Chapter Ninety-Six: The 5th Division of the Annihilation of the Independence (2)
It turned out that from the very beginning, Li Jiansheng made two strategic decisions: In order to ensure a speedy end to the war, one was to let the special service regiment send a battalion to eliminate the artillery of the 5th Division, and the other was to let his subordinates do everything possible to kill the enemy's head first, that is, the "decapitation operation" of later generations. These artillery prisoners were still being trained, and after a while, Deng Guangwu's herald arrived again, and he was also captured at the moment.
Mo Zhengwei, who has been with Li Jiansheng for a long time, learned Li Jiansheng's habit of not suffering losses and climbing up the ladder when he was given. After a little coercion and lure, the herald confessed Deng Guangwu's location, and Mo Zhengwei forced several artillery soldiers to fire at Deng Guangwu's location with a gun, and he achieved the first merit with one hand!
At this point, the 5th Division, which was surrounded by four Red Army divisions, was leaderless, and encountered an unprecedented artillery battle, and collapsed immediately. With the sound of "surrender the gun and not kill" everywhere around, one after another the soldiers raised their guns and surrendered!
In less than 40 minutes, Li Jiansheng solved the battle, completely annihilated the 5th division of the Jiangxi enemy, and captured more than 1,700 people! Li Jiansheng immediately asked the engineer regiment and the baggage regiment to be responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and quickly withdrew from the battlefield; The other main forces hurriedly packed up the necessary guns and ammunition from the ground, and the artillery of the 5th Independent Division was also put into use on the spot, and they all surrounded the 6th Independent Division, which heard the gunfire and turned around to find out the reason.
It was only more than ten minutes before a battalion of the 6th Independent Division came to see the reason for it and let Li Jiansheng's subordinate swallow it alive. As soon as he heard the report of Deputy Chief of Staff Liu Qiao, Li Jiansheng's heart was alive again. Because, based on this, he can conclude that this 6th Division is completely defenseless! And now that he has destroyed his eyes, this battalion that listens to intelligence, the 6th Independent Division is becoming more and more confused about the situation. In this case, it is not said that the 6th Division will definitely come to reinforce it, but it is certain to stay where you are and think about this change. Because in such an unclear situation, waiting for the result is the best way for them to choose!
This provided him with another opportunity.
Don't miss the opportunity, never miss it again!
Li Jiansheng decisively ordered: Immediately implement the second plan!
The units of the Red Eighteenth Army received the order of the corps commander, and the commanders of each division immediately commanded the divisions to pounce forward only according to the predetermined target. The Red 6th Division and the Red 7th Division marched rapidly from both sides of the 6th Independent Division, surrounded it like a huge pincer, and penetrated horizontally from the left and right sides respectively, directly inserting between the 33rd Army and the 6th Independent Division of the Jiangxi enemy. As soon as the two divisions met, the units immediately entered the position, the Red 6th Division attacked the enemy's 33rd Army externally, and the Red 7th Division attacked the besieged 6th Division internally, dug trenches on the spot, made bunkers, set up heavy machine guns to block the position, and measured the number of shots; erection of artillery positions and long-range artillery observation posts; The reconnaissance companies of the two divisions were immediately dispatched, and the spy companies of the two divisions were sent to the direction of the 33rd Army to conduct special operations. After only a while, the forward positions came into contact with the leading troops of the 6th Division.
Fire was connected here, and pre-battle preparations were methodically carried out there. The units directly under the Red 8th Division and the Red 18th Army Corps held their original positions and squeezed forward, striving to join the Red 7th Division vertically. The Red 1st Division followed the Red 6th Division and ambushed on the left side of the 6th Division, and the 4th Red Division followed the Red 7th Division and ambushed on the right side of the 6th Division. As soon as the units entered the positions, they carried out various pre-battle preparations in an orderly manner.
At this time, Li Jiansheng's usual and strong training, especially the advantages of 3 rounds of 30 kg weight and 10 kilometers of cross-country training every day were reflected, which made the physical fitness of all fighters improve a lot. No, everyone quickly maneuvered into place according to the set goal, completely encircled the 6th Independent Division, and immediately entered the position to make preparations in all aspects, and such a high intensity still made the soldiers orderly and unhurried, and there was no special discomfort. And at this time, the 6th Division reacted.
As soon as Li Jiansheng and others learned the news that the enemy had been surrounded, on the one hand, they immediately demanded that the artillery directly under the corps immediately launch a bombardment on the enemy, and on the other hand, they also immediately threw the heavy machine guns and artillery of the newly captured 5th Division into the battle. At the same time, the special service regiment directly under the regiment sent two companies with a radio station to quietly enter the position of the 6th Independent Division, striving to knock out the enemy's artillery positions and use them to deal with the enemy troops on the spot as much as possible, so as to provide assistance to the main force.
Zhao Menghao, the commander of the 6th Division, received information that the shadow of red bandits appeared on the front and back, left and right, and he knew that it was not good. This professional soldier, who had been in the war for a long time, immediately judged that the 5th Independent Division was completely finished. He regretted it a little now, regretting the short wait just now, because of the waiting just now, he put his subordinates in an extremely unfavorable situation in front of him; He was also a little surprised, he couldn't respond to the appetite of this red bandit, he had just finished eating the Du 5 Division, and now he was surrounding his Du 6 Division, according to this method, he clearly wanted to devour my Du 6 Division. This eats two divisions at a time, and the appetite is not ordinary! Another thing that surprised him was that the speed of this red bandit's action was not small, he had just eaten the 5th Division, and immediately moved forward for nearly twenty miles, and then came over to surround his own department, this kind of maneuverability is really staggering!
After regretting and being surprised, Zhao Menghao sneered again. The red bandits are obviously a risky move like this. It's done, and my division is over; If they can't do it, they will be surrounded by themselves and the 33rd Army behind them, not to mention all of them, they will also suffer heavy casualties! Thinking of this, Zhao Menghao was inexplicably excited, and immediately ordered all units to concentrate their firepower to attack forward and join the 33rd Army. Order the artillery to bombard the enemy until all the shells are blown up! At the same time, let the Confidential Department quickly contact the 33rd Army behind, explain the situation, and ask for immediate support.
As soon as he gave the order, the sound of cannons exploded all around, and the earth shook. Zhao Menghao was taken aback. Because he believed that this was by no means the artillery of his own troops, and as soon as his order was given, the artillery of his own troops did not react so quickly.
Unexpectedly, the red bandits also have such artillery power!
For the first time, Zhao Menghao felt a sense of powerlessness. For the first time, I felt that this time I was only afraid of some trouble. The sneer and excitement just now were all wiped out by this artillery fire.
It took a full 20 minutes for the red bandits' artillery to stop. As soon as the red bandits' cannons stopped, there was another cannon fire. Zhao Menghao knew that the fierce artillery fire of the red bandits just now should have almost destroyed the positions of his various departments, and when he heard the sound of the artillery, he secretly guessed whether it was his own artillery. However, when two shells exploded near his divisional fingers, he was a little stunned. Before he could react, a staff officer stumbled and rushed in, crying at Zhao Menghao: "Division commander, it's over, it's all over, the artillery is all gone!" ”
Before Zhao Menghao could understand how it was "all over" and how it was "all the artillery was destroyed", a shell whistled and exploded on the roof of the division's command. The house was blown up at that time, and Zhao Menghao and several staff officers were buried at once.