The Huize Command Headquarters quickly organized staff officers to complete the operational exercise, and Kankan worked out the operational plan, and the Central Military Commission's reply arrived. Luo Binghui took the telegram and read it for www.biquge.info moment, waved it in his hand with a little excitement and said, "The central government has agreed to our battle plan. In order that we can free our hands and feet to fight this battle. The Red Third Army Corps was specially sent to the east of the Shiban River to set up a defensive line, and the Red Fifth Army Corps sent troops to take over the defense of Yanjing and assist in the transfer of ferries to the west. ”

Luo Binghui paused, strode to the table and said loudly: "Now I order!" ”

Everyone quickly stood upright, and looked at Luo Binghui with their eyes brushed.

Luo Binghui glanced at everyone and said: "The telegram ordered the Eighth Regiment of the Ninth Army Corps to divide into one part, one of which was stationed in Yanjing, and the other was concentrated on mules and horses to haul all the ships westward to Kyaukpingdu to support the central crossing of the river. Most of the main forces of the Eighth Regiment quickly moved to the north of the Sea of Demons, prepared to feign a large force and blockade the north of the Sea of Demons, and lurked and stood by.

The Ninth Regiment of the Ninth Army Corps was ordered to intensify its efforts today to harass Wu Qiwei's column with guerrilla warfare to achieve the greatest effect of exhausting the enemy, resolutely not give the enemy any time to rest, and carry out the task of luring the enemy tomorrow, and after Wu Qiwei's column entered the Sea of Subjects, blockade the east of the Sea of Rivers, firstly to block the enemy's reinforcements, and second, to block the retreat of Wu Qiwei's column. Zhang Yi, chief of staff of the Red Ninth Army Corps, immediately rushed to Zhihai to personally command the tired enemy and lure the enemy into battle. “

"Yes!" Zhang Yi replied loudly, quickly stood up and saluted, turned around and ran away.

Luo Binghui said again: "Order the Seventh Regiment of the Red Ninth Army to send a battalion with a radio station to Deze Township before dawn tomorrow to rely on the Niulan River to deploy defenses, resolutely hold the Niulan River Bridge, and control the place for at least three days." It is necessary to pay attention to sending troops out to reconnoiter and pay close attention to the situation of the incoming enemy. The rest of the group quickly rushed to the west of the sea to control the point, block the passage and build fortifications. After the battle began, it was necessary to resolutely block the enemy who had fled to the west, and be ready to participate in the annihilation of the remnants of the enemy or to support Deze in the south at any time.

The Aizawa column was ordered to arrive before dark today, and the mountains and forests in the southeast of the sea were ordered to wait for a covert position. After the battle began, the attack advanced from the southeast to the northwest. With Chen Geng's unified command. ”

"Yes!" The generals replied in a loud voice.

The whole army quickly moved into action. Chen Geng, Song Renqiang and Xia Xinsheng quickly held a small meeting on the spot.

Chen Geng looked at Xia Xinsheng and asked, "Chief of Staff Xia, you said that as long as you give you enough gasoline barrels, you can guarantee artillery fire." Then you talk about it in detail. We're ready to bring things over. ”

Xia Xinsheng stood up and saluted everyone: "This weapon is called the Flying Thunder Cannon, and it has an even more famous name-the Conscienceless Cannon. An explosive pack launcher that uses a gasoline barrel as a barrel. The main body of this weapon, also known as the explosive projectile canister, is an empty gasoline barrel, which is filled with gunpowder, and the explosive package bundled into a disc shape is placed in it, and then the gunpowder is ignited, and the explosive package of ten kilograms can be ejected to a distance of 150-200 meters.

The materials needed are also very simple, black powder, explosives, gasoline barrels, and preferably iron nails, hard stones, etc., to increase the power. If possible, make a launch frame out of wood, and in case of emergency or when you need to increase the range, you can dig a pit in the ground after aligning the direction and bury the gasoline barrel in it. But some artillery and sappers are needed to do this.

Our battalion brought five catties of explosives each, and in addition to the direct company that needed to carry some use and blasting along the way, our battalion was able to take out about 2,000 catties, and we didn't have black powder and iron nails. In addition, we need some wheels or something, and our flying thunder cannon is too close. This is a very heavy task, and we will use a lot of artillery support, and we will have wheels to make it easier. ”

Chen Geng raised his head and said, "Then quickly prepare these things, and the section chief will be in charge, and after the meeting, he will quickly collect these materials with the sappers of the cadre regiment and the training battalion." The explosives were evenly distributed by the troops. Whenever possible, borrow and buy some chili peppers and liquor from the local people, so that the warriors can protect themselves from the cold while hiding in the woods. Political Commissar Song nodded in agreement.

Chen Geng nodded and continued: "Political Commissar Song is responsible for leading the local work group and transferring a part of the political work cadres from various ministries to prepare for rapid recruitment and prisoner transformation. We must ensure that we make the best use of the ideological weapons of our party and army, convert prisoners as quickly as possible, and mobilize more liberation fighters.

The second is to organize prisoner of war camps, to carry out unified management of prisoners whose conditions do not meet the standards for conversion and who are stubborn, and to transport supplies for us. It is necessary to do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers, and do not feel that letting the prisoners of war do something is not treating the prisoners preferentially. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Political Commissar Song quickly stood up and replied.

Chen Geng said: "Then let's set off quickly, we must rush to the southeast of Zhihai before dark." As the leader of the whole column, the training camp will find a suitable location for concealment and prepare for the meeting after arriving! The destinations of the troops were then sent to us. After arrival, adjustments will be made according to the actual situation. You have the venue ready, and we will have a military meeting as soon as we arrive. “

"Yes!" Xia Xinsheng saluted solemnly.

The three of them dispersed and went about their own business. Xia Xinsheng stood on a big stone and shouted: "Commander, blow the emergency assembly number!" ”

Several trumpeters lined up, their heads held high, and the loud sound of military trumpets sounded. The companies quickly rushed towards the place where Xia Xinsheng was standing, with their weapons in hand. After Xia Xinsheng quickly arranged for the engineer team to report to the section chief of the cadre regiment to find the dangerous arch, he simply assigned the task and asked the whole battalion to be disbanded and quickly prepare for departure.

Ten minutes later, the whole battalion, led by the company directly under its command, quickly marched towards the sea of Zhehai. It was only nine o'clock in the morning, and there were still more than ten hours or so before dark, and it was not too close to the sea of people, and soon the whole battalion began to march rapidly. A whirlwind ran towards the sea of people.

At about six o'clock in the evening, the training camp finally arrived exhausted and rushed to the mountainous area in the southeast of Zhihai. Fortunately, the training camp was equipped with a lot of mules and horses, which reduced a lot of weight, and the soldiers who had exerted too much physical strength could also ride horses to recover their strength. Although it was tiring, most of them were able to persevere.

The training battalion quickly dispatched its direct subordinate companies to reconnoiter the terrain and check the map. Xia Xinsheng led everyone to arrange camping, set up sheds to prepare the venue, and excavated smokeless stoves to prepare dinner. Su Jin took all the political workers to a meeting to make the final arrangements for the war. As soon as they survived, the column had all arrived at their destination.

The military commanders of the whole column and above the battalion and the responsible persons of the various sections of the cadres and regiments rushed to the training camp station, and because of the tight time, General Chen, who had always been fond of jokes, also had a rare serious face.

The venue was arranged under a stone wall facing the mountain on one side, and a wooden shelf more than one person high was built against the stone wall, and the march was covered from the left, right, front, and upper sides with several beds. Two wooden stakes were inserted side by side on the ground in the shed, and an oil lamp was lit on each wooden stake, and the military map of Huize County was hung on the stone wall in front of the oil lamp.

Chen Geng looked at everyone and said in a low voice: "It's going to be a big battle, and this time our new chief of staff has set us a very high tone." It's not good to sing! However, if you can't sing it, you have to sing it, and you have to sing it well! ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and Xia Xinsheng rubbed his scalp depressedly.

"The enemy has five or six thousand men, and we have four or five thousand. Basically, there are definitely more enemies than we are. And we have to wait for them to be stationed in the sea before fighting. The opponent was the first column of the Chungyang Army, which was very difficult. I won't say much, but Xia Xinsheng, chief of staff of the column, will explain this operation to you. Chen Geng said playfully and raised his chin towards Xia Xinsheng.

Xia Xinsheng got up and walked to the front of the map, saluted and said, "I'm Xia Xinsheng, let me tell you about this combat deployment." The former enemy command decided to put Wu Qiwei's troops into Zhehai Town during the day tomorrow. Nekura calculated that it was expected that the time when they all entered the sea would be in the evening. The task of our column was to quickly launch an attack when the enemy's foothold was not stable, and to attack and advance from the southeast to the northwest of the Zhehai Sea.

Looking at the map, we preset that there are more than 20 natural villages in this area of the battlefield, surrounded by mountains, and in the middle is a large area of flat land with irregular rectangles. The area is large and the view is very open. There's nothing wrong with stationing 10,000 people. It is the only place in the surrounding area that has such good conditions for nearly 100 miles. I'm sure they'll be happy with the campsite. What's more, since today's daytime, the comrades of the Ninth Army Corps have intensified their guerrilla attacks against them, and they will not be stopped tonight. Tomorrow is just to get a good night's sleep, and I will be willing to choose this place. And our position is on the long side of the southeast of the entire rectangle. The starting position will be determined according to the specific situation tomorrow.

The operational plan of the command was that the 8th and 9th regiments would carry out the tasks of blocking the head and cutting off the tail respectively, and the 7th regiment would act as a suspect in the northwest and take on the task of preventing the enemy from escaping northward. Our column undertook the main offensive task of the entire campaign in the southeast. ”

Xia Xinsheng looked at the people below, raised his voice and said: "I know what everyone thinks, the reason why this arrangement is to completely annihilate Wu Qiwei's column, only by letting them get together can we find a way to annihilate them with fewer troops than them." Also because of the strength of the troops, there will not be much force on the entire battlefield at that time to prevent the enemy from reinforcing and blocking the enemy's escape.

Then we must go all out to penetrate the enemy in depth, stir up with the enemy, and give the enemy the illusion that there is a Red Army everywhere. Break their will to fight. For the rout, we must rush, fight, and chase. Resolutely do not give them a chance to breathe. After the main attack point was selected, the training battalion would open a breakthrough and go straight to Wu Qiwei's Chinese army's tent, and the cadres and regiments would then enter and make a detour to both sides to respond to the attack of various units. The company directly under the training battalion will be lurking in advance tomorrow to strike at the enemy's various campaign nodes or coordinate the attack of various units after the campaign is launched.

These will be described in detail on the specific operational arrangements for tomorrow, but I will mainly talk about the preparations we need to make for this operation. First, artillery and sappers as well as carpentry soldiers were quickly mobilized to the training camp to learn how to make flying thunder cannons.

Second, mobilize the soldiers who are well ridden and the soldiers who have done the cavalry in the training camp and organize them into a temporary cavalry unit. Carry your own horses and weapons. Weapons must be submachine guns or shell guns, and each person must be equipped with a broadsword. ”

After seeing Xia Xinsheng's words, Chen Geng continued: "We rarely face the enemy's superior forces and attack by position. Therefore, it is necessary to be mentally prepared, although we have not given much time to build a position, but as a large town, there must be a lot of solid buildings that can be used as temporary positions. After you go down, you must organize the demolition team and other preparations for the attack. Inform your political workers to do a good job of ideological mobilization, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road! We must resolutely fight close combat and close combat with the enemy. Crush the will of the enemy with a bayonet. The offensive must be resolute, do not be afraid of heavy casualties, the troops will be finished after the battle, do not be half-hearted, win, we can have a chance to breathe and grow; If you lose, you will never recover! We must fight this last battle well. There's not much time, so let's split up! “