In the drizzling rain in the sky, Hao Lei led the guard regiment, and according to the order of the commander of the Lin regiment, led his troops to set up an ambush in a river valley about 10 kilometers north of Jianning. The current strength of the guard regiment is 2,500 people, which is definitely the ace unit of the 1st Corps, not to mention that the special operations battalion is so strong, and the other two battalions are also the best equipped in the corps. The guard regiment had 25 mortars and 30 grenadiers. 6 heavy machine guns and 12 light machine guns. Lin dispatched the guard regiment to intercept the 56th Division to reinforce Guangchang, and the purpose was very clear, that is, to ensure that the 5th Division was exhausted and completely eaten.

The troops set up a blocking position on the mountain ridge and waited for the rabbit and the battle. Hao Yi held a telescope in his hand and looked forward and said with some irritation: "Regiment commander, the battle in Guangchang has been fought for several hours, why hasn't the enemy army in Jianning moved?" No, the enemy should have been dispatched a long time ago. "Maybe the enemy is slow, maybe it's about to appear. What are you anxious about. If the enemy army does not come, we will have peace of mind. Hao Yi said depressedly: "It's worry-free, but we can't even drink soup when others eat meat, isn't it depressing." Hao Lei was just about to reprimand Hao Yi, and an operational staff officer reported to him.

"Report to the regimental commander, the regimental commander is urgent!" After Hao Lei took the telegram and checked it, he immediately said with his eyebrows: "Haha, Guangchang has broken the city, and the commander of the Lin Corps ordered that we immediately intersperse a detour back to the south of Jianning to intercept the 56th Division's southward escape." Comrades, the battle was fought too much, and the troops were ordered to set off immediately. "The soldiers had long been holding back their strength, and when they heard that the enemy's 56th Division was going to be encircled and annihilated, they immediately became vigorous and vigorous. The regiment was well-trained and agile, and soon advanced in two directions to the southeast.

At the headquarters of the 56th Division in Jianning City, the chief of staff was a little apprehensive and said: "Division, if we don't reinforce Guangchang, how can the Nanchang camp explain!" "Tell me what you know, you found that almost all the troops who attacked the base areas were ragtags, and the Central Army hid far away. This is to let us serve as cannon fodder to consume the strength of the Red Army, and reinforcements are, to put it bluntly, to die. "Liu Heding is about 50 years old, and he is five big and three thick. Don't look at the vulgarity of the appearance, but it's very scheming. The department was adapted from the Fujian Local Security Corps and was a quasi-miscellaneous unit.

Liu Heding is not an idiot and sees it very accurately, he has lost several divisions in a row, and the Nanchang camp is almost indifferent, which is obviously a consumption of miscellaneous troops. "Master, I'm afraid that the 5th division is over, what should we do next?" "I estimate that the 5th Division will not hold out until dark, and now the Red Army is invincible and invincible, and the walls of Guangchang are not tall and strong, and it will be difficult to hold if the Red Army attacks. We could not follow the funeral and ordered the troops to withdraw from Jianning at dusk. "Master, how do you explain to the Nanchang camp?" "Let's just say that a force of the Red Army stubbornly resisted reinforcements, and my flank found that the Red Army troops were in a detour, and the situation was critical and had to retreat."

"Good idea, where do we retreat?" "To the south, retreat to safety!" At dusk, Liu Heding led the 56th Division out of Jianning City and retreated south in a hurry. About 5 kilometers away from Jianning, there is a river valley running northeast and southwest, and if the enemy retreats south, he must march along the river valley. To the left of the valley is a small river, and the hills on either side are very gentle, or more precisely, hills. There was no danger to defend here, but the Red Army won one victory after another, and its confidence in the enemy's battle was unparalleled, and in their eyes the enemy's motley units were a rabble.

Hao Lei led his troops to the river valley at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the enemy army appeared just halfway through the fortifications. The troops immediately entered combat readiness, with the special operations battalion located in the central core, and the other two battalions lined up on the left and right flanks. The enemy's vanguard was intercepted, and the battle broke out immediately, and the enemy vanguard was unprepared for a sudden and fierce blow, and the men who were beaten by the dense rain of bullets turned on their backs and were embarrassed, like frightened rabbits fleeing backwards. Suddenly intercepted, the enemy's large forces stopped advancing. Liu Heding was shocked to hear that there was a Red Army blocking force in front of him, and his head immediately became bigger. He believed that Guangchang had been captured by the Red Army, and the presence of blocking troops in front of him indicated that the Red Army's large forces had not arrived, and that the Red Army had sent blocking troops to intercept and wait for the large forces to outflank.

In fact, if Liu Heding calmly analyzes and thinks about the distance from Guangchang to Jianning, he will soberly judge that the Red Army will not arrive quickly. If you choose to retreat at this time, you may not be wiped out if you escape on the west side of Jianning. However, Liu Heding could no longer calm down, and he did not hesitate to order a brigade to launch a strong attack and quickly break through the Red Army's blocking position. Then a tidal wave of offensive was staged, and the soldiers shouted and charged. In less than half an hour, the pioneer brigade commander came to the front with a pale face and said in a panic: "Division, the Red Army's firepower is very fierce, the other side has dozens of mortars, and there are particularly strange small cannons. In addition, the opponent's marksmanship is extremely accurate, and our department has killed a regiment commander, two battalion commanders, and 4 company commanders, and I suspect that Ouyang Jian's troops appeared here. ”

"Nonsense, Ouyang Jian is far away in Hunan and is surrounded by heavy soldiers, could it be that Ouyang Jian flew here with wings. Immediately order the officer to change into a soldier's uniform and continue the attack, and if anyone retreats, I will shoot him immediately. "In the second round of attack, there were fewer casualties, but the strong firepower and strong combat effectiveness on the opposite side made the soldiers pay a heavy price. After dark, the enemy intensified their attacks, intending to break through the Red Army positions by taking advantage of the darkness, but to no avail. At this time, Liu Heding woke up like a dream, and it was impossible for the Red Army to reach Jianning so quickly.

Liu Heding quickly ordered the troops to withdraw to Jianning and retreat westward, it didn't matter where they fled, as long as they escaped and ascended to heaven. However, Liu Heding woke up too late, and when he withdrew from the valley and was about to flee westward, a large army outflanked him from the south and west, and the battle was staged in the dark night. In the chaotic battlefield, the Red Army soldiers were even more at ease, after all, the Red Army had been fighting guerrilla warfare for a long time and was very good at night warfare. As soon as the encounter began, the enemy army quickly collapsed in terror, and Hao Lei heard the arrival of a large army, and immediately led his troops to rush over.

As large units of the Red Army were thrown into the battlefield one after another, enemy soldiers began to surrender one after another. As the night grew darker, division commander Liu Heding saw that the general trend had gone, changed into civilian clothes and fled. Soon he led a dozen of his subordinates and ran into a forest to hide. The gunfire thinned out and finally fell silent. The sky was bright and bright, and Liu Heding thought it was safe, and led several subordinates out of the southern part of the woods. It should also be that Liu Heding was unlucky enough to accidentally run into a search detachment of the special operations battalion, and the search detachment had only 10 people, and Liu Heding and his subordinates had about 20 people. As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, they made a judgment, and under the accurate blow of the opponent's rain of bullets, Liu Heding's subordinates immediately fell 10 people.

Liu Heding saw that the big thing was not good, so he instinctively ran away with oil on the soles of his feet, but a bullet hit his head accurately. The battle lasted until noon, and enemy prisoners of war were taken to Jianning from all sides. After the battle, it was calculated that about two battalions of the 56th Division had escaped, and all the rest were annihilated. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Peng Dehuai and Lin rushed to Jianning, and the two drove into the city side by side, and a touching scene appeared. The Red Army soldiers were sleeping on the wet ground on both sides of the street, they were too tired. Although the soldiers were ragged and dirty, a sweet smile appeared on everyone's lips.

Peng Dehuai and Lin walked to a room and paused, and the two found Hao Lei and Xiao Feng, lying on the ground with their backs and sleeping very sweetly. The two of them had unshaven beards, dark and thin faces, and looked very old. Lin and Peng Dehuai looked at their beloved generals, with expressions of love on their faces. An operational staff officer stepped forward to push the two of them, but Peng Dehuai hurriedly stopped: "Let them sleep!" It's too tiring for them to fight continuously. Let our fearless warriors revel in the dream of victory! Lin turned around and ordered the guards to prepare food and hot water immediately, so that the warriors could wake up and take a hot bath.

With the destruction of the enemy's 5th and 56th divisions, the enemy's second large-scale encirclement and suppression was declared a failure. Then the enemy began to retreat, the enemy troops on the northern front withdrew to the Wuzhou line, the enemy troops in the west withdrew to the Xinyu, Yichun, and Pingxiang lines, the enemy troops in the south withdrew to Ganzhou, and the enemy troops in the east withdrew to the deep area of Fujian. The central base area was further expanded. The headquarters of the Front Army once again returned to Ruijin, and everyone wore songs and dances, and there was no need to describe it. In this situation, Runzhi began to flourish again and express his passion.

Runzhi picked up the brush and pondered for a while, and then the grass flew wildly: "The fisherman's pride, against the second encirclement and suppression". The clouds at the head of Baiyun Mountain are about to stand, and the cry under Baiyun Mountain is urgent. Dead wood and rotten plants work together. The guns are pressing, and General Fei is self-respecting. Seven hundred miles to drive the fifteenth, Ganshui vast Min Mountain Blue. Sweeping thousands of armies swept like a sweep. Some people wept, how much to do for the camp! As soon as Runzhi put down the pen, Zhu De picked it up and sang loudly, which immediately attracted a cheer and cheer. Runzhi said with a smile: "Half a month of continuous combat, we annihilated more than 60,000 enemy troops (including the number of enemies destroyed by Ouyang Jian), and achieved an unprecedented great victory. ”

Zhu De said: "Ouyang Jian has been ordered to withdraw to the base area, and the headquarters is on the way to retreat." Rest assured, the retreat route they chose was safe, although the distance was a little longer but unpredictable for the enemy. Ouyang Jian's call analysis: Lao Jiang is unwilling to fail. It will be believed that the failure of the two encirclement and suppression is due to the ineffectiveness of the miscellaneous troops, and in the next step, Lao Jiang will dispatch the most elite troops to fight in Jiangxi. It seems that Lao Jiang's tactics of consuming dissidents have fulfilled us, and I think Ouyang Jian's analysis is correct. ”

"Victory is not arrogant, defeat is not high, Ouyang Jian's mind is very clear. It seems that we cannot be carried away by the victory, and it is necessary to study the next step. Yujie, there is one thing I want to tell you, Xiang Ying and his entourage stayed in Yunshui County, and it may be Ouyang Jian's masterpiece. ”;“ Are you saying that Ouyang Jian did it on purpose? "It's my personal judgment. You find that no, Ouyang Jian seems to have resisted the decision of the Central Committee, and the most puzzling thing is that his move turned out to be correct later. ”

"I understand that he has learned the lessons of the past and is worried that the Central Committee will interfere with the military command!" "Exactly! Ouyang Jian's insight is extraordinary, his judgment is outstanding, and his actions are very ingenious. Take the suppression as an example, because we followed Ouyang Jian's advice, the suppression did not expand. However, the Jiangxi Special Committee responded in a letter that there was no news from the anti-rebellion group sent to the Jiujiang base area, that is, the Jiujiang base area had not launched a suppression of the rebellion at all. "Runzhi, frankly speaking, I am not interested in suppressing rebellion, and it is understandable to guard against enemy infiltration, but it is disgusting to be suspicious of everything in such a big move. Ouyang Jian boldly resisted, but I agreed. ”

Runzhidao: "I urgently need to meet Ouyang Jian now and talk in depth, many of his ideas make me novel, especially his grasp of you and my actions is very accurate, as if he has a heart." "The military struggle is very urgent, and the Central Committee will not agree to Ouyang Jian's departure from the Jiujiang base area." Runzhi sighed when he heard this.

It's late at night, and it's hard for Runzhi to sleep. He stood in front of the window and pondered, and involuntarily took out the letter written by his younger brother Mao Zetan again. The letter is very thick, about tens of thousands of words, and what Ouyang Jian did in the base area and every bit is recorded in detail in the letter. The words are mixed with Mao Zetan's experience and feelings.

Runzhi found that his younger brother Mao Zetan had changed a lot, and he was obviously mature, especially his views were very peculiar. It seems that the younger brother was deeply influenced by Ouyang Jian. Runzhi's eyes once again stayed on the letter... China's revolution must follow its own path in the light of local conditions, China's destiny must be firmly in its own hands, and only the Chinese Communists know how to fight. If the revolution is to succeed, we need a strong figure to step up and lead. Comintern ······. Runzhi was a little excited, and a warm current surged all over his body.