allonlinenovel Chapter 123: Taking Tongping at Night and Fighting Nanyang Again
Chapter 123: Taking Tongping at Night and Fighting Nanyang Again
Peng Guanglie's Third Division stationed in Guangyuan County has been ordered to be secretly transferred to the south. The local armed force only consists of the city defense garrison regiment, but the city defense garrison regiment, Zhaohua, Jiange, and Baizhang joint defense battalions are expanding, and it is estimated that the situation has changed.
"Send an order... Ask Zhou Kui to prepare the garrison for the Chongqing area and hand it over to Feng Ping. Zhou Kui will lead his team back to Baizhang area immediately. In addition, at least 100 people will be transferred from Lijiahe and Xiguan to garrison and converge at Beizhang area. All teams must arrive in three days at the latest. Together with Wu Ying, they will bring 100 garrisons to form the 12th squadron, with Zhang Qingyun as the captain, to carry out running-in training. Liu Huacheng's squadron, Zhang Qingyun's reinforced squadron, and Zhou Kui's squadron will form the 4th battalion, with Zhou Kui as the battalion commander." In order to cope with the upcoming storm in advance, Du Chenyu made arrangements for the teams from all sides.
After more than 20 days of rectification and cleanup, the Enyang area has been basically stabilized, and the garrisons in various places have been basically established. Jiang Zhong has brought half of the sailors back to Wuying. On November 11, Du Chenyu ordered the special service, guards, reconnaissance cavalry, and the 25th and 4th squadrons to immediately withdraw north to Gaocheng.
When he arrived at Qinglong Field that day, Xue Chen had already cleared the surrounding area in the past half month and established a reserve team of more than 100 people.
In the evening, Du Chenyu came to He Chaowu and said, "Brother He, you must immediately lead the special service team to secretly return to Baizhang through Sanxi and Nanyang Mountain areas. Bring this letter with you and hand it to father in person. Then father will arrange your task," Du Chenyu instructed, and did not say anything else.
Du Chenyu was reading the latest newspaper he brought back from Qinglongchang, which reported that on November 11, Cai E escaped from Beijing by hiding from his surroundings. Upon seeing this news, he knew that the registration time for the president would be soon, and they had to act before he registered, and then support his ascension to the throne on the surface, and then oppose it. They had to always learn from Liu Xiang's fence-sitter temperament.
On the 27th, I received a message from my father. He believed that their team's actions were currently under close scrutiny from all parties and that the conditions for a surprise attack were no longer in place. They could only adopt the second plan, which was to proceed steadily and step by step.
Since a surprise attack is impossible, then we will use a forceful attack. Immediately send a message to the Zhenziba area. Wu Xuyang will immediately lead his team to Qinglongchang to join them. Xue Chen will lead the 2nd Squadron and go through Houba River to Gaocheng to join He Jiacheng's Squadron. He will also draw on the local 100 reserve troops. The rest of the squadron will be led by Du Chenyu himself.
During the day, all the squadron members rested and slept in the barracks. At 10 o'clock in the evening, everyone had dinner in the barracks, took their dry food, and left Qinglong Field quietly.
Two hours later, more than 400 people led by Gaocheng Xue Chen, and the 4th and 7th squadrons led by Du Chenyu and more than 300 guards and reconnaissance personnel arrived at Tongping area on time.
The reconnaissance team first occupied the passage from Tongping to Baizhang as quickly as possible, and then completed the encirclement of Tongping from the east, west and south.
"Attack with force, regardless of cost, and take Tongping as quickly as possible to ensure that the battlefield is cleaned up before daybreak." This was the instruction he issued for this mission before the operation. It was the first time he used such an instruction, regardless of cost. A team that cannot fight tough battles will never be able to get out of the situation.
