The PLA troops that appeared near Yongcheng were the troops of the Central Plains Field Army who came to reinforce the East China Field Army, and they appeared in the direction of Yongcheng, which was to lure out the large army of Commander Du who was marching towards Xiao County in Xuzhou, and they did not think that Commander Du, who was desperately rushing to Xiao County, did not notice this PLA team, and the 12th Corps, which was far away in the direction of Guzhen in the southeast, noticed it, and was striding across the Jinpu Road in the direction of Yongcheng.
The information that the 12th Corps suddenly crossed the Jinpu Line from Guzhen to the northwest was quickly placed on the table of the commander of the East China Field Army, and he looked at the military operation situation map on the wall for a long time, and couldn't figure out why Xiao Huang's 12th Corps wanted to abandon the Suxian area and suddenly turn westward.
Commander Li immediately had a bold plan in his mind, and said to Commander Chen: "Old Chen, I think we have to change the original battle plan, the 12th Corps has crossed the Jinpu Line and is heading towards Yongcheng in the northwest, they want to eat the troops of our Central Plains Field Army that are used to lure the enemy in Xuzhou in one bite, I think it can be changed like this, turn the Zhou Wubu that was originally used to pursue Qiu Li's Corps, first take the Suxian station on the Jinpu Road, and cut off the enemy's transportation and supply line.
Then he ordered the ten columns of the surrounding East China Field Army and the six columns of the Central Plains Field Army that had rushed to the area of Yongcheng to surround the Xiaohuang Corps, so that we would have sixteen columns to participate in the battle to encircle the Xiaohuang Corps, with a number of more than 300,000, and fight another battle of annihilation in the area south of Yongcheng to eat this elite corps under Lao Chiang."
As soon as he heard Commander Li's proposal, he immediately nodded yes and said: "I think this is very good, the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang Army is an elite unit just formed by Lao Chiang three months ago, and it is an all-American weapon mechanized unit, and the corps is full of integrated divisions of the Kuomintang Army, which is even more powerful than the integrated 47th Division of Commander Zhang that we annihilated on Yimeng Mountain last year, and it is the trump card in Lao Chiang's hands.
If we can annihilate this corps in the area south of Yongcheng this time, it will not be a light blow to Lao Chiang, and it can completely change the pattern of the Huaihai battlefield, we surround the Xiaohuang Corps, Lao Jiang is distressed that the 12th Corps is besieged, and he will definitely ask Commander Du of Xuzhou to come to the rescue of the Xiaohuang Corps, then we can send reinforcements in the area west of Xiao County, very good, I will immediately report this battle plan to the central government, and I hope it can be approved as soon as possible."
After Zhou Wu received the order from the commander to quickly attack the Suxian station on the Jinpu Road in the west, he immediately calculated the distance on the military map and found that he was still more than 100 kilometers away from Suxian, and according to the intelligence from the front, there was an integrated division of the 12th Corps stationed in Suxian, and the integrated division was the old unit of the Kuomintang army veteran Chen Chang, counting that on the Songhu battlefield more than ten years ago, Zhou Wu and them were still brother troops who fought side by side, but now it is different.
It's time to meet each other on the battlefield.
Zhou Wu discussed with the chief of staff Lao Xu and the political commissar Lao Niu: "We have a distance of more than 100 kilometers to Su County, and it will take three or four days for the large army to march to Su County at the earliest, not to mention that so many troops rush towards Su County together, it is easy to attract the attention of the Kuomintang reconnaissance planes in the sky, which is not conducive to our concealed tactical intentions.
Wait for three or four days when the large army arrives, and then launch a general attack."
