halo on his tired stubble-covered face.

"Shhhh

Zhan Huanqi, a communications staff officer standing at the door, raised his index finger to Xia Jian and Gu Changfeng, who hurriedly stepped into the threshold: "Light, the boss hasn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights, and he just fell asleep after drinking a cup of tea, Xiao Du took off his shoes and washed his feet, he didn't know, he was tired." ”

Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian glanced at each other, nodded to Zhan Huanqi, walked lightly to the fireplace, sat on the couch opposite An Yi, and just leaned on the back of the comfortable and soft sofa, they heard An Yi's soft voice: "Have you settled down your brothers?" ”

Xia Jian and Gu Changfeng looked at each other and smiled, and replied in unison: "Settle down." ”

"Thanks to the help of more than 200 brothers in the logistics department of the regiment headquarters, the brothers in my battalion have just entered the camp in the Zhendong market, and they can take a pleasant hot bath, drink hot ginger syrup, and rest after eating. The same is true of the fourth battalion of Hutou, which lives in a grain depot more than 300 meters apart, and the brothers in logistics are very well arranged, and not a single brother is hungry or cold. Xia Jian knew An Yi's style well, and reported in detail the issues An Yi was concerned about without asking.

An Yi nodded with satisfaction, rubbed his sour eyes and looked at the two of them, and laughed in a low voice: "You two are dirty like this, why don't you take a hot bath and rest for a while?" ”

"I originally wanted to wash and come over, I heard that you have a beautiful big bathhouse here, and you have already put water in and made a fire outside to heat a large pool of water, and I didn't think about it, so I pulled Lao Xia over. No, the change of clothes was placed on the low cabinet by the door. ”

After Gu Changfeng finished speaking, he lit a cigarette and cocked Erlang's legs, leaned on the sofa and protruded a string of smoke rings, causing An Yi and the surrounding staff officers to laugh.

Xia Jian said: "I didn't remember telling you after you left in a hurry for a meeting at noon, when I led my brothers back, I met a group of people from Shizuo at the south pass of the narrow road and rushed to Jiande City in the south to have a meeting. ”

An Yi nodded: "I also heard a lot of news in the division headquarters, the brothers of the three regiments and the sixty-fifth regiment of my division could not attack, and were blocked by more than 14,000 defenders of Tonglu on the line from Shijiashan to Yanzijian, eight kilometers south of the city, the enemy's artillery fire was quite fierce, and the positions built in advance occupied the commanding heights of the first line of five kilometers from east to west, and the regiments of our division had no artillery support, and it was useless to rely only on machine guns and limited mortars, so there has been no progress so far, but the herald who came back to report the news said yes' Intense stalemate', what bullshit stalemate? Lying under the position of others, looking up and looking up, it is difficult to walk an inch, and you can know how far away it is if you think about it with your ass! ”

The brothers laughed, and An Yi continued: "I estimate that it will be difficult to move forward until tomorrow night, and it will be a headache to let the enemy condescend to launch a counter-charge." The chief of staff was very anxious, but he was weak all over, and he couldn't move because of the high fever, so he could only be handed over to the full command of Division Commander Chen Jiji, but fortunately, Division Commander Chen also went out of our second division, and he was more familiar with the commanders at all levels of each regiment, and if he couldn't break through, he wouldn't be plotted by the enemy, so we still had at least twenty-four hours of rest, and I didn't dare to guarantee any more...... The two of you go to take a shower first, it is estimated that Hu Zi and Lao Yang are also almost there, and when Chen Zhibiao brings the artillery and prisoners over, we will have a meeting to carefully analyze the battle situation. ”

Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian stood up to take a bath, An Yi instructed Zhan Huanqi and the others to prepare the map, and when they saw Peng Jianqing, the deputy of the communications company, hurriedly walking out of the confidential room on the east side of the hall with a folder, they knew that there was an urgent telegram.

An Yi took a telegram handed by Peng Jianqing and hurriedly read it, smiled slightly and ordered in a low voice: "Call back to the principal: The students obey the order, and the captured artillery, shells and captured artillery will be handed over to General Cai Zhongwat as a whole, and the captured enemy general will be immediately sent to the former enemy headquarters." ”

"Yes, you can sign it...... Boss, how did the principal know about the seizure of the third battalion so quickly? Peng Jianqing handed the quickly prepared message to An Yi and asked by the way.

An Yi handed him the signed telegram: "I reported this matter to Chief of Staff Xu at the division headquarters at noon, it is estimated that he ordered the subordinates to report to the principal, I can understand him, for the honor and future of the second division, the chief of staff is worried and painstaking, and he has done everything he can."

Jianqing, this time our reading force regiment's combat exploits are not small, and after arranging the matter at hand, I will personally draft a telegram and send it to the principal, it is estimated that I can get another small-scale promotion reward, and you and Huanqi's military ranks should also be upgraded to one level, and after everything is clear, I plan to let Huanqi be officially promoted to the regimental headquarters major staff officer, and you need to take on the heavy responsibility of the communication company, and the selection of training personnel must be paid close attention to, and strive to have our own professional team within three months. ”

"Yes, I'll do my best!" Peng Jianqing saluted gratefully.

In the evening, An Yi, who was eating and talking with his brothers around the big table, suddenly received a notice from Liu Zhi, and An Yi had no choice but to put down his rice bowl and go out, riding a small black horse to follow the division herald waiting outside the door to the division headquarters in the town.

