Chapter 57: The Battle of Changde (4)

"Political commissar, just now I learned that Xue Yue is ready to retreat and return to Changde." The plateau ran over.

"Division Commander Gao, order the troops to arrange a pocket at the gate of the city, after the enemy comes out of a regiment, destroy that regiment for me, remember, don't fight to the death, retreat if you can't win, I will take the four regiments to set up a position 5 kilometers behind you, after you pull it, continue to look for favorable terrain behind me, we will block the attack step by step, and buy enough time for the regiment commander," political commissar Guan Xiangying said after thinking for a while.

"Yes, commissar, resolutely complete the task."

Gao Yuan, with the remaining five regiments, six regiments and artillery companies, quickly used the terrain to build a pocket formation, waiting for Xue Yue's arrival. "Division commander, the enemy is out." Political Commissar Chen Dazhong reminded.

After receiving the order to immediately return to the county seat of Changde, the vanguard brigade of the enemy army arranged the formation of its three regiments on a hungry stomach, rode on horses, and ate the snacks it had just snatched.

"Bang" With the sound of a gunshot, the brigade commander was so frightened that he rolled to the ground at once, at this time, the sound of artillery and machine guns rang out at once, and when he raised his head, he saw that his avant-garde regiment had been disrupted by the enemy. "Retreat, quick, retreat to the city." The brigade commander shouted.

Hearing the brigade commander's order to retreat, the avant-garde brigade immediately became chaotic and ran into the city one by one, regardless of the formation, and some even lost their guns. Seeing that the enemy was so indifferent, Gao Yuan immediately launched a charge, and the troops closely followed the retreating enemy troops. Seeing that the rout was approaching the city walls, Takahara immediately ordered the troops to retreat with the captured supplies.

Guan Xiangying saw the plateau that returned victoriously, and after asking the reason, he immediately laughed, you know, this is all caused by Xue Yue's too cautiousness, it turned out that Xue Yue gave an order to the troops before the attack, and when encountering an ambush by the communist army, he must shrink his forces and converge with the main force to prevent the communist army from breaking through, so that the plateau captured a lot of ammunition in vain.

The commander of the enemy's avant-garde brigade that retreated into the city was not punished by Xue Yue, because due to the timely retreat, only a part of the weapons were lost, and there were not too many casualties, and he was ordered to take the replenished avant-garde brigade in front.

After the battle just now, the brigade commander was particularly cautious at this time, sent a lot of scouts, walked ten miles with a face, and never found the communist army again, just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard a fierce gunshot. "Go to the front and see what's going on." The brigade commander ordered to the chief of staff next to him.

"Brigade commander, the front was blocked by the communist army, and we lost a company." The chief of staff came running out of breath on his horse.

"Send a telegram to the commander-in-chief, order the troops to prepare for the attack, and the artillery company to build artillery positions and wait for the order of the commander-in-chief." The brigade commander thought for a moment and ordered.

"Commander-in-chief, the avant-garde brigade sent a telegram, which was blocked by the communist army."

"Well, it seems that He Long is really preparing to capture Changde this time, hehe, I just don't know if he has the ability, order the 11th Division to reinforce the avant-garde brigade, and the communist army must eat it." Xue Yue commanded fiercely.

The commissar was lying on the hillside, the first wave of the enemy's attack had already been repulsed by himself, a company was eliminated, but 20 minutes passed, the enemy was just building artillery positions, why not attack? "Commissar, our flanks have spotted enemy troops." Hearing this, Commissar Guan's tightly knit brows expanded. Okay, you Xue Yue, you want to eat me, no way.

"Order the artillery battery to destroy the enemy's artillery position, and then retreat to the second blocking position, and the fourth regiment will follow me to find the next blocking position." Guan Xiangying thought for a moment and ordered.

"Boom, boom, boom" Suddenly an explosion reached the ears of the commander of the avant-garde brigade. "Brigade commander, no, our Peng Zonghe's position was destroyed by the communist army." The chief of staff ran over and said.

"What, so fast." What kind of battle has been fought for half an hour, and before he attacks, he has lost two companies of men and horses. The brigade commander scolded secretly.

"The commander-in-chief orders the attack." The operator ran over.

"Order a regiment to attack head-on, and the two brigades of the 11th Division to outflank each other." It's finally here.

With the sound of heavy machine guns, the troops on three sides began to charge towards the position constructed by the political commissar. 500 meters, no movement. 300 meters, still no movement. 200 meters, there was still no movement, and the head of the team looked at the quiet position, and felt hairy in his heart.

"You, take a platoon and take a look." The regiment commander pulled a platoon commander from his side and ordered.

Seeing that the platoon commander approached the position step by step with people and still did not move, the regiment commander was even more strange, could it be * retreated. The head of the regiment thought about it in disbelief.

"Commander, * ran away." The platoon commander ran over and said as if he had done something.

"Order the troops to rush forward." The regimental commander ordered.

"Brothers, rush,* run away," the enemy troops lying on the ground rushed upwards in a swarm.

"Boom, boom," an explosion rang out.

"What's going on?" The brigade commander asked suspiciously, seeing the group rushing forward. looked at the head of the regiment with gunpowder smoke on his face.

"Report to the brigade commander,* they ran away, they placed a lot of grenades on the position, and many of our brothers were tricked." The head of the regiment almost cried.

"How many people are lost?" The brigade commander asked in a whisper.

"More than 100 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded." The head of the regiment whispered.

"Send a telegram to the commander-in-chief, and say that the avant-garde brigade has captured the communist position. Loss of the strength of one battalion and another artillery battery. The brigade commander said quietly.

The chief of staff glanced at his own brigade commander, understood the reason for writing this, and walked towards the telegrapher.

All that remained was for the troops to assemble and replenish again, and it took nearly half an hour before they set foot on the road to rescue Changde again.

At this time, Guan Xiang, the political commissar marching in the ranks, listened to the report of the scouts who arrived with a smile. "This battle is really enjoyable, I didn't have a single one killed, and there was an artillery company that destroyed the enemy and nearly a battalion of troops, so it seems that the method of doing trickery and thunder will be used more in the future. Liu Hua is so good at this time that he let him get along with such an idea. The commissar was secretly happy.

It turned out that Liu Hua was afraid that the political commissar would not be able to buy enough time for himself to fight Changde and carry supplies with the strength of a division, so he told the political commissar the method of setting up tricks, hoping to delay the enemy's march, but he didn't expect the political commissar to use it in the retreating trenches.

"Political commissar, it's time for the blocking position of the senior division commander."

"Well, let's stay with the mortar company, and we will continue to retreat and take the appropriate terrain to build a position." Guan Xiangying calmly ordered, after the battle just now, the political commissar is now more and more confident in blocking Xue Yue.

"Commander-in-chief, report of the losses of the avant-garde brigade at this time." The chief of staff came to Xue Yue's side.

"Order the troops to continue on their march and speed up the march." Xue Yue saw the loss report, looked at the delay of an hour, and ordered with a frown.

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