Suddenly there were bursts of huge explosions in the direction of Pixian Station, and the blood-red flames that rose up were particularly eye-catching in the dark night sky, and the explosion obviously alarmed Commander Huang, who was camping here in Chengzhuang and resting and dreaming, he hurriedly jumped up from the marching bed, ran out of the tent, caught an officer and asked him sharply: "What happened in front of me, where such a strong explosion came from" The officer didn't know what was going on in the direction of Pixian in front of him, so he just said to Commander Huang vaguely: "Listen to the direction of the explosion is the Pixian station." ” "Ah, there was an accident at the Pixian station, and the retreat of our corps in Xuzhou was cut off, and immediately ordered the commander of the Ninth Army Qiu to set off immediately, rush to Pixian, and recapture the station for me, hasn't the division under him already rushed to the vicinity of Pixian, how can he let the one who succeeds in capturing the station check me" Commander Huang was furious, and his years of experience in marching and fighting told him that his corps might be encircled in East China, occupy Pixian Station, and cut off his way to Xuzhou, Xinyi has been occupied, In this way, he will face the north, west, and east of East China here in Chengzhuang, and only by maneuvering quickly towards the south may be able to get rid of the pursuit of East China and jump out of the encirclement network that has been opened Commander Huang hurriedly asked the staff officer beside him to bring a military map, spread it out and look for it with the headlights of the car, and carefully looked for a place on the map that could break through to the south, at this time a place caught his attention, he pointed to that place and said to his chief of staff: "Lao Hu, come and see, this mill is flat, the east is a canal, which can block the westward advance to catch up with the team that surrounds us, we are a mechanized army, the speed on the plain, relying on two mud legs can not catch up with us, I plan to retreat the main force of the corps in the direction of Mill Village." and how do you see it."
Chief of Staff Hu hurriedly took a closer look at the map, and sure enough, as the commander said, the Nianzhuang area is very suitable for mechanized marching, and there is a canal to the east of Zhuangzi to block it, as long as some blocking teams are arranged on the side of the canal, you can block the east China attacking westward, since the Longhai line railway has been cut off, and then retreat along the railway towards Xuzhou is no longer realistic, then do as Commander Huang said.
As soon as Commander Huang saw that Chief of Staff Hu also meant this, he immediately sent a report to Chief Du on the Xuzhou side, asking Chief Du to urge the Qiu and Li Corps going north to speed up, and it was best to rush to the Nian Zhuang area in the early morning of the day after tomorrow to join his corps.
It just so happened that at this time, Chief Du was admitted to the hospital because he stayed up late for several days to deploy and command, and his old problems recurred, and when Commander Huang's urgent telegram was sent to the hospital and handed it to Chief Du to read, it was almost early in the morning, and at this time, a telegram with the same content was placed on the table of Zhou Wu's headquarters in Taierzhuang, and those communication cadres in the headquarters of the East China Field Army intercepted the telegram sent by the Yellow Corps to the direction of Xuzhou, and deciphered it in time.
This was the same as the encirclement and blocking location that Zhou Wu had originally envisioned, so he immediately forwarded this telegram to Zhou Wu, and immediately ordered the Lunan column and the other two corps on the Xinyi side to quickly move westward and drive the Yellow Corps in the direction of Nianzhuang Zhou Wu received this telegram forwarded by Commander Li, and immediately understood what was going on, Commander Li wanted to use Nian Zhuang here as a place to end the Yellow Corps, it seems that he estimated very accurately this time, the Yellow Corps saw that Pixian Station was conquered by us, and it was impossible to go west to Xuzhou along the Longhai Line, so he thought about the Qiu Li Corps going north, so he tried to run out of the encirclement that the People's Liberation Army had spread, and after meeting with the Qiu Li Corps, the elite troops of the three corps of nearly 400,000 were placed there, The entire East China People's Liberation Army is only 400,000 horses, and this is still counting the number of local troops, and 400,000 against 400,000 will definitely not be able to encircle, so as long as we quickly catch up, cut off the Yellow Corps' inescapable road, and completely block their way in Nianzhuang, can we create an opportunity for the large army to rush to encircle and annihilate the Yellow Corps in time In this way, one of his own corps plus the temporarily reorganized eighteenth army team, as well as Lao Chen's column of less than 60,000 men and horses will face the attack of more than 100,000 elite mechanized troops of the Yellow Corps around the Nian Zhuang area, and this is not the end, the Qiu Li Corps, which has already rushed north to Nian Zhuang, is only seventy or eighty kilometers away from Nian Zhuang, and Zhou Wu will be attacked by the three most elite corps of the Kuomintang Central Army, and what is even more fatal is that The enemy in the direction of Xuzhou has sensed the danger of the position of the Yellow Corps, and Chief Du, who was lying on the hospital bed and was dripping, ordered the New Fifth Army of Xiao County, west of Xuzhou, to quickly march east to defend Xuzhou, and contain and besiege the western flank of the Yellow Corps, so that Zhou Wu is attacked on three sides, and the enemies on these three sides are not so easy to fight, the New Fifth Army is one of the five King Kongs under Lao Jiang, the trump card of the trump card, the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Corps is not weak, and the Qiu Li Corps is even more powerful, especially the Qiu madman, who is bold in fighting, Don't play cards according to common sense, the way of playing is very spicy, it's really hard to deal with.
Commander Li estimated the unprecedented pressure on Zhou Wu's side, and hurriedly dispatched two troops in his hand, which were originally used as strategic reserves, and the two local columns reorganized by the Shandong local armed forces immediately moved south, inserted into the Jiawang area, and intercepted the Kuomintang army's ace New Fifth Army, which was advancing eastward and threatening Zhou Wu's flank, between Jiawang and Taierzhuang, and at the same time urgently contacted Commander Zhang of the 58th Army who had already entered the Jiawang area, and it was time to hold an uprising.
Commander Zhang of the 58th Army received the news from Commander Li, and immediately launched an uprising in the early morning of the third day of the third day of entering Jiawang, and all the fortifications and coal mines in the Jiawang area fell into the hands of the East China People's Liberation Army, and the news of the 58th Army's uprising in Jiawang reached Xuzhou, and Commander Du, who was on a dripping on the hospital bed, was so anxious that he vomited blood, beat the hospital bed with his fist and shouted: "Jia Wang is lost, the northern gateway of Xuzhou is opened, Pixian is lost, the Longhai line is cut off, the Yellow Corps is in danger, and Xuzhou is in danger."
If so many elites are destroyed in my hands, Du will be guilty of a great crime. ” Chief Du was angry and anxious, he fainted, fortunately in the hospital, the doctors and nurses made an emergency rescue and rescued Chief Du, Chief Liu heard that Chief Du had fainted, and hurried to the hospital, took his hand and said to him: "Old Du, it's not your fault that Jia Wang is lost, that Zhang has always thought that he is the elite of the party-state, and even the chairman of the committee personally gave him a sword, I never thought that he was a communist for a long time, and he has been hidden and lurking in it for more than 20 years, which is too unexpected, It's no wonder you, you better recuperate, I have already sent a report to the chairman of the committee, saying that you are overworked and need to go back to Nanjing to recuperate because of the battle of Xu Beng, and it is estimated that the chairman will reply immediately. ” When Chief Du heard the fat man's report asking him to go back to Nanjing to recuperate, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "Thank you Chief Liu for your concern, I am not seriously ill, I am just in a hurry, at the time of the life and death of this party-state, how can I leave my brothers to go back to Nanjing alone to recuperate, those who know my situation know that I have gone to recuperate, and those brothers who don't know still think that I have escaped from the battle, by all means, even if I want to go to Nanjing to recuperate, I have to wait for the war on the front line of Xu Beng to be clearer before it is too late."
"Lao Du this person is very face-saving, during the Anti-Japanese War Expeditionary Force, when his division crossed the Savage Mountain, most of his brothers died of exhaustion and illness, and some people advised him to leave these subordinates alone, just run for his life, but Chief Du insisted on working with his brothers, and finally crossed the Savage Mountain and returned to China, so he was unanimously supported by his soldiers, and Lao Jiang also looked at him differently, and suddenly promoted him from a division commander to a military commander, and then he was promoted steadily, five years later, today, Lao Du is already the actual supreme commander in East China, except for Lao Jiang, there is no one else who can give orders to him, Lao Du, who has 600,000 heavy troops, only found out at this moment that the battle of Xu Beng is becoming more and more difficult to fight, and the cunning and flexible tactics of East China make him tired of coping, and now the two major gateways in the north of Xuzhou, Jia Wang and Taierzhuang, have fallen into the hands one after another, the lonely city of Xuzhou has not been reported, and Xuzhou has lost it, it is no big deal, but the Huang Corps is still in the Chengzhuang area east of Xuzhou at the moment, More than 100,000 elite mechanized troops are about to fall into the encirclement, how can this not allow Chief Du, who is the supreme commander of East China, to steam the engine Lao Jiang heard that Chief Du was overworked and fell ill, so he hurriedly called the hospital, asked for warmth, and said to him with concern, immediately put down the military affairs at hand and handed them over to Chief Liu, and went back to Nanjing for treatment.
Lao Jiang's set of tricks to communicate feelings was very effective, and Chief Du on the hospital bed was so moved that he immediately said that his illness was not serious and would not affect his command of the battle, but now that the Longhai Line Railway had been destroyed, and the Yellow Corps was still 50 kilometers east of Xuzhou, it was very likely that it would be surrounded by the East China troops that had surrounded him, and he hoped that the chairman of the committee would agree to abandon Xuzhou and urgently order the Qiu Li Corps to reinforce the Yellow Corps, and he himself would take the main force to retreat westward and withdraw to the Bengbu area, relying on the Huai River defense line to resist the attack.
If the attack cannot be resisted in the Bengbu area, then it is best to withdraw all the 600,000 elites in East China to the area south of the Yangtze River, and the transportation capacity is insufficient, so you can ask US ships and planes to help transport them; Commander Du believes that the current situation on the Xu Beng battlefield is extremely unfavorable, but there is still the possibility of preserving the elite troops, and it is necessary to immediately withdraw from here and withdraw south, relying on the Yangtze River defense line to confront it. t1706231537: