Chapter 176: The First World War Settles on the Southwest (6)

At this moment, neither the north nor the south, which is focused on the general election, can stop the determination of the National Defense Forces to take Guangxi.

At night, the city of Guilin is dead silent, there is no light and no hustle and bustle, it is like an ancient city that has lost its vitality. Only the occasional cry and scream of a woman tells others that in this darkness many people are already on the verge of madness.

The charcoal in the yamen of the original patrol army in the west of the city is red, the soup is boiling in a few large pots, the dog meat is fragrant, hundreds of bandits are eating happily together, and a few small leaders are still holding almost ** women wantonly teasing, and the heavy panting sound and the moaning in the nose after being covered in the dark next to it can be faintly heard ().

Chen Haohui was furious about this, but he also knew that many of these soldiers were spies arranged by Tang Jiyao, so no matter how unbearable it was, he had to pretend to ignore it at this moment, and even deliberately joked with the little bosses in order to complete the task, and then went back to the room. There was also a hot pot burning in the room, and Fang Rui and several of his companions got up immediately when they saw him, and two of them quickly passed through the cracks in the windows and doors to monitor whether there were ears outside.

Fang Rui lowered his voice and looked excited: "Lao Jiu came back with Rong'an's defeated soldiers just now, and it was the 3rd Brigade of the First Division that did it. ***！ That's a thrill, and it's going to be stormed down in thirty minutes. "When they got the news of their troops, everyone was extremely excited, and they couldn't wait to run to kill Tang Jiyao immediately and deal with these villains as soon as possible.

"Liuzhou has also been defeated! Now the vanguard of the 8th Brigade and the 16th Brigade has gone outside, and with the addition of the 3rd Brigade of Rong'an, there is only one way left to continue to cross the Li River east and take Yangshuo to Guangdong. Fang Rui took a sip of wine, not noticing Chen Haohui's solemn face, and asked, "How are you doing over there?" Tang Jiyao got the news of Rong'an, should he run? ”

Chen Haohui shook his head: "I'm afraid that the task will be changed, Tang Jiyao decided to stick to it." ”

"Hold on?! He's crazy, this little bit of soldiers and horses wants to fight against the encirclement of our three brigades?! Fang Rui almost jumped up, and the partner next to him was also surprised. According to the original plan, let Tang Jiyao occupy Guilin City first, and use his hand to beat the Guangxi forces hard, giving himself an excuse to enter. At the same time, the troops quickly cut off the three directions of Liuzhou, Yong'an Pass and Rong'an, and put on a posture of encircling and attacking Guilin, forcing Tang Jiyao not to dare to stay for a long time and continue to flee to Yangshuo. The 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division set up an ambush in Yangshuo to fight a Kokurayama-style encirclement and annihilation battle. This will also reduce the damage to the city of Guilin.

So I heard that Tang Jiyao didn't leave and was ready to defend Guilin! Everyone was very surprised.

Chen Haohui took out the recorded defense map and handed it to Fang Rui: "There is a hole in the northwest city wall, immediately send two groups of people out to hand over the information to the troops." Fang Rui took the defense map and didn't speak, he suddenly felt that the letter paper was hard, and when he opened it, he saw that it was a special identity card for identification after the fight, and exclaimed: "Are you crazy?" If you don't bring this thing, you'll die! ”

Chen Haohui opened his pocket, took out the black skull silver medal that he had collected closely, and gave Fang Rui all the Minyuan-style pistols: "Tang Jiyao has already ordered me to live with him, I'm afraid there will be an accident with these things on my body." ”

"He suspects you?" Fang Rui grabbed his shoulder, and the partners next to him all held their breath.

"Probably not, because he called Liu Cunhou and the other leaders over, I guess to prevent someone from half-heartedly collaborating with the enemy. Another thing is that in the past few days, Mei Youchen has been in and out of several Japanese foreign banks in the city many times, and he also took the stolen floating money to the Bank of France and exchanged it for a check, which is still on him. Tang Jiyao's guards are also rushing to make cloth bags, I guess it may be used to hold gold and silver, this amount of money is huge, and we must find a way to keep it after the war. ”

"What about you?" Hearing that he meant to say goodbye, Fang Rui asked anxiously.

Chen Haohui raised his glass and drank it in one gulp, the liquor made him twist his eyebrows, and then said with a firm smile in his eyes: "Tang Jiyao is not the kind of mindless madman, the more he orders to defend me, the more I feel that he wants to run, judging from Mei Youchen's actions, he must have planned to hide from the Japanese once he can't hold it, so it will be difficult to catch him." So I decided to follow him, kill him if I had the chance, and go to Japan with him if I didn't. Now Japan and the north have enmity with us, and he is a strange commodity wherever he goes, maybe I have the opportunity to go to the Japanese military headquarters or meet Yuan Shikai. ”

After listening to the explanation, everyone understood, he was going to borrow Tang Jiyao as a springboard! But whether it is Japan or the north, it is too dangerous, and it is definitely a life and death for now!

Chen Haohui turned around and wanted to leave, but just as he was about to pull the door, he turned around: "If you have the opportunity, take me to tell the commander, thank him for asking someone to heal my father's leg, thank him for letting my brother go to college, and thank him for letting the poor people in our village live in the national farm." Haohui has made up his mind in this life, and he will definitely live up to his trust! After he finished speaking, he straightened up and raised his right arm: "Brothers, don't worry, we will contact you when we settle down!" Remember our oath to join the Ministry of Intelligence, for the brothers, for the country. ”

"For siblings! For the country! ”

Fang Rui stood up straight with tears in his eyes, and his comrades around him also saluted and said goodbye to him, the room was quiet, every pair of eyes were focused on his bronzed cheeks, and his hot heart was beating violently.

