On June 21st and 22nd, follow-up troops from Guizhou arrived one after another. After being deployed in place, the other three brigades that followed the Yangtze River from the north arrived in Changsha after solving their targets along the way.

Also present were the police, the garrison and the working group.

Zhang Lingfu's brigade rested for a day and night in Changsha. On the morning of the 22nd, it set off southward, accompanied by two other brigades. Two brigades were left in Changsha on standby. Once the war in the south went smoothly, they would move down the river to attack Wuhan.

Liu Yucai's brigade stayed in Loudi on standby and was responsible for the main offensive mission on the western front; Zhang Lingfu's brigade was responsible for the main offensive mission on the eastern front. The other brigades were blocked by one brigade on the front of each battlefield, one brigade on each left and right, and finally there were truck brigades composed of armored trucks for the main attack.

.Each battlefield is equipped with a garrison regiment for forward security to prevent interference from the Kuomintang troops. Six brigades against six divisions may seem unreliable on the surface, but in fact the total strength is about the same. These six brigades must be organized into divisions.

Large-scale brigades are overstaffed. It is common for the opponent's divisions to be empty for a long time. These are not important. The main reason is that the weapons and equipment are not comparable. In addition, they are prepared but not prepared. In the end, the armored brigade takes advantage of the situation from behind.

The outcome of the outflanking is self-evident.

There was no peace in the Beiyang Army in the past two days. The news of the enemy's attack on Changsha was leaked out for some reason, causing people to panic and seriously affecting the morale of the army. All departments had to stop attacking the southern army.

Trouble came on the 23rd. News from unknown sources spread among the army: Changsha had fallen, and our army was about to face a pincer attack from the north and the south. The situation was not good.

The news spread from the soldiers at the lower level, and slowly trickled down to the superiors. Then they asked people higher up, leaving the commanders one at a time and two at a time. There was nothing they could do, and the superiors didn't know what to do. Changsha was attacked by the enemy.

He knew whether it had fallen or not, but he didn't know, so he might as well call and ask. He picked up the phone and shook it. It was broken. The phone was not working. There was something wrong. This guy was so anxious that he was wandering around the headquarters and couldn't come up with an idea, so he had to call the front line.

Let's discuss the emergency meeting.

This meeting was really lively, and there was a lot of chatter. Some people said that we should stick to the front line and wait for orders, some said that we should retreat first, so as not to be attacked from the north and the south and be surrounded by enemy troops. Some people said that if we retreat, we should retreat from the south.

What to do if the army pursues us? Isn’t it still a situation of attack from the north and the south?

After much discussion, we couldn't come up with a solid idea, and finally a few division commanders made a decision. A small number of troops were left on the front line to form a suspicious formation, and the large forces would quietly evacuate tomorrow morning so as not to alert the other side. After deciding on the strategy,

Everyone thought it was good and left the headquarters one after another to go back and arrange things quietly.

Early the next morning, the eastern and western fronts began to quietly evacuate back to Changsha at the same time, intending to catch the enemy unprepared and take back Changsha. The troops on the western front concentrated in the northern part of Hengyang County, and then evacuated northward, passing through the west of Xiangtan

Return to Changsha; the eastern front is concentrated in the north of You County and evacuates northward, returning to Changsha via Liling.

The army slowly evacuated to the north, and the queue was long. At this time, the clever soldiers already knew that the rumors were true. Changsha had fallen, and some people began to desert. Damn it, if you don't leave, your life will be dead. The mood will be

It was so contagious that the commander could not strictly order officers at all levels to be optimistic about his own army. However, no matter how strict he was, the morale of the army could not be changed. The army slowly withdrew in this kind of frustration.

Not long after the former army on the Western Front crossed Jinshi Township, fierce gunfire came from the front, and the army was blocked. At this time, both officials and soldiers realized that the situation was serious, and there was an enemy blockade in the front.

It would be terrible if the army behind reacted and attacked from behind. Therefore, the front army quickly organized a force attack to open a channel for the following troops.

In order to quickly open the way forward, the frontline commander sent an entire battalion to attack, trying to break through the blocking army in one fell swoop. However, the ideal was full of reality and the reality was very skinny. When the attacking troops advanced to only a hundred meters away from the position,

, the front position erupted into violent shooting, the firepower was so fierce, the opponent also used crossfire, causing great casualties to the attacking troops. The army collapsed quickly, attacking quickly, and retreating not too slowly. Everyone really

They fled in panic, and soon only the screaming wounded were left on the battlefield.

The entire battalion's attack was repelled in a very short period of time, indicating that the opponent's firepower was too strong to attack. Most of the current troops have not arrived yet, so we have to wait for the rear troops to come up and then organize a force attack.

Why did Guizhou's Northern Expeditionary Army block the attack here? Because the enemy's evacuation line must be very long, and they must be gathered together to completely deal with it. Otherwise, how could they capture prisoners in such vast mountains and plains without missing a beat?

Drop it?

At about 11 o'clock in the morning, the army gathered together. Several division commanders discussed that this matter must be resolved immediately, otherwise it would be a big trouble. They decided to use the entire regiment's attack to quickly capture the current position. The idea was good, but everything went wrong.

It was too late. Just as the troops they had arranged to attack had just set off, the sound of roaring motors came from behind them. In this era, there were not many armies equipped with cars, so everyone was very surprised and did not understand what had happened.

It didn't matter whether he knew it or not. The attack from the rear had already begun. The steel monsters all over the field rumbled over. The machine gun fire made the army in the rear rush in this direction in panic. The morale of the army was already very low. Now who

It’s useless to resist even if you resist. That thing is invulnerable. How can a human body fight against steel? Is there any other way besides running away? Run, it’s important to escape. So, all over the mountains and plains are people running away in a panic.

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The armored truck gradually approached, and the loudspeaker on the truck began to roar: surrender without killing, kneel down and surrender!

There were some who were obedient and dropped their guns and knelt on the ground, and the machine guns avoided such people. There were also people who were running around with guns. These people were unlucky, and the machine guns fired at them lifelessly. This is not the end of it.

Ahead, the sound of charging horns sounded from the left and right at the same time. The soldiers who were running for their lives all over the field turned around when they saw the charging troops appearing in front. They collided with the people behind and became a mess. There was no one around.

Lu Kefu, please surrender. This charging army is coming up, Ni Ma, they are not fighting, they are capturing prisoners.

The same situation also occurred on the eastern front. When the retreating army was about to reach Liling, it was also blocked and surrounded on three sides. Finally, it collapsed under the impact of armored trucks. The tactics of both sides were the same. The entire

The combat attack lasted less than forty minutes, but it took nearly two hours to capture the prisoners and gather the enemy troops. There were too many prisoners.

After the battle, part of the army escorted the prisoners back to Changsha. The two brigades that came from the waterway had to rush back to Changsha and go north along the waterway to support the two previous brigades in attacking Wuhan. The armored car brigade rested on the spot to replenish ammunition. A garrison regiment started
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