Han Baihang led his army to the northeast for more than ten miles in the middle of the night. Before they could get out of the mountainous area of Gu'an, they were intercepted by the Anhui army. Fortunately, it was a night battle in the mountainous area, and the Anhui army was unable to deploy due to terrain restrictions. The two sides fought hard.
They were all fought by blind men, and he broke through with a fierce attack. But as he moved forward, he felt something was wrong. There were dense gunfire from all directions, and more and more Anhui troops appeared. He reacted immediately, fearing that something was wrong.
The Anhui army has guessed the intention of selecting the vanguard and is surrounding them with a large force. It cannot continue to move forward now and should retreat quickly to break out of the encirclement.
He hurriedly found the captain Zhong Gaoying and expressed his worries and opinions. Unexpectedly, Zhong Gaoying showed him a message from the division headquarters. He shook his head and said, "We cannot withdraw. Commander Yu ordered us to continue the attack on Tuanhe."
Han Baihang opened his eyes wide and read the message over and over again. He trembled in his heart and said hurriedly: "Our army's combat intention has been exposed. There are countless enemy troops blocking the front. Going forward will lead to a dead end!"
Zhong Gaoying said expressionlessly: "I know everything you said, but this is Commander Yu's order. Don't you think you can disobey it?"
"Isn't this asking us to die!" Han Baihang couldn't help complaining.
"presumptuous!"
Zhong Gaoying raised his brows, put his right hand on the holster of his gun, a murderous look flashed across his face, and said sternly: "Commander Yu is far-sighted, how can you, a small platoon leader, criticize him?"
Although the night was dim and Zhong Gaoying's face could not be seen clearly, Han Baihang could still feel the murderous aura emanating from Zhong Gaoying. He couldn't help but shudder in his heart. He had no doubt that Zhong Gaoying would shoot him in the next second, so he immediately softened his words: "I don't dare to do this for a humble job."
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Zhong Gaoying stared at Han Baihang for a long time, then suppressed his murderous intention and said coldly: "If I hadn't seen you working hard all the way, based on what you just said, I would have executed him for disturbing the morale of the army."
Han Baihang was sweating coldly and did not dare to speak anymore. He just nodded submissively.
"Platoon Leader Han, you return to the army immediately and continue to lead the army to attack!" Zhong Gaoying said with a wave of his arm.
The color of Han Baihang's face changed, and he just wanted to scold his mother. This order was ordered by the Lord of Hell! But he didn't dare to say no, so he had to show a resolute look, accepted the order, and ran back.
He was more likely to be shot when he was flying on the battlefield. He tried his best to bend down and lower his body, and returned to the hilltop position where the fifth platoon was with his heart in his throat.
At this time, the gunfire in the battle became even fiercer. I could see that the surrounding darkness was full of missiles with incoming gunfire. The enemy's shouts were earth-shattering. I don't know how many men and horses were attacking upwards. The soldiers in the fifth row suffered heavy casualties. Only
There were less than thirty people left to resist. Fortunately, a large number of flower traps were distributed before departure. The firepower was temporarily able to suppress the enemy's attack. However, the strength of the troops was really disparity. The soldiers were already panicking. Seeing him coming back,
As if he had a backbone, he shouted: "The platoon leader is back."
"How about the platoon leader? What's the captain's order?" Several shed leaders gathered around him and asked all kinds of questions.
Han Baihang had a sullen expression and said nothing. He fumbled in his pocket for a while and took out a match, and asked the shed leaders: "Who has a cigarette?"
Xu Pengzu hurriedly handed over a crumpled cigarette. Han Baihang held it in his mouth and lit it. He took a deep puff and the strong nicotine circulated in his chest. He suppressed the fear in his heart and said in a low mood:
"The captain wants us to continue the attack."
"ah!"
Several shed leaders exclaimed, they couldn't believe their ears. With just five platoons of troops, it was difficult to defend, let alone attack. Their reaction was even greater than Han Baihang's reaction just now. Everyone was excited and questioned Han Baihang.
Bring back the order.
He Li's eyes widened and his voice changed: "Why don't you persuade the captain."
"What are you shouting at me?"
Han Baihang had been holding back his anger for a long time, and said with a livid face: "What advice? I just raised some objections and almost got shot. If any of you are not afraid of death, just go ahead and speak up."
Upon hearing this, the shed leaders all wilted, and even the platoon leader almost got shot. They, the soft-spoken shed leaders, dared to see Zhong Gaoying, for fear that they would become impatient.
There was a wordless silence, and the shed chiefs were all a little desperate. They could not retreat at this moment. There were enemy troops encircling them in front of them. They were outflanking them on the left and intercepting them on the right. They had no choice but to wait for death. But the ants were still alive, let alone living creatures like them.
Everyone was looking at each other, but no one could pay attention. In the end, they had to turn their attention to Han Baihang for survival. After all, he was the platoon leader. In this life-and-death moment, everyone was more willing to believe in him.
I can come up with a solution.
Han Baihang understood the gazes of everyone and became restless. After all, deep down in his heart he was still a private citizen who took care of himself. He never thought that more than thirty lives would fall on his shoulders. This pressure was too great.
The pressure was so heavy that he could hardly breathe, and his mind was in a mess.
At this time, the surroundings remembered the intensive gunshots again, and the hearts of the shed leaders suddenly twitched. Xu Pengzu shouted sadly: "Platoon leader!"
Han Baihang gritted his teeth. He certainly had a way to escape, which was to disobey military orders and lead the fifth platoon of Saya to escape. But he couldn't say this, otherwise military law would not be able to spare him if he was traced in the future, so he
He stopped talking and just lowered his head and sighed.
When the shed leaders saw him looking so anxious, they couldn't help but ask: "Platoon leader, please speak up. The brothers are waiting for you to survive."
Han Baihang smiled bitterly and said: "There is a way, but we can't do it."
When the shed leaders heard that there was a way to survive, their eyes couldn't help but light up. They were like drowning people, naturally grabbing every straw around them, but regardless of the consequences, they all said: "Platoon leader, tell me, as long as you can
Survive and don't surrender to the enemy, no matter what you do."
Han Baihang hesitated again and again and took a precaution in advance: "This is what you want me to say. If the superiors investigate it in the future, it has nothing to do with me."
The shed directors nodded hurriedly, patted their chests and said, "That's natural."
Han Baihang asked the shed chiefs to come over and whispered: "We are all brothers who have been through life and death. I will not hide it from you. The only way to survive is to disobey the military order and retreat!"
The shed chiefs were suddenly startled: "If we retreat, won't we expose the captain and others to the enemy?"
Han Baihang sneered and said: "Even if we don't retreat, how long can we hold off the Anhui army? It's night now, and the Anhui army can't initiate an encirclement yet. If we wait until dawn, the Anhui army will encircle us with iron walls.
We can't resist for an hour. Since the outcome can be predicted, why should we make fearless sacrifices? Besides, we are not completely disobedient. Commander Yu's order is to surprise Tuanhe. Now the opportunity for surprise attack is gone. The battlefield is changing rapidly. Hold on to death.
Failure to adapt to orders will only harm the three armies, so we are just retreating temporarily to wait for the opportunity."
Han Baihang's words were so high-sounding that he found the reason for his disobedient retreat. After hearing this, the shed leaders looked at each other and no one said a word.
Han Baihang looked on with cold eyes. He was just making a pertinent suggestion. If the shed chiefs were willing to stay here and wait to die, he would naturally not stop them. In fact, he had already thought of a way to escape on the battlefield and found a uniform of the Anhui Army.
On the way, while no one was looking carefully at night, whether it was the wounded or dead bodies of the Anhui army, there was a 70% certainty that he could escape from the battlefield. Moreover, he had also thought about his escape route. After the Zhi-Wan war, the north became the Zhili world.
Therefore, he could not stay in the north for too long and could only go to three other places. One was to go to Guangzhou to join Sun Yat-sen and become a Kuomintang veteran; the other was to go to Shanghai. This colorful world of ten miles away was a paradise for adventurers, and he yearned for it.
It has been a long time; the last one was to go to the Northeast to join Zhang Zuolin. You must know that the Zhili clique only lasted for four years, and the Fengcian had the last laugh in Beiyang, and it was still shining brightly during the era of the National Government.
"As if I didn't say what I just said, I will allocate our troops and prepare to attack the enemy." Han Baihang pulled out his pistol and said resolutely.
The shed chiefs were nervous. If Han Baihang had not explained how to survive just now, they might have died generously and launched a desperate charge against the enemy. But now that they had a chance to survive, their hearts were shaken. Between life and death, they
Choosing the former: "Platoon leader, we listen to you!"
Han Baihang was silent for a moment. In fact, what he just said about retreating against orders was a last resort. It was more to test everyone, in order to make everyone completely convinced of him. Now that the effect has been achieved, he came up with another moderate method.
He opened his mouth and said: "I heard from the guide that there is a tributary of the Yongding River to the east of our army. The enemy's deployment in that direction must be weaker. We can choose where to attack. It has not rained in the past few days, and the river must be full."
It’s not too fast, we can try to swim across it with arms, which is also a way to survive.”
The shed chiefs agreed after thinking for a while. No one was willing to desert until the last moment, and Han Baihang was the same, but he really didn't want to die under Zhong Gaoying. Only by breaking away from the main force could he have a chance of survival.
