It turned out that two months ago, in order to adapt to the new situation of resisting Japanese aggression in eastern Anhui, the central authorities decided to set up the fifth detachment of the New Fourth Army in eastern Anhui, and the unit was expanded on the basis of the original fourth detachment and the eighth regiment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAt that time, the Eighth Regiment of the New Fourth Army had been directly under the military headquarters to carry out the anti-Japanese struggle behind enemy lines in eastern Anhui, and was not with the main force of the Fourth Detachment.

However, after all, it was expanded into a detachment on the basis of a regiment, so in the end it was decided to integrate several guerrilla units operating in this area and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Advance Regiment into the fifth detachment.

Although the unit was reorganized, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the main force, the Eighth Regiment only split up two companies, but the 16th Regiment was composed of two guerrilla units plus some new fighters, and was not incorporated into the old soldiers of the New Fourth Army of the original Eighth Regiment.

After the regiment was formed, in order to fight the first battle, after careful reconnaissance, it was decided to ambush the transport convoy of devils in the half tower of Liuhe. Unexpectedly, the battle began, and more than 30 devils who were responsible for transporting the baggage resisted desperately, relying on their cars to wait for help.

The battle lasted for an hour, and the reinforcements of the devils arrived quickly, and the sixteenth regiment had to withdraw from the battle.

In this battle, not only failed to eliminate the devils, but also caused more than 60 casualties in the 16th Regiment, and even Commander Wang was seriously injured.

After the troops withdrew to Sujiatang, the morale of the whole regiment was low.

"Lao Guo, it doesn't matter if the troops don't fight well, the important thing is to fight the next battle. Now that the morale of the whole regiment is low, I think that a victory is very much needed to boost morale, and at the same time to strengthen the equipment of our regiment through capture. You must know that without good equipment and excellent quality, our troops will not have the confidence to fight tough battles. After listening to Guo Sizhong's introduction, Liu Tianshu pondered for a while and said.

The whole regiment said that it was three battalions, but in fact there were only two companies in the three battalions, and each company had only more than 70 people. To be honest, such troops and equipment are not even comparable to one of his battalions in Fuya Mountain.

Jin Zhenbiao's battalion has three infantry companies, a machine gun company and an artillery platoon, plus logistics, reconnaissance, and so on, and the total strength of the battalion has reached 700 people, and the weapons and equipment are far higher than those of the 16 th Regiment.

Not to mention anything else, one of Kim Zhenbiao's battalions has nine heavy machine guns alone, not to mention mortar grenadiers, etc. According to Liu Tianshu's understanding, the 16th Regiment had only three Czech light machine guns in the whole regiment, and the ammunition was seriously insufficient, and as for the mortars and heavy machine guns, there was not even a shadow to be seen.

"Commander Liu, according to our intelligence, the devils are now proficient, and the convoy that transports supplies has at least two cars, and each car has crooked handles, and there are nearly twenty devils escorted by each car. Besides, as long as the battle starts, the nearby devils will be able to arrive within forty minutes at most, and this battle is really not easy to fight. Political Commissar Guo said distressedly.

"The situation you said is really serious, so I'll go and reconnoiter it myself tomorrow." Liu Tianshu thought about it, and was still going to understand the situation first.

In the evening, Liu Tianshu looked at the information provided by Political Commissar Guo and carefully studied the cadres under his command.

Tong Guijie, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 16th Regiment, male, 30 years old, former guerrilla leader. Instructor Hua Chunyang, deputy battalion commander Xiong Baguo.

A company of long Zhishui, instructor Sheng Ming.

The second company commander Gui Xuebing, instructor Zhou Hu

The commander of the third company, Yan Qimu, and the instructor Yang Bowen.

Second Battalion Commander Xie Pingcai, Instructor Jiang Xianhua, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Guozhao.

The fourth company commander Zuo Guanglong, instructor Han Cheng.

Li Tianyi, the commander of the fifth company, and Guo Sinian, the instructor.

Sixth Company Commander Ling Yixuan, Instructor Jia Chaodong

The commander of the third battalion, Ou Biaofei, and the instructor Shen Xiaocong

Seventh Company Commander Hou Yifang, Instructor Wang Shizhu

Sun Guang, the commander of the eighth company, and Fu Bing, the instructor.

Looking at these lists, Liu Tianshu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Among these battalion and company cadres, Tong Guijie and Sheng Ming were old Red Army members, Xie Pingcai joined the revolutionary team after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and Ou Biaofei, the commander of the third battalion, was an underground party member before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

Early the next morning, Liu Tianshu called Tong Guijie, took a few soldiers to disguise themselves as ordinary people, and came to the vicinity of a highway sixty miles away from Sujiatang.

Although this highway is not an artery, it is a passage from Nanjing to Hefei, and the devils have also built no data points along this highway.

Looking at the Sunjiazhuang stronghold on the side of the highway under the mountain, Liu Tianshu asked Tong Guijie while recording in the notebook, and then several people walked along the side of the highway to the Majiaji stronghold.

There, Liu Tianshu stared at the stronghold for forty minutes, and then returned to Sujiatang with Tong Guijie and his party.

In the next two days, Liu Tianshu handed over the daily training of the troops to Liu Tianneng, the deputy commander of the regiment, and stared at the map of the regiment headquarters, constantly deliberating the next action plan.

Two days later, Liu Tianshu called Political Commissar Guo and Deputy Head Liu.

"Lao Guo, Lao Liu, according to the information we get, the devil's car transporting supplies once every five days, I saw it on the spot, from Sunjiazhuang to Majiaji, a total of fifteen miles, that is to say, the devil's car came out of the Sunjiazhuang stronghold and arrived at the Majiaji stronghold, it takes at least twenty minutes, and this section of the road has to be crossed from Yemagou. The road there was lined with mountains on both sides, making it easy for us to ambush. I've decided to ambush the devil's convoy here tomorrow, come, you two come and see. After Liu Tianshu said the combat mission, he called the two to the table, pointed to the sketch he had drawn and began to talk about the battle plan.

According to Liu Tianshu's plan, let a battalion and a company quietly move to the vicinity of the Sunjiazhuang stronghold, and wait for the devil's transport convoy to leave the stronghold 15 minutes before launching a feint attack on the Sunjiazhuang stronghold. Twenty minutes later withdrew from the battle. The 1st Battalion and 2nd Company carried out a feint attack on the Majiaji stronghold, and also withdrew from the battle after 20 minutes.

The second battalion set up an ambush in Yema Ditch, and when the devil's transport convoy entered Yema Ditch, it immediately attacked and destroyed the enemy in the shortest possible time to end the battle. The three battalions and two companies were responsible for digging up the road from the wild horses to Sunjiazhuang and Majiaji after the battle began, so as to delay the reinforcements of the devils.

For the sake of this battle, Liu Tianshu decided to throw the whole regiment into battle.

"Commander Liu, do you want to report the battle plan to Commander Luo?" After listening to Liu Tianshu's words, Political Commissar Guo looked at him and said.

"I'll wait until the battle is over to report, when I left the detachment headquarters and came to the regiment, Commander Luo had already given me the right to choose fighters freely." Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.

In order for the 16th Regiment to cheer up as soon as possible, Commander Luo promised to let Liu Tianshu deal with it on the spot, and did not necessarily ask for instructions on everything first.

"That's okay, I'll personally command the second battalion to be responsible for the ambush." When Political Commissar Guo heard Liu Tianshu's words, he gritted his teeth and said.

"Hehe, you don't have to fight with me about the ambush, just this little devil, I Liu Tianshu haven't paid attention to it. In this way, we are sixty miles away from the battlefield this time, and you can just wait at home for my good news. By the way, Lao Liu, the devils of Ma Jiaji have a squad, plus the Imperial Association Army has nearly 200 people, in this way, you go to the first battalion and the second company to take command, remember that you must retreat after the battle starts for a maximum of twenty minutes. If the devil comes out of the stronghold to counterattack, you can retreat in advance, don't give the devil a hard fight, you just need to disturb the devil. Liu Tianshu looked at the two and said. 、

When Lao Guo heard that he was asked to stay at home, he immediately said in a hurry: "Commander Liu, since you want to personally command the ambush, then I will go to the first battalion and one company to be responsible for the feint attack on the stronghold of Sunjiazhuang." ”

This battle is related to the morale of the whole regiment, where does Guo Sizhong have the heart to wait at home.

"It's okay, Lao Guo, remember, you are just feints, just add some pressure to the devils, don't be entangled by the devils, even if the devils don't come out, you must retreat within twenty minutes." Liu Tianshu solemnly emphasized.

He is only responsible for containing twenty minutes, plus the time on the devil's road, the time left for Liu Tianshu is only an hour at most, in such a short time, can Captain Liu really eat the devil's transport team?

Seeing the situation that the two of them were worried about, Liu Tianshu said with a smile: "At most, it is a devil in a squad, you don't have to worry." By the way, find a warrior and help me press the bullets then, and I'll meet these devils myself. ”

At the meeting, he arranged the combat mission in a solemn tone, demanding that the three battalions must rush to their respective locations tonight and make combat preparations at the same time.

Xie Ping didn't expect the regiment commander to name the second battalion to ambush the devil's transport team, and he was immediately very excited, looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Commander Liu, don't worry, even if our battalion is exhausted, we will complete this ambush mission." ”

Hearing his words, Liu Tianshu frowned, looked at Xie Pingcai and said, "Battalion Commander Xie, we are fighting devils, not fighting devils, I will personally command this ambush." Also, as commanders, you are responsible for the lives of your soldiers in every battle, and I don't want a victory with huge casualties. Here I emphasize once again that the task of the 1st and 3rd Battalions is to contain, not block, and we must not fight hard with the devils, and I do not want any casualties among your two battalions. ”

After assigning the task, Liu Tianshu left the cadres of the second battalion, and then asked the battalion commander Xie Pingcai, instructor Jiang Xianhua, deputy regiment commander Wang Guozhao, fourth company commander Zuo Guanglong, fifth company commander Li Tianyi, and sixth company commander Ling Yixuan around the sketch on the table and said: "Battalion Commander Xie, this time we chose the location of the ambush in Yemagou, the fourth company was ambushed in the mountains and forests north of the road, the fifth company was ambushed on the hill south of the road, and the sixth company was kept in preparation. Remember, the devil's convoy is a maximum of three vehicles, that is, a maximum of fifty meters apart, so the ambush area of the fourth and fifth companies is a hundred meters on both sides of the road. After the battle starts, try to eliminate the devils with bullets, and the whole battalion cannot charge without my orders. Comrade Xie Pingcai went to the 4th Company, Comrade Wang Guozhao went to the 5th Company, and Comrade Jiang Xianhua and the 6th Company remained prepared, and once the battle was over, they were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and transporting the loot. Remember, I don't want to be taken prisoner in this battle, only to win. ”

Liu Tianshu said in the end, his tone was full of an indescribable momentum. (To be continued.) )