Chapter 24 Counter Encirclement and Suppression (1)
Looking at the generals in the conference room who had regained their energy after a night's rest, Liu Hua felt as if he was in a dream. He was also a division commander now.
"Let's start with the group and report their respective situations!" Liu Hua said in a daze.
"Reporting to the division commander, the first regiment consists of three infantry battalions, one fire support company, and three direct platoons. The whole regiment has a total of 1,800 people. The soldiers have high morale and are ready to accept combat missions at any time." Listening to Lao Sun's report, Liu
Hua nodded and looked towards Gao Yuan, the second regiment commander.
"Reporting to the division commander, the second regiment consists of three infantry battalions, one fire support company, and three direct platoons. The regiment has a total of 1,800 people. The soldiers have high morale and are ready to accept combat missions at any time." Liu Hua looked at the newly appointed commander.
Wang Dahu, the leader of the group.
"Reporting to the division commander, the third regiment consists of three infantry battalions, one fire support company, and three direct platoons. The whole regiment has a total of 1,800 people. The soldiers have high morale and are ready to accept combat missions at any time."
Watching the political commissar continuously recording data, Liu Hua picked up the piece of paper and looked at it.
"Comrades, after your efforts, the division now has a total of more than 6,300 people. It can be said that there are sufficient ammunition and sufficient personnel. However, the challenge we face has just begun. I have a telegram here. Please take a look."
I took out the telegram from the Military Commission.
After a while, the conference room was silent, and many people lit up cigarettes. The conference room immediately began to fill with smoke.
"Why, are you all scared? No one is talking!" Liu Hua said when he saw the dull atmosphere.
"Captain, we all crawled out from the dead. What's there to be afraid of? The worst we can do is die. However, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission requires us to preserve our strength as much as possible. How should we fight against so many enemies?" Gao Yuan, the commander of the second regiment, listened.
After hearing Liu Hua's words, he blushed and said.
"Well, comrades, this is indeed a problem, and I have thought about it a lot. But, comrades, think about it, does the enemy really have that many troops?" Liu Hua smiled as he looked at the generals who were talking about each other below.
Yes, what I want is for you to discuss. Only in this way can you become a qualified warrior.
"Okay, let me talk about why the enemy's strength is not so large: First of all, the two divisions of Zhou Hunyuan's department should come. We have nothing to say. What I want to say is Bai Chongxi's four divisions, his four
The divisions are 19, 20, 21, and 22 respectively, but their main task is to raid the Central Soviet Area. You must know that although the main force has withdrawn from the Soviet Area, there are still many guerrillas left. They should station at least one regiment in each county.
I roughly calculated that more than a dozen county towns in the Soviet area require more than a dozen regiments to defend, and the remaining troops are less than two divisions. Second, we have wiped out one brigade of the 21st Division, so Bai Chongxi can only
We can bring out the strength of 5 brigades, and the total strength is only about 30,000 people." Comrades, see if this is the case. After speaking, he looked at the excited general below with a smile.
"Yes! Why didn't I think of it?" This is a joke. I thought about it all night. How could you think of it so quickly? Liu Hua secretly laughed.
"Division commander, although the enemy has 20,000 fewer troops, it is still more than five times our strength!" said the political commissar who had been silent.
"Haha, political commissar, you are worrying too much. The enemies we face are actually only two divisions of Zhou Hunyuan's department. I guarantee that Bai Chongxi's troops will not have any troops to mobilize." After hearing this, Li Qing looked at him in disbelief.
Young teacher.
Liu Hua smiled when he saw the political commissar and the political commissar below him being frightened by what he just said.
"Comrades, how many guerrillas are currently operating in our Soviet area? What do they lack most now?" Liu Hua asked.
"Division Commander, I don't know how many people there are. I only know that there were guerrillas, county brigades, etc. in every place at that time. There should be a lot of people. What they lacked most... By the way, when the main force was there, they lacked ammunition. Now they are gone.
Then there is even more shortage... what they lack most is weapons and ammunition." After listening to the political commissar's answer, Liu Hua continued to ask without saying anything.
"Political Commissar, what do we have the most right now?"
"Weapons and ammunition, yes, weapons and ammunition." The political commissar said excitedly, showing an expression of sudden realization. Some of the generals below laughed, while others were still confused.
"Yes, the guerrillas lack ammunition, and what we have in abundance are weapons and ammunition. If we send a certain number of troops to escort a large number of weapons and ammunition to replenish the guerrillas, and send an elite team to guide them, behind the enemy's rear, that is, the original
The Soviet area is constantly causing trouble, do you think Bai Chongxi still dares to deploy troops that are already insufficient?"
After saying that, he looked at the excited generals below.
Okay, let's discuss how to deal with Zhou Hunyuan's two divisions...
Two hours passed and I finally came to a conclusion.
"Now assign combat missions:
The first and second platoons of the guard company were under the command of Li Xiaowu, commander of the heavy supply battalion, and escorted 1,000 rifles, 30 light machine guns, and enough ammunition to the Jinggangshan area, where comrades from the reconnaissance company provided guidance. After handing the ammunition to the local guerrillas,
Lead them to continuously attack the enemy, making it impossible to mobilize troops. Li Xiaowu, you must pay attention to minimizing the casualties of the troops. One more thing, there must be many wounded left when the central team breaks out. After completing the mission, try to bring back as many as possible.
