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    Chapter 176: One battle to determine the southwest (6)

    At this moment, neither the north, which is ready to move, nor the south, which is focused on the general election, can stop the determination of the National Defense Forces to capture Guangxi.

    The city of Guilin is completely silent at night, with no lights or noise, just like an ancient city that has lost its vitality.  Only the cries and screams of women could be heard from time to time, telling others that many people were already on the verge of madness in this darkness.

    The charcoal inside the former patrol army's yamen in the west of the city was red. There were several large pots of soup boiling and the smell of dog meat. Hundreds of bandit soldiers gathered around and ate happily. A few petty bosses even hugged almost naked women and acted wantonly.  Flirting, you can still vaguely hear heavy breathing and moans from the nasal cavity after the mouth is covered in the darkness.

    Chen Haohui was furious about this, but he also knew that many of these soldiers were spies arranged by Tang Jiyao, so no matter how unbearable he was, he had to pretend to ignore it, and even deliberately joked with the little bosses in order to complete the task, and then  Then he went back to the room.  A hot pot was also burning in the room. Fang Rui and several companions who came with him immediately got up when they saw him. Two of them quickly passed through the window and door cracks to monitor whether there were ears outside.

    Fang Rui lowered his voice and looked excited: "Lao Jiu just came back with the defeated soldiers of Rongan, and the one who took action was the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division. ***! That's so exciting, they stormed down in thirty minutes." Get yourself  Everyone was extremely excited about the news about the army. They wished they could go and kill Tang Jiyao immediately and deal with these villains as soon as possible.

    "Liuzhou has also been captured! Now that the leading troops of the 8th and 16th brigades have arrived outside, plus Rong'an's 3rd brigade, the only way left is to continue eastward across the Li River and take Yangshuo to Guangdong." Fang Rui said fiercely.  Drinking wine, he didn't notice that Chen Haohui's face was solemn and asked: "How are you doing over there? Should Tang Jiyao run away after getting the news about Rongan?"

    Chen Haohui shook his head: "I'm afraid the mission needs to be changed. Tang Jiyao decided to stick to it."

    "Defend?! Is he crazy? He wants to resist the encirclement of our three brigades with just a few troops?!" Fang Rui almost jumped up, and his companions next to him were also surprised.  According to the original plan, Tang Jiyao was first allowed to occupy Guilin City and use his hand to severely beat the Guangxi forces to give himself an excuse to enter.  At the same time, the troops quickly cut off the three directions of Liuzhou, Yong'an Pass and Rong'an, and put up a posture of encircling and attacking Guilin, forcing Tang Jiyao not to stay for a long time and continue to flee to Yangshuo.  The 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division set up an ambush in Yangshuo to intercept and fight a Kocangshan-style encirclement and annihilation battle.  This can also reduce the damage to Guilin City.

    So I heard that Tang Jiyao actually didn¡¯t leave and was going to defend Guilin!  Everyone was very surprised.

    Chen Haohui took out the recorded defense map and handed it to Fang Rui: "There is a hole in the northwest city wall. Immediately send two groups of people out to hand over the information to the troops." Fang Rui took the defense map and had not yet spoken, but suddenly felt that the letter paper was hard.  It was hard. When I opened it, I saw that it was a special ID tag for identification after the fight started. I was shocked and said: "Are you crazy? If you don't bring this thing, you will be dead if you are caught!"

    Chen Haohui opened his pocket and took out the black skull silver medal that he kept close to his body. He also gave Fang Rui the Minyuan-style pistol: "Tang Jiyao has ordered me to live with him. I'm afraid something will happen if I carry these things with me.  "

    "He doubted you?" Fang Rui grabbed his shoulder, and all the friends next to him held their breath.

    "Probably not, because he called Liu Cunhou and other leaders over. I guess it was to prevent anyone from half-heartedly collaborating with the enemy. Another thing is that Mei Youchen has been in and out of several Japanese firms in the city many times in the past few days, and even took the stolen goods  The loose money was exchanged for checks at the French Bank, and the checks are still with him. Tang Jiyao's guards are also rushing to make cloth bags. I guess they may be used to hold gold and silver. This is a huge amount of money. We must find a way after the war.  Keep it.¡±

    "What about you?" Fang Rui asked anxiously when he heard that he meant farewell.

    Chen Haohui raised his glass and drank it in one gulp. The strong drink made him frown, and then he said with a firm smile: "Tang Jiyao is not that kind of mindless lunatic. The more he ordered me to guard him, the more I felt that he wanted to run away. From Mei Youchen  Judging from his actions, he must have planned to hide with the Japanese once he could no longer defend himself. This would make it difficult to catch him. So I decided to follow him. If I had a chance, I would kill him. If I didn't, I would go to Japan with him.  . Now Japan and the north have enmity with us. No matter where he goes, he will be a rare commodity. Maybe I will have the opportunity to go to the Japanese military headquarters or meet Yuan Shikai."

    After listening to the explanation, everyone understood that he wanted to use Tang Jiyao as a springboard!  But both Japan and the north are too dangerous. There will definitely be a narrow escape from death!

    Chen Haohui turned around to leave, but just as he was about to open the door, he turned around: "If you have a chance, tell me to tell the commander, thank him for asking someone to heal my father's leg, thank him for letting my brother go to college, and thank him for letting our whole village."  All the poor people have moved into the state farms. Haohui has decided to live up to his trust in this life!" After he finished speaking, he stood.? He raised his right arm: "Don't worry, brothers, we will contact you after you settle down! Remember our oath to join the Intelligence Department, for our brothers and sisters, and for the country."

    "For the brothers and sisters! For the country!"

    Fang Rui stood up straight with tears in his eyes. The comrades around him also saluted him and said goodbye. The room was quiet, and every pair of eyes focused on his bronze cheeks, with their hot hearts beating fiercely.

    After he left, Fang Rui immediately arranged for someone to send the information out. Soon the information, along with identification plates and medals, arrived at the frontline headquarters. The outstanding work of Chen Haohui and the others gradually made the situation in the inner city that Cai Jimin was most worried about gradually clear. He introduced to the officers: "In addition to  There are about one regiment each in Fanglianling and Longguan Mountain. Tang Jiyao has basically given up the outer positions and concentrated on defending Guilin City. He has ordered the demolition of the bluestone slabs used in residential buildings, and even the available stones on the streets, using them with sandbags,  Door logs made for a lot of strong barricades.¡±

    He glanced at Lu Rongting who was standing next to him: "After taking Guilin, Tang Jiyao's army received a lot of ammunition. The ammunition was very sufficient. There were more than 40 various mountain cannons and steel cannons seized. Governor Lu only purchased them last month.  16 machine guns and bullets also fell into their hands. A dozen Guangdong imitation Madsen machine guns were also found in the warehouse. These were all deployed on solid barricades. In addition, Tang Jiyao also used these barricades as the center and worked hard along the way.  We built firepower points in the houses on both sides of the street. They probably knew they couldn't escape, so the soldiers were crazy! They were drinking and having fun every day, shouting that they would have to pull up their backs even if they died. And in order to prevent us from taking advantage of the artillery fire, they also forced the residents in the city not to leave.  , and the number of civilians was deliberately increased near the fire points and barricades."

    After hearing the deployment in the city, Hang Zhi and others took a breath. This Tang Jiyao was really crazy. While his own firepower increased sharply, he used the common people as shields to curb his own artillery advantage. It was really abominable!

    Lu Rongting was so angry that he was trembling all over. He was expelled from Guilin by a young boy who only started his career in the ninth grade. He had to watch Yang Qiu's face from now on. Now that he saw him, he actually wanted to bring the whole city to his funeral.  , stood on his head with his beard and said angrily: "Don't say anything, Xiangpu, please give the order, I will kill this bastard even if I risk my life."

    "Captain, please be patient." Cai Jimin advised, glancing at Hang Zhi and others: "The intelligence said that Tang Jiyao handed over the defense structures of each section of the street to different troops, and we can't figure them all out. Especially the Governor's Mansion.  The surrounding area is completely deployed by Mei Youchen and the Yunnan Army. So when you go back, you must tell every soldier this news! During the attack, you must try to reduce accidental injuries and try to protect the safety of the people."

    "The attack will be launched at dawn two hours later. The 33rd and 162nd regiments cleared the outer positions of Fanglian Mountain and Longguan Mountain, and the 83rd and 163rd regiments blocked both ends of the Li River. The 31st, 82nd, and 161st regiments and the first echelon of the brigade's teaching battalion, each regiment went back  In the future, veterans will be selected to organize a commando team, and they will cooperate with the Gui Army brothers who are familiar with the roads in the city to open channels for the follow-up troops. The 32nd and 81st regiments will serve as reserve teams." Cai Jiming looked at his watch: "The commander will be here tonight at the latest. I don't hope  What was given to him was a ruin, do you understand?!" After hearing his repeated instructions to protect the people first, the officers of the Gui Army were moved. Lu Rongting also looked much better, and sat down to wait patiently for the attack to begin.

    The field telephone system that had just been put into use was an eye-opener for Lu Rongting and Gui Jun. At the same time, orders were quickly passed on to various units.

    At eight o'clock in the morning, the battle first started from Fanglian Ridge in the north of Guilin City. This is one of the few commanding heights outside Guilin City. Tang Jiyao not only stationed three battalions here, but also sent his confidants to lead them. In order to prevent the retreat, he also formed a detachment.  The one-hundred-man supervising team formed a tight defensive position with four Hotchkiss machine guns and eight 75mm mountain guns.

    The one attacking here is the 162nd Regiment. As a new infantry brigade formed after the war, it was successively acquired in Hubei and Jiangnan. Before the 70mm light mountain cannon was finalized, the 16th Brigade was temporarily equipped with only 6 imitation 75mm barreled field guns.  , this time all these big guys were transported through the Xiangjiang waterway.

    Six field guns were lined up in a row, bombarding Fanglian Ridge at a constant speed of five guns per minute. Compared with the sound of the gunfire at Xiaocangshan, it was far less intense, but the sound of the guns was still like war drums.  The clarion call to attack Guilin City was sounded.  The bunkers collapsed one after another under the explosion. The violent explosion overturned a 57mm mountain gun, and the fragments swept across and killed the entire artillery squad of the Yunnan Army.

    After suppressing the enemy's mountain artillery position, the infantry of the 162nd Infantry Regiment launched an attack. Attacking the hilltop position is always the last thing the infantry wants to do, and it is also in a tropical rainforest area. With the four Hotchkiss machine guns hidden in the trenches poking out  barrel.  The battle suddenly became intense.  Fortunately, the 162nd Regiment had already accumulated considerable experience in fighting in mountainous jungles during the suppression of bandits in western Hunan. As soon as the machine gun crackled, the soldiers immediately fell down and crawled to the left and right to quickly distance themselves. Relying on the big trees and rocks, under the light machine gun and  Biting under cover of grenadeThe teeth move upward little by little.

    When the gunfire in Fanglingling became more and more intense, the attack on Guilin also started

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