On November 1, the Northern Expeditionary Army headquarters finally sounded the clarion call for an all-out attack, and 140,000 soldiers from six armies began an all-out attack on the enemy defenders in Jiangxi. Sun Chuanfang, the warlord of the Anhui clique, also dispatched troops to complete campaign preparations and assembled five front armies.
A total of more than 130,000 people confronted each other tit for tat.
However, this battle is different from what it used to be. Under the control of Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek, the bourgeoisie in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River provinces, with their longing for a bright future of the Three People's Principles and their incomparable admiration for the indomitable, heroic and tenacious spirit of the revolutionary army, have used their own
He did a lot of persuasion and guidance work with his influence, gradually disintegrating the power of the warlords, weakening their economic strength, and making outstanding contributions to the revolutionary cause.
Under the internal and external difficulties of Sun Chuanfang's Anhui army, the generals of various departments finally became dissatisfied and deviated from each other. One after another, they held high the flag of righteousness and energized the uprising, and one after another devoted themselves to the unstoppable torrent of the national revolution, dealing a huge blow to Sun Chuanfang, the stubborn representative of feudal forces.
Although the few loyal generals under his command who were stubbornly resisting were determined to fight to the death, all the officers and soldiers had lost their fighting spirit, people were in panic, and the outcome was already decided before the battle began.
First of all, Sun Chuanfang's general and Zhejiang Provincial Chairman Xia Chao suddenly called for an uprising on October 18, announced that he had been appointed commander of the 18th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and immediately led his troops to attack Nanjing and Shanghai; a few days later, Zhenjiang guard Bai Baoshan announced an uprising.
, cut off the railway from Nanjing to Shanghai in one fell swoop; General Chen Tiaoyuan, commander of the Fifth Front Army of the Anhui Clan stationed in De'an and Jiujiang, secretly sent a liaison officer accompanied by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats to secretly come to Gao'an to have cordial talks with Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek.
General Yuan's liaison officer returned with a letter of appointment as commander of the 37th Army, and as soon as the opportunity came, he immediately sent a message to the entire country to support the revolution; Shangguan Yunxiang, Zhou Fengqi and other generals of the Sixth Front Army of the Anhui Clan responded in different ways.
Contact was established with the Revolutionary Army headquarters.
In Fujian, General He Yingqin, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army of the Revolutionary Army, led the Third Division, Fourteenth Division and other units of the First Army. They used the erratic tactics of attacking eastward and westward, and used the beautiful tactics of frontal confrontation, divided troops, rapid advance and sudden counterattack, and achieved a "big victory at the loose mouth" in one fell swoop.
Commander Zhou Yin, with more than ten division and brigade generals under his command, surrounded the enemy's two divisions under Zhang Yi. Zhou Yin, surrounded by several guards, fled over the city. The victory at Songkou instantly changed the situation in Fujian. All warlords in the provinces were shocked and had already secretly communicated.
General Cao Wanshun, who had formed a tacit understanding with the revolutionary army, kept his promise and led two divisions to station in western Fujian and stood still. Fuzhou defender Li Chunsheng's 30,000-strong troops surrendered to Zhang Yi's troops and were immediately surrounded by the Eastern Route Army on three sides.
On the Jiangxi battlefield, the left-wing army launched an all-out attack on the morning of November 1. General Li Zongren's Seventh Army was approaching De'an. General Zhang Fakui led two divisions of the Fourth Army to attack Mahuiling, an important enemy barrier. In the afternoon, De'an guarded General
Chen Guangzu quickly withdrew from De'an without a fight, and the Seventh Army occupied De'an without a fight. The Mahuiling defenders who were attacked by the Fourth Army relied on the natural dangers to resist stubbornly, and were immediately rescued by a brigade from the Seventh Army, the Tenth Division of the Fourth Army, and the Independent Second Division
Surrounded on three sides, the defenders finally lost their fighting strength under the continuous attacks of the revolutionary army. They fled their positions in the early morning of the third day and fled towards Jiujiang. The Fourth Army captured eight artillery pieces and more than twenty mortars, both light and heavy.
