And almost at the same time, there was movement in the other two directions. It turned out that because the large army failed to encircle and suppress the central Soviet area for the third time, there was a temporary break, and most of the Kuomintang troops participating in the war were able to take a certain amount of rest and recuperation. The First Army of the Guangdong Army, which was formerly under the command of Chen Jitang in Guangdong and under the direct jurisdiction of Yu Hanmou, was also repaired in rotation, and except for two of the four divisions under its command, which continued to stay in Jiangxi to monitor the central Soviet region, the remaining 2nd and 6th divisions returned to Guangdong and settled in the base camp Shaoguan to rest and recuperate. When I arrived in Shaoguan, I immediately felt that something was wrong: when I left here, although the red bandits in northern Guangdong occupied some territory and annihilated some of their own troops, how could it only be on that scale, but now it is different, how long has it been? actually occupied 9 counties in the entire northern part of Guangdong! The nearest place is only so far from Shaoguan! On the side of the couch, will others be allowed to sleep soundly? What's more, this group of red bandits is the group of guys who annihilated their own part in the past? If the old hatred is not extinguished, and new hatred is added, the soldier is decided! As a result, Yu Hanmou's staff drew up an operational plan, with the 2nd Division stationed in Shaoguan as a side response, and the 6th Division attacking Renhua, Shixing, and Lechang.

As for the Hunan side, He Jian's department has long hated Li Jiansheng's red bandit army for "messing around" in southern Hunan, but he has never been able to find an opportunity, because he must go all out to deal with the central Soviet region on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, because that is the real powerful role, if he does not get rid of it as soon as possible, his life will not be easy in the future, so he actively participates. As a result, after a big battle, his troops did not get anything good from the red bandits! Therefore, although this is Chairman Chiang's third concentrated encirclement and suppression of the central Soviet area has failed, it is really a time for his troops to rest and recuperate, and the first point is to replenish the troops and restore them to full strength; The second point is to exterminate the red bandits in southern Shonan. Obviously, he decided to take advantage of this "vacation" time to simply pacify the red bandits in southern Shonan. In his eyes, the central red bandits led by Zhu Mao are indeed difficult to fight, but these guys in Xiangnan can't withstand his hammers! Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, the General Staff formulated a detailed "suppression of bandits" combat plan, and the 69th Division of He Jianbu of the Hunan Army drove out of Hengyang and went straight to Yizhang to kill the generals!

This is the first joint encirclement and suppression faced by the "Hunan-Guizhou-Guangdong-Jiangxi Border Revolutionary Base Area" that Li Jiansheng and others have just established!

A steady stream of information came to Li Jiansheng's hands. Including the intelligence front he established with He Changming, and the current Legion Intelligence and Information Department, all sent this same battle report. In fact, from the very beginning, Li Jiansheng paid great attention to intelligence work. In his previous life, he studied history and knew that Vice Chairman Zhou was a veteran of intelligence work, and in many cases, because of his existence and efforts, the chess pieces of the various secret cloths played their own roles, and this allowed the Party Central Committee and the Red Army to avoid disasters and dangers again and again, and finally to victory. Therefore, after arriving in this era, he paid special attention to this, and now, it is finally working.

Of course, Li Jiansheng is not afraid of the enemy's heavy troops. On the one hand, if you do this revolutionary thing yourself, you have long guessed that today's situation will occur; On both sides, his troops have always had an old tradition, that is, to engage in "talking about troops on paper." During this round of training, the work of "talking about troops on paper" will certainly not be relaxed, so all combat units have long been ideologically prepared, and even have a preliminary plan for dealing with the battle, that is, when the four provinces around the base area gather at the same time to "encircle and suppress" the base area at the most difficult time, the army will act as such! Of the three, Li Jiansheng thinks that his troops are far from what they were at the beginning, and they can be regarded as strong soldiers, and they are just about to practice their hands.

Thinking of this, Li Jiansheng asked the maintenance room to gather the commanders of the corps' divisions and the heads of various departments of the corps through the radio to Yizhang on the afternoon of the third day to discuss the enemy's strategy. All units immediately entered a state of first-class combat readiness, temporarily led by political commissars, and were ready to fight at any time. Logistics, armament, field hospitals, and other departments should make a comprehensive reserve of grain, grass, clothing, weapons, and medicine for combat use. At present, because of the victory in the battle and the expansion of the territory, the equipment of the troops has been improved, and all the chiefs have mounts. Therefore, it is not necessary to rush from the troop station to Yizhang in three days, and it does not take as long as before.

The meeting lasted for a day and a half, and finally decided on the overall operational policy of "luring the enemy into depth, and then concentrating superior forces to annihilate one part of the enemy" put forward by Li Jiansheng. After discussion and deduction, Li Jiansheng decided that the main goal of the Red Eighteenth Army in this operation was to annihilate part or all of the Jiangxi enemy's Zhou Hunyuan Division, because compared with other units, Zhou Hun Yuan's Division was the weakest for two reasons: First, in the past, it had been eaten by its own South Hunan Independent Regiment, and most of the troops replenished now were new recruits, and then suffered a loss in the third encirclement and suppression of the Central Soviet Region, and its strength was somewhat discounted; Second, the unit has just been upgraded from a brigade to a division, and it will take time to integrate all aspects, which has once again made the unit discounted. Two discounts are down, and the strength is the smallest among the three troops attacking the base area! Therefore, as far as Li Jiansheng is concerned, it is necessary to "pick this soft persimmon and pinch it"! Not only to pinch him, but also to pinch him!

Of course, in the process of concentrating forces to annihilate Zhou Hunyuan's troops, we should take the initiative to find fighters, select the lone enemy to do it, and succeed as soon as we do it. Every time you launch a local battle to destroy the enemy, make sure that the ratio of your troops to the enemy is 4 to 1 or more! In other words, it is necessary to ensure the absolute local superiority of the troops and ensure the absolute victory in every battle! Of course, there are three joint points that need to be paid attention to in this regard: First, do not collide with the enemy, fight if you win, and leave if you can't win; therefore, when selecting the battlefield, all units should pay attention to preparing the retreat route and reinforcements in advance; In each battle, in addition to determining the main battlefield, it is necessary to prepare several more backup battlefields to ensure that you have a clear understanding of the situation. Second, the emphasis is on ensuring the lives of the soldiers. One thing to note: if you can use cannonballs, you will never use bullets; Those who can use bullets never use grenades; Those who can use grenades will never fight with bayonets! And once the bayonet is spelled, there is no need to be stingy with casualties, you must fight to win, and you must fight to fight for the momentum of the troops! Third, all units should strengthen their contacts with the corps headquarters through radio to ensure that communications are in place, intelligence is in place, and the troops are in place!

All divisions and commanders knew that this was the first large-scale operation of the newly established "Hunan-Guangdong-Jiangxi-Border Revolutionary Base Area" and the 18th Army Corps of the Red Army, so they expressed their stance of resolutely completing their tasks and then returned to their units.