The Red War God of Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 031 The Army Is Overwhelming

Sure enough, one week after the independent detachment started training, the reconnaissance platoon reported that the third unit of the Zhang Company of the 4th Fujian Temporary Brigade had entered Longyan, and the Wang Bingzhao regiment headquarters of the 52nd Brigade and 2st Regiment of the 1nd Division had also moved from Longyan to Changting; stationed in Jiangxi Ruijin's enemy Lu Youquan's Department of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Jiangxi Security Brigade was also controlled by Zhang Liansan.

At this time, Wu Aihua did not know that the Ministry of National Defense of the Nationalist Government had established the "Fujian-Jiangxi Border Joint Clearance Command", and Zhang Liansan was the commander of the headquarters.

Zhang Liansan, a native of Fujian, was born in Lvlin in his early years. During the Great Revolution, he led his troops to surrender and served as a company commander. Then he began his history of making a fortune in Fujian. , VIP.

The biggest feature of Zhang Liansan is cunning, which can be said to be as cunning as a fox; secondly, when Zhang Liansan was a bandit in the green forest, he roamed around in the west of Fujian, so he is very familiar with the mountains and rivers of Changting.

This time Zhang Liansan was able to serve as the commander of the "Fujian-Jiangxi Border Joint Clearance and Suppression Headquarters", which can be described as high-spirited and full of ambition.Because this appointment means that Zhang Liansan has entered the vision of senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense. As long as Zhang Liansan can defeat the Changting Red Bandit, his future will be bright.

Therefore, after Zhang Liansan arrived in Longyan, he threw Longyan to the guards of the 2nd regiment under him, and he personally led the brigade's guard battalion, artillery battalion, heavy machine gun battalion and its 1st regiment and hurried to Changting.

Zhang Liansan's move was a big surprise to Wang Bingzhao, head of the 52nd Brigade and 2st Regiment of the 1nd Division.Before that, Wang Bingzhao had been living in Longyan and rarely came to Changting.Unexpectedly, Zhang Liansan's posture turned out to be moving the "Joint Clearance and Suppression Headquarters" to Changting.

1935年1月23日，农历腊月十九，张连三在长汀县衙召开“闽赣边境联合清剿指挥部”作战会议。出席会议的有福建斩编第4旅旅长张连三、江西保安第2旅旅长李克建、国民党龙岩专区专员刘吟、国民党长汀县县长陈菊及其营以上官员共计50余人。

In the small Changting County, it can be said that the magic flames are on the rise all of a sudden!

The meeting lasted for two days, divided into four sessions, and finally made a reasonable battle plan.From this, we can see that Zhang Liansan is very difficult to deal with.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhang Liansan proposed that the enemy's situation must first be clarified.According to previous intelligence and folk analysis, the meeting estimated that the total strength of the Red Bandits was around 300, with a maximum of 500 and a minimum of 200. Their weapons included heavy machine guns and light machine guns, and the total number did not exceed 10.As for where the red bandits are hiding, it is because the red bandits attacked the ancient town, and based on the information of the people along the way, it is preliminarily estimated that the red bandits are hiding in the Tianhua Mountains, [-] kilometers north of the ancient city and Changting.

Zhang Liansan also expressed his support for the conclusion reached at the meeting.As an old green forester, he naturally knows what is the most suitable place for Tibetans. If it is in the ancient town and south of Changting, the life of the red bandit will definitely not be so easy, because in the south, the mountains are not so high. , Second, it is not conducive to escape.

Secondly, Zhang Lian-san put forward new ideas on the suppression strategy.Zhang Liansan believes that some time ago, Wang Bingzhao's regiment went to the mountains to suppress mistakes. The most important thing was that the strategic purpose of the national army was not clear.If Zhang Binxian's battalion was not afraid of sacrifice after discovering the enemy's situation, and clung to the red bandits tightly, and at the same time the backup troops could keep up, maybe there would be no consequence of the fall of the ancient city.

For this reason, Zhang Liansan proposed a "four-three-system clean-up strategy."What is the "four-three system"?That is, the cleanup force belonging to the "Fujian-Jiangxi Border Clearance Headquarters" is divided into four parts: the first part is the mobile force, which is composed of the guard battalion and heavy machine gun battalion of the 4th Brigade temporarily organized in Fujian, ready to go deep into the mountains at any time. Support the banditry operations of various ministries; the second, third, and fourth parts are respectively composed of the He Guoxiang Department of the 4st Regiment of the 1th Brigade, the Wang Bingzhao Department of the 52nd Brigade 2 Regiment of the 1nd Division, and the Lu Youquan Department of the Jiangxi Security 2 Brigade 2 Regiment. Among them, Jiangxi Security 2 The task of the Lu Youquan Department of the 2nd Brigade is to prevent the red bandits from fleeing towards Jiangxi. The area in charge of the control is the junction of Ruijin and Changting; the Wang Bingzhao Department of the 52nd Brigade 2 Regiment of the 1nd Division will go to Qingliu and Ninghua from now on, and deploy defenses along the Jiulongxi line. To prevent the red bandits from fleeing northward; the He Guoxiang Division of the 4st Regiment of the 1th Brigade temporarily set out from Changting and went straight to the hinterland of Tianhua Mountain!

"Everyone, Generalissimo Jiang said that to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down at home! The red bandits are the biggest enemy of the government! This time, in order to completely eliminate the red bandits in the border areas of Fujian and Jiangxi, Chairman Jiang specially supported a group of our radio stations and newspapers. Members, could it be that the red bandits have fast feet, and can they be faster than the radio station? So, everyone, the time has come to make contributions to the party and the country!" Zhang Liansan glanced at the officials present at the meeting, and then said, "Let me tell you one more piece of good news Before I came to the west of Fujian this time, I paid a special visit to the chairman of Fujian Province. The provincial chairman gave a special instruction: In this Fujian-Jiangxi border cleanup operation, every red bandit killed will directly reward the soldiers with 1 yuan. This point, Everyone must convey it to each squad; of course, the officers will also have corresponding rewards, and the rewards for the officers will not be less! Do you have confidence?"

"Yes!" Everyone here is a smart person. The red bandits are indeed powerful, but they are not so powerful.In the past, officers and soldiers were greedy for life and afraid of death when suppressing bandits, so there was no way.Now, since Shangfeng is willing to spend a lot of money to reward the soldiers who killed the enemy, the so-called great rewards must have brave men. When the time comes, as long as the reward is told to the people below, maybe some soldiers will scream with excitement.It's just, what is the reward for the officer, why don't I see it below.

"Okay, let me talk about the Ministry of National Defense's reward policy for officers this time! If a squad wipes out more than 5 red bandits, the squad leader will be promoted to platoon leader; if a platoon wipes out more than 20 red bandits, the platoon leader will be promoted to company commander; If a company wiped out more than 60 Red Bandits, the company commander will be promoted to battalion commander; if a battalion has wiped out more than 200 Red Bandits, the battalion commander will be promoted to regimental commander; if a regiment has wiped out more than 600 red bandits, the regimental commander will be promoted to brigade commander!"

"Brigade Commander, we have been promoted to Brigadier Commander, where are you going?" Before Zhang Liansan finished speaking, a subordinate booed.

"Hehe, as long as the red bandits are wiped out, am I still worried that I won't be promoted?" Zhang Liansan smiled confidently.

"That's, that's..." Everyone in the audience suddenly understood that there is great hope for promotion and fortune in this bandit suppression.

"Everyone, be quiet—" Zhang Liansan hastily put an end to the private discussion below, grandma, I haven't finished yet, "This campaign to suppress both the siege and the suppression is aimed at the final annihilation of the red bandits. Therefore, we have to cooperate with The township militias have established a good cooperative relationship. Specifically, we must make full use of the advantages of the militias' familiarity and acquaintance, so that the red bandits can't hide; at the same time, our national army is also the strong backing of the militias. In cooperation with the militias During the process, I want to emphasize that the militias are our guides and our eyes, if I find anyone who is greedy for life and fears death, and uses the militias as cannon fodder, I will shoot them one by one!"

"Understood?" Zhang Liansan roared.

"Understood!" Everyone's emotions were getting higher and higher.Because Brigadier Zhang provided them with a good idea, that is to make full use of the township militia.

"Brigade, what is the mission of our artillery battalion?" Seeing Zhang Liansan talking for a while, which had nothing to do with the artillery battalion, Yang Qiliang, the commander of the artillery battalion, couldn't sit still.

"The task of the Artillery Battalion is to ensure that Changting is not lost!" Zhang Liansan said.

"Yes. Brigadier, the Artillery Battalion understands!" Yang Qiliang graduated from the Artillery Department of the Central Military Academy. He became the Artillery Battalion Commander after only four years of graduation.

The Artillery Battalion of the 4th Brigade is temporarily organized, and there are three companies in total. An old-fashioned mountain artillery company has 6 old-fashioned mountain artillery pieces. The old-style mountain artillery pieces are clumsy and heavy, and their range is limited. These four 4mm mountain guns are rare in the ordinary national army, but Zhang Liansan took out the coffin and prepared it himself. It is precisely because Zhang Liansan has four unusual 75mm mountain guns that he can be assigned to the temporary 4th brigade The other is a mortar company, which has six 75mm mortars. The latter is not satisfied with the regular establishment. A 4-force company has a standard establishment of 75 4-force mortars.

In the national army, artillery is a rare thing, so Zhang Liansan pretended to know what he didn't know, and compiled the 60mm with the 75mm mountain cannon, which suddenly became a decoration.If it was Wu Aihua, he would definitely form six 6-inch mortar platoons into a mortar platoon, and act together with other marine platoons to provide artillery support to the battlefield at any time.

60 pressure, a typical light artillery, its range within 2000 meters determines that it can only be a tactical support weapon, and it must be on the front line to play a role.

"Commander Zhang, the New Year is coming soon, should we wait until after the Chinese New Year to suppress bandits?" A battalion commander under Jiangxi Security 2 Brigade asked suddenly.

"Hehe, I am willing to go to the mountain to suppress the bandits after the Chinese New Year. However, the order of the Ministry of National Defense requires us to roll out the entire line before the 25th!" raised.

The task of the 2nd Security Brigade is to "siege" rather than enter the mountains, but this time the siege is slightly different from the past. In the past, they used battalions and companies as units, and it was enough to live in towns. Not bad; but this time, the troops must not only reach the towns, but must also go deep into the villages, that is, all escape paths of the red bandits must be blocked.

Seeing Zhang Liansan waving the telegram, those who had doubts also lost interest in asking questions.This is a military meeting, if you make Commander Zhang unhappy, maybe one day your troops will be used as cannon fodder, and you will suffer unspeakably.

(ps: Continue to post automatically to see if it can be displayed normally. A friend sent ten red flowers and didn't even leave a name in the comment area. He supported the king without leaving a name, which moved the king.)