"The commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, the main force of the communist army has now gone to Changde." The chief of staff ran into Chen Cheng's lounge and said.

"What, are they really planning to break through from the Changde area." Chen Cheng said to himself.

"Commander-in-chief, this is a telegram from Changde, more than 20,000 communist troops have now surrounded Changde County, according to the report of the defending troops, the communist army carries a large number of mortars and mountain artillery. Trenches were now being dug outside the city, ready to attack at any moment, and the defending troops asked for reinforcements. The Chief of Staff handed over a telegram.

Chen Cheng took the telegram and glanced at it. "Send a report to Changde: Just say that the reinforcements are on the way to come, and ask them to hold Changde for two days, drag the main force of the communist army outside the city of Changde, and after the reinforcements arrive, they will attack inside and outside, and annihilate the main force of the communist army He Long in one fell swoop."

Chen Cheng glanced at the military deployment map of the enemy and us on the table, thought for a while, and continued: "Send a report to Li Jue, and then he led the main force of his department to march to Chang immediately, and surrounded the communist army with the central army, and annihilated them all*. ”

After speaking, Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. "He Long! He Long! I'll see where you're going to flee this time. ”

At this time, Liu Hua's Seventh Army Corps had completed the encirclement of the county seat, and the artillery battalion was all ready according to the coordinates transmitted by the reconnaissance battalion in the city.

"Order, the artillery battalion will fire five salvos at all targets, and the sniper company will enter the position," as Liu Hua finished speaking, all the artillery of the artillery battalion began to roar.

At this time, the first to be shelled in Changde City were several military camps, and with the explosion of the "boom boom" shells, a military camp in the east of the city immediately fell into a sea of fire.

The explosion of shells, the detonation of ammunition, the shouts of soldiers came and went. The five shells were quickly fired, and immediately the long-prepared heavy machine guns began to fire on the city walls, suppressing the enemy troops on the city walls, and at the same time, a battalion that served as the first wave of attacks also slowly walked out of the trenches, carrying ladders like the city walls.

"Regiment commander, the communist army is up." A battalion commander who was guarding the city ran to the dean's side and said.

"Lao Tzu saw it, do you still need to say it? Let or the brother immediately ascend and say, all the heavy machine guns are fired, and whoever retreats I will dodge him. The regimental commander shouted with red eyes. Due to the sudden artillery bombardment of the city wall by the Red Army, the defending troops were bombed and scurried around without cover, and finally counted, without seeing the shadow of the communist army, the strength of one of their own regiments has lost two companies, can you not be in a hurry?

With the opening of the enemy's heavy machine guns and light machine guns, one of the attacking battalions immediately lost a third, and the remaining fighters lay on the ground under the orders of the battalion commander and fired at the enemy. Liu Hua saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. You know, these fighters are one less in the next one.

"Order the sniper company to snipe immediately, the artillery company to carry out artillery bombardment, the heavy machine gun to suppress fire, and the main attack battalion to withdraw immediately." As the cannon sounded, the enemy's profit gradually weakened, and the pig supply then returned to the trench with the remains of Zhan.

"Staff Officer Wang, go and count the casualties of the main attack battalion." Liu Hua coldly ordered.

Soon, the statistics came out. Of the 87 soldiers killed, 12 seriously wounded and 45 lightly wounded, this is a large battalion. "Order the artillery battalion to carry out five rounds of rapid shelling of the city walls." Liu Hua said tremblingly.

"Boom, boom, boom" The city wall once again fell into a sea of fire" ordered the second battalion to attack, covered by heavy machine guns. Liu Hua ordered.

"However, the commander of the corps, there is still shelling, and there will be accidental injuries," the commissar immediately reminded

"Execute the order!" Liu Hua did not explain and continued to order

At this time, the city wall was in chaos. As the shells fell, a rain of blood continued to fall, and all the soldiers scurried around, trying to dodge the shells.

"Regiment commander, regiment commander, the communist army has begun to attack." The battalion commander found the regimental commander who was hiding behind the city walls.

"What, aren't the communist troops still carrying out artillery bombardment, aren't they afraid of accidental injury! @" The head of the regiment said in disbelief.

"Really, regimental commander, the communist army is almost under the city wall." The battalion commander said in a cold sweat on his head.

"I'm not fucking alive anymore." The regimental commander jerked to his feet and walked towards the exploding wall.

"Bang bang." The regimental commander shot a retreating soldier with a pistol. "Brothers, now retreating is also death, advancing is also death, the communist army is about to come up, anyway, it is all death, brothers, you have to pull a cushion before you fight with me." The regimental commander yelled at the soldiers who were scurrying around, and the first to go to the heavy machine-gun position.

"Brothers, the regiment commander is not afraid, whatever we are afraid of, we will follow the regiment commander and eliminate the communist army." The battalion commander, who was following the regiment commander, continued.

At this time, the hearts of the soldiers were really agitated, and they kept shouting "Follow the regiment commander, kill all the communist troops" Soon, the intermittent machine guns rang out again.

The second battalion, which was already approaching the city wall, slowly began to suffer casualties. "Order the heavy machine gun not to save ammunition and give me a hard hit. Let the fighters of the second echelon immediately follow. The sniper company must control the enemy's heavy machine guns. Liu Hua immediately ordered.

After receiving the order of the regiment commander not to save ammunition, the fighters of the heavy machine gun battalion completely let go, and nearly ten heavy machine guns began to spit out tongues of fire continuously, and the fire on the city wall was immediately suppressed.

Taking advantage of the gap in enemy fire, the troops of the next two battalions participating in the attack immediately caught up with the second battalion, and the three battalions soon came to the foot of the city wall, at this time, the artillery had stopped shelling, and the soldiers set up more than a dozen ladders and began to climb the city, one soldier was beaten down, and another soldier continued to climb up, finally, under the cover of the face of the episode and heavy machine guns, several fighters climbed the city wall, slowly, more and more fighters climbed the city wall, and finally, after ten minutes of fierce firefighting and hand-to-hand combat, the red flag was finally planted on the city tower.

"Order the troops to stop the offensive, immediately consolidate the occupied positions, prevent the enemy from counterattacking with heavy forces, and the artillery immediately ascend the city and build artillery positions." Liu Hua looked at the political commissar, "Political commissar, the troops have already controlled the city gate, let's also climb the city wall to facilitate the command of the battle." ”

"Well, let's go!" After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the city wall.

"Division commander, division commander, no, the North Gate position is occupied by the Communist Army. Now the communist army is consolidating its positions, "the chief of staff ran into the Changde headquarters in sweat.

"What? Shoot the commander of the garrison for me. The division commander roared angrily.

"Division commander. The regimental commander who defended the city was killed, and only a dozen soldiers from a regiment returned, and all the rest were killed. With that, the chief of staff lowered his head.

"What, a regiment is all killed, how is it possible?" The division commander looked at the map blankly and said.

Looking at the stunned division commander, the chief of staff hurriedly reminded: "Division commander, division commander, now that the communist army has occupied the city gate, should we recapture the city gate?" The chief of staff cautioned.

"Well, we must recapture the city gate, otherwise how can we hold Changde for two days." The division commander came to his senses. "Order, three regiments, artillery company, concentrate fire, and be sure to take the city gates before dark."