Chapter 68: The Ambush of 100,000 Ping (6)
Watching the 2nd Regiment crush the enemy's attack under the cover of artillery fire, Liu Hua smiled, and the telescope turned to the position of the 1st regiment.
The first regiment had enough time to build a position because the enemy was bent on rushing forward, and by the time the enemy understood that he had been ambushed and wanted to break through, the first regiment had already built a position and was waiting for the enemy's attack.
The commander of a regiment watched the enemy rushing towards him, did not panic, and calmly gave various orders.
"Order the artillery company attached to the division headquarters to carry out indiscriminate bombardment of the enemy's attack formation, and must disrupt the enemy's attack formation. The 1st and 2nd battalions were ready to meet the enemy, and the 3rd battalion served as a reserve for the whole regiment, providing reinforcements to the troops at any time. ”
With the order given, the artillery battery, which had been preparing for a long time, began to shell, and as soon as the shells fell, a large hole appeared in the enemy's attack formation. Although the enemy continued to replenish its forces, only one battalion of attacking troops had not yet exchanged fire with the Reds, and was incapacitated by the explosion of nearly a hundred shells, and soon retreated.
Looking at the orderly combat method, Liu Hua moved the telescope to the main battlefield.
After the initial concentrated artillery bombardment, the main forces of the enemy at this time lost about thirty percent of their strength, and with the addition of heavy machine guns, the enemy's losses were even greater.
At this time, there was no living person on the main battlefield on the road, only some corpses remained, and the remaining enemy troops were scattered on the hillsides on both sides of the road, dodging the flying bullets. Seeing the scene in front of him, Liu Hua admired this bandit army even more.
"Report to the corps commander, the reconnaissance battalion has called, the enemy's reinforcements of about two brigades have left the city, and it is Chen Quzhen who leads the team, with their marching speed, it will take about 4 hours to reach the 100,000 Ping battlefield." The communications staff officer ran over and handed Liu Hua a telegram.
So fast. Liu Hua thought secretly.
"Order Division Commander Wang to take two regiments to build a blocking position on the spot about five miles away from 100,000 Ping, and must be fast, resolutely block the enemy, and drag the enemy, so as to win enough time for us to completely annihilate the enemy. The 7th Regiment was ordered to immediately enter combat readiness, stop corrections, and serve as a reserve for the corps.
Soon, Division Commander Wang led his troops to the destination. At this time, Liu Hua couldn't help but have a headache when he saw the enemy hiding on the main battlefield, there were still four hours, and he must completely annihilate the enemy within three hours, so that he would have enough time to completely annihilate Chen Quzhen's reinforcements.
"Tell the commissar to let all the artillery shell indiscriminately down the hill, and to shell me wherever there are people, and to blow them up, and order the heavy machine guns to follow the artillery fire and destroy all the enemies who are stationing. Tell the commissar that enemy reinforcements are coming. Do not save shells. Give me a hard beating. Liu Hua thought for a while and gave a decisive order.
Soon, the artillery battalion, having received the order, immediately turned the muzzle of the gun and pointed at the position below. With the battalion commander's order, mortars and mountain artillery began to speak, and the landing point of the shells was like three straight lines, slowly moving forward, and the enemy lying on the ground at this time could no longer bear such fierce artillery fire, and they all stood up and scurried around, and they happened to become the target of heavy machine guns.
After about half an hour of shelling, the entire battlefield seemed to be groomed by shells, and the shell craters were densely packed.
"Order the troops to attack."
"Tick tock" As the trumpet sounded, the soldiers crossed the trenches and began to charge with rifles with submachine guns and bayonets.
"Chong" The soldiers roared, the soldiers in front fell, and the soldiers in the back immediately made up, and soon, the remaining enemies were compressed on three hills, looking at the enemies who kept resisting, Liu Hua was not so kind.
"Transfer the artillery company to me, and I must finish all the enemy within an hour, and the rest of the troops will clean up the battlefield immediately."
Soon, nearly 30 mortars were transported, and in the sound of explosions, a hill where the enemy's avant-garde gathered immediately turned into a sea of fire, watching the enemy rushing out of the sea of fire constantly being beaten into a sieve by heavy machine guns, and as the shelling progressed, there were fewer and fewer people who could be seen, Liu Hua ordered the artillery to be transferred and began to attack the second hill where the enemy gathered.
Soon, after more than half an hour of hard work again, all the remaining forces were annihilated.
Looking at the political commissar with excitement on his face, Liu Hua smiled, although he knew that his troops had suffered heavy losses this time, but in Liu Hua's opinion, such losses were worth it, especially for bandit troops like Chen Quzhen.
"Commander, we've won." The political commissar said excitedly.
"Commissar, you see that you are happy to tell you, happy is still to come? Chen Quzhen sent us another piece of fatty meat, we can't stop eating it! Liu Hua said with a smile.
"Legion Commander, what kind of fat?" The political commissar looked at Liu Hua suspiciously.
Looking at the political commissar with a puzzled face, Liu Hua told the political commissar about Chen Quzhen's reinforcements and the third division's blocking of the enemy. God help me, Legion Commander, give the order! Looking at the eager political commissar, Liu Hua couldn't help but laugh again.
"Political commissar, look at you, don't worry, now Chen Quzhen hasn't exchanged fire with the third division, you see you're in a hurry, hehe."
"Hehe, Legion Commander, isn't that happy? Next, how are you going to deal with the two brigades brought by Chen Quzhen! ”
"Political commissar, this is the case, I plan to let the guard battalions of the 1st and 2nd regiments, which have suffered the greatest losses, stay and clean up the battlefield, and let them light more torches on the two hills to attract enemy reinforcements, and also keep the gunfire here constantly, and leave the mountain artillery company to carry out a non-stop artillery bombardment to attract the enemy. Let him continue to attack the third division, and constantly kill and wound the enemy in the attack. After the three or four regiments began to attack, they detoured from the left flank of the third division to the left side of the enemy, and the five or six regiments circled to the enemy's right side to form a complete encirclement of the enemy. Liu Hua looked at the contemplative political commissar.
"I agree, Commander of the Corps, I will lead the left wing, the commander of the Plateau Division will lead the right wing, and Division Commander Sun will stay behind to command the troops here, and you will be in full command and responsible for controlling the time of the general attack of the troops. What do you think? ”
"Agreed." After listening to the political commissar's personnel deployment, Liu Hua hurriedly nodded in agreement.
"Then let's prepare to execute it now! It takes a long time for the troops to detour.? The commissar thought for a moment and said.
"Okay, order the troops to set off now, and at the same time order the artillery battalion to rush to the position of the third division with all the mortars, and tell Division Commander Wang that the artillery battalion can only fire together during the general attack, and when the enemy attacks, only one artillery company's artillery can fire. Execute it now. ”