From Xikou to Jingwuzhou, if you march quickly, it is actually only 3 hours away, because with the wounded and weapons and ammunition, the speed of the march is naturally not fast. Fortunately, Liu Yimin sent a cavalry company and a regiment to pick it up, let all the weapons and ammunition be carried by the soldiers, and vacated the war horses and mules and horses of the cavalry company for the wounded to ride, so he walked a little faster. That's it, Li Qing and the others still walked for more than 5 hours, and it was already 11 o'clock in the evening when they returned to Jingwu Prefecture.

The cooking squads of divisions, regiments, battalions, and companies have all been mobilized long ago, and preparations have been stopped. Hot tea, hot soup, hot meals, many of the rescued soldiers had green light in their eyes when they saw it, and they wanted to swallow it in one gulp. However, the experienced cooking squad leaders served everyone half a bowl of food, deliberately not letting them eat enough. One of the fighters got angry and asked a cooking squad leader, there are still so many meals in the pot, why don't you let you eat more? Don't you know that we're all going to starve to death? The cooking squad leader patiently explained that it was because you were too hungry that you couldn't be fed, for fear of eating some soldiers who were too weak to die. Take a break, and there's still meat tomorrow? The soldier reluctantly went to wash the dishes.

After eating, the wounded were gathered together and the doctors and paramedics from the field ambulance station examined and treated their injuries. Other fighters who were in slightly better health were arranged to rest in various regiments and camps.

After all the rescued soldiers were settled, Li Qingcai returned to the division headquarters, and at a glance, he realized that Wu Zheng and the others had already returned.

It turned out that Wu Zheng and their place were smoother than Li Qing's. By the time they arrived at Yatoubao, the Gui army representatives were already waiting there. Not only did Liu Yimin ask for a lot of things, but he also gave an extra 20,000 rounds of heavy machine gun shells, 10,000 grenades, 500 rounds of mountain artillery shells, and 500 mortar shells, and the 2,000 captured soldiers who were returned were basically in good health.

After listening to Wu Zheng's introduction, Li Qing scolded He Jian for slamming the door. After scolding, he complained that Liu Yimin's conditions for He Jian were too low, and finally beat his chest and blamed himself for his lack of ability, cheapened He Jian, an old slippery head and an old bastard, and completely forgot that he had never believed that he could succeed in the transaction before the representative of the Hunan army came.

Seeing that Li Qing had finished scolding and complaining, Liu Yimin proposed to open a party committee, and Cai Zhong seconded it. A few people sat down to study the question of the Red Army soldiers who had been rescued today. Final Decision:

1. With the old fourth battalion of Hong Chaoyuan as the backbone, the 200 Red Army soldiers who were in good health rescued from the Hunan army and the 400 Red Army soldiers who were rescued from the Gui army were supplemented, and the three regiments and eight battalions were transferred out to form the fourth guard regiment. Hong Chaoyuan served as the regiment commander, Hu Xuerong, the former instructor of the old third battalion, was promoted to the political commissar of the fourth guard regiment, and the instructor of the old fifth battalion was the second, with the old fifth battalion of Zhaoshan of the second regiment as the backbone, supplemented the 200 Red Army soldiers who were in good health rescued from the Hunan army and 400 Red Army soldiers who were rescued from the Gui army, and transferred out the third regiment and nine battalions to form the fifth guard regiment. Zhao Shan served as the head of the regiment, and Liu Yi, the former instructor of the old fourth battalion, was promoted to the political commissar of the regiment.

3. The 1st Regiment supplemented 200 well-healthed Red Army soldiers rescued from the Hunan Army and 400 Red Army soldiers rescued from the Gui Army to form a new Second Battalion, and Zhao Jie, the former instructor of the old 1st Battalion, was promoted to the position of political commissar of the regiment.

The 4th and 2nd Regiments supplemented 200 well-healthy Red Army soldiers rescued from the Hunan Army and 400 Red Army soldiers rescued from the Gui Army to form a new Fifth Battalion, and Li Congmin, the former instructor of the 2nd Battalion, was promoted to the political commissar of the regiment.

The 5th and 3rd regiments were supplemented with 200 Red Army soldiers who were in good health rescued from the Hunan army and 400 Red Army soldiers who were rescued from the Gui army, and 400 new recruits from the Hunan army were added to form the new 8th and 9th battalions.

6. The cavalry company was expanded into a cavalry battalion with an establishment of 400 personnel, and the personnel could be selected from the whole division, and the battalion leader was the leader of the former cavalry company.

7. The sniper platoon was expanded into a sniper company, with four sniper platoons, which were assigned to the commanders of four regiments during the battle, and Wang Tongsheng served as the company commander and instructor.

8. The guard platoon was upgraded to a division guard battalion, with an establishment of 450 people, and the personnel were selected from the Red Army soldiers rescued by the Gui army, with Zhang Haitao as the battalion commander and Zhang Yicheng as the instructor. 7. The reconnaissance platoon was expanded into a reconnaissance company, and Luo Yan served as the company commander and instructor.

9. The wounded of the Red Army rescued from the Hunan army were temporarily incorporated into the new barracks. While recuperating from injuries, while learning. Zhao Dahe, the instructor of the recruit battalion, was transferred back to the second battalion as the battalion commander, and the instructor was concurrently served by the battalion commander Chang Huayu. Wang Dahu, the new instructor of the 8th Battalion, was transferred back to the 1st Battalion as the commander of the reorganized Central Guard Division, and the battle sequence of the reorganized Central Guard Division was as follows:

The division has a staff office, a political office, and a logistics office.

Divisional Units:

Guard Battalion: Battalion Commander Zhang Haitao, Instructor Sniper Company: Company Commander Wang Tongsheng, Instructor Reconnaissance Company: Company Commander Luo Yan, Instructor Artillery Battalion: Battalion Commander Li Chang, Instructor Wang Shanzhu Heavy Machine Gun Battalion: Battalion Commander Wei Xiufeng, Instructor Li Yi Engineer Battalion: Battalion Commander He Mingming, Instructor Ren Chaoran Baggage Battalion: Battalion Commander Cao Shengli, Instructor Cavalry Battalion: Battalion Commander Hu Laohu, Instructor Bao Wen Recruit Battalion: Battalion Commander, Instructor Communication Platoon: Platoon Commander Zhang Siqiao Radio: Station Commander He Xinghua Guard Regiment: Regiment Commander Gao Yuan, Political Commissar Zhao Jie, Chief of Staff Lei Ming, Jurisdiction of the First Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, Fire Support Company.

Second Guard Regiment: Regiment Commander Zhang Hongtao, Political Commissar Li Congmin, Chief of Staff Li Yimo, with jurisdiction over the 4th, 5th, 6th, and fire support companies.

The Third Guard Regiment: Regiment Commander Chen Dayong, Political Commissar Chen Dazhong, Chief of Staff Shi Ran, with jurisdiction over the 7th, 8th, and 9th Battalions, and the Fire Support Company.

Fourth Guard Regiment: Regiment Commander Hong Chaoyuan, Political Commissar Hu Xuerong, Chief of Staff Wang Nanhu, with jurisdiction over the 10th, 11th, 12th, and fire support companies.

Fifth Guard Regiment: Regiment Commander Zhao Shan, Political Commissar Liu Yi, Chief of Staff Li Deguang, with jurisdiction over the 13th, 14th, 15th, and fire support companies.

The division has a total of more than 9,500 people, with strong soldiers and horses, excellent weapons and sufficient ammunition.

At the end of the meeting, Liu Yimin asked Political Commissar Cai Zhong to personally go to each regiment to announce the reorganization order and ensure that the cadres and troops were quickly adjusted in place. Liu Jianli and Li Qing were asked to go down to each regiment to supervise the whole training and run-in, especially the tactical movements of the newly incorporated soldiers, and they must learn from and keep up with the old battalion. Wu Zheng was asked to act quickly, distribute the mules and horses handed over by the Hunan army and the Gui army, and the mules and horses captured in the battles of Xiaoshui and Xikou to the cavalry battalions, baggage battalions, and regiments, and ensure that mountain artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns were all carried by mules and horses, and that large carts were no longer used for the transportation of baggage, and that they were handed over to pack horses for transportation. The whole division realized the pack horse system. Liu Jianli was instructed to personally guide the reconnaissance company in its training, and then Zhang Yicheng, chief of staff, led the reconnaissance company with a radio station to go out of the reconnaissance passage to the roads between Liping, Jianhe, Zhenyuan, and Yuping, and mark the road signs. Near the main highway at the junction of Yuping and Zhenyuan, hide and look for a suitable ambush battlefield. The troops concentrated on training in Jingwuzhou for two days, and after two days, they moved to Yuping covertly, targeting the Xue Yue Department of the enemy's Central Army.

At the end of the meeting, Liu Yimin said to Cai Zhong: "Please ask the political commissar to draft a telegram and report in detail on the transaction with the Hunan Army and the Gui Army to the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu. ”

Cai Zhong said: "You have assigned us a few jobs, what are you doing?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "I want to study the map. Then he went straight to bed.

Cai Zhong looked at Liu Yimin's back, half doting, half self-deprecating, and said: "If you are the political commissar, you will tire me to death sooner or later." Hearing this, Liu Jianjian, Li Qing, and Wu Zheng all laughed.

That night, in a hall in the backyard of Suining County's political axe, Liu Jianxu, who had secretly arrived from Jing County, was shocking Tao Guang, Zhang Liangji, and other released brigade commanders and above.

The wine has passed three rounds, but there is no atmosphere of the generals of the Hunan army drinking together in the past, and Tao Guang and others did not take the initiative to toast Commander Liu. The scene was cold and depressing.

"Come, Si'an, Boyan, I toast you two with a glass!" Liu Jianxu stood up and brought the wine glass to Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji.

The two of them hurriedly stood up, took their glasses and drank them all. Then Tao Guang knelt down in front of Liu Jianxu with a thud, howling and crying, crying and shouting: "Military seat, commander, you shot me!" I was incompetent, the 62nd Division was completely annihilated, and I was also captured by the Red Army. Shame on me, I lived so fucking for nothing! Shoot, Commander! ”

At this moment, the officers all left their seats and knelt on the ground, and the room was full of howling and crying, and the room was full of shouts of "military seats, commanders, you will shoot me", which frightened the horses who were serving food and wine outside the room and ran to the kitchen, for fear that the military seats would be angry and use themselves as punching bags.

Liu Jianxu's tears also came out, and the three elite divisions, nearly 30,000 horses, were buried like this. I really don't know how I've survived these days! But now is not the time to cry, according to the results of Chairman He's consultation with himself, he still has to rely on these generals to quickly form the three divisions!

Liu Jianxu wiped away his tears: "Everyone get up." I won't shoot you, and neither will Chairman Ho! It's not your fault, it's the red bandits who are so cunning that you don't even have a chance to fight back! Get up! ”

Only then did the officers get up, wash their faces again, and take their seats.

Seeing that the mood of the officers had basically stabilized, Liu Jianxu said with a straight face: "Since ancient times, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated. The defeat in the battles of Xiaoshui and Xikou this time was of course due to the cunning of the red bandits and a series of ambushes, but did our army not make mistakes? In my opinion, the biggest mistake was that the generals at all levels were carried away by the victory of the Xiangjiang Campaign to Suppress the Bandits, forgetting the losses we had suffered at the hands of the Red Bandits in the past, and believing that the Red Bandits had become water dogs and could not pose a threat to our army. Proud and complacent, arrogant, thinking that Lao Tzu is the best in the world! Lesson, lesson! It's a pity that these lessons were paid for with the blood of nearly 30,000 of my elites. Just imagine, if you could all expand the search area, strengthen the cover on both flanks, and march in battle formation, would the Red Bandits be so successful? Thanks to your 16th Division Zhang Liangji is still a high-achieving student who graduated from the third phase of the Baoding Military Academy, the three brigades and six regiments of your army, the distance between marches is not very large, why don't you use cavalry to guard back and forth? Are your horsemen kept to bear sons? Radio contact, radio contact, what is the result? It's not one after another, it's just a toy in the hands of the red bandits! Why is this happening? Why don't you even need basic military common sense? It's not that I feel at ease and lazy! Tao Guang of your 62nd Division, known as a famous general of our Hunan Army, abandoned the radio station and fled after sending a telegram asking for help, don't you know what consequences this will bring to our army? Why didn't you send a single telegram about the breakdown of the troops when it was found that the troops were out of control? Do you know that Wang Yuying's brigade and the 63rd Division were both killed by the enemy because they wanted to save you? There is also the dead Chen Guangzhong, who was a bandit when he killed people, why didn't he have the vigilance of a bandit at this time, and he didn't even leave anyone to look at the way back, and he swarmed up, is this the Hunan army that we can fight well? Shame, shame! We have brought shame to Chairman Chiang, to Chairman He, to the Hunan army, which is known for its courage and good fighting, and to the military academy that has trained us generals! ”

Speaking of the indignation, Liu Jianxu trembled, his teeth were biting, the wine glass in his hand clicked, it was pinched and crushed, and the blood immediately flowed down in strings.

Liu Qingchu, who was sitting on the side, took out a handkerchief and handed it to Liu Jianxu to stop the bleeding.

The officers trembled, their hearts mingled with shame and remorse, and not one dared to look up at the commander's hideous face, which was distorted with anger.

After taking a breath, Liu Jianxu calmed down, glanced at his subordinates with majestic eyes, gritted his teeth, and said coldly word by word: "I hope you remember that you should never despise any opponent!" ”

Seeing that the officers were still bowing their heads and not responding, Liu Qingchu coughed and said slowly: "Commander Liu's words, everyone have written them down!" ”

Only then did the officers react and replied loudly: "Keep in mind the teachings of the military seat and the commander!" ”

Liu Jianxu took a sip of his wine glass, stared at the officers with slightly red eyes, and shouted: "If it's a man's, you have to get up where you fall, and whoever loses it has to go and get my face back!" Chairman He ordered: "The officers are busy standing up.

"The 16th Division Zhang Liang was at the base, and immediately went to Changsha for training, and drew a battalion from each of the remaining five divisions to supplement a part of the militia in central Hunan Province, and took on the task of defending Changsha while reorganizing the training."

Zhang Liangji immediately stood upright: "I promise to live up to the high expectations of Chairman He and Commander Liu." ”

Liu Jianxu didn't look at him, turned to Tao Guang and said: "Tao Guangbu of the 62nd Division, transfer back to Hengyang, transfer two companies from each of the remaining five divisions, with 700 lightly wounded people who have been released, supplement the local militia around Hengyang, and quickly form a whole training." ”

Tao Guang is also upright: "I promise to live up to the high expectations of Chairman He and Commander Liu." ”

Liu Jianxu turned to Li Bojiao, the commander of the 63rd Division, and said: "The brigade commander of the 63rd Division, Li Bojiao, has assumed the post of division commander, and the troops have been transferred back to Changde, and two companies from each of the remaining five divisions have been transferred, with 600 lightly wounded people who have been released, to supplement the local militia around Changde and form a whole training. ”

Li Bojiao couldn't imagine that he had escaped death, not only was he not dealt with by military law, but he was promoted and reused, and his excited feet "snapped" his lichen and: "I promise to live up to the high expectations of Chairman He and Commander Liu, and resolutely complete the task!" ”

Liu Jianxu looked at him and said, "I want you to train the 63rd Division to be a real elite soldier, instead of the original bandit style." The officers needed by your unit will be selected from among the training corps at all levels and the graduates of military academies, and you should have a good grasp of them. ”

Li Bojiao's heels collided louder, and his shouts became louder: "I promise to live up to the cultivation of Chairman He and Commander Liu, and I am willing to come to see you if you can't complete the task!" ”

Liu Jianxu waved his hand: "Ladies and gentlemen, Chairman He has reported the report on the change of guard of troops to Nanjing. Tomorrow, all units will operate separately, and all the necessary funds and equipment will be distributed according to the original standards, and the officers who are short of the quota have also received orders and will report to you on time. It is necessary to complete the task of rebuilding the troops in the shortest possible time and start training. Is it clear to everyone? ”

As soon as they heard that the funds, equipment, officers, and soldiers had all been implemented, these generals immediately straightened their waists and replied in unison: "Clear!" ”

Now, the atmosphere on the wine table has risen. The division commander and brigade commander were busy toasting Liu Jianxu and Liu Qingchu, and you came and went, and it became lively.

On the 17th, this night passed in the chaos of Wang Jialie's frenzied telegram asking for help, the decision of the Central Guard Division of the Red Army to reorganize, and Liu Jianxu's reorganization of the three divisions.

The next day, Changsha's newspaper published the news on the front page with the headline "The 16th, 62nd, and 63rd Divisions Have Completed the Pursuit and Suppression Tasks and Adjusted the Defensive Ground." On the second, third, and fourth pages, such pre-compiled articles were published one after another, such as "The Bloody Battle of the 16th Division in Xiaoshui to Repel the Red Bandits," "The Flag Fluttering in the Battle of Xikou of the 62nd Division," "The Decisive Victory of the 63rd Division in Xikou," "Remembrance of General Chen Guangzhong, the Hero of the Suppression of Bandits," "Impressions of General Tao Guang," and "Interview with General Zhang Liangji," which deceived the common people of Changsha into dizziness, as if the Hunan army athletes had really won another battle.

A few uncooperative tabloids occasionally publish a questioning tofu block, and the author will be invited to the police station or garrison headquarters for tea, so that there is only one voice in Changsha City: "Chairman He is strategizing, and the officers and men of the Hunan army are brave and good at fighting." ”

Wang Fugui is the captain of the Shuangjing District of the Shibing County People's League, with about 60 people and 50 broken guns. Usually, I just do some collection of opium cultivation taxes, road taxes, transaction taxes and so on. When you have nothing to do, you go to the Miao village to play prestige, tie up a Miao person, and rob a Miao girl, that style is no different from the soil emperor. Therefore, he often admonished his subordinates, whose country is China? It was Chairman Chiang. Who is Guizhou for? It's Chairman Wang's. Who is Shuangjing for? The subordinates have to say that it is Captain Wang's, and if they say it wrong, they will be beaten. His theory is also very reasonable, China is naturally Chairman Chiang, but Chairman Chiang has a lot of things to do, so he has no choice but to entrust Chairman Wang to manage Guizhou for him. In this place of Guizhou, the mountains and rivers are far away, how long does it take to walk around, and what should I do if Chairman Wang is tired? So Chairman Wang handed over Shuangjing to him to manage. In other words, everything he said was said for Chairman Wang, the money he asked for was for Chairman Wang, the people he killed were killed for Chairman Wang, and the daughters he slept with were all for Chairman Wang. In a word, whatever Chairman Wang thought of, he did for Chairman Wang.

No, I heard that the red bandits ran to Jianhe and Taiqian, and early in the morning of the 18th, he took dozens of his subordinates to Shi Bing to look for opportunities on the side of the road leading to Taiqian.

(To be continued)