Xia Jian, who was approaching quickly, kicked Ding Zhicheng's wrist. The moment the pistol was in the air, gunshots still rang out. The inaccurate bullet plowed a deep groove into Ding Zhicheng's scalp, and gurgling blood flowed down his forehead.
, flowing all the way to the dark neck.
Xia Jian knelt down, grabbed Ding Zhicheng's ragged chest with his right hand, waved his left hand and slapped him twice. An Yi, who came back to his senses, saw Xia Jian's attack was so cruel, and the blood spattered everywhere, and he subconsciously
He rushed forward and grabbed Xia Jian's left hand.
When he stopped hitting him again, he suddenly felt that Xia Jian's left hand was warm and slippery. He quickly pulled it in front of his eyes and saw that Xia Jian's left palm had been cut in half by the shrapnel. The fracture was full of bones and blood was pouring out, leaving only
The lower index finger and thumb are shaking uncontrollably.
An Yi understood immediately and felt a pain in his heart. He tore his clothes and quickly tied Xia Jian's wrists. As soon as Ding Zhicheng came to his senses and moved his mouth, Xia Jian yelled:
"You damn old man, the two grandsons Chen Zhibiao and Chen Kan ran away. Why did you have to live and die? You actually wanted to abandon us at the most difficult time. You are so damn good, I
I’m usually blind!”
"Xia Jian, please stop scolding me. Don't I think you are trusting me? I know my mistake and I will never do this again... Master, retreat quickly! The enemy is about to shell again. After this round of shelling,
, we can no longer block the enemy's charge, most brothers have no bullets in their guns!"
Ding Zhicheng's face was full of tears, and he stood up tremblingly. He wiped the blood on his face and looked at the front of the position. Suddenly he heard the screams of artillery shells. He was so frightened that he suddenly bent over, picked up Xia Jian and rushed towards the front.
Jiang An, while running, shouted loudly: "All retreat, brothers, retreat quickly, protect the division's seat..."
The more than 700 surviving soldiers on the position heard the order, surrounded An Yi and ran wildly. The artillery shells flying like lightning exploded the entire position, making the entire position tremble. Several artillery shells chased the heels of the brothers behind them.
There was a loud explosion, and more than a dozen speeding figures instantly disappeared into the thick smoke and fire.
On the steep river bank, all the soldiers, regardless of whether they knew how to swim, jumped into the river together with the brothers from the special force. Driven by a strong desire to survive, they swam desperately towards Baguazhou on the other side. More than 700 people entered the water and were surging.
There were turbulent waves, and countless heads were sinking and floating on the violently undulating river waves, which was extremely desolate.
An Yi, who was surrounded by people swimming in the middle, turned around suddenly and looked around as he swam. He found that the number of floating heads was gradually decreasing. He felt extremely uncomfortable and could only turn around silently and paddle forward in pain.
After swimming for a while, An Yi suddenly shouted and rowed forward desperately. He hugged the neck of a brother who was about to sink and shouted to hold on. The exhausted brother who was already cramped and curled up turned his head and smiled brightly at An Yi.
After using up her last strength to push him away, her head quickly sank into the water, a string of bubbles popped up and then she sank to the bottom of the river.
An Yi howled miserably and stepped on the water desperately, trying to dive into the water to rescue him. He was immediately forced to swim forward by Lin Yaodong and Chen Mian, who were proficient in water skills. An Yi wailed in vain, his hoarse throat like
Burning pain, surging river water
Then he poured it into his mouth, causing a violent cough, and even the remaining strength disappeared. He could only let the two loyal guards take him across the river, looking up at the blue sky.
, suddenly felt that the soul left his body.
After fifteen minutes of fierce shelling, tens of thousands of enemies rushed toward the smoke-filled and messy independent division position from three directions, looking for any living soldiers of An Yi Division. If they could not find them for a long time, they immediately rushed to the river bank. Searching, they found more than 500 soldiers of the Independent Division floating downstream 500 meters away from the river. The enemy officers and soldiers all angrily picked up their guns, gritted their teeth and fired wildly. The smarter ones fought back and shouted, "Hurry up." Bring the machine gun over.
At the east corner of Baguazhou, the soldiers who came first used ropes and bamboo poles to fix four simple bamboo rafts. It took all the strength of nine cows and two tigers to pull An Yi and a group of brothers who finally swam back to the shore. After the salvage was completed, the details Counting carefully, more than two hundred brothers were suddenly gone.
An Yi, who was all wet and heartbroken, pushed away the guards around him, stumbled to the edge of the Yangtze River, looked at the city of Nanjing in the south, and shouted loudly:
"Old Shen——"
Unfortunately, Shen Fengdao couldn't hear An Yi's shouts at this moment. He was one of the first batch of wounded soldiers to cross Baguazhou at seven o'clock in the morning, and then quickly led seven brothers from the special team along Baguazhou. Running eight kilometers upstream from the south bank, eight people boarded an old, unoccupied fishing boat on the shore and quickly rowed across the 1.2-kilometer-wide river to Yanziji on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
Due to the strong momentum of the river, the boat could only dock at the small dock at Badoushan downstream of Yanziji. The eight exhausted men, who were responsible for the lives of thousands of brothers in An Yi Division, did not make any pause and rushed upstream along the river bank.
Shen Fengdao led his brothers to run 300 meters east of Yanziji, and was immediately stopped by a company of revolutionary officers and soldiers. Three machine guns and hundreds of rifles were aimed at the shirtless but well-equipped Shen. Eight people from Feng Dao.
Shen Fengdao raised his hands and loudly identified himself. The company commander was shocked when he heard this and flew to the garrison leader Li Xianzhou.
Li Xianzhou came over after hearing the news and was dubious after hearing what Shen Fengdao said. Shen Fengdao immediately took out An Yi's general certificate and handed it over. Li Xianzhou was extremely shocked after reading his junior brother An Yi's general certificate, especially knowing that An Yi was across the river at the moment. When I was fighting bloody battles without any support, my whole body felt as if electric shock. I immediately ordered my adjutant to report to the division commander Chen Cheng. I led a platoon brother and Shen Fengdao and others to rush to the Yanziji River Terminal upstream, and jumped on the large-scale train that sailed to the other side every day. He took the ferry and ordered the boatman to sail immediately to the east corner of Baguazhou.
Due to the sudden fierce fighting in the north of the Yangtze River, people's hearts were unstable, and all ships on the south bank of the Yangtze River were stopped. The well-maintained shipowner in his thirties did not trust his ship, so he came to the dock to inspect his ship because of his good family background and courage. When they were on the ferry, they saw more than forty big men rushing onto the boat to cross the river. They pointed at the constant sound of gunfire on the other side and refused to comply.
Finally, the shipowner, who was cornered by Li Xianzhou, put his hands on his hips and asked loudly and fearlessly: "My brother-in-law is from the Central Party Committee, what do you dare to do to me?"
Without saying a word, Shen Fengdao stepped forward and struck out with his palm, causing the chubby shipowner to fly more than two meters high. On the way to the water, blood and brain matter burst out and spread far away, and he crashed into the water with a "swish" sound. , and it sank in the blink of an eye.
Everyone on the boat screamed. The tall follower of the ship owner stretched his hand behind his waist. Yang Libang, the squad leader next to Shen Fengdao, raised his hand and shot the ship owner's follower in the head. Then he flew up with a kick and killed eight hundred people. The heavy follower kicked him several meters away and dove into the water to find his boss's company.
Li Xianzhou and others were extremely shocked when they saw Shen Fengdao and Yang Libang's ruthless attacks and high-strength martial arts. Dozens of boatmen on the ship were so frightened that they broke into cold sweat and turned pale. Under the murderous gaze of Shen Fengdao and his brothers, they panicked. Zhang Di prepared to sail.
Gu Zhenglun, the deputy commander of General He Yaozu who was in charge of the Nanjing garrison, happened to lead his troops to inspect the dock. When he heard the gunshots, he immediately led a company of his own guards and rushed down. He pointed his gun at Li Xianzhou and Shen Fengdao, more than 40 people, and shouted not to move. !
Shen Fengdao walked to the bow of the ship and asked loudly: "General Gu, it's been less than a month since we left Taierzhuang. Doesn't the general remember An Yi's division who fought side by side with the soldiers of the Forty Army?"
Gu Zhenglun was shocked when he heard this. When he saw Shen Fengdao's appearance, he immediately recognized him as An Yi's personal adjutant. He hurriedly ran off the boat and asked loudly:
"Is it General An's independent division that is fighting a bloody battle with the enemy across the way?"
"Exactly! General Gu, my independent division broke out from the east of Xuzhou and has been fighting hard for half a month. More than 11,000 soldiers in the division have fought bloody battles one after another, suffering extremely heavy losses. Only 3,000 soldiers were left after all the hardships to escape to the other side. Remaining people.
Starting from 6:15 this morning, our division was blocked by strong enemies one after another and fought fiercely. Until now, a full two and a half hours have passed. Nearly half of the more than 3,000 soldiers of our division have been injured and injured. In addition, we are still fighting every day. After a fierce battle with an enemy several times their own, they retreated again and again and retreated to the east corner of Baguazhou on the opposite side.
General Gu, please save the lives of the dying soldiers of our division for the sake of your cooperation. I, Shen Fengdao, will be extremely grateful in my life! All the surviving soldiers of the independent division will also remember your kindness!"
After saying that, Shen Fengdao slowly saluted a military salute, and the seven brothers behind him saluted in unison.
Gu Zhenglun had mixed feelings in his heart, and his beard stood up in astonishment. He turned around and shouted to his subordinates: "What are you doing standing still? Send someone immediately to report to the military headquarters for reinforcements. The rest of you will cross the river with me now!" All boatmen listen to the order, we are crossing the river now to rescue the hero of the Northern Expedition, General An Yi, and his brave soldiers. Please do your best, and if there is any disobedience, justice will be done on the spot! Set sail!"
The boatmen immediately took action, and no longer had the intention to cope with the situation or slack off. The motor-driven ferry, which could carry more than 600 people at a time, emitted thick oil smoke, slowly left the shore, turned around and accelerated towards the east coast downstream of the other shore. horn.
Shen Fengdao breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Li Xianzhou in a low voice. Li Xianzhou said that Xiaoyi is my Huangpu junior brother and my brother, so there is no need to be polite.
Gu Zhenglun came forward and asked Shen Fengdao how the independent division could break out of the encirclement so quickly and suddenly appear opposite Nanjing? Shen Fengdao said that no one could figure out the brain of An Yi, but there was one of the most important reasons, which was to Hundreds of brothers who had great military achievements but were dying could receive treatment as soon as possible. That's why An Yi was so desperate and worked day and night.
Gu Zhenglun, Li Xianzhou and others sighed after hearing this. Just when everyone was sighing at An Yi's deep love, Shen Fengdao suddenly pointed to Yuzui Pier to the west of Baguazhou. When everyone saw it, they immediately found that more than ten small steamboats had docked. Two regiments of enemy troops were boarding Baguazhou and rushing downstream, and the generals' hearts were immediately in their throats.
Gu Zhenglun's adjutant loudly ordered his guard company to prepare for battle. Li Xianzhou also assembled a platoon of his own and ordered the only light machine gun to be mounted on the bow. Shen Fengdao and others walked to the bow to look in the direction of Baguazhou and listened. The sound of gunfire from the east corner became more and more intense, making me anxious.
At the east corner of Baguazhou, a regiment of the Third Army of the Anhui Army, which came from the north bank of the upper reaches by steamer, was engaged in an unprecedented fierce battle with the remnants of the An Yi Division.
Because the brothers who came first from An Yi Division had already taken precautions and selected the most favorable terrain, they hid in a tidal flat in the east corner facing water on three sides, using a strip of more than 150 meters long and 10 meters wide between the north and south.
The water bay ranging from 30 meters to 30 meters, as well as the natural barrier covered with lush reeds on both sides of the bank, have relatively securely placed the injured.
Therefore, the enemy was unable to attack from the north. Also, due to the deep mud and thick reeds along the east and south riverbanks, it was difficult for boats to land for a while, so they could only choose to charge forcefully from the open space more than 100 meters wide in the west.
The more than 700 remaining members of An Yi's division who were able to lift guns were under great pressure and could still struggle to hold on despite the collapse of the battle situation.
However, at this time, the soldiers of the independent division had very little ammunition left, and all the machine guns had been discarded early due to exhaustion of ammunition. At this moment, facing the powerful firepower of the enemy machine guns, they could only be passively beaten. The dense rain of bullets made the brothers unable to lift them.
At the beginning, if the sniper unit led by Li Fuqiang had not played a huge role in killing more than ten enemy machine gunners in succession, I am afraid that the enemy would have already rushed into the position by now.
An Yi, who was crawling in the depression, had long forgotten the heartbreaking pain of witnessing the helpless death of his brothers. His face was full of anxiety - he was very worried that the enemy would set up mortars on the east bank of Jiajiangkou, which was less than two kilometers away.
bombardment, worried about the enemy boarding Baguazhou
The number of troops increased and they decisively launched a charge. Seeing that the bullets were about to run out, the enemy's offensive continued unabated. About two battalions of enemy troops on the left front were slowly crawling forward. Once they entered the charging distance, they would soon launch a charge.
A strong attack, the most dangerous moment is coming.
"Tiger head!" An Yi's voice was hoarse and he could only shout.
"arrive!"
"Order brothers, fix your bayonets!"
"Fix the bayonet——"
Gu Changfeng pulled out the two guns from his waist, put one of them into An Yi's hand, reached behind his head with his right hand, and pulled out the shining sword with a clang. An Yi also pulled out Hu Jialin's sword.
