The generals and colonels who had made a lot of money by bombing the enemy's left flank artillery array were in a happy mood, and the officers and men on the right flank of the revolutionary army were in a great mood and cheered. The enemy army had no artillery support, and the morale of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the right-wing position of the revolutionary army doubled, and they were all preparing intensively, gearing up, and only waiting for Liu Zhi to give an order to launch a charge, trying to break through the enemy's last line of defense and approach the tall and strong city of Tonglu.

However, Liu Zhi's order to the regiments was not to launch a charge, but to be on strict alert to eat in place. Cai Zhonghu, who returned from the front line in advance, and An Yi walked into an elegant and spacious Jiangnan house together and came to Xu Tingyao's bedroom in the backyard.

Xu Tingyao, who had improved slightly, leaned on the thick quilt at the head of the bed, and after listening to An Yi's large-scale strategic and tactical report on General Bai Chongxi, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time, and finally looked up to the sky and sighed quite sadly:

"From the beginning of the Battle of Lanxi to the current Battle of Tonglu, our second division has acted as a decoy in Chief Bai's plan, and every time we face the danger of annihilation, but we just have suffering. After the first two battles, I realized that something was wrong, but I didn't expect that the battle in front of me was still like this, Commander Bai still wanted us to attack the city head-on, forcing us to attack more than 40,000 defenders outside Tonglu City with a mere 10,000 troops, I have been kept in the dark, thinking that the other divisions would come up to assist in the attack after two days, who knew that it was such a shocking layout.

Now it seems that if it weren't for Brother Zhuchen's clever plan to cooperate with Xiao Yi's clever plan yesterday and concentrate on slamming the enemy's position near the river to force the enemy to retreat on all fronts, I am afraid that we would not see that the Tonglu city wall would be more than half damaged, but knowing that this is the case, we can only grit our teeth and rush forward, otherwise who can bear the big crime of disobeying the military order?

From the overall point of view, even if it is worth sacrificing my entire second division in exchange for a new city and winning the initiative of the overall situation, Chief Bai's arrangement of troops is wonderful, we can't find a little fault, we can't find a reason for disobedience, every move is not a conspiracy but a conspiracy, even if we see it, there is nothing to do, we can only pray to God, ruthless......"

Cai Zhongwat said with a smile: "Brother Yuexiang, Xiao Yi had already seen it the night before yesterday, but in order to confirm Chief Bai's entire strategy, Xiao Yi didn't let me tell this secret, and he didn't even tell Brother Jingfu. Xiao Yi's analysis is very reasonable, and he is worried that the commanders of each regiment will breed dissatisfaction and even resistance after learning about it, which will lead to negative spread and waste all the previous achievements.

If he saw the morale of the 2nd Division and the 65th Regiment that were responsible for the frontal attack, he would definitely be furious, and even put the blame for the possible defeat on the 2nd Division, and the 2nd Division would be in trouble, not to mention that he would not be recognized for such hard work, and it was also possible to attract the blame and possible resentment of the overall situation, and the principal would not offend the overall situation for the sake of the 2nd Division, and offend the brilliant Commander Bai, So I agree with Xiao Yi's handling and remain silent, today's time has come, the situation is almost a foregone conclusion, and I can finally say it. ”

Xu Tingyao nodded gratefully and sighed frequently, An Yi went out and sent away all the adjutants and guards who were standing at the door, told Shen Fengdao to stay outside the door, returned to the room and moved closer to Xu Tingyao to sit down, whispered to Xu Tingyao, Xu Tingyao was so surprised that he almost stood up.

An Yi hurriedly held down Xu Tingyao and continued to say his plan, Xu Tingyao calmed down and asked several key points in a row, and after getting An Yi's thoughtful and complete explanation, his spirits were greatly lifted, and he hurriedly sat up to look for shoes, as if his serious illness was suddenly half better.

An Yi picked up Xu Tingyao and suggested in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, your subordinates think that no matter how tired you are and how difficult it is to persevere, you must stand up and grit your teeth to get through this battle, there is a Xiaolang in the subordinate camp who is quite accomplished in traditional Chinese medicine, and after a while, his subordinates will order him to come and wait for you, and you will be able to insist on commanding until tomorrow night." If the subordinates' estimation is good, at this time tomorrow, the chief of staff can rest in Tonglu City. ”

Where did Xu Tingyao not know the true intention of An Yi's words? An Yi asked him not to lie in bed, so as to miss this almost a foregone conclusion, which is very important to Xu Tingyao, who is already a major general, only needs one or two big victories to be promoted to the first level, and he will be reused in the upcoming expansion of the army, so deep friendship, how can Xu Tingyao not be grateful? What's more, since the Northern Expedition, it is An Yi's exploits that have made the prestige of the Second Division and Liu Zhi's promotion, among which others don't understand, Xu Tingyao is naturally clear.

