Chapter 32 2. Liu Bocheng uses soldiers like a god

On the 28th, it was the last day of the Xiaodongling meeting. After Zhu De introduced the current situation and the enemy's situation, everyone discussed the mission and policy.Peng Dehuai and Zuo Quan made speeches on behalf of the party. As soon as Zuo Quan finished speaking, a lieutenant general about 40 years old said loudly: "Report to General Zhu, and I will speak." Zhu De looked up, smiled and said, "Ah, it is Commander Zhao Shoushan, please speak." "I just listened to the reports and speeches of General Zhu, General Peng, and General Zuo, and I benefited a lot." Zhao Shoushan said word by word, "I agree with the views of the three generals Zhu, Peng, and Zuo. Siege. We must adopt flexible tactics and try to avoid purely rigid position defense warfare. One of the reasons why our army lost in the battle of Niangziguan was that our tactics were not flexible... We really wanted to learn the guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army, but unfortunately our thinking was not unified and There are no teaching materials. Today, General Liu Bocheng, an expert in guerrilla warfare from the Eighth Route Army, is here. I propose to ask General Liu Bocheng to introduce us to the experience of guerrilla warfare. What do you generals think?"

Then, Wu Shimin, commander of the 169th Division, Li Jiayu, commander of the 47th Army, and others also asked Liu Bocheng to introduce his experience.Therefore, Zhu De said to Liu Bocheng: "Bocheng, the friendly army is so interested in guerrilla warfare, just tell me!" Seeing that he could not refuse, Liu Bocheng said, "Thanks to the love of the generals, I will say a few words." Therefore, Liu Bocheng introduced to you the four guerrilla tactics of guerrilla warfare: attack, ambush, surprise attack, and suction to aid the enemy.It also gives vivid explanations on the correct use and mastery of these four guerrilla tactics.

After Liu Bocheng finished speaking, the venue burst into applause. At this time, Zhu Huaibing, the commander of the 94th Division, who was sitting next to Wu Shimin, looked very deep in the city, stubbed out the cigarette in his hand, blinked twice at Liu Bocheng, and said with a fake smile: "General Liu speaks well. Well, brother has been listening all the time. General Liu is a veritable guerrilla expert, but unfortunately, we have not witnessed it with our own eyes. If we can witness it once, then brother will be convinced." Zhu Huaibing looked up to see the expressions of other people. Realizing that his words were a bit impolite, he changed his words and said, "General Liu, don't mind what I just said. I really want to witness your commanding demeanor and feast your eyes for everyone. If there is a chance, it would be great what."

Liu Bocheng knew that Zhu Huaibing had bad intentions, so he was so angry that he wanted to say nothing.The outspoken Peng Dehuai also sensed Zhu Huaibing's heart, so he opened his mouth first, saying: "Mr. Zhu wants to witness Liu Bocheng commanding the battle. It is not difficult, because there are devils everywhere, and battlefields can be set up everywhere, but today is the 28th." , the enemy is about to lay a 9-way siege, do you think it can be postponed for a few days?" "There is no need to postpone. There are still seven or eight days left before the devil's siege. Can it be within these three days, or on March 31?" Zhu Huaibing looked at Peng Dehuai slyly, "The specific location is in She County, What do you think of Dongyangguan area?"

Peng Dehuai felt a little embarrassed, because the enemy was going to besiege on the 9th route immediately, and he had to study the anti-siege combat plan, so he asked Liu Bocheng in the tone of asking for opinions: "What do you think of Master Zhu's request, can you agree?" Liu Bocheng and Xu Xiangqian After exchanging glances with Li Da, he said firmly, "We have agreed to Mr. Zhu's request, and the date remains unchanged. The specific location is to be reconnaissance, and the second is to keep it secret. We are not sure yet. We will officially notify you on the evening of the 30th."

"This is the urging of the friendly army to us," Zhu De said to several other Kuomintang generals. "If the other generals are interested, they can also watch the battle with Commander Zhu. Our headquarters staff will accompany us from beginning to end." "Okay!" The others applauded in unison. "Generals," Liu Bocheng said, "the specific time will be determined on the morning of the 31st. Please enter the observation position after breakfast at 7:30, start fighting at 9:00, end at 11:00, and eat at 11:30. lunch." Zeng Wanzhong, who had always been silent, exclaimed in surprise: "General Liu has become Zhuge Kongming, and the more he talks about it, the more mysterious he is. The lunch will be delivered by the Japanese? Where did the Japanese send it from?"

"Yes, I asked the Japanese to deliver lunch," Liu Bocheng said, "The lunch for this day was delivered by the Japanese from Tokyo." In this way, the ambush at Xiangtangpu was settled amidst Liu Bocheng's talking and laughing. At 7:30 a.m. on March 31, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Zuo Quan, and Liu Bocheng led more than 30 friendly generals to observe the generals and came to the top of Yangjiashan. Knowing the situation on both sides of the road, they watched for a while, but there was no movement, nor a single soldier.Zhu Huaibing anxiously said to Zhu De: "Excuse me, Commander-in-Chief, the battle will start in half an hour. Why haven't your troops arrived yet?"

"General Zhu, don't be impatient," Zhu De said with a confident smile, "I won't play tricks on nothing." About 10 minutes later, there was the faint sound of a car motor coming from the direction of Dongyangguan, and another 10 minutes later, one after another car drove up, Zhu Huaibing suddenly exclaimed: "Oh, it's not good, my heart is in my throat!" You see, we are too close to the devils, what if the devils' bullets come over us? What if the planes come and drop bombs? What if the shells come over us?" "Don't panic, General Zhu. We're sure there will be no danger when we watch the battle. This place is two miles away from the road. The rifle bullets can't hit here, and the devil's cannons are too late to fight. We will send them to the west." Liu Bocheng asked again, " Don’t you see the devils and hear the gunshots when you command the war?”

"Yes, yes," Zhu Huaibing said tremblingly while nodding, "It's okay to hear the gunshots, what should the devil do if he hits in front of him and has no time to retreat?" At this point, he pointed to the side of the road and said, "Look, devil The first two cars in the convoy stopped." Liu Bocheng looked up, and sure enough, he saw two devil officers get off the car, looked around for a while holding up the binoculars, but found nothing, then waved to the convoy behind, signaling them not to be afraid, and keep going.Zhu Huaibing yelled again: "Why didn't you shoot? The devil is about to slip away. If you don't fight again, you will have no chance." At this time, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he kept silent.About 100 cars passed, followed by another 100 cars.

At this moment, three red signal flares suddenly rose, and then countless flames appeared on both sides of the road, and mortars, machine guns, and rifles were fired at the same time.There was another burst of loud charge horns, and countless ambush soldiers suddenly jumped out from the ravines and fields on both sides of the road, rushing towards the road like tigers descending the mountain.Some of the devils in the car fell down immediately, and some jumped out of the car and got under the car to fight hastily.The devil resisted for a while at first, but gradually lost his support. He could only parry, but had no power to fight back.In less than two hours, most of the devils died before they even had time to use their guns and cannons. Black smoke rose from 200 vehicles, and the winding road suddenly became a fire dragon and a crematorium for the Japanese invaders. .

At the end of the battle, Xu Xiangqian came to observe the position and reported the results to Zhu De: more than 400 enemies were wiped out, 180 cars were burned, more than 400 guns of various types were seized, 3 Japanese soldiers were captured, and various cans piled up like mountains. After hearing the results of the battle, the generals of the friendly army were all amazed.Zeng Wanzhong exclaimed in amazement: "The Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare really deserves its reputation!" I'm convinced. What I said a few days ago was a bit unpleasant, please forgive me, General Zhu." Liu Bocheng, who used soldiers like a god, "disappeared" the Japanese devils while talking and laughing in this way, and also convinced the Kuomintang allies in the first battle.