There are dozens of machine guns and more than two thousand short and long guns, a remarkable record.
The right-wing army also launched an attack at the same time, occupying the fortification positions abandoned by the enemy with almost no effort. Deng Ruzhuo's troops were shocked to hear that De'an was lost, and immediately retreated to defend Nanchang, allowing the soldiers of the Second Army to easily send out an army to fight with Lai Shihuang's troops.
The Fourteenth Army encircled Fuzhou.
The enemy defenders in Fuzhou were horrified when faced with a revolutionary army three times their size, and were forced to abandon their positions and flee to Nanchang. The soldiers of the Second Army easily occupied Fuzhou, detoured westward, forced Fengcheng, and continued to advance toward Nanchang.
The Sixth Army of the Central Army and the First Division of the First Army, under the command of General Cheng Qian, slowly advanced from Anyi and Fengxin to Lehua in the north of Wuchang City. Liu Zhi, commander of the Second Division, served as the commander-in-chief of the General Reserve Team of the Central Army and led
The three regiments of the 2nd Division, whose vitality was gradually recovering, easily captured Xinjian County, facing Nanchang City across the river where tens of thousands of enemy defenders gathered.
At the same time, the two battalions of An Yi's department, which were directly under the command of the headquarters, quietly set off, under the banner of the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and surrounded Yang Bin's vanguard troops and quickly drove to Jinxian County, Sun Chuanfang's last fortress, and stationed in Jinxian County in the early morning of the third day.
Yuandu Town, abandoned by the defenders, faces the defenders of Jinxian County across the Fuhe River.
After setting up camp, regimental staff officer Yang Bin and second battalion commander Lu Mingdi, escorted by guard company commander Gu Changfeng and a detachment of elite officers and soldiers, crossed the Fuhe River and headed straight for Jinxian County.
At five o'clock in the afternoon on November 4, Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek led nearly a hundred of his entourage from the High Security Headquarters to the west bank of Ganjiang River. The two new battalions of the Headquarters Guard Regiment and the Anyi Regiment immediately set up camp and set up sentries to guard against the enemy.
The commander was calm and calm, as if taking a leisurely stroll. He called his beloved general An Yi, who was accompanying him on the first expedition. Surrounded by the guards and generals from the headquarters, he came to the head of the first pontoon bridge. He saw that the pontoon bridge was intact as before.
surprise.
"An Yi, looking at the marks on the bridge, our soldiers must have crossed the river on the bridge. So why was this throat connecting the north and south chasms not destroyed by the enemy in the past ten days or so? Don't they know that this bridge
Is it of great significance to our Northern Expedition ministries?" the commander-in-chief asked harmoniously, pointing to the solid pontoon bridge.
An Yi respectfully replied: "The enemy naturally understands the importance of this pontoon bridge. In fact, the enemy risked his life to blow up the bridge deck on the eastern section. Now the bridge deck east of the sandbank in the center of the river was destroyed by two engineers from our regiment in the early morning of the morning.
The company was rebuilt under enemy fire and reinforced as a whole according to the principal's wishes, strong enough to pass a fully loaded truck."
Wang Shihe, the captain of the guard, who had previously learned in detail about all the defensive operations of the An Yi Department, added: "Xiao Yi is very smart and knows that our army cannot cross the river without this pontoon bridge that was built with great pains. On the day our army withdrew to Gao'an, the model camp
The four engineering companies, led by Yin Jinan, dug a wide trench of more than 400 meters along the river with the pontoon bridge as the center point and two sections of communication trenches of more than 200 meters deep into the dense forest. They also used logs to build logs on the left and right sides of the bridge.
At this location, six solid shooting bunkers buried four meters underground were built, and they were camouflaged quite cleverly.
The two mortar platoons under Xiaoyi and the two platoons of the guard company, with a total of more than 160 officers and soldiers, always stayed in these trenches and shooting bunkers, using six mortars, eighteen light machine guns and
Nearly a hundred rifles fired accurately at the invading enemies on the east bank. The distance between the river and the embankment was less than 120 meters. If the enemy troops came too little, they would be shot clean by our shooters with accurate marksmanship in a blink of an eye. If they came too many, they would be shot down by six.
They were covered with volleys of mortars, and the stalemate continued for half a month. The enemy failed to blow up the pontoon as they wished. Instead, they left more than two hundred corpses and never dared to approach again.
Until three days ago, the enemy tried its best to cover the West Bank positions and pontoons with intensive artillery fire, and sent two companies of troops to attempt to attack the West Bank positions under the cover of machine guns. In the end, they paid a heavy price of more than 120 casualties.
They just blew up the section of the bridge on the east bank, and they never dared to come again after that. Two of Xiaoyi's officers and soldiers were killed and seventeen others were injured, but they always held on to this position and never took a step back, winning victory for our army's counterattack.
It’s time.”
All the generals applauded in unison, praising the model battalion for fighting smartly and tenaciously, and for displaying the momentum of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
Commander-in-Chief Chiang, who was greatly interested after hearing the heroic performance of his direct troops, immediately ordered An Yi and Wang Shihe to lead the way, leading dozens of headquarters generals down the trenches that were muddy and full of shell casings after heavy snowfall, and inspected the trenches buried deep one by one.
A solid bunker more than four meters deep underground, and looking from the shooting holes to the opposite east bank one by one.
After a group of bosses inspected the position, they exclaimed that it was extremely incomparable and fruitful, and they were full of praise for the construction concept and high-quality construction capabilities of the model camp.
The commander of the Second Army, Lu Diping, nodded frequently, with eyes full of envy and admiration. He walked out of the bunker filled with bullet casings, climbed into the trench and asked An Yi kindly: "Colonel An, such ingenious bunker design and construction,
Is it part of the curriculum at Whampoa Military Academy?"
An Yi cleverly replied: "Back to General, it was not in the tutorial at that time, and it is probably not in the tutorial now. These ideas were accidentally mentioned by Colonel Hu Lin, a Russian engineer instructor, during a break in a field training. His subordinates and our regiment instructor Yin Jinan,
Zhang Tianyi, the battalion commander of the Fourth Division Engineer Battalion under General Yan Xishan, and a fellow student from Shanxi who is currently the engineer company commander under General Yan Xishan, conducted a miniature simulation of Colonel Hu Lin's bunker construction theory on the spot. Colonel Hu Lin was very patient.
We gave instructions and corrections one by one. At that time, the other classmates were very tired, and few were willing to work with the four of us, so in the end only the four of us really mastered the essentials of building this kind of wood-and-stone structure bunker. After returning to school,
The four of us once again had a heated discussion and came up with a simple and practical method based on the construction of trenches and traffic trenches. I didn't expect it to be used so quickly."
"Zhang Tianyi? Oh...I remembered. This man is Zhang Shihou (Zhang Huizan)'s favorite general, a very good young battalion commander. I heard that the Fourth Division retreated soon, and launched a vigorous campaign under the impetus of the engineer battalion.
After a large-scale military training, the morale of the officers and soldiers was high in less than half a month, and the combat effectiveness of the entire division was greatly improved. It seems that the engineering section of the fourth phase of Huangpu is really full of talents, and there are many masters!"
Lu Diping laughed, and then remembered Zhang Tianyi, a rare talent under his command, and decided to find a time to investigate, and if he was really a good general, he would be promoted and reused.
Hearing An Yi's report, Principal Jiang's eyes were full of pride. He thought for a moment and whispered: "An Yi, after Nanchang is captured, you and Yin Jinan will learn the significance, technical essentials, construction standards and construction standards of this kind of bunker as soon as possible."
The complementary trenches and other elements were compiled into a detailed written report and presented to me. In order to become a leader in the military academy, Huangpu must always summarize and improve the curriculum and teaching methods of each subject, so that each major can form a form suitable for our country's conditions.
The complete system of military intelligence fully improves the professional quality of students."
"Yes!" An Yi replied respectfully.
When it got dark, An Yi returned to the supplementary regiment station south of the temporary camp of the headquarters. He immediately called the third battalion commander Chen Zhibiao, the fourth battalion commander Xia Jian and more than ten company and battalion chief officers into his tent, lit the lantern, and
Spread out the map for a routine military discussion.
An Yi reported in detail the battle situation that he learned from the headquarters, the current locations of the armies, the areas and towns they occupied, etc., and then directed the attention of the brothers to Jinxian County.
An Yi pointed at Yuandu Town, which is more than 20 kilometers southwest of Jinxian: "Our regiment's guard company, mortar company and first battalion, under the banner of the Engineer Battalion of the Sixth Division of the Second Army, have successfully entered Yuandu Town.
The battalion followed closely and successfully settled in.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the headquarters radio team accompanying the army sent back a report. Staff officer Yang Bin and Second Battalion Commander Lu Mingdi, escorted by a seven-man detachment from Hutou, pretended to be the liaison officer of the retreating Fengcheng garrison and successfully crossed the Fuhe River to Jinxian County.
, the four platoons of the guard company led by Hu Hu had sneaked from the enemy's junction in the north to the north of Jinxian City. Ji Nan led the first and second battalions of more than a thousand brothers who were ready to go to Jingxian County.
If everything goes smoothly, all units of our regiment will be stationed in Jinxian's internal and external defense lines and positions before dawn tomorrow, and this will be considered a success."
Chen Kan, the deputy of the third battalion, asked: "Boss, if Staff Yang and Hu Hu succeed in controlling the Jinxian line, how should our two battalions act? We can't walk slowly all the way to Nanchang with the big men at the headquarters all day long.
Right? If we wait like this, the day lilies will be cold by the time we arrive in Nanchang, and there won’t be any soup for us to drink."
"Why are you so anxious? Didn't you hear the principal say, 'Add slowly?' There's a lot going on here!"
An Yi moved his slender fingers to the Nanxun line: "General Zhang Fakui's Fourth Army has successfully captured the strategic point of Mahuiling and is slowly advancing towards Jiujiang. The Jiujiang garrison has already secretly communicated with our army headquarters, and will definitely attack
Abandon Jiujiang and withdraw to Jiangbei. Jiujiang will be settled without a fight.
After the Seventh Army occupied De'an, two brigades attacked Tujiabu from the west and north, and the other two brigades attacked Jiuxianling. They were about to join forces with the Sixth Army of our Central Army and the First Division of our Army, and were driven away.
The tens of thousands of enemy troops heading to Tujiabu, Wucheng, and Xingzi had no choice but to surrender, other than mustering up the courage to fight. How many steamboats could there be to allow the enemy to escape from the vast Poyang Lake?
Looking back at our Second Division, we have successfully captured Xinjian, across the river from Nanchang City. We will wait until the main force of the Sixth Army in the north and our First Division have completed their encirclement and suppression, then turn south and immediately cross the river and plunge straight into the northeast of Nanchang City, facing our direction.
The two main divisions of the Second Army encircled Nanchang, leaving only a gap in the southeast leading to Jinxian. This was to avoid the tens of thousands of enemies defending Nanchang City being trapped and fighting with no way to retreat, thereby increasing unnecessary casualties to all armies.
Our current strategy of 'slowly advancing' seems to do nothing, but in fact it has profound implications. You might as well use your brains to think about it."
All the brothers stared at the map attentively. After understanding it, they started discussing it enthusiastically.
Xia Jian said with great admiration that the principal was so clever. Chen Zhibiao, Mu Zhuiyi and others predicted the enemy's possible escape route, and soon discovered that except for the enemy's jumping into Poyang Lake, all the enemy's troops were in the two main forces of his First Army.
With the division in pursuit, there was no other way out. The enemy's only passage was the Jinxian line.
As soon as the enemy withdraws from Nanchang, the only escape route will be quickly blocked, because Jinxian has already been occupied by his supplementary regiment and Gao Zhihua's troops who surrendered. After this battle is won, the person who will benefit the most is undoubtedly
His own First Army and Sixth Army! As exclamations were heard one after another, every brother knew how wise and brilliant the Commander-in-Chief's decision to "advance slowly" was.
The next day, the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army continued to sit firmly at their headquarters, facing Nanchang City across the river, and stood still.
After receiving the news that Yang Bin had successfully entered Jinxian and completed the alliance with Gao Zhihua's department, An Yi was extremely happy. With nothing to do, he found the artillery regiment commander Cai Zhonghuan and asked him to send an artillery tractor to drive onto the pontoon for a test.
try.
At this time, Cai Zhonghuan was also in a hurry. Hearing that An Yi's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, he quickly ordered his men to prepare. An Yi also immediately ordered the third battalion commander Chen Zhibiao to lead two companies to the east coast to strengthen security.
Half an hour later, under the watchful eyes of thousands of officers and soldiers, a bearded driver with the best skills slowly drove his car down the embankment, onto the five-meter-wide thick bridge, and drove smoothly and steadily to the east bank, winning the victory.
to the cheers of officers and soldiers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The bearded old driver was so excited that he drove the car backwards and returned safely to the West Bank amidst exclamations, winning even more cheers and applause.
The smug Cai Zhonghuan laughed and cursed, obviously he was used to the crazy actions of his men and didn't care. However, An Yi was frightened and immediately ordered Chen Kan, the deputy of the third battalion, to lead the engineer company in person.
The brothers went up to the bridge to inspect it carefully.
"Xiaoyi, it seems that we won't have anything to do in the battle in Nanchang." Cai Zhonghuan sighed with regret. Such a "slowly advancing" tepid approach really made it impossible for his artillery regiment to get involved.
An Yi smiled and said: "How about, big brother, you lead your infantry company and sixteen vehicles to go out with the younger brother to fight? I think you can make a little fortune during this trip, haha!"
Cai Zhonghuan looked at An Yi in surprise: "Can we really make a fortune? Now that I have nothing in my pocket, I have long wanted to fight a big war. But now all the ministries have occupied the territory outside Nanchang City. Where can we fight?
This battle?"
"My younger brother has received approval from the principal to have the transportation team of the Logistics Department use trucks to load more than a thousand brothers from two battalions of our regiment. They crossed the river and headed east, passing through Xiangtang Town and heading to Quanling in the southeast. The whole journey was forty
Kilometers, and it is all behind the Second Army. The road is flat, spacious and very safe. I estimate that it will take at most two and a half hours.
As soon as we got off the bus, we immediately set up defenses and built two strong blocking lines to completely block the retreat route of the fleeing enemy, just waiting for the fleeing enemy to fall into the trap. The eldest brother only needs to lead his infantry company to clean the battlefield. If he picks up a suitable
How about paying your elder brother ten oceans for each gun used by your younger brother?" An Yi seduced every step of the way, with a bright smile.
Cai Zhonghuang nodded happily: "Okay! I'll go find the principal immediately. My infantry company, which is used to protect the artillery, hasn't fought yet, so it has to be taken out for some exercise. How can we easily miss such a good opportunity?"
Ha ha!"
An Yi smiled slightly, and his plan finally succeeded. The newly formed third and fourth battalions had more recruits. If he didn't take advantage of such a good opportunity to win a real battle and build confidence, how long would it take?