Chapter 16 Rescue of the Red 34th Division (2)
Just as Chen Shuxiang was about to die with the enemy for a while, he suddenly heard a shout.
"Division commander, division commander, good news, good news, our reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming......." The excited voice woke up the soldiers who were resting along the way.
"What are you arguing about. Didn't you see that the soldiers were resting, look at you, what has become of you," Chen Shuxiang criticized the smiling staff officer in a weak voice.
The young staff officer did not stop because of the criticism of the division commander, and said excitedly to the division commander.
"Division commander, our reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming, and the Red Tenth Regiment is coming to pick us up. We are saved...."
Looking at the staff officer's excited face, Chen Shuxiang struggled to get up, and the staff officer hurriedly supported the division commander who was already seriously injured.
"Division commander, our reinforcements are here, it's the Red Tenth Regiment, they came to meet us, he is the platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon of the Red Tenth Regiment, Liu Xiaogang, he was just sent to contact."
Chen Shuxiang saw a young soldier with a submachine gun in front of him, walked towards him and saluted him.
"Report to the chief, the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the Red Tenth Regiment was ordered to come and contact, our regiment commander is opening the passage and will be here soon, please order all the soldiers to prepare for a break through in a while, and the report is complete."
Master Chen Shuxiang, who had a painful expression on his face, finally showed a smile, he waved his hand, and said with difficulty
"Comrade Liu Xiaogang, what's going on next, we shouldn't have so many cannons, let alone shells?"
After speaking, he looked at Liu Xiaogang with a puzzled expression,
"Report to the chief, that's our capture of the enemy's heavy artillery battalion. The regiment commander captured the enemy's heavy artillery battalion, hoping to attract the enemy's attention and attract the enemy to it, so as to open the passage and rescue the Red 34th Division......." Liu Xiaogang seriously told the seriously ill division commander what he knew.
After hearing this, the pain of the wound seemed to disappear, and he immediately said, "Quick, tell me quickly, be specific." ”
Liu Xiaogang told Division Commander Chen in detail about his regiment commander's rescue of the Red Eighteenth Regiment and the seizure of artillery positions.
"Good! Good! ....good Liu Hua ,.... with one regiment, unexpectedly....so many enemies were annihilated, it seems that the Red 34th Division has been saved. cough....cough...", he kept coughing.
"Senior Commander Chen, don't speak, take a good rest, our head will be here soon." Liu Xiaogang looked at Chen Shuxiang coughing constantly, and immediately said with concern.
"Commander, we have touched the enemy's position, and there is a company of enemy troops in front of us, who is preparing for dinner." The deputy platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon whispered to Liu Hua.
"Okay, continue to investigate, and when the enemy eats dinner, your reconnaissance platoon will kill the enemy sentries, and then Zhao Dahe will lead the three battalions to surround it, try not to use guns, and execute it immediately," Liu Hua ordered.
"Yes, Captain." The two quietly left Liu Hua.
At this time, Chen Revolution and Lao Sun kept scolding Chen Guangrong for being "unkind"
It turned out that after Chen Guangrong knew that these heavy artillery would eventually be blown up, he desperately opened fire, bombarding the enemy with heavy artillery when he was far away, and using mortars when he was close. You know, the Gui army is really rich, the artillery positions are stored enough heavy artillery shells to squander one night, and there are even more mortar shells.
Under Chen Guangrong's strict orders, the artillerymen kept loading shells, firing cannons, and retreating... When the barrel of the cannon was red, it was doused with water, and the artillerymen who watched it were heartbroken to death.
Chen Guangrong didn't care so much, except for leaving 12 mortars to fire intermittently, all the cannons were constantly spraying shells.
Chen Guangrong was happy to fight, but Lao Sun and Chen Revolution were not happy. Seeing that the first two or three hundred meters of the position was almost completely covered by shells, and the dense shells kept falling in the crowd, each shell could set off a rain of blood, but they still rushed forward without dying. But what's the use of that?
Under the blow of Chen Guangrong's intensive artillery fire, few enemies could break through such a dense firepower network, and even if they broke through, it was not enough for Lao Sun's two battalions to plug their teeth.
Some people want to say that Gui Jun is so stupid, yes, although Gui Jun is not stupid, but Wang Zanbin gave them a death order, you know, how much is human life worth now, as long as you win, there are weapons, the soldiers grab a handful, afraid that there will be no soldiers, so they are desperate to charge.
When the company of the 6th Regiment of the Gui Army was squatting on the ground for dinner, they did not know that danger had slowly descended on them. Suddenly, from the surrounding grass, countless soldiers skewered out, all holding rifles with bayonets, and all the bright bayonets were pointed at the soldiers of the Gui Army where they were eating, shouting in their mouths, "Surrender the gun and don't kill, don't move,"
The company commander of the Gui army also reacted quickly, and immediately drew his pistol and prepared to resist. However, he was quick, and someone was faster than him, and the deputy platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon immediately rushed over and dealt with it with a bayonet.
The remaining soldiers were taught a lesson in blood. Soon all the establishments surrendered. Liu Hua immediately ordered the guards to escort the prisoners to Chen Guangrong and let them carry the shells for a while, now Liu Hua is also proficient, and if he has human resources, he is a fool.
Liu Hua, who easily broke through the position, immediately connected with Liu Xiaogang, who came to answer. Under the leadership of Liu Xiaogang, the seriously injured division commander Chen Shuxiang was quickly found.
"Report to Division Commander Chen, the Red Tenth Regiment came to answer on the order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, please instruct." After saying that, there was a standard military force.
Chen Shuxiang smiled. Said weakly.
"Head Liu, you have worked hard. I... I thank you on behalf of the 34th Division... Right now... I order....34 Division ... Ensemble... Officers... Listen to all.......... Head Liu....of... Command. After saying that, he closed his eyes with a smile, as if his greatest wish had come true. Indeed, as a division commander, what he wants to do most at this time is to bring the remaining soldiers back and complete the task assigned to him by the Party Central Committee.
"Master Chen, Master Chen......" Liu Hua quietly looked at the body of Master Chen Shuxiang, and his saluting hands never let go, he still couldn't change the history of these people. Liu Hua sighed secretly.
Thinking of the teacher's deathbed glance, Liu Hua felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier. The expectations of Regiment Commander Shen Shuqing, the expectations of General Peng, and the expectations of all the soldiers of the Red Eighteenth Regiment, now that there is another 34th Division, I must cheer up, and there may be more challenges waiting for me in the future. Liu Hua thought secretly.
He took a deep breath.
"All the soldiers of the third battalion helped the 34th Division to bury the remains of the martyrs, I only gave you half an hour, and after half an hour, all of them came to gather."
After giving the order, he walked to the young staff officer again, and after asking about the situation of the 34th Division, Liu Hua was silent again, and all the cadres above the battalion level in the division were killed, only a few company-level cadres remained, and the soldiers were less than two battalions.
"The 34th Division is really fighting too hard." Liu Hua said with emotion. Thinking about what to do next.
Half an hour passed quickly, and looking at the hundreds of tired Red Army soldiers in front of him, Liu Hua left tears in his eyes.
"Zhao Dahe, didn't we capture a company of equipment, and that company of dry food, bring it immediately, let the soldiers replenish ammunition and physical strength, not enough under the mountain and captured in the rescue of the eighteenth regiment, just come in handy, give you ten minutes, let the soldiers rest, and set off in ten minutes." The first and second battalions under the mountain are desperately fighting? We can't afford to waste any more time. ”
"Yes, Captain."
Under the cover of the night, a special contingent quietly interspersed among the Gui army. They are special because there are too many wounded, including almost forty or fifty seriously injured, and many of them are supporting each other. Although the pain of the wound continued to torment them, there was not a trace of noise or groaning in the team, they were the Red 34th Division saved by Liu Hua.
Under the leadership of the reconnaissance platoon, Liu Hua quickly passed through the defensive position of the Gui army and ran into the guard platoon that came to respond.
Looking at the wounded who were carried, listening to the continuous roaring artillery in the distance, and the fierce gunfire, Liu Hua was silent, if he carried so many wounded people to march, how could he get rid of the enemy's pursuit?
Looking at the regiment commander with frowns, Bruce Lee, the commander of the guard platoon, spoke.
"Commander. What's wrong? Why don't you keep retreating? ”
"We have so many wounded, the march is too slow, the enemy will soon catch up, we have to think of a way!"
The head of the regiment, Liu Hua, said with emotion.
"Commander, just this matter, no problem, I'll help you solve it," Bruce Lee said confidently, and smiled mysteriously.
"What can you do! Say it quickly..."Liu Hua looked at Bruce Lee's mysterious appearance and hurriedly asked.
"Regiment commander, have you forgotten, we captured the enemy's heavy artillery battalion, but the heavy artillery needs horses to pull it, don't you know, we have captured more than 100 mules and horses, and Battalion Commander Chen left 50 horse-drawn shells, and there are nearly 100 left?"
Hearing this, Liu Hua smiled and praised Bruce Lee for making progress, and Bruce Lee was embarrassed.
In this way, with the help of nearly a hundred mules and horses, and under the leadership of Zhao Dahe, the commander of the third battalion, the Red 34th Division quickly disappeared from Liu Hua's field of vision.
Liu Hua took the remaining guard platoon and the reconnaissance platoon to the artillery position quickly, and when he saw Chen Guangrong personally firing the artillery, he saw a sea of fire in front of the infantry position, and few enemies could break through the artillery bombardment and attack the first and second battalions. Liu Hua knew that he was thinking too much, with such a posture and such artillery fire, the Gui army would not be enough to blow up even if there were many people.
"It seems that it's good to have cannons, but it's a pity that these cannons are there." Looking at the cannon with red barrels, Liu Hua sighed.
Just when Liu Hua sighed, Chen Guangrong walked over.
"Report to the regimental commander, the fire battalion is being ordered to run out of all heavy artillery shells, and in an hour, all heavy artillery shells will be gone,"
"Well, how is the enemy's offensive momentum now?" Looking at Lao Sun, who came in a hurry, Liu Hua asked.
"Regiment commander, at the beginning, the Gui army attacked very fiercely, but they were all beaten back by the artillery of Battalion Commander Chen, maybe the enemy suffered too heavy casualties, and now there are very few enemies attacking, almost no infantry, and they are repelled by artillery alone."
"Very well, now I order all troops to withdraw from their positions, take all mortar shells and a company of mortars, and leave the reconnaissance platoon and the guard platoon ......"
Half an hour passed. Liu Hua took the first and second battalions, escorting the prisoners with shells on their backs, and had left Xinwei for nearly five miles, and the direction of Xinwei was still under artillery fire at this time. What's going on?
Looking at the guard platoon and reconnaissance platoon that rushed back, Lao Sun, Chen Revolution and the others asked curiously.
It turned out that Liu Hua did not plan to blow up the cannons, as Chen Guangrong said, even if these cannons were not exploded, they were basically expired. So Liu Hua did not take the captured enemy artillerymen, of course, those who were willing to join the Red Army still had to be taken away.
After leaving the guard platoon and the reconnaissance platoon, they said to the captured artillerymen that our troops were hiding nearby, let those artillerymen continue to fire, and if anyone stopped, they would shoot directly.
And Liu Xiaogang, Bruce Lee and others quietly slipped away.
And the Gui army looked at the still fierce artillery fire, still did not dare to attack fiercely, you must know that just as they began to attack fiercely, they had already taken in more than two regiments, and they could only carry out a tentative attack, and they could not imagine that their enemy Red Tenth Regiment had already withdrawn with the captured shells.
An hour passed, when the tired half-dead artillerymen sat on the position tired after firing the shells, the Gui army also surrounded them, looking at their own artillery lying on the ground, empty shells, Wang Zanbin sat on the ground, and then the worse news came, the encircled communist troops all did not know what to do.
Hearing this series of news, Wang Zanbin was stunned at the bottom, who was his opponent. He couldn't help but sigh.