Chapter 34: The Fish Is Hooked

Recently, Jiang Dingwen's mood has not been very good. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Although he led his troops to suppress the "Fujian Province Incident" in January, defeated the 19th Route Army, known as China's strongest army, in Fujian Province, and completed the task of absorbing the 19th Route Army assigned by Chang Kaishen, he actually succumbed to Wei Lihuang when he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and only mixed up with the commander-in-chief of the East Road to "suppress bandits", and ordered him to continue to encircle and suppress the Central Red Army.

Speaking from the heart, Jiang Dingwen himself admitted that Wei Lihuang was one of the generals that the old man relied on the most, and he could fight much more than himself, but Jiang Dingwen was not convinced, he was the old man's township party, and he was much stronger than Wei Lihuang in terms of military merits and qualifications, so why did he succumb to Wei Lihuang?

What made Jiang Dingwen even more aggrieved was that he became the commander-in-chief of the "Suppression of Bandits" East Road, and he had the opportunity to become famous in a battle, win the victory pass, and knock on the west gate of the Red Army, but he met the Young Communist International Division in Zhangcheng so well, not only attacked the Young Communist Division and lost troops, but Qiu Jiaai was also eaten by it A main division.

The International Division of the Young Communist Party was undoubtedly one of the strongest troops that Jiang Dingwen had ever seen, and from the perspective of his professional soldiers, the commanders of the Young Communist Division's tactical command were extremely clever, and as long as he showed the slightest flaw, the Young Communist Division would immediately seize the opportunity and bite himself all over the body.

However, the two armies were at war, and they paid attention to the right time, place and people. In terms of time, the international environment was extremely favorable to the KMT, firstly, the Japanese had a bit of indigestion after occupying Northeast China, and did not have the spare energy to attack the rest of China; Second, since the Soviet Union became red, the European and American powers will never allow another red power to appear in the East, so they have spared no effort to support the Kuomintang Army in encircling and suppressing the Red Army.

In terms of geographical advantage, although the Red Army occupied the mountainous and river-shaped land, the Kuomintang Army advanced step by step with pillbox tactics, which greatly weakened the Red Army's geographical advantage.

At a time when the leaders of the Soviet faction were still studying in the Soviet Union, the Workers' and Peasants' Party, under the leadership of Zhu Mao, commanded the Red Army to fight with great success, and the Soviet base areas continued to expand. However, after returning from the Soviet Union, the Soviet leaders, with the support of the so-called "Comintern," seized power in the central government and completely excluded Zhu Mao, causing chaos within the Red Army, and a large number of generals with outstanding military achievements were purged by the Soviet leaders on "trumped-up" charges. Therefore, in terms of people and aspects, the Kuomintang army has an overall advantage.

No matter how powerful the troops are, they can't help the general trend, not to mention the newly established unit of the Young Communist Division, after the Guangchang War, the Red Army should have almost become a lost dog, and the current Young Communist Division was sent to Shicheng to intercept the Kuomintang army, will it soon be regarded as an abandoned pawn by the Red Army headquarters?

Jiang Dingwen thought like this, on the other hand, his troops, because they were Chang Kaishen's descendants, even if the troops were beaten by the Young Communist Division several times, the casualties of the troops were quickly replenished, the logistics supply was very sufficient, the food, grass and military salaries were sufficient, the three divisions were equipped with artillery battalions, heavy fire companies, and each infantry platoon had at least three light machine guns.

The Young Communist Division should have learned that Chen Cheng's five divisions were about to reinforce our army, and now they are desperately attacking Ningdu and Guangchang, it is a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, the reconnaissance battalion has already explored clearly, and the main force of the Young Communist Division has gone to Ningdu early in the morning, and it must be to reinforce the troops attacking Guangchang, forcing our army to reinforce Guangchang, and then come to besiege the city to help.

I think it's beautiful, but it's a pity, it's too tender, you underestimate me Jiang someone, I don't want to rescue Guangchang, I go to fight Shicheng, as long as Shicheng is captured, Ruijin, the capital of the Red Army, is in front of me, who will I do to destroy the great merit of the Central Red Army!

Thinking of this, Jiang Dingwen's eyes turned red, and he said to the chief of staff beside him: "Order the whole army to speed up combat preparations and launch a general attack on Shicheng on time at twelve o'clock at noon." ”

Turning around, he said to Sun Weimin, the commander of the 38th Division: "Commander Sun, your 38th Division will be the vanguard in this battle, and at this moment, the red bandits in Shicheng only have one brigade, and your department should be able to eat them soon." ”

After Sun Weimin received the order, he immediately said to the adjutant: "Pass the commander-in-chief's order, and the whole division will immediately launch an attack and take Shicheng!" ”

Sun Weimin gave an order, and the 38th Division suddenly shouted and neighed, and after a short period of confusion, it formed a powerful battle formation and crushed towards Shicheng like a sea of mountains.

Jiang Dingwen said to the two division commanders of the 9th Division and the 42nd Division: "After taking Shicheng, our whole army does not need to pause, and immediately launches an attack on Ruijin.

Thinking that such a peerless achievement was about to be completed, the two division commanders shouted loudly with red eyes: "Yes! ”

Dayou Township, the headquarters of the Young Communist Division.

"Report to the division commander, the third brigade has sent a battle report: our brigade has completed the task of feint defeat and lure the enemy, the whole brigade has withdrawn from Shicheng, the whole army of Jiang Ding's cultural department has been dispatched, divided into three echelons to pursue our brigade, our brigade retreats to Dayou Township, and it is about 20 miles away from the division headquarters."

"In this way, Jiang Dingwen is still fooled." Zhang Cheng was not overjoyed by the telegram of the Third Brigade, and he immediately said to the messenger beside him: "Immediately order the commanders of all units to come to the meeting." ”

Soon, the commanders of the various units arrived.

"Due to the urgency of the war, I won't say much about the pre-war analysis, and now immediately arrange the combat mission: Ding Wei led the second brigade to immediately remove the camouflage, choose the favorable terrain around the main road, and arrange ambush positions, we must be separately armed, do not concentrate in one place to fight to the death, the defense line must be layered, a few more trenches can be dug, the engineer battalion assists in digging fortifications, and the heavy fire battalion is transferred to you for command, so act immediately."

"Yes, Commander." After receiving the order, Ding Wei walked directly out of the headquarters and immediately mobilized the Second Brigade to prepare for battle.

"The 2nd Brigade and the Teaching Brigade continued to be covert and stood by, and as soon as the enemy's troops of the first echelon entered the ambush circle, they went around the enemy to form a blocking position, and our main goal was to ambush the enemy's rearguard troops. Remember, as in previous ambush warfare, we must carry forward the automatic fire of our division, and all heavy firepower will be placed on the front line. Sun Youdao, all the mountain artillery and mortars in your artillery battalion should be arranged in a centralized manner, and the artillery distance should be measured in advance, and the Zhuyuan should be installed, and it is required that there be no dead ends, and the enemy must be defeated as soon as possible, so that they have no chance to resist. Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

"Okay, immediately arrange the troops to prepare for battle, the enemy army will come soon, remember, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, let me see your bravery."

"Resolutely complete the task!"

Looking at the generals who were stimulated by the imminent battle, Zhang Cheng's tense heart finally let go, with this strong force, the world is at my disposal, and the revolution will be invincible.