After grabbing the combat mission, Zhang Cheng immediately took the guards to Qinggangpo, which is the main battlefield of the Tucheng battle in history, located 3 kilometers northeast of Tucheng, and is the only way from Xishui County to Tucheng. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Qinggangpo is a gourd-shaped pass of less than 2 square kilometers, and Zhang Cheng felt that he could take advantage of the topography of the valley to take the lead in seizing the commanding heights, forming a condescending posture against the enemy, and with the advantage of a small number of troops and weapons, the hope of victory was very great.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Cheng and the political commissar immediately held the first pre-war meeting since the establishment of the International Column of the Young Communist Party.

At the beginning of the meeting, the political commissar first read out the operational order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission on the implementation of the Tucheng battle, explained in detail the significance of the Tucheng battle, and particularly emphasized that the battle of Tucheng was the first battle since the establishment of the International Column of the Young Communist Party, and demanded that the first battle should not only be won, but also won beautifully.

Then Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming gave a detailed account of the situation of the enemy and us in the Tucheng battle, and he pointed out in particular: "The enemy to be annihilated this time is nearly 10,000 people from two brigades and six regiments of the Sichuan Army's model division, and the ratio of the enemy's strength to us is 1:3.

This is the first time since the founding of our unit that we have faced the enemy with superior forces, and if the battle is not won, the International Column of the Young Communist Party will become the laughing stock of the whole army. Let's see what happens."

Finally, Zhang Cheng, who is the head of the No. 1 Young Column, made a concluding speech, and he said solemnly: "First of all, this is the first time that our Young Column has fought against the Sichuan Army, and everyone is probably not familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan Army and the operational characteristics of the Sichuan Army.

I would like to remind you very cautiously that the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan Army is by no means comparable to that of the previous Guizhou Army, and its combat effectiveness is not inferior even to that of the most elite main force of the Central Army of the People's Party.

The main characteristics of the Sichuan army's operations are as follows:

First, the Sichuan army fought particularly lifelessly, and its style was particularly heroic and tenacious;

Second, the Sichuan army has a particularly rich combat experience, because the warlords in Sichuan Province have not stopped fighting in recent years, fighting a small battle in January and a major battle in March, and their combat experience has been developed through actual combat;

Third, the Sichuan army is particularly good at mountain warfare, and this time we are fighting at the doorstep of the Sichuan army, so we must be especially careful about this.

Let's go back to the opponent we will face this time, the opponent is known as the model division of the Sichuan army, and it can be said that the Sichuan army is the most capable force.

Therefore, the first requirement of my combat requirement is not to underestimate the enemy.

You must pay full attention to the enemy in this battle, and do not take the enemy lightly because we have superior forces and weapons.

I hope that you will clearly convey this point to all officers and men in your combat mobilization, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties caused by underestimating the enemy.

Second, it is necessary to give full play to the superiority of firepower in the small number of columns.

The artillery battalions of the three divisions were all under the unified command of Sun Youdao, commander of the artillery regiment, and we must concentrate on using heavy firepower to thoroughly suppress the enemy's firing points and destroy the enemy's fortifications.

In addition, we must pay attention to tactics, because the enemy has the advantage of geographical advantage, then we must fully mobilize the enemy, and all units must boldly penetrate the enemy's positions, and the Sichuan army must be divided and annihilated, and our actions must be swift and decisive.

This time we must give full play to the tactics of coordinated operation of infantry and artillery, fight with more brains, avoid brutal and hard fighting, and respond quickly when encountering stubborn resistance from the enemy, and call on artillery to provide artillery cover.

In short, in the first battle since the establishment of our Young Column, the first battle must be won, and it can only be won.

Finally, the commander-in-chief and the central leaders will come to our department to watch the battle, and I hope that everyone will never drop the chain in front of the chief, win the beauty, and give full play to the combat effectiveness of our department. ”

When everyone heard that the commander was coming to watch the battle, the audience immediately burst into warm applause and cheers, and they all stood up and assured Zhang Cheng that they would definitely defeat the Sichuan army and annihilate the enemy.

After the meeting, Zhang Cheng deliberately left three division commanders to discuss the war with them.

For this operation, Zhang Cheng repeatedly told Li Yunlong, the 1st Division, who was responsible for the heavy task of attacking the fortifications, to seize the highlands of Shigaozui, Jianshanzi, Laoyashan, and Houziya, and whoever could occupy the highlands first would be able to occupy an advantageous position in the early stage of the battle.

Later, Zhang Cheng instructed Ding Wei to capture Yong'an Temple and defeat the headquarters of the Sichuan army, so that the Sichuan army was leaderless and lost its commanding strength.

At the same time, in order to support the smooth implementation of Ding Wei's beheading tactics, Zhang Cheng deliberately transferred a detachment of the Special Operations Brigade to Ding Wei's command.

In the end, Zhang Cheng told Zhou Weiguo, who was in charge of guarding the position, to be mentally prepared to fight hard, and that the Sichuan army was not the kind of army of the Central Army that was invincible in the world when fighting against the wind, and weak and powerless when fighting against the wind, and that it must be patient and not impatient when fighting against the Sichuan army.

After the three division commanders said goodbye and left, Zhang Cheng was still worried that the positional warfare of Shaozong would cause a large number of casualties as in the past, so he called Zhang Sanhe of the special operations brigade and asked them to act at the opportune opportunity, and if they had the opportunity, they would first destroy the artillery or logistics units of the Sichuan army.

At five o'clock in the morning of January 28, the Battle of Tucheng began.

Li Yunlong took the lead in leading the 1st Division to attack the junction of the Guo and Pan brigades of the Sichuan Army at Qinggangpo, and the battle ensued, and the 1st Division fought fiercely with the enemy on the highlands of Shigaozui, Jianshanzi, Laoyashan, and Houziya.

The headquarters of Zhangcheng's column is located on the big stalk, and when you walk along the mountain beam to a hill about 1,000 meters away from the first pass, you can see the entire Qinggangpo terrain clearly.

At half past four o'clock in the morning, the commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief Zhou, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Liu, Zuo Quan, and other central leaders were already waiting at the column headquarters early, waiting for the war to start.

Before the commander came, he asked the leaders of the central government to come over with only their eyes and try not to speak, so as not to affect Zhang Cheng's command and battle.

At this time, the battle had begun, and everyone turned their eyes to the battlefield and began to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.

Although the 1st Division took the lead in taking several heights such as Shigaozui and Jianshanzi under the leadership of Li Yunlong, the Sichuan Army quickly took advantage of its familiarity with the terrain to take the higher heights in the south, occupying favorable terrain and condescending to try to block the attack of the 1st Division.

The 1st Division temporarily died down, and then Sun Youdao concentrated an artillery regiment, 40 mountain guns and 100 mortars from three mortar battalions to bombard the high ground occupied by the Sichuan army at the same time.

Because there was no cover on the high ground, and Sun Youdao had already measured the distance in advance, the shells were extremely accurate, and for a time, the Sichuan army, which had never suffered such a fierce shelling, suffered casualties and extremely heavy casualties.

Seeing such a fierce bombardment by Shao Zong, even with such a calm personality as a commander, his face changed slightly, and the other leaders showed excitement on their faces.

In the past, it was always the Kuomintang army that bombarded the Red Army with artillery fire, but now when they saw the Red Army bombarding the Kuomintang army with artillery fire, everyone watched it very happily, as if they were out of a bad breath.