On 29 August, after receiving the order, the Young Communist Division rushed to Xiaosongshan, and after arranging the defense area, Zhang Cheng immediately led the division personnel to the headquarters of the Red Third Army Headquarters without stopping, and reported to General Peng. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This time, the Young Communist Division was transferred to guard the Tongjiang and Xiaosongshan areas, and the troops were temporarily under the command of the Red Third Army Corps.

When he came to the headquarters of the Red Third Army, Mr. Peng was very happy to see Zhang Cheng and others. He patted Zhang Cheng on the shoulder and said happily: "Xiao Zhang, I am relieved that your Young Communist Master can arrive in Tongjiang in time." ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said: "Old chief, I can fight under your old command, and I can learn new things again, of course I have to come immediately." ”

Mr. Peng pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "Little slippery head, your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, I have to criticize you harshly later." ”

After greeting Zhang Cheng for a while, Mr. Peng had a few words of intimate conversation with Political Commissar Xiao Hua, Director Feng Wenbin and others, and then invited everyone to the conference room of the headquarters.

As soon as everyone sat down, Mr. Peng asked about the situation of the Young Communist Master, and Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua truthfully made a detailed report. Mr. Peng was very surprised when he heard this, and he said in surprise: "You young communist division is doing a good job, there are more than 20,000 people in one division, and the weapons and equipment are excellent, and the strength is stronger than my Red Third Army, which is really amazing!" ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said modestly: "The old chief is really a kid, most of the soldiers in our division are baby soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the main army." ”

When Mr. Peng heard this, he said dissatisfiedly: "Zhang Cheng, don't be too arrogant, I have carefully studied the battles that your young communist master fought." To be honest, those battles are all fairy battles, if it is me to command, I can't make up my mind to fight, you guys fought really well, especially the rescue of the Red 23rd Division, the annihilation of the enemy's 29th Division, in the case of the frontal enemy has five divisions, you fight fast and slow, divide troops to rescue the Red 23rd Division, destroy the enemy 29th Division with lightning speed, and then quickly return to the defense area, and the five divisions in front of you are still in the dark, hahaha, you are really a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers! ”

Zhang Cheng responded: "In fact, these battles seem to be dangerous, we are all based on the situation of knowing ourselves and knowing the enemy before we are determined to fight, our army fully grasps the enemy's intelligence, has made enough predictions and assumptions about the enemy, and has made bold predictions about every step the enemy will take, and after our army has seen through the enemy's road, it has also prepared enough back-up hands to deal with the enemy's counterattack." In my opinion, we have at least a 70% chance of winning every battle before we can fight it with confidence. In fact, these battles are not a big deal to put it bluntly, and other division commanders can make up their minds to fight when they sit in my position, and they must fight better than me. ”

Mr. Peng sighed: "It's very simple to say, but it's difficult to do." If those people in the Soviet faction can have half of your military command talents, why should our Red Army be like this? Alas, without saying these depressing words, come, you look at the defense tasks of your division. ”

Zhang Cheng and the political commissar came to the battle map, and Mr. Peng pointed to the map and handed over to them in detail the task of garrisoning Tongjiang and Xiaosongshan, and prudently instructed: "The task of your division this time is very arduous!" ”

"Resolutely complete the task." Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua expressed their positions in unison.

After lunch, everyone began to exchange some combat experience and tactical play.

Mr. Peng gave Zhang Cheng and others a detailed briefing on the current enemy situation and the experience of positional defensive operations, and Zhang Cheng also reported to Mr. Peng on the tactics of several battles of annihilation fought by the Young Communist Division.

Mr. Peng was very happy to hear this, and said that he had gained a lot, and he sighed: "Zhang Cheng, some of your tactics and playing styles are very advanced, even some military powers in Europe do not have such tactical plays, you tell me in detail." ”

Zhang Cheng was also not polite, he also took this opportunity to peddle some advanced military ideas and tactics of later generations to Mr. Peng, in view of the characteristics of the Kuomintang army and the Japanese army, what kind of countermeasures our army should adopt, the two had an extremely in-depth exchange, a discussion was more than three hours, both sides benefited a lot.

