() After Duan Yunfeng came out of the Baiyun Mountain Headquarters, he ran directly to the 15th Brigade. He had been following the 15th Brigade Commander at the 5th Division Headquarters to ask for a battalion. The 15th Brigade Commander had not been attacking until now.
The situation in the county was a bit tense. It wasn't that the war was not going well, but that the superiors were pressing hard. Therefore, he not only transferred one battalion, but also assigned the four battalions on the Shiqiao side to the commander of the 33rd Regiment, together with Duan Yunfeng.
Go to the stone bridge to supervise the battle.
When Duan Yunfeng led the battalion of the 33rd Regiment and arrived at Shiqiao with the commander of the 33rd Regiment, it was already completely dark. He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. It was almost nine o'clock in the evening.
Duan Yunfeng first came to the fire line and looked at the other side. The river that separates Baiyun Mountain from Suixian County is called Baiyun River in the local area. Although the river bank is much narrower than the Han River, it is still about forty or fifty meters apart.
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I had previously heard from the locals that the Baiyun River is not deep, but because many nearby villagers are engaged in digging river sand, the river is full of pits. It is already the end of spring, and it is...
It is a time of high flood risk, and it has been raining throughout mid-April. The condition of the river is difficult to gauge, and it is not easy to cross the river to the other side.
In fact, even if he didn't care about the condition of the Baiyun River, Duan Yunfeng would not easily order him to swim across the river. The enemy on the opposite side had a heavy machine gun and several cannons. As long as he found any movement in the river, he could shoot down.
Block the attack route here.
The commander of the 33rd Regiment set up a temporary frontline command post about three miles behind Shiqiao, and then called all the five battalion commanders responsible for attacking Shiqiao to the command post.
"Commander, are you still going to attack tonight?" When a battalion commander named Wang Mingyu came in, he saw six field guns deployed outside the command post. He immediately wondered if there was a death order from above, and he must do it tonight.
Take Suixian.
Another battalion commander, Zhao Yanzhi, sighed and said: "Captain, the enemy is on the other side of the river ditch. This stone bridge is too small to charge so many people at one time. The firepower is not enough, so we have been beaten back several times."
It's getting late now, and I'm afraid it will be more difficult to attack Shiqiao alone."
Zhao Yanzhi is one of the battalion commanders of the two advance battalions of the 33rd Regiment. His men have always played the role of sharp knives. Every charge is organized by this battalion. From the evening until now, his soldiers
It can be said to be the heaviest loss.
Li Jin, the leader of the 33rd Regiment, went up and punched Zhao Yan, and said: "You bitch, don't embarrass me. You will do whatever the chief of staff tells you to do. If you dare to fight with me,
If you pretend to be a grandson, I will kill you first."
Zhao Yanzhi kept silent and did not dare to speak.
These five battalions include three battalions from the 33rd Regiment, and the other two battalions are drawn from the 32nd Regiment and the 31st Regiment respectively. Now the battalion commanders of the three regiments are present, and everyone does not want him.
The people in the regiment looked down upon them, especially in front of the staff adjutant Duan Yunfeng. After calming down a little, Li Jin turned to Duan Yunfeng and asked: "Master Duan, just give the order and fight as you want. I am thirty-three
After all the members of the regiment have been defeated, I will go into battle myself."
Li Jin is a little older than Duan Yunfeng, and he is a veteran general who has been promoted from company commander. Although he is not from Yuan Su's faction, Duan Yunfeng still respects him very much.
"Captain Li, the Commander-in-Chief is very dissatisfied with the current war situation in Suixian County, but objectively speaking, it's not your fault." Duan Yunfeng said in an easy-going tone, "You don't have to enter the city tonight, but you must fight first.
Crossing the bridge cannot be delayed."
He paused, then turned to several battalion commanders to learn some information.
"So, apart from the stone bridge, there is no way to cross to the other side?" he asked.
"In addition to the stone bridge, the brothers of the reconnaissance team discovered a narrow mountain road in the south. However, the location is very remote, and after passing the mountain road, you have to cross another stream to reach the other side. The straight-line distance is only less than three miles, but the road
It's very difficult. It has to go in a big circle, which is about seven or eight miles. However, because the west is also attacking Anju, people in the county are panicked. Many people in the county are retreating through this passage to the mountains to temporarily avoid the war.
The brothers in the reconnaissance team waited until two o'clock in the morning, but these common people have not yet left," another battalion commander said.
Wang Mingyu added: "According to the people, it was the soldiers in the county who forced them to move out. There were about three to four thousand people, dragging their families with them, and they crowded slowly on the mountain roads. Unless all the people came, they would leave."
Come out, otherwise you won’t be able to get in at all.”
Hearing this, Li Jin, the leader of the 33rd Regiment, quickly guessed something. He frowned and said: "It seems that the enemies in the city are also very cunning. They know that there are mountain roads here that can bypass the stone bridge, so
They deliberately drove the people away to block this road."
Duan Yunfeng nodded and said: "The narrow mountain road is inherently disadvantageous. Even if the enemy does not drive the people to block the road, sending only one machine gun company is enough to seal the road." He paused and asked again, "
So, are there any useful clues from the people who were driven out?"
Wang Mingyu took out a hand-drawn map from his pocket, handed it to Duan Yunfeng, and said: "Sir, this is the information that the brothers from the investigation squad learned after interrogating the people. At present, we can figure out some of the agencies of the Sixth Brigade in Suixian County.
Units, including the location of the brigade headquarters and the location where logistics supplies are stored, but too detailed deployment details are not clear."
Duan Yunfeng took the map and looked at it, secretly praising how attentive the people in the investigation team were.
Wang Mingyu added: "People also say that those who want to enter the county can also climb a mountain in the southwest, but this mountain is difficult to walk during the day, and even more impossible at night. It is too steep, and someone will die if they are not careful."
After being silent for a while, Duan Yunfeng suddenly thought of a cruel plan. He asked: "Are there many ravines in the north of the county?"
"Yes, there are mountains everywhere in the north, some high and some low, but these mountains are very wild, and few people even go to cultivate them. But after crossing the Han River, the road becomes easier, and there are almost no mountains in that section.
If there are any, they are just small hills." Zhao Yanzhi said. "The easiest way to walk is the mountains in the southwest."
"How high is that mountain in the southwest?" Duan Yunfeng asked.
"This is not very clear, but it seems that you can see the northern part of the county." Zhao Yanzhi replied.
Duan Yunfeng nodded, his face became firm, and he said in a commanding tone: "I will now organize two fire companies, with six cannons and eight heavy machine guns, to climb the mountain in the southwest."
"Ah? Brigade, soldiers are at a disadvantage when climbing with light equipment, and they have to carry cannons and heavy machine guns? This...isn't it too difficult?" A battalion commander couldn't help but said in surprise.
The other battalion commanders also showed their embarrassment, and all of them remained silent, not daring to come forward.
"What's wrong, damn it, do you want the host and me to lead the mountain climbing in person?" Li Jin scolded loudly. He looked at Zhao Yanzhi and ordered, "Zhao Yanzhi, bring it to me."
Team up the mountain."
Zhao Yanzhi sighed slightly. Although he was worried, he did not refute anything and replied: "Yes, I promise to complete the task."
"If you can't complete the task, just jump down from the top of the mountain yourself." Li Jin said sternly to Zhao Yanzhi, but his eyes were full of expectation.
Zhao Yanzhi saluted and was about to turn around and leave. At this moment, Duan Yunfeng suddenly called out again: "Wait a minute."
"Master Duan, do you have any other instructions?" Zhao Yanzhi asked.
"You can first go to the nearby villages and find some skilled old hunters and let them help lead the way." Duan Yunfeng said earnestly. He also knew that he was in a dilemma in rushing up the mountain, but if Suixian County could be solved tonight, no matter what
It is a good thing for the overall situation and for yourself. "Remember, success or failure depends on one move. You must only succeed and cannot fail."
"Yes!" Zhao Yanzhi replied sternly, "Only success is allowed, failure is not allowed!"
Just after nine o'clock in the evening, Zhao Yanzhi selected 250 soldiers from his battalion, plus more than 20 gunners, all lightly armed, and then sent people to find a few familiar soldiers from nearby villages.
The villagers on the mountain road. He asked the soldiers to dismantle the cannons and heavy machine guns into several large parts so that they could carry these parts and ammunition. The villagers led the way to the mountains and forests in the southwest.
The seven or eight miles away from the mountainous area in the southwest was relatively easy. Horses were used to pull people and supplies there. But once they reached the foot of the mountain, all the things had to be unloaded and soldiers began to carry them manually.
The mountain here is very steep and there are no people around all year round, so there is no way to go up the mountain. Several villagers in charge of the road carefully introduced it to Zhao Yanzhi and others, and told them to be careful about which places when going up the mountain. They started to climb the mountain.
When the time came, difficulties arose. The heavy machine gun was pretty good and could be carried by two or three people, but the field gun was not that easy. The wheels and base were removed, even if only the 70 mm caliber barrel was connected.
It takes four or five people to lift the chamber seat.
In the absence of a mountain road, the soldiers almost used human ladders to hoist the cannon up the mountain. By 11 o'clock in the night, the soldiers were already exhausted and sweating profusely, and finally climbed halfway up the mountain. Villagers said that now
The road will be easy to walk for a while, but when you are about to reach the top of the mountain, there will be a very steep section.
After resting for ten minutes, Zhao Yanzhi continued to move forward with his troops. The easy road was only about ten minutes' walk away. Soon, the mountains became rough and the dense trees made it very difficult to move forward. As he walked, there was a sudden sudden change in front of him.
It was on the cliff. Several soldiers did not stop in time and rolled down the mountain. Not only that, especially the soldiers carrying the cannon had to be more cautious, almost moving inch by inch. Despite this, the various parts of the cannon were still
It is very heavy. If you lose your footing when you reach a dangerous place, the person in the front will roll down the mountain, inevitably dragging down several other people carrying the cannon.
Zhao Yanzhi sighed, his face full of helplessness, and he could only let the soldiers continue to go up the mountain. Fortunately, several villagers who led the way said that there was river water under the mountain, and some places were still crop fields. These soldiers who fell down might not die.
, but we have to wait until dawn tomorrow to find it.
The whole climb was very time-consuming and labor-intensive. We started at nine o'clock and arrived at the bottom of the mountain at eleven o'clock. By now we were climbing to the top of the mountain. It was almost four o'clock in the morning. But fortunately, we finally reached the top of the mountain. The location of the top of the mountain was still there.
I had calculated that I could place all the cannons and mortars here. However, when I counted the number of people, I found that eighteen soldiers were missing, and I also lost a cannon, a heavy machine gun and three boxes of ammunition.
If these soldiers are lucky, they just fall behind, but if they are unlucky, they may fall down the mountain at some point.
Zhao Yanzhi had no extra time to worry about these missing men. He immediately ordered the soldiers to set up cannons and the communications troops to equip radios. After giving these orders, he took out some money and gave it to the villagers who were leading the way. At the same time,
Ask them to go down the mountain and look for the missing and fallen soldiers.
The villagers were naturally very happy after taking the money. Although it was late at night, since they were familiar with the mountain roads, they were still willing to help find the missing soldiers. So they walked down the mountain.
The radio reception was not very good in the mountainous area. After debugging for a long time, we barely got in touch with the regiment headquarters. The top of the mountain can indeed overlook the entire county. The five cannons and the remaining heavy machine guns are all ready. From this angle, the range of the cannon can be
Covering the entire county, the heavy machine gun can also sweep into the county suburbs across the mountain stream.
At the command post on the other side of the stone bridge, Duan Yunfeng finally smiled after receiving the news that Zhao Yanzhi had climbed the mountain. He immediately ordered Li Jin to organize his troops and prepare to charge against the stone bridge again.
The Baiyun Mountain General Headquarters also received a signal for artillery support. The artillery battalion directly under the division headquarters concentrated its firepower to accurately attack the south bank of Shiqiao and Suixian County.
After a burst of artillery fire, Li Jin, the commander of the 33rd Regiment, personally led two battalions to launch a charge against the stone bridge. The number of enemy troops on the south bank was not large. Previously, Jiang Baili's artillery was not allowed to attack due to angle and field of view issues.
The attack was on target, so it was able to occupy the stone bridge to block the attack. At this time, although the artillery of the Fifth Division headquarters still could not fire accurately, the artillery fire was getting closer and closer to the vicinity.
Not long after, Zhao Yanzhi's troops, who had gone through all kinds of hardships to lurk on the southwest mountain, also began to concentrate their firepower on the stone bridge and the county seat. The artillery on Zhao Yanzhi's side had a very good view and directly targeted the enemy troops on the south bank of the stone bridge.
