The results of the battles in Qingxi Town and Yangping Town were extremely brilliant.
Liu Yimin, who returned to Yangping Town, looked at the statistics of the various ministries sent by Wu Zheng: In the battle of Qingxi Town, the 59th Division and the 93rd Division were completely wiped out, with 3520 enemies killed, 1260 seriously injured, and 2750 lightly injured.
Captured enemy division commander Han Hanying and 7,472 people below Tang Yunshan. The ambush at Yangping Town severely damaged the enemy's 90th Division and defeated the enemy's 92nd Division. The first detachment and the fifth division killed 4,260 enemies, seriously injured 1,540, and slightly injured 2,370.
8532 prisoners were taken. In the blocking battle on the main peak of the back mountain of Yangping Town, the 73rd Regiment of the 13th Division was wiped out, the 74th Regiment was severely damaged, and the 75th Regiment was defeated. 2116 people including Liu Rui, the commander of the 73rd Regiment, were killed, and 470 were captured. A total of 9896 enemies were killed and seriously injured.
There were 2,800 enemies, 5,120 were lightly wounded, and 16,474 were captured. Taken together, a total of 34,290 enemies were wiped out, equivalent to three and a half divisions of Xue Yue's troops.
The seizures were even more abundant, including 15 radio stations, 36 75mm mortars, 208 60cm mortars, and mountains of light and heavy machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, pistols and ammunition.
Liu Yimin thought to himself that many soldiers of the national army ran back empty-handed. Now, Xue Yue's logistics supplies were busy again. Thinking back to the time when the Red Army crossed Chishui twice and defeated Xue Yue's 59th Division and 93rd Division.
, a weapons and ammunition warehouse was seized, and many soldiers had new guns. Liu Yimin lamented that the equipment of the Central Army was much better than that of the Hunan Army and the Gui Army. The Hunan Army only had one mortar company per brigade, and only one mortar company per regiment.
There is a heavy machine gun company, and the Central Army's heavy machine guns are assigned to the company, and the mortars are assigned to the regiments. The Red Army soldiers said it is best to attack the Central Army. If you want to attack, attack the Central Army. It is economical to attack the Central Army.
But its own casualties were also too great, with 2,000 casualties, of which 940 were sacrificed. Although compared with the enemy's losses, they are negligible, but the Red Army is small, and it is difficult to replenish. On the contrary, the enemy can quickly replenish, and both sides can
The war resources are disproportionate. According to the soldiers' reports, the casualties were mainly caused by the 13th Division and the 90th Division. It seems that they still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the national army. They only saw the bandit style of the national army, not
Thinking of the fact that once they fight face to face, the fighting power of the national army is still very strong. Especially the 13th Wan Yaohuang Division, which was originally a miscellaneous army with the fourth regiment, the fifth regiment, the guard battalion, and the engineering battalion. Fortunately, he led it.
The first regiment and the second regiment arrived in time, otherwise, instead of destroying the enemy, they might be defeated by the enemy and even make dumplings.
What to do with so many weapons, ammunition and prisoners? Seriously wounded members of the national army can be treated according to the Xiaoshui battle method, and left in Yangping Town after bandaging and treatment. What about the lightly wounded? These are all veterans. There is a hospital in Zunyi, so they should recover quickly.
, it’s better to bring them with you. If there are too many prisoners, you can form a regiment with the new army battalion as the backbone, and a regiment with the thunder battalion as the backbone. The baggage battalion, artillery battalion, cavalry battalion, and engineer battalion can all be expanded into regiments. All combat regiments can be formed.
Set up an additional fire support battalion, and equip the battalion with a fire support company. Leave the remaining prisoners to the main force for digestion!
After thinking clearly, Liu Yimin ordered Li Qing to choose a mountainous area with better feng shui behind Yangping Town to bury the martyrs. The troops took the time to have dinner in Yangping Town, and after the martyrs were buried, they all retreated to Zhenyuan County.
At this time, Xue Yue had already established a headquarters in Xindian.
The Thirteenth Division came back. Wan Yaohuang arranged the troops and went to report to Xue Yue. When he walked into Xue Yue's headquarters, he saw several division commanders and Wu Qiwei.
I looked at Han Hanying, the commander of the 59th Division, and Tang Yunshan, the commander of the 93rd Division, and my heart skipped a beat. Could it be that these two division commanders had become prisoners of the Red Bandits?
Seeing Wan Yaohuang coming in, without waiting for him to salute, Xue Yue stood up and said, "Brother Wu Qiao, thank you for your hard work!" Then he stretched out his hands to shake Wan Yaohuang's hand.
Wan Yaohuang thought to himself, what day is it today? The always stern Xue Yue would take the initiative to shake hands with him. It seems that the losses of the Central Army were greater than he thought.
After thinking about it, Wan Yaohuang saw Xue Yue stretching out his hand, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Xue Yue's hand tightly with both hands, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, Commander!" Then he stood at attention, saluted and reported: "Report to Commander,
Our unit was ambushed by red bandits on the main peak of the Houshan Mountain in Yangping Town. More than 3,000 people including Liu Rui, the commander of the 73rd Regiment, were killed in the battle. The unit suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the commander ordered the retreat, otherwise he might have died for his country in humble duty."
Upon hearing that the Thirteenth Division had also suffered heavy losses, several people in the room immediately became emotional and came over to say hello and ask about the battle situation.
Xue Yue also wanted to know, so he said: "Brother Wu Qiao might as well tell you the battle situation in detail, and everyone can study the situation with each other."
Wan Yaohuang reported the battle situation in detail. At the end, he said with lingering fear: "Thank you, Commander, for ordering the 13th Division to retreat. If the order had been issued an hour later, the designation of the 13th Division would have been cancelled."
Xue Yue asked: "How many troops did the red bandits who ambushed the vanguard regiment have?"
Wan Yaohuang said: "Report to the commander, there are about 6,000 people, there should be three regiments, one regiment guarding the front, two regiments outflanking from both sides. The enemy's combat power is very strong, my leading regiment, the 74th regiment, and the 75th regiment are all
Veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles have suffered such heavy casualties. However, the Red Bandits did not seek relief. Judging from the battlefield conditions, their casualties were similar to ours, about 3,000. Commander, the Thirteenth Division suffered a loss this time.
My boss is gone. You have to make the decision for the Thirteenth Division!" As he spoke, he shed tears.
Liang Huasheng said impatiently: "Okay, Lao Wan, you are lucky. Both the 59th Division and the 93rd Division have been wiped out. Is your loss worth a cry?"
When Wan Yaohuang heard that it was true, he immediately stopped crying.
Xue Yue asked again: "Where is the enemy's main reinforcement?"
Wan Yaohuang replied: "I don't know how many people there are in the enemy's main reinforcements, but I can see clearly that after the enemy's main reinforcements went up the mountain, they divided into two groups to outflank the main force of our division. Their intention to eat us all was obvious. In addition, the enemy's reinforcements were very fierce in artillery fire."
, after the test firing, the first wave of firing was dozens of artillery shells. Fortunately, we retreated quickly, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable."
Zhou Hunyuan said: "Commander, the situation is very clear. The main force of the Red Bandits secretly moved south from Zunyi to intercept our army. The Red Bandits must have deciphered the password of our army's radio station and knew our army's marching route, so they made a desperate attempt to ambush us.
Army. What kind of Red Bandits are attacking the counties in northern Guizhou? It seems to be a cover-up trick by the Red Bandits. I said that the First and Third Army Corps of the Red Bandits suddenly disappeared in Fuquan and Kaiyang, and the Fifth Army Corps of the Red Bandits disappeared after occupying Zunyi. It turns out that they
They are all here, it seems that those operating in northern Guizhou must be the Ninth Army Corps of the Red Bandits."
