In the headquarters of the Jiujiang Jiangxi Army, the atmosphere was extremely tense. "Report to the commander-in-chief, the 17 Brigade has lost contact!" A communications officer made an urgent report. "How is this possible, there is only one regiment of the Red Army in Gaotang to block it, and the large force of the Red Army is far away in Yongxiu, so it is difficult for them to fly to Gaotang with their wings!" The chief of staff said angrily. "Keep in touch, I want to know the real situation of the 17th Brigade." The commander-in-chief, Wang Jun, was obviously impatient and couldn't hold his breath, and his former composure was in vain.

20 minutes have passed, there is still no news of the 17th Brigade, and 1 hour has passed, there is still no trace of the 17th Brigade. "Commander-in-chief, the 17th Brigade has 3 radios, it is impossible for all of them to malfunction, the situation is not good!" Wang Jun walked quickly to the map and checked: "Now there can only be one explanation, Ouyang Jian sent a regiment of troops to deploy in Gaotang in advance to block the 17th Brigade to reinforce De'an. After his main force eliminated the 15th Brigade, he quickly moved his troops north, and directly crossed the county town of De'an to target the 17th Brigade. Ouyang Jian was too cunning, and he judged that after the troops captured Yongxiu County, we would send troops to reinforce De'an. Ouyang Jian must have a radio station in Jiujiang, and he knew the news as soon as we dispatched. ”

"Now it is certain that the 17th Brigade was intercepted, outflanked, or even ・・・・・・." Wang Jun couldn't go on. "Commander-in-chief, Ouyang Jian has always played cards not according to common sense, and eating the 15th Brigade of Yongxiu County was caused by the rebellion of the newly formed regiment, but if he ate the 17th Brigade in one go, how many troops does he have?" "There is no need to suspect this, we have been evacuating Yunshui County for a few months, and Ouyang Jian will definitely expand his army in a big way." "Commander-in-chief, if this is the case, the 17th Brigade may have no way to return to the sky, but the 12th Brigade of De'an County is also in danger." "Report, the 12 Brigade called, and no large units of the Red Army were found around!"

"These rice buckets, idiots!" Wang Jun's face turned pale and roared, his head was dizzy, and he didn't know what to do. A subordinate said: "Commander-in-chief, whether to send the 16th Brigade to the rescue." "Bastard, Ouyang Jian can't wait for us to send troops and take the sheep by the hand." Wang Jun reprimanded loudly, and the frightened subordinates didn't dare to squeak. "Commander-in-chief, if the 17th Brigade suffers misfortune, Ouyang Jian will definitely kill the horse pistol, and then besiege De'an County and eat the 12th Brigade, the Red Army's continuous combat ability is unimaginable. If the Red Army quickly eats the 17th Brigade, it will form a north-south flank attack on De'an County, and the 12th Brigade is in danger! ”

A sentence woke up Wang Jun, his eyes aimed at the map and said: "The 17th Brigade is more auspicious and less auspicious, we can only resign ourselves to fate, and immediately order the 12th Brigade to retreat to Xingzi County, and then cross Poyang Lake from Xingzi County and retreat to Jingdezhen!" Wang Jun was undoubtedly right in giving this order, but where did he think that the 12th Brigade withdrew to Jingdezhen and was forcibly absorbed by the 22nd Division of the Central Army and made wedding clothes for others. Lao Jiang was shocked to hear that the 15th and 17th Brigades of the Jiangxi Army had been annihilated in succession, and he was surprised and ordered the 22nd Division stationed in Zhejiang to quickly enter the line of Jingdezhen, Shangyao, and Yingtan in Jiangxi to ensure the absolute security of the eastern part of Nanchang. “

"At present, the Central Plains War is ready to start, the main force of the Central Army has opened its stance, the Northwest Army and the Jin Army have also deployed troops, and the war is about to break out. It was simply impossible to draw troops from the front line, so Lao Chiang ordered the 22nd Division of the Central Army stationed in Zhejiang to enter Jiangxi as soon as possible to ensure the absolute security of the eastern part of Nanchang. At the same time, Wang Jun was ordered to shrink his forces and hold on to Jiujiang. In order to hold on to Jiujiang, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the navy to send four gunboats into the line of Jiujiang to support the Jiangxi army. The Central Plains War is the core of the veteran, and he has to go to the front line to command the battle, and he has no time to take care of the current chaos in Jiangxi for the time being.

After annihilating the 17th Brigade of the Jiangxi Army, Ouyang Jian ordered all units to wave their swords and point at De'an County, and when the troops arrived in Yicheng Town, Ouyang Jian received the news that the 12th Brigade of the Jiangxi Army had fled to Xingzi County. Due to the fatigue of the continuous combat troops, Ouyang Jian could only watch the 12th Brigade of the Jiangxi Army escape. However, Ouyang Jian didn't expect that he had obtained an unexpected gain. It turned out that not long after the main force advanced northward, Ouyang Jian ordered the artillery brigade to follow up with De'an County, with the purpose of preparing for the attack on De'an County after eating the 17th Brigade of the Jiangxi Army.

Zhu Dianwen arrived at the south side of De'an County in the afternoon of the next day, and the reconnaissance detachment reported that the Jiangxi army was retreating at the east gate. Zhu Dianwen was overjoyed when he heard this, and knew that the column commander had returned victoriously, and the Gan army fled in a hurry. Seeing the enemy fleeing and doing nothing, Zhu Dianwen couldn't help but be bold, and immediately ordered the artillery team to move to the east. He ordered the grenadier detachments to quietly set up ambushes, and ordered the artillery to enter combat readiness. The commander of the 12th Brigade of the Jiangxi Army was obsessed with money and didn't want to leave anything behind, so a large number of light and heavy military supplies withdrew eastward with the troops.

The convoy of the Gan army was located in the rear, and there was only one battalion behind the palace. Seeing the transport team of the Gan army, Zhu Dianwen decisively ordered the artillery to be fired. The artillery shells exploded in the column of the enemy army, and the grenadier detachment took the opportunity to fire the bullets, and one hundred and ten bullets exploded at the same time, and the smoke covered the sky and the sun, and the shocking effect was incomparable. The Jiangxi army was stunned, this posture must have arrived in the Red Army, and the Jiangxi army abandoned the military supplies and fled with their lives. Artillery fire trailed the bombardment. Suffering a sudden blow, the rear of the Jiangxi army was in chaos, and the Chinese army was rushed by the rear team.

The commander of the 12th Brigade of the Jiangxi Army was shocked to hear that the Red Army had arrived, and especially when he saw the people in the rear team who were bombed by artillery fire, he was even more convinced. The subordinates shouted and screamed, like a frightened bird, the commander of the 12th brigade took the lead in escaping, and the soldiers of the Jiangxi army were like antelopes on the grassland, throwing ducks and fleeing eastward. The Jiangxi army fled in a hurry, leaving behind a large number of light and heavy, and Zhu Dianwen's artillery team was able to capture a large amount of military supplies, which was a windfall.

After dark, Ouyang Jian led a large army to De'an County, Ouyang Jian was not overjoyed when he heard the news, but his face turned blue, and he immediately ordered Zhu Dianwen, the captain of the artillery brigade, to come and report. Everyone was deeply confused when they saw Ouyang Jian's anger. As soon as he saw Zhu Dianwen, he said happily: "Captain of the column, the Jiangxi army frightened by a few shells is like a bird with a frightened bow, running faster than a rabbit, and I captured ・・・・・・." "Shut up!" Ouyang Jian scolded loudly. Zhu Dewen was stunned, and everyone was stunned. "Do you know that if there is a sober commander in the Gan army, your artillery brigade will be wiped out, understand?"

A word woke up the person in the dream, everyone seemed to wake up, and Zhu Dianwen also woke up from the confusion. "You should recognize the seriousness of the problem, the artillery brigade was almost buried in your hands. In view of the fact that you have captured a large number of enemy military supplies, and the merits are offset, you go back to me and think about it. "Yes! Subordinates must reflect well! Zhu Dianwen realized the seriousness of the problem and left cautiously. After Zhu Dianwen left, Ouyang Jian said to everyone: "It is understandable that the fighter plane appears to catch it, but as a commander, you must have a concept of the overall situation, and local interests must be subordinated to the overall situation. In the future, you will inevitably encounter such a situation, and you must not be greedy. ”

"Captain Column, you are very vigilant in time, if I do, I will be hot-headed." Su Yu said sincerely. Luo Ronghuan said: "Winning battles in a row, the troops will inevitably have pride, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, the column commander, we take this as a warning, so that all officers and soldiers will firmly remember that our enemy is still strong, and we are still weak." Xiao Ke and Zhang Shiying also said that they should keep a clear head. Ouyang Jian said with a smile on his face: "Frankly speaking, Zhu Dianwen was not wrong to capture the fighter, but the mistake was that he did not think of the possible consequences. I'm glad you all got to know that. Song Renqiang was not present, and his headquarters stayed in the north side of the town to serve as a guard.

The troops began to rest in the county town of De'an, and the good news of victory flew to the Central Committee of Shanghai and to the headquarters of the Central Red Army. Runzhi and Zhu De led the main force of the Red Fourth Army to shake a shot under Nanchang City, and then waved their troops to Yingtan. Approaching Yingtan, they received news that a brigade of the 22nd Division of the Central Army was stationed in Yingtan. There was no plan to attack Yingtan in the first place, so Zhu Mao immediately ordered the main force of the Red Fourth Army to return to the base area and counterattack the Fujian warlords to attack the base area. Returning to Runzhi and Zhu De, they received Ouyang Jian to carry forward the spirit of continuous combat, and ate the 17th Brigade of the Jiangxi Army in one go. In addition to the great joy, Runzhi and Zhu De discussed, in view of the intrusion of the base area, and the fatigue of the troops from continuous battles, they decided to withdraw to the base area for rest.

However, a few days after Runzhi and Zhu De led their troops back to Ruijin, the Central Committee issued an order to form the First Route Army of the Central Red Army, with Zhu De as the commander-in-chief and Runzhi as the general political commissar. The Red Fourth Army, together with the Red 12th Army and local armed forces, formed the Red 1st Army Corps. At the same time, the Central Committee ordered the 1st Route Army of the Central Red Army to advance to Hunan in preparation for the capture of the central city of Wuhan. The military order is like a mountain, although Runzhi and Zhu De disagree, but the order must be carried out. At this point, the Central Red Army began to fight on the outside with difficulty, and many people were hot-headed at the moment, not realizing how great the losses were due to this move.

In the headquarters of the column in De'an County, Ouyang Jian was thinking about the next military action against the map. Deputy Column Commander Su Yu and Chief of Staff Luo Ronghuan were also studying the enemy situation. At this time, a telegraph operator came in to report: "Report, the Central Committee is in an emergency!" Chief of Staff Luo Ronghuan first took the telegram and checked it, and immediately said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Column leader, the Central Committee ordered us to form the Jiujiang Independent Division, which has 7 regimental numbers under its jurisdiction. Ouyang Jian took the telegram and glanced at it and said, "Inform me, the detachment commander and above officers will come quickly and immediately convene a military meeting." Soon the detachment leaders, including the political commissars, arrived, and everyone inevitably exchanged heads and joy.

About an hour later, the leader of the 4th detachment, Song Renqiang, and the political commissar finally Yima arrived. After everyone sat down, Ouyang Jian said with a serious expression: "The Central Committee ordered us to form the Jiujiang Independent Division, and each detachment will not be upgraded to a regiment-level unit. According to the order of the CPC Central Committee, I was appointed commander of the independent division, Mao Zetan was appointed political commissar, Su Yu was appointed deputy division commander, Luo Ronghuan was appointed chief of staff and director of the Political Department, and Zhang Hanfu was appointed director of the General Logistics Department. The first regiment commander Han Chu, the second regiment commander Chen Ming, the third regiment commander Xiao Ke, the fourth regiment commander Song Renqiang, the fifth regiment commander Zhang Shiying, the reserve regiment commander Zhao Liang, and the logistics regiment commander Shangguan Fei. The political commissars of the detachments remained unchanged. ”

Ouyang Jian paused for a moment and continued: "The Central Committee ordered at the same time, let us take the opportunity to seize Jiujiang!" Ouyang Jian paused to see how everyone reacted. Great, take Jiujiang and capture Wang Jun alive in one go. Zhang Shiying fired first. Xiao Ke said: "At present, the two brigades with the strongest combat effectiveness of the 6th Division of the Jiangxi Army have been eliminated by us, and the 16th Brigade of the Jiangxi Army has suffered heavy losses in Yunshui County, and it has not yet recovered its vitality. In addition to the 16th Brigade of the 6th Division of the Jiangxi Army, the 13th Brigade and the 14th Brigade of the 5th Division of Jiujiang are relatively weak in combat effectiveness, and we are fully sure that we will take Jiujiang City. ”

Luo Ronghuan said: "If Jiujiang is taken, it will cut off the transportation of the enemy army on the Yangtze River, and the enemy will be dealt a greater blow, so I agree to fight Jiujiang." Song Renqiang also agreed, but Su Yu was silent. Deputy Division Commander Su, why don't you speak and tell us what you think? "Ouyang Jian pointed. Su Yu said: "I don't agree to fight Jiujiang!" The crowd was amazed. Ouyang Jian nodded and gestured to continue, Su Yu walked to the map and continued: "Although Jiujiang only has 3 brigades, it is a mourning soldier, and it is inevitable to defend desperately in a battle against the water, this is one of them." Second, the walls of Jiujiang are tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the enemy army will use the Yangtze River to reinforce at any time. ”

"Third, if the enemy arranges gunboat fire support on the river, even if we take Jiujiang, we will pay a heavy price, this is the reason why I don't advocate fighting Jiujiang!" "Well said!" Ouyang Jian cheered loudly.