Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

Li Yan's words made Zhang, Tan and Deng nod their heads frequently.

Li Yan continued, "If the 18th Army doesn't arrive this morning..."

"I'll let the old squad leader and the others withdraw from Liancheng."

"Adding fuel to the fire of the 18th Army"

After Li Yan finished speaking

After a pause, he continued, "As early as after the defeat of the 88th Division in Shanghang..."

"I have already sent the Dragon Blood Special Forces and the Red Gate people..."

"With a radio"

"Secretly heading north to Coral Township"

"Then head west and bypass Yongping Town."

"Now they are near Wuping County"

"In addition, our plan to increase troops and reduce cooking fires is not that simple."

"Every time we retreat after a sniper attack"

"I have secretly arranged for Zhao Wu, Gao Xuan, Su Shan and others."

"Leave at least one platoon of people here"

"That means we now have at least one regiment of troops."

"Behind the 18th Army"

"The three leaders always asked me where Gao Xuan had gone."

“I Can Tell You Now”

"Gao Xuan is now leading this regiment towards Wuping County."

“My original plan was”

"While the 18th Army arrives at Xibei, we will set up an encirclement."

"Let Gao Xuan, the Dragon Blood Special Operations Brigade, and the Red Gate troops attack from both the north and south to secretly capture Wuping County."

"After the 18th Army retreats"

"annihilate them all"

"But if the 18th Army really surrounded but did not attack..."

“Then our original layout will become useless.”

"We can only take the initiative to launch a fierce attack on the 18th Army"

"Wait until dark"

"Let Gao Xuan and the others..."

"A bluffing sneak attack on the 18th Army from behind"

"The 18th Army will not be able to understand our situation."

'Pitched into chaos'

“We took the opportunity to defeat them.”

"But we also lost the opportunity to completely wipe out the 18th Army."

"This is for us to enter Ganzhou later"

“Adds some unknown dangers”

Zhang, Tan, and Deng listened to Li Yan's words.

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief

At the same time, I also had a new understanding of Li Yan

There is a tiger in my heart, but I can still smell the roses

Strategically, no matter what dangerous situation we encounter

They are fearless and dare to fight the enemy

Sometimes the word "bold and reckless" is not an exaggeration.

But in the use of tactics, he is both imaginative and cautious.

Every time you act impulsively, the risk is huge.

But never put yourself in absolute danger

Quite a general

When Zhang, Tan, Deng, and Li Yan were discussing the second plan

Song Tao ran into the command room

Said excitedly: "The 18th Army is here"

Zhang, Tan, Deng, and Li Yan were stunned.

Li Yan reacted immediately

Ordered: "Song Tao"

"Quickly notify everyone to enter the position"

Song Tao turned around and was about to leave

Li Yan seemed to remember something

He quickly said, "Wait a minute."

"Tell Director Fang of the Import Department and Commander Luo and their division to be more gentle."

"It's best to make the national army feel that we are very "weak""

"Don't scare away the 18th Army"

“And tell the stonemasons too.”

"Without my orders"

"No heavy artillery allowed"

"And hide most of the light mortars."

Song Tao smiled and said, "Director Fang knows that their mission is to be a decoy."

"We had already asked the First Division to hand over most of its light and heavy machine guns to the Second and Third Divisions in the rear."

"At the same time, Director Fang wanted to replace all the weapons in the first division with swords."

Minister Tan laughed and scolded: "This old Fang..."

“I also learned bad things.”

Then the command room burst into laughter

Li Yan smiled at Song Tao and said, "Your special forces battalion also has a heavy task."

“More than just delivering a message”

“Also responsible for the machine gun position.”

"go"

After Song Tao left

Li Yan smiled and said: "Three leaders..."

"I have done ninety-nine bows, only the last one is left."

“Let’s go out and take a look too.”

The three leaders burst into laughter again

Soon Li Yan and his four companions, along with a group of staff from the command center,

We arrived at the hilltop where the temporary command room was located.

The reason why Li Yan chose Xibei as the final battle site

Because Xibei is a special place

Surrounded by mountains, it is a basin

Only one east-west road is left along Yuanfeng Creek, running through the entire creek.

Plus the creek is gourd-shaped.

Li Yan and his men only needed to use light and heavy machine guns to block the two narrow entrances and exits.

Once the 18th Army enters Xibei

It's not that easy to figure out

In addition, artillery positions were set up on the hills around Xibei.

In addition, the interior of the creek is wide and does not block the view

Can maximize the power of artillery

"boom"

"boom"

"boom"

Minister Deng put down his binoculars and said, "Director Fang and his men have already engaged the 18th Army."

Li Yan nodded

Said: "Very good"

"The 18th Army did not launch a probing attack"

"After the bombardment"

"Charged a regiment at once"

“It seems they are very confident.”

Speaking of this

Li Yan turned around and said to a staff officer behind him

Ordered: "You return to the command room"

"Use the radio to contact Gao Xuan and others"

“Tell them it’s time to start.”

The staff received Li Yan's order

Run towards the headquarters immediately

Li Yan then said to another staff officer

Said: "Notify Director Fang and others"

"When the Nationalist army regiment rushed to 80 meters from their position..."

"Blow the Charge"

"Hand-to-hand combat with the nationalist army"

"Once the national army reinforcements

"Immediately retreat with one division to the eastern exit"

"Meet up with Commander Wu of the Third Division"

"Common Defense"

“While retreating”

"Throw away the flags and broken guns we prepared."

"Also, to Commander Qiu, Zhao Wu, and Su Shan, who are hiding in the mountains at the back of the stream."

"Send a telegram"

"Once the 18th Army entered Xibei, it would engage in fire with the 1st and 3rd Divisions at the exit."

"Go down the mountain immediately and block the import"

Li Yan paused for a moment after saying there was a discount.

He said again: "This time the enemy is outnumbered, and it will be another battle of annihilation."

"Tell them all"

"Don't be reluctant to use ammunition"

"We must maintain firepower output"

"Reducing casualties"

"If we run out of bullets, we can make more"

“No one is left, nothing is left.”

"Also, if our encirclement is broken by the national army..."

"That will cause endless troubles."

The staff officer shouted: "Yes"

Turn around and leave

Minister Tan frowned at this moment

Said: "I'd better go to the position at the east exit to take a look."

"I know our Red Army commanders and fighters too well"

"If I don't go"

“Even if the order was given.”

“They won’t enforce it.”

“Afraid of being poor”

According to the statistics

During the entire Anti-Japanese War, each soldier consumed 50 to 125 rounds of ammunition.

Calculated based on the eight-year war of resistance

The average person consumes between 6 and 15 rounds of ammunition per year.

This also fully illustrates the difficulties faced by the army at that time.

The soldiers had to rely on hand-to-hand combat to deal with the enemy

At the same time, the commanders of the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army

Develop the habit of being stingy

Li Yan nodded helplessly

He instructed Minister Tan: "Once the national army finds itself in our trap..."

“There will definitely be a crazy attack”

"Be careful"

Minister Tan smiled and said, "I am not a weak scholar who has not been baptized by battle."

"Do not worry"

After saying this, Minister Tan turned around and left without any hesitation.

Time passes by minute by minute

Li Yan stood on the mountain and looked down

Quietly observing every move on the battlefield

When I saw that the 18th Army was already in a stalemate with the 1st and 3rd Divisions at the eastern exit,

Li Yan fiercely ordered: "Send a signal to the stonemasons and their artillery!"

"Full Fire"

The Battle of Xibei Begins