The battle began the day before yesterday, in the early morning of the 29th. On this day, the Hunan army made little progress. Yesterday, however, the Hunan army suddenly stepped up its offensive, dispatching more than a dozen planes to strafe and bomb the positions of the Red Army, and then shelling them with intensive artillery fire, while the Hunan infantry launched a charge in a dense formation.

As a result, the positions of the Red Army began to be in danger.

Later, the Hunan army further changed its tactics and used a part of its forces to attack the frontal positions of the Red Army in turn, and attacked the flanks of the Red Army's positions in a roundabout way with large forces, so that the defensive lines of the Red Army, which was insufficient, were lengthened and the hills defended were lost one by one.

As soon as the day dawned today, the Hunan army concentrated its forces to storm the junction between the two main divisions of the Red Army, with the result that the already crumbling position was broken through.

A Hunan army actually rushed to the vicinity of the headquarters of the Red First Army, and the senior officers of the Red First Army, Mr. Lin, Mr. Nie, and others almost became prisoners of the Kuomintang-Party army!

The only three main blocking battlefields were alerted, and one after another emergency telegrams drifted into the general headquarters of the central column like snowflakes:

"There is a huge disparity between us and the enemy, and we have made great sacrifices, has the military-commission column crossed the river?"

"The Mihuashan position of the 1st Red Division has been broken through by the enemy, and the second line of defense has been retreated, and the front line is critical!"

"The Hunan army appeared at the junction of the two worlds, and the headquarters of our First Army Corps hastily received the enemy, and a fierce battle was underway."

"The Guanghuapu position has been lost, more than half of the casualties of our Third Army Corps are still high, and the soldiers are still fighting high and swear to complete the task of covering the military commission column to cross the river."

"The Red Eighteenth Regiment is outnumbered, and with a part of the troops holding on to Xinwei to block the attack, the rest is breaking through."

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Look at the wriggling procession. Mao Rundong, who was standing in the line waiting for the troops in front of him to pass, was anxious. Involuntarily, he turned his head to look at the eastern sky behind him. His face was full of melancholy.

"Old Mao, this shape is too severe, how can we still walk so unhurriedly." Wang Jiaxiang, who was following behind Mao Rundong, also had a painful face, and looked at the front worriedly.

Mao Rundong sighed and said: "Now we are soft-spoken, no one listens to what we say, and people still have opinions when we talk too much, thinking that we are restless." What are you doing with all this rags? As long as there are people who are afraid that they can't make these things? We didn't receive it from heaven before. Isn't it the same that we built it from scratch? ”

Wang Jiaxiang shook his head painfully, he didn't want to say anything, but he still couldn't help but say: "They have a good face, it seems that if they lose these pots and jars, they will fail, and they will be lost dogs." With these pots and jars, it seems that the home is still there, and we haven't failed, which is really ridiculous. ”

Mao Rundong pursed his lips, swept his right hand with the cigarette outward, and then stuffed the cigarette into his mouth. After a few sharp puffs, he said angrily: "All the jars and jars must be broken." Only by breaking these things can we be relaxed. If you don't break it, you can't stand it, if you don't break it, you can't stand it! ”

Wang Jiaxiang naturally knew the meaning of the other party's words, and said: "Don't they know that every time we take a step, we will have to sacrifice the lives of several Red Army soldiers, and our strength will be reduced?" ”

Not far in front of them, Zhu Lao, commander-in-chief of the Red Army, and Zhou Luolai, one of the three supreme commanders, walked together, and the two of them were also anxious, looking at the emergency messages one after another, and the three words "what to do" were obviously written on their faces.

"Come, we can't fight like this anymore. If we do not take measures, we will not be able to cross the river far, and the troops with combat effectiveness will be defeated. When the time comes, what kind of revolution will we take? How do you think we are worthy of those sacrificed warriors? Mr. Zhu was already in tears.

Zhou Luolai didn't sigh too much, but said: "Now the Red Eighteenth Regiment behind is in danger, and the Red Thirty-fourth Division doesn't know if it can come over in time to meet them. I'm also worried about the Red Eighth Army, although they are all strong, but they have not been in battle, I really don't know if they can stop the wolf-like Gui army from retreating safely. ”

Mr. Zhu still said: "Comrade Luo Lai, I propose to convene an emergency meeting of the Central Military Commission immediately, and we must solve the problem of the troops advancing lightly, this is a life-and-death moment, and a few of our leaders cannot be sinners of the Red Army through the ages!" ”

Zhou Luo said: "This problem really needs to be solved, but now the affairs of the Red Eighteenth Regiment, the Red Thirty-fourth Division, and the Red Eighth Army are more urgent, and we have to come up with a plan." ......, let's go find Lao Mao first and listen to his advice. ”

Mr. Zhu glanced at a guy in front of him who was obviously European in disgust, and said, "Okay! Let's go find Lao Mao,. ”

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At this time, the fierce battle at the Gulingtou position was in full swing, and the Red Army of the 18th Red Regiment, which had been ordered to be cut off, was fighting to the death with the Gui Army, which was several times its size. Although the intensive charge of the Gui army gave them great pressure, they could barely block it for a while with the advantage of the terrain, and what made them feel the pressure the most was the opponent's artillery fire, first a burst of breathless oppression, then a violent explosion, and then a strong shaking of the earth, and one after another craters filled with gunpowder smoke appeared out of thin air on the ground, which made people panic and irritable. If a nearby shell hits someone, or if the air wave of the explosion lifts nearby people and stumps into the air, they will have to endure a baptism of blood, stumps, and mud, which will make people vomit.

It's like living in hell, and your life can be taken away by shrapnel at any time, tearing apart by the waves. Before the people could recover from the artillery fire, the Gui army below began to charge fiercely again. The Red soldiers had to fight back with a strong spirit, and after repelling the enemy's attack a little, they had no time to catch their breath, and they had to repair their trenches despite the danger of being killed, gather their guns and ammunition, crawl through the mud stained dark red by the blood of both sides, and look for precious bullets from their broken bullet belts or pockets......

Looking at the increasing number of enemies below, at the dwindling number of comrades around him, at the empty bullet belts, and at the wooden boxes with only a few strings left and not a single grenade, the fighters became more and more anxious and desperate. They knew that it would not be long before their positions would be broken and occupied by the enemy, and they would be surrounded and annihilated by the other side, and they would become a corpse like those sacrificed comrades around them......

But none of them wanted to escape, and none of them wanted to surrender, they gritted their teeth and persevered, aiming their guns at the charging enemy......

Seeing a neat and well-equipped team coming over, the company commander in charge of guarding the artillery position came out with a guard, and asked a little timidly: "...... you guys What part of you are in? What's the ...... here? What's your business? ”

There is no way, Guo Shucheng's aura is too strong, which makes this company commander involuntarily shorter.

Guo Shucheng snorted coldly and said proudly: "We are from the military department supervising the combat team. Then he snorted coldly, "Password! "He speaks the authentic Cantonese-Western Guilin dialect.

When the other company's company commander heard this, he felt even shorter, and hurriedly replied: "Bao Gui!" …… Return...... Requirement? ”

"Anmin!" Guo Shucheng replied coldly.

The phrase "Bao Gui Anmin" was set up by Guo Zhuocheng when he accosted people on the road, because there was no such tension on the battlefield on the march, the officers did not keep it too secretive, and Guo Zhuocheng was very polite, and others did not beware of him. In fact, this kind of password only needs to be set out in half of it, and the second half of the sentence can be asked openly.

Then, Guo Shucheng angrily reprimanded, "What do you look like, we came up so swaggeringly, and you didn't have any basic guards?" Your dignified company commander didn't even ask the password, are you the brother of the old man of Commander Xia, or the younger brother of his division commander Wang Zanbin? Just now, the deputy captain also said that there is no need to supervise the battle at the artillery position, and you will definitely go all out to eliminate the communists and bandits, and you will go all out to prevent the Central Army from entering our territory, but it is not right to look at your situation. Fortunately, I'm going to take a look, and I'm going to report to the military seat on your watch. ”

The company commander of the Gui army turned pale with fright, especially when he heard Guo Zhuocheng call Wang Zanbin's division commander by his name, which made him even more frightened, and he didn't know what Guo Zhuocheng's origin was. Even if he didn't have a background, just by virtue of his signature as a team leader, he could have been killed on the spot with the negligence he had just made. He hurriedly said: "Sir, please forgive, please forgive, it's really brothers who see you too mighty, we don't dare to doubt it, we all know that you and your subordinates are from the military department, don't dare to be rude, don't dare to be rude......"

Guo Zhuocheng said inch by inch: "Don't dare to be rude? You don't know that this is a matter of human life, and you don't know how important it is to suppress bandits? If you don't watch out when you see us mighty, what about the enemy pretending to be our troops? The Communists and bandits are called Hanako, and they have no weapons or clothes to pretend to be, but those central soldiers are so rich that it is very easy to impersonate us. Are you just going to let them in? ”

The company commander of the Gui army calmed down a little and said, "Impossible! We recognize the bastards of the Central Army. They couldn't have the new military uniform you wore so quickly, and their accent didn't have the authenticity that we Guiliners say. And sir, you know at a glance that it is not simple, you must have worked beside the military seat for a long time, and your temperament is different. ”

Guo Shucheng smiled reservedly and said, "If you don't take it as an example, I won't report to the military seat this time." You also know that there is no room for any sand in the eyes of this person, and if I tell him about your table today, maybe he will let the people of the Military Justice Department give you the Fa in anger. Even if you don't shoot you, and you leave a bad impression in his mind, then you will have no hope for the rest of your life. ”

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir. When this war is over, I would like to thank the commander and give him a glass of wine. The enemy company was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Sir, you are so young and promising, and your future prospects are definitely limitless......

Guo Shucheng smiled and said: "Wine is free, the military seat doesn't like people who drink." I don't have any liking for this, I just like to push Pai Gow. ”

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