The roar of artillery and gunpowder smoke covered the southern front blocking the battlefield. The snow on the hills had already melted in the hot air, and the damp trees on the mountains had been dried out and ignited raging fires.
The three companies of the first battalion led by Mu Zhuiyi had suffered one-third casualties under the fierce enemy artillery fire. The officers and soldiers of the regiment's machine gun company also suffered heavy losses. The position was full of burning flames, broken stones, and overturned vehicles.
The big tree and the corpses of brothers who died in battle, more than half of the platoon commanders and sergeants of the four companies were killed or injured, but the remaining three hundred warriors always stood on the low slopes more than 60 meters high in Taoyuan Mountain, using the occupied positions
Use favorable terrain to stop the enemy bravely.
The engineering company led by instructor Wang Donghan of the third battalion and more than 120 logistics officers and soldiers from the regiment, and the regiment mortar company led by Lieutenant Shi Junren occupied the dangerous highland Huta Ridge and cleverly used the fault grooves naturally formed in the stone mountain.
, the mortar's good maneuverability and direct fire performance allowed it to fight with tenacity and flexibility. It killed more than 700 enemies with the lowest casualties and defeated the enemy's five charges.
The 200 elite soldiers of the new mountain company led by the battalion commander Xia Jian huddled behind the position to form a mobile force with fast action and powerful combat power. They immediately reinforced which side they were in urgent need of, repelling the enemy's crazy attacks again and again, and in order to crush the enemy's
The siege attempt made great achievements.
During the six-and-a-half-hour battle, the Third Independent Division of the Zhejiang Army fired nearly a thousand artillery shells at the two revolutionary army positions guarding the chokepoint south of Longyou City, and launched seven charges at the cost of more than 1,800 casualties.
, despite heavy losses to the defenders several times, they were still unable to conquer these two blocking positions that echoed each other from the east to the west. The division commander Zhang Pingbang became angry and killed him with his hand.
Two infantry regiment commanders who launched a charge that collapsed at the first touch, then went to the position to direct the attack. However, they were beaten to pieces by two mortar shells that suddenly flew from the side and rear. They fainted and waited until their generals commanded hundreds of officers and soldiers to rush in.
By the time they reached the cold artillery firing point at the rear, the sneak attacker had long since disappeared, leaving only the marks left by the two mortar launchers.
After more than 40 minutes of this back and forth, the revolutionary army guarding the high ground with nearly half of their casualties took advantage of this opportunity to replenish their ammunition. The firepower that had disappeared reappeared, and the revolutionary army reinforcements, led by Yang Bin and Chen Zhibiao, had set up machine guns and were ready.
The third battalion completed the rescue mission and rushed to the rescue. The battalion deputy Hu Jialin handed over the task of guarding the bridge to the commander of the 21st Division who had successfully withdrawn from the rear. He led more than 80 fresh soldiers of the guard company to mount war horses and rushed to the rescue.
Longyou City’s model camp.
As soon as the reinforcements arrived, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion on the position were in high spirits. Xia Jian, who had suffered heavy losses among his brothers, had his eyes red. In anger, he immediately led the 142 surviving brothers of the mountain company and bypassed the Taoyuan Mountain position to the west.
On the rear side, within an hour and a half, we passed through the Tianjinglang swamp, crossed the snow-covered, slippery and bumpy Huishan depression, and detoured a total of 13 kilometers in a large arc before finally arriving at the source of the sharp pit behind the enemy's artillery position.
South side of the village.
Xia Jian signaled everyone to stop advancing, led the two company commanders to climb up the red soil hillock ahead, took out their telescopes and crawled to observe. On the right front, more than 30 four-horse carts transporting ammunition hurried into the artillery position 1.4 kilometers ahead.
More than 300 enemy artillerymen
Under the shouts of the two school officers, and a company of guard infantry, they all put down their weapons, ran quickly to the carts, and moved boxes of heavy artillery shells and twenty-four black artillery pieces.
The straight barrel of the gun extends diagonally, pointing in the north direction.
Xia Jian, who was soaked all over, took a breath of cold air and cursed in a low voice to the company commander Zhen Yunsong and deputy company commander Zhong Da next to him: "How can this be so ridiculous? What if the enemy fired all these hundreds of boxes of artillery shells at them?"
In my blocking position to the north, how many brothers should be lying dead on the hill or with broken arms and legs? Damn it! Yunsong, go down immediately and tell the brothers to prepare for a surprise attack!"
"yes!"
Zhen Yunsong, who was thin and agile, quickly slid down the mud hill.
Xia Jian pointed to the river bend more than 600 meters southeast and whispered: "Zhongda, did you see that wooden bridge? Yes! It is estimated to be 25 meters long and looks very strong. There are only seven defenders on the bridge.
People, counting the invisible ones, there is at most one class. You lead four platoons of brothers.
Bring a few explosive packs and go around the two houses in the south. When you get close, throw grenades first and then rush to the bridge. Kill all the defenders for me, then place explosives to blow up the wooden bridge. After the mission is completed, return here.
Occupy high ground everywhere to cover our retreat."
"clear!"
"Okay, let's take action immediately while the enemy unloads their ammunition!"
Fifteen minutes later, there was an explosion of grenades from the south. Xia Jian, who had already sneaked into position, knew that Zhong Da had launched an attack. He jumped up and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill--"
"kill--"
One hundred and ten wolf-like officers and soldiers of the mountain company rushed towards the enemy's artillery position. The rain of bullets fired from more than 80 machine guns and 12 light machine guns in their hands suddenly destroyed the enemy who were busy carrying artillery shells.
The enemy troops who were on guard were defeated and rushed fifty meters away. Xia Jian shouted, "Drop the bomb--" and hundreds of grenades emitting blue smoke flew like locusts.
When we fired at the enemy's artillery formation, the enemy soldiers on the position were screaming and their bodies were bloody. After two rounds of bombing, the enemy formation was filled with smoke and changed beyond recognition. The enemy who reacted quickly ran forward regardless of the situation, while the enemy who reacted slowly was not injured by the grenade.
The split was to be beaten into a gourd of blood by a hail of bullets, and a large artillery position in Novo was suddenly strewn with corpses and a mess.
The dozens of fleeing enemies who were in a panic did not care about the biting water of the stream in the cold winter. They all rushed down the stream more than fifty meters in front and fled wildly. Most of the enemies who did not climb up the north bank became the prey of the officers and soldiers of the mountain company who were chasing behind them.
Living targets were shot one after another in the cold, clear stream, and streams of blood dyed the stream red.
"boom--"
The earth-shattering explosion came from one kilometer away in the south. Xia Jian knew that Zhong Da had succeeded in blowing up the bridge, and immediately issued a loud order: "Listen to the order: tie six grenades together and stuff them into the breech of the artillery bolt."
Explode the roots one by one! The other platoon brothers immediately clean the battlefield and bring all weapons and valuables back to me. All actions must be completed within ten minutes!"
"yes--"
The position suddenly became busy. The brothers shouldered their long guns and pulled out their short guns. They picked up long and short guns and sabers and hung them on their bodies. They turned over the corpses skillfully and quickly. When they encountered a struggling person who was not dead, he raised his hand and shot him in the head.
, then searched the body for all valuable items such as watches and watches, and immediately moved on to the next one.
When ten minutes were up, Xia Jian's loud voice rang out again, and brothers from each row left the artillery position one after another. The brothers in one row quickly lit the grenade fuse, turned around, ran for more than ten meters and quickly fell down. Violent explosions shook the surrounding area.
The water in the creek surged, and flakes of snow fell from the surrounding trees. All twenty-four artillery pieces turned into scrap steel in the blink of an eye.
Without hesitation, Xia Jian led his brothers who were carrying long and short guns and light machine guns to retreat quickly. Before the enemy reinforcements arrived, he successfully evacuated the battlefield and returned along the original route. As he ran away, the brothers complained: leaving so much ammunition and horses.
What a pity I couldn’t take it with me!
The enemy's 3rd Division, whose artillery was destroyed, no longer had a weapon to attack fortresses. Looking at the revolutionary army's blocking position that had received reinforcements, they could only cry out for help. In addition, the rear artillery array was attacked and the leader was seriously injured. The officers and soldiers of the whole division were leaderless and frightened.
, abandoning more than a thousand corpses and hundreds of seriously injured people and quickly retreated to Jinhua, the Zhejiang Army Commander Meng Zhaoyue's painstakingly planned encirclement and annihilation plan failed.
At the same time, the battlefield in Longyou City entered a fierce stage. The three main regiments of the Second Division paid a heavy price of more than 6,000 casualties and casualties, and finally withdrew to the west of Wenchang Bridge. The more than 16,000 enemy troops who were pursuing fiercely were killed by ten
A fire network composed of several heavy machine guns blocked the east line of the bridge.
More than two thousand enemy troops in the south were blocked by Yin Jinan's model camp and the reinforced Hu Jialin troops. Mortar shells and machine gun bullets fired at each other by both sides destroyed all the houses along the river. The raging flames were blown by the cold wind.
The fever is getting stronger and stronger, and has already swept through half of the county.
Liu Zhi, who had retreated to the west of the city, squatted in front of a bloody stretcher, tightly grasping the cold right hand of Guo Jun, commander of the Sixth Regiment on the stretcher, and cried out in pain.
Guo Jun, who was shot in the waist and had his internal organs shattered, opened his eyes with difficulty and looked at Liu Zhi, whose face was full of gunfire, and Xu Tingyao, who had his head wrapped around his face. His chapped lips wriggled slightly, and his body suddenly straightened up, and he spat out something long.
He was so angry that he immediately closed his eyes.
Seeing that the remnants of the Second Division were about to break out of the encirclement, the enemy suddenly increased their attack intensity. The intensive sound of gunfire and loud shouts once again shook the earth and resounded throughout the countryside.
Carrying a rifle, An Yi came to Liu Zhi again from the southern front position and loudly advised Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao, who were grieving deeply: "Master, Chief of Staff, please lead your troops to retreat to the Hutaling position immediately. The first battalion of our regiment
Already repulsed the outflanking enemies behind them
, the brothers of the Third Battalion have arrived with reinforcements, and have occupied the Huta Ridge position and are ready to respond. The brothers of the Fourth and Sixth Regiments are quickly approaching the position of the Third Battalion of our regiment. The division headquarters must evacuate quickly! If the division headquarters does not withdraw, I will
The model camp is going to be completely destroyed!"
Liu Zhi turned to look to the west where the gunfire was filled with gunfire and the guns were rumbling. He shook his head frequently: "Li Yannian and the others of the Fifth Regiment are still fighting to the death at the Wenchang Bridge!"
"Master, my subordinates will lead people over for reinforcements. Li Yannian is also my senior brother!"
An Yi stamped his feet fiercely, turned to Gu Laoer behind him and ordered loudly: "Hutou, tell Hutou and Jinan to hold on for another fifteen minutes, then cover in sections, and retreat to the west in turn. If you go back and gather the guard company, they can still escape.
Brother, rush to Wenchang Bridge to meet me!"
"yes!"
Gu Laoer glared at Liu Zhi fiercely, turned around and rushed into the smoke.
"Old Li, take your brothers and choose their own fighting positions. If you see an enemy officer, shoot him immediately! Remember, no matter what the outcome is, you must retreat to the rear as soon as ten minutes are up!"
An Yi gritted his teeth and shouted an order to Li Fuqiang behind him. His face full of gunpowder smoke was slightly deformed in pain. It was only now that he gave combat orders to the several snipers he had finally trained. It is conceivable that An Yi
Yi is so reluctant and distressed.
Li Fuqiang nodded calmly and made a departure gesture to the eight men behind him. The eight elites automatically formed a group of two and silently got into the smoke.
Li Fuqiang, who was holding a rifle, walked up to An Yi, smiled slightly and whispered: "Boss, I'll be with you."
An Yi nodded, walked up to Liu Zhi and Xu Tingyao and whispered: "Master, Chief of Staff, don't worry, I will definitely bring back the surviving brothers of the fifth regiment. You go quickly, otherwise my subordinates will be distracted." It won’t open!”
Liu Zhi grabbed An Yi's shoulders: "Xiao Yi, no matter what, you must come back alive!"
"yes!"
An Yi turned to the chief of the intelligence section and whispered: "Senior brother, the senior position and chief of staff are entrusted to you, hurry up and leave!"
"Xiaoyi, take care!"
Ying Rongguang gritted his teeth and nodded.
An Yi nodded solemnly and turned around to leave, leading Shen Fengdao and Li Fuqiang into the eastward artillery fire. Gu Laoer led more than a hundred brothers from the guard company in ragged clothes and covered in blood to rush out of the smoke and saw An Yi. Yi's back immediately chased after him quickly.