With the entry of the various units of the Eastern Route Army into Zhejiang, the commander of the Anhui warlord Sun Chuanfang also completed the military deployment in a hurry, the situation in Zhejiang was turbulent, and the various units of the Zhejiang army attached to the revolution were either exterminated or routed all the way to the south under the joint attack of Sun Chuanfang's department and Meng Zhaoyue, the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang army.

In early January, Chen Yi, the general of the Zhejiang army who was electrified and attached to the revolution, was defeated and captured, which was another revolutionary defeat after the defeat of the rebel army of Xia Chao, the governor of Zhejiang Province at the end of last year, and the capture of Chen Yi, the commander of the first army of the Zhejiang army, led his subordinates to quickly disintegrate and split, and his two divisions stationed in Ningbo and Shaoxing complied with the call of the revolution, and resolutely led his troops to fight fiercely with Sun Chuanfang's army, which was several times stronger than himself, on the southeast line of Qiantang, but before it took two days, Sun Chuanfang's superior forces were defeated and retreated under the fierce blow. Zhang Fengqi's division of the 26th Army, which attached to the revolution, also suffered losses under the rapid attack of Meng Zhaoyue's army, and had to rout to the southeast area from Zhuji to Pan'an to build a defensive line and lick the wounds.

Seeing that the situation was not good, He Yingqin, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, immediately led Feng Yipei's fourth column, Lai Shihuang's 14th Army's 5th Column, and Cao Wanshun's 17th Army's 6th Column to quickly march north from Fujian into Zhejiang.

At this time, a telegram appointing General Bai Chongxi as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Eastern Route Army had just been issued, and Bai Chongxi, who was in charge of commanding the first to third columns of operations, had just left Nanchang and was on his way to Yushan County, when the first division of Xue Yue and the 22nd division of Tu Sizong of the second column commanded by Wang Jun were coming from Shangrao.

Liu Zhi, who had been resting for three days, did not dare to slack off after receiving the telegram, and immediately called the division commander Chen Cheng, who was about to lead the 21st Division to Changshan, to discuss urgently, and the generals unanimously decided after repeated analysis and detailed deliberation: Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the enemy's Lu Xiangting Division was fully encircling and suppressing the 19th Army and Meng Zhaoyue's division on the front line of Shaoxing and Ningbo, and had no time to take care of Quzhou, they would make full use of their superior forces to divide into two routes and quickly capture Quzhou City, which was only defended by the enemy's Zhou Qian's division and Yang Shijun's brigade. As long as Quzhou is taken with lightning speed and the first line of Tangxi and Lanxi is forced, the main force of the enemy army can be mobilized to rush to the first line from Jinhua to Lanxi, thus greatly relieving the pressure of friendly forces and accomplishing the strategic goal.

Liu Zhi led the three main regiments of the Second Division to set off overnight and also rushed to Houxi Town, 16 kilometers east of Jiangshan, at noon the following day.

In this battle, An Yi's Reading Regiment still followed closely behind as the general reserve of the Second Division, and immediately stopped according to the predetermined plan after arriving at Jiangshan County, making all preparations for battle.

After a short rest and recuperation, the two divisions numbered more than 24,000 soldiers and then set out on the march after a full lunch, and entered the city at an astonishing speed, arriving at the city at 3:40 p.m., and immediately engaged in a fierce and brutal battle with the defending enemy.

The two main regiments of the 21st Division stormed the north gate, and the other two regiments quickly bypassed the north side of the city, routed the enemy defending the river bank, forcibly crossed Qushui, and outflanked the enemy's retreat in the city with an indomitable momentum; While Liu Zhi led the elite of the Second Division to contain the enemy defending in the city, he also transferred the model battalion, the third battalion, and the mortar company of the regimental An Yi Reading Regiment to assist Li Yannian's fifth regiment in storming the west gate, and at the same time quickly sent the fourth and sixth regiments to the south to storm Baisha Town in the south of the city, in an attempt to forcibly occupy the Wuxi ferry.

The enemy's firepower points on the head of Quzhou were almost completely destroyed under the cover of accurate shells from the mortar company of the Reading Regiment. The mortar company continued to fight one blow at a time, gradually extending the artillery bombardment slowly to the south and north of the city, and the dense mortar shells blew up the defending enemy at the head of the city to pieces, and the entire city of Quzhou was shrouded in black gunpowder smoke and white snowflakes.

At 5:50 p.m., after two hours and ten minutes of fierce fighting, the Zhou Qianshi Division in the city saw that the situation was not good, hurriedly abandoned the city and fled, and fled to the Longyou line in the east before the revolutionary army was surrounded by the fierce revolutionary army, and hastily built fortifications under the full support of the Situ Wei Brigade of the Zhejiang Army.

So far, the 2nd and 21st Divisions have successfully occupied Quzhou, an important town in western Zhejiang.

The An Yi Reading Force was ordered to go into the city to search for the remnants of the enemy and post a notice for the people, and took on the task of maintaining public order and defending the whole city. The headquarters of the 2nd Division followed suit, entered the newly reorganized city, and the battalion took the lead in setting up a radio station and sending good news to the commander-in-chief He Yingqin in the southeast and the headquarters in Nanchang.

This beautiful battle, which was as swift as thunder and as frightening as a dragon, greatly boosted the morale of the officers and men of the whole army, and the frustration and irritation that had been heard were swept away, and the officers and men of the Second Division raised their eyebrows and were extremely proud, and the barracks were full of excited laughter.

An Yi and Hu Zi patrolled the city under the escort of several non-commissioned officers of the "Third Platoon of the Teaching Company", and were very satisfied with the camp distribution and placement of various units of Yin Jinan, Qu Muchen and others.

"Regiment commander, the chief of staff accompanied General Chen Cheng, the deputy commander of the 21st Division, is about to arrive at the gate of the battalion!"

"Hurry up, please! Ah, no, no...... I went to greet it myself. Orderly, tea waiting! An Yi put on his military hat, strode out of the school director's office, led Hu Zi and Gu Lao Er to the gate of the camp, and saluted the short and thin General Chen Cheng who was looking around in front of the solemn gate: "The subordinates are late, I beg the commanders to forgive me!" ”

Chen Cheng smiled slightly, took two steps forward with a salute, and carefully examined An Yi's face: "Well, compared to when I was in the military school, I am much more mature, and my beard has grown up, haha!" ”

"Report to the sir, my subordinate forgot to shave his beard." An Yi replied solemnly, and when he saw Xu Tingyao on the side with a smile on his face, he put down his saluting hand and laughed.

Xu Tingyao motioned for An Yi to lead the way into the barracks to chat, and said with a smile as he walked: "Chief Chen praised your mortar for being smart and beautiful, which greatly relieved the pressure on the siege departments, especially the speed and accuracy of the artillery fire, which made the brothers of the 21st Division full of praise, so come with me to visit you." ”

An Yi touched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "These cannons are too far behind the 'three cannons to determine the victory or defeat' during Chief Chen's Eastern Expedition, not to mention that Chief Chen used such an old mountain cannon at that time, and still bombarded the stubborn enemy in Huizhou City, so that Senior Brother Chen Mingren successfully inserted the war chess on the city, that is really amazing!" ”

Chen Cheng heard An Yi mention his exploits of "starting with three guns", and laughed happily: "No wonder Brother Zhichen (Cai Zhonghua) praised you a lot, and mentioned you to me vigorously, you are really a funny and exquisite person!" Haha, let's go, I'm so thirsty, I've walked around the city for most of the time, and I'm about to come to you to ask for a cup of tea. ”

An Yi hurriedly introduced the two commanders into the regiment headquarters room to sit, the orderlies had already concocted fragrant tea and sent it respectfully, An Yi turned his head and saw Yang Bin passing by the door, and hurriedly called him in.

When Yang Bin entered and saw General Chen Cheng, he was a little surprised and immediately stood up and saluted, and respectfully called "Senior Brother".

Chen Cheng raised his head in surprise, and immediately stood up happily when he saw Yang Bin and held his hand tightly: "Yang Bin? Is it really you? Great, haha! I have heard that you are in the second division for a long time, and a while ago I thought that you and Lu Mingdi went to the twenty-second division together, come and come...... Sit down and talk. ”

The two brothers from the Baoding Military Academy chatted affectionately, An Yi smiled and walked to Xu Tingyao's side and sat down:

"Chief of Staff, it's not early, let's have a light meal later, right? I have real mutton shabu here, and it's freshly planed out by carpenters from the sapper company, and it's served with hot pot with hot sauce to ensure you're addicted. ”

"Alas, I want to eat a meal of mutton shabu! Unfortunately, we don't have time, we have to go back after sitting for a while, and we have to hold a military meeting after dinner. Xiao Yi, your reserve team and logistics work have done quite well, today's dozen rounds of mortar salvo have won glory for our division, and the division seat sighed when he saw it, saying that it was wasted that you didn't use it to play the striker before, and your three battalions and several regimental elite companies did not move, and it is very good to achieve such good results, I will remember this credit for you. Xu Tingyao laughed in a low voice.

An Yi waved his hand modestly and said with a smile: "Why worry about it? Such achievements are the result of the care of the division and the chief of staff, and without the trust of the commanders and the rationing of materials again and again, the subordinates would not have been able to accomplish anything. ”

Xu Tingyao scolded angrily: "You guy is really slippery, I want to seal my mouth in advance before I open my mouth, let me tell you, you have occupied the two material warehouses of the defenders, it is not possible, if it is good, remember to give some to the senior brothers of each regiment, you don't need me to teach you this, right?" ”

"How can I possibly have the idea of exclusivity? Ji Nan is leading people to count, as soon as the inventory is completed, it will be reported to the division headquarters immediately, and the military discipline of the subordinate reading regiment is like a mountain, and it will never be greedy for ink, not to mention that the warehouse is full of military uniforms, quilts, grain, frozen meat, these things, weapons and ammunition are not the same as these valuable guys, we just want to embezzle and have no way, this time we entered the city, and even cleaned the battlefield Our reading regiment did not participate, all of them were given to the brothers. An Yi reported seriously.

Xu Tingyao nodded appreciatively: "I also saw it, you guys did a good job, on the way here just now, Jinan was distributing pork to the groups." Okay, we have to go back when it's not too early, you must continue to do a good job in Quzhou's city defense affairs, and you must not slack off! ”

"Yes!"

An Yi replied in a low voice, once again understanding that he didn't have anything to do with the next battle, and a feeling of being despised and forgotten quietly came to his heart, making him very uncomfortable.

Chen Cheng looked at his watch, stood up at the right time, and whispered a few words to Yang Bin and turned to An Yi: "Xiao Yi, your eldest brother said that he has made an appointment with you, and when he goes to Nanjing, he will have a good drink with you, and I will go when the time comes, so I will be the east, haha!" ”

An Yi suppressed the depression in his heart, nodded with a smile, and sent Chen Cheng and Xu Tingyao out of the camp, and watched them ride away before coming back. Yang Bin asked An Yi how he was so familiar with Chen Cheng? An Yi replied that Chen Cheng was originally a Whampoa instructor, although he had only met a few times in school before, he felt good about each other, and after he won Nanchang, he also got together with the principal and talked for a long time, plus Chen Cheng and Cai Zhongwat are sworn brothers, and the relationship between them is naturally getting better and better, not to mention that Chen Cheng is very affectionate, as long as you have the ability, he will look at it differently, and he also has a well-known problem in the army: caring for his subordinates is extremely protective of his shortcomings, which is more excessive than Gu Zhutong's commander.

After dinner, the brothers gathered together again after patrolling the camp, Qu Muchen and An Yi finished sorting out the information sent by the reconnaissance team of the special detachment and the guard company, and after a little conversation, they immediately opened the large map and hung it on the wide wooden partition wall, picked up the baton and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, from the series of information just sent, it has been found that the enemy troops stationed in Longyou City on the road must pass through only one division of Zhou Qian, the remnants of the Situ Wei Mixed Brigade and Yang Shijun's Reading Brigade, and the more than 15,000 defenders are stationed on the defensive line of about 2.8 kilometers from Zhanjia Town in the west of Longyou City to Tingtangwei, and the enemy heavy artillery position has still not been found.

We estimate that one or two brigades of the nearest enemy force in Jinhua will be on their way to Longyou at a rapid pace, and the specific information still needs to wait for the reports of the reconnaissance groups of our regiment. Next, I will introduce to you the specific distribution of the enemy army and the terrain of the front line of Longyou......"

After listening to Qu Muchen's report, the brothers immediately exchanged heads and heated discussions, and after more than ten minutes, Yang Bin first raised his doubts:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this seemingly heavy defensive line of the enemy army is actually a long snake formation, as long as you concentrate artillery fire and attack force to break a little, you can cut the entire defensive line into two sections, encircle and annihilate it, even if the enemy has two brigades of new forces rushing to help, at least it will need to arrive in the early morning of tomorrow, if our army launches a strong attack overnight, it will definitely be able to break it with one blow!

