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Chapter 28: Siege (3)

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    Liu Xinghua looked at his pocket watch. The time at this time was at half past nine, which was the time set by his superiors. Most of the Xianghe column had already arrived at the assembly point at Linzhuang in the northwest suburb of Shangcaicheng, leaving Shangcai City.  Caicheng is only one step away.

    "Order all troops to take a short rest and prepare to attack the city in an hour!" Liu Xinghua gave the order to everyone.

    After the order was passed on, the exhausted soldiers felt like they had been given an amnesty. Each regiment and battalion found nearby woods, villages, temples, etc. where they could hide to rest. Many soldiers fell down and fell asleep despite themselves.  go.

    Liu Xinghua had no chance to rest. At this time, his thoughts became more and more serious. The battle was about to begin. He still didn't know what the outcome of this battle would be. However, this battle was too hasty, which already made him feel a little uneasy. Xiong  Zhuo Ran's worries were still vividly swirling in his mind, but as a commander, he could not waver in the slightest.

    Before the battle began, Liu Xinghua called his three brigade commanders and several regiment commanders over to lay out a plan to attack the city.

    At this time, Liang San's First Brigade actually only had two regiments to participate in the battle, and both regiments had a lot of vacancies. The first regiment has not yet recovered its strength and its personnel has not been filled, so it has to stay in the mountainous area.  Rest here.  Hua Feng's second brigade was not much better. One regiment was also defeated, and only two regiments participated in the battle at this time.  The weakest one is the third brigade. This brigade only has one and a half regiments. The brigade commander is equivalent to a regiment commander at this time, but there are still some troops directly under the brigade that can be put to certain uses.

    Liu Xinghua was afraid that he would not have enough troops, so he pulled some personnel from the remaining regiments of the three brigades to form a temporary combat regiment as a reserve force and as a maneuver.  In fact, only six regiments rushed to Shangcailai this time, and the number of soldiers in each regiment was not full, and the gap was not small.

    Although the Xianghe Column is a local column, it has three brigades in its organization, and each brigade has three regiments. In fact, one of its brigade is equivalent to a division of the East China Field Army.  Just because although the establishment is large, after these few battles, the personnel are somewhat insufficient.  If we followed the instructions from our superiors, the Xianghe Column should have been divided into three regiments into two regiments. However, Liu Xinghua firmly disagreed and convinced Mr. Liu. Finally, Mr. Liu made a concession. If he could expand enough troops, then he would allow it.  His organization exists, and he will probably change his combat brigades into combat divisions to adapt to the actual situation.  Liu Xinghua was very ambitious. After leaving the Dabie Mountains and winning several battles, he recruited troops and bought horses. He really succeeded in this. This made the military region chiefs look at him with admiration. They were about to fulfill their original promises, but who knew?  In the battle of Xiangheguan, the Xianghe column was brought back to its original shape, and its personnel was greatly reduced. Although it was still nominally three brigades and nine regiments, in fact, there were only five or six regiments that could fight, which was equivalent to the loss of a whole three regiments.  brigade.

    In the battle of Xiangheguan, the second brigade failed to attack Chunshui Town and suffered some losses; the third brigade made a major mistake in defending Guanshan, and its two regiments were almost wiped out by the enemy; while the first brigade only lost one regiment at the last moment.  , the other two regiments also suffered heavy losses, but fortunately they recovered quickly, otherwise Liu Xinghua really didn't know how he would have fought this battle!

    Seeing that his three brigade commanders and several regiment commanders had arrived, Liu Xinghua nodded with Xiong Zhuoran and arranged the combat missions of each brigade and regiment.

    First of all, Liu Xinghua explained to everyone why he wanted to attack Shangcaicheng. He said: "The enemy is moving very quickly now. Its main forces, the 11th Reorganized Brigade and the 118th Brigade, have crossed the Hong River and reached near Shangshui. We  If we continue to pursue them, we may have the will but not the strength. Not to mention being exhausted, we may not be able to catch up. In this case, the mission assigned by our superiors will definitely fail, and our friendly forces who attack Kaifeng will be attacked from both sides.  Therefore, we chose to attack Cailai at this time just to force Hu Congjun to return his troops!"

    Everyone was nodding, knowing in their hearts what the commander¡¯s purpose was, but they all also knew that this was a risky move.

    "Don't worry, everyone. There is only the 49th enemy brigade in Shangcaicheng at this time. The combat strength of this brigade is very weak, and most of them are new soldiers. In addition, Hu Congjun's headquarters is also located here, and there are a large number of non-combatants. Haha, this  This is an excellent opportunity for us!" Liu Xinghua explained at the same time.

    "Haha, this is just right!" Brigadier Liang San couldn't help but said: "We can just attack the city, capture Hu Congjun alive, and avenge our dead comrades!"

    "Yes, we must capture this old fox Hu Congjun alive!"

    ¡°Even if you can¡¯t catch anyone alive, you can still catch a dead one!¡±¡­

    &nbHe was reading a newspaper calmly.

    "Military seat, Brigadier Xu is here!" Adjutant Liu was more anxious than anyone else, reminding him from beside Hu Congjun.  Indeed, in this headquarters, although everyone has experienced many battles, there are still some people who are a little uneasy.

    Hu Congjun then put down the newspaper, looked up at Xu Haibo, nodded, and asked casually: "Commander Xu, how is the fighting outside?"

    Xu Haibo glanced at Adjutant Liu next to him and did not get any hint from Adjutant Liu, which meant that Hu Congjun was not in a bad mood today.  At that moment, he reported to him truthfully: "The enemy launched the attack at 11 o'clock. They surrounded Shangcaicheng from three directions, but they were unable to break through our outer positions. At this time, the fighting was the most intense in the north, and the enemy attacked  The battles over the villages of Mairendian, Quanliu, Shangzhuang, and Wulibao are relatively fierce. We have lost Mairendian, but the fighting in Quanliu is in a see-saw state. I have sent a company to reinforce there. For the time being,  There will be no problem!¡±

    Hu Congjun nodded and asked: "What about the other two sides?"

    Xu Haibo said: "The attacks from the south and west are weak. The enemies in the west are still blocked in Huangni Village and have not broken through; the enemies in the south have not been able to break through Xiezhuang!"

    "It seems that the enemy has placed the main force in the north!" Adjutant Liu said unbearably.

    Hu Congjun glanced at him, but smiled slightly and said: "This Liu Xinghua seems to be unable to wait. Usually they are always used to launching attacks at night, but this time they dare to attack in broad daylight. Haha, they are looking for death."  !¡±

    Xu Haibo and Adjutant Liu looked at each other, somewhat confused about what Hu Congjun meant, so they asked: "Military officer, do you have a better plan to deal with Liu Xinghua?"

    Hu Congjun glanced at him, nodded, and then said: "Brigadier Xu, this battle won't take long, and the outcome will be tomorrow at most. Your brigade is holding Shangcai City and must not allow the enemy to invade the city!"  "

    "Yes!" Xu Haibo answered resoundingly. Seeing Hu Congjun's confident look, he really wanted to ask what happened, but he also knew that if he was willing to say it, he would have said it long ago without having to ask himself.  It seems that Hu Congjun is still unwilling to say it, maybe because he is afraid of leaking the secret.  However, the decision Hu Congjun made at the meeting was only to ask the 49th Brigade to strengthen the city defense of Shangcai, but did not explain the strategy to retreat from the enemy.  He originally thought that he would be besieged in Shangcai for a few days. At this time, Hu Congjun told him that there would be a result tomorrow, which meant that his 49th Brigade would only need to withstand the enemy's attack for two days at most. This was very important to him.  It¡¯s not that difficult!  Thinking of this, he immediately felt much more relaxed!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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