By the time the fortifications of the security detachment were almost completed, the large army of the Central Army, which had enough to eat and drink, finally arrived.

Seeing that the Red Army on Jianziling was in full array, the Central Army did not immediately attack, because they also knew that this was the gateway to Jianghua County, and the Red Army would definitely send heavy troops to defend it, and it was impossible for them to occupy it so easily, knowing that it would definitely take a lot of effort to capture it.

They first sent a small force to monitor and reconnoiter Jianziling, while the large force rested two miles away and waited for the arrival of the large force behind.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the two regiments behind the Central Army rushed to the foot of Jianziling, and the deputy division commander and chief of staff of the 96th Division also moved the division headquarters to a place less than three kilometers away from Jianziling.

After asking the commander Xiao Zhiping, the commander of the 96th Division, and with the commander's order, the Central Army began fire reconnaissance, and the soldiers of a company began to cautiously attack Jianziling.

As the commander of the Central Army had expected, the company's attack met with a heavy blow from the defenders, and it was beaten down by the defenders' fierce fire before it could reach the halfway point of the attack.

The deputy division commander and chief of staff of the 96th Division, who had been observing the battlefield situation with binoculars, thought that they had a general understanding of the firepower of the defenders of Jianziling, so they ordered to continue to cover Jianziling, use mortars and heavy machine guns to destroy the first exposed fire points, and then mobilize the artillery battalion that followed the division headquarters to bombard the suspicious places.

After ten minutes of artillery preparation, the deputy division commander ordered the start of a formal attack, with the avant-garde regiment attacking along the road, letting the second regiment attack the hill and the other regiment seizing the heights on both sides of the road and attacking along the ridge. Cover the attacks of other troops.

It has to be said that this deputy division commander was very good at commanding battles when he had superior troops, and the security detachment stationed at Jianziling encountered unimaginable difficulties at once, and immediately exposed the problem of insufficient troops, and began to take care of one thing at a time. Although they used all the five 60 mortars they were equipped with, they still felt very difficult. Those who had just joined the army and some of the fighters who had been converted from the militia began to turn pale. Their legs began to tremble, and only then did they know that war was nothing like what they had imagined.

Only the Red Army fighters responded with composure, and in their eyes this kind of battle was simply childish, and there was no comparison with the battles they had fought before. How dangerous it used to be, but now it has enough ammunition, a full stomach, and strong allies behind it. I'm afraid of Mao, and I'm very sure in my heart.

Many of the Red Army also wanted to separate these battles from the security detachment and join the regular army, and no longer be with those who had just joined the army, the former regimental soldiers, and it was really shameless to be with these guys.

It was precisely because of the composure of these old Red Army that infected others, and when they saw the Central Army rushing up, they were repulsed. Their hearts slowly quieted down, and they no longer had the fear they had at the beginning, and they began to lie in the trenches and shoot and throw grenades according to the commander's orders.

The combat effectiveness of the Red Army has been strengthened, and the strength of the Central Army has also been invested, and the battle has suddenly entered a stalemate.

The battle lasted from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., but the outnumbered Central Army occupied only a few of the starting positions, and the farthest troops were only halfway up the hill to establish a few small positions.

Rushed to the top of the mountain several times. It was about to break through, but it was soon defeated by the counter-charge of the Red Army, which made the generals of the Central Army who commanded the battle beat their chests, and each time they felt that they had fallen short, and always thought that it would be good to add more troops at that time.

Commander Xiao Zhiping and Deputy Commander Wang Dongyuan, who were staying with the 15th Division in the back, heard the battle report in front, and on the one hand urged the officers and men of the 15th Division to speed up their advance, and on the other hand ordered the 96th Division to consolidate the positions it had already occupied and suspend the attack, and at the same time quickly transferred another artillery battalion supported by Zhou Hunyuan of the Third Column to the front line, preparing to give a big "surprise" to the defenders on Jianziling. In one fell swoop, take down this roadblock.

Xiao Zhiping picked up the walkie-talkie and loudly reprimanded the deputy commander of the 96th Division, who complained that the Red Army had obtained a large number of weapons from the Gui Army and had very strong firepower: "What are you complaining about? There is a regiment on Jianziling, the people are defending, we are attacking, and they have the advantage of terrain. Of course, it will be difficult for you to attack, but it is not difficult enough to send out the air force to bomb it. The support of the Air Force is limited, and it must be good steel to be used on the blade, at critical moments.

