Chapter 51: The Mountain Stronghold's Great Victory (Bootleg Version)

  Wang Bing is indeed a student from the Whampoa Military Academy, and the troops he leads are different. When the troops march, apart from the first company serving as the vanguard, there are also two reconnaissance companies on both sides of the troops to prevent enemy ambushes. Especially when walking through mountainous areas, they almost stop and go, not daring to relax at all.

  The troops had been marching for several hours, and they were now only a dozen or so miles away from Shimen Bridge. The terrain ahead was gradually becoming gentler, and the plains began to appear before the troops. Wang Bing, who had been on high alert all along, also let out a sigh of relief. What's more, the scouts from the two companies, each 500 meters away from the main force, were marching forward with their heads held high and their chests out.

  Liu Hua and Sun Xingbang stood in the command post, nervously looking through binoculars at the enemy troops constantly entering the ambush circle. The two were afraid that something unexpected would happen to the ambushing troops. Gradually, Liu Hua began to reveal a smile. Through the binoculars, Liu Hua found that the enemy had already entered their own ambush circle.

  A gunshot rang out, and 30 meters away from the roadside, a piece of gray earth suddenly rose up, countless straw mats were lifted up, at the same time, countless light machine guns and submachine guns began to spit out flames, after the soldiers fired one shot from their own guns, they threw hand grenades one after another. Wang Bing was suddenly awakened by the surprise attack, after several guards lost their lives, Wang Bing finally rolled down from the war horse and lay on the ground.

  "Charge down, charge down......" Wang Bing kept shouting, but at this time the bugle sounded, Liu Hua's battle this time was not to show off firepower, but to rely on his sudden attack, disrupt the enemy, and then immediately launch a charge, using momentum and sudden attack to knock down the enemy.

  A distance of 30 meters is not a few seconds, the front row warriors, with submachine guns and light machine guns in their hands, constantly spitting fire tongues to kill the enemy, and the warriors behind them constantly throwing hand grenades. As Liu Hua said before the war: "A distance of 30 meters, even a woman can throw a grenade onto the road."

  Standing in the hidden command post, looking far away at the battlefield, it was like two yellow tides suddenly rising from the ground, rolling towards the highway, and the two yellow tides quickly merged together.

  The warriors raised their bayonets and charged at the enemy army that was stunned in place, while Wang Bing lay on the ground, staring at the two yellow waves rolling towards him, completely stunned. "How can this be? Clearly there were no ambushes, how could so many communist troops appear?" Wang Bing muttered to himself.

  Faced with the thunderous roar, faced with a row of bayonets reflecting cold light, the legs of the enemy soldiers who were lying on the ground began to tremble, and they threw away their rifles one after another. Gradually, the gunfire weakened, Liu Hua and Sun Xingbang rode their horses onto the battlefield, saw the guns and corpses all over the ground, the soldiers were busy escorting prisoners, busily and joyfully.

  An officer wearing a lieutenant general's uniform was brought before Liu Hua. "I am Wang Bing, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 28th Division of the Central Army," said the captive, saluting Liu Hua with a military salute.

  "Haha, you are Wang Bing, Brigade Commander. I am Liu Hua, the commander of the 7th Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. This is Sun Xingbang, the regimental commander who directly commanded this battle." Liu Hua said with a smile.

  "So you are Liu Hua, the former commander of the independent regiment. I, a humble man, have fallen into your hands today, and I am convinced." He also bowed his hands to Liu Hua.

  "King Travel Long, your troops are not bad either. I just saw that your troops marched very neatly and their discipline is also very strict. It seems that you are also very good at leading soldiers!" Liu Hua replied with a smile.

  "It's not worthy of me, it's not worthy of me." Wang Bing humbly clasped his hands together.

  "Regimental commander, political commissar, we have captured the enemy's radio station and a telegraph operator. According to the operator's confession, just now, Shimen Bridge sent a telegram asking where our troops had gone." The regimental commander brought over a captive.

  "Director Sun, it seems we have another chance." Liu Hua smiled and looked at Old Sun.

  "Have the captured radio operator send a telegram saying that our troops have been blocked by the Communist army and are on their way to rush over." After finishing speaking, he let a regimental commander take the captive to the telegraph station.

  "Old Sun, you take two troops, change into their clothes, and escort their battalion commander Wang Bing. I want you to capture Shi Men Bridge for me, and make sure the ammunition and supplies stored at Shi Men Bridge are safe." Liu Hua hastily gave out the order.

  Soon, Sun Xingbang took Wang Bing and led the troops of the 1st and 2nd Battalions who had changed into military uniforms to rush towards Shimen Bridge, while Liu Hua led the remaining troops to continue mopping up the battlefield.

  Soon, the results of the battle were counted. Looking at such a result, Liu Hua was overjoyed and didn't expect that one of Wang Bing's troops would have so much ammunition. I really didn't expect it!

  "In this battle, we annihilated two enemy regiments and one brigade headquarters, totaling 3,800 people. We captured more than 1,700 prisoners, seized 24 mortars, 24 heavy machine guns, ammunition in five-digit numbers, 56 light machine guns, and over 2,200 rifles and submachine guns, with a total of 400,000 rounds of ammunition and 12,000 hand grenades."

  "It seems that Changde County is indeed rich and oily!" Liu Hua sighed, at the same time, this rich and oily place called Changde entered Liu Hua's heart.

  "Liu Hua suddenly asked, 'Are you injured?'"

  "Regimental commander, due to the fact that we did not make full use of our firepower advantage this time, and the enemy was too close in the ambush position, so the casualties were very heavy. A total of over 1,200 people who participated in the battle were injured or killed, including 250 deaths, more than 100 serious injuries, and the rest were lightly wounded. The main reason is that the enemy's hand grenades caused it, and also because the distance was too close during the charge, resulting in mutual injury." Liu Hua nodded after hearing the regimental commander's detailed analysis of the casualties.

  Although I was mentally prepared for the casualties this time, I didn't expect such heavy losses. It seems that in the future, we should avoid such intense battles and strengthen our training! Liu Hua couldn't help but sigh with emotion.