The artillery brigade now has too few artillery, and the artillery and mortars in the two battlefields do not need so many people to operate. The extra 600 people were also selected from all the officers and men, including the prisoners, and those who had a little level of education or knew some artillery knowledge were treasures in Guo Shucheng's hands and could not afford to be missed.

The special brigade has only more than 500 people in total, which is less than the total number of artillery brigades, and is the smallest among the six brigades. And the company of more than 100 people that Sun Xingguo and Song Jun took away was even more excellent, and the remaining 400 people also went with Guo Zhuocheng this time.

This team is neither big nor small, and it adds up to more than a thousand people.

Less than an hour after Guo Zhuocheng led his team to leave Matouling, Wang Guangdao and Chen Peng led the first and second brigades to leave Matouling and march towards the county seat of Guanyang County.

At this time, the regiment of Zhou Hunyuan's Central Army had arrived less than a kilometer away from Matouling. Here, they encountered the resistance of Zhuang Zongquan's third brigade.

The Central Army of this regiment was extremely cautious, and they obviously knew that the other side was not a vegetarian when they had dealt with the Red Army all year round, especially when they heard that an entire division of the Gui Army here had been annihilated by the other side yesterday, so they had to be careful and did not dare to be careless at all. Not only did they send out reconnaissance troops and vanguard troops, but the large troops behind them slowly followed up in battle formation.

"Boom-" An artillery shell exploded not far from the reconnaissance team.

As soon as the reconnaissance team lay down, five more shells fell, two of which hit right in the middle of them, killing two soldiers on the spot and all five of them were painted.

Just when the screams and moans rang out. Five more shells flew. Enveloped all the other uninjured ** soldiers in shrapnel. Those who were already injured were even more separated.

When the last three shells came, most of the screams had stopped, almost all the soldiers who were alive were reduced to pieces, and at last only a faint voice remained, and it was not known whether he was lucky or unlucky.

Zhang Pingkai, who was standing on Matouling Mountain and watching the battle with a telescope, was so heartbroken that his cheeks bulged out, and he asked sharply: "Who is commanding the artillery?" Who ordered it, is there such a loser? ”

The staff officer next to him hurriedly said: "Report to the political commissar, it's Captain Zhuang Zongquan." ”

Zhang Pingkai said angrily: "I know it's Captain Zhuang." I asked who was specifically directing the artillery ?! ......, how can a scout of a squad be bombarded with artillery? Don't you know how precious cannonballs are? Ask me about it right away, I'm going to punish him! Demotion him! ”

The staff officer hurriedly called to inquire.

A few minutes later, the staff officer came back with an embarrassed look on his face and said: "Report to the political commissar, it was Liu Xiangyang, the deputy captain of the artillery brigade, who personally commanded it, and he said that when Captain Guo left, he told him that he was going to fight like this, and that he wanted to give the enemy a dismount and let them know that our Red Army was more important than them." There's no way to destroy us. ”

Zhang Pingkai said angrily: "Isn't he, like the people here, all under the unified command of Captain Zhuang?" How could Captain Guo meddle in such a specific matter? ”

The staff officer said: "I also talked to Captain Zhuang on the phone just now, and he said that he also felt heartache. Bombing the enemy like this, ammunition is too wasteful. However, he said that the ammunition here will be sold out either today or tomorrow anyway, and we will be transferred soon, and then these artillery and shells will have to be blown up. ”

During the staff period, he said: "Captain Guo has long said that we can't take all these broken things with us, and we can't even bring lithographs, machine tools, and so on like the main force of the Red Army, because too many jars and jars will affect our forward speed, and will also sacrifice the lives of our soldiers, and we must not make such mistakes." He said that not only should the artillery here be blown up, but there was no need to take away even the food, and it was left to the Kuomintang-Party troops......

"Fart!" Zhang Pingkai was furious and shouted, "He's going to extremes." It's not right that the main force of the Central Red Army carries jars and jars, but we can't even do without artillery for the sake of light equipment, right? Is it that the situation is urgent, and we have thrown away our guns and not even put on clothes? He...... He...... Even if it is a joke to say that the food should be left for the Kuomintang-Party troops to eat, how can we throw away the food? Don't you know how many people our Red Army sacrificed in order to seize artillery and food? How can he be such a loser...... How can it be ......"

After scolding this, he didn't scold anymore, and there was a trace of embarrassment on his face. Because what he did was not in keeping with the status of the political commissar, exposed the contradictions among the leading cadres, and was not conducive to unity.

In fact, the people around him did not say that he was wrong, and it stands to reason that the political commissar is the supreme commander of this unit, and the political commissar has the final veto power. Only in the time of battle can the military commander's military orders surpass the political commissar's, and Zhang Pingkai has absolute power to stop such behaviors as Guo Zhuocheng's orders and the behavior of throwing away grain to "fund the enemy."

However, Zhang Pingkai finally controlled his feelings and decided to find time to have a good talk with Guo Zhuocheng, to improve the ideological consciousness of this commander who had jumped up from an ordinary soldier, and to seriously remind him of the importance of enforcing discipline. In the ranks of the revolutionary, such self-acting actions are not tolerated.

