Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

6am, 2 hours

Without firing a single shot, the enemy in Shuangyang Town was completely wiped out.

A total of more than 1400 enemy soldiers, including a deputy division commander (Major General), a special forces battalion commander, an infantry battalion commander, a heavy machine gun company commander, a cavalry company commander, and squad and platoon leaders below the company level, were captured.

2 mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, and 18 light machine guns were captured

470 rifles, more than 3 rifle bullets, more than 1.5 machine gun bullets, 1 heavy machine gun bullets, and 20 mortar shells were seized.

100 war horses, more than 150 other mules and horses, more than 60,000 silver dollars, 5 boxes of medicine, 100 dan of grain, etc.

The Meishan guerrilla brigade suffered no casualties.

Inside the earth building, Li Yan, Zhao Wu, Gao Xuan, Leopard, Taoist priest, and the little beggar quickly organized a meeting.

Li Yan said: "Comrades, I know that you have not had a good rest for three days and three nights. These days have been very hard."

“But it’s not time for us to relax yet.”

"We also need to rush to Lingkengzhai Gorge immediately to meet up with Zhang Dong and the others."

"But with so many prisoners, we can't just ignore them."

"So I decided to leave one-third of the troops in Shuangyang Town to guard it."

"Notify the old squad leader at home and ask him to organize people to transport supplies and prisoners."

"After finishing the work here, the troops remaining in Shuangyang Town will immediately head to Yong'an and follow the stonemason's command."

"The remaining people used the enemy's war horses and carried all the heavy weapons, light machine guns, ammunition, and medicine to rush to Lingkengzhai Gorge."

After the mission was issued, everyone acted separately

8:00 AM Lingkengzhai Gorge Meishan Guerrilla Brigade Temporary Headquarters

Li Yan asked, "How is the layout of Lingkeng Village Canyon going?"

Zhang Dong said: "Everything has been arranged as you said."

Li Yan asked again, "Little beggar, has the main force of the 247th Brigade of the 83rd Division departed from Xinqiao Town?"

The little beggar replied: "The enemy set out at 7 o'clock in the morning."

"It will take less than an hour to reach Lingkengzhai Canyon."

Li Yan nodded with confidence: "Okay, keep a close eye on the enemy's movements"

"Let the soldiers eat breakfast to retain their strength"

"Now our three detachments and the Dragon Blood Brigade are all in Lingkeng Village."

"Today, we must destroy the 247th Brigade at all costs."

Everyone answered confidently

"Yes"

The 247th Brigade of the 83rd Division was very tired after four sniper attacks from Zhangdong yesterday.

Walking slowly towards Zhangping

Commander Liu of the 83rd Division, riding on his warhorse, asked, "Chief of Staff Wei, Deputy Commander Zhang, are there any news?"

Chief of Staff Wei said: "I have sent out three waves of people, and there is no news."

"I think Deputy Commander Zhang has already entered Meishan."

"Meishan is so big, it will take some time to find someone."

"But I think it won't be long before we get news back."

Teacher Liu said: "I always feel a little uneasy"

Chief of Staff Wei smiled and said, "Don't worry, Commander."

"The number of Meishan Red Bandits is not large"

"Deputy Division Commander Zhang is leading 1500 men, so there won't be any problems."

"The commander must have been a little uneasy because of the several sniper attacks from the Red Bandits along the way yesterday."

"In my humble opinion, the enemy snipers only a few people each time."

"We only suffered some losses because we relied on the terrain and the cement we luckily managed to get to build some bunkers."

"But it can't stop our howitzer bombardment."

Commander Liu nodded and said, "Maybe. We'd better get to Zhangping as soon as possible."

When Commander Liu was feeling uneasy

The messenger hurried over and reported:

"Report to the commander, the Lingkengzhai Gorge is ahead."

“There’s a thick fog inside.”

"Our leader asked me to come over and report."

Commander Liu frowned and ordered: "Notify the troops to stop advancing."

After the messenger left

Chief of Staff Wei asked, "Didn't you say we should get to Zhangping as soon as possible?"

"Why don't you leave now?"

Commander Liu said: "We walked all the way, and there was no fog in other places, but it was foggy here."

"There's a 5-kilometer canyon here. Will there be any problems?"

Chief of Staff Wei frowned and said, "No way."

"It's autumn and winter now, so it's normal to have some fog in the mountains."

"Could it be that the Red Army has the power to control the weather?"

Chief of Staff Wei's words made Commander Liu shake his head and sigh that he was too suspicious.

Commander Liu still underestimated Li Yan

Although Li Yan does not have the ability to call the wind and rain

But the fog in Lingkeng Village was indeed caused by Li Yan

When Li Yan checked the terrain

I found that the mountains on both sides of Lingkengzhai Canyon were full of huge rocks, shrubs and century-old camphor trees.

More importantly, there is a rich river in the canyon.

It is November now, the transition from autumn to winter, and the temperature difference is large.

Such terrain is prone to fog.

If there is heavy fog during the decisive battle,

This canyon can form a maze, which is worth a hundred thousand soldiers.

But relying on God alone is not enough

Li Yan told Zhang Dong that while setting up the ambush position,

Let the soldiers light a lot of bonfires beside the water in Lingkengzhai Gorge and in the mountains and forests on both sides

By evaporating water, the local temperature difference is changed

The whole Lingkeng Village was shrouded in fog, with visibility no more than 5 meters.