The "Battle of Liujiapu", as a classic example of the early days of the insurance regiment, is very representative. On both sides of the battle is a well-organized and well-trained new-style people's army. On the other side is the backbone of the completely old era. The old forces of the insurance corps are well understood, but the old forces have no understanding of the insurance corps. In the early days of the Liberation War led by the People's Party, this was the case with all sides of the fighting.

The Army School, which was established shortly after the Battle of Liujiapu, did not have so many examples of actual warfare, and the Battle of Liujiapu became a classic curriculum.

Of course, the lecture cannot say who fired how many shots and who killed how many enemies. The curriculum must start from the perspective of linking theory with practice. This time the battle of Liujiapu basically implemented Chen Ke's military regulations.

"Whether it's offensive or defensive, you must try to deploy automatic weapons as far forward as possible."

"Whoever fires first and can fire the hardest fire will win."

The assault team led by Pu Guanshui all used Hanyang, this rifle used a metal cartridge case, a five-round magazine design, and the rate of fire was not at all comparable to the enemy's firearm or a few single-shot muskets. The fierce vitality instantly disintegrated the enemy's attempts to use a salvo of firearms.

Every time they talk about this, the instructors have to emphasize one thing: if the two sides form a situation of opposing fire, even if the enemy's guns have a short range and slow rate of fire, as long as a situation of confrontation is formed, it is absolutely impossible for the rifle unit of the insurance regiment to be free of casualties. Once casualties are formed, the "support firepower" will be greatly reduced.

From this point of view, Pu Guanshui did not hide in the south of the city and rely on the long range of rifles to confront the enemy, but rushed to the vicinity of the enemy, making full use of the high rate of fire advantage of Hanyang-zao to disrupt the enemy's deployment in one fell swoop, and this approach was the key to ensuring a complete victory in the first stage.

The "Battle of Liujiapu" is not only one of the cases of the military school, but also an important case in the curriculum of the cadre school. Most of the battles do not depend on the simple problem of weapon generation, in the battle of Liujiapu, the first thing the enemy was defeated was not a total defeat in weapons, but their own confidence was the first thing they were defeated.

Pu Guanshui rushed to the position equivalent to the center of the enemy's position, and then concentrated their fire on the enemy on the north wall, regardless of the enemy on the east and west walls. This courage was the key to victory in this battle. If the troops hide and hide immediately when the enemy shoots at them from both sides, then the battle will still be won, but the cost will be much, much greater.

"No matter how small the caliber of the weapon, no matter how small the number of weapons, always support the infantry offensive with firepower."

The instructors of the military school repeatedly emphasized this passage that in the battle of Liujiapu, the assault team led by Pu Guanshui attacked the interior of the troops for less than ten minutes, and the stubborn resistance on the north wall, where the enemy's most elite forces were concentrated, was basically on the verge of collapse. The family members were either run away by bullets, or simply lay on the wall and did not dare to move. The performance is very good, but in fact, the war situation has entered a dangerous period. The rifle team led by Pu Guanshui was running out of bullets. As soon as the fire stops, the enemy will immediately counterattack.

The commando team led by Pu Guanshui correctly reached a great time and space for the soldiers behind. Before the rifle team's heavy fire came to a standstill, a large force of hand-to-hand combat had already rushed forward.

Not everyone in the insurance regiment owned a rifle, not even a musket, and more than half of the soldiers in the army still used red tassel guns. In 1906, however, hand-to-hand combat was far from being withdrawn. Even in the First World War, which took place in the "future" in 1914, hand-to-hand combat on the European battlefield was one of the most common. The Germans in trench warfare discovered that the sapper shovel was a sharp weapon in hand-to-hand combat. In this battle of Liujiapu, the infantry of the insurance regiment did not have sapper shovels, only red tassel guns.

The enclosure of Liu's shop has two staircases leading to the head of the wall, and it is a masonry structure. The fighters in charge of hand-to-hand combat rushed to the ladder without being blocked by enemy fire. Before the battle, they already knew very well that only by running fast and rushing in front of the enemy as fast as possible could they exert the combat power of the red tassel spear.

In the first few days of training for Liu Jiapu, the pikemen had already chosen a number of paths to practice. Puguanshui's assault team made excellent progress, and the infantry, led by the officer, chose the nearest and straightest road to the direction of the ladder. The configuration of the troops was a squad of eight pikemen, two musketeers. The squad leader commands with a spear, and the deputy squad leader is also a bombardier.

At the top of the staircase, Pu Guanshui had already told the riflemen to stop shooting and reload their bullets. There was a brief return to some calm inside the fence.

The commander of the "thrown" infantry hand-to-hand combat unit asked the deputy squad leader to throw two black powder ceramic grenades at the head. There was a bang, and smoke and dust billowed from the staircase of the wall. The families trying to hold the stairs screamed and screamed. Before they could recover from the shock, the musketeers were in front and the pikemen behind, and the hand-to-hand troops rushed to the wall.

Although they had only climbed a few meters high, the fighters who rushed to the wall immediately felt that their vision was much broader. Rushing through a hole in the wall blown out of the dynamite into a completely unfamiliar environment is a psychological test for anyone. The high walls are full of enemies, and they are on enemy territory. Until it occupies a small piece of the wall, don't look at it as just a small piece, the psychological changes are already very different. Originally, the enemies were all on top, but now everyone has become the same height.

The musketeers opened fire on the enemy in front of them, and then they were trained to flash to the wall, leaning against the wall with their guns raised. The spearmen in the back shouted and rushed forward.

By this time, the family knew that it was the last moment. The blue-clothed people continued to rush into the enclosure, and in the blink of an eye, they had already occupied several key points. The blue-clad men with firearms stood still around those who rushed in first, or divided into small groups, blocking the intersections and doorways of the various points in the enclosure.

Where have the people in the enclosure seen such a posture, they are so frightened that they run around. Although the family members below want to save their families, they are obviously not as many as the people in blue. They stood in front of their families with either firearms or knives and guns, and although they bluffed and raised their weapons, it was clear that they did not dare to do anything to the man in blue. The blue-clothed people in the enclosure didn't mean to make a move, they just relied on their numerical advantage to force the people in the enclosure to prevent them from running around. But they didn't arrest anyone, let alone kill anyone.

But this is only against those enemies who have no ability to resist, and the family members use their swords and guns to put up a desperate resistance to the pikemen who rush up. Barely held the walls of the east and west. But it didn't take long for Pu Guanshui's assault team to reload the bullets, and under Pu Guanshui's command, a new round of salvo fire began. This time, instead of pursuing speed and firepower, the troops will strike at the enemy who dares to resist stubbornly. Those who resist with knives and guns are trying to fight the enemy head-on. but was suddenly knocked down by a bullet coming from the side. Or put some attention to the side, only to be stabbed by the indiscriminate guns of the enemies swarming from the front.

Organized resistance finally collapsed under such multiple blows. When the insurance regiment advances one foot, the enemy retreats two feet. But the wall was so long, it didn't take long. The enemies on the wall were huddled together. I don't know when, Pu Guanshui has stopped shooting. The officers and men of the insurance regiment no longer attacked violently when victory was within reach, but chose to pause, and the two sides faced each other in a stalemate.

Although the family members knew that defeat was inevitable, no one knew what these men in blue would do to them. They watched nervously as the man in blue occupied all the important places. In fact, it has only been about ten minutes since the attack, and the thunderous blow of the insurance group completely stunned the family of Liujiapu. All it takes is the last pressure to make them give up resistance completely.

At this moment, Li Zhao, the political commissar of the water detachment, walked out, and he shouted to the family members who were surrounded by the wall: "Brothers of Liujiapu, you have fought so far, and you are already worthy of Liu Wenxiu and Liu Baye, everyone surrender." As long as we lay down our arms, our insurance regiment will give preferential treatment to the prisoners. ”

Both the military school and the cadre school have used quite positive comments when referring to the course of the battle up to this stage of persuasion. Although the battle was fierce, it was still a fight.

Just as the family members were about to give up, there was a sudden shout of killing outside the north wall. This shouting and killing sound is actually quite familiar to both the insurance group and the family, this is the voice of the victims near Liujiapu. The task given to them by the insurance group was to attract the attention of the waizi to the north. There is no intention of letting them fight at all. Of course, the victims had no intention of joining the fight. And they took the siege ladder and pretended to be outside the north wall.

The insurance team quickly captured the wall, and the victims could see it clearly. Everyone was frightened by the strong combat effectiveness of the Sigh Insurance Regiment. They never imagined that from the explosion of the explosives, it would only take about ten minutes for the insurance regiment to attack the head of the north wall. At this moment, everyone heard Zhou Xingrui shouting, "Folks, it's time for us to work hard!" ”

Everyone looked at Zhou Xingrui strangely, the insurance group had already gone to the wall, what did they still fight for?

Zhou Xingrui's next words completely "reminded" everyone, "We haven't done anything, why do you say people give us more food?" ”

That's right! The people felt that Zhou Xingrui was on point, and he didn't do anything, he just called for such a night outside. If it's an ordinary day, but a bucket of rice will be sent away, everyone is quite happy. Even if it's a disaster year, a month's worth of food will be up to the sky. This fence was laid down by the insurance group, if you don't really make a difference, why should the insurance group give you something?

Thinking of this, a monstrous sense of urgency suddenly arose in the hearts of the victims. They swarmed towards the gate. I don't know who led the leader, and the team of the victims was immediately killed. This is indeed to blame for the fact that the insurance regiment is "sufficiently prepared", as a unit to confuse the enemy, if the enemy sees that the equipment is not enough, the work of luring the enemy is obviously unqualified. Therefore, the siege equipment in the hands of the victims is really sufficient.

If there were still guards at the head of the wall, the charge would have been taken down immediately. But now the family members are too busy to take care of themselves, and where is there anyone to resist. Everyone rushed to the bottom of the wall, took advantage of the situation to put up the ladder, and then somehow someone climbed up the ladder. Without anyone stopping them, the victims successfully "landed in the city".

The first one to climb up took a wooden spear and jumped up on the wall, and saw a man lying on the ground beside him with an injured leg. Without saying a word, the victim raised his wooden spear high, and one of them stabbed the injured family member in the lower abdomen. The family screamed and spread far away. The residents at the head of the wall and under the wall and the residents inside the enclosure were originally stunned by the lightning attack of the insurance group, and when the gunfire was loud, some people screamed and did not pay much attention. At this moment, the gunfire stopped, and suddenly a scream was heard, and everyone looked over. At the top of the wall, a victim drew a bloody wooden spear from a fallen householder. Then he raised his wooden spear in the air with both hands and stabbed it hard.

Behind this victim, the other victims were climbing up seven or eight ladders. They went up to the wall, and without saying a word, they killed the family who fell to the ground on the wall but did not die.

Seeing this situation, the family members and people who decided to surrender no longer dared to move, and the reality was dumbfounded. Then I don't know who shouted, "They're going to kill us all." The big guy fought with them! ”

It's not even incitement anymore. The actions of the victims gave the impression that they were going to kill all the people in the enclosure. And, I have to admit that if the victims were given a free hand, they would really do it.

It's okay to be defeated and surrendered, but if you are still killed after surrendering, no one can accept it. The people, who had already lost the will to fight, suddenly began to resist. Someone didn't care about life and death to kill the insurance group. Others were so frightened that they began to flee in all directions.

The besieged family members also began to fight back violently, and Li Zhao didn't want to mess up the situation that was already under control. So just let the pikemen force the family members who tried to resist. But some of these people have firearms. They thought that the insurance group and the victims were going to slaughter the victims. Resistance is death, and failure to resist is death. These people don't care about 3721, they fill the fire with gunpowder and iron sand.

No matter how Li Zhao tried to make them stop, they didn't listen. And to the ears of these families, the reason why Li Zhao was so anxious was not because he wanted to avoid bloodshed. Rather, I wanted to deceive myself not to resist.

Pu Guanshui was stunned and watched at this sudden change. The insurance regiment conducted a lot of training for military combat, but they were not trained in "maintenance warfare". It can be done by defeating the organized enemy insurance group, but how to control the people who are scurrying around, the insurance group is not clear at all. A good military battle was fought at the beginning, but after the sudden addition of the victim factor, it turned into a "law and order war" in an instant. The situation that had been somewhat controlled suddenly became chaotic, and the chaos continued to expand.

With a bang, someone fired a gun. It was a guy on the wall who fired a shot. Pu Guanshui knew that it was impossible for things to end so easily. The battle, which I thought would end refreshingly, suddenly became brutal and bloody. He sighed inwardly, but commanded the musketeers to begin firing fiercely at the stubborn enemy. Now it is necessary to use even more brutal means to calm the scene. In fact, the target that Pu Guanshui wants to shoot most now is not these family members, but those victims who suddenly appeared.

"And then the battle became a farce!" This is how the performance of military schools and cadre schools at this stage is defined.

Because it was so easy to climb the city, the victims scrambled to climb up like demons, and then easily climbed to the top of the once unattainable wall. Look at the neat enclosure houses, and look at the blue-clothed soldiers of the insurance regiment who have the upper hand everywhere. With the idea of "helping", the victims first killed the enemies who could be seen around them, and then shouted and rushed to "the enemies inside the fence". The victims really regarded everyone in the enclosure as their enemies.

Li Zhao, the political commissar of the water detachment, reacted relatively quickly, and when he saw that something was wrong, he immediately blocked the stairs at the head of the wall. But he only came to let people block his side. The fighters on the other side did not figure out what was going on. More than a dozen people had already rushed down the stairs. Li Zhao hurriedly asked the signal corps to issue the flag, and then the troops on the opposite side understood, and hurriedly blocked the stairs. In a few moments, more than a dozen more people rushed into the fence.

The plague that rushed into the crowd would not mistake the enemy. The insurance corps is uniformly dressed in blue and wears a very special blue soft hat. The victims themselves were dressed in tattered clothes. Therefore, as long as you wear better clothes, you are enemies. The chaos continues to grow. The villagers scattered and fled, while the soldiers of the insurance regiment desperately pulled the victims. At this time, the victims were completely undisciplined. When I finally entered the fence, someone remembered to eat. Although the insurance team has also provided food and drink in the past few days, it is far from satisfying the victims. This time I entered the enclosure, I originally wanted to help the insurance group kill people. But I don't know who shouted, "Folks, look for something to eat." "Find something to eat!" "Find something to eat!" Immediately, people began to cheer.

The victims who were originally blocked at the head of the wall could no longer hold back when they heard "food" and could not take the stairs, and the victims jumped off the wall several meters high. As long as they did not fall to their deaths when they landed, the victims got up and walked towards the houses. Seeing someone coming into their houses, the last bit of timidity of the villagers disappeared. They immediately picked up whatever they could and resisted.

And so the utter chaos finally came.

When the military school and the cadre school mentioned this incident, they summed up no more than two experiences. First, if there is no conscious effort to create such chaos, then the victims should never be brought to the battlefield and they should be allowed to move freely. Second, if there is a law and order war, then no matter who the other side is, the first option is to restore order.

Every time the second article was mentioned, the military school would praise Zhang Yu and Pu Guanshui for their decisiveness, and the cadre school would praise Li Zhao for his resolute decision.

In fact, the three people issued an order almost at the same time, and the regulations provided by Chen Ke included this clause, "If there is a situation that requires large-scale emergency suppression, do not tie it with ropes, and let the person who needs to be suppressed lie on the ground with his head in his hands." Leave a few people in charge of guarding. The main force can put the object that needs to be suppressed to the ground. ”

The enclosure was full of screams, laughter, scolding, crying, and screaming. All kinds of human voices are interspersed with gunshots. In less than ten minutes of chaos and killing, 100 people were injured on both sides of the victims and villagers, and a dozen people on each side were already hopeless. Three commanders commanded the fighters of the insurance regiment. Regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, let the victims lie down with their heads in their hands. Whoever is disobedient will be directly knocked down. Then he forced the villagers to lie down.

After all the efforts were abolished, order was finally restored. If it weren't for the blindness of the victims, this stage could have ended early, and many people would have not died.

To the villagers' surprise, the insurance team did not take much care of the victims in the midst of the chaos. Not only that, but some of the victims who acted very out of line were tied up.

In the midst of such chaos, there is no place for "order" to always be maintained in the enclosure. Zhang Yu personally led the troops to tightly surround Liu Baye's residence. Dozens of people from the Liu family tightly guarded the courtyard gate. Zhang Yu has no intention of attacking hard. As long as the Liu family can be blocked and the backbone of these enclosures is not allowed to rush out and cause chaos, it will be easy to deal with only the Liu family.

When the victims made a big mess, Zhang Yu still felt a little worried, but the Liu family obviously did not seize this opportunity. Wait until the chaos is completely suppressed. Liu Jiaguang also knew that there was no hope when he heard the voice. At this time, there are some plans to break the net. Without saying a word, Zhang Yu ordered the grenadiers to throw the few grenades of the insurance regiment into it. Coaxed two loud noises over. The Liu family is completely honest.

I heard someone in the courtyard shouting: "The hero outside, I'm Liu Wenxiu." ”

"It turned out to be Liu Baye. What do you have to say about Liu Baye? Zhang Yu said with a smile. At this point, he was in complete control of the situation, and he was in a relaxed mood. There's even room for jokes.

Liu Wenxiu and Liu Baye didn't expect the other party to answer like this, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Such ease has proved that the other party is completely in control of the situation, and some of the conditions he originally wanted to say are afraid that they will not be useful. Then someone climbed up to the watchtower of the Liu family's compound and looked at it for a while. I saw that the people standing on the wall were all blue-clothed men of the insurance group. There were gunners on every vantage point. After watching it for a while, he really couldn't find a way to get out, and when he saw it, he simply stood on the watchtower and shouted: "The hero outside, I am Liu Wenxiu, I admit it." Please spare the lives of the old and young in the enclosure, you can do whatever you want me Liu Wenxiu. ”

Zhang Yu took a few steps forward and walked out of the crowd. "Liu Baye, I am Zhang Yu, the commander of the insurance regiment. I advise you to surrender now. Our insurance regiment treats prisoners preferentially. We will never kill our captives. ”

Liu Wenxiu glanced at Zhang Yu for a while, and suddenly laughed: "This Brother Zhang, you can't help but underestimate me Liu Wenxiu." I'm not a three-year-old, can you fool me? ”

Zhang Yu also pretended to laugh loudly, "Liu Baye, if you want to destroy your family, whether we attack it or set it on fire, do you think we can't do it?" We don't do this because we really don't want to kill so many people. Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and we don't want to kill people. Otherwise, if we bring in the victims, will they let you go? So, Liu Baye, surrender quickly. You can live in this enclosure, and you're a human being. If you want to be a shrunken turtle to avoid this, you definitely can't. ”

When Liu Wenxiu heard Zhang Yu say this, he knew that the words in the scene were useless. He no longer pretended to be any coy, "Guys, why are you hitting my fence?" Please say something clear, so that I can understand that Liu Wenxiu will die and die. ”

Zhang Yu shouted: "Liu Baye, can't you guess it yourself?" Guess what. ”

Liu Wenxiu was really furious when he saw Zhang Yu teasing himself like this, and he shouted: "Are you going to rebel?" ”

"That's right, we're going to rebel." Zhang Yu shouted.

