After dealing with the two sentries, Captain Zhou waved his hand, and the reconnaissance company ambushing outside the town immediately followed in. The same thing happened in the other two directions of the town.
Captain Zhou led a company of elite troops and quietly arrived at the enemy's barracks. There was a heavy machine gun at the door of the barracks. Looking from a distance, three sentries were lying in the heavy machine gun position huddled together to keep warm.
Although they were more than ten meters away, Captain Zhou clearly heard several sentries snoring. Captain Zhou waved his hand, and the two soldiers quietly followed him towards the heavy machine gun position. After a few muffled sounds, the three sweeps were lost in a dream.
life.
The soldiers of the reconnaissance company passed the sentries and entered the enemy's barracks. There were not many soldiers assigned to the house. At the order of Captain Zhou, all the soldiers threw the grenades that had been prepared for a long time into the room through the window.
Explosions were heard together with wailings, and until there was no movement in the room, the soldiers kicked open the door. All that was left was to clean the battlefield. A battalion of soldiers disappeared after a grenade fired by the reconnaissance company.
At the same time, the enemy's battalion headquarters was also wiped out under the sneak attack of the guard company. In this way, the town fell into the hands of the Seventh Army Corps. Just when Sun Xingbang came to the battalion headquarters, the First Division received a message from the Second Regiment to annihilate the defenders.
Victory report. Sun Xingbang quickly ordered his troops to radiate around, search for the remaining enemies, prevent the enemy from leaking information, and at the same time report the victory to the Corps Headquarters.
"The corps commander, political commissar, and the First Division have taken over areas such as Yanbodu and Longtan River and completely wiped out the defenders."
"Well, political commissar, the First Division has completed its mission. We have to hurry up and try to reach Yanbodu tomorrow to send electricity to the Second Division. I want to ask where the Australian dollar is now and how long it will take to get to Yanbodu.
"Liu Hua looked at the communications staff officer next to him again.
The temporary headquarters of the Second Army: "Mr. Congratulations, the Seventh Army is calling. They have captured Yanbodu and the surrounding areas. The main force will arrive at Yanbodu at noon tomorrow and ask us how long it will take?" The communications staff officer ran in.
"Call back and tell me that the Second Army Corps will arrive tomorrow night. "Also, inform the troops to set off at six o'clock tomorrow morning for Yanbodu." Mr. He said while looking at the map.
The next day, from the sky above western Hunan, we saw three armies rushing towards Yanbodu. At this time, Xue Yue no longer had the energy to suppress the bandits. Due to the march, the troops only brought a week's rations.
At this time, all supplies in Changde County had been evacuated by the Red Army, and the troops were immediately faced with the danger of food shortage. Since returning to Changde, they have sent several requests for help to Chen Cheng, and now they are like ants on a hot pot.
, no longer able to pursue Liu Hua's Seventh Army.
After Liu Hua learned about this situation, he immediately started a forced march with confidence and boldness, and there was no need to send rearguards to the troops. Finally, after several hours of marching, all three divisions of the Seventh Army felt the connection at Yanbodu. Taking two
Before the legions arrived, Liu Hua and the political commissar held a post-war summary meeting of the Seventh Legion's Changde Battle.
After this battle, although the Seventh Army Corps was not seriously injured, the losses were still very serious. In particular, the first battalion of the main attacking regiment almost lost its combat effectiveness. The whole battalion had 450 people. After this battle, 280 people were killed and 30 were seriously injured.
Almost all of the remaining people were slightly injured. Seeing such losses, everyone fell silent.
In this battle, 420 people were killed in the first division, 215 in the second division, and the least number of casualties in the third division was 155. The total number of casualties almost reached the strength of two battalions.
"Now I order to allocate one squad of troops from each battalion to one regiment and one battalion. In this critical battle, our biggest contributor is the first battalion. We must maintain the best combat effectiveness of the first battalion. What the other divisions lack
Part of the personnel will be supplemented by prisoners who are willing to join the Red Army. If not enough personnel will be transferred from the logistics department and the supply camp. Division commanders must give priority to ensuring the combat effectiveness of the troops and equip them with ammunition and equipment. It is estimated that there will be another big battle this time, so you have to
Be prepared for continuous combat, do you have any other requirements?" Liu Hua looked at the silent crowd.
"there is none left."
"Okay, except for the division commander and political commissar who stays behind, the rest will be adjourned to replenish the troops."
After watching the regiment and battalion commander below leave, Liu Hua sat down. "Political Commissar, please count, how many people are there in our regiment now?"
After asking several division commanders, the political commissar handed the data to Liu Hua.
"After this battle, the entire division has been reduced from the initial 19,000 to more than 18,400, a reduction of 600 people." Looking at the number 600, Liu Hua fell silent. This is war.
"I'm leaving you here just to give you a thorough explanation first. Our target this time is none other than Chen Quzhen, the King of Xiangxi behind us. This battle will be commanded by President He. Now President He and the Second Army have already
On the way here, I should feel it tonight, what do you think?" Liu Hua looked at the surprised people.
"Haha, Corps Commander, I don't have any opinion. Mr. He will personally take command. We will definitely win this time." Commander Wang immediately followed.
"Okay, victory is certain at this time. What I want to tell you is that we must be extra careful to annihilate Chen Quzhen's troops this time and not cause too many casualties to the troops. Now it is becoming more and more difficult to replenish our troops.
, sacrificing one soldier means one less soldier. Although the prisoners can be converted into the Red Army, we should not have too much hope for the troops of the King of Xiangxi." Liu Hua saw the doubtful eyes of everyone and continued.
"Although this Chen Quzhen is the king of Xiangxi, he was born a bandit, so the army's flight is particularly serious, and the personnel in the army are particularly fierce. Many are desperadoes who have joined his army, so we should not regard it as the Central Army.
Although his equipment is not very good, the combat effectiveness of the troops is very good, so we cannot underestimate the enemy and must minimize the casualties of the troops. Are you clear?" Liu Hua asked.
"Clear!" Several division commanders and political commissars nodded.
Okay, let's discuss the specific plan. Immediately, there was a burst of discussion in the conference room.
"Report to the Army Commander, Political Commissar, and Reconnaissance Battalion that the Second Army Corps will enter Yanbodu in 20 minutes." A staff officer walked in.
"Okay, Mr. He is here. Let's go out to meet Director Li. There should be a lot of delicious food among the materials we seized. Let's do it for once today and treat Mr. He well!" Liu Hua looked at it
To the political commissar Li Qinghe.
"Yes, I agree." Everyone agreed.
"Since everyone agrees, let me make arrangements. In the evening, the warrior cadres of our two legions will have a good meal, celebrate and relax." Li Qing said and walked out of the temporary conference room. Liu Hua led everyone to