The heavy snow that had been falling all night was still unable to cover up the battlefield within the four-kilometer narrow road. Looking up, the long and narrow valley was a mess and a miserable scene. The remaining smoke was still rising, and the falling snowflakes were instantly covered by the hot fire.
Surface melting
Thousands of thin streams gathered together, washing away the pools of blood into the depressions at the foot of the mountain. Pieces of corpses were arranged around the low-lying areas. Four companies of the independent regiment teaching team, Ye Cheng's second battalion and the model battalion had thousands of
All officers and soldiers were mobilized to dig holes and bury the bodies in the heavy snow.
Four kilometers away to the east, there were faint explosions. An Yi knew clearly that this was Chen Zhibiao's third battalion at war with the fleeing enemies in the direction of Meicheng. With the combat effectiveness of Chen Zhibiao's third battalion, there was no way they could
Needing An Yi to worry about, he simply ordered the messengers to ride forward to see how the battle was progressing, and then rode into the still steep pass to the south.
More than fifty people followed An Yi along the uneven sandy road in the valley, all the way slowly north. Every time they passed an unrecognizable pass and position, it was shocking. Rows of captured machine guns and weapons were placed along the way.
Piles of long and short guns, looted and concentrated in baskets
Money had no appeal to An Yi at this time - the bodies up and down the Four-Kilometer Pass were scorched black, and of the 12,000 defenders guarding both sides of the Four-Kilometer Canyon, only more than 5,000 remained, and nearly half of the survivors were lost forever.
Hearing, hundreds of people have become walking zombies with dementia.
The huge casualties caused by the large-scale blasting attack made An Yi, who was unwilling to fight a civil war, feel extremely guilty and wanted to cry without tears. But otherwise, those lying in the valley at this moment might be An Yi and his more than 4,000 independent regiment brothers.
Yes, this is really an extremely painful decision.
More than fifty men and horses slowly passed through the narrow passage and walked out of the northern pass. Major Ding Zhicheng, the commander of the guard company, was already waiting there with more than ten brothers.
Ding Zhicheng stood solemnly and saluted. When he saw An Yi's red eyes and pale face, he didn't say anything. He nodded, got on his horse, and led An Yi to the fork in the east.
After walking for about two kilometers, we came to the foot of a mountain with abrupt boulders, crossed a dry bridge more than ten meters long, and turned through a tall and dense forest. A fifty-meter square open space and three rows of wooden barracks came into view.
, looking along the ruts of different depths on the ground, under the almost vertical stone wall on the left front is an irregular oval hole. At this time, two fully armed special team members are guarding the hole, which is three meters wide and more than five meters high.
Around the entrance of the cave.
Everyone stood up and dismounted. Ding Zhicheng came to the surprised An Yi and reported in a low voice: "This natural cave was used as an ammunition depot by the enemy. The day before yesterday, our two advance reconnaissance teams found near the short mountain to the east.
I saw carriages transporting ammunition entering and leaving the dense forest from time to time.
I followed quietly at night and found out. The remaining group lurked for two nights and one day and kept a close watch. After receiving the report, I sent company deputy Yan Kaitai to lead two squadrons to come over day and night. We launched an attack five minutes before the battle started.
It didn't take much effort to annihilate a company of defending enemies.
Boss, please look over there. The row of large barracks against the mountain is the enemy's temporary ordnance repair shop. There are more than 20 light and heavy machine guns with their parts removed, and there are six large and small repair machine tools inside.
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It’s a big deal this time. All the good things are concentrated in the cave. Although the entrance of the cave is not big, you can’t see the cave beyond ten meters in. The walls of the cave are more than thirty meters wide and more than ten meters high. Everything inside is neatly stacked.
There were boxes of bullets and military supplies, as well as 1,200 Japanese-made Type 38 rifles that I didn’t have time to unpack.
The brothers made a preliminary calculation and found that there were no less than three million rounds of various bullets stored inside. About seventy meters inside, the cave gradually became smaller and divided into four winding forked caves. Because it was too dark, we did not explore each one.
Enter the largest fork in the cave and turn back when you reach the end of the road. How about we go in and have a look now?"
After saying that, Ding Zhicheng looked at An Yi inquiringly.
"Do you even need to ask? Haha!"
An Yi's mood instantly improved. He had long forgotten the depression caused by the mountain of corpses and sea of blood in the narrow passage. He smiled and punched Ding Zhicheng in the chest, and then entered first. Yang Bin, Qu Muchen and others were overjoyed and followed closely.
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A group of people entered the dark cave. Six special team members turned on their flashlights, illuminating half of the space. An Yi walked past boxes of yellow-orange bullets that had been pried open and checked, and looked at the stacked ammunition boxes and a pile of ammunition.
He sighed greatly at the piles of neatly stacked military uniforms and quilts. He felt sorry for his enemies in his heart. The supplies were so rich and well prepared, but he couldn't use them all. In fact, he got a big deal for nothing. It seemed that he had run out of energy.
Already.
After walking around and returning to the light at the entrance of the cave, Ding Zhicheng asked the overjoyed An Yi: "Boss, what a harvest, right? You don't know that I was dumbfounded at the time, thinking that this time we will really make a fortune."
We have made a lot of money, and these things will be enough to equip three to five thousand people... What should we do with this batch of supplies?"
An Yi put away his bright smile and let out a long sigh: "It is indeed a difficult problem! Our hometown is in Jiangxi, and there is no way to quietly pull us back without alerting others. It seems that we can only report
The division headquarters was divided up with friendly forces, but here
Before, we had to transport these 1,200 38-guns and matching bullets back, and then allocate 200,000 rounds of machine gun bullets to each battalion, and then let each battalion and regiment logistics distribute the weapons suitable for our German-made weapons.
More than half of the bullets were transported away, and the remaining items were handed over to the division headquarters."
"Ah? That's such a loss. There are so many quilts and military uniforms! I just looked at them and they are all brand new! Can't they be kept for our own use?" Yan Kaitai, the newly appointed deputy of the guard company, asked anxiously
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"I feel bad too... Forget it, forget it, we can't move so many things. If we move all the quilts and military uniforms, our four thousand brothers will never want to fight." An Yi said with a helpless smile.
Shen Fengdao quietly entered the cave entrance, came behind An Yi and whispered a few words, and An Yi shouted in excitement:
"That's great! Chen Zhibiao, who is so stupid, is so lucky. It's hard not to get promoted this time, but he caught so many big fish for this guy, haha... Dong Yazi, let the herald of the third battalion rush back to deliver my order: Three
The battalion was stationed on the front line at Xiangu Temple to ensure the safety of our regiment behind us, and the commander of the third battalion, Chen Zhibiao, was ordered to personally lead a unit to seize the captured 20
Six artillery pieces, 14 captured enemy generals and more than 500 prisoners were escorted to Yangchunqiao Town. In addition, Lu Guang was ordered to lead the model camp, and Ye Cheng was ordered to lead the second battalion to station in the original left and right enemy camps at Bei Pass and rest in place.
And assume the task of guarding Bei Pass; order Xia Jian's 1st Battalion and Gu Changfeng's 4th Battalion to march directly into Yangchunqiao Town to station for rest!"
"yes!"
Signal company instructor Guan Shan saluted and left.
An Yi turned to Ding Zhicheng: "Old Ding, you and your brothers will be stationed here for the time being. No one is allowed to step onto the dry bridge on the roadside without orders from the division headquarters and myself."
"yes!"
Ding Zhicheng stood at attention and answered.
Everyone poured out of the cave and walked towards their horses. An Yi took two steps and then turned back and asked curiously: "Old Ding, you didn't capture a single prisoner?"
Ding Zhicheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Although this guard company's combat effectiveness is not very good, it is very tenacious. Even the last soldier refused to surrender. They were all buried in the woods behind. A lot of pack horses and carts were captured.
,two hundred
The remaining pack horses and a dozen war horses were all tied up in the horse shed between the two rows of barracks on the east side. More than a hundred long and short guns seized and several thousand oceans found were being counted and recorded. The inventory could be completed in the afternoon.
Report to the regiment headquarters together."
"Okay, later you will have the six machine tools, 1,200 Japanese-made rifles and matching bullets sent to the model camp station at Bei Pass. I will convene a meeting with the brothers from each battalion there. You also want to
Come and participate. After the meeting, I will rush to the division headquarters in the town to report.
As for the seized supplies, don’t bother making records. After each battalion has moved the ammunition and supplies they need, send a brother to the division headquarters in the town to find me and act like you just discovered it. I will arrive.
When the time comes, report directly to the division headquarters and ask the division headquarters to send people to guard and take inventory. After you and the brothers in the guard company complete the handover procedures, all return to the regiment headquarters in the town to rest, and I will prepare the barracks for you." An.
Yi warned carefully.
Ding Zhicheng was extremely happy: "Boss, you should have told me earlier! It's OK for my brothers to kill people and set fires, but letting them play with pens is even more uncomfortable than being sentenced to death!"
Everyone laughed after hearing this, and soon they rode out of the ammunition depot and returned to the North Pass camp.
After lunch, the battalion commanders of the entire regiment rushed to the model camp one after another, gathered in the main barracks built with wood, and sat around talking and laughing loudly, joking with each other.
The deputy of the model camp, Zhi Guang, was in high spirits, his eyes were shining, and his dark square face looked particularly majestic under the burning charcoal fire. He saw An Yi, Hu Hu, and Yang Bin walked into the circle and sat down together after the discussion, and immediately stood up
Stand up straight, tall and tall, and shout out to fight:
"Boss, the brothers of the Fifth Regiment have captured Qingzhu Port, 27 kilometers to the north. The Sixth Regiment and the Fourth Regiment have also successfully captured the east-west line of Chunjiang Town. At this time, Tonglu City is completely under the eyes of our army. The Tonglu Battle
It is about to break out, how can we not participate in the independent regiment? I request you to immediately lead your soldiers to the battlefield to participate in the offensive!"
"I agree! In the battle last night, my brothers from the first battalion climbed to the top of the mountain and threw hundreds of explosive bags and oil cans without even using their guns. It was really not satisfying! I also requested to rush to Tonglu City to participate in the siege.
Fight, when this battle is over, the city of Hangzhou will be right under our noses. It would be a pity to miss this most challenging battle!" Mu Zhuiyi, the deputy of the 1st Battalion, also stood up and asked for the battle with confidence.
An Yi took a deep breath, waved his hand for the two of them to sit down, put the folder in his hand on the chair, and started walking slowly:
"Cheng Guang, in retrospect, you are all old brothers who followed me step by step from Changsha to where I am today. Starting from the first battle our troops fought in the east of Yueyang City, you have personally experienced all the battles and battles, big and small.
Now I only ask you two questions, if
After listening to this, you still have such strong fighting spirit and confidence. Without saying a word, I immediately agreed to your request and transferred you to the front line to attack the city. If you can't answer my question, please give up this idea.
Just shut up and think about it, okay?"
Seeing the two men nodding in astonishment, An Yi sighed and asked directly: "First question, do you still remember the process of the Wuchang Attack, Fengxin Attack and Nanchang Attack? The second question, do you still remember the previous battles?
Two days before you thought of using explosives to blast a bloody path, what did you and all the brothers think when faced with the severe situation?"
All the brothers fell silent immediately. Lu Guang and Mu Zhuiyi immediately realized their recklessness and slowly lowered their heads, not daring to look into An Yi's eyes.
Beard sighed, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and started to smoke. The tyrannical Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian and others turned pale when they thought of the previous three disastrous siege defeats, let alone the other steady and prudent brothers.
They are.
An Yi continued to walk around the brothers, pacing slowly, and in a very rare moment, he expressed all his inner thoughts:
"Perhaps you still don't know why I insisted on starting last night's battle in advance. Although the reasons I proposed to the division headquarters and the division headquarters meeting have some truth, strictly speaking, it is far-fetched. If the division headquarters and the generals and colonels of each regiment
Like me, we personally went into the mountains and walked several
miles, climb one or two slopes to experience it for yourself, and then look at the thickness of snow all over the mountains and plains, you will understand that my reasons cannot stand scrutiny at all. This is one of the reasons why I received support. But the more important reason is
Yes, everyone is in a hurry, the division commander and the chief of staff
Commander Bai was forced to panic by the insurmountable danger in front of us; the commanders of each regiment were forced to panic by the military order that was about to be issued by the division commander, which was tantamount to death, and by the humiliation of each tragic defeat and the upcoming another tragic defeat; and we were panicked.
Well, faced with the inescapable cruelty
The situation was extremely urgent, because we all knew clearly that as long as the division commander gave an order, we, the only independent regiment in the division that maintained combat effectiveness, would be the first to rush into the four-kilometer long narrow channel and do a nine-death operation with no return.
We are fighting desperately, so we are even more anxious.
It is under such a difficult situation that I have to make this quick request. In addition to the fact that we have found a countermeasure, the most important reason is that I have been racking my brains to find ways to avoid being sent
To attack a city is a waste of time, so use continuous
I tried to escape from the exhaustion caused by the continuous battles, so that everyone could see that my independent regiment had been fighting for so many days in a row. It was indeed too tired to move and could no longer serve as the main force in the siege! Everyone saw the result.
We got our wish and were designated as the reserve team for the siege."
After listening to An Yi's words, all the brothers turned their heads and looked at him in shock. Only then did everyone realize that An Yi had used such a complex and profound scheme for the sake of everyone in this group. Beard and
Yang Bin and others looked at An Yi, their eyes full of gratitude and admiration. All the brothers gradually understood and nodded silently, while Cheng Chengguang and Mu Zhuiyi lowered their heads deeply in shame, feeling extremely guilty in their hearts.
An Yi looked at the roof, walked gently in circles, licked his dry lips and continued:
"Everyone, I'm not afraid of siege, and after last night's battle, I also found the best way to siege the city, but I can't go, because now I can't see the hidden meaning behind this siege.
What kind of crisis? What's more, I'm worried about being plotted by someone in my ignorance and getting all my brothers involved.
I wonder if this series of events has allowed you to see through it? We still can’t control our own destiny! It can even be said that we don’t even have a chance to defend ourselves. Our situation is very dangerous, so dangerous that it can be described as perilous.
If you are not careful, you may suffer heavy losses or even be wiped out!
Even after Tonglu was captured, this crisis still exists, and may even become more serious. If you don't believe me, you might as well think about every step we have taken, and think about the many comrades who have died around us.
Think about the officers, soldiers and officers at all levels who have been replaced in the fraternal armies one after another. The tens of millions of people who died yesterday, how many people can still remember them today?
Zhang Cheng, a soldier who had just returned to our model camp, cried and told me that day that among the more than 180 brothers who entered our model camp from Gao'an with him and were transferred to the fourth regiment, now only he and he are left.
Six... In fact, I know very well that while Zhang Cheng was crying to me, he was also questioning me. From that moment on, I, An Yi, realized that I was so incompetent..."
An Yi exhaled heavily and raised his voice after returning to his seat: "I believe that none of the brothers here are cowards, including me, An Yi, who is not afraid of death, otherwise I would not have the identity and status I have today.
.Every one of us is a low-level member of the army.
Step by step, our team has grown from a hundred people to more than 5,000 people today. Our status and the reality we face are completely different. The life and death of everyone here is related to the hundreds of people under us.
The life and death of brothers is related to the fate of our entire collective.
Please forgive my selfishness, but please also think about it carefully. Since the Northern Expedition, which battle has the selfish An Yi lost? What has I, An Yi, done that was unworthy of the country, the nation, and the army? The reason why I, An Yi, worked so hard
What is the purpose of collecting money like crazy? Why are you all willing to work hard and start a business with me, An Yi? Why do my soldiers trust me so much and sacrifice their lives for me without hesitation?
Brothers, think about it carefully. As long as you think about this clearly, you will know what to do. If anyone is still confused or has different pursuits in life, please submit the transfer report to me as soon as possible and I will adjust it for you.
Go to the new unit and provide all the help you can...Okay, that's all, I'm going to the division headquarters for a meeting, and I'll ask Deputy Hu and Staff Yang to arrange the tasks of each battalion and company."
After An Yi finished speaking, he strode away without looking back, leaving a group of extremely astonished brothers savoring his words. No one, including the bearded man who had been following An Yi, thought that their beloved boss would say such a thing.
After hearing these harsh words, everyone felt a strong shock that they had never experienced before.