In particular, the "tunnel" tactics used by Zhang Cheng in dealing with enemy planes and heavy artillery bombardment aroused great interest among the boss, who felt that it was extremely in line with our army's current defensive posture and coincided with his own positional defense thinking, and was very worthy of being popularized to the whole army.

Mr. Peng's admiration and appreciation of the "tunnel" tactics made Zhang Cheng feel extremely embarrassed, but he didn't know that this "tunnel" tactics were copied from Mr. Peng's tactics against the U.S. army during the Korean War. Mr. Peng used this tactic to defeat the world's strongest army at that time, but Zhang Cheng used this tactic to deal with the Kuomintang army, which was really a knife to kill chickens.

After sending Zhang Cheng away, Mr. Peng, who had not smiled for several months, couldn't help but smile, and Chief of Staff Deng Ping asked, "Boss, what are you laughing at?" ”

Mr. Peng smiled and said, "Our Red Army has to come to the bitter end." ”

Deng Ping said disapprerovingly: "The main force of our Red Army will soon withdraw from the central Soviet area, and we will have to spend a long time in the pursuit of the Kuomintang in the future. ”

Mr. Peng shook his head, and then said longingly: "As long as Lao Mao comes out of the mountain again, with Lao Mao's strategic thinking and that kid's tactical play, our Red Army will be invincible in the world." ”

Returning to the division headquarters, Zhang Cheng immediately convened a military meeting in response to the tasks assigned to the Young Communist Division by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission.

Zhang Cheng first said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this mission is extraordinary, much more arduous than the previous battles, according to the reconnaissance battalion reconnaissance, the enemy has dispatched more than 100 heavy artillery pieces this time, more than 40 aircraft, and a large number of mechanical units to help in the battle. And with the successive victories of the enemy army, the morale is also getting higher and higher, and it is extremely arrogant. What our young communist division is about to face is a tough and vicious battle. It is hoped that all the commanders and fighters of the division will have a good ideological preparation. ”

"Division commander, you can rest assured about the ideological work of the troops. Although the overall situation of our Red Army is to retreat one after another, but specifically to our young communist division, it is to win one after another, and also fought several beautiful battles of annihilation, compared with other Red Army units, our small communist division has destroyed a large enemy, captured more, suffered small casualties, the morale of the troops is very high, and the soldiers are eager to fight, and they are all looking forward to making greater achievements! Political Commissar Xiao Hua said optimistically.

Zhang Cheng was pleased: "Very good! Commissar, it seems that your political work has been done very well. Then I'll focus on military command. In view of the current powerful enemy, I think we should start from these six aspects:

First, we must continue to practice the 'tunnel' tactics against the enemy's planes and heavy artillery, digging more hidden military shelters and air-raid shelters, and the engineers must ensure the quality of the fortifications and be able to withstand the bombardment of enemy planes and heavy artillery.

Second, in view of the characteristics of the enemy's troops, all units must have a definite aim in mind, fully study and apply appropriate tactics and methods of fighting, refrain from fighting hard battles or dumb battles, and do their best to preserve themselves and destroy the enemy.

Third, we must flexibly use artillery and give full play to our automatic firepower to discover the enemy's weak points, and commanders and fighters at all levels must be good at capturing fighter planes, dare to make up their minds, dare to send them out to fight, and remember not to be greedy for merit after the battle, and to guard against the enemy from sending planes to bomb and retaliate after becoming angry and embarrassed.

Fourth, build more camouflage fortifications to attract enemy artillery fire and consume enemy ammunition, and at the same time, the troops should order and prohibit them, and after camouflage and concealment, they should pay attention to reminding the soldiers not to act rashly, so as not to be attacked by the enemy and cause heavy casualties.

Fifth, it is necessary to strengthen early warning at observation posts, and reconnaissance battalions should expand the scope of reconnaissance and keep abreast of the enemy's movements at any time.

Sixth, air defense companies should painstakingly practice ground-to-air tactics, enhance their air defense firepower, and strike at low-altitude targets. ”

In view of the six specific tactical principles proposed by Zhang Cheng, the people immediately made targeted arrangements and waited for the enemy's attack.