Chapter 11: The Battle of Xiangjiang (Part 2)

  At the same time, the 16th Division of Hunan, which was pursuing its victory, slowly walked into the hell laid out for it by the Red Army.

  As soon as the commander of the Red 11th Regiment gave the order, the 16 mortars and 16 heavy machine guns that had been prepared for a long time, plus dozens of light machine guns, opened fire at the same time. Immediately let the 16th Division taste what it's like to be in a world of ice and fire, standing up with machine guns, and lying down with shells.

  The 16th Division of Xiang's commander Zhang Liangji completely stopped thinking from then on.

  Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom! A row of howitzers fell on the Xiang Army like a long-eyed gaze, pounding them again and again. From the firelight raised by the explosions, it could be seen that on the highway, on both sides of the highway, everywhere was pockmarked with craters blasted out by shells. After each round of shelling, soldiers who had just been jumping and running were reduced to mangled flesh and ceased to exist. The trees by the roadside caught fire, the wild grass by the roadside also caught fire, even the corpses caught fire. In the firelight, the fleeing Xiang Army became the best target, and bullets poured down like rain, cutting them down like a scythe.

  At this moment, the bugle sounded, and the soldiers of the Red 11th Regiment, one by one, like tigers breaking free from their reins, roared as they charged forward. The remnants of the Xiang Army had never seen such a formation before, and immediately dispersed in all directions, with soldiers running around to capture prisoners.

  Just as the Red Eleventh Regiment was shelling, Li Jue, who was hurrying to catch up from behind, also felt that something was wrong and quickly ordered his troops to march quickly. Just as he finished giving the order, he suddenly heard intense gunfire on the road where the vanguard regiment was located. Judging by the density of the gunfire, there were absolutely two Red Army regiments.

  Joke! Liu Hua's troops have a machine gun in every squad, how can their firepower be weak?

  Just as Li Jue was thinking about what to do next, his vanguard troops were almost exhausted.

  At that time, Liu Hua heard the Red 11th Regiment start fighting, and Li Jue's vanguard regiment had just entered the ambush circle. He immediately ordered the attack to begin. Since the Red Tenth Regiment was lined up in a row, after the first shot rang out, all automatic firepower sprayed bullets frantically, while rifles fired one shot before starting to throw hand grenades, one after another.

  Just as the vanguard regiment was recovering from the encounter, half of the combat personnel had already fallen. But just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, a barrage of grenades came crashing down again.

  The commander of the vanguard regiment was Li Fei, who had risen through military merit and was quite skilled in battle. Just as he saw his subordinates one by one fall under enemy fire before they could even get their guns into position. He immediately judged that the Communist Army intended to annihilate him, and hastily ordered his troops to break out to the rear.

  But his luck seemed to be not that good. Just as he led the remaining hundred or so people around him out of the firing range, Old Sun launched a charge after waiting for a long time.

  Those hundred or so people couldn't hold on any longer and immediately dispersed. Old Sun resolutely carried out Liu Hua's orders, only following behind the enemy to kill them with firepower, and when the enemy retreated to their rear guard, they just fired from a distance to intimidate the enemy army. After throwing several rounds of hand grenades, they quietly withdrew.

  The reason for doing so is to numb Li Jue and make him dare not come to reinforce. However, Li Jue was after all an old general on the battlefield, and just as he ordered his troops to reinforce, Old Sun had already led his troops to retreat safely.

  Angry Li Jue could only vent his anger on Li Fei who brought back dozens of people.

  Liu Hua was delighted at this time, with less than a thousand troops annihilating nearly two thousand enemies, and only having dozens of casualties, while also capturing a large amount of equipment and ammunition. How could he not be happy?

  And also made a little fortune on the way back, which made me even happier.

  On the way back, the reconnaissance team discovered that several hundred soldiers from the 16th Division had escaped, and Liu Hua quickly ordered his troops to surround them.

  Just as those remaining soldiers realized something was wrong, they were surrounded. Having just experienced the Communist army's artillery fire, they no longer dared to resist and immediately surrendered.

  Liu Hua quickly had the soldiers do prisoner-of-war work, and as many as they could keep would be kept. After all, Liu Hua was short of soldiers now.

