Chapter 100: The War of Southern Expedition (Part 2)

  That night, in the dim sky over Fen Shui Pass north of Fu Ding, it started to rain. There was no thunder and lightning, nor strong winds. The fine rain quietly enveloped the entire world.

  A Dodge truck slowly approached the Fujian Army's position on a rainy night. Sitting in the passenger seat was Yang Dong, the golden-tongued negotiator of Gao Yang, who had arrived in Wenzhou with the vanguard troops of the Sixth Division.

  Kao Yang continued to execute his own bullet and silver bullet tactics, a combination of punches that were very useful during the domestic war.

  The Second Battalion of the Second Division of the Army, the most elite troops under Commander Sun's command, were stationed at the Watershed Pass. The Second Division was well-equipped and well-trained, and it was the division that Commander Sun had risen to prominence with. Yang Dong's mission today was to win over the garrison here and open up a passage for the Sixth Division to march south.

  The driver was Zhang Xinghai, who had actively asked to participate in this action. After arriving in Wenzhou, Zhang Xinghai kept thinking about how to make a meritorious deed and turn over a new leaf.

  When Yang Dong found his team leader to ask for a few people to follow, Zhang Xinghai, who was chatting with the team leader and Zhang Zhonglin, who had just been transferred to the team as a staff member, immediately went to the team leader after learning the news and volunteered to participate in this task. The team leader agreed to his request due to their past relationship.

  The garrison of Fen Shui Guan was the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Regiment of the Second Army. The regimental commander was Li Zhengqing, a native of Zhumadian, Henan Province and a graduate of Baoding Military Academy. He had followed General Sun for many years and was extremely loyal to him.

  On the way back to Fen Shui Guan from Fuzhou, he received a report that the Sixth Division had already arrived at Fen Shui Guan. Commander Li was greatly shocked and rushed back to his post before nightfall.

  Li Tuanzhang's troops were originally stationed in Fuzhou. Recently, Sun Commander was preparing to join forces with Lu Xiaojia, the former Zhejiang Governor, to attack Gaoyang, and Li Tuanzhang's unit was arranged to go north from Fen Shui Guan to Hangzhou and Shanghai.

  Unexpectedly, the troops had just arrived at Fen Shui Guan when they received intelligence that the Zhejiang army had collapsed! Commander Sun immediately ordered Colonel Li's unit to defend in place. Unexpectedly, it wasn't long before this became the first line of defense against the Sixth Division's southward advance.

  Li Tuan-zhang, who was studying the map, received a report from the front line that someone claiming to be an envoy of the Sixth Division requested to see the superior officer. After a moment's thought, Li Tuan-zhang immediately understood the intentions of the visitor. He curled up the corner of his mouth and said with a sarcastic tone, "Hmph! They've set their sights on me!"

  He waved his hand, ready to let the troops drive everyone away, but he swallowed his words. "What if there's something else? Forget it. Two armies are at war, and they don't behead envoys." He picked up the phone and said in a deep voice, "Bring them over!"

  Yang Dong wore a long green shirt and a pair of black-framed glasses, topped with a round hat in the style of a scholar. To those who didn't know him, his first impression was that of a teacher.

  Yang Dong and Zhang Xinghai were brought into the command center. Zhang Xinghai was allowed in as an attendant, while the others were locked up in a house next to the courtyard.

  "After a simple exchange of pleasantries and introductions, Commander Li got straight to the point: 'What brings you here this time? Please speak directly. Everyone's time is quite tight.'"

  Yang Dong glanced at several senior military officers sitting beside him and felt a slight sense of unease in his heart. "This task is not going to be easy."

  During wartime, it's unheard of for someone to meet with an enemy envoy unless they truly wish to surrender. Commander Li summoned all the high-ranking officers over to demonstrate his sincerity and also as a personal witness.

  Yang Dong coughed and began to speak, "Commander, the current situation is clear to everyone. Our General Gao led ten thousand troops on a southern expedition, like a heavy hammer crushing an egg, no one can stop it! General Gao has a kind heart and does not want us to fight each other, so he specially ordered me to come..."

  "How much?" a military officer sitting next to Captain Li suddenly asked aloud.

  "Whoosh!" With a sudden sound, everyone in the house turned their heads to look at this officer.

  "Ah!" Yang Dong, who was interrupted, rubbed his nose and a hint of embarrassment flashed across his face. He then said in a deep voice, "High-ranking officers, 50,000 taels each!"

  "Oh." The officer who asked the question responded lightly and continued, "I've long heard that Director Gao is as rich as a country, buying warships, building railways, and constructing factories. How come he's only willing to offer 500,000 taels to our brother? Doesn't he take our brother seriously?"

  "Commander Li smiled slightly and rebuked in a soft voice, 'General Wang, how can you speak like this? You're not looking down on General Gao, are you? Apologize to General Gao at once.'"

  "General Gao, I'm a rough man, you're a magnanimous one, don't hold it against me. I've been wanting to meet you too. Your head is worth a lot of money, at least more than 50,000 taels."

  "Hahaha……" Li Tuanzhang and several others burst out laughing loudly.

  Yang Dong and Zhang Xinghai have turned pale, especially Zhang Xinghai. His fists are clenched tightly together. Slowly lowering his eyelids, when he opens them again, his eyes are filled with murderous intent!

  Gao Yang is the person he admires most. Last time, a hoodlum outside the military camp just mentioned Gao Du's name and was beaten up by Zhang Xinghai! Now, he's being insulted to his face! Zhang Xinghai is ready to take action!

