The battle at the foot of Dingzi Mountain was extremely fierce, and the brave officers and men of Dai Huan's department launched two charges to the 500-meter-long blocking heights, but they were both repulsed, and the firepower of the Sichuan army greatly exceeded the expectations of the officers and men of Yunnan.

The gunfire stopped, and the Sichuan officers and men on the position pointed at the enemy troops fleeing in confusion and laughed, and Pan Wenhua, the commander of the 10th Brigade of the Sichuan Army, who came to the blocking position, was very dissatisfied with the pride and slackness of the various units, and called the two regiment commanders under his command to scold:

"Spicy next door, how do you bring the soldiers? No matter how fast the enemy runs, it is still within 400 meters of the shooting distance, but you stop fighting, what does Lao Tzu ask for in peacetime training? Yes?! Is there any of your relatives among the retreating enemy troops? ”

The two young regiment commanders were so scolded that they couldn't raise their heads, and they seemed to run back to the headquarters in shame, and they grabbed the battalion company commander under their command and roared.

The 12 water-cooled heavy machine guns arranged on the 500-meter blocking position once again erupted tongues of fire, and the rain of bullets relentlessly pursued the enemy deserters, and even left more than 100 corpses behind the fleeing enemy soldiers.

The attacking troops of the three regiments fled back to the narrow west entrance of the town, and the scattered rout gradually gathered in the whistle, and the officers in the confusion could not find the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the officers, and the inner radius of the west intersection of the town was in confusion, and everywhere were the remnants of the defeated soldiers whose morale was taken away and they did not choose the road, and many of the weapons in their hands did not know where to throw them.

Dai Huan, chief of staff Huang Daxian, regiment commanders Xiong Qixun, and Zhang Chengli finally gathered together, only to learn that Peng Qiming, the commander of the first regiment who led the charge of the troops, had been killed by machine guns, and only 600 of the more than 1,200 people in the regiment fled back.

Without waiting for Dai Huan and several regiment commanders to make up their minds, mortar shells fired from the positions of the Sichuan army in the west roared, and the dense shells accurately fell among the 4,000 officers and men who had reorganized the group, and the officers and men who lacked knowledge of modern warfare were blown to pieces and suffered heavy casualties, and the clever officers and men threw down their weapons and fled into the town in the rain of flying limbs and blood.

After three minutes of artillery bombardment, the trumpet of the charge suddenly sounded, and the officers and men of the 10 th Brigade of the Sichuan Army, under the leadership of commanders at all levels, rushed out of their positions and killed the enemy.

"Hurry, hurry...... The enemy is attacked from three sides, and it is completely over, and I am afraid that Liu Cunhou is also finished......"

Chief of Staff Huang Daxian grabbed the soldier's clothes handed over by the guards, quickly changed them, and before he had time to button them, he strode to Dai Huan's side, stretched out his hands, and sorted out the soldier's clothes he had just changed into for Dai Huan: "Commander, there is only one way to go in Wantang in the south, hurry!" It's too late to go! ”

Dai Huan, whose face was pale, was extremely desperate, but he still didn't forget the few regiment commanders under his command, and looked around: "How are Captain Xiong and Captain Zhang?" ”

"Captain Xiong was killed, the body can't be found, Captain Zhang didn't see anyone, and it is estimated that he is ...... Run, Commander, stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood...... You guys, why don't you hurry up and bring the horses over, you want to die......"

The sound of gunfire and killing was getting closer and closer, Dai Huan and Huang Daxian fled south on horseback surrounded by more than ten guards, and just rushed out of the south entrance of the town, a ditch of different sizes and a pond with mist blocked in front, the guards decisively helped Dai Huan and others off their horses, abandoned the horses, walked through a narrow single-plank bridge and uneven fields, braved the rain of bullets, and rushed to the woods in the south.

Under the big banyan tree in the east of the town, Deng Xihou, who had received an urgent report, rode up to the southern heights, took out his binoculars, aimed at the more than ten enemy soldiers who fled in panic, and decisively issued an order in a moment: "Special Service Company-"

"Here!"

The fierce spy company commander came right away.

Deng Xihou pointed to the deserters who were faintly appearing in the south: "Most of the dozen or so people who fled to the south are equipped with pistols, it is likely that Dai Jian and others, you take the brothers to ride around the east entrance, go south along the river, and intercept the enemy's escape route. If you let this team slip away like the faceless Liu Cunhou again, you don't have to come back to see me! ”

It turned out that Liu Cunhou, who had heard the loud gunfire on Dingzi Mountain in front and the attack blocked, had no intention of sending troops to reinforce at all, and when he heard that the rear was being attacked by the Sichuan army, he immediately divided the troops into two routes, and the large army reinforced the Xishui River in the southeast, making a posture of opening up the passage to Guizhou, but he quietly took a company and slipped away by boat, wooden raft and bamboo raft from the wharf east of Wutong Town.

For this unexpected change, the spy company in charge of reconnaissance and battlefield monitoring also bears a lot of responsibility, and it is because of Deng Xihou's beating.

"Yes!"

The remorseful and ashamed spy company commander suddenly turned his horse's head, and under the severe pain of the war horse, his front hooves jumped up and neighed loudly.

The company commander on horseback threw away his military hat, pulled out his saber, roared angrily and rushed to the west of the town, and dozens of elite soldiers under his command shouted loudly and chased after the horse, one by one, their eyes were red, and they pulled out their sabers and roared away

An hour and a half later, the commanders of the 10th Brigade, Pan Wenhua and Deng Xihou, rode side by side to inspect the battlefield where the smoke of gunpowder was still burning.

Pan Wenhua looked at the 3,000 Dian army and your army captives squatting in a large area at the west intersection of the town, his heart fluctuated, and he sighed sincerely:

"Three years ago, the younger brother returned to Chengdu from Tibetan Province, and saw that the entire land of Bashu had been a matter of people, and he couldn't help but hesitate and be uneasy while being depressed, and later under the encouragement of General Fangzhou, he joined the border army with a passable mind, and was trusted and reused by the old instructor Xiao Lao, which is what is the scenery of today, compared with other senior brothers and old chiefs who went to other things, the younger brother felt that he was really lucky!"

Deng Xihou was also deeply touched: "Yes! In contrast, you and I can be regarded as lucky, the strong army that I never dreamed of back then is now in the hands of you and me, not to mention compared with the Yunnan army, even if you look at the whole country, I am afraid that there are few armies that can surpass our Sichuan army.

"Let's take today's battle as an example, if it had been three years ago, it would have been a day and a half to see the difference, but now, under the fierce impact of superior firepower and strictly trained soldiers, the Yunnan-Guizhou coalition army, which is known as determined and brave, was wiped out in two hours, and our casualties were less than 500, which is unimaginable.

"It can be seen that our army has been at the forefront of modern warfare, just as Mr. Xiao said, as long as we work hard, our Sichuan army will be able to create a glory that has not been seen in a century!"

At this time, more than a dozen war horses rushed through the town, the sound of hurried horse hooves came from far and near, Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua stopped talking, and looked at each other, only to see that the officers and soldiers on more than a dozen war horses were carrying a burden, and Deng Guorui, the spy company commander who rushed to the forefront, raised a long sheathed war knife from afar, seeing this situation, Deng Xihou nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

(To be continued)