But the army of Commander Wen's eighteenth army has been retracted, even if the fat man quickly sends a team to intercept it at this moment, it is too late, the team is all hiding in the fortifications in the Jiawang area, and stepping up digging pits to organize defense, the fat man only relies on one of his divisions to conquer Jiawang, which is an unlikely task to complete, so the fat man hurriedly sent a telegram to Zhou Wu, who was attacking the city with the main force near Taierzhuang, asking Zhou Wu what to do next in Jiawang's first division At this moment, Zhou Wuzheng took Ge Sanmin, Xiao Zheng and Huang Shuisheng and their teams to fight with the 208th Division of the Youth Division defending the city on the outskirts of Taierzhuang, the 208th Division is indeed immature compared to other Kuomintang Central Army teams in Xuzhou, except for good weapons and equipment, the combat morale of the officers and soldiers is slightly higher, and the rest of the Central Army is inferior to other Central Army teams in all aspects.
According to the city, but could not withstand Zhou Wu's strategy to lure the enemy, when Huang Shuisheng and they feinted several times on the outer positions south of Taierzhuang, and pretended to be defeated and fled to the south, his brain was hot, so he ordered except for one regiment to continue to stay in the Taierzhuang canal position and the city fortifications, the rest of the main force pursued up, and surrounded the division under Zhou Wu under the city of Xuzhou, and at the same time he also sent a telegram to the new commander of the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters Du to request that a team be sent to attack this team fleeing south.
After all, Chief Du has seen the world and fought a tough battle, and from the analysis of the information obtained, this team fleeing to the south is very likely to be a bait, how to run not to run to the north of their territory but to run in the direction of Xuzhou This is incredible, although Chief Du cannot conclude that this is the opposite commander Zhou Wu's plan to lure the enemy into suspicion, but as a veteran of the battlefield, he quickly and keenly felt that Taierzhuang may not be able to hold it, and the young 208th Division has been fooled, and is about to encounter a large number of divisions and encirclement Commander Du hurriedly sent a telegram asking the 208th Division to quickly retreat to the Taierzhuang area, or stay put, immediately turn to the defense, stick to the dangerous terrain south of Taierzhuang, and wait for reinforcements from Xuzhou to come to the rescue The young division commander Pan who received the telegram from Chief Du did not think so, thinking that Chief Du was overly cautious, and there was no sign of large army activities around at present, only those who fled in front, where did the danger come from, it seems that Chief Du was afraid of being beaten on the battlefield in the northeast, and some grass and trees are all soldiers.
After receiving the news that the young division did not stop and continued to pursue towards the north of Xuzhou, Lao Du was so angry that he scolded: "This young division insists on going its own way and does not listen to the command, Taierzhuang is not guaranteed, and Xuzhou is in danger."
The staff officer next to Chief Du said to him: "Chief Du is angry, he can't be angry for these people, the young division is a model division under the chairman, and it is notoriously difficult to command and train, and those officers are all domineering, empty-eyed, thinking that they are the most bullish people in the world, and they deserve to be surrounded, we still immediately mobilize the Qiu and Li Corps in the east of Xuzhou to move in the direction of Xuzhou to ensure the safety of Xuzhou and Lianyungang, and at the same time order the Li Huang Corps in Bengbu to quickly move north along the Jinpu Road, Through Xiao County, it is directly inserted into the Jiawang area, blocking East China from going south through here."
As soon as Commander Du heard the words of the staff officers under his command, he felt that it could only be like this now, Taierzhuang was definitely not guaranteed, the Zhou Wubu who besieged the city was a famous Jiangbei general, and he once defeated the 47th Division, one of the five King Kongs, in the Mengshangu area of Shandong, which showed that he was extraordinary, and it was really difficult to deal with, but the young division commander Pan who was stationed in Taierzhuang did not make good use of the dangerous terrain around Taierzhuang, but instead went out to fight a field battle with the main force of Zhou Wu, isn't this a problem with his brain, take his own shortcomings to touch the strengths of Zhou Wubu, there is only one result, it will be defeated, not only Taierzhuang will not be guaranteed, but the young division will also suffer the end of the whole army Chief Du couldn't bear to let such a team of the Young Division be annihilated by Zhou Wu like this, so he hurriedly called Lao Jiang in Nanjing to report to Lao Jiang and asked Lao Jiang to personally give an order for the Young Division to stop the pursuit and stick to the spot.
As soon as Lao Jiang heard this, Commander Pan was stunned again, and he was furious, and hurriedly sent a telegram to Commander Pan in person, asking him to immediately follow the order of Commander Du of Xuzhou, immediately return to Taierzhuang or stick to the spot, and not to pursue the team that may be a bait in the south, otherwise the young division will suffer a catastrophe.
Lao Jiang's telegram was very harsh, but the division commander Pan who received this telegram couldn't run out even if he wanted to, just half an hour before he received this telegram, they were attacked by a large army, and there were teams rushing up in all directions, Pan division commander hurriedly contacted the left-behind regiment in Taierzhuang, but he never got a reply, and then the voice of the soldiers came over the radio, and when the division commander Pan heard this, his heart was cold at that time, so it seems that his old nest Taierzhuang has been occupied, His youth division suddenly became a group of homeless people, and at this time, the brothers who were scouting in front came back and reported that we were surrounded by regiments, and there were rushing teams on all sides, and we couldn't get out.
At this time, the arrogant, empty-eyed, and unpleasant Commander Pan regretted not listening to the words of Chief Du of Xuzhou, Taierzhuang was captured, and his main force was surrounded by a team that came out of nowhere, which was over.
However, Pan Division Commander was unwilling to be wiped out by Zhou Wu in this way, and while ordering the main force to quickly shrink the defense line to resist the rushing Zhou Wu troops, he hurriedly asked Chief Du of Xuzhou for help, and in the telegram he repeatedly asked Chief Du for guilt, asking Chief Du to quickly send rescuers to the rescue for the sake of the party-state and the chairman.
Commander Du knew from Commander Pan's telegram that the young division was besieged near Lao Zhuzhuang in the northwest of Xuzhou, and he hurriedly looked on the map and found that this old Zhuzhuang was located in the middle of Taierzhuang and Jia Wang, leaning slightly towards Jia Wang, and Chief Du hurriedly turned his head and asked the staff officer beside him: "Which is the closest unit to Lao Zhuzhuang?"
The staff officer next to him immediately replied: "The closest unit to Lao Zhuzhuang is Chief Huang's corps, and they are now resting in Xin'an Town."
When Chief Du saw it, he hurriedly compared it on the map, and estimated that the Yellow Corps, which was resting in Xin'an Town, was only seventy or eighty kilometers away from Lao Zhuzhuang, and that he was a mechanized corps and should be able to rush there within four or five hours, while the Qiu Corps, known as the "madman," was still in the southwest of Lianyungang.
The staff officer next to Chief Du saw that the commander meant to send the Yellow Corps west to Lao Zhuzhuang to rescue the young division, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Chief Du, don't use the Yellow Corps, the Yellow Corps is the barrier east of our Xuzhou, and Lunan is ready to move, if they go south along Xin'an Town, straight to the east of Xuzhou, plus Jia Wang's new Eighteenth Army is lost, then Xuzhou will be surrounded by regiments, and it is always a good trick to intersperse with roundabouts, only to maintain the corridor between Xuzhou and Lianyungang, We can take the initiative on the battlefield of Xubeng, in case Xuzhou is besieged, as long as the team can move freely to the vicinity of Lianyungang, it can still be evacuated to the south by sea, leaving Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, the main force is still there, relying on the Yangtze River natural danger, although fierce, but what can we do" The staff officer who put forward this suggestion, Lao Du knows, was sent by the Ministry of Defense to the Xuzhou Suppression General Headquarters, and Major General Xiao, director of the Operations Division of the Ministry of National Defense, was his old subordinate in the expeditionary force, The command of the war is very set, but the personality is too strong, and it is upright, which has offended many powerful people, so that until now, he is only a major general, and he has not been promoted, and Lao Du still trusts him.
"Then according to what you mean, how should we deploy now" Lao Du asked Lao Xiao.
"Give up rescuing the youth division, immediately order the Yellow Corps to move closer to Xuzhou, urge the Qiu Li Corps behind to speed up and move closer to the east of Xudong between Xuzhou and Lianyungang, form a solid front between Xuzhou and Lianyungang, prevent East China in the Lunan region from moving south, and quickly withdraw the garrison in the Jiawang area, order the two Li Corps to quickly move closer to the Xiaoxian area, relying on the Jinpu line to maneuver, Jiawang and Taierzhuang are the bridgehead north of Xuzhou respectively, Taierzhuang has fallen into the hands of Zhou Wu, Jia Wang can no longer be lost, once lost, the north of Xuzhou will be completely exposed to East China, at that time, we can only withdraw to Lianyungang on the battlefield of hundreds of thousands of elites in Lianyungang to wait for the south to cross the sea to withdraw, and at that time to retreat south, we have to keep the corridor between Xuzhou and Lianyungang unblocked, otherwise we can only risk going west Xiao County south retreat.
"Lao Xiao proposed to remove Jia Wang's garrison, Commander Wen's eighteenth army from now on, is not enough to hold Jia Wang, must immediately change to other elite defense, Taierzhuang has fallen into the hands, if Jia Wang is conquered again, then Xuzhou will be dangerous, the Yellow Corps moved closer to Xuzhou, and the Qiu Li Corps that caught up behind to form a corridor east of Xuzhou to ensure the superiority of troops around the Longhai line, as long as the Longhai line and the Jinpu line of the two main arteries, the team can get timely material supplies, Only with grain and grass can we fight a good war, otherwise everything is empty talk, it seems that the advice of this old Major General Xiao's staff officer is quite keen, Chief Du nodded again and again, Lao Xiao's formation looks like a cross formation from the map, all troops are moving along the Jinpu Road and the Longhai line, Xuzhou is the center point of this cross, and the Jiawang area is equivalent to the barrier of this center point, which must be kept. t1706231537: