Chapter 212: Wei Lihuang's dilemma

After Zhang Junsong received Jin Zhao's telegram, he immediately summoned his senior generals for a meeting.

"Now Wei Lihuang is leading the 88th Division and the 4th Division to rush in the direction of Shuikou. The enemy's intention was to break through the encirclement of our army and rush to Fuzhou to meet in the central part of Zhangzhi. At the same time, Zhang Zhizhong of Fuzhou sent a brigade to meet Wei Lihuang. The current situation is that although our army has successfully surrounded Wei Lihuang's troops, our Fifth Army is also facing the danger of being flanked by the enemy from both sides. At the beginning of the meeting, Zhang Junsong first briefly introduced the current situation to everyone.

Zhang Junsong took a sip of the tea on the table, and then said, "The task given to us by Commander-in-Chief Jin is to cooperate with the Wuyi Mountain Reading Division to annihilate the enemy Wei Lihuang's headquarters as soon as possible. Because the Central Army has already sent two divisions of elite reinforcements to Fujian urgently, and now that it has rushed to the border of Fujian, the Wuyishan Reading Division will try its best to block the enemy. Our task is to completely eliminate Wei Lihuang's headquarters before the enemy arrives. ”

"That's it!" Zhang Junsong waved his hand and said, "I have already told you everything that should be said, and now I ask the chief of staff to read out the specific combat mission." ”

Everyone immediately straightened up, and Gao Qiangbin, chief of staff of the Fifth Army, stood up with a serious face, opened the folder in his hand, and read aloud, "Ding Rongguang!" ”

"Yes!" Ding Rongguang stood up with a snap and answered loudly.

"Order to lead the first brigade of the fifth division of the department to rush to Xiongjiang Town, and build fortifications to block Fujian from coming to aid the Central Army, and must not let the enemy cross Xiongjiang Town half a step, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! Ding Rongguang replied loudly.

"Tan Shaoping!"

"Yes!" Tan Shaoping stood up with a snap and answered loudly.

"The order immediately led the 10th Division of the station, secretly rushed to the area of Huangling, and waited for the battle! Don't attack without an order! ”

"Yes!" Tan Shaoping replied loudly.

"The Second Brigade of the Fifth Division, and all units directly under the Fifth Army! Under the direct command of the military seat, hold the water mouth. Gao Qiangbin finally read.

Zhang Junsong glanced at everyone with a cold face, and then said, "All departments have understood their respective tasks!" ”

"Got it!" Everyone responded in unison.

"Good!" Zhang Junsong stood up with a sigh and said loudly, "Life and death are fighting here!" I hope that all of you will work together to defeat the Central Army! ”

"Work together to defeat the Central Army!" The crowd shouted in unison.

Just when Zhang Junsong was mobilizing his troops and preparing to annihilate Wei Lihuang, Wei Lihuang was taking the 88th and 4th Divisions of the Central Army and hurriedly fled eastward. The reason why it is said to be fleeing is because there is always a tail behind them, and this tail is the Wuyi Mountain Reading Master.

After Jin Zhao issued the news of the annihilation of Wei Lihuang's department, the Wuyi Mountain Reading Division immediately mobilized more than 4,000 people from around Yanping, plus the soldiers and horses stationed in Yanping, gathered 8,000 troops, Wei Lihuang led the troops to withdraw, these 8,000 soldiers and horses immediately stained up like a dog's skin plaster, and always chased after Wei Lihuang, Wei Lihuang successively threw down the strength of the two regiments, and the result was wiped out, and now these guys are chasing after each other, Wei Lihuang feels that his head is getting more and more painful.

In fact, what Wei Lihuang didn't know was that only half of the 8,000 bandit army chasing behind was actually the main force of the Wuyi Mountain Reading Division, and the other half were some local bandit armies that had been incorporated in the past year or so. Such an army is used to fight a tailwind battle, and it is okay to be strong and strong, but if it is used to fight a vicious battle such as the Yanping Guard War, it is estimated that it will not be able to hold out for even a day. Of course, after a period of training, these guys are still much stronger than those bandits.

There are blocking the enemy in front and chasing troops in the rear, Wei Lihuang is naturally aware of the critical situation, although there is a brigade sent by Zhang Zhizhong to respond, but after all, there are soldiers and horses of Zhang Junsong's division stationed in the Shuikou area, and it is impossible to break through the defense line of the opposing army in a hurry. You must first deal with the chasing soldiers behind, thinking of this, Wei Lihuang immediately gave an order to Sun Yuanliang, the commander of the 88th Division, who was in charge of the break.

After receiving Wei Lihuang's order, Sun Yuanliang immediately organized troops to fight a beautiful ambush battle in the area of Taiping Town, Wuyishan Reading Division because of the carelessness of the enemy, the forward regiment fell into the ambush circle of the main force of the 88th Division, the offensive of the 88th Division was very fierce, this battle fully demonstrated the strong combat effectiveness of the old Jiang Yulin Army, only half a day's effort, most of the more than 1,000 people of the forward regiment were annihilated, and only less than 200 people successfully broke through under the cover of the air force.

However, after Sun Yuanliang defeated the vanguard regiment of the Wuyi Mountain Reading Division, he did not take advantage of the victory to launch a counterattack, but quickly left the battlefield and marched to catch up with the fourth division in front. It's not that Wei Lihuang and Sun Yuanliang don't want to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle, so as to completely solve the pursuers behind. It's because at this time, Wei Lihuang's ammunition is running out, and it really can't support large-scale consumption. Wei Lihuang had to save ammunition to prepare for the next quick breakthrough of the Shuikou defense line. Wei Lihuang roughly calculated, according to the current consumption, its ammunition reserves can only last three days at most, and breaking through the Shuikou defense line will inevitably be another vicious battle, ammunition consumption will definitely be greater, conservative estimates, it will be good to be able to last two days. In other words, Wei Lihuang must break through the Shuikou defense line within two days, otherwise Wei Lihuang's troops will really run out of ammunition and food. As a generation of famous generals, Wei Lihuang's military talent is beyond doubt, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and it will be difficult to escape the end of the entire army when the time comes.

But Song Jiang didn't know Wei Lihuang's current situation, although he guessed that Wei Lihuang's ammunition was running out, and the people were sleepy and lacking, and his morale was low, but he didn't expect Wei Lihuang to be so poor. Sun Yuanliang's counterattack made Song Jiang think that the enemy still had the ability to fight back, and Song Jiang, who had lost more than 1,000 elites, couldn't help but become cautious, so he ordered the troops to slow down the march, which created an opportunity for Wei Lihuang.

Wei Lihuang was in the temporary command headquarters and said to Leng Xin beside him, "I won't say anything about the current situation of our army, I think you know it!" Leng Xin just nodded heavily and didn't speak.

Wei Lihuang continued, "The task I gave you is very simple, break through the Shuikou defense line!" I'll only give you one day, I don't care how you use it, I just want the result! Do you understand? ”

"Understood! Mission completion guaranteed! Leng Xin saluted Wei Lihuang with a military salute, and then walked out.

Leng Xin came to the forward position, raised the telescope to observe the opposite position, and said with a sneer, "It seems that my old classmate still has two more moments, at least this position is quite well arranged!" "Leng Xin is also a student of the first phase of Huangpu, and Zhang Junsong is a classmate of the same period, although the two were not familiar with each other before, but they also know each other, after all, there are only more than 600 people in the first phase of Huangpu, of course, I am afraid that there are not even half of them who are still alive. However, these two former classmates have become mortal enemies on the battlefield at this time.

However, Leng Xin looked down on Zhang Junsong very much, the reason is very simple, after graduation, Leng Xin always stayed in Lao Jiang's descendant Central Army, while Zhang Junsong has been staying in the miscellaneous 19th Route Army in the Central Army. Even so, Zhang Junsong was only a brigade commander before the Fujian Incident, although he was promoted to division commander after the Fujian Incident, and now he has been crowned army commander, these are all sealed by the Fujian rebel army, and naturally it can't be counted in Leng Xin's eyes. And what about Leng Xin? Now he is a lieutenant general and division commander appointed by the central government. Leng Xin alone is still qualified to look down on Zhang Junsong.

Leng Xin turned his head and returned to his temporary headquarters, the military commanders of the fourth division and above and the directly subordinate units had already gathered, Leng Xin said coldly to everyone, "The commander-in-chief only gave me one day to break through the Shuikou defense line!" Otherwise military law engages! If I can't complete the mission, I won't be able to save my life, but none of you want to live! ”

"Master! Give the order! Mission completion guaranteed! As soon as Leng Xin's voice fell, everyone couldn't help but shout loudly. The fourth division is the elite of the Central Army, naturally there is a sharp spirit, the second Yanping Battle has made them hold their breath in their hearts, and they have long wanted to find someone to vent out, to be honest, these people look down on the 19th Route Army in their hearts, and they think that whether it is Yanping or Shuikou, it was fought in one day, and the Zhang Junsong Department faced this time is the old department of the 19th Route Army, and they naturally take out the previous standards.

"Good!" Leng Xin first said hello loudly, and then continued, "This battle is related to the life and death of our army, and at the same time, it is related to your net worth and my life!" Don't miss anything! However, opportunities and opportunities coexist, and this is also the opportunity for our Fourth Division and your brothers to make a name for themselves, and now the situation in Fujian must be clear to everyone, if we can successfully defeat the rebel army Zhang Junsong, then our Fourth Division will be the first hero of the rebellion. The principal has always had clear rewards and punishments, and when the time comes, you brothers will definitely be indispensable for promotion and wealth! In order to boost morale, Leng Xin began to cheer up his hands, and drew a big cake for everyone with a wave of his pen.

After hearing this, a trace of excitement flashed in everyone's eyes, and Leng Xin saw that he knew that his goal had been achieved, so he immediately turned pale and said solemnly, "Now I order, the artillery battalion immediately concentrates its firepower to bombard the enemy position in Baishi, don't save shells for Lao Tzu to bombard Lao Tzu fiercely!" After the artillery fire was ready, the first regiment immediately launched an attack on Baishi, which was the weak point of the enemy's defense, and the first regiment must tear a gap for Lao Tzu here in the shortest possible time, and the second, third, and fourth regiments simultaneously launched a feint attack on the current enemy position. (To be continued.) )