Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Crisis of the Red Party

In my eyes, a pile of iron ore that is almost useless can be exchanged for the weapons and equipment I urgently need from the German businessman in front of me.For Liu Xiang, this is tantamount to a very huge surprise.

After the surprise, Liu Xiang, who gradually regained his sanity, immediately changed the amount of equipment he originally planned to buy in his mind.It should be clear that although the ocean in my hands is limited, the number of mineral deposits owned by several iron mines is very large.Such a good opportunity is in front of me, if I don't grasp it well, I will be too sorry for the conscience of heaven and earth, I am sorry for the opportunity God gave me...

Thinking of this, Liu Xiang, who was depressed a few days ago, quickly stated the amount of weapons and equipment he purchased this time.

"Sir, for this transaction, I want to buy 300 Mauser rifles, 200 Czech light machine guns, 50 heavy machine guns, and 50 mortars... [-] million rifle bullets, light machine gun bullets [-] rounds, [-] rounds of heavy machine gun ammunition, [-] rounds of mortar shells...”[

"I don't know if your company has stock in hand... >

One minute, two minutes, under Liu Xiang's anxious waiting, a smile finally appeared on the face of the German arms dealer.Facing Liu Xiang, he replied confidently: "Commander Liu, please rest assured that our company has all the equipment in stock in your country's warehouses. We will transport them to Sichuan via the Yangtze River in a month at the latest. Here you go. I hope your ministry is ready to receive it...>

Seeing Liu Xiang who quickly let out a long sigh of relief in front of him.The German businessman continued: "Commander Liu, after the calculation just now, the total price of the equipment you purchased this time is 150 million oceans. I don't know if your army plans to use oceans for payment, or plan to use mineral resources to make discounts..."

"However, no matter which method you choose to make payment, you must first pay an advance payment of 50 cash or gold of the same value. As soon as the advance payment is received, I will let the company deliver the goods immediately. Of course, during this process, I will live in your Army barracks, until all our goods are delivered to your army and the transaction is completed..."

The weapons and equipment of two entire infantry brigades.It only costs 50 oceans and a pile of iron ore that is almost useless to him.Liu Xiang's excitement can be imagined. As soon as the German businessman's voice fell, Liu Xiang responded firmly: "Sir, we decided to use ore to discount the remaining 100 million ocean money. In addition, to show our respect Sincerity, to lay the foundation for our future cooperation, I, Liu Xiang, decided to give your company iron ore worth 20 oceans for free..."

Here, Liu Xiang sold almost one-fifth of the Ninth Army's inventory at one time.Several other arms dealers also did not disappoint Li Guanghua.In less than a month, the Ninth Army replaced all the equipment in stock, including the original reserves of the equipment depot.Everything has been cleaned up.

At the same time, in order to ensure a steady stream of iron ore, copper ore and other metal resources.It flows continuously into Shandong and enters the military industry group.The Military Industry Group was directly under the orders of Li Guanghua.Adjust manpower and material resources to specialize in the production of corresponding equipment that can be sold domestically.Through the signboard of Ludong Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.Sold to all parts of the country.

The Ninth Army was busy with reorganization, training, and even selling weapons all over the country.On the battlefield in Jiangxi, which is thousands of kilometers away from Shandong Province.The Red Army led by the Red Party is facing an unprecedented crisis.

It is said that the Kuomintang army is vulnerable, and the officers at all levels under the Kuomintang army are all dead bodies.

In fact, it is not the case. It must be clear that at this moment, most of the main division commanders of the Central Army have experienced several large-scale wars such as the Northern Expedition and the Central Plains War.In the end, through the tempering of the battlefield, the military students who grew up step by step.In history, several battles led by the national army ended in failure.The ultimate reason is not that these middle and senior officers are incompetent, but that the commanders are incompetent and the soldiers are not killed.

The failure of the first anti-encirclement and suppression campaign against the Red Army of the Red Party made all the officers of the Central Army realize that the Red Army of the Red Party, which had been hiding in Jiangxi, had taken root in Jiangxi Province after several years of covert development and had grown stronger.

Of course, while beginning to pay attention to their opponents, a group of senior officers of the Kuomintang Central Army, including Chiang Kai-shek, also began to analyze the real reason for the failure of the first encirclement and suppression campaign.

Soldiers who participated in the first encirclement and suppression operation, and underestimated the enemy during the battle... >

Besides underestimating the enemy, is there any other reason?There is no question about this answer.

According to intelligence, the weapons and equipment used by the Red Army of the Red Party have no source other than those seized from the battlefield.However, during the years when the Red Party and the Red Army continued to grow and develop, no large-scale formal national army was wiped out by the opponent.

And this means that the weapons and equipment in the hands of the Red Army of the Red Party are the only way to capture local troops and militias.As for the weapons and equipment in the hands of local troops and militias, everyone knows what kind of goods they are.Therefore, in the eyes of all the soldiers of the national army, the Red Army of the Red Party nesting in the mountains must be an army of beggars with backward equipment and lack of ammunition.

However, what all the generals of the national army did not expect is that such a beggar army is equipped with a large number of Mauser rifles, and even a certain proportion of light machine guns and heavy machine guns... >

How can such a weird thing not make everyone feel qiguài.After analysis, all the senior generals under Lao Jiang's command agreed that one of the most important reasons why the firepower possessed by the Red Army of the Red Party became stronger and stronger was that a large number of equipment and ammunition abandoned by the national army were seized on the battlefield. 』, constantly replenishing oneself and enhancing one's own firepower.

Now that the specific reason has been found, it is necessary to have a specific solution for getting along with each other. [

The second encirclement and suppression campaign against the Red Army has not yet begun, an order issued by the veteran himself.It was issued to the ears of all officers and soldiers of the troops participating in the war.

"During the encirclement and suppression operations against the Red Army and the Red Army, all combat units are prohibited from abandoning equipment and ammunition for any reason. They are intact and abandoned on the battlefield. Otherwise, the central government will punish them by military law for the crime of capitalizing on the enemy and collaborating with bandits..."

The second encirclement and suppression operation against the Red Army of the Red Party was to ensure the safety of the campaign.Lao Jiang directly mobilized [-] main divisions (including five main divisions of the Central Army) from various places, divided them into five, and marched side by side from different directions.Adopt a method of steady advancement, step by step to compress the living space of the Red Party and the Red Army, and finally.Eliminate it on Jinggangshan, its old nest.

Of course, among the five armies, each route has a central army main division, three ordinary main divisions, and a total of more than [-] people.To ensure that the Red Army of the Red Party has no strength, it will eat up all the offensive troops in the encirclement and suppression army, that is, the strength of the four main divisions of the national army.

At the same time, the five-way army subordinate to the national army did not hold together.Advance blindly.Instead, the central army with the most powerful combat effectiveness was used as the vanguard, followed by three main divisions of miscellaneous brands, and they slowly followed.Using the main division of the forward Central Army as bait, they forced the Red Army of the Red Party to concentrate their forces to ambush themselves.then.Persist until the arrival of the backup troops, attack from inside and outside, wipe out the limited forces of the Red Army in one fell swoop...

The strategy of encirclement and suppression formulated by Lao Jiang.For the Red Army of the Red Party, which is surrounded by heavy troops of the national army, it is tantamount to a fatal blow.

The eve of the battle.Because of the voluntary retreat of the Red Army of the Red Party, although the Nationalist Government's army advanced triumphantly.One after another, the good news was continuously passed on to Lao Jiang.However, it did not have any traumatic effect on the Red Army of the Red Party.

However, as the KMT's attacking troops got closer and closer to Jinggangshan, the Red Army of the Red Party had to start to gather troops and take advantage of the terrain advantages in the base area to block the national army's offensive as much as possible.

At the same time, the same tactics as the first anti-encirclement and suppression campaign were used to lure the enemy into an ambush by the Kuomintang army.

