The early morning light was dim and the smoke was curling from the kitchen. The more than 500 brothers in the model camp woke up with high spirits and high morale. Each company and platoon was also packing up their gear and distributing ammunition in preparation for the upcoming battle to attack Tonggu County.
Several groups of police pioneers gathered around the long table under the big camphor tree. Xia Jian was pointing around the map with five carefully selected soldiers from northern Jiangxi, telling these brothers who were serving as guides what they were going to do with the reconnaissance team.
Task content, purpose and time, etc.
Hu Jialin, the battalion deputy in the middle of the crowd, looked at the detailed and supplemented military map and was very satisfied. Due to the proper measures and the efforts of the officers and soldiers, the various departments who sneaked out for reconnaissance brought back a large amount of detailed information and partial sketches. After gathering them, they continued to sort and add them, within a hundred miles.
Every river and every hill in the army is marked on the map. Mountain streams, small villages, passes, small trails and other contents that are not on the map issued by the division are all presented on their own maps one by one, forming the next operational plan for the model battalion.
The formulation provides detailed basic information.
A yellow war horse turned off the road and rushed through the 50-meter grass field and crossed the simple wooden bridge in front of the camp gate. The divisional combat staff on horseback greeted the sentry and rode into the camp.
Huzi heard the news and hurriedly greeted Huzi. The major staff officer took out an order from the leather briefcase on his waist and handed a dossier covered in kraft paper to Huzi. He took out the handover form and pen for Huzi to sign, and took it from Huzi and handed it to Huzi.
Put the pen and paper in the briefcase, salute and drive away.
Beard opened the order and hurriedly read it, and handed it to Yin Jinan who came to him. He returned to the big tree and told the brothers to take a break due to changes in missions. He waved everyone away and sat down alone to open the file and quickly flip through it. The two battle briefings and
A map of northwestern Jiangxi, showing in detail the current military situation of the enemy and ourselves and the next direction of action of the Second Division.
Yin Jinan quickly entered the ancestral hall with the order. When he saw the young doctor changing the dressing on An Yi's wound, he quickly reported: "Divisional headquarters order: Our division will postpone the departure and wait for the next instruction."
An Yi raised his head in surprise: "What's going on?"
"There was also a file sent along with the order. Husband was reading it under the big tree outside. It is estimated that the situation has changed. At two o'clock in the morning, the fourth group passed by our door and rushed non-stop to Zhangfang Town, twelve kilometers east. At dawn, the sixth group
It has passed, and it is estimated that the fifth regiment will pass by our door soon. At this time, the division headquarters ordered our battalion to suspend camp and wait for instructions. It is probably because we have no share in the battle of bronze drums."
Yin Jinan was quite disappointed. It was too frustrating to let the brothers stay here doing nothing now at a time when morale was at its peak.
An Yi angrily urged the young doctor to move faster, bandaged his wounds, put on his coat, stood up and walked out of the ancestral hall: "Grandma! Isn't the division bullying us? They just ransacked us last night, and today we are asked to follow a few more
The main group is eating dust behind us, so when we get to Tonggu, we may not even be able to drink soup..."
Huzi saw An Yi and Yin Jinan walking quickly and pointed with a pencil at the latest situation map issued in detail:
“It’s surprising how much the situation has changed. You see...our right wing, the Second Army, and the Three Armies continued the pursuit after occupying Pingxiang. The Three Armies have already captured Yichun and are currently advancing to Xinyu and Gao’an in the east; the Second Army started from Pingxiang.
Go south and occupy Lianhua, attack Ji'an non-stop, defend the enemy and retreat without fighting. Our second army easily captures Ji'an.
At first I was wondering why the enemy defenders abandoned Ji'an. After reading the battle report, I learned that the enemy defender Lai Shihuang in southern Jiangxi declared an uprising, led his troops to join our revolutionary army, and attacked the enemy defenders Yang Chisheng and Yang Ruxuan with the first unit of our fifth army stationed on the border between Jiangxi and Guangdong.
With a Yunnan Army division, we are just around the corner to defeat the enemy. If nothing goes wrong, southern Jiangxi will soon fall into the hands of our army, which will put Ji'an in the middle of a double-sided attack by the Second Army and Lai Shihuang's troops. No wonder they will attack Ji'an with the Second Army.
