Heroes of the Resistance Reborn

He had just settled on this idea, but the correspondent brought another telegram, but it was sent by Ji Zhentong, the commander of the Red Sixteenth Army. It turned out that the Red Sixteenth Army, as the rearguard of the Red Third Front Army, was approaching the enemy, and the enemy was Zhou Hunyuan's unit of the Central Army. .

It was this guy again. After reading the telegram, Li Jiansheng smiled bitterly. He felt that Zhou Hunyuan was in trouble this week. He had been beaten to death by him several times, but his ghost lingered and came back to haunt him. It seemed that he had to Teach him a lesson again. Thinking of this, he immediately ordered Ji Zhentong, the Red 2nd Division and the Red 4th Division of the Red 16th Army to alternately cover the retreat to ensure that all the main forces crossed the river, and then ordered the entire army to withdraw from the battle; he, Commander-in-Chief Li Jiansheng The general personally led the Eighteenth Red Army Corps to assist the Sixteenth Red Army Corps across the river. Ji Zhentong quickly called back to ensure the completion of the mission.

Li Jiansheng had just finished dealing with it, and the Seventeenth Red Army Corps arrived under the leadership of Huang Su and Zeng Zhongsheng. This time, several old friends met affectionately. Li Jiansheng did not show any pretense and asked Huang Su and others to cross the river immediately. Huang Su and Zeng Zhongsheng agreed. As a result, the Seventeenth Red Army Corps also followed the example of the Red Eighteenth Army Corps. In addition to the heavy weapons troops and baggage troops walking across the bridge, a large number of them waded directly across the river, and six more bridges were built in succession. , the subsequent troops were able to quickly pass through the nine pontoon bridges on the Xiangjiang River. By around 8 p.m., the four legions of the Third Red Front Army and the troops directly under the front army and the logistics system, in addition to the rear guard Red Sixteenth Army, the special agent brigade and the guard regiment and the Red Army The 1st Division did not pass, and piles of fires had already been lit on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River. They were the fires set by the soldiers in the early stage for the soldiers who were to wade across the river to dry their clothes.

At around 9 o'clock in the evening, Ji Zhentong led the 16th Red Army to the Xiangjiang River and met with Li Jiansheng. Li Jiansheng immediately directed the Red 6th and Red 8th Divisions to cross the river, and then the Red 2nd Division crossed the river. At this time, because the bridge had been erected There were 12 soldiers crossing the river at a very fast speed. By around 10 p.m., most of the 16th Red Army had already crossed the river.

At this time, Liu Fugui's artillery unit, which had already taken the lead in crossing the river, set up an artillery position on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River and adjusted the shooting angle according to Li Jiansheng's request. Finally, Yan Dong, the commander of the 4th Red Division, and Su Sai, the political commissar, fought back again. After chasing the enemy, Zhou Hunyuan's troops immediately withdrew from their positions and quickly rushed to the edge of the Xiangjiang River. Under the cover of the 1st Red Division and the Special Agent Brigade, they successfully crossed the river. However, the leading troops of Zhou Hunyuan's troops followed up too quickly and were first attacked. The Red 1st Division, which had been recharged for a long time, violently blocked the attack. It lost most of its regiment and was forced to withdraw. When they moved forward, they encountered a fierce attack from artillery fire from the other side of the river. At that moment, another regiment was lost. It turned out that the other regiments were lost. At that time, Li Jiansheng led the 1st Red Division and the special agent brigade, and the guard regiment had taken advantage of the gap between battles to quickly cross the river through 12 pontoon bridges, and then blew up these 12 pontoon bridges. When Zhou Hunyuan's troops arrived at the Xiangjiang River, they were immediately encountered Liu Fugui's artillery division had long been waiting for the fierce attack. At that time, Liu Fugui's order was very simple: all the Red Army troops had already crossed the river. Once a large number of torches were set up on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, they opened fire immediately without asking. Liu Fugui's artillery division There were originally two brigades and four regiments. Later, when the 15th Red Army Corps was formed, one regiment was transferred out. At this time, Liu Fugui's artillery division only had three regiments. However, the fierce attacks of these three artillery regiments were enough for Zhou Hunyuan. Let’s all drink a pot.

Afterwards, Zhou Hunyuan still couldn't understand how the red bandit's power suddenly increased when he was chasing after him, and he disabled an entire division of his own troops. Later, after careful investigation of the situation, he found out that the red bandit was in front of him. Li Jiansheng of the Third Front Army did not make a sound for a long time, just sitting in his position and sweating coldly, because he had gone through many rounds under Li Jiansheng and never won. Unexpectedly, he would be fooled by this young man again this time. , of course, this is also a topic for later, let’s not mention it for now.

But on the night of December 1st, the night in history when the Red Army troops on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River were completely annihilated, when the Gui Army, the Hunan Army, and the Central Army were wreaking havoc on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River and capturing Red Army prisoners, because of Li Jiansheng's attack on the Third Front Army of the Red Army, Arriving in time, they successively wiped out two divisions of the Guangxi Army, one division of the Hunan Army, and two leading regiments of the Zhou Hunyuan Department of the Central Army. Therefore, the Gui Army that occupied Jieshou Ferry did not rush towards Fenghuangzui Ferry as quickly as in history. The main force of the Hunyuan Division of the Army Zhou Dynasty did not arrive in time, which gave the Red Army sufficient time to reorganize. At this time, Li Jiansheng effectively controlled the ferry and unified and reorganized the scattered Red Army troops on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River. The Red Army had more than 90,000 people. The soldiers either passed through enough bridges or directly imitated Commander-in-Chief Li Jiansheng and jumped into the freezing cold Xiangjiang River hand in hand to cross the river. After more than half an hour, they waited for the main encirclement and suppression troops of the Hunan Army Liu Jianxu and the Central Army Zhou Hun. The main force of the Yuan Dynasty rushed from Jieshou Ferry to Fenghuangzui Ferry on the Xiangjiang River. What was left to them was the Hunan Army on the ground, the corpses of Central Army soldiers and the visible red army torch teams on the other side that were hidden in the mountains like long dragons.

Li Jiansheng's reorganization of troops on the bank of the Xiangjiang River was later reported to the central government in the form of a written report by political commissar Huang Su. Several great men learned that Li Jiansheng had dealt with the chaotic stragglers of the 8th Army in such a short time and organized the International Division of the Young Communist Party. The 18th Regiment, the remnant troops of the 34th Red Division, and the four new backbone divisions of the New Red 15th Army were all greatly lamented. Later, Mao Zedong, who had returned to power, saw this report and became more and more convinced that Li Jiansheng was The boy has the air of a general and is a rare warrior.

As for later generations of military historians, they were very objective and fair in their evaluation of this reorganization. They believed that Li Jiansheng reorganized the scattered troops as quickly as possible in the shortest time, and then the entire army quickly crossed the river, finally leaving the enemy on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River. First of all, Li Jiansheng remained calm in the face of danger and reorganized the skirmishers of the Eighth Red Army under the circumstances. Later, he reorganized the remnants of the International Division of the Communist Party of China with more than 1,500 people and made full use of these troops. and the backbone of other troops, unified and reorganized the new Red 15th Division, and quickly restored the 15th Division to the level of the main force. Secondly, Li Jiansheng directly incorporated these troops into the Red 15th Army, making the Red 15th Army unprecedentedly powerful. , although this regiment did not exist for a long time and was later merged into the Fifth Red Army Corps, it has to be said that Li Jiansheng's approach at that time was indeed a rare and miraculous move. Once again, the engineering capabilities of Li Jiansheng's troops were the best. The champion of the army was able to create so many bridges in that situation, which provided prerequisites for the smooth retreat of the whole army. Coupled with Li Jiansheng's clever command and the coordinated operations and alternate retreats between the various departments, the whole army was able to retreat smoothly. All the ground crossed the river in one afternoon, retaining a powerful fire for the revolution. Finally, Li Jiansheng boldly retained 117 key Red Army cadres who had been idled by the wrong route, laying a solid foundation for the future development of the Red Army's Third Front Army, especially the Eighteenth Red Army. The foundation of the 125th Division of the Eighth Route Army, which was later developed from the 18th Red Army Corps, and the Northern Field Army with one million troops in the War of Liberation, was once again consolidated on the banks of the Xiangjiang River.