You should be glad that nearly half of the Communists' troops are already concentrated here, and more than half of the weapons they have captured must have been used here. As long as we eliminate them, it will be much easier to attack Jianghua County next. Captured the north gate of Jianghua County, how can you fight it when the time comes? I will immediately transfer the artillery of the 15th Division and the artillery battalion of Commander Zhou to you. Heavy artillery fire will clear your way of fire. ”

However, Xiao Zhiping was obviously disappointed, the security detachment on Jianziling would not fight hard with them, their task was just to lead the nose of the Central Army, just to give the Central Army an illusion, that is, the firepower of the Red Army here is also like this, it is not vulnerable, it can defeat these Red Army, but it is not so difficult, as long as the Central Army concentrates all its strength, as long as the Central Army is not afraid of losses, it will definitely be able to destroy this suddenly appeared force.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the large troops of the 15th Division of the Central Army also arrived not far from Jianziling, and the artillery that was urged by Xiao Zhiping to march quickly also rushed to the foot of Jianziling Mountain.

At 5:25 a.m., the Central Army concentrated all its artillery fire and, after conducting a round of test firing, began to bombard Jianziling fiercely. Although the power of artillery is not great now, if Guo Zhuocheng is here, he will not be very eye-catching to these artillery fires, but for the soldiers of this era, the current artillery fire is terrifying, and it can really be said that the mountains are shaking, sand and rocks are flying, shrapnel is flying, and trees are broken......

It's just that this artillery fire was completely in vain.

Before the artillery bombardment, Guo Zhuocheng received a telegram jointly signed by Chen Peng and Sun Xingguo, saying that the first brigade and the special combat team, which had been sneaking in a roundabout way since the early hours of the morning, had already made a detour of more than 30 kilometers and had now reached the rear of the Central Army. They can cut off the enemy's retreat at any time.

Upon receiving this telegram, Guo Zhuocheng was overjoyed and immediately sent a telegram to Wang Shitai and Wang Fugui of the security detachment: "Wang, Wang: Your unit has successfully completed its goal of containing and paralyzing the enemy. In order to avoid greater losses, I order your troops to immediately abandon the position at Jianziling, quickly get rid of the enemy in front of them and retreat back to Jianghua County, and immediately assist the main force to clean up the battlefield after a short rest. ”

After receiving this telegram, Wang Shitai was also preparing to launch a counter-charge against the attacking enemy, and then get rid of the enemy after repulsing the enemy. However, at this time, he found that the attacking Central Army began to slow down, and the troops at the front began to find a place to hide. Not to mention a general with rich battlefield experience like Wang Shitai, even Wang Fugui, the three-legged cat commander, also knew that the enemy was going to fire shells.

Therefore, Wang Shitai immediately made a decision and immediately ordered the troops to advance lightly and evacuate Jianziling as quickly as possible.

When they ran down the hillside from the forest path, a violent cannon sound sounded on the mountain, and even huge boulders flew into the air with the air wave of the shell explosion, smashed down and rolled down, and the momentum made many officers and men of the security detachment who had been out of danger pale and sweated profusely.

"Oh my god, such a big explosion, if we still have people on it?" A former regimental member touched the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "Captain Wang is so powerful, every time he calculates that they are going to beat us, we will run away." ”

An old Red Army next to him said disappreciatively: "What is this? This is not the most powerful, the most powerful is the artillery bombardment on the ground, the bombing of the planes in the world, that is terrifying. However, as long as we are hiding in the trenches, there is nothing to fear. ”

Another local man, who had just joined the army, asked, "Are the trenches so good?" If a shell falls nearby, it will not be the same as it will blow up? ”

The old red-army said: "Then it depends on your luck, if the shell falls on your side, then you can still not die?" But how could the enemy have so many shells? A cannonball is worth more than a buffalo in our house, and it is impossible to really throw a shot on every inch of land. ”

He has never seen modern warfare, he has never seen a bombshell, when a bombshell is smashed down and explodes, it can blow up a large crater of several square meters, and it is useless to hide in trenches, and it is necessary to dig special anti-artillery and air-raid shelters.

After walking a few hundred meters, the officers and men of the frightened security detachment came to their senses and began to laugh at the stupidity of the Central Army, as did the old Red Army, and laughed at the expensive artillery shells used as salutes to see them off.

The bombardment lasted for more than 20 minutes, and it was not until the artillery shells brought to the front line by the logistics department were basically used up, and there was no movement of counterattack on Jianziling, that the Central Army stopped shelling. When the commander of the front line drove the officers and men to charge, he found that the top of the hill was empty.

The defenders had already retreated, leaving only an empty hill for them.

Although a lot of artillery shells were wasted and some time was delayed, Xiao Zhiping, commander of the Central Army and commander of the 96th Division, was not much depressed, and the other generals were not too depressed.

For these two divisions, the main purpose was to take the county seat of Jianghua County and try to eliminate the Red Army that occupied it. The reason for this is to try not necessarily to wipe out the Red Army completely.

Because Xiao Zhiping and others already knew the little calculation in the hearts of Zhou Hunyuan, Jiang Jiashi and others, that is, to drive the wolf and devour the tiger, that is, after driving the Red Army out of Jianghua County, forcing them to go south, forcing them to attack the territory of the Gui Army, and they followed the Red Army to clean up the territory, and step by step brought Guangxi and West under the jurisdiction of the central government.

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