On the position of the Second Regiment, in the face of the Kuomintang marines who attacked the position on the tidal flats, the soldiers of the Second Regiment went forward one after another to fight fiercely with the enemy, and again and again the enemy who was fully armed with American style was repulsed, leaving behind groups of enemy corpses in front of the battle, and the brothers on the position also suffered heavy casualties, most of them were killed and wounded by large-caliber naval guns fired from the open sea, and the artillery fire of the enemy marines was also quite fierce, and these artillery fires were together with the enemy's naval artillery fire on the open sea.
The explosion almost overturned the tidal flat position of the Second Regiment, and even the commander of the Second Regiment was rubbed off a piece of skin on his thigh by shrapnel, and blood flowed, he didn't even blink his eyes, bandaged it casually, and limped over to continue to command the battle.
Under the leadership of a Kuomintang division commander, although there were no tanks and armored vehicles like the 18th Division to open the way, it was a burst of artillery fire, which killed and wounded many brothers in the blocking battalion on the blocking position, and some places on the position were blown up by artillery bombardment.
Many of the brothers who were hiding in the anti-artillery holes were buried alive under the soil, but fortunately the brothers quickly dug them out, and their faces were covered with mud and dust, which was really embarrassing.
As soon as Chen Guofu saw that the enemy was menacing, he hurriedly ordered the blocking battalion: "Don't fall in love with the battle, retreat back after a little resistance, we are waiting for them on the north bank of the Feihuang River." ” The brothers of the blocking battalion began to cover the evacuation, and the Kuomintang troops on the opposite side saw that the New Fourth Army was withdrawing northward, thinking that their attack had succeeded, so they rushed to Lao Chen and them, and the leading enemy division commander arrogantly shouted to his subordinate officers: "Quickly catch up and capture a soldier alive, reward two pieces of the ocean, capture an officer alive, reward the ocean of twenty pieces" As soon as the Kuomintang soldiers heard this, they all rushed towards the blocking position with a howl as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and soon rushed into the blocking position, but they found that there was no corpse of the soldiers of the New Fourth Army who remained in the position on the position, and an officer saw the clue and hurriedly reported to the division commander: "Division, we must not pursue them exhaustively, their bodies have not been found on the position, and there are no other signs of hasty retreat around the position. ” The direction of Yancheng was very lively, and the guns and cannons were also roaring under the city of Huai'an, and the large troops of the 18th Division rushed to the city of Huai'an under the leadership of Division Commander Qian, of course, he still encountered the harassment of Zhou Wu's New Fourth Army on the way, and lost some men and horses, but Division Commander Qian thought that the small losses of those flank troops were nothing compared to the results of his large army successfully rushing to Huai'an City.
Bao Jie said that the 18th Division had already arrived at the city of Huai'an, and the large troops of Zhou Wu's New Fourth Army had been driven to the edge of Hongze Lake, captured Huai'an, an important town in Jiangbei, and surrounded and eliminated the main force of Zhouwu's New Fourth Army in Jiangbei Of course, Lao Jiang, who received the telegram of the good news, was also very happy, and called back to praise Lao Qian, and encouraged him to carry forward the spirit of persistent efforts, take Huai'an in one go, and encircle and eliminate the Jiangbei New Fourth Army of Zhou Wu, and at the same time he once again telegraphed to Commander Gu in the direction of Xuzhou, asking him to speed up the attack and advance, and when the 18th Division took Huai'an, conquer Yancheng in the east, and complete the comprehensive encirclement of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army When he found that his army encountered the stubborn resistance of the New Fourth Army in the area north of the Yellow River, all the surrounding local armed forces were dispatched, destroying the roads and bridges that were advancing, and sending small units everywhere to constantly harass his team, he had already realized that the appetite of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army was not small, and the southern line troops from the direction of Yancheng had broken through the land defense of the Yancheng New Fourth Army. is rapidly advancing towards the waste Yellow River, and on the tidal flats of Yancheng Port, the marines who landed ashore can't overcome the pier they hold onto, and the old Jianghu Chief Gu feels that this battle is not right, Zhou Wu looks like he wants to give up Yancheng, so where are his large troops staying now Chief Gu hurriedly asked his staff officers to take a look at the map, and immediately understood, and smashed his fist on the map: "It's over, the Eighteenth Division is in danger."
"Sir, why isn't the Eighteenth Division going well, except for some harassing local forces around the Eighteenth Division, there is no sign of a large force that has been found" The staff officers around Commander Gu were puzzled.
"The problem is here, where have the big troops of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army gone, are they all collectively evaporated" Chief Gu is very worried, the Jiangbei New Fourth Army is his old opponent, during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chief Gu has fought with the New Fourth Army a lot, but most of them have fewer victories and more defeats, and Chief Gu still has lingering fears about the opponent's flexible and changeable tactics.
"Where are those main forces of Zhou Wu now?"
the staff officers searched the map.
Chief Gu pointed to the area of Binhu Town on the edge of Hongze Lake and said to his staff: "It is estimated that Zhou Wu's main force is ambushed in this area, and ambushing is his forte. ” "Then let's hurry up and remind Commander Qian" The staff officers under him were very anxious, and they were all worried about the Commander Qian of the 18th Division, after all, they were all of them, and they could help if they could.
"I don't think it's useful, now he's in the limelight, unless there is an order from the chairman, no one's words are useless."
Chief Gu shook his head and sighed, since Lao Qian was reorganized, he has become more and more empty-eyed, and sometimes he is not inferior to the seniors in the army like Chief Gu, not to mention colleagues with similar qualifications as Lao Qian, at this moment, in addition to the words of the chairman, where will he listen to his own advice, if he doesn't do it, he may be considered afraid of the enemy and afraid of war, Chief Gu has been mixed in the officialdom and military circles for so many years, this matter is still clear, don't care about the old money, it's good to be able to take care of yourself.
Although Chief Gu didn't say it, there were still some people around Lao Jiang, when they received that the team of the Eighteenth Division had attacked Huai'an City and the edge of Hongze Lake, they hurriedly suggested to Lao Jiang: "The Eighteenth Division has broken away from the large army and has become a lone army, south of Huai'an, the area around Hongze Lake is now the territory of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei, in case it encounters the main force of the New Fourth Army on the edge of Hongze Lake, the Eighteenth Division will have no way to retreat, although Siyang by the canal is in hand, but that place is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and it may not be able to go back again, In this way, the 18th Division will fall into the encirclement of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei, although with the Eastern Front team of Commander Gu can conquer Yancheng and form an encirclement of the New Fourth Army, but it may not be easy to break through the Hongze Lake direction of the New Fourth Army, and even if the defense of the New Fourth Army is broken through at that time, the 18th Division in the encirclement is estimated to be dangerous. ” When Lao Jiang heard this, he didn't care, and said in Ningbo Mandarin: "The eighteenth division of this Qian division commander is the most elite troops, can't they support Gu someone's reinforcements to arrive, as long as they conquer Yancheng, they will definitely be able to cut off Jiangbei's retreat, once the retreat is broken, Jiangbei will definitely collapse and flee towards Shandong, the focus of this battle is in Yancheng, not Hongzehu, the eighteenth division has 40,000 of the most elite soldiers, I firmly believe that they can complete the task of encircling Jiangbei's New Fourth Army" As soon as the staff officers of the Ministry of National Defense heard that Lao Jiang insisted that he had seen that he had to conquer Yancheng, and they were very relieved by the 18th Division of Division Commander Qian, they stopped talking, thinking: We did our best, anyway, if you don't listen, don't blame us if something happens then.
Lao Qian was affirmed by the chairman, and his confidence increased a lot, as soon as he arrived at Huai'an City, he couldn't take care of the situation that his brothers were tired and tired, and immediately ordered to launch a fierce attack on Huai'an City, and the news of the eighteenth division's attack on Huai'an City reached Zhou Wu, and when the fat man heard it, he immediately asked to lead the team to Huai'an to defend the city, Zhou Wu smiled slightly: "Lao Liu, don't move, I'm still worried that Qian someone will not capture Huai'an, so that we can reduce some pressure on the front, and order the team guarding Huai'an, retreat immediately, Rush to Binhu Town to join the war" The fat man was puzzled, why was it good for the enemy to capture Huai'an City, which we had so hard to get Ge Sanmin had already understood Zhou Wu's true intentions, and seeing the fat man's blank look, he said to him with a smile: "Lao Liu, think about it, since the eighteenth division crossed the canal here, their team has been a lot smaller."
"Oh, that's what it looks like, hey, it's still your Ge Sanmin's brain spinning fast, why didn't I think about it in this way" The fat man is also a smart person, after Ge Sanmin said this, he immediately understood, just complain that there are too few cities in this area, and a few more, I'm afraid that there will be fewer troops of the Eighteenth Division rushing to the edge of Hongze Lake at this time, so wouldn't it be easier to deal with At this time, the scouts who reconnoitred the enemy situation in front came back and reported to Zhou Wu: "Commander, a battalion of the vanguard team of the 18th Division is only twenty miles away from Binhu Town, and they are still tank armored vehicles to open the way, but the number of tanks is less than before."
As soon as Zhou Wu heard that the vanguard of the 18th Division was only 20 miles away from Binhu Town, he hurriedly said to the fat man: "Didn't Lao Cheng of your 1st Division capture a few enemy tanks after the break, where are you now?"
Zhou Wu heard that the vanguard of the 18th Division still used tanks and armored vehicles to open the way, so he remembered that Lao Cheng and the tanks they captured were coming, and the best way to deal with the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles was not to use infantry to fight hard with explosives packs, but to use tanks to deal with tanks, that is the right way t1706231537: