Chapter 25 Counter Encirclement and Suppression (2)
"You have read the intelligence of the reconnaissance company, what do you think?" Liu Hua asked.
"Division Commander, I think we should attack one of them, beat him up, and preferably wipe him out, so that the enemy will retreat. When we were in the Soviet area, we conducted several counter-encirclement and suppression campaigns like this. And each time it was successful.
"Wang Nanhu, who had just become the group leader, was the first to say.
"Commander, I agree with Commander Wang and resolutely attack the enemy's troops." Gao Yuan also said.
"Since everyone agrees, and I also agree with Captain Wang, let's see which way we go." Liu Hua saw that Wang Nanhu's opinion was agreed with by most people, and he thought the same way, so he decided
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"Fight the 21st Division. The 21st Division has the smallest strength and is the best to fight." Wang Nanhu took the first place again.
Liu Hua said nothing and smiled. He looked at the political commissar and regimental leader Sun Xingbang who had been silent. "Political commissar, what do you think?" Liu Hua asked.
"Everyone just said that if we attack one of the divisions, the other troops will definitely retreat. I agree, but I think if we attack the 21st Division, I don't know if Zhou Hunyuan's 1st and 3rd Divisions will retreat," the political commissar said.
My own opinion.
"Captain Sun, what do you think?"
"Reporting to the division commander, I agree with the political commissar's opinion. I think we should attack Zhou Hunyuan's 1st Division." Commander Sun said affirmatively.
"Um, let's hear it."
"Yes, division commander, according to the intelligence, Zhou Hunyuan's 1st Division marched directly to Xing'an, and then they can attack us directly. But his 3rd Division cannot. Their attack route is along the river, and they obviously want to start from Zhuzhou.
direction. That way, he would have to go around for a few more days. This would give us enough time to attack the 1st Division. Another aspect is that the terrain from Xing'an to Chaling is very suitable for an ambush."
"Well, the analysis is very good. I also agree with the attack on Zhou Hunyuan's 1st Division. Do comrades have any other opinions?"
Seeing that the cadres below all shook their heads, Liu Hua ordered: "Okay, since everyone has no objections, then I decided to attack the 1st Division. The troops will leave three platoons of guards, and the others will all leave Chaling and go to Xing'an to Cha
The area around the mausoleum is secluded. After the enemy's situation has been investigated, I will assign specific tasks. The troops will leave the city at nine o'clock after dinner tonight."
"The entire reconnaissance company is also dispatched to check for suitable ambush locations from Chaling to Xing'an, and monitor three routes of enemy troops, paying special attention to the 1st Division. Report any situation immediately."
After a night's march, the troops were already nearly 80 miles away from Chaling. Liu Hua ordered the troops to rest and hide on the spot. He and the political commissar led a few guards and walked along the route of the reconnaissance company.
"Commander, this place is perfect for an ambush," the political commissar sighed as he looked at the terrain here.
"Political Commissar, this place is suitable for an ambush, but it is not easy for us to ambush. If the enemy sends out scouts and search troops, we will have nowhere to hide! We must find a way."
"Report to the regiment leader, the reconnaissance company reported that the 1st Division has moved out of Xing'an, divided into three echelons, and each echelon is 10 miles apart. There is still about 40 miles away from here."
"So fast! It seems that Chiang Kai-shek is going to fight for his life." Liu Hua did not relax his frown because of the political commissar's words, and quietly thought about the battle examples he knew throughout the ages.
"Tail-off" Liu Hua suddenly said a word, which startled the political commissar.
"Yes, it's tail docking," Liu Hua shouted happily.
Seeing the political commissar looking at him curiously, Liu Hua quickly told Li Qing his thoughts. Li Qing was stunned for a while and praised the teacher for being smart and this method was good.
"Immediately order the chief officers of each army to come for a meeting." Liu Hua immediately ordered the correspondent.
Soon everyone who was supposed to be there arrived.
"Due to time constraints, I won't go into details. Now I will assign a combat mission: Captain Sun will lead a regiment back to 50 miles away from Chaling, choose favorable terrain, and set up blocking positions. Be sure to deploy defenses in steps and don't die in one place.
Fight hard, set up a few more lines of defense, a platoon of sniper companies will follow your troops, and a heavy firepower company of 6 heavy machine guns will be deployed to strengthen you. Take action immediately."
"Yes, division commander." After saying that, he walked out of the headquarters directly.
"The second and third regiments were hidden nearby. After the first two echelons of the enemy passed by, we immediately established an ambush position. We ambush the enemy's third echelon, and the remaining two platoons of the sniper company were assigned to the two regiments. Remember, we
Just like the ambush of the 21st Division, firepower must be used. All heavy firepower must be deployed on the front line, and heavy machine guns and mortars must be deployed in a centralized manner. The design angle must be measured in advance, and no blind spots must be left. It must be done within the first time
Defeat the enemy so that they have no chance to resist. Do you hear me clearly?"
"Listen clearly."
"Okay, arrange the troops to hide immediately. The enemy will be here soon. Remember, you must wait for the first and second echelons to pass before you can come out and build an ambush position after being notified." Liu Hua kept looking at the cadres filing out.
My tense heart finally let go.
"Division Commander, the enemy is coming." The political commissar next to him warned. At this time, Liu Hua was lying on a hillside two miles away from the road. Liu Hua raised his binoculars. Sure enough, the enemy was very cautious, and the scouts were placed one mile away from the road.
There were about 4,000 people in the enemy's leading brigade. They lined up in two columns and marched forward neatly. In this way, they walked for half an hour before disappearing from Liu Hua's sight.
Liu Hua saw that the enemy troops had gone far away and sat down: "Political Commissar, what do you think we should do after we win this counter-encirclement and suppression campaign?"
"If we win, I think how about we fight back to the Soviet area and rebuild the base area." The political commissar saw that Liu Hua's battle had not yet started and was thinking about what would happen after the victory, so he replied with a smile.
After hearing this, Liu Hua did not say anything and smiled. Because he knew that in the future Anti-Japanese War, the Red Army troops in the south would be reorganized into the New Fourth Army. Finally, under the leadership of Xiang Ying, they would be almost completely annihilated by the Kuomintang Party. Liu Hua did not want to let this happen.
The team he had worked so hard to pull up was ruined there like this. He must find a way to get to northern Shaanxi. Liu Hua had been thinking about this problem for the past few days. It was definitely impossible to keep up with the main force. Finally, Liu Hua thought of the right way.
The 26th Army Corps active in western Hunan.
The political commissar didn't know what Liu Hua was thinking. Seeing that he was so absorbed in his thoughts, he stopped talking and walked towards the hidden troops, leaving Liu Hua to think quietly.
"Commander, the enemy's second echelon is coming." The guard next to him pulled Liu Hua, who was in trance.
Looking at the enemy's second echelon in the telescope, a smile appeared on Liu Hua's lips. Because the enemy in his eyes not only sent no search troops, but also did not even have advanced troops. How could Liu Hua not smile?
The political commissar who inspected the troops quietly came to Liu Hua's side. Seeing the scene in front of him, he extended his thumb to Liu Hua. Liu Hua nodded after seeing it.
The waiting time passed so slowly, and finally the second echelon of enemy troops left Liu Hua's sight. After hearing the signal from the scouts that they were safe, Liu Hua immediately ordered his troops to build an ambush position.
After all the troops lay quietly on the position, the scouts sent the latest intelligence. The enemy had 20 minutes to enter the ambush circle. Liu Hua immediately ordered the troops to prepare for battle.
As time passed, the enemy army finally appeared in sight. Looking at the enemy army getting closer and closer, Liu Hua quietly loaded the rifle in his hand and aimed at the first enemy army.
"Division commander, the rear guard reports that all enemy troops have entered the ambush circle." Due to several consecutive victories, Liu Hua has used field telephones to communicate with his troops.
"Peng" Liu Hua fired the first shot of the ambush. As the gunfire sounded, the artillery position that had been prepared for a long time immediately fired the first round of 24 shells. All the heavy machine guns and light machine guns sprayed out to harvest human lives.
Tongues of fire.
The artillery shell accurately landed in the marching column, causing a shower of blood. 24 large holes appeared in the dense marching column, and the sound of light and heavy machine guns caused the soldiers on both sides of the column to fall down in rows. Three
The brigade commander was even more unlucky. Before he could see his enemy troops, he was torn apart by the first round of artillery fire.
The heavy machine guns kept spitting flames, and the mortars kept firing deadly shells. Looking at the soldiers below who could move less and less, the long-awaited charge horn sounded, and the soldiers roared out of the trenches and charged at the enemy.
The army rushed away.
This kind of battle was no suspense for Liu Hua's independent division. Soon, the results were calculated: "A total of more than 4,300 people in one brigade and one division of the enemy's heavy camp were wiped out, more than 800 people were captured, and countless weapons and ammunition were seized.
According to statistics, more than 40 ammunition vehicles belonging to the enemy's supply camp were also seized, and more than 150 of our own casualties were suffered, including 80 killed in action."
Hearing the results of the battle, Liu Hua said nothing, but ordered the troops to speed up the cleaning of the battlefield and hand over all the prisoners to the custody of the new barracks.
"Report to the division commander, the enemy's second echelon is returning for reinforcements and is still 8 miles away from here."
"Well, I came just in time. I ordered the three regiments and three battalions to be left behind to clean the battlefield. All troops moved forward two miles to ambush the enemy's second echelon. Be quick."
"Immediately send electricity to Commander Sun and ask him to hold back the enemy's first echelon no matter what, and not to allow him to reinforce the second echelon."
Hearing the division commander's order, the political commissar was shocked, "Oh my God! The division commander is going to wipe out an entire enemy division." However, he did not raise any objections to the division commander's order because he knew that his young
The division commander is a person who only takes advantage and does not suffer any losses in a war.
Just when Liu Hua started the ambush, Commander Sun also saw the enemy's vanguard. After ordering the sniper platoon to kill the enemy's vanguard, his first battalion entered the blocking position.
When the enemy's leading brigade commander saw that the leading soldier of his platoon was knocked down by a volley of guns in an instant, he immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing and build artillery and heavy machine gun positions. Because by analyzing the corpses of soldiers standing side by side with swords, he knew that he must
It was a strong enemy. However, he did not expect that when Lao Sun saw that the enemy did not attack, but stopped to prepare for artillery bombardment, he immediately ordered the troops to withdraw from the position, leaving only a few squads to observe and order
The four mortars of our heavy fire company were aimed at the enemy's artillery position, and they were immediately destroyed after firing.