Attacking the enemy's position between cups of water, Liu Bocheng gave Ye Ting a thumbs up.

Gannan.

Huichang.

Arashiyama Ridge.

The troops of the "August 1 Nanchang Uprising" fought a life-and-death battle with the six divisions of Huang Shaohong and Qian Dajun, the leaders of the Gui department.

This battle was a vicious counter-sniper battle carried out by the armed rebel troops in Nanchang in order to preserve their strength and move to Guangdong in an emergency transfer after the victory of the uprising.

This battle was a desperate battle between Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary clique in Nanjing and Li Jishen, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route in Guangzhou, who mobilized the troops of Huang Shaohong and Qian Dajun in a vain attempt to strangle the insurrectionary troops in Huichang.

This battle is so cruel because the enemy and us are evenly matched, fighting wits and courage.

Originally, the Nanchang uprising troops were reorganized the day after the victory of the uprising, with a huge number of 30,000 people, and their strength was very strong. He Long, the commander-in-chief of the uprising, was also the commander of the 20th Army, and Liao Qianwu was the party representative of the 20th Army; Before the uprising, Ye Ting, the commander-in-chief of the enemy, was also the commander of the 11th Army and the commander of the 24th Division, and Nie Rongzhen served as the party representative of the 11th Army. In addition to the original 24th and 10th Divisions, the 11th Army also added the 25th Division. On the basis of the original 1st Division and 2nd Division, the 20th Division added the 3rd Division with Zhou Yiqun as the commander; Zhu De served as the deputy commander of the Ninth Army, and the soldiers consisted of a part of the cadets of the officer education corps, policemen, firefighters, and some workers who participated in the uprising.

The stormy revolutionary period is the most difficult to identify the exact direction. Cai Tingkai, who was originally determined to "join the army to serve the country and serve the frontier" since he was a child, is now the commander of the 10th Division of the 11th Army, since the Northern Expedition War, he has fought bravely, and when attacking Wuchang City, he tied and hung his left arm that was seriously injured in the battle to command the battle, and after rushing into the city, he launched a fierce street battle with the enemy, and captured more than 2,000 guns. However, Cai Tingkai is also the old team of Chen Mingshu, who escaped from Wuhan, and was suspicious and wary of the Communist Party when he participated in the Nanchang Uprising, but because Zhou Enlai and Ye Ting were doing work, they said "everything is willing to listen to the command". In the transfer from Nanchang to Guangdong, Zhou Enlai and Ye Ting should have taken precautions against it, but they were careless and Ye Ting did not pay attention to the admonition of the communists who worked with Cai Tingkai with the friendship of "Lao Paoze", and entrusted the 10th Division as the vanguard force, which resulted in him leading his troops to defect and defect to his old boss Chen Mingshu. As for Cai Tingkai's "January 28" Songhu Anti-Japanese War in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he became a patriotic general in one fell swoop, that is a later story. In this way, the strength of the 11th Army was reduced by one-third at once, and more importantly, the commander of the 30th Regiment of this division, the outstanding commanders who had made outstanding achievements in the Northern Expedition, and dozens of Communist cadres at the regimental, battalion, and company levels all fell into the hands of Cai Tingkai; At the same time, the impact of Cai Tingkai's mutation on other troops is incalculable.

This painful lesson made Zhou Enlai and Ye Ting regret it.

At this time, Huang Shaohong's two divisions and Qian Dajun's four divisions had arrived in Huichang and Yudu respectively; And in Huichang, Yudu and Rentian City, Huang Shaohong and Qian Dajun made a special trip to the front line in Huichang to supervise the battle, determined to fight with our army.

The enemy is coming prepared.

But our army moved south in a hurry.

The enemy army is a strong fortress.

But our army has not gained a firm foothold.

In fact, not only was it not only that Cai Tingkai coerced the 10th Army to defect, but also the 25th Division, which was the main force of the 11th Army, with Zhou Shidi as the commander, was also disoriented due to the rapid march day and night, and did not arrive until the battle began.

The headquarters of our army's front committee was set up in a hidden place in the Lanshan Ridge area northwest of Huichang City.

Zhou Enlai, Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen were in command.

Ye Ting led the 24th Division to attack the main enemy positions in the area of the Lanshan Ridge in Huichang.

Zhu De led the 3rd Division of the 20th Army to attack the northeast of Huichang as an assist.

He Long led the main force of the 20th Army as the general reserve for general response.

The battle started first from the direction of Zhu De, who was an assist in the northeast of Huichang City.

However, the development of the combat situation was extremely unfavorable for our army. The enemy forces came fiercely and directly attacked the positions of the 3rd Division of the 20th Army.

"Resolutely resist, as long as you carry the enemy on your back, it is a support for the frontal attack troops!" Zhu De lay in ambush at the front line of the battle, shooting at the rushing enemy troops on the one hand, and shouting loudly on the other hand, fearless in the face of danger, putting his personal life and death out of the way.

Seeing Zhu De's heroic spirit, the officers and men of the Third Division were more confident in defeating the enemy, and all of them bravely fought back and fought desperately against the enemy troops who rushed up.

However, Ye Ting, who was tasked with attacking the enemy position head-on, could clearly see that although the officers and men of the Third Division fought very tenaciously, because the enemy was outnumbered, part of our army's position in the northeast of the city had already begun to be occupied by the enemy, and if there was another period of fierce fighting, the position of the Third Division would collapse on all fronts, and the 24th Division, which was responsible for the frontal attack, would be exposed to the enemy on its back, and our army would not be able to win the battle of Huichang.

"Order the 24th Division to attack!" As soon as Ye Ting's idea arose, he felt that the 25th Division had not yet caught up, and our army's strength was too weak. Originally, the 24th Division was not enough for one division, and two battalions were to be kept as mobile forces as reserves, so it was even weaker. And behind the continuous mountain bags in the area of Lanshan Ridge in front of the 24th Division, there are four divisions of the enemy's Qian Dajun troops! If the frontal attack is unfavorable, or if our frontal position is destroyed by the enemy, the result of defeat is the same.

"This Zhou Shidi, how did you do it!" Sparks erupted on Ye Ting's head, and a pair of fists clenched with a rattling sound.

Time is victory. Especially in the situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, we should seize the opportunity of rapid change to play the role of turning the weak into the strong!

At this time, Ye Ting, staring at the northeast direction of the city where the enemy and I were fighting fiercely, his demeanor resembled a relief sculpture called "The Dying Lion" in ancient Babylon, on the picture a lion who was extremely brave, every joint, every vein and even every hair erupted with strong brute force, although he was shot several arrows, he still roared and shook the sky, jumped hard, was proud of the enemy, and the momentum was terrifying, quite heroic, tragic, strong, and fighting with "trapped beasts still fighting".

The struggle of the primitive brute force of the enemy and the enemy can make people excited, and watching fighting, confrontation, and fighting can also inspire people's high spirit and fearlessness.

"Can't wait any longer!" Ye Ting obtained the consent of the former enemy committee, and immediately ordered the 24th Division in an agitated tone, "The 3rd Division has attacked the enemy's position, and has already shown military might, we are an 'iron army', and we must move forward indomitably and annihilate the enemy in the front!" ”

Suddenly, the enemy position of the Arashiyama Ridge, a natural barrier at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, burst into flames of fire and blood.

The 24th Division was worthy of the true character of the "Iron Army", and under the fierce sniping of enemy troops several times our size, with the bravery of a lion and the vigor of an ape, it approached the main peak of Lanshan Ridge in a series of successive charges.

"Inform the 24th Division to stop the attack, build fortifications, and wait for new orders!" Ye Ting saw that the 24th Division had approached the main peak of Lanshan Ridge, and the troops were also consumed hugely, so they could no longer charge forward. First, the momentum of our army's offensive is gradually weakening, and second, the more the enemy army feels that it is facing the threat of annihilation, it will fight back more frantically, so that one weak and one strong, the 24th Division will fight to the last officer and soldier!

The 24th Division is such a valuable and lovely unit! The main divisions, regiments, battalions, and other military cadres of this division are all elites of the former Ye Ting Independent Regiment. The officers and men are strong and courageous in fighting. Not to mention anything else, let's take the Nanchang Uprising a few days ago as an example, Ye Ting, Zhou Enlai, Liu Bocheng, Nie Rongzhen, Zhu De, and He Long returned to the headquarters of the 24th Division after studying the operational policy, and more than 40 regimental, battalion commanders, and chiefs of staff were eagerly waiting for Ye Ting to issue combat missions. When they listened to Ye Ting's battle deployment, they were full of confidence one by one, saying that they would use the most ingenious means to confuse the enemy army, and destroy the enemy army with the most resolute action after the battle began.

As the saying goes, there are no weak soldiers under a strong general. Ye Ting's advocacy of not tiring the deceitful act of the soldiers immediately turned into concrete actions of the battalions and regiments of the 24th Division.

The 3rd Battalion of the 71st Regiment of the 24th Division, adjacent to the 57th Regiment of the enemy's 6th Army. Battalion commander Huang Xuzhou disguised himself as a firehead army to help the men of the enemy's 57th Regiment carry water as a means. Huang Xuzhou used this method to get a clear picture of the enemy's 57th Regiment's troops, barracks location, terrain, and roads, and the enemy man's man finally thanked Huang Xuzhou "big brother, big brother" repeatedly.

The 72nd Regiment of the 24th Division, with Yuan Yelie, commander of the 3rd Battalion, was responsible for finding out the situation of the 24th Regiment of the enemy's 3rd Army near Yonghe Gate. Yuan Yelie went to the enemy camp in the name of "visiting friends", traveled east and west, and knew the situation of the enemy army well.

As soon as the battle began, the 57th Regiment of the enemy's Sixth Army and the 24th Regiment of the enemy's Third Army were completely annihilated by the 71st and 72nd Regiments of our 24th Division in less than a single meal.

However, the 24th Division also had battalions and companies that fought very hard.

Chen Shouli, squadron leader of the division headquarters, led some cadet soldiers to intercept the enemy troops of the 23rd Regiment who were scattered by our machine-gun position. Chen Shouli guarded the intersection, without any terrain and features that could be used to rely on, so Chen Shouli stood in the middle of the intersection with a gun, sniping at the enemy troops fleeing to this intersection, with a fearless spirit that stood up to the sky. Seven or eight groups of fleeing enemy troops were repulsed by Chen Shouli, although he was shot several times and fell in a pool of blood, when he woke up, he gritted his teeth and stood up and commanded the cadets to intercept the enemy until he was dying, and shouted "Resist!" Resist it"! It showed the courage of the officers and men of the 24th Division to overwhelm all enemies.

For such a heroic unit, how can Ye Ting, who is both the commander of the army and the commander of the division, not love it?

However, Ye Ting's order for the 24th Division to stop the offensive was by no means out of the "mountain" and to preserve its own strength, but a decision made by looking at the overall battle situation.

At this moment, Zhou Shidi, commander of the 25th Division, and Li Shuoxun, a party representative, dragged their tired bodies to the front-line headquarters, their faces covered with sweat, their clothes behind their backs were covered with white alkali, and they were obviously covered in dry and dry clothes, and there was a thick layer of mud on their trouser legs and shoes. As soon as the two of them saw Ye Ting with a tiger's face, they immediately reported with a smile and anxiety: "Commander-in-chief, last night's rapid march was lost at the fork in the road due to too much fog, and the fighter plane was delayed, and we are willing to accept punishment!" ”

Zhou Enlai saw that Zhou Shidi and Li Shuoxun were so tired, and the troops would definitely be extremely tired, so he hurriedly asked with concern: "Have you eaten?" ”

Ye Ting, who has always been known for his strict management of the army, was stunned, and his words were deafening: "This kind of mistake shouldn't have happened in the first place, what else to eat?" Immediately lead the troops to the position and defeat the enemy! ”

Zhou Enlai immediately interceded: "Let's call the troops to eat first, the officers and soldiers are full, and they will be more energetic when they start a war." Bo Cheng, Rong Zhen, don't you say? ”

"Comrade Enlai is right." Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen immediately echoed.

"You go back and let the troops eat immediately, and enter the position in half an hour." Ye Ting's face was still tense, and his words were like an ancient bell that had been struck, "To call on party members and Communist Youth League members to charge ahead, we must take down the enemy position in Lanshanling within half an hour, and then capture Huichang in one go!" ”

"Yes, resolutely complete the task!" Zhou Shidi and Li Shuoxun replied with their chests straight, and their high-spirited words were like cannonballs out of the chamber.

In less than an hour, the former enemy headquarters received a report from Zhou Shidi that the enemy position in Lanshanling had been conquered by our troops, and the enemy troops had fled in disarray.

After another half an hour, the former enemy headquarters received a report from Zhou Shidi that all the enemy positions in Huichang City had been destroyed by our troops, and that Huichang had been occupied by our troops; Qian Dajun fled in a hurry, and the water he threw in the teacup at the headquarters was still steaming.

"Chase, chase, pursue!" Ye Ting gave the order to continue the pursuit of victory.

When the former enemy command learned that the 25th Division had been chased out of more than 90 miles in one go, it ordered them to stop the pursuit.

Liu Bocheng couldn't help but give a thumbs up in front of Zhou Enlai and Nie Rongzhen: "I have seen so many generals, like Xiyi, majestic and brave, there are really not many, admirable!" ”