"Sir, we're really not in a rout. It's just that the officials let us withdraw for a while, and the team is ready to fight with the masters! "The Hunan prisoners were very serious about correcting the statements of the officers of the Liberation Army.

The outflanking of the 2nd Regiment gave the final blow to the 5,000 Hunan troops who attacked. When the more than 700 Hunan troops who had run for 13 miles in a row saw the thousands of Guangfu troops heading forward, they didn't even have the strength to raise their guns and shoot. Of course, these more than 700 Hunan troops basically threw away the weapons in their hands, and their hands were empty.

Five thousand were killed and wounded, more than six hundred, and the rest were taken prisoner in the pursuit. When interrogating the prisoners, the Guangfu army asked the Hunan army why the prisoners fled all the way, maybe it was because of their straight temperament, or it may be that they couldn't hang on their faces, more than one of the Hunan troops said that they were not fleeing, but the Guangfu army pounced, and the firearms were sharp, and the Hunan army was ready to retreat a section back, temporarily widening the distance between them and the Guangfu army, and calmly formed a formation to fight with the Guangfu army.

This statement is understandable, and the breech loading in the hands of the Liberation Army is single, and there is even training in the training subjects to reload ammunition on the move. The rifle has a device for automatic cartridge retraction, open the locking device, take out the bullet, then stuff the bullet in, then lock, lift the gun to aim, and shoot. This movement can be done in motion.

But there is a problem with the front loading gun, the muzzle of the gun must be as upright as possible when loading the bullet. This kind of action is almost impossible to complete while running, and you have to stand still in place. When encountering a surprise attack by the Liberation Army, there is no way to calmly reload without opening the distance, let alone straighten out the queue.

It's just that the gap between the theoretical judgment and the actual thing seen is too big, and the Guangfu Army is holding a gun and chasing after it. Not only pursued on the road, but also sent troops on both flanks to chase in parallel. The Hunan army was crushed to death, and it did not stop after it began to flee, and it was constantly captured along the way, and after more than ten miles of pursuit, it fell to the ground. The battle was fought like this, and the Liberation Army felt ridiculous.

On the training ground, the 10 big characters of "sweat more in peacetime and shed less blood in wartime" remind officers and men of the importance of training all the time, and the latest military training makes officers and men feel as if they have gone to hell. Even the abundant supply of meat, eggs, poultry and fish on weekdays is no longer attractive. After going to the battlefield, the facts proved to everyone that this hellish training was too worthwhile.

After killing 5,000 Hunan troops, the heaviest casualty of the Guangfu Army was a comrade who fell to the ground and broke a leg while pursuing two parallel sections of the road, with many scratches on his face and signs of a slight concussion. There were also seventeen or eighteen others with broken legs or broken bones. There is no need to count on them to be able to fight for three months. Secondly, more than 40 officers and soldiers were slightly injured when the Hunan army resisted, and they also lost their combat effectiveness within two months. As for the number of people who have lost their feet, it is about fifty, and all of them will be able to recover their combat strength within a month.

For the 30,000 troops besieging Hengyang, the total number of more than 100 people, the proportion of personnel losses below 0.5%, the impact on combat effectiveness is very limited. For the Hunan Hunan army, the loss of 5,000 men was close to 10% of their total strength. Ten more battles like this will be fought, and there will be nothing left of the Hunan Hunan army. Of course, this is not too distant fantasy either. The Guangfu army has surrounded Hengyang, and it is said that there are seven or eight thousand Hunan troops in the city. Baoqing is said to also have six or seven thousand Hunan troops, and after the Hunan troops in these two cities are resolved, the loss of Hunan troops can be defeated by 30%.

Therefore, there was a debate in the army over the handling of the Hunan army's prisoners of war, and many comrades at the party committee meeting felt that it was more appropriate to take the Hunan army under temporary custody. Zhou Jinguo put forward a different opinion. "Letting them go will be able to effectively publicize our prisoner policy."

Division Commander Qian Liqun immediately objected, "The prisoner policy can't be compared with our lives!" After these Hunan troops were captured, they were still clamoring that they were not defeated, but retreated. This is clearly unconvinced. If you let them go, you will return to the mountains, so it is better to lock them up first. Besides, I also asked some of the captives, many of whom we had released. Won't they continue to follow the Hunan army and fight with us? ”

Zhou Jinguo nodded, "That's right, so you see that the Hunan army can't be defeated this time, so they immediately raised their hands and surrendered." Where did you learn this gesture of raising your hand? Didn't you learn it from us? Besides, after we released the Hunan army, the weapons of the Hunan army were all captured by us, and so many people went back and had no combat effectiveness. ”

Qian Liqun was speechless, he realized that many of the captives had been captured by the Guangfu Army, that is, when he saw many Hunan troops surrendering, their hands were raised high. But when this action reached Zhou Jinguo's mouth, it became the result of the weakening of the Hunan army's will to fight. Regarding Zhou Jinguo's point of view, the division commander Qian Liqun was very slanderous. If the Hunan army did not raise its hands to surrender, but raised its guns, the result would be death. However, the prisoner policy is an order of the central government, and as a division commander, he cannot disobey it. So Qian Liqun said: "If you don't have a rifle, you can also use cold weapons to raid." You can't afford to pay attention to such things. ”

Zhou Jinguo couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, "Senior Commander Qian, that is, the Guangfu Army can say this." ”

As the sharpest armed force in China, the Liberation Army has also made great efforts in hand-to-hand combat. Bayonet warfare is a key training subject of the Liberation Army, and in addition to the normal bayonet battle after a gun battle, there is also a practice topic for conducting a large-scale bayonet charge at the enemy when ammunition is insufficient.

