Predator Reborn

Chapter 37 Victory

"In this battle, 3 enemy regiments and one brigade were completely wiped out, with a total of 5,200 people, including 1,200 prisoners. Countless weapons and ammunition were seized, including 12 mortars with 5 bases of ammunition, and 18 heavy machine guns with 5 bases of ammunition.

, nearly a hundred light machine guns, rifles, and submachine guns have not yet been counted..."

Shocked again, Guan Xiangying knew that he had never made such a big capture in the troops he had led for such a long time! Can you not be shocked? At this moment, the battle to encircle and annihilate the enemy's second brigade was about to begin.

.

It turned out that when the enemy's second brigade received the rescue telegram from the first brigade, they immediately guessed that He Long wanted to ambush his vanguard brigade. He knew that it would take a certain amount of time to completely wipe out a brigade of his own troops with He Long's strength.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the middle echelon to run forward to reinforce his vanguard brigade. However, after all, there was nearly 10 miles to go. When he finally walked halfway, the battle was over, but the commander of the 15th Division never thought that it was him.

One of his elite brigade was completely wiped out, and he ordered his troops to continue to accelerate forward, forgetting to even send electricity and ask questions.

Looking at the panting enemy troops running to the ambush circle, Liu Hua couldn't help but cursed a modern version of "idiot" but did not forget to pull the trigger of the rifle in his hand. Immediately, all the cannons on the position began to roar, and the machine guns began to spray out

With the deadly tongues of fire, he watched the panting enemy soldiers falling down continuously, without even the time to react, and even before the rifle was in his hand. Liu Hua felt a little bit of unbearable, and once again blew the charge horn in advance.

The enemy army may be really exhausted, and all the officers were almost killed immediately. When they heard the Red Army's charge horn, everyone seemed to be relieved and immediately dropped their rifles and knelt down.

On the ground, he raised his hands. Looking at the crowds of prisoners, Liu Hua smiled bitterly. Now there were so many more soldiers.

After leaving one battalion to clean the battlefield, Liu Hua took the remaining five battalions and rushed to the front to block the third regiment of the rearguard brigade. Although the third regiment was supported by heavy machine guns, with the support of the enemy's artillery company, it had already appeared

There were a lot of casualties, and the battle had entered a fever pitch, but everyone was holding on with their last bit of strength.

After Liu Hua rushed to the position, he immediately ordered one battalion to support the third regiment. The remaining two battalions surrounded the enemy's flanks. After the reinforcement battalion went up, the third regiment finally stabilized its position and slowly began to attack the artillery.

The battalion also rushed over and immediately built artillery positions. After several rounds of artillery fire coverage, they finally destroyed the artillery positions that posed the greatest threat to the Red Army and began to fire at the enemy's heavy machine gun positions. At this time, the third regiment finally gained the advantage.

Since there was no attack from the sniper company of the enemy's rearguard brigade, the commanders were basically alive. The enemy's brigade commander was a very experienced general. After receiving the respective interruptions in the telegrams from himself, the vanguard brigade, and the division commander, he immediately determined the main force of the 15th Division.

It may have been over, and the sudden increase in firepower of the Communist forces on the blocking position further confirmed my guess, and I immediately decided to withdraw the troops.

Perhaps it was a trick of fate. Just when he was about to issue the order, he suddenly remembered the fierce gunfire from all directions, and mortars began to violently bombard the place where the rearguard brigade personnel were most concentrated. Listening to the continuous sound all around

With the sound of gunfire and watching his troops continue to suffer casualties under the shelling, the commander of the enemy's rear guard brigade finally couldn't stand it anymore. After learning that most of his troops had been killed or wounded, the brigade commander's determination to resist was completely gone.

Taking the lead, soon all the remaining troops of the rearguard brigade surrendered.

When Liu Hua heard that nearly a regiment of the enemy rear guard brigade had surrendered under the leadership of the brigade commander, and listened to the sound of artillery fired by the political commissar attacking Taoyuan, Liu Hua's eyes lit up and he immediately had an idea.

