Looking at the endless mountain road with twists and turns in front of him, Guo Zhuocheng sighed in his heart: "It would be nice if there was a jeep, you can reach your destination in a few hours, and this walk will only take too much time to arrive in the early hours of tomorrow morning." ”

glanced back at Sheng Guozhen, who was following the stretcher with headphones all the way, and muttered to himself: "I just don't know if Bai Chongxi, the old fox, will be fooled." If he doesn't transfer the troops around Jianghua County, I will have to spend a lot more time. ”

Yes, Guo Zhuocheng's purpose was to hope that Bai Chongxi, the little Zhuge who would mistakenly think that he had seen through the contradictions between them and the central army, and mistakenly think that he was using their contradictions to force him Bai Chongxi to take out the small county town of Guanyang to exchange with the Red Army in Matouling, and then this Red Army would guard the northern gate of Guangxi for him.

He hoped that Bai Chongxi would be able to do his bidding.

Guo Zhuocheng knew that Bai Chongxi must be worried that the Red Army was a tiger, a latent dragon that would take off in case of wind and rain. He didn't dare to really let the Red Army store under his nose, fearing that he would be eaten by the tiger he had raised at any time.

Under the trade-off, Bai Chongxi should choose to mobilize heavy troops to annihilate himself, and take the opportunity to transfer the army to deal with the infiltration of the central army.

The reason why Guo Zhuocheng affirmed that Bai Chongxi would be fooled was not because he underestimated Bai Chongxi's IQ, but because Bai Chongxi was very smart, and smart people could easily make this choice.

In addition to the above, the reason that prompted Bai Chongxi to do this was that he did not know the strength of the Matouling Red Army at all, and did not think that this rabble of fleeing Red Army was incapable of anything, although they eliminated one of his main divisions.

In Bai Chongxi's view, the reason why his main division was completely annihilated was that in addition to Wang Zanbin and other officers who lightly attacked the enemy from all sides and dispersed their troops, another reason was that the other party had ambushed a unit outside in advance, which caused a surprise psychological blow to the attacking side. Another reason is that Wang Zanbin's 44th main division has been fighting with the main Red Army for three whole days, and it is already exhausted physically and mentally, while the Red Army on Matouling not only has the terrain to use, but also captures artillery and rests for a while......

Several factors came together to give the Red Army a big advantage, so it is not possible to judge how strong the Red Army's combat effectiveness was by this battle.

Until now, Bai Chongxi did not know that the number of officers and soldiers in Matouling had reached nearly 10,000, and he did not know that Guo Zhuocheng's troops were divided into three routes this time, attacking his Guanyang county all the way, attacking his Jianghua county all the way, and blocking the central army all the way.

Guo Zhuocheng's actions greatly exceeded the imagination of others, including Bai Chongxi, and no one expected Guo Zhuocheng to be so bold.

No one knew that Guo was forced to do so, because he was in a hurry to gather the materials that were exchanged with the time and space in 1991, and only a few large mines in Jianghua County had those rare metal ores that could help him solve the most pressing problems at present.

"Di Di - Di - Di - Di Di - ......"

Guo Zhuocheng was walking, and suddenly a familiar voice came from behind him, and after a while, Sheng Guozhen said in surprise: "Captain, here!" ”

Hearing these four words, Guo Zhuocheng smiled, and couldn't help but say to Sheng Guozhen: "Mr. Bai is really powerful, their departure coincided with our arrival." ”

After listening to Sheng Guozhen's instructions to the Seventh Army from the General Headquarters of the Gui Army, Guo Zhuocheng briefly ordered Sheng Guozhen: "Inquire about the progress of each unit, and send a report to the Sharp Knife Team: One qiē is normal, and it is going according to plan." ”

The further the team went, the higher the sun rose.

After they had crossed several mountains and entered the territory of Jianghua County, the sun began to sink in the west, but Guo Zhuocheng and the others were even more energetic, because he received telegrams from Wang Guangdao and Chen Peng, Zhang Pingkai and Zhuang Zongquan.

The first and second brigades led by Wang Guangdao and Chen Peng were still playing a game of attack and defense with the Gui army in Guanyang County. However, many of the shells fired by the special forces into the county town caused great panic among the defenders, especially the shells smashed on the city walls were too accurate, which not only caused a large number of casualties among the defenders, but also blew up an artillery position set up in the city.

You know, the guns only fired two rounds of shells before they were destroyed by the fire outside.

The power of the cannonballs frightened the defenders, and they scolded their former companions: "Dog, why didn't you shoot so accurately when you were an artilleryman here in Gui Jun before, and now when you become a Red Army, you suddenly become a god-runner, and you fight so badly?"

They also scolded Wang Zanbin of the 44th Division, not to mention that he had given so many soldiers to the Red Army after he was captured, and that the logistics unit had sent too many shells to Matouling, so that the Red Army could fire so unscrupulously. They also scolded Bai Chongxi for not arranging more troops in Guanyang County......

The commander defending the city kept calling on the troops outside to immediately move closer to the county seat and immediately shrink the defenses of other places.

This is not because the Gui army is timid, but it is because the special task force is well-equipped, with many cannons and machine guns, while the Gui army has too few troops. After all, it is only the territory of a province, and Guangxi, among so many provinces in China, not only is it not rich, but it can be described as poor, where can it support too many troops? Now the sixteen regiments have reached the limit, if it were not for the export of rare metal ores, and if it were not for the fact that Mr. Jiang Jiaoshi provided a lot of weapons in order to win over the Gui army to help destroy the Red Army, they would not even be able to raise sixteen regiments.

Now that four of the 16 regiments have been wiped out by Guo Zhuocheng and his troops, plus the main force of the Red Army has been wiped out during this time, and they have to garrison the whole province of Guangzhou-Western Province, the strength of the Gui Army is not enough at all, and the troops stationed in a small county town are obviously not too many, and it is difficult to withstand the attack of two regiments with sufficient soldiers.

Fortunately, the special task force did not charge to the death, and fortunately did not concentrate the shells in one place and storm after collapsing a section of the city wall, otherwise it is really difficult to say whether the county town could hold it.

At first, the defenders did not believe what Bai Chongxi's telegram said that the Red Army would not really attack the city, as long as they could hold it without escaping, they could wait for reinforcements to come, and they could cooperate with the troops rushing from all sides to annihilate the attacking Red Army. Many times they destroyed the machine-gun positions on the city wall, but the other side did not take the opportunity to attack, or ran a few steps and shouted a few times, and when there were gunshots on the city wall, they retreated, retreated to the trenches and hid, and fired indiscriminately at the city wall.

Compared to the accurate artillery of the Red Army, the infantry in the trenches were rubbish, and although the defenders were shot and killed from time to time, the hit rate was not at all comparable to the bullets they fired, let alone the grenades they threw out. None of those grenades hit the city wall at all, they all exploded at least a dozen meters away from the city wall, not so much to fight the defenders, but to cover their own "charge" or retreat, or it can be said to be to give them their own courage and create a little excitement.

Gradually, the defenders became less afraid, as long as they were not artillerymen, not machine gunners, as long as they did not shoot at the troops outside the city, they could basically save their lives.

A smart man whispered: "The Red Army is preparing for a night battle, and night fighting is what they are best at." Now that they have rested and refreshed their spirits, the night is vicious. ”

Someone else knew the "truth" and said: "The Red Army is waiting for us to release the Red Army prisoners, and Mr. Bai is hesitating now." Damn, these captives are useless, why don't you let them go? I don't know what the official hesitates about. If they really want to occupy the county seat of Guanyang County, it will be a big loss. ”

……

The attack on Guanyang County was so fun, and the blocking under Matouling was even cleaner.

I don't know if the Central Army has not yet made up its mind to tear up its face with the Gui Army, or because the Central Army wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, anyway, when the battle in Guanyang County and County was very "fierce", there was a simple ceasefire here. The central army of that regiment began to dig trenches and build bunkers on the spot, but it did not move, just like Zhuang Zongquan's third brigade, the two sides did not fight with each other, but with the land. At about 10 o'clock in the morning, the Central Army also sent a reconnaissance plane to go around, but after being strafed by a burst of heavy machine guns on the heads of Matouling and Guling, it was so frightened that it hurriedly pulled it up, circled around in the air and went back, never to be seen again.

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Seeing that these two places were going according to plan, and the troops were taking turns to rest as planned, Guo Shucheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: "Now I will wait for the news of Sun Xingguo and Song Jun." Let's hope they don't let us down. He looked up at the sun as it was about to set, and thought to himself, "In two hours, they'll be there, right?" ”

Sun Xingguo and Song Jun certainly did not disappoint Guo Zhuocheng, when he looked up at the sun sinking in the west, they had already appeared at the edge of the county seat of Jianghua County, and they saw the outline of the city wall in their field of vision. If it weren't for the fact that they had deliberately taken a remote path in order not to let them find out, they would have appeared at the gate of the county seat long ago.

Sun Xingguo and the special combat team he led quietly set off late last night. They were dressed in the brand-new uniforms of the Gui Army, equipped with almost the best weapons of the Gui Army, and almost all of them were big men, although they had walked most of the night and the whole day today, and had only rested twice to eat, but they still looked energetic.

Looking at the city wall getting closer and closer, they also became more and more excited, and the blisters on their feet and the fatigue on their bodies disappeared without a trace.

(To be continued)