Chapter 36: The Chief of Staff's Shock

Seeing that the chief of staff with a surprised face finally reacted, Liu Hua told Chief of Staff Guan Xiangying about his plan to take Taoyuan after he was ready to completely annihilate the enemy's two brigades, and Guan Xiangying, who listened, nodded again and again.

"Chief of Staff, do you know where to go from Taoyuan to Yujiaping for ambush warfare? I just sent the scout out out and haven't heard back yet? "Thinking that the chief of staff has been here all along, he should be familiar with the terrain.

"Division commander, there is a place called Taozi Creek 20 miles away from Taoyuan, on one side of the road is a small stream about 20 meters wide, and on the other side is a hillside, that section of the road is 5 miles long, it should be able to fit the enemy's two brigades." The chief of staff thought for a while and said affirmatively.

"Well, communicator, call the three regiment commanders and several battalion commanders directly under it, let's go to see the terrain together, and the troops continue to hide." Liu Hua ordered with certainty. You must know that this time you have destroyed more than 10,000 enemies, and you have to be careful.

After introducing the newly arrived Chief of Staff of Guan Xiangying to his three regiment commanders, several people were very happy, you know, Guan Xiangying is still very famous in the ranks of the Red Army. After a few people exchanged pleasantries, under the escort of the guards, a group of dozens of people rode fast horses and arrived at the place of Peach Creek in more than half an hour.

Seeing the terrain in front of him, the battalion commanders of several regiments following behind him immediately shouted, "Division commander, such a good place, we can't do without it, just my regiment, I will definitely annihilate a brigade of the 15th Division."

"Why is your regiment, can't my second regiment completely annihilate a brigade of the enemy, division commander, just hand over this task to our second regiment," Gao Yuan, the commander of the second regiment, said unconvinced after listening to the words of the first regiment commander Sun Xingbang

Immediately, several regiment and battalion commanders began to quarrel, Liu Hua ignored them, and continued to walk along the hillside with the guards.

But Chief of Staff Guan Xiangying didn't think so when he heard their quarrel, and a regiment completely annihilated a brigade of the Central Army. In the past, he didn't dare to say such a big thing with a legion, but now a regiment commander can easily say such a thing, it seems that the strength of the reading force division is really not to be underestimated! After this battle, you must take a good look at it.

Seeing that the division commander ignored them, several regiment commanders did not speak again, so they had to follow Liu Hua sullenly. Liu Hua looked at the terrain seriously, and from time to time asked the guards next to him for a few grenades to throw down the hillside. Seeing that the division commander was so serious, several regiment commanders also began to get serious, and immediately checked the terrain separately, while Chen Guangrong and Zhu Ping kept stretching out their fingers and gesturing. Seeing that several chief officers were immediately able to seriously check the terrain, Liu Hua smiled.

An hour passed, and by the time everyone rode back to the troops, it was already noon. Liu Hua immediately ordered the troops to eat lunch, rest for two hours, and rush to the position to build fortifications. After giving the order, he took the chief of staff to his temporary headquarters to begin to analyze the enemy situation, and the two carried out a clear division of labor, and Liu Hua led three regiments of infantry to build fortifications, responsible for inspecting the fortifications and concealment of the troops. Chief of Staff Guan Xiangying took all the heavy firepower to build fortifications and positions in a unified manner, and the reason for this arrangement was also to let the chief of staff more clearly interpret the fire equipment and combat methods of the division.

Two hours passed, and the troops began to set out towards Peach Creek. At this time, the heavy firepower of each regiment and battalion was assembled in the artillery battalion and the heavy machine gun battalion respectively, and the chief of staff also came here, and when he saw the mortars and heavy machine guns in front of him, Guan Xiangying's eyes were straight. Because Liu Hua informed Chen Guangrong in advance, he began to introduce to the chief of staff the firepower of his reading division along the way.

"Battalion Commander Chen, there are a total of six artillery companies in the entire Reading Division?" The chief of staff still asked in disbelief, knowing that there was only one artillery company in the entire 26th Army Corps, and there was an extreme shortage of shells.

"Hehe, chief of staff, it's not six, there are eight in total, and two have been transferred to the political commissar by the division commander."

"Oh my God, there are so many, do you have enough shells?" The chief of staff asked again.

"Chief of Staff, the artillery shells we bring with the team have an average of 20 shells per gun, and I don't know about the shells stored by the logistics department, there should be one or two hundred rounds per shell, and these will not be known until the political commissar returns."

Shock, absolute shock, when did our Red Army have so much ammunition!

"Camp Commander Chen, where did you seize so much!"

"Hehe, Chief of Staff, this is thanks to the soldiers of the sniper company. In each ambush battle, they were the first to kill all the artillery, so almost all the shells brought by the enemy were captured by us every time, and when we were in Anren, we captured all the logistics baggage and ammunition of a division of the Central Army. ”

Along the way, Guan Xiangying was completely shocked by Chen Guangrong and Zhu Ping's words, and it seemed that he had come to the right place to read the teacher. The chief of staff thought of this phrase for the second time.

In this way, I learned about the situation of the reading division all the way, and soon, the troops felt Peach Creek, rested for half an hour, and sent out all the guard posts and scouts, and all the troops began to build fortifications in full swing. The infantry hurriedly dug trenches, artillery, heavy machine-gun battalions were busy choosing positions, measuring firing data. When he saw that the commander of the artillery battalion had divided all the positions into squares, and that an artillery company was responsible for several squares, he immediately raised questions.

"Chief of Staff, this is the method taught to us by the division commander, so that there is no blind spot for shooting, and in the process of fighting, we can quickly carry out artillery bombardment according to the data of each square, so that the enemy has no time to react." Seeing the puzzled expression of the chief of staff, Chen Guangrong smiled and answered.

Hearing this, Guan Xiangying admired himself even more as a division commander, and he deserved to be a hero of the Red Army.

After several hours of hard work, all the positions were constructed, after the sentries were dispatched, after dinner, all the soldiers lay down in the trenches and began to rest, ready to replenish their strength for tomorrow's battle, while the regimental commanders sat down in the makeshift headquarters for the last meeting before the battle.

"Now the distribution of combat missions, the order of ambush is clear to everyone, but it is necessary to fire in order according to tomorrow's enemy situation, if the enemy has only one brigade in the avant-garde, then only one regiment, the guard battalion, three regiments and two battalions can open fire, and all the heavy firepower can be fired, and the avant-garde brigade must be completely annihilated in the shortest possible time. After the total annihilation, regardless of whether the 2nd Regiment exchanged fire with the 2nd Brigade or not, the 1st Regiment should immediately rush to the fortifications constructed in advance and join the 2nd Regiment in the battle of the 2nd Brigade of the total annihilation of the enemy. The two battalions of the three regiments rushed to a distance of five miles from Taozi Creek as fast as possible to block the enemy's possible follow-up troops, and the guard battalion stayed behind to clean up the battlefield and take care of the prisoners, and the sniper company had to participate in both battles, and the enemy must not be allowed to set up artillery and heavy machine guns. ”

"Chief of Staff, you command the ambush of the enemy's advance guard brigade, and after the ambush is completed, take the guard battalion to clean up the battlefield, and I command the ambush of the enemy's second brigade. Also, now send a telegram to the political commissar, and ask them to quietly surround Taoyuan tonight, and after all three enemy brigades have left the county seat, they will follow my orders to carry out artillery bombardment, feint to attack the county seat, and resolutely block it if the enemy's rearguard brigade retreats. ”

"Yes, Commander." Seeing all the cadres walk out, Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief, he could finally rest, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Liu Hua was lying quietly on the position, and it was almost ten o'clock now. The reconnaissance battalion reported that the enemy was really the same old as ever, and each brigade was separated by 10 miles from each other, and soon, the enemy's avant-garde brigade was seen walking into its own ambush circle, although the enemy carried out reconnaissance, but when those scouts were approaching the ambush circle, they had unknowingly replaced all the comrades of the reconnaissance battalion of the reading division, and constantly reported to "their brigade commander" that everything was safe. Less than 15 minutes after the enemy's avant-garde brigade walked past the position of the 2nd Regiment, a burst of heavy gunfire was immediately heard.

The chief of staff, the commander-in-chief of the ambush avant-garde brigade, couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the enemy swaggering into the ambush circle arranged by the division commander, why didn't even send a reconnaissance unit. However, this is a misunderstanding by the chief of staff, not that the enemy brigade commander is stupid, but that the reconnaissance battalion of the reading division is too powerful, and quietly solved the two reconnaissance companies of the enemy. And by this time, the avant-garde brigade had all entered the ambush circle.

With the sound of his own gunshot, nearly a hundred rifles of the sniper company remembered at the same time. Suddenly, almost all the commanders of the avant-garde brigade above the company level fell to the ground. Before the enemy could react, heavy machine guns and mortars opened fire one after another. After firing a bullet, the riflemen threw a grenade, and the enemy soldiers, who had just escaped the first shot on the ground on the ground for their cleverness, jumped up in the face of the hordes of grenades and hid in hiding places, trying to avoid the explosion of the grenades. But the moment they stood up, the bullet had already entered their bodies, and they fell in a pool of blood with a trace of unwillingness.

Looking at the dense firepower in front of him, looking at the constantly falling enemy troops, and then looking at his own fighters, the chief of staff was stunned. It was no wonder that the Reading Force Master was able to win so many battles, especially when the first round of gunfire rang out, and Guan Xiangying couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he saw almost all the commanders of the avant-garde brigade fall. He knew that an unorganized army was a flock of lambs to the slaughter, and just as the chief of staff continued his reverie, the head of the regiment next to him, Sun Xingbang, pulled him.

"Chief of Staff, it's time to charge."

The chief of staff quickly reacted, ordered the trumpet to be blown, and looked at the soldiers who were swarming down, the prisoners who were kneeling on the ground and surrendering with their hands raised, and the corpses on the ground on the ground. The chief of staff looked at his watch, and less than 15 minutes later, more than 5,000 people from one brigade and three regiments of the enemy army were gone, and he was like a dream.

The soldiers of the first and third regiments looked at the weapons and ammunition all over the ground and did not take a second look. Instead, under the leadership of his commander, he quickly organized his formation and rushed to his next ambush position, leaving the guards to gather the prisoners and count the results. Soon, Bruce Lee handed over the statistical results to the chief of staff.

Looking at the numbers above, the chief of staff's hands began to tremble, shocked, shocked.