Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

"Reporting to the Commander, has Deputy Commander Song sent someone back?"

Mei Ping immediately asked, "Bring the people over here quickly. What's the situation over there?"

The messenger said, "Report, Deputy Commander Song and his two battalions have set out from Gutian Town and Shuangyang Town respectively, and are now heading deep into Meishan."

Mei Ping, who was a secretive person, was also delighted when he heard the news: "That's great!"

"Was there any resistance? What were the casualties?"

"When they arrived, there was no resistance from the Red Bandits in either town. Only three soldiers were slightly injured from accidentally falling, but no one died."

"Deputy Regiment Leader Song also asked me to tell the Regiment Commander that we can reach the designated location, Niujiashan, at 12:00 this morning."

Mei Ping looked at his watch. It was 7:20.

"Staff Officer Wang, speed up the march and reach the designated location in 4 hours."

Umemura

Guo Dali, who had been waiting for a long time, was originally at the artillery position at the back. He walked to the front of Li Yan with a piece of grass in his mouth and said boredly: "Instructor, Bai Gouzi has arrived early according to the distance."

"Will they be scared and not come? Then I, Guo Dali, won't be able to eat meat."

"No, the little beggar has been staring at me." Li Yan didn't even turn his head and kept looking ahead.

The Taoist looked at Guo Dali, shook his head helplessly, and whispered: "Dali, you usually eat the most. Look at you, you are so fat that you can hardly walk."

"Hehe, the instructor said I'm not fat but strong. Taoist priest, you are jealous. White Dog has crawled this short distance. Let's finish the fight early. The instructor promised to grill the meat himself."

The Dragon Blood Team burst into laughter at Guo Dali's words.

Guo Dali scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Don't you want to eat meat? That's the wild boar meat that the coach personally grilled with three layers of fat..."

"Guo Dali, you are such a bad boy. You have aroused my appetite." The fisherman, who usually doesn't talk much, couldn't help licking his tongue.

After hearing what the fisherman said, Guo Dali was overjoyed, and his wretched appearance caused everyone to laugh again.

Only Leopard remained calm: "Instructor, if something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy. The White Dogs have sent out a regiment and are determined to destroy us. Speed ​​is of the essence in war. Why are you so slow now? Is this a trap?"

Li Yan had long noticed that the enemy's trajectory was abnormal.

But according to the information from the little beggar's reconnaissance, the enemy is on the way

Just walking and stopping, cooking in the middle, even if the scouts were killed by booby traps, they would not be in a hurry.

But the enemy never left the route

Li Yan also didn't understand the trick

"Coach, the enemy's vanguard is coming. We still have one mile to go. We can reach Plum Village in a quarter of an hour at most."

The little beggar's breathless report

Li Yan no longer cared about that and issued a series of orders: "Guo Dali, return to your artillery position. As long as the enemy fires, it means they are giving you an order. Quickly destroy the enemy's artillery position!"

"Leopard, you and Old Cat use two 98Ks to snipe the enemy's light and heavy machine gunners and officers."

"Everyone, pay attention and follow my command. Once the battle begins, use the fortifications and terrain to kill the enemy freely. Do not fire three shots in a row in one place."

Everyone heard the order and immediately entered combat mode, with either grenades in their hands or their hands on the trigger.

Looking down from a high place, holding my breath, watching every move in the valley with eager eyes.

"Thump, thump, thump"

The orderly sound of running came from far away and the Kuomintang army team extended for 2 kilometers.

There are 12 flower machines in front of us, 4 people in a row.

Following closely behind was a company of vanguard troops, all armed with brand new German rifles.

300 meters behind was a reorganized battalion, with messenger troops shuttling back and forth, urging them to speed up.

In the middle of the whole team were three officers of the National Army. They rode three tall horses and gave instructions while walking.

Following closely behind was a reorganized heavy machine gun battalion, and at the end of the team was a large baggage battalion and an infantry battalion.

Li Yan held a Zhongzheng rifle in his hand and watched the enemy troops entering the sniper circle. He did not make any move until the enemy officer entered the range.

擒 擒 擒 擒

A bullet streaked through the air and hit one of the officers directly in the chest.

Mei Ping seemed to sense the danger and tilted his body. The bullet went through his left arm and the pain made him fall off his horse.

"Enemy attack, prepare for battle, protect the regiment commander" Staff Officer Wang responded quickly, but the battle officially began.

