However, fortunately, because of the arrival of Li Jiansheng, this situation has changed. Huang Su is no longer the political commissar of the Red Eighth Army, but has partnered with Li Jiansheng and has become the political commissar of the Red Third Front Army. However, he is nearly 30 years old this year, and his personality is still hot. Fortunately, Li Jiansheng's temperament is softer, and he respects Huang Su more, and he can also cooperate with Huang Su well. Of course, in the entire Red Third Front Army, Li Jiansheng's personal prestige is beyond the reach of others, which is also one of the reasons why Huang Su is relatively relaxed in front of Li Jiansheng. Huang Su no longer served as the political commissar of the Red Eighth Army, and this position was held by Gan Weihan. Gan Weihan was the head of the organization of the Red Eighth Army in the official history. He has a relatively calm personality, is more rigorous in his work, and his thinking is also very strict, and he is a rare political commissar talent, but the overall quality of the Red Eighth Army is not as good as other legions, and the establishment time is short, no matter how strong his ability is, he is powerless to return to the sky. The Red Eighth Army still suffered this crushing defeat.

In fact, precisely because the main force of the Red Eighth Army is the former Central Guard Division, it has always been mainly responsible for the security work of the central organs, and in the eyes of Bogu, Li De and others, it is a baby bump. However, in fact, the Central Guard Division seldom experienced battle formations, and its combat effectiveness was not very strong, and after the expansion, the number of recruits was too large, and many of the new soldiers were peasants in the Soviet areas who had just laid down their hoes, and they basically had no training, so they could not talk about any combat effectiveness at all. In addition, at the beginning of the Long March, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission blindly blocked the news, and the Red Army soldiers did not know where the troops were going and where they would reach home. Many of the new fighters were reluctant to leave the Soviet zone, and some were pessimistic and disappointed about the future, leading to desertions when the first three blockades were breached. During the Battle of Xiangjiang, many new soldiers fled. Historically, the Gui Army claimed to have captured 7,000 Red Army soldiers, some of whom were wounded, some of whom were captured after running out of ammunition and food, but most of them were new soldiers who escaped from the battle.

Recalling these materials, Li Jiansheng sighed deeply again. After a while, I remembered that Mr. Peng had vividly compared the formation of "carrying a sedan chair", and I couldn't help but smile bitterly again. It turned out that when the four blockade lines were broken through in the early days of the Long March, perhaps the Central Revolutionary Military Commission knew that the combat effectiveness of the Red Eighth Army was not strong, so it arranged the Red Eighth Army in the middle of the marching sequence. On the right flank of the forward was the Red 1st Army, which followed the advance; On the left flank was the Red Third Army, which followed the advance; In the middle is the central column; The defender was the Red Fifth Army. It is this formation that is known as the "sedan chair formation" by Mr. Peng.

In such a way, the Red Eighth Army Corps, in the historical Xiangjiang Campaign, more than 10,000 people were assaulted by two regiments of the Central Army, and the troops were scattered. After Luo Ronghuan, director of the political department of the regiment, crossed the river, there was only one soldier carrying a mimeograph machine by his side, and even, as an old political cadre and a regimental-level chief, in that case, there was no one around him to protect him. This later Luo Shuai had to shoot the enemy himself, not only to protect himself, but also to protect some other soldiers. As for Zhou Kun, the commander of the Red Eighth Legion, after crossing the river, there were only 3 soldiers around him. In the end, there were only more than 600 fighters left in the entire Red Eighth Army to cross the Xiangjiang River, and even the porters and handymen added up to more than 1,000 people! The entire legion has gone to four of the five stops. Among them, the 21st Division completely collapsed, and the 23rd Division suffered serious attrition. The regiment was finally abolished and incorporated into the Red Fifth Legion.

Li Jiansheng once specialized in studying this history. He believed that the main reason why the Red Army suffered such heavy losses in the Xiangjiang Campaign was that Li De and Bogu had erroneous strategic thinking and that the central column was slow to act, but at the same time, it was also related to the poor combat effectiveness of the newly formed troops. Among several legions, the Red Eighth Army suffered the greatest losses, almost completely annihilated; This is different from the huge losses of the Red 1st, 3rd and 5th Army Corps, the soldiers of the 1st, 3rd and 5th Army Corps fell at the enemy's gunpoint, tragic, tragic and extremely glorious; However, the losses of the newly formed troops mainly came from the fact that the combat effectiveness was not strong and the enemy was scattered!

Thinking about the heroic spirit of the Red Army's pioneers, the Red First Army and the Red Third Army, who defeated all enemies with indomitable victory, the tragic feat of the 34th Division of the Red Army's Tieliu Guard Red Fifth Army in real history, the steady red imps of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, and the remnants of the Red Eighth Army Corps, Li Jiansheng's heart was gloomy for a while, and it was very unpleasant: I am afraid that such a unit can no longer talk about combat effectiveness! It seems that there is only one way to rectify the establishment! Perhaps, this will be the only way to save this army again!

Thinking of this, Li Jiansheng shook his spirits, chose a high position to stand, and then fired a shot at the sky, and after everyone was stunned, he shouted loudly at the group of teams that were still bombarding just now: "I am now the commander-in-chief of the Red Third Front Army, reorganizing you, who is not convinced?" ”

The team was silent. Li Jiansheng swept it with his eyes, saw that it was effective, and continued to shout: "I declare the battlefield discipline: those who do not listen to orders, kill!" Escapees, kill! Panic one, kill! ”

As soon as Li Jiansheng's three words of "kill" came out, the silent team just now was a little chaotic again. However, the condition of the troops of the Red 15th Division was much better, and some of the commotion was still carried out by the remnants of the Red Eighth Army. Li Jiansheng's heart was a little angry. His face sank, and he shouted coldly: "Qin Xiaoyu, the commander of the first company of guards, is out of the ranks!" Li Jiansheng is now the commander-in-chief of the front army, and the general headquarters of the front army has a special guard regiment, with Li Zhi as the commander. The Guard Regiment consists of three guard battalions. Among them, the first battalion and one company of the guards have been following Li Jiansheng. Qin Xiaoyu has now been promoted to the commander of a company, and he has already followed. At this moment, as soon as he heard the roar of the commander-in-chief, he stepped out and shouted loudly, "Here! ”

Li Jiansheng ordered: "I now appoint you as the captain of the law enforcement team, and all those who violate the discipline of the battlefield will be shot!" ”

Qin Xiaoyu snapped a salute, and said loudly with a roar: "Resolutely carry out the order!" Then he turned around and shouted: "The guards are all there, fire ready!" ”

This guard company is not another unit, it is the most elite unit of the all-red three front armies, and it is the elite of the elite. In the entire sequence of the Red Army, I am afraid that only Li Jiansheng's special service brigade, one regiment, one battalion, and one company can compete with it. As for the equipment, it was a good one, a Thomson, 18 light machine guns, and some brand new rifles. At the moment, Qin Xiaoyu roared, and the guards dispersed in a row, and 18 light machine guns were lined up; 60 Thomson submachine guns were lined up behind the machine gunners; As for the one with the rifle, he also stood in a row, a row of half-squatting, and a row of standing, and the No. 90 man quickly formed a gun formation. One look at this formation, look at the agile movements of the soldiers, anyone can agree that this is definitely a very well-trained army, and the order is forbidden!

Of course, all the guns are aimed at the rest of the Red Eighth Legion at the moment! Looking at the group of guns in front of them, the team suddenly fell silent.

"Comrades of the Eighth Army Corps, more than 10,000 of you have fled when the enemy is on the verge of collapse at the slightest touch, the cadres are panicked, afraid of the enemy like tigers, and the soldiers are scattered like a plate of scattered sand. A legion, up to now, has less than 3,000 people! Is this still a troop? Li Jiansheng waited for the troops to calm down, first glanced at everyone coldly, and then almost shouted: "What about your revolutionary fighting spirit? What about your heroism? Have they all been lost to the enemy? ”