The troops continued to pursue the fleeing enemy, but Song Xilian led the 7th Company to rush into the station. Of course, Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan were accompanied. The scene along the way made them unable to bear to witness it.

Corpse, layers of corpses, corpses of various postures; those who were upright, kneeling on the ground, wrestled with each other, bayonets rushed into each other's stomachs, half-headed, and no arms. Yiyaya's blood, solidified, semi-coagulated, and still flowing, and occasionally heavy moans came from the pool of blood.

The ground was full of ravines, and there were broken trenches, bomb craters, and unfinished smoke. All traces showed what kind of fierce battles had happened here.

When Song Xilian arrived at the side of the station, he met the guarded soldiers. There was only one squad of soldiers there. Except for the sharp eyes, everyone showed fatigue, his military uniform was tattered, everyone was injured, and two machine guns were watching them vigilantly in the collapsed fortifications.

"May I ask the chief's name and number?" The sergeant who led the team saluted Song Xilian cleanly and said that one of his hands was still wearing a bandage, which was so dirty that it could not tell the original color.

"Lieutenant Colonel Song Xilian, the 10th Battalion of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Division." Song Xilian returned a salute, but all the officers and soldiers behind him saluted the sergeant, and the sergeant and his soldiers stood attentively and returned the salute.

"Where is your deputy commander?" Song Xilian looked anxious. It was so abnormal.

A murderous aura suddenly surged from the sergeant's body, and the fierce murderous aura made Song Xilian almost untenable. "The deputy division commander was seriously injured in the last attack of the enemy and was rescued in the medical center," the sergeant said with tears in his eyes: "Captain Xue and the brothers in the division are all there."

While speaking, he kicked Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan in the crowd hard, and Song Xilian's mind buzzed. He didn't hear the words behind the sergeant, nor did he ask where the medical staff were, and rushed to snatch them into the station.

"Come on, tie them up." The sergeant pointed at Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan and immediately snatched out a few soldiers and rushed into the crowd to drag Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan out. The officers in the crowd immediately stopped him. The sergeant waved his hand and immediately heard a crackling sound of gunbolts. Seven or eight black muzzles pointed at dozens of officers and soldiers of the tenth battalion.

"What are you going to do!" The officer in the crowd asked in a frustration. Song Xilian's soldiers were not good at all. If they changed places and changed the group to point guns at them like this, they would probably have drawn their guns toward each other long ago. But in this situation... they just moved manually, but looked at the officers in the crowd.

"I'm sorry, sir. If the commander is fine, it's just that. If..., we will use these two bastards to sacrifice to the commander alive." The sergeant blushed and his tone was cold.

"Sergeant," the officer understood what he was going to do, and was anxious and angry: "You love the deputy commander, and we love him too. When he was the company commander of the 7th Company, I was his soldier. He promoted the land. The soldiers here are all from the 7th Company, and he led them. I can tell you in charge that the deputy commander will never, and he will never agree to you to do this."

The sergeant's eyes were almost bleeding, and he said coldly: "I don't care, these two officials are not young, so it's just right to use them to sacrifice themselves!"

The officer anxiously said in an almost pleading tone: "Brother. You will violate military law when you do this, and it is not worth it."

The sergeant stopped talking coldly, his eyes clearly said, "What you said is nonsense." The officer's anger rose and he couldn't help it: "Come on! Take them both!"

"Machine gun preparation!" The sergeant did not hesitate at all, and the officer was furious: "You dare!"

The sir looked at him fiercely and indifferently. Just when the stalemate was in a state of stalemate, a voice came from behind: "What are you doing?"

The officer quickly turned around, the crowd separated, and Hu Zongnan came in from behind. The officer quickly saluted: "Report to the commander of the regiment, this sergeant wants to detain Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan, and said that if there is any accident when passing by Deputy Commander Zhuang, they will use them to sacrifice themselves."

Hu Zongnan frowned and looked at the sergeant, then looked at the officer: "Go to the medical center first. Leave the matter here to them."

"Yes!" The officer then noticed that Hu Zongnan was following Sun Yuanliang and others. Hu Zongnan's eyes were not moving backwards, and his expression was disdainful.

Sun Yuanliang separated the crowd and came forward: "Sergeant. Leave these two people to us, the deputy commander will be fine."

Sun Yuanliang felt that he was speaking politely enough, but who knew that the sergeant seemed to not know Sun Yuanliang: "Captain Sun, now Commander Xue is Commander Xue in command of the entire division."

Sun Yuanliang was embarrassed. He didn't expect that this would be like this after this battle. He suddenly felt that this division would never have a place for him to stand in the future.

After Hu Zongnan finished speaking, he did not stop and walked straight in. The station had been completely destroyed. There were houses everywhere, overturned, and the blew up carriages and fronts of the vehicles. The medical center was easy to find. There was a large group of people gathered outside. The officers and soldiers of the first division were all here, looking at the medical center with eager eyes.

"Brothers, go back and rest. The military doctor said that the division commander is fine."

"Now, I'll do everything I can, and it depends on myself in the future." The military doctor said to Xue Yue and Hu Zongnan tiredly. He had performed the operation in the afternoon under fire, and with three hundred cc of blood, he was very tired now and wanted to sleep.

"Is there no other way?" Hu Zongnan asked anxiously.

"There is no other way here, the conditions are limited, unless it is a big city like Shanghai and Wuhan, and a hospital with well-equipped equipment."

"How about Nanchang?" Xue Yue asked: "Can't you find a hospital in Nanchang?"

"First of all, Nanchang is still in the hands of the enemy. Secondly, as far as I know, the best hospital in Nanchang is Shengleis Hospital, with only seven or eight doctors, which is much worse than that in Shanghai and Wuhan."

"But..." Xue Yue said in embarrassment: "But can he hold on to Wuhan? Besides, isn't Wuchang still in Wu Peifu's hands?"

"I made suggestions from the doctor's perspective. I really didn't have the confidence to save his life." The military doctor said helplessly: "By the way, Captain Hu, does your group have morphine injections? If so, please bring them quickly. Give him an injection and get some anti-inflammatory powder."

"No problem, we will give you all the bandages, including bandages." Hu Zongnan said without hesitation: "Adminton Wang, order everyone to bring all the bandages they carry here, and also order the regiment's health soldiers to bring all the medicines and bring them all! Go quickly!"

The adjutant took the order and turned around and ran away.

The result of the battle was beyond Chiang Kai-shek's expectations. The officers and soldiers of Yang Genghe and Liang Hongen also collapsed quickly. They had no intention of resisting at all. They fled to three sides of the southeast, north and south. After being chased, they threw their guns and knelt on the side of the road to surrender, or lying directly on the ground waiting for the Northern Expedition Army to capture them.

Yang Genghe and Liang Hongen fled to the Ganjiang River. Because they had no boats, they ran eastward. As a result, they were caught up by Sun Yuanliang's troops after running a few miles.

Since then, the Niuxing Battle ended with the victory of the Northern Expedition Army. The troops participating in the war: the First Regiment and the Third Regiment of the First Division of the Northern Expedition Army have a total of more than 3,500 people, the Fifth Mixed Brigade, the Sixth Mixed Brigade, and the Second Mixed Brigade of the Second Front Army of the Five Provincial Alliance Army, and the 24th Mixed Brigade was added in the middle. The total force is more than 18,000. The final result is that the First Division has more than 800 troops, including nearly 400 seriously injured people who have lost their combat effectiveness. The commander

Zhuang Jihua was seriously injured, and seven regiment-level cadres, including the head of the division's political department, the director of the division's military supplies department, etc. were killed. Six battalion-level cadres were seriously injured. Only Dai Anlan survived, and the rest were killed. In the coalition forces of the five provinces, the commander Zheng Junyan, commander-in-chief of the Gan Army, Peng Dequan, Yang Genghe, and Liang Hongen were captured, and most of the regiment-level officers were killed. Except for nearly 3,000 Li Junyi's troops were transferred, the remaining 15,000 were either captured or killed.

After this battle, Sun Chuanfang's main force in Nanchang was annihilated. There was only one brigade in Zhang Fengqi and the remnants of the 10th Division in Nanchang to guard less than 4,000 people. In addition, Li Zongren annihilated 20,000 people in Xie Hongxun's land in Ruoxi, and nearly half of Sun Chuanfang's land in Jiangxi were annihilated.

But Chiang Kai-shek was not happy, but when he heard Jiang Xianyun report that it was a telegram jointly signed by Xue Yue and Hu Zongnan, his heart sank. Before Jiang Xianyun could read the content, he asked: "Tell me quickly, what happened to the Cultural Revolution?"

Jiang Xianyun said in a low voice: "Seriously injured and still in a coma, the military doctor suggested to transfer it to Shanghai or Wuhan."

Jiang Xianyun felt very uncomfortable. For several years, although he and Zhuang Jihua had different political views, they did not prevent them from gradually becoming friends and confidants. After breaking up with Li Zhilong, he was truly called a friend in Huangpu, namely Zhuang Jihua, and his friendship with each other even surpassed that of a party comrade like Yang Qigang.

"Principal. What should I do?" Jiang Xianyun couldn't help asking.

Chiang Kai-shek's face turned pale. Before he could speak, Bai Chongxi came in from outside. He looked happy: "Great victory, great victory, it is really a rare victory. He captured Zheng Junyan, annihilated 14,000 enemies, commander-in-chief,..."

Bai Chongxi then realized that Chiang Kai-shek's face was unhappy. He realized after thinking about it for a moment that Chiang Kai-shek was worried about Zhuang Jihua's safety.

"Commander-in-Chief, there will be no trouble in the Cultural Revolution. He made great contributions this time, and God will not let him leave like this." Bai Chongxi comforted Chiang Kai-shek and said. Having said that, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. This young man is too outstanding. Is God also jealous of his talent and wants to take it back?

"Principal, the student asked to go to Niuxing and escort the Cultural Revolution to Hankou for treatment." Jiang Xianyun suddenly said.

"Okay, go to the general hospital to bring two best military doctors and escort them along the way. You must let him survive." Chiang Kai-shek nodded, and said hatefully: "In addition, detain Sun Yuanliang and send it to the Military Law Department. This scum!"

