Chapter 24: Two Plans (Part 2)

  "I order the troops to march quickly to Lao Botou Town."

  "Dispatch personnel continuously, report our regiment's dynamics to the battalion commander at the same time, and contact the Guangdong Army troops."

  Sun Xinghua quickly gave orders.

  Upon hearing the battalion commander's order, the three company commanders and party representatives quickly stood up.

  "1. Stationed in Dongguan for a period of time, and was also responsible for making contact with friendly forces. After the main force of the regiment arrived in Dongguan, the 1st company quickly marched to Liaobu Town and returned to its original formation."

  "2. The troops quickly assembled, with the 3rd Company as the vanguard, marching towards Lao Botou Town. The battalion headquarters followed with the machine gun company, and the 2nd Company was responsible for covering the rear."

  "3. Captured Chen Jun's troops, all of them were incorporated into the troops, and the captured ammunition and guns were also incorporated into the troops."

  Sun Xinghua quickly gave orders, and the three company commanders saluted one after another, unfolding their actions.

  Immediately abandoned the siege of the village and returned to Dongguan County, while the rest of the troops quickly moved towards Liao Bu Town.

  Sun Xinghua held up his binoculars and observed the village for a moment before quickly leading his troops to march rapidly towards Lao Botown.

  Three battalions formed a neat column, and under the transportation of trucks and horse-drawn carts, they disappeared into the villages near Dongguan in no time.

  The sky gradually darkened, and the soldiers lit torches. Under the faint light of the fire, the troops moved quickly. Except for Sun Guangping, who was driving a truck, all personnel were advancing on foot. To boost morale, Sun Xinghua ran with the troops.

  Party representative Cai Guangji led the guard squad, walking at the end of the troops, gathering and collecting straggling officers and soldiers.

  At this moment, thunder sounded in the sky.

  Then, the torrential rain came silently.

  The raindrops were like soybeans, heavily pounding on the bodies of the officers and soldiers, but the warriors did not stop their footsteps, still running.

  Soldiers occasionally fell down, but with the support of their comrades, they quickly got up, disregarding the mud on their bodies, and continued to follow the troops in motion.

  The rain lasted for only ten minutes, but the road became muddy.

  "Company Commander, take a rest." said Dong Tianyong, the Third Platoon Leader, running up to Sun Xinghua.

  Sun Xinghua wiped the rain from his face, took out a wet map and shook his head saying: "We are still some distance away from Liao Bu Town, we can't rest yet, order the troops to continue advancing."

  Looking at Sun Xinghua's expression, Dong Tianyong nodded and ran towards his own troops.

  After a night of marching, the troops had big problems by dawn, most officers and soldiers were completely exhausted.

  Helpless Sun Xinghua could only let the soldiers rest and sent a few people to buy some food from the village to feed the soldiers.

  Perhaps it was the sky that had no way to cut off human relations, just as Sun Xinghua was anxious and couldn't rush to Liao Bu Town, a team of horse-drawn carriages appeared in Sun Xinghua's line of sight from afar.

  "Ying Zhang is from Chen Jun's troops." Party representative Cai Guangjiu walked over and said to Sun Xinghua.

  Sun Xinghua raised his binoculars to take a look, there were more than 20 horse-drawn carriages, but the soldiers were not many, only dozens of them, and each carriage had a light machine gun on it.

  "It's Chen Jun's transport team." The second company commander Hu Wei walked over with an excited face.

  The originally low morale, after hearing Hu Wei's words, also began to rise. Everyone clearly knew that the transportation troops were not strong in combat power, but they had a lot of oil and water.

  Every soldier wants to take advantage of the opportunity, under the temptation of wealth, their fatigue has been thrown behind them, and now they only think of wiping out these transport troops.

  The officers thought that as long as they seized these carts, their troops would have marching equipment.

  "There's still something behind." Sun Xinghua said in surprise.

  Following behind the horse-drawn carriage were two trucks, which were completely enclosed, just like the one that had been seized from the merchant group.

  "Pass down the order, do not use artillery, capture people first, do not kill horses." Sun Xinghua hastily gave the command.

  If artillery is used, all these things will be destroyed. If people are killed, these things can fall into their own hands. With this batch of things, the speed at which troops arrive in Liubo Town will definitely increase a lot.

  But on the horse-drawn carriage, Su Yongke did not know that the distant Nationalist army troops had already taken aim at them.

  Su Yong was a lieutenant quartermaster in Chen Jun's army, which was a lucrative position. In just a few short years, Su Yong had gained many benefits, of course, thanks to his brother-in-law, Hong Zhaolin, who was in Huizhou City.

  "Sir, you said the troops from Guangzhou, can they make it here to fight us?" A soldier next to him lit a cigarette for Su Yong and asked with a flattering expression.

  "Fart, with their little strength, they still want to fight here. I'm telling you, the commander-in-chief has already given the order, a force of tens of thousands of men will soon be arriving in Guangzhou." Su Yong said with a smug expression.

  Although he was reluctant to escort the supplies to the front line, Hong Zhaolin told him that there was no danger at the front line now, and as long as he escorted the supplies to the front line and stayed there for a few days, Hong Zhaolin would be able to promote him to the position of battalion commander on the grounds of his meritorious service in battle.

  "Hey, if it weren't for the commander's strict inspection, I wouldn't even bother with a regimental position. How much profit is there in being a quartermaster officer?" Su Yong thought of these things and his face showed an unpleasant expression.

  But he didn't know that a Springfield rifle in the distance had already taken aim at his head.

  With a "bang", Su Yong fell to the ground along with the carriage.

  Immediately afterwards, the sound of gunfire erupted everywhere, and more than 50 Chen Jun soldiers were killed on the spot, with over 20 people being shot dead. The remaining 30 or so people hastily took cover.

  Two hundred and forty men of the Second Company charged forward.

  "Surrender and we won't kill you." The officers and soldiers shouted loudly, firing their machine guns into the air to intimidate Chen's troops.

  The Chen Jun soldiers slowly raised their hands and threw down their guns, while some stubborn Chen Jun soldiers were shot dead on the spot.

  "Captain, we've struck it rich." Hu Wei exclaimed excitedly as he looked at the weapons on the horse carriage.

  There were six heavy machine guns on the carriage and some ammunition rifles.

  "Company commander, come and take a look." Dong Tianyong, who arrived later, came to the front of the truck.

  Two Chen Jun drivers raised their hands high up.

  Sun Xinghua looked back at the rear carriage, which was filled with boxes of hand grenades and bullets, as well as some mortars and twelve light machine guns.

  "Company Commander, what shall we do now?" Cai Guangjie walked over and asked Sun Xinghua.

  Sun Xinghua's face revealed a smile, pointing at Chen Jun's corpse on the ground and saying: "Sweep the battlefield, gather all the ammunition together, put it in a truck, have the infantry ride horses, cars, and quickly advance towards Lao Botown."

  "Yes." Cai Guangji hastily saluted and walked away to one side.

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