Chapter 109 Kill to Zhonggong Town
Zhang Dashan was stunned for a long time before he was dragged out of the battlefield. He loved to recover and jumped up and shouted: "What are you running?! Come back for me! Go quickly! Order all departments to gather immediately!!"
But at this time the gunfire was loud, and who could hear what he said?! When the guards saw that the soldiers had all run away, the defeated soldiers could not stop them! So they had to drag Zhang Dashan down desperately and leave the battlefield in panic. They were afraid that they would take the extended firepower of the light and heavy machine guns in a hurry! Although they were not within the range of those machine guns now, who could tell the story of the stray bullets accurately?
Zhang Dashan's brigade, who was retreating in panic, stopped after retreating for nearly two miles. At this time, Zhang Dashan, who finally recovered, gathered the retreating soldiers and counted all the people until dawn. After the counting, Zhang Dashan couldn't help but feel sad! When he set off, he had a team of nearly 4,000 people, and after this machine gun, there were only less than two thousand people left.
Fortunately, after dawn, a group of scattered soldiers came back one after another. Together, Zhang Dashan Brigade has fallen from more than 4,000 people to more than 2,300 people. They dare not go back to clean the battlefield. They were afraid that the Tu Qianjun headquarters in Zhonggong Town would come out, so they hurriedly gathered their men and retreated back to Jinan City.
After returning to Jinan City in great panic, Zhang Dashan hurried to Wang Rixin's division headquarters of the 88th Division and cried to Wang Rixin without entering: "Teacher Commander! Commander~ My brigade is all over! It's all over~"
At this time, Wang Rixin had already gotten up. The gunshots were loud last night. He heard them. At first, he thought that it was Zhang Dashan's brigade fighting the remaining Lu army in Zhonggong Town, so he didn't think much about it. But later, the sound became more and more wrong! He could only hear the sound of light and heavy machine guns, but he didn't hear the sound of grenades and rifles?!
At this time, Wang Rixin became nervous, but because there was no news coming back, he didn't know what was going on. It was so dark that even if he wanted to send someone to check, he had no choice but to wait until dawn to send someone to check. Unexpectedly, when it was still dawn, Zhang Dashan ran back crying and screaming. Wang Rixin couldn't help but feel dizzy when Zhang Dashan outside the door heard Zhang Dashan crying outside! How did this battle in Zhang Dashan fight? It was a brigade! There were more than 4,000 people! Why did it disappear in a while?!
At this moment, Wang Rixin didn't care about the general's demeanor, and rushed to Zhang Dashan a few big steps to grab his collar and asked viciously: "What did you say?! A brigade is gone?! That's so possible!! That's a brigade! What about four thousand people! Why were they beaten by those defeated soldiers?!"
Zhang Dashan cried and shouted to Wang Rixin: "Teacher Commander, that's not a defeated general! They have at least twenty light and heavy machine guns! The brothers rushed up and were swept by them, and they suffered heavy casualties... Wuwuwu... My more than 4,000 brothers were beaten hard by them, and there were only more than 2,000 people who could retreat... Wuwuwuwu... Teacher Commander! You want to avenge me..."
Wang Rixin couldn't help but feel dizzy when he heard Zhang Dashan's words! More than 20 light and heavy machine guns?! What does this mean?! This is the equipment of a brigade! Could the enemy have occupied a brigade?! Even a division?! Wang Rixin couldn't help but think of it in confusion, and then grabbed Zhang Dashan's shoulder and said viciously: "Say! Explain everything to me! What's going on! Be careful to hide it a little and I will kill you!"
Zhang Dashan did not dare to be negligent when he heard this, so he quickly told Wang Rixin all the matter without hiding it at all. Wang Rixin listened to Zhang Dashan's story and was silent for a long time and shouted to the guards: "Guardian!! All the officers and soldiers of the division immediately brought all their equipment to gather in the headquarters!!"
"Yes!" The guard did not dare to neglect, and stood at attention and rushed out of the headquarters to find the communication team to convey the order. The 88th Division is worthy of being the elite division in the Northern Expedition Army. After receiving the order, the entire division took action immediately! After a while, more than 10,000 troops in the division immediately gathered in the headquarters! Their actions made the pupils of several men who seemed to be passers-by shrink! Then quietly left the zhuguanyi Street.
The 88th Division has three brigades under its jurisdiction, one directly under the guard battalion. Among them, Zhang Dashan's brigade has the largest number of people and the best equipment. The reason is that Zhang Dashan is a veteran who worked with Wang Rixin. Therefore, Wang Rixin has a tendency in both equipment and personnel.
For example, today's incident, if it were a second person, it would have been dismissed or even shot by Wang Rixin! But Zhang Dashan just cried for a while and asked Wang Rixin to decide to check the situation. If the other party was really too strong in fire, he would have to say a word to Ruan Xuanwu, commander of the 34th Army, delay it for a while, or send the 89th Division in the army to help.
The 89th Division was commanded by Wang Xiangchen, and the 90th Division was commanded by Xu Yankun. Although these two armies are not the aces in the Northern Expedition Army, they can still make it clear from the south, not the weak brigade! Wang Rixin felt that even if there was a division entrenched in Zhonggong Town, they could eat it!
Thinking of this, Wang Rixin walked out of the headquarters. At this time, the sound of footsteps of "Wow ~" came from outside. The officers and soldiers of the 88th Division were gathering. After a while, Zhou Bing, deputy division commander and brigade commander of the First Brigade, stepped forward.
"Report! The 88th Division of the Fourth Army of the First Revolutionary Army of Guo Min has been assembled! Please give me advice!" Wang Rixin nodded at his deputy, and the guard immediately moved an arms box next to the headquarters so that Wang Rixin could stand on it.
Wang Rixin stood solemnly on the ammunition box, looked at the officers and soldiers of the 88th Division majestic for a while before slowly saying: "Last night, my Third Brigade suffered a major loss when he went to annihilate the troops of Zhonggong Town, the warlord of the Lu army! This was a major mistake for our army. According to the withdrawn Third Brigade officers and soldiers, the other party had more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns! They had complete fortifications, but our Guo Min Revolutionary Army was fighting warlords! No matter how strong his firepower was, no matter where he was deep, we need to annihilate him in this land of Qilu! The torrent of the revolution is invincible!"
After delivering a mobilization speech that Wang Rixin thought was extremely beautiful, Wang Rixin looked at his troops and shouted: "Everyone has it!"
"Breaking!" All the officers and soldiers of the 88th Army stood attentively regardless of their thoughts and listened to the next orders of their division commanders.
"All officers and soldiers of the 88th Division went to Zhonggong Town immediately! Annihilate their troops before dark! This order: Wang Rixin, commander of the 88th Division of the Fourth Army of the Revolutionary Army, the 4th Army of Guo Min!"
"Yes! Respect the instructions of the superiors!" All the officers and soldiers of the 88th Division agreed! They picked up their weapons and rushed to the Zhonggong Town. They had almost never encountered any powerful enemies during the Northern Expedition, so they were extremely energetic! They thought that the remnants of the Lu army in Zhonggong Town were just Er'er, and Zhang Dashan from the Third Brigade probably suffered from darkness and insufficient preparations! As long as our 88th Division came on, they could not retreat?!
At this time in Zhonggong Town, Tu Qianjun had already woken up. After Qi Mudeng finished the machine guns, he did not pursue the officers and soldiers of the 88th Division who retreated. First of all, he had not many troops on hand now, and he would probably suffer a great loss if he chased him. Qi Mudeng was an old man in war and naturally knew this. After knowing that the 88th Division retreated, he ordered a ceasefire.
Only in the morning did people send people to pack up the spoils and get them back. In the morning, almost all the 88th Division could run away. The remaining were the seriously injured and the soldiers who were beaten to death. Qi Mudeng did not make things difficult for them, so he took some wounded medicine and wrapped them up and asked them to carry the dead away and bury them.
After all, it was already May, and the weather in Jinan was not cool. If the corpse was not handled well, there might be plague or something. Just as they were burying the corpse miserably, the 88th Division, led by Wang Rixin, had already reached the periphery of Zhonggong Town! At this time, I saw the surviving soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the 88th Division, who were his division commanders, crying loudly and shouting to ask the division commanders to avenge them.
The outpost of the Fourth Battalion also discovered Wang Rixin's nearly 10,000 troops. He dared not be negligent and immediately gave back to Tu Qianjun in Zhonggong Town. He heard the outpost's return, Tu Qianjun sneered. It seemed that Wang Rixin was not giving up! Since this would make him hit a bigger nail! It is estimated that the Japanese's actions were about to begin, and Wang Rixin would naturally have no time to pay attention to him.
Chapter completed!