Bai Chongxi and Jiang Xianyun both knew why Chiang Kai-shek detained Sun Yuanliang. After Cheng Qian returned, he complained to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that Sun Yuanliang did not obey the command and retreated without authorization, resulting in the failure of the Lehua battle. At the same time, the report of Deng Yanhua, the commander of the 17th Division, was attached. This report made Chiang Kai-shek embarrassed in front of the armies again.

Then Chiang Kai-shek sternly said to Bai Chongxi: "Order Zhu Peide, no, restrict Zhu Peide, and you must take Nanchang tomorrow, otherwise, otherwise…."

Chiang Kai-shek finally controlled his emotions and did not say the following words, but Bai Chongxi already understood. He stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, Chief Zhu will definitely work hard to attack, otherwise why should he be the chairman of this province?"

Bai Chongxi's judgment was very accurate. After hearing that Niu Xing's victory, Zhu Peide never dared to preserve his strength again. He forced his crossing of Ganjiang that night and began to attack Nanchang the next day. Gu Zhutong, to the west, also captured Deng Jiapu and went straight to Jinxianmen on the same day. Lu Diping station in the north station in the north, expanded to the Niuxing Station in the north, and implemented an offensive defense against Lu Xiangting on the Nanxun Line. Then Chiang Kai-shek gained another surprise. The Seventh Army ambushed Li Junyi who retreated north, wiped out three thousand troops from his troops, and captured Li Junyi alive.

Chiang Kai-shek, who received the victory, immediately ordered Lu Diping to retreat south to participate in the battle to siege Nanchang. There were many troops in Nanchang City, but the total force was only about 4,000, and the system was in chaos. Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, Yue Siyin and others were trapped in Nanchang.

When Sun Chuanfang learned the result of the Niu Xing battle, she was so angry that she turned the table up and scolded Zheng Junyan. Nearly 20,000 people attacked a small Niu Xing station, but they actually got the result of this. Isn’t this stupider than a pig?

In order to protect Nanchang, he sent Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, and Yue Siyin to cheer them up. "Zhuang Jihua has three thousand lonely troops to guard the cows and travel in a small land. Jun and others have brought 6,000 armor to support the city. They can achieve greater success... I have ordered Commander-in-Chief Lu Xiangting to lead his troops south and arrive soon."

Then the telegram ordered Lu Xiangting to reinforce Nanchang immediately, and the Anhui army was transferred to Jiang, and ordered Jiang Zhenchen to stop retreating, and to transfer troops from the Anhui-Jiangxi border to reinforce Jiang Zhenchen and counterattack Nanchang from the east. However, all the deployment of Sun Chuanfang's land could no longer save the situation in Nanchang. Niu Xing's victory made the morale of the Northern Expedition Army high. Zhu Peide and Gu Zhutong attacked Nanchang fiercely. After half a day, Tang Fushan and others sent representatives to request the inclusion, but they asked their old superior Fang Benren to incorporate. In order to end the Nanchang battle as soon as possible, Chiang Kai-shek agreed to incorporate Fang Benren's Nanchang defenders. That night, Fang Benren entered the city and negotiated with Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, and Yue Siyin. All the defenders were reorganized into the third division of the Gan Army, with Fang Benren as the division commander, Tang Fushan as the deputy division commander, Zhang Fengqi and Yue Siyin as the brigade commander, and the Nanchang defenders laid down their weapons and left the city for reorganization the next day.

But on the third day, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhu Peide to surround the reorganized troops and arrest Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi and Yue Siyin. Bai Chongxi hurriedly dissuaded, but Chiang Kai-shek refused to listen and instead brought out complaints from Nanchang citizens. In the complaint, the citizens of Nanchang listed the crimes of three soldiers causing trouble to Nanchang, and asked the three to bring them to justice and submit them to Nanchang citizens for public trial, thinking that the people would be eliminated.

After three days of military discipline, many Nanchang citizens' property was looted, women were raped and chopped, and citizens wished they could eat their meat raw.

The day after conquering Nanchang, Wuchang announced the liberation. Although Liu Yuchun fought resolutely to the end, his subordinates refused. They secretly contacted the Northern Expedition Army and opened the city gate. The Fourth Army entered Wuchang City. Liu Yuchun was captured. Since then, all three towns in Wuhan have been revived.

Continuous victory, especially the miracle of Niu Xing, is more importantly because it was fought by the First Division founded by Chiang Kai-shek, which won the reputation of Chiang Kai-shek gradually landed. Among the people, Chiang Kai-shek's reputation was unprecedentedly high. Businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have turned their attention to the commander-in-chief with heavy troops.

However, Niu Xing's victory did not dispel the voice of welcomeing Wang's reinstatement. This voice became even higher. The people and the left of the Kuomintang were more urgently hoping that Wang Jingwei would return to China as soon as possible to limit Chiang Kai-shek's increasing reputation and disperse the power in Chiang Kai-shek's hands.

A bloody storm kicked off. Zhuang Jihua lay on the hospital bed in Wuhan, lying in the center of the storm, and he had no idea how to pull history out of its original trajectory.
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