Under the threat of Wang Nanhu and others, the enemy's radio operator quickly sent a telegram to the defenders of Taoyuan. The content was very simple: "Our unit was ambushed by the Communist army, and only two rear guard regiments in the entire army stood out from the encirclement.

, are retreating towards Taoyuan and will arrive in an hour."

After knowing that the telegram had been sent, Sun Xingbang led a group of soldiers who changed clothes and began to approach Taoyuan County under the leadership of the enemy's rear guard brigade commander. Due to Liu Hua's order, the political commissar did not attack the west gate of Taoyuan County.

The attack was carried out, and the troops quickly entered the city gate. The man guarding the city gate was a battalion commander, who may have known the commander of the rearguard brigade, and opened the city gate from a distance.

Seeing the city gate being opened, Sun Xingbang was delighted and immediately ordered the troops to enter the city as planned. Just when the battalion commander came to the city gate with a smile to greet the rearguard brigade commander, he was greeted by a group of soldiers with bayonets.

Under the threat of bayonets from the first regiment and the first battalion, except for some who were assassinated, the rest surrendered obediently. The second regiment led by Liu Hua followed the first regiment from a distance. It was learned that the first regiment had disappeared.

After quietly capturing the west gate, he immediately ordered the troops to run forward and take over the west gate. He ordered the remaining troops of the first and second regiments to divide into several groups, like arrows piercing all over Taoyuan.

The street fighting was fierce and lasted from noon to night before the Hunan Army garrison in the city was completely cleared. Looking at the soldiers with their faces filled with gunpowder smoke and the bodies of the martyrs lying on the ground, Liu Hua shed tears again.

What a good soldier. Watching the bodies of the martyrs being transported outside the city one by one, and seeing the wounded being carried into the temporary rescue center one by one, Liu Hua shed tears silently.

Liu Hua did not rush to let the soldiers count the results and clean the battlefield. He just ordered the logistics to bring out the best things and let the soldiers have a good rest because they were really too tired.

The next day, all the cadres came to the temporary division headquarters for a meeting, some with depressed faces and some with smiles on their faces.

"Chief of Staff, please read the results and losses!"

"Yes, division commander!" Guan Xiangying stood up and saluted all the cadres with a military salute.

"Comrades, in this battle we have completely wiped out the 15th Division of the Central Army and a garrison brigade in Taoyuan County of the Hunan Army, with a total of 19,000 people. Among them, a total of about 6,500 people were captured (including lightly wounded) and 800 seriously wounded. The 15th Division of the Central Army was captured.

One brigade commander and two regiment commanders.”

Looking at the smiling cadres below, the chief of staff continued.

"Countless ammunition and supplies were seized, including 50 mortars, 66 heavy machine guns, nearly 200 light machine guns, more than 10,000 rifles, pistols, and submachine guns, and countless ammunition. What's even more exciting is that all the 15th Division's reserves in Taoyuan were seized.

The logistical supplies can be said to be extremely fruitful."

Liu Hua didn't speak after hearing this, and sat there quietly, "Chief of Staff, read the casualty data."

"Yes, division commander. In this battle, our army suffered more than 1,500 casualties, more than 300 serious injuries, and more than 1,000 minor injuries. Among them, 400 were killed in the first regiment, 350 in the second regiment, and 600 in the third regiment. The new regiment and others lost 150.

The deaths of the 1st and 2nd Regiments were mainly caused by street fighting with the Hunan Army, and the deaths of the 3rd Regiment were mainly caused by enemy artillery fire during blocking battles with the low-gathering rear guard brigade."

After listening to the casualty report, everyone was silent. You must know that this was the largest casualty since the establishment of the Independent Division. Can you not be sad? Seeing familiar comrades fall under the enemy's gunfire, so many

Comrades, after a battle, they will never be seen again.

