Zhou Wu, who was in the forward command post, was overjoyed after receiving the news that the team of the 47th Division had begun to break through to the outside, and immediately said to Lao Xu and them: "Haha, the 47th Division finally can't stand up, so it's the best, we can close the net."
Lao Xu and Lao Niu were also very excited when they heard the news, and Lao Xu suggested to Zhou Wu: "You should immediately ask Commander Li and order the troops to immediately launch a general attack on the 47th Division, so that all these 47th Divisions that are trying to break through can be wiped out on Mengshangu."
Zhou Wu nodded immediately, and just wanted to call Commander Li, there was the footsteps of a group of people coming in outside, Zhou Wu hurriedly looked up, Commander Chen and Commander Li were coming, it seemed that they had also received the news that the 47th Division had broken through, and hurried towards the forward position Before Zhou Wu could speak, Commander Li said to Zhou Wu: "Comrade Zhou Wu, the 47th Division can't stand up, they have begun to disperse and break through, according to the reports of the comrades at the front, although the 47th Division is scattered and broke through this time, it still has the main breakthrough direction, and we analyze that it is very likely that it will mainly break through in the direction of the south of Mengshangu, Comrade Zhou Wu, you have the above opinion."
As soon as Zhou Wu heard the commander ask him what he thought, he hurriedly said: "Commander, I think that the 47th Division can only break through in the direction of due south and join up with the Li Corps of the Kuomintang Army, which is slowly advancing seven or eight miles away, and they can be regarded as escaping the danger and breaking through, I think we should immediately launch a general attack on the whole line and wipe out all the 47th Division on Mengshangu."
Commander Li nodded: "Yes, you are right, the fighter plane is fleeting, and Division Commander Zhang of the 47th Division has also fought in battles, and he gambled that the time difference between us and us before we launched a general attack on them took advantage of the opportunity to sneak out of the encirclement and join the Li Corps before we fully assembled the general attack team, we can't give Zhang this opportunity."
"Report to the commander, our army's ranks are all in place and ready to attack the enemy at any time, so let our army fight this main attack."
Zhou Wuli reported.
Commander Li looked at Zhou Wu with great satisfaction, this Zhou Wu has always been able to quickly seize rare fighters, and can be prepared in a very short time, is indeed a rare general, these years in the New Fourth Army, he has trained a lot of guerrilla warfare experience, coupled with his deep and skillful experience in regular warfare in the Kuomintang army, Zhou Wu can indeed be called an all-round commander in the East China People's Liberation Army, with the development of the situation in the Liberation War, Our East China Field Army will definitely fight from the inner line, and at that time, Zhou Wu will come in handy "Okay, I agree that your army will be the main attacker, and the task given to your army by the headquarters is to completely and cleanly destroy the 47th Division, the ace of the Kuomintang Army, and you must not let go of an enemy, can you complete this task?"
Commander Li ordered in a firm tone.
"Yes" Zhou Wu's answer was also quite crisp and neat, without a trace of mud and water.
Commander Li raised his wrist, looked at the time and said: "It's 16:40 p.m., and in 20 minutes, a general attack will be launched on the whole front, and I hope that your army can wipe out all the 47th Division before dawn tomorrow."
The commander and they immediately went back, at this moment the position suddenly fell silent, the noisy gunfire seemed to have stopped all at once, although the flames on the position were still burning, the smoke was still everywhere, but the soldiers on both sides who were fighting to the death seemed to have agreed, and they all stopped shooting at the same time, and the people on both sides knew that this situation suddenly appeared on the battlefield, either one side had been completely wiped out by the other side, or a larger attack was about to begin, Both sides are making final preparations for the final fight, the big battle is coming, there is a rare silence on the position, the commander of the 47th Division Zhang is also anxious, his order to disperse and break through has been issued, the main breakthrough direction of the troops has been assembled, and now those on the position have suddenly stopped attacking, is it going to launch a general attack on us Division Commander Zhang muttered in his heart, he couldn't figure out what the situation was on the battlefield for a while, so he called the brigade commanders who were still alive under his command and asked them: "Everyone, the attack has suddenly stopped, you analyze and analyze, what kind of big move will there be next, is it going to launch a general attack on us?"
The officers of the 47th Division had long thought about breaking out of the encirclement at this moment, and they were besieged by a large number of troops on Mengshangu, there was no water to drink, ammunition could not be replenished, all the heavy machine guns used as fire support were useless, the heavy machine guns were water-cooled, and they could not continue to fire without water, and without the fire support of heavy machine guns, they were originally useless to this part of the firepower advantage, but they were beaten by those dirt buns on the position, and they were embarrassed, and a large number of dehydration had appeared in the ranks.
Many soldiers withdrew from the battle due to lack of water, and the soldiers lost a lot of soldiers, and they could no longer hold on to this bare stone mountain without water, and now there was only one road in front of them, that is, no matter how many blockages were in front of them, they would rush up and meet the Li Corps seven or eight miles away "Division, no matter what big moves, let's hurry up and break through to the south, it's really too late to grind any more Li Corps is really a rice bucket, the distance of seven or eight miles is to climb and climb, fight for two days, and still wander around the old place, we doubt that they are not deliberate, I want to see the jokes of our 47th Division at this time."
The officers under Division Commander Zhang complained.
Zhang Ercheng is also angry, it is true that this Li Corps who came to rescue his 47th Division is too unreasonable, no matter how tenacious the team that blocked them in front of them, but after all, you have so many men and horses, and there is also the support of the air force planes in the sky, and the reinforcement of the artillery on the ground, even if you just use artillery bombardment, you can also collapse the blocking position, why did you fight for two days, they are still grinding in the old place, looking at it like this, it is estimated that the Li Corps sees that the situation of the 47th Division is not good, and is unwilling to fill in the corps team again, obviously not saving the troops in the face of death, prevarication and procrastination This time, the commander of the 47th Division Zhang is indeed a little wrong to blame the commander of the Li Corps, at first he was a little prevaricated and delayed, and wanted to see the lively meaning of the 47th Division, the trump card army, aren't you quite awesome, aren't you known as the "Five King Kongs" But since receiving several urgent telegrams sent to him by Lao Jiang in a row, Chief Li also began to be anxious, and when he arrived here, the road to Mengshangu was too small, and most of his subordinates were mechanized teams, and they were used to sitting in trucks, and they didn't know the mountain roads.
Can only pass from here on the road, those highland passes on the highway are all fiercely occupied, although his corps is numerous, but in such a large palm, the force can not be used, can only be a battalion and a regiment to rush up, open the gap to let the large troops behind follow up, although the fire support of the air force aircraft and the artillery on the ground is huge, but the opposite side of the attack is quite cunning, they have long been hiding in the anti-artillery hole, the air force aircraft and artillery fire can hardly blow those, When the whole battalion and the whole regiment of the Li Corps rushed up to the blocking position, they were greeted by waves of extremely fierce guns and shells, although the cannon was small, but it was accurate, and the team that rushed up could not catch anything, so they had to retreat in disgrace, rest for a while and then rush, just like that, tossing back and forth several times, fighting for two days, the entire corps only advanced more than two miles in the direction of Mengshangu, and the anxious Chief Li scolded his officers for their incompetence, and also shot a few officers who escaped from the battle.
But all this cannot be reversed, and the 47th Division can only ask for more blessings now, and it is as much as it can break out In the message, he burst into tears, almost cried, begged the principal to save him, and immediately after sending this telegram, he ordered someone to smash all the radio stations After Lao Jiang received a desperate telegram from his beloved general, he directly dialed the phone of a commander under the Li Corps, in which Lao Jiang used his official dialect with a Ningbo accent, regardless of his identity and status, and ordered him almost at the top of his voice: "Immediately launch an attack on Mengshangu, rescue the 47th Division, I will double the loss of your army to you, if the rescue is successful, immediately reorganize your army into a corps" As soon as the commander of the Li Corps heard the old man's order, he hurriedly agreed, at this moment, the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune, and the opportunity to make a name for himself is in front of him, and I will double the loss of how much I lose, and as long as I can rescue the 47th Division and reorganize my army into a corps, haha, a big pie fell from the sky, and Lao Tzu will immediately soar In the face of this huge pie, the superior authority of the corps commander, what major military operations must be approved by the commander, and so on, are worthless in front of this corps commander, he didn't even have the time to give the corps commander Chief Li a breath, he immediately shook the phone and ordered his three divisions to launch an attack on Mengshangu from the garrison on the spot, the road is not passable, the trucks can't go, and the soldiers all get off the car and advance on foot, isn't it just a mountain road of seven or eight miles, give me to rush to Mengshangu in four hours, otherwise the officers at all levels below the division commander will be able to do so.
All those who are demoted to one level and are punished with cowering and deliberately delaying fighters will be killed When these Kuomintang soldiers climbed up the hillside exhausted and panting, they found that even the small mountain roads leading to Mengshangu were guarded by soldiers, and on those mountain roads that could only accommodate one person, a machine gun could completely block the intersection t1706231537: