In order to reduce the weight on the warships and speed up the escape, the two devil warships actually threw all the things that could be thrown away on the warships into the Yangtze River, and finally ran out of the range of those 350-mm giant guns on the Jiangyin Fort.
The gunners shook their heads again and again: "This is already the longest range, and there is no way to shoot far." ” At this time, he received a telegram from Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu told him that the Huang Shuisheng special service group had intercepted the fleet loaded with gold treasures, and was now coming in the direction of Nantong, so that the fat man could do a good job of escorting the fleet to Nantong safely, and assist Lao Ye to unload the things on the fleet, and immediately attack Huai'an from the direction of Taizhou after completing the unloading, Ge Sanmin and they are in trouble here" What's going on, there is no team of little devils in Huai'an City, how can they encounter trouble, is it possible that they met those Kuomintang diehards who came to grab land under Huai'an City, or there were other situations, the fat man was very uneasy, and hurriedly asked his brothers to quickly pack up the forts, bring all the small artillery weapons that could be taken away, and those things that could not be taken away, including those 350 mm cannons and shells, etc., were all buried with explosives, and they were all blown up when retreating in the direction of Nantong Here first put the fat man and them aside, and then talk about Ge Sanmin, who resisted the onslaught of the Kuomintang army on the bank of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Siyang City, facing the fierce attack of these two Kuomintang divisions with all American equipment, Ge Sanmin's position was in crisis, many places on the position were blown up by artillery fire, and the city wall of Siyang City was about to be blown down by artillery fire in several places, and the Kuomintang recalcitrant army had already begun to board a boat and cross the river and rush over, Ge Sanmin saw this situation, and was very anxious, and hurriedly ordered his brothers to hurry back to their positions.
When the Kuomintang ships approached the shore, they fired fiercely together, blocking them west of the canal and under the city of Siyang.
Ge Sanmin hurriedly used the radio to ask Zhou Wu for help: "Brigade seat, the two divisions of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army are pressing towards Siyang together, our second regiment is weak, I am afraid that we will not be able to resist the enemy's attack here, so I ask for reinforcements from the brigade headquarters."
Zhou Wu received Ge Sanmin's distress telegram and hurriedly asked Ge Sanmin: "How many troops do you have in the direction of Siyang now?"
"Only an advance team of four or five hundred people led by me, originally I wanted to rely on the geographical danger of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to prevent the Kuomintang recalcitrant army from crossing eastward, but the reality was different, the enemy's artillery fire was very fierce, the offensive momentum was very fierce, the two American mechanics actually rushed over with all their horses, the attack front was too wide, and the situation was very unfavorable" Ge Sanmin reported in the telegram, originally he thought that as long as he could hold the canal crossing on the edge of Siyang City, he could block the attack of the Kuomintang army on the opposite side.
I never thought that the Kuomintang troops on the opposite side relied on the advantages of being outnumbered and well-equipped, and forcibly requisitioned many small boats to cross the river from the hands of the common people, spread out along the other side of the canal, and launched a fierce attack on the Siyang City Ferry on a frontal length of more than ten kilometers.
What should the enemy who is attacking on the other two sides once they cross the Grand Canal and detour behind the position, then what awaits Ge Sanmin will be the fate of being flanked in front and back, and the fate of the enemy on the belly and back, in the case that the number and weapons and equipment are far smaller than the enemy, Ge Sanmin's advance team may not be so easy to retreat with all its body.
Zhou Wu also felt that this situation was a bit tricky, he originally thought that there was at least Ge Sanmin's entire second regiment under Siyang City, and the thousands of men and horses could resist for a while, but now when he heard Ge Sanmin say that there were only four or five hundred brothers blocking the enemy at the ferry by the canal, he immediately became anxious, and hurriedly asked those operational staff officers of the brigade headquarters to come over.
There is almost no danger to rely on to stop those recalcitrant Kuomintang troops with all American-style weapons and equipment, so what should we do if the enemy breaks through the defense line of the Grand Canal, then Ge Sanmin's Second Regiment and Lao Chen, who are far away in Huai'an City, will become "turtles in the urn".
Zhou Wu paced uneasily in the brigade headquarters with his hands behind his back, and at this time he sounded in his mind again Chief of Staff Ding Ning, although Comrade Lao Xu has been quite good since he assumed the position of chief of staff, but after all, the staff planning is not as resourceful as Ding Ning, which Lao Xu himself admitted.
Lao Xu saw Zhou Wu pacing in the brigade headquarters with his hands behind his back, and knew that there was a problem ahead, so he hurriedly asked Zhou Wudao: "Brigade seat, is it Ge Sanmin that they are in trouble?"
"It's not just trouble, it's just a disaster" Zhou Wu's voice became louder.
"What's the situation," Lao Xu continued to ask.
"Two Kuomintang U.S. armies with 40,000 or 50,000 troops lined up in the west of Siyang City and launched an attack on Ge Sanmin's position, where only four or five hundred brothers were holding out, and the situation was quite critical," Zhou Wu said.
When Lao Xu heard this, he hurriedly suggested: "Brigade seat, then don't hurry up and order Ge Sanmin to retreat the Kuomintang army so many people, Ge Sanmin is the entire second regiment to fill it in, Lao Chen's second brigade is in Huai'an, far water can't save the near fire, I think it's better to order Ge Sanmin to quickly retreat to Huai'an."
Zhou Wu shook his head and said to Lao Xu: "After withdrawing to Huai'an, it just gives those attacking Kuomintang recalcitrant troops an excuse to capture Huai'an City, in this case, our plan of action this time will be in vain, and we will not be able to complete the task, besides, Huai'an City is adjacent to our Jiangbei base area, if these Kuomintang recalcitrant troops are allowed to come over, wouldn't it lead the wolf into the house in the future, and our Jiangbei base area will have to suffer."
"Zhou Wu thinks that those Kuomintang troops can't be let over now, especially when the little devil is about to finish, once the Kuomintang army forms a fait accompli to capture, then if you want to get back those territories in the future, I'm afraid you will have to pay several times the price, so you must first let Ge Sanmin defend the Siyang Canal ferry, even if you fight Ge Sanmin's second regiment, it is also at your expense.
Lao Xu listened to Zhou Wu's analysis of the battle situation, and thought that what Zhou Wu said was reasonable, and in the current situation, both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were holding back their strength to compete, taking advantage of the retreat of the Japanese devils, occupying a favorable terrain, so as to prepare for a civil war in the future, and the Jiangbei New Fourth Army was able to obtain the current situation in the triple encirclement of the Japanese devils, the Wang puppet army, and the Kuomintang recalcitrant army.
But to withstand the attack of so many well-equipped Kuomintang recalcitrant troops, it was not easy to do without a large number of reinforcements "With the current strength of Ge Sanmin and their troops, it is impossible to stop the attack of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army only by relying on their brothers in the second regiment, after all, they are outnumbered, and the weapons are all American-made weapons, which are much better than the weapons of the little devils, even if Lao Chen and his first brigade in Huai'an City are all reinforced, I don't think they may be able to resist the onslaught of the two Kuomintang recalcitrant divisions, but they will be dumplings, so our situation will be even more passive, not only lose Huai'an, an important strategic place, and also to lose a large number of sound combat forces.
Lao Xu analyzed the battle situation and expressed great concern about the prospects of this battle.
Zhou Wu hurriedly smashed the map with his fist, gritted his teeth and said to Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, it seems that we have to fight with those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops this time, originally we wanted to calm things down and beg for peace, but these guys did not relent, and even used the weapons and teams used by the United States and the United States to support the War of Resistance to attack our New Fourth Army, is it tolerable or not, and if you don't fight, you will hurt them hard, the division commander and political commissar have gone to Yan'an to attend the meeting, and I Zhou Wu is responsible for Jiangbei here, so Immediately order the two brigades remaining in the base area to set off quickly and advance in the direction of Siyang, and at the same time mobilize all the New Fourth Army and local armed forces in the base area, adopt the method of attacking and harassing the enemy's logistical supply lines and sabotaging the lines of communication, and attack in many places to harass the communication lines of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, so that the fat man can quickly withdraw and participate in this battle against the recalcitrant Kuomintang army."
Lao Xu hurriedly nodded and said: "Now it seems that this is the only way to do it, but I have counted the total strength of our Jiangbei New Fourth Army, which has just been equal to the two Kuomintang recalcitrant divisions that have stormed over in terms of quantity, but the weapons and equipment are a cut behind the boss, if we face to face with them in an offensive and defensive battle of one city and one place, I am afraid that we will be at a disadvantage, and bring them in, our total strength is not enough to form an encirclement of the enemy, I think we contact the old commander's 79th Army, Let's see what help he can provide, if the old army commanders can help, plus the harassment of the local armed forces in our base areas, we can win this battle against the recalcitrant Kuomintang army.
"Lao Xu proposed that Zhou Wu seek the help of the old commanders of the 79th Army, so that he could surpass the Kuomintang recalcitrant army in numbers and increase the weight of defeating the enemy."
Zhou Wu nodded: "Lao Xu, what you said is also right, I have to ask the old army commander for help, the position of the 79th Army is just in the middle of our Jiangbei New Fourth Army and the Kuomintang recalcitrant army that attacked, if the old army commander can help us, it is better than our reinforcement to Ge Sanmin's team, after all, the 79th Army is also a full army, the strength is not weak, the Kuomintang recalcitrant army wants to come, and we have to carefully consider the consequences."
But if the old army commander agrees to help us, I am afraid that the old army commander will not have a good road in the future, and those guys from the sixth war zone will definitely go to Lao Jiang to complain and accuse him of fornicating with the Communist Party, then this crime will be a big crime.
The old commander is in danger." t1706231537: