Chapter 50 - Marching into Changde

The three men sat at the table and began to discuss the battle plan. After half an hour, they still had no clue. Several of the proposed battle plans were rejected, and the headquarters fell silent again.Liu Hua kept pounding Changde on the map with a pencil, thinking about how to prevent Changde's garrison from reinforcements, which is the current solution."Damn it. Why do I have to conquer Shimen Bridge?" Liu Hua suddenly patted the table, and soon a battle plan came to mind.Sun Xingbang and Zhao Dahe, who were nearby, were suddenly shocked by Liu Hua's actions and looked at Liu Hua together. Looking at their confused eyes, Liu Hua smiled."Laosun, I mean that we only feint against Shimen Bridge to attract reinforcements from Changde. We only fight for reinforcements, not against difficulties. Just now we have been thinking about conquering Shimen Bridge. Ha ha, let's fall into a misunderstanding. Aren ' t there two teachers and horses stationed in Changde? At most, they send one division to Shimen Bridge. Their divisions are not class a divisions, and the number of people and horses is 8 Even if there are more than 1000 people, we should be able to move with the strength of one division. "Liu Hua explained his ideas to the two. After listening, the two suddenly realized.Immediately, the quiet headquarters began to talk again.Finally, the three men finally chose a battlefield 10 miles away from Shimen Bridge. Although the terrain is not very suitable for ambush, it is the most open place. Soon the combat tasks were divided. Liu Hua and sun Xingbang, with three main regiments and one reconnaissance platoon and two other mortar companies, attacked the enemy's reinforcements. Zhao Dahe, the political commissar of the second division, took the guard with them Company reconnaissance company, shanpao company feigned to attack Shimen Bridge.After lunch, the troops set out on time to their respective positions. Liu Hua and sun Xingbang came to the battlefield. As expected, the terrain here was as open as the map of the captured enemy. There are only countless shrubs growing, and a dirt road runs through the middle of the open land. The journey is four Li long enough. Looking at such a battlefield, Liu Hua suddenly thought of the plot of Chen Geng ambushing the Japanese army in shentouling in the Eighth Route Army, and his face was smiling."Command the troops to dig trenches at a distance of 30 meters from the roadside, which must be one meter deep, and transport all the excavated soil away, so that the enemy search team cannot find it." Liu Hua immediately ordered."Commander of the army, if you are so close to the road, the enemy will not be found!" Sun Xingbang immediately raised his own question."Ha ha, Mr. Sun, how far do you think the enemy's search team is from the main force?" Liu Hua asked with a smile."Head of the army, the enemy's search team is generally 500 meters away from the main force." Mr. Sun answered the commander's question."Mr. Sun, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Ha ha, we need to dig trenches in the most dangerous place of the enemy. As long as all our soldiers hide in the trenches and cover them with straw mats and topsoil, I'm sure the enemy won't find out. At that time, we will use all the automatic firepower and grenades. I don't believe that the central army is made of iron, "Then I look at Mr. Sun.Sun Xingbang nodded after listening. Although he was still a little uneasy, he obviously agreed with the head of his army.Soon, the three regiments of the first division began to dig fortifications. After all, there were nearly nearly 5000 people. All of them started to dig ditches and carry earth. Several hours later, Liu Hua looked at the two ditches on both sides of the road. Looking at the busy soldiers below, Liu Hua was more confident in victory.It's eight o'clock in the evening. All the trenches have been completed. The soldiers are so tired that they sit in the trenches and you fall asleep. Seeing this, Liu Hua quickly orders all the cooks to cook a hot meal for the soldiers . Let the soldiers have a good rest.The next day, Liu Hua saw the two trenches in front of him. Liu Hua was filled with emotion. He had many people and great power. Liu Hua and Lao sun discussed, and immediately brought all the straw mats collected here for camouflage. After all the soldiers were arranged, the reconnaissance platoon and Mr. Sun himself and Mr. Sun personally inspected them, so as not to show any flaws to the enemy.And immediately sent a report to the political commissar of Zhao (because of the total annihilation of Zhang Zhenhan division of the Hubei army, the radio team of the seventh army has been rapidly expanded, and each division has reached two radio stations) to order the political commissar of Zhao to immediately attack Shimen Bridge. The ordered Zhao political commissar immediately pulled out the hidden mountain artillery company, and all the guns were aimed at the enemy's artillery positions. Now the seven regiments are not short of cannons, only shells, so they don't care about those cannons at all.At the order of the political commissar, all six guns roared. Six shells landed on the enemy's artillery position accurately, and immediately overturned the two guns. Before the enemy's artillery reflected, the second round of shells fell again. Several rounds of shells fell, and the enemy artillery could not hold on any longer. They fled from the artillery positions, and they didn't care about the cannons any more.After being informed by the investigators who had entered Shimen Bridge in advance, Zhao Dahe, the political commissar, knew that the enemy's artillery positions had been completely destroyed, and immediately changed the target of the artillery attack, and the enemy Corps Department of Shimen Bridge immediately fell into a sea of ​​fire. Fortunately, the head of the enemy left early, or else he would be caught in the fire.The head of the enemy army immediately asked for help from Changde. After several rescue telegrams were sent, Changde finally got a call back and agreed to send a brigade and two regiments for rescue. Led by brigade commander Wang Bing, rescue was carried out.Liu Hua immediately ordered the troops to enter the position for concealment after reporting to the Scout. Even the men and horses of the two artillery companies hid their cannons and took up infantry weapons and concealed them in the trenches. After being concealed by the guard company for one time, almost all traces were removed. Liu Hua and sun Xingbang also walked on the road for one time, checked and revised one anti defect.Seeing that he couldn't find a trace, Liu Hua nodded his head with satisfaction, went to the hidden headquarters, waited for the arrival of the enemy, imagined that shentouling victory appeared in advance, and Liu Hua smiled.When Wang Bing, the commander of the enemy brigade, received the command from the headquarters, although he didn't want to send troops, he was ordered by the headquarters and had to go. But I don't think I can get some benefits from the guard group if I want to reinforce Shimen Bridge. But Wang Bing is also a good general. He is afraid of trouble and has enough ammunition. In order to increase the combat effectiveness of the army, he has also specially strengthened an artillery company and a heavy machine gun company.Seeing that his firepower is strong and his ammunition is sufficient, Wang Bing has more confidence in his reinforcement of Shimen Bridge and takes Qi people and horses to Changde county.