Dao County, also known as Daozhou, is known as "Lotus City". It is a county in the south of Yongzhou in southern Hunan Province, located in the upper reaches of Xiaoshui, adjacent to Ningyuan in the east, Jiangyong and Jianghua counties in the south, Quanzhou and Guanyang counties in the west of Guangxi, and Shuangpai City in the north, 77 kilometers long from north to south, and 62.6 kilometers wide from east to west. It is known as "two wide belts, shielding three Hunan provinces".

As a county town patronized by the Red Army on the Long March, it is also an important supply station on the front line of the Hunan Army, and its troops are naturally no longer a few. Like Gongcheng, which He Zhengdao had robbed earlier, the Hunan army also stationed a security regiment here. And what is even more puzzling is that the commanders of the security regiment here seem to be keen to go to the vicinity of the Xiangjiang River to capture prisoners.

So much so that the actual strength in the city was less than two battalions. These situations are extremely similar to Gongcheng. The officials who were left in the city to serve as defense were also the deputy commanders of the security regiments, and the official ones went to the Xiangjiang River to catch the Red Army prisoners and ask for merit and rewards.

After pretending to be a Hunan army from Jiangyongcheng and blending into the city, this He Zhengdao, who spoke Guixi dialect in western Guangxi. At this moment, the company commander who accompanied a security regiment spoke authentic Shonan dialect, and this Shonan dialect also had a little flavor of Changsha, the capital of Shonan. This made Zhenchou a boring company commander who served as this kind of prisoner receiving work, and he became one with He Zhengdao in just a few words.

In this kind of situation of He Zhengdao's deliberate flattery, the company commander did not notice the deployment of troops in the city at all. and the situation of the prisoner concentration camp behind him, which seemed to be much more formal than Gongcheng Prison, was not leaked out by He Zhengdao at all. This made He Zhengdao quickly realize that the time was ripe to take Tong County after he finished the conversation.

It is clear that compared to the siege of the city during the day, taking Dao County at night is the best combat strategy. The soldiers of the guard platoon who entered the city with him, and He Zhengdao determined that at midnight, he opened the city gate to welcome the troops outside the city into the city.

With the strength of one of their battalions, they took less than two battalions of troops, and they had the advantage of being in the dark, if they couldn't take Dao County, then they would really be blind and hurry up all the way!

When night fell on the county seat of Daoxian County, the city defense was quickly closed by the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and the entire county seemed quiet except for a few routine patrols. At this time, there were really more than thirty pairs of eyes, hiding in the shadows, always paying attention to every move of the Hunan army in the city.

In order to ensure the smooth capture of the city defense, He Zhengdao naturally inevitably went out in person, taking 35 carefully selected Red Army veterans. After the officers and men in the barracks where they were staying were asleep, they got up quietly, carefully avoided the patrols all the way, and came to the street a step away from the city gate.

Looking at the city tower, there were only a few soldiers walking back and forth under the light of torches, and in the two heavy machine gun arrays built at the city gate, those Hunan soldiers were wrapped in clothes and sleeping. From the bottom of the city wall to the tower, there was not a single person in sight. This meant that in order to open the gates of the city and welcome the troops from outside to secretly enter, it was necessary to deal with the defenders on the towers.

Watching the second hand on the watch constantly rotate in the watch frame, He Zhengdao followed a group of soldiers from the guard platoon and stayed in this gloomy alley for nearly an hour. And in the course of an hour, the soldiers who were patrolling along the city walls came twice.

Although they ignored the soldiers in the heavy machine-gun position, it also proved that no one expected that when the main force of the Red Army was rushing forward vigorously, there would be Red Army troops who would dare to come and end their lair.

As the patrol appeared in the sight of He Zhengdao and the others for the third time, He Zhengdao prepared ten soldiers who were good at raiding and melee combat with him, and after hunting down their patrol, he immediately launched a wipe out of the patrol on the city tower.

As for the other twenty or so soldiers, they were on guard to prevent them from being exposed during the operation, and immediately launched a strong attack to first take the heavy machine gun position, and then forcibly open the city gates. The four infantry companies outside entered the city and took Daoxian in one fell swoop. After rescuing the imprisoned Red Army, he left here as fast as he could, and once again advanced into the territory of Guixi.

Looking at this patrol with rifles on their backs, gradually approaching the turning alley where they were invisible, the Red Army soldiers who had been with He Zhengdao for a long time could already understand some simple sign language commands of He Zhengdao. Ensure that in the case of silence, we will be in step with each other and solve these Hunan army patrols in a silent situation.

In this patrol team of eight, except for He Zhengdao, who can deal with two by one, the remaining six Hunan troops are basically two people each. If it can't be solved, then it will really be in vain, and they will be specially selected to the guard platoon.