After he left, Fang Rui immediately arranged for someone to send the information out, and soon the information arrived at the front-line headquarters along with identification plates and medals, Chen Haohui and their excellent work made the situation in the inner city that Cai Jimin was most worried about gradually clear, and introduced to the officers: "Except for Fanglianling and Longguanshan, which each has about one regiment, Tang Jiyao has basically given up the outer positions and is fully committed to Guilin City. He had ordered the demolition of the bluestone slabs used in the houses, and even the available stones in the streets, and built a lot of solid barricades with them, sandbags, door panels, and logs. ”

He glanced at Lu Rongting, who was standing next to him: "After taking Guilin, Tang Jiyao's troops have made a great replenishment in armaments, and the ammunition is very sufficient, and there are more than 40 mountain guns and steel cannons of various types captured. The 16 machine guns and ammunition that Lu Dudu had purchased only last month also fell into their hands, and more than a dozen Cantonese imitation Madsen machine guns were found in the warehouse, all of which were deployed in the fortified barricades. In addition, Tang Jiyao also took these barricades as the center, and dug out his mind to build firepower points in the houses on both sides of the street, probably knowing that he couldn't escape, so those soldiers were crazy! Every day, he indulges in drinking and having fun, and shouts that he has to pull his back when he is dying. Moreover, in order to prevent us from taking advantage of the artillery fire, we also forced the residents of the city not to leave, and deliberately increased the number of civilians near the fire points and barricades. ”

After listening to the deployment in the city, Hang Zhi and the others gasped, this Tang Jiyao is really crazy, on the one hand, his own firepower has increased sharply, but on the other hand, he uses the common people as shields to curb his own artillery advantage, which is really hateful!

Lu Rongting was even more angry, he was expelled from Guilin by a hairy boy who started after nine years, and he had to look at Yang Qiu's face to eat from now on, and now seeing that he still wanted to pull the whole city to accompany the funeral, he said angrily: "Don't say anything, Xiangpu, you give the order, the old man is fighting for this life, and he will slaughter this bastard." ”

"Don't be impatient." Cai Jimin persuaded, and his eyes swept over Hang Zhi and the others: "The intelligence says that Tang Jiyao handed over the defensive structure of each section of the street to different troops, and we can't figure it all out." In particular, the surroundings of the Governor's Mansion were completely deployed by Mei Youchen and the Dian army. So be sure to tell every soldier the news when you get back! During the attack, it is necessary to minimize accidental injuries and protect the safety of the people as much as possible. ”

"Two hours later, the attack was launched at dawn. The 33,162nd Regiment cleared the outer positions of Fanglianling and Longguan Mountain, and the 83rd and 163rd Regiments blocked both ends of the Li River. The 31st, 82nd, and 161st regiments and the first echelon of the brigade training battalion, after each regiment returned, they had to select veterans to organize assault teams, and cooperate with the Guijun brothers who were familiar with the roads in the city to open the passage for the follow-up troops (). The 32nd and 81st regiments served as reserves. Cai Jiming looked at his watch: "The commander can come tonight at the latest, I don't want to hand him over a ruin, understand?!" Hearing his repeated entrustment to protect the people first, the officers of the Gui Army were moved, and Lu Rongting's face also improved a lot, and he sat down and waited patiently for the attack to begin.

The field telephone system, which had just been put into use, opened the eyes of Lu Rongting and Gui Jun, and at the same time, it also quickly transmitted orders one after another to all troops.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the battle first started from Fanglian Ridge in the north of Guilin, which was one of the few commanding heights outside Guilin, Tang Jiyao not only stationed three battalions here, but also sent his henchmen to lead, in order to prevent the rout and escape, he also formed a 100-person supervision team, with four Haqikaisi machine guns and eight 75 mm mountain guns to form a tight defensive position.

The attack here was the 162nd Regiment, as a new infantry brigade formed after the war, in Hubei and Jiangnan successively arrived, before the 70 mm light mountain artillery was not finalized, the 16 Brigade was temporarily only equipped with 6 imitation 75 mm tube retreat field guns, this time also through the Xiangjiang River waterway to transport all these big guys.

Six field guns lined up, bombarding Fanglian Ridge at a constant speed of five pieces per minute, and the sound of such artillery was far less intense than that of Kokura Mountain, but the sound of artillery still opened the horn of attacking Guilin City like a war drum. The bunkers collapsed under the explosion, and the violent explosion overturned a 57-mm mountain cannon, and the fragments swept through and killed the entire artillery squad of the Dian army.

After suppressing the enemy's mountain artillery positions, the infantry of the 162nd Regiment launched an attack, and attacking the hilltop position was always the last thing the infantry wanted to do, and it was also in the rainforest area, as the barrels of the four Haqikes machine guns hidden in the trenches protruded. The battle suddenly came to a fever pitch. Fortunately, the 162nd Regiment had accumulated considerable experience in mountain and jungle operations in the suppression of bandits in Xiangxi, and as soon as the machine guns rang out, the soldiers immediately lay down and then quickly opened up to the left and right, relying on big trees and stones, gritting their teeth and attacking little by little under the cover of light machine guns and grenades.

When the gunfire in Fanglian Ridge became more and more dense, the attack on Guilin also began......

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