Halfway up the steep and windswept Huoshaoding Mountain, Gu Changfeng, who was sweating profusely and breathing heavily, lifted a stone weighing nearly two hundred kilograms from the edge of the high ridge. His strong arms had veins protruding from the exertion.
With a groan, he turned around and placed the big stone firmly under the high ridge. A corporal carrying a 25 kilogram explosive bag immediately stepped on the stone and successfully stepped onto the high ridge, his head turning.
No reply left a message for Gu Changfeng: Thank you, second brother!
The brothers from the fourth battalion who followed closely stepped on the stone slab and climbed up the high ridge. Looking around, a long queue of more than 500 people stretched for more than two kilometers, and the team in front had already detoured.
When they arrived at the north side of the stone wall, which was as sharp as an axe, the rear team was still at the bottom of the winding mountain road. Seeing this, Gu Changfeng quickly strode to catch up.
"Hutou, we are about to reach the front. Three to four hundred meters down the mountain is the enemy's position. Our location is about 1.7 kilometers away from the enemy position at the pass in the northern section of the narrow road, and about 2 kilometers away from the southern pass.
It’s about 4 kilometers. Among them, the 600-meter mountain ridge in the middle cannot be climbed, so it can only be divided into the north and south ends to rest and wait." Twenty-seven-year-old instructor Lu Cambridge reported in a low voice.
Gu Changfeng put down the telescope and let out a long breath: "Fortunately, we finally arrived half an hour early. The boss still has a far-sighted vision. He asked our battalion to collect the explosives in advance this morning, and ordered my battalion to be divided before the division headquarters made a decision.
We need to sneak into the depths of the mountains, otherwise we won’t be able to catch up even if we get wings... By the way, how are Old Wu and the others doing over there?"
"They are arriving one after another. The terrain on their side is relatively gentle than here, but most of the brothers are soaked. If we don't attack earlier, I'm worried that half of them will freeze to death."
The tall and thin Lu Cambridge looked at the gradually darkening western sky with a very worried expression.
Gu Changfeng stretched out his hand, caught the falling snowflakes and said with a smile: "It's okay, just hold on for another three and a half hours. The boss's choice of attack time at ten o'clock is very suitable. The snow is starting to get heavier and heavier. The enemy
The soldiers usually go to bed around nine o'clock. They would never have imagined that we would choose such a way to launch an attack on such a snowy day. They were too confident and thought that as long as they stayed at the dangerous pass and did not take the initiative to attack, they would not give us any chance. They never imagined that we would choose to attack in such a way.
We dare to bite the bullet and take a detour of more than ten kilometers, almost reaching the edge of Yangchunqiao Town before turning back and climbing up the snow-covered mountains, haha! Don’t worry, when hundreds of jars of kerosene are fired up, and the mountains and fields are filled with fire, the brothers will be warm.
, The only fly in the ointment is that we can’t get down. I estimate that there are at least 300 light and heavy machine guns on the four-kilometer-long machine gun positions below. This time we can only let the grandsons of the Model Battalion and the Second and Third Battalions make a profit."
"After the mission is completed, we can drive directly to the southeast corner of the town at the foot of the mountain along the northeast route. Isn't there an enemy ammunition depot there? We just occupy it and let the brothers from the first company rush down the mountain quickly. Two
An hour and a half should be about the same," Lu Cambridge reminded.
Gu Changfeng shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, it's not our turn. Ding Zhicheng's grandson has long been eyeing it. As long as the special team is interested in something, who can get it? Forget it, let's think about the next battle.
Let's find a way. Let's go, brothers are arriving one after another. Let's go around and encourage ourselves. I think Xia Jian's grandson has already been lying on the Hengshan Mountain opposite."
Gu Changfeng was right. Xia Jian's third battalion was led by nearly a hundred young mountain people from two indigenous villages deep in the western foothills of Hengshan Mountain due to the advantages of location and people. The marching mileage of Xia Jian's third battalion was greatly shortened. His first battalion had to wait for
The production of explosive packs was waiting for the Second Battalion stationed at the mouth of the Xin'an River to send more than a dozen barrels of kerosene for canning. They set off two hours later than Gu Changfeng's Fourth Battalion, but arrived at the scheduled location an hour and a half earlier. Most of the brothers were in Chunpu.
Under the guidance of the industrious mountain people, they learned to use the terrain to build simple wind and snow shelters. Four or five people huddled together to keep each other warm and ate meat. Their life was much better than that of Gu Laoer's fourth camp.
In the model camp station in the north of Xiaya Town, five hundred war horses were happily munching on the rich horse feed. The five hundred cavalrymen who were temporarily transferred were already familiar with each other after the morning's platoon formation. Everyone was quietly talking.
Sitting in a 30-meter bungalow surrounded by tents, he carefully wiped his weapons and loaded ammunition, waiting for the regimental deputy Hu Jialin's order to act immediately.
The Third Battalion of Chen Zhibiao, stationed on the east bank of Xiaya Town, had already quietly sneaked to Xiahe Village on the other side of the Xiangu Temple. The brothers of the Third Battalion Engineer Company supported more than 30 large wooden boats and sailed down the river under the cover of the snowy night, just waiting.
When the battle started, the brothers of the third battalion were immediately transferred to the other side, occupying the front line of Xiangu Temple where there was only one company of defenders, and head on head on the enemies of Meicheng who rushed to rescue or escaped from the five kilometers east, because at the same time, Xue Yue's first division would
Launching a fierce attack on Meicheng, half of Cai Zhonghu's artillery regiment will also join the battle of the First Division, using artillery fire to cover the officers and soldiers of the First Division to force the crossing of Sanjiangkou. Seriously and the 21st Division led by Chen Cheng will also be in danger.
The guarded Sandu Town launched a surprise attack.
After receiving the urgent report from the Second Division, the former enemy headquarters quickly adjusted its battle plan under the leadership of Bai Chongxi, all centered around the actions of the Second Division. This is where the wise and understanding Bai Chongxi surpassed ordinary people.
It was very quiet in the frontline command post in the north of Xiaya Town. Xu Tingyao, who had a high fever, was wrapped in a thick quilt and lying on the Taishi chair. He insisted on reviewing the emergency reports sent by each regiment, and completed the pre-war report for all regiments in the division.
The deployment of troops was extremely gratifying.
Seeing Liu Zhi whispering to An Yi on the edge of the big fire pot, Xu Tingyao smiled slightly and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Yi, what will it be like in the four-kilometer narrow passage tomorrow?"
An Yi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My subordinates can't predict it. A mess is certain. I just hope that the violent explosion will not cause a large-scale collapse or landslide. Otherwise, our regiment's improvised cavalry battalion of 500 brothers will
, I can only dismount and rely on my two legs to rush through these several kilometers of narrow passages.”
Liu Zhi looked at his watch: "Let's get ready. There will be an explosion in three minutes. Although the distance between this place and the battlefield is 2.2 kilometers, hundreds of large explosive packets exploded almost at the same time. It is estimated that the damage caused
The power will be amazing.”
An Yi suddenly realized that there was an old tile-roofed house above his head. He immediately stood up in panic, picked up Xu Tingyao and shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, let's all go to the big tent of the Communications Department in the middle of the yard..."
Everyone suddenly woke up and hurriedly grabbed the map and documents and ran out of the door. Xu Tingyao was walking behind with the support of An Yi and his adjutant. He originally wanted to make a joke and relax, but then he heard a "rumbling" explosion.
The sound of thunder came one after another. The doors and windows of the house moved automatically without wind, making a harsh sound. The tiles above the head made a random noise and then fell down with a "clatter".
As soon as the three people rushed out of the door, they heard a loud "boom". The beam in the room shifted and suddenly fell down. The whole house suddenly collapsed. An Yi was so frightened that he yelled and grabbed Xu Tingyao and rushed towards the yard.
In the big tent inside, all the generals and commanders felt that the ground beneath their feet was undulating and shaking amidst the continuous violent explosions. It took more than two minutes to calm down.
The anxious An Yi rushed out of the tent and looked to the north. Liu Zhi and the chief officers of the division also followed closely. Everyone stood behind An Yi and looked away. They saw thick smoke and blazing fire in the direction of the narrow channel two kilometers away.
, dispersed the darkness in the sky, and the white snow all over the mountains was instantly dyed red. The sharp north wind brought the screams of war horses and bursts of killing shouts, but the sound of gunshots and explosions of grenades were very sporadic, which meant
The blast attack achieved its intended purpose.
Immediately afterwards, the thunderous roars of the brothers from the Model Battalion and the three main regiments of the Second Division came. The large troops had launched a general attack, rushing from various starting points towards the south entrance of the red-burning narrow road. The victory of the Second Division was already unstoppable.
Already.
In the middle of the narrow road, regimental deputy Hu Jialin took the lead and rushed to the front of the cavalry. He nervously looked at both sides and the front while running at high speed. The vigorous cavalry knocked the fleeing enemies on the road into the air and flew up like scarecrows, one after another.
The flower machine gun sprayed out strings of tongues of fire at the panicked and howling enemies on both sides. The hot air flowed at high speed, making a long whimpering sound. The impact and roar of huge rocks rolling down the hillside echoed throughout the mountains and plains.
In the dazzling firelight, Beard suddenly saw patches of snow on the high mountains in front of him suddenly sliding down the mountain. He saw machine guns and pieces of enemy corpses, large and small stones, standing at the foot of the mountain.
Broken tree trunks were smashed in the air, but he didn't care about any dodge. He could only risk his life and rush to the north entrance at the fastest speed. He finished the flower machine gun in his hand and then replaced it with the shell gun to block everything in front.
They shot as many enemies as they could, but they could not see the officers and soldiers in the one-kilometer-long cavalry who were knocked off their horses by high-speed falling stones. They could not see the unfortunate brothers who fell off their horses and were trampled to pieces by pieces of iron hoofs.
He only knows how to lead his cavalry brothers forward quickly, forward!
The rumbling cavalry cavalry finally rushed out of the north entrance. With the help of blazing fires, they divided into two teams and rushed into the enemy camps on both sides of the road at high speed. Beard roared and pulled out his sword. The brothers behind him roared in unison, and bullets were fired one by one.
The grenades flew into the frantically fleeing enemy group, and explosions and dense machine gunfire resounded throughout the fields. The broad enemy formation was in a mess and was beyond recognition under the iron hooves and sword light of the revolutionary army.
The 600 brothers of the Model Battalion who followed closely behind the cavalry and rushed into the canyon, led by the battalion deputy Cheng Guang and the instructor Fang Jing, divided into two groups and rushed towards the passes, bunkers and machine gun positions at the foot of the mountain. The officers and soldiers
Screaming, they boarded the position bunker in an attempt to annihilate all living enemies, but unfortunately the officers and soldiers were disappointed. The position was full of corpses of enemy soldiers bleeding from all the orifices, scattered horizontally and vertically, all over the positions in grotesque shapes, and they were piled up and heavy.
The machine gun was overturned by the powerful explosive force, and the powerful bombs that fell to the bottom blasted out huge blackened areas in the solid soil. All vegetation within tens of meters from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside was gone, and large-scale landslides continued to occur.
The soil layer slid away, exposing the naked rocky mountain. The melted snow water splashed down from the mountain, pouring water mist on the hot surface. The strong smell of gunpowder smoke and blood filled the canyon for several kilometers and lingered for a long time...
Sixteen kilometers behind, the north wind howled in Jiande City, and the strong smell of gunpowder smoke in the heavy snow hit his face. Bai Chongxi, wearing a yellow woolen coat, stood on the rockery in the backyard of the county government office for a long time and looked at the red sky in the north, despite the heavy snow clinging to his face.
On the hat and shoulders.
Chief of Staff Zhang Dingfan came behind Bai Chongxi and reported in a low voice: "Liu Jingfu called to report the victory. The 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division took the lead in crossing Yangchunqiao Town and pursued northward, followed closely by the 4th Regiment, 6th Regiment and 65th Regiment of Chen's Division.
, the headquarters of the Second Division is moving to Yangchunqiao Town. In addition: Xue Yue led the First Division to successfully cross the border and is engaged in street fighting with the stubborn enemies of Meicheng. Victory is only a matter of time. The defenders of two brigades and three regiments in Sandu Town are fighting serious enemies.
The 21st Division launched a fierce battle, and it is estimated that the news of the fall of Yangchunqiao Town will soon reach Meicheng and Sandu, and the enemy troops may be shaken in panic."
Bai Chongxi nodded, shook the snowflakes off his body, walked into the small pavilion below, took off his general hat and flicked the snowflakes off:
"Yeah! I didn't expect it to progress so fast. Before I could get to the front, the most difficult battle had already been fought. This An Yi is incredible! It seems that our plan can no longer keep up with his pace...