He took out the scabbard and held it in his hand. Hundreds of brothers drew out their spears and quickly attached them.
More than two hundred brothers carrying engineer shovels quietly put down their long guns without bullets, took out the engineer shovels that were more conducive to cutting and were sharper, and held them tightly in their hands. Their charred faces could not be seen.
Regardless of his expression, a pair of eyes flashed with a menacing light.
At the critical moment, intensive machine gunfire suddenly came from the river upstream, followed by a long whistle.
An Yi and his brothers were all in high spirits when they heard the long and deep siren. The enemies on the left who were about to charge by the river were disturbed by the fierce exchange of fire and the sound of the siren coming from behind. They all turned their heads and looked behind them.
Somewhat at a loss.
On the river, one regiment of enemy troops rushing towards the east corner rushed into the depths of the island and continued to move forward at high speed. Another regiment set up machine guns to shoot at the huge ferry on the river two hundred meters away. Gu Zhenglun and Li Xianzhou on the ferry were in command.
The officers and soldiers pried up the steel deck and moved thick wooden boards to block bullets. Four light machine guns and more than thirty fancy machine guns arranged on the port side started shooting at the enemies on the shore. Gu Zhenglun's adjutant rushed into the cabin and ordered to speed up and rush to the east corner.
.
The enemies on the shore were obviously not as fast as the high-horsepower ferries in the river. They had no choice but to scream in anger and ran south again. However, more than ten people were killed by the machine guns on the ship, and the enemies had to lie down in frustration again.
Instead, he aimed at the ferry and fired wildly, causing wood chips to fly from the ferry and steel plates "
Sparks were emitting from the clang, but the huge ferry continued to move south unaffected, without slowing down at all. The enemy troops left behind were furious, but they did not dare to pursue them boldly, so they could only follow slowly and keep shooting.
You have to take a detour to get to the inlets or bushes, so the distance between you becomes further and further away.
The enemy commander who was confronting the remnants of the An Yi Division watched helplessly as the ferry accelerated past his position and rumbled toward the east corner of the river outside the 100-meter river. It was less than one kilometer away from the beach behind the remnants of the An Yi Division. The machine guns on the ship were firing.
He fired at his own position in an attempt to suppress and slow down his troops' charge against the remnants of An Yi Division.
After much consideration, the enemy commander finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He pulled out his saber and jumped up from the bunker. He took the lead and launched a desperate charge towards the position of An Yi's remaining troops. Another enemy regiment from the north quickly landed on the shore and rushed to the south.
The shouts of friendly forces charging to the south also roared in unison. The momentum of the enemy's attack suddenly increased, and the situation of An Yi Division became more and more critical.
An Yi pretended that Yin Jinan, who had his leg broken by a machine gun and passed out after taking the position, Yang Bin, who was thrown six or seven meters by the bomb explosion and fell to the unconscious state, and Hu Jialin, who had his abdomen cut open by shell shrapnel and lost a lot of blood, his condition deteriorated.
After repeated relapses, Lu Guang and more than 700 other elite brothers who were tortured by injuries and illnesses to the point of death, finally when more than 1,300 enemies charged 200 meters ahead, An Yi stood up proudly and raised his arms high.
The sword in hand.
There was a muffled sound of "bang", and a huge momentum came from behind, knocking the unprepared An Yi to the ground. Gu Changfeng, who was halfway up, was also kicked by the injured instructor of the first company of the model camp, Chi Shangzhi.
He was kicked in the head and passed out. Deputy Liu Changying of the third battalion of the third regiment succeeded in the sneak attack and immediately shouted:
"Xiaojiu, the situation is so urgent, why don't you act like a fool? Do you want to kill the teacher and our group?"
Lin Yaodong, the captain of the guard, gritted his teeth and led eleven brothers to rush forward. He ordered a group of brothers to pick up the injured An Yi and the unconscious Gu Changfeng, pick up their swords and rush back to the rear of the formation.
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Liu Changying, who was missing his left arm, pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted loudly: "Brothers, it's our turn. For the sake of the teacher's seat, for the model camp, and for our independent division, kill -"
"Kill--"
More than 280 wounded soldiers shouted in unison and rushed towards the enemy group. The other 700 or so soldiers, already red-eyed, rushed into the enemy group like mad cows. The two streams of people collided with each other, making a huge collision sound.
Immediately afterwards, screams and wails shook the sky. Gu Zhenglun and other revolutionary army officers and dozens of boatmen on the ferry slowly sailed to the shore. They saw it in horror, and their hands and feet were cold.
The ferry slowly approached, but due to the water level and silt, it was unable to dock at the shore. The boat's bow was more than four meters away from the shore before it could no longer get closer. Thousands of people on board and off the boat panicked and became a mess.
Shen Fengdao saw the bamboo rafts beside the reeds being tossed up and down by the river waves. He suddenly screamed and jumped down into the water. He stepped firmly on the tail of the six-meter-long bamboo raft. When the front end of the bamboo raft was raised high, Shen Fengdao didn't know what to do.
With all the strength he exerted, he stood up again and quickly spun his right foot in the air like a soaring roc.
With a sweep in the air, he kicked the entire broad bamboo raft between the bow of the boat and the embankment. It fell with a "bang" and bounced high again. At this moment, Shen Fengdao floated down from a high place and stepped firmly on it with both feet.
After successfully connecting the two ends of the bamboo raft, I then tested the endurance of the bamboo raft, nodded to everyone on the boat, and quickly landed safely.
Ding Zhicheng, who was waiting on the shore, shouted loudly, and his soldiers quickly lifted the seriously wounded people onto the ship. More than a hundred friendly soldiers on the ship took up their guns and closely monitored the battlefield and the surrounding situation not far away. The kind-hearted boatmen also took action and put two cannons on the ship.
A wooden beam seven meters long and one foot wide was carried over, and the thick decks that were removed piece by piece were quickly laid on the wooden beams. The approach bridge for getting on and off the ship was immediately expanded three times, and the speed of boarding the ship was doubled.
Just as the brutal hand-to-hand combat two hundred meters above the sandbank was in full swing, Ding Zhicheng, who had escorted the wounded and sick, led more than a hundred tiger and wolf soldiers under his command to quickly return to join the battle group, causing An Yi's remnant army, which had suffered heavy casualties and was about to be completely defeated, to quickly turn the tide of the battle.
Liu Changying, who had been hiding behind, had blood all over his head. He saw the enemy troops being slaughtered step by step by Ding Zhicheng and other fresh troops.
After retreating, the remaining hundreds of enemy troops couldn't stand the brutal killing with flesh and blood flying everywhere and heads rolling in. They were so frightened that they turned and ran away. However, they stopped five hundred meters away and shouted loudly, encouraged by the thousands of reinforcements that came quickly.
Then he turned around and attacked again. Liu Changying knew in his heart that continuing to fight would lead to a life-or-death situation, so he slowly pulled out the bugle that had been prepared from his waist and blew the trumpet for retreat.
Ding Zhicheng saw thousands of enemy troops rushing towards him from three directions. He knew he was outmatched. He was just about to muster up his last strength to fight again when he suddenly heard a loud retreat horn and thought it was An Yi's announcement on the ferry.
After receiving the order, he immediately shouted to retreat, led the more than 400 surviving brothers to break away from the battle, turned around and ran away, quickly rushing to the east corner and escaping onto the ship.
A few minutes later, the panting enemy carried out a frenzied killing spree on the soldiers of the An Yi Division who consciously stayed behind to serve as a blocking force. Finally, they finally broke through and reached the shore, and launched a fierce attack on more than a dozen remnants of the Revolutionary Army who rushed towards the slowly offshore ferry.
shooting.
On the bow of the ship, which was getting further and further away from the shore, An Yi, who was tightly hugged by his guards, Li Xianzhou and others, was already exhausted and unable to struggle. He watched helplessly as more than 400 of his brothers fell to the enemy's bayonets.
He was helpless under the knife, his eyes were about to burst, his heart was bleeding, but he could only gasp helplessly, his face was extremely twisted in pain... On the shore, Liu Changying, who had lost his left arm, was getting further and further away from him.
He became the last person left standing in the independent division.
Liu Changying ran desperately to the shore. A bullet penetrated his waist, and a piece of blood spattered from the front and abdomen. He staggered a few steps forward, knelt down heavily by the water, and looked at An Yi on the bow of the boat a hundred meters away.
Use your last strength to shout to the sky:
"Master, I will still be your soldier in my next life..."
"嚓——"
The blade flashed, and Liu Changying's high head was chopped off by the enemy commander's sharp sword, drawing a sad arc in the air, and finally fell into the river. Several blood arrows rushed out of his erection until it ran out.
He remained kneeling facing the river for a long time.
On the ferry, An Yi, who was hugged tightly by several people, felt his world spin. His breath surged in his chest, and his whole body trembled violently. A cavity of hot blood burst out of his throat and rushed into his mouth, but he swallowed it alive while holding his breath.
After a period of frightening convulsions, An Yi slowly stabilized, and two lines of bright red blood gurgled out of his nasal cavity...