At dawn on October 2, 1924, the front line of the Laodao River was terrifyingly quiet. After a whole day of fighting yesterday, the officers and men of the two sides have undergone a great test in their spirit and spirit. In order to cope with the next day's battle, the only thing experienced veterans have to do after a day's battle is to reserve their stamina for tomorrow's battle. As soon as the battle is over, the field kitchens of the two armies will send fragrant braised pork to the position, which is the practice in the Chinese civil war, no one knows if there will be a tomorrow, so it is better to be a full ghost than to be a hungry ghost. Along with the braised pork, there were also cigarettes, liquor and ocean money. The situation is similar on both sides, no one is a legendary revolutionary army, and the necessary material stimulation is indispensable. After enjoying themselves so-so, the officers and men of the two sides began to fall asleep except for those who stood guard. Of course, the senior officers could not sleep, and they often did not get even a minute of sleep during the days and nights of fighting.

At this time, Luo Yaoguo and his former enemy headquarters had already crossed the Laodao River, and in a small hidden village on the north bank of the Laodao River, Luo Yaoguo and his staff were waiting quietly. There are still 10 minutes left, and everything will be revealed whether it will be glory or wealth or disgrace. An Sihua is not in the command now, as Luo Yaoguo's brother-in-law and number one assistant, this Chinese and German military strategist in his thirties decided to personally command the upcoming attack, and Luo Yaoguo approved his request without much thought. In the entire Kuomintang army, he was the person with the most solid military education and the most experience in warfare, so there was no one more suitable to command this attack than him.

Suddenly, the cannon roared! Thousands of shiny ballistics dragged long flames and whistled towards the forward positions of the direct army. In the billowing smoke, Luo Yaoguo's vision of the artillery doctrine was embodied for the first time, although it was only a small test, but when tens of thousands of shells of various kinds hit this direct army position of only three kilometers in an instant, it still brought terrifying huge damage. Countless skyrocketing fireballs rolled up all kinds of debris, swept across the entire position under the action of a huge shock wave, and all exposed targets turned into dust and debris in an instant.

In just three minutes, like a long three years, the shells that fell from the sky repeatedly poured back and forth between the improvised trenches of the direct army, and each round of shelling was like a tornado of steel blowing, and the shells that exploded quickly ruthlessly took the life of anyone who came close to them. Even the lucky ones who are a little far away from the landing point of the shells are likely to be stunned by the deafening explosions, and then they will be greeted by submachine gun bullets from the Kuomintang commandos.

Before the cannon fire stopped, the charge of the [***] commandos began. Thousands of death squad members who had already taken the money to buy their lives, under the urging of a large number of fanatical graduates of the Whampoa Military Academy, could not wait for the end of the shelling to launch a charge. This is An Sihua's order, he is to charge and use the short stun period brought by the artillery bombardment to the enemy to break through this last 200 meters! The death squads of the Kuomintang army had quietly touched the starting line 300 meters away from the enemy's position. And the best combat distance of the submachine guns in their hands is within 100 meters, as long as they break through the life and death line of the last 200 meters, 4,000 submachine guns will launch a threat, and 40,000 rifles will not be able to stop it, not to mention that the direct army defending in this position will not exceed one division.

This was followed by the earth-shattering gunfire, the blazing fire on the positions of the direct army, the gunfire of thousands of submachine guns roaring at the same time, the screams of being hit by bullets, and the explosions of grenades one after another. More than 4,000 officers and men of the commando broke into the position of the 25th Division of the direct army in one go, and launched a fierce decisive battle with thousands of direct generals who had just survived the shelling. The melee power of the submachine gun was once again unmistakable, and with a sudden attack and overwhelming firepower and troop input, a 2-kilometer-long breakthrough was torn in the direct army's position in just a few minutes.

"Our division suffered extremely heavy casualties! The position of the 50th Brigade has been broken through by the chaotic party on all fronts, and our division is unable to recover, and now it is resisting and moving to the second position, and I ask Xiao Shuai for immediate reinforcements. Chen Jiamo asked Xiao Yaonan for help on the phone, he is Xiao Yaonan's descendant, and he is the second thug after the Third Division in this operation, so he suffered heavy losses in yesterday's battle. Now that it has been raided by the Kuomintang, it seems that the 25th Division of the Beiyang Central Army is going to be buried in Hunan.

At this time, the front line of the Laodao River had already started on all fronts, and in order to contain the troops of the direct line, so as not to send troops to reinforce the defense line of the 25th Division, Luo Yaoguo's surprise attack used a total of 9 divisions. For a time, the gunfire was loud, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the shouts of killing were higher and higher. The phone ringing for help in Xiao Yaonan's headquarters also rang one after another, as if the entire front was crumbling, and everywhere it was claimed that it had been raided by the main force of the chaotic party, with heavy casualties and retreating, and if he didn't send reinforcements, he would see Yunyun again in the next life.

"Xiao Shuai, let's retreat, stay in Qingshan and don't be afraid of no firewood." Ma Rusong, who had bandages wrapped around his head and arms, whispered to the side. He was the commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Third Division, and he took the lead in the battle on behalf of Wu Peifu to command the Third Division. The reinforcements that Xiao Yaonan can use now in his hands, except for those few Anhui mixed brigades that don't work at all, are the third division, and the third division is the main force of yesterday's attack, with more than 5,000 casualties among the 10,000 people in the division.

"Rusong, I also want to retreat, but where can I retreat now? At present, our tens of thousands of people are engaged with the chaotic party in a position more than 10 kilometers long, and now the whole line will collapse as soon as we withdraw. Xiao Yaonan shook his head and ordered the staff officer to send a telegram to Zhao Hengti in Changsha City, asking him to send troops to help immediately. Well, Xiao Yaonan, who "aided Hunan Province", now wants Hunan Governor Zhao Hengti to come to help. This telegram was sent to Zhao Hengti to agree, I'm afraid that his four King Kongs won't do it, right?

The sound of dense submachine guns continued one after another, getting closer and closer, and getting louder and louder. The direct army is not yet equipped with this "advanced weapon", so the proximity of this kind of gunfire can only indicate that the Kuomintang army is coming here. Yu Xuezhong, the commander-in-chief of the artillery, was now as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, shouting and ordering the artillery to drag the cannon down from the position, hang up the carriage and prepare to pull it away, but this work is usually not practiced by the brothers, and it really came to the critical moment when the hands were in a hurry, either the horse was startled or the car overturned, and after more than ten minutes of busy work, only one-third of the cannons were hung up on the carriage.

"Enough!" Yu Xuezhong ran to the position and shouted: "Don't care about the rest, let's transfer first." Sappers prepare to blow up the cannons! "Explosives? How to fry? Yu Xuezhong was an artilleryman who became a monk halfway, and this time he was temporarily pulled to be the commander-in-chief of the artillery, he didn't remember that the artillery had the craft of explosives, probably the work of the engineers, right? So after giving the order, he hurriedly pulled more than 40 cannons and dozens of carts of ammunition that could be pulled away. In fact, the artillery of the Republic of China will not blow up artillery, this thing is so expensive, who is willing to blow it up? If you bomb the cannon at every turn, the GCD can't capture so many cannons back then?

"Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, a tall man from the northwest, with a group of commandos carrying submachine guns, rushed into the artillery position of the direct army with a ferocious look, and a burst of random shots turned several officers and men of the direct army who were still panting on the position into blood gourds.

"Damn! So many cannons, hehe, Lao Tzu is going to be promoted this time! Yaoming, hurry up and drag the cannon down with the brothers, and then look at it, this is all captured by the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of our 22nd Regiment! You can't let someone else share it. Guan Linzheng was so happy when he saw so many cannons, but he hadn't forgotten to eat alone, uh, so this person's popularity is very poor.

"Good! has taken the enemy's artillery position, it is Guan Linzheng, and he is really a tiger general! He was ordered to be promoted to battalion commander, Zhang Yaoming to be company commander, and each of them was rewarded with 500 oceans, and the officers and soldiers of the department were rewarded with 50 oceans. Luo Yaoguo was full of joy when he received the good news, and generously gave the heroes an official. Although the right to appoint officers in the Kuomintang was concentrated in the War Department and the General Staff, the right to "appoint officers in the line of fire" was still vested in the front-line generals, and it was only after verification and confirmation by the General Staff and the War Department.

"Fuwen, send a group of gunners to take over the enemy's artillery, use their artillery positions and artillery to bombard themselves, and ask Guan Linzheng if he has found the enemy's defense map or code book or something." Qian Dajun, who was temporarily playing the role of chief of staff on the side, was not carried away by the victory, and immediately made further suggestions.

Luo Yaoguo and the members of the command have now ascended to a certain unnamed high ground to observe the situation of the entire battlefield. About 3 kilometers in the center of the enemy line was the main breakthrough point this time, and the enemy's artillery positions were about 2 kilometers behind them. Now this section of the position has been completely broken through by the [***] commandos, and even their artillery positions have been occupied. Now there are two choices in front of Luo Yaoguo, one is to accept it when he sees it, and order to drag the enemy's artillery back and end the battle. The other is to launch a fierce attack with all your troops and repel the enemy in one fell swoop!

Holding up the 6x binoculars, Luo Yaoguo once again carefully observed the front of the direct army. The direct army has now begun to retreat on all fronts, which is a characteristic of positional warfare in the Chinese Civil War. Because they are all simple linear defensive positions, rather than circular defensive positions, a breakthrough at one point will often cause the entire line to retreat. In contrast, the Kuomintang front was a ring defensive position arranged with dozens of anticlines supported by high ground, so it was relatively difficult to break through.

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Luo Yaoguo made up his mind to launch an attack on all fronts. "Their artillery has already been taken by our army, the enemy has been shaken, with a little more effort, we can defeat them! I command the whole army to charge at once! I ordered the 21st and 22nd Divisions to immediately plunge from the breach, then the 21st Division to the left and the 22nd Division to the right to cut into the rear of the enemy's flank. I ordered the artillery to immediately send personnel to take over the enemy artillery positions, and then cover the charge of the whole army by bombarding the enemy positions with captured artillery! ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the order was issued, the battle on the entire battlefield immediately became fierce, and several divisions that were originally responsible for containing them also immediately launched a fierce attack. After receiving the order, 18,000 officers and men of the two Hunan divisions, Zhang Huizan and Lu Diping, immediately plunged into the rear of the direct army through the breakthrough opened by the assault team, and then launched a charge to the flank and rear of the direct army with a shout. The two divisions were cut through the enemy's wounds by two sharp steel knives, and then swept along the bleeding wounds to the sides. Suddenly, the front and rear flanks of the direct army's position were filled with gunfire, artillery, and shouts, and the direct army, which was fighting and retreating, was suddenly on the verge of collapse on the whole front!

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