, you must know that our troops have too many prisoners."
"Yes, resolutely complete the task."
"All remaining troops are on standby. After the reconnaissance company returns intelligence on the enemy, combat missions will be assigned. Now you go back and immediately replenish ammunition and mobilize the soldiers before the war, especially the captured soldiers."
"yes"
"Okay, let's break up the meeting." After saying that, he was the first to walk out of the conference room.
"Commander, the investigators have sent information." Liu Hua, who had finished lunch, heard the voice of correspondent Xiao Wang.
"Bring it to me and see."
"Reporting to the division commander, it has been found that the two divisions left by Zhou Hunyuan's department are the 1st Division and the 3rd Division. The 1st Division is heading towards Xing'an, and the 3rd Division is heading down the river towards Zhuzhou." This is.
The first piece of information.
"Reporting to the division commander, Bai Chongxi's 21st Division sent a brigade and another regiment to move towards Anren." The second intelligence.
"Reporting to the division commander, the defenders in the direction of Zhuzhou have not moved out, but they have been reinforcing the city defense since this morning..." The third intelligence.
"Reporting to the division commander, I have been sent to the supply camp and are heading towards the Jinggangshan area. I am expected to arrive at Jinggangshan this afternoon." The third piece of information.
"Correspondent, order the leader of the regiment to come to the meeting."
"Xiao Wang, how far is it? This road is really difficult." Li Xiaowu, commander of the supply battalion, met with the reconnaissance company and was taken to such a rugged mountain road, forcing the supply battalion to abandon its vehicles.
, instead using horses and people on their backs to transport baggage.
"Captain Li, we're almost there, almost there." Xiao Wang from the reconnaissance company replied with a smile.
"Captain Li, look, comrades from the guerrillas are coming to greet you." It turned out that the reconnaissance company, which knew Liu Hua's plan in advance, had already sent people to contact the comrades from the guerrillas in advance.
Seeing that the leader of the team was the battalion commander of the supply camp, Zhang Hua, who came to meet him, quickly introduced: "Captain Li, this is Captain Wang, the captain of the Jinggangshan guerrillas. Captain Wang, this is Battalion Commander Li of our independent division's supply camp."
"Captain Wang, hello!" Li Xiaowu quickly held Captain Wang's hand and said.
"Captain Li, welcome back the main force. Our life will be easier from now on."
"Where? Where? May I ask Captain Wang how many comrades there are in the guerrillas now and how are their equipment?
"Report to Battalion Commander Li that there are 450 members of the Jinggangshan guerrillas. Among them, there are about 200 wounded in the army. The weapons only have dozens of rifles, and the others are all broadswords..." Captain Wang couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned the weapons.
"Captain Wang, don't sigh. I was ordered by Liu Hua, commander of the independent division, to escort a batch of weapons and ammunition to the guerrilla comrades for use."
After hearing what Battalion Commander Li said, Captain Wang almost jumped up and said, "Where is it! Over there!"
"Captain Wang, this time we handed over to the guerrillas 350 rifles, each with 50 rounds of ammunition, and 9 light machine guns, each with 500 rounds of ammunition. Please accept it." After speaking, he looked at Wang with a smile and his mouth wide open.
team leader.
"Oh my God, there are so many. This is more than enough equipment for a main battalion. There are so many ammunitions. The main force has never been so rich. I will no longer have to hide around when I encounter those white dogs in the future." Captain Wang
Said to himself.
"Also, Captain Wang, our independent division will recently counterattack the enemy's encirclement and suppression. We hope that the guerrilla comrades will attack the enemy more behind enemy lines so that the enemy does not dare to send troops. We do not require killing many enemy troops. We only need to prevent them from sending troops outside the mountains.
Just combat support, if there's not enough ammunition, we'll replenish it."
"That's enough, that's enough. Commander Li, you have helped us a lot. Besides, it is our guerrillas' mission to attack the enemy. It's nothing." Captain Wang quickly said politely.
"Okay, Captain Wang, I will leave a platoon of troops to cooperate with you. The guards will form a platoon."
Looking at the 36 soldiers in front of them carrying rifles, submachine guns and pistols, the guerrillas were stunned. Is this still our Red Army that is short of guns and ammunition?
"Platoon Commander Wang, your platoon's recent mission is to cooperate with the guerrillas in conducting guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. There must be no casualties."
"Yes, I promise to complete the task."
I don’t know that such a scene happened in Jinggangshan, but it happened in many places.
In Commander Bai's headquarters.
"Report to the commander-in-chief that a large number of Communist troops have appeared near Ningdu, equipped with machine guns and mortars. Request reinforcements."
"Report to the commander-in-chief that a large number of communist troops have appeared near Xingguo..."
"Report to the commander-in-chief that a battalion in Guangchang was completely wiped out by the communist army, requesting reinforcements..."
"What's going on? Check it out quickly. Where did the Communist army come from with so many people? Check it out..." Chief Bai roared.
At this time, Liu Hua and others could no longer control Bai Chongxi, and were discussing how to deal with the two enemy divisions.