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Late at night on August 13, north of Huotian Town, Chaling, Xiangdong. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The first heavy rain after the beginning of autumn fell from nightfall until more than 10 o'clock in the evening before gradually stopping, the mountains were deep and clear, the steaming mist floated under the changing X-wind blowing, and the humid air currents carried a slight chill, spreading between the pine waves and the bamboo forest.

Located in the abandoned mountain temple on the east bank of the Bei River, a tributary of Chashui, a lamp is like a bean, and two radio stations have been set up on the temporary cleared up case, and the sound of "tick-tick" reports and receipts is still continuing, and the four communications and combat staff officers are quietly and silently busy, and the two men wearing camouflage combat uniforms shook off the rain on their bodies, walked into the main hall together, took off their raincoats, took off their helmets covered with camouflage cloth, and then gathered around the square table in the center to listen to the reports of the staff officers under their command. While looking at the map.

"Look here: To the west, Tan Wenfeng's group is closely monitoring the county seat of Chaling, and there is no sign of eastward movement of more than 1,400 officers and soldiers of the Hunan Security Seventh Regiment that arrived at Chaling at noon yesterday; To the south, there is no abnormality on the line of Yaoshui and Quanshan; The town of Gaolong, nine kilometers to the east, is now on the trail of the enemy.

About a company of troops marched into the town from east to west in the evening and was stationed there, and it was preliminarily determined to be the vanguard reconnaissance unit of the Sixth Army.

Half an hour ago, Chief of Staff Chief Xie called. The 1st and 2nd regiments of our division had entered Yongxincheng at 6:40 p.m., where there were no soldiers, and all of them had finished resting and recuperating, waiting for further instructions from the deputy division commander. ”

Ye Qingfeng, an operational staff officer who graduated from the fifth phase of Huang Du, finished his report and stood aside waiting for instructions.

Ding Zhicheng nodded with satisfaction: "This Xie Chi is still walking very fast, it is windy and rainy, the mountain roads are rugged and muddy, and it is also a night march x two regiments of 4,500 brothers can rush to Yongxin City in advance, it is not easy" Ah! Is this degree still fast? I don't think it's anything, if the two main regiments in the hands of the younger brother can participate in the war, they will definitely go much faster than your garrison division, although we are nominally local security forces, but just need to change into the clothes of the regular army is a hundred times more regular than those so-called regular troops, we have two confrontation exercises in the past few months, when will your garrison division be able to earn the cheap of the younger brother? ”

Major General Commander Xia Jian still has that stinky temper.

The surrounding brothers wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, Ding Zhicheng glanced at the triumphant Xia Jian, lit a cigarette, and knocked on the map on the table:

"Don't talk so much nonsense, tell me what you think, when do you want to fight? Where to fight? How to fight? ”

Xia Wei snatched the "Three Forts" cigarette in Ding Zhicheng's hand, took out one and lit it, and spit out a puff of smoke comfortably, before slowly pointing to the map:

"Fight at dawn! I asked Zhang Hao's regiment to open the blocking line here, the machine gun battalion to coordinate here, and your special brigade to coordinate on the high ground on both flanks. The premise is that your two regiments must arrive here and here before eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and only this area is the most suitable for blocking and encircling, if you set up a battlefield in the east of the 6th town of the waist according to the original plan, I am afraid that the 7th Security Regiment of the Hunan Army in Chaling City, a few kilometers to the west, will come over and make nonsense, and it will be difficult to do it at that time.

Let's try to solve the battle in two or three hours, and leave after the fight, and not a single bird feather will be left for them. made the people resentful*** The little brother had already looked at him unpleasantly, "This is a good idea, let's think of going together, as long as the two regiments led by Lao Xie can rush to the east of Zhitang Town at seven o'clock tomorrow morning, they can block the only passage within thirty kilometers of the Luoxiao Mountain Range." The enemy who entered Gaolong Town will become a turtle in the urn, and when the time comes, we can send aid to the breeze? Ding Zhicheng turned his head and shouted.

"Here!"

Operational staff officer Ye Qingfeng strode forward.

"Order: 1. The special brigade will send a detachment to closely monitor the enemy's vanguard company in Gaolong Town, and not to startle the snake; 2. Telegraph to Chief of Staff Xie that the main force must arrive at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning to the east of Chitang Town.

Ding Zhicheng decisively ordered.

"Yes!"

Ye Qingfeng did not dare to slack off, the rapid march of eight hours and forty kilometers in the dark night was still a huge test for the officers and men of the garrison division who had been trained for a long time and had become a combat force.

At 6:20 a.m., south of Gaolong Town.

A team with simple equipment and messy clothes but a new mental outlook quickly passed under the Shibi Peak from south to north, and climbed the Bai'e Ridge, which is more than 1,800 meters south of Gaolong Town, along the winding sheep intestine path, and crawled on the undulating hills. Embattled.

At the foot of the hill, four war horses came running quickly, and immediately the four people wearing red five-star octagonal hats sewn on them flew off their horses, and under the guidance of the two scouts, they quickly went up the mountain, through the dense woods, and came to the big tree on the mountain road descending to the north of the hill, and were surprised by the wooden signs nailed to the surface.

Commander Gong of the Red Fourth Army read out the text in a low voice: "Our army is about to have a big war, and the bullets don't have long eyes." Please wait and see. Ding Zhicheng, deputy commander of the Nanchang Garrison Division, saluted the "big war? How is this possible? When did the Nanchang Garrison arrive here? Xiaolong, come and see, does the Nanchang Garrison Division have a deputy division commander named Ding Zhicheng? ”

Li Xiaolong, who was covered in water, took off his hat, wiped the sweat and mud off his face, looked at Gaolong Town, where the smoke curled in the mist, shook his head and sighed slightly:

"Old Gong, now it seems that there is more than one company of the enemy army in Gaolong Town, this time it is very likely that we will run into a big fish! I know this Ding Zhicheng very well. Definitely a ruthless man who has no oil and water and does not show up, the special brigade of the An Yi Independent Division that I told you before was scraped and trained by this person, and he is now indeed serving as the deputy division commander in Yin Jinan's Nanchang Garrison Division, and the young man who was just promoted three months ago was the most straightforward, and said to the foot joint staring muscle machine, "Xie Chi, who graduated from the tenth artillery department of Baoding, was also promoted to the major general of the garrison division after recovering from his injury, although they are nominally a garrison division, but their combat effectiveness and equipment are several times stronger than that of the local army, and they are a hard bone to gnaw!" ”

"What hard bones? All the reactionary armies are the same, and when they see them, they destroy him! How old is the Nanchang Garrison Division? Inserting a wooden card wants to ruin the hard work of our group for three days? ”

Deputy Regiment Commander Li kicked the flying wooden card in annoyance, looked at Regiment Commander Gong with blazing eyes, saw that he was frowning and thinking, he couldn't help but snort, and stopped his gaze on the face of Political Commissar Li Xiaolong, thinking that you are a whole surrender faction, if you are afraid of the enemy and avoid the battle, I will expose you.

Facing Deputy Head Li's provocative gaze, Li Xiaolong shook his head and smiled bitterly, and turned to the worried Head Gong: "Old Gong, you can make up your mind." ”

Regiment Commander Gong glanced at Deputy Regiment Commander Li with a disdainful face again, climbed the boulder on the side of the road in a few steps, raised his binoculars, and silently observed the quiet Gaolong Town, nervously calculating the gains and losses in his heart, this commander who was only 26 years old and had participated in the Nanchang Beginning and Autumn Harvest Uprising was very worried about the danger that might result from a rash attack, and Wang Erzhuo, the chief of staff of the army who had also graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, introduced the background of An Yi, Yin Jinan, and Hu Jialin at the meeting.

At the enlarged meeting on the analysis of the current revolutionary situation held by the military headquarters of the Fourth Army of the Red Army half a month ago, Commander-in-Chief Zhu also specially asked Li Xiaolong to introduce the situation of the Nanchang Garrison Division and the security forces in central Jiangxi. Every commander's mind is extremely complicated, and several meetings have been unable to decide on the question of whether or not to attack the Nanchang area and the surrounding counties, and two fierce-for-tat opinions have been formed.

The Third International, through the Politburo of Zhongxue in Shanghai, advised the Zhu Mao Red Army on more than one occasion to concentrate its main forces on attacking such big cities as Ji'an, Ganzhou, and even Nanchang, but the strength of the Red Fourth Army is really limited today, although the main force of the Red Army was organized into three divisions and nine regiments, and its strength has been improved after being supplemented by trade with the old Nanchang, but now it only has more than 6,000 guns, and it is extremely difficult to fight under the siege of Jin Handing and Wang Jun and other local troops. However, at this time of crisis, the revolutionary cause is in turmoil, and no one dares to say that it will not fight. Li Xiaolong was frightened by this big hat and chose to be silent.

