Under the blood-red sunset, the smoke of the Yaoji battlefield still remained and the dust was flying. More than 40,000 Zhizhi-Shandong coalition officers and soldiers encircled from the north, west and south arrived one after another.
After greeting each other, Wang Dong, commander of the Fifth Army, Bian Changhui, commander of the New Third Army, and Lu Ling, temporary commander of the Sixth Division, climbed up to the high ground on the left together, overlooking the battlefield littered with corpses, and couldn't help but sigh.
Wang Dong pointed to the corpses of the revolutionary soldiers neatly stacked in the trench at the foot of the slope, and said to the two old guys beside him:
"From here we can see the combat effectiveness of the An Yi Division. Not one of the 726 corpses of the Revolutionary Army was thrown outside. They dared to collect the corpses and put them in the trench during the emergency situation of our three-way encirclement, and did not leave any
If there is enough time, the next gun will probably be buried. Such a team is really scary!"
Lu Ling, the temporary commander of the Sixth Division, took off his hat and scratched his bald head: "He dared to leave a few elite troops to ambush in the small woods in the northeast, and killed most of the cavalry company sent by his younger brother to pursue him, and his marksmanship was amazing.
That’s right, beating people doesn’t hurt horses, but you can snatch more than 60 horses in one go and disappear in the blink of an eye, damn it!”
"Marshuai Sun's more than 10,000 soldiers occupy a favorable terrain and can't hold back for eight hours. They also boast about being able to fight a hundred battles. I can't stand those stupid Anhui troops. They are so damn good at talking."
Bian Changhui, commander of the New Third Army, cursed angrily.
Wang Dong politely advised: "Brother Ziming, don't underestimate the enemy! You went south behind my divisions. Maybe you don't know that my main division was severely damaged by them within two and a half hours. An Yi's division lasted for five consecutive days."
They harassed him day and night and beat Commander Yu to the point where he lost his temper and shrank three times more troops inside and outside Pi County without daring to move. This shows the tyranny of An Yi's division.
Facing such an enemy, what do Marshal Sun's divisions and brigades mean? They can be considered elite if they can withstand it for such a long time. Alas! If only it could have withstood for forty more minutes, it would be a failure!"
"My younger brother can't stay. We have to go south to continue the attack on Bengbu. What's the next step for you two? Take a break and launch the pursuit?" Lu Ling asked.
Wang Dong nodded: "Pursue! Commander Yu gave strict orders not to leave any chance for the stubborn enemy to breathe. My younger brother and Brother Ziming divided their forces into two groups, one from the south and the other from the north to press eastward like a net. The Independent Division and the Temporary Fifth Division
Advancing south from the front line of Pi County, there is Luoma Lake to the east and Brother Zhenbei's 3,000 cavalry to the south. An Yi's division cannot escape. However, Commander Yu reminded all the troops to advance carefully and not to be defeated one by one by the cunning enemy.
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"Damn it, when I think of this 'Flying Fox', my heart is filled with panic. This bastard is really good at training troops. There are tough fights up and down. In the morning, my two regiments surrounded and annihilated Wang Ji's three soldiers.
More than a hundred wounded soldiers and
A logistics company actually lost almost a considerable amount of its troops. Later, the two hundred elites who supported it broke through the encirclement. In one charge, they killed almost half of my brothers in the battalion, almost allowing the remnants of the enemy to break through successfully.
Those Sun Tzu gang were really accurate in marksmanship and good at street fighting. They beat the officers and soldiers under my younger brother's command to fear and killed two battalion commanders and a regiment commander. My younger brother was so angry that he ordered his subordinates to shoot the wounded soldiers. This angered them to jump out and fight to the death.
It took the strength of nine oxen and two tigers to annihilate them all."
After Lu Ling, the temporary commander of the Sixth Division, finished speaking, he shook his head frequently.
Wang Dong was taken aback, and then reminded him: "Brother Shounian (Lu Ling), you have to pay attention. As far as I know, An Yi has a kind face and a cruel heart. He and his subordinates are like brothers, and he is extremely protective of his shortcomings."
You must retaliate, but there is one thing that is very difficult
Yes, this guy is very good to the prisoners. Every time he captured one of our prisoners, he would have his wounds treated, and those who were not injured would be given two oceans to send away. Therefore, our soldiers respected and feared him, and he also won
respected by many of our colleagues.