  Yang Dong suppressed his anger and said in a low voice, "No more nonsense! Since that's the case, let's settle this on the battlefield!"

  "Not sending!"

  "Hmm!"

  Yang Dong turned around and left, without noticing Zhang Xinghai behind him, who was looking around the environment with a gloomy face.

  Two guards came to Yang Dong's side, preparing to take them away. Li Tuanzhang and others had also stood up, ready to go about their own business. Just then, Zhang Xinghai, walking behind the guard, flashed a fierce light in his eyes and took big strides forward, embracing one of the guards' necks with both hands.

  With a swift movement, the two hands crossed and "cracked!" The guard fell to the ground. Yang Dong, standing aside, was shocked and his eyes widened in surprise. However, he quickly regained his composure and stretched out his hands to grab the neck of another guard, crossing his hands to take down this guard as well.

  All this was done in a flash of lightning, and by the time Li Tuanzhang and others reacted, Zhang Xinghai had already picked up the guard's flower machine gun.

  The rifle bolt went crazy and swept away. The first to be shot was the King's Chief of Staff, who fell down with a miserable cry. Immediately afterwards, the entire command center was like a hornet's nest, with gunfire and miserable cries erupting all around.

  Yang Dong reacted quickly, picking up another guard's flower machine gun to block the door. There were not many people in the command center, and several staff members and communication soldiers were unarmed. The officers with guns were all knocked down at the first burst of gunfire. By the time Zhang Xinghai replaced the magazine, there was no one standing inside the command center.

  Yang Dong charged out with his gun, and the deputy officer of the high-ranking military officer and the soldiers on duty were all at the door. When they heard the gunshot and rushed in, they were all knocked to the ground by Yang Dong!

  Zhang Xinghai hastily ran to the front of the radio station, put on his headphones and quickly sent a telegram. During his time at the Military Academy, he had studied telecommunications, and when he was a battalion commander, he knew the frequency of the Sixth Division. Now Zhang Xinghai wanted to immediately inform his own people that the command center at Fen Shui Guan had been destroyed.

  The headquarters of the Second Regiment was a small courtyard. Yang Dong's entourage were temporarily locked in a room on the right side. There were only a few guards in the courtyard, and the people from the guard company were all outside the courtyard.

  After a brief but intense exchange of fire, all the guards in the courtyard had fallen. The soldiers outside had not yet completed their assembly!

  Quickly released all the entourage, picked up their weapons and retreated back into the house.

  Just a few people had just returned to the house when the outside door was suddenly smashed open! A large number of soldiers rushed in.

  Yang Dong's eyes flashed as he raised his gun and shattered the light bulb inside the house. He then shouted loudly towards the outside, "Your captain is in my hands! If you don't want him to die, all of you get out!"

  The soldiers outside paused, and the momentum of the charge immediately stopped. At this time, Zhang Xinghai came to Yang Dong's side and said in a low voice, "It's been sent out!"

  Yang Dong nodded silently, now whether he could survive or not depended on whether he could intimidate the soldiers outside and how quickly the troops in the north would react. As for Zhang Xinghai's unauthorized actions, this was not the time to discuss such things!

  Hangzhou. Gao Yang was sitting quietly behind his desk looking at the official document report. A knock on the door sounded "Come in."

  Weixi rushed in with a telegram "Commander!" After saluting, he continued "Just received the telegram! Yang Dong has occupied the division headquarters of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division at Fen Shui Guan and requests an immediate attack on Fen Shui Guan!"

  "Huh?" Gao Yang's hand holding the file stopped. "What's going on? Didn't he go to negotiate? How did they occupy the headquarters?" Gao Yang asked in surprise.

  "Weixi shook his head and said in a low voice,"I don't know!"

  "Order the frontline troops to launch an immediate attack on Fen Shui Pass! We'll discuss the details after we've won!"

  "Yes! Sir!"

  Wei Ke left, and Gao Yang leaned back in his chair, rubbing his eyebrows and said in a low voice, "Yuandian, help me investigate what's going on!"

  "Do you think I'm a god? We're hundreds of miles away, no internet, no satellite, how am I supposed to check? I'm not all-seeing!" Yuan Dian said with a hint of resentment.

  Gao Yang twitched his mouth and didn't say a word, putting down the file in silence. Now all they could do was wait for news.

  The sixth division of the front line at Fen Shui Guan received the attack order and immediately began preparations for the attack. The pre-bombardment fire cover was completed within 10 minutes, followed by intense shelling!

  The infantry attack was launched immediately, and the two battalions of infantrymen formed a skirmish line under the cover of night and climbed up to the watershed ridge in the hazy rain. At this time, the nighttime training that had been carried out normally showed its results.

  The troops of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Division immediately put up a resolute resistance to the attacking troops! At the same time, they reported the situation to the battalion headquarters. However, at this time, the battalion headquarters had no reaction, and several main military officers of the battalion had been knocked down in the battalion headquarters.

  An army without a leader can only passively defend its position to the death. The front line is heavily wounded and desperately asking for support from the battalion headquarters, while the reserve troops in the rear have no orders and can only stupidly watch the smoke and fire show on the front line. With the addition of darkness and rain, information is not smooth, and the entire Second Division's Second Regiment gradually falls into chaos.

  The first line of defense of the second battalion was subjected to intense artillery fire, and the position had been blown to pieces, with heavy losses in both weapons and personnel.

  The support from the rear has yet to arrive! Even the artillerymen don't know where to fire because they haven't received any orders. Ten minutes into the battle and not a single shell has been fired!

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