Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

Chapter 207: Brigade Commander Feng’s Ambition

Li Yan nodded

He looked at the stonemason again and said, "I will give you all the captured artillery and the Meishan Artillery Regiment."

"I'll only give you one day to adjust."

"When the time comes"

"If you drop the ball"

“It’s the same as Sushan.”

The stonemason stood up and said, "Master!"

"Leave it to me."

Li Yan nodded.

I feel very relieved

Whether it's Su Shan the stonemason or Zhao Wu Gao Xuan

In this year and more

There has been great progress

Now they have grown into qualified regimental commanders

Then Li Yan continued: "Director Fang, Commander Qiu..."

"You two together"

“Becoming a new independent second division”

"Except for the German equipment that Su Shan took away, I will leave the rest to you."

"At the same time, gather all the light and heavy machine gunners of the Second Independent Division."

"Leave it to Captain Liu to form a heavy machine gun battalion."

"Increase firepower"

Director Fang and Teacher Qiu were both surprised

They didn't expect Li Yan to be so generous

That's 24 heavy machine guns, 30 light machine guns, and 500 rifles.

Give it when you say it

When the Red Army set out on the Long March

There are only about 600 light and heavy machine guns in total.

At the same time, Director Fang and Teacher Qiu also felt a lot of pressure on themselves

He stood up and said, "Yes."

After Li Yan reorganized the troops in Shanghang

Then he said: "We have seized another radio this time."

"This will speed up our connection with Meishan, the Southwest Fujian Military Region, and Liancheng."

“This is our biggest advantage now.”

"chief of staff"

"Contact Zhao Wu, Gao Xuan, the little beggar, and the others."

“Let’s start implementing our new plan”

......

88th Division in one day and one night

Defeated to Qiling Town, 80 kilometers away from Shanghang

When we arrived at Qiling Town

All the people in the 88th Division were covered in dust.

There is no longer an ace force

Commander Sun said angrily: "Where did this reinforcement come from?"

"We are about to take Shanghang"

“They attacked us from behind.”

Brigade Commander Feng said: "Division Commander"

"The number of troops who attacked us yesterday was at least 10,000"

"The combat effectiveness of these 10,000 people is not weak"

"Could it be the 19th Route Army?"

Commander Sun calmed down

He shook his head and said, "No."

"Don't forget that behind the 19th Route Army there are three old foxes: Li, Chen, and Cai."

“They will definitely not get involved at this time.”

Brigadier General Feng frowned and said, "It's not the 19th Route Army."

"Who could that be?"

"Red Bandits?"

"That's impossible"

"The Red Bandits occupied Shanghang, Wuping, Liancheng, and Longyan for only a few months."

"It's not easy to feed four divisions of troops"

"Where did more than 10,000 people appear?"

Brigade Commander Huang pondered for a moment and said, "Meishan"

Commander Sun and Brigade Commander Feng were both shocked.

Brigade Commander Feng said: "That's even more impossible."

"Although our people did not infiltrate Meishan"

"But according to the information sent back by our intelligence personnel in Shanghang..."

"Meishan is just their logistics base"

“Only a few places are defended by militias.”

“Most of the others are engaged in production and transportation.”

"Plus, there is little arable land in Meishan."

"How can they afford to support more than 10,000 well-trained soldiers?"

"Besides"

"An artillery regiment also attacked us yesterday."

"We know the Red Bandits only have one artillery regiment."

“I was also transferred to Liancheng”

"Do the Red Bandits have two artillery regiments?"

"With the economic strength of the Red Bandits"

"Isn't this a fantasy?"

Speaking of this

Brigade Commander Feng's mind turned

Said: "Master"

"Could it be that the Red Bandits have abandoned Longyan?"

“This is the only reason that makes sense.”

A cold light flashed in Brigade Commander Feng's eyes

Ambitiously said: "Master"

"Since the Red Bandits transferred the soldiers from Longyan to Shanghang"

"Then Shanghang must have strengthened its defenses now."

"We might as well give up attacking Shanghang"

"Turn to attack Longyan"

“Then head north.”

"And the two divisions in Changting will attack from the north and south"

"Take Liancheng in one fell swoop"

"Immediately afterwards, our three divisions marched westward."

"Eliminate the Red Bandits in Shifang Town"

"Finally, we will gather the strength of our six divisions."

"Attack Shanghang"

"Even if Shanghang's defenses are as strong as iron."

“That’s also a turtle in a jar.”

Commander Sun's eyes lit up

He nodded and said, "Brigade Commander Feng is right."

Brigade Commander Huang frowned at this moment

Although he always felt that something was wrong here

But what Brigade Commander Feng said is well-founded.

He couldn't refute

However, Brigadier General Huang still reminded: "Division Commander

"Longyan is one of the most beautiful towns in southwestern Fujian."

"How could the Red Bandits give up so easily?"

“Is there any other trap here?”

"Besides, we have lost supplies in our recent defeat."

"Should we send someone to investigate?"

Brigadier General Feng asked, "Is Brigadier General Huang scared?"

“Even though we were ambushed.”

"But we still have 8000 fierce and powerful soldiers."

“We just had a minor setback.”

“We can’t throw the baby out with the bathwater”

Brigade Commander Huang looked at Brigade Commander Feng's disdainful expression.

Anger swelled in my heart

But before he speaks

Brigade Commander Feng said again: "Division Commander"

"Longyan is indeed one of the many towns."

"But Shanghang is the economic lifeline of the Red Bandits."

"We attacked Shanghang for three consecutive days"

"They want to keep Shanghang"

"We can only transfer troops from Longyan"

"Also, speed is of the essence in war."

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

“We absolutely cannot miss it”

"What's more important is that our 88th Division has been established since its establishment."

“I’ve never suffered such a big loss.”

"If we just go back in disgrace"

"After that, we won't be able to hold our heads up in the entire national army."

Brigade Commander Huang said anxiously: "Commander..."

Commander Sun's expression changed

Said: "Brigade Commander Huang, please stop talking."

"I know you are a mature and patriotic person."

“But this time we can’t play it safe.”

"Why is the old man doing this in the current bad economic situation?"

"We also need to purchase German equipment in advance"

“That’s because in the past year or so…”

"Fujian is unstable"

"In addition, the 19th Route Army was reorganized."

"Let the local warlords in the five provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, as well as the Northwest Army, the Red Army and the Northeast Army

“Seeing hope again, ready to take action”

“There is a tendency to split”

"If we cannot stabilize Fujian in the short term this time..."

"China is in danger"

“So my determination must be”

"Notify all troops"

"Departure to Longyan"

"At the same time, tell the three divisions in Shifang Town and the two divisions in Changting about this news."

"Let them speed up their attack at all costs"

"Also notify Zhangzhou to send another division of troops with supplies."

"Departure to Longyan"

......

Shifang Town Southwestern Fujian Military Region Command

Zhang, Tan, and Deng sat in the headquarters.

Looking at the telegram in my hand

Tan initially said: "Didn't Li Yan ask us to retreat to Shanghang in five days?"

"This sudden telegram asks us not to withdraw from Shifang Town."

"We will also send the 72nd Regiment to support"

"What does it mean?"

Deng said: "Yes."

"Could it be that they intend to rely on the terrain of Shifang Town to fight the three divisions of the Nationalist Army head-on?"

"But one-third of our casualties have already occurred."

"Weapons and ammunition are less than half."

“Even if the 72nd Regiment came”

“How many more days can I hold on?”

Zhang shook his head: "Li Yan is not that stupid"

"Something must have happened in Shanghang."

“I can’t explain it in a telegram.”

"Let's wait until Su Shan comes and talk about it."

Zhang's words had just fallen

A voice came from outside the command center:

"Hey, are the three leaders talking about me?"