It's probably okay if you defeat him in an honest way, but today you openly killed his wounded soldiers, which is a big feud. I hope you can wipe it out this time, otherwise there will be endless troubles."
Lu Ling suddenly felt frightened in his heart, but he forced a smile on his face, pretended to be fearless, laughed and left.
At night, Chu Yupu and General Mantang in the Nianzhuang headquarters were busy. After An Yi's division evacuated eastward, it suddenly disappeared. After Wang Dong's fifth army and Bian Changhui's new army buried pots to make rice and had enough to eat, they immediately launched a pursuit.
After traveling seven kilometers, still no hair
No enemy could be found. The generals at the Seventh Army Headquarters couldn't help but think of all the strange tactics and unexpected night attacks of the An Yi Division. They all realized that they could not compete with the ghostly and tireless officers and soldiers of the An Yi Division in a night battle.
Compete with each other.
Chu Yupu did not dare to advance too hard. The relatively complex terrain and criss-crossing water network in the southern part of Pi County were really not conducive to the advancement of large troops. If he forced his way, it would probably be difficult to see from the beginning to the end. The stubborn enemy who was trapped and still fighting would have the opportunity to take advantage of it. Instead, he would
Ruin the current good situation.
After some deliberation, Chu Yupu urgently ordered all the troops to station in place and monitor closely. It was enough to encircle the An Yi Division within a radius of 20 kilometers. After dawn tomorrow, with the assistance of aircraft, the encirclement would be reduced step by step.
At midnight, Wang Dongjun's south wing position stationed in Chezhuang suddenly suffered a fierce attack from the officers and soldiers of the Independent Division. The Independent Division first killed the patrolmen through a sneak attack and approached the Chezhuang. After being discovered by a secret sentry, they fired a gun and immediately launched a strong attack.
Several artillery shells flew from time to time amidst the gunfire and roars, hitting the houses on the east and north sides of Chezhuang. They collapsed and the fire was blazing. The defenders of the two regiments hurriedly fought against the enemy. The situation was extremely chaotic.
Wang Dong, who was located six kilometers north of Chezhuang, received the emergency report and immediately sent his troops south to rush for reinforcements. At the same time, he reported the emergency situation to Chu Yupu.
Chu Yupu quickly got up from the bed, and after several rounds of research and judgment with his subordinates, he concluded that the main force of the independent division was trying to take advantage of the familiar terrain and suddenly turned around and broke through to the southwest. So he ordered Wang Dong to resolutely block the attack, and at the same time, he urgently mobilized the New Third Army to rush south from the Lizhuang line to rush for reinforcements.
, trying to hold An Yi Division to death, and then ordered the newly formed Fifth Division stationed in Huangdun Town to rush to the battlefield and attack from both front and rear.
On the Yan River line six kilometers southwest of Huangdun Town, thousands of officers and soldiers of the Anyi Division were crawling in the dense grass on the shore. On the shore and in the reeds within three kilometers of the shore, all those who were ambushed were brothers of the Independent Division.
them.
An Yi lay half-ly on his favorite horse, the little black colt, and gently stroked the horse's neck. He remained silent, looking at the stars in the sky and waiting for the enemy's main force to cross the three simple bridges one mile apart downstream.
An hour later, all regiments and battalions received the signal to clear the alarm from the special forces. They emerged from the low dense forests, soil slopes and even shallow water bays, quickly passed the three small bridges that the enemy had just left and passed, and marched towards the county seat of Pi County.
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The battalion commanders of the various regiments who were pulling the horses in the team were puzzled. They didn't know what the teacher, An Yi, was thinking, and they actually drove towards the county town, which was only four hours away from dawn, in the middle of the night.
Thinking of the main force of the enemy army gathered in the county, the brothers were extremely worried, but the military orders were like mountains. Even if they died at this time, no one would disobey An Yi's orders or raise any doubts in their hearts.
When the morning light first appeared, thousands of officers and soldiers who were crawling within two kilometers of the west bank of Chaoyang Bridge in the south of the city were uneasy. Many officers and soldiers quietly put their heads out of the dense grass and looked up at the Pi County Gate Tower. The charge horn suddenly sounded at this time, and the guards on the bridge were cleared in advance.
The officers and soldiers of the Special Forces Brigade quietly left the county and headed south. As they were the first to cross the bridge, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment fired the first shot of the siege.
Most of the main force was transferred to the southwest to encircle and suppress the independent division's county town, leaving only one regiment of defenders. He never dreamed that the independent division, which was still besieged more than 30 kilometers away last night, would appear in front of him. The defenders above and below the city
Before the soldiers could stop the attack, they were killed by a dense hail of bullets.
Thousands of revolutionary army officers rushed into the newly opened city gate. The commander of the enemy regiment received the emergency report and was so frightened that he quickly escaped out of the north gate surrounded by the captain and more than ten guards, leaving behind three soldiers.
A battalion of officers and soldiers who had not yet woken up were wiped out by the wolf-like soldiers of the An Yi Division. In less than ten minutes, the entire county town was easily occupied by more than 4,000 soldiers of the Independent Division.
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Division plundered all the ammunition and supplies in the city and immediately withdrew from the county. The soldiers of the Second Regiment used rifle butts and bayonets to drive thousands of disheveled prisoners out of the north gate. The prisoners screamed and fled desperately under the threat of intensive gunfire behind them.
, after escaping three miles away, the crowd stopped, and then I realized that the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army were shooting into the sky, without killing any officers and soldiers. There were more than a thousand officers and soldiers who didn't even have shoes. Look at me, I look at you, they don't know how to express themselves.
My mood at the moment.
The dust outside the south gate was filled with people shouting horses neighing. The officers and soldiers of each regiment and battalion quickly gathered at the whistle of the chief officer. An Yi rode on the little black horse, with a stern look on his face, and loudly issued an order to the generals and colonels around him:
"Each regiment must rush to Shawan in the southwest within three hours. Over the past week, the enemy has seized all the fishing boats from more than a dozen villages and towns on the Luoma Lake and parked them there. We must rely on these more than 300 wooden boats to escape.
Now, you can sleep and eat as much as you want on the boat. I have to grind my teeth in these three hours just to get there!"
"yes!"
The commanders of each regiment and the battalion commanders agreed in unison to ride their horses and leave.
An Yi called Cheng Guang, the leader of the independent regiment: "Cheng Guang, you have to make a hard trip. Lao Ding's guard battalion has arrived at Shawan in advance with two brothers from the engineer company. You can hand over your brothers to Ji Nan.
He immediately rode to Shawan and led the fleet to the mouth of Fangting River to meet Xia Jian's group.
You are familiar with the terrain there and the fishermen and villagers. They listened to you. After receiving Xia Jian and the brothers, they rowed 14 kilometers eastward. Local brothers and fishermen will be there every kilometer on the lake to help.
By escaping to Hudong, we will break out of the encirclement."
"I obey my orders!"
The journey was light and the horse rode away quickly.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Chu Yupu was furious at not seeing a single soldier of the An Yi Division after the encirclement. Suddenly, he received the news that the county seat of Pi County had been occupied by the An Yi Division. After looting all the weapons, ammunition and supplies, they quickly fled south. The whole hall was full of people.
The general was extremely shocked and could hardly believe that the news was true.
Chu Yupu smashed the exquisite tea cup in his hand on the ground: "Rice bucket, a bunch of buckets! Give me a telegram immediately to Marshal Jining. I need planes to conduct reconnaissance and bomb Luoma Lake. I will never let An Yi's division escape easily. The bomb will kill him."
They also ordered Wang Dong, Bian Changhui, and Xu Yao to quickly
Commanded his troops to advance eastward and blocked the entire west bank of Luoma Lake for me. He ordered Zhang Chengzhu to lead his troops northward and strictly guard the area along the mouth of Zaohe River. In addition, he sent me an urgent telegram to Marshal Sun and asked the Suqian garrison and the Xindian garrison on the east bank of Luoma Lake to strictly defend Luohe River.
Along the shores of Ma Lake, block An Yi's division's escape route eastward!"
"yes!"
"Shanhu!"
"My subordinate is here!" Qin Shanhu stepped forward quickly.
Chu Yupu stretched out her big hand wearing an emerald finger ring, and pointed in the direction like a halberd: "You personally lead the security brigade to Pi County, arrest the villagers of Shawan Village on the north bank, and behead them all!"
"yes!"
Qinshan Tiger trotted out of the lobby and couldn't help but shiver under the scorching sun.