Compared to He Zhengdao's footsteps staring at the patrol's slowly approaching footsteps, the rest of the soldiers looked at He Zhengdao's open palms. As the palms of his hands clenched suddenly, the two throwing knives shot straight out. The rest of the ten fighters, in the frightened eyes of these patrols, did not give them a chance to roar, and one covered his mouth and killed the other. Cleanly and neatly put the eight Hunan army patrols in the alley not far from the city gate.

He Zhengdao ordered the rest of the soldiers to drag the eight patrolmen to a dark corner to cover them, and He Zhengdao ordered the seven soldiers to cooperate with him to carry torches to the heavy machine gun positions that were still sleeping soundly. In order to avoid the following situation, which was discovered by the people on the city tower, He Zhengdao told the soldiers who followed behind him to deal with these sleeping enemies quickly and quickly.

Observing the soldiers on the city tower, the interval between the early movements back and forth, He Zhengdao, who was walking in front of the team, deliberately suppressed his pace. When he saw that the things on the city tower were all outside the city at the moment, the seven warriors he led. He had already arrived at the two heavy machine gun positions, and He Zhengdao shouted in a low voice: "Do it!" ”

The seven warriors quickly pounced on the soldiers who were still asleep, and after covering their mouths, they directly followed He Zhengdao's orders. In order to prevent them from shouting for help, the tactic of cutting the throat with a short knife is always used. As long as their throats were cut, the Hunan troops in each heavy machine gun position stabbed them in the heart.

Cut the throat with one knife and one knife to be solid, try to control it within one minute to solve it, and return to the team immediately after two knives. This is the combat mission that He Zhengdao must complete before setting off, explaining to these soldiers.

So much so that these soldiers, after hearing He Zhengdao's combat order, quickly pounced one-on-one towards the defenders in the heavy machine gun position. According to He Zhengdao's order, after each of them slit their throats so that they could not speak, they stabbed them several times in the heart without any consideration while covering their mouths.

Seeing that someone was over the battle, the rest of the warriors quickly returned to the patrol, and before they even had time to wipe the blood from their hands and faces, they pretended to walk out under the city wall in front of them as if nothing had happened. All that needs to be solved is the defenders above who don't sleep and are still sloping on the city walls.

As for how to quietly solve these people, He Zhengdao had made all preparations when he set off with the patrol. So when they arrived at the city wall, a soldier shouted in a somewhat loud voice: "Squad leader, is there any smoke?" There is not even a ghost in this city, what are you still patrolling for? ”

Soon He Zhengdao said: "Smoking, smoking, you know how to smoke Lao Tzu's cigarettes." Why didn't I see you paying for cigarettes to honor Lao Tzu? No, no! ”

The soldier who spoke just now seemed to laugh loudly and said: "Squad leader, you are lying again, your smoke brothers have seen it, and you have it in your trouser pocket!" And we know that the company commander gave you a pack of good cigarettes today, and you can't embezzle them all. What's the matter, let's let a few brothers open up foreign meat! ”

As the soldier's laughter appeared very harsh in the silent night sky, the defenders of the city tower, attracted by the sound of the city tower, couldn't help but come over and stretch their heads. Looking below, it seemed that a group of soldiers were asking their squad leader for cigarette smoking.

Naturally, there are not many soldiers like them who can smoke cigarettes. In addition, they heard that it was a pack of good cigarettes, or it was given by the company commander of this patrol, and they undoubtedly had some eagerness.

Just when they were paying attention to whether the squad leader was reluctant to give these subordinates cigarettes, they heard the man holding his pants pocket and scolding: "Are you still Lao Tzu's soldiers?" You are just a bunch of bandits, and you know how to rob Lao Tzu every day and smoke cigarettes. Forget it, don't rob it, and then tear up Lao Tzu's pants, do you want Lao Tzu to be a bird in the future?

I'll give, I'll pay it all, okay! Hey, brother upstairs, I'm sorry to come down and smoke a cigarette. Today, our company commander gave me a pack of Hadmen. I heard that it was sent by a small platoon leader of the search team, and it's rare that everyone is still on duty so late, let's come down and smoke a cigarette together! Anyway, after the draw, the bunnies stopped. ”

Hearing the initiative of the patrol squad leader downstairs, I just felt that the wind and waves outside were calm, what could happen with a cigarette? Looking at the soldiers under him, he seemed to want to go down and rub two mouthfuls, and the squad leader who was guarding the city happened to be an old smoking gun. It is clear that this Hademen is not cheap, and generally poor soldiers like them really can't afford it.

Thinking of this, the class leader waved his hand and said, "Okay, then let's go down and smoke a cigarette, but let's smoke it quickly." If there is a leak in the city gate, Lao Tzu will pick your skin. ”

Seeing that this stern squad leader agreed, a group of soldiers on the city wall naturally rushed downstairs. From the young squad leader, he thanked him and took the cigarette. But what they didn't know was that at the same time as they took the cigarettes, they also ushered in the arrival of death!