When facing the Hunan army coming out of Hengyang this time, the Taiping army made a plan for the Hunan army to engage in large-scale hand-to-hand combat. The reality is that when the Hunan army saw that the rifle could not be used, it did not immediately take advantage of the numerical advantage to carry out hand-to-hand combat, but fled with a girl. If it is said that this army is armed with cold weapons and bravely launches a bayonet charge with an army armed with rifles, Zhou Jinguo does not believe it at all.

Not only Zhou Jinguo was laughing, but the other participating cadres were also laughing, and finally the division commander Qian Liqun couldn't stop laughing. The political commissar had the most say on the issue of the prisoners of the political authorities, and finally the party committee meeting agreed to release the Hunan army.

Zhou Jinguo took advantage of his position and let them have a meal when he released the Hunan prisoners. There were not many miscellaneous grains in the troops, and it is now said that the governor of Wei Zedu, who was given the title of "King of Han," had long ago put forward instructions to pay attention to supplementing vitamins and crude fiber, and the logistics department did not dare to use up the coarse grains. The canteen was only able to provide all the captives with a dry meal of half beans and half rice. Porridge made of corn grits is served openly. Each person was also provided with three taels of canned red oil fish and a serving of dried green vegetables and tofu.

This kind of most common diet of the Liberation Army caused a strong shock among the captives, and some prisoners asked if they could add another of this meal. Of course, this request was denied.

The officers were not released, the soldiers were released. Before leaving, he told everyone about the prisoner policy of the Liberation Army and the surrender method. Then the political workers from Hunan persuaded these people to hurry home, because it was inevitable that their lives would be in danger if they continued to fight. When the Hunan army was sent away, everyone was given a four-tael nest, and a few pieces of camellia pimples were stuffed into the nest at the head of the nest.

Looking at the back of the Hunan army leaving in a hurry, the division commander Qian Liqun said in a mocking tone: "We can't afford to provide them with food according to the prisoner policy." ”

Of course, Zhou Jinguo knew the sarcasm in Qian Liqun's words, and he sighed slightly, "Master Qian, I, I used to fight with the governor, but at that time, I only felt that there were few people killed. Now I don't think so, these people are ordinary people, and it's already pitiful to work for the Hunan army. Why should we laugh at them? ”

Words from the heart have their own persuasive power, and after listening to Zhou Jinguo's words, although Master Qian may not agree, he can't say anything against it. There are many locals in the Hunan Military Region, and these girls and boys have simple personalities, as long as they are treated as soldiers, they will really train hard and fight seriously. The soldiers of the Hunan army are no different from these Hunan soldiers of the Liberation Army, but they followed the Hunan army for a living. So these Hunan soldiers died nine times in their lives, and even if they were lucky not to be killed, they were captured again and again. And the soldiers of the Liberation Army are going from one victory to another. If he had to find a reason for this huge gap, Qian Liqun could only say, "This is fate!" ”

The battle began on November 22, and on November 26, the governor of Hunan, Mao Hongbin, received the most detailed report. On November 23, Lord Mao Hongbin heard a very outrageous news that the 5,000 Hunan troops who went to rescue Hengyang "disappeared". It is said that this army fought a battle with the Liberation Army, but even if it is defeated, there will always be people who can escape. But none of the 5,000 Hunan troops could escape, which greatly exceeded the common sense that Lord Mao Hongbin knew.

It was not until the afternoon of the 25th that the released Hunan soldiers returned to Xiangtan. On the 26th, the detailed report arrived in Changsha. Lord Mao Hongbin scolded in a rare breach in the governor's yamen, "Don't say it's 5,000 people and horses, even if it's 5,000 pigs, it can't be captured alive in half a day!" ”

The faces of the Hunan civil and military officials were extremely ugly, of course they knew that Lord Mao Hongbin was scolding, but this question also resonated with these civil and military officials.

From the perspective of inner thoughts, Hunan Wenwu certainly hoped that there was some unexpected reason for this, but the released Hunan soldiers said very clearly that the Guangfu Army ran faster than rabbits. There are the chasing Guangfu troops in the back, the intercepting Guangfu army in front, and the Guangfu army responsible for the flanking attack on both sides. This group of Liberation Army does not seem to know tiredness at all, and they will not be tired at all. The Hunan army ran more than ten miles in one go, and they were about to vomit blood, but the Guangfu army was alive and well from beginning to end. It's not like it's human at all.

Hunan Wenwu knew very well that the reinforcements sent by Xiangtan were already very elite troops, and it was impossible for ordinary troops to set off in such a short period of time. If the difference in strength between the Hunan army and the Guangfu army reaches such a point, Hunan will not be able to hold it at all.

After Master Mao Hongbin finished scolding, he sat back on the chair in a dejected manner. It is bad that the field battle is like this, but what is even worse is that although these Hunan troops have returned, they have no weapons. Master Mao once tried to collect an additional 1.2 million taels of silver, but after only 400,000 taels of silver were collected, all the shops in Hunan were closed, and the gentry not only tried their best to come to ask for help, but some people simply sued the governor of Huguang.

In the end, the official document can only be told to Mao Hongbin, until it is received here. So the Hunan army just barely made up the rifles. But this guy lost 5,000 rifles, and there is no need to hope to make up for it in the short term. The weapons are insufficient, and in the face of the wolf-like Liberation Army, this battle cannot be fought! R1058