20 grenades fell from the sky in three rounds, landing in the middle of the enemy team, causing the enemy's command system to go out of control for a short time.

While the enemy was in a panic, the fisherman pulled the rope in his hand.

With a "boom", a string of mines exploded in all directions

The enemy's vanguard was blown to pieces by landmines

Then the fisherman's fire team, the Taoist's assault team, and the leopard's sniper team covered the enemy with full firepower. In just less than 2 minutes, the enemy suffered heavy casualties.

"Staff Officer Wang, order the troops to deploy defenses, find favorable terrain, and set up light and heavy machine guns and mortars to suppress the Red Bandits' attack."

Mei Ping covered his left arm with one hand, his face pale, and ordered hoarsely

"Huang Mingde, quickly go and convey the commander's order."

After saying this, Staff Officer Wang immediately supported Mei Ping and said, "Commander, you should go to the rear to get bandaged. Your safety is more important."

Mei Ping was not pretentious, knowing that this was not the time to show off.

The quality of the Central Army is still good. Most of Mei Ping's entire regiment are veterans with more than three years of service. Without any orders, they instinctively find the cover around them to counterattack.

The light and heavy machine guns of the National Army also began to fight back effectively

At the same time, thousands of bullets were fired at the fortifications where the Dragon Blood Squad was located, and everyone couldn't raise their heads.

Taking advantage of this time, the enemy's mortar positions had been set up.

"Whoosh" "Boom" An 82MM mortar shell landed 30 meters in front of the fortification, creating a one-meter-wide crater.

Rocks flew everywhere, and one of them scratched the left cheek of a member of the Dragon Blood Team, causing blood to flow.

Li Yan knew that this was an enemy test fire, and quickly ordered: "Move, enter the cat ear cave in the back"

"Guo Dali, what the hell are you waiting for? Blast the enemy's artillery positions!"

"Ten o'clock, 400 meters, three rapid fire shots"

Guo Dali's loud command actually suppressed the noise on the battlefield and was clearly conveyed to every member of the artillery team.

Thousands of times of rehearsal, this moment is brought to the extreme

Before the enemy launched a second attack, three artillery shells flew rhythmically into the sky.

I don't know if it was luck or skill, but a shell landed on an ammunition box next to the enemy artillery position.

There was a loud bang, and the earth shook.

A strange pause occurred on the battlefield.

"Attack, all of you, take down the Red Bandits' positions!" Huang Mingde's eyes were red at this time. If others knew that a Huangpu graduate had suffered losses in the hands of the Red Bandits, how would he survive in the future?

The Kuomintang's attack became more fierce and more rhythmic.

Classes are used as units, crisscrossing vertically and horizontally, and a platoon forms a herringbone attack combination.

In just a few minutes, the infantry had rushed to 200 meters in front of the fortifications

The heavy machine guns were also pouring bullets in the rear, suppressing the Dragon Blood Squad so that they could not raise their heads.

"Captain, the enemy is coming!"

Li Yan pulled the beggar back and shouted, "Don't you want to die?"

The little beggar was also panicked. He took off his helmet and looked at it. There were three bullet holes.

"Retreat. The fisherman has finished setting the booby traps. He will serve as the team's rearguard to buy time for the team's transfer."

"Tell Guo Dali to fire all his shells to form an isolation barrage to block the enemy."

Plum Village was densely invaded by enemies

The sounds of gunfire, artillery fire, flames and white smoke intertwined with each other. No one expected that the war would become so intense right from the start.

"Is the commander okay?" Staff Officer Wang asked hurriedly as he looked at the medical soldier who was bandaging Mei Ping.

"My injury is fine. How was the fight earlier?"

Mei Ping gritted his teeth, sweating profusely. The fact that he could hold on until now without saying a word was enough to show his strong will.

"Commander, don't worry. You know Huang Mingde. He is an outstanding graduate of Whampoa Military Academy and a brave general trained by you personally."

"Under his command, we are almost reaching the Red Bandits' position."

"It won't be long before we can take down this group of red bandits."

Staff Officer Wang said confidently

"boom"

"what happened?"

Mei Ping stood up suddenly, not caring about his bandaged left arm, and picked up the telescope with his right hand to observe.

I don't know if it was the pain from the wound or the black smoke from the Red Army's position.

Mei Ping gnashed his teeth and said, "When I catch you, I will definitely skin you alive and tear out your tendons."

"Let Huang Mingde and his men withdraw. The Red Bandits have already withdrawn."