But then again, although Longyou has no city walls, it is a very normal choice to go forward to defend, but I am extremely puzzled why the enemy army did not choose to retreat to Youbu Town, which is 20 kilometers east of Longyou, which is more dangerous. Instead, stubbornly resist on the front line of Longyou? Do you want to fight with our Northern Expeditionary Army and fail to attrition? Or is it to resist layer by layer to win time for the transfer of troops by Meng Zhaoyue, commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang army? ”

The deputy of the model battalion, Lu Guang, took over the conversation: "I agree with Lao Yang's last analysis, the enemy must be buying time for the army to rush to help, because as long as our army captures the lower port, it is equivalent to putting Lanxi, the choke point leading to central Zhejiang, under the gun, and the enemy army can only withdraw from the Wuyi, Jinyun, and Pan'an lines in the south in order to prevent the rear road from being cut off, and organize defense again, and the entire strategic situation of the two sides will be greatly changed, which is the last thing the enemy army wants to see." ”

The brothers agreed to Lu Guang's analysis, and immediately understood that in this way, they would not be able to participate in this battle, and the hills in the three-kilometer-wide front were undulating, and it was really difficult to spread out more offensive forces, and they could only serve as the reserve of the main regiments again, and honestly stay in the rear and wait for the call.

A few minutes later, Ye Cheng, the commander of the second battalion, who had not expressed his opinion, stood up, walked to the map, took the baton handed by Qu Muchen, and pointed to Yiwu in the east of Jinhua and Lanxi and Jiande in the northwest:

"The three places where the heavy troops are assembled are within 70 kilometers of the key fortress sites of Jinhua and Lanxi. Secondly, according to the intelligence just now, Lu Xiangting's Fourth Army, the Ninth Mixed Brigade, Meng Zhaoyue's Guards Brigade and other elite troops have not had any news. Again, the friendly Second Army is planned to be the left wing of our army, and it is estimated that it is being civilized and recuperating at this moment, and it has not yet come out, because the rapid progress of our army has left the Second Army far behind, so that the left wing of our army has lost its protection and echo, and the headquarters of General Lai Shihuang on the right flank has been transferred to Chuzhou (now Lishui) by Chief He, if our army takes advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the Lanxi and Tangxi lines, it will form a crisis of a lone army going deep and without help from the left and right, even if it hits the downstream port, it will not dare to take a step forward. Otherwise, they will be surrounded on three sides by enemy forces. Thinking back along these lines, I am deeply concerned about the general offensive that will be launched tonight or tomorrow at dawn. ”

The brothers were surprised to hear Ye Cheng's analysis, and then argued loudly, and there was still no result for more than an hour, and most people, including Yang Bin and Hu Zi, felt that Ye Cheng's excessive caution was completely unnecessary.

Ye Cheng smiled slightly, didn't argue much, calmly returned to his seat and continued to drink tea, listening to the discussion of the brothers very carefully.

An Yi stared at the large map intently, and quickly calculated and measured it repeatedly in his mind, but he never figured it out.

Suddenly, the neighing of horses faintly came, and the crisp sound of iron hooves hitting the bluestone pavement in the city rhymed with the rhythm of An Yi's blood beating, and his Lingtai starlight flashed, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Gu Changfeng, Ding Zhicheng-"

"Here!"

The two who were chatting subconsciously replied, and when they saw An Yi's solemn face, they immediately stood up.

"Send out all the reconnaissance teams that are on leave in shifts, expand the reconnaissance area to 50 kilometers, and add a contact point for transmitting information, and you two will be personally responsible for it, and set off immediately!" An Yi gave the order solemnly.

"Yes!"

Gu Changfeng and Ding Zhicheng immediately turned around and left.

An Yi turned to the brothers: "The battalion commanders of each battalion stay, and the battalion deputy and instructor immediately return to the headquarters, prepare for the battle within three hours, and order the brothers to dress neatly and sleep with their guns in their arms. ”

"Yes!"

The brothers roared to their feet and hurried away.

An Yi pulled Ye Cheng's sleeve and walked to the map, the two pointed to the map and talked in a low voice, nervously analyzed, and finally came up with a huge possible surname, which made the beard, Yang Bin, Qu Muchen, Yin Jinan and others next to him scared into a cold sweat......~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ps: This month's monthly ticket list is so dangerous, and two more people have been driven down~** is coming, continue to beg for a monthly pass~

(To be continued)