C12 The first battle of the east

Chen Lianming, who had long colluded with Hong Kong and British imperialism as well as Duan Qirui, was wild with joy after hearing the news that Sun Zhongshan had indeed headed north.

From his point of view, without Sun Zhongshan, the Revolutionary Government in Guangzhou was like a pile of loose sand. He had long been in contact with the warlords of Yunnan and Gui, and with Cantonese Army Deng Benyin as his accomplice, there was only Cantonese Army and Huang Po's child soldiers left in Guangzhou.

He immediately called a military conference in Shantou and declared that he was "the commander in chief of the Cantonese Army". Its seven armies numbered more than 60 thousand, and could be said to be strong and strong. Furthermore, Mr. Sun Zhongshan was far away in the north. For a moment, the situation in Guangzhou was extremely tense, as if a storm was about to break.

Chen Lianming had first set up a defensive line around Shi Long and Dongguan, and then planned to use this as a springboard to attack Guangzhou from the front lines of Bo Luo, Shi Long and Shi tan.

As for Chen Lianming, the rebel army had attacked from the Dongjiang River once again. The acting marshal Hu Hanmin, who was stationed in Guangzhou, gathered the military and political officials of the Revolutionary Government in Guangzhou to convene a special meeting of the Military Committee.

There were Yunnan Army Fan Shisheng, Zhu Pei De, Cantonese Army's Li Ji Chen, Xiang Jun and Tan Yan Ke, as well as Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan, whose memories could not be separated from each other.

At the meeting, the plan was to order the Yunnan Army's Yang Ximin Division, the Gui Army's Liu Zhenhuan Division, the Cantonese Army's Xu Chongzhi Division and the other armies to form an alliance.

The Yunnan Army who had colluded with Chen Liangming a long time ago would never actually send troops. They secretly informed Chen Ming about the military plans of the Guangzhou government, but they did not move and just watched. When the marshal was urging them to do so, he first requested for weapons through lack of equipment and then demanded for military salary. In short, he asked for all sorts of excuses.

And in Guangzhou, other than the Yunnan Army s, only the Cantonese Army s could not counterattack. The situation was extremely urgent. If they did not counterattack, Chen Liangming would reach Guangzhou on the first day of the battle. At that time, there would be no more dangers in Guangzhou, and the Revolutionary Government would not be far from death.

Watching from the sidelines stirred up the righteous anger of the teachers, students and soldiers of the Huangpu Military Academy. And after three months of training, with the morale of the two groups high, Jiang Zhongzheng asked for an alliance to send out his troops.

At that time, the Huangpu Military Academy and the Mentor's Guild did not experience any major battles, so Wang Jing Wei and Hu Hanmin could not place Sun Zhongshan's effort into this big battle.

Jiang Zhongzheng had no choice but to ask Hu Hanmin to show it to him again. This showed that the Whampoa Academy Army was able to help him out even if the situation was critical.

After thinking for a long time, Sun Zhongshan decided that the military academy would go to the battlefield to hone itself sooner or later. It was best not to delay things further, he allowed the military academy to participate in the battle and repeatedly asked Jiang Zhongzheng to treat his students with concern.

On January 15, 1925, the Revolutionary Government of Guangzhou issued a Declaration on the East expedition, which decided to form an alliance with Yang Ximin as the commander in chief of the Eastern expedition. The army would be divided into three parts: the right side would be the Cantonese Army and the Cantonese Army, and the main force would be Pinghu, Pingshan and Hailufeng, which would go straight to the Chao Shan.

Using Liu Zhenhuan and the rest of the army as the middle route, they besieged Huizhou City and urged the two wings to move forward. Using Yang Ximin and the other Yunnan Army as the left path, they attacked Lin Hu and the others from the direction of Heyuan, Lao Long, Xing Ning and the Wuhua.

The army of Huangpu Military Academy served as the vanguard of the eastern expedition. It was composed of the first and second class Mentor's Guild soldiers, the second class student's infantry unit, an artillery battalion, an engineering unit, a transport unit, and the third class student's first battalion, which had a total of over 3000 soldiers.

Jiang Zhongzheng, who was also the Chief of Staff of Cantonese Army, and Liao Zhongkai, the representative of the Military Academy, served as the commanding officer of the school. Zhou Enlai was the chairperson of the Political Department of the school. When the Soviet military advisor, Gallen, reported the initial plan of the eastern expedition to Sun Zhongshan, he immediately agreed.

The army set out from Whampoa Island, moving from the water to the tiger gate and the Dongguan. The Cantonese Army (Ye Jianying was the chief of staff) and Xu Ji Li set out from Yan Tang, advancing towards Stone Dragon.

The Dongjiang River area had intersecting rivers and networks, hills and hills. From a military point of view, it was advantageous for defence, but not for offense. Chenglumine

The army on the right was attacking from the direction of Chao Shan, Hai Feng and Lu Feng, and the Dongguan was the first nail on the road. On one hand, they could enter Pingshan from the east, and on the other hand, they could threaten the Huizhou from the south, and call on the army in the middle to help them.

It was afternoon by the time they landed at the Tiger Gate, and the troops were camping there.

The Mentor's Guild was the vanguard of the army, while the few camps were in dispute over who should be the vanguard.

Battalion Commander Liu Zhi squeezed Battalion Commander Wang Jun to the side, extended his hands out to stop Shen Yingshi from approaching him, and said loudly: "Regiment Commander, leave the former enemy mission to us Second Battalion."

Shen Yingshi was annoyed, he pushed Liu Zhi's arm down and said: "Guild Leader, you should know that our First Battalion trains are the earliest and has the strongest combat power. This previous enemy mission is extremely important, other than our First Battalion, who can do anything else?"

"Hey, hey, why is your battalion the strongest?" Wang Jun did not like hearing that, they were all instructors Huang Po, pretending to be number two. He said slowly: "Brother Caizhi, your First Battalion training was a few days earlier, but to say that you have the strongest fighting strength, our 3rd Battalion is not convinced."

Liu Zhi also nodded and said: "We are the most students in the Second Battalion, we have the best soldiers."

He Yingqin and Liao Bin looked at each other and laughed bitterly. They had not even started a war, they were already fighting over the vanguards till their faces turned white. He Yingqin glared and scolded: "Don't rob them, they are all teachers of Huang Po. This vanguard is not up to you. "

He Yingqin said: "There are scouts in pars communis, and special forces. "You are the main combat troops, and it's not your turn. I think we should let Li Boyang's special forces act as the enemy scouts."

When the messenger called over Li Boyang, he saw that the military academy instructors had unfriendly expressions. He quickly saluted and said, "Reporting team, Li Boyang has been ordered to report this."

He Yingqin took out a military map of the Dongjiang River, and pointed to the enemy troops on the map: "You will lead special task forces to investigate our previous enemies, you must be careful."

The attack headquarters of the Dongguan was deployed to attack the Stone Dragon region, with fierce attacks, attracting the main defense force of the Dongguan and the Hong Zhao-Lin in the direction of the Stone Dragon Tribe.

Li Boyang looked at the map and memorized the surrounding terrain. He nodded and said, "Relax, I will definitely be careful."

Chen Mingming's team was split up from the Cantonese Army, they viewed Zhang Mingda as someone who shared the same roots as them, but they didn't know the answer to that question. A group of school children's army was extremely disdainful, they only arranged a small unit to defend along the road.

He immediately ordered the Vice Company Commander Liu Wen to gather all the soldiers. When all the soldiers were gathered, Li Boyang smiled: "Captain thinks highly of our Special Task Force, so you can hand over the previous enemy detection mission to our company."

Huang Po's army was different from the other troops. They had never been afraid of fighting, and Li Boyang's Special Task Force, which had been training for three months, had been holding in its fire for three months, desperately waiting for a fight. When they heard that the Special Task Force had been used as an enemy scout, everyone opened their eyes wide in delight as they rubbed their fists and cheered in joy.

Seeing the high morale of the company of soldiers, Li Boyang held out his hand to silence them. He said, "But I, Li Boyang, have received a mission, not for you to use as an investigation. Our Special Task Force, if you want to do it, then do it as the vanguard's main force. Let me tell everyone this, I am leading the way this time towards Dongguan, so I want to touch this bright and resplendent front tooth. "

A row of Queue length Lan Yundong was Student Li Boyang, Huang Po, and after the military academy assigned them, they were forced into a special task force by Li Boyang. Only after he had gotten used to the special task force during this period of time did he realise that the special task force contained a terrifying amount of fighting strength, and that the special task force was able to sustain a journey of 110 miles. How far away was the Tiger Gate from the Dongguan? With the speed of the Special Task Force, they could run back and forth every day.

Lan Yundong laughed: "There is only one group in Dongguan, I think getting rid of this group won't be a problem."

Li Boyang immediately ordered, "All the special task force owners are allowed to carry only one day's rations, in addition to weapons and ammunition. The target is the Dongguan, march immediately. "

The special forces had abandoned all useless matters and directly left the main force, rushing straight for Dongguan.

The tiger gate was about 60 li away from the Dongguan, the army was marching for about 20 li, and finally ran into the enemy army on a hill. With a glance, one could tell that the enemy troops were around the same company, and had already built a defensive perimeter.

However, these days, the military officers were not that well-trained. Few of them had studied fortification, and the so-called fortification only had a few trenches dug on top of the hill with sandbags piled up on top. Light and heavy weapons were all placed in front of them.

If, according to general military principles, a garrison army was to be sent out to test its firepower distribution and weaknesses, they would have to gather their forces to attack.

However, Li Boyang did not do so. War has never been in the hands of books, he knew the weakness of special forces companies, so he immediately issued an order while running: "All of you, charge with a bayonet. Lan Yundong made a detour with your flank. "

Once they heard the order to charge, all of them immediately put their bayonets on the table and rushed forward with large strides.

The fat headed Company Commander was startled when he saw Revolutionary Army galloping towards him like a galloping horse, but he immediately laughed out loud and said, "Revolutionary Army doesn't have eyes, your father is just standing behind the fortifications, holding the high ground and waiting for you to come. "If the enemy doesn't open his eyes, then he will directly charge and ruthlessly beat me up."

In his self-confidence, he did not send anyone back to report the news of the arrival of the Revolutionary Army to the garrison.

The so-called "fierce attack" meant that as soon as they saw the shadow of the Special Task Force Company, they would fire their light weapons. At this moment, the Special Task Force Company was only 200 meters away from them.

With a handful of floral organ in hand, Uncle Li took the lead and ran ahead. Facing the berserk attacks of the enemies, he did not even blink his eyes.

What did 200 meters mean? It meant that the Special Task Force could finish running in 30 seconds, and by this time, the enemy's most ferocious wave of fire had long since run out.

This was also the current situation of soldiers who had not received proper training in this era. Although the heavy firepower of the opposing side was not weak, they had already used up most of their bullets before the special task force even entered their range of attack.

When they were only thirty meters away from the enemy troops, they aimed at the heads in front of them and pulled the triggers. The running three light machine guns and eight floral organ s opened fire at the same time, forming a dense fire net. With such a close distance, the machine gun released a great deal of power, causing the enemy's crude works to be blown up into smoke and dust, causing them to be unable to even lift their heads.

If he was facing an enemy with fighting experience, the best choice was to immediately leap up and fight back. He definitely couldn't let Li Boyang's special forces rush into the fortifications, but the enemy wasn't.

The soldiers of the Special Task Force jumped over the sandbags. More than a hundred bayonets glinted in the hot sun as they rushed towards the position like a tide.

Everyone knew that the White Blade Battles were the hardest battles to fight. Most of the soldiers were even more afraid of the bayonets in front of them than they would be of a machine gun.

The battle was one-sided, and the enemy troops without a shred of fighting spirit were as if they had been cut down by wheat and drowned by the tide of special forces. There was almost no pause as each bayonet swept past the enemy's position with each squad and row of horizontal planes.

In the midst of the shouts for battle, the enemies had the guts to run away. They threw away the weapons in their hands and only wished that their father and mother had two more legs left.

Lan Yundong held his bayonet and looked at the enemy troops who were running over. They had already lost their weapons and were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Under the desperate gazes of the enemies that were stuck in the path of retreat, a pincer attack was welcomed.

"Thrust!"

The bayonet pierced through the flesh and then fiercely pulled out. The blood that spurted out from the tip of the knife was extremely beautiful under the scorching sun. Every soldier was like an indefatigable killing machine, bloody to the ground.

Ten minutes later, the battle was over. Li Boyang sat on top of an empty ammunition box with his legs crossed, and the one kneeling in front of him was the enemy Ye Wen, the little Company Commander who was lucky enough not to have been beaten to death. He was truly frightened to death.

Li Boyang frowned. He did not like soldiers without backbone, so he asked indifferently: "What is your name? How many people are there in the Dongguan's army? "

The captured Company Commander only wanted to live but did not dare to hide anything. He immediately deployed the troops of the Dongguan: "Reporting to Sir, my name is Li Dongrong! There is a regiment of more than 1200 people stationed at the Dongguan. The main force is located at the northwest city wall. "

Li Boyang thought for a while, then smiled and said to the Company Commander: "You have two choices! First, cooperate with me to beat up the Dongguan. If you win, I will leave you with your life, and give you another one hundred ocean of hard work. Secondly, if you don't cooperate with me, you will be shot to death right now.

The Company Commander had a bitter face, how could this be a choice, it was clearly the same choice, moreover both were dead, his eyes were wide open, as though he was looking at a madman looking at Li Boyang: "Sir, Dongguan has a group, the walls are 4 meters tall, and can't even be broken through with a cannonball, you can't possibly bring these 100 odd people, right?"