On a small highland at Gulingtou near Quanzhou, the 18th Red Regiment was struggling to hold on.
The Red 18th Regiment retreated from the Xinwei blocking position in the morning. The Xinwei blocking battle caused heavy casualties to the 1,500-man Red 18th Regiment. There were more than 800 soldiers left when the retreat was completed. Nearly half of the soldiers spilled their blood on the main position of Nanmu Village in Xinwei Guanyin Mountain and
The Chen family took up the position.
When they retreated to Gulingtou near Quanzhou, they were attacked by two regiments of the 24th Division of the Gui Army that were chasing them. The Gui Army was the two main regiments of the 24th Division of the Seventh Gui Army with the title of Steel Army. Although they were blocking the battle in Xinwei
It was hit hard by the 5th Red Division and the 18th Regiment, with heavy casualties, but the equipment was good and the soldiers rested and ate.
No problem, so they have good physical strength. On the contrary, the commanders and fighters of the 18th Red Regiment first fought fiercely with the enemy on the water tanker. They did not sleep a wink for four days and four nights. After arriving at the Xinwei blocking position, they went into battle with almost no rest. They withdrew to Gulingtou.
At that time, the soldiers were exhausted, hungry, cold, lacked ammunition, and the sky
There were constant bombings from planes, and the Gui Army, which was surrounded on all sides by the ground, kept attacking. Although it was the main force of the Third Red Army, under the high-intensity attack of the aircraft and artillery in turn, it had reached the point where all the fuel was exhausted.
Now there are only more than 500 people left in the 18th Regiment, and almost everyone leads
Wounded, all bullets and grenades had been used up, many bayonets were bent, political commissars and battalions, and even the main leaders had been sacrificed. The seriously injured regiment leader Zeng Chunjian and his soldiers were crouching on the position, waiting for the last moment.
, the arrival of the moment when the last drop of blood was shed for the Soviet New China.
When Liu Yimin led the sharp knife company to run forward and arrived at Gulingtou, the Gui army was arranging its troops and preparing to launch a final charge to completely wipe out the Eighteenth Red Regiment that held its position.
Liu Yimin asked the team to stop, take a short rest and prepare for battle.
Liu Yimin and Cai Zhong took Wang Dahu, Shen Nantang, Wang Xinyun, Zhao Runqing, and Wang Tongsheng to observe closely. When they saw the formation of the Gui army, Liu Yimin, who was a doctoral student at the National Defense University in later generations, was happy: looking at the flag, the Gui army was probably
Although the two regiments are not disabled, they seem to be in a state of broken bones and muscles. There are only more than 2,000 people in the two regiments, and they are organizing the team. 20
More than 00 people gathered together in an orderly and dense formation. A commander was giving a lecture, and the wounded were sitting in the open space next to them. Maybe they thought there was no threat anymore, so the Gui Army's mortars and heavy machine guns were built right next to the team.
On the simple position, the soldiers also stood upright and listened to the commander's instructions. The gentle hillside was littered with the corpses of the Gui Army and the Red Army, which looked extremely tragic.
If you don't seize such a good opportunity, even God will scold himself. Liu Yimin thought for a moment, and immediately turned around and said to a few people: "This opportunity cannot be missed, I am determined to lead the troops to attack the Gui Army. Director Cai took the correspondent to report to the division commander, and let the large troops
Act quickly and immediately complete the encirclement of the Gui Army. The sniper squad controls the enemy's heavy machine guns and mortars to ensure that the enemy's machine guns do not fire and the artillery does not fire. The entire company's machine guns and submachine guns are in front and attack with me."
Director Cai Zhong said: "Liu Company Commander, there are too few of us. Why don't we wait a moment? Large troops will come up soon."
Liu Yimin glanced at him: "No, wait for the large troops to come up, and the Gui army will spread out its formation. That will be a victory, but the casualties will be heavy. Stop talking and execute the order."
Several platoon leaders saluted together: "Yes!"
The deputy commander of the 24th Division of the Guangxi Army who led the pursuit was very depressed. The 24th Division was ordered to occupy Xinwei together with the 44th Division and blitz towards the Jieshou Ferry. Who knew that the Red Army's Red 5th Division arrived half an hour earlier than him?
Hours later, the 24th Division and the 44th Division attacked Xinwei for three days, causing heavy casualties. Finally, the 5th Red Division withdrew, and the 18th Red Regiment came again. From the evening of the 30th to the morning of the 1st, the Red 18th Regiment was finally defeated.
, the division commander asked himself to lead the two main regiments in pursuit, and the rest of the troops stayed behind to search for the remnants of the enemy with the 44th Division in Xinwei. Who knew that the main division and the 44th Division had a fierce battle with the Red 34th Division, which arrived later. I just received the information.
, the military artillery battalion carried by the 44th Division was also bombed by the Red Bandits, causing heavy losses. Think about the fierce battle between the 43rd Division and the Independent Regiment of the Guangxi Army and the Red 4th Division of the 3rd Red Army in Guanghuapu, and the other two divisions have already fought towards Jieshou Ferry.
, chasing down the head of the Communist Army, he would achieve great success, but here he was blocked by the crippled Red Eighteenth Regiment. Every attack seemed to be successful, but in the end he was driven out of the position by the Red Bandits.
Just thinking about it makes me feel inexplicably angry. Then look at the teams in front of me. After several days of fierce fighting, the two elite main regiments have suffered more than half of their casualties. These are Guangxi soldiers who have participated in many battles. Grandma, they fought hard!
Thinking of this, the deputy commander of the Gui Army shouted to the team with murderous intent: "Brothers, the Red Bandits have reached the end of their crossbows. They charge forward. If you capture a person, you will be rewarded with 10 yuan, and if you kill one, you will be rewarded with 5 yuan. I am the commander of the group.
The battalion commander, company commander, and platoon commander lead the charge. Anyone who dares to retreat will be shot immediately!"
At this moment, the adjutant reported that the sentry reported that the Army Group had sent a law enforcement team.
The deputy commander of the Gui Army turned his head and saw that all the soldiers of a company were walking towards him with guns in hand, led by a company commander. At the beginning was a row of machine guns. Behind them were a row of submachine guns. Looking carefully, the company commander's
His face was very unfamiliar, and he asked what he was doing. Liu Yimin answered the Fourth Army Law Enforcement Team as he walked. The enemy's deputy division commander suddenly thought, no, he had never heard of the Army sending a law enforcement team. Besides, there was a law enforcement team, and he was leading the team.
I have never seen it. You must know that the Gui Army has only one group army, which has two corps and five divisions. The generals are either classmates or comrades-in-arms during the battle to unify Guangxi. Most of the senior generals were born in Baoding Military Academy or Lu Rongting’s model camp.
They have a very good relationship with each other. The division commander, regiment commander and the group army headquarters are very familiar with each other. Looking again, this small unit has spread out and formed a battle formation to approach his own team. The deputy division commander of the Gui Army suddenly realized, what the hell
Where was the army law enforcement team? It was clearly the Red Bandits in disguise and sneak attack! So he took out his gun and lay down on the ground, not forgetting to shout: "Brothers, they are Red Bandits, disperse quickly and shoot!"
It's too late, everything is too late.
While the deputy commander of the Guangxi Army was lying down, Liu Yimin picked up his submachine gun and pulled off his shirt. The soldiers of the leading company almost pulled off their shirts at the same time. 9 light machine guns plus Liu Yimin, the platoon leader, deputy platoon leader, and squad leader had 34 submachine guns.
Fired with dozens of rifles, and as soon as the magazines of machine guns and submachine guns were finished, the soldiers threw dozens of grenades, then there was a chorus of machine guns and submachine guns with their magazines replaced, and then there was another rain of grenades.
Over and over again, bullets chased Gui Jun's figure like the wind.
This was a standard massacre, but the one who took the knife was the Red Army, and the one who was killed was the Gui Army. The Gui Army soldiers were completely frightened and fell down in rows like wheat. Some Gui soldiers who responded faster
The soldier finally loaded the bullet and loaded it. Just as he was about to raise his gun to shoot, he was hit by a bullet from a sniper platoon soldier, and his body collapsed. Only the soldiers standing a little further away had time to climb down or scatter in all directions. But he couldn't run away.
, a loud bugle sounded, and nearly 4,000 soldiers of the Red 34th Division surrounded them with gleaming bayonets and machine guns.
The 18th Red Regiment, which was running out of ammunition and food on the high ground and waiting to die with the Gui army, heard the long-lost charge. The seriously injured commander Zeng Chunjian suddenly stood up: "Comrades, it is our Red 34th Division that has arrived.
Bugler, blow the charge bugle, comrades, bayonets on, charge with me!" The Eighteenth Red Regiment of more than 500 people rushed from the high ground towards the fleeing Gui army.
Military historians who evaluated this battle in later generations believed that this classic raid that took place at Gulingtou achieved several perfections: First, the timing was perfect. The Gui army was mobilizing intensively before the final charge, and the commander was giving lectures.
The soldiers gathered together, and there was no time to load the bullets. The artillerymen and heavy machine gunners stood in front of the fortifications, completely losing their defense. The second was to pretend to be a perfect contact with the enemy, pretending to be the law enforcement team of the enemy group army. The alert sentries not only did not dare to interrogate, but also directly blocked the team.
Take it to the troop gathering place. Third, the firepower configuration is perfect, with machine guns and submachine guns at the front, fan-wide fire, and after a round of rifle strikes, focus on throwing grenades to cover the machine guns and submachine guns as they change magazines, and then the machine guns and submachine guns fire again, and then
Again, the grenades were thrown in a concentrated manner without any gaps. Fourth, the battle damage ratio was perfect. In addition to the correspondent protecting Director Cai Zhong and reporting to the large forces, 112 officers and soldiers of the vanguard company participated in the raid. The ratio of enemy to friendly forces was about 20 to 1. The entire battle lasted continuously.
By 5 minutes, the 34th Red Division participating in the battle had no casualties. It completely wiped out the two main regiments of the 24th Division of the Guangxi Army, killed more than 2,500 people below the deputy division commander of the Guangxi Army, and captured 120 people. In addition, the 18th Red Regiment had previously captured Gulingtou.
The enemy was blocked and annihilated. A total of 3,400 people from two regiments of the Guangxi Army were annihilated. 12 mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, 54 light machine guns, nearly 2,000 rifles, submachine guns, pistols, and countless ammunition were seized. Military historians agree.
It is believed that this was the greatest victory achieved by the Red Army since the Long March. Some military historians believe that this battle was the foundation laying ceremony for Liu Yimin to win the title of Master of Tactics and Master of Sneak Attack.
The battle was over. The ground was full of corpses of Gui soldiers and abandoned weapons. The soldiers were busy cleaning the battlefield, collecting weapons and ammunition, and escorting prisoners.
A prisoner muttered and cursed in Guangxi dialect that was difficult for the soldiers to understand. The young soldier in charge of escorting became impatient and raised his rifle butt: "What are you talking about? Be careful, I will shoot you." The squad leader next to him saw it.
He immediately shouted: "Xiao Li, you are not allowed to beat or scold the prisoners. Have you forgotten the discipline of our Red Army?" The little soldier burst into tears and said aggrievedly: "Squad leader, look at the hillside above.
Those lying down are all our comrades. I hate these white dogs when I see them. I really want to kill all these bad guys." The squad leader sighed and said with tears in his eyes: "Let's go, don't violate our discipline."
Commander Chen Shuxiang and Political Commissar Cheng Cuilin led the division and regiment leaders to inspect the battlefield. Seeing the excitement of the soldiers cleaning the battlefield, Commander Chen Shuxiang smiled and said to Political Commissar Cheng Cuilin: "Old Cheng, have you noticed that since Liu Yimin arrived?
, our luck has become extremely good, and we have captured some battles. If this continues and we fight a few more battles, our Red Army's weapons and ammunition problem will be solved."
Political Commissar Cheng Cuilin also smiled and said: "Yes, the morale of the soldiers is very high. It has wiped away the decadence of fighting useless battles since the Long March. It seems that the key to improving morale is to win the battle."
Commander Chen Shuxiang responded: "Yes, this has been the case since ancient times. The more the troops win battles and win big battles, the higher their morale will be and the stronger their combat effectiveness will be."
Political Commissar Cheng Cuilin added: "When I was on Guanyin Mountain, I felt that my revolution was about to end. Who would have thought that Liu Yimin would appear and not only allow us to break out of the encirclement, but also fight such a great victory. Our Red Army will emerge when in danger.
There are a lot of heroes, and Liu Yimin is our hero. I have to ask him what he thinks of our party."