The command room was deserted, only Liu Zhi, the head of the intelligence section, Ying Rongguang, and the chief of the operations section, Colonel Chen, stood in front of the large map and discussed in a low voice, while Liu Zhi held the remaining half of the steamed bun in his hand and stared at the map tightly.

Hearing the report, Liu Zhi turned around and motioned for An Yi to come over, pointing to a few red arrows on the map that had just been marked and explained in a low voice:

The 1st and 21st Divisions have already occupied Meicheng and Sandu, and the 9th Division led by Li Mingyang, chief of staff of the Third Army, has arrived at Sandu to join up with the 21st Division of our army, and the attacking strength on the right flank of the center has increased exponentially, and they will launch an attack on the enemy troops in Panling, which is stationed at the junction of 20 kilometers to the east, at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

The 1st Division, which is only eight kilometers away from us, is resting at Meicheng at this time, and it will also drive behind our division tomorrow morning, presumably in order to strengthen the attack force of our division.

But what I can't figure out is that the Fifth Division of the Second Army Tan Daoyuan's Division, which arrived with Li Mingyang's Ninth Division of the Third Army, did not reinforce the Dai Yue Division of the Second Army on the left flank as originally planned, nor did it plan to reinforce our troops to attack Tonglu City together, but drove to Jiande and rested on the spot.

With the current strength of our division and the two regiments inherited by Chen, how could it be possible to capture the enemy's position on the line eight kilometers south of Tonglu in three days? More than 10,000 defenders of the three brigades occupied favorable terrain, and with the cooperation of superior artillery fire, they condescended and blocked the only two passages in front, and we were in a position of feint, and it was difficult to make a breakthrough within three days. ”

An Yi was deeply puzzled when he heard that there were so many uncertainties in Liu Zhi's words, but he was worried that it would hurt Liu Zhi's face and ask directly, so he took a step forward and carefully checked the troop layout and various attack directions marked on the map, and still couldn't figure it out after ten minutes, except for Tan Daoyuan's Fifth Division, which should not be left behind, Bai Chongxi's arrangement was well-behaved and impeccable, and not only the Second Division would face a fierce battle, but Li Mingyang's Ninth Division and the serious Twenty-first Division on the right would also face the heavily defended Pan Ling, As long as Panling is defeated, it will be able to take advantage of the victory to pursue and approach Tonglu City, and form a flanking attack on Tonglu City with the second and twenty-second divisions in the middle road.

However, An Yi always felt that this battle plan was not Bai Chongxi's true intention, with the consistent style of "Xiao Zhuge "being resourceful, he should not repeat the strategy of attacking the city of Nanchang, An Yi, who had many exchanges and discussions with Bai Chongxi in the Battle of Nanchang, knew very well that Bai Chongxi was the most unscrupulous Liu Zhi and others had the courage and no strategy, and used the surnames of officers and soldiers to fight to win or lose, but this time he used this kind of strategy, and he was facing Tonglu City, which is known as the first strong city in Zhejiang, what is it for?

An Yi thought quickly and weighed carefully, but he couldn't guess Bai Chongxi's far-reaching intentions, and finally had to focus on the problems he was facing.

"Division, how is Chief Dai Yue's left wing progressing?" As soon as An Yi opened his mouth, he asked about the left road, which was nearly 100 kilometers away from his middle road, which surprised Liu Zhi and the others.

Liu Zhi pointed to Fenshui Town on the map: "The two divisions of the Second Army were blocked on the south bank of the Fenshui River, and they could not cross the river after two consecutive days of fierce attacks. I guess Dai Yuebu has to find a way to do it from other aspects. ”

An Yi nodded and turned to the direction of attack of his second division: "Division, when the subordinates go back, they will send a reconnaissance team to infiltrate the left and right flanks of the forward position to observe, according to the meaning of Commander Bai, I'm afraid we can't do it, my subordinates feel that if we can concentrate artillery fire and repeatedly hit the enemy at one point, maybe we can tear a hole in the enemy's five-kilometer-long defensive position, as long as we can rush into the two regiments hard, the enemy can only honestly retreat to the city, and our task will be half completed. It is necessary to wait for the arrival of the 9th and 21st Divisions on the right flank before launching a strong attack, otherwise our division will suffer huge siege casualties, and there will be more than 20,000 defenders in the city by then, and the enemy has also built artillery positions on the two heights north of the city, which will carry out artillery bombardment on our besieging troops. ”

"I also have such a plan, and I must not repeat the mistakes of the Fengxin War, but these are all later words, and the top priority is to overcome the strong enemy that stands in our way. The proposal for the use of concentrated artillery is very good, the difficulty is that there are only twelve artillery pieces in the artillery battalion of our division, which is only six more field guns than your artillery company, and there are less than a thousand shells, and the other three regiments do not have even one gun left after the Longyou fiasco, how can they be used intensively? What is even more uncomfortable is that the level of our artillery is too poor, most of them are new recruits, they have not undergone special training, and they cannot play any role. After Liu Zhi finished speaking, he shook his head frequently with a sad face.

An Yi turned to Liu Zhi: "Division, the twenty-six German-made guns accidentally captured by the third battalion of Chen Zhibiao of our regiment are still there, and there are more than 2,000 shells, plus the six guns of our artillery company and the twelve guns of the divisional artillery battalion, which is already more than the equipment of the two artillery regiments, but it is ...... Can the division immediately ask Commander Bai to let General Cai Zhonghu, who is in the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters, lead his troops to come to support? ”

Liu Zhi was overjoyed: "I'll go and give it to ......"

"Report: General Cai Zhonghu asks to see!"

(To be continued)