Chapter 67: The Ambush of Ten Million Sprouts (5)

  Less than an hour and a half after marching, the Guards Division stopped again. Soon, a telegram arrived in Zhang's hands: "The front has encountered a Communist army blocking position, with two companies of troops."

  It seems that He Long has no more troops left in his hands except for the forces surrounding and attacking Cili, with only two companies of troops wanting to block my elite division's troops. He Long really thinks he can do it, underestimating me, Zhang Shicheng, is not right. Jin Ting must make you pay the price.

  "Order the vanguard to dispatch a battalion and give me an annihilating ambush against the enemy."

  What a loss, the vanguard of a battalion was like the seventh battalion's blocking position attacking forward. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire was loud, but it was all from the enemy. The troops of two battalions were hiding in the trenches, silently watching the approaching enemy, hoping to give them a massive blow before withdrawing from the position.

  "With a loud order, 200 rifles and more than a dozen light machine guns instantly spewed out flames, the enemy in front was constantly being knocked down. 'Throw hand grenades.' 'Boom boom boom...' With the sound of explosions, the enemy's first wave of charge was repelled by two companies of troops."

  "Withdraw." Watching the retreating enemy, the battalion commander gave a decisive order to withdraw. The soldiers silently left the battlefield with the bodies of their fallen comrades and ran towards the second blocking position.

  Thus, with the enemy's second charge, they easily occupied the position.

  Upon receiving the telegram from Vanguard News "My troops have annihilated the enemy's blocking forces", Commander Zhang chuckled and said: "It seems that He Long's troops are nothing special. Order the troops to speed up their march, we must arrive at Cili County before nightfall to relieve Cili of its crisis."

  Like this, after several small victories, Zhang Shilang looked down on the Red Army more and more, and at the same time, he got closer and closer to Wan Ping. After several hours of busy work, with Liu Hua's order "All troops enter the position immediately." The bustling Wanping suddenly became quiet, all soldiers and cadres lay on the ground waiting for the arrival of their prey.

  An hour had passed, and Liu Hua, who had been holding onto the telescope looking ahead, finally saw the shadow of the enemy. The enemy, numbering over 10,000, was approaching in a mighty force towards the 100,000-strong army of Ping. "Order the troops to prepare for battle," Liu Hua gave the command.

  At this time, Zhang Shizhong, after several consecutive victories, saw the faint shadow of the Red Army and had already issued a pursuit order. Naturally, the reconnaissance battalion became a mere formality.

  The troops of the Seventh Division quickly entered Wuyuanping, facing the high mountains on both sides, and did not bring much vigilance to Zhang Shizhong. They still recklessly bit the tail of the Seventh Division and continued to advance. Just as they were about to catch up, the Seventh Division suddenly stopped in its tracks and began to resist section by section. As a result, the enemy's vanguard slowed down their pursuit. However, the enemy's rear guard rushed forward hastily, looking at the enemy troops below, slowly gathering towards Wuyuanping. Liu Huaguo was taken aback for a moment before he realized the intention of the Seventh Division commander.

  "What a good opportunity, Liu Huasheng would not let it go." Ordered all the artillerymen to aim at the place where the enemy's main force was concentrated and start attacking. After that, each big gun first fired five shells for me, and I must have a large number of casualties among the enemy." Liu Hua ordered hastily.

  "Commander, the enemy's rear guard has entered Xiwangping."

  Finally waited for it, and just at this time, the Seventh Legion had just come out of the siege circle.

  "Begin the attack."

  "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..." The speech began with the seven army corps' mortars and mountain guns. The area where the enemy's main force was concentrated was immediately covered by artillery fire, and a single shell explosion would stir up a bloody rain. However, the enemy was indeed born of bandits, their ability to escape with their lives was the strongest, and before five rounds of shells had been fired, there were no longer any enemies visible on the highway.

  Just as the artillery began to fire, a company led by the company commander, with the momentum of a tiger going down the mountain and strong vitality, pushed all the enemies who were still wandering at the mountain pass into the ambush circle. Taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, the company immediately used bayonets and engineer shovels to build simple blocking positions.

  The second battalion, under the command of the battalion commander, concentrated all its automatic firepower, took position as vanguard, and faced countless light machine guns and submachine guns spewing fire tongues. The second battalion was like a sharp sword, instantly annihilating all enemy forces at the mountain pass. It immediately used the enemy's corpses to build a simple defensive position, while the main force built a real blocking defensive position in the rear.

  The vanguard brigade of the enemy looked at the machine guns spitting out flames in front, and listened to the continuous artillery fire behind. "Order the first regiment to charge immediately, must tear open a gap, cover the entire division's retreat." The commander of the vanguard brigade ordered decisively.

  Immediately, a regiment of the Red Army lying on the simple position fell into crisis, and the enemy's battalion strength was not enough to consume forward charging. Soon, a regiment was left with only one or more battalions, and the troops slowly arrived at the newly constructed position. All the troops of the Second Regiment were concentrated in the trenches, the front died, and the back supplemented.

  But at this time, the enemy, although suffering heavy losses, slowly used the bodies of their fallen brothers to build a human wall, slowly approaching the blocking position. Just as the position was about to be breached, Sulfur also noticed this problem.

  "Order the artillery battalion to conduct indiscriminate fire at a distance of 100-200 meters in front of the Second Battalion's position, forming a firewall. We must stop the enemy's attack. The guard battalion will immediately go to reinforce the Second Battalion. Execute immediately."

  Soon, the front of the Second Battalion's position was suddenly plunged into a sea of flames, and the enemy's human wall immediately collapsed. The attacking enemy disappeared, and the Second Battalion commander, who had been on edge for so long, finally let out a sigh of relief. "Order the troops to take stock of casualties and reinforce their positions."

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