Twenty minutes later, Liu Zhi and Chen Jiji returned to the main hall of the division headquarters, and saw Xu Tingyao sitting on the deputy seat on the north side of the long table leisurely drinking tea, in good spirits, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him in harmony.

Liu Zhi asked where An Yi and Cai Zhonghu went? Xu Tingyao replied that the two of them came in and sent some information and local analysis of the battle situation and went back, and after saying a perfunctory sentence, he moved a pile of information to Liu Zhi, and explained in detail An Yi's guesses and judgments "from continuous and scattered intelligence", Liu Zhi and Chen Jiji were shocked when they heard it, and their faces changed greatly.

Liu Zhi paced back and forth a few times in a row, leaned on the back of Xu Tingyao's chair and said anxiously: "You can't be helpless at this time...... Urgently recruit An Yi to come and discuss! ”

Xu Tingyao nodded: "I also have this opinion, in the past two days, Ying Rongguang and An Yi have continuously handed over these fragments of information to me, but I am lying in bed with limited energy, and you are very busy in the front-line command, so there is a slight delay." Now it seems that An Yi's worries and speculations are right, the three main divisions have disappeared for two days and one night, although An Yi does not dare to say it explicitly, but I estimate that he has been secretly prepared.

An Yi joined my second division from the beginning of the army, and his intelligence is also clear to both of you, in my opinion, only An Yi has the ability to deal with it at present, from the battle of Fengxin to the present, he is resourceful and invincible, and his ability far exceeds most of the generals of our first army, since he discovered the abnormality of the entire battle situation and submitted reports continuously, I dare to conclude that he will not ignore the countermeasures, not to mention that looking at the various departments of our division, only the more than 4,000 elites of An Yi's regiment, which was designated as a reserve, have been stationary, and they have frequently sent groups of reconnaissance teams while recuperating, therefore, I concluded that he already had a plan, but he just had a pimple in his heart and couldn't let go. ”

Liu Zhi instructed the herald to go and inform An Yi immediately, and returned to his seat and shook his head guiltily.

Chen Jiji saw all this in his eyes, and joked half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Brother Jingfu and Brother Yuexiang, how about giving me this kid An Yi after this battle?" Our division has been newly established and there have been quite a lot of shortages, and after my brother was promoted to division commander, our division has not yet designated a candidate for deputy division commander. ”

"I don't have a deputy division commander in my second division, it is estimated that the third brother of Zhejiang Ming will have another high level, and the position of deputy division commander has to be promoted from my second division general, this is also the principal's original opinion, after the war, you hurry up and get out, you have to find the deputy division commander to find it somewhere else!" Xu Tingyao also joked with a smile.

Liu Zhi and Chen Jiji heard the meaning, and after thinking about it, they also felt that they owed An Yi too much, especially Chen Jiji, his life was saved from Wuchang City by An Yi at the risk of death, for which he often remembered it, and now that he has been promoted to division commander, he wants to carry An Yi with him.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the refreshed Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao rushed to the front line again, commanded all units to carry out fierce artillery attacks on the enemy's positions, and twice launched a regimental scale charge with tentative surnames, which caused the enemy to panic and once again sent a brigade out of the city for reinforcements.

Liu Zhi saw that the goal had been achieved, and while the officers and men of each regiment were holding their positions, they carried out machine-gun strafing and mortar bombardment on the enemy's positions from time to time.

At the same time, the Shi family ancestral hall where the reading group is located gathered violently, and An Yi pointed to the highlands and roads and rivers in the sand table with a baton in his hand and explained loudly:

“…… According to our repeated calculations, the main force of our army's surprise attack has now reached the Huangpudu line, 25 kilometers southwest of Xindeng, and will cross the Fenshui River at nightbreak at the latest, and the next 25 kilometers will be a gentle avenue, even if the more than 20,000 officers and men of the three main divisions walk slowly, they will reach Xindeng within six hours, and if everything goes well, the enemy's former enemy headquarters will be completely finished at dawn tomorrow, and Meng Zhaoyue, the commander of the Zhejiang army, will also become a prisoner.

The information transmitted from the headquarters showed that Meng Zhaoyue's Guards Brigade had left Xindeng yesterday morning and was transferred to Tonglu City, and Sun Chuanfang's Guards Brigade Wuming Brigade had also rushed to help.

Looking back and thinking about it now, Chief Bai's series of clever decisions that are calculated and interlocking have fully played a role, which is amazing! Brothers, the combined strength of both sides in this battle is more than 100,000, and it is very concentrated, it can be called the largest battle after entering Zhejiang, no matter what the results are, this unprecedented scale of the battle is a great inspiration and promotion for us! ”

All the brothers sighed, and Yin Jinan immediately said that he would compile this battle into a book as soon as possible and list it as a key example of the army's internal teaching materials, and Qu Muchen and Ye Cheng echoed in succession.

