Chapter 61: The Great Victory in Qingxi Town (4)
Xiangqian Avenue is covered with snow.
The large troops of the enemy's 59th Division marched through the snow, lined up in several columns, and rushed to Qingxi Town.
Although it was a column of several routes, and although it was a well-trained and well-equipped Central Army, when marching on the snow, it was inevitable that some people would fall and some would scold their mothers, and the ranks could not be very neat.
Han Hanying, the commander of the 59th Division, rode on a horse, looking at the marching team that looked like herding sheep, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. There's no way, it's all the fault of the red bandits, for a while to occupy Liping, for a while to occupy Jianhe, for a while to occupy Huangping and Shi Bing, and for a while to run to Fuquan, just like a horse and monkey, jumping up and down, without a positive type. This time the uproar became more and more serious, it was clear that the main force of the red bandits was going west to besiege Guiyang, forcing Wang Jialie to shrink the defense line and ask for help everywhere, but the red bandits shook a shot and suddenly occupied Zunyi. Gao Ming, the shape of the west and the real north, not only mobilized the opponent, but also opened up the strategic space, and is well versed in the art of war. It seems that [***] has played his best game again, and it is a little difficult to encircle the red bandits on all sides like they are trapped in the Jiangxi Soviet District or on both sides of the Xiangjiang River.
Fortunately, the commission saw it clearly, and still ordered the troops to approach Guiyang. This move is also very high, not to mention the grand strategy, just to occupy Guiyang, you can mobilize all kinds of local warlords to besiege the Red Army, it is very clever. What is the Central Army for, is it used to suppress the rebellion? These Turkish warlords often rebel when they want to, and chaos when they want to. Instead of waiting for them to rebel and fight with the central army, it is better to force them to fight the red bandits, and when they are all done, the world will be peaceful and the country will be unified. Therefore, as a revolutionary soldier, I must conscientiously implement the decisions of the committee, because the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard.
Thinking of this, Han Hanying turned his head and said to the chief of staff: "The marching troops are too a snowy day, give the order to go down, the front is Qingxi Town, enter the town, rest for half an hour, let the soldiers drink some hot water before leaving." ”
Without waiting for the chief of staff to answer, Han Hanying heard the sound of gunshots.
Zhang Hongtao looked coldly at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, very good, the troops were well concealed, and the enemy had not yet discovered it when it was so close. It seemed that the enemy was very tired from marching all the way, no one was looking around, and the soldiers were walking without saying a word.
60 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters, Zhang Hongtao shouted "hit", and the shell gun in his hand was crisp, and he knocked down a white dog in the head.
The rifles and light machine guns that had already been aimed at were all singing happily.
The attack came too suddenly, at such a close distance, and there was no defense, and a battalion of the 349th Regiment of the 59th Division was at the forefront of the fire. The head of the regiment, Lin Xiancha, crawled on the ground and looked around with his eyes, damn, the brothers were all in chaos, and the clever ones immediately lay down, took their guns and prepared to shoot, and most of them began to jump around. Lin Xiancha sighed, isn't this a target for the red bandits? The damned search party, the damned vanguard company, is a pig, and it will howl a few times before it dies, and it will lead the troops to the guns of the red bandits without a fucking sound. Damn it! There's no way, let's withdraw first, and then we'll talk about tidying up the team.
It really made Lin Xiancha think right, the enemy scurrying around really provided an opportunity for the soldiers of the Second Guard Regiment to hit the moving target, whoever ran faster, the faster he died, and finally saw that he couldn't run around, and the enemy soldiers climbed to the ground regardless of whether the ground was snow or mud.
Hearing the gunshots, Han Hanying immediately rolled off the saddle, and his first reaction was bad, when he met the red bandits, he immediately wanted to order the troops to retreat. But if you listen carefully, why are there only rifles, light machine guns, not even heavy machine guns, it seems that it is an encounter, and the red bandits do not look like a large army. Immediately, he ordered the 349th Regiment to withdraw and make way for the attack, with the 350th Regiment in front and the 351st Regiment behind, and the supplementary regiment as a reserve, rushing forward and destroying the Red Bandits in one go.
After a little reorganization of the troops, the 59th Division began to attack Qingxi Town. The soldiers were hunched over their waists and guns in their hands, charging along the road and firing. Heavy machine guns and mortars also began to establish positions, which soon went into battle.
The enemy's all-out attack was manifested by the advantages of the Central Army's good weapons, fierce firepower, and well-trained, and the pressure on the Second Guard Regiment immediately increased.
Hu Yuqing was a Red Army soldier who was rescued from the Gui army. Before joining the army, he was a farmer in a mountain village in Yudu. After hearing the news of the expansion of the Red Army, he joined the Red Army, and as soon as he learned to shoot, the troops left Jiangxi. During the Xiangjiang Campaign, he marched with the troops, and did not sleep for several days and nights, so he was too sleepy and fell asleep. When he woke up, he had become a prisoner of the Gui army. After being rescued by the guard division, Hu Yuqing vowed to kill more enemies, otherwise he would be sorry for the captured comrades who died at the hands of the enemy. So, as soon as the battle began, he aimed at the enemy and fired. Strange, if you aim accurately, why can't you hit? Look at the squad leader next to him, it's a shot, it's really accurate! Again, I don't believe I can't stop it. As a result, the opportunity to shoot the first shot was missed, and the white dog immediately became cunning, and when he charged, he bent very low, and as soon as he aimed at one, this guy threw himself on the ground, and when he went to aim at others, the guy got up again, and shot while running, it seemed that he was a master.
Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this evil! Hu Yuqing sounded the shooting essentials taught by the squad leader during training in Jingwu Prefecture, adjusted his breathing, slowly aimed at the figure of the guy, and finally, when the guy jumped up again, he pulled the trigger. Seeing that the guy raised his hand, the gun fell to the ground, and a bloody arrow spurted out of his chest, Hu Yuqing couldn't help but stand up and shouted: "I hit, I hit!" ”
The squad leader next to him hurried to pull him, but he was still a step too slow. A bullet came and knocked Hu Yuqing to the ground. The squad leader sighed: "This recruit egg! ”
Seeing that the soldiers were so overwhelmed by the enemy's fire that they couldn't raise their heads, and he couldn't use heavy weapons according to the division commander's deployment, Zhang Hongtao was so anxious that he wanted to scold his mother, and hoped that Liu Jianli would start soon.
Finally repelled an enemy attack, Zhang Hongtao counted it, and in this wave of attacks, his soldiers suffered dozens of casualties, and his distressed teeth clenched. Although the enemy's casualties were even greater, Zhang Hongtao, who had become accustomed to Liu Yimin's ideas and combat methods, still deeply blamed himself and did not have such heavy casualties when he arrived.
Seeing that the first wave of charges was repulsed, I felt that the red bandits on the opposite side were still very tenacious, and the guns were also very accurate, although there were no heavy weapons, but the combat quality was very high. In this case, you can defeat the Red Bandits by fighting your own troops, but it will increase casualties and affect the speed of the march. Han Hanying immediately asked the chief of staff to inform the 93rd Division behind to quickly reinforce and flank the red bandits and achieve a quick victory.
Han Hanying did not expect that the 93rd Division, which he relied as a backup, was even more unlucky than his 56th Division, and was the first to be severely damaged by the Red Army.
Tang Yunshan, commander of the 93rd Division, graduated from the first phase of Huangpu and was a classmate of Xu Xiangqian, commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army. Strictly speaking, he was also a student of Han Hanying. Because Han Hanying graduated from the sixth phase of Baoding Military Academy and taught in Huangpu. At that time, the [***] army was very senior. Although Han Hanying is at the same level as Tang Yunshan, Tang Yunshan is very respectful to Han Hanying in private. In fact, Han Hanying is really very experienced in military education, and in history, he presided over the Guangzhou branch and Dushan branch of the Huangpu Military Academy, and cultivated a large number of military talents. Therefore, although Han Hanying's reputation in history is not very obvious, in the Central Army, due to the large number of disciples, it is a real powerful faction.
Therefore, when the gunshots rang out in front, Tang Yunshan, the commander of the 93rd Division, did not see death like many generals in [***], but ordered the troops to run forward and reinforce the 59th Division. After running for a while, seeing that he had joined the rear guard of the 59th Division, he was in no hurry to discuss with Han Hanying, so Tang Yunshan ordered the troops to prepare for battle. By the time the chief of staff of the 59th Division came to contact reinforcements, the troops of the 93rd Division would be deployed.
At this time, neither Han Hanying nor Tang Yunshan expected that in the woods on the other side of the river, rows of heavy machine guns, mountain artillery, and mortars from Hessen would emerge.
Liu Jianjian, who was standing in the woods on the other side of the river and observing with a telescope, saw that the enemy's 93rd Division was running for reinforcements, and it had already joined the 59th Division, and was making preparations for battle, and the battle formation would soon begin. All heavy machine guns, mountain artillery, and mortars were immediately ordered to aim at the 93rd Division and open fire. Suddenly, a swarm of shells fell on the head of the 93rd Division, which was preparing for battle. Every shell set off a wave of blood, accompanied by broken limbs and howling wolves, and the 93rd Division, from the division commander to the soldiers, was stunned at once.
Before they could wake up, dozens of heavy machine guns roared.
The topography of Guizhou determines that almost all rivers flow in the confrontation between the two mountains, and the river surface and river surface are not wide. Like the Wujiang River, the surface of the river is basically 50 to 60 meters wide. The same is true of the Wuyang River, which is not wide, but has plenty of water. From the other side of the river to the Xiangqian Avenue where the 93rd Division stayed, the straight-line distance was only about 150 meters at most, which was the best firing distance for heavy machine guns.
Above and below was a meteor shower of shells, and a stream of bullets from dozens of heavy machine guns like a river hanging upside down, not to mention the 93rd Division, even the 93rd Army and the 93rd Group Army. So, when the shells of the fifth round of shelling of the artillery battalion fell, the 93rd Division collapsed.
Tang Yunshan felt that his head was dizzy, what was this for? As soon as the troops joined up with the 59th Division and were about to form a battle formation and join the battlefield, they were attacked by the fire of the Red Bandits. This isn't fucking here to fight, it's just here to be slaughtered. The strength of a division, densely packed on the road, became a target for red bandits' mortars and heavy machine guns. Even killing pigs can't be so smooth, the red bandits are really fucking calculating, and the time is really accurate. 5 minutes later, no, two minutes later, and their own team dispersed. It's a pity that the red bandits don't give themselves a chance. At this moment, two of his three regiment commanders were killed, and even the chief of staff was not spared, if it wasn't for the corpse of the war horse blocking him, it is estimated that he would have gone to see the king of Hades like them.
The artillery group and heavy machine gun group of the red bandits finally turned to the 59th Division, and Tang Yunshan also raised his head from the ground, and at this look, his lungs were blown up, and the roads were full of corpses of soldiers, mules and horses. Some ran back along the road, some ran up the hillside, some lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, and some were even more excessive, kneeling on the ground and holding up their guns and shouting to the Red Army grandfather to spare his life. Is this still the fucking headmaster's central army of the Great Wall? Shame, this is not only my Tang Yunshan's people, but also the principal's people.
Look at the Red Bandits, there are no people to be seen on the hillside, only a dense stream of bullets from the woods harvesting lives. Looking at the way again, I don't know when the red bandits have blocked the way they came, and the soldiers who fled back with light and heavy machine guns fell down one after another.
It's over, it's completely over, the red bandits want to make dumplings for their 93rd Division and Han Division thoroughly!
It seems that the 59th Division will not be able to hold out for long, and the rout is only a matter of time. Pity yourself Since graduating from Huangpu, she has served the principal conscientiously, fought in the east and west, and finally lost in Guizhou, a place with poor mountains and bad waters. Some time ago, I heard that He Jian's troops were attacked by red bandits, and three divisions were wrapped in dumplings. If it was his own troops, he would definitely take advantage of the situation to attack, and the chasing red bandits ran all over the mountain, beating them to their knees and begging for mercy. Unexpectedly, when it was his turn, he didn't have the slightest power to fight back!
Womb, what a fucking wreck, before I saw it, the main force was defeated, I'm not convinced!
Thinking of this, Tang Yunshan raised his pistol and was about to commit suicide, but the guard took his hand and said bitterly: "Master, you must not, think about your relatives at home." I heard that the division commanders and brigade commanders of the Hunan army were all released by the red bandits, and now they are all forming troops. ”
Tang Yunshan thinks about it, he is a professional soldier, except for his subordinates who often kill people and set fires when they are fighting, he himself has never killed any innocent people. It is estimated that the red bandits will not do anything to themselves.
After figuring it out, Tang Yunshan immediately asked the guards to pick up a set of clothes for the fallen soldiers, changed them, and took the guards into the rout.
Seeing through the binoculars that the 93rd Division had been defeated and began to flee, Liu Jianli immediately ordered the heavy machine guns and artillery to turn around and concentrate on attacking the enemy's 56th Division.
While the artillerymen were speaking, Zhang Hongtao ordered the heavy fire of the 2nd Regiment to open fire. The 56th Division, which was conducting the second attack, suddenly found that the frontal firepower instantly became stronger, and heavy machine guns and mortars were on the battlefield. The soldiers immediately turned and ran backwards.
Han Hanying didn't see it as a play, what he met was definitely not a small group of communist troops, and this battle was not an encounter, it was a premeditated ambush. It's strange, the main force of the Red Army is obviously in Zunyi, when did it come here? Will they fly?
Han Hanying, who had fought with the Red Army many times, knew that the Red Army would not be able to fly. It's just that he didn't know that there was an extra unit in the Red Army called the Central Guard Division, and he didn't know that it was this unit that killed the three divisions of the Hunan Army. If he knew, he would definitely suggest to Chief Xue that he send an aircraft to reconnoiter and escort him. He Jian, Liu Jianxu, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi can only be blamed for not reporting the situation to the Central Army in a timely manner. But think about it, it's not a good thing or a happy event to celebrate the merit and receive the reward, He Jian, do they need to report to the Central Army? Besides, the relationship between the Central Army and the Hunan Army and the Gui Army doesn't seem to be so good?
Without much gossip, Han Hanying, who felt that he had encountered a hard stubble, immediately ordered the troops to turn, and the three main regiments and the supplementary regiment all went into battle to seize the commanding heights on the east side.
Now it was lively, and the officers and men of the 56th Division climbed all over the hill. Soldiers are constantly stepping on landmines, their legs being blown off, their bodies being pierced by nails from the explosion of the mines, and so on.
Han Hanying lamented, what kind of army is this, so deliberately calculating himself, even using mines. Intending to let the troops withdraw and retreat in the direction of Yangping Town, the news reported by the chief of staff that the 93rd Division had suffered heavy losses and that the troops had collapsed dispelled his idea of retreating. The top priority is to seize the commanding heights as soon as possible, and then wait for the main force led by Chief Xue to rescue.
Han Han-young ordered the chief of staff to immediately send a telegram to Chief Xue, requesting rapid reinforcements. Then he gathered the divisional special service battalion, wore a steel helmet on his head, carried a submachine gun handed over by the guard, and shouted: "Brothers, our army has been ambushed by the enemy. At this critical juncture, I will personally lead you to open a passage for the whole division. Below me, all officers are to lead the charge. Goal, seize the mountain, and hold on to it after you succeed. Those who rush up first will be rewarded with five oceans each. ”
The special service battalion of the 56th Division is the elite of the Han Han Ying Division, each with a submachine gun, and most of the officers are Whampoa students, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. Until the crisis moment, Han Hanying is reluctant to use it. What else to say at this time? Han Hanying took the lead and rushed to the hillside with the spy battalion.
Artillery and heavy machine guns on the other side of the river came at the 56th Division, and the soldiers who remained on the road became targets. When the other soldiers saw that they were dead in the road, they all jumped up and rushed up the hillside.
Han Hanying, who was charging upwards with his soldiers, was pulled by the guards and fell behind the charging team. Seeing that the soldiers were attacking the hillside, and those who fell behind were all hit by heavy machine guns and mortars on the opposite bank, Han Hanying felt that he had never encountered such a dangerous battle in his life: there was not a single enemy in sight, only shells and bullets, and the most important thing was that the casualties of officers, gunners, and machine gunners were extremely high, and they kept being shot in the head, and no one dared to touch the machine gun after a while. Such an opponent is only seen in his life. I don't know how big the opponent's net is, but he can be put into two divisions at once, and his appetite is terrifying.
The spy battalion has retreated, and when it goes, it is like the tide rising in Qiantang, and when it is retreating, it is like the tide of Qiantang falling, and it rises and falls quickly. Seeing that his most beloved troops couldn't rush forward, Han Hanying didn't want to blame anyone anymore, because he had already thought that in the woods on the hillside, he didn't know how many people and horses were hidden, and he didn't know how many guns were aimed at his soldiers.
There's no way, the other party is setting up a game and letting himself jump in. It's ridiculous that the committee and Chief Xue also swore that the main force of the red bandits is in northern Qianbei, and judging from today's formation, it is the red bandits who have concentrated all their firepower here. Blind, stupid, stupid, all played by [***] from top to bottom. I didn't think that I was conceited and studied the military a lot, and I wanted to make contributions to the commission, but in the end I still fell to the point of being calculated by the red bandits. I don't know how fast or slow Chief Xue comes, if he slows down, he may have to throw his bones in this barren mountain and wilderness.
Just when Han Hanying was thinking nonsense, he heard a strange sound, saying that it was a cannonball, as if it was louder when it exploded. Let's say it's an explosives bag, who can throw a dynamite bag so far. When I looked up, I saw that the red bandits' positions on the hill were constantly firing such bombs, more than a dozen at a time, and after they landed and exploded, the surrounding soldiers were blown down in unison. Han Hanying climbed up to a soldier who had been blown down and saw that the seven orifices were bleeding and he was already out of breath. Strangely, there were no other injuries on his body. It's terrible, the opponent's means are endless, is this still a red bandit in Jiangxi? When did they become so powerful, so cunning, so murderous?
Run, run as many as you can, or you'll all die here. Thinking of this, Han Hanying immediately ordered the troops to retreat.
Who knows, this retreat has again become a target for heavy machine guns and mortars on the opposite bank. Seeing the soldiers lying down in a straight line after being beaten, Han Hanying lowered his head sadly. Just as the order to stop the resistance was given, the white flag was raised and surrendered, the Red Army's charge horn sounded on the hillside, and the mortars and heavy machine guns on the opposite bank also stopped firing. Red Army soldiers all over the mountains rushed towards the soldiers of the 59th and 93rd Divisions, armed with guns in their hands, shooting and shouting that they would not be killed. Charging horns also sounded at the east and west ends of the road, and the red bandits in the town and the red bandits blocking the road were killed. Occasionally, their own soldiers would shoot and resist, and as soon as they knocked down a red bandit, they would be hit by several bullets at the same time. Han Hanying let out a long sigh and put down the gun in his hand.
Seeing that the division commander put down his gun, the guards around him also put down their guns, and soon, the soldiers all put down their guns.
The gunfire finally stopped, and the battlefield fell silent.
The soldiers were busy seizing weapons and ammunition and capturing prisoners, and the stretcher team organized by Wu Zheng also came up, first carrying the wounded of the Red Army, and then the wounded [***]. The health guards of the field ambulance station were busy bandaging the wounded and giving simple treatment.
According to the pre-war deployment, after the three regiments handed over the prisoners to the recruit battalion, replenished their ammunition, and immediately set off in the direction of Yangping Town. Artillery battalions and heavy machine-gun battalions on the other side of the river also began to shift positions. After Li Qing commanded the 4th, 5th, and 6th regiments to replenish weapons and ammunition, he also moved to Yangping Town with his troops. Liu Yimin ordered the 1st and 2nd regiments to immediately collect the light machine guns and submachine guns captured by the Central Army, and strive to achieve two light machine guns, four submachine guns, and sufficient ammunition for each squad. After replenishing, I also quietly set off.
(To be continued)