The enemy in Ji'an will retreat without a fight."
An Yi and Yin Jinan were very excited. An Yi picked up the battle report and read it in detail. Then he pointed in the direction of Xiushui to the north and sighed in surprise:
"General Cheng Qian's Sixth Army suddenly arrived to the north of us, so fast! The Seventeenth Division actually captured Longmen, an important place in northwest Jiangxi, and occupied Zhajin yesterday morning. The Eighteenth Division and our First Division also rushed to join together.
It is estimated that it will only take three or two days to capture Xiushui, and then we will conquer Wuning as planned and go straight to De'an, the middle section of the Nanxun Line (Nanchang-Jiujiang Railway). No wonder the division headquarters is in such a hurry. If we don't lay down the Tonggu, we will be far behind."
Huzi nodded and pointed to Daye on the border of Hubei and Jiangxi: "General Li Zongren's Seventh Army arrived in Daye on the 11th, that is, yesterday. The battle report shows that the Seventh Army will pass through Yangxin within three days, and the Wuxue sword points to Ruichang.
, and finally attacked Jiujiang, Sun Chuanfang's home base in Jiangxi. Judging from the current battlefield situation in Jiangxi, the focus of the battle has shifted to the central and northern parts. 180,000 troops from both sides are crowded in Zhangshu south of Nanchang, Fuzhou and the line from Nanchang to Jiujiang. Sun Chuanfang's troops
Troops stationed in Anhui are still moving south to join the battlefield in Jiangxi, and I’m afraid the next battle will not be easy to fight.”
Yin Jinan and An Yi agreed with Huzi's judgment, and the pencil in Huzi's hand slowly pointed to Tonggu County: "According to our reconnaissance, there is only one regiment of Sun Chuanfang's Deng Ruzhuo division here, and this regiment is guarding Wenquan Town, and the garrison in Bamutang is relatively scattered.
, it will definitely not be able to stop the attack of several regiments of our division, and the main force to the north of our division is pushing towards Xiushui. It is very likely that the defenders will voluntarily evacuate because they are unable to assist each other, and retreat to Fengxin City, 130 kilometers away to the east.
, as a result, our plan to cut off the Tonggu to defend the enemy's retreat also failed."
An Yi thought for a while and laughed: "It doesn't matter, wouldn't it be better to occupy Tonggu without fighting? Just now I was thinking, if our plan is approved by the division headquarters and successfully cuts off the retreat of an enemy regiment, more than a thousand people
Do we also have a share in the prisoners? Now looking at the expressions of the main force groups who are bound to win, I know that even if we work hard and successfully cut off the enemy's retreat, in the end we will definitely be making wedding clothes for others again, and we will not be able to win.
It is better to follow the logistics staff of the division directly under the division headquarters and walk forward slowly. Anyway, the brothers have been working very hard for more than a month, so it is appropriate to rest for two more days."
With a grin on his face, Yin Jinan pondered for a moment and pointed to Yifeng on the map: "I wonder if Shizuo and the others will attack Tonggu and then detach a regiment to penetrate Yifeng to make some money from the Third Army?"
"I don't think so. I'm afraid that the Third Army will be able to capture Shanggao City in the south of Yifeng tonight. The enemy defenders in Yifeng can only retreat to the Gao'an line, otherwise they will immediately fall into a pincer attack between the two armies. With the speed of the Third Army under General Zhu Peide,
It is speculated that they will not miss the opportunity to travel 20 kilometers north to occupy Yifeng."
An Yi continued: "One more thing, the master is loyal and rigorous. He has always been honest and well-behaved. He will never always try to make a profit like us. Therefore, the main force of our master is likely to continue to march eastward to the 13th.
As long as Fengxin, which is more than ten kilometers away from Nanchang, is captured and Fengxin, which is sixty kilometers away from Nanchang, the first phase of our division's mission will be successfully completed. After that, it will enter the second phase of the battle. The main force of the attack will not necessarily be
We are the second division."
Yin Jinan echoed: "Brother is right, but we can't just follow the main regiment all the way. We have to think of ways to expand our team. The reason why the fifth regiment falls behind the fourth and sixth regiments is,
It was all due to the large-scale recruitment in Liuyang County and Gugang. In the early morning, I went to the highway to greet the brothers of the Sixth Regiment passing by. I heard from Old Zhao from the Third Period that the Fifth Regiment had at least 700 new recruits, and the Fourth Regiment was also on the move.
