The 13th Division of the 79th Army and Ge Sanmin's 2nd Regiment discussed a breakthrough plan, and decided to take the regiment led by Xiao Wu as the vanguard, Ge Sanmin and his 2nd Regiment in the middle, and Division Commander Huang led the 13th Division to launch a counterattack on the Kuomintang recalcitrant troops who had been surrounded in a triangular formation Why choose Xiao Wu They are the vanguard of the breakthrough Huang Division Commander has his own considerations, Ge Sanmin's second regiment is now almost disabled, the first battalion is almost completely wiped out, and the other two battalions are also struggling to support the position, and Xiao Wu's regiment composed of personal guards around the old army commander is equipped with the most advanced weapons and equipment of the 79th Army, and most of the soldiers are elite soldiers drawn from various divisions in the 79th Army, and their combat effectiveness is extraordinary, so let them take the lead in breaking out of the encirclement and get twice the result with half the effort.
Sure enough, the situation on the battlefield was as expected by Division Commander Huang, under the strong rush of more than 1,000 brothers of Xiao Wu and them, the 18th Division troops in the southeast corner of Siyang who had just occupied the position could not resist it, and while withdrawing to both sides, they used radio to warn Division Commander Qian: "Division Commander, a group of unidentified armed forces suddenly rushed in front of the position, wearing civilian clothes, but they were all equipped with standard weapons, and the position we just occupied was snatched by them again."
As soon as Commander Qian heard this, he was able to pay it back, seeing that the big fish he wanted to catch was about to leak out, this was not good, so he hurriedly searched carefully on the military map, and after looking at it for a while, he raised his head and said to the chief of staff beside him: "Is this unknown force an armed force like the bandit Mountain King in the Jiangbei area?"
"Division commander, this is impossible, it is impossible for the bandit mountain king to have complete standard weapons and equipment, in my humble opinion, these plainclothes armed forces are very likely to be the 79th Army of Zhang's people, in the area around Huai'an City in Jiangbei, who else can mobilize so many men and horses to come to Siyang in such a short period of time" The chief of staff of the 18th Division was really scheming, and based on the battle information provided earlier, he immediately judged that the 79th Army had intervened, and this time the 79th Army still sent a large force, At this time, on the front line of Huai'an and Siyang, the two teams are about to meet face to face When Commander Qian heard this, he scolded angrily: "Zhang Mou actually colluded with the Communist Party to repay this, and immediately sent a report to Commander Gu of the Sixth War Zone, asking him to mobilize heavy troops to besiege the 79th Army, and take the opportunity to pull out this nail, lest Zhang join the Communist Party."
"Shizuo, this must not be done, at least not now, the 79th Army is pro-communist, we have heard of it before, but we can't catch their handle for a while, but even if we catch their handle this time, with our current situation, we still can't give them like this.
Now the little devil has not been completely driven out by us, and at this moment, the Sixth War Zone wants to mobilize heavy troops to besiege the 79th Army, it must be agreed by the chairman of the Chongqing Committee, Zhang Mou has a lot of power in the national army, and the foundation is very deep, there is a group of people in Chongqing who are Zhang Mou who said good things, if we do this, if we succeed, it is easy to say, but if it is not successful, then our 18th Division will not be able to reap the benefits at both ends, think about it, if Commander Gu agrees with us to attack the 79th Army, So what should we do here in Siyang, do we give up the Siyang City that we have finally recovered here, and turn our heads to deal with the 79th Army, which has 30,000 or 40,000 horses and horses, and the weapons and equipment are also good, how sure can we beat them The 79th Army is not a defeat in the end, and now is a sensitive period, our 18th Division must not be a bird, and lose its strength for no reason, and in case of failure, the loss of troops will not be said, we are 18 as scapegoats, that is an ironclad thing, at present, the Japanese have not surrendered, The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is still going on, and the Communist Party's pen and mouth are better than ours, so when the time comes, our 18th Division will have to be guilty of it, the division, the lesson of the Changsha fire is just around the corner, we must be cautious, not impulsive" The chief of staff of the 18th Division is an old slippery head, not only has a hand in the combat staff, but also those who are intrigued are very familiar, and hurriedly persuaded Division Commander Qian not to be impulsive and take the initiative to launch a fierce attack on the 79th Army, which will not do any good to the 18th Division.
Commander Qian's mind is not confused, he has been immersed in the team for so many years, so he naturally knows everything about the intrigues and struggles inside, and when he heard the chief of staff analyze this, he felt that it made sense, so he hurriedly asked him: "Then what should we do now, brother?"
"Even if you don't know the identity of those plainclothes troops on the other side, don't report to Commander Gu of the Sixth Theater, let these teams rush out, and see that their breakthrough direction is the direction of Huai'an in the southeast, so it's best, we will first consolidate the defense on the front line of Siyang, and after they run to Huai'an City, we will use their illegal occupation of Huai'an City as an excuse to launch an attack on Huai'an City in the name of righteousness, so that public opinion will naturally be towards us, after all, it is a matter of course for the government army to regain lost territory."
The chief of staff of the 18th Division suggested to Commander Qian, don't be in a hurry, take your time, and wait until you seize the opportunity to attack again.
But Qian is a guy with low eyes, he agrees in his heart not to have a showdown with the 79th Army for the time being, but he is quite dissatisfied with the chief of staff's proposal to let Ge Sanmin and their New Fourth Army break out of the encirclement, and said to him with a calm face: "This is not good, we can not fight with the 79th Army for the time being, but we must not let go of those New Fourth Army armies, let them go, this is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, Huai'an City is adjacent to the base of the New Fourth Army, in case they run over there, Wouldn't it be even more difficult for us to deal with them and destroy them?"
"Shizuo, the grievances between us and the same will be fought sooner or later, but not at this time, now the Japanese devils have not surrendered, and they have not been driven out of China, if we take the lead in launching an attack on the base of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei, then we can't stand the saliva of public opinion in the whole country alone, it doesn't matter if we can't stand it, the key is that those senior officials above can't stand it, then we have to find a scapegoat below to top, think about it, our 18th Division is just a scapegoat, although you now have a heavy army, But in the eyes of the chairman of the committee and those high-ranking officials in Chongqing, we are all pawns in their hands, and even the general in the Changsha fire case was shot to death by the chairman of the committee, can our relationship be compared to that of General Xu?"
The chief of staff of the 18th Division bitterly persuaded the commander of the thousand divisions, and the executor of the Changsha fire, General Xu, was a close associate of the chairman of the committee, and he had been the chief of the guard beside Lao Jiang, and he was also a top student of the Whampoa Military Academy, because before the Japanese devils attacked Changsha, this general set a fire in advance and burned the entire Changsha city to ashes, causing an uproar in the national public opinion, Lao Jiang couldn't bear it, and had no choice but to shoot this unlucky general on the spot to calm down the people's anger.
In fact, this unlucky guy was still shouting injustice before he died, he did receive Lao Jiang asking him to implement the scorched earth policy in Changsha City, but the timing was wrong, he wanted to escape early, he set fire early, and did not burn those Japanese devils who attacked the city, but burned the people of Changsha City to homelessness, mourning all over the wilderness, Lao Jiang arrested him and shot him, and he deserved it Division Commander Qian came to his senses at this time, immediately nodded, and said to the chief of staff: "Okay, just listen to you, in this way, order the troops on the front line of Siyang City not to pursue those New Fourth Army that broke through, build fortifications on the front line of Siyang on the spot, step by step, and advance towards Huai'an City step by step."
Ge Sanmin and they followed Xiao Wu's team and rushed towards the outside of Siyang City, those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops received the order of the Qian Division, and immediately withdrew to both sides, and the breakthrough was very smooth, after the broken Huang Division Commander took the 13th Division to catch up with Ge Sanmin and them, most of the brothers of the Second Regiment of the Independent Brigade of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei broke out, and met Lao Chen who came to reinforce them on the way to Huai'an City.
He also ordered Lao Chen's 1st Brigade to move towards Siyang City and lure the Kuomintang recalcitrant troops to the area around Hongze Lake, while the rest of the troops, including the 13th Division of the 79th Army, were all concentrated under Huai'an City, where an ambush circle was set up and waiting for those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops to come.
Ge Sanmin met Lao Chen and the First Brigade of the New Fourth Army here, grabbed Lao Chen's hand, and said to him: "Lao Chen, you have to avenge my second regiment this time, there are only a few dozen of the four or five hundred brothers left in the first battalion, and almost all the army is wiped out." ” Lao Chen nodded hurriedly, and said to Ge Sanmin, who was a little excited and angry: "Ge Sanmin, don't worry, this time our First Brigade will either not bring those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops over, and once they are brought over, they will definitely be beaten everywhere."
"Okay, that's the best, my second regiment still has two battalions of brothers, and I will never let go of those miscellaneous ones" Ge Sanmin gritted his teeth again, this battle of Siyang was a Waterloo for him, since he followed Zhou Wuyi, he had suffered such a fiasco once upon a time and even his old life was almost taken, if it weren't for the Huang Division Commander of the 79th Army who arrived in time and came to the rescue, I'm afraid Ge Sanmin and they would have to lie on the blocking position on the east bank of the canal at this time.
Thinking about the fact that the chief of staff, Lao Ding, also died in the hands of those recalcitrant Kuomintang troops on the opposite side, Ge Sanmin's anger can be imagined, and he can't wait to bring a large group of people to rush there at this moment, and fight with those recalcitrant troops After their fleet set sail, the Jiangyin Fort behind them was destroyed in an endless explosion, and the huge cannons on the fort were blown apart by the explosives pack, and the entire fort was shrouded in a diffuse gunpowder flame, and the devils and puppet army teams who heard the explosion of the fort around did not dare to rush to the side of the fort, allowing the sky-high flames to devour the Jiangyin Fort until the things on the fort were burned clean. t1706231537: