Heroes of the Resistance Reborn

In front of him, Li Yutang was leading another supplementary regiment of the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division, and was searching in the direction of the new factory. When he arrived near the new factory, he found that he was surrounded by the Red Army. Li Yutang led his troops to resist. At the same time, Asking the main force for help, Zhou Hunyuan really could not bear the responsibility of losing more troops, so he immediately ordered the 2nd Division, which was searching and advancing in the direction of Boyang, to go to the rescue, and mobilized more than 20 fighter planes to assist in the battle.

When the 2nd Division rushed to rescue the 3rd Division, which was surrounded by the Red Bandits, the 14th and 15th Brigades of the 5th Division became alone again. As a result, they fell into the siege of the Red Army again. When a telegram for help was sent to Zhou Hun In Yuan Dynasty, the leader of the Central Army who had been dealing with the Red Army for many years was the first to not believe it. However, looking at the Red Army number reported by his unit, Zhou Hunyuan broke into a cold sweat. He knew at that moment that he had been tricked by the Red Bandits. In the plan of attacking from the east and attacking from the west, it turned out that the troops surrounding the 5th Division were not other troops, but the Red 16th Division and the Red 19th Division. These two divisions were the two divisions that had previously defeated Liu Jianxu of the Hunan Army. In other words, they had been fighting against themselves. The fighting Red 17th Division and Red 18th Division are now so elusive that they suddenly surround the 3rd Division. The purpose is to let their 2nd Division rush to the rescue to make room for the 16th Division and the 19th Division to annihilate their 5th Division. Master,,, cunning red bandit, full of vicious tricks.

Once he figured this out, Zhou Hunyuan cursed secretly and was troubled: Why did this red bandit suddenly come to his place? Didn't he fight well with the Hunan and Guangxi armies? After a while, he cursed again: These The Hunan Army, the Gui Army, this fighting power is really not good, some people can't stand it, it doesn't matter if you can't stand it, you can also give us a breath, thinking of this, I am getting more and more angry, and I have another meal Cursing secretly, I thought again, now is not the time to curse. I don't want the 5th Division to be damaged, so I have to rescue it quickly. The ground troops can't save it, so I have to send the air force.

However, when his air force arrived at Yatun Fort, no trace of the Red Army was found, only the corpses of Central Army soldiers lying on the ground. After hearing the news from the air force, Zhou Hunyuan felt surprisingly cold all over, and led the way. The remaining two divisions fought with the red bandits on the opposite side for another whole day and night. Zhou Hunyuan suddenly figured out something and was shocked. He desperately organized a counterattack with troops and horses and then ran away. With great difficulty, he finally fought against the red bandits on the opposite side. The two Red 18th Divisions broke away from the battle line and were about to leave the new factory quickly when they were caught head-on by another wave of Red Army troops. It was none other than the Red 16th Division and the Red 19th Division led by Li Jiansheng.

It turned out that, as Zhou Hunyuan had guessed, Li Jiansheng's troops separated from the Hunan and Guangxi armies in Xiaoshui and secretly marched overnight to the outskirts of Boyang. The entire army rested on the spot. Li Jiansheng did not rest at all and immediately communicated with Yuntian via telegram. , Ji Zhentong and others discussed, Yuntian, Ji Zhentong immediately led his troops to ambush the enemy's 3rd Division near the new factory, and waited for the enemy's 2nd Division to come to the rescue. After Li Jiansheng's two divisions got a rest, they took advantage of the enemy's presence in the morning. Pay attention, immediately surround the remaining two brigades of the enemy's 5th Division, and concentrate superior firepower to attack fiercely. In just two hours, two divisions defeated two brigades, and the victory ended. These two brigades were destroyed. Li Jiansheng continued non-stop, leading The troops immediately came to the new factory. As early as when they were studying the combat plan, Li Jiansheng, Yuntian and Ji Zhentong expressed their attitude and asked them to work together to find ways to entangle Zhou Hunyuan's troops so that he could lead 16 The division and the 19th Division returned to the division to join forces and annihilate another enemy unit. As for the special agent regiment and the guard regiment, they served as reserve teams to monitor the Xiawei Department of the Guangxi Army.

After all, Zhou Hunyuan was an old man. He suffered more from Li Jiansheng and became more clever. Therefore, after fighting with Yuntian and Ji Zhentong for a whole night, he finally woke up. However, it was already too late, after a night of rapid marching. , Li Jiansheng's troops had already rushed over, but they didn't have time to rest. Although they were extremely sleepy, they finally blocked the enemy. In this way, the remaining 5 incomplete brigades of Zhou Hunyuan's two divisions were defeated by 4 of Li Jiansheng's troops. The divisions were surrounded, with two divisions at the front and back, blocking the advance and retreat of Zhou Hunyuan's troops. At that time, Li Jiansheng had already reorganized 2,800 of the more than 3,000 Tao Guang 62nd Division prisoners captured by the Xianxi victory, and reorganized them from the Red 19th Division. The division's 56th Regiment, 57th Regiment, and 58th Regiment each allocated a battalion, disrupted the structure of four battalions, and established the 59th Regiment. More than 700 of the 2,800 prisoners were added to the 59th Regiment, and the other 2,100 were respectively Three regiments, the 55th Regiment, the 56th Regiment, and the 57th Regiment, were added to restore the three regiments to full strength. The 59th Regiment is headed by Deng Chengming, the former deputy commander of the First Red Army Corps, and Li Guoping, the former deputy commander of the Third Red Army Corps, is the political commissar of the regiment. Gong Houming, deputy chief of staff of the First Army Division, was appointed as chief of staff, and the whole was integrated into the 19th Division. Another part of these prisoners and some wounded soldiers, as well as part of the original captured Zhang Liangji Division, were added to the 19th Division. The two divisions of the 16th Division were due to continuous operations. The losses caused not only restored the two divisions to normal status, but also increased than before, because these two divisions are currently equipped with 4 regiments and 16 battalions. Therefore, they currently fight with 40,000 people. There were less than 20,000 people, and they were in a pincer attack. In just one morning, Zhou Hunyuan's troops were defeated and retreated. When the Xiawei troops of the Gui army arrived, only Zhou Hunyuan, Li Yutang, Zhao Xitian and other soldiers were gathered together. Less than 4,000 people.

Li Jiansheng's troops took advantage and were unwilling to fight, so they moved to rest and recuperate. Once Zhou Hunyuan, Li Jue and Xia Wei were defeated, they did not dare to fight more with the Red Army. They just retreated and rested at their base. In addition, they quickly reported the situation. Report to the staff of the Jiang Committee that the Battle of Xinchang has ended, ending with the great victory of Li Jiansheng's troops. At this point, Li Jiansheng's troops first experienced the great victory of Dupo, annihilating Zhang Liangji's 16th Division in three battles; and then won another great victory in Xianxi. He defeated Tao Guang's 62nd Division in a battle; then won a great victory in Xiaoshui, and crippled Li Jue's 19th Division in one battle; then rushed to Yatun Fort, achieved a great victory, and completely annihilated the 5th Division of Zhou Hunyuan's 36th Army in one battle. The remaining two brigades finally won another great victory in Xinchang, crippling the main force of Zhou Hunyuan's 36th Army in one battle, and a total of seven battles and seven victories. If we add the Red 17th Division and the Red 18th Division commanded by Yuntian and Ji Zhentong, First, a brigade of the 3rd Division was wiped out in the Battle of Boyang North, and then a brigade of the 5th Division was wiped out in the Battle of Xinchangdong. This was a total of nine battles and nine victories.

Later historians spoke highly of Li Jiansheng's nine battles and nine victories in the Xiangxi Pass, because in just seven days, Li Jiansheng's troops annihilated three entire enemy divisions in nine battles, including the Hunan enemy's 16th Division and 62nd Division. As well as the 5th Division of the 36th Army of the Central Army, three more divisions were completely disabled, including the 19th Division of the Hunan enemy, the 3rd Division and the 2nd Division of the 36th Army of the Central Army. Among them, the 3rd Division was basically out of shape, and one division There were nearly 8,000 people in the two brigades, but in the end, only about 600 people in the next battalion were eliminated. In this way, Li Jiansheng's command fully completed the tasks assigned by the central government. Because the main force of these enemy forces was annihilated, not to mention the next step. For three days, they did not dare to pursue the Red Army. In the next more than half a month, before being replenished, these enemies did not catch up again. They did not dare and did not have the strength. This provided the Red Army with sufficient time to invade Guizhou.

As for Li Jiansheng's troops, they received sufficient supplements due to continuous operations. First, the two main combat divisions. The 58th and 59th regiments had been newly formed and merged into the Red 16th Division and the Red 19th Division respectively, eventually ending all battles. Later, Li Jiansheng followed the previous example and organized about 8,700 other prisoners and more than 1,300 lightly wounded people into his own troops, that is, the three regiments 49, 50, and 51 under the Red 17th Division, with one battalion drawn from each regiment. There were three battalions in total, and they were organized into four battalions. 700 soldiers were selected from the prisoners and jointly organized into the 60th regiment, which was merged into the 17th Red Division. Another 2,100 recruits were selected to supplement the above three regiments that had their sources of troops transferred. , another 960 troops were selected to fill the vacancies in the three regiments caused by battle losses. In this way, the 17th Division became Li Jiansheng's third full-strength main division with 4 regiments under its jurisdiction. Similarly, the Red 18th Division was under the jurisdiction of Li Jiansheng. The three regiments of the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th were selected from each regiment to draw a battalion, a total of three battalions, and were randomly organized into four battalions. Then 700 soldiers were selected from the prisoners to form the 61st regiment, which was merged into the Red 18th Regiment. Division, another 2,100 recruits were selected to supplement the above three regiments that had been mobilized, and another 710 soldiers were selected to supplement the vacancies in the three regiments caused by battle losses. In this way, the 18th Division became the fourth subordinate of Li Jiansheng's command. A full main division with 4 regiments in charge.

The artillery regiment and cavalry battalion were also supplemented. Due to the continuous capture of a large number of artillery, Liu Fugui's artillery regiment was once again upgraded to an artillery brigade with two regiments. Each regiment has three artillery battalions and one artillery regiment. The Artillery Regiment was responsible for the original Forbes Mountain Artillery Battalion, two of the original three mortar battalions that were full; the Second Artillery Regiment was responsible for the less than full one of the three original mortar battalions. Of course, this battalion is currently using The 6 60mm mortars seized from Li Jue's headquarters were supplemented to form a full battalion. As for the 36 60mm mortars seized from the 5th Division of Zhou Hunyuan's headquarters, they were also organized into an artillery battalion. The Second Regiment, 12 additional 75mm mortars seized from the 5th Division of Zhou Hunyuan's headquarters, 12 additional 75mm mortars seized from the 3rd Division of Zhou Hunyuan's headquarters, and 12 75mm mortars originally under Liu Fugui's headquarters The Type 75 medium mortar company was merged to form a brand new 75th Mortar Battalion, which was also included in the Second Regiment.

As for Liu Fugui’s original 12 Type 48 light earth cannons, 6 additional Type 60 mortars captured from Li Jue’s Department, 12 Type 60 mortars and 12 Type 75 mortars captured from the 2nd Division of Zhou Hunyuan’s Department, It was organized into an artillery battalion and an artillery company. The artillery battalion was merged into the special service regiment. The two artillery companies consisting of 6 75 mortars and 6 60 mortars were merged into the guard regiment. At this point, Li Jiansheng's headquarters Realize the possession of artillery.

As for the cavalry company, due to this consecutive victory, a total of more than 800 war horses were captured. Zhou Hunyuan's Central Army was obviously richer than the Hunan Army and had more horses. This allowed Li Jiansheng's troops to capture so many war horses. Of course, more than 200 of them were used in the baggage system, and more than 600 were given to Shao Qianjin. Adding the original more than 300 horses, the number of horses under Shao Qianjin reached an astonishing 980. This news was known to Li Jiansheng , asked Xu Zhengfang to give him 17 more horses, and asked Shao Qianjin to collect a full 1,000 horses, and formed a cavalry regiment with three cavalry battalions and one directly affiliated cavalry company, each battalion had three 100-horsemen. Cavalry company.

The troops were strong and the horses were strong. Looking at the situation in front of him, Luo Ronghuan sighed, feeling that only such words could describe the current situation of the Seventh Red Army. After two days of resting and monitoring the enemy forces in Boyang, there was still one day left before the 10-day mission issued by the central government. A call came from the central government asking the Seventh Red Army to enter Guizhou. Li Jiansheng accepted the order and estimated that the enemy would not pursue him again in the near future, so he confidently led his troops into Guizhou.