It just so happened that when Zhou Wu said this, Lao Cheng was also in the command headquarters, and was discovered by the fat man, who hurriedly pulled him over and asked him: "Lao Cheng, if you are given a few tanks now, can you immediately drive them to the battlefield to fight against the tanks of the Kuomintang army?"
As soon as Lao Cheng heard the fat man say this, he immediately nodded and said: "Okay, don't look at it, we don't have tanks, but my tank brothers and I are studying tank tactics almost every day, either we brag, or if we get dozens of tanks at once, as long as we have brothers who drive tanks, I promise that we can go to the battlefield at any time to fight the enemy." ” As soon as the fat man heard that Lao Cheng had no problem here, he immediately got up and said to Zhou Wu: "Commander, I don't think it's a problem, the enemy has tanks there, and we have them, and Lao Cheng has already said that he can pull them out immediately." ” As soon as Zhou Wu saw Lao Cheng coming, he hurriedly came over, held his hand and said to him: "Lao Cheng, I have to trouble you again this time, it seems that I have to let you drive tanks to fight the enemy again, so that you can't even do a good job as a regiment commander, so let's call the commander immediately, and ask him to transfer all the American tanks of the 11th Division that we captured in Jinan to form a tank unit, led by Lao Cheng, what do you think?"
Of course, Lao Cheng has no opinion, he is indeed a little powerless to be the commander of the infantry regiment, because that is not the major he learned at the beginning, although there are Zhou Wu, the fat man and Ge Sanmin from time to time to help, but Lao Cheng always feels that he is not the material for infantry after all, and it is really undesirable to be able to do tank soldiers again, so when he heard that Zhou Wu was going to form a tank unit, Lao Cheng was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed loudly: "Okay, this is great, I am looking forward to it." ” Zhou Wu hurriedly shook the phone to Commander Li, told him about the situation, and the commander immediately agreed, and immediately ordered those Kuomintang tank soldiers who surrendered to Chengcheng, under the escort of a cavalry company, day and night, to quickly rush to Linyi, and soon arrived in Linyi at noon the next day, at this moment Zhou Wu had already deployed a battle plan to attack Taierzhuang, and the fat man's first division had taken the lead in setting off, rushing to the Jiawang area in the southwest, to contain and meet the Kuomintang defenders' new 18th Army, Listening to this name seems to be very familiar, Zhou Wu after some careful analysis, and then according to the information from the underground party comrades in front, judged that this new 18th Army is a newly formed Kuomintang army, the weapons and equipment are not bad, in the central army belongs to the middle and upper class, but the combat effectiveness is not the same, most of the soldiers are new, it is estimated that the captured strong men account for the majority, the strength is worse than the young 208th Division guarding Taierzhuang, but the number is large, there are 30,000 people, equipped with a tank regiment, And the commander of this tank regiment is precisely Lao Jiang's son, this time, Lao Cheng's tank soldiers are about to meet the tank troops led by Lao Jiang's son, Zhou Wu, who got this exact information, immediately found Lao Cheng, told him about this matter, and said to Lao Cheng: "Lao Cheng, Lao Jiang even sent his son here to fight this time, it seems that he is going to fight with our East China Liberation Army on the Huaihai front, the combat effectiveness of the new 18th Army in the direction of Jia Wang is not very good, but there are many people, The officers are also drawn from other teams, and the tank regiment is led by the son of the old Jiang, I heard that this Jiang Gongzi is not simple, he has stayed in Germany and specializes in the study of armored troops, he is very young, he is already the commander of the armored corps of the Kuomintang army in his thirties, Lao Cheng, you have met an old opponent this time. ” When Lao Cheng heard Zhou Wu's words, he was a little disapproving: "When we studied with German instructors, it is estimated that this son was still a child, it is true that he stayed in Germany, but has he fought in actual combat, like our brothers, has he fought under the attack of Japanese devils and Kuomintang reactionary troops, commander, you can rest assured, as long as you give me tanks, I promise that you will not be embarrassed, foreign devils' things may not be useful in our China, so there must be someone who is not adaptable."
Lao Cheng's face was full of unconvinced, he and his tank brothers fought in Jiangbei for eight years, and fought in the Kuomintang Central Army in northern Jiangsu and Shandong for two or three years.
My tank men and I stopped wearing this uniform and went back to our hometown to farm, and we now have a share of the land there. ” Zhou Wuyi heard that Lao Cheng was a little anxious, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Lao Cheng, I didn't mean that, you don't need to issue this military order, okay, I know the mood of you and your tank brothers, so let's do it, the twenty American tanks we captured in Jinan have come, you go and take over immediately, set off immediately, catch up with the first division, obey the command of Lao Liu, I am waiting for the good news of your victory in defeating the armored troops in Taierzhuang."
As soon as Lao Cheng heard that there were twenty American tanks, he was so happy that he almost jumped up, this was his dream of dreams, but he didn't expect it to come true so soon, he immediately saluted Zhou Wu, and called his tank brothers to fly outside to take over the tanks.
Most of the tank soldiers who ran with Lao Cheng are now the regiment commanders under Zhou Wu, and they are considered middle-level cadres at best, but seeing those American tanks lined up there, these brothers suddenly ran up in a hurry as if they had not been able to see their relatives for a long time, and got into the tank and started to move, Lao Cheng took his brothers to demonstrate on the flat ground outside Linyi City, and said to Zhou Wu, who rushed to hear the news: "Commander, no problem, these tanks are better than the tanks we used before, you can give an order."
We were ready to go."
Zhou Wu handed over the formalities with the cadres who escorted these tanks from the headquarters, and said to Lao Cheng: "Okay, from now on, you are the commander of this tank unit, this is the first tank unit of our East China Field Army, because it is temporarily formed, it is very hasty, I haven't thought of the name yet, let's call you the tank regiment for the time being, quickly catch up with the first division that has set off in front, cooperate with them to defeat the enemy of Jia Wang, and win glory for this newly established armored corps."
Lao Chen and the others immediately stood up and saluted Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu immediately returned the salute, and Lao Chen yelled at his brothers: "Brothers of the tank regiment, listen to my command, the tanks will set off immediately in a one-word formation, and target the Jiawang area in the southwest direction."
A long slippery tank suddenly rumbled towards the southwest, followed by a team of trucks loaded with fuel and supplies, from Linyi to Jiawang there is still a distance of more than 100 kilometers, without fuel, the tank is just a pillbox that can rotate the turret, and it cannot play the performance of their king of land warfare at all.
Zhou Wu sent Lao Cheng away and they roared, and immediately ordered the two divisions of Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng to quickly set off towards Taierzhuang, rush to the periphery of Taierzhuang before the early morning of tomorrow, and first attack the canal position, Huang Shuisheng's division as a reserve, followed closely behind Ge Sanmin and them, without Zhou Wu's clear order, Huang Shuisheng could only stay still behind Ge Sanmin.
The progress of the fat man's team can be described as fast, he set off from Linyi, more than 100 kilometers away, the first division team only took more than two days to rush to Xie Zhuang near Jiawang, the fat man looked at the terrain of Xie Zhuang, and immediately had a plan to lure the enemy in his mind, he saw that there was a hill on both sides of the east and west near Xie Zhuang, the west is Muzhai Mountain, the east is Longmen Mountain, Xie Zhuang is just in the middle of these two mountains, from now to the north and west, are endless plains, to enter Jiawang, you must pass through these two mountains, And here is a well-known coal-producing area, there are large coal mines on the two mountains next to it, the fat man secretly rejoiced in his heart, felt that if he did not set up an ambush here, he was too sorry for this terrain, so he immediately ordered the team to rest on the spot, quickly occupy the highland slopes on both sides of Xie Zhuang, and got in touch with the local militia and local organizations in Xie Zhuang, under the guidance of the local comrades, the fat man decided to set up an ambush in the north of Xie Zhuang to kill the tiger, and sent a small detachment to lure the new Kuomintang 18th Army in the Jiawang area, After tricking their team out, they will surround and destroy a part of it in the mouth of the killer At this time, the fat man received a telegram from Zhou Wu, telling him that Lao Cheng's twenty American tanks were about to arrive, and asked him to quickly enter the battlefield to deal with the armored troops of the second son in the Jiawang area.
When the fat man saw this, he laughed out loud at that time, and the brothers around him didn't know why he was laughing, so they asked him: "Why is the teacher so happy?"
The fat man looked at them with a confused look, and said to them very proudly: "From now on, our first division has a tank unit, Lao Cheng has already rushed over with twenty tanks, and he is about to rush here, do you think I should be happy." ” As soon as the comrades heard this, twenty tanks came to help in the battle, which is very unfortunate, if they could see a few tanks, it would be terrible, but now that they have received reinforcements from so many tanks at once, we will be even more confident in attacking the enemy in the Jiawang area.
The fat man's eyes were rolling around, thinking that since he had the reinforcements of the tanks, it was necessary to properly adjust the combat deployment, the tanks could not play any role in this kind of ravine, it was best for us to lure the enemy to the big flat north of Xie Zhuang, let Lao Cheng's tanks deal with the tanks that were drawn out, and his own infantry would seal the mouth here in Xie Zhuang to kill the tiger, and surround and annihilate a part of the enemy t1706231537: