An Yi watched Xu Tingyao and Tan Fulie riding their horses northward surrounded by a group of captains. He smiled slightly, turned to Shen Feng beside him and said, "Three hundred war horses and pack horses are exchanged for independently occupying Kunshan. Do you think it's worth it?"
Shen Fengdao smiled slightly: "Does this need to be said? In what age are you still believing those jingles? Kunshan is between Suzhou and Shanghai, connected to Changshu and Taicang in the north, and connected to Shanghai Jiading and Qingpu from the south to the southeast. It borders the two districts, borders Wujiang and Suzhou in the west, and guards the throat of east-west highways and railways. Over the past ten years, it has become a place where merchants from all over the world gather. It will be richer than Taicang but not inferior to it.
More importantly, just cutting off the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway can shock the whole country, and the huge impact on the morale of the enemy defenders in Shanghai, Suzhou, and Nanjing is immeasurable. The gains in military exploits and reputation alone are worth millions, not to mention There is also a wealthy mixed brigade headquarters in Kunshan city?
If my estimate is correct, we can make at least a million dollars in profit from this battle. Today, you only exchanged a few hundred bad horses for a complete military exploit. You no longer have to endure others sharing the military exploits and dividing up the seizures. Where in the world? Is there any exchange more satisfying than this?"
An Yi laughed loudly after hearing this, jumped on his horse and said loudly: "Madman, you are so smart! It seems that after this battle you should be promoted to captain, haha... let's go! I'm afraid Hutou and the others are impatient, let's go Let's have a fucking battle, drive..."
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Two large carriages loaded with goods drove slowly through the Shiloujing alley, traveling slowly for tens of meters from west to east, turning around at the edge of the tall and thick stone wall of the Huangyi Mountain Military Camp and heading north, along the outside of the stone wall. The deserted ancient city streets move forward slowly.
After a while, three more bullock carts of various types were pulling high piles of fodder at the west corner of the military camp and turned into the ancient city street. Then I saw some men in raincoats carrying wood or farm tools entering the ancient city street in twos and threes. Outside the west wall of the military camp, which is more than 300 meters long, it goes straight to the west of Huangyi Mountain.
"Old Dong, do you think it's strange? It's snowing so heavily and it happens to be dinner time. Why are there so many oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages rushing into the ancient city street? Is there something wrong?"
In front of the military camp gate, a sturdy sentry carrying a flowery machine gun walked out of the wooden sentry box, glanced at the figures at the corner fifty meters to the west, and asked with some confusion.
The tall man known as Lao Dong heard the sound and walked out of the guard box opposite to his companions. After a while, he looked at the trembling figures carrying farm tools at the entrance of the ancient city. He spit out the toothpicks in his mouth and said nonchalantly:
"It's okay. He is probably a servant hired by a wealthy family in Tanjiabang to the west. After finishing work, he came back to the city to have a meal. Recently, an inn and several warehouses are being built on the lake side of Tanjiabang intersection. I will wait until I have time to meet you. Take a look, you have to ask the shopkeeper for some cigarette money... Don't look at it, it's snowing so heavily. Most of the revolutionary troops are southerners who are naturally afraid of the cold and will not survive in such a harsh climate. Under the conditions, you may come to trouble us. Come on, go into the pavilion and smoke."
The sturdy sentry shook his head with some doubts, turned around and squeezed into the guard box on the left side of the gate with the veteran and ruffian Old Dong. He took the cigarette from the old Dong and lit it. He exhaled the smoke and muttered about the weather. That's it. He whispered that his right eyelid kept twitching, would there be any trouble? His worried look caused the old Dong to laugh at him.
Behind a broken wall two hundred meters away to the right of the barracks gate, more than fifty brothers from the special forces wearing An-style tactical vests were checking the ammunition clips of machine guns and machine guns. Ding Zhicheng, who was fully armed, was half kneeling on the snow, holding up his hand.
Looking through the telescope from a broken wall more than one meter high,
After speaking, he looked at Huangyi Mountain behind the military camp. He was silently calculating in his mind the position of a company of sniper gunners led by shooting instructor Li Fuqiang. Finally, he turned the camera to the mud hill to the east of the military camp and saw that the assault team led by Dou Fang had already lurked in place.
Then I felt relieved.
More than 400 meters behind Ding Zhicheng, there was a lot of activity in front of a row of private houses. Twelve mortars behind the fence were set up one after another. Under the whispered command of Major Company Commander Shi Junren, they calibrated and fired at Zhu Yuan. The ammunition hand opened boxes one by one.
, skillfully installed fuzes on artillery shells.
At this time, a cute child about five years old came to Shi Junren at some point. He hugged Shi Junren's legs and asked his uncle what it was. Shi Junren smiled slightly, picked up the child and walked towards the open door of the house.
Put the child in the hands of the panicked man and gently tell him to go south quickly, otherwise the loud noise of the beating later will scare the child.
The man nodded while hugging his son, quickly ran through the house and escaped from the back door, and ran into the Earth Temple dozens of meters away to the south to stay with the extremely nervous neighbors. There were many people talking, and everyone was idle.
It's okay
However, they started discussing, one said they didn't expect the Northern Expedition to come so quickly, and the other said it was good, it would be best to kill all the officers and soldiers in Kunshan City, so that those ruffians who have no conscience can no longer oppress and exploit the people.
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Halfway up the slope of Huangyi Mountain, one hundred and thirty-eight outstanding shooters selected from the entire regiment took off their civilian clothes and stretched out a line. They crawled in groups of two at various shooting positions more than 300 meters long, raised their rifles and pointed towards the target.
The military camp about 250 meters below was preparing for shooting.
Li Fuqiang, who was dressed in a raincoat, crouched under a big tree covered with snow. Through the cold-resistant messy thorn bushes, he observed the glazed tile roofs one by one on the top of the two three-story buildings to the west of the military camp. Behind the snow-covered roofs, there were four groups of sniper teams.
Led by four of Li Fuqiang's disciples, it was only one street away from the tall stone wall to the west of the military camp, but it was the best position for sniping.
Li Fuqiang put down the telescope and smiled. He wanted to know how his four apprentices led their companions into the two brothels without disturbing anyone.
In the freight yard about eight kilometers away from the military camp in the southeast, An Yi smiled apologetically at the hundreds of railway workers and loaders squatting in the large warehouse, and loudly reassured:
"Masters, I'm sorry, we have to take down Kunshan. Please don't mess up when the gunfire sounds. It is estimated that all the fighting will be over in less than two hours."
Since they had previously known that the team in front of them was the Northern Expeditionary Army, the workers did not look panicked when they looked at the young An Yi. Instead, they were very excited and curious, especially when they heard that so many officers called An Yi the leader of the regiment. They were surprised.
, but seeing An Yi body
There was a group of fierce and heavily armed guards nearby. No one dared to take the initiative to talk to each other. They all whispered to each other and whispered about why the leader of the Northern Expedition was so young? He looked to be only twenty-three or four years old, but he led so many tough men.
The people and horses are amazing!
"Report to the leader: Model Battalion, Second Battalion march to the predetermined position in the east of the city."
"Report to the head of the regiment: The first and fourth battalions are approaching the south of the city and are ready to charge."
"The Third Battalion has arrived at the predetermined location in the west of the city and has made contact with the headquarters of Commander Dou of the Guard Company."
"...the four companies of the training team successfully approached within a hundred meters on both sides of the station, and all lurked under the roadbed to the south..."
An Yi nodded, looked at the watch on his wrist and shouted an order: "Send the signal to the artillery battery, prepare in three minutes!"
"yes!"
After the signal soldier saluted, he quickly rushed to the stairs and climbed to the ceiling. He pulled out the two red and yellow signal flags behind his waist, waved the signal, and sent the order to the signal soldier on the water tower more than 300 meters south.
An Yi and his party also climbed the stairs to the ceiling of the large flat-top warehouse, took out their binoculars and looked at Kunshan City, two kilometers to the north. The outline of the city was vaguely visible in the falling snowflakes, and the falling night enveloped the whole city.
In the darkness and sky, a passenger train appeared about three kilometers to the east, pulled by a round and dark steam engine head, and was slowly driving towards Kunshan Station, emitting thick smoke.
An Yi looked at his watch again, took a deep breath and ordered in a deep voice: "Hit!"
"Pa-pa-pa-"
Three red signal flares flew into the sky, reflecting the gorgeous red clouds from the snowflakes in the sky. Smoke rose from the artillery position one kilometer behind. The shells fired by twelve artillery pieces at the same time sent out a shrill scream across the surrounding area.
Kilometers of sky accurately landed on the military barracks in the city. Earth-shattering explosions were heard one after another, and rows of barracks were wiped out in the blink of an eye.
Kunshan City, which had seemed to be sleeping, then roared with guns and loud shouts. More than 3,000 soldiers from the four battalions of the Independent Regiment shouted in unison and launched a fierce charge against the Kunshan defenders from three directions: east, south and west.
The teaching team commanded by Qu Muchen took the lead. More than 480 outstanding soldiers jumped up from the railway embankment, crossed the railway amidst the whistle of the incoming train, rushed into the platform, the warehouse and the garrison barracks on the east side, panicking.
The bewildered enemy soldiers and police hurriedly threw away their weapons amidst the roars of "hand over the gun but not kill".
Kneeling with weapons and raising their hands, the stubborn resisters were shot to death in the blink of an eye. Within a few minutes, the entire station was completely occupied by officers and soldiers of the training team. Groups of police and defenders were escorted to the platform to concentrate on guarding the slowly stopping train.
The frightened passengers were not allowed to get off the train, and the train driver was ordered to stop the engine and leave the front of the train.
In the east of the city, 600 soldiers from the Model Battalion, led by Yin Jinan, rushed into the streets and alleys, and soon rushed into Tongfeng Camp, where Duan Chenghuai's mixed brigade was ablaze with artillery fire. The soldiers from the Second Battalion led by Ye Cheng also
Arrive quickly and rush into the military camp and the
In the county government office, intensive gunfire rang out non-stop, and screams of being hit by bullets came one after another. The nearly a thousand surviving enemy troops panicked amidst the deafening shouts of killing, and knelt down to surrender. The camp covered an area of more than 60 acres.
In an instant, it was firmly occupied by the unstoppable soldiers of the Independent Regiment.
The courtyard-style enemy brigade headquarters in the camp was very lucky to escape twelve rounds of artillery fire. More than a hundred enemy soldiers among them had no time to escape and became prisoners of the revolutionary army officers and soldiers. The tall and majestic Duan Chenghuai and Liu
When the two deputies were brought to Yin Jinan, they looked at the young revolutionary army colonel in astonishment, as if all this had happened in a dream.
Yin Jinan saluted politely: "General Duan, I'm sorry. The aggrieved general is staying here temporarily, waiting for the opinions of the headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army. During the waiting period, the general can see his family and
If you make other reasonable requests to our army other than release, our army will guarantee the life safety of the generals and surrendered officers and soldiers, and implement management in accordance with our army's policies and give them preferential treatment."
Duan Chenghuai still couldn't believe his eyes. He stared at Yin Jinan for a long time, and then he let out a long sigh, and the five-inch thick beard on his chin trembled frequently: "What...are you called? Which part of the revolutionary army are you from?"
"I am Yin Jinan, the instructor of the Independent Regiment of the Second Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and also the commander of the model battalion." Yin Jinan replied politely.
The deputy brigade commander next to Duan Chenghuai, Lu Rilie, shouted angrily: "You actually dare to go deep into the depths of our defense zone alone. Aren't you afraid of being surrounded and annihilated by our troops?"
Yin Jinan smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "General Lu, please don't get angry. You should know the current situation. Songjiang and Jiading in the southeast are already under siege by three divisions of our First Army. Suzhou City to the west of you
At this moment, they were also attacked by the 26th Army led by General He Yingqin, the commander-in-chief of the East Route of our Revolutionary Army, and the two divisions of our First Army. Where were the Suzhou defenders?
Afraid that there is still a glimmer of hope, we can only flee north in panic, otherwise we will be surrounded by our army. Let me tell General Lu the unfortunate news that more than 5,000 soldiers of the Sixth Regiment of our division have successfully occupied Lujiabang Station.
Then the main force attacked in the direction of Taicang, and it is estimated that it should be captured by now. Therefore, in reality, most of your mixed brigade has disappeared."
The deputy brigade commander, Major General Lu Rilie, turned pale after hearing Yin Jinan's words. However, the 40-year-old Duan Chenghuai quickly regained his composure and whispered to Yin Jinan the address of his residence and asked Yin Jinan not to harm his family.
Yin Jinan immediately agreed and ordered his adjutant to lead a platoon of brothers to the Duan Mansion on the edge of the county government to protect Duan Chenghuai's family and property. This move moved Duan Chenghuai and his subordinates very much.
In front of Yin Jinan, who respects his opponent, Lu Rilie, who has a fiery temperament, can only bow his head and cooperate honestly.
Duan Chenghuai and six senior generals were led to the hall to the west of the main hall and sat down. Yin Jinan's adjutant came back quickly to reply:
"General Duan's residence has been tightly protected; Chief Xia's 1st Battalion and Chief Gu's 4th Battalion are conducting martial law and searches throughout the city; the training team and the regiment's machine gun company have successfully taken over the station, and Chief Ye's 2nd Battalion has withdrawn from the station.
The battalion went to Shipai Town in the north to closely monitor possible enemy movements in the direction of Changshu. A passenger train arrived from Shanghai, three of which were fully loaded.
The freight trains were all controlled on the platform. The station commander followed our army's orders and sent calls to Shanghai, Nanjing, and Suzhou to request that all passenger and freight trains be stopped. The regiment commander had verified the news that the Sixth Regiment had captured Taicang County and reported to the division headquarters and the general headquarters.
The headquarters reported the victory, and in compliance with Commander-in-Chief Chiang’s instructions, telegraphed to the whole country, announcing that our army had successfully occupied Kunshan and Taicang counties.”
"Very good! How is the situation in the west of the city?" Yin Jinan asked with concern.
Adjutant Li Tong looked at Duan Chenghuai and others, and said apologetically: "In the whole city, only sporadic gunfire came from the Huangyishan military camp in the west. The regiment commander has already come to take command. With the regiment commander's thunderbolt method, it is estimated that... I guess the one who was captured
The company that General Sun Chuanfang hailed as the 'Tiger Company' will soon be finished."
Duan Chenghuai and other generals looked at each other in shock. Duan Chenghuai asked who the leader of your department was. After learning that the leader was An Yi, the Northern Expedition general who had become famous in just a few months and became famous all over the country, everyone felt extremely desperate.
Only then did Duan Chenghuai think of Yin Jinan, the model battalion commander known as the model of the revolutionary army. He stared at Yin Jinan in shock, speechless.