Ding Ning was very happy when he heard that these brothers were Lao Han's subordinates, and said to them: "Comrade Lao Han, I have known each other for a long time, let's talk about the situation here, we just arrived and don't know here, it is best for you to help us come up with ideas." ” Those old Han's subordinates hurriedly said: "It's no need to come up with an idea, let's talk about the situation here first, this Pangjia Village is a village between hills and plains, divided into two parts, the front and back parts, those Kuomintang troops occupy the first half of the hilly area, now our side is a plain, it is not easy to defend, these Kuomintang teams have occupied this place for a long time, the strength is about a division of more than 10,000 horses, all along the slopes of those villages to build fortifications, light and heavy machine guns, there are a large number of mortars, There are also a few big mountain guns, all of which are equipped with the help of the Americans to fight the little devils, and now they are used to fight our New Fourth Army. ” The underground party comrades were indignant, these Kuomintang recalcitrant soldiers used the weapons and equipment that the Americans assisted them to fight Little Japan and built strong fortifications on the side of Pangjia Village to deal with the Jiangbei New Fourth Army.
Ding Ning listened to this enemy report, frowned, and felt that the situation was very bad, the good terrain here was all occupied by those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops on the opposite side, and the terrain on his side was quite passive, it seemed that he had to discuss with Lao Xu and them, otherwise, those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops on the opposite side surrounded and rushed up together, wouldn't our two regiments have to be dumpled by them to dig trenches to defend their positions Obviously, the terrain of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army on the opposite side is high, and most of this side is plains, and the weapons are much worse, In such a situation, it is certainly impossible to defeat the opposing division with more than 10,000 people, and besides, fighting a war of attrition in a position is more than a battle of attrition, and the terrain is better than that of more people and more ammunition, and now I guess that the two regiments have less men and horses than others, and the weapons and ammunition are far inferior to others, and fighting a war of attrition with them is not to attack the opponent's strengths with their own shortcomings, and it is simply suicide and death Lao Xu When they heard this situation, they also felt tricky, although Lao Xu was a part-time military quartermaster, but he had been following Zhou Wu and Ding Ning from the Luodian battlefield in Shanghai, fought a lot of tough battles, and saw a lot of the world, although he almost never commanded a big operation, but when he heard the predicament in front of him, a plan appeared in his mind, and asked the underground party comrades: "The village in front of us is all blocked by the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, is it really an impregnable wall, there is no gap for us to drill through" "The recalcitrant army has spent a lot of money this time, every intersection in the village is set up with heavy defense, set up firepower points, in the middle of the village in the street, these turtle sons also forcibly conscripted the villagers to build bunkers for them free of charge, the firepower is very tight, several of our underground party comrades were also arrested by them some time ago as hard labor, those pillboxes are continuous, the distance between each other is less than a few tens of meters, there is no gap at all, to say that there are several gaps in front of their positions, especially the junction between their various regiments, there are gaps, But it's not very big, only a few hundred meters, so many of our brothers have passed, and it is impossible for them not to notice such a big movement.
The underground party comrades said.
"It's good to have a gap, a few hundred meters is fine, Chief of Staff, I have an idea, I don't know if it's okay" Lao Xu said to Ding Ning, in front of Ding Ning, Lao Xu didn't dare to show off himself, he knew that Chief of Staff Ding Ning's brain was very bright, and all kinds of schemes could be said to be endless.
When Ding Ning heard that Lao Xu had an idea, he hurriedly smiled and said to him: "Okay, Lao Xu, tell me quickly, do you think the same as me?"
"Since there is a gap between those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops on the opposite side, and it is also a combination between their various units, then I think we can first send a team of scouts of about ten people over, go to the front position to catch more than a dozen recalcitrant soldiers, strip off their military uniforms, we will change into them, disguise and mix in first, and the large army will follow closely, and the people will attack the forward positions of the recalcitrant army in one go, and then occupy those forward positions first, so that we can gain a firm foothold here, Even if the recalcitrant army reacts and pounces on our position, we will occupy a favorable position and fight a positional battle with these fortifications with the recalcitrant army, and at the same time divide the large army into multiple small detachments, attack from all sides, harass and attack the recalcitrant army's position everywhere, so that they can't take care of each other, and can't concentrate their forces to encircle us, as long as we can support it here for more than three days, and when the brigade seat and their main force succeed in encircling and annihilating the Miyamoto brigade, then the defeat of these Kuomintang recalcitrant troops here is decided, waiting for the main force of our Jiangbei New Fourth Army to turn around and deal with them.
At that time, they had to retreat to the northwest to the former national control area, otherwise they would all be wiped out by our Jiangbei New Fourth Army.
Lao Xu put forward a more active battle plan, first with a small group of disguised into the recalcitrant army position, the rear of the large army to follow, after occupying the favorable terrain and fortifications, in this fortification as a springboard foothold, everywhere attack, everywhere harassment, forcing the recalcitrant army to never concentrate the strength to encircle their own vehicles, support until two or three days before victory.
Ding Ning laughed and said: "Lao Xu, who knows me, is right, Lao Xu thinks about me about the same, just like that, immediately let the brothers of the scout detachment go up, catch twenty recalcitrant prisoners, and ask for quick and sharp movements, try not to fire with guns, so as not to alarm the large army of recalcitrant troops, causing the effect of startling the grass and snakes, which is not conducive to our later actions." ” Lao Xu immediately carefully selected twelve scouts to form a small division, and under the guidance of four underground party comrades who were familiar with the terrain, he quickly set off to touch the recalcitrant army position on the village position in front.
Ding Ning reported to Zhou Wu by radio the enemy situation in the northwest, saying that although the enemy situation was severe, their two regiments were confident that they would hold out here for more than three days.
At this moment, the most critical time has come on Zhou Wu's side, according to the news from the scouts in front and the 79th Army, the vanguard of the Miyamoto Brigade has a large group of devil soldiers in the open road of trucks and armored vehicles, and is about to approach Lijiawan, and Lao Chen, who is ambushed in the reeds in front of Lijiawan, has found that a large number of devil soldiers are hurrying towards this side, and Lao Chen hurriedly asked Zhou Wu what to do Zhou Wu hurriedly thought about the map for a while, and felt that most of the Miyamoto Brigade was still more than ten miles behind, and it still couldn't start fighting immediately, so it would definitely alarm Miyamoto, if Miyamoto retreated at this moment, it would cause huge pressure on the 79th Army Division that surrounded him behind, once the 29th Division's blocking line was torn apart, then both Zhou Wu's New Fourth Army and the old commander's 79th Army would intercept the Miyamoto Brigade that fled east to Huai'an.
After contacting the old army commander, Zhou Wu decided to ask Lao Chen not to open fire first, let go of this devil's forward brigade, and wait for all the large troops of Miyamoto's brigade ten miles away to enter the ambush circle before firing The devil striker is a brigade, 1,200 people, the captain Kojima Taro, is also a veteran of the invasion of China, seven years ago when he captured Shanghai Luodian, Kojima Taro was just a small devil army Cao is equivalent to a sergeant, because this island is cruel by nature, brave in battle, favored by the devil's superiors, seven years from the military Cao climbed to the captain of the Nakasa, the war is very set, is a member of the Miyamoto Brigade Commander of the fierce general, this time Miyamoto asked him to be the striker, the purpose is to make him a pioneer, Sweeping away all obstacles on the way forward, leading the brigade and regiment to penetrate directly into Dacheng Town, encircling and annihilating Zhou Wu's independent brigade, at this moment in Miyamoto's impression, Zhou Wu can command is just an independent brigade, as everyone knows, at this moment, Zhou Wu is waiting for him for a long time in a broken house in Lijiawan Village, more than ten miles away, and his 40,000 or 50,000 New Fourth Army soldiers are quietly ambushed on the position of Lijiawan, waiting for Miyamoto's brigade to obediently jump into the pit.
Kojima Taro took his devil brigade of more than 1,000 men and horses to Lao Chen's ambush and rushed towards Lao Chen's ambush, Lao Chen, who was ambushed in the reeds on the side of the road, gritted his teeth and watched these little devils walk by proudly, he quietly ordered his brothers, don't fire, wait for the big devil army to come up, and then it's not too late, this batch of little devils will be the fish on our chopping board sooner or later, we don't have to be too anxious.
Kojima Taro, who came all the way, was in a very good mood, and saw that he was about to walk through Lijiawan and enter Dacheng Town over there, so this Kojima Taro stopped and sent a telegram to Miyamoto, who followed closely: "Your Excellency Brigade Commander, our unit has all passed through Lijiawan safely, turned the fork in front, crossed the reeds and rushed to Dacheng Town, and has not encountered any harassment and interception from the army of the Zhina people, please tell us what to do next."
At this moment, Miyamoto is leading most of the devil brigade to approach Lijiawan, and there are still three or four miles away from the place where Lao Chen ambushed, and when he heard the news from Kojima Taro, there was no one in front of him, and he was a little puzzled: Where did the New Fourth Army that fled just now disappear and hide around?"
Miyamoto was not at ease, so he immediately ordered Kojima Taro in front to strengthen the vigilance and search around, especially to search carefully in the surrounding places such as the reeds, the people of Shina are cunning and cunning, and our imperial army cannot be ambushed by them at this critical moment.
Miyamoto is a brigade commander and a veteran of the war, and when he heard Kojima say that there was no news that the New Fourth Army was blocking them along the way, he began to muttered a little in his heart, the New Fourth Army who fled to the west in front of their team was not as good as those rice buckets and straw bales Kuomintang troops, and he had fought with them in Jiangbei for more than six years, and he knew how much the New Fourth Army was fighting and why he ran so fast this time t1706231537: