The official army, which failed again in the attack, retreated to Zhuangzi. For the defenders, this time it was not as easy as the first, and the first attack of the officers and troops, each of the five companies fired three or four bullets and repelled them. However, the enemy was much more tenacious in the second battle, and although it was a night battle, Wang Mingyuan could still feel the skillfulness of the tactics of the officers and troops and the tenacity of the fighting spirit, and there were short and fierce hand-to-hand battles in many places, and many officers and soldiers squatted on the slopes of the mountains and fired at the Fifth Company, causing casualties to the Fifth Company continuously. Thanks to Commander Long's training in night battles, the soldiers learned to shoot according to the light and flame emitted from the muzzle, and the terrain was advantageous, so they did not let the enemy attack.

When the officers and soldiers blew the whistle and retreated, Wang Mingyuan breathed a sigh of relief. He sent his communications corps to check on the platoons, telling the platoon commanders that they must hold their positions and not allow a single enemy to escape.

The pre-war judgment was correct - if the situation arose, the officers and troops would have to take this commanding height in order to withdraw safely. Wang Mingyuan listened to the gunshots that had been thinned out in the east, and his heart was relaxed. He believed in Long Qian's ability, and it should not be a problem for seven or eight hundred people to surround and annihilate the rear of the official army. As long as you block the official army in Zhuangzi, this battle will be won.

"The basic principle of warfare is a war of annihilation. The basic principle of a war of annihilation is to concentrate absolutely superior forces on a selected battlefield. Resolutely do not engage in the stupid practice of dividing the forces equally__" Long Qian repeatedly emphasized the operational principles of the Mengshan Army in his tactical lessons for the company and platoon commanders. That is to concentrate superior forces and annihilate the enemy individually.

Everyone has tasted the sweetness of the war of annihilation, and the weapons, ammunition and even soldiers of the Mengshan Army are all from the opponent, which opens a door for the backbone of this young but energetic army, allowing them to see a new world realm. Another point, Commander Long always tries his best to grasp the intelligence when he fights, for example, this time to deal with the officers and soldiers who came to the door, the battle has not yet been fought, the strength of the officers and soldiers, the route of action has been obtained, and even the officers and soldiers have artillery! All of this is of course the credit of that ghost clever Jiang Yun, as soon as the intelligence department was established, this kid made the first contribution.

At the mobilization meeting before the war, Long Qian said that if this battle is won, we will have artillery. Be careful to capture the enemy's cannons and shells in their entirety, and try not to let the enemy fire a single shot! Not only that, but also pay attention to the enemy's artillery, none of us know artillery!

"Hehe, when the sun rises tomorrow, we will have artillery too." Wang Mingyuan said to Cheng Erhu.

"Yes. It also gives the dogs a taste of being bombed by shells. Cheng Erhu said with a smile. In the dark, Wang Mingyuan saw the white teeth of the second tiger, "I don't know what happened to the fourth company now?" ”

It was Cheng Erhu's fifth company that was responsible for blocking the east of the village, and Fan Deping took his fourth company to hide in Zhuangzi. Because the fourth company has many veterans and strong combat effectiveness, Wang Mingyuan ran to the fifth company, worried about the situation here.

"The fourth company will not suffer." Because Fan Deping has not directly led soldiers, Wang Mingyuan is a little worried, but up to now, the fourth company has performed well, of course, the fourth company is mainly formed by the second company, there are many veterans, and several platoon commanders are reliable, Fan Deping is a little cheap.

"Will they run?" Cheng Erhu suddenly asked a question.

"Run? Where to run? To Zhengjiazhuang? The Four Links won't let them pass easily. What's more, the officials and soldiers smeared this area, and they would not go to the west if they wanted to run. Let's block here, it's a big achievement. ”

The terrain of Qiucun had been studied, and Wang Mingyuan determined that it was impossible for the official army to run towards Zhengjiazhuang, let alone move north or south. He never expected that Cai Chengxun really ran south, and after the second team's attack failed, Cai Chengxun decisively moved his troops quietly to the south under the leadership of the patrol battalion guide, went down a shallow ditch from the south of the village, and left the dangerous Qiu Village. The Fifth Company in the east of the village and the Fourth Company in the west of the village were unaware of this process. It wasn't until nearly an hour later that Fan Deping, who couldn't feel any movement from the officers and soldiers, sent several groups of sharp soldiers to the east of the village, but found not a single enemy soldier, only two houses on fire crackling and burning, and a platoon commander of the fourth company sensed that there was a problem, and at first thought that the officers and troops had broken through the defensive line of the fifth company and ran away, and after spending a lot of effort to get in touch with the fifth company squatting on the slope of the mountain, Wang Mingyuan knew that things were wrong, and the enemy had disappeared under his nose!

Despite the biting cold wind at night, Wang Mingyuan's sweat immediately fell. He immediately judged that the official army had withdrawn from the south of the village! He is familiar with the terrain of Qiu Village, only there is a small road in the south of the village, which leads to the direction of Zhaojialou, and it is impossible to go north! quickly found Cheng Erhu, who was also shocked, and the two of them realized that they had stabbed Lou Zi! If these hundreds of unwounded officers and soldiers run to the fierce battlefield being fought in the east, their sins will be great.

After the reorganization, the second battalion made a mistake in the first battle. Wang Mingyuan and Cheng Erhu immediately reorganized the troops, took the lead with four companies, and chased south.

About twelve miles east of Qiucun, Long Qian commanded the 1st, 3rd, and 4th battalions to encircle and annihilate the rear of the official army. Fighting in the dark early winter night was a choice that neither side was willing to choose, and Long Qian had a problem in estimating the time, that is, the official army marched slower than expected. Waiting for the front team of officers and troops to pass, the lurking sentinels sent the signal back, and the three battalions each entered the preset ambush position, and the last trace of the sun had disappeared behind the mountain, and there was no way, it seemed that there was going to be a night battle.

If it weren't for the fear of unstable people's will, Long Qian hoped to complete this "anti-encirclement and suppression" operation outside Zhengjiazhuang. But he thinks no, the villagers of Qiucun will definitely reveal a lot of information about the Mengshan army, in that case, the officers and troops will be vigilant, and they may occupy Qiucun as an advance base and continue to increase reinforcements, constituting an absolute advantage over the Mengshan army. In that case, the choice of the Mengshan army will be narrow, storm Qiucun? The casualties are destined not to be small. It was an absolute nightmare for the Mengshan army, which had a high proportion of recruits. After losing the first battle, the base area that he had painstakingly built would shake if he didn't do it well. Although the probability of this situation will not exceed 30%, the basic mentality of the new army is still not as good as a group of ringing horses (Long Qian believes that his opponent must be the new army brought into Shandong by Yuan Shikai), but as a general, we must think about the disadvantages and start with the benefits. And not the other way around.

Therefore, Long Qian chose the battlefield between Fei County and Qiu Village as soon as possible, and never let the official army contact the people of Qiu Village.

The strength of the troops is roughly equal, and a complete encirclement is unrealistic, and the Mengshan army can only choose to eat one share first. The terrain gave Long Qian such a possibility, except that the time of the start of the war was a little imperfect, and the course of the battle basically confirmed Long Qian's pre-war assumptions. After several rounds of concentrated fire, Long Qian ordered the suona to be sounded, which was used as a military trumpet. The 1st Battalion, the 4th Battalion, and the 10th Company of the 1st Battalion, the 4th Battalion, and the 11th Company of the 3rd Battalion, the 4th Battalion, and the 11th Company of the Abandoned Cavalry were in ambush in the north from the south to the north. They did not expect that there were enemy troops in ambush on the mountain road that the front team had successfully passed, and they did not dare to shoot easily because it was dark. The attackers had pre-prepared identification marks for each other, and a white cloth was wrapped around their arms - both for identification of night battles and for wrapping wounds. The battle immediately formed a one-sided situation, and the persuasion of the Mengshan army to surrender was earth-shattering - lay down your arms and not kill! When Officer Zhang Ying, who led the team, was seriously wounded by a bayonet and lost his ability to command, the officers and soldiers began to surrender in large numbers -- spare their lives, spare their lives, don't kill me__The officers and soldiers with various accents began to surrender to the officers and soldiers of Mengshan who launched fierce hand-to-hand combat.

The officers and troops who had been compressed and divided on the mountain road had been defeated. Their command system was completely disrupted, and the soldiers could not find officers, and the officers could not find soldiers. Hand-to-hand combat is not as good as a prepared enemy, and the number of people is at a disadvantage. Only one infantry team at the forefront remained relatively intact. There were many veterans of this infantry team, and the officer of the team reacted correctly, rushed to the west, swept away the encirclement of Zhang Yulin's 10th Company, and fled in the direction of Qiucun. Lu Shan, who was newly promoted to deputy commander, discovered this situation, led the four battalions and ten companies to break out of the main battlefield, followed closely behind, and headed towards Qiucun.

The gunfire on the mountain road had subsided, and the victorious Mengshan army had only one thing, to gather the prisoners. Ye Yanbing happily found Long Qian and took him to see the four small cannons - the four Austrian-made Sansheng Seven fast cannons that did not shoot a single shell at all were completely captured, and more than a dozen artillerymen were basically taken prisoner.

"Ha Luha, now we have artillery!" Long Qian touched the three lives and seven small cannons that had not yet faded their armor, "Hurry up and count the number of people and treat the wounded, including the enemy's wounded." Prepare to go back to the division to fight Akimura! ”

"Commander, I ran away with an enemy, and Lu Shan took Zhang Yulin to chase him down." Shi Dashou panted and ran to report.

"It's okay, they can't run. You bring your company reinforcements over, move fast! Don't let them merge with the enemies of Akimura. Long Qian ordered. He didn't expect that the enemy of Qiucun had fled, Qiucun was now a completely empty village, and there were only a few female soldiers such as Sun Juan and three people from the intelligence department in the village.

After the battle of Qiucun, a few female soldiers left behind, as well as three people under Jiang Yun, bandaged the four wounds left by the second battalion, and then carried torches around to collect the guns and ammunition abandoned by the officers and soldiers. There are not many guns, all of them are left behind by the dead, but there are many other things, ammunition boxes, backpacks and other things are abandoned. Cai Chengxun's troops were in a hurry, and it was too late to take all the baggage.

Jiang Yun did not come to Qiucun, Long Qian left him in Zhengjiazhuang, and in addition to the staff department, there was also a guard platoon, which was Long Qian's most powerful strength.

"Sister Sun, look, another __" A female soldier named Lin Xiumei pointed to a black corpse.

"Let's take a look, maybe there's a gun." Sun Juan turned over the corpse with all his might, but he didn't expect the corpse to be alive, it was a seriously injured and unconscious officer and soldier, who was abandoned as a dead man by his comrades.

"Mom!" Sun Juan screamed, and her trouser leg was dragged by the "corpse". A member of the intelligence bureau who ran over stabbed him! With a terrible scream, the life of the seriously injured man ended.

After being in the hospital for a long time, Sun Juan and Lin Xiumei, who were used to seeing bloodshed, still saw the killing so closely.

"You, he's alive__"

"I'm not afraid he'll hurt you." The killer nonchalantly wiped the blood from the knife from the corpse.

"The commander is not allowed to kill prisoners of war! You haven't studied military discipline? Sun Juan calmed down.

"He's not a prisoner of war, oh, our guys are here." I vaguely saw a group of people running into the east entrance of the village.