Heroes of the Resistance Reborn

Among the tactical points summarized by Marshal Lin in the past, there were specific instructions for siege.

There are two key points. For example, after opening the gap in the city wall, the large troops rush directly inside to divide and surround the enemy. etc. Li Jiansheng had already used it when he attacked Dao County. Facts have proved that it is a completely correct and very practical method. This time to attack Chenzhou, he wanted to use another key point: tunnel operation. According to Marshal Lin, the first step in breaking through the city wall was to enable the troops to quickly approach the city wall and reduce the number of troops when approaching the city wall. Casualties. This is one of the keys to overcoming difficulties. Tunnel operation is the most effective tactic to enable troops to quickly approach the city wall and reduce casualties. It is also the most resolute tactic implemented by the four fields later. In the past, the four fields attacked Jinzhou and Tianjin dug communication trenches. That is Marshal Lin promoted the experience of attacking Yixian. Before the Jinzhou general offensive was launched, each column completed more than 10,000 meters of traffic trenches. Some dug more than 20,000 meters. Like spider webs, they advanced from the attack starting point to the Jinzhou city wall. The communication trenches are all serpentine. The infantry's trenches are more than 1 meter wide and 2 meters deep. The frontmost point is more than 60 meters away from the enemy. The enemy cannot drop bombs. The artillery trenches can drive into the car. Some push the artillery to the enemy's distance. A hundred meters away, the army is gathered, and few people are seen walking on the ground. This not only increases the suddenness of the attack, but also reduces casualties. This is what Li Jiansheng plans to do now.

Although he knew that Chenzhou City was no match for Jinzhou City, it was after all the first large and medium-sized city that his troops attacked by force. It was better to be careful and be safe. The lives of his soldiers were very important. What's more, this was a test field. If you do it well, it will be useful in the future; if you do it badly, you can draw lessons. Of course, you must push the artillery to a hundred meters away from the enemy. That must be carried out; but although your own troops have artillery, They are all just cavalry. There is no need to do what Marshal Lin asked for. The artillery communication trenches can fit into cars. They just need to be slightly wider than the infantry ones. As for the infantry communication trenches, they are only 1 meter wide or 2 meters wide. Dig as deep as possible. Get as close to the enemy as possible. Also, make sure the enemy cannot throw bombs.

At this time, the effects of the original training of Li Jiansheng's various units appeared. Especially the old troops where Li Jiansheng was founded had obvious advantages. Later, several newly formed divisions, as well as these leaders at all levels who came from other Red Army, all I was dumbfounded. Later I seemed to understand and devoted myself to digging.

The enemy garrison in the city is one of He Jian's direct troops. The 62nd and 63rd divisions of the 11th Army. They are nailed here. In fact, they are resolutely executing the orders of He Jian and even Chairman Chiang. They are driven in like a nail. In the hearts of these red bandits, Army Commander Zhang Hequan is also very proud. His troops have been stationed in Chenzhou for so many years, but nothing happened. Seeing the red bandits turning a large area of ​​surrounding land red, there is nothing he can do about it. .This has also become one of his "political achievements" that has always been highly regarded by He Jiancheng. However, I don't know why. It seems that these red bandits are so brave that they dare to attack Chenzhou where they are stationed.

You know, although Zhang Hequan was not born in Huangpu, he was also born in an authentic martial arts school. He is a typical professional soldier. Therefore, he can probably guess the purpose of this red bandit's action. It's just that... What he didn't expect was that these red bandits moved so quickly. In such a short period of time, they annihilated the neighboring troops who were defending him. They then turned Chenzhou where he was into an isolated city. He was defeated in the first wave. The reaction was slow. However, my friendly troops were too careless to fight. They were scattered in just a few blows. This made me relatively passive at the moment. However, we are not afraid of him or anything. We are here It's Chenzhou. Your red bandits think this is an ordinary county town, so easy to capture.

Zhang Hequan thought to himself while inspecting the troops. However, the intelligence provided by the general staff made him a little confused: the red bandits outside the city were just digging trenches. They seemed to be preparing for a protracted war.

Fighting a protracted war. When Zhang Hequan heard the reasoning of the chief of staff, he couldn't help but sneer: Just rely on these red bandits. In the next life. Don't look at you for temporarily repelling your neighboring troops. But if you talk about fighting a protracted war, just a letter. Telegram. The friendly and neighboring troops will definitely attack. When the time comes, we will attack from the inside out, and the friendly and neighboring troops will fight from the outside in. If we cooperate with each other from the inside and outside, we won’t kill you all.

"Let them dig." Zhang Hequan said with a slight sneer. Then he asked the chief of staff to report to the neighboring troops. He also proposed his strategy of "attack from inside and outside" and asked the neighboring troops to dispatch quickly.

While dictating the order, Zhang Hequan, accompanied by the chief of staff, went to the city to observe the trench digging by the red bandits. Although he was still full of confidence, for some reason, this professional soldier always felt that there was something wrong with the digging method of the red bandits under the city. We were right. But if we were to say there was something wrong, we couldn't really tell. After thinking about it, I asked the chief of staff to choose a few grenades that could be thrown far away. In the end, nothing happened. Even standing on this high wall. Still couldn't reach the trenches of the Red Bandits. Seeing this, Zhang Hequan had a vague feeling of ominousness. But he couldn't tell how ugly he was. He had no choice but to ask the chief of staff to send someone to observe more closely and report at any time. He went back to his room. Deploy combat arrangements.

Li Jiansheng besieged Chenzhou for more than 20 days at a time. He was currently fighting in his own base area and had sufficient supplies. He had no burden. The only problem was the four Red Army divisions who were sending reinforcements. After receiving a telegram from Zhang Hequan, he garrisoned Hengyang. Two divisions, one division stationed in Leiyang, and the 73rd Division that later retreated to Leiyang, together with 10 security regiments, almost came out in full force. They attacked Chenzhou directly and surrounded Chenzhou with the main force of the Red Third Front Army. On the fifth day after the battle, they exchanged fire with the Red Army's reinforcements. The two sides fought inextricably. There was a lot of firepower in the first few days. These enemies obviously wanted to take down the Red Army positions in one go; Zhang Hequan was temporarily safe because the main force of the Red Bandits did not launch an attack immediately. In the intervening days, the intensity of the attack was relaxed. In the end, Zhang Hequan's telegrams came one after another, one in a hurry. I guessed that there might be some Not good. The firepower and shock waves suddenly increased exponentially. But that's it. The Hunan enemy's nearly 5 divisions of troops just didn't move forward. As for the forward positions of the two warring parties, they were completely reduced to scorched earth.

Li Jiansheng sighed after learning this information. He knew that this was thanks to the more than 1,600 newly arrived old Red Army backbones who took the lead; otherwise, with the strength of his original army, the number of people would still be large, but the battle would never be so strong.

After all preparations for the siege force were completed, Li Jiansheng finally issued the general offensive order. First, there was a sudden artillery attack; then there were feint attacks on the east, south, and west sides; once the enemy's attention was attracted, the main attack on the north was suddenly launched.