Not only that, the county town was bombarded, which greatly shook the morale of the defenders. The defenders didn't know what happened in the county town. Was it a breakthrough by the enemy? Or was it something else?
Li Jin's charge only encountered fierce resistance from the defenders on the other side of Shiqiao at the beginning. However, soon under the suppression of artillery fire, casualties increased and the firepower network became weaker and weaker.
Among the three battalions of the Sixth Brigade guarding Stone Bridge, one battalion commander decided to lead his troops back to the county to see what was going on. This was originally an ideal decision, but the other two battalion commanders couldn't help but think about this guy.
Are you trying to escape? After the battalion retreated, the defensive firepower was greatly reduced.
Thirty minutes later, Li Jin personally led the stormtroopers to break through the stone bridge. Seeing the stormtroopers' momentum this time, the defenders of the Sixth Brigade were all discouraged, and deserters soon appeared. When the deserters crossed
As time goes by, the war has basically come to an end.
At dawn, Duan Yunfeng finally succeeded in breaking through the stone bridge. He was not in a hurry to enter the county. After all, street fighting in the dark was not beneficial to the attacker who was not familiar with the road. Anyway, the gap had been opened, and follow-up troops could continue to attack.
It keeps advancing. What's more, Zhao Yanzhi has brought the artillery to the top of the mountain and is bombing the county town indiscriminately. It won't be long before the remnants of the Sixth Brigade in the county town will be defeated.
In fact, Sun Jianye had placed three battalions here in Shiqiao from the beginning, with the purpose of hoping that he could hold off the Fifth Division's attack here. Even if he couldn't hold off, he would retreat to the county town for street fighting. He didn't expect that he could last long.
, as long as two days are enough. But he never expected that his defense line could not be defended even for a day and a night.
Fortunately, Sun Jianye himself could hold on to his determination to die, but the soldiers did not do it. The stone bridge was lost, and the county was surrounded by enemies. Coupled with the cannon bombardment on the top of the mountain, he actually became
A turtle in a urn.
In the early morning, the fighting subsided slightly. Zhao Yanzhi fired all the artillery shells on the top of the mountain, so he stopped firing. However, after a night of shelling, the entire Sui County town had been devastated.
Duan Yunfeng began to surround the county town with five battalions of troops. Jiang Baili also immediately arranged for the 15th Brigade to send two additional regiments of reinforcements, which arrived as soon as possible and joined the siege of the county town. Duan Yunfeng did not intend to directly enter the city, although
After the shelling, he guessed that everyone in the city was either dead or had fled, but it was inevitable that there would be some survivors hiding in the alleyways and firing cold shots.
He first sent a telegram to the West Route Army, asking Dai Dingguo to arrange a sudden advance as soon as possible and cooperate to seize Suixian County and its affiliated towns in Zhou Dynasty. Then he asked Li Jin, the commander of the 33rd Regiment, to lead two battalions into the county in advance.
There was still resistance from the defenders, but it was just sporadic fire and was quickly suppressed.
While suppressing the rebellious soldiers, Li Jin shouted all the way that both soldiers and civilians should come out and accept surrender, and promised that they would never be harmed.
An hour later, the remaining soldiers in the city gave up any form of resistance and all came out to accept the surrender. Li Jin treated the prisoners fairly well. He found a large house in the county and locked up all the prisoners there. By noon
When traveling, we also gave them water and food to eat and drink.
A rough calculation showed that there were only more than 600 prisoners in the county, but Sun Jianye's Sixth Mixed Brigade had almost more than 4,000 people. Even the prisoners who were defeated in Baiyun Mountain totaled only more than 1,200 people.
No matter how powerful the artillery fire was last night, it would not have killed more than half of the four thousand people.
At noon, Duan Yunfeng led the army into the county and found a relatively intact house as a headquarters. Then he sent people to appease the people in the county while organizing people to pick up Zhao Yanzhi from the top of the mountain.
.And Li Jin was responsible for the security in the city, cleaning up the battlefield and hunting down the hidden remnants of Wang Wenhua.
Under the guidance of the prisoners, Qingcheng's troops quickly found the place where the supplies were stored, which was in a high official office in the county. Although some supplies were blown up, they still found a lot of ammunition, firearms and food, and even some
There is a large number of horses and more than eighty war horses.
However, after searching all over the county town, no trace of Sun Jianye or the senior officers of the Sixth Brigade was found. No one was found alive or dead.