Liu Wenxiu was just angry talking, but seeing Zhang Yu agreeing so easily. I think it's incredible. But I heard Zhang Yu then shout: "If you want to rebel, you have to have people, land, food, and guns." The purpose of our rebellion is to save the people of this world. That's why we're going to hit your fence. We are fighting from one enclosure to another, and the people are rescued from one place to another. always hit the Manchu Qing Dynasty and saved the people of the world. ”

"You! You! Liu Wenxiu was so angry by Zhang Yu's words that she wanted to scold but didn't know what to scold.

Zhang Yu then persuaded: "Eighth Master Liu, the reason why I still keep you until now is very simple. I'm going to send your whole family to our old camp. See what our leader is going to do with you. As the saying goes, a thousand golden horse bones. You Liu Baye is also a character, maybe it's useful. So surrender now, if you don't, I will only have fire to attack your yard. At that time, I had to live or die. ”

While he was talking, suddenly the warrior brought a few dirty and wet people over, and Zhang Yu asked the warrior to take these people to a place where Liu Wenxiu could see them. Only then did he shout: "Liu Baye, you let people go through the tunnel." I don't think it's appropriate. So he invited them over. Would you like to come down and talk to them about something? ”

When Liu Wenxiu saw his sons being arrested, he felt that his head was buzzing and was almost planted from the watchtower. The yard was besieged, and the son was arrested. I heard Zhang Yu laugh and say: "Liu Baye, if we say that we will treat the captives preferentially, we will treat the captives preferentially." We will never kill your son. But I'll give you two hours, if you don't surrender. We will attack your yard. Anyway, your sons are in our hands, and if we don't kill them, we have already left them for you, and as long as you resist the people in your courtyard, we will kill them. Think about it, Liu Baye. ”

Everyone just haggled like this, and it took an hour. Under the oppression of the powerful armed forces of the insurance regiment, Liu Wenxiu finally surrendered.

"Send a boat back to deliver the letter. Bring Liu Wenxiu's whole family with you. Zhang Yu then gave the first order after the war.

Chen Ke got the news four days later. He ordered Liu Wenxiu's family to be transported to Yuezhangji Prison and detained, and then a party committee meeting was held. After the seventh secretary listened to the report on the battle of Liu Jiapu, Chen Ke couldn't help but exchange a look with Shang Yuan.

"Let's get out." Hua Xiongmao said.

"That's right, it's not okay if you don't fight out." You are very supportive.

He Zudao was silent, but everyone knew that He Zudao absolutely supported the idea of playing out.

In the final vote, the seven secretaries unanimously agreed to the idea of playing out.

But unexpectedly, after the Standing Committee of the Party Committee made this decision, Secretary Chen Ke's first order was to send someone to recall Chen Tianhua, who was far away in Hebei, to work in the Central Committee. The comrades in the People's Party knew that Chen Tianhua was in Hebei, and everyone did not understand why Chen Ke wanted to recall Chen Tianhua to the Central Committee now. But no one objected.

On September 20, 1906, the entire fleet of the water detachment returned to the base after completing the task of sending the soldiers of the New Army. Immediately, the troops participating in this battle conducted a large personnel exchange with the 1st and 2nd regiments. The size of the newly formed water detachment was three times the size of the previous troops. After the flotilla was dispatched again, the battle to break the siege and save the people immediately began on both sides of the Huai River.

The People's Party's military struggle would unexpectedly start so early, and before that, no one, including Chen Ke, could have imagined it.