"Lao Gong, fighter planes are rare, fleeting, you can give the order! No matter who the opponent is, our heroic Red Army cannot be intimidated by these paper tigers! Deputy Regiment Commander Li, who graduated from the Wuhan branch of the Huanglu Military Academy at the age of 23, made a loud request.

Head Gong put away the binoculars, walked down the boulder in a few steps, stuffed the telescope into Deputy Head Li's hand, and pointed to the mountain eight hundred meters away in front of him:

"What are you yelling about, you can see for yourself, people deliberately put out two catties, the machine gunner came to let us see, and the grass nearby kept shaking, obviously there were no ambushes.

Looking at the terrain again, the fork in the mountain road more than 80 meters below the machine gunner is the only way for us to attack the town, and the other side only needs to send a platoon with a few machine guns to block the fork, and we will not be able to pass. If there is a conflict, let alone attacking the town, it is just that the high ground that lies on the road we must pass through may not be able to take it down with two even troops, and it will only increase casualties.

Alas, it seems that people are unwilling to let us fight this battle, if my estimate is good, the main force of the Sixth Army Instructor will soon drive into Gaolong Town from the east, the best fighter plane has been lost, and we can't eat the more than 6,000 people of the Hunan Army. ”

Deputy Regiment Commander Li was stunned for a moment, raised his binoculars and watched immediately, and finally captured two figures wearing camouflage military uniforms and camouflage steel helmets in the camera, and saw that one of the two people was also holding a telescope to observe himself unscrupulously, and Deputy Regiment Commander Li's face turned from red to white, and from white to blue. His teeth rattled but he couldn't say a word, obviously realizing the seriousness of the problem, and realizing that his desire to pursue the enemy for three days and wait for an opportunity to annihilate a company to gain spoils and expand his strength was in vain.

"Xiaolong, you came out of An Yi's model battalion, and you are most familiar with the enemy generals, do you judge whether this Ding Zhicheng's words are credible? Only four days have passed since the mutiny of the Sixth Army, and they reacted so quickly? Whether it is the Hanzhong Security Command or the Nanchang Garrison Division, they are far away in the central and southeastern regions of Jiangxi, can they really mobilize a large army to encircle the remnants of the Sixth Army in such a short period of time? Head Gong asked Li Xiaolong in a low voice, still hoping to take advantage of it.

Li Xiaolong put down the binoculars, shook his head with a wry smile: "Old Gong, do you believe that the soldiers who are fully armed and carry 682 mortar shells on their backs." Can you march 40 kilometers overnight in a hilly area covered with a dense network of water, and then take part in the battle? ”

Regiment Commander Gong thought for a while, and said with a serious face: "Of course I believe it, but there are not many such strong soldiers, and if our regiment really wants to pick it out, it will only be a platoon, this is still the understanding that has been reached in the past two months according to your new training method, but even if this Ding Zhicheng's garrison division is well-trained, I am afraid that such a strong soldier will not pass a regiment, right?" ”

Li Xiaolong glanced at Deputy Head Li, and waved his hand helplessly: "Let me state first: I am not raising the morale of others to destroy my own prestige, let alone promoting the mood of failure, I only say what I know:

The three main regiments under the jurisdiction of the Nanchang Garrison Division are all well-trained veterans, "I am afraid, the regiment is equipped with about 150 light machine guns, and there is a machine gun battalion with no less than 20 guns, one or two mortars, and 12 heavy machine guns; the whole regiment is equipped with shell guns and self-produced new machine guns above the squad leader, and more than half of the officers and men have experienced at least one major battle test. I had breakfast when I got back to camp.

An Yi's team has always been well-fed, well-used, and well-paid, and a soldier can easily feed a family of five, plus they have always implemented the "model battalion, that strange political education system, and the cohesion and combat effectiveness of officers and soldiers are very strong." Each regiment is also equipped with a five-member medical team, and every catty and once a month they conduct a field race between regiments and regiments, and the soldiers who fall behind are usually cleared out of the main regiment and transferred to the logistics unit, and if they do not perform well, they will get out of the field with two months' salary. Every time they fought a battle, half of the captured goods would be converted into a sea and rewarded to all the officers and soldiers participating in the battle, and those who had made outstanding achievements in the war would be recorded and promoted, and the system, regulations, and treatment implemented were exactly the same as those of the An Yi Independent Division.

Recently, I have been studying the two teams of the Nanchang Garrison Division and the Huizhong Security Command separated from the An Yi Independent Division, judging that their combat effectiveness will not be much lower than that of An Yi's headquarters, if Ding Zhicheng, who is the deputy division commander, personally goes out, it is likely that he will bring no less than two catties of troops, and the regiment, they can completely do it with a four-day rapid march of 200 kilometers, "Lao Li, I didn't say you, you are clearly a capitulationist style, and cowardice before fighting is not the tradition of our Workers' and Peasants' Red Army!" Hum. What if he brought two regiments? Running so far in one go, no matter how good the equipment is and how strong the combat effectiveness is, it is the end of a strong crossbow!

I suggest that we simply sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight in this battle. When the two of them are exhausted from dog-eat-dog fighting, we will give him a dick! I don't believe that they are beaten by iron, even if they are really beaten by iron, they have to knock down three catties of nails, and we can't be busy for three days and three nights in vain with more than 700 soldiers in a regiment, right? Deputy Head Li's attitude was very resolute, and his tone was not small.

Li Xiaolong couldn't hold back any longer, and asked with a sneer: "Deputy Regiment Commander Li, no matter how heroic the Red Army is. You also have to respect the facts, try to make the most of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses to avoid unnecessary losses, right? There are only more than 700 people in our regiment, do you know how many people they have in a regiment?

"How much?" Deputy Head Li was stunned.

"They have five battalions under one regiment, a total of 2,800 men! It's equivalent to one pound of us, teacher! And there is a special brigade with a number of no less than 300 people, so I don't need to repeat the equipment and combat effectiveness of this special brigade, right? Li Xiaolong said helplessly.

Deputy Commander Li was taken aback: "Ah! This, so much? How can this be fought? ”

"You just can't fight! As soon as we do, our little money will be gone, so what will we do with the revolution? ”

Head Gong immediately made a decision: "Deputy Head Li." I judge that Ding Zhicheng will not take the initiative to attack us, and I also want to see how they fought this battle, if the situation changes, we will immediately convene an ad hoc meeting to decide whether to carry out corresponding actions, after three days and three nights of hard work, we can't say anything if we don't get any gain, and we will be laughed at by Commander-in-Chief Zhu and General Political Commissar Mao when we go back. In addition, I also have an idea to immediately convene a meeting of the League and Party groups to decide whether to send someone to contact Ding Zhicheng, and if everyone agrees, we will also join the war."

Deputy Head Li looked at Head Gong in surprise, saw Head Gong's meaningful smile, and immediately reacted, strode to the rear and gave an order:

"Guards, inform the instructors of all battalions and companies to come to the meeting immediately!"

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, Li Heng, the liaison officer selected by Li Xiaolong, came to the bottom of the lurking post of the special detachment, held up the contact letter signed by Regiment Commander Gong and Li Xiaolong and shook it a few times, and Gu Fengyi, the leader of the special brigade of the garrison division, strode down the mountain road. He saluted Li Heng, took the letter and opened it on the spot. Li Heng hurriedly stopped it, saying that it was written with the words "General Ding personally opened" and could not be dismantled.

Gu Fengyi didn't care about reading it on his own, put away the letter and smiled at Li Heng: "Take me to see your head Gong and political commissar Li."

"You Li Heng is in a hurry.

"Time is urgent, if this letter is delivered to our Deputy Division Commander Ding, it is estimated that this battle is almost over. Again, I know your political commissar Li Xiaolong, who was arrested at that time and several responsible persons of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, and I sent them back to Zhenjiang. Gu Fengyi, who is sturdy and martial arts, does not have any room for negotiation.

When Li Heng heard this, he hurriedly asked Gu Fengyi to wait. Fei also ran back to Bai'e Ridge in the southeast, and Commander Gong and Li Xiaolong quickly took four guards to greet them halfway, and before they could speak after shaking hands with each other, there was a sudden dense gunfire in the direction of Gaolong Town under the mountain.

Li Xiaolong and Regiment Commander Gong quickly ran to the edge of the cliff, took out binoculars and took a closer look, and now thousands of Hunan troops were pouring into the town from the east in confusion. Pieces of mortar shells chased the rear of thousands of Hunan troops and exploded, the whole town neighed and the voices of the people were boiling, and the battle flags of the garrison division were also raised one after another on the high ground in the east, north, and west directions of the town, fluttering in the wind.