At night, the brightly lit temporary headquarters of the Seventh Army Corps did not have a trace of excitement because of the defeat of Changde, everyone smoked cigarettes and looked at the casualty data in front of them.

After a day of fighting, a regiment that served as the main attack lost almost half of it, and it can be said that it lost a certain amount of combat effectiveness; in the fierce street fighting, the losses of each unit reached 10 percent of the troops, and in the process of bombing by the local planes, nearly two battalions of troops were lost; after statistics, a total of more than 2,800 soldiers were killed, more than 200 were seriously wounded, and more than 1,000 were lightly wounded, and all the lightly wounded did not affect the future battle.

Three thousand people, so the loss of three regiments of troops, you must know that at this time the Seventh Army has suffered the greatest loss since its establishment.

"Okay, don't be silent, everyone, be happy. Although we lost nearly 3,000 troops, but after all, we captured the enemy's heavily guarded Changde County, a total of more than 12,000 enemies, the loss of the enemy is 1 to 4, the most important thing is that now the main force led by Mr. He has successfully jumped out of the enemy's encirclement, and is now in the Shiqian area to hide and wait, ready to meet us. This time we captured more than 200 enemy soldiers, and after a certain amount of mobilization, about 600 people were willing to join the Red Army. “

Liu Hua took a sip of water and continued, "Now we have lost 3,000 men and horses, and some companies have even reached empty shells, so in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the troops, I decided to carry out a certain downsizing of the troops," After listening to Liu Hua's words, the cadres below immediately became a mess.

"It's all quiet, although we will carry out a certain downsizing this time, but I will strengthen the firepower of the troops, so the combat effectiveness of each division will be strengthened and will not be weakened. Now, I order, that the whole regiment be reduced to six regiments, two regiments in each division, and that regiment be abolished, and that regiment will be abolished and that the political commissars of your division commanders decide for themselves. ”

Liu Hua took a sip of water and continued, "After the reorganization, the three divisions were under the jurisdiction of the first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment and the fourth regiment, the fifth regiment and the sixth regiment, and each division had an artillery company of 12 mortars, a guard company, a reconnaissance company, and a sniper platoon. Each regiment has three battalions, a baggage company, a heavy fire company, a guard platoon, and a reconnaissance platoon. Among them, the baggage company was composed of prisoners who participated in the Red Army this time, and was equipped with infantry weapons. The heavy fire company consisted of a gun platoon of four mortars and two heavy machine gun platoons of three heavy machine guns. Each battalion has three infantry companies, a heavy fire platoon, and a two-mortar artillery squad and two heavy machine-gun squads. The company has three infantry platoons and a fire squad with heavy machine guns...... Each regiment has a total of 1,800 soldiers, and each division has a total of 4,000 soldiers, and all the remaining soldiers are sent to the corps headquarters to form a training battalion, with me personally serving as the battalion commander. After speaking, Liu Hua looked at the silent crowd.

"Since everyone doesn't speak, I'll talk first." Political Commissar Guan Xiangying stood up. "Comrades, I think everyone has a feeling that since following Commander Liu Hua, everyone's official promotion has been very fast, and I think many veterans on the Xiangjiang River at that time have become platoon leaders and squad leaders. I very much agree with the decision of the corps commander. In particular, training battalions have been set up to train grassroots cadres for our army. Although our army has now been downsized, its combat effectiveness will definitely be only strong and not weak, because the current soldier has passed the test of the battlefield and has become a qualified soldier, plus the corps commander has reasonably strengthened the firepower of the troops, so to speak, the combat effectiveness of the troops is now the strongest in the entire Red Army. The only drawback is the limited level of command of the cadres. Especially after the performance of this campaign. Therefore, the establishment of the teaching camp is imminent. Your division commanders must send those potential soldiers to the training camp, so that our Seventh Army Corps will become stronger and stronger. All right. I'm done, do you have any comments? With that, the commissar sat down.

Seeing that the cadres below were still silent. Liu Hua continued. "No one speaks, then I will give the order: order, the divisions must complete the reorganization of the troops by nine o'clock tomorrow morning, each regiment will send a baggage company to the corps headquarters to receive the necessary ammunition, and at ten o'clock all the troops will assemble outside the city to wait for the order of me and the commissar. Alright, adjournment. After speaking, Liu Hua was the first to stand up and walk out of the temporary headquarters.

Liu Hua stood at the door of the headquarters, looking at the busy soldiers outside, and slowly fell into deep thought, now that the Central Army has slowly formed a loose encirclement on the periphery of Changde, how to jump out of the encirclement?

Liu Hua walked into the conference room and looked at the map on the wall, and the staff officer next to him kept marking the latest enemy information obtained by the reconnaissance battalion on the map. At this time, an encirclement had been faintly formed around the periphery of Changde.

Suddenly, Liu Hua's eyes looked at the most prominent Li Jue. Because Li Jue was eager to make meritorious contributions and constantly urged the troops to speed up the march, he had now broken out of the encirclement for dozens of miles. "Order the reconnaissance battalion to immediately send the strength and marching route of Li Jue's troops."

Soon, the telegram from the reconnaissance battalion reached Liu Hua's hands. Looking at the telegram in his hand, Liu Hua smiled.

The next day, Liu Hua got up early. "Political commissar, I thought about it for a long time last night, I decided to annihilate the enemy all the way, and then we quickly jumped out of the enemy's encirclement and joined President He, what do you think?" Liu Hua was asked by the political commissar.

"Legion Commander, I think so too, but what about our enemies all the way?"

"Li Jue." Liu Hua blurted out.

"Hehe, Legion Commander, do you already have a complete idea in your heart, tell me quickly." The political commissar's eyes immediately brightened. Liu Hua simply said his thoughts.

"Okay, that's it." The commissar happily lined up the table.

In this way, under the orders of Liu Hua and the political commissar, the divisions marched at the speed of a rapid march towards the familiar battlefield of 100,000 pings. At noon, Liu Hua rushed to 100,000 square meters with the avant-garde.

"Commander, the cavalry company of the reconnaissance battalion has called, Li Jue's troops are now on a rapid march, and at their marching speed, they will pass by where we are standing at about five o'clock in the afternoon." The political commissar came to Liu Hua with a telegram.

"Well, order the 2nd and 3rd Divisions to speed up the march, and after arriving at the location, directly cover the ambush order of the last ambush battle to carry out the ambush, the artillery of each regiment and division will stay for their own use, the regiment will not be heavy machine gun battalion, the artillery battalion will immediately build a position, and all tasks must be completed before four o'clock. Call the commander of the sniper company. Liu Hua ordered.

Soon, the commander of the sniper company came to Liu Hua. "Report to the corps commander, commissar, sniper company to report."

"Well, your sniper company performed very well in the last battle, and this time, I have a very important task to give you, do you have the confidence to complete it." After speaking, Liu Huayong's encouraging eyes looked at the commander of the sniper company.