Just when the Second Army Corps completely annihilated Cili's reinforcements, Liu Hua and Guan Xiangying and the Seventh Army Corps had quietly bypassed Cili County and joined the reconnaissance battalion that had come to reconnoiter in advance.

"Xiao Gang, are you familiar with the terrain from Cili to Shimen?" Liu Hua looked at the battalion commander Liu Xiaogang who ran over and immediately asked.

"Report to the corps commander, the reconnaissance battalion has completed the reconnaissance of the terrain, and we are very familiar with the terrain here." Xiao Gang replied affirmatively.

"Well, okay, think about it there, is there that terrain here that can accommodate more than 10,000 enemy troops."

"Commander, there is a place called 100,000 Ping, it should be okay." Xiao Gang thought for a moment and replied.

"Let's go, political commissar, let's go over and have a look, if we can, the battlefield will be set up in 100,000 ping." Liu Hua turned his head to look at Political Commissar Guan Xiangying.

The commissar nodded.

"Xiao Gang, go to the front and lead the way. Let's go over and see now. Liu Hua immediately took the guards and followed the reconnaissance battalion towards Cili.

Finally, when the weather was light, several people rushed to 100,000 ping. Standing on the top of the mountain, Liu Hua looked at the hazy highway in front of him, and Liu Hua smiled.

"Captain, this is a great place! Looks like God is helping us. Looking at the 100,000 Ping who was about to become a battlefield in front of him, the political commissar not only let out a sigh of emotion.

Indeed, as far as the eye can see, the whole 100,000 Ping is like a cauldron, the highway crosses through the middle, around the two ends of the 100,000 Ping, there are two mountains, with dense woods, officially used to hide the good place for soldiers, and the whole road is 5 miles long, enough to hold more than 10,000 people

"Commissar, it looks like our battlefield is here."

"Battalion Commander Liu, send a report to the main force, let them hurry to 100,000 Ping, let the regiment commanders, division commanders, come over on horseback, and hold an operational meeting here in an hour, and send a report immediately."

"Commissar, go. Let's take a look at the terrain. Liu Hua said.

Soon, an hour passed, Liu Hua and the political commissar came to the temporary headquarters, looking at the dozen or so people standing up in front of him, Liu Hua waved his hand: "Sit down, where did so many rules come from." ”

After all the personnel were in place, Liu Hua started the meeting: "Let the political commissar first report on the purpose of our operation and the current enemy situation!" Liu Hua said immediately after the meeting was held.

"Comrades, the purpose of our operation this time, many comrades here should know, that is, to completely and quickly eliminate Chen Quzhen, the king of Xiangxi, to turn the entire Xiangxi into our base area, and to increase the room for maneuver in the future anti-encirclement and suppression operations. The mission of our legion is to eliminate Chen Quzhen's reinforcements in Cili County, kill and wound a large number of the enemy's living forces, and prepare for the attack on Shimen in the future. I just got the information of the cavalry company, the enemy's reinforcements have about three brigades attacking the strength of 11,000 people, just out of the county seat, it is expected to reach 100,000 at five o'clock in the afternoon, my combat goal and the corps commander is to completely annihilate the enemy, so we must be fully prepared, my words are all, let the corps commander arrange the combat mission. ”

"Comrades, the political commissar has already informed you of the situation, and whether you can fight this battle well depends on your performance. Now I order: a regiment is ambushed in the woods behind 100,000 Ping, and after all the locals have entered the ambush circle, they will immediately attack, block the enemy, and thigh the enemy's counterattack, and the artillery company of the first division will be under the command of your department; The 2nd Regiment was ambushed in the woods south of 100,000 Ping, and after the enemy's rear road was blocked, it immediately attacked, thighed the enemy's vanguard, built a position, and did not let the enemy escape, and the artillery company of the 2nd Division was under the command of your department; The 3rd Regiment and the 4th Regiment respectively built positions on the two hills on the east side of the road, the 5th Regiment and the 6th Regiment built positions on the west side, and the heavy machine gun battalion, artillery battalion, and artillery company of the 3rd Division were all arranged by the political commissar. As the luring force of the whole corps, the Seventh Regiment must block the enemy layer by layer between Shimen and 100,000 Ping, pay attention not to use heavy weapons, and must let the enemy's reinforcements remnants underestimate the enemy's mentality. ** Regiments, guard battalions, as the reserve of the whole corps, are always on standby, and are to be ready to cover the enemy's reinforcements; The sniper company hangs on the battlefield on its own and snips freely. Seeing that the regiment commanders stood up one by one, the order was quickly given.

Looking at the cadres sitting precariously below, Liu Hua added: "Comrades, this time we are facing a team of bandits, so we should not have the idea of underestimating the enemy, we must concentrate our firepower to kill and injure the enemy in large quantities, and do not think about capturing prisoners, without my order, no troops are allowed to attack." ”

"Yes, Legion Commander, resolutely complete the mission."

"Good. The wisdom sequence of this operation is me, the political commissar, Director Li Qing, the commander of the first division, and so on, and comrades, it is better to be mentally prepared for a long-term battle, and perhaps the next battle will be carried out immediately after the ambush is over. The Third Division of the Reserve Corps must make good preparations before the battle, you will go to the battlefield at any time, and when you go back, you must do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers, arrange the combat tasks well, do not have loopholes, and enter the positions before 3 p.m. to conceal them. ”

"Yes."

"Okay, adjourn."

Soon, the cadres left the temporary headquarters and rushed to their respective troops, and the atmosphere of war in 100,000 Ping became stronger and stronger.

Just after Liu Hua gave the battle order, Division Commander Zhang had already expelled Shimen County with many people in one night, although he had more than 10,000 people and hugged them together. Division Commander Zhang was still very cautious and sent all the scouts out, and in this way, he walked nearly twenty miles peacefully. Suddenly, there was a sparse burst of gunfire from the front.

"Chief of Staff, go to the front and ask where the gunshots are coming from." Division Commander Zhang hurriedly thought about the chief of staff in front and asked.

"Report to the division commander, the front found the blocking position of the communist army, the advance guard company lost several brothers, and the strength of the communist army is about one company." The chief of staff was just about to leave when a communications staff officer ran over.

It turned out that after receiving the order, the commander of the Seventh Regiment ordered the troops to hurry up on the one hand, and on the other hand, he asked for help from the reconnaissance battalion of the regiment, and the strength of that company was the strength of a company that Liu Xiaogang had just concentrated.

"Order a regiment of the avant-garde to capture the communist position, quickly, we have to hurry." The division commander quickly gave the order.

Indeed, just as Division Commander Zhang thought, under the attack of a regiment in the avant-garde, the communist troops of a company in the footprints immediately "fled from the battle," and soon the enemy's reinforcements passed through the improvised position constructed by the reconnaissance battalion and marched towards 100,000 Ping.

But at this time, after half an hour of rapid marching, the strength of the Seventh Regiment was constantly divided, and less than 15 miles in front of the blocking position just now, about two companies of troops were in full swing to build a position.

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