Chapter 14 Rescue of the Red Eighteenth Regiment
Liu Hua and his more than 1,000 commanders and fighters soon came to the riverside, looking at the Xiangjiang River full of corpses and the pontoon bridge that had been stained red with blood, everyone was silent.
How much blood of the soldiers is needed to stain this red, it is all caused by Bogu and others who recognize the marching speed of the "snail". Liu Hua thought secretly.
The soldiers walked quietly, and many of them shed tears as they looked at the miserable scene next to them.
Along the pontoon bridge, we came to the east bank, and from a distance we did not see any troops that needed to be received, only sporadic Red Army soldiers, carrying some baggage on their backs, chasing the main force.
But the sound of gunfire could be faintly heard from the direction of Xinyu and Gulingtou. Liu Hua immediately judged based on the memories of later generations: "Xinyu should be Chen Shuxiang's Red 34th Division blocking the enemy, and the direction of Gulingtou should be the Red Eighteenth Regiment." You must know that in the end, these two troops were basically wiped out, and Chen Shuxiang and other leaders were basically killed.
I hope that my arrival can change something, so let's get out of these heroic troops. Liu Hua thought.
"All of them ran forward, marched in the direction of Gulingtou, rescued the trapped Red Eighteenth Regiment, and the reconnaissance platoon went 2,000 meters ahead to reconnoiter and advance." Liu Hua decisively ordered.
Soon, Liu Xiaogang, who had gone out to investigate, ran back.
"Report to the regiment commander, it has been clearly investigated, it is the Red Eighteenth Regiment in front, listening to the gunshots, the number of people does not seem to be very large, and the ammunition is also very small. The attack was on two regiments of the Gui army, which also suffered heavy losses, and nearly two thousand men, who are now resting and preparing for the next attack, and the report is complete. ”
Liu Hua stopped Liu Xiaogang's report and nodded secretly, he was able to reconnoiter the enemy situation in such a short period of time, and it seemed that the reconnaissance platoon commander he chose was powerful. Liu Hua was secretly proud. 、
"Well, continue to investigate, and notify me immediately if there is an enemy." Liu Hua returned.
"The whole regiment was scattered in battle formation, with all light machine guns and submachine guns in front, advancing covertly." After listening to Liu Xiaogang's report on the enemy situation, Liu Hua wanted to give the Gui army a decisive order to come here again for a surprise attack.
Maybe it was the favor of God, maybe it was Liu Hua's luck that was too good, after the troops dispersed, as soon as they reached the edge of the Gui army's position, they heard the Gui army blowing the assembly horn,
Perhaps the Gui army, thinking that the * on the hill had become the end of the crossbow, gathered everyone together, and a commander was in front of him to give a pre-battle lecture, and the wounded sat next to them and chatted, not knowing at all that danger had befallen them.
Liu Hua saw such a good opportunity, how could he let it go? Immediately the order was to blow the trumpet of the charge.
"Tick tock" With the sound of the trumpet, dozens of light machine guns and dozens of submachine guns lined up in a row and immediately spewed out dense tongues of fire, and the dense bullets were like rain.
The density of the fire was simply too great, and before one magazine could be filled, a dense number of grenades was thrown again.
Because the formation of the Gui army was too dense and there was no precaution, as the guns rang out, the soldiers standing outside fell down one by one, and before they even got the guns in their hands, they fell under the guns of the Red Army with all kinds of disobedience.
The soldier standing in the middle of the line had just reacted and was about to shoot back, but the overwhelming grenade fell again, and he also fell in an explosion with dissatisfaction.
This can be said to be a standard massacre, except that it was the Red Army who carried the knife, and it was the Gui Army who was killed. The soldiers of the Gui army were completely frightened, and the clever ones immediately lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, while those who ran around were chased and beaten by machine guns and fell to the ground one by one.
The Red Eighteenth Regiment on the high ground, was about to fight hard for the last bit of strength when it suddenly heard the long-lost trumpet of the charge, and then a dense burst of gunfire rang out. Zeng Chunjian, the regiment commander who had been seriously injured, shouted out of nowhere: "Comrades, our reinforcements are coming, and they are all rushing." ”
The 300-strong Red Eighteenth Regiment rushed from the high ground to the fleeing Gui army.
There is no doubt that this battle ended with the complete victory of the Red Army, and I immediately saw Lao Sun smiling and reporting the results.
"Report to the regiment commander, in this battle, two enemy regiments were completely annihilated, 120 people were captured, 12 mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, and countless ammunition were captured."
Liu Hua listened to Lao Sun's report and became happy. The happiest person is Chen Guangrong, you must know that this is the equipment of an artillery company and a heavy machine gun company.
Liu Hua hurriedly ordered the formation of a heavy firepower battalion, and of course Chen Guangrong became the battalion commander as he wished. But he frowned again.
"Commander, so much equipment, no one! Yours for me, figure it out! He looked at his head Liu Hua with expectation.
"Why are you so stupid, don't you still have captives? Don't let any of them go, let them all carry ammunition, and then find some people from the whole regiment who can shoot artillery and heavy machine guns. Go ahead and execute. Liu Hua said to him with a smile.
"Yes, I will complete the task." Chen Guangrong ran away with a smile.
At this time, seeing several people carrying a stretcher walking towards this side, Liu Hua guessed that it must be the leader of the 18th Regiment, and hurriedly greeted him.
Next to him, Lao Sun saw the wounded man on the stretcher and said in Liu Hua's ear; He is the head of the regiment, Zeng Chunjian. “
After Liu Hua heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward, held his hand and said: "Commander Zeng, I am Liu Hua, the head of the Red Tenth Regiment, we are late, and the Red Eighteenth Regiment is like this." ”
After listening to Liu Hua's words, Zeng Chunjian said vigorously: "Commander Liu, it's not too late, I guess I'm not going to do it, you have to help me lead the eighteenth regiment." ”
After a pause, he said; "From now on, the 188th Regiment listens to the command of Commander Liu"
After speaking, he closed his eyes quietly.
"Commander Zeng, Commander Zeng" With the shouts one after another, all the soldiers of the Eighteenth Regiment knew that their regiment commander had died, and they all sobbed softly.
"The Eighteenth Regiment is assembled." Liu Hua looked at the sad soldiers and shouted loudly.
Soon, nearly three hundred people gathered in front of Liu Hua.
"Comrades, your regimental commander has died, I know you are very uncomfortable, and I am also very uncomfortable. But can we do this uncomfortable? Will the enemy give us time to be uncomfortable? No, they just want to kill them. , many of our comrades-in-arms have fallen on this land, under the guns of the enemy, can we give up? Answer me. After saying that, he looked at the warriors below.
"No," the fighters replied in unison.
"Good! No, then tell me what we should do. ”
"Revenge! Revenge" The soldiers of the 18th Regiment shouted angrily, and even the soldiers in their own regiment shouted along. Liu Hua saw that the morale of the soldiers had recovered, and waved his hand and said.
"I order, the Red Eighteenth Regiment now follows our actions, organized into a battalion, three companies, the fighters choose the squad leader, the squad leader chooses the platoon leader, the platoon commander chooses the company commander, and the company commander chooses the battalion commander, immediately replenish the ammunition from the captured weapons, everyone must bring enough ammunition, and set off in half an hour.
Soon, another elite infantry battalion appeared in front of Liu Hua. Zhao Dahe served as the battalion commander and Sun Manxi as the instructor.
Now Liu Hua has sufficient ammunition and sufficient personnel, and the firepower of the whole regiment is first-class in the entire Red Army, even compared with the Central Army, it is not inferior.
Liu Hua looked at the three infantry battalions and one firepower battalion under his command, all of them had a feeling of dreaming, not to mention Lao Sun, Chen Revolution, Zhao Dahe and others.
Liu Hua came back to his senses and ordered loudly: "Our Red 34th Division is now fighting a vicious battle with the enemy, so we can't stand idly by, because we are the Red Army, and the Red Army will never give up on our comrades-in-arms, so we have to go to the rescue, do you have the confidence to rescue the Red 34th Division with me?"
"Yes," the warriors shouted in unison.
"Okay, the comrades are all good, they are all real men, I order."
"Liu Xiaogang took the reconnaissance platoon to reconnoiter in front of the front, Lao Sun took the first battalion as the first echelon, the guard platoon held the prisoners, carried the captured materials and Zhao Dahe's third battalion, the fire battalion was in the middle, and Chen Revolution took the second battalion to the rear of the palace, and now set off immediately and advanced towards Xinyu." With Liu Hua's order, the troops marched towards Xinyu in an orderly manner.