At this moment, the busiest person in the Red 18th Regiment should be Li Qing, director of the Political Department.
According to the order of the regiment commander, Li Qing led the 11th and 12th companies of the fourth battalion and the new battalion, artillery company, baggage team, engineer company, and cavalry company to hide in the woods on the mountain beams on one side of the road. Their mission was to wait for the enemy to arrive and attack the road.
Focus on dropping bombs.
The terrain is very good. The straight-line distance between the mountain ridge and the road is about 20 meters, and the cliff is steep and difficult to climb.
Li Qing called the third battalion commander Chen Dayong, deputy battalion commander Li Deguang, instructor Hu Xuerong, recruit battalion commander Lei Ming, instructor Chang Huayu, artillery company commander Li Chang, baggage captain Wu Zheng, engineer company commander He Mingliang, and cavalry company commander Hu Huhu.
Together, assign combat tasks.
According to Li Qing's original intention, the two companies of the third battalion and the veterans of the artillery company, baggage train, artillery company, engineer company, and cavalry company were placed on the front line, and the recruits from the new battalion and several newly established units were placed on the second line. If
Once the battlefield situation changes, it will be easier for the recruits to withdraw. Unexpectedly, as soon as he expressed his idea, he was constantly opposed by the leaders of the recruit battalion and several new units. Their only reason was that the recruits had already learned to drop bombs, and the battlefield was
The best training ground.
Lei Ming, the commander of the recruit battalion, was the most outrageous. He said that the recruit camp had no weapons. If they were placed on the second line, by the time they arrived on the battlefield, the good guys would have been snatched away by others. The recruit camp would not go anywhere, but would stay on the front line.
Think about it, recruits can only become veterans after being baptized by war.
The result of the discussion between Li Qing and several cadres was that all troops would be deployed and guarded in sections without leaving any vacancies. All cadres would go to work to test the delivery in advance to ensure accurate delivery.
After the mission was clarified, each battalion and company quickly arrived and conducted a trial launch drill in platoon units. Li Qing was still uneasy, and checked whether the concealment and camouflage were in place one by one, until he felt that the enemy's search troops would not be able to attack without close observation.
Until you find it.
After finally setting up the arrangement, he wiped his sweat and looked at his watch. An hour had passed. Then he looked at the ambush positions of the first and second battalions on the opposite side. They were quiet and without a trace. Li Qing couldn't help but muttered: "Recruit balls."
,trouble!"
The sniper platoon's position was set up on flat land 50 meters away from the road. In accordance with Liu Yimin's requirements for camouflage and concealment in the passage, Wang Tongsheng directed the soldiers to dig scattered holes on the flat ground and then transport the new soil away.
Climbing in the pit, it was covered with branches and straw. It looked like a small pile of firewood that a lazy farmer had not transported back in time. Not to mention that ordinary people could not see anything, even the enemy would never think of this.
There is a deadly muzzle under the small, inconspicuous pile of firewood.
Liu Jiren, the commander of the enemy's 48th Brigade, was very surprised. He had maintained combat contact with the Red Bandits yesterday, but the Red Bandits disappeared overnight. Early in the morning, the division commander ordered his entire brigade to search for Xiaoshui. After searching for so long, let alone the Red Bandits,
The main force of the bandits was gone, and not even a single civilian was seen along the way. The hills and ravines on the road were searched, and the vanguard kept reporting that no enemy was found. The brothers in the vanguard were exhausted from climbing the hills and digging into the ravines.
There is just no sign of the Red Bandits. Could it be that the main force of the Red Bandits went to Tongtong County to rest? If the Red Bandits went to Tongtong County, why didn't they stay behind to cover the stagnant enemy troops? Could it be that they fled towards Guizhou? Yes, they must be Red Bandits
They fled towards Guizhou. Only by escaping to Guizhou could they run so completely without even leaving a small group of cover troops. If the Red Bandits fled towards Guizhou, then the Xiangxi defense line built by the Chairman with so much manpower and material resources would be lost.
Did it work? I wonder if the double-gun soldiers of Wang Jialie in Guizhou can stop the red bandits. They need to speed up the pursuit. The red bandits have become exhausted after the war in Xiangjiang. Even if they run, they can't run fast or far.
Thinking of this, Liu Jiren no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the troops to stop searching, and the whole team ran along the road towards Xiaoshui.
The enemy's chief of staff cautiously suggested that the troops should not march too fast, and that they should keep the distance between marches to be wary of ambushes by the Red Bandits.
Liu Jiren opened his mouth and said: "Ambush is nothing, my chief of staff, you are too careful. The Red Bandits are not in the Soviet area now. It is hard to tell whether their soldiers have bullets in their guns. You forgot to
When we fought against their main army in Jiaoshanpu, were all the guns they dropped empty? Now is the time when we are chasing them to the death, who wouldn't beat a drowned dog? Don't worry, even if there is an ambush, I will
Don't be afraid, they are no match for us. Let's go quickly. If we go too late, the red bandits will go to Guizhou, and the guys from the 62nd Division will get back to the passage ahead of us. Come on!"
The soldiers of the 18th Red Regiment have been hiding in the position for 2 hours. The weather in early winter is already a bit cold, and many soldiers' hands and feet are numb from the cold. Occasionally, new soldiers want to move their legs and feet, and the sound they make will immediately
He received stern looks from cadres and veterans to stop him.
Liu Yimin himself had some doubts about whether history had changed, the 16th Hunan Division had changed its route, or it simply did not come out.
Luo Yan finally called. The scout who went out to investigate reported that an enemy brigade of about 4,000 people was searching in the direction of the ambush. Liu Yimin immediately ordered the flag squad to send out flags to report the enemy's situation to all battalions.
Fifteen minutes later, Luo Yan called for the second time. The observation post found the enemy. The enemy's vanguard squad was 500 meters in front of the team, followed by the 3rd column. The strange thing was that the enemy gave up the search and was running forward.
Five minutes later, Luo Yan called for the third time and confirmed that the enemy was running in three columns towards the ambush point. Liu Yimin immediately ordered to send out flags and prepare for battle.
Luo Yan called for the fourth time to report that the enemy's vanguard soldiers had passed the observation post. Not long after, Liu Yimin saw the enemy's vanguard squad, nine of them, with their guns on their shoulders. They didn't look at anything and just ran forward. Liu Yimin muttered something about the 21st century.
Xinguo scolded "idiot!"
Soon, the enemy's vanguard squad ran through the ambush circle to the west of Xiaoshui Village. The large troops also entered the ambush circle. The soldiers carried their rifles on their shoulders, four people carried the heavy machine gun, and the mortar was disassembled on the soldiers' shoulders.
Carry it on your back.
Seeing that the enemy's forward was about to reach the entrance of Xiaoshui Village and the rear had already entered the ambush circle, Liu Yimin felt it was time. He aimed his gun at an officer on horseback and pulled the trigger while saying "hit" at the exit. The Red Army position
The sound of gunshots immediately sounded like a thunderbolt.
The sharpshooters of the sniper platoon immediately killed the enemy officer they were targeting. When the soldiers of the Hunan Army heard the gunfire, they saw blood pouring from the officer's head. Before they could react, the six heavy machine guns of the 18th Red Regiment and
The fire net composed of 21 light machine guns swung like a sickle towards the middle of the marching team of the 16th Hunan Division. Blood rain and meat mist suddenly burst out. The walking giant of the 16th Hunan Division was cut off with a knife. Almost at the same time, the highway
More than 1,000 grenades fell like hail on the mountain beams on one side. Some of them exploded in the air, some landed on the Hunan Army soldiers and exploded, and some fell to the ground and rolled and emitted white smoke. There was no blind spot left, and the Hunan Army was blown away by the explosion.
The soldiers howled like ghosts and wolves.
The more powerful Hunan Army soldiers at the front of the team looked at Xiaoshui Village right in front of them. Thinking that they would have support and cover if they rushed into the village, they picked up their guns and rushed forward, trying to stand out. Three light machine guns and rifles at the entrance of the village came at them.
He shot them so hard that they turned around and ran back. Before they had run far, an officer who reacted made two bangs and knocked the two soldiers who were leading the run away to the ground. The officer shouted wildly: "Follow me, rush over, and then
Anyone who retreats will be shot." Just as the officer finished shouting, a bullet penetrated his head. The soldiers of the Hunan Army saw the blood mist exploding from the officer's head and ran away. They were still greeted by machine guns, rifle bullets and
A grenade dropped overhead.
The soldiers running at the back of the marching team realized after being stunned for a moment that they were ambushed. They quickly turned around, hoping to occupy the hill they just passed. Who knew that before they could turn around, intensive bullets were fired from behind. Such a narrow place
The highway was such a dense formation that the soldiers of the Hunan Army fell forward one after another just like cars rear-ended on ice and snow on highways in later generations.
A few soldiers of the Hunan Army moved very quickly. They threw themselves on the ground and set up their machine guns to fire at the Red Army position opposite. Before they even finished firing a magazine, the machine gunner's head was bleeding. As soon as the deputy shooter grasped the machine gun, there was blood on his forehead.
A bloody hole appeared. The squad leader next to him cursed "fuck you" and pulled the machine gun to shoot at the bodies of the two shooters. Before he could fire, he tilted his head and the machine gun slipped to the side. The rest
The two Hunan Army soldiers were so frightened that they got up and ran away. Two bullets flew in and the two Hunan Army soldiers fell limply to the ground.
The machine gun fire of the 18th Regiment began to extend to both ends of the team. The sickle made of bullets was swung over and over again, swiping it wherever the enemies were gathered. The grenades that fell on the ridge were also thrown where there were more people. After a while,
Most of the entire 48th Brigade suffered casualties. Some of the soldiers who jumped off the road were shot down by rifle bullets. The more clever soldiers began to lie down on the ground and pretend to be dead.
When Liu Yimin saw that the 48th Brigade had collapsed, he grabbed his submachine gun, shouted comrades, charge, and jumped out of his position and rushed towards the road. The soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions immediately followed the regiment leader and launched a charge.
Although the distance was short and they were fast, by the time they rushed to the road, there was no resistance. There were corpses of Hunan soldiers everywhere, guns and ammunition everywhere, and the prisoners automatically squatted on the ground by the roadside and raised their weapons.
Holding hands, waiting to be taken in.
The troops immediately began to clean the battlefield and count the results. In this battle, one enemy brigade and two regiments were eliminated, 2,620 enemy people were killed, 500 were wounded, 400 were captured, and a radio station, 12 60-meter mortars, and 660 artillery shells were seized.
It fired 12 heavy machine guns, 72 light machine guns, 142 submachine guns, 144 pistols, more than 2,100 rifles, and more than 20,000 grenades. Some guns were damaged and there was no time to count the bullets. The whole regiment had no deaths and 21 minor injuries.
Most of them had their feet stuck during the charge or were injured by thorns.
The Red Army soldiers were as happy as if they were celebrating a festival. They were busy collecting weapons and ammunition, screening and escorting prisoners. The happiest thing was that the new soldiers were all equipped with weapons, bullets and grenades.
They put them in their pockets, not forgetting to ask each other how many grenades they threw, killing several enemies.
Li Chang, the commander of the artillery company, yelled excitedly and directed the soldiers of the artillery company to carry the shells on the guns. He also ran to Liu Yimin to ask for permission to immediately build an artillery position for the next wave of ambush.
Liu Yimin smiled and said that positions can be set up, but no artillery fire is allowed without orders. The terrain here is narrow, and machine guns and grenades are enough. There is no need to waste artillery shells. Besides, there is also the equipment of an artillery battalion, and that is the Forbes Mountain Cannon.
Ah. Li Chang was so excited that he was busy setting up mortar positions.
Only the cavalry company commander Hu Huhu was unhappy. One brigade of the Hunan Army only had 30 horses, most of which were beaten to death. They didn't even have a carbine or saber. He scolded He Jian, the old bastard, for being stingy.
Liu Yimin smiled and told him that the Hunan Army had a cavalry regiment, which was He Jian's starting unit. Hu Laohu was so excited that he asked where it was. Liu Yimin said that he would always encounter it. Hu Laohu then walked away cursing.
Seeing that the position was almost cleaned, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to immediately move the position and strengthen all the heavy machine guns to the heavy machine gun position. The entire regiment would direct the heavy machine gun cadres and soldiers to the heavy machine gun position. The light machine gun was equipped as a standard of one per class.
If it is not enough, it will be replenished after the next battle. The entire regiment resumes combat preparations to welcome the arrival of the enemy's 47th Brigade.