Heroes of the Resistance Reborn

Previously, both Li Jiansheng and Huang Su felt that their troops were expanding too fast, but there was a surprising lack of key talents. Fortunately, Li Jiansheng had always adopted an operating mechanism of one principal and several deputy positions. They can barely cope with it. But both of them are veterans. They know that each department can "cope" with it now. It can't be said that it is capable. Therefore, they are a little worried about the combat effectiveness of the army. But now, it will cost more than 1,600. With a key member joining, my unit may be able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Therefore, after determining this employment policy, Li Jiansheng asked the new cadres to rest for 5 days before holding a meeting. The veteran cadres rushed to Yizhang within 5 days and held a centralized meeting. The theme was a new round of army reorganization. In order to ensure that the reorganization and training of all troops in the base area were completed before the Spring Festival Li Jiansheng even personally drew up a new army reorganization plan and cadre appointment plan. He discussed it in detail with Huang Su before deciding to hold this new and old cadres and 18th Red Army Reorganization Conference.

How to make good use of this new batch of cadres, how to make the old cadres and new cadres get along harmoniously, and how to comprehensively improve the combat effectiveness of the Eighteenth Red Army are what Li Jiansheng urgently needs to solve at the moment. Therefore, this army reorganization plan cost him a lot of effort. .Because how to organize the army this time really troubled him.

You should know that the Eighteenth Red Army currently has 12 divisions, including Red 1 to Red 10 divisions, artillery divisions and machine gun divisions; and another 4 directly-administered brigades and 2 directly-administered regiments, including engineering brigades, baggage brigades, special agents brigades and new The upgraded teaching brigade, as well as the sniper regiment and reconnaissance regiment, have a total strength of more than 62,000 people. This does not include the five independent regiments of new recruits. There are also about two paramilitary organizations that have been initially developed and are affiliated with the Soviet government. The strength of the regiment.

After thinking about it for three days, he finally took action and came up with an army plan that he thought was "strong". Sure enough, it was as he had guessed. Huang Su heard what Li Jiansheng said about reorganizing the army. Immediately, I took a breath. Because this Li Jiansheng really dared to think and do. But thinking about the actual situation, Huang Su, a man who also dared to think and do, agreed. As a result, when the Central Soviet Area was undergoing During the large-scale suppression of counterrevolutionaries, Li Jiansheng's department once again carried out large-scale reorganization:

1. The newly formed Sixteenth Red Army was formed by transferring the Red 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 divisions under the Eighteenth Red Army. Huang Su served as party committee secretary, army commander, and political commissar of the army. Ji Zhentong, the former commander-in-chief of the fifth Red Army, served as Executive deputy commander of the Corps. Peng Zhi is appointed as the first deputy political commissar of the Corps. Wang Hanying is appointed as the Chief of Staff. Zhou Pei is appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff. Xie Hanchang, the former director of the Political Department of the 20th Red Army, is appointed as the Director of the Political Department of the Corps. Zeng Xiangyang is appointed as the Director of the Logistics Department. Liao Chenxing is appointed as the Director of the Training Department. .Xiao Taiming, the former senior commander of the 20th Red Army, is appointed as the director of the Security Department.

2. The original Eighteenth Red Army. Li Jiansheng served as Party Secretary, Army Commander, and Political Commissar of the Army. Yuntian served as Executive Deputy Army Commander. Liu Qiao served as First Deputy Political Commissar. Zeng Zhongsheng served as Chief of Staff. Wang Bingnan, former political commissar of the Red Twenty Army, served as Army Deputy Chief of Staff. Zhao Boping is the director of the Political Department. Xu Zhengfang is the director of the Logistics Department. Fan Chao is the director of the Intelligence and Information Department; Jin Wanbang, the former Jiangxi Provincial Soviet Standing Committee and Minister of Military Affairs, is the director of the Legion Training Department. Wu Kelie is the director of the Security Department.

3. The units directly under the original Eighteenth Red Army Corps. Including artillery division, machine gun division, engineer brigade, baggage brigade, secret service brigade, teaching brigade, sniper regiment, reconnaissance regiment, field hospital, etc. Half of all troops were allocated to the Red Sixteenth Army Corps. Became a unit directly under the Sixteenth Red Army Corps. The military and political first deputies of each directly affiliated unit were assigned to the Red Sixteenth Army Corps as the principal posts of the relevant directly affiliated units. The five independent regiments that were originally temporarily formed by recruits and prisoners were broken up and organized into the above. The directly affiliated units of the two legions, the equipment department and the logistics office of each legion were merged to form a new legion logistics office.

All departments quickly returned to work according to the new plan. Five days later, the new round of restructuring and expansion tasks of Li Jiansheng's department was completed.

Among the more than 1,600 people brought from the Central Soviet Area through various means this time, except for Wang Huai, the former secretary of the Southwest Jiangxi Special Committee and more than 50 people who went to the local area to assist He Changming in his work, the remaining 1,600 people were all incorporated into these two Army. Because of the addition of these backbones, the basic strength of the Red Sixteenth Army and the Eighteenth Red Army has been unprecedentedly supplemented and consolidated. Coupled with the guarantee of sufficient weapons and supplies, their comprehensive strength was the first among all the Red Army in the country.

Various collisions, various efforts, various coordinations, and various understandings were staged every day in the following days. In the spring of 1934, everyone spent their time in this kind of running-in.

At the end of April 1934, seeing that his troops were on the right track, Li Jiansheng's heart became a little more active. What he meant was to capture Chenzhou in the near future and supplement his troops, especially the field hospital, with certain supplies. It also trained the troops for tough operations, especially because most of Chenzhou and Yongzhou became an important part of their base areas in later generations. But this Chenzhou was like a nail, and a fan-shaped area behind it. There was no such thing. The victory of the law left a gap in this base area. Therefore, considering these three aspects, this time although the Kuomintang authorities did not cause trouble for his base area, he decided to lead his troops to attack it. Go to Chenzhou.

The two legions assembled in Yizhang.

After confirmation at a meeting between the heads of the Red Sixteenth and Red Eighteenth Army, everyone unanimously agreed to the proposal to attack Chenzhou northward. However, this time was different from the previous battles. Li Jiansheng's army had not fought large or medium-sized battles before. There is no tough battle in the city. We have no experience in this area. In the past, we fought guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare. Therefore, we must change our thinking at the beginning of this battle. When we attack the county, it can be regarded as a tough battle. But the county is too small. The city wall is poor and relatively easy to attack; Chenzhou City is not like this. It is a typical fortress. If we still attack Dao County with the same method, it will be very dangerous.

The enemy's situation soon emerged. There were two full divisions and three local regiments stationed in Chenzhou City; in the fan-shaped area from Chenzhou to Hengyang, there were also three full divisions and ten local regiments. It was precisely because of this huge enemy garrison. .This large area has never been captured. It is a big nail that causes harm to the base area.

How to fight. Li Jiansheng, Huang Su and others discussed it and decided to still adopt the method of encirclement and reinforcements. The battle was carried out in two stages: In the first stage, the Red Sixteenth Army penetrated Chenzhou City and the fan-shaped defense zone to surround Chenzhou. City. Focus on attacking the enemies in the fan-shaped defense zone. Comprehensively clean up the surrounding enemy defenders and strive to annihilate part of the enemy. In the second stage, the 18th Red Army Corps will attack Chenzhou City while the 16th Red Army Corps will pretend to attack Chenzhou City.