The first brigade commander of the 47th Division of the first brigade of Mengshangu was the first to defend the position for two times, they relied on the favorable terrain above Mengshangu, with the sophisticated weapons in their hands, they successively repelled Zhou Wu and they launched several fierce attacks on the Mengshangu position, although the casualties were very large, but they were still able to hold the Mengshangu position, Huang Brigade Commander hurriedly used the radio to the 47th Division Zhang Division Commander behind for help, Zhang Ercheng rushed with the main force in a hurry, after breaking through the blocking position deliberately set up by Zhou Wu in the south of Mengshangu, In the afternoon of the next day, the main force of the 47th Division finally fought with Brigade Commander Huang's team on the top of Mengshangu.
It was at this time that the commander of the 47th Division, Zhang, still believed that the battle situation was always in his own hands, and after he arrived at the mountain of Mengshangu, he immediately sent a telegram to President Jiang in Nanjing, and the old Jiang hurriedly encouraged his proud student, asking him to take the 47th Division to hold out in Mengshangu for more than three days, and cheered him up, saying that he had strictly ordered the surrounding central army units to quickly move closer to Mengshan, let him hold out for more than three days, and realize the previously formulated campaign goal of "blossoming in the center and attacking from all sides" in Mengshangu.
He ordered all the brigades below the 47th Division to seize the various dangerous passes in Mengshangu, and all the artillery was deployed at the highest point of Mengshangu, and condescendingly blocked all the intersections under the mountain with artillery fire, and at the same time urgently called the Kuomintang Air Force, asking them to send transport planes to drop ammunition and supplies to Mengshangu, preparing to hold on here for more than three days, waiting for the arrival of friendly troops outside.
In the forward command post below Mengshangu, Zhou Wu, who had already arrived here, was anxious, the resistance of the 47th Division was much more fierce than he had expected, and his troops had already besieged the 47th Division on this Mengshangu in front of him, and launched several fierce attacks, but no major breakthrough was made, and Ge Sanmin, Xiao Zheng and the fat man called one after another to report that the enemy on the mountain was very stubborn, coupled with excellent weapons and sufficient ammunition, the casualties of the attacking troops were very large, Some companies even fought to the point that only a few brothers remained, and the situation was quite not optimistic.
According to the previous information, a large number of Kuomintang Central Army troops are rushing towards the direction of Mengshangu day and night, and the enemy who is rushing from the direction of Xuzhou in the west alone has more than 100,000 troops and horses in five armies, and Commander Chen and Commander Li, who are in charge of commanding the anti-encirclement and suppression, all rushed to Zhou Wu's command post and said to Zhou Wu: "Comrade Zhou Wu, now this battle has reached the most critical time, and the enemy and us have gathered most of the main forces here in Mengshangu, and the victory or defeat is in this battle.
If we can wipe out all the 47 th Division on the hill before dusk tomorrow, then our East China People's Liberation Army will basically open up the situation, and the revolutionary situation in the future will develop in our favor, otherwise our East China Liberated Area will face the most dangerous situation since the outbreak of the civil war, and it is not good to say that we will not even have the opportunity to fight guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains by then."
The encouragement and support of the leader is very important to Zhou Wu, who is struggling to support at this time, he is not so worried about the 47th Division that has fallen into the encirclement, although the 47th Division is still stubbornly resisting on the Mengshan Mountain, but according to his analysis, the enemy's situation will not last long, the 47th Division is a mechanized mechanic under Lao Jiang, with excellent weapons, and the soldiers use all automatic weapons, with sufficient firepower and great power, but these automatic weapons also have disadvantages, that is, the consumption of ammunition is very large, The 47th Division is isolated in the Yimeng Mountains, 20 miles away from the nearest peripheral enemy team, and the logistical supply line has been cut off by our local guerrillas and militia organizations, and they can only rely on the airdrops of the Kuomintang Air Force planes in the air.
Before tomorrow afternoon, Zhou Wu was still somewhat sure of the 47th Division entrenched in Mengshangu.
Of course, it would be best if they could get more troops and weapons from the commander now.
Especially now at this critical moment when both sides are fighting to the death, as long as anyone can get replenishment in time, then whoever will defeat the opponent and achieve the final victory and have the last laugh.
"Commander, what I lack most now is manpower, although the number of troops we have here has exceeded the 47th Division by four times, but for such an enemy ace mechanized division in front of me that is armed to the teeth, I think if we can increase the combined encirclement force to five times, or even six times, then we will be more sure to defeat them, so that we should be able to successfully complete the task by destroying all the 47th Division before dusk tomorrow."
Zhou Wu said to the two leaders.
After listening to Zhou Wu's words, the two commanders discussed for a while, nodded and said to Zhou Wu: "Okay, this time we are open, reluctant to let the child not be able to trap the wolf, so let's leave three columns to block the enemy reinforcements on the periphery, and the rest of the troops from the East China Liberated Area are all transferred to Mengshangu here to participate in the battle of encircling and annihilating the 47th Division, all under the unified command of Comrade Zhou Wu, Comrade Zhou Wu, tell your cadres and comrades, let them go and fight, don't hide it, how much the troops lose, we promise to replenish how much" When Zhou Wu heard this, he smiled happily: "Haha, of course this is the best, since the two leaders of the East China Liberated Region are here, it is much easier for me to command, just like that, I am responsible for commanding my army and Lao Chen's columns, and the rest of the friendly troops are still commanded by you Commander Li."
Zhou Wu thought that he would have to command so many PLA troops at once, and he was a little bottomless in his heart, he was afraid that he would mess up the battle of encircling and annihilating the 47th Division, and it would not end well, so he euphemistically told the two leaders his true thoughts, and he still commanded the troops under his command to come easily.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two commanders heard Zhou Wu's words, they laughed out loud at the time: "Comrade Zhou Wu, it seems that you are too cautious, don't worry, our PLA team is not comparable to the Kuomintang army, there are intrigues everywhere, mutual bargaining and the like, as long as we give an order, you Zhou Wu commands it, just like commanding your own team, there is nothing different, but now we want to hear how you plan to deal with the 47th Division in front of you who is still resisting and dying and struggling."
"Although the 47th Division is now resisting quite stubbornly, in my opinion, they are also at the end of the crossbow, because their weapons and equipment determine that their ammunition consumption is very large, and the ammunition they brought has long been exhausted, and relying on their air force to airdrop by planes is a drop in the bucket, according to the reports of the brothers on the front position, a lot of things dropped by the enemy's planes have floated to our positions, and the most important and deadly point is that there is no water source on this Mengshangu Mountain, The enemy has not drunk water for two days, and it is estimated that it will be almost able to hold out until tomorrow, and all the water sources below the mountain have been controlled by our troops, and once the enemy breaks through, they will definitely go to the water source, where I have laid an ambush and wait for them to throw themselves into the net.
Zhou Wu seems to have already set it up, just waiting for the trump cards of the 47th Division to throw themselves into the net and be captured.
Commander Chen and Commander Li smiled at each other when they heard Zhou Wu's combat deployment, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, right, Comrade Zhou Wu's method is good, there is a lack of water source here in Mengshangu, and the villagers in Yimeng Mountain know that a few years ago, the local guerrilla comrades were also trapped in the mountains by the Japanese devils who went into the mountains to encircle and suppress, but our fellow villagers secretly sent water to the mountains to avoid being thirsty to death. ” At the moment when Zhou Wu sent troops and deployed the 47th Division that was staying on the mountain, in the headquarters of the 47th Division on the mountain, Division Commander Zhang received bad news from below: The Makhin water-cooled heavy machine guns brought by the team were now all unable to fight due to the lack of water on the mountain, there was a big hole in the defensive firepower, and there were not many artillery shells left.
When Division Commander Zhang heard this, he hurriedly said to the officers under him: "Brothers, the chairman of the committee has strictly ordered all the friendly troops on the periphery to move closer to us, according to the latest telegram, the nearest friendly unit to us is only ten miles away from us, I hope that everyone will unite sincerely, and for some time, victory will be ours."
"Until this time, Division Commander Zhang still had hope for the Kuomintang reinforcements who came from the periphery, believing that the distance between the two sides was only less than ten miles, and a sprint could arrive within a few hours, as long as his side could get reinforcements, the water source problem could be temporarily solved, so that if the large troops who came up to the encirclement wanted to eat themselves in one bite, it would be a pipe dream As soon as Division Commander Zhang's voice fell, the officers below said to him dejectedly: "Division, let's hurry up and find a way to break out, except for the advantages of steep terrain and easy to defend and difficult to attack, the rest of the situation on this mountain is not suitable for long-term defense, especially if there is no water source, it will be even more disadvantageous, our heavy machine guns are all water-cooled, without the fire support of heavy machine guns, what is the firepower advantage of our 47th Division, there is no firepower advantage, can we withstand an attack far more than four or five times more than us?"
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