At this time, Zhou Wu and their second regiment just arrived, and after a while, Chen Guofu and his regiment, which was next to the direction of Jinpu Road, also arrived here, and then the puppet army also sounded dense gunfire behind them, and the three regiments used as the reserve of the Jiangbei Column of the New Fourth Army also began to attack from Langcun and launched an attack on those Wang puppet troops.
One after another, the trumpets of the charge sounded, accompanied by bursts of shouts of surrendering guns and not killing, resounding throughout the entire Langcun battlefield, making the soldiers of the Wang puppet army who were already scared enough, and even the machine guns of the guard supervision team under the command of Commander-in-Chief Li could not suppress the rout of the puppet army who wanted to flee backwards, and after a few minutes, even Commander-in-Chief Li and his guards were swept back by the surging puppet army deserters.
At this time, there was a one-sided situation on the battlefield of Langcun, the main forces of the three regiments of the New Fourth Army pressed over from the left, center, and right directions of the Wang Puppet Army to the two divisions in the middle of the Wang Puppet Army, and the other local armed forces of the New Fourth Army, the county brigade and other guerrillas also joined the battle to encircle and annihilate the ranks of the puppet army.
Soon, a large number of puppet soldiers raised their weapons in both hands, knelt in the middle of the road and shouted to Zhou Wu who was chasing them: "Don't fight, we surrender" The commander-in-chief of the puppet army Li saw the virtue of his subordinates, and he was so anxious that he asked the guards beside him to rush over with him, and fought with Zhou Wu who caught up, but was stopped by his officers: "Commander-in-chief, don't be reckless, run for your life quickly."
Commander-in-Chief Li stomped his feet and sighed: "Where can I run away, I can run out to Nanjing, the Japanese can spare me, Chairman Wang can spare me, rather than being arrested by the people of No. 76 to suffer alive, it is better to end myself on the spot, at least it will not affect the family." ” After Commander-in-Chief Li finished speaking, he took out his pistol and was about to put it on his head, but a guard next to him knocked out the small pistol, called a few people to carry Commander-in-Chief Li, and ran desperately to the back.
In the face of the soldiers of the New Fourth Army rushing up from all directions, the Wang puppet army troops in the middle of the road retreated on all fronts, and there was almost no effective resistance in the organization.
The fat man and a group of Chen Guofu are not fighting desperately with the puppet army on the opposite side now, but holding back their strength and chasing all the way, and there are all kinds of weapons and ammunition dropped by the fleeing Wang puppet army along the way.
What light and heavy machine guns, mortars, grenadiers, etc., dazzling, countless, even the very greedy mountain artillery that Zhang Ercheng has been talking about has also dropped several, happy that he refused to go forward to chase the puppet army, stop to touch this, look at that, happy.
Zhou Wu saw it and hurriedly shouted: "Lao Zhang, hurry up and catch up, these things are ours sooner or later, what are you afraid of?"
Zhang Ercheng had no choice, so he reluctantly led his men and the fat man to catch up with them, and soon intercepted the fleeing puppet army at a place called Chaimen, fifteen miles south of Lang Village.
This is a three-way intersection, leading to Shenjiabang to the south, facing west next to the Jinpu Road railway line, facing east is the main road to Yangzhou, as long as the fleeing puppet army troops run through here, it is impossible for the New Fourth Army troops to catch up behind them completely.
Because it extends in all directions, it is possible to run west to the Jinpu Road railway line, cross the railway destroyed by the local New Fourth Army guerrillas, turn west and turn south, and enter the territory controlled by the devils, and run another 20 miles to the east to enter the area controlled by the Kuomintang diehards.
Even if these Wang puppet troops fall into the hands of those Kuomintang diehards, they can basically be put back through the negotiation of the little devils, not to mention facing south, as long as they rush past Shen Jiabang, which is now temporarily defended by Zhou Wu's second regiment, they can join the devil field troops who have rushed from Yangzhou and Nanjing to respond.
Therefore, when he saw the Wang puppet army troops in front of him desperately running towards the chaimen and running away, Commander Li was worried that these puppet troops might have to run out of the net, and hurriedly ordered Zhou Wu, the second regiment in a relatively high position: Do your best, plug in, insert it before the enemy to the chaimen, and nail me there to the death, so that these enemies cannot run out Zhou Wu received the order of Commander Li, and felt that this matter was not easy to handle, and his second regiment would definitely not be able to outrun those puppet troops if he caught up with such a large area, and only by finding the local villagers to copy the path past, it was possible to rush to Chaimen before the enemy, otherwise he would definitely miss the large army of the puppet army in front.
But the local villagers have been transferred to the back of the mountains, and now on the way there is a villager who can't find the shadow, where to find this fellow who is familiar with the road.
Zhou Wu thought for a while, and suddenly remembered, didn't the local guerrilla comrades here also participate in this encirclement and annihilation battle, how could I forget them?
Zhou Wu immediately asked the fat man to hurry up to contact the local guerrilla comrades, and soon the fat man found three guerrilla comrades for Zhou Wu, one of whom was a middle-aged man, who was quite burly and powerful, and when he saw the head of the main force of the New Fourth Army looking for him, he hurriedly ran to stand up and salute: "Report to the chief, Yang Shugen, the captain of the second squadron of the Tianchang County Brigade of the Jiangbei Column of the New Fourth Army, reports to you." ” "Ah, hello Captain Yang, please send us a few guides who are familiar with the local roads, and take our team to the front of Chaimen, the time is very tight, and we can't afford to delay."
Zhou Wu is very anxious, the current time is expensive, every minute of delay, it will increase the chance of letting go of the puppet army in front, so many troops of the Jiangbei Column spent a lot of effort to catch such a large army of Wang's puppet army, if they let them run out, then this battle can be regarded as not so brilliant, at least there is no complete annihilation of the puppet army, at best it only defeated the enemy, it is not a victory.
Lao Yang hurriedly replied: "No problem, Comrade Chief, there is no need to send people, these two comrades and I are both locals, and we are very familiar with the roads and trails here, so the three of us will be the guides and lead the comrades of the New Fourth Army to Chaimen."
"Okay, great, fat man, you hurry up and take dozens of brothers and the artillery company Lao Zhang and them to quickly rush to Chaimen, the comrades of the three county brigades will be your guides, the time is very tight, set off immediately" Zhou Wu knew that although the fat man sometimes had to be confused, he was still quite reliable in fighting and doing things, and he also used it easily, so he immediately ordered him to take people to Chaimen to stop the fleeing puppet army.
The fat man was annoyed to chase the fleeing puppet army in front of him like a duck, and when he heard that Zhou Wu wanted him to take a small team to the front of Chaimen to block the fleeing puppet army, he was immediately full of energy, and called more than 30 brothers in the first battalion on the spot and quickly rushed to the front Chaimen with Zhang Ercheng and them.
Lao Yang as a guide, specially picked a small road to rush towards Chaimen, although the road is small and difficult to walk, but the distance is close, originally the fat people they were still chasing behind the butts of the fleeing puppet army, and now they have almost caught up with them.
Under the constant urging of the fat man, the brothers hurried forward desperately, and arrived at Chaimen in half an hour.
The fat man is an expert in defending the position and sniping, and when he looks at the terrain of Chaimen, he feels that this place is too suitable for sniping.
The traffic extends in all directions, and there is a small river that is not wide in front, although it can be waded through without a ferry, but a sniper position is set up on the spot by the river, and a few small cannons and machine guns are set up on the small dirt slopes on the left and right, and it is impossible for the puppet army running over from the opposite side to pass from here without leaving a pile of corpses.
The fat man hurriedly said: "Lao Zhang, did you bring enough shells this time, and the large army of Zhuer Gouzi who can't stop it will all depend on your artillery brothers." ” "There are not many shells, just a temporary replenishment, plus some picked up on the battlefield, our artillery can only give you infantry fire support, and we have to rely on you to block those two dogs who come over."
As soon as the fat man heard this, he was happy, as if he had eaten a pound of honey, smashed his mouth, and shouted at his brothers to hurry up and dig a pit to repair improvised fortifications, and beckoned a few brothers to run to the small river to lay mines and explosives packs.
Before the mines on the fat man's side were laid, the brothers who were scouting in front came back and reported: "Battalion commander, the second dog is here" "How many" The fat man is most concerned about now is how many puppet troops have come over "There are a large number of them, estimated to be four or five thousand, running towards this side like a swarm," replied the Scout brother.
At this time, Lao Yang, who led the way, spoke: "Comrade battalion commander, if you don't have enough manpower, I will immediately go back and pull our county brigade over, although our county brigade is a little poorly equipped, but it is unambiguous when it comes to fighting." ” When the fat man heard it: "That's good, I'm embarrassed to ask you for someone, go and bring your county brigade, if it's convenient, I welcome a few more county brigades." ” When Lao Yang heard the fat man's words, he almost burst out of joy, thinking that this battalion commander of the New Fourth Army would really be able to speak.
You think the county brigade can be pulled over casually Lao Yang hurriedly took the people from the two county brigades back to the county brigade that pulled him, and while he was talking, a group of soldiers in front of the Wang puppet army who ran behind had already begun to cross the river, and the fat man saw it, and hurriedly ordered his brothers to take their places and prepare for battle.
The fat man's blocking position was chosen in the barren grassland of about 500 meters in front of this small river, and it was the height of summer at this time, and the barren grass was green and green, growing taller than people.
The fat man saw that this place was just right to hide people, so he set up his position here, on both sides were two large dirt slopes, the altitude was not high, but it was just opposite, and the fat man set up four or five mortars here.
The Maxine heavy machine guns were too heavy to carry, and the fat man stayed behind, he set up four Czech light machine guns on both sides, planning to wait for the panicked puppet army on the opposite side to rush over, and fight here fiercely, if not to kill those two dogs, but also to cripple them t1706231537: