"Division commander, a telegram from the reconnaissance battalion." It turned out that under Liu Hua's order, the reconnaissance company set off on a war horse in the morning, and they rushed to the periphery of Taoyuan at about six o'clock in the afternoon.

"Division commander, after reconnaissance, at this time Taoyuan is stationed in Taoyuan with the 15th Division of the enemy's Central Army, as well as a garrison brigade of the Hunan Army, the reason why there are so many is because the Central Army is preparing to launch a new round of encirclement and suppression against the Red 26th Army. Commander of the reconnaissance battalion: Liu Xiaogang"

After reading the telegram, Liu Hua was stunned, in his eyes, there was more than one brigade of defenders, and now that there were so many more people Liu Hua sat on the ground and smoked quietly, "Send a telegram to the reconnaissance battalion immediately to see if you can bypass Taoyuan County and go to Yujiaping." Also, let them find a way to find out when the 15th Division will send troops. ”

Soon, the telegram came, and it was obvious that Liu Xiaogang had already found out all these circumstances. "According to reconnaissance, the enemy army sent troops to encircle and suppress the time, which is scheduled to be two days later. Among them, there is a small road 8 miles away from a building in Taoyuan County that can pass through the troops, but the baggage cannot pass. Looking at the telegram sent by Liu Xiaogang, Liu Hua smiled.

"Send a report to Mr. He and ask them if they know the specific time and route of the 15th Division's encirclement and suppression of the base area, be quick!" Soon, Mr. He was called out of the bed by the political commissar Ren. "Mr. He, Liu Hua asked us about the dispatch of troops from the 15th Division of the Central Army stationed in Taoyuan." Mr. He took the telegram.

"Well, it seems that this kid is ready to take the 15th Division, haha, political commissar, now we don't have to worry about the enemy army in the direction of Taoyuan, quickly, send him everything we know, and ask them what they need and help." Seeing Mr. He's happy appearance, the political commissar reminded him: "Mr. He, that's a first-class division of the Central Army, can Liu Hua and them be able to bite a reading master?" ”

"Political commissar, don't underestimate which Liu Hua, now there are at least 4 divisions of people who have died in his hands, and now he is strong and strong, he should be able to, and besides, this kid took the initiative to ask for it, I think he should be sure, I really want to meet Liu Hua, the hero of the Red Army, now." After saying that, he laughed.

After reading Mr. He's telegram, Liu Hua was not polite, and immediately said, "Send a telegram to Mr. He, saying that our department is in urgent need of battalion-level political work cadres, and there is also a shortage of a division chief of staff and three regimental chiefs of staff, please ask Commander-in-Chief He to help solve it." After saying that, he smiled.

"Mr. He, Liu Hua, this kid is really good, stretch out your hand to ask for someone, and you can solve the trouble you find at this time." After speaking, he handed the telegram to Mr. He, sat on the stool next to him, and drank tea with a smile. "Oh my God, he really dares to ask for a division chief of staff. This matter must be reported to the central government, and the reader is also directly under the central government! I think I'll send Guan Xiang, are they all young? Easy to get along, how's that? ”

Political Commissar Ren thought about it, nodded, and walked out to draft a telegram for the Central Committee.

"Chairman, what do you think, at the request of Liu Hua, Mr. He should be transferred to the Reading Division as the chief of staff, hehe, Liu Hua's kid really dares to ask for someone." Vice Chairman Zhou said with a smile.

"I don't have any ideas, Liu Hua's kid is too young, Li Qing's qualifications are too shallow, let them bring more than 10,000 people, it's really difficult for them, Guan Xiangying, I think it's okay, commander-in-chief, what do you think?"

"I agree with Lao Mao's opinion, and agree to transfer the customs to the past, although it is a demotion, but the reading division is no better than one of his legions, there are more than 10,000 people, and the weapons are good."

"Since we all agree, then I'll go and send the report." Vice Chairman Zhou walked out of the resting room.

"Comrade Liu Hua: With the approval of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, Comrade Guan Xiangying was sent as the chief of staff of the Reading Division, led by Comrade Guan Xiangying, and led by 100 political work cadres to set off tonight, and it is expected to arrive near Yujiaping tomorrow night, hoping to send troops to meet them. He Long, Ren Bishi"

After reading the telegram, Liu Hua's hands were trembling, did his arrival really change history, you must know that Guan Xiangying in history has always been the political commissar of the legion, and he was a brigade commander-level figure when he was in the Eighth Route Army, and now that he has become his chief of staff, can he not be excited?

"Bruce Lee, call Bruce Lee quickly, Liu Hua excitedly shouted to the correspondent next to him.

"Xiaolong, now give you a task, take your guard battalion, set off now, lead a radio station from a regiment, find Liu Xiaogang near Taoyuan, and let Liu Xiaogang send someone to take you around the county seat, go straight to Yujiaping, where to pick up the people sent by Commander-in-Chief He, tell you, there is the new chief of staff of our reading division, you kid be careful for me, don't have any accidents, do you hear?"

"Yes, division commander, I promise to complete the task." After saying that, he disappeared into the vast night.

"Call the two heads of regiments for a meeting."

The two regiment commanders soon came to Liu Hua and sat down, after Liu Hua's brief briefing, the faces of the two regiment commanders showed an ugly look, you know, it was a first-class division, 3 brigades and 9 regiments, more than 16,000 people, if you can't do it, the reading division will capsize this time.

"What's the matter, hehe, don't you have confidence, when the time comes, our three main regiments, and I'm still afraid that he will have a division, and I will scare you, I think so, let's clean up one brigade at a time, it's really not good, let's eat his two brigades at once, what do you think?" Liu Hua looked at them and said.

"Division commander, there is absolutely no problem for our three regiments to eat their two brigades." Commander Sun Xingbang thought of the combat effectiveness of the reading division and said affirmatively.

"But division commander, what about the enemy's other brigade, won't he come out for reinforcements?" Takahara raised his own doubts.

"Well, that's the question, that's what I think," after listening to the teacher's words, the two of them smiled at the same time.

Soon, the reading division immediately began to move, the two battalions of the avant-garde immediately advanced in the direction of the baggage led by the political commissar, and the commander of the third regiment also received an order, leading his first battalion and two battalion mortar companies to start rushing overnight, rushing to the vanguard troops, leaving only the third battalion and one recruit battalion under the command of the political commissar as the rear guard of the whole army, and at the same time approaching the baggage troops were also two artillery batteries of the artillery battalion, you know, in the end, whether the enemy's third brigade could stay in Taoyuan, it was necessary to rely on the 24 mortars of the two artillery companies.

The next day, until 9 o'clock, I saw the commander of the 3rd Regiment who served as the rearguard rushing over with two battalions, and after the two armies converged and rested for an hour, they immediately rushed to Taoyuan, and finally, in the evening, they finally connected with the reconnaissance battalion. Liu Hua thought about it for a while, ordered the soldiers to rest for two hours, and under the leadership of the reconnaissance battalion, they set off overnight, and finally at dawn, all the 7,000 or so people of the whole army bypassed Taoyuan County and entered the mountains to hide.

And the political commissar also rushed to the vicinity of Taoyuan with the logistics recruit regiment and the two recruit battalions who rushed to hide and wait for further orders from the division commander.

Just when Liu Hua was thinking about his next move, a report interrupted Liu Hua's thoughts, and he saw Bruce Lee standing in front of Liu Hua with a young cadre. Hurriedly walked over, held his hand and said excitedly: "Comrade Guan Xiangying?" Welcome to Reading Force, I'm Liu Hua, come, please sit, please sit. ”

At this time, Guan Xiangying also looked at the young man in front of him blankly, he couldn't believe it, just like a student, he actually became a hero of the Red Army, in the face of Liu Hua's enthusiasm, Guan Xiangying hurriedly reflected from his thoughts, "Report to Division Commander Liu, Guan Xiangying, Chief of Staff of the Reading Division, come to report." ”

Maybe it's because both of them are young people, and within a few minutes, the two started talking. When he heard that Liu Hua was going to annihilate the enemy's two brigades with the strength of his three regiments, Guan Xiangying was stunned and hurriedly reminded: "Division commander, I want to ask how many people there are in the three regiments!" Wouldn't it be too little to ambush two brigades,"

Looking at Guan Xiangying's surprised expression, Liu Hua explained: "Hehe, Chief of Staff, don't worry, these three regiments have a total of more than 7,000 people without their recruit battalions, and although it is a bit difficult to ambush 10,000 people, it should be able to take it,"

Looking at Liu Hua's confident expression, Guan Xiangying still showed an expression of disbelief: "Division commander, our number is still less than the enemy, you must know that the firepower of the Central Army is very strong, and we are far inferior to them!" The division commander doesn't want to be a love enemy! ”

"Hehe, Chief of Staff, you can't pay off the firepower of the interpretation division, I'll tell you, so that you can understand the interpretation division more clearly, so that it is convenient to command the combat reading division in the future, there are three main regiments, a recruit regiment, and a logistics department with a total of more than 1,400 soldiers, and the three main forces regiments each have three main battalions, a recruit battalion and an artillery company, the main battalion has a heavy machine gun company, the division headquarters has an artillery battalion and a heavy machine gun battalion, and the infantry squad has a light machine gun for each squad, and the firepower will not be weaker than that of the Central Army."

Hearing this, Guan Xiangying was stunned, the firepower was so powerful, "Division commander, I want to ask if there are more cannons and machine guns in the whole division" Guan Xiangying asked blankly.

"Hehe, it's not much, there are more than 100 mortars, about 150 heavy machine guns, I don't know the specific number of light machine guns, there should be nearly 100 or so in each regiment!" Liu Hua looked at Guan Xiangying with a shocked face. He knew how shocking such a powerful firepower was for the commanders and fighters of the Red Army, who had been short of guns and ammunition. So sit there quietly and wait.

Guan Xiangying was still depressed about transferring himself to a reading division as the chief of staff, knowing that it would be a demotion for himself, but now he doesn't think so, in such a unit, he is willing to be the commander of the regiment, and the entire 26th Army may not be able to catch up with this kind of firepower, if he knew that the logistics department still had thousands of rifles vacated, and nearly 100 light machine guns were not used, he would definitely be shocked to death, seeing that Liu Hua had been staring at him, he immediately reacted.

"Commander, I was so shocked just now, I really didn't expect it, hehe, now let's discuss how to fight this battle!" Guan Xiangying smiled embarrassedly.