Chapter 28: Defensive Barracks Step (Below)

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  February 6, 1925.

  The 2nd Division of the Guangdong Army, under the command of Zhang Mingda, did not follow Chiang's order to reinforce Ladu Town, but instead chose a large-scale deep penetration, placing the attack point in the rear of Ladu Town, in Hengli Town, north of Changping Town, planning to occupy this place and then directly eliminate Chen Jitang's troops on the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway.

  And in order to shut the mouth of Chiang Kai-shek, the Guangdong Army's Wang Ruzhou brigade was ordered to advance from Dongguan and cooperate with the Party army troops to pursue the defeated soldiers of Yuan Kewen.

  Zhang Mingda's idea was simple, he went to the town of Lao Bu himself, annihilated Yuan Huijiu's troops, and the merit was someone else's, it's better to go attack Hengli Town, this merit is solid.

  Dongguan, Command Center.

  Principal Jiang looked at the telegram sent by Zhang Mingda, his eyebrows furrowed tightly. He knew that Zhang Mingda was intentionally trying to make things difficult for him, intentionally letting the troops he had trained with one hand suffer heavy casualties.

  "Zhang Mingda is harboring evil intentions, and the auxiliary country will probably have problems. What about Jingzhi's first battalion? Where are they now?" Principal Jiang hastily asked.

  The staff hastily pointed out the location of He Yingqin's instruction to the first battalion on the map, but the staff also immediately realized that Chiang's face had turned iron blue.

  "Niang Xi Pi, what does He Ying Qin want to do?" Principal Jiang threw his pencil onto the map and said angrily.

  Zhang Mingda embarrassed himself, and Principal Jiang was able to think of it. However, seeing that He Yingqin's First Division had not yet left the territory of Dongguan made Principal Jiang extremely surprised.

  "Principal Chiang, this is not the time to get angry. You should immediately issue an order and have He Yingqin's First Instructional Regiment quickly reinforce them. Otherwise, the Third Battalion of Fu Guo will likely run into trouble." Director Zhou hastily walked over and said to Principal Chiang.

  "Orderly, go and inform General He Yingqin at once. If the third battalion suffers heavy casualties, I'll be the first to relieve him of his command." Principal Chiang said angrily.

  The orderly hastily saluted and ran out towards the outside.

  At this moment, He Yingqin was looking at the map. Although it had already dawned, he was not in a hurry to march. First, he ordered the troops to have breakfast, and then summoned several officers to discuss how to reinforce Sun Xinghua. As long as they could drag on for a moment, let Sun Xinghua suffer a bit, He Yingqin felt comfortable in his heart.

  However, after receiving the order from Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin did not dare to be careless and hastily ordered his troops to march towards Lao Botou Town to reinforce Sun Xinghua's three regiments.

  He Yingqin was unwilling to see Sun Xinghua gain merit, but he was even more unwilling to lose his position as regimental commander.

  Liangbu Town, outer defense position.

  Guan Linzheng held up his binoculars, observing the situation in the distance. Due to the machine gun company's three machine gun platoons being deployed on a single line of defense, Guan Linzheng was called by Sun Xinghua to take command of the three machine gun platoons and one infantry platoon, fighting on the first line of defense.

  "Deputy company commander, Chen Jun's soldiers have been found." a soldier shouted loudly.

  Guan Linzheng put down the telescope and ran towards the warrior, following the direction pointed by the warrior. Guan Linzheng raised the telescope again, and in the distance, Chen Jun's soldiers appeared in Guan Linzheng's telescope, with more than 300 people.

  "Get ready for battle." Guan Linzheng immediately gave the order.

  Ten heavy machine guns, twelve Madsen light machine guns, four Browning automatic rifles, all were ready and aimed at the Chen army soldiers in the distance.

  "Get ready, listen to my command and fire." Guan Linzheng took out a Springfield rifle and lay on the trench. Compared to the Colt pistol, Guan Linzheng preferred rifles.

  The distant Chen army began to stop in their tracks and turned to look towards Liao Bu Town.

  Yuan Chujiu was resting with his eyes closed, and when he passed through a village, he seized a sedan chair and had four sturdy soldiers carry him. In one night's time, although the sedan chair shook violently, Yuan Chujiu still managed to sleep.

  "How did it stop? Is it already at the Liubo Town?" Yuan Xiaojiu found that the sedan chair had stopped, yawned and asked towards the outside.

  "Captain, we've lost Ludao Town, but the city walls..." The deputy officer following beside him hastily replied.

  Yuan Xiaojiu walked out of the courtyard and looked around with her binoculars.

  The flag on the city wall has changed, and the familiar flag is gone. Instead, a blue sky with white sun flag is hanging on the city wall, which makes Yuan Yijiu extremely surprised.

  "How did they get here? How many of them are there?" Yuan Yujin's face was filled with incredulity as he looked at his deputy officer.

  The deputy officer didn't know the situation either, and immediately called over an officer to check on things.

  Yuan Xiaoju sat on a chair beside him, lit his pipe and anxiously waited for news.

  The current situation is already very dangerous, and Yuan Shuojiu is well aware of this. To survive, they must take down Lao Bu Town and then contact the friendly forces behind them. If they rashly take other actions, Yuan Shuojiu dare not imagine what the consequences would be like.

  He originally thought that Liubo Town was in his own hands, but he did not expect that the Allied army would emerge here.

  "Captain, I've checked clearly. There are only a few dozen people on the outer perimeter. Judging from their uniforms, they should be Chiang Kai-shek's party army troops." The officer rushed over and said to Yuan Yijiu.

  Yuan Chu's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and the last time in Dongguan was defeated by his own party's military forces.

  "Captain, we have over a thousand men, taking down this place shouldn't be a problem. Chashan has already fallen and the Guangdong army will definitely pursue us quickly. It's better for us to make a decision early." The deputy officer looked at Yuan Jiujiu hesitating and hastily said a sentence, also reminding him that if they detoured from the side, it was very likely that they would run into the pursuing Guangdong army.

  "Tell the brothers to launch an attack immediately, they only have a few dozen people, take down Lao Botown, each soldier will be rewarded with 5 yuan, plus the previous promise, each soldier will receive 15 yuan, and officers will receive 30 yuan." Yuan Yujin stood up and gave orders.

  Under Yuan Shikai's command, 300 soldiers, under the cover of two heavy machine guns and five light machine guns, began to attack the outer line of trenches.

  And in order to capture the position more quickly, Yuan Yuxiang also dispatched a force of 200 men, who attacked from the flank under the cover of one heavy machine gun and two light machine guns.

  This time, Yuan Yujiu invested a team of 500 people at once, and it was worth the cost.

  Liaobu Town, Sanying Command Center.

  Sun Xinghua has redeployed the troops, with three companies garrisoning the city and two flanking defense forces. The first company that arrived last night is serving as the whole regiment's reserve force.

  "Captain, Yuan's defecting troops have arrived, numbering over a thousand men, equipped with light and heavy machine guns." Cai Guangjiu walked over from outside, his face tense as he spoke.

  Sun Xinghua's face showed some surprise, Yuan Yijiu's troops had actually grown to over a thousand people, which he hadn't expected. He also didn't expect that when Yuan Yijiu retreated, she would still be carrying light and heavy machine guns.

  "Go and take a look at the city gate." Sun Xinghua said to Cai Guangjie, holding his own Mauser rifle.

  The two of them walked out towards the outside under the guard's escort.