Chapter 31 Wave the army into Fujian

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But what everyone didn't expect was that before the independent division could kill Ruijin, it received a telegram from the Huichang County Party Committee (every time Hu Weidong hit a county seat, if the local party committee did not have a radio station, he would support a small 5 kilowatt radio station and telegraph operator so that the two sides could contact each other, and now it has finally paid off.) He said that tens of thousands of national troops had entered Huichang County from the direction of Ruijin, and that they were mobilizing villagers to take refuge in the mountains, and warned the independent division to be careful that the enemy might be coming towards Xunwu County.

"I wish they were coming." , Hu Weidong couldn't help but hahadaxiao, he was a little timid in field battles, but if he knew the enemy's movements, it would be another matter, not to mention that the independent division is now strong and strong, not only the artillery regiment of the division headquarters has been replaced with 75mm field guns with a longer range, higher accuracy and greater power than the original mountain artillery, but also the 36 mountain guns have been distributed, and a mountain artillery battalion has been established in each brigade, and at the same time, the division headquarters has also built an independent heavy mortar battalion, and the firepower is unprecedentedly powerful, Hu Weidong and the vast number of commanders and fighters under his command are all full of confidence.

There was no suspense about the outcome of this battle, and after the 8th Division of the Nationalist Army, which lacked the awareness of anti-artillery, was suddenly bombarded by an unprecedented fierce artillery bombardment during the march, the whole division fell into an unprecedented panic, and the officers and men of the Nationalist Army who were running around trying to avoid the shelling unconsciously crowded into a dense crowd and became the best live target of the Red Army artillery, and in a short time, two or three thousand casualties were lost, while the 30,000 main force of the Independent Division was as unstoppable as a tiger descending from the mountain, and it took less than half an hour to work. The tens of thousands of well-equipped Central Army troops were all confessed

Mao Bingwen was immediately upset after learning of the defeat at the front, and hurriedly telegraphed Xu Kexiang, who was suppressing bandits in Fujian, to hurry back to Ruijin, and at the same time, he didn't care about his face and the dissatisfaction of his boss, and immediately bypassed his superiors and directly asked the old man for reinforcements

After receiving the telegram, Xu Kexiang was shocked, immediately suspended the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army guerrillas in the Wuyi Mountains, and hurriedly led his troops back to help. Although Mao Bingwen was born in the Hunan Army and is not a pure descendant of the Central Army, he used to be Tan Yanmin's cronies, and Tan Yanmin's relationship with Lao Jiang and Song Meiling is well known to the world, plus Mao Bingwen himself Although his military talent is mediocre, he has a very high reputation inside and outside the party, if something happens to him, then Xu Kexiang will not be able to eat and go around

However, the march of the national army (except for a few elite troops) has always been delayed, and Xu Kexiang has never paid attention to military discipline, and at this time they have gone deep into Fujian, and it is not so easy to go back, but the independent division coincidentally took advantage of the victory to pursue and kill into Fujian Province, and in the same time, it took Wuping and Changting counties in succession, blocking the way of the 24th division of the national army. Due to the complete asymmetry of intelligence, Xu Kexiang and his 24th Division crashed headlong into the net set by the independent division and the whole army was annihilated, and more than 7,000 people under Xu Kexiang became prisoners of the Red Army

The preferential treatment of prisoners obviously did not apply to a butcher like Xu Kexiang, and Hu Weidong had him taken to Ruijin City to be cut off by a knife, which gave a great psychological shock to the national army in the city. Hu Weidong saw the general fear on the faces of the white army in the city through the captured binoculars, so he immediately made a decision and ordered more than 70,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on Ruijin. Mao Bingwen saw that the situation was not good, and took a pistol company with his cronies to "break through" from the northeast where the enemy had relatively few troops, and the subordinates who were abandoned by him suddenly lost their fighting spirit and surrendered one after another.

In his reply, on the one hand, he praised the outstanding performance of the commanders and fighters of the Independent Division, but on the other hand, he was worried that the Independent Division would attract great attention from Lao Chiang, and sent a large number of troops to deal with the Independent Division. In this regard, Hu Weidong put forward the strategic idea of jumping to the outer line to mobilize the enemy's large troops, and the inner line using guerrilla warfare to deal with the enemy's small troops, which was praised and affirmed by Taizu. As a result, the independent division left Ruijin within a few days, entered Fujian again with lightning speed, and followed Mao Bingwen's escape route into Ninghua County...,

At this time, Lao Chiang, who was far away in Chongqing, learned that the Nationalist Army had lost two divisions and one brigade at once, and finally attached unprecedented importance to the independent division, because the reserve army stationed in Jiangxi under the command of Chen Cheng was encircling and suppressing the headquarters of Xiang Ying and Chen Yi of the Red Army's southern guerrillas, and the task was also very important, and in addition, the main force of the "stubborn bandits" had reportedly entered Fujian, and the large army he left behind after the pacification of the "Min Mutiny" had 100,000 people, which should be enough to deal with, he telegraphed Jiang Dingwen to transfer troops to quell the chaos. But at the same time, Lao Jiang, who had the intention to promote Tang Enbo, promoted him to the commander of the 13th Army, under the jurisdiction of the 4th Division, the 88th Division and the 89th Division, which were the three elite of the National Army, but this caused great dissatisfaction from Wang Jingjiu, the commander of the 87th Division with equal seniority and even more talent, and Tang Enbo always saw only Lao Jiang alone, and the relationship with Jiang Dingwen, the direct superior, had always been bad

On April 1, 1935, in the depths of the dense forest in Ninghua County, Fujian Province, gunfire continued, more than 200 Red Army guerrillas were surrounded by ten times the enemy, due to continuous battles and hard marches, they were almost all wounded, and there were few bullets left, everyone knew that this might be their zuihou battle, but there was no fear on everyone's faces, and after several months of repeated defeats and battles, they could still hold on to the present, none of them were misgiving, However, the eyes of these young people, whose average age is less than 20 years old, inevitably reveal unwillingness and nostalgia.

"Lao Dai, you and your sister-in-law should break out with the uninjured soldiers, and I will cover you with the wounded." , a tall but delicate-looking young man said resolutely.

"How can this be done, it's still our cover, you break out, Su Ping can't run anymore, even if he breaks through, I'm afraid he won't be able to run far, but it will drag everyone down." , "Lao Dai", who was a little older but still didn't take off his book and got angry, immediately refused, "I am the political commissar, the party command, you should listen to me!" ”

"The breakthrough is a military issue, I am the division commander, so naturally I should have the final say!" , the two quarreled over "death first", but everyone's morale was boosted, and everyone was fully psychologically prepared to fight the opposition to the end until sacrifice or the victory of the revolution!

But at this moment, everyone suddenly heard the sound of gunfire at the bottom of the mountain, and a soldier with a very eyed eye boldly poked his head out to look, and shouted, "There are so many people! ”