Zengjiazhai was in full swing, but the atmosphere in the regimental headquarters of the ambush position was very dull, and Zhang Yafei and chief of staff Xu Zheng set their front fingers in the headquarters of the regiment. As soon as the artillery rang out in Zengjiazhai, the staff officers in the headquarters kept calling to inquire about the situation of the 26th Brigade, and the shelling of Zengjiazhai had begun for half an hour, and the 26th Brigade still had no movement at all. According to the campaign plan, if the 26th Brigade has not moved an hour after the start of the battle to attack Zengjiazhai, it will launch a general attack on the bandits in Zengjiazhai. After the bandits were eliminated, the squadron of the Special Brigade, which followed the 2nd Regiment, attacked and lured the 26th Brigade, and then annihilated it in the ambush circle.

Deputy division commander Xu Zheng kept looking at his watch, and the regiment commander simply sat down by the phone and waited to answer the phone.

Zhang Yafei understands the feelings of the two very well, and after two years of hard work and hard training, it is easy to have a chance, and everyone wants to try their skills. Even he himself had the urge to pick up the phone and ask Song Zhewu to let Ye Changgui act in advance. He knew that he was no longer a battalion commander of Song Zheyuan's Department of the Northwest Army during the Nankou War three years ago, he was now the division commander of the Security Army and a general commanding more than 20,000 elite soldiers. He had to stay calm, or his men would get hot-headed and even do something that would affect the entire campaign plan.

Time passed minute by minute in the anxious waiting of everyone, and there were still a few minutes left at 7:30, that is, an hour after the battle of attacking Zengjiazhai began.

At this moment, the phone rang suddenly, and the regiment commander snatched the phone from the staff officer's hand, and Ye Changgui's obviously disappointed voice came from the phone: "Tell Division Commander Zhang that the two regiments of the 26th Brigade in Rencun and Town have begun to assemble. If there is a herald to go back to the direction of the hill, it is very likely that the regiment that returns to the hill will attack together. ”

Putting down the phone, the head of the regiment excitedly reported to Zhang Yafei. Xu Zheng shouted excitedly: "Okay! Division commander, I'll go to the position to check it. After speaking, he rushed out of the command headquarters without waiting for Zhang Yafei to answer.

Liu Yuru's telegram for help had already been sent, but he could only contact Sun Dianying, who was far away in Jiaodong, Sun Dianying received Liu Yuru's telegram, and immediately sent a telegram to Shi Yousan in a hurry, and Shi Yousan immediately sent a telegram to Fang Shao, the commander of the 26th Brigade, ordering him to rush to the rescue at all costs. In case Zeng's village is breached, you must pay attention to the treasure hidden in Zeng's village. Regarding the fact that Zengjiazhai hid a large amount of treasure obtained by Sun Dianying's tomb robbery, Shi Yousan revealed to him that his brigade was sent by Shi Yousan to serve as a village and town at the request of Sun Dianying at the cost of Sun Dianying giving him 200,000 oceans per month.

Although the telegram said that the Jin Sui army that attacked Zengjiazhai had a division, Fang Shao was not afraid. His 26th Brigade had just been downsized from a division-level unit, and not only had more than 6,000 people in three regiments, but also elite soldiers who had eliminated the old and weak. The Jin Suijun has a set of defense, but he is still confident in playing against the Jin Suijun in the field. What's more, there are still three or four thousand people in Zeng's village. And if that treasure is snatched by himself......

Due to the temptation of a huge amount of talent, after receiving the telegram, Fang Shao immediately ordered the assembly of troops, and ordered the whole regiment to be stationed back to the corner of the mountain to march to Zengjiazhai and meet him on the road. Let the newly established artillery battalion pull up the 6 75mm mountain guns that Shi Yousan had just handed over to him and was said to have been given to him by Sun Dianying. Hurriedly marched towards Zengjiazhai. In less than an hour, the avant-garde company of the 26 brigade had already entered the ambush circle.

In the front finger of Zhang Yafei of the First Division and the First Regiment of the Security Army, the commander of the first regiment who had just put down the phone excitedly reported to Zhang Yafei: "The 26th Brigade is entering the ambush circle in a state of rapid march, and now the avant-garde company has entered the center of the ambush circle. ”

The command post of the first regiment was set up on a hill at the bottom of the ambush circle, and Zhang Yafei was observing the enemy situation through the observation hole of the command post with a telescope. After listening to the words of the regiment commander, he put down his binoculars and turned around and ordered: "Order the troops at the bottom, let go of the enemy's company, and start the attack after the rear guard of the 26th Brigade enters the ambush circle, what I want is total annihilation." Then I gave my order that the 3rd Regiment should send a strong force to destroy this avant-garde company after the ambush battle had begun. ”