More than 700 people attacked the militia team of less than 300 people in Tongping. They had to complete the occupation within one or two hours. The gunfire was getting more and more frequent. Night attacks had become the norm. Night vision ability was also an important indicator for selecting team members. The battle gradually became intense. The grudges with the Yang family were unclear, and they had fought several times. When the two sides met, they were like enemies, and they were particularly embarrassed. Therefore, there was no prelude, and they just "fight". "Da da... Da da..." The machine guns were burning, and the grenades were exploding. According to the high ground of the battle as the sniper point, the roof and the implementation of land and air advance, quickly attacked the Yang family compound and the surrounding militia camps from the outside to the inside. The main attack Du Chenyu arranged was the 2nd, 4th, and 7th squadrons led by Xue Chen. They had to gnaw the hard bone of the Yang family compound. This was also the second time they visited here.
Half an hour later, the periphery was almost cleared, and each team gathered at the Yang family compound camp. Since it was easily breached last time, the Yang family added a lot of defensive fortifications on the periphery this time. The materials used were still the cement priming and red bricks produced by combining limestone and coal ash purchased from their Baizhang base. In order to break through the fortifications as soon as possible, they brought kerosene bottles for this operation, thinned the outer skin of the bamboo tube, put a fuse on the outside, pulled the fuse and threw it out. It can burn for lighting, and can also be used as a Molotov cocktail. Although it is not as powerful as gasoline, it is cheap and easy to make.
As long as they threw Molotov cocktails recklessly, the Yang family compound would be burned to ashes. The other side probably would not think of resisting in order to survive. After all, this is a civil war, and the loser would not be killed. But once the fire burned, everything would be gone.
Half an hour later, Xue Chen led the 2nd Squadron and the first wave of attack broke into the first outer defense line. They threw grenades and incendiary bombs into several pig pens and cow sheds on the periphery. Soon a raging fire broke out, illuminating the enemy's position as bright as day. Snipers hiding in the dark began to point out the enemy's positions one after another, and the speed of the attack began to accelerate.
When the commandos were breaking through the second line of defense, the other side raised a white cloth in the yard and shouted, "Since you are surrendering, please put down your weapons immediately and come out. I will keep your lives. Otherwise, I will count you to ten. We will launch an all-out attack and leave no one alive. We will burn the whole place to the ground." Xue Chen saw the other side raising the flag of surrender and immediately shouted.
The battle was over in an hour, which was within expectations. The Du family army's elite team of more than 600 people was still unable to defeat the other side's cobbled-together militia. That was just a piece of cake. "In half an hour, clean up the battlefield. The garrison members will send the prisoners to Gaocheng area overnight. Li Haoran's 7th Squadron will leave a team to assist in the defense of Tongping. The rest of the people will set out for Baizhang immediately after half an hour, targeting the Yang family's camp in Nanyang Mountain. The attack will be launched on time at 4 am, without any mistake." This was the largest unified battle in the Baizhang area. At present, there are at least 500 members of the joint defense brigade in the Nanyang camp, and 300 people in the Majiadu area. The others are scattered. As long as the Nanyang base is taken, other places can also be conquered by orders, and the resistance will not be too great.
According to the plan agreed upon by Du Chenyu and his father, they will gather more than 500 people here tonight to attack from the east, Li Long will lead Zhao Rui with more than 200 people to attack from the west, and his father will lead Zhou Kui to lead all 700 people stationed in Baizhang base to attack from the north, using gunshots as the signal for the attack.
They used the captured guns and ammunition to replenish some of their equipment, and then set out immediately, heading north through Huangyangbao, which is the Fifth Regiment Area. This was the Huang family's sphere of influence, and any obstacles to their crossing were removed. It is estimated that the gunshots in the Tongping area alerted them.
After two hours of rushing to the foot of Nanyang Mountain, they were less than 1 kilometer away from the first checkpoint of Yangjia. Xue Chen gathered the team. After all, the team was too scattered, which was not conducive to a surprise attack, so they paused for 10 minutes to organize their equipment.
"4th Squadron takes the middle route..., 10th Squadron takes the left route..., 7th Squadron takes the right route..., attack..." He pointed his gun forward, and the troops immediately divided into three routes and advanced in battle formation.