In May 1934, after the Kuomintang army won the battle of Guangchang, Chang Kaishen strictly ordered the stagnant Jiang Dingwen Department to take the General's Palace, otherwise it would be disobeyed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the strict order of the old man, Jiang Dingwen could no longer play soy sauce leisurely, he immediately ordered the 38th Division and the 42nd Division to continue to build pillbox fortifications, and the 9th, 23rd, and 29th Divisions were divided into three routes, and the three-way army launched a crazy attack on the General's Palace and Qiujia Pass, of which the 9th Division was the mainstay, and the 23rd Division was supplemented, and the two armies attacked the International Division of the Young Communist Party, and the 29th Division went straight into Qiujia Pass to attack the Red 23rd Division, in an attempt to cut off the rear road of the Young Communist Division.

After receiving the enemy's situation, Zhang Cheng immediately went to the frontline position to make a pre-war mobilization.

At this time, it was just the turn of the teaching brigade of the rotation combat unit, and the teaching brigade had just been formed for less than two months, and had only been trained for more than a month, and the soldiers were all composed of captive soldiers and child soldiers, and the composition was relatively complicated.

Before the war, Zhang Fengming, chief of staff, saw that the enemy's situation was serious, and proposed to cancel the rotational battle of the teaching brigade and hand over the battle to the other three main brigades. This suggestion was unanimously opposed by all the commanders and fighters of the teaching brigade, and Chen Shiqu even let it go: If the teaching brigade is not allowed to fight, then simply disband the teaching brigade!

Chen Shiqu was a well-known general in later generations, and he was a commander with both wisdom and courage. In the face of Chen Shiqu's active invitation to fight, Zhang Cheng knew that he could not refuse, otherwise the hearts of the people in the teaching brigade would be scattered.

However, Zhang Cheng would not agree to Chen Shiqu's request so easily, he deliberately provoked: "Brigade Commander Chen Shiqu, the teaching brigade is composed of new soldiers, and none of us dares to guarantee the combat effectiveness, do you think I will hand over the safety of the whole division to such a new army, is this appropriate?" ”

Chen Shiqu took the case and shouted: "If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, if the teaching brigade loses its position, the division commander, you will shoot me!" ”

Zhang Cheng also stood up, saluted Chen Shiqu, and said solemnly: "If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, since you have made a military order, then I have nothing to say, Brigade Commander Chen, prepare to fight!" ”

Zhang Cheng personally went to the front line, inspected the position, and before leaving, Zhang Cheng specially reminded Chen Shiqu to use more brains in battle, and he must use his own strengths to overcome the enemy's shortcomings, so that he can better preserve himself and destroy the enemy.

Chen Shiqu didn't say anything, just saluted Zhang Cheng and said, "Resolutely complete the task!" ”

Chen Shiqu was named a general in 55 years, and Zhang Cheng can only learn from the experience of later generations, believing that Chen Shiqu can stand out in the magnificent revolutionary war for more than 20 years and be awarded meritorious titles, which is by no means a simple person.

Sure enough, Chen Shiqu did not live up to Zhang Cheng's expectations, and the battle was only one day before the good news came to the division headquarters.

Taking advantage of the arrogance of the 9th Division, the teaching brigade deliberately abandoned the defense of the front position when the enemy launched an attack, and concealed the troops in the tunnels on both sides of the position, which not only lured the enemy to go deeper, but also avoided being killed or wounded by the enemy's heavy artillery.

When the enemy easily occupied the position, while their foothold was not stable, Chen Shiqu urgently ordered the artillery battalion of the teaching brigade and the artillery regiment of the division to join forces to carry out a firepower covering strike.

Five minutes later, the artillery fire subsided, and the brigade troops charged out of the tunnels, throwing grenades and grenades at the enemy as soon as they came up. As soon as the enemy troops were dazed by the artillery fire, and before they could recover their senses, they were blown up by a rain of grenades and grenades from the teaching brigade.

The enemy forces were simply unable to organize an effective counterattack, and most of them were knocked to the ground. In addition to the rearguard troops running away, the strength of two regiments of the vanguard of the 9th Division was wiped out by the teaching brigade on the position.

The total casualties of the Young Communist Division's teaching brigade were less than 100 people, which can be called a classic battle in which the weak defeated the strong.

In the next few days, the brigade became more and more sophisticated, made full use of the favorable terrain, relied on fortifications and fortresses, and flexibly mobilized special operations brigades and reconnaissance battalions to harass the enemy, thwarting the enemy's 9th and 23rd divisions again and again.

Since then, the two sides have once again been in a stalemate.

However, as time passed, Zhang Cheng's mind became heavier and heavier, and the logistical problems of worrying about many days became more and more prominent, the food supply became more and more tight, the daily meat supply had been stopped, and the fixed three meals had become two meals, and they were still dry and thin, with such standards, grain and grass could only support one month.

Ammunition is also getting shorter and shorter, but fortunately, Zhang Cheng's troops will win every battle, and they have used the captured ammunition as a reserve, and they can barely maintain the supply of the three major wars.

However, after fighting three wars, how long can the Young Communist Division support?

At around 3 p.m. on 6 May, the Young Communist Division received an urgent request for help from the Red 23rd Division; The defensive line on the left and right sides of our division was broken through by the enemy's 29th Division, and two brigades of enemy troops were winding to the flank and rear of our division, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of our division. At the same time, the enemy in front of our division launched a fierce attack on us at the right time with the strength of a brigade, in a vain attempt to encircle our division on three sides in order to achieve the goal of destroying our division.

After receiving a telegram from the Red 23rd Division asking for help, it seemed that the situation in Qiu Jiakou was indeed very critical, and once Qiu Jiakou was lost, the left wing of the Young Communist Division would also be opened, but at this time, Zhang Cheng's heart was extremely calm, crisis, crisis, there is danger and opportunity, in fact, there are opportunities in danger.

Zhang Cheng seriously thought about countermeasures, and after a while, the frowning brows that had been frowning for several days suddenly unfolded. He felt more and more that the Red 23rd Division had given the Young Communist Division a great opportunity.

With the strength of the current Young Communist Division, it is actually very easy to defeat the enemy army, but it is very difficult to destroy the enemy army with the entire division, and once the enemy army is defeated, it will shrink into a turtle shell.

However, although the enemy's 29th Division surrounded the Red 23rd Division, it was also entangled by the Red 23rd Division, and this was a great opportunity to destroy it, as long as it cooperated properly with the Red 23rd Division, it could blossom inside and outside and completely annihilate the 29th Division.

A complete battle plan was soon formed in Zhang Cheng's mind, and after getting in touch with Sun Chaoqun, the commander of the Red 23rd Division, Zhang Cheng immediately convened a meeting of the division's party committee, and after studying and deciding, immediately issued an operational order:

1. The troops directly under the division, the 3rd Brigade and the Teaching Brigade were under the unified command of Political Commissar Xiao Hua, who held the frontal position of the General's Hall and resolutely blocked the enemy's 9th and 23rd Divisions.

2. Division Commander Zhang Cheng personally led the 1st Brigade to quickly support the Red 23rd Division, launched an attack on the enemy's 29th Division as quickly as possible, and rescued the Red 23rd Division.

3. Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming led the 2nd Brigade as the rearguard force, carrying heavy weapons, and marched towards Qiujia Pass, and after the 1st Brigade and the 29th Division were handed over, they formed a counter-encirclement trend against the 29th Division and annihilated the 29th Division in one fell swoop.

After the order was issued, Zhang Chengjiong's fierce gaze swept to all the cadres again: "Do you understand the task?" ”

The cadres shouted in unison: "Understood! ”

Although Xiao Hua is four years younger than Zhang Cheng, he has always been young and old, and even Chairman Mao favors him, so Zhang Cheng has always attached importance to Xiao Hua's opinion, he then looked at the political commissar and asked, "Does the political commissar have anything to add?" ”

Xiao Hua said: "Division commander, isn't our plan to divide troops and rescue too bold, the enemy in front is five main divisions, well-armed, with as many as 50,000 troops, and we only leave three brigades and teaching brigades for defense, isn't it too big?" Also, our division first sent a brigade to the rescue, although saving people is like fighting fire, but the first brigade gave up heavy weapons and went into battle lightly, in case the enemy reacted, it is likely that not only failed to rescue the Red 23rd Division, but put itself in. ”

The cadres are all looking at Zhang Cheng, hoping that he can show his magic again, lead everyone to build great achievements, and relieve the current predicament faced by the Young Communist Division.

Zhang Cheng patiently explained: "Political commissar, although the enemy has a large number of troops, they are not in harmony internally, and they have long been accustomed to fighting on their own. Therefore, I don't take to heart the advantage of their large number of troops, and our young communist division can give full play to the advantages of our army's good movement, break the enemy individually, quickly solve the battle, destroy the enemy's 29th division as quickly as possible, and return to the general's hall before the enemy's main force can react. ”

Zhang Cheng's explanation made Xiao Hua relax a little, and finally nodded in approval of Zhang Cheng's bold plan.

Zhang Cheng looked at the cadres again: "Do you have any opinions?" ”

The crowd replied in unison: "Resolutely carry out the order!" ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Remember, this battle must be resolved quickly!" Act now! ”

As soon as the order was given, the whole division immediately went into action.