Six hundred prisoners were collected in the Battle of Gu, and each regiment increased its strength by more than one battalion than before. Only one of us can't get it. It won't be a problem if this continues!"
An Yi reluctantly lit a cigarette: "What can I do? I thought I could get some benefit from playing the bronze drum this time, but it was all in vain. I can only wait for the next opportunity. If it doesn't work, I will give it to the brothers from Jiangxi in each company platoon.
Light the ocean and let the brothers go around to recruit people to join the army. The soldiers here in Tonggu are simple and can endure hardships. They can be recruited easily."
"You can't force civilian husbands!" Yin Jinan reminded hurriedly.
Hu Hu laughed before waiting for An Yi's answer: "Don't worry, Ji Nan, our rules have always been observed well. Brothers have never dared to force the common people. Even our cooking team goes out to buy vegetables and grain. It's fair and reasonable. Children and old people have nothing to do with it."
He has been praised by the people wherever he goes. The brothers below have also developed this good habit. Both in terms of training and discipline, they are better than several main groups. They will never do anything like robbing civilians.
But...if the people you are facing are not ordinary people, then it’s a different matter, haha!"
An Yi looked at the beard in confusion: "It sounds like you haven't finished what you said, right?"
Huzi nodded: "Do you remember yesterday morning's Shuozi Valley? The more than 800 bandits inside came to rob the road. They left more than half of the fourth regiment and dismissed the other half. I heard that those who were dismissed all threw themselves into the Tonggu in the east.
There are nine holes and eighteen villages in the area. Just now, Xia Jian and a group of brothers who are originally from northwest Jiangxi talked about bandits. I paid attention and heard them say that the total number of bandits in the nine holes and eighteen villages was no less than 2,000.
, if we can recruit four to five hundred people among them, wouldn’t it make us stronger? What’s more, the bandits in this area have strong legs, climbing mountains and wading as a daily routine, and they are no better able to fight than the honest farmers, as long as they are not heinous and smoke opium.
All of them can be taken in and put under the supervision of veterans like Lu Xiong, Qu Tongyuan and Wu Liheng. No matter how arrogant the bandits are, they will have to be honest in less than half a month."
An Yi was overjoyed. He and Yin Jinan looked at each other and nodded. The three of them happily ordered breakfast. At the same time, they called Xia Jian and Shi Junren from the battalion headquarters and all the company and platoon commanders. Twenty or thirty people surrounded them.
While drinking rice porridge and eating steamed buns at the long table, they discussed recruitment matters in low voices.
After discussing for more than ten minutes, An Yi saw that most of the brothers had troubled expressions, put down his chopsticks and said happily:
"Brothers, to tell you the truth, the army has expanded two divisions and one regiment on the front line in northern Guangdong and southern Fujian. During this period, you have also seen that several main regiments of this division are working hard to expand their strength. Now one division has soldiers
It will almost become two divisions. Therefore, after the Nanchang attack, our army may expand into two armies. By then, if our model camp still has more than 500 guns now, there will be no room for hundreds of old faces.
I can only stand on the sidelines and listen to other people's jokes and watch people get promoted and make money! Are you willing?
If we double or even triple our size, I dare say we can get a regimental leader back, Dangdang. When I become the regiment leader, will I be able to forget you guys? But you only have so few people under your command.
How can I promote you? The three of us have thought about it for a long time today before asking you to talk. I didn’t expect that each of your dog faces are more wrinkled than the skin under your crotch. You are so damn worthless! Let’s break up the meeting and get out!”
The company and platoon commanders who felt that it was quite difficult to recruit bandits hesitated and stood up reluctantly. When they saw Hu Zi with his head raised and smoking, but Yin Jinan lowered his head and smiled, they immediately understood that An Yi was not really driving him away and looked at each other.
Everyone understood the meaning of An Yi's words.
A group of men who were still hesitant just now scrambled to sit down. The three people surrounding An Yi immediately discussed and made plans. Each one was more enthusiastic than the other, and each one was more active than the other. They frequently used secret and abduction tricks. Everyone's eyes were green and they were full of energy. It seemed that
Everyone saw their tall image after being promoted to a higher rank.