Chapter 11 The Smoke of Gunfire Returns

In December, more than 20 days had passed since the "Fujian Incident," and Chang Kaishen quickly dispatched troops and dispatched more than a dozen divisions from the Northern Route Army of the Central Soviet Region and the North China and Northern Jiangsu regions to Fujian to attack the 19th Route Army, thus putting a strong pressure on the 19th Route Army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Li Jishen, Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai and others formally put forward a proposal to the Workers' and Peasants' Party on the "abnormality of the Communist Party" and got in touch with the Red Army, and they hoped that the Central Red Army would lend a helping hand and pull them out of a desperate situation.

Zhang Cheng, who was quietly watching the incident, knew that this was the only flaw that had been exposed since Chang Kaishen launched the Fifth War of Encirclement and Suppression, and if the Central Military Commission of the Revolution could respond in time and order the Central Red Army to launch an attack on Chang Kaishen, echoing the 19th Route Army from afar, forming a horn trend, it was very likely to break the encirclement and suppression of the Kuomintang and win the Fifth War against Encirclement and Suppression.

However, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, controlled by the leaders of the Soviet faction, missed this only chance of victory. They thought that the 19th Route Army and Chang Kaishen would fight to defeat both sides, so not only did they not give aid to the 19th Route Army, but instead took this opportunity to fall into the trap and ordered the 3rd Army Corps and the 5th Army Corps, the main forces of the Red Army stationed on the Fujian-Jiangxi border, to be transferred to the Western Front.

As a result, there was only one Red Seventh Army Corps left on the Fujian-Jiangxi border, which had just been formed from the local army, and this rookie army had only more than 7,000 guns, which was far inferior to the Young Communist Division in Zhangcheng, so how could it contain the hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves of the People's Party?

At this time, the Young Communist Division was stationed in the Tuancun area southeast of Lichuan on the order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, relying on construction fortifications to block and contain the enemy's main force. Since the Red Third Division transferred two regiments to join the operation on the Western Front, only one regiment was left to hold the regimental village together with the Young Communist Division, thus greatly increasing the pressure on the Young Communist Division.

In mid-December, the incident in Fujian Province gradually subsided, and the KMT's battle to encircle and suppress the central Soviet area continued. In order to ensure the smooth conclusion of the battle against the 19th Route Army, Chang Kaishen ordered Chen Cheng to strike first and immediately launch an attack on the Central Soviet Region to seize the victory pass, intending to break into the hinterland of the Central Soviet Region.

After receiving the order, Chen Cheng left one division to garrison Lichuan, and then with the strong strength of three divisions, he went south from Lichuan and launched an attack on Tuancun, Dongshan, and Deshengguan.

On the 11th, the General Headquarters of the Red Army Front learned that on the 12th, two divisions of Chen Cheng's division would launch an attack on the positions of the Young Communist Division and the Red Third Division in the Tuancun area. Commander-in-Chief Zhu Lao Zong immediately ordered the remnants of the 3rd Red Division, which had been ordered to move west and was still staying near Tuancun, to stay, and cooperate with the Young Communist Division to launch a counterattack against the enemy's two divisions from the east and west directions on the 12th.

Zhang Cheng knew about this battle, and historically, the enemy launched an attack on the International Division of the Young Communist Party and the Third Division and the First Regiment at Tuancun in the southeast of Lichuan with superior strength of three divisions. Wu Gaoqun, the division commander of the Young Communist Division, and Xiao Hua, the political commissar of the original Time and Space Division, led their troops and the rest of the Red Third Division to form two fists on the left and right from the enemy's left side and flank the enemy. After many repeated charges, the Red Army defeated the enemy's three main divisions and captured a lot of booty.

However, towards the end of the battle, the enemy became angry and suddenly sent planes to bomb and strafe the Red Army positions, and in an instant, the Red Army suffered more than 100 casualties. A heavy bomb exploded next to Wu Gaoqun, who was observing the enemy situation under a big tree next to the command post, causing him serious injuries to the head and waist.

Zhang Cheng, who knew history, naturally would not let the tragedy happen again, and he should make good use of this opportunity to command the Young Communist Division to defeat the attacking enemy, completely defeat the enemy's arrogance, and deal a heavy blow to the arrogant Kuomintang Central Army.

On the evening of 11 July, Zhang Cheng held a pre-war meeting overnight, at which the principal leaders of the division, regiment, and battalion, the leaders of the units directly under the division, and Yang Xicheng, commander of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Red Division of the friendly army, came to the headquarters for a meeting to arrange combat missions.

Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming pointed to the map of the regimental village area drawn by the reconnaissance battalion and said: "According to the telegram of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, it is expected that at noon tomorrow, Chen Cheng's Kuomintang division will launch an attack on the positions of our Young Communist Division and the Red Third Division with the strength of three divisions, and it will be Chen Cheng's 11th and 14th Divisions attacking our division, and the other partial division will be the 59th Division. ”

Knowing that the 11th Division was attacking our army, Zhang Cheng was also excited. He came from later generations to know that the 11th Division was Chen Cheng's starting force, and the 18th Army of the Kuomintang with the 11th Division as the team was the pillar of Chen Cheng's civil engineering system.

Thinking of the strength of the 11th Division, Zhang Cheng took Zhang Fengming's words and said cautiously: "Tomorrow, it is Chen Cheng's 11th Division and 14th Division that will attack the position of our division by the Kuomintang Army, especially the 11th Division, this division is the first main force of Chen Cheng's department, with three brigades and nine regiments under its jurisdiction, with a strength of up to 12,000, well-equipped, strong combat effectiveness, and must not underestimate the enemy." If the commander of any unit improperly commands the enemy and causes unnecessary casualties among the troops, the division party committee will deal with it sternly. ”

Xiao Hua continued: "According to the enemy situation on the battlefield and the deployment of the division commander, our division is determined to concentrate all the troops directly under the division, as well as the 58th Regiment, the 59th Regiment, the 60th Regiment, the New Corps, and the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Red Division, leaving no reserve troops, and take the initiative to attack and defeat the enemy's main force in one fell swoop at Dadongshan.

The specific deployment is as follows: 1. Our army is divided into three routes, with the 58th, 59th, and 60th regiments as the first route army, and frontally blocking the enemy's 11th and 14th divisions; The Second Route Army, with the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Red Division and the 7th Regiment of our division, cooperated with the new regiment of our division to contain and block the enemy's 59th Division; The Third Route Army, with troops directly under the division, was ambushed on both sides of Dadong Mountain in advance, waiting for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack, attacking the 11th and 14th Divisions by surprise, and cooperating with the First Army to defeat the enemy.

2. In this battle, our division closely cooperated with the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Red Division of the friendly army, and the 1st Route Army, led by me personally, led the 58th, 59th, and 60th regiments to block the enemy's main force.

3. The Second Route Army, under the personal leadership of the division commander, carried out a surprise attack from the west flank of the enemy's 11th Division, attacked and advanced from both flanks after cutting in, and put automatic firearms such as machine guns, submachine guns, and automatic rifles in the forefront, and carried forward our army's fine tradition of rushing, striking, and chasing after the enemy, so as not to give the enemy a chance to breathe.

Fourth, the Third Route Army, under the command of Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming, Yang Xicheng, the commander of the regiment, your Seventh Regiment is also transferred to the command of Chief of Staff Hong Zhang Fengming, this Route Army is also mainly to contain and block the attack, do not seek to kill and injure a large number of enemies, as long as the enemy's 59th Division is delayed, and the main force of the division destroys the main force of the enemy's 11th and 14th Divisions to gain time, it will be considered to have completed the task.

5. The artillery battalion must complete the construction of the artillery position before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, do a good job of concealment and camouflage, and once the attack is launched, it must first carry out a five-minute rapid fire strike to destroy the enemy's artillery as quickly as possible. Tomorrow, the sniper company should give full play to its shooting level, kill the enemy's commander as much as possible, so that the enemy will not be able to organize an effective counterattack, and at the same time knock out the firepower points that pose a great threat to our troops. The engineer battalion dug a large number of bomb shelters between the positions to prevent enemy air raids. ”

After Xiao Hua finished arranging the combat mission, Zhang Cheng stood up, swept his eyes around the faces of all the cadres, and said loudly: "The regimental village blocking battle is the first time that our Young Communist Division has faced the enemy's main force head-on, and this battle has a bearing on the overall situation of our army's anti-encirclement and suppression war, the Party Central Committee is watching us, and the people of the Central Soviet Region are watching us. The enemy's 11th Division, with its large strength and strong equipment, is one of the strongest units in the Kuomintang with the strongest combat effectiveness, and in peacetime, even if our Young Communist Division wants to fight him, we have no chance, because we are not the main force of the Red Army, and there are so many troops with old qualifications in the Red Army, and it is not our turn. But now it is good that he dares to do all his best to attack our division's position, which is a golden opportunity. The Dadongshan position is well fortified, and our division has captured a lot of automatic weapons, powerful firepower, and sufficient ammunition, and it is waiting for work at ease, not to mention the Central Army of the People's Party, even if the Japanese devils come, I will let his head bleed. Do you have confidence? ”

The cadres roared in unison: "Yes! ”

Zhang Cheng nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Everyone's morale is very high!" Let me ask you, what kind of troops are the main forces? It's not about the number of the troops, it's not about how old his qualifications are, it's about whether he can be invincible and invincible. In Lao Tzu's eyes, attacking is like water and clouds, and defending is like an iron wall, and such troops are the first-class main force. The enemy's 11th Division is a well-deserved first-class main force of the Kuomintang army. So what about our young teachers? When the narrow road meets, the brave wins, and this regimental village resistance battle is the famous battle of our Young Communist Division. I hope that after this battle, our Young Communist Division will be able to compete to be the first and main force of the Red Army, just like the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the 1st Red Army, so that the enemy will be terrified and urinated. Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Zhou Weiguo, Chen Shiqu, the four of you tell me, can you do it? ”

Li Yunlong was the first to shout: "Report to the division commander, you just look at my performance, I, Li Yunlong, will never disgrace the young communist teacher!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Ding Wei, Zhou Weiguo, and Chen Shiqu also stood up and shouted in unison: "Division Commander, we promise to complete the task!" ”

Zhang Cheng was no longer verbose, and waved his hand: "Dismiss!" ”

The cadres rushed out, and Zhang Cheng asked the clerk to write down the record of the deployment just now, report it to the central authorities, and then returned to the room to sleep and recuperate.