After solving the two sentries, Company Commander Zhou waved his hand, and the reconnaissance company that was ambushed outside the town immediately followed, and the same thing happened in the other two directions of the town.

Company Commander Zhou took a multi-company elite unit and quietly came to the enemy's barracks, where a heavy machine gun was set up at the door, and from a distance, three sentries were lying together in the heavy machine gun position to keep warm.

Although they were more than ten meters away, Company Commander Zhou clearly heard several sentries snoring, and with a wave of his hand, the two soldiers quietly followed him towards the heavy machine gun position. With a few muffled sounds, the three sweeps lost their lives in their dreams.

The fighters of the reconnaissance company crossed the sentry and entered the enemy's barracks, and there were no soldiers assigned to the house, and at the order of the company commander Zhou, all the fighters threw grenades that had been prepared for a long time into the room through the windows.

Explosions followed by wails until there was no movement in the room, the soldiers kicked open the door, and all that remained was to clean up the battlefield, and a battalion of soldiers vanished after a grenade from the reconnaissance company.

At the same time, the enemy's battalion headquarters was also completely annihilated by the sneak attack of the guard company. In this way, the town fell into the hands of the Seventh Army Corps, and when Sun Xingbang came to the battalion headquarters, the 1st Division received the good news that the 2nd Regiment had completely annihilated the defenders. Sun Xingbang hurriedly asked the troops to radiate around, search for the remnants of the enemy, prevent the enemy from ventilating and reporting, and at the same time report to the corps headquarters.

"The corps commander, political commissar, the first division has taken Yanbodu and Longtan River and other areas, and completely annihilated the defenders."

"Well, political commissar, the first division has completed the task, we have to hurry up, strive to get to Yanbodu tomorrow, send a telegram to the second division, ask where the Australian dollar is now, and how long it will take to get to Yanbodu." Liu Hua looked at the communications staff officer next to him again.

The temporary headquarters of the Second Army Corps "Mr. He, the Seventh Army Corps is calling, they have taken Yanbodu and the surrounding areas, and the main force will rush to Yanbodu at noon tomorrow to ask how long it will take?" "The communications staff officer ran in.

"Call back, just say that the Second Army will arrive tomorrow night." Also, inform the troops that they will leave tomorrow morning at six o'clock and go to Yanbodu. Mr. He looked at the map and said.

The next day, from the sky above Xiangxi, there were three armies rushing towards Yanbodu. At this time, Xue Yue no longer had the energy to suppress the bandits, because the troops marched, the troops only brought a week's military rations, and at this time all the materials in Changde County were emptied by the Red Army, and the troops were immediately facing the danger of lack of food.

After Liu Hua learned of this situation, he immediately started a rapid march with confidence and boldness, and there was no need to send guards to the troops. Finally, after several hours of marching, the three divisions of the Seventh Army Corps all felt the meeting of Yanbodu. Before the Second Army Corps arrived, Liu Hua and the political commissar held a post-war summary meeting of the Changde Campaign of the Seventh Army Corps.

After this battle, although the Seventh Army Corps did not reach the situation of being wounded and bone-broken, the losses were still very serious, especially the regiment and a battalion that served as the main attack almost lost its combat effectiveness, the whole battalion was 450 people, after this battle 280 people were killed, 30 people were seriously wounded, and the rest were almost all lightly wounded.

In this battle, the 1st Division lost 420 casualties, the 2nd Division lost 215 casualties, and the 3rd Division suffered the smallest casualties, with 155 casualties, and the total number of casualties was almost two battalions.

"Now I order, from each battalion to transfer a squad of troops to a regiment and a battalion, in this battle, our greatest hero is the battalion, we must let the battalion maintain the best combat effectiveness. Some of the personnel lacking in the remaining divisions and regiments are to be supplemented by prisoners who are willing to join the Red Army, and the personnel of the baggage battalions of the logistics department are not enough. Liu Hua looked at the silent crowd.

"Nope."

"Okay, except for the division commander and political commissar of a division who stays, the rest of the scattered will replenish the troops."

After watching the regiment commander below leave, Liu Hua sat down. "Commissar, do you count, how many people are left in our legion now?"

After the political commissar asked a few division commanders, the data was handed to Liu Hua.

"After this battle, the whole division has been reduced from 19,000 people to more than 18,400 people, and the number of troops has been reduced by 600." Looking at the number 600, Liu Hua was silent, this is war.

"I'll leave you behind, just to give you a thorough understanding first, this time our target is not someone else, it is Chen Quzhen, the king of Xiangxi on our back, this time the battle will be commanded by President He, and now Mr. He is already on the way with the second army, I should feel tonight, what do you think?" Liu Hua looked at the surprised crowd.

"Hehe, Commander of the Corps, I don't have any opinion, General He personally commands, this time we will definitely win." Master Wang immediately followed.

"Okay, victory, at this time, for sure, what I want to tell you is that we must be extra careful not to cause too many casualties to the troops this time, and now it is becoming more and more difficult to replenish our troops, sacrificing a soldier is one less soldier, although the prisoners can be converted into the Red Army, but for the troops of the king of Xiangxi, we should not have too much hope." Liu Hua saw everyone's puzzled eyes and continued.

"Although this Chen Quzhen is the king of Xiangxi, he was born as a bandit, so the flight of the troops is particularly serious, and the personnel of the troops are particularly fierce, many of them are outlaws and have participated in his troops, so we don't think of it as the Central Army, although his equipment is not very good, but the combat effectiveness of the troops is very good, so we can't underestimate the enemy, we must minimize the casualties of the troops, do you know?" Liu Hua asked.

"Clear!" Several division commanders and political commissars nodded.

Okay, let's discuss the specific plan again, and immediately the conference room resounded with a burst of discussions.

"Report to the corps commander, political commissar, and reconnaissance battalion that the second corps has 20 minutes to enter Yanbodu." A staff officer walked in.

"Okay, Mr. He is here. Let's go out to greet us together, Director Li, there should be a lot of delicious food in the materials we have seized, let's [***] once today, how about entertaining Mr. He! Liu Hua looked at Li Qinghe and the political commissar.

"Yes, I agree." The crowd chimed in.

"Since everyone agrees, then I'll arrange for the soldiers and cadres of our two legions to have a good meal in the evening, celebrate, and relax." Li Qing said and walked out of the temporary conference room. Liu Hua led everyone to the outside of the town.