Chapter 27: Defense Dormitory Steps (Middle)

  "Hurry up, hurry up!" On the road, Yuan Xiaojiu looked at his listless troops with a displeased expression on his face. But in his heart, he was somewhat pleased, because Shi Long's retreating troops had all been absorbed by him, and his current strength was now twice as much as before the war. As long as he retreated back to Lao Bu, the position of a division commander would definitely be his for sure.

  "Squad leader, the brothers can't go on, let's take a break." The deputy officer walked up to Yuan Yijiu's side, panting and saying, although it was February, his face was covered in sweat.

  Yuan Yecheng looked at his deputy officer, his eyebrows tightly furrowed. At this time, saying rest was simply seeking death. He had not left any troops in Chashan, and as soon as the Guangdong army occupied Chashan, they would quickly pursue his own troops. If he ordered his troops to stop on the road, once they were pursued by the Guangdong army, it would be a dead end.

  "Bastard, arrived at Lao Bu Town and resting." Yuan Xiaojiu said angrily.

  The rest of the officers and soldiers saw that all nine deputy officers of the direct line had been reprimanded, no one dared to mention resting again, and they all forced themselves to be in high spirits, marching quickly towards Laozhuang Town.

  "Brothers, listen to me. As soon as we arrive at Lao Botown, each soldier will be rewarded with 10 yuan and each officer will be rewarded with 20 yuan, and all of you will be promoted one rank." Yuan Yijiu shouted loudly at the officers and soldiers.

  Although the entire ocean in Dongguan had given up, Yuan Yujin still had a lot of money elsewhere, and what was in Dongguan was just one of them. He believed that as long as he led these troops to retreat back to Lao Bu Town, Chen Jiongming would definitely reward him heavily.

  "The squad leader is right, comrades. Once we arrive at Lao Botown, we can rest." The deputy officer also hastily said a sentence to boost morale.

  Yuan Chujiu heard the deputy's words and a smile appeared on his face. He patted the deputy's shoulder in approval.

  The sky gradually darkened, but Yuan Yujiu's troops did not make any stops and continued to speed up towards Lao Bu Town.

  Compared to Yuan Shuxun's troops, He Yingqin's First Division of the Training Army and Zhang Mingda's Second Division of Guangdong Army were far inferior. As soon as it was dark, they stopped advancing and ordered their troops to stand guard on the spot.

  He Yingqin had his own plan, Zhang Mingda had his own plan. However, their common point was that they were unwilling to let Sun Xinghua be at ease, so they had to find some trouble for Sun Xinghua.

  "He Sun Xinghua isn't capable of fighting, isn't he a big shot? He's even more capable than me, the regiment commander. Let him guard the three battalions in Liao Bu Town." Not far from Dongguan, in a village, He Yingqin said with a sour face.

  In Chashan Town, Zhang Mingda was looking at the map with a cold smile on his face.

  "The party army troops are not powerful, let them fight with Chen's soldiers for a day first. Let them know the power of Chen's soldiers, occupying Dongguan, they don't even know how high the sky is." Zhang Mingda looked at the telegram sent by Chiang and said sarcastically.

  Just as the Allied forces were intriguing and competing with each other, Chen Jiongming in Swatow was somewhat surprised.

  The party's military forces occupied Dongguan, defeating Yuan Kewu's troops, making Chen Jiongming realize something.

  Upstairs in the command center, Chen Jiongming sat on a sofa with a map of Guangdong Province on the table.

  Looking at his own densely distributed attacking troops, Chen Jiongming's eyebrows were tightly furrowed. Now his three-pronged attack had been broken through by the Allied forces, and his own troops could not launch an attack, especially since there was no news from the Dongguan garrison, and the Party army's flag had been planted on the city wall of Dongguan, which made Chen Jiongming extremely displeased.

  "Commander-in-Chief, according to intelligence, Yuan Kewu's troops were not annihilated but defeated by Chiang Kai-shek's party army. The current situation is unfavorable for us, it would be better to withdraw our forces and ambush the Guangdong Army and Party Army in Zhangmutou." The Chief of Staff walked up to Chen Jiongming's side

  "No, we are attacking Guangzhou, not dragging the enemy to attack Dongjiang. The best defense is to strike first, as long as we defeat the Guangdong Army, the Huangpu children's army is nothing to worry about." Chen Jiongming said seriously, and even now, he still doesn't take the party army troops seriously.

  "Commander-in-Chief, the Guangdong Army has already deployed four divisions, and on their flanks there are more than 3,000 party troops. If we don't concentrate our forces, I'm afraid they'll defeat us one by one." The Chief of Staff said with a worried face as he looked at the map.

  Chen Kuoming shook his head and slowly stood up, walking to the window and looking out at Shantou under the night sky. A smile appeared on Chen Kuoming's face.

  "You're not intimidated by Sun Da's newspaper, are you? He claims to have a million-strong army, but in reality, only Xu Chongzhi's Guangdong Army and those Huangpu kids' troops will take action. Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan's forces won't listen to their command. As long as we defeat the Guangdong Army, it'll be a fatal blow to Sun Da. As for those kid soldiers, once we've taken care of the Guangdong Army, they won't be worth worrying about." Chen Jue Ming turned his head and said, then looked at the map on the table again.

  After a moment of silence, Chen Jiongming gave the order: "You immediately go and inform Hong Zhaolun to assemble the troops that have been trained in combat, and quickly support Liǎobù Town. After stabilizing Liǎobù Town, separately launch attacks on Cháshān and Dōngguān. The main goal is to annihilate the Guangdong Army units, with striking the Huangpu Whampoa Military Academy as secondary. As long as these two forces are defeated, the so-called Million-Man Coalition will collapse without a fight."

  "But, Commander-in-Chief..." The chief of staff wanted to say something else, but Chen Jiongming's face had already shown some impatience, his eyes widened, and he looked at the chief of staff with some anger.

  The chief of staff nodded helplessly and walked out towards the outside.

  Chen Jiongming is now eager to win, having lost his usual calmness. What he wants is simply to quickly occupy Guangzhou and wash away the shame of the previous time. More importantly, he wants to take advantage of Sun Yat-sen's trip north to seize Guangzhou, humiliate him to death, and force Sun Yat-sen to die, which is what he most desires.

  2 o'clock in the morning, Liao Bu Town.

  Outside the city, the position was quiet, Sun Xinghua used the heavy machine gun in the bunker as the main firepower point, and around the firepower point were scattered light machine guns and rifles. With these powerful firepower points, they controlled the front of the position, and any troops that wanted to attack here would be shot by the firepower points.

  The six artillery pieces behind had already marked the shooting elements and sent artillery liaison personnel on the front line, and these six artillery pieces would provide artillery support at any time if needed.

  "Who goes there?" The sentry on the rampart heard a noise in the distance and shouted loudly.

  "Don't shoot, it's me Shen Jian." A loud shout came from Shen Jian in the distance.

  Since the main force of the first division arrived in Dongguan, they quickly set off from Dongguan and headed to Liaobu Town. Along the way, they didn't rest for a moment and rushed here overnight.

  Compared with He Yingqin's slow march, Shen Jian's troops were much faster.

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