Commander Zheng looked at Commander Liu's ambiguous attitude, although his plan of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao" was perfect, and there must be room for operation, but it also needed the cooperation of other friendly troops of the theater headquarters, otherwise he would only be left with his New Fifth Army fighting alone in front of Taierzhuang, which would not be able to pose a substantial threat to the Zhou military forces besieging Taierzhuang.
Commander Zheng then sent a telegram directly to Chairman Chiang in Nanjing, asking Lao Chiang to make a decision, and Lao Chiang received this telegram from Commander Zheng, and hurriedly asked Commander Liu to send other troops stationed near Xuzhou to keep up with the offensive of the New Fifth Army and encircle and annihilate Zhou's military forces on the periphery of Taierzhuang, so as to avenge the revenge of Jinan City Just when Lao Jiang had just issued this order to the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters, he received that East China had all been dispatched and was marching towards the front line of Xuzhou, and there was a great tendency to encircle Xuzhou in one fell swoop.
Lao Jiang was anxious, and hurriedly transferred the commander Du who commanded the battle in the northeast to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou Suppression General Headquarters, nominally just a deputy, but Lao Jiang gave Chief Du exclusive powers, and if necessary, he did not need to ask Chief Liu to report directly to himself to decide on action, so that Chief Liu of Xuzhou really became a "lucky general", and the position of commander-in-chief was vacated by Chief Du sent by Lao Jiang As soon as Commander Du arrived in Xuzhou, he immediately vetoed the campaign plan of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao" of Commander Zheng, he believed that the current front line in Xuzhou is far superior to East China in terms of quantity and quality, and although Taierzhuang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not an important place, most of the troops in Xuzhou's generation are advanced mechanized teams, and the Fifth Army is one of the leaders, and the advantages of the mechanized team should be manifested in the movement operations of the Great Plains, how can they go to Taierzhuang to do what ordinary infantry teams do When Commander Zheng heard that Lao Du had vetoed his carefully planned battle plan, he couldn't figure it out, and said to Commander Du: "Commander Du, this is a good opportunity to encircle and annihilate the main force, taking advantage of the fact that they can't get out of Taierzhuang, we will pounce, we will definitely be able to see them surrounded, even if we can't eat them in one bite, we can at least wipe out a part of Zhou Wu's team, and the chairman has instructed Chief Liu to agree to my plan."
"Commander Zheng couldn't understand why Chief Du had to go against the chairman of the committee when he came to Xuzhou When Chief Du heard that Commander Zheng had moved out of the old man, he said to Commander Zheng angrily: "Old Zheng, think about it, what are we doing in Xuzhou to defend a few cities near Xuzhou, in the northeast, our elite 600,000 people are stuck in the big cities isolated from each other, and they are eaten by the team one by one, and in the end, even Liao Yaoxiang's corps can't run out of the encirclement, do we have to make the same mistake again in Xuzhou?"
When Commander Zheng heard this, he was immediately speechless, indeed in the Northeast Battlefield, he originally had an advantage, not only the number of people was large, but also the quality of weapons and soldiers was better, but he was too superstitious to Jiancheng, and did not take the initiative to look for fighters to encircle and annihilate, resulting in being divided and surrounded one by one, all wrapped dumplings and finished, Liao Yaoxiang's corps is also the elite of the Central Army, and once followed Chief Du to participate in the expeditionary force in Burma.
In this way, when the northeast was about to run to Yingkou to go to sea, they were blocked, and they all became prisoners As soon as Commander Zheng heard that Commander Du was going to fight a sports war on the front line of Bengbu, Xuzhou, he said tentatively: "Then according to the commander's meaning, we are going to fight a sports war with East China here on the Xubang battlefield."
"Yes, we just want to make full use of the rapid mobility advantage of the mechanized troops, attack quickly, surround the marching team, encircle and annihilate it, so as to ensure the safety of Xuzhou and the surrounding cities, do not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, as long as the team is eliminated, those cities will be ours sooner or later, is it possible that they will run with long legs" Commander Du seems to have studied the tactics of the PLA, this is not the essence of our chairman's sports warfare: don't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, as long as you concentrate the absolute superiority of troops, Annihilate the enemy's living forces in a local encirclement "This idea is good, but I don't think the chairman of the committee will necessarily agree, he thinks that we have an advantage on the front line of Xu Beng, why engage in this kind of sports warfare running around, and the logistics supply of our mechanized team consumes a lot, in the process of sports warfare, what should I do if the logistics supply can't keep up, the tanks and cars are like scrap metal without fuel, the guns and ammunition are gone, the weapons have become burning sticks, the most advanced is useless, the officers and soldiers have no food or drink, what strength do they have to fight, let alone what combat effectiveness and morale" Commander Zheng is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, In a word, it is pointed out that in order to fight a sports war on the battlefield of Xubang, it is necessary to have a supply guarantee in the later stage, otherwise it is better to rely on the strong fortifications of Xuzhou and Bengbu and other big cities to fight the urban fortifications at the same time.
"Don't worry about this, the chairman of the committee has already told me that on the military issue of the battle of Xu Beng, my opinion is the mainstay, and he generally will not interfere in the command below, with this guarantee of the chairman of the committee, what are we still worried about" Chief Du is full of confidence and is determined to win.
"Then in this case, our new Fifth Army obeys the command of the Xuzhou Suppression General Headquarters, but what should we do in Jia Wang's new Eighteenth Army, can we just watch that brigade being surrounded and annihilated," Commander Zheng said to Commander Du.
"Order the Eighteenth Army to immediately shrink the defense to Jia Wang, stick to the fortifications, don't take the initiative to attack again, that brigade doesn't have to go to the rescue, and it will be in vain to save it, but to join other teams, I will go to Nanjing tomorrow, meet with the chairman, and formulate a detailed plan for the battle of Xu Beng, all the first line of Xu Beng will enter the fortification defense from now on, and when I return from Nanjing, I will immediately implement the battle of Xu Beng, lure East China to the plain area here, and use our mechanized advantage to surround them" Now the brigade of the commander of the Eighteenth Army Wen is completely out of play, Lao Wen received a telegram from the new commander, and he was so angry that he tore up the telegram and scolded: "It's all at this time, and I can't save it, I want to retract back into the fortifications to defend Lao Tzu, come on, go quickly, Lao Lu invited me over, I want to apologize to him in person, I was dizzy and listened to the second son's rhetoric, which caused the brothers to suffer."
Lao Lu was invited by the officers under Commander Wen, and when Commander Wen saw that Lao Lu was coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to apologize to him: "Chief of Staff Lu, I'm sorry for you, I'm confused, I shouldn't listen to the words of the second son, so you sit tightly." ” When Lao Lu heard this, he smiled faintly and said: "Junzuo, this is nothing, what are you going to do in this situation?"
Commander Wen hurriedly said to him: "I still have to ask the chief of staff for guidance" Commander Wen's attitude was extremely sincere.
Lao Lu shook his head and said to him: "Military seat, it's too late, it's too late to say anything now, you better quickly withdraw to Jia Wang's fortifications and wait for help, if there are reinforcements to rescue, the Eighteenth Army may be able to get out of this difficulty, otherwise it is estimated that it will not be able to run out of the palm of the East China army, you and I have underestimated the appetite of East China, their goal is not only Xuzhou City, but the entire team on the Xu Beng front." ” Commander Wen shook his head when he saw Lao Lu, and he was very anxious, his cronies brigade was still surrounded by the Hukou troops on the opposite side, if he couldn't save it, what could he do "Chief of Staff, I think that the entire main force of the Eighteenth Army will be divided into two routes, bypassing Longmen Mountain and Muzhai Mountain respectively, and launching an attack behind the back in the area of Lizhuang, it is estimated that we will be able to break up the troops that encircle and annihilate us, so as to rescue the team."
Commander Wen was still fantasizing about being able to rescue the cronies brigade troops.
"Impossible, military seat, I still say the same thing, immediately follow the meaning of Chief Du, retract into the Jiawang fortifications, and wait for help, otherwise there will be a great disaster, and if you hesitate any longer, you will be divided and surrounded by a turn."
Lao Lu still means that.
Commander Wen's indecisive personality came up at this time, and he had been vacillating between saving or not saving, evacuating and not withdrawing, hesitating, and the old chief of staff Lu was annoyed, and he lowered his face and yelled at him: "Military seat, make a decision quickly, time is running out, you have to think about the tens of thousands of soldiers left in the Eighteenth Army."
Lao Wen heard the roar of the chief of staff, and finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind, ordering all the main forces of the Eighteenth Army to retreat to Jia Wang, retract into fortifications, strengthen the position, and resist the incoming attacking team.
When the fat man who had wiped out all the Broken Rear Brigade in front received the main force of the Eighteenth Army that had all retracted back to Jia Wang, he was very surprised, but he didn't expect that there were still people in the team who could see things, and he was able to give up this main force Brigade and survive with a broken arm, it seems that he has to study and deal with this Eighteenth Army, and they also have masters there, originally according to the fat man's idea, when he besieged the Broken Rear Brigade, the Eighteenth Army would definitely send troops to rescue, For this reason, he also specially sent a brigade of troops to ambush in the south of Xie Zhuang, waiting for the arrival of those reinforcements to achieve the tactical purpose of encircling and destroying reinforcements, but he never thought that the encirclement and annihilation were successful, this brigade was all wiped out by the first division, and thousands of enemies were captured.
But the purpose of the reinforcement was not achieved, and the new eighteenth army that lost a brigade still had tens of thousands of troops, entrenched in Jia Wang's strong fortifications, but it became a bone that was difficult to gnaw, thinking of this, the fat man regretted it, you must know that in this case, you should let go of this national army brigade and take the main force directly into Jia Wang.
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