  At this time, the ambush of the 16th Division had already won a complete victory.

  He rushed to the scene in a flurry, only to be shocked because the brilliant results were achieved by the 11th Regiment alone, which made him simply unimaginable. Where did they get such powerful firepower? He threw his doubts at Deng Guoqing, who was preparing to report to him.

  "You've done a great job, Comrade Deng Guoqing! I wonder where you got these artillery fires from?"

  "Report to Commander Lin, these military supplies were seized from the Gui army." Deng Guoqing couldn't hide his excitement and said loudly.

  "Captured? So you're saying that your division has defeated the Gui army?" He couldn't hide his surprise, because as far as he knew, the Gui army had a strength of one division plus one regiment, while the Sanjun Division only had two regiments. He didn't believe that Old Peng had such great abilities, but what was happening in front of him made it hard for him not to believe. Why hadn't the Military Commission informed them?

  "It's a win-win situation, but it's all thanks to the 10th squad."

  "Ten teams?" Just relying on one team to defeat the opponent's four teams, unless it's the rebirth of a war god. Lin Jun, the team leader, was even more surprised: "Then how did you set up an ambush here?"

  "This is also Captain Liu's plan."

  "Commander Liu? Which Commander Liu?" *Recalling that none of the three army corps had a commander with the surname Liu, he was confused.

  "It should be said that Comrade Liu Hua is the regimental commander, and Comrade Shen Shuqing of the 10th Regiment has made the ultimate sacrifice. He took over as regimental commander." Deng Guoqing's voice sank when he mentioned the loss of his old comrade.

  "Ah, Liu Hua." The self-proclaimed number one general of the Red Army had finally remembered Liu Hua's name and felt a strange sense of jealousy.

  "Commander Lin Jun, look, Commander Liu and the others have also returned triumphantly." Deng Guoqing pointed to a group of people coming from the direction of Jue Shan Pu.

  "Victory returned? Ah, no wonder the enemy's reinforcements are nowhere to be seen." *He was thoroughly shocked and stunned, who is this Liu Hua anyway? Fighting a battle is actually so well-organized.

  Liu Hua, who had returned triumphantly, was in high spirits. When he saw several people approaching him, he hurried over to them, for according to his later recollections, they were the leaders of the First Red Army Corps: Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, Political Commissar Nie Rongzhen and Chief-of-Staff Zhou Yun.

  Liu Hua rushed over and gave a standard salute, saying: "Reporting to the leaders, Red Tenth Regiment Commander Liu Hua has successfully completed his mission and is reporting back."

  "It's really a case of 'strong general, no weak soldiers'! I didn't expect Old Peng to have such a mighty warrior under his command. You fought magnificently! The younger generation is indeed formidable, the younger generation is indeed formidable!" Nian Rongyao praised with a smile.

  "Thank you, Comrade Nie Rongzhen, for your praise. This is the result of the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the Military Commission." Liu Hua hastily replied.

  "Victory does not make us arrogant, defeat does not make us discouraged. Good, good." The left chief of staff next to him continued to say.

  "Ah! Captain Liu, you've fought well, the Xiang Army won't dare to come again, will they? When there's a chance, tell me about your thoughts and the motivations behind these battles." The speaker was...

  "Yes, Commander Lin, we still need to return to Guanghua Pulu. The night is cold and windy, please take care of your body." Liu Hua hastily replied. As a person from a later generation, he didn't dare offend him.

  "Take care and have a safe journey."

  "Salute to the leaders and comrades of the Red First Army, take care!" Liu Hua led the soldiers in a salute as they shouted loudly, soon disappearing into the darkness before dawn.

  At this time, after Liu Hua and others annihilated the 4th division of the Guangxi army, the Hunan army added a division and a regiment. The two armies did not dare to advance rashly, but could only follow far behind the Red Army. This won precious time for the Central Red Army to cross the river.

  After several days of forced crossing, the main force of the Central Red Army has already crossed the river, and only a part of the baggage is still on this side.

  Received the news of the great victory of the Red Tenth Army, * was as happy as the soldiers, and his originally weak body also became strong. Perhaps heaven is blessing the Central Red Army, always appearing at a turning point in times of difficulty and despair.