The Crisis of the Red Party

A bunch of iron ore that is almost useless in his eyes can actually be replaced by the German merchants in front of him with the weapons and equipment he urgently needs. This is tantamount to a huge surprise for Liu Xiang.

After the surprise, Liu Xiang, who gradually regained his sanity, immediately changed the number of equipment he originally wanted to buy in his mind. It is clear that although the ocean in his hands is limited, the number of minerals in several iron ores is very large. Such a good opportunity is placed in front of him. If he doesn't seize it well, it would be too sorry for the conscience of heaven and earth, and I'm sorry for the opportunity God gave him...

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

"Sir, in this transaction, I want to buy a total of 10,000 Mauser rifles, 300 Czech light machine guns, 100 heavy machine guns, and 100 mortars... Two million rifles bullets, 500,000 light machine gun bullets, 500,000 heavy machine gun bullets, and 10,000 mortar shells..."

"I don't know if your company has stock... When will these equipment be shipped to Sichuan and handed over to our army..." After saying that, Liu Xiang waited for the answer from the German fire merchant in front of him with a strong expression of expectation.

One minute, two minutes, under Liu Xiang's anxious waiting, a smile finally appeared on the face of the German fire merchant. He answered confidently at Liu Xiang: "Please rest assured that our company's warehouses in your country have reserves of these equipment. In the latest one month, we will ship it to Sichuan through the Yangtze River and hand it over to you. I hope your department can prepare for acceptance..."

Seeing Liu Xiang breathing a sigh of relief in front of him, the German businessman continued to speak: "Commander Liu, after the calculation just now, the total price of the equipment you purchased this time is 1.5 million oceans. I don't know if your army intends to use oceans to pay, or if it intends to use mineral resources to discount..."

"However, no matter which method you choose to make payment, you must first pay a prepayment of 500,000 yuan or equivalent gold. As long as the advance payment is received, I will ask the company to ship the goods immediately. Of course, during this process, I will live in the military camp of your army until all our goods arrive in the hands of your army and complete the transaction..."

The weapons and equipment of two infantry brigades were only spent 500,000 oceans and a bunch of iron ore that was of little use to him. Liu Xiang was excited and could imagine that as soon as the German businessman finished speaking, Liu Xiang responded firmly in a tone: "Sir, we decided to discount the remaining one million oceans of money. In addition, to show our sincerity and lay the foundation for our future cooperation in the future, I, Liu Xiang, decided to give your company a free iron ore worth 200,000 oceans..."

Liu Xiang sold nearly one-fifth of the Ninth Army's inventory here at one time. Several other arms vendors did not disappoint Li Guanghua. In less than a month, all the inventory equipment that the Ninth Army had replaced, including the original reserves of the equipment warehouse, were all cleaned up.

At the same time, in order to ensure a steady stream of metal resources such as iron ore, copper ore, flow into Shandong and into the military industry group. The military industry group directly adjusted the manpower and material resources under the order of Li Guanghua to specialize in producing corresponding equipment that can be sold domestically. It is sold to all parts of the country through the signboard of Shandong Foreign Trade Company.

When the Ninth Army was busy reorganizing, training, and even selling weapons everywhere across the country. On the battlefield of Jiangxi, thousands of kilometers away from Shandong Province, the Red Army troops led by the Red Party were facing an unprecedented crisis.

It is said that the Kuomintang army is vulnerable, and officers at all levels under the Kuomintang army are all corpse-fruit and simple meals.

In fact, it is not true. It is 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 training of the battlefield, they grew up step by step. In history, the reason why several battles led by ** ended in failure was not that these middle and senior officers were incompetent, but that the commander was incompetent and the soldiers did not use their lives.

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

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

The soldiers who participated in the first encirclement and suppression operations were indifferent to the enemy and advancing during the battle... were undoubtedly the biggest mistake made by the Kuomintang Central Army in the entire encirclement and suppression operations.

Is there any other reason besides underestimating the enemy and advancing? There is no doubt about this answer.

According to intelligence, the weapons and equipment used by the Red Army of the Red Party had no other source except for the capture of the battlefield. However, in the years when the Red Party of the Red Army continued to grow, no large-scale formal ** troops were eliminated by the other side.

This means that the only way to seize local troops and militias is to seize local troops and militias. Everyone knows what kind of goods the local troops and militias are. Therefore, in the eyes of all the soldiers, the Red Army, which is nestled in the mountains, must be a beggar army with backward equipment and lack of ammunition.

However, what all the generals did not expect was that such a beggar army was equipped with a large number of Mauser rifles, even a certain proportion of light machine guns and heavy machine guns... More importantly, the firepower displayed by the Red Army on the battlefield was becoming stronger and stronger as the battle continued.

How can such a strange thing not make everyone feel strange? After analysis, the senior generals under Chiang Kai-shek unanimously agreed that one of the most important reasons why the firepower of the Red Army of the Red Army is getting stronger and stronger when fighting is seized on the battlefield, and constantly replenish themselves and enhance their own firepower.

Since the specific reason has been found, we need to deal with each other in a targeted manner.

The second encirclement and suppression of the Red Army against the Red Party had not yet begun, and an order issued by the veteran was issued to the ears of all the officers and soldiers of the participating troops this time.

"In the battle against the Red Army, the combat troops are prohibited from abandoning the battlefield without any reason for the equipment and ammunition. Otherwise, the central government will punish the enemy and bandits for military law..."

In order to ensure the war is foolproof, Chiang Kai-shek directly dispatched 20 main divisions (including five main divisions of the Central Army) from various places, divided into five, and advanced in unison from different directions. He adopted a steadily advancing tactic to compress the living space of the Red Army step by step, and finally eliminated it on the old nest Jinggangshan.

Of course, among these five armies, each of them has a central army's main division, three ordinary main divisions, and more than 40,000 people. Ensure that the Red Army of the Red Army has no strength, and eat up the attacking troops in the encirclement and suppression army in one bite, that is, the forces of the four main divisions.

At the same time, the five subordinate troops of ** did not embrace the group and advance blindly. Instead, they took the Central Army, the most powerful combat power, as the vanguard, and then slowly planned to do so. The main division of the Central Army in the forefront was bait, forcing the Red Party Red Army to concentrate their forces to ambush themselves. Then, they insisted until the support troops arrived, attacked inside and outside, and wiped out the limited forces of the Red Party Red Army in one fell swoop...

The encirclement and suppression strategies formulated by Chiang Kai-shek were tantamount to a fatal blow to the Red Army, which was surrounded by heavy troops.

On the eve of the battle, due to the voluntary concessions of the Red Army of the Red Army, the Kuomintang army continued to advance one after another and another to Chiang Kai-shek. However, it did not have any effect on the Red Army of the Red Army of the Red Army.

However, as the Kuomintang attacking troops were getting closer and closer to Jinggangshan, the Red Army of the Red Party had to start assembled troops and use the terrain advantages in the base area to block the offensive as much as possible.

At the same time, the same tactics of the first anti-encirclement and suppression were adopted to lure the enemy into deep and attack the Kuomintang army.

After all the choices, there was no way for the Red Army to have no choice but to put the ambush target on the vanguard main division of the army. I hope that through this ambush battle, the main division of the Central Army will be wiped out and disrupted its encirclement and suppression pace.

With the combat effectiveness shown by the ** troops in the first encirclement and suppression operation, the Red Army of the Red Party was confident that with two well-equipped corps, they defeated and ate a division of the Central Army within two hours. There was absolutely no problem.

The ambush battle was completed in two hours, the battlefield was cleaned up in one hour and retreated... When the follow-up troops of the Central Army rushed to the battlefield, the two Red Army corpses of the Red Party Red Army, who participated in the ambush battle, had successfully launched the battlefield with their captures and prisoners and disappeared into the vast mountains.

This was the first idea of ​​the senior Red Army leaders in the face of this ambush. They did not realize it at all. This was also a trap given to them by the Central Army. The combat effectiveness of the main division of the Central Army, which served as the vanguard, was definitely not as vulnerable as the miscellaneous main division that the Red Army had encountered.

Perhaps it was because the main division of the Central Army's vanguard had long known that it might have been ambushed, or perhaps because tens of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield had experienced the Northern Expedition and the Central Plains War and were well-trained. Faced with the sudden attacks on both sides of the road, tens of thousands of soldiers, after only less than five minutes of chaos, quickly began to organize counterattacks in battalions.

The Red Army of the Red Party had the advantage of geographical advantages and raids, while the surrounded ** had a strong firepower advantage. In the eyes of the Red Party of the Red Army, an ambush that should have been neatly turned into a stalemate.

More importantly, as the battle continues, the limited ammunition left in the Red Army's hands is almost gone. More importantly, as time goes by, the three subsequent main divisions who have received the news on the battlefield have quickly arrived towards the battlefield.

Mr. Zhu, deputy commander of the Red Army ambush battle, looked at the battlefield completely deadlocked in the telescope. He said to the chairman with a serious face: "Old Mao, the intelligence of the intelligence department is definitely wrong. Judging from the combat effectiveness shown in the current situation, the main division in front of him is definitely not an ordinary unit, but an elite force in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek..."

"The officers and soldiers are brave in combat, well-trained, and well-equipped. I can say with certainty that this unit is the best combat effectiveness since I joined the army..."

The Chairman nodded in agreement and responded with a solemn tone: "Boss, from the current situation, not only the information collected by the Intelligence Department was wrong. No accident, we were also fooled by **. The three main divisions were less than ten kilometers away from the battlefield. A good move, "The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind"...No surprise. Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army must have planned to wipe out our main force of the Red Army here in one breath."

After saying that, a firm expression slowly appeared on the Chairman's face. He spoke to the commander-in-chief beside him and suggested: "Boss, this ambush can no longer be fought. Otherwise, the two legions in our hands will be destroyed here..."

Mr. Zhu nodded deeply in agreement and agreed: "Mao, you are right. Our Red Army cannot afford such a war of attrition. Now it seems that there is only one way to retreat..."

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

Although the Central Army's main division, which served as the vanguard, paid a heavy price of more than 3,000 people, also caused a thousand casualties to the Red Army. What's more important is that more than an hour of battle directly consumed almost 70% of the entire Red Army's ammunition inventory.

After this battle, although the Red Party Red Army, which had more than 30,000 mercenaries, did not suffer much loss in terms of military strength. However, the Red Party Red Army was no longer able to launch even a large-scale battle based on the inventory of ammunition.

The frontal battle with the ** encirclement and suppression forces failed. The Chairman and the CEO could only place their hopes on the guard regiment that had already deviated to the rear of the ** encirclement and suppression forces. They hoped that the well-equipped guard regiment could make a big fuss in the rear of the ** encirclement and suppression forces would have to retreat.

Shatian Town, south of Jinggangshan, is the only way to Ganzhou to Jinggangshan, undoubtedly became one of the reserve points for logistics supplies and ammunition on the South Road. And the reason why it is one of the reserve points. Speaking of which, it can be regarded as ** intentional.

In order to avoid the logistics reserves of the army being taken over by the Red Army, the highest commanders of various armies directly dispersed food and ammunition to several distribution points for reserve. At that time, even if one or two distribution points were eaten by the Red Army, the remaining food and ammunition reserved at the few distribution points would be enough for the troops to consume next.

Of course, this is just one of the reasons...

After several days of day and night travel, the well-equipped guard regiment finally lurked to the periphery of the stronghold in Shatin.

As soon as the troops were in place, the intelligence officers lurking in Shatin Town, the Red Party lurked to the guard regiment commander Song Shilun 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 entrance of the town and the tail of the town, and a company at the battalion headquarters and warehouses. Because this battalion has just entered Shatin Town, we have not yet developed an inside line..."

He looked at the several bonfires that were bright in addition to the entrance of the town, Shatian Town, which was completely shrouded in the night. A strong expression of confidence suddenly appeared on Song Shilun's face. He smiled at the intelligence officer beside him and said, "Just one battalion guards, even if there is no inside line, my guard regiment can take it down within half an hour..."

After saying that, he waved to the battalion commanders behind him and began to deploy combat missions...

"Everything..." A few dull sounds of mortar shells ejected from the black night sounded under the dark night. Six 60mm caliber mortar shells rushed directly into the sky and flew towards the entrance of the town hundreds of meters away.

A series of fireballs rose into the air at the defending positions at the entrance of the town. Under the reflection of the fire, Song Shilun could clearly see that the two machine gun positions piled up with sandbags were directly blown into pieces and disappeared into the thick smoke of gunpowder.

In order to better conceal the march, the guard regiment carried not many shells in this attack. However, in Song Shilun's eyes, as long as the large amount of ammunition stored in Shatian Town by the Kuomintang army was his own. And the shells he fired would be replenished without any remaining one.

Therefore, in order to occupy Shatian Town as soon as possible and complete the harassment of the Kuomintang army's rear, the artillery company of the Guard Regiment directly shot white-haired artillery shells at the entrance of the town.

The sound of artillery stopped, and the nine heavy machine guns under the Heavy Machine Gun Company directly started to suppress the entrance of the town with very luxurious firepower. Immediately afterwards, an attacking unit of a company of the Guard Regiment appeared less than 300 meters away from the entrance of the town.

With a round of artillery fire and such a dense fire cover, ** stayed at a company at the entrance of the town and paid a full two-thirds of the casualties in just five minutes.

Faced with the crazy attack of the guard regiment outside the town, if the reinforcements had not arrived at the battlefield in time, the small town entrance might have been lost in the first round of attack of the guard regiment.

"Damn it, when did the Kuomintang army's reaction speed become so fast..." Seeing the company that quickly withdrew from the battlefield, the commander of the guard regiment Song Shilun couldn't help but curse.

Of course, no matter how much he scolded, he did not lose his mind. With the help of the firelight on the battlefield, Song Shilun clearly saw that the reinforcements on the opposite side were probably in a company.

A garrison battalion was blown up by himself with a shell, and the troops guarding the tail of the town and the battalion headquarters could move the other party, which was the infantry company in front of him who had just arrived on the battlefield. As long as he eliminated this company, it is certain that the gate of Shatian Town would be opened to him.
Chapter completed!