Chapter 11 Another Battle on the Xiangjiang River (2) ("")
At the same time, the Sixteenth Hunan Division, which was pursuing victory, had slowly entered the hell that the Red Army had arranged for it.
Following the order from the leader of the Red 11th Regiment, 16 mortars and 16 heavy machine guns, which had been prepared for a long time, and dozens of light machine guns opened fire at once. The 16th Division immediately experienced what it means to be in a world of ice and fire.
Standing, there are machine guns, lying down, there are artillery shells.
Commander Zhang Liangji of the Sixteenth Hunan Division completely stopped thinking.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, rows of mortars fell on the heads of the Hunan army as if they had eyes. They plowed back and forth over and over again. It can be seen from the fire caused by the explosion.
, on the highway, on both sides of the highway, there are craters blown by bombs everywhere. After each round of bombs, the soldiers who were jumping and running just now turned into stumps and minced meat and ceased to exist. The soldiers on the roadside
The trees were burning, the weeds on the roadside were burning, and even the corpses were burning. In the light of the fire, the Hunan troops running around became the best targets, and the rain-like bullets cut them down like grass.
fall.
At this moment, the charge horn sounded. The soldiers of the Red 11th Regiment were like tigers that had escaped the reins, roaring and rushing forward. The remnants of the Hunan Army who had just seen hope had never seen such a formation before. The troops immediately
They broke up, and the soldiers ran around to capture prisoners.
When the Red 11th Regiment was shelling, Li Jue, who was hurrying behind, also knew something was wrong, and quickly ordered the troops to march quickly. Just as he finished giving the order, he suddenly heard fierce gunfire on the road where the vanguard regiment was.
, listening to the intensity of gunfire, there are definitely two regiments of the Red Army.
What a joke, Liu Hua's troops have a machine gun in each squad, how can they not have strong firepower?
Just when Li Jue was thinking about what to do next, his vanguard group was almost finished.
At that time, Liu Hua heard that the Red 11th Regiment was firing, and Li Jue's vanguard regiment had just entered the ambush circle, and immediately ordered the attack to begin. Since the Red 10th Regiment was lined up in a row, when the first gunshot was fired, all automatic firepower was fired.
The bullets were sprayed lifelessly, and after the rifle fired a shot, it began to throw grenades, one after another.
Just when the vanguard regiment reacted from the encounter, half of the entire regiment's combatants had fallen. But just when they lay down and were thankful that they had escaped disaster, the overwhelming grenades fell again.
The leader of the vanguard regiment was Li Fei, who had risen through military service and was very good at fighting. Just when he saw that each of his men fell to the enemy's gun before they even got their guns in their hands.
He immediately judged that the Communist army was going to annihilate itself, and quickly ordered the troops to break out backwards.
But his luck didn't seem that good. Just when he took the remaining 100 people around him and ran out of the circle of fire, Lao Sun, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately launched a charge.
The No. 100 men could no longer hold on and immediately collapsed. Lao Sun resolutely carried out Liu Hua's order and could only follow the enemy and rely on firepower to kill the enemy. When the enemy returned to the rear, he just opened fire from a distance.
gun to intimidate the enemy. After throwing a few rounds of grenades, they retreated silently.
As for the reason for doing this, it was to paralyze Li Jue and prevent him from coming for reinforcements. But Li Jue was a veteran on the battlefield after all. When he ordered reinforcements, Lao Sun had already retreated safely with his troops.
The angry Li Jue could only get angry at Li Fei who came back with dozens of people.
Liu Hua was happy at this time. He wiped out nearly 2,000 enemies with less than 1,000 troops, suffered only dozens of casualties, and also captured a large amount of equipment and ammunition. How can he be unhappy?
And I made a little fortune on the way back, so I would be even happier.
It turned out that on the way back, after the reconnaissance platoon discovered hundreds of escaped soldiers of the 16th Division, Liu Hua quickly ordered his troops to surround them.
Just when the remnant soldiers realized something was wrong, they were already surrounded. After experiencing the artillery fire from the Communist army just now, they no longer dared to resist and surrendered immediately.
Liu Hua quickly asked the soldiers to do prisoner work, and he would keep as many prisoners as he could. You must know that Liu Hua is short of soldiers now.
At this time, the battle to ambush the 16th Division had been completely won.
He who arrived in a hurry was shocked, because it was only the 11th Regiment that had caused this glorious victory, which he simply could not imagine. They had such powerful arms? He cast his doubts on Deng Guoqing, who was about to report to him.
"What a great fight, Comrade Deng Guoqing, I wonder where you got all this artillery fire?"
"Report to Commander Lin that these arms were seized from the Gui Army." Deng Guoqing could not hide his excitement and said loudly.
"Captured? So your division has defeated the Gui Army?" He couldn't hide his surprise and asked, because as far as he knew, the Gui Army consisted of one division and one regiment, while the Third Army only had two regiments of the Fourth Division.
He didn't believe that Lao Peng was that capable, but he didn't believe what was happening before him. Why didn't the Military Commission inform them?
"Yes, we won a great victory, but this is the credit of the Tenth Regiment."
"Ten regiments?" Just one regiment defeated four of the opponent's regiments. Unless the God of War was reincarnated, Army Commander Lin was even more surprised: "Then why did you set up an ambush here?"
"This is also Commander Liu's plan."
"Captain Liu? Which Commander Liu?" I remember that there was no commander named Liu in the Third Army Corps, so I was confused.
"To be precise, it is Commander Liu Hua. Comrade Shen Shuqing of the 10th Regiment died, so he will be the commander." Speaking of the old man's sacrifice, Deng Guoqing's voice deepened.
"Ah, Liu Hua." The self-proclaimed first general of the Red Army finally remembered Liu Hua's name and felt an inexplicable jealousy.
"Commander Lin, look, Commander Liu and the others have also returned victoriously." Deng Guoqing pointed at a group of people coming from the direction of Jueshanpu.
"Returning victoriously? Ah, no wonder we didn't see the enemy's reinforcements." He was completely surprised. Who is this Liu Hua? The battle was so orderly.
Liu Hua was so proud of his victory that he ran over when he saw several people walking towards him, because according to his later memories, those people were the commander of the First Red Army, political commissar Nie Rongzhen, chief of staff Zuo Quan and several other leaders.
Liu Hua quickly ran over, gave a few standard salutes, and said: "Reporting to all leaders, Liu Hua, leader of the Red Tenth Regiment, has successfully completed his mission and reports to you."
"It's true that a strong general has no weak soldiers. I didn't expect that Lao Peng also has a tiger general like you. He fought so beautifully. Young people are to be feared, and young people are to be feared!" Nie Rongjin praised with a smile.
"Thank you Political Commissar Nie for the compliment. This is all due to the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the Military Commission." Liu Hua hurried back.
"Don't be arrogant when you win, and don't be discouraged when you lose. Very good, very good." Chief of Staff Zuo next to him continued.
"Well! Commander Liu, you fought well. Now the Hunan Army won't dare to come again! If you have a chance, tell me your thoughts and motivations for these battles" said the speaker.
"Yes, Commander Lin, we have to go back to Fangguanghuapu. The night is cold and windy, so please take care of yourself." Liu Hua quickly replied. As a descendant, he would not dare to offend.
"You have the heart, take care of yourself along the way." There is still no emotion in the words.
"Salute to the leaders and comrades of the Red Army, take care!" Liu Hua led the soldiers in saluting and shouted loudly, which soon disappeared into the pre-dawn night.
At this time, after Liu Hua and others completely annihilated the fourth regiment of the Guangxi Army and one division and one regiment of the Hunan Army, the two troops no longer dared to advance rashly and could only follow the Red Army from a distance. This gave the Central Red Army a win for crossing the river.
precious time.
After several days of forced crossing, most of the Central Red Army has crossed the river, and only part of the baggage has not yet crossed.
After receiving the news of the victory of the Red Tenth Regiment, I was as happy as the soldiers, and my originally weak body became stronger. Maybe God is blessing the Central Red Army, and there will always be a turn for the better in difficult and desperate moments.