At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the main force of the Young Communist Division crossed the mountains and finally came to the county seat of Tongtong. At this time, www.biquge.info the Central Red Army had already left the passage and marched towards Liping in Guizhou Province.

Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming, as the vanguard of the Young Communist Division, had already taken over the defense of the county seat. The comrades of the General Staff Office laid out the operational map on the table, marked the new enemy situation one by one, and several members of the division's party committee and the commanders of each brigade sat around the table to study the enemy situation.

Li Dapeng, commander of the reconnaissance regiment, pointed to the map and explained in detail the terrain on the map and the latest changes in the enemy's situation. The 19th and 63rd Divisions of Liu Jianxu's Hunan Army, as the vanguard troops, have a total of five infantry regiments and an artillery battalion starting from Chengbu County and encamping through Dankou, and are expected to reach the Mujiao area of Tongdao County tomorrow morning. The follow-up troops were the newly formed 23rd Division and the 54th Division, which set out from Yongzhou at a distance and had formed a disconnect with the vanguard troops, and this was where the fighters of our division were. ”

The enemy situation is already very clear, how to fight it? Maps alone could not be analyzed, so Zhang Cheng decided to investigate the terrain on the spot and then make plans.

So, Zhang Cheng said to everyone: "Go! Let's go with me and look at the terrain around the passage to see which area is suitable for ambushes, and then we'll make a decision. ”

"Yes!"

The group rode horses along the enemy's path to inspect the road, and finally chose the ambush site between the rocky rock and the wooden foot mountain road. The terrain of this section of the mountain road is very favorable for ambushes, and the mountain road is close to the mountains on both sides, even in winter, but the mountains in the south are still shady, and the slopes are densely wooded, which is very convenient for large troops to hide in them.

The ambush site was chosen, except for the 3rd and 6th Brigades, which were left to guard the county seat and serve as reserves. The rest of the Young Communist Division rushed to the Mujiao area and immediately began to build concealed fortifications according to the battle plan.

The engineer battalion began to build fortifications, and other combat units also rushed to help, and the trenches on the mountainside were quickly dug up, and the originally extremely quiet mountain road suddenly became lively.

Returning to the headquarters of the Mujiao Provisional Division, Zhang Cheng immediately convened an operational meeting and carried out the final combat deployment:

First, the 1st Brigade and the 5th Brigade were ambushed on the left flank of the mountain road, the troops directly under the 2nd Brigade and the division were ambushed on the right flank of the mountain road, and the 4th Brigade served as a frontal blocking force.

Second, starting at 8 a.m. tomorrow, all units will enter their positions and remain hidden, and they will not be allowed to expose their targets at will.

Third, it is necessary to be brave and vigorous in combat, strive for a quick victory, and resolve the battle within two hours, so as to prevent the enemy from jumping over the wall in a hurry and calling for enemy planes to bomb our troops.

Finally, Zhang Cheng reminded: "As we all know, Liu Jianxu's unit of the Hunan Army is a unit with relatively strong combat effectiveness, which has fought against the Red Army many times and has extremely rich combat experience. We should give full play to our superiority in automatic firepower to reduce the casualties of our troops, and immediately mobilize and prepare for battle when all units return. ”

"Resolutely complete the task!" The generals replied with a bang.

After the meeting was dismissed, Zhang Cheng sent people to find Li Yunqiang of the reconnaissance company and Wang Hui of the division's communications office, and ordered them to lead a few people to carry a radio station, disguise themselves as villagers, and rush to the Chang'an camp overnight to lurk down, preparing to find out the Hunan army's combat deployment and marching route, and report to the division headquarters in a timely manner.

At the same time, Wang Hui was ordered to pay attention to collecting signals from the enemy's radio stations, closely monitor and listen to the radio stations of the Hunan army and the Gui army, and report any abnormal situation to the division headquarters in a timely manner.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Cheng and the political commissar led the division headquarters to the area of the ambush site, made a final inspection of the positions of each department, and explained to the commanders of each department to pay attention to the concealment and camouflage work, and then returned to the division headquarters to rest and recharge for tomorrow's big battle.

At 8 o'clock the next day, the frontal blocking battle of the 4th Brigade was the first to start, and the first to attack was the enemy's 63rd Division, which was lightly attacked, and at the beginning of the battle, the enemy's artillery battalion immediately launched a 10-minute artillery fire covering attack on the forward positions of the 4th Brigade, and then under the cover of artillery fire, the enemy rushed forward.

Chen Guangzhong, commander of the enemy's 63rd Division, was a reactionary element who hated the Workers' and Peasants' Party and was a Kuomintang general with a very strong banditry style; after the battle for the Central Red Army to forcibly cross the Xiangjiang River began, Chen Guangzhong was the most active in fighting against the Red Army, and he kept rushing to the front and killing the Red Army completely, and none of the Red Army that fell into his hands could get a good end.

In the 1927 "Ma-Ri Incident", he faithfully implemented the bloody policy of "preferring to kill a thousand people by mistake rather than slipping through the net", wantonly slaughtered the backbone of the Baoqing workers' and peasants' movement, and in 1928 was appointed by Chang Kaishen as "Commander of the Suppression of Bandits in Eastern Xiangdong" and "Director of the Second Training Division of the Fifth Independent Division".

After Chen Guangzhong participated in the defeat of the Pingjiang Uprising, he bloodbathed Pingjiang Changshou Street and Southeast Township, killing more than 1,800 innocent people to invite merit. The following year, he was promoted to commander of the Seventh Independent Brigade and "Commander of the Hunan Suppression Column".

In August 1930, Chen Guangzhong attacked the Red Army in Liuyang, and when crossing the river in Guandu, the boat people escaped, and ordered his subordinates to recover more than 30 boat people, killed them on the river bank, and broke into the Guandu residential area at night, burned down the houses, killed innocents, and ordered his subordinates to kill people and cut off their left ears to receive a reward, and each person killed was rewarded with 5 yuan of Yinyang. In May of the following year, Chen attacked the Red Army in Liuyang, taking the opportunity to bloody Liuyang Tiezhi Mountain, Hengshan, Foling and other places, so that there was no one within 10 kilometers.

After that, Chen Guangzhong also attacked the Soviet area in Chaling, Lianhua and other places, and wantonly burned and killed, and the old, weak, sick, and disabled children, all of whom were spared. Of the more than 500 people in Chaoyang Mountain alone, more than 300 people were killed by Chen, but Chen Guangzhong, who was brutal and murderous, was favored by Chang Kaishen, and soon established the 63rd Division of the Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang and appointed Chen Guangzhong as the commander of the lieutenant general.

Such scum scum can be appointed as a high-ranking KMT general in a grand manner, which shows how reactionary and brutal Chang Kaishen's KMT puppet government is.

Because Chen Guangzhong knew that he had formed a mortal enmity with the Red Army, he fought with the Red Army very fiercely, and his subordinates followed him to do many evils, and he also knew that falling into the hands of the Red Army would definitely be a dead end, so Chen Guangzhong fought with the Red Army very fiercely and tenaciously.

In the face of such a ferocious enemy, Zhang Cheng demanded before the battle that all units must act decisively, be more fierce and ruthless than the enemy, and completely destroy it if they do not surrender.

The battle lasted until about 9:20 a.m., when Zhang Cheng received a call from Chen Zhengxiang: "Report to the division commander, the Fourth Brigade has been in accordance with the predetermined plan, and after a fierce battle with the enemy for more than an hour, it has feigned that it is invincible, and has "broken out" all the way to the ambush circle of our army. ”

At the same time, Chen Guangzhong, commander of the 63rd Division of the Hunan Army, also received a call from the chief of staff, saying: "The troops were blocked by about 4,000 troops and about one division of the Red Bandits' palace, but under the heroic command of the division, the whole division attacked fiercely, and the Red Bandits gradually could not support them and had fled backwards. In my opinion, this unit is about the main division of the Red Bandits, well-equipped, with sufficient ammunition, and very brave in battle, but it is by no means the opponent of our division. Our division is in pursuit of victory. ”

Chen Guangzhong immediately said loudly during the call: "The troops need not hesitate, they must be fierce in battle, make persistent efforts, and wipe out all the Red Army, and not let go of any of them." ”

After the call, Chen Guangzhong's face was proud, but his adjutant reminded him: "Even if the red bandits run out of ammunition and food and are at the end of the road, they will not retreat easily, could this be the red bandits' trick to lure the enemy?" ”

Chen Guangzhong laughed when he heard this, glanced at the adjutant and said disdainfully: "Boy, you think too much." According to reliable information, the main force of the Red Bandits had already moved in the direction of Liping in Guizhou Province in the west yesterday, and I estimate that the Red Bandit troops left behind the palace in the passage area were only one division at most. When a division of the Red Bandits was fully established, there were only nearly 5,000 people, and the current Red Bandit troops had just more than 4,000 people, and the equipment was still very good, and it was obviously the main force of the Red Bandits responsible for blocking it.

If you think about it, since the Red Bandits were defeated by our Hunan Army in the Xiangjiang River, and they have not been able to recuperate under the pursuit of our army, such a force must have been assembled by the Red Bandits in a patchwork piece. Now that he has been defeated by our division, where does he still have the troops to ambush us? ”

"The master is wise, and it is really a clever calculation." The adjutant flattered.

Chen Guangzhong seemed to remember something at this time, his emotions suddenly rose, he looked heroic and high-spirited, and he said loudly: "You immediately send a report to all brigades, order all units to bite the rear guard of the red bandits, accelerate the advance, and must wipe out the rear troops of the red bandits in one fell swoop." The chairman of the committee recently issued a reward, a red bandit is worth ten oceans, there are more than 4,000 red bandits here, then there are 40,000 oceans, plus each of the red bandits is at least 100 oceans, haha, if the division commander of the red bandit is captured alive, we will make this lying business! ”

"Obey the orders of the master, I will call immediately!" When the enemy adjutant heard this, he immediately came to his senses and immediately called the departments in high spirits.

Chen Guangzhong's order was immediately and perfectly carried out under the stimulation of the ocean, and the enemy's 63rd Division pursued desperately in the direction of the Fourth Brigade's rout and escape like a flood that had poured out.

The 4th Brigade, which had more than 4,000 people, and the 63rd Division, which had more than 8,000 people, divided into two sections on the winding mountain road and moved rapidly, suddenly raising a large cloud of dust and smoke, and the mountain road, which had been extremely peaceful in the past, became extremely noisy.