At four o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Zhenchen and other generals were shocked when they received an urgent report from Gao Zhihua.
At this time, more than 7,000 soldiers from the two main regiments of the First Army and the Second Division were still chasing after them non-stop, and the dust they stirred up went straight into the sky, and they could be seen in the distance.
The more than 23,000 officers and soldiers of the Anhui Clan who were surrounded by enemies and had no other choice were horrified. Under the decisive command of the division commander Jiang Zhenchen, they finally divided into two groups and launched a large-scale group charge in an attempt to find a way out and escape back to Zhejiang.
Chen Xiujue personally led the mixed brigade of his headquarters and two regiments of Jiang Zhenchen's department to attack the frontal position. Xie Bingwen led the remaining troops and gathered more than 7,000 fleeing officers and soldiers from various departments to attack the right-wing position of the model camp with shouts.
An Yi and Cai Zhonghuan at the Wuling Observation Post were shocked when they saw the enemy troops coming in like a black tide. Although the enemy troops threw away all their artillery and heavy machine guns when they fled Nanchang in panic, they were shocked.
Firepower, but the intensive charge of tens of thousands of people was a spectacle that the two of them had only seen in their lives.
An Yi quickly calculated in his mind whether Gao Zhihua's firepower in the middle position could cope with it. Cai Zhonghuan lamented loudly on the side and said that it would be better if he brought his own artillery.
The enemy's charge surface, which was more than two kilometers wide, quickly entered within 300 meters of the forward position. The sound of sparse shooting gradually became louder. Gao Zhihua, who was on the position, raised his hand and fired into the air. The three-kilometer long defensive position was followed by gunfire.
Great work, filled with smoke.
The twelve heavy machine guns of Gao Zhihua's department and the eight heavy machine guns of Lu Mingdi's two companies roared in unison. The dense rain of bullets beat the densely packed enemy troops into blood mist. They fell in pieces, and the waves of people rose and fell.
It was like hitting a solid invisible wall and disappearing in an instant.
The turbulent enemy troops were still pouring forward, one after another, trampling on the blood of the corpses of their companions, shouting wildly and rushing forward without retreating even at the cost of huge casualties. Nearly a thousand enemy troops rushed in between the dense rain of bullets.
Arriving more than 20 meters in front of the position, they were immediately blown to pieces by grenades that flew out like locusts. The survivors were quickly beaten into pieces at close range by twelve light machine guns from the machine gun company of Lu Mindi's 2nd Battalion, which was urgently reinforced.
He threw his hands to the ground in vain.
After two rounds of bombings, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers once again raised their long and short guns and fired fiercely. The dark enemy was finally successfully suppressed about 80 meters in front of the position. The courage they had just summoned disappeared in the face of ruthless death. After a while,
They screamed, turned around and fled.
The enemy's first wave of attack ended under the heavy beating of more than 3,000 heroic coalition officers and soldiers. The three hundred meters in front of the position were covered with dense corpses. Hundreds of dying enemy soldiers were rolling and wailing among the corpses, and the sound shook the surrounding areas.
"Boom-boom-boom-"
On the right-wing position, after fierce light and heavy machine gun fire, the mortar company commanded by Hu Hu finally fired in unison. The shells exploded into bursts of fire and smoke in the dark enemy group, and the violent explosions brought countless enemy body fragments with them.
In mid-air, together with the stirred up soil and gravel, flying all over the sky.
Five rounds of volleys within one minute exploded the charging enemy, which was one kilometer wide and more than 800 meters thick, into irregular and twisted shapes. The stunned enemy quickly retreated leaving thousands of corpses behind.
The gunfire gradually stopped, and Cai Zhonghuan held up his telescope and exclaimed: "How clever! How could Huzi and the others think of digging wide sections of trenches about a hundred meters in front of the position? Each section is at least three meters wide and two meters deep.
No wonder I said that the enemy can’t get within 80 meters of his position, it’s amazing!”
An Yi turned around and raised his telescope, looked at it for a while and explained in detail: "Since the model battalion led by Hu Hu distributed almost all the grenades to the friendly forces in the central position, they came up with this ingenious plan after arriving a day and a half in advance.
The method is to dig wide and deep trenches 90 meters in front of the position, then cover them with branches and dead grass and sprinkle them with soil. Leave a five-meter channel wide in front and narrow in the middle of each trench to facilitate your attack.
, the charging enemy troops swarmed up without knowing the danger, and after being trampled, they naturally fell into the deep trench like a trap. The enemies behind them came like ants one after another, unable to stop at all, and soon fell into the deep trench one by one.
The trench is filled...
You see, outsiders only pay attention to the thousands of corpses and wounded soldiers within 300 meters of the front of the position, but do not see the layers of enemy corpses and wounded soldiers in the deep trenches with a total length of more than 1,000 meters.
The corpses on more than a dozen sections of deep trenches actually formed a series of low walls. Many enemy soldiers who had just recovered their lives and just dug out of the corpses did not know what was going on. They immediately became living targets for the brothers. In my estimation,
At least two thousand enemies were wiped out in that area. Such a tragic scene occurred under the powerful firepower of the Model Battalion. The enemy troops on the right wing did not have the courage to charge anymore... The messenger!"
"arrive!"
The second platoon commander of the communications company ran into the observation post.
An Yi didn't look back and continued to observe the frontal position with a telescope: "Immediately use the fast horse to take the southern path and give the order to instructor Yin: the third and fourth battalions walked out of the position and slowly advanced forward layer by layer according to the planned plan, heading towards the battlefield to the north.
The remaining enemies carry out oppression."
"yes!"
Fifteen minutes later, Cai Zhonghuan looked at the gray sky and then at the watch on his wrist: "This round of firefight ended in twenty-eight minutes. The enemy's escape and sporadic shooting took fifteen minutes."
, it seems that the enemy who rushed here from Wuchang City has exhausted their energy and no longer has the strength or courage to launch a charge. I don’t know if the Second Division has caught up with the enemy’s rear troops. Once the enemy’s rear troops are in chaos, we can attack the entire front.
Attacked."
"Beard's right wing can no longer bear it. You see, there is no trace of the enemy within one kilometer in front of them. About two companies of brothers have already walked out of their positions and began to clean the battlefield and capture the surviving prisoners. If Brother Cai
If you want to train your team, you can transfer the brothers from a company under your command to Huzi's side. There are old brothers from the model camp who will lead the security. They are all veterans who have experienced several wars. They are very smart in both fighting and cleaning the battlefield. Follow them.
They don't suffer." An Yi looked to the right again without knowing when.
Cai Zhonghuan raised his binoculars and observed carefully. He saw that each veteran was mercilessly refilling the guns of the seriously injured but not dead enemies. He then picked up the weapons on the ground and searched the pockets on the enemy's corpses. Apart from handing over the guns to the intact prisoners,
It was polite not to search anyone else. Cai Zhonghuan sighed slightly and loudly ordered:
"Vice-President Chen, you immediately lead our brothers in a truck to the right-wing position. After reporting to Vice-President Hu, follow his orders."
"yes!"
At 5:10 p.m., there was loud gunfire behind the enemy and on the south side. Countless panicked enemy troops quickly fled north. An Yi knew that the two main regiments of the division had already pursued them, and together with the third and fourth battalions led by Yin Jinan,
After reuniting smoothly, he began to launch a fierce attack on the remaining enemies. He happily ordered the signal soldiers to ascend high and wave the flag, and ordered all units to attack.
Cai Zhonghu laughed loudly and walked out of the observation post with An Yi. Before they reached the foot of the ridge, he saw Gao Zhihua, Yang Bin, and Lu Mingdi already on their horses, each leading his own officers and soldiers to charge forward with shouts.
After the main force passed, Tan Bin, commander of the third company of the second battalion, led more than a hundred officers and soldiers to start cleaning the battlefield happily, searching the corpses of enemy officers and soldiers without exception, even the officers' suede leather shoes and belts were not spared.
; More than a hundred surviving prisoners were treated as pack horses, and their bodies were covered with various guns and bullet belts. They were escorted by more than a dozen brothers carrying flower machine guns to the front, and returned to the Northwest 28th overnight.
The preset campsite is located on the shore of Chengbi Lake.
The wonders in front of him made Cai Zhonghuan sigh frequently and couldn't laugh or cry. An Yi laughed happily, mounted his horse and explained to Cai Zhonghuan:
"Don't worry. The rifle bolts on the prisoners have been removed and put into thick cloth bags. They are carried by other prisoners. As for the body search, it is normal. If not, how can I reward my brothers? What can I use to injure my brothers?
The disabled and dead brothers have settled down? The whole army knows that the food in our model camp is the best, but the food expenses are all collected bit by bit by the brothers."
After hearing this, Cai Zhonghuan thought for a while and agreed that the current disability pension of the revolutionary army is indeed too low. Many armies still have the bad habit of warlords who embezzle soldiers' pay and food expenses. Like An Yi and his brothers did
There are not many such a good team. In order to improve the life and welfare of officers and soldiers, we can only think of ways from all aspects. Otherwise, how can we spend so much money, and how can we make our brothers work hard?
The main battlefield of the northward movement was filled with the sound of fighting. The sound shook the sky. The more than 18,000 soulless remnants of the enemy were surrounded on three sides by various units of the revolutionary army. They attacked violently and were squeezed into a narrow area of three kilometers near Junshan Lake. The encirclement circle became wider and wider.
Getting smaller and smaller, the stubborn enemy who was trapped and fighting soon turned into bloody corpses in the rain of flying bullets. Most of the enemy officers and soldiers dropped their weapons, raised their hands and knelt on the ground and begged loudly for mercy.
They were escorted in groups by the swarming revolutionary troops and concentrated in the rear.
At six o'clock in the evening, the center coalition forces led by Gao Zhihua finally joined forces with brothers from Huzi's Model Battalion and Yin Jinan's two battalions on the left. More than 5,000 soldiers worked together to narrow the encirclement again facing Junshan Lake, and with the Second Division and the Fifth Regiment,
The brothers of the Sixth Regiment squeezed the enemy troops onto a one kilometer square beach from three directions.
"Bang--"
Just when the exchange of fire became less and less frequent, and most of the enemy troops laid down their weapons and surrendered, a stray bullet suddenly passed between the two mounted guards in front and hit Gao Zhihua in the chest. This man was only 29 years old.
The body of the promising hero suddenly trembled, and he fell off his horse. Yang Bin beside him was so frightened that he dismounted quickly, helped Gao Zhihua up and shouted loudly.
General Gao Zhihua, with blood pouring out of his mouth, smiled slightly, said "send me home", and closed his eyes forever.
The news reached the ears of An Yi and Cai Zhonghuan at the rear. The two men's expressions changed greatly, and they galloped straight to the north. Gu Laoer and more than 30 adjutants and guards waved their whips and rushed to catch up. The group was filled with deep sorrow.
The captain rode his horse and rushed to the entrance of Waigang Village in the south of Junshan Lake.
Outside the crowd, An Yi and Cai Zhonghuan flew off their horses, separated the layers of tearful coalition officers and soldiers, and threw themselves in front of Gao Zhihua's body.
Cai Zhonghuan grabbed Gao Zhihua's cold hand and cried loudly, tears streaming down his face. He never expected that on the first day they met after eight years of separation, the two senior brothers would be separated by yin and yang.
With tears in his eyes, An Yi knelt down on one leg, took off his military cap, and lowered his proud head. The followers behind him knelt neatly together. Gao Zhihua's adjutant led more than 300 soldiers and could no longer bear it.
With the pain in their hearts, they all knelt down and cried loudly...