Cai Juxian also laughed at the commander of the Tiger Brigade on the opposite side at first for not being able to defend, and actually did not carry out a basic formation, and formed a concentrated firepower as stipulated in the drill code. But soon he couldn't laugh anymore, and the ferocious attack arrows of the Hongjiang side were soon hit by fire from the front, left and right directions, and they squatted down according to the drill to return fire, but often only fired one shot, and they were shot several times, and the soldiers were immediately messy. There is a ** shout: "Back, there are also enemies shooting on the side......"

Cai Juxian is not a fool, he is a veteran of the army for nearly 20 years. Immediately saw that there was something strange about this defensive formation of the Tiger Brigade, and it was necessary to stop the attack immediately, otherwise the consequences would be very serious once their own side collapsed.

As a result, the result of this wave of attacks was a very ugly rout of the garrison, with many casualties, more than 70 killed in battle alone, and more than 100 wounded. The casualties on the opposite side are not clear, but the estimate is not large, after all, how many casualties can there be if you hide behind an obstacle and fire?

Zhou Zefan was very angry when he saw Cai Juxian retreating in defeat. Although Cai Juxian was much older than himself, Zhou Zefan, who was annoyed and angry, still scolded him angrily, and then ordered him to continue attacking.

Cai Juxian had no choice but to turn around and regroup his team and prepare to attack again. But although Cai Juxian is brutal, it doesn't mean that others are stupid. He thought about it carefully for a while, and ordered the regiment to be divided into three, two battalions to attack the two flanks of the Tiger Brigade's V-shaped defensive position, and he personally commanded two battalions to kill them fiercely, aiming directly at Ma'an Town.

Cai Juxian can be regarded as having a vision, and he quickly saw the strength and flaws of this defensive tactic, and decisively divided his troops in response to this flaw. His idea is very simple, as long as he can penetrate the bottom, this tactic will be cracked, and the triangle defense will directly become a separate battle, and then with the courage of these elite soldiers under his command, it is not a matter of killing these sick cat troops.

If the commander of this battle is Xu Yuanquan or Yang Wangui, he will definitely make adjustments immediately in the face of Cai Juxian's desperate style of play. It's a pity that Song Xianfu and Hao Bing are both fierce generals, and they didn't make adjustments in time according to the changes on the battlefield, so the Tiger Brigade suddenly couldn't bear it, and the entire defensive position began to loosen.

The frontal position, which had lost its flank firepower, was quickly shortened due to the lack of concentrated fire, and the soldiers began to feel nervous, but the long-term training allowed them to continue to reload and shoot.

However, the officers and men of the Hongjiang garrison were obviously not bandits from Guizhou, and their tactical level was not low, and they quickly dispersed, constantly adjusting the point of attack, and firing at each other according to the terrain and the Tiger Brigade.

The Tiger Brigade began to suffer casualties, and some officers and men of the Hongjiang garrison broke through some sections and engaged in white-knuckle battles with the officers and men of the Tiger Brigade guarding these sections.

Wan Yaohuang, who was standing in the rear to supervise the battle, saw this situation, and immediately became angry, he took three steps and two steps to find Song Xianfu and Hao Bing: "Immediately counterattack on the whole front, otherwise we will definitely collapse on the whole line, hurry up!" ”

Song Xianfu and Hao Bing were also a little dazed at the moment, they were used to obedience, and when they saw that someone had given an order, they didn't care how old the other party was? What is the job title? He took the shell gun and the broadsword, and went out with the men.

Fortunately, the trained soldiers did not follow them to be stupid, Li Dachao, the commander of the first company of the *** department of the eighth battalion under Hao Bing, and Shi Yong, the leader of the sharp knife squad, nicknamed Shi Daring, took the lead in throwing grenades at the garrison, and the soldiers behind him suddenly woke up and followed suit......

Cai Juxian was enjoying the killing, only a few dozen meters away from the bottom of the V-shape, and was about to rush in with a breath, when he suddenly saw dozens of people jumping out of the opposite side, and then dozens of small black wooden handles flew over. Although he didn't know what these things were, Cai Juxian clearly felt a strong danger, his breathing became rapid, and his heartbeat suddenly stopped.

Then there was the boom, the boom continued to explode, and the elite of the three hundred garrisons who were trying to storm this area were hit hard, Cai Ju sacrificed his life, and just a few guards pressed him under him before he was lucky not to be killed by the grenade. But he was also dizzy and dizzy, so he naturally became a prisoner.

Zhou Zefan saw the situation in front with a telescope, and before he could speak, Wan Yaohuang on the side of the Tiger Brigade kicked the platoon commander of the mortar platoon after driving Song Xianfu and them out to counterattack: "Open the artillery immediately, and fire at the center of the enemy army in the distance, hurry up." ”

As a result, the first test projectile landed less than 20 meters away from Zhou Zefan and immediately blew up five or six soldiers.

Zhou Zefan was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, he had seen this thing in Japan, mortar, he didn't expect the Tiger Brigade to have this thing, and now it actually came out, so this battle is still a fart!

Careless, careless, he obviously underestimated the enemy, and before he figured out the strength of the opponent, he recklessly pulled the team out into the field to fight, and it was difficult not to lose this time.

After all, Zhou Zefan was born as a regular officer in Japan, and his first reaction was to order his subordinate units to counterattack on the spot, and at this juncture, he ordered a retreat, and what was waiting for his side would definitely be an uncontrollable rout, so it was better to retreat on the spot, after all, the power of mortars was also limited.

However, it backfired, he Zhou Zefan had seen this thing and knew that the lethality was limited, and the power was not comparable to that of a large-caliber field artillery or something. But the soldiers from the countryside below did not understand, and when they saw that there was a cannon on the opposite side and they did not, they immediately did not think about it out of biological instinct except to flee for their lives.

The rout was inevitable, and Zhou Zefan was overconfident in advance, feeling that he would win this battle. As a result, he didn't even let go of the Governor team, and this rout couldn't be stopped.

Another regiment commander, Liu Xuyi, grabbed Zhou Zefan: "Commander, we can't do the Tiger Brigade at all, let's withdraw!" ”

Zhou Zefan came back to his senses at this time, grabbed Liu Xuyi's arm like a life-saving straw and said: "Commander Liu, you immediately go and organize a militia to attack the other party and strive to save the war." ”

Liu Xuyi said anxiously: "Don't talk about those bastards, after the battle started, these bastards disappeared one after another." If only I had known that I should have let them take the lead in the first place. ”

Zhou Zefan smiled sadly, went crazy, and suddenly asked inexplicably, "Lao Cai, where is Lao Cai?" ”

Liu Xuyi glanced back at the rout, he couldn't talk about it anymore, he hurriedly hugged Zhou Zefan, who was crazy, and ran away with Zhou Zefan with several other soldiers.

At this time, if Yang Wangui or Xu Yuanquan is here, out of the dogma that poor people should not chase, they will let Zhou Zefan go anyway. Maybe Zhou Zefan rushed down and could gather most of his troops.

It's a pity that it is Song Xianfu and Hao Bing who are killing the red eyes now, so I'm sorry, I chased and fought all the way. The men and horses of the garrison were repeatedly routed, and even the slightest resistance could not be organized. The officer could not find the soldier, and the soldier could not find the officer, so he could not run, raised the gun above his head with both hands, knelt on the ground and surrendered.

When the sun set, Song Xianfu and Hao Bing, who had been addicted to killing, ordered the troops to be collected, but saw Wan Yaohuang come up with people to converge, Wan Yaohuang now made up his mind, regardless of his own fatigue, he completely killed and disabled Zhou Zefan overnight no matter what. Song Xianfu and Hao Bing now admired this Wan Xiucai quite a lot, and naturally they listened to their words, they immediately restrained the men and horses of their headquarters to take a short rest, and at the same time assigned a company to guard more than 900 prisoners of war and the wounded, and the others continued to march towards Jiang City.

When Zhou Zefan and Liu Xuyi fled back to Jiangshi Town, there were less than 200 people left in the inventory office, and their hearts were sour......

However, Zhou Zefan seems to have been born with the spirit of revolutionary optimism, and when he entered the town, he actually hahadaxiao again.

Liu Xuyi didn't understand at this time, he asked: "Commander, we are all on this job, what else is ridiculous?" ”

Zhou Zefan waved his hand and said: "You don't understand, we still have thousands of troops in Hongjiang, as long as I go back, there are still half of the men and horses, why is it difficult to hold Hongjiang and wait for Changsha to come to the rescue?" I laugh at Wang Zhenyu who doesn't know how to use tricks, at this time, as long as he disguises himself as our army to defraud Hongjiang, does this battle still have to be fought? ”

After speaking, Zhou Zefan, who was tired for a day, didn't wash up, and just lay down and fell asleep.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, so he slept for a while, and the chief of staff, Yang Yusheng, fled into Jiangshi with a few people. Zhou Zefan saw that his whole body was soaked, and a dejected chief of staff was shocked: "Old Yang, what's wrong?" ”

Yang Yusheng said in shock: "Lost, lost, the Tiger Brigade TMD fell from the sky." ”

It turned out that when Zhou Zefan was defeated, Wang Zhenyu had already led his men and horses to the shore of Wushui (now Lushui), and the merchant gang was very trustworthy and sent boats, Wang Zhenyu quietly crossed the river, and then took advantage of the darkness to enter the city, and the army guarding Hongjiang was disarmed by Wang Zhenyu before he had time to react. After Yang Yusheng found out that the situation was wrong, he was very witty and escaped over the wall with a few guards, evaded the search of the Tiger Brigade, and then swam through Wushui to report to Jiang City overnight.

Zhou Zefan was shocked and angry, he grabbed Yang Yusheng: "Don't you still have three thousand group exercises in your hands?" Weishenme will not be able to withstand it? ”

Yang Yusheng was also angry: "Commander, don't mention those bastards, they are all anti-water, and they are premeditated." Commander, those businessmen must be complicit. ”

Zhou Zefan stopped smiling this time, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "God will die to me." ”

Needless to say, not only did the territory be lost, but even the huge sum of 4.5 million yuan he raised for Tan Dudu was estimated to have fallen into the hands of the Tiger Brigade at this moment, and he was completely clean now.

When he was depressed, Liu Xuyi ran in again: "Commander, there are a lot of people outside the town, we are surrounded, what should we do?" ”

Zhou Zefan sat on the Taishi chair, took a deep breath, and spit out two words with great difficulty: "Surrender!" ”