The three people sat at the table and began to discuss the battle plan. After half an hour, they still had no clue. Several of the proposed battle plans were rejected, and the headquarters fell into silence again.
Liu Hua kept tapping Changde on the map with a pencil, thinking about how to prevent Changde's defenders from reinforcing the city. This was the solution that needed to be done at the moment.
"Damn it. Why do I have to capture Shimen Bridge?" Liu Hua suddenly slapped the table, and soon a battle plan emerged in his mind.
Sun Xingbang and Zhao Dahe, who were next to them, were suddenly startled by Liu Hua's actions and looked at Liu Hua together. Looking at the doubtful looks in their eyes, Liu Hua smiled.
"Old Sun, what I mean is that we only carried out a feint attack on Shimen Bridge to attract reinforcements from Changde. We only sent reinforcements and did not attack the enemy. Just now we were thinking about capturing Shimen Bridge. Haha, we fell into a misunderstanding. Changde is not stationed there.
Two divisions of men and horses? For Shimen Bridge, he can send at most one division of men and horses. Their divisions are not Type A divisions. They only have 8,000 men and horses at most. With the strength of one of our divisions, we should be able to gnaw them.
." Liu Hua explained his thoughts to the two of them. After hearing this, they suddenly realized.
Immediately, the quiet headquarters began to discuss again.
Finally, the three of them finally selected a battlefield 10 miles away from Shimen Bridge. Although the terrain there was not very suitable for an ambush, it was the most open place. The combat tasks were quickly divided. Liu Hua and Sun Xingbang
With the main force of three regiments, a reconnaissance platoon and two mortar companies to attack the enemy's reinforcements, Zhao Dahe, the political commissar of the Second Division, led the guard company, reconnaissance company and mountain artillery company to feint to attack Shimen Bridge.
After lunch, the troops set off on time and headed for their respective positions. Liu Hua and Sun Xingbang arrived at the battlefield. As expected, it was the same as the map captured by the enemy. Among the rolling mountains, the terrain here was open. There were only countless shrubs and a dirt road.
Crossing through the middle of this open land. This journey is enough for 4 miles. Looking at such a battlefield, Liu Hua suddenly thought of the plot of Chen Geng ambushing the Japanese army at Shentou Ridge in the later "Eighth Route Army", and a smile appeared on his face.
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"Order the troops to dig a trench 30 meters away from the roadside. It must be one meter deep and all the excavated soil must be transported away so that it cannot be discovered by the enemy search team." Liu Hua immediately ordered.
"Commander of the Army, being so close to the road, the enemy will not be discovered, right?" Sun Xingbang immediately raised his question.
"Haha, Commander Sun, how far do you think the enemy's search team is usually from the main force?" Liu Hua asked with a smile.
"Legion commander, the enemy's search team is generally 500 meters away from the main force." Commander Sun still answered the legion commander's words in confusion.
"Commander Sun, the so-called most dangerous place is the safest place. Haha, we are going to dig trenches where the enemy is most dangerous. As long as all our soldiers hide in the trenches and cover them with straw mats and floating soil, I believe
The enemy will definitely not find out. We will use all automatic firepower and grenades when the time comes. I don't believe that those Central Army troops are made of iron." After speaking, he looked at Commander Sun.
Sun Xingbang nodded after hearing this. Although he was still a little worried, he obviously agreed with his army commander's statement.
Soon, the three regiments of the First Division began to dig fortifications. After all, there were nearly 5,000 people. Everyone started to work, including those digging trenches and some moving earth. A few hours passed, and Liu Hua looked around.
, two trenches immediately appeared on both sides of the road. Looking at the soldiers working enthusiastically below, Liu Hua became more confident in victory.
It was already eight o'clock in the evening, and all the trenches had been completed. The soldiers were so tired that you fell asleep while sitting in the trenches. Seeing this situation, Liu Hua quickly ordered all the cooking teams to cook a hot meal for the soldiers.
Let the soldiers have a good rest.
The next day, Liu Hua saw the two trenches in front of him. Liu Hua was filled with emotion. It is true that there is strength in numbers. Liu Hua and Lao Sun discussed it and immediately brought all the straw mats they had collected here to prepare for disguise.
After all the soldiers are arranged, they will be inspected personally by the reconnaissance platoon and themselves and Commander Sun to prevent any flaws from being exposed to the enemy.
And immediately sent a report to Political Commissar Zhao, (due to the annihilation of Zhang Zhenhan Division of the Hubei Army, the radio team of the Seventh Army was rapidly expanded, and each division had two radio stations) and ordered Political Commissar Zhao to immediately attack Shimen Bridge. Obtained
Political Commissar Zhao gave the order and immediately pulled out the hidden mountain artillery batteries, all of which were aimed at the enemy's artillery positions. Now the Seventh Army did not lack artillery, only artillery shells, so they didn't care about those artillery at all.
At the political commissar's order, all six cannons roared, and six shells accurately landed on the enemy's artillery position, immediately overturning the two cannons. Before the enemy's artillery could react,
The second round of artillery shells fell again. After several rounds of artillery shells, the enemy's artillery could no longer hold on. They fled the artillery position one after another, no longer caring about the cannons.
After being notified by the scouts who entered Shimen Bridge in advance, political commissar Zhao Dahe knew that all the enemy's artillery positions had been destroyed, and immediately changed the target of the bombardment. The enemy regiment headquarters at Shimen Bridge was immediately plunged into a sea of fire. Fortunately, the enemy regiment leader left early.
,,Otherwise, you will also fall into artillery fire.
The enemy commander immediately asked Changde for help. After sending several rescue telegrams, he finally received a reply from Changde, agreeing to send one brigade and two regiments for rescue. Brigadier Wang Bing led the team to carry out the rescue.
After Liu Hua arrived and presented the scout's report, he immediately ordered the troops to enter the position to hide. All the men and horses of the two artillery companies also used the artillery to hide, picked up infantry weapons, and hid in the trenches. After passing by the guard company,
After one concealment, almost all the traces were wiped out. Liu Hua and Sun Xingbang also walked on the road, conducted an inspection, and corrected the shortcomings of one piece.
After seeing that he could no longer find any clues, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction, walked to the hidden headquarters, and waited for the arrival of the enemy. He imagined that the victory of Shentou Ridge would appear in advance, and Liu Hua smiled.
When the enemy brigade commander Wang Bing received the order from the headquarters, although he did not want to send troops, he had to go because of the order from the headquarters. However, he had no idea that going to reinforce Shimen Bridge might get some benefits from the guard regiment.
. But Wang Bing was also a good general. He was afraid of running into trouble and brought enough ammunition. In order to increase the combat effectiveness of the troops, he also specially strengthened an artillery company and a heavy machine gun company.
Seeing that he had strong firepower and sufficient ammunition, Wang Bing became more confident in his reinforcement of Shimen Bridge and led all his troops to except Changde County.