Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

Everything has its priorities.

Li Yan calmed down

First, he whispered to Song Tao: "Go to the radio room now."

"Contact the three commanders of the Southwest Fujian Military Sub-district, Zhang, Tan, and Deng, in my name."

"Order to immediately stop the feint attack on Changting"

"Go quickly"

After Li Yan and Song Tao left

He said to everyone: "According to what Kunpeng said..."

"This division of the Nationalist army wore helmets"

"They were carrying unknown heavy weapons."

"I guess the Nationalist army that attacked Shanghang this time"

"Already equipped with German equipment"

“We are armed to the teeth.”

"It's difficult to resist given the current situation in Shanghang"

“Time is urgent now”

“This is not the time to talk about other things.”

"Since the Nationalist Army is in Lanxi Town, downstream of the Ting River"

"Want to attack Shanghang"

"We will definitely take the water route along the Ting River"

Kunpeng

"You must immediately gather all the brothers from the Red Gate Water Hall."

“The more the better”

"Zhuqitou and Mashitan in the lower reaches of Shanghang are narrow and have fast currents."

"Where do you want them to send all the transport ships?"

"Blocking the Tingjiang River waterway"

"Your mission is to buy us at least one day to deploy our defenses."

"Zhao Wu, take all the cadres of the 70th Regiment to assist Kunpeng."

After listening to this, Kunpeng and Gao Xuan quickly turned around and left.

Li Yan then ordered: "Su Shan, you are the commander of the 72nd Regiment."

"Now take all the cadres of your 72nd Regiment with you immediately."

"Organize your 72nd Regiment's new recruits battalion"

Heading to the south of Shanghang

"Enter our water defense positions"

“You are the first line of defense.”

"I don't care what method you use"

“I only have one request for you.”

"Delay the enemy for three days as much as possible"

Su Shan immediately replied: "Yes"

After saying that, he turned and left

Li Yan looked at Tong Liang again

Said: "You take Gao Xuan and all the cadres of the 71st Regiment with you."

"Go find Miss Xu"

“Joining with their people”

"And distribute all the weapons and equipment we brought back."

"Then we'll go to the south of Hangzhou City and dig trenches."

"Deploy more light and heavy machine gun positions"

“Establishing a second line of defense”

"Stonemason, you and Guo Dali should also lead the artillery team of the Dragon Blood Special Warfare Brigade over there."

"This time we brought back a batch of artillery from the United States"

"You only have two days to familiarize yourself with the performance of the artillery."

"And establish artillery positions south of Shanghang"

"We have just established an industrial base in Shanghang City."

"You must stop the Nationalist troops from getting out of Shanghang at all costs."

Zhao Long, Gao Xuan, the stonemason, and Guo Dali all answered in unison: "Yes"

After Zhao Long and the others left

Li Yan said: "Captain Liu"

"Now I want you to take this battalion of yours"

"Go to the south dock immediately and meet Director Fang."

"Assist us in our defense"

"Tell him what happened here and the news of the Kuomintang attack."

"I believe you will put the overall situation first."

"At the same time, I, Li Yan, promise you..."

"After repelling the Nationalist army and securing Shanghang"

"I will definitely apologize to the Southwest Fujian Military Region and DZY."

Captain Liu knew that Li Yan would keep his promise

If Li Yan really betrayed the Red Army

Now we can completely eliminate them

He doesn't need to organize people to defend

Captain Liu nodded and led his men out of the Red 24th Division headquarters

Now in the backyard of the Red 24th Division headquarters

Only Li Yan, Lu Zhiguo, Leopard, Taoist Priest, and some members of the Dragon Blood Special Forces are left.

Chief of Staff Lu Zhiguo said: "Division Commander"

"Should we call back the people from the 72nd Regiment?"

"There are still four independent regiments in Meishan."

Li Yan shook his head and said, "Chief of Staff..."

"I just asked Song Tao to go to the radio room to contact the Southwest Fujian Military Region."

"Stop the feint attack on Changting"

“Before I get a reply”

“We can’t give up yet.”

Chief of Staff Lu Zhiguo said anxiously: "Division Commander"

“You did not report your trip to the United States.”

“It has attracted the attention of the higher-ups.”

"The feint attack on Changting was an order from the government."

"If you disobey again"

“But it will cause big problems.”

"If you have any problems"

"The entire Red 24th Division is finished"

The Chief of Staff ran towards the radio room.

Li Yan quickly grabbed Lu Zhiguo

Said: "The reason why I secretly gave orders to Song Tao just now"

“I’m just afraid you’ll stop me.”

"chief of staff"

"Please believe me"

"If a fight really breaks out in Changting"

“We are bound to lose”

"The entire Southwest Fujian Military Region will suffer heavy losses"

"Even the entire Red Army would be plunged into disaster"

Chief of Staff Lu Zhiguo knew that Li Yan would never exaggerate.

Then I stopped

Looking at Li Yan

Li Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Chief of Staff..."

"Attacking Changting will affect the entire body."

“The first is military.”

"When we came back, we heard that the Nationalist Army had accelerated the replacement of the German-equipped divisions."

"Now the shadow of the German-equipped division has appeared in the National Army to our south."

"The 36th Division is the most loyal of the loyal branches of the National Army"

"It must also be equipped with German equipment."

“There were a lot of people just now.”

"I didn't say it because I was afraid of losing their confidence."

"According to the German-equipped division standards designed by the German advisory group for the National Army"

"A total of more than 100 people in the division"

"36 field guns and mountain guns, 24 mortars, 74 heavy machine guns, and more than 330 light machine guns"

"Plus Changting's strong city walls"

“With our current strength”

"All our troops from the Southwest Fujian Military Region are here!"

“It is also bound to fail.”

Lu Zhiguo, Leopard, Taoist priest and others all took a deep breath.

Li Yan continued: "If it was before, there would be nothing."

"If we fail, we can just go to the mountains."

"Continue to fight guerrilla warfare"

"Starting over again"

"But now the whole country is calling for a united resistance against Japan."

"As long as we attack Changting first"

“We lost politically.”

"The Nationalist Army will create a massive propaganda campaign to claim that we are sabotaging the war of resistance."

"Then the Kuomintang army will have sufficient reason to attack us."

"We will also lose the support of ordinary people and democrats."

"If this is the case"

"Is there still room for our Red Army to survive?"

Li Yan saw that Lu Zhiguo did not answer him

He continued, “There is a third point.”

“Lanxi Town is only 40 kilometers away from Shanghang.”

"With the speed of the national army, we can arrive in one day."

"Why did they attack us in two days?"

"I suspect our feint attack on Changting has been discovered by the Nationalist army."

"They are just waiting for the mantis to catch the cicada while the oriole is behind."

"Recover the lost territory in Fujian in one fell swoop"

Li Yan paused

Said: "There is one last thing"

"I suspect that this inspection team's visit to Fujian is definitely not that simple."

“They have another plot.”

"otherwise"

"A great man and commander-in-chief would never make such a decision."

"I even suspect that there is a big problem with ZY now."

Lu Zhiguo Leopard Taoist

All trembling