Chapter 14: Return to the Red Capital

Chen Cheng felt like an ant on a hot pot now. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yesterday afternoon, in order to seize the strategic place of Tuancun, the three main divisions under Chen Cheng fought fiercely with the Red Bandits in Dadong Mountain, and three hours later, he received a telegram from the commander of the 11th Division asking for help, and immediately ordered the flight detachment to urgently reinforce it.

As a result, when the plane arrived in the Dadongshan area, it did not even find a single red bandit, and there was no trace of its own three divisions.

What the hell is going on? Could it be that three divisions were wiped out by the Red Bandits? No way! That's the three elite divisions of the Central Army, more than 30,000 horses, when did the red bandits have such good teeth! He has the strength to nest in the ravine and be defeated by the Kuomintang army step by step?

When he asked the communications department, he said that the radio stations of the three divisions had lost contact, which made Chen Cheng even more panicked, and he began to have a bad premonition in his heart.

It was not until the morning of the 14th that the remnants of the 11th, 14th, and 59th Divisions of the Kuomintang Army fled from Dadongshan-Lu and arrived at the foot of Lichuan City, where they met the search team sent by Chen Cheng that Chen Cheng let go of his heart.

But when the troops were reorganized, Chen Cheng found that the three divisions had suffered heavy losses, and in order to escape for their lives, the troops also lost most of their heavy weapons, and even threw away the radio station.

What made Chen Cheng even more heart-wrenching was that the 11th Division, which he relied on very much, lost most of it, and also lost the four new German howitzers that he had managed to get, which he got from the old man.

The plan to seize Tuancun failed, and Chen Cheng had no choice but to order the 11th Division, the 14th Division, and the 59th Division to be withdrawn to Lichuan for rest and replenishment.

Sure enough, Chang Kaishen, who learned of Chen Cheng's fiasco the next day, reprimanded him severely, but for the sake of Chen Cheng's loyalty to him, Chang Kaishen did not remove him, and also transferred a few divisions from Gu Zhutong to Jiangxi and put Chen Cheng under the command of Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng's defeat in the battle not only did not have any punishment, but was replenished with troops, which shows how serious Chang Kaishen's cronyism is.

Speaking of the Workers' and Peasants' Party on the other end, at this time the Red Third Army had been ordered to move west to reinforce the Western Front. Only the Red Seventh Army Corps, the International Division of the Young Communist Party, and several local troops in the Soviet base areas remained along the Jiangxi-Fujian border. Due to Chen Cheng's new defeat and the vitality of the Young Communist Division, both sides were temporarily unable to launch an offensive and began to enter a state of confrontation.

On New Year's Day, just after dawn, Zhang Cheng led the guard battalion to escort four howitzers and a group of Kuomintang officers such as Zhou Zhiqun back to Ruijin, the central station.

At a fork in the road about three miles away from Ruijin, Zhang Cheng suddenly found that the chairman, General Political Commissar Zhou, Mr. Zhu and Director Yang Shangkun and other central leaders were standing at the intersection in anticipation, so panicked that he hurriedly dismounted and ran over, but he couldn't help but think in his heart: These big names won't be waiting for me here!

"Report to the Chairman! Report to the leaders! Zhang Cheng ran to the chairman and others in a vigorous military posture, stood upright, and then raised his hands to salute the leaders one by one.

Compared with the last time they met Zhang Cheng, the chairman has lost a lot of weight, but as before, he is always in good spirits, and he is always so high-spirited.

"Okay, you're Zhang Cheng! In order to welcome the heroic children's division commanders of our army, our old bones have been blowing the northwest wind here for a while! The chairman said humorously, his gentle eyes full of kindness and care.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the warm hands stretched out by the chairman, and said excitedly: "Chairman! That's a killer boy! How can a boy afford it? ”

"Haha, a few of us are idle anyway. Let's go! It's too windy here, so we'll talk about it in detail when we go back. ”

After Zhang Cheng shook hands with the leaders one by one, the chairman led everyone to the central station. Back at the station, comrades from the General Logistics Department of the Red Army and Director Feng Shaojie also handed over four heavy artillery pieces, as well as Zhou Zhiqun and other prisoners.

When I came to the place where the chairman lived, this was originally the three-entry compound where the landlord's family lived, and after the landlord was overthrown, the courtyard was assigned to several leaders of the central government to live.

Everyone walked into the chairman's study, the stove was burning in the room, much warmer than outside, Sister Jiaoyang boiled hot tea to greet us, after seeing Zhang Cheng, gently tidied up his somewhat dusty appearance, his eyes were full of gratitude and concern, and several bone-turning dragons of the chairman's family also surrounded Zhang Cheng and asked for gifts.

Finally took out a small gift to send away a few bone dragons, and everyone sat around a round table, drinking steaming tea. The chairman smiled and said to everyone: "Today, I will first listen to our children's division commander talk about his combat history, so that a few of our old men can learn from the experience and see how this battle was fought, and then eat here with me, I will treat you!" ”

"Good! All right! It's been a long time since I've eaten the food cooked by Sister-in-law Yang. General Political Commissar Zhou said happily, and everyone echoed loudly.

"Comrade Zhang Cheng, let's talk about the battle of your children's division first!" Taizu said seriously.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly stood up and prepared to speak, but General Political Commissar Zhou waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and said, "Comrade Zhang Cheng doesn't have to be nervous, sit down and speak slowly." ”

Zhang Cheng glanced at General Political Commissar Zhou gratefully, sat down to sort out the chaotic thoughts, organized the language, and slowly told the battle process of the Second World War and the Great War Tuan Village.

After listening to Zhang Cheng's report, Mr. Zhu patted the table and praised loudly, praising the flexible combat deployment of the children's division and the heroic and good fighting of the soldiers, which is really amazing.

The chairman asked: "The children's division has only been formed for a few months, and it has such a good combat effectiveness, Zhang Cheng, tell me how you led the troops." ”

Zhang Cheng pondered for a long time before concluding: "Chairman, I can summarize the troops with nine 'wants':

First, be diligent. People who are not diligent cannot do things well, and they cannot be good military commanders.

Second, it is necessary to find out the intentions of the superiors. It is necessary to truly understand the intentions of the superiors, truly integrate them, and truly understand the status and role of the tasks they have received in the overall situation of the campaign and battle.

Third, it is necessary to investigate and study. We must always have a clear understanding of the enemy's situation, the terrain, the situation of the troops, and the social situation. We must touch it every day, ponder it every day, and we can't stop it.

Fourth, there must be a living map. Commanders and staff officers must be familiar with the map and read it frequently.

Fifth, it is necessary to think through all aspects of the problem.

Sixth, it is necessary to make a decision in a timely manner.

Seventh, it is necessary to have a very good and united team.

Eighth, it is necessary to have a good fighting style.

Ninth, it is necessary to attach importance to politics and personally do political work. ”

After listening to this, the chairman thought for a while, and then said to Mr. Zhu, General Political Commissar Zhou, and others: "Zhang Cheng's approach is very good, boss, I think your military commission should summarize Zhang Cheng's nine "wants", and then popularize and use them to the commanders and fighters of the whole army. This can greatly improve the level of tactical command of the commanders of various units. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, and Mr. Zhu immediately asked the clerk to record the nine "wants" that Zhang Cheng said, and on the same day, he sent a summary of the nine "wants" made by Zhang Cheng to the responsible persons of each unit.

At that time, the commander of the Red First Regiment Lin Hu and the Third Regiment who was inspecting the battlefield received the nine "wants" summary handed over to him by the correspondent, and silently recited the nine "wants" twice in his mouth, and the more he read them, the more he felt that the nine "wants" really entered his heart, and this is what he usually does with his troops, this Zhang Cheng is really my confidant!

As everyone knows, the nine "wants" summarized by Zhang Cheng are exactly the nine elements of "how to be a good teacher" summarized by Lin Husan in 1936 when he gave a lecture at "Kang Da". In order to pretend to be forced in front of the chairman and several big names, Zhang Cheng shamelessly embezzled it.