Chapter 55: The Battle of Changde (2)
After a day of waiting, Liu Hua finally knew that Xue Yue and his troops had arrived at the Shimen Bridge he had occupied, and after receiving the information, he immediately issued a series of orders.
"The political commissar with the troops of the second division quietly advanced towards Shimen Bridge, not allowed to attack, followed from afar, if the enemy withdraws troops or reinforces Changde, if it can be eaten, it will be eaten, and if it cannot be eaten, it will be blocked layer by layer, and we must win enough time to attack Changde."
"The first division, the third division, and the troops directly under them all moved to the vicinity of Changde, covertly surrounding Changde County, and they were not allowed to attack without my order."
"Director Li took the logistics office here as the rear of the whole army, and after I broke through Changde, I immediately entered Changde and emptied the county seat for me."
Soon, all the troops began to move, and Liu Hua led the troops to quietly surround Changde. After a night of hard work, the four regiments of the 1st and 3rd Divisions had quietly surrounded Changde, and the remaining two elite regiments were left by Liu Hua for the main attack, and all the artillery was also in place, just waiting for Liu Hua's order.
After completing the encirclement, Liu Hua was not in a hurry to attack the city, he knew that it would take a long time to break through the heavily guarded Changde County, so he had to wait quietly, hoping that Xue Yue would be able to go farther. And the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion had already quietly entered the city under Liu Hua's order, with short guns.
Liu Xiaogang received the most important order from the corps commander to protect the ammunition depot and material warehouse in the city. After Liu Xiaogang led his troops into the county seat, he began to constantly assassinate the enemy's stragglers and disturb the enemy. In less than a night, the soldiers of the entire reconnaissance battalion put on the uniforms of the Central Army, held the equipment of the Central Army in their hands, and hid in the houses of several residents.
"Divisional commander, it's not good, something happened. Last night we lost more than 300 soldiers. The division commander who was left behind by Xue Yue heard the bad news as soon as he got up.
"Damn, such a small thing is still bothering me, see if it doesn't go home at night, don't make a fuss about me." The division commander said depressedly, but he didn't take it to heart.
At this time, the political commissar was woken up by the investigators early in the morning, it turned out that Xue Yue left the Shimen Bridge early in the morning and marched in the direction of Taoyuan, and the political commissar hurriedly led the troops around the Shimen Bridge and followed closely.
Another day passed, and Liu Hua received a report from the political commissar and knew that Xue Yue had captured Taoyuan. Here's your chance. Liu Hua thought secretly.
"Order the troops to seize the time to rest and recuperate at night, start the siege tomorrow, and send a report to the reconnaissance battalion Liu Xiaogang, so that they can start their actions tonight, attack the enemy, disturb their military morale, and make them unable to rest tonight." Liu Hua ordered to the communications staff officer.
Temporary command of the reconnaissance battalion, "telegram from the battalion commander, battalion commander, corps commander." Liu Xiaogang, who was walking around the yard, immediately called all the company platoon commanders over after seeing the order.
"Just now the corps commander sent a telegram, let's attack tonight, attack the enemy, so that they can't rest tonight, and hit their military morale, how about it, comrades, do you have any ideas!" Liu Xiaogang looked at the soldiers below and said happily.
Soon, the results were discussed, and all the troops were scattered throughout the county in platoons. Attacking the enemy's headquarters and barracks does not require a large number of casualties, as long as they do not have to rest.
Liu Xiaogang and the guard platoon of the reconnaissance battalion quietly touched the vicinity of the general headquarters, the enemy was very well defended, a heavy machine gun was driven at the door, and the patrol team was in a formation every few minutes. Liu Hua led the troops to lie on the roofs of several houses, quietly looking at the surrounding environment.
"Hit." At the sound of an order, a patrol of 12 people was instantly engulfed by the powerful fire of the guard platoon, and not a single one of them was alive. Xiao Gang did not collect the weapons and ammunition of the 12 people, and immediately disappeared into the ambush battlefield with more than 30 people, and rushed to the selected battlefield on the other side of the headquarters.
"Division commander, the patrol outside the headquarters was attacked, and the loss was a platoon." The commander of the command guard battalion immediately ran over to report. Waiting for the order of the division commander.
"What are you doing in a daze, take your troops to destroy the attackers for me." The division commander shouted.
Suddenly, an explosion rang out again. "Check it out, what's going on?" The division commander hurriedly asked.
"Division commander, a regiment of ammunition in reserve was blown up by the enemy. The attackers are nowhere to be found. The chief of staff whispered.
"Waste, order a group to find the attacker for me." The division commander said fiercely.
"Oh no, division commander, the headquarters of the 3rd Regiment was attacked and killed
Slowly. Gunfire rang out one after another in the city. "Order the troops to be brought to combat readiness in full. Send a report to Commander-in-Chief Xue. The division commander said this scoundrelly,
In this way, the whole county was immediately lit up, and all the troops were called up and began to search for the attacking troops, when the gunshots, which had been sounding for a long time, suddenly fell silent. In this way, the continuous attacks made everyone in the city tense their nerves. Even the division commander was no exception.
"Division commander, the commander-in-chief said that this is a *usual trick, let us deal with it ourselves." The division commander shook his head when he heard this.
After a night of tossing, everyone in the city had red circles under their eyes and was listlessly patrolling. "Send a report to the corps commander and complete the mission victoriously." Liu Hua said immediately after getting the reconnaissance of the enemy's situation.
"Commander, the reconnaissance battalion has successfully completed its mission."
The artillery was ordered to prepare for the shelling, and I immediately went to the forward positions.
"Division Commander Sun, you take two mortar companies to the east gate for a feint, Division Commander Wang, you also take two mortar companies to the west gate for a feint, and when the south gate cannon sounds, it is a siege order, and it will be executed immediately." Liu Hua ordered at the two.
Liu Hua rode his horse and soon arrived at the hidden artillery position.
"Chen Guangrong, how are you preparing?" Liu Hua asked when he saw the artillery battalion commander walking over.
Commander, just relax, I promise that the first shell will knock down the tower. Chen Guangrong said with a grin.
"Okay, if you can't collapse, you see how I clean you up, order, after ten minutes of shelling, shelling for ten minutes, and then extending the shooting." Liu Hua said solemnly.
"Yes, corps commander, the artillery battalion is guaranteed to complete the mission, please rest assured corps commander." Seeing Liu Hua's serious gaze, Chen Guangrong immediately stood up and said.
"Well, go ahead with the order, don't save me shells." Liu Hua nodded.
"What about the sniper Lian Luo Wenhua?" Liu Hua shouted.
"Report to the corps commander, Luo Wenhua is here to report." Seeing Luo Wenhua in front, Liu Hua nodded.
Now the sniper company of the Seventh Army is very large, it can be said that all the armies of the whole China do not have, the sniper company of 120 people, although it is not equipped with a standard sniper rifle, but because the Seventh Army has been winning the battle, captured countless binoculars, after the efforts of countless craftsmen, finally transformed into the first sniper rifle, although it is a Mauser rifle transformation, but for the soldiers of the sniper company has been able to hit the enemy 600 meters away, the whole company is equipped with 60 modified rifles, which can be described as strong.
"Company Commander Luo, the artillery battalion will carry out a ten-minute artillery bombardment in a while, and you must use the cover of artillery fire to reach a place 500 meters away from the city wall within ten minutes, and when the troops attack, as long as the outcropping enemy troops are all knocked out for me, covering the troops to attack the city."
"Yes, Legion Commander, the sniper company is guaranteed to complete the mission." Luo Wenhua saluted and said.
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