At night, Xue Yue led the troops to camp on the road 60 miles away from Taoyuan, thinking about the speed of today's march, Xue Yue couldn't help but play thunder, he was blocked by the communist army 4 times a day, not only did not destroy the communist army, but his own troops also lost the strength of a regiment, although for himself, a regiment is not much, but only 60 miles a day, can you not be angry? If you keep going like this, how many days will it take to reach Changde!

At the same time, the political commissar was also counting the results of today's battle, although there was nothing captured, but after a day of fighting, one of his divisions only killed a dozen people, but caused the enemy's losses of nearly half of the regiment.

Returning to the Changde Siege Campaign, the remaining 300 men of the first battalion had all climbed the city wall at this time, and were attacking on both sides to widen the gap.

"Commander, it's not good, the communist army has already attacked the city wall, and all my brothers have been killed." One of the company commanders who had been left behind ran over and cried.

"Damn, what are you crying about, we're all going to lose our heads if we lose ground. Brothers, rush up with Lao Tzu and drive me down, or we will all die. Brethren, rush. The captain yelled, and the first one stood up.

"Battalion commander, battalion commander, a regiment of enemies rushing from inside the city is about to go up the city wall." The communicator ran over.

"The first company, the second company, follow me and block the enemy, and the third company continues to expand the gap, so that the second and third battalions will come up immediately for reinforcements." The battalion commander was the first to rush down the city wall with a submachine gun. Two companies of No. 200 men rushed down after the battle.

Battalion Commander Liu led his troops to the street entrance, built a simple blocking position on a few sandbags on the side of the road, and watched the swarming enemy troops, facing the rainstorm of bullets, not a single soldier flinched.

"Hit." 200 rifles, submachine guns, and light machine guns opened fire at once, instantly sweeping the enemy 200 meters away into a piece, "Lie down." The enemy commander was the first to lie on the ground, set up a light machine gun and began to strafe. As the men and horses of the two sides continued to shoot each other, the casualties of the first battalion began to increase, and the fighters in the back continued to fall, and the fighters behind immediately made up for it, so that the firepower of the first battalion has not weakened.

Of course, the enemy's casualties were greater, after all, a battalion had built a simple position, and all the soldiers of the enemy's regiment were lying on the ground, "Quick, go and ask the division commander for help, just say that the communist army has entered the city, we are blocking it, and we will send reinforcements immediately." The regimental commander pulled up a staff officer next to him and shouted.

"Division commander, a regiment reports that the communist army has entered the city from the south gate, and a regiment is blocking the street and asking for reinforcements." The chief of staff said a lot of things out of breath.

"What, so soon, I'm going to shoot a regimental commander, chief of staff, how many reserves do we have now." The division commander was sweating profusely.

"Division commander, we have reserves of two artillery companies, the guard battalion, the sixth regiment, and the baggage battalion." The chief of staff hurriedly said.

"Order the baggage battalion, one battalion of the six regiments, and two artillery companies to reinforce the first regiment, and all the communist troops entering the city must be wiped out, go quickly." The division commander was so tired that he sat on a stool and closed his eyes.

"Battalion commander, how is it now?" The commander of the first battalion who caught up with the second battalion saw the commander of the first battalion with gunsmoke on his face and asked.

"The regimental commander, the enemy resistance is fierce, and my battalion has already suffered more than half of the casualties. Now a battalion is facing off with an enemy regiment and has suffered heavy casualties. The battalion commander yelled loudly, and the tears in the corners of his eyes could be clearly seen.

"Second battalion, go and replace the first battalion, third battalion commander, take your third battalion and open the city gate for me." Looking at the tired eyes of the battalion commander, the regiment commander shouted loudly.

At this time, a regiment of the enemy was also in danger, and now there were already casualties of one battalion. "Order the second battalion to build a blocking position 200 meters behind us, quickly, the rest of the men continue to block the enemy with me, we are holding out for ten minutes." The head of the land immediately ordered.

With the arrival of reinforcements from the second battalion and the two heavy machine guns of the enemy defending the city, the firepower of the Seventh Army was immediately unprecedentedly strengthened, and the firepower of the remaining two battalions of the enemy was immediately suppressed. "Regiment commander, the blocking position has been constructed, retreat quickly, the firepower of the communist army is too strong." The commander of the second battalion ran over and shouted at the enemy regiment.

"The troops retreat, retreat to the back of the blocking position," the commander shouted.

Looking at the enemy troops who wanted to retreat, the commander of a regiment immediately reacted that the enemy army was about to run. "Comrades, rush. The enemy is running away. The fighters of the two battalions suddenly boosted their morale, raised their guns in their hands, and pursued while shooting.

Suddenly, a line of defense made of sandbags appeared in front of him, and two tongues of fire shot at him. "Get down, retreat, retreat." A large group shouted loudly, but it was still too late, and when they retreated to the position just now, they looked at the corpses of countless of their own people lying on the road 200 meters away, and after counting, 85 people were killed.

"Order the troops to build a defensive line on the spot and not to charge,." After the commander of the regiment finished speaking, he ran to the gate that had just been opened.

"Report to the corps commander, a regimental commander to report, as if the troops were being blocked." The staff officer next to him whispered.

Liu Hua listened carefully to the report of the regiment commander, "Commander, you punished me, it was my carelessness that caused such a big loss to the troops, you can punish me." The head of the regiment bowed his head.

"Staff Officer Wang, record the order: The second regiment will enter the city immediately, the first regiment will be replaced and rest, and the second regiment will continue to consolidate its position after entering the city to prevent the enemy from attacking at night tonight, and the first regiment will withdraw from the county seat for rest. Send a telegram to the commander of Sun Xingbang's division, Wang Nanhu, and ask them to intensify the siege of the city, attract the attention of the enemy, rest tonight, and continue the offensive tomorrow. The artillery battalion was ordered to transport the mountain artillery battery into the city to assist in the attack. Pass the order and go! ”

"Yes, Legionnaire." The staff officer gave a military salute and walked out.

"Commander Li, don't be discouraged, it's not your fault today, if it were me, I would also order the troops to attack, go back! Today's casualties in the regiment are too great, you must have a good rest after withdrawing from the city, tomorrow I want your regiment to continue to be the main attack, do you have confidence. Liu Hua looked at Captain Wang, who lowered his head.

"Report to the corps commander, a regiment will resolutely play the mission."

"Alright, let's go back and get some rest." After speaking, Liu Hua looked at the map in front of him again.

"Division commander, the communist army has stopped attacking, and the commander of the first regiment and the rest of the people have built a blocking position at the corner of the street, and they are confronting the communist army." The chief of staff said with a sigh of relief.

"That's good, tell the commander of the first regiment that you must hold the position, let the sixth regiment build a few more blocking positions behind the first regiment, and send a report to the commander-in-chief to urge more." After speaking, he closed his eyes and enjoyed the silence for a while.