Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Attack of the Middle

Bursts of gunfire rang out in the Xiaotangshan area, and gunpowder smoke and dust seeped into the thick fog, permeating this ancient Chinese land, and it was almost impossible to see each other from ten meters away. Brigade Commander Zhang Yaoming of the Kuomintang Guan Lin Expedition Department pounced on the Allied troops along the road and along the sound of gunfire, and the outer fortifications of Beiping City became farther and farther away.

The main attacking force of the Allied army, while resisting the pursuit of Zhang Yaoming's troops, retreated to the ambush area.

The commander of the regiment took the lead, and the horse led the forward to chase in the front. When he left the city, the deputy brigade commander secretly instructed him on the side: Be sure to bite the allied troops as much as possible, don't let them slip into the mountains, and wait for the devil plane to arrive and blow him up on his back.

The brigade deputy and the chief of staff and others carried the bars in the big pillbox for half a day, and waited for a long time, until the commander of the first regiment led his troops out of the trenches, and the allied troops had already gone away. In accordance with the orders of the brigade deputy, the commander of the first regiment used a whip to whip his horse's feet as soon as he climbed out of the trench, urging his troops to run and advance along the way, and from time to time whipped his officers and men who were running slowly. The shrimp soldiers and crabs will be afraid of being whipped by horses, and they will run forward desperately, and you will push me and squeeze me, making the formation chaotic into a pot of porridge.

The chief of staff followed closely behind the striker, and at this time, he stopped his horse to take a closer look, and he was very annoyed by the swarm of bees in front of him, and ordered a staff officer next to him: "A dignified colonel of the national army is actually leading the troops like this!" It's not a war, it's all about driving sheep! If an accident happens, how will it end if an accident happens? ”

After a while, Zhang Yaoming's forward troops finally slowed down, gathered together sparsely, and walked panting one by one.

The sound of horses sounded behind him, and the brigade chief of staff looked back and saw the brigade commander's messenger galloping up on horseback, passing by him, without even saying hello, and just shooting his horse away.

The chief of staff was stunned at first, and then imagined that the correspondent must have been ordered by the brigade deputy to let the regiment commander move forward quickly, and they completely ignored me, the dignified colonel and brigade chief of staff, and blindly commanded and acted on their own. He raised his binoculars forward to take a closer look, and as expected, there was another herd of herded sheep in front of him, and the formation that had just been put together became a flock of headless flies.

The fire of anger suddenly escalated from the heart of the brigade chief of staff, and a dozen horses rushed forward, trying to catch up with the brigade commander's messenger and tell him to slow down the commander of the regiment again, and at the same time stop the chaotic state of the troops. By this time, the correspondent had already turned his horse's head, and when the two met, the chief of staff saw that the correspondent had put on a disdainful look. Before the chief of staff could speak, the communicator tilted his head and spurred his horse to gallop away.

The chief of staff looked back at the back of the correspondent in the past, and the feeling of being discarded increased in his heart, and it could be seen from this incident that Zhang Yaoming had prejudices against him. He himself has followed Zhang Yaoming for more than ten years and has done his best for the Zhang family, but now he has ended up like this, what is this for? When he thought of this, he really broke his heart. Turning around, he looked at the "sheep" that had been driven out of order, let out a long sigh, and just walked discouraged and followed the chaotic team.

The retreating forces of the Confederates retreated unhurriedly, provoking and attracting the villains. At this time, Zhang Yaoming's front troops had already entered the ambush of the Allied army, and then the "sheep" driven by a regiment commander also entered the big pocket that was waiting for the battle.

Miao Dezhi, the commander of the first company of the Allied Dark Horse Regiment, was hiding in a grave a mile north of the road, observing the enemy's movements through the branches and leaves. The long wait and the bite of the mosquitoes made Miao Dezhi's heart very impatient, and he kept beating the mosquitoes with his hands.

For Miao Dezhi, he didn't have much idea about this battle, he just obeyed orders, and it was not his concern whether there was any strategic significance. However, if it is said that this battle has no personal interest in Miao Dezhi, it is more in line with the actual situation, but as long as Wang Wu, the commander of the first regiment of the Kuomintang army, the situation will change as soon as he appears.

As soon as he thought of this head Wang Wu, he gritted his teeth in anger, although it had been three or four years, time had not diluted his hatred for this guy. He has put all the things that have not gone well in the past few years on this head of the regiment, if it weren't for the fact that Wang Wucheng of his fellow village couldn't get along with him, he would not have fallen to this point today.

At the time of the warlord melee, Miao Dezhi gave this Wang Wu several small losses, but the head of the regiment took all the land of his family and took it away, and also disabled Miao's father.

Due to the great influence of the head of the regiment in the local area, Miao Dezhi had no choice but to endure the humiliation and hold the idea of "a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late", and left as a soldier. The enemy was very angry when he saw each other, and he wanted to pay close attention to the whereabouts of Wang Wu, the commander of the first regiment, in this battle, and find an opportunity to slaughter him with his own hands to avenge himself and his family.

The head of the regiment, Wang Wuda, walked to a place not far from Miao Dezhi, looked at the mass grave, couldn't help but shudder, stopped his horse, and still called his panting subordinates to chase quickly.

Miao Dezhi's blood rushed straight into his brain, making him forget the orders repeatedly emphasized by Xuanxia's father, Zhang Tao, and Gu Political Commissar before the war: be strict and hidden, wait patiently, obey orders, and prepare to attack. He pulled out the box gun suddenly, and without hesitation, he aimed at the head of the regiment, Wang Wu, is shot.

Things are often not as people think, just when he was about to pull the trigger, Wang Wu's subordinate Chief of Staff Zhang rushed over, and he deserved this kid to be a human shield, and the bullet just got into Chief of Staff Zhang's head.

Wang Wuwu was taken aback, and immediately realized that he had been ambushed by the Allied Army, and looked at the corpse planted by his subordinate Chief of Staff Zhang from the horse, and couldn't help but exclaim loudly: "Lie down, the Allied Army has an ambush!" The national army, which heard the shouting, was at a loss for a moment, and squeezed into each other, becoming a frightened herd of cattle and horses.

Miao Dezhi simply didn't do anything, he jumped down from the grave, threw up the box gun, and led a company to rush up, a burst of gunfire knocked down more than a dozen Kuomintang recalcitrant soldiers, Miao rushed up and rushed towards Wang Wu.

Wang Wu saw that Miao Dezhi was rushing towards him with people, and while ordering his subordinates to resist, he turned his horse's head and turned around and fled.

The brigade chief of staff was walking weakly with the troops, when he suddenly heard the gunfire in front of him, and was also taken aback, and was about to look up to take a closer look, only to see Wang Wuda sweating and rushing towards this side, and Lao Yuan opened his throat and shouted: "No, it's not good, we have been ambushed by the Allied forces!" ”

"Oh, my mother!" The brigade chief of staff was still taken aback, and before he had time to inquire carefully, he ordered a battalion commander beside him to say, "Don't panic, give me to resist on the spot, and whoever wants to retreat will be shot on the spot." With that, he left his troops and found a safe place to hide.

The fierce gunfire alarmed Mr. Zhang Tao and Mr. Gu in the command post of the regiment headquarters, and Song Jiliu, who was hidden on the fork of a big tree, reported: About a company of troops from our regiment rushed up to fight Zhang Yaoming's troops. Perhaps they were discovered by the enemy, and that led them to engage with the enemy.

Although the enemy did not enter the "pocket" according to Ji Hongchang's plan, he had to launch a general attack to prevent the enemy from slipping away. Zhang Tao and Gu Jingsheng immediately called Fang Zhenwu, Ji Hongchang and Xuanxia's father, and then gave the order for the whole regiment to attack.