Watching the Second Regiment smash the enemy's attack under the cover of artillery fire, Liu Hua smiled and turned his telescope to the First Regiment's position.
Because the enemy only wanted to rush forward, the First Regiment gave the First Regiment enough time to build a position. When the enemy realized that they were being ambushed and wanted to break out, the First Regiment had already built a position and was waiting for the enemy's attack.
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The leader of a group watched the enemies rushing towards him without any panic and calmly issued various orders.
"Order the artillery company attached to the division headquarters to carry out indiscriminate bombing of the enemy's attack formation, and must disrupt the enemy's attack formation. The first and second battalions are ready to meet the enemy, and the third battalion serves as the reserve team of the whole regiment and provides reinforcements to the troops at any time.
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As the order was issued, the artillery company that had been preparing for a long time began the artillery bombardment. As the artillery shells fell, a big hole appeared in the enemy's attack formation. Although the enemy continued to add troops, only one battalion of the attack force was still there.
There was no exchange of fire with the Red Army, but they lost their combat effectiveness amidst the explosion of nearly a hundred artillery shells, and quickly retreated.
Looking at the orderly fighting style of the group, Liu Hua moved the telescope to the main battlefield.
After the initial concentrated shelling, the enemy's main force at this time had lost approximately 30% of its strength. With the addition of heavy machine guns, the enemy's losses were even greater.
At this time, in the main battlefield, there was not a single living person visible on the road. Only a few corpses were left. The remaining enemy troops were scattered on the hillsides on both sides of the road, avoiding the flying bullets. Seeing what was happening in front of me,
Seeing the scene, Liu Hua admired this bandit unit even more.
"Report to the Army Commander, there is a call from the reconnaissance battalion. About two brigades of enemy reinforcements have left the city. The leader is Chen Quzhen. At their marching speed, it will take about four hours to reach the Shiwanping battlefield." The communications staff officer ran away.
Come over and hand Liu Hua a telegram.
So fast. Liu Hua thought secretly.
"Order Commander Wang to take the Eighth and Nine Regiments to build a blocking position about five miles away from Shiwanping. We must be quick and resolutely block the enemy, and also delay the enemy so that we can win enough to annihilate the enemy.
Time. Order the Seventh Regiment to immediately enter a state of combat readiness, stop corrections, and serve as the reserve force of the legion.
Soon, Commander Wang led the troops towards their destination. At this time, Liu Hua couldn't help but have a headache when he saw the enemies hiding on the main battlefield. There were still four hours left, and he must annihilate all the enemies within three hours.
, so that there will be enough time to wipe out Chen Quzhen's reinforcements.
"Tell the political commissar to let all the artillery fire at the bottom of the mountain indiscriminately. As long as there are people, I will bombard them. They must be blown up. Order the heavy machine guns to follow the artillery fire and destroy all enemies standing. Tell the political commissar that the enemy is reinforcing.
We're almost there. Don't save your shells. Hit me hard." Liu Hua thought for a while and gave the decisive order.
Soon, the artillery battalion that received the order immediately turned its muzzle to face the position below. Following the battalion commander's order, the mortars and mountain artillery began to speak one after another. The impact points of the artillery shells were like three straight lines, slowly
Panning forward, the enemies lying on the ground could no longer bear the fierce fire and stood up one after another and ran around, and they happened to become the targets of the heavy machine guns.
About half an hour of shelling had passed, and the entire battlefield seemed to have been cleared by shells, with shell craters densely packed.
"Order the troops to attack."
"Tick tock..." As the charge horn sounded, the soldiers jumped out of the trenches, held submachine guns and rifles with bayonets and began to charge.
"Come on..." the soldiers roared. The soldiers in front fell, and the soldiers behind immediately took over. Soon, the remaining enemies were compressed on the top of three hills. Looking at the enemies who kept resisting, Liu Hua
But not so kind.
"Bring me the artillery company. We must defeat all the enemies within an hour, and the remaining troops will clean up the battlefield immediately."
Soon, nearly 30 mortars were transported over. With the sound of explosions, a hilltop where the enemy's vanguard gathered immediately turned into a sea of fire. Watching the enemies who rushed out of the sea of fire were constantly beaten into sieves by heavy machine guns,
As the bombardment progressed, fewer and fewer people could be seen. Liu Hua ordered the cannon to be moved and began to attack the second hilltop where the enemy gathered.
Soon, after more than half an hour of hard work, all remaining troops were wiped out.
Looking at the excited political commissar, Liu Hua smiled. Although he knew that his troops suffered heavy losses this time, in Liu Hua's view, such losses were worth it, especially for bandit troops like Chen Quzhen.
"Legion commander, we have won." The political commissar said excitedly.
"Political Commissar, look at your happiness. Let me tell you, the happiness is still behind you? Chen Quzhen has brought us another piece of fat meat. We have to eat it!" Liu Hua said with a smile.
"Legion commander, what kind of fat is this?" The political commissar looked at Liu Hua doubtfully.
Looking at the political commissar with doubts on his face, Liu Hua told the political commissar about Chen Quzhen's reinforcements and the three divisions' blocking of the enemy. After hearing this, the political commissar laughed, "It seems that God is going to destroy Chen Quzhen this time! God is helping me, commander of the army, hurry up."
Give the order!" Looking at the eager political commissar, Liu Hua couldn't help but laugh again.
"Political Commissar, look at you, don't be anxious. Chen Quzhen hasn't exchanged fire with the Third Division yet. Look, you are in a hurry, haha."
"Haha, Army Commander, aren't you happy? Next, how do you plan to deal with the two brigades brought by Chen Quzhen!"
"Political Commissar, it's like this. I plan to let the guard battalion of the 1st and 2nd Regiment, which suffered the most losses, stay to clean the battlefield, and let them light more torches on the two hills to attract enemy reinforcements, and keep the gunfire here constant.
And leave the mountain artillery battery to carry out continuous bombardment to attract the enemy. Let it continue to attack the third division, and continue to kill the enemy during the attack. After the locals of the three and four regiments began to attack, from the left wing of the third division
Detouring to the enemy's left side, the 5th and 6th regiments circled to the enemy's right side to form a complete encirclement around the enemy. After the encirclement was formed, the entire army attacked together and annihilated the enemy." Liu Hua looked at the pensive political commissar.
"I agree, Corps Commander. I will lead the left wing, Commander Gao Yuan will lead the right wing, and Commander Sun will stay behind to command the troops here. You will take overall command and be responsible for controlling the time of the troops' general attack. What do you think?"
"Agree." After listening to the political commissar's personnel arrangements, Liu Hua quickly nodded in agreement.
"Then let's prepare to execute it now! It will take a long time for the troops to make a detour." The political commissar thought for a while and said.
"Okay, order the troops to set out now. At the same time, order the artillery battalion to take all the mortars to the position of the third division. Tell Commander Wang that the artillery battalion can only fire together during the general attack. When the enemy attacks, there can only be one at most.
The artillery battery's artillery fire. Execute immediately."