Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

Li Yan has a headache now

The strategic goal of annihilating the 247th Brigade in the first phase has not yet been fully achieved.

There are still wounded soldiers from the 247th Brigade and guard troops in Xinqiao Town.

If we fail to capture Xinqiao Town, there will still be a huge hidden danger in the subsequent siege of Yong'an County.

But now we are extremely short of manpower

Almost all the members of the Meishan Guerrilla Brigade were dispatched for this battle.

There are 160 stonemasons, plus 500 prisoners from Shuangyang Town.

With less than 700 people, we have to prepare for the second phase of the siege of Yong'an County and cannot be easily mobilized.

Li Yan only has more than 300 people who can fight, and he has to find a way to take Xinqiao Town, not to mention

But now there are more than 1800 prisoners, more than 700 wounded and wounded, not to mention the huge amount of supplies.

More importantly, this place is too close to Zhangping, and we need to move quickly.

But only the logistics platoon, arsenal workers, and less than 500 militiamen were left at home.

How can I manage so many things?

Sometimes it is painful to seize too much

Li Yan thought about it and decided to ask the little beggar to send someone to tell the old squad leader at the source cave station.

See if he has any good ideas.

Who knew that half an hour later, the old squad leader brought a group of people to Lingkeng Village.

Li Yan was stunned: "Old squad leader, where did all these people come from?"

The old squad leader said with a smile: "Captain"

"After the news of your victory at Lingkeng Mountain spread, the entire Meishan base was in an uproar."

"When everyone heard that there was a shortage of people here, not only the Construction Corps, the militia, but also the local people near Meishan, regardless of gender, age or status, all rushed to come here."

"If there weren't so many prisoners at home, there would be even more people coming."

"I only selected some strong women and young men, there are more than 3000 of them."

Li Yan was a little excited

These people are so simple and kind, if you treat them well, they will repay you with their lives.

Li Yan said solemnly: "Old squad leader"

"To enable these poor people to live a happy life as soon as possible"

“We also need to speed up the pace of the revolution”

The old squad leader also nodded heavily

With so many people joining in,

Soon the battlefield was cleaned up

Li Yan and the soldiers finally had time to take a brief rest.

At night, Li Yan led the remaining 300 people to Xinqiao Town.

Xinqiao Town is long from north to south and narrow from east to west. Although it is located in a mountainous area, it has rich mineral and forestry resources.

In addition, the craft tradition of farmers' calligraphy and painting has been preserved here for hundreds of years.

Therefore, this place has been a gathering place for scholars, poets and merchants since ancient times, and it is considered an important town in the south.

The ancient city wall of Xinqiao Town is very solid. It is made of glutinous rice stones. The city base is 9 meters wide, 3 meters thick and 6 meters high.

If you want to capture this city by manpower in ancient times, it would be difficult to conquer it without ten times the number of troops.

Even in the Republic of China period, except for the 120MM howitzer, other artillery fire could hardly leave any trace.

The moonlight is dim, and the gates of Xinqiao Town are closed.

The south gate wall is 200 meters long, with lanterns hung every 10 meters. A team of soldiers patrols the wall.

Dai Ping carefully observed every move on the city wall

Wait for the patrol to leave

Dai Ping waved his hand gently

Taoist priests Zhao Long, Zhang Hu, Tong Zhong, and Tong Yi led the Dragon Blood Brigade's assault team.

Lower your body and move quickly towards the city wall

The members of the Dragon Blood Brigade's assault team are all from martial arts families.

The entire operation was silent.

"Cuckoo"

Dai Ping sends a signal again

"Puff," "Puff," "Puff"

The commandos quickly caught Feihu, threw him to the wall, and quickly climbed up along the rope.

"who?"

A scolding sounded from above Tong Zhong's head.

Tong Zhong raised his hand and waved

A "whoosh" sound

A flying knife pierces the enemy's neck directly

The people on the wall fell directly from the wall

Tong Zhong sped up. When he grabbed the city wall with both hands, he heard footsteps coming towards him.

After a gunshot

The sky suddenly turned into daylight

Then, gunshots continued

In an instant, the soldiers patrolling on the south wall fell down one after another.

From the start of the operation to the elimination of the patrol on the city wall, the entire process took less than 3 minutes.

The guards under the city wall quickly reinforced the city wall

Each member of the assault team had two 20-shot Mauser pistols, firmly holding the upper hand

Soon, the platoon stationed at the South Gate was also quickly cleared out.

The assault team took advantage of the situation to open the city gate

The awakened enemies also gathered towards the South Gate.

Li Yan outside would not miss this opportunity and directly ordered: "Charge!"

Zhao Wu, Gao Xuan, and Zhang Dong each held a light machine gun and had 100 men behind them.

Like three sharp swords, rushing into the city gate quickly

Occupying advantageous terrain, they quickly engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy.

Li Yan also ordered Wei Dali, the fisherman, to take the artillery and firepower teams up the city wall.

Mounting mortars and heavy machine guns

From a high position, block the enemy

Due to the continuous capture of enemy weapons and equipment

Li Yan is currently leading 300 people, including 10 mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, and more than 30 light machine guns.

Others either had submachine guns or Mauser 20-shot

Extremely powerful firepower

The enemy was beaten back by the Meishan guerrillas' firepower and fled towards the north gate, abandoning their wounded."

How could they be allowed to leave? Leopard, along with the sniper team and the logistics team, had already circled back to the north gate.

Waiting for the enemy to arrive

This battle was quite easy. In less than an hour, Li Yan led his men to capture Xinqiao Town.

At this moment, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief

The strategic objectives of the first phase were achieved

Li Yan fought continuously, but each time he completely wiped out the enemy

You can rest in Xinqiao Town

"Report to the captain, we found three suspicious people in the enemy's base."

"One foreigner and two Chinese"

"The Dragon Blood Brigade has already taken them under control."

"They were clamoring to see you, so Leopard and the others asked me to come find you."

Li Yan said in surprise: "Foreigners, why are there foreigners here?"

"Let's go and take a look."

After a while, Li Yan and his group arrived at the Kuomintang base.

The National Army chose to station its troops in the Liu Family Ancestral Hall in the middle of Xinqiao Town.

The Liu Family Ancestral Hall has a history of 500 years. It is over 600 square meters and has three courtyards in front and back.

It consists of the ancestral gate, the second gate and the hall. There is a hall after entering the gate, where the ancestral tablets are enshrined and it is the place for clan ceremonies.

There is a large stage when you enter the second gate, and there is a separate courtyard and attached house at the back.

There are several houses on both sides of the ancestral hall, which are specially used for the residence of the ancestral hall servants.

Now every house, including the hall, is filled with injured people.

Under the leadership of the communication soldier, Li Yan and his men came to the last room of the annex of the courtyard.

There are three people sitting inside

A foreigner and a Chinese youth in Chinese clothes, both of them were about 21 or 22 years old.

There was a middle-aged man next to him, about thirty years old, wearing a long gown and looking like an accountant.

Zhao Long and Zheng Hu from the nearby commando team were watching closely.

Li Yan asked seriously, "What do you three do?"

The middle-aged man calmly replied, "We are from Shengfangtang Pharmacy."

"This is our young master, surnamed Liu, and I'm the owner of Shengfangtang Pharmacy."

"Who is Mr. Elva from the Locke family in the United States?"

Li Yan asked again: "What are you doing in Xinqiao Town?"

The middle-aged man said: "Our Shengfangtang Pharmacy has branches throughout Fujian."

"This time, our young master is accompanying Mr. Elva to visit Xinqiao Town."

"It just so happens that the 83rd Division is here, and there are wounded soldiers. Let's discuss a medicinal material business with the National Army."

"I didn't expect to be controlled by your people."

"I wonder who your army is?"

Li Yan did not hide his identity: "We are the Meishan Guerrilla Brigade"

The middle-aged man's eyes narrowed: "I wonder if the boss knows someone named Li Yan?"