Wu Qiwei said worriedly: "It will be difficult to fight in the future. After the Red Bandits defeated three divisions of the Hunan Army, their strength increased greatly. Now they have achieved such a great victory. Their weapons and equipment have been greatly updated, and their ammunition is sufficient. Plus Mao Zedong
There are many tricks and tricks, we must be careful in the future."
Xue Yue's chief of staff said: "Judging from today's tactics of the Red Bandits, infantry ambush and kill the enemy with firepower, attaching great importance to the use of firepower. This is very different from the Red Bandits' usual combat method. In the past, the Red Bandits paid great attention to their operations.
Save bullets and rely on crowd tactics to win. It is better to injure one person than lose a gun. Now the Red Bandits have replaced their shotguns with cannons, and they are willing to use shells and bullets to win. However, I am wondering where so many Red Bandits came from.
What about the heavy machine guns and cannons? Are they all from the Hunan Army?"
Xie Pufu continued: "Liu Jianxu's 28th Army has a mountain artillery battalion, which is said to be 12 brand-new Forbes mountain artillery. I remember it was said in the battle report that after the fierce battle on the Xiangjiang River, He Jian and Liu Jianxu ordered the 16th Division to commend Zhang Liang's base in
For his military exploits in the Battle of Xiangjiang, in addition to replenishing personnel and equipment, he also gave the mountain artillery battalion to his command. Together with the original mortars of the three divisions of the Hunan Army, the mystery of the fierce artillery fire of the Red Bandits was solved."
Liang Huasheng said: "Didn't Zhang Liangji and the others break out? Aren't they already switching defenses now?"
Xie Pufu sneered: "What the hell, what kind of breakout? It must be He Jian, the bastard, who was afraid that the Chairman would revoke the establishment of his three divisions, so he made secret deals with the red bandits and redeemed several of his division commanders, brigade commanders, and maybe even
There are some middle and lower-level officers and wounded soldiers. Maybe the artillery shells and machine gun bullets that hit us were given to the Red Bandits by this old bastard."
Wan Yaohuang thought for a while and said: "What Commander Xie said makes sense. He Jian has territory, people, guns, and food. As long as the people come back, they can naturally report to the central government that the troops have successfully broken through. However, the losses are relatively large, and the
Just set up the rear quickly. I think, in order to exchange for Tao Guang, Zhang Liangji and the others, He Jian will spend a lot of money."
Hui Ji immediately said: "Commander, my opinion is still the same. We should immediately telegraph the committee and ask Dai Li and others to investigate. We can't have the Central Army working hard on the front line, while He Jian and other warlords are supporting the Red Bandits from behind, right? In this battle, right?
How else to fight?"
When Xue Yue heard this, several army commanders and division commanders began to look for excuses again, and said: "Everyone, let's discuss how to report to the Chairman!"
Now several people have stopped talking. How can we report the battle after it is like this?
After waiting for a long time, Liang Huasheng said tentatively: "Commander, I have an idea. I don't know whether I should talk about it or not?"
Xue Yue said: "Tell me and listen."
Liang Huasheng then said: "Commander Han of the 59th Division and Commander Tang of the 93rd Division have not come back now. They may have fallen into the enemy's hands. Since He Jian's division commander and brigade commander can go back, why can't our Central Army's commanders come back?
?It's nothing more than a transaction. Everyone is acting under orders, and the Red Bandits and the two division commanders don't necessarily have any deep grudges personally. If they can come back and bring back some officers and lightly wounded people, wouldn't they still be considered to be in a good state?
Are you here? In this way, the committee has gained face, and the report will naturally be written. Let's find a way to recruit some militia groups to supplement it. During the war, let these two divisions guard the baggage at the back. If it takes a little longer, I believe that with Han
, with the abilities of the two Tangs, the troops will soon form combat effectiveness."
