Chu Yupu didn't expect that his reputation would be folded in the hands of An Yi, a young general who was not yet twenty-one years old. Just 10 minutes after he ordered his adjutant Qin Shanhu to call the Ninth Division to Liuxiang to assist in the battle, fierce gunfire and shouts of killing rang out at the same time in the eastern, southern, and northern directions of Wuhe County, and more than 3,600 well-armed and unstoppable officers and men of the revolutionary army rushed into the county town and mercilessly attacked all moving yellow targets.

A guard battalion and a loose garrison brigade of Sheila in the city were taken by surprise, and who would have thought that the enemy, who had been struck by three divisions, would still be able to draw more than 3,000 men and kill them in the city behind them through one guard post after another?

The whole county is full of gunfire, grenade explosions and shouts of killing in the blink of an eye, the well-trained model battalion of the Reading Force Regiment fought all the way after entering the south gate, and went straight to the county government in the city, concentrated in the light machine guns and flower machine guns in the hands of the sharp knife company, showing extremely excellent results in the melee street fighting, one by one the deadly grenades frequently flew to the streets and alleys, and the warriors who rushed to the streets and alleys before the smoke of gunpowder dispersed shot wildly at all visible targets, rushed through the bloody roads, and soon killed the edge of the county government. Suppress the stubborn enemy in the corner of the strong porch and high wall attached to the county government.

The fierce and fearless Reading Regiment and the first regiment of brothers saw the opportunity to charge forward and threw grenades one after another, and the enemy guard battalion was left under the fierce blows of the revolutionary officers and men, and the thick smoke of gunpowder and dense bullets from the explosion of grenades soon drove the defenders away from the perimeter.

Chu Yupu in the adjutant Qin Shanhu and dozens of loyal guards surrounded by the ground, feet do not touch the ground, quickly set up away from the county hall, more than ten guards rushed out of the back door and the swarming revolutionary army soldiers to shoot, after paying more than ten lives, Chu Yupu and the gathered generals and guards finally rushed across the street to the West Alley, before the revolutionary army closed the siege to grab the horse and escape from the west gate, a generation of famous marshals who have been crisscrossing North China for more than ten years, under the blow of more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the well-trained revolutionary army who are not afraid of death, they have to flee in the wilderness.

Yin Jinan saw that the resistance in the city was gradually stopping, and ordered Chen Kan, the captain of the teaching team, and Dou Fang, the deputy of the guard battalion, to lead his troops to stay and clean up the battlefield, and immediately led the Cheng Guang Reading Force Regiment and Xia Jian's First Regiment to rush to Changhuai in the northeast direction, striving to annihilate the remnants of the Ninth Division, and then rushed to the mouth of the Tonghe River to cut off the retreat of the enemy's 37th Division, so as to cooperate with the implementation of An Yi's overall counteroffensive plan.

At the Luozui Wharf on the east bank of Nüshan Lake, hundreds of fishing boats carrying the only remaining 1,200 soldiers of the Second Regiment rushed to the west of the lake, and thousands of self-defense members who had obtained weapons also accompanied them by boat, and the brave soldiers of the Third Regiment, the engineer battalion, the mortar company and the machine gun company of the division in the north came to defeat the enemy's 11th Division, which made the worried people rejoice and inspire. All of them carried hoes and shovels to find boats to cross the lake, and they had to participate in the battle, and they wanted to arrest and beat the warlords who had been beaten by the revolutionary army to vent their grievances.

On the dock where the machine and ferry ship was moored, Chen Zhibiao, the second head of the regiment, who was covered in gunsmoke, stood straight in front of An Yi, gritted his teeth and listened to An Yi's orders:

“…… The battle is going well, they have succeeded in taking Changhuai, where only half of the regiment is left, Xia Jian's regiment rushed to the mouth of the Tong River by victory, and the reading regiment of the light will soon cross south from three kilometers upstream of the mouth of the Tong River, and will join you within two hours at the latest, if you still have the strength, you can storm the enemy's 37th Division from the southwest, and force the enemy to the swampy area formed after the embankment is broken. Lao Ding led the special detachment in the northwest of that area, and they will assist you. ”

"No problem, the 37th Division has no heavy artillery, and it is difficult for their heavy machine guns to achieve the expected results in the movement war, at least two and a half battalions were knocked out by our regiment in the fierce battle at the mouth of the Tonghe River in the morning, and it is initially estimated that there are less than 6,000 people left in its strength, as long as our tactics are used properly, with the help of the villagers, we will be able to annihilate the enemy in the water network, and at the end we will contain the enemy, so that he will not be able to pull his legs out."

Chen Zhibiao's eyes were red, his face was very ugly, and he was obviously enraged by the huge loss in the morning.

An Yi patted him on the shoulder: "Your second regiment has been wronged in this battle, the second regiment has made great contributions, and the officers and men of the whole division can see it, without your tenacious resistance, there would be no victory for each regiment." At the end of this battle, I personally asked Commander Bai for merit for you, and for the brave and fearless soldiers of the second battalion! ”

Chen Zhibiao straightened his waist and saluted solemnly: "Don't worry, boss, there is no one in our second regiment!" The subordinates go first, you just wait for the good news! ”

An Yi raised his hand to return the salute, and saw Chen Zhibiao jump on the ferry under the escort of three personal guards, the saluting hand was still not put down, he felt very guilty in his heart, for the entire battle Chen Zhibiao's second regiment sacrificed a lot, this elite regiment with more than 80% veterans suffered a great injury after this battle, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to recover within three months, therefore, An Yi understands Chen Zhibiao's feelings at this time, but An Yi has no choice, there will be gains and losses, in this case An Yi has no choice, someone must make sacrifices for this plan. In exchange for the greatest possible result at the smallest possible price, it is the goal that An Yi has always pursued, and it is completely impossible to achieve one victory after another unscathed, so An Yi only hopes that Chen Zhibiao, who has followed him all the way, can understand himself, and hopes that those dead and injured brothers can forgive him.

"It's hard to be ashamed, I'm sure he can understand us."

Yang Bin, whose left arm was pierced by a bullet, came to An Yi's side with one arm hanging from it, and couldn't help but sigh faintly as he watched hundreds of ships slowly leave.

An Yi put down his saluting hand and took out a cigarette, put one on Yang Bin's mouth and lit it for him, lit one himself and took a big puff, slowly exhaling the thick smoke:

"Zhibiao usually doesn't talk much, but there is never one thing that makes me upset, but this time I was worried, worried that he would not be able to slow down, and I felt awkward...... I am very relieved to the brothers of the second regiment, because the backbone of them are basically your old subordinates, and the obedience is surprisingly good. ”

Yang Bin smiled slightly, no longer mentioned this unpleasant matter, and turned the topic to the people: "I always feel that there are some misleading elements in the good news you announced to the villagers an hour ago, as well as the words that are very encouraging, aren't you worried that these thousands of villagers will die from the enemy's stubborn resistance?" ”

"Don't worry, since the enemy cavalry regiment fled alone, the 37th Division is like a frightened bird, now they are trapped in this huge water net and can't advance or retreat, under the attack from three sides, they will not do the desperate fight of the trapped beast, I bet, as long as they see the battle flag of my model battalion on all sides, they will throw down their weapons and raise their hands to surrender, whether it is combat effectiveness or psychological quality, the 37th Division can not be compared with the enemy of Taizhou, the enemy of Taizhou fled under our battle flag, and this group of enemies is no exception, As long as we heard the news that our army had occupied the county town of Wuhe, the battle would be resolved, and tens of thousands of villagers besieged the enemy under the command of our officers and men, just to make the enemy completely cut off the idea of luck, and the villagers did not want to let go of this opportunity to take revenge and vent the resentment that had accumulated in their hearts for many years. ”

An Yi explained easily, but he still felt guilty for the possible death of his fellow villagers, but at the juncture when the number of troops was so scarce, he could only do this, fighting a war is not just a contest of combat strength, but also a contest of psychological quality many times, which is the valuable experience that An Yi has accumulated all the way to the battle.

Yang Bin didn't think about the flamboyant intestines in An Yi's stomach, but admired An Yi's strong confidence and courage, and saw Peng Jianqing trotting over and hurriedly signaled An Yi, An Yi turned around and saw the smile on Peng Jianqing's face, and knew that there was good news again.

The engineer battalion and the division's subordinate units captured more than 700 enemy troops of the 11th Division, including 11 generals and colonels including Chen Yanda, chief of staff of the 11th Division. The telegram said that the enemy's cavalry regiment was too fast and crossed the north bank half an hour ahead of our troops. Peng Jianqing reported loudly.

An Yi nodded with satisfaction: "The battle between the beard and the tiger head is good!" It is better that the enemy's cavalry regiment has fled, otherwise our losses may increase. From the analysis of the intelligence sent back, the enemy's cavalry regiment is not simple, it is strictly disciplined, it comes and goes like the wind, if it were not for the rain and the bursting of the embankment, all our plans would probably be disrupted because of this strong cavalry regiment that came out of nowhere, and we had to choose a conservative gradual retreat tactic to act at the opportunity, and watched the cooked duck fly away from our mouths. After that, we will go to the north to fight, and we have to think carefully about the tricks against the cavalry, otherwise we will be very passive, no matter how fast we run on two legs, no one else's horse can run fast. ”

Yang Bin laughed happily: "The beard is so fucking clean and neat, he usually looks at him calmly, and he is not impatient when he fights, haha!" His eyes are scary, as long as he sees a little flaw, it will be difficult for the opponent to escape his calculations, I think he is more ruthless than Ji Nan, Ji Nan is still too kind-hearted. ”

An Yi shook his head and smiled, helped Yang Bin to walk towards the Luo family ancestral hall, and when he entered the small main hall, he saw the newspaper operator looking at him anxiously. An Yi motioned for him to take the message, read it one by one, and handed it to Yang Bin casually:

"I didn't expect that all of a sudden, our reading teacher got so much attention, Lao Yang, look at it, this is the inquiry telegram of Chief Bai, this is the principal's inquiry telegram, this is the greeting telegram of the third division Gu and the first division of Senior Brother Hu Zongnan, grandma's, all the is here...... Jianqing? ”

"Here!"

"Proposed callback."

An Yi pondered for a moment and said loudly: "After three days and three nights of continuous hard fighting, our unit annihilated more than 4,300 people of the enemy's 11th Division, captured the enemy's chief of staff Chen Yanda and more than 700 people under his command, and killed eight generals including his division commander Liu Changhao and deputy division commander Zuo Zhizhen; annihilated more than 4,000 people of the enemy's 9th Division and more than 1,600 people of the two garrison brigades, and captured the enemy's division commander Jiang Yuming and more than 1,300 people under his command; Repelled the enemy's sudden appearance of the cavalry regiment, again routed the enemy's garrison brigade to occupy the county town of Wuhe and hold it; Chu Yupu, the enemy's deputy commander and former commander-in-chief of the enemy, only led more than 100 personal guards and more than 10 generals to flee to the northwest. At present, the officers and men of our division are encircling the remnants of the enemy's 37th Division, which is deeply rooted in the battlefield, and victory is imminent, and the specific results will be reported later. An Yi. ”

Peng Jianqing finished the record and checked it and handed it to An Yi, An Yi signed his name and ordered in a low voice: "In quadruplicate, send them to Commander-in-Chief Jiang, Chief Bai, Chief Gu and Chief Hu." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Bin put down a stack of messages and smiled: "Xiao Yi, can you imagine it?" Imagine how Commander-in-Chief Chiang and his commanders would react when they received the telegram. ”

"They definitely don't believe it, and they will send a few more messages to confirm."

After An Yi finished speaking, he saw Yang Bin open his mouth and laughed, thinking about it, he felt funny, and he also laughed.

…… Chuzhou, the general headquarters of the Second Route Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Bai Chongxi was negotiating with the commanders of the army about the northward operation, and when he saw the intelligence staff officer Nie Mingzhang running in, he glared at him unhappily, Nie Mingzhang didn't care about reading out loud with An Yi's call, and the generals in the hall had their eyes wide open and their mouths wide open, and they couldn't react from this amazing good news for a long time.

Bai Chongxi Huo Ran stood up, took the telegram and read it carefully, and then slowly sat down: "Everyone, a miracle has happened!" ”

The veteran Chen Tiaoyuan gasped: "Jiansheng, do you believe it?" This...... Isn't that incredible? ”

The students believe that they had just received a telegram from General Li Delin half an hour ago, saying that the reconnaissance team sent by the vanguard regiment of the 40th Army of General Ye Kaixin of the Third Route Army under his command had captured three fugitive enemies at the junction north of Banqiao Town and south of Wuhe County. Therefore, General An Yi's reply proved that what the fleeing enemy said was true, and with the students' understanding of An Yi's character and ability, what he said in the telegram was by no means exaggerated, so the students believed that the teacher did not have to doubt it, and believed that the specific battle report would come again in a few hours. Bai Chongxi replied excitedly.

The generals in the hall were in an uproar, and the meeting was not opened, so they immediately gathered in front of the map and asked Bai Chongxi to introduce how An Yi had fought in the past few days? Bai Chongxi readily agreed, and according to An Yi's routine battle reports, he began to say An Yi's thoughts and his own inferences.

…… Nanjing Xiyuan, Office of Commander-in-Chief Chiang.

After reading An Yi's telegram and Bai Chongxi's timely telegram, Commander-in-Chief Jiang stood up suddenly, the brush in his hand fell on the document halfway through the instructions, his shoulders trembled slightly under joy, and his mouth repeatedly nagged:

"Mother, Xipi! Niang Xi Pi ...... There's nothing this guy doesn't dare to do, there's nothing he doesn't dare to do......"

Ge Jingen was also very excited: "Commander-in-chief, this is an unprecedented victory for our army!" With the strength of just one division, in three days and three nights of continuous hard fighting, he smashed two enemy divisions one by one, encircled one enemy division, and achieved the tremendous result of destroying 10,000 enemies and capturing nearly 10,000 enemies.

More importantly, due to the huge role played by An Yi's Reading Division, General Li Delin, the commander of our Third Route Army, can rest assured that he will divide his troops and take Suxian directly, and the capture of Bengbu is close at hand! At first, his subordinates couldn't believe it, but the high-ranking generals of the enemy army captured in An Yi's telegram were completely correct, and with General Jiansheng's confirmation message, his subordinates had to believe it. Commander-in-Chief, how should the headquarters and the commander-in-chief be rewarded for such a great achievement? ”

"How to commend it? yes, how to reward ......"

Chiang Kai-shek turned to Yu Jishi, who was full of admiration on the side: "Jishi, you go to Wuhe County on behalf of me, set off early tomorrow morning, bring a check of 500,000 yuan, and tell An Yi that I am very relieved and proud of a student like him!" Tell him that I will inform the whole army and the whole country of his brilliant achievements, and after Xuzhou is defeated, I will personally meet him, and then we will discuss meritorious deeds together! ”

"Yes!"

(To be continued)