Chapter 12: Defeat of the 11th Division
In the early morning of the next day, the Young Communist Division received a telegram from the commander-in-chief of the Red Army at the front: "Approve the operational deployment of your unit, and hope that the heroic International Division of the Young Communist Party will bravely kill the enemy, make new contributions, and defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Zhang Cheng immediately called back: "Guarantee to complete the task." ”
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the troops directly under the division were already concealed and waiting for their orders, lying in ambush on a mountainside about three miles away from the main battlefield on the left side of Dadong Mountain.
At about 12 noon, the vanguard of the 11th Division of the Kuomintang Army, under the cover of heavy artillery fire, launched an attack on the forward position of our division in two directions.
Zhang Cheng carefully observed the explosion point of the enemy's artillery shells through the telescope, and judged that it was a heavy artillery bombardment with a caliber of 155mm, and the rumor was indeed true, Chang Kaishen received funding from the Germans, and even had 155mm heavy artillery.
It didn't take long for the enemy to attack the forward position of the 58th Regiment, and the 58th Regiment was not easy to mess with, and under the personal command of Li Yunlong, it launched a brave assault on the enemy's 11th Division from the left and right.
However, the 11th Division was the 11th Division, and it quickly reacted, and under the organization of officers at all levels, the enemy put more troops into the battlefield, relying on the strength of more troops and good weapons, and quickly launched a counterattack, and the two sides were completely entangled and engaged in a desperate struggle.
The counterattack of the 11th Division fully explained why they were the number one main force of the Kuomintang, the aggression was like fire, the offensive was like a mountain, and in an instant the Young Communist Division suppressed Li Yunlong's division, which was known for its ferocity, and the 58th Regiment retreated one after another.
Zhang Cheng felt that the 11th Division was indeed a strong enemy, brave, fierce, tenacious, well-trained, and had good combat qualities.
Zhang Cheng called Xiao Hua, the political commissar of the First Army, and reminded him to be careful: "You saw it all, right?" What is the combat effectiveness of this 11th division? ”
"Report to the division commander, I can see it clearly, this enemy army is indeed strong, and it is not inferior to the first division of the Red First Army, but please rest assured, my first army has the confidence to block it."
"Good! We, the International Division of the Young Communist Party, must have the courage to be beaten to death, that is, we must not be frightened to death, and we must have the heroic spirit of overwhelming and defeating a strong enemy at all times. ”
"Divisional commander! You can rest assured that the task will be completed! ”
Zhang Cheng put down the phone and said to Feng Wenbin with a smile: "The one who is close to the ink is black, director, look at the political commissar, when he fights, he is also like Li Yunlong, screaming." ”
Feng Wenbin smiled, and then said seriously: "Any army has its own character and characteristics, and this character and trait are brought by the first military commander of this army, a force that can maintain such a strong will to fight, it must be a very effective force, even if it encounters an enemy stronger than him, it will never be subjugated by the enemy." I think the political commissar is close to Zhu Zhechi, this kind of screaming momentum is all learned from the teacher. ”
"Okay, you old Feng, the level of saying beautiful things is getting better and better, haha, but even if you say a mouthful of poisonous milk, I will drink it."
As soon as Zhang Cheng's words fell, suddenly, the command broke out into hearty laughter.
Subsequently, Zhang Cheng continued to carefully observe the changes on the battlefield, at this time both sides seemed to have a real fire, the 11th Division and the 58th Regiment were repeatedly entangled, the two flanks of the 58th Regiment, the enemy's 14th Division, the 59th Regiment, and the 60th Regiment were also engaged in the battle one after another.
Under the personal command of Political Commissar Xiao Hua and the three regiment commanders, the Young Communist Division had a tenacious style, brave and ferocious, and although its weapons and troops were weaker than the enemy's, it relied on its tenacious fighting spirit and the rifles, bayonets, and grenades in its hands to kill the strong enemy.
"After this battle, the Young Communist Division has finally taken shape!"
Zhang Cheng sighed secretly in his heart, he looked at his watch, and found that the time had reached half past one in the afternoon, and all units of the troops directly under the division had also entered the assault site, and the enemy and us had been fighting bloodily for more than an hour on the frontal battlefield.
Bang!
The long-awaited artillery battalion of the Young Communist Division finally let out a roar, 6 mountain guns and 40 mortars were fired at the same time, dense shells fell in the dense enemy group, severed limbs and stumps flew all over the sky, and the officers and men of the 11th Division were instantly stunned. It must have been their own artillery that was misplaced.
The commander of the enemy's 11th Division, who personally commanded the front, hurriedly called the rear artillery battalion and scolded the artillery battalion commander for being blind, how could he hit the shells to his own troops, and the artillery battalion commander looked confused, and his heart was aggrieved and anxious: Where did my heavy artillery battalion fire the artillery?
It's just that before the artillery battalion commander could explain, there was a "da-da" machine gun sound from the artillery position......
Twenty minutes ago, Hu Tianming, squadron leader of the special operations brigade, led a 30-man detachment dressed in the uniform of the Kuomintang army to infiltrate the ranks of the 11th Division.
After asking the enemy's password, Hu Tianming took action to deal with the two captured soldiers, and Hu Tianming could not be blamed for being cruel, the division commander had long taught that all special forces that entered the enemy's rear to fight, in order not to leave a trace, must implement a policy of exterminating the captured prisoners.
Hu Tianming and the others, dressed in the uniforms of the Kuomintang army, went straight to the enemy's artillery position.
"Who? Hold it! "Eight meters from the artillery position, the two sentries blocked the way of the detachment, shouting and pulling the bolts.
"Niang Sipi! What to shout? Don't you even know Lao Tzu? The officers of the 11th Division were basically Whampoa graduates, and they liked to imitate their headmaster, Chang Kaishen, and often used the mantra "Niang Xipi" when scolding his subordinate soldiers.
"Bright moonlight in front of the bed, please return the order." The sentry relieved his suspicions, but still refused to let go, asking for the password.
"Requirement? Isn't it just sweat dripping into the soil! "Hu Tianming has been prepared early.
"It's your own brother, what are you doing here?" When the sentry learned that it was his own, he immediately relaxed.
Hu Tianming's heart was relieved, but fortunately the captive did not lie. Damn, this 11th Division is really cunning, he almost jumped out of the next sentence of "Bright Moonlight in front of the bed", "Suspected to be frost on the ground".
"Shangfeng was afraid that the artillery position would be lost, so he specially ordered us to come and protect the position, and we are all members of the guard battalion." Hu Tianming approached the two sentinels as he spoke, and without waiting for the enemy sentries to react, Hu Tianming quickly pounced on them to solve them.
According to the division commander's previous explanation, all special operations should quietly enter the village, and those who shoot should not be shot, which is more conducive to the effect of surprise attacks.
Entering the artillery position, under the silent fire of crossbow arrows, the enemy, who was not on guard at all, did not expect the Red Army to be so bold and actually blend into the middle of the army to attack them. It wasn't until an enemy soldier was killed by a crossbow arrow next to him that he didn't hit the vital point and let out a scream before he died, that the enemy realized that he had been attacked.
The enemy officer was not a fool either, and when he heard the screams, he immediately shouted: "Someone is sneaking up!" Shoot! ”
Listening to the officer's roar, Hu Tianming, who was originally quietly approaching and wanted to shoot him with a crossbow, said very gloomily: "Damn, you call a fart!" If you scream like that, we can only attack. ”
After scolding, Hu Tianming did not hesitate at all, used a machine gun to surprise the enemy officer, and then immediately ordered the assault team to use automatic firearms to speed up the attack.
With Hu Tianming's order issued, the commandos armed with light machine guns and submachine guns accelerated the speed of the attack at the same time, and the sound of gunfire rang out everywhere, making the artillery battalion commander, who was originally listening to the commander's lecture, realize that something was wrong, and the artillery position was suddenly attacked.
However, before the artillery battalion commander could react, he was also suddenly attacked by Hu Tianming with a machine gun.
At the same time that Hu Tianming raided the enemy's artillery position, the troops directly under the division that were ambushed on the left side of Dadong Mountain also began to charge the enemy.
With Zhang Cheng shouting, "Rush with me!" The trumpet of the charge was immediately sounded, and the guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and fire battalion ......, and more than 3,000 soldiers of all the units directly under the division rushed to jump out, and it was 200 machine guns and 500 submachine guns that were used in a concentrated manner that rushed to the forefront.
On the frontal battlefield, when the enemy and us were almost exhausted, the Red Army suddenly killed this new force, and the firepower was so fierce that even if the 11th Division was elite, it could not resist it in this situation.
Therefore, the balance of victory quickly tilted in favor of the Red Army, and the guard battalion guarding the rear of the 11th Division was quickly crushed by the direct subordinate troops of the Young Communist Division, and fled to the front.
The troops directly under the division were like a sharp knife, fiercely chasing the fleeing troops of the enemy's 11th Division, and disrupting the main force of the 11th Division, which was entangled with the main force of the Young Communist Division, Zhang Cheng seized the opportunity to personally operate a mortar carried by an artillery to bombard the dense enemy troops of the 11th Division, completely disrupting the army sequence of the enemy's 11th Division.
At the same time, the three regiments of the Young Communist Division suddenly charged out in three directions, completely disrupting the 11th and 14th Divisions. At this time, the commander of the enemy's 11th Division saw that the situation was out of control and that the situation could not be reversed, and he was worried that the whole division would be completely annihilated, so he immediately issued an order for the whole division to break through, and he himself fled first under the protection of the guards.
After receiving the order to retreat, the units of the 11th Division completely lost the pride of the first-class main force, and scrambled to turn around and flee for their lives.
The soldiers of the Young Communist Division followed closely behind, and when they encountered the slightest organized resistance, they immediately concentrated their automatic fire to break them down, forcing the enemy to scatter and disorganize, and the soldiers could not find the generals, and the soldiers could not find the soldiers.
In order to flee for their lives, the enemy lost - heavy weapons, heavy equipment, and even the rifles in their hands were thrown away, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as having lost their armor.
The Young Communist Division pursued more than 20 miles, but in the end, nearly one-third of the enemy troops fled, which shows that the quality of the soldiers of the 11th Division is still quite good
Zhang Cheng was worried that the enemy would be angry and send planes to retaliate, so he ordered the whole army to stop the pursuit, and then ordered the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield and evacuate as soon as possible.