Political commissar Li Qing has been standing on the city tower with a telescope and looking into the distance since Liu Hua left the county seat with the second regiment. He stayed on the castle tower, and after hearing the gunfire for about two minutes, he calmed down. You know, now the commissar is afraid of heavy casualties, the troops are in the middle of a battle, and if there are serious wounded, they will definitely slow down the speed and flexibility of the troops.

Hearing the gunfire quickly ended, the commissar knew that his troops had won the victory, and now the only thing to worry about was the casualties of the troops.

Soon, a team appeared in the distance and drove towards the county seat. Seeing that the troops did not have stretchers, his nervous heart finally let go, and he hurriedly ran down the city tower to meet the division commander.

"Commissar, why did you get out of the city? How's the situation in the city now? Seeing that as soon as the division commander met him, he cared about himself, and Li Qing couldn't help but be moved.

"Division commander, everything is normal in the county, how was the ambush war? Are there many casualties among the troops? Moved to moved, Li Qing immediately returned to the topic and hurriedly asked.

"Political commissar, don't worry, there is a division commander who personally went out, and you are still worried, in this battle, we are in full glory, annihilating a battalion of the enemy, capturing the equipment of the whole battalion, only a few of our soldiers were tripped and stumbled during the charge, and were slightly injured, and there were no deaths." Gao Yuan, the second regiment commander, saw the eager appearance of the political commissar and hurriedly replied.

"Okay, good, comrades are all good, quick, fast into the city, the cooking class has bought a few mouthfuls of fat pigs, has already prepared lunch, and is waiting for you to return victoriously? Quick, fast into town. Li Qing said excitedly after hearing this.

"Political commissar, through the interrogation of the prisoners, Liu Jianxu of the Hunan army seems to have noticed that something is wrong with Xing'an County, and he has taken precautions." I decided that we would retreat at night, and we would discuss where to attack?

"Well, I've been here for a day and a night, it's time to go. At the same time, it's time to let the enemy know about the existence of our Reader. Li Qing said to the division commander with a smile, and by the way, he spread out the map of the captured Hunan army.

The eyes of the two fell on Jinggangshan at the same time.

"Xiaolong, immediately notify several regiment leaders and cadres of the directly subordinate units to come to the meeting." After discussing with the political commissar, the two decided to fight back to Jinggangshan to attract the enemy to come back and reduce the pressure on the Central Red Army, and if they wanted to return to Jinggangshan, they must first capture the enemy's heavily defended town of Chaling.

"Comrades, I have just discussed with the political commissar that in order to better contain the enemy's main force and reduce the pressure on the Central Red Army, we have decided to return to the base area, inflict heavy losses on Chiang Kai-shek, and take the opportunity to encourage the guerrillas who persist in the base area."

After listening to the regiment commander's words, several commanders immediately became excited, and they wanted to fight back to the base area, which is something that they have been dreaming of since the beginning of the Long March. They all rushed to say: "Division commander, we will definitely inflict heavy losses on the enemy, division commander." ”

Looking at the several officers below who were eager to try. Liu Hua also smiled.

"Okay, since everyone is so confident, now I order, a regiment is the vanguard of the whole division, of which the reconnaissance platoon is the lead, go straight to Chaling, and when you arrive at Chaling, surround the enemy first, and after the encirclement, you will attack, you can't storm or have casualties, you just need to put pressure on the enemy, let them keep asking for help, and let the artillery company move with you. Boot barracks

Guard Company, Reconnaissance Company One or Two Platoons, Fire Battalion, Baggage Escort Baggage Follow Me Up, Behind the Second Regiment, the First Regiment and the Baggage Distance of Ten Miles, the Second Regiment and the Chinese Army Distance of Five Miles, After dinner, rest for an hour, set off at nine o'clock, and rush to Chaling. “

"Yes, Captain." Several people shouted in unison.

In the dark night, the soldiers of the first regiment, with the encouragement of the political commissar and others, ran panting, and the soldiers of the artillery company were not far behind, driving the horses to follow closely behind the regiment.

After several hours of marching, I watched as the steps of the warriors grew heavier. Lao Sun asked the soldiers to stop at the right time, and changed from marching to ordinary marching, just like that, after two rounds, the sky was almost dawn, and the outline of the tea tomb had already been reflected in the eyes of Lao Sun and others.

"Now I give the order that the second battalion will encircle and attack from the front, and the third battalion will carry out an encirclement attack from the rear, and the artillery company will immediately build a position and follow my orders to carry out artillery bombardment. A battalion served as a reserve. Lao Sun calmly ordered.

As a former commander and fighter, Lao Sun could guess that his division commander should not only take Chaling this time, because with his own regiment and the artillery company, he was fully capable of capturing Chaling, which was defended by only one regiment of the Central Army, with fewer casualties. However, the regiment commander did not ask to capture Chaling, but only asked to put pressure on the enemy and ask them for help, which must have been to pack up the reinforcements. Come to think of it. Lao Sun Lu showed a smile that was not noticeable, it seems that the division commander is the division commander.

"The shelling began, and with Lao Sun's order, the 12 mortars of the artillery company, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately erupted tongues of fire. The 105th Regiment of the Central Army defending Chaling was miserable, when had they ever encountered such fierce artillery fire. After all, it was the Central Army, and after losing some of its men, it immediately began to prepare for defense in an orderly manner under the leadership of its own commander.

After Lao Sun guessed the division commander's intentions, he didn't plan to use too many shells, but he didn't shoot five shells per gun, although he has so many shells now, but he can't waste it here.

