Just when Chen Shuxiang was preparing to die together with the enemy, he suddenly heard shouts.
"Division Commander, Division Commander, good news, good news, our reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming..." The excited voice woke up all the soldiers resting along the way.
"What are you arguing about? Didn't you see that the soldiers are all resting? Look at what you have become," Chen Shuxiang criticized the smiling staff officer in a weak voice.
The young staff officer did not stop because of the division commander's criticism and said excitedly to the division commander.
"Division Commander, our reinforcements are coming. The reinforcements are coming. The Red Tenth Regiment is coming to meet us. We are saved..."
Seeing the excited face of the staff officer, Chen Shuxiang climbed up with difficulty. The staff officer quickly supported the seriously injured division commander.
"Division Commander, our reinforcements are here. They are the Red Tenth Regiment. They are here to pick us up. He is the reconnaissance platoon leader of the Red Tenth Regiment, Liu Xiaogang. He was just sent up to contact us."
Chen Shuxiang saw a young soldier in front of him carrying a submachine gun, walking towards him and saluting him.
"Reporting to the leader, the leader of the reconnaissance platoon of the Red 10th Regiment has been ordered to come to contact us. Our leader is opening the passage and will be here soon. Please order all the soldiers to prepare for a breakout. The report is completed."
Teacher Chen Shuxiang, who had a painful expression on his face, finally showed a smile. He waved his hand and said with difficulty.
"Comrade Liu Xiaogang, what's going on down there? We shouldn't have so many cannons, let alone artillery shells?"
After saying that, he looked at Liu Xiaogang with a puzzled look on his face.
"Reporting to the commander, that is when we captured the enemy's heavy artillery battalion. The regiment commander captured the enemy's heavy artillery battalion, hoping to attract the enemy's attention and attract the enemy, thereby opening a channel to rescue the Red 34th Division..." Liu Xiaogang seriously said that he
He told the teacher, who was seriously ill, what he knew.
After Mr. Chen heard this, the pain in the wound seemed to disappear, and he immediately said: "Quick, tell me, be specific."
Liu Xiaogang told Commander Chen in detail about how his regiment commander rescued the 18th Red Regiment and seized the artillery position.
"Okay! Okay!...What a Liu Hua...with one regiment, he actually...annihilated so many enemies. It seems that the Red 34th Division is saved. Cough...cough..." After saying this, he kept coughing.
"Mr. Chen, don't talk and have a good rest. Our team leader will be here soon." Liu Xiaogang saw Chen Shuxiang coughing continuously and said with concern.
"Captain, we have reached the enemy's position. There is a company of enemy troops in front of us, and they are preparing to have dinner." The deputy platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon whispered to Liu Hua.
"Okay, continue the reconnaissance. When the enemy is having dinner, your reconnaissance platoon will kill the enemy sentries. Then Zhao Dahe will lead the third battalion to surround them. Try not to use guns and execute them immediately," Liu Hua ordered.
"Yes, leader." The two of them quietly left Liu Hua.
At this time, Chen Guangrong and Lao Sun kept scolding Chen Guangrong for being "unkind"
It turns out that after Chen Guangrong knew that these heavy artillery would eventually be blown up, he fired desperately. When the enemy was far away, he used heavy artillery and when he was close, he used mortars. You know, the Gui army is really rich. The artillery positions store heavy artillery.
There are enough artillery shells for one night, and even more mortar shells.
Under Chen Guangrong's strict orders, the artillerymen kept loading shells, firing, and retracting the guns... When the barrels turned red, they poured water on them. The artillerymen were heartbroken to watch.
Chen Guangrong didn't care so much. Except for leaving 12 mortars to fire intermittently, all the cannons were constantly spraying shells.
Chen Guangrong was happy to fight, but Lao Sun and Chen Gengfa were not happy. They saw that the two or three hundred meters in front of the position were almost completely covered by artillery shells. The dense artillery shells continued to fall among the crowd, and each shell could set off
There was a rain of blood, but they still rushed forward desperately. But what was the use?
Under Chen Guangrong's intensive artillery fire, few enemies could break through such a dense firepower network. Even if they broke through, it would not be enough to fill the gap between Lao Sun's two camps.
Some people say that the Gui army is so stupid. Yes, although the Gui army is not stupid, Wang Zanbin gave them a death order. You know, how much is human life worth now? As long as the battle is won, there are weapons and the soldiers can catch them.
There were a lot of them, and they were afraid that there would be no soldiers, so they launched a desperate charge.
When the company of the Sixth Regiment of the Guangxi Army was squatting on the ground eating dinner, they did not know that danger had slowly come to them. Suddenly, countless soldiers strung out from the surrounding grass, all holding bayonets.
Their rifles and shining bayonets were all pointed at the Gui soldiers who were eating, shouting, "You are not allowed to move unless you surrender your guns and kill them."
The company commander of the Guijun Army also reacted quickly and immediately drew his pistol and prepared to resist. But he had quick hands, and there were people with faster hands than him. The deputy platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon immediately ran over and solved it with a single bayonet.
After a bloody lesson, the remaining soldiers quickly surrendered. Liu Hua immediately ordered the guard platoon to take the prisoners to find Chen Guangrong, and let them carry the shells for a while. Now Liu Hua has also learned the lesson, and there are
If you don't use human resources, you are a fool.
Liu Hua, who easily broke through the position, immediately caught up with Liu Xiaogang, who came to relieve him. Under the leadership of Liu Xiaogang, they quickly found the seriously injured Commander Chen Shuxiang.
"Report to Commander Chen, the Red Tenth Regiment has come to meet us under the orders of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. Please give us instructions." After saying this, he added a standard military force.
Chen Shuxiang smiled and said weakly.
"Captain Liu, you have worked hard. I...I thank you on behalf of...the 34th Division...Now...I order...all the...commanders and combatants of...the 34th Division...to...obey the...commands...of...Captain Liu..." After finishing speaking
, he closed his eyes with a smile, as if his biggest wish had come true. Indeed, as a division commander, what he wants to do most at this time is to take the remaining soldiers back and complete the tasks assigned to him by the Party Central Committee. Now
Once the task is completed, there is nothing left to keep as a souvenir.
"Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen..." Liu Hua looked at the body of Mr. Chen Shuxiang quietly, never putting down his saluting hands. He still could not change the history of these people. Liu Hua sighed secretly.
Thinking of the division commander's last glance, Liu Hua felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier. The expectations of Commander Shen Shuqing, the expectations of General Peng, and the expectations of all the soldiers of the 18th Red Regiment. Now there is another 34th Division. He
You must cheer up, there may be more challenges waiting for you later. Liu Hua thought secretly.
He took a deep breath.
"All the soldiers of the third battalion help the 34th Division bury the remains of the martyrs. I will only give you half an hour. After half an hour, everyone will come and gather."
After giving the order, he walked towards the young staff officer again. After asking about the situation of the 34th Division, Liu Hua was silent again. All the cadres at the battalion level and above in the division were killed, and only a few company-level cadres remained. The soldiers were still
Less than two battalions.
"The 34th Division fought really hard." Liu Hua sighed, thinking about what to do next.
Half an hour passed quickly. Looking at the hundreds of tired Red Army soldiers in front of him, Liu Hua shed tears.
"Zhao Dahe, didn't we seize a company's equipment? We also have that company's dry food. We will bring it immediately so that the soldiers can replenish their ammunition and strength. If there is not enough, there are some seized from the 18th Rescue Regiment at the foot of the mountain, which will come in handy.
I’ll give you ten minutes to let the soldiers take a rest, and we’ll set out in ten minutes. Are the 1st and 2nd Battalions at the bottom of the mountain working hard? We can’t waste any more time.”
"Yes, leader."
Under the cover of darkness, a special team quietly moved among the Gui army. They were special because there were too many wounded, among whom there were almost forty or fifty seriously wounded, and many of them were supporting each other.
Although the pain from the wounds continued to torture them, there was not a trace of noise or groan in the team. They were the Red 34th Division saved by Liu Hua.
Under the leadership of the reconnaissance platoon, Liu Hua quickly passed the Gui Army's defensive position and met the guard platoon that came to respond.
Looking at the wounded being carried and listening to the continuous roaring of cannons and fierce gunfire in the distance, Liu Hua fell silent. If he marched carrying so many wounded, how could he get rid of the enemy's pursuit?
Looking at the frowning regimental commander, the guard platoon leader Bruce Lee spoke.
"Captain, what happened? Why don't you continue to retreat?"
"We have so many wounded and our marching speed is too slow. The enemy will catch up soon. We must find a way!"
Liu Hua, the group leader, said with emotion.
"Captain, on this matter, no problem, I'll help you solve it," Bruce Lee said confidently, and smiled mysteriously.
"What can you do! Tell me quickly..." Liu Hua looked at Bruce Lee's mysterious look and asked hurriedly.
"Captain, you have forgotten that we captured the enemy's heavy artillery battalion. Heavy artillery requires horses to pull. You don't know that we captured more than a hundred mules and horses in total. Battalion Commander Chen left fifty horses to pull the artillery shells, and there are still
How about nearly a hundred horses?"
Hearing this, Liu Hua laughed and praised Bruce Lee for his progress, which made Bruce Lee feel embarrassed.
In this way, with the help of nearly a hundred mules and horses, and led by the third battalion commander Zhao Dahe, the Red 34th Division quickly disappeared from Liu Hua's sight.
Liu Hua took the remaining guard platoon and the reconnaissance platoon to the artillery position quickly. When he saw Chen Guangrong firing the artillery in person, and when he saw a sea of fire in front of the infantry position, few enemies could break through the artillery fire and attack the 1st and 2nd Battalions.
Liu Hua knew that he had thought too much. With such a posture and such artillery fire, even if the Gui army came with many people, it would not be enough to explode.
"It seems like it's good to have cannons, but these cannons are a pity." Liu Hua said with emotion as he looked at the cannons with red barrels.
Just when Liu Hua was sighing, Chen Guangrong came over.
"Reporting to the regimental commander, the firepower battalion is being ordered to use up all heavy artillery shells. In an hour, all heavy artillery shells will be used up,"
"Well, how is the enemy's offensive momentum now?" Liu Hua asked, looking at Lao Sun who was rushing over.
"Captain, the Gui army attacked very fiercely at first, but they were all pushed back by Battalion Commander Chen's artillery. Perhaps the enemy casualties were too heavy. Now there are very few attacking enemies. They hardly use infantry. They were beaten back by artillery alone.
.”
"Very good, now I order all troops to withdraw from their positions, take away all mortar shells and a company of mortars, leaving the reconnaissance platoon and guard platoon..."
Half an hour passed. Liu Hua led one or two battalions and escorted the prisoners carrying cannonballs, nearly five miles away from Xinwei, and there was still heavy artillery fire in the direction of Xinwei. What was going on?
Looking at the security platoon and reconnaissance platoon that rushed back, Lao Sun, Chen Guangye and others asked curiously.
It turned out that Liu Hua did not intend to blow up the artillery. As Chen Guangrong said, even if these artillery did not blow up, they would basically expire. So Liu Hua did not take away the captured enemy artillery. Of course, those who were willing to join the Red Army still had to
Taken away.
After leaving the guard platoon and the reconnaissance platoon behind, they told the captured artillerymen that our troops were hiding nearby and asked the artillerymen to continue firing. If anyone stopped, they would be shot directly. At first, some of them were really desperate, but
As soon as they stopped, they were shot dead by soldiers from the Red Army guard platoon hiding nearby. After killing several artillerymen, no one dared to try anymore and had to fire obediently.
But Liu Xiaogang, Bruce Lee and others slipped away quietly.
The Gui army, however, looked at the still fierce artillery fire and still did not dare to attack violently. You must know that as soon as they started to attack violently, they had already joined more than two regiments. They could only conduct a tentative attack. They never expected that their enemy would die.
The Red Tenth Regiment had already withdrawn long ago with the captured artillery shells.
An hour passed. When the tired and half-dead artillery soldiers sat on the position after firing their shells, the Gui army also surrounded them. When they looked at their own artillery soldiers lying on the ground with empty shells, Wang Zanbin sat down.
fell to the ground, and at this moment even worse news came. All the surrounded Communist troops were at a loss to understand what was going on.
After hearing this flurry of news, Wang Zanbin was stunned. Who was his opponent? He couldn't help but sigh.