He Xinghua came to report again, saying that the enemy's 48th Brigade had sent a telegram, reporting that it was chasing the division headquarters at a rapid march speed. Liu Yimin agreed to let them speed up, especially the supply camp, and said that they needed to hurry up, so he said that there was a fierce battle with the Red Army in the front and there was an urgent need for supplements.
Hand grenades and machine gun bullets.
After He Xinghua left, Liu Yimin led all the units of the 18th Regiment into the position according to the pre-war deployment. In order to seize all the enemy's heavy supplies and prevent the enemy from destroying the supplies, Liu Yimin specifically ordered the new barracks to transfer a company and strengthen it to the fourth battalion. Everything is ready, just wait.
Brigade 46 is serving food.
An hour later, the enemy's 46th Brigade came running along the road.
No one in the enemy's 46th Brigade, from the brigade commander to the soldiers, thought that the telegram sent by the division commander to speed up the advance was a reminder.
You must know that among the warlords at that time, there were very few who could compete with the Hunan Army in terms of combat effectiveness. That is to say, the Gui Army in Guangxi and the Huihui Cavalry in Qinghai could be compared with He Jian's Hunan Army. In the Hunan Army
In the eyes of officers, soldiers and even ordinary people, other warlords' troops were not worth mentioning. The saying "There is no army without Hunan" summed up the public opinion at the time.
The 16th Division was one of He Jian's special forces. It performed well in all the battles such as the Central Plains War and the Battle for Hegemony in Hunan, and rarely suffered defeat. After the establishment of the Central Soviet Area, the 16th Hunan Division participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army many times, which is strange to say.
, in the confrontation with the Red Army, the 16th Hunan Division hardly suffered many major blows. The Red Army besieged Changsha twice, and the 16th Hunan Division was once the main force for He Jian to regain Changsha, and the other time it was the main force to hold on. It can be said that both tasks were completed.
Remarkable.
After the Red Army's Long March began, the 16th Hunan Division once again set foot on He Jian's tank to encircle and suppress the Red Army. They intercepted, pursued, and resisted at all times, and even used their strength to suck milk. They fought hard several times, especially after the battle on the Xiangjiang River.
, the self-confidence of the Sixteenth Hunan Division was extremely inflated. The middle and lower-level officers all regarded chasing the Red Army as a road to promotion and wealth, and they rushed to be the first. Especially the 46th Brigade, because the brigade commander Zhang Liangji was promoted to the rank of division, let alone
He is a middle- and lower-level officer, and even ordinary soldiers would like to point their nostrils to the sky when walking, as if they themselves have become a master's seat, and they are arrogant and arrogant.
This morning, the division commander ordered the entire division to dispatch to intercept the Red Army. The 46th Brigade was tasked with guarding the entire division and protecting the baggage. Many officers were reluctant because the Red Army had obviously escaped. At this time, they should catch up and bite him hard and catch him.
Living for one person is at least two oceans away! If you are lucky, you can catch Mao Zedong, Zhu De and other leaders, and you will earn the glory and wealth of your descendants for generations! After doing it for a long time, he was asked to serve as a guard.
Is the work done by the 46th Brigade? Besides, the guys in the baggage camp are working hard, including mules, horses, carts, and porters. They finally got on the road, but the marching speed could not be increased.
The main march of the 46th Brigade also became slower.
Finally, the telegram from the division commanding the army to speed up the advance came. The enemy brigade commander felt relieved and directly ordered the chief of staff: "Tell the whole brigade to march urgently and catch up with the main force of the division as soon as possible. Tell the brothers that the Red Bandits are in front, and the credit will be on them."
In front, the ocean is in front, and the woman is in front. We are late, and we can’t even drink soup when others are eating meat. You personally go to supervise the supply camp, and you dare to drag the whole brigade back, military law will be engaged!"
After watching the order from the brigade, the whole brigade quickly formed into a three-way column, running forward with howls and screams. The enemy's chief of staff patted his horse and arrived at the slow supply camp.
Without waiting for the commander of the baggage battalion to explain, the enemy's chief of staff whipped up his horsewhip: "You bastard, do you want to hold back the entire brigade? The brigade ordered the entire brigade to march urgently to catch up with the main force of the division. Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law."
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The commander of the enemy's transport battalion dodged the whip while taking out his pistol. He fired two "bang bang" shots into the air and said, "Brothers, please listen to me. Let the mules and horses run, and the whole battalion marches in a hurry. Who dares?
Damn it, don't blame me for not recognizing people with my gun."
The enemy's heavy supply camp immediately moved into action. The sounds of mules and horses, the shouts of soldiers, and the shouts and curses of civilians were mixed together. People were in a panic and it was very lively.
In the rush, a porter's pick was bumped and staggered. The porter was so anxious that he simply put down his pick and yelled: "You bastard, why are you squeezing? Are you in a hurry to get a shot?"
The enemy battalion commander rushed over and fired two shots at the porters, and the team suddenly became silent. The enemy battalion commander said in a sinister voice: "Listen to me. If anyone doesn't follow the order, my gun will be used to settle the account with him."
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In this way, the enemy's 46th Brigade hurriedly rushed into the ambush circle of the 18th Red Regiment.
There was no suspense. The enemy's 46th Brigade didn't even have a chance to fight back. On the narrow valley road, the battalions of the 18th Regiment once again strengthened their firepower. They used bullets and grenades to teach the 46th Brigade what it means to attack the enemy unprepared and what it means to attack the enemy unprepared.
In the fire assault lesson, in just 5 minutes, the 46th Brigade, the main brigade of the Hunan Army that never lags behind in chasing the Red Army, was paralyzed to the ground by the 18th Regiment's ultra-intensive machine gun fire and grenade groups.
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In this battle, the enemy's 46th brigade headquarters and two regiments and one division's supply camp were completely wiped out. 2,450 enemy people were killed, 450 were wounded, and 700 were captured. The reason why more enemies were captured this time than in the previous two ambushes was mainly because
The soldiers were reluctant to destroy the vehicles in the enemy's supply camp, giving most of the soldiers in the supply camp a chance to surrender. They seized a radio station, 12 60-meter mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, 72 light machine guns, 146 submachine guns, and various other equipment.
140 pistols, 2,150 rifles, 20,000 grenades were seized from the soldiers of the 46th Brigade, 76 cartloads of mountain artillery shells, mortar shells, heavy machine gun shells, rifle shells, hand grenades, dry food, medicine and other materials were seized, and 50,000 silver dollars were seized.
, 60 gold bars.
Liu Yimin and his regiment and battalion leaders stood on the road and watched the soldiers escorting the prisoners and carrying supplies.
Hunan Army corpses were strewn all over the road, and the ground was covered in blood.
A Red Army soldier carried 5 or 6 guns on his back. He still held the gun in his hand and turned among the corpses to check if there were any enemies pretending to be dead.
He really found it. An officer was crawling face down among the dead, but his shaking butt still exposed him. The Red Army soldier walked up and said bitterly: "Fuck you, you guys have this day too, learn to pretend to be dead."
!Aren’t you very good at fighting? Get up!”
The officer had no choice but to get up and glance at the Red Army soldiers angrily. The Red Army soldiers immediately shouted: "What are you looking at? Are you not convinced?" The officer had no choice but to walk toward the prisoners' team obediently.
The jubilant spirit of the Red Army soldiers deeply infected the cadres. The first battalion commander Gao Yuan murmured to himself: "Victory, we finally won. Since the Soviet Area Defense War, we have been chased by the enemy like rabbits, and we have sacrificed so many lives."
My comrades, we finally won a heart-pounding victory today. Lao Guo, Lao Zhang, have you seen it, we have won!" As he spoke, tears flowed out. The cadres were also sighing.
Cai Zhong told Liu Yimin that the Lao Guo and Lao Zhang Gao Yuan mentioned were his two political commissars, and they all died in the battle to defend the Soviet area.
Liu Yimin knew that it was normal for people to be excited after a war. When he thought about it, the once arrogant 16th Hunan Division was wiped out like this. He Jian, a veteran counterrevolutionary, didn't know what his reaction would be when he found out. He might burst into tears and caress.
He could not help but burst out with heroic spirit. Applying the rhythm of Marshal Chen Yi's famous poem of later generations, he chanted in a manly voice:
Ghosts and gods howled in front of Xiaoshui Village, and the Sixteenth Hunan Division had nowhere to escape.
The grenades dropped like a sea of smoke, and the sound of machine gunfire rose like a tidal wave.
Blocking the head and attacking the tail will frighten the enemy, and attacking from the center will frighten the enemy.
Where the mountains and sunlight complement each other, all the Red Army troops are showing off their heroes.
Li Qing read it silently, clapped his hands and said: "This poem describes all this good poem, this feeling, this scene, and our unprecedented victory, with heroic spirit and overwhelming fighting spirit. I want to telegraph this poem."
Send it to Red Star newspaper to encourage our Red Army to achieve greater victory."
Liu Yimin said: "Don't make a fool of me."
Cai Zhong interjected: "It is indeed well written, and I agree to send it to the Red Star."
Liu Jianshe asked what to do with so many supplies. Liu Yimin thought about it and said he could only take them all. Liu Jianshe also said that there were too many and he might not be able to carry them. Liu Yimin said that he had to take them even if he couldn't, and he couldn't leave them to the enemy. Then
Liu Yimin asked Cai Zhong how the work of transforming prisoners was going. Cai Zhong said that it was very difficult. There were 720 prisoners in the first two batches. After hard work, only 100 people were willing to join the Red Army. Most of them said they wanted to go home and farm.
Some stubborn ones even scolded us for sneak attacks, and if they had the guts, they would set up a battle array and fight. Liu Yimin smiled and said: "Set up a battle array and fight? I have no interest in that. Chief of Staff, please report to Chairman Mao, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and the Central Revolutionary Military Commission
Send a telegram to report victory. Let’s go and see those prisoners.”