Xue Yue was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that this brother had such knowledge. This method is indeed a hopeless method. If the two division commanders can be exchanged, I guess the committee will not say anything if they find out. It is better than letting the red bandits
It would be much better to shoot the two division commanders. After thinking about it, he turned his attention to Wu Qiwei.
When Wu Qiwei heard Liang Huasheng's method, he applauded in his heart. This guy is a good friend and interesting enough, and he can help his brothers at critical moments. Seeing Xue Yue's eyes coming over, Wu Qiwei said directly: "Just do it this way, it's better than anything else."
It's not as important as rescuing people. If I'm blamed in the future, the commander can just hand me over."
Zhou Hunyuan knew it was time to take a stand, so he said, "I think it's feasible. The key is to be quick. If the red bandits move or the outside world finds out, things will be difficult to handle."
Xue Yue thought about it and decided to do it like this. But what should he exchange with the red bandits? Weapons and ammunition are not enough. Now many soldiers are running back empty-handed. I don’t know if the weapons in stock are enough for their own troops. Besides, if the commissioner knows
I used weapons and ammunition to trade with the red bandits, no matter what the reason was, I wanted to look good. Use prisoners in exchange. Those captured in Jiangxi were shot and imprisoned. Those who chased the prisoners all the way were also kept in the local prisons.
Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer. It seems that money can only be used.
Once the decision is made, it depends on who should be responsible for the transaction. This person must be a close confidant, and the position cannot be too high. If the position is too high, if the red bandit turns against the person, it will be a big joke.
Seeing that Xue Yue was hesitant, Wu Qiwei knew that they were selecting someone, so he said: "Commander, Mr. Ouyang, the senior counselor of the headquarters, has been relatively leisurely recently."
When Xue Yue heard this, he immediately made his decision and ordered the 92nd Division to send a cavalry company to escort Councilor Ouyang to Yangping Town or Qingxi Town to negotiate with the red bandits.
Therefore, after the battle in Yangping Town, the negotiators from the Xue Yue Department of the Central Army rushed to Yangping Town.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, on a sunny hillside behind Yangping Town, torches were brightly lit. The Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was holding a burial ceremony for the martyrs.
Tombs have been dug on the hillside, and they are arranged neatly one by one, just like martyrs lining up for review before they died.
Liu Yimin, Cai Zhong, Liu Jianshe, Li Qing, and Wu Zheng led the regiment leaders and political commissars to inspect each martyr one by one to see if the uniforms were neatly worn and whether the remains were clean and neat. After each inspection, a piece of white cloth was covered with each one.
Too many people died, and time did not allow for the preparation of coffins. The martyrs were placed on wooden boards. Liu Yimin specifically asked to engrave each martyr's name, place of origin, and unit number on the wooden boards, so that relatives who want to exhume the remains in the future can
time to compare and identify.
After the inspection, the burial began.
After the burial was completed, a wooden sign with the name and unit number was placed on each grave.
Liu Yimin began to deliver his speech:
“On December 23, 1934, the Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and a detachment of the 8th Division led by Xue Yue of the enemy’s Central Army, totaling 100,000 people, fought in Qingxi Town and Yangping Town, Zhenyuan County, Guizhou Province
At noon that day, the enemy's leading 59th Division and 93rd Division entered our ambush circle and were completely wiped out. Our army then moved out of Yangping Town, 20 miles away from Qingxi Town, and set up an ambush along the Hunan-Guizhou Avenue. In the afternoon, the enemy
The main force came to the rescue in a big way. Our army blocked the enemy's leading 90th Division. When the enemy's main force gathered on the road, it launched a sudden fire attack. Then all its elite troops came out to launch a surprise attack on the enemy. The enemy was defeated. Later, it attacked the main peak of Houshan Mountain in Yangping Town.
The enemy's 13th Division attempted to outflank and block the enemy's 73rd advance regiment, and severely damaged the enemy's 37th brigade. In this battle, 34,290 enemy personnel were wiped out, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were seized, which greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the enemy's Central Army. Our Central Guard Division suffered casualties.
2,000 people died, and 940 people died. In the fierce battle, the Red Army warriors fought hand-to-hand with the enemy. With the belief that they would die together with the enemy, they defeated the powerful enemy and created a miracle of defeating the large with the few and defeating the strong with the weak. They composed a song.
The heroic song that changes the color of heaven and earth!
The martyrs have passed away, and we living people should inherit their revolutionary legacy, carry forward their fighting spirit, eliminate all reactionaries, and build a prosperous, democratic, free, civilized and happy New China.
When future generations come here, they should remember the difficulties and hardships faced by our martyrs in starting a business. They should never forget to cultivate the soil and plant trees to bless the heroic souls of our martyrs, pass on my spirit of sacrifice, and protect our red flags from flying!"
On a cold winter night, Liu Yimin's voice was sad, deep, and powerful. Every word and sentence touched the heartstrings of everyone.
Liu Jianli burst into tears and ordered loudly: "Everyone is here to see the martyrs off. Raise your guns and fire!"
The sound of gunfire spread far away, frightening the representatives of the Central Army who were riding towards Yangping Town to tremble, thinking they had been ambushed again.
After the burial ceremony, Liu Yimin ordered the second regiment to take the lead, and the troops set off overnight, escorting the prisoners and captured weapons and ammunition, and moved to Zhenyuan County, while he led the first regiment to provide cover.
By the time representatives from the Central Army arrived, the Second Regiment had already set off.
Liu Yimin received Xue Yue's representative Ouyang Jian in a private house in the town.
Ouyang Jian was extremely surprised when he saw Liu Yimin. He did not expect that the Red Army division commander was so young. Fearing that he would not be able to complete his mission, Ouyang Jian tactfully asked if he could meet Mr. Runzhi or Mr. Enlai, Commander-in-Chief Zhu.
Liu Yimin was in a bad mood because the troops had sacrificed a lot, so he blocked him away with one sentence: "Who do you think you are? Don't talk about you. Even if Chiang Kai-shek wants to meet Chairman Mao, it depends on whether Chairman Mao is in a good mood. Just talk to you.
What’s your purpose? I don’t have time to talk to you!”
Ouyang Jian was so choked that he couldn't breathe for a long time.
Ouyang Jian murmured: "I have been ordered by Commander-in-Chief Xue to negotiate with your army about the release of prisoners. Please forgive me, commander!"
Liu Yimin smiled coldly: "Why, you want to spend some money to redeem people after the beating? What a beautiful idea! I want to hold a public trial and shoot all these counterrevolutionaries!"
Ouyang Jian was a veteran. Seeing that Liu Yimin was in a bad mood, he said, "Sir, you are in a bad mood. Can you arrange for someone to talk to me? As the saying goes, business cannot be done without kindness, so why don't you reach out and hit the smiling person?"
Liu Yimin thought to himself that he was used to ripping off these guys. He even wrote letters for a long time when dealing with He Jian and Bai Chongxi! They came to him of their own accord, so let's talk. But Xue Yue is not He Jian and Li, Bai
, without financial power, it was estimated that he would not be able to generate much profit, so he ordered Li Chengyi to take this guy to see Li Qing.
Ouyang Jian followed Li Chengyi to see Li Qing. Liu Yimin came to Gao Yuan and asked him to report to Li Qing later. He told us that the First Army, the Third Army, and the Fifth Army had called us to tell us when to set off, when to arrive at Yuping, and where.
At that time, he launched an attack and took several battalion commanders pretending to be regimental commanders to ask for a fight. They frightened the representatives of the Central Army and let them know that the main force of the Red Army was hiding nearby, so they retreated to Yuping and stood firm.
Gao Yuan asked if he wanted to play Zhou Yu's trick on Jiang Gan?