When a fierce battle broke out at the south gate of Nanxiong, the two companies stationed at the west gate and the north gate did not dare to move at all, and they were deeply afraid of the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, but in less than three minutes, the violent explosion and the dazzling flames from the division headquarters in the city frightened the officers and men of the two companies, and the two company commanders, who were deeply afraid that they would not be able to save themselves in the face of death, led the troops to reinforce the division headquarters almost at the same time.

But it was too late

When more than 200 officers and men rushed into the division headquarters that was blazing with flames beyond recognition, the fierce fighting had stopped for a long time, and the ground was full of the mutilated corpses of the brothers of the guard battalion and the painful groans of the wounded, and most of the officers and men of the two most elite companies of the division were killed and wounded in less than 10 minutes of fighting.

Another bold company commander was stunned for a moment, dragged the surviving deputy commander of the guard battalion and asked sharply, and then shouted that his brothers would follow him out of the east gate, but he was chased out of the city less than a kilometer, and was immediately ambushed by the opponent's broken rear detachment, nearly half of the officers and soldiers were hit and fell, and the remaining half turned around and fled.

Early in the morning, thirty-eight kilometers northeast of Nanxiong, Wujing Town.

Deng Bohan, chief of staff of the division, who led the commanders of various units to patrol the camp, was very worried when he saw this situation, and after discussing with Ye Jinhua, commander of the 39th Brigade, and Guan Hanchen, commander of the 40th Brigade, who were wounded and their heads were dressed like Indian Ah San, they could only drive all the officers and men up with their hearts, find something to fill their stomachs, and immediately send a search team to reconnoitre. Even if you don't fight, you have to enter the battlefield and form a confrontation with the enemy.

According to Deng Bohan's plan, after marching into the battlefield to a distance of five kilometers from the enemy, the whole army will take a rest, and the enemy, who is equal in strength, will never give up the advantageous terrain he occupies and take the initiative to attack the headquarters.

If they continue to stay in Wujing Town and stagnate, Deng Bohan and the two brigade commanders cannot afford to be charged with "cowardice and hesitation."

At 8:30 a.m., the gray clouds slowly surging in the sky in the southeast direction obscured the hot morning sun, and the reserve composed of the remnants of the 39th Brigade of the Guangdong Army, which was short of most of the personnel, left Wujing Town at the least, but the officers and men of the division's artillery company were still slowly leading pack horses and scolding eight French Schneider Nl909 improved 75 mountain guns with the horses.

The officers and men of the baggage company responsible for the transportation of ammunition could only surround a dozen heavy wagons and watch every move of the officers and men of the artillery company from a distance, and no one dared to offend the most skilled and well-paid artillerymen in the army.

At 10 p.m., the 39th Brigade in front of it was gone, and the commander of the artillery company, who was sturdy and crooked in a military cap, gave the order to set off.

More than 400 officers and men jumped out of the rice fields and ditches where they were hiding, and the dense bullets fired from the 15 Czech machine guns and more than 50 submachine guns lined up in front of them beat the unsuspecting artillery and baggage soldiers of the Guangdong army into screams, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of them were killed or wounded, and more than 400 officers and men wearing steel helmets and soaked bodies completely controlled the remaining enemy with only one charge.

The battalion commander Han Tiecheng put a pistol against the head of the artillery company commander to force him to obey the order, the stubborn artillery company commander scolded angrily, Han Tiecheng's finger snapped the gun, and the artillery company commander suddenly fell to the ground with a burst of brains, Han Tiecheng moved the muzzle of the gun again, pointing at the artillery platoon commander who was frightened and incontinent in front, and it didn't take much effort to make the surviving dozens of Cantonese artillery move quickly.

In less than 10 minutes, the eight artillery pieces were quickly dragged back to the rear positions and lined up, and the swarthy muzzles of the guns pointed directly at the Guangdong troops in front of the battlefield, and the surviving 80 or so Cantonese baggage soldiers were forced by hundreds of guns to honestly drive the wagon to the rear of the artillery array, and took the initiative to move down the boxes of shells on the cart without further orders.

At the same time, more than 3,000 officers and men led by Luo Yuming and Tian Zhenggang continuously rushed over from the dense forests and behind the mountain packs at the foot of the mountain to the south, and in the blink of an eye occupied the unguarded defensive positions outside the town.

As soon as Tian Zheng put down the binoculars and loudly reported out a group of numbers, the brothers of the mortar company that had just been placed in place quickly became busy, and half a minute later a salvo fired, and 24 shells whistled out, and in the blink of an eye, they fell around the more than 100 Cantonese officers and men who were running quickly, blowing up the more than 100 Cantonese officers and men to the point of crying wolf.

Before the smoke cleared, the surviving 70 or so Cantonese officers and soldiers turned around and fled, leaving more than 20 corpses on the pitted ground and more than 10 wounded soldiers wailing incessantly.

Seeing this, Luo Yuming shook his head again and again, saying that the Cantonese army was too careless, but the brothers on the battlefield were happy to dance, and praised the brothers of the machine gun battalion for fighting well and accurately, and Tian Zhenggang also praised his brothers fiercely, and then ran to Luo Yuming's side to discuss in a low voice.

Luo Yuming nodded, raised his big hand and waved it back, dozens of officers and soldiers immediately escorted more than ten Cantonese scouts behind the position forward, Luo Yuming very generously ordered the brothers to loosen the prisoners, and discussed with the two lieutenants among the prisoners with a pleasant face, but after a long time, the two captured lieutenants still couldn't understand what Luo Yuming said.

Luo Yuming had no choice but to invite Tian Zhenggang, who was hiding aside to watch the excitement, and stood aside after scolding aggrievedly.

Tian Zhenggang, who has studied at the Central Military Academy for three years, can barely understand Cantonese, but he can't speak anything other than a few words of scolding his mother, but the official language is good:

"Two, in fact, we don't want to fight this battle, after all, everyone is Chinese, not long ago everyone was a brother in the trenches, how sad is it to fight in the same room? However, your Commander-in-Chief Chen wants to be the emperor of Guangdong, and the central government has ordered us to come to crusade, so we can only bite the bullet...... I'm sure you've seen that our two regiments surrounded your army with more than 3,500 men and horses, occupied your defensive positions, and captured your eight cannons. ”

"If you look at our military uniforms and weapons and equipment, which one is not better than you? I can also tell you that the total strength of our new 10th Brigade is not 4,500 men, as claimed to the outside world, but more than 7,600 brothers. Not to mention fighting, your brother walked for a day yesterday, and was harassed by us last night and didn't sleep all night, and now it's a question of whether he can run......"

"Sir, tell us what you want us to do?" The tall and thin lieutenant of the Cantonese Army is the reconnaissance platoon commander of the 40th Brigade, and at first glance he is an understanding person, and his official words are very good.

Tian Zhenggang nodded happily: "I'll let you go back, please go to the front as soon as possible and tell your superiors, as long as you lay down your weapons, you can get our preferential treatment...... You also know that the practice of civil war for so many years, unless there is a deep hatred, never rushed to kill, usually after one side compromises, the two sides sit down and talk slowly as if nothing happened, after the talk, they pat their butts and leave, we go back and have a reward, you will continue to be your soldiers after you go back, why not? ”

After Tian Zhenggang finished speaking, he asked the company commander on the side to ask for the lieutenant's armed belt and Browning pistol, and politely delivered it to the lieutenant of the Guangdong army: "Take your things." ”

The lieutenant of the Guangdong Army sighed, took the armed belt with the holster and pistol, tied it silently, and took a half step back to salute Tian Zhenggang: "Xie Lu Xie Sir Xie, I will definitely bring the words of the commander below"

Tian Zhenggang smiled and motioned to the surrounding brothers to get out of the way, and more than ten captured scouts, under the leadership of the lieutenant platoon commander, walked to the front of the position with their empty hands and heads down, and were picked up by the Cantonese army brigade that quickly turned back to block the attack after more than ten minutes.

Eight kilometers south of the town of Jiezhi, the panicked 4,000-odd Cantonese officers and men had stopped advancing, and two infantry regiments of the 40 th Brigade were rushing to repair fortifications in the front and rear of the ranks.

In the temporary headquarters in the center of the position, close to the mountain on the north side, the two brigade commanders of the Guangdong Army, who had been in a state of confusion, quarreled fiercely, and Chief of Staff Deng Bohan anxiously urged the telegraph operators to keep sending out reports and to find ways to get in touch with the division headquarters.

Soon, the communications staff officer of the 39th Brigade shouted, turned around and handed the hastily translated telegram to Deng Bohan, who came to him, with a look of horror on his face: "Chief of Staff, the telegram is signed...... It turned out to be Wu Ming, commander of the new 10th Brigade of the Central Army. ”

"What?"

Deng Bohan exclaimed, grabbed the telegram and read it immediately, and when he raised his head, his face was already full of shock: "This Wu Ming claimed that one of his battalion officers and soldiers had successfully attacked our division headquarters and captured the division seat in the early hours of this morning, and finally ordered us to surrender unconditionally before 12 o'clock at noon and not make any more senseless sacrifices. ”

"This ...... How can it be? Where did he get our ciphers? ”

Ye Jinhua, whose head was wrapped in thick gauze, shouted, and the other generals were stunned by this incredible news.

Deng Bohan shook his head bitterly: "It's probably true, otherwise it would be impossible for the phone to be unreachable, and there was no response from the radio...... Our main forces have been exhausted, and only the divisional guard battalion and three logistics companies that are vulnerable to a battle are left in Nanxiong City, and they are less than fifty kilometers away from the enemy-controlled area, and the enemy is fully capable of sending a battalion to attack our rear......"

"Liao Zhennan, the commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 40th Brigade, and 12 brothers who reported their disappearance last night were released by the enemy."

"Ah...... Quick, bring people over, move fast"

Deng Bohan and a group of generals immediately rushed forward, staring closely at Liao Zhennan and a group of embarrassed scouts who were trotting, and asked what was going on? After listening to Liao Zhennan's statement and relay, one by one, like frosted eggplants, instantly lost their strength and courage.

An hour later, Deng Bohan, chief of staff of the 14th Division, who had never made a decision in person for several years, finally made the most difficult decision of his life:

"Order the brethren to lay down their arms, I hope that Wu Ming will be true to his word, alas——"