District 9

Li Shihong's full artillery regiment, plus the guard company and officers from Meng Xi's headquarters, totaled less than 2,000 people, but the intervention of this small force completely broke the stalemate at the Songjiang South Pass.

Meng Xi is right. As for Feng's garrison at Nanguankou, they are just defending with a sigh of relief. The city gate has been lost, and Commander-in-Chief Feng Chengzhang is also preparing to run to Changji. However, the soldiers and officers at the grassroots level feel that the Sichuan soldiers cannot be broken up or killed, and they are always rushing in...

Therefore, this was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the defense zone in the city began to completely collapse. Previously, several regiments of the New Second Division were withdrawn for rest only after their combat losses exceeded 50%. In other words, their elite troops were all in the first and second lines of defense, and Once these two layers of defense are torn apart, the remaining troops may not be able to exert even half of their combat power.

In addition, Li Shihong's artillery regiment and Meng Xi's headquarters participated in the battle. The Sichuan army was not much less numerous than Feng's troops, and the total number of people attacking the city was almost over 10,000.

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At Songjiang South Pass, after one of Feng's defense areas was penetrated, their large forces began to retreat into the street.

At this time, Meng Xi called Li Shihong, Daya and others alone.

"Now the city is in complete chaos, and Feng's troops are retreating." Meng Xi said very quickly: "If Li Jie chooses to fight in the streets and continues to resist, then if our main force wants to push to the center of the city, it will be better. It takes a lot of time, but we don’t have that time now.”

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Li Shihong was a little confused: "We are not at a disadvantage on the two fronts of the battlefield now, so why do we have to fight so aggressively?"

"Because Beifengkou is about to enter a state of war."

"No, there are nearly 70,000 people in the Wu mercenary group, plus the Self-Defense Forces." Li Shihong frowned and replied: "There is a war at Beifengkou, so it won't have much impact on the ninth district for the time being, right?"

"You think the problem is too simple." Da Ya interrupted: "It is difficult for the Wu mercenary group and the Self-Defense Force to stop the Liberal Party troops, so we must fight quickly."

"Yes!" Meng Xi nodded immediately: "We have to make it clear that this time the European Union Region will link up with the political allies of the Six Regions and will do their best to protect the He and Fenglu families, so the pressure on Beifengkou is the greatest. Only we Only by finishing the work first can we have a complete victory."

Li Shihong is the commander of the artillery regiment, and his command ability is undoubted, but his control of the overall situation still has limitations.

"Listen to me, Brigadier Wang is now leading the troops to continue to advance and kill the defeated troops of the New Second Division and the Guard Brigade." Meng Xi spoke very quickly: "And I, Station Commander Ma, Commander Li , leading troops to infiltrate the surrounding areas, led by military intelligence personnel lurking in the city..."

Meng Xi was the commander appointed by Qin Yu, so everyone would naturally listen to his orders carefully and execute them unconditionally.

After the order was issued, the Sichuan army once again temporarily adjusted its tactics. Daya led the main force of the field brigade and followed the enemy's retreat direction, preparing to engage in street fighting with the New Second Division and the garrison brigade.

Li Shihong, on the other hand, led more than a thousand artillery regiment soldiers to break out from the east side.

The remaining Meng Xi and Ma Laoer each led 500 people, preparing to break out from the enemy's defense zone at selected points.

Before parting, Meng Xi said to Ma Laoer alone: ​​"Lao Er, during the war, we must not be soft. Only by completely defeating the enemy can the war end and peace come. Therefore, if we can win two steps, we will never be soft. To win one step, you must be decisive when encountering problems!”

Recently, only Ma Laoer has been hanging out with Meng Xi for a long time, and the two have become very familiar with each other. This is why Meng Xi calls him Laoer in private. Because the two parties are about the same age, they also have opposite tempers on certain things.

Ma Laoer looked at Meng Xi and nodded: "I understand."

"Just do it, I'm leaving." Meng Xi patted Ma Laoer on the shoulder.

"Pay attention to your safety!" Ma Laoer warned.

Meng Xi grinned, waved his hand and shouted at his guard company and the soldiers assigned to him by Daya: "Fight me from the west side, and pass everyone quickly along the way. Don't be reluctant to fight!"

Five hundred men set off and began to break out from an enemy stronghold on the west side.

Both sides of the highway in the city are filled with residential buildings and living areas. There is no way to use heavy artillery here. Otherwise, a single shot will cause a building to collapse, which will cause too much harm to the people.

As the troops advanced, Feng's ambushes were everywhere on both sides of the street, but the organization was relatively loose. It was obvious that the disabled troops were launching their own defense.

Meng Xi bent down and ran on the roadside, and kept saying to the guard company beside him: "Ignore the scattered soldiers in the alley and the community with cold guns. We will move forward quickly. When we encounter large groups of troops, we will choose to go around. quick!"

Meng Xi's orders were very urgent and could even allow small-scale attrition and casualties in the troops, but the speed must not be slowed down. Instead, they must move forward quickly with a clear purpose.

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Jiangnan District, inside the Air Defense Department.

Feng Chengzhang was sitting in the office, holding the phone and yelling: "Why haven't there been any shots fired at Beifengkou?! They fired, so our pressure can be relieved. He Chong, let me tell you, the situation in Songjiang is very dangerous now, you We must put pressure on the EU zone. Tell him that if Beifengkou doesn't take action, the situation in the ninth zone will be decided, that's it!"

After hanging up the phone, the deputy brigade commander of the garrison brigade stepped forward and said: "Commander, the South Pass can no longer be defended. The Sichuan Army has sent nearly two thousand more troops. At present, the New Second Division and our garrison brigade have withdrawn. . I had a phone call with Commander Li just now. What he meant was... the New Second Division and the Security Brigade have returned to the Air Defense Department. We will assemble and the large forces will collectively withdraw into Changji. There are Lu troops over there. We It will be very safe to enter, and the Sichuan Army’s First Field Brigade definitely has no capital to conquer another city.”

Feng Chengzhang thought for a long time and found no better way in his mind. He waved his hand directly and said: "Execute it!"

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On the edge of Pingdao District, in an alley on the side of a building.

Meng Xi wiped the sweat from his face, waved his hands and shouted: "Where are the people?!"

"Commander Meng, here it is!" A middle-aged man ran over under the leadership of a guard.

Meng Xi frowned and looked at him: "Stationmaster Ma's people?"

"Yes, I'm from Operations Group 6." The middle-aged man nodded.

"Where is Feng Chengzhang currently?" Meng Xi asked immediately.

"He is in the air defense department." The middle-aged man responded immediately: "He was originally planning to run, but our action team blocked his convoy midway."

"How many people can attack the air defense department?" Meng Xi asked again.

"There are at least four thousand people over there now, and the two regiments in the north of the city have all been transferred." The middle-aged man thought for a while and said: "I...if we attack by force, we will never be able to defeat them without a similar number of people, because the north of the city The troops are not wasted and their weapons are intact."

Meng Xi thought about it again and again and asked in a low voice: "Stationmaster Ma has assigned you special tasks before, right?"

"Yes." The middle-aged man immediately nodded and replied: "But since the war started, many people are running out, especially at the north gate, there are many people leaving..."

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Near Pingdao District Superintendent of Police.

"Is there anyone in this compound?" Ma Laoer asked, pointing inside.

"Yes." A military intelligence officer nodded and replied: "I have been keeping an eye on this place. There is an air-raid shelter in the second room. The director and the others hid in it before they had time to run away..."

Ma Laoer hesitated for a moment, frowned and waved his hands: "I can't control that much anymore, rush in and get someone!"