An Yi smiled with satisfaction, and finally came to the tasks of each department one by one: "This is Baizhang Mountain, which is fifteen kilometers behind Tonglu City, and the mountain behind Shangcun on the bank of the river is only about 2.3 kilometers away, and there is a pond with a width of more than 50 acres in the middle. There is only one parallel old road leading from the pass in the east to Fuyang, Hangzhou and other places in the north, so as long as Xia Jian's 1st battalion and Hutou's 4th battalion turn over the back of the ox in the east, pass behind the 9th Division of Commander Li Mingyang, and then cross the Qihe Ridge to sneak here, the whole journey is about 37 kilometers, and the reconnaissance team of the guard company takes seven and a half hours, because you have to carry heavy loads, and you have to carry mortars and enough ammunition with pack horses, I will give you twelve hours, and you must arrive before dawn tomorrow, and immediately annihilate the defenders of a company there. It's best not to make too much noise, and then immediately dig up the barrage. According to the demands of the war, you must be nailed to these two heights for at least twenty-four hours, can you do it? ”

"No problem, why don't you just climb a few mountains? What is the name of my battalion? Mountain camp! Ha ha! Xia Jian patted his chest and replied proudly.

Gu Changfeng nodded lightly: "It is estimated that our battalion can arrive two hours earlier, but what if the defenders in Tonglu City stubbornly defend and do not flee north?" ”

"If this is better, you just need to hold that position, that position is a mountain to the east, the west is the wide Fuchun River, the narrow area of 500 meters to the south is only 2.5 kilometers at its widest point, and half of the area is a stream and water pond, the enemy just wants to launch a large-scale charge of more than 3,000 people can't do it, not to mention that the occupation of Xindeng by our army has made Tonglu defend the enemy chaotic, plus you have blocked the east bank retreat of the Tonglu defender, and the 40,000 enemies of Tonglu City can only choose to surrender in addition to defending the lonely city, With the morale of the Zhejiang army now, can it be defended?

One thing you should pay attention to is that the road to Fuyang on the west bank of the river separated from your position, the narrow creek line that must pass through is also a long and narrow area, which is not much different from the area you are defending, and it is impossible for the strength of the Jedi to be deployed, and it is impossible not to take into account the shrewdness of Commander Bai, so you only need to hold your position, if the enemy crosses the west bank in front of your position, you must not attack and block, even if you let thousands of fleeing enemies cross the river, you don't care about him, there is a blocking team arranged by Commander Bai, It's a lot less stressful for you. Speaking of the last few words, An Yi accentuated his tone.

"Got it! Even if the enemy crosses the river, a large number of baggage will be left on the east bank outside. Gu Changfeng smiled reassuringly.

An Yi added: "In order to strengthen your firepower and ensure the safety of your back, the mortar company, machine gun company, and four teaching companies of the regiment headquarters also acted with you, and let the demolition detachment of the guard company bring two tons of explosives with them, and go to the mountainside that is buried in advance on the east side of Baizhang Mountain, as long as you see a large number of fleeing enemies from the south flocking to your position, you will immediately blow up the pass on the east side of Baizhang Mountain, and let a large number of rocks and mud block the old road on the east side of Baizhang Mountain. Let them be left with only the only way you have blocked to escape, and the enemy who flees in a panic will not carry artillery, but can only risk death to rush through your artillery fire and bullets, otherwise they can only surrender. I'm going to send you the best pack horses in the whole group, it's half past four in the afternoon, and it's an hour and a half to prepare. ”

"Yes!"

Xia Jian and Gu Changfeng received the order to leave, and Hu Zi and Qu Muchen talked with An Yi for a while and went to supervise the preparations.

An Yi turned to Yin Jinan and asked, "How is the thrower doing?" ”

Yang Fei said that the throwing distance of the 15-kilogram medicine bag was about 280 meters, and due to the lack of steel plates and fasteners, the brothers of the two engineer companies could only build eight at the same time. But this thing was so damaged that it really threw ten or eight explosive packets and exploded at the head of the city, and I don't know how many people were killed. I feel bad when I think of the group of stupid dementia I saw at the North Pass after I came back, and sometimes I really want to order them to be sent on the road, so as not to live like the walking dead. Yin Jinan sighed.

An Yi also sighed: "I don't want to do this either!" This is also done in front of us just in case, if the enemy resists stubbornly, we will have to be ruthless, otherwise we will lose the lives of our brothers. Ji Nan, at this time, we can't help but have any bodhisattva heart! I hope I won't need it this time...... Then again, if we don't do anything, the enemy in Tonglu will definitely flee, and we can easily occupy Tonglu City, but in this way, there will not be much merit, and even the capture will be gone, so we can only watch Deputy Commander Bai block the Fuyang line in the north, happily shelter tens of thousands of prisoners and guns, and watch people get rich. Therefore, only by doing it yourself, can we have enough food and clothing, we can't expect people to give us some leftover bones, our team must have blood and backbone! ”

When the brothers heard An Yi's words, they shook their heads at first, and then their confidence was greatly boosted, and they were full of pride, and their blood and iron bones were the soul of the spirit of the model camp.

(To be continued)