Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Storm Rises in the Southeast of Ji (7)
On the battlefield north of Tonghua County, Tang Yulin looked at the battle report in his hand excitedly. In this battle, they wiped out more than 20,000 of the most elite Eagle Yang troops under the mountain eagle, killed more than 5,000 people, captured more than 13,000 people, and only less than 2,000 people scattered and escaped from the mountains and forests.
For those who escaped, Tang Yulin did not continue the pursuit. Because those people have been frightened, and the pursuit has not achieved great results. And in this battle, their own side also suffered heavy losses. The team of 10,000 people was actually reduced by half, and more than 3,000 people were killed in the direct battle, and there were more than 2,000 seriously wounded, and almost all the rest were wounded. The 18th Regiment, which was the vanguard regiment, was disabled, and the whole regiment added up to less than 500 people. The remaining three regiments were also almost halved. In particular, a large number of officers were killed in battle. Makes the whole team lose their attack sharpness.
"If I have another new force in my hands, I will definitely take this opportunity to directly attack the lair of the mountain carving." Tang Yulin secretly said that it was a pity. Now the only thing he has to do is to retreat to Tonghua County, which he has just occupied, and replenish his troops and supplies. Then accumulate strength and fight a decisive battle. As for the soldiers who died in battle, they have been hastily buried by him. Anyway, in troubled times, human life is like mustard. With Zhang Zuolin's ability, the loss of thousands of people can still be bearable.
With a large number of prisoners, Tang Yulin set off proudly. Behind him, a large number of dejected captives.
On this return trip, Yube's vigilance was very low, after all, no one would have thought of it. There will be instability on the ground you have just laid.
Two hours later, Tang Yulin came to the city of Tonghua County, and Tang Yulin, who was riding on a tall horse, couldn't help frowning.
Years of fighting and fighting gave him an instinctive premonition of danger. The city was a little too quiet. They were left behind with a reinforced battalion. It shouldn't be so calm.
"The whole army is suspended, Commander Gu, you take people into the city to see the situation......" Tang Yulin said to Commander Gu.
Commander Gu didn't dare to shirk, and immediately led his sixteenth regiment into the city, after this battle, his sixteenth regiment had less than a thousand people, and the number of the four regiments was the second-to-last, but they also had a reinforced battalion of more than 800 people in the city, so that his sixteenth regiment had the largest number.
Boom boom. Commander Gu led his two battalions into Tonghua City, which exuded a strange aura.
Half an hour later, there was not the slightest sound in the ancient city, Tang Yulin's face changed greatly, and he ordered the troops to be on guard and ready for battle at all times.
Just when Tang Bu was panicking, a team of men and horses ran out of the county seat, led by the commander of the first battalion of the 16th Regiment. Tang Yulin knew him, after all, the commander of the first battalion was also an old veteran in Zhang Zuolin's team.
"Report to the brigade commander, there is no danger in the city. The brothers guarding the city gate left their posts without permission because they were with people, and the regimental commander was leading people to arrest them. A lowly order was given to inform the brigade commander to enter the city. The battalion commander said loudly.
Listening to the words of the battalion commander, Tang Yulin's heart was a little relieved. I secretly scolded myself for making a little fuss.
"Put away the guys and go into town!" There are a large number of seriously wounded in the ranks and must be treated as soon as possible. Although Tang Yulin was disdainful of the soldiers who died in battle, he was very concerned about these wounded soldiers who could be saved. Tang Yulin started in the army and knew the combat effectiveness of these wounded soldiers after demobilization.
Tang Yulin led the guard battalion to enter the county seat just now, and his expression suddenly changed wildly, because in front of him were black muzzles. Just as he was making a move, a black hole pointed at Tang Yulin's head.
"Don't move, surrender or die!" A voice without the slightest emotion sounded beside Tang Yulin, and then Tang Yulin was pulled off the horse by a strong force. Tang Yulin's team was in chaos, and no one expected that the people around the commander of the first battalion of the 16th Regiment would suddenly hold the brigade commander hostage.
"You...... Who are you? Tang Yulin said calmly.
"Let your people lay down their weapons, otherwise, with a light move on my hand, the head of the famous Brigade Commander Tang in the Northeast will bloom. Don't doubt what I'm saying, so far no less than 100 people have been shot by my own hands. The appearance of blood mixed with brains is really comfortable to watch. Ha ha! "The person who was dressed as a battalion guard and held Tang Yulin hostage with a gun looked ordinary, but the murderous aura on his body was extremely strong, and it was definitely not something that could be formed by killing one or two people.
"Don't think that if you hold me hostage, I can succeed, I can have a team of 10,000 people behind me." Before Tang Yulin could finish speaking, the person who held him hostage raised his hand and blasted his adjutant's head, blood and brains splashed Tang Yulin's face, and the other hand was still holding a gun and pointing it at Tang Yulin's head. The hand didn't move the whole time, as if it had just done a trivial thing.
"Brigadier Tang, don't play any tricks. At such a close distance, even 100,000 heavenly soldiers can't save you. You now order those around you to lay down their arms. The youth's voice was even more indifferent, as if it were a demon from hell.
Looking at the adjutant's blown head, and the wide-eyed eyes, Tang Yulin chose to compromise, although he was loyal to Zhang Zuolin, he loved his life more. If he died, what would be the use of what he had scavenged all these years?
"Lay down your arms!" Tang Yulin said lonely. I didn't expect that I was captured just after winning a battle, and I really fell from heaven to hell all at once. Three regiments of soldiers hidden around swarmed up. captured the guard camp beside Tang Yulin.
Smack!
At this moment, the sound of gunshots suddenly remembered in the city, and the face of the young man who had just breathed a sigh of relief changed. He said to the soldiers of the third regiment: "Take them down, close the city gates, and we will go up to the city gatehouse." ”
"Commander, why don't we use Tang Yulin to make the others surrender?" Political Commissar Liu Shan asked.
"It's not that simple, I've heard the young marshal say that Tang Yulin is commanding a temporary patchwork regiment this time, not his own old troops of the 27th Division, and the team may not completely listen to him. It's not good if it's self-defeating. And now there are only three remnants outside the city, and there are a large number of prisoners, which is nothing at all, and as a soldier, I still like to defeat them in the battlefield. Liu Shan nodded, he is considered a civilian in the army, and he doesn't understand the idea of a real soldier.
"Let's go, Commissar, we must now attract their attention and buy time for the encirclement of the Second Regiment."
The moment the gunshots were remembered, the faces of the commanders of the 17th, 18th, and 23rd regiments changed greatly. If they don't know what's going on in the city, it's pigs.
"Inform the commander of the eighteenth regiment and let his men take over all the prisoners, and the seventeenth and twentieth regiments will concentrate on attacking the city, and they must save Chief Tang." The commander of the 17th Regiment said loudly to the staff officers beside him. At present, the Eighteenth Regiment is the least numerous and the weakest, and can only guard the prisoners. The 17th Regiment and the 20th Regiment had nearly 3,000 people, and with the mortars and heavy machine guns of several regiments concentrated, the commander of the 17th Regiment was confident that he would once again take the county seat of Tonghua County.
At the beginning of the siege, the commander of the 17th Regiment knew that he was wrong, and it was very wrong. The people at the head of the city, although dressed like bandits, looked good when defending, and were no worse than the regular army. This gave the commander of the 17th Regiment an illusion. It was as if the defenders at the head of the city were regular troops, and they themselves were bandits.
"Organize death squads and pack explosives! All other firepower is on full swing to suppress the enemy! ”
Whoosh! A strange sound of breaking the air reached the ears of the commander of the Seventeenth Regiment.
"60 mortars, who let the artillery fire?" The seventeenth regiment commander said with some annoyance. What if Chief Tang was injured by mortar on the castle tower.
"That's not right!" The faces of the people at the headquarters of the 17th Regiment changed, because the landing point of this mortar turned out to be in their own ranks.
Boom, boom, boom
Violent explosions rang out in the besieging ranks. The regimental headquarters of the 17th Regiment was even more unfortunate to be concentrated by an artillery shell, and most of the regimental headquarters were killed by this artillery. The entire besieging force was stupid. I can't figure out why the mortar fell on me. Then a loud trumpet sounded behind them. Fierce shouts of killing rang out from behind him.
"Great, our people have come to save us, I'll just say it, the big boss won't give up on us." The faces of the captured Eagle Yang soldiers were ecstatic. wanted to do something inside and out, but looking at the cold muzzles of the eighteen regiments, none of the bandits dared to come forward.
Then the same trumpet sounded over the city, and with another loud bang, the gates fell, and countless soldiers with white towels wrapped around their arms rushed out. The three parties are strangled again.
"Young Marshal, why are you here?" Liu Hei looked at Feng Yong, who walked up to the city, and said a little unnaturally. Liu Shan, the political commissar beside him, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Of course I have to come up, otherwise I'm afraid that my third commander will go down and fight the enemy with bayonets." Feng Yong laughed teasingly. Liu Hei looked embarrassed, he really wanted to rush down with blood just now, but was stopped by political commissar Liu Shan.
"Hehe, how can it be, I am the commander of the regiment, of course I have to command in the back." Liu Heigan laughed.
"Kuroko, now that the overall situation has been decided, there is no need for you, the head of the regiment, to go up and boost morale. You must always remember that you are the commander and commander of the three regiments, and as long as you are there, the three regiments will always be a tiger descending from the mountain and a dragon going to sea. But if something happens to you on the battlefield, these three regiments will lose their backbone, and the three regiments without souls will not be the most powerful team. Feng Yong said earnestly. Among these group leaders, if Feng Yong admires anyone the most, it must be Zhang Xiaoshan, the head of the regiment, but if he says that his favorite person is still Liu Hei, because he has the shadow of Li Yunlong, the head of the independent regiment in the TV series in later generations. It's just that he is much more ruthless than Li Yunlong on TV.
"Yes! Young Marshal, your subordinates promise to remember your guidance. Liu Hei said seriously. Feng Yong smiled and didn't take it to heart, if Liu Hei could really restrain himself, the dog wouldn't eat.