With the completion of the shelling, the trumpet of the charge sounded, and the second and third battalions immediately launched a charge, but as soon as they came into contact with the enemy, there were casualties, and they stopped, and then the mortar sounded again, and after this shelling, the commander of the 105th regiment could no longer stand it, because after the two shelling just now, he had already lost a battalion of men and horses, and he immediately sent a telegram to his upper peak asking for help.

"Report to the division, the 105th Regiment sent an urgent telegram: About a regiment of the communist army carrying mortars is attacking Chaling, and it has lost a battalion of troops, and it is asking for reinforcements."

"What? A regiment of the communist army, where did these people come from, didn't it mean that the communist troops on the east bank were all wiped out? How did it come about, immediately ask the commander-in-chief for power generation. The commander of the 21st Division of the Central Army, who was left in the Central Soviet District, shouted.

"Sir Bai, it's not good, the commander of the 21st Division called, a regiment of the communist army is attacking Chaling, asking if our regiment is the remnant of the communist army on the east bank."

"Isn't it just a regiment of the communist army, he has more than 10,000 people in the 21st Division, and he is still afraid of those more than 1,000 people, so he immediately ordered the 21st Division to send a brigade of reinforcements to eliminate this gang*."

At this time, Bai Chongxi didn't know what Liu Hua was thinking about how to calculate him? It turned out that Liu Hua, as a later generation, knew that since the central Soviet region was occupied by the enemy at this time, the enemy had only left four divisions of Bai Chongxi's department, and if he wanted to make a move to Zai Ji, he had to deal a blow to these four divisions, so that the enemy would be afraid of him, and only when he returned to the base area could he develop better. And this plan is only known to Li Qing alone.

"Report to the division commander, according to reconnaissance, the enemy army has opened a brigade from Anren, equipped with a mortar company, two heavy machine gun companies, a total of more than 3,500 people, and is heading towards Chaling, and there are about seven hours to enter Chaling."

"Well, commissar, it seems that the enemy is coming, and we have something to do again, map." Liu Hua said to the political commissar with a smile.

At this time, Liu Hua was taking the new barracks and nearly 3,000 men of the Second Regiment to stop at a distance of five miles from Chaling, waiting for the appearance of the fighters. At this time, the fighter finally came.

Looking at the section of road from Anren to Chaling on the map, the eyes of the two fell on the place of Mafujiang at the same time.

"Order the troops to march quickly, rush to the Mafu River, and build an ambush position, quickly." Liu Hua immediately ordered.

Mafujiang is about 10 miles away from Chaling, and it took the reader about an hour to come here, and when he saw the terrain here, Liu Hua couldn't help but say: "God really helps me,"

The reason why it is called Mafu River is because the road here is located in the middle of a valley, and from a high place, it looks like a river. Looking at the nearly two-kilometer-long valley, Liu Hua was happy.

"Immediately convene a combat meeting"

"Comrades, you should all see my combat intentions this time! I don't think it's as simple as taking Chaling, I still have about four divisions of the enemy in the Soviet area, and if we want to do anything in the future, we must inflict heavy losses on the enemy, and today is the opportunity. A brigade of the enemy is about to drive over, and I have decided to ambush the enemy here, with the strength of 3,000 troops directly under the second regiment and the division, to ambush and completely annihilate a brigade of the enemy. ”

Looking at the battalion company commander Liu Hua, who was eager to try below, asked.

"Yes!" The cadres replied in unison.

"Okay, now I'll assign combat missions;

The guard company was responsible for cutting off the tail, blocking the enemy's retreat after the battle began, and not allowing a single person to escape. “

"Yes, resolutely complete the task." Bruce Lee stood up and saluted.

"Commander Gao, now I want you to organize the whole regiment of sharpshooters, just one platoon, form a sniper company, with Luo Wenhua as the company commander, ambush on both sides of the position to kill the commanders and heavy firefighters, and ask the enemy's heavy machine gun mortars not to fire."

"Yes, resolutely complete the task," said the deputy commander of the guard company.

"I order the ambush order below, in order for the first battalion, the second battalion, the third battalion, the recruit battalion is all inserted into the three battalions, no one divides 5 grenades, after a round of strafing from the machine gun, the bomb is thrown collectively, it must be completed in the fastest time, all automatic firepower is arranged in the first line, the enemy must be given the maximum damage in the first time, the two companies of heavy machine guns are arranged in a centralized manner, Chen Guangrong, the shooting range must be drawn in advance, no dead corners can be left, don't save me bullets, as long as the enemy's brigade is annihilated, there is more ammunition, It is not allowed to charge without an order, so as not to be injured by mistake, and it is carried out immediately. ”

"Yes," shouted the crowd in unison.

At this time, Liu Hua suddenly thought of something: "The first battalion commander stays for a while." ”

"Commander Gao, I will give you the 3rd platoon of the reconnaissance company, you must stop your head, defend your position, and prevent the enemy from breaking through to Chaling, and I will give you 3 machine guns from the baggage battalion to strengthen the firepower of the barricade troops, is there a problem?"

"Report to the division commander and resolutely complete the task."

Seeing that Liu Hua made the task not worth organizing in such a short period of time, he sighed again, "Division Commander, everyone has a task, what are the two of us doing?" The political commissar said with a smile.

"We, hehe, I'm going to snipe, you and I don't know, hehe, let's go." After saying that, regardless of the political commissar's surprised eyes, he walked out with a smile.