"boom!"
With the sound of a gunshot from Yang Dingguo, the soldiers of the Red 100 Regiment, who were already ready, began to throw grenades in their hands towards the Sichuan army in front.
The grenades all over the sky fell from the sky in a parabola like raindrops, hitting the middle of the Sichuan army.
"Boom boom boom..."
Explosions sounded one after another, knocking the Sichuan soldiers off their backs.
The explosive power of M24 grenades is inherently large, and the killing diameter is as high as more than ten meters. The explosion of such a large number of M24 grenades is simply cleaner than washing the floor.
If the Sichuan troops within the range can still survive after the explosion, it will be like smoke rising from their ancestral graves.
So many grenades exploded at the same time, and the dust they kicked up was even more powerful than smoke bombs.
Looking at the artificial bombing zone ahead made those Sichuan troops who were still outside the explosion range feel timid and turned around and ran away without hesitation.
Almost everyone knows that the Red Army is poor.
Every time you fight, if you can't get a few bullets, you have to start a hand-to-hand combat.
Who would have thought that they could prepare so many grenades? Even if they gathered all the grenades of the entire Red Army, it wouldn't be enough!
Where the hell did all these grenades come from?
It can’t just fall from the sky!
Hearing the constant explosions ahead, Guo Xunqi gritted his teeth as he looked at the retreating troops.
But he didn't plan to continue the attack.
After all, he has seen the art of war. Guo Xunqi knows one truth very well: "One burst of strength will lead to failure, and three times it will be exhausted."
Several consecutive charges were repulsed, and each time they paid an extremely heavy price.
Facing such dense and intense firepower from the Red Army, they simply couldn't charge forward.
Where did the Red Army get so many guns and ammunition?
Guo Xunqi couldn't figure it out even if he thought about it.
There are more than a dozen heavy machine guns and hundreds of light machine guns. Even the direct troops of the general do not have this configuration. Where did the Red Army get it from?
This damn Red Army definitely can't be retained. Continuing to charge will only increase casualties. Even if they can win in the end, they will suffer heavy losses.
Guo Xunqi didn't want to pay a heavier price for these hundreds of Red Army troops, so he ordered the attack to stop and stayed in the position.
He is already thinking about what to do next.
In any case, the Red Army ran away from him.
Xiaojiang will definitely come to settle the score afterwards, so he has to find a scapegoat first.
So Guo Xunqi turned his attention to his chief of staff. After all, it was this chief of staff who originally suggested holding back the Red Army instead of annihilating it in one fell swoop.
Therefore, it is most appropriate for him to be the scapegoat now.
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On the other side, seeing that the enemy had not made any movement, Yang Dingguo did not relax his vigilance.
He left half of the soldiers to continue to hold on to the position, and then led the remaining soldiers to start laying out minefields. This thing was not valuable anyway, so there was nothing wrong with setting up more minefields.
Although minefields were laid out everywhere, Yang Dingguo did not forget to mark them.
After all, we have to come back when we cross Chishui for the second time.
Making good marks can prevent friendly forces from being accidentally injured when crossing Chishui for the second time.
Soon, the Fourth Red Regiment sent a telegram saying that they had successfully crossed the Chishui River, asking Yang Dingguo to quickly retreat with the soldiers of the 100th Red Regiment.
Looking at the Sichuan army not far away, Yang Dingguo spat.
The Sichuan army did pay a heavy price when they fought against the Japs later, and Yang Dingguo also admired those ancestors who protected their homes and country.
But now that I was being chased and intercepted by them, I still felt a little unhappy.
After receiving the telegram, Yang Dingguo moved with the soldiers of the 100th Red Regiment. Because there were minefields, he was not worried that the Sichuan army in the rear would pursue them.
Therefore, the whole group was ordered to hurry up.
Although you don’t have to worry about enemy pursuit, you still need to cross the river quickly.
Only by crossing the river can safety be temporarily guaranteed.
Soon, the soldiers of the Red 100th Regiment arrived at the pontoon bridge of the Chishui River and immediately began to cross the river without stopping.
After crossing the river, Yang Dingguo arranged for people to destroy the pontoon bridge.
Then the two regiments joined forces and began to chase the main force.
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News came back that the Red Army had crossed the Chishui River.
As expected, Xiaojiang was furious and sent several telegrams in succession to question Commander Liu of the Sichuan Army.
However, at this time, Commander Liu had no time to argue with Xiaojiang.
In order to prevent the Red Army from entering the hinterland of Sichuan Province, Commander Liu immediately sent eight brigades to pursue and intercept the Red Army, and at the same time deployed four brigades to deploy defenses along both sides of the Yangtze River;
Xue Yue's regiment and the Guizhou enemy also split their routes from Guizhou to pursue south Sichuan;
Three Yunnan enemy brigades are advancing rapidly towards Bijie and Zhenxiong in an attempt to intercept the Red Army.
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Xuyong County, known as Yongning in ancient times, has a unique location connecting Bashu to the north and Yunnan and Guizhou to the south. It has always been a strategic place that military strategists must compete for.
After crossing the Chishui River, the Red Army's first target became Xuyong County, not only because of Xuyong County's important geographical location, but also because the Red Army urgently needed a victory to boost morale.
Following the instructions of the Central Revolutionary Committee, the 2nd Red Division divided into two groups from the Sanchahe Army and approached Xuyong County on February 1, defeating the enemy several times along the way.
Of course, the Sichuan Army was not a fool. As locals, they knew the importance of Xuyong County. Therefore, they built a large number of fortifications in Xuyong County to await the arrival of the Red Army.
After Xian Zhiyuan took over as the county magistrate, he recruited strong men to build the city wall fortifications day and night in the east city, and built 8 blockhouses on the hills on the outskirts of the city, which are at the corners of the city wall;
On the one hand, more than 1,000 private houses outside the city were forcibly demolished, and protective trenches were dug along the foot of the city wall and Luzhai barriers were set up.
Considering that the Heiniwan area not far from the old east gate of Dongcheng has low terrain and is easy for the Red Army to attack, Xian Zhiyuan determined this area to be a key defensive area.
He built the Heiniwan Fortress on a hill more than ten feet away from the city wall.
The bunker building has three floors. The upper floor is higher than the city wall and has a wide view.
The bunker has no door, only a shooting muzzle.
There is a hidden trench to protect the bunker. You must enter from the entrance of the hidden trench in the inner city wall of the old east gate and go through the tunnel to enter the bunker.
Xian Zhiyuan also set up mortar positions and defensive positions on the hills inside the city; he also set up bunkers and obstacles at street intersections.
At that time, in addition to the Zhou Ruilin Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Sichuan Army Instruction Division and two companies of the 2nd Brigade of the Sichuan Army Instruction Division, Xian Zhiyuan also mobilized teams from all over the county to form five "Volunteer Brigades", each with three squadrons under its command. One unit cooperated with the Sichuan army to defend the city.
The rest were assigned to several key passes in Tianchi, Luowo, Maling and Guihuachang, dozens of miles away from the city, to perform reconnaissance, warning and blocking missions.
Once these fortifications are built, it will be basically impossible for the Red Army to capture Xuyong County.
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