"Comrades, I know that this division has suffered the largest casualty since its establishment. I know that everyone is heartbroken, but we are the top commanders of the army, and there are so many cadres and soldiers under us. If you all fail to recover, what will they do?

Lift your heads up?" Liu Hua finally couldn't help it and shouted loudly.

"Very good, now I order that all the missing personnel in the three main battalions of each regiment will be supplemented by their respective recruit battalions. The combat effectiveness of the three main battalions must be guaranteed. I will expand the recruit battalions of each regiment to reach 5 companies.

800 people, the artillery company reaches 12 mortars, and each battalion's heavy machine gun company is equipped with 12 heavy machine guns. In addition, in order to strengthen the close combat firepower of each combat squad, it is now required to unify the firepower equipment of the independent division, and one combat squad

14 people, the squad leader and deputy squad leader are each equipped with a shell gun to charge the front, including a light machine gun, both of them are required to carry rifles, there are also two submachine gunners, and eight riflemen. All main groups are equipped with weapons according to this standard

If you don’t buy enough, go to the political commissar.”

"The second order is that Li Xiaowu will no longer serve as the director of the Logistics Division. The political commissar Li Qing will serve as the director of the Logistics Division. Li Xiaowu will serve as the head of the combat regiment of the Logistics Division, which has a thousand people under its jurisdiction. It was expanded from the original combat battalion. Under the Logistics Division,

It has a combat regiment of 1,000 people and two supply camps of 1,000 people, totaling 3,000 people. The missing personnel will be selected from the prisoners, and 20 people will be selected from the cadres brought by the chief of staff to serve as the backbone."

"Fourth, the artillery battalion and the heavy machine gun battalion only have three battalions each. All excess equipment is handed over to the logistics department. The other two battalions each have a supply company."

"Fourth, one radio station for each regiment, two for the division headquarters and two for the logistics office, and the remaining seven radio stations will be handed over to the logistics office for safekeeping. Okay, that's all. Chief of Staff, take a look at how many people there are in the entire division.

Briefing." Liu Hua looked at the chief of staff who was sitting next to him taking notes.

"Comrades, our independent division has a total of 16,000 people according to the division commander's plan. Haha, I can't believe that we are still one division." The chief of staff joked with a smile.

In this way, the Independent Division began a new round of rest and training, but the time was very short, only three days was not enough. In the words of the first regiment commander, "Three days is enough. There are so many veterans here, and the Independent Division

Its combat effectiveness will definitely increase rapidly."

Seeing the enthusiastic military training everywhere in Taoyuan County, the chief of staff felt as if he was in a dream. Thinking of the hard life of the 26th Army Corps, lack of guns and ammunition, Guan Xiangying frowned again.

"Chief of Staff, you look bad, are you worried about the 26th Army Corps?" Liu Hua asked after seeing the Chief of Staff's frowning brows. The Chief of Staff did not speak and nodded. Liu Hua handed over a piece of paper.

.

"15,000 sets of quilts, 200,000 kilograms of grain, 36 mortars, 3,600 rounds of artillery shells, 36 heavy machine guns, 36,000 rounds of ammunition. 200 light machine guns, 50,000 rounds of ammunition, 10,000 rifles, 500,000 rounds of ammunition...

"Looking at the data above, Guan Xiangying looked at the smiling teacher with confusion.

"Chief of Staff, why are you looking at me like this? Am I a beauty? Haha, these are the meeting gifts for the 26th Army Corps. Where did I get them from the political commissar just now? Take a look. If you agree, we will meet in a few days.

You can give it to them when Commander He comes. What do you think?"

"Sir, there are so many? Oh my god? Tell me, I don't know how many good things there are in the independent division?" Xiao Ke asked quickly with a look of surprise and joy.

"Haha, Chief of Staff, you have found the wrong person. You should ask Political Commissar Li, he knows better than me." Liu Hua looked at the Chief of Staff with a rogue expression.