There is really no way to choose and choose. The Red Army of the Red Party can only put the ambush target on the vanguard main division of one of the national army's troops.It is hoped that through this ambush, the main division of the Central Army will be wiped out and its pace of encirclement and suppression will be disrupted.

With the combat effectiveness shown by the national army in the first encirclement and suppression campaign, the Red Army of the Red Party was confident that, relying on two well-equipped corps, it would definitely not have the slightest problem in defeating and eating up a division of the Central Army within two hours.

Two hours to complete the ambush battle, one hour to clean up the battlefield and retreat... Wait until the follow-up troops of the Central Army rush to the battlefield.The two armies of the Red Army participating in the ambush have successfully pushed out of the battlefield with their captured and prisoners, and disappeared into the vast mountains.

This is the first thought of the top Red Army Red Army leaders in the face of this ambush.They didn't realize at all that this was also a trick set by the Central Army.The combat effectiveness of the main division of the Central Army serving as the vanguard is definitely not as vulnerable as the main division of the Red Party and the Red Army.

Perhaps it was because the main forward division of the Central Army already knew that it might encounter an ambush, or maybe it was because the tens of thousands of national troops on the battlefield had experienced the Northern Expedition and the Central Plains War and were well-trained.Facing the sudden blows on both sides of the road, tens of thousands of soldiers of the National Army, after less than 5 minutes of confusion, quickly began to organize a counterattack in units of battalions.

The Red Army of the Red Party has the advantages of geographical advantages and surprise attacks, while the besieged national army has a strong firepower advantage.In the eyes of the Red Army, an ambush that should have been clean and tidy turned into a stalemate.

More importantly, as the battle continued, the limited ammunition in the hands of the Red Army was running out.More importantly, with the passage of time, the three follow-up main divisions of the national army, who had received news from the battlefield, had rushed to the battlefield quickly.

Boss Zhu, the deputy commander of the Red Army's ambush, looked through the telescope at the completely deadlocked battlefield.Facing the "Chairman", he said solemnly: "Old Mao, the information from the intelligence department is definitely wrong. The main division in front of you, judging from the combat effectiveness it has shown so far, is definitely not an ordinary army of the national army, but The elite in Lao Jiang's hands..."

"The officers and soldiers fought bravely, well-trained, and well-equipped. I can say with certainty that this army is the best fighting force I have ever seen since I was a soldier..."

The "Chairman" nodded in agreement, and responded solemnly: "Boss, judging from the current situation: Not only is the information collected by the intelligence department wrong. Not surprisingly, we were also fooled by the national army. The main division. There are only less than ten kilometers away from the battlefield, and the trick of "mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind"...No surprises. Lao Jiang's Central Army must be planning to take the main force of our Red Army. All in one breath Annihilating here."

After finishing speaking, a determined expression slowly appeared on the face of the "Chairman".Facing the commander-in-chief beside him, he suggested: "Boss, this ambush can no longer be fought. Otherwise, the two legions in our hands will really be buried here...>

Boss Zhu nodded approvingly, and agreed: "Old Mao, you are right. Our Red Army cannot afford to fight such a war of attrition. Now it seems that the only way to go is to retreat... >

Then, facing the combat staff behind him, he began to issue retreat orders. [

In the battle that lasted more than an hour, the main division of the Central Army who served as the vanguard paid a heavy price for more than [-] people.However, it also caused thousands of casualties to the Red Army.More importantly, more than an hour of fighting.It directly consumes almost [-]% of the ammunition inventory of the entire Red Army.

After this battle, the Red Army of the Red Party, with more than [-] mercenaries, did not suffer much loss in terms of strength.However, only with stock ammunition.The Red Army of the Red Party has no ability to launch even a large-scale battle.

Having failed in the frontal battle with the national army's encirclement and suppression forces, the "chairman" and the boss can only pin their hopes on the guard group that has already detoured to the rear of the national army's encirclement and suppression forces.Hope for a well-armed regiment of guards.Being able to make a big noise in the sky behind the national army forced the national army's encirclement and suppression troops to retreat.

Shatian Town, south of Jinggangshan.As the only way for the Ganzhou National Army to Jinggangshan, it has undoubtedly become one of the storage points for logistical materials and ammunition of the South Road National Army.And the reason is one of the reserve points.Speaking of it, it can be regarded as deliberate by the national army.

In order to prevent the logistics reserves of the armies along the way from being handed over by the Red Army, the supreme commanders of the armies directly distributed the grain, grass and ammunition to several distribution points for storage.At that time, even one or two distribution points will be eaten by the Red Army.The food and ammunition stored in the remaining distribution points are enough for the troops to consume in the future.

Of course, this is only one of the reasons... >

The well-equipped guard group finally lurked around the outskirts of the stronghold of Sha Tin after several days of day and night travel.

As soon as the troops were in place, the intelligence agents of the Red Party lurking in Shatian Town lurked beside Song Shilun, the head of the guard regiment, and reported: "Chief, according to the investigation, there is a battalion of the Kuomintang army stationed in the town. There is a company at the end of the camp, and a company at the battalion headquarters and warehouse. Because this battalion has just entered Shatian Town, we have not yet developed internal lines..."

Glancing at the few piles of bonfires that were still lit at the entrance of the town, Shatian Town that had been completely shrouded in darkness.A trace of strong confidence suddenly appeared on Song Shilun's face.Facing the intelligence officer beside him, he said with a smile: "Just one battalion of defenders, even if there is no inside line, my guard group can take it within half an hour..."

After finishing speaking, he waved to the battalion and company commanders behind him, and began to deploy combat missions...

"Tongtongtong..." Several dull mortar shells popped out of the barrel sounded in the dark night, and six 60mm caliber mortar shells rushed directly into the sky, heading towards the entrance of the town hundreds of meters away. fly away.

A series of fireballs soared into the sky from the guard position at Zhenkou. Under the light of the fire, Song Shilun could clearly see that the two machine gun positions piled up with sandbags were directly blown to pieces and disappeared in the thick gunpowder smoke.

In order to better conceal the march, the guard regiment did not carry many shells for this attack.However, in Song Shilun's eyes, as long as Shatian Town can be captured, the large amount of ammunition stored by the Kuomintang army in Shatian Town is his own.And the cannonballs fired by himself will be replenished without a single one left.

Therefore, in order to occupy Shatian Town as soon as possible and complete the task of harassing the rear of the Kuomintang army, the artillery company of the guard regiment fired white-haired shells directly at the entrance of the town.

The sound of the cannon stopped, and the nine heavy machine guns under the heavy machine gun company began to shoot suppressively at the town with extravagant firepower.Immediately afterwards, an attacking force from a company of the guard regiment appeared less than 300 meters from the entrance of the town.

A pass of artillery fire, coupled with such dense fire cover.A company of the national army sticking to the town, directly paid two-thirds of the casualties in just 5 minutes.

Facing the frantic attack of the guards outside the town, if the reinforcements hadn't arrived on the battlefield in time, the small town might have been lost in the first round of attacks by the guards.

"Damn it, when did the reaction speed of the Kuomintang army become so fast...>

Of course, he didn't lose his mind because of this.With the help of the firelight on the battlefield, Song Shilun could clearly see that the reinforcements of the national army on the opposite side were probably in a company.

In a garrison battalion, a company was blown up by his own artillery shells, plus the troops guarding the end of the town and the battalion headquarters, the only thing the opponent could move was the infantry company that had just rushed to the battlefield in front of him.As long as he wipes out this company, he can be sure that the gate of Shatian Town has been opened to him.

Thinking of this, Song Shilun didn't hesitate any longer, and ordered arrogantly to his subordinates behind him: "The artillery company, face the entrance of the town, and fire another ten rounds of shells. After the shelling is over, the second company replaces the first company and continues to attack. Go down to the town." (To be continued.)