This section of the road into the mountain is a river valley that dries up during the dry season in winter, and the mountain road is close to the foot of the mountain on the north side, and the mountains on both sides are not high, only a few exceed 100 meters. The valley is wide, about 500 meters at its widest point. Since this place was not very suitable for ambushes, and Fang Shao did not believe that the Jin Sui army who was besieging Zengjiazhai would think that he, the Henan army, would run to Hebei to wade into troubled waters. Therefore, instead of sending search troops to the ridges on both sides, the troops were ordered to pass quickly, and when the forward encountered the Jin Sui army, they immediately launched an attack without asking for instructions.

The roaring cannons of Zengjiazhai could already be heard very clearly here, and Fang Shao loudly urged the troops to speed up the march. Suddenly, there was a loud burst of gunfire on the high ground on both sides of the road, hundreds of shells and thousands of grenades exploded in the long march of the 26 brigade commander, and the fire of light and heavy machine guns and rifles was even louder. Almost at the same time as the gunshot rang out, with years of battlefield experience, Fang Shao rolled off his horse, rolled several times in a row, and threw himself into a ditch washed by mountains and rivers. Fang Shao, who was hiding in the ditch, looked around, and on the mountains on both sides were troops in grass-green uniforms that he had never seen or heard of, not the blue uniforms of the Jin Sui army. There were also fierce gunfire in the front and rear of the main road, and Fang Shao understood that his 26th Brigade was surrounded, and the number of the other side was far greater than his own. Judging the situation, Fang Shao immediately ordered the chief of staff who crawled over with a rolling belt: "Immediately pass on my order, each regiment will fight separately, charge to the high ground to the north, and protrude from there." The chief of staff promised to call the herald to deliver the order.

The remaining troops of the 26th Brigade were all veterans with many years of actual combat experience, although they suffered heavy casualties under the sudden and intensive fire attack. But after all, he was experienced, so he just panicked for a while, so he looked for cover and began to shoot at each other on the mountain. As Fang Shao's order came, all regiments rushed towards the mountain with shouts under the leadership of the officers, regardless of the intensive fire from the front and back.

Fang Shao's second regiment was trapped in the middle of the team. He knew that in this kind of river valley, where there was no effective shelter and fire support points, if he could not quickly kill the high ground, he would soon be wiped out by dense fire in the river valley. In order to succeed in one blow, he even sent his guard battalion.

The rapid response of the 26th Brigade made Zhang Yafei, who was observing the battle situation in the command post, break out in a cold sweat, he knew the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army very well, as long as they were allowed to rush up the mountain and get into a melee, their superior firepower would not be able to give full play. Moreover, at the breakthrough, the number of the 26th Brigade must be superior in the local area, even if it is hand-to-hand combat, its own soldiers will not take much advantage, and the best result is to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 themselves.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Zhang Yafei immediately ordered: "All the firepower on the high ground on the east side will block and shoot at the charging 26th Brigade; The reserve immediately reinforced the positions of the 2nd Battalion in the middle of the ambush circle. "The positions of the 2nd Battalion were located on low ground and on a very small slope. The enemy there was none other than Fang Shao's guard battalion, and the attack was particularly fierce, with fifty or sixty men already rushing to the position and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the second battalion.

The people in Fang Shao's guard battalion were all selected by him from various units, and he knew their combat effectiveness very well. Once they rushed to the opponent's position, it also meant that the position was taken. As soon as he saw the guard battalion rushing up, Fang Shao and the guards were about to follow up and rush out. Before he could climb the ditch, a scene that surprised him appeared, and the guard battalion, which had already rushed to the top of the hill, was defeated with bayonets by the opposing soldiers, who were about the same number as them. At this time, the charging troops everywhere also withdrew. Fang Shao knew that his 26th Brigade was over.

The 26th Brigade, which was trapped in the river valley, was quickly disrupted by the dense fire from the hills on both sides. Zhang Yafei saw that the other party could no longer organize to resist effectively, and completely messed up the system, he couldn't bear to watch the troops of his former old club being killed by such a helpless killing, and ordered to start charging.

As the trumpet sounded, tens of thousands of soldiers of the security brigade on the high ground on both sides rushed down the hillside with snowy bayonets.

In a piece of "Shoot or Kill!" In the midst of the shouting, except for his guard battalion and a part of the soldiers of the 2nd Regiment around him, who were still stubbornly resisting, the gunfire in various places quickly stopped. Fang Shao saw that the general trend had gone, and if he continued to fight, he could only increase casualties, so he reluctantly ordered surrender.