The radio intelligence personnel also discovered that Jiang Jieshi took Xiao Zhiping, commander of the 96th Division under Zhou Hunyuan, commander of the third column, as commander, and Wang Dongyuan, commander of the 15th Division under Li Yunjie, commander of the fourth column, as deputy commander, and the two led the 96th and 15th divisions from the north of Jianghua County to Jianghua County. Among them, the 96th Division, which is not far from the Xiangjiang River, is the main attacking force, and the 15th Division, which came from afar, is the reserve.

If they had come on 4 December, some of the Red Army troops in Ganghwa County might have been nervous, because they had not yet been reorganized and their weapons had not yet been familiarized.

Now these people not only did not feel nervous, but they were all gearing up, all of them wanted to take their new weapons to the battlefield to kill a happy one, and wanted to try the firepower of the weapons in their hands.

When the generals of the special task force heard that the two divisions of the Central Army were coming, they all went to the headquarters to find Guo Zhuocheng and Wang Guangdao, hoping that they would be the main attacking force, and they all promised to beat the other side to the ground.

Seeing that the morale was available, Guo Zhuocheng decided to leave all these two divisions behind, to teach Jiang Jiashi and his Central Army a good lesson, and also to give other warlords a blow to the head, so that they could sober up.

After careful discussion with Wang Guangdao, Guo Zhuocheng drew up an operational plan for bringing in the enemy and then closing the door and beating the dogs: Before first showing the enemy to be weak, and introducing the enemy's forward troops into the county seat of Jianghua County, the troops would make use of the trenches and positions that had already been dug to form a confrontation with the enemy with a small number of troops, on the one hand, to destroy the enemy's vital forces and destroy the enemy's logistical materials, and on the other hand, to abandon some positions, so that the enemy would mistakenly think that the strength of the special task force was like this, so as to call the enemy behind to follow.

After the enemy's large forces had gathered, the special combat team, the first brigade, and a part of the artillery unit that were lying in ambush in the mountains outside the county seat of Jianghua County suddenly came out. Raid the enemy's back. Surround it. Then force it to surrender with powerful firepower, or annihilate it.

Soon, the plan drawn up by Guo Zhuocheng and Wang Guangdao was unanimously agreed by everyone at the military meeting in the evening.

The next day, December 6, the troops were still conducting live-fire training on various hills, and two planes flew in the sky to conduct reconnaissance, but they only dared to fly around at high altitudes, fearing being hit by bullets from the defenders.

When the planes came, the artillery group stopped training. Push the artillery into the shade of a tree and take refuge until the plane is gone before resuming the shelling.

In the evening, Sun Xingguo led the special combat team, Chen Peng led the first brigade, and Liu Xiangyang led a part of the artillery unit carrying mortars and 70-mm mountain artillery, and they quietly left the county overnight and disappeared into the dark night.

The rest of the troops began to rest and did not immediately devote themselves to digging trenches and building fortifications.

In the past two days, Guo Zhuocheng has been busy, mainly to make small-scale adjustments to the troops, such as assigning the militia regiment of Wang Fugui -- the former head of the militia regiment stationed in the county seat of Jianghua County -- into the newly established security detachment.

The number of this detachment was much greater than that of other detachments, a thousand and two people. Including the hundreds of militia members who surrendered, the strong men in the county town who were willing to join the Red Army, and some of the rescued and elderly Red Army prisoners.

Most of the able-bodied captured Red Army prisoners had been enriched into the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades, or into artillery units. A few knowledgeable, skilled, and young people have been enriched into the special combat team.

The captain of the security detachment was a rescued Red Army battalion commander named Wang Shitai.

Wang Fugui made meritorious contributions in the process of leading the special combat team to occupy Dalupu Town and Baimangying Town after surrendering, and helped the Red Army find a large amount of property hidden by those people in the homes of the county magistrate and other officials, and he also encouraged the captured militia groups and strong men in the county town to join the army, so he was specially taken care of as the deputy detachment leader, and another comrade who had served as the deputy battalion commander in the Red Army served as the detachment staff officer.

In order to increase the combat effectiveness of the troops, and the size of the troops became larger and larger, Guo Shucheng eliminated from all the troops those soldiers who were old, emaciated, or sick and could not adapt to combat.

For these people, Guo asked those who were willing to go home and leave to receive a settling-in fee, gave a certificate, and then let them leave. For those who were willing to follow the troops, or who would be in danger of leaving the Red Army, they were assigned to the logistics brigade, so that they could temporarily move with the large army and then be resettled after they had a base area in the future.

It was not until the morning of December 7, 1934 that the improvised crusade force arrived at the border of Jianghua County, and the officers and men of the Red Army in Jianghua County looked a little nervous.

Under Guo Shucheng's orders, Wang Shitai and Wang Fugui led their security detachment to lead the enemy.

The weapons carried by the soldiers of the security detachment were all weapons of the Gui army, which was obviously a grade worse than the main force. However, their equipment is still sufficient, and their performance is also good, and the weapons are not worse than those of the regular army of the Gui Army, but they are not as good as the weapons of the regular army of the current special task force.

Guo Zhuocheng originally thought that such weapons and equipment would make the soldiers of the security detachment unhappy, and he didn't want them to have many unhappy expressions, but it was enough for them to see such weapons. The militia members who surrendered thought in their hearts that the Red Army was kind, and not only did not shoot them, but also gave them such good weapons. As for the rescued Red Army, there is no problem with it, and their weapons are now much better than before.

What's more, they know that their current task is to show weakness to the enemy and not to expose the strength of the main force, and in their opinion, it is too much to take such a good weapon, and it should be taken worse, so that the central army will be more convinced, bolder, and more unscrupulous. They were also worried that they would be scared away by the enemy with such a good weapon.

Wang Shitai is the commander of the old Red Army and a veteran soldier, so he naturally knows how to show weakness to the enemy. He personally led a part of his troops in the front, walked more than ten miles, and after connecting with the scouts of the second brigade, he learned about the enemy's situation and went directly to meet the enemy.

At about ten o'clock, the enemy's spearhead appeared, that is, a squad of ten men, who carefully searched and advanced with their guns in hand. Obviously, these people are also veterans, and they are all experienced in combat, and it is obviously impossible to ambush them on the side of the road and sneak up on the large army behind them.

Seeing the appearance of the enemy's top soldiers, Wang Shitai immediately explained to a company commander who had been following him, and let the enemy in in a U-shape. After he fired, only the first squad of each platoon fired, and the other fighters continued to hide and move.

The company commander, who was also a veteran, immediately separated the troops on the spot, and two light machine guns each occupied two hill packs. When the enemy soldiers got closer and closer, less than eighty meters away from the place where they were ambushed, Wang Shitai aimed his pistol at the front soldiers, calmly pulled the trigger, and the bullet hit the guy's arm, and he fell backwards with a scream.

Then the other soldiers also shot, although only three squads of soldiers shot, but there were also more than 30 people, basically three or four guns hit one person, each of them did not fire two bullets, the ten top soldiers of the Central Army were basically dead, only the first guy who was injured by Wang Shitai did not die, lying on the ground and humming.

Wang Shitai asked the company commander to send three soldiers to collect the guns, bullets, grenades, etc. of the enemy's top soldiers, and then everyone quickly hid in the woods, hiding in the weeds, or hiding behind rocks. The wounded soldier was still groaning in pain, but he did not dare to curse loudly, for he knew that the Red Army was lying in ambush not far from him.

Soon, the enemy soldiers who heard the gunfire behind immediately rushed up with a scream. But until the enemy of this company rushed in battle formation to the place where the wounded were groaning, the Red Army in ambush did not shoot.

The wounded soldier saw his companion and hurriedly said: "The Communists are in ambush in front, the Communists are in ambush in front, and they have a platoon of people." ”

Obviously, this guy is very experienced, and from the sound of gunfire and the people who appeared, he accurately calculated how many Red Army members were. Of course, if he is not experienced, his superiors probably will not let him be a top soldier, let alone let him lead the team. It's just that he was deceived, and Wang Shitai played a trick and only let a few people shoot, and most of them didn't move.

When the enemy company commander heard that the other party had only one platoon, he was furious and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Charge me!" Kill these communists and avenge your brothers! Kill a total of two silver dollars for a bandit, and five dollars for catching one! Brothers, rush! ”

Wang Shitai, who was hiding behind a big tree, saw that the enemy rushing in front of the team was only less than thirty meters away from their ambush place, so he shouted: "Fight! ”

After pulling the trigger of a pistol and knocking over an enemy who was rushing forward, he threw another grenade.

This time, it was not that there was no longer a hidden strength, but all the officers and soldiers opened fire in unison, and machine guns, rifles, and grenades were fiercely attacked by those central armies. The center-army of this company was suddenly shattered by these firepowers, and in a hurry lost more than forty soldiers.

Some rolled on the ground, some scrambled to find a place to hide, and some turned and fled.

Wang Shitai shouted: "Rush! ”

Soon, the most commonly used charge horn of the Red Army on the battlefield sounded, and the Red officers and men came out of their hiding places and chased after the buttocks of the Central Army, until they were so frightened that after they had fled three or four hundred meters, the Red Army not only stopped the pursuit, but turned around and retreated. Some soldiers easily collected guns and ammunition from the dead and wounded, and some also exchanged the old guns in their hands with good guns in the hands of the soldiers of the Central Army.

When the enemy company commander slowly felt back in fear, he found that the ground was full of the corpses of his companions and wounded soldiers. Angry, he walked up to the previously wounded soldier in a few steps, gritted his teeth and pointed his pistol at the head of the unlucky bastard, and shouted: "My wife, my mother, dare to deceive Lao Tzu with the communists and bandits, and lead Lao Tzu into their encirclement!" I'm going to kill you, a traitor. ......, bastard, die! ”

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