When Zhang Pingkai was angry, Zhuang Zongquan was also very heartbroken, a few soldiers actually spent fourteen shells, didn't he Liu Xiangyang feel pain? Could it be that it would be so easy to waste them after being captured from the Gui army?

In his opinion, this is really a waste. It's more than a shell in a small soldier's stall, it's too fucking extravagant.

There is no way, the Red Army has been poor from the beginning, and has been living a poor life, where can you see such a big spender?

Not only did the people within the Red Army not get used to it, but also the officers of the Kuomintang Central Army, who saw that the Red Army had blown up a small reconnaissance squad with 14 shells, and the commander of the enemy regiment who was following behind him also cursed him. However, the targets of his scolding were slightly different from those of Zhang Pingkai and Zhuang Zongquan, in addition to scolding the Red Army for being a loser, the enemy regiment commander also scolded the Gui Army for being a fool, and the Red Army took away all the precious artillery.

You must know that the current cannons and shells are very valuable, almost all of them are bought from abroad with real money, and those bought with huge sums of money are often eliminated and used by European countries. Their Central Army is not a landlord with surplus food, there is not much artillery, and one regiment of them has only 10 mortars, and if they want artillery support, they have to ask the division commander and the army commander to send artillery to help, and it is impossible for a regiment to be equipped with artillery as standard.

Seeing that the Red Army was so vicious, that a reconnaissance squad of a dozen or so people used so many shells, if they rushed forward, wouldn't the shells fall like hail? Can we still live?

Seeing that his subordinates were pale with fright from the 14 shells, the enemy regiment commander immediately ordered the troops to stop their movements, and hurriedly asked the telegraph operator to send a report to the division headquarters and the army headquarters asking for instructions on the next move. Although it was not explicitly stated in the telegram, the meaning was clear at a glance: we could not advance without the support of artillery.

Seeing that a regiment of the Central Army not only did not advance further, but retreated some distance, Zhuang Zongquan, who was in charge of the command of the Third Brigade, seemed to understand the reason why Guo Zhuocheng ordered Liu Xiangyang to "waste" the shells: to give the enemy a dismount and make them dare not act rashly.

In this way, not only can you save the ammunition of the infantry and reduce the casualties of the fighters, but more importantly, you can delay the time and allow other troops to do their thing calmly.

It can be said that now is the time when the special operations force is at its weakest, the troops have not yet been properly tempered, and the division of troops into three places is the period when the losses can not be withstood the most; regardless of whether the capture of Guanyang County and Jianghua County is successful or not, as long as the three units are reunited, the combat effectiveness of the special operations force will be greatly increased. The most important thing that this force lacks now is time.

Zhuang Zongquan figured it out, and admired Guo Zhuocheng more and more in his heart.

Zhang Pingkai, who was standing on Matouling and watching the battle with a telescope, naturally understood, but he saw it at a higher level than Zhuang Zongquan: "I can't imagine that Guo Zhuocheng is young and not only proficient in the way of using soldiers, but also has mastered the psychology of the Central Army and the Gui Army. ......, will he really achieve unexpected results by dividing his troops into three places this time? ”

Yes, Guo Zhuocheng really grasped the psychology of the Central Army and the Gui Army and played a tightrope trick. Adhering to Jiang Jieshi's original intention, the Central Army has always wanted to march into Guangxi, incorporate the Gui Army into its own command system, and bring Guangxi into the unified leadership of the Nationalist Government, and now the Red Army has appeared in the territory that the Gui Army is responsible for, and the Gui Army not only did not destroy it in time, but destroyed a main division for the other side, which is undoubtedly an excellent reason for the Central Army to intervene, and they are very happy to have the opportunity to enter the territory of the Gui Army to help the Gui Army.

However, the Central Army also knew that the head of the Gui Army was not stupid, and it was impossible not to know the purpose of the Central Army's help, so naturally it was impossible to welcome the Central Army in just like that, and it would definitely try every means to block it, and now that the Red Army had not been eliminated, it was not yet a good opportunity for the Central Army and the Gui Army to make a move, and if the two sides went to war now, only the Red Army would be happy, and it would be Mr. Jiang who would suffer.

It was precisely because of such contradictions, scheming, or evil intentions that the Central Army sent only one regiment, and as Guo Zhuocheng said, this regiment not only tested the strength of the Red Army on Matouling, but also tested the further reaction of the Gui Army. Now in the face of "fierce" artillery bombardment, whether to increase the forces to attack or to stop and wait and see, Zhou Hunyuan, commander of the Central Army, the commander of the Third Column of the Communist Party, that is, the commander of the 36th Army, was in a dilemma, and after receiving a telegram from Xie Bofu, commander of the Fifth Division, requesting instructions for the next step, he thought for a while and sent a telegram to his superior, Jiang Jieshi.

At the same time, he also sent a telegram to Bai Chongxi, who was sitting in Gui-Lin, informing him of the situation of a regiment of the Central Army at Matouling.

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