Time flies, and after entering 1934, the situation of the Red Army is becoming more and more urgent, and the "Fujian Province Incident" has also ushered in the end. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Chang Kaishen used a two-pronged approach to defeat the main force of the 19th Route Army with superior forces, and used bribery to instigate some generals of the 19th Route Army, forcing the leaders of the "Fujian Province Incident" to fall into an isolated and helpless situation, as a result, by mid-January, Li Jishen, Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai and others fled to Hong Kong, and the desperate 19th Route Army chose to disarm and surrender.

After the 19th Route Army was incorporated, Chang Kaishen reorganized the Kuomintang army that fought in Fujian into the Eastern Route Army with Jiang Dingwen as the commander-in-chief, and completed the encirclement of the central Soviet region.

The Central Army of the Kuomintang (KMT) was advancing step by step towards the center of the Soviet zone from the east, north, and west, while Chen Jitang's Cantonese army was responsible for intercepting it in the south and carrying out an economic blockade of the central Soviet zone.

At this time, the leaders of the Soviet faction not only controlled the central power, but also the military power was also influenced by them, and the Red Army was under their actual command, and after a hard defeat with the army of Chang Kaishen's army, the Red Army troops were forced to switch from offensive to defensive, and implemented the policy of fortress to fortress, defending everywhere, and completely losing the flexibility and mobility of the chairman commanding the Red Army.

From January to March, the main forces of the Red Army divided their troops into several routes, and all of them undertook the construction of pillboxes for defensive warfare, in a vain attempt to rely on the pillboxes to hold the fruits of the victory of the revolution.

However, the Soviet base areas were subject to an economic blockade, the Red Army lacked steel and concrete, and did not have enough tools and machinery, so how could the hand-poured pillboxes withstand the planes, tanks, and heavy artillery of the Kuomintang Army?

In mid-March, the International Division of the Young Communist Party received an order from the Central Revolutionary Military Commission to rush to the General's Palace, Qiujia Pass and other places to build pillboxes to prevent the enemy from advancing into the Soviet area of Jiangxi Province and to block the attack of the Kuomintang East Route Army.

Zhangcheng's Young Communist Division recuperated for several months, and was already hungry and thirsty for the battle, so he rushed to the General's Hall overnight, which is located on the border of Fujian and Jiangxi, and its geographical location is very important, and it is the eastern barrier of the Central Soviet Region.

After realizing the importance of defending the General's Palace, Zhang Cheng led the commanders and fighters of the division, brigade, and regiment to survey the terrain in a few days, and personally led the staff officers to draw a detailed map, and ordered the engineer battalion to make a sand table based on the map.

After returning from reconnaissance of the terrain, Zhang Cheng discussed with Xiao Hua and decided to hold a pre-war meeting of cadres at and above the battalion level overnight to arrange the construction of pillboxes and fortifications and combat deployment.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the main cadres of the Young Communist Division held a "mobilization meeting to defend the Red Army and defend the East Gate" in the compound of a landlord and old wealth.

First of all, Political Commissar Xiao Hua made a military mobilization report, pointed out the important strategic position of the General's Hall as the eastern gate of the Soviet region, stressed the great significance of the defense of the General's Palace to the central Soviet region, and demanded that every commander and fighter of the army must be ideologically prepared for a protracted war, and that every commander and fighter must resolutely carry out the orders of the division party committee.

After that, Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming gave a detailed account of the enemy's situation and analyzed the strategy and tactics adopted by the enemy army in this "encirclement and suppression." He reminded: "After Chang Kaishen summed up the lessons and lessons of the previous failures in encircling and suppressing our army, he changed the original combat mode of driving straight into the army and changed it to a strategy of building a blockade line and adopting a strategy of advancing step by step. That is, if they advance one or two miles every day, they will stop, and under the cover of superior artillery fire, they will build blockhouses on the spot and build a blockade line. After the blockhouse was built, the troops attacked again, advanced one or two miles to repair the blockhouse again, and compressed the central base area with the tactics of pressing step by step, forcing our army to finally carry out a decisive battle with the main force, defeating the main force of our army in one fell swoop. ”

After explaining the significance of the battle and the pre-war situation to the cadres one by one, Zhang Cheng finally made combat deployments. Zhang Cheng was determined to take this opportunity to make every unit of the Young Communist Division withstand the test of hard and vicious battles, and truly forge the Young Communist Division into a heroic army that can attack and defend well, and cannot be dragged down or defeated.

He learned from the experience of the People's Liberation Army in the Laoshan round battle in later generations, and first the 1st Brigade Li Yunlong's unit held the front-line position, and the 2nd Brigade, the 3rd Brigade, and the Teaching Brigade were temporarily used as reserves. Then, in the next battle, the exchange takes place, and the four brigades take turns to give each unit a chance to go to the battlefield.

At the same time, in order to solve the tactical problem of "whether the Young Communist Division with inferior equipment can hold on", Zhang Cheng combined with the tunnel tactics of the later volunteers to build a support point defense system with the tunnel as the backbone, and specially emphasized several tactical principles:

"First, it is necessary to conscientiously repair the fortifications, and the trenches should be dug deep and firmly to effectively defend against the enemy's heavy artillery attacks, and at the same time, it is necessary to take advantage of the characteristics of the local mountains, dig some cat's ear holes in the mountains, and then connect them with positions to form a small horseshoe 'U' shaped tunnel. When the enemy fires artillery, the warriors go in and hide; When the enemy artillery fire stopped, and when the infantry approached, the fighters rushed out to kill and wound the enemy.

Second, the troops should do a good job of camouflage, choose terrain that is not easy to be hit by the enemy's heavy artillery, build fire fortifications and pillboxes, and disperse the firing points as much as possible. Do a good job of camouflage and deception, and build false pillboxes in places that are more vulnerable to enemy artillery fire, so as to attract enemy artillery fire, disperse the enemy's firepower output, and waste the enemy's artillery shells.

Third, the troops should set up observation posts and give early warning of the enemy's artillery bombardment, bombardment, or attack, so that the troops can effectively evade the enemy's lethal tactics.

Fourth, the troops should actively adopt the tactics of defense and counterattack, and they should not just defend and not counterattack. It is necessary to give full play to the superiority of our army in mobile warfare and night warfare, select and dispatch assault death squads, and take turns to attack and harass the enemy at night, and to carry out cold gun and artillery tactics against the enemy, so that the enemy will not be at peace for a moment, overdraw the enemy's mental and physical strength, and make full preparations for our division's all-round counteroffensive.

Fifth, the use of troops should be appropriate, with sufficient reserves. When defending the position, the troops should be scattered as much as possible, and should not be too concentrated, so as to prevent a large number of losses caused by the concentration of the enemy's heavy artillery.

Sixth, we should give full play to our division's superiority in automatic firepower, our division has many machine guns, submachine guns, and sufficient ammunition, and all units should appropriately launch countercharges in addition to defense, and use machine guns and submachine guns to open the way, causing a large number of casualties to the enemy. After the counterattack, it is necessary to quickly return to the defense, and not to be greedy for merit, so as not to be bitten by the enemy's heavy artillery.

Seventh, commanders at all levels of the armed forces must give full play to their own subjective initiative, adopt a flexible and flexible style of fighting, choose appropriate tactics, not fight to the death or fight in a stupid battle, and regard the preservation of themselves and the destruction of the enemy as the operational principle in everything; they must remember that they should save themselves first and kill the enemy last; if any unit inflicts a large number of losses, the troops will win the battle in a timely manner, and they will also be punished.

Eighth, the units directly under the division headquarters must actively participate in the battle, and the engineer battalion should assist the combat units in repairing the fortifications, and the fortifications repaired must withstand the heavy tests of the enemy. The divisional artillery battalion should concentrate artillery fire to support the infantry in combat, and at the same time it should do a good job of camouflage and concealment, repair more fake batteries, and prevent the enemy from grasping the position of our batteries; Baggage battalions should fully guarantee the supply of weapons, ammunition, and combat materials to the combat units. In short, the officers and men of the whole division must overcome all difficulties, not be afraid of sacrifice, and complete the tasks assigned to our division by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. Do you have this confidence? ”

"Resolutely complete the task!" All the cadres at the meeting stood up and shouted loudly.

Zhang Cheng looked around the audience, nodded heavily, and said with satisfaction: "Very good, the meeting is over!" ”