Zhou Wu heard Commander Li's analysis, suddenly realized, and hurriedly said to the commander on the phone: "Yes, what the commander said is reasonable, I am too optimistic about the situation, I will immediately rest and reorganize the battle plan according to your plan."
"Okay, be quick, the enemy will not wait for us, we must redeploy the team before the enemy launches an attack" Commander Li said to Zhou Wu, this Zhou Wu is a very good commander of the New Fourth Army, not only has the guerrilla warfare tactics that the New Fourth Army has always mastered, but also has the experience of frontal combat that other commanders of the New Fourth Army do not have, and has experienced countless battles, as long as a little guidance, over time, you can quickly grow into a very good senior commander, after Commander Li put down the phone, He said to the political commissar: "Zhou Wu is a military talent, as long as we can guide him well, he will definitely be able to surpass us one day and become an excellent commander of our army." ” The political commissar nodded: "Yes, Comrade Zhou Wu was able to grow from an officer of the Kuomintang army to a senior commander of the New Fourth Army, which is a metamorphosis in itself, among which Comrade Lao Niu has put a lot of effort, and we have to pay more attention to his personal life in addition to giving him guidance in military command, Comrade Zhou Wu's wife and children were killed by the Japanese devil eight years ago, and he is still alone, I think that after this battle, he will have to find a female comrade to take care of his personal life, with the care of his family, Zhou Wu may be able to give full play to his wisdom and talents and work better for the party and the New Fourth Army. ” "Haha, I don't understand this, but I'm still bothering the political commissar."
Commander Li said to the political commissar with a smile.
After Zhou Wu received Commander Li's order to change his original battle plan, he discussed with the chief of staff Lao Xu and the political commissar Lao Niu for most of the night, and decided to immediately telegraph to the fat men who had rushed to the front line of Siyang, and cooperate with Ge Sanmin's second division to lure the Kuomintang troops who had crossed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and quickly retreat in the direction of Binhu Town after succeeding, and at the same time ordered the division that reinforced the direction of Yancheng to turn around and advance to the west of Yancheng and the direction of Lianyungang in Xuzhou in the north, creating a threatening situation to Xuzhou and other places, forcing Xuzhou to change its mind.
Ordered other reinforcements to cooperate with the Kuomintang army of the 18th Division to withdraw and protect Xuzhou's nest, and at the same time create a passage corridor for the possible northward retreat of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army.
Huang Shuisheng, who was stationed in Yancheng, received a telegram from Zhou Wu, in which Zhou Wu demanded that Huang Shuisheng hold the port with most of his troops, and in case he encountered a large number of Kuomintang troops who came to attack, he could abandon Yancheng Port according to the situation and evacuate along the waterway in the direction of Xuzhou in the north.
On the second day after Zhou Wu had just made deployment adjustments, there was news that the vanguard of the 18th Division had launched a fierce attack on the 1st Division of Fatzi, and at the same time, other Kuomintang troops from all over the surrounding roads with the 18th Division also launched an attack on the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei almost at the same time, and the peaceful situation that had only lasted for a few months was broken, and the civil war officially kicked off in the Jiangbei area.
The Japanese devils have just surrendered for half a year, and the war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is about to start again, this result, Zhou Wu and they have long expected it, but they didn't expect this time to come so quickly, the good time of peace is always so short, why is God so mean to the Chinese people below, and even give more peace time, and the people who have suffered from the war will return to the bloody storm of the civil war.
The fat man's side has already exchanged fire with the 18th division team that came to attack, the armored troops of the 18th division are really powerful, they take tanks and armored vehicles as the lead, a large number of infantry hide behind the tanks, under the cover of a large number of artillery fire, they launched a crazy impact on the fat man's first division position, the commander of the Qian division even dispatched the air force bombers to bombard the fat man's position indiscriminately, under the joint attack of the aerial bombers and a large number of artillery fire on the ground, the fat man's most cutting-edge position was blown up by the artillery fire of the Kuomintang army for several layers, There were three brothers left in the first company of the position, and the rest were all killed by artillery fire on the position, none of these three people were in good condition, and they were all scarred, and it seemed that they could no longer resist the battle. 、 After the fat man learned of this situation in the forward position, he immediately ordered the three surviving brothers to withdraw, but it was too late, the American tanks of the 18th Division had already rushed to the position, and the remaining three brothers in order not to be captured by the Kuomintang troops, pulled the explosives package on the position, and died together with an enemy tank, a violent explosion sounded, in the billowing smoke and firelight, these three good brothers sacrificed their young lives, and the hot land of Jiangbei was forever embraced.
The Kuomintang army that captured the area east of Siyang was unforgiving, and continued to attack and advance in the direction of Huai'an City, the fat man hurriedly took the brothers of the first division to block the attack layer by layer, and retreated while fighting, due to the underestimation of the onslaught of the 18th division in advance, the preparations were not very sufficient, and the fat man fought very passively in the first battle, and was controlled everywhere, and was very embarrassed, the news reached Zhou Wu, and Zhou Wu hurriedly sent a telegram to the fat man, asking him why he fought so badly, and the fat man was bitter and couldn't say, and said to Zhou Wu that he would definitely get back a game.
Zhou Wu was afraid that the fat man's brain would be hot, and he just wanted to take revenge on the 18th Division and forgot that the main purpose of their first division was to lure the enemy into the depths this time, which would ruin the overall situation, so he once again ordered the fat man to cover the retreat alternately.
Only then did the fat man calm down, and ordered his regiment to block the attack of the 18th Division in the east of Siyang City, and he withdrew in the direction of Huai'an City with Ge Sanmin's second division and Huang Division Commander who rushed to reinforce him.
When the fat man met Ge Sanmin, he shouted at him: "Ge Sanmin, this time Lao Tzu fell for someone with money, this kid is really ruthless, he actually wiped out the whole company of the company in front of me in less than two hours, the artillery fire is fierce, the small mountain artillery of the little devils in the past is incomparable, the most hateful they also have the help of the plane, the big bomb that was thrown down, blew up most of the brothers on the position, and before the enemy rushed to the position, There are almost no brothers on our forward positions to resist, how do you say this battle will be fought" The fat man hurriedly poured bitter water after seeing Ge Sanmin and Division Commander Huang, indeed, the commander of the 18th Division Qian took the fat man's position as the main direction of attack this time, under the cluster impact of tanks and armored vehicles, it was enough to hold the position with the fat man's broken gun, and Zhou Wu ordered him to retreat quickly in advance, otherwise the fat man's entire first division would be filled in, and it would be finished.
Ge Sanmin's officers under Zhou Wu were very good at understanding Zhou Wu's intentions, and he heard the fat man's description of the attack of the 18th Division, so he said to the fat man: "This is the purpose of the commander asking us to give up fighting a positional defensive battle with the enemy in front of us, we now have some strength, but we are not the opponent of the Kuomintang army in terms of weapons and equipment, and we must not go head-to-head with them, we still do our old job to be reliable, bring in the enemy, play hide and seek with them in our territory on the edge of Hongze Lake, and wait until the enemy is stunned.
We are attacking everywhere, harassing and attacking, and then concentrating our forces, surrounding an enemy, and quickly eating it, and so on, we will definitely be able to defeat this enemy, although the 18th Division is advanced in weapons and well-trained, but its will to fight is definitely not comparable to that of the Japanese devils, as long as we use the right methods, we can still defeat them. ” "I can't imagine that Ge Sanmin, you are very good at understanding the commander's intentions, but Lao Liu, I don't like this, it's too ink, so let's do it, all the tiring work of blocking the enemy after the break is done by our first division, and the work of leading the enemy's nose around is done by you Ge Sanmin, and Division Commander Huang will be regarded as a mobile force, where it is tight, reinforcements will be there, Ge Sanmin, you see how this arrangement is made" The fat man is the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, and he has the right to decide on the spot, and now he has suffered a big loss in the first engagement, and the fat man's attitude has converged a lot, I also know how to discuss with Ge Sanmin, if you want to put it in normal times, the fat man is the final word, where will he use this tone to discuss with Ge Sanmin and them "Okay, the first division is famous for fighting tough battles, and naturally this kind of thing after the blockade is broken will be done by the first division, we listen to Lao Liu, as long as we don't violate our commander's orders."
Ge Sanmin is very good at being a man, and he flattered the fat man just right, and the fat man was happy to hear it, and felt that his first division was indeed a good hand at fighting tough battles and vicious battles, but he didn't know that after fighting a tough battle and blocking the break, the most damaged troops, and the casualties were also extremely huge, but the New Fourth Army was different from the Kuomintang army, there was no difference between factions and miscellaneous cards, and it was treated equally, even if the fat man's first division was crippled and wiped out in this battle, as long as the base area was still there, it could be replenished by new recruits immediately, and this was the case for so many years, Surrounded by the Japanese army, the puppet army, the recalcitrant Kuomintang army, bandits, and other forces, the fundamental reason why the New Fourth Army was not only not wiped out, but grew stronger and stronger, was that with the support of the broad masses of the people in the base areas, how could it be so easily wiped out by the enemy The fat man nodded in agreement with this plan, and ordered his troops to arrange multiple defensive lines along the line between Siyang and Huai'an, and adopt the method of blocking layer by layer, delaying the advance speed of the 18th Division. t1706231537: