The fat man and Chen Guofu's men alternately covered each other and retreated towards Hubin Town, and the commander of the Qian Division, who launched an attack on the opposite side, got carried away and said to the officers under him: "Haha, you see, I said that those on the opposite side must not be able to support it, these American weapons of ours are not covered, where have they seen it, order all brigades, all press up, and strive to recover Huai'an in the afternoon and encircle the Jiangbei New Fourth Army."
The officers of the 18th Division flattered Commander Qian one after another: "Haha, our division commander is still of a high level, and the opposing troops are beaten to the ground and fled, now we can enter Huai'an City at night."
In the ecstasy of many officers, the deputy commander of the 18th Division was worried, he thought that the New Fourth Army, which was resisting the attack of the 18th Division, suddenly gave up its position and retreated to the rear, there must be a mystery in it, and if they wanted to withdraw, they could have retreated in the previous blocking battle, why did they have to withdraw after receiving reinforcements, and those retreating New Fourth Army troops were neat, not at all like fleeing in panic after receiving a heavy blow, it was better to take a slow step first, and wait to find out the situation The deputy commander of the 18th Division hurriedly reminded Lao Qian: "Division commander, I see that the withdrawal of the New Fourth Army in front of me is fraudulent, so it is better for us to slow down and then rush forward, so as not to fall into the trap of the New Fourth Army."
Division Commander Qian was on the rise at the moment, and when he heard the deputy division commander's disappointing words, he immediately couldn't hold back on his face, and said to the deputy division commander: "Why do you always have long ambition and destroy your own prestige, although you are cunning, but this time I think they really can't bear it, no matter how tough the morale of their soldiers is, can they be able to beat our full American equipment, don't say these disappointing words, you don't want to rush up, just stay here behind, and wait for us to recover Huai'an City, and then invite you to enter the city" Master Qian said sarcastically, ridiculed this deputy division commander for being too timid, was he frightened and had a shadow in his heart The deputy commander of the 18th Division smiled bitterly and shook his head, as the deputy division commander, in fact, he had fulfilled his responsibility, as for whether the division commander Qian listened or not, it was his business, seeing that so many readings of the 18th Division were about to fall into the trap of the New Fourth Army on the opposite side, the deputy division commander couldn't help but sigh and came helplessly.
However, when this division commander Qian heard what the deputy division commander said, his hot and hot head calmed down a little, and felt that although the deputy division commander was a little pedantic, what he said was not unreasonable, after all, this was a war, not a child's play, so it was better to send a brigade team to rush over and look at the opposite side before talking The fat man and Lao Chen, who were retreating, found that the Kuomintang recalcitrant army on the opposite side had not moved, so they hurriedly sent people forward to investigate, and the scouts came back to report to them: "Only one brigade of the recalcitrant army in front of them followed to catch up, and the rest of the large troops were standing still on the other side of the position, and it seemed that they were waiting for something."
When the fat man heard this, he hurriedly stopped the retreat of the team, and discussed with Lao Chen: "Lao Chen, I see that those recalcitrant troops on the other side are very cunning, they just sent out a brigade of troops, and the large army is still in place, I think so, let's report this situation to the brigade seat first, let's catch up again, and lure those large enemy troops in, if we spend so much effort, we can only lure one brigade of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, wouldn't it be too much loss, not cost-effective" Although the fat man is a bit of a money fan and stingy, but he has a characteristic of fighting, that is, he has to calculate whether it is worth it in advance, just like doing business, he will do it if he can draw it, and he will definitely not do it if he can't do it, he has the mind of a shrewd businessman, he has learned to use this set of business to fight the war, not to mention, the fat man has tried and tried repeatedly, and he never gets tired of trying, this is not now he is calculating whether it is cost-effective to lure the enemy into the encirclement this time, thinking that the enemy who follows on the opposite side has only one brigade, it will definitely not work, in the end the enemy is cunning and suspicious, Our attempt to retreat was discovered, but other unpredictable circumstances arose When Lao Chen heard the fat man's words, he nodded hurriedly, so the fat man reported to Zhou Wu on the radio: "Brigade seat, there is only one brigade of the enemy who has caught up, what should we do now?"
Zhou Wu heard the fat man say that the stubborn army lured over was only one brigade, and he was also a little anxious, according to the current strength of the 18th Division, they still had four brigades not dispatched, and only two regiments of troops remained in Siyang City, so they had not moved the other troops, it was estimated that the cunning enemy was afraid of our ambush, so he sent this brigade over to find out the situation first.
Zhou Wu immediately ordered the fat man: "Lao Liu, you immediately evacuate to Hubin Town according to the original plan, but you have to put on a good show, throw down all the unnecessary things on your body, and make the retreating team a little messy. ” The fat man put down the radio and said to Lao Chen: "The brigade wants us not to take the initiative to attack, and continue to act, that is, we will pretend to be unable to fight, and flee towards Lakeside Town."
When Lao Chen heard this, he hurriedly nodded: "I think it's reliable to continue to retreat, the recalcitrant army brigade that caught up on the opposite side must be anxious, when they believe that we are fleeing towards the edge of Hongze Lake, I think that Qian someone of the Eighteenth Division will immediately believe it, as long as he orders the large troops of the Eighteenth Division to press towards Huai'an City, then even if we basically complete the task of luring the enemy, the rest is the matter of Brigade Commander Zhou and their large army." ” "Ah, Lao Chen, your first brigade will not participate in the battle to encircle and annihilate the recalcitrant army, our regiment and the special service group will participate in everything, for seven or eight years, we have been fighting against the little Japanese devils, like this large-scale battle with the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, we have hardly fought much, our chief of staff Ding Ning died at the hands of these turtle sons, today I have to catch a few of them and take them to Ding Ning's grave to pay tribute to him" The fat man said, his teeth chattered with hatred, and his chubby little eyes almost burst into flames.
"I didn't say that I wouldn't participate in the battle to encircle and annihilate the recalcitrant Kuomintang army, I mean that our main task now is to bring in the troops of the 18th Division, and if we don't lead those guys into our ambush circle, we can't help them.
Ding Ning's death has always been a heavy loss to your independent brigade, as a friend and comrade, I also feel very sad, to be honest, if Chief of Staff Ding is here this time, the arrogance of the Kuomintang on the opposite side will not be so arrogant, Ding Ning can block these miscellaneous pieces on the west bank of the canal with three strikes and five divided by two, hey now it is useless to say anything, everyone is gone, but there is no way back.
"Lao Chen and Ding Ning have been in contact with Ding Ning for a period of time, and the relationship with Ding Ning is very good, I never thought that such a good person did not die in the hands of the little devil, but died in the hands of those civil war insiders and outsiders on the opposite side of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, this time I had to catch a few recalcitrant army officers, and use their heads to pay tribute to Ding Ning's tomb.
So, Lao Chen's First Brigade and the brothers of the two regiments of the fat man retreated towards Hubin Town again, and dropped a lot of bottles and cans of things on the way, all kinds of things, these things were seen by the Kuomintang soldiers who caught up behind, and hurriedly picked them up and reported to the recalcitrant brigade commander, the recalcitrant brigade commander looked at it and laughed: "It seems that the opposite side really can't withstand our attack, immediately report to the division, the front attack has been routed, ask the large army to follow immediately, at this speed, there is no need to go to the afternoon, It's lunch at noon, and our 18th Division can eat in Huai'an City."
Division Commander Qian, who was anxiously waiting for news in the back, received the report from the recalcitrant brigade commander in front, immediately turned his head, and contemptuously said to the deputy division commander who insisted on deceitful and had to act carefully: "I think you should stay and cover our attack, you see, there was a large-scale rout of the New Fourth Army, and the things thrown down along the way almost blocked the entire road, you must know that those are notoriously poor ghosts, they are willing to throw so many things down under normal circumstances."
The deputy division commander of the recalcitrant army was silent, he knew that at this moment, no one could stop Division Commander Qian from insisting on going his own way, and using all the 18th Division troops to continue to pursue the New Fourth Army in front, since he insisted on doing this, then he was the highest commander of this team, so naturally he would do it, as long as the pursuit was able to be quick at that time, retreat as soon as possible, and save his own life, everything would be fine, as for the future fate and future of the 18th Division, the old foundation of Chief Chen, he would not be able to manage so much as the deputy division commander.
As soon as Division Commander Qian saw that the deputy division commander who opposed his pursuit was speechless, he became even more arrogant, and loudly ordered all the recalcitrant officers under him: "Attention all troops, all attack, attack the attacking team on the opposite side, the first brigade will capture Huai'an City in three hours, brothers, we will celebrate the victory on Huai'an City again."
The officers of the recalcitrant army were jubilant, as if victory was in sight, and the huge Huai'an in front of them was captured by them, and the tanks and armored vehicles in front of them immediately started again, and the sound of Kerala rolled up a puff of smoke and dust in the midst of a large number of recalcitrant infantry and rolled towards Huai'an City.
Lao Chen's scout brothers first discovered the situation of the recalcitrant army, and hurriedly reported to Lao Chen: "Brigade commander, a large force of the Kuomintang army has arrived, and a large area of black pressure has occupied all the fields around here, a large area of trucks, tanks and armored vehicles, and the front and rear of the team are more than ten miles long, and it is estimated that there are about 30,000 or 40,000 horses."
When Lao Chen heard this, the 18th Division of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army was finally fooled, and hurriedly shouted excitedly to the fat man: "Lao Liu, the enemy has been lured by us, immediately report to the brigade, let them hurry up and prepare for the attack, damn it, in order to lure them over, Lao Tzu threw away a lot of good things, this time I have to snatch them back." t1706231537: