An Yi, Hu Jialin and others who received the combat mission rushed back to Da Ying Town, and made the final adjustment of the front war on the front of the division. Waiting for Gu Zhu and the third division to launch an attack on Luzhou's defending enemy.
All the three divisions entered the front line of Gaozu Temple to Huangyu, but An Yi suddenly received a report from Bai Chongxi's "Pressing the Army and Waiting for the Order", making the officers and soldiers of the division full of mist.
An Yi was puzzled, and immediately called Gu Zhutong and Hu Zongnan, the head of a division of a division to ask about the reason for the reason.
Ordering to rest in place, they did not understand the reason.
The serious problem of An Yidon immediately enabled the second radio station to communicate with the old Nanchang base. This understands that Zhu Peide, the third army of Zhu Peide, who stationed in Jiangxi, wants to build the Nanjing government.
Cooperated with the military and other departments to attack Nanjing from the Jiujiang Division, and the third army independent division stationed in Nanchang also showed signs of finishing the dressing.
An Yi then convened the owner of the group camps to discuss the countermeasures urgently and discuss the information collected from all aspects. After half a night repeated speculation, the brothers came to the preliminary opinion:
The four divisions of the Third Army of General Zhu Peide were only more than 32,000, and General He Yaozu, who defended Nanchang, a division, the guard forces of the military ministry, the guards of the general commander department, and the artillery force directly.
Then there is Anqing, the three divisions of General Li Zongren's seventh army stationed in the west of Nanjing.
Everything can be prepared.
The situation is as analyzed by An Yi and his brothers. Under the drumming of the Wuhan government and Tang Shengzhi, Zhu Peide, who was eager to try, did not have the courage to start the east.
When you are vigilant, start the signs of provoking the contradictions of the Wuhan government to question and publicly attack, while driving and discouraging the Wuhan government.
The trend of going north to Nanchang, forcing the hesitant to hesitate to give up the idea of Dongzheng.
The media in Shanghai, Nanjing, Nanchang, and other media immediately echoed strongly and criticized the "sinister" of Wuhan.
Under the pressure of a huge public opinion, the Eighth Army had to stop the footsteps of eastward, claiming that it was just a normal small stock force exercise.
While seeing General Zhu Peide, General Li Zongren sent the chief of staff Wang Yingyu to Wuhan, secretly negotiated with Tang Shengzhi and reached the Northern Expedition, and then resolved the internal contradictions. After getting the clear commitment of both parties, six days passed.
On May 15th, General Li Zongren, who had no worries, left two divisions to guard Anqing, Wuhu, and led the second division of the seventh army to the second division to go north to meet the first division of Xiawei.
Cheng Guorui Army had more than 20,000 people, obtained more than 3,000 enemies, and captured more than 4,000 people in Chao County.
But it is regrettable that the enemy coach Cheng Guorui, who mixed in the captive, changed into the small soldier's clothes and was not recognized. On the evening of the day, Cheng Guorui successfully escaped.
Afterwards, after learning the news, Li Zongren stamped his feet and sighed with regret. The soldiers of Xia Wei's first division of the Seventh Army were helpless because the more than 17,000 officers and soldiers under Xia Wei were all soldiers from Guangxi who came from Guangxi and had a unique accent.
Unable to communicate with the prisoners, it was impossible for a large number of high-ranking enemy generals among them to successfully escape.
After capturing the Seventh Army and the Forty-fourth Army in Chaoxian County, all units of the Tenth Army, under the unified command of Li Zongren, worked non-stop to push towards the front line of Hefei.
Bai Chongxi was greatly relieved after receiving the telegram from Li Zongren of the Third Route Army on the left wing, and immediately issued attack orders to all units of the Second Route Army under his command.
The next morning, General Chen Tiaoyuan's 37th Army captured Quanjiao County in one fell swoop. General He Yaozu's troops captured Hanshan and immediately turned northward. General Yang Jie's troops engaged in fierce exchanges of fire with the enemy in the south of Chuzhou. The First Division led by Hu Zongnan
Joined forces with Gu Zhutong's 3rd Division and stormed the outskirts of Chuzhou from the southeast.
At the beginning of the battle, apart from shelling and sporadic firing on the spot, the Anyi Independent Division did not launch a charge against the enemy positions outside Chuzhou City like other forces. Instead, it immediately ordered special forces to sneak out and attack Chuzhou City.
A company defending the enemy in Shahe Town, fifteen kilometers to the north, launched a surprise attack. After succeeding, they quickly blew up the main bridge of the Jin-Pu Railway.
The track cut off the logistical supply of the armies and divisions of the Zhili Allied Forces General Du Fengju who was stationed in Chuzhou. On the basis of a frontal feint attack, he sent Gu Changfeng's third regiment and Xia Jian's enemy's regiment who were good at mobile warfare to attack Chuzhou City.
He detoured to the northeast and sent the battle report to the commander-in-chief General Bai Chongxi in a timely manner, which received high praise and praise from Bai Chongxi.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, Du Fengju in Chuzhou City faced the fierce attack of the revolutionary army Yang Jie's troops, Gu Zhu's troops, and Hu Zong's southern superiority of more than 30,000 troops.
The He Yaozu department was concerned. After receiving the news that the railway was bombed, the Anyi Independent Division took a circuitous route to the northeast.
After that, he suddenly lost all confidence. In the panic of fearing that his retreat would be cut off, he decisively ordered two divisions to stay behind. Most of the other main forces abandoned the city and retreated. The remaining division left behind was attacked fiercely by Gu Zhutong and Hu Zongnan.
The whole army fled within half an hour, and the main force of the Northern Expedition marched into Chuzhou City in a mighty manner.
Xie Changjie's division, which was ordered to block An Yi's two regiments head-on, only had more than 5,000 men. As soon as they entered the blocking position, they saw Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian's troops rushing in from two directions. The independent regiment led by Lu Guang from the west also approached at full speed to participate.
During the attack, seven to eight thousand officers and soldiers rolled in from the due east and northeast, holding dozens of banners of the model camp high. They were as red as blood under the setting sun and were extremely eye-catching.
As soon as Xie Changjie saw the flag of the model camp, he was stunned. In desperation, he could only order his troops to put down their weapons and raise the white flag. The soldiers of the Anyi Independent Division captured more than 4,000 enemy troops without bloodshed and seized more than 3,800 guns of various types.
, eight mortars and a large amount of ammunition.
Gu Zhutong, Hu Zongnan, Yang Jie and other troops who rushed into the city had little to gain except picking up some debris. When they learned that An Yi's independent division was successfully reorganizing prisoners in the west of the city, they immediately rode out to congratulate them.
Gu Zhutong and Hu Zongnan led their generals, escorted by two companies of guards, to Xiaoleizhuang, three kilometers west of the city. An Yi saw it from a distance and immediately led his generals to greet them.
After greeting each other, Gu Zhutong immediately pointed at the thousands of prisoners in the dark and asked loudly: "Xiao Yi, what are you going to do with these soldiers?"
An Yi naturally knew the meaning of Gu Zhutong's question and smiled knowingly: "The instructor and senior fellow apprentices arrived at just the right time. I'm about to send someone to find you. General Xie Changjie led his troops to surrender before the battle. We can't treat them badly. I can't make up my mind.
If you don't know how to deal with it, call Chief Bai for advice. Chief Bai ordered his subordinates to leave the person to you two to deal with it. It's up to you to figure it out!"
"Hey, leave it to us? Why do you go by yourself?"
Hu Zongnan's First Division currently only has more than 7,000 men, which is not yet full. He came here in a hurry just for these prisoners. Hearing what An Yi said, he felt happy, but he still asked.
An Yi explained: "After receiving the urgent call from Chief Bai, I immediately attacked Lai'an, which is 20 kilometers northeast. He said that he was going to 'go all out and pursue the victory'. I had no choice but to follow the order and leave."
Gu Zhutong glanced at the soldiers of the Independent Division who were slowly packing up around the position, and asked An Yi in surprise: "Then why don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it? Why are you hanging around here?"
"We have been pursuing the enemy for a long time. Our brothers from the Second Regiment of Chen Zhibiao, the Division's Teaching Team, the Engineer Battalion and the Guard Battalion have already followed the fleeing enemy. There is only one regiment of defenders in Lai'an County, and there are only two who are fleeing.
There are about three thousand people in the regiment. When you see the main force fleeing back, why don't you get frightened and retreat quickly? So you don't need too many people." An Yi answered easily.
Gu Zhutong, Hu Zongnan and others looked at each other and admired An Yi's reconnaissance and intelligence work very much. Just when he was about to say a few words of praise, An Yi had already turned his horse back and soon surrendered the bearded enemy force.
Xie Changjie and seven or eight school officials were brought in front of Gu Zhu and others.
Everyone dismounted and met each other. Xie Changjie and others felt relieved when they saw that Gu Zhutong, Hu Zongnan and others were very friendly. They saluted and greeted each other, exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then discussed the aftermath.
After everyone's discussion was completed and Xie Changjie and others, who were determined to disband and return home, wanted to say goodbye to An Yi, An Yi was already driving into Lai'an County several kilometers away, and the tail of the logistics department was still in sight.
"Xiao Yi actually left without saying goodbye! Since we knew that Lai'an County could be easily captured, why did he leave in such a hurry?" Li Yutang, the leader of the second regiment, said dissatisfied.
Gu Zhutong laughed in a low voice and said: "This guy is a ghost! Look, which one of these thousands of prisoners has weapons in his hands? He must have plundered them all. I guess this guy is afraid that we will rob him, so he
He slipped away quietly. Zongnan, our Third Division is full of troops and doesn’t need prisoners. It seems that you have to hurry up and send a telegram to the principal, asking the principal to allocate weapons for you to cross the river as soon as possible, haha!"
"Grandma's An Yi, you actually caused such trouble for me, look back and see how I will deal with you..."
Hu Zongnan looked to the northwest and cursed angrily. Most of the other battalion commanders of the First Division were from the Huangpu First Phase. They had no choice but to deal with the cunning An Yi. Because they had to reorganize the prisoners and had no time to shamelessly pursue them, they had no choice but to curse.
They split up and led the prisoners into the city.
Late at night, the Pukou headquarters was brightly lit, and more than ten generals gathered together to summarize and evaluate the first phase of the battle and determine the detailed plan for the next battle.
Bai Chongxi couldn't help but smile after reading the telegrams sent back by each army division: "Have you noticed? Each division had more than a hundred casualties. Only An Yi's independent division reported 17 minor injuries. It's interesting.
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Zhang Dingfan said with a smile: "My subordinates also noticed that An Yi fought very smartly in this battle. After seeing three enemy trains entering Chuzhou, he foresaw that the defenders were about to flee, so he decisively blew up the Shahe Iron Bridge.
And it was fried very skillfully,
Only about 150 meters of track was blown up, and the bridge was not damaged. Then the troops were decisively divided and outflanked, and more than 5,000 people from Xie Changjie's division were forced to abandon their weapons and surrender without any effort. This shows that An Yi's battle
The more I fight, the smarter I get.”
"This young man is good! Less than four hours after the battle in Chuzhou City ended, he actually easily captured Lai'an City. This kind of combat power and speed are very rare!"
Chen Tiaoyuan, who saw An Yi's ability for the first time, showed appreciation on his face.
General He Yaozu smiled and asked: "Brother Jiansheng, the Anyi Independent Division occupied Lai'an. It is located 20 kilometers ahead of the entire front. It is easily vulnerable to the Half Tower in the northeast and the Three Realms in the northwest.
In response to the enemy's attack, is his division's strength a little thinner?"
Bai Chongxi smiled and said: "Brother Guiyan, there is no need to worry about him. With An Yi here, even if the enemies of two divisions attack him at the same time, they will not be able to get any benefits from him. If he does not do well, he will probably be cruel to him."
A big bite, not to mention his reputation, he can even scare the enemy, haha!"
Everyone looked at Bai Chongxi in surprise. They were all surprised that Bai Chongxi, who had a very high self-esteem, praised An Yi so much. Bai Chongxi smiled disapprovingly, and then continued to discuss the next plan with everyone.