Now the military flag of the Third Division has been floating over Anren, and it can be said that Anren is already the territory of the revolutionary army.

But the soldiers still did not rest, they had to hurry up to dig trenches, repair bunkers, clean the battlefield, collect prisoners, and treat the wounded.

At this moment, the lights in the headquarters were bright, and the officers above the battalion level of the third division were honestly sitting on their stools and not saying a word.

Cao Yuan held a piece of paper in his hand and said clearly, "In this battle, our army destroyed a total of 3,000 enemies, captured more than 300 enemies, sacrificed more than 800 people, injured more than 200 people, obtained more than 5,000 rifles, 28 machine guns, two mountain artillery, and bullets.

, Liu Yuan held a cigarette in his hand, looked at the map silently, as if thinking about something, and the officers who were familiar with Liu Yuan knew that the boss was in a bad mood now.

Guan Linzheng pushed Du Yuming, who also didn't say a word next to him, "Guangting, which grandson told the division commander about the retreat, such a good fighter, if you don't say it, there will be no more." ”

Du Yuming glared at Guan Linzheng fiercely, and Guan Linzheng realized that he was angry with the troops and was not talking.

The first to speak was Nie Rongzhen, there are CPs in Liu Yuan's troops, but they are all party representatives or something, but they never discriminate in the Third Division, as long as you are right, no one will refute you.

In the past, Nie Rongzhen's temper was very good, but today he also angrily touched the table, first pointed at a few regiment commanders and scolded, "How did you become the regiment commander, why did you make the recruits rush the formation, why did you not attack according to the military academy discipline, why did you not snipe at all, why did the machine gunner hold a bayonet instead of a machine gun in his hand, why did the communication be interrupted, why did your soldiers die tragically on the battlefield for no reason, and you are still standing here alive." ”

The more Nie Rongzhen spoke, the more angry he became, and he pointed to a few regiment commanders and scolded, "What do you want, why do you become regiment leaders, and how do you usually educate you, write a review for me, write a review." No, there are also demerits. As soon as Nie Rongzhen said this, many people's faces darkened, the Third Division is different from other troops, if it is demerited, it will be difficult to appreciate in the future.

Li Erniu pushed Liu Yuan on the side, and Liu Yuan came out of the silence, looked at the expectant eyes of his subordinates, and roughly understood what it meant.

stepped forward and patted Nie Rongzhen on the shoulder, "Forget it, blame me for this matter, I was busy with the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Zhongshan Ship some time ago, and the time I spent with my brothers was a little short." As for the casualties that occurred this time, I will ask the commander for instructions and take all the responsibility. ”

Wang Shihe, the combat staff officer who had just joined the Third Division, stood up and said, "Sir's one-to-three battle loss, this is already a very good record, why should you be so bothered. ”

Hu Zongnan shook his head at Wang Shihe, motioned for him to go down, and said to Liu Yuan, "The main blame for this matter is me, I have been in the third division for the longest time, but I didn't take them well." I didn't pay the responsibility, and I'll admit it. ”

Wang Yaowu didn't understand what was going on, but he let Ning Bo push him out, and said in his ear, "I want to stay in the third division and admit my mistakes." ”

Although Wang Yaowu was arrogant, he was still a smart man, and Ning Bo pushed him, and he immediately understood what was going on.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this casualty is mainly caused by us, and on behalf of our new officers, I ask for punishment."

Liu Yuan glanced at Wang Yaowu suspiciously, and when he saw Ning Bo with a wicked smile on his face, he knew what was going on. nodded and said, "Well, for your punishment, after we discussed, let you go to the bottom to exercise and become privates, I don't know if you are willing to do it." Liu Yuan asked.

"I accept the punishment." Although Wang Yaowu was still a little sad when he heard the news, he finally accepted it, and he also understood what Guan Linzheng's words just now meant. Although the young officers below were a little dissatisfied, they did not dare to talk nonsense.

Since someone came out to accept the mistake, Liu Yuan will not be held accountable, Liu Yuan said, "I think everyone has an understanding of the series of mistakes that occurred on the battlefield this time, so I won't say much about it, just one sentence, all the mistakes of the commanders on the battlefield must be borne with the lives of the brothers." The Chief of Staff will now announce the following operational plan. After speaking, he sat there and was silent again, Liu Yuan was in a bad mood and sat down again without saying a word.

Chief of Staff Cao Yuan, pointing to the map, said, Huangmaopu and Lutian are not very far from here, according to the intelligence of Commander Tang Shengzhi, there are about 25,000 people here, and with the remnants of Xie Wenbing, they still have more than 30,000 people, so the enemy's strength still has a great advantage over us.

Moreover, we marched rapidly for several days in a row, and we never received any news, and after a bitter battle just now, after the calculations of the General Staff, the soldiers' physical strength had reached the limit and were not suitable for continuing the battle, which is also the reason why the order to retreat was just announced.

After listening to Cao Yuan's words, the leaders below nodded and understood what was going on.

Cao Yuan continued, "We don't fight them, but it doesn't mean that they won't fight us, so we must seize the time to rest the fortifications now and prepare to meet the enemy, and at the same time there is good news, the independent regiment of the Fourth Army, Commander Ye Ting, leads the independent regiment with 3,000 people, and a convoy of chauffeurs, which will arrive before dawn tomorrow." The division commander had already made contact with them, and they said that they were lying in ambush in a nearby mountain pass, and when Xie Wenbing came to attack, they would spare them behind enemy lines and flank the enemy with us. ”

"What, isn't the Independent Regiment disbanded? How did another independent regiment come out? "Guan Linzheng, as a fierce man who participated in the military exercise with Liu Yuan back then, has always been angry about Liu Yuan's shooting incident, so when he heard about the independent regiment, he had a feeling of being deceived.

"For this independent regiment, I know that this is a newly established team, which is completely different from the original independent regiment, many CP officers who were expelled from the first army in the sorting out of party affairs, and party representatives have joined this newly established independent regiment, and some outstanding graduates of the third or fourth phase also took the initiative to join the independent regiment, Lin Biao, who has always been liked by the division commander, refused the invitation to join the third division and chose to join the independent regiment.

Therefore, there are educated and enthusiastic young officers, and there are more experienced combat officers than us, to tell the truth, I should have joined the independent regiment, but it was your division commander who went to Director Zhou to fool me. However, I think that now that the KMT and the CCP are cooperating, everyone should have confidence in this army, which has always been completely controlled by our CP. ”

"Then we have to prepare well, otherwise we will look down on you CP when we turn back, and let you see when the time comes, our Kuomintang also has a lot of heroes." Hu Zongnan felt that it was not good for the two parties to be too close, and there was always a bit of confrontation, otherwise it would be difficult for the principal to say it.

Liu Yuan knew what Hu Zongnan meant, but for this kind of thing, he didn't want to get involved too much, "Go back and rest if you should rest, give me the fortifications if you should repair the fortifications, and the meeting will be dismissed, Wang Yaowu, you stay." ”