Chief of Staff Elder Xu basically agreed with Zhou Wu's plan, but he thought that the fighting power of the enemy in Suxian was very strong, the weapons were also extremely advanced, and it occupied the Suxian station, the main transportation route, the supply was smooth, and the support was sufficient, if the troops attacked strongly, I am afraid that it would be time-consuming and laborious, and the casualties would be very large, which was not conducive to a quick victory, once they fought in this place in Suxian for a long time, it would definitely attract the attention of the 12th Corps, if they turned back to rescue Suxian, then our situation would be very bad, and the capture of Suxian still had to rely on outwitting and surrounding, Assault support can be quickly overcome, otherwise the situation is unpredictable. ” Zhou Wu nodded and said: "Lao Xu, you are right, it is definitely not possible to storm Suxian, the reorganization of the 28th Division is Chief Chen's old army, the descendants of the Central Army, the combat effectiveness is naturally not weak, we have seen this on the Songhu battlefield more than ten years ago, and now they have a full set of American-style equipment to support the waist, I think they are even more amazing, the most important thing is that they occupy the important place of Suxian on the Jinpu Road, the supply is smooth, as long as there is supply, they will definitely be able to defend the accommodation county, we can only capture Guzhen south of Suxian, Only by cutting off the supply of the reorganized 28th Division can we conquer Suxian. ” "How many enemy troops are stationed in the direction of Guzhen" Chief of Staff Lao Xu hurriedly turned his head and asked the staff officers beside him, and those staff officers hurriedly replied: "Report to the Chief of Staff, the Guzhen direction is only defended by a reinforced regiment of the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang Army. ” As soon as he heard this, Zhou Wu hurriedly stood up, smashed Guzhen on the map with his fist, and said to Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, then we will start from Guzhen, and immediately order Huang Shuisheng's division to divide half of its forces and forcibly march south to Guzhen, occupy Guzhen Station, destroy railways and telephone poles, cut off the southward escape route of the 28th Division, and cut off the supply line of the 12th Corps."
"Wait, Lao Zhou, things are not so simple, the location of Guzhen is so important to the Kuomintang army, it is related to the material transportation artery of their army, the enemy only arranged a reinforced regiment there, I think it is better to wait and see, and wait for the comrades there to figure out the actual situation before making a decision."
Lao Xu suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly asked Zhou Wu to move slowly, at this time, all kinds of information were available, but don't fall into the big trap of the Kuomintang army, causing senseless losses.
As soon as Zhou Wu heard Lao Xu's obstruction, he said: "Of course, there are two Li Corps marching north in the east of Guzhen, but they have already passed Guzhen at the moment and are rushing in the direction of Xiao County, their purpose is to join the Qiu Li Corps that is marching towards Xiao County at the same time, trying to form a defensive line in Xiao County to block our People's Liberation Army from moving south, Huang Shuisheng's division attacking Guzhen will definitely attract the attention of the two Li Corps, but they must immediately transfer troops south to rescue Guzhen, According to the information from the underground party comrades lurking in the enemy, it can be concluded that this time Xiao Huang became the commander of the 12th Corps, and the two Li Corps were also not convinced, and they were very unconvinced that a person who was teaching in a military academy suddenly became the commander of such an elite corps.
I can't get used to the other Kuomintang generals who came up from the bottom, so his popularity is not very good, this time he was suddenly raised to the high position of the commander of the corps by Lao Jiang, naturally those generals who have been scolded by him have opinions about him, and naturally there is a feeling of conflict, Guzhen theoretically belongs to the theater of the 12th Corps, if Zhou Wu can take Guzhen in a very short time, then the two Li Corps will not only not take the initiative to send troops to the rescue, but will also complain to Lao Jiang, aren't you Xiaohuang quite bullish, Why can't even a small station on Jinpu Road be guarded Zhou Wu just wanted to take advantage of this matter to gamble, he had spent a lot of time in the Kuomintang army, he was familiar with all kinds of intrigues in it, and knew that the team was definitely more powerful now than during the Anti-Japanese War.
What's more, Xiao Huang, the commander of the 12th Corps who has just taken office, unless Lao Jiang personally sends a telegram asking the Liangli Corps to go south to rescue, they will never take the initiative to go south quickly, so that Zhou Wu will have at least two or three days of time to carry out the attack on Guzhen, as long as Guzhen is taken and the railway is blown up, it is useless for the Liangli Corps to turn south and come to the rescue.
After Huang Shuisheng received Zhou Wu's order for him to go south to capture Guzhen, he immediately ordered the team to set off quickly and catch up with Guzhen in the south, and one of Huang Shuisheng's divisions marched south along the east side of the Jinpu line, and on the way, the pioneer battalion stopped a military column transporting military supplies, Huang Shuisheng saw that this was not a good thing that could be used to transport the soldiers to Guzhen, so he ordered the soldiers to unload all the materials on the general column, Handed over to the local guerrilla armed guard, ordered all the soldiers to get on the train, this military train has a total of twelve carriages, can not fit the brothers of the entire division, even if they are barely squeezed up, what to do with the brothers' supply ammunition can not let the brothers take weapons without bullets to Guzhen to fight the garrison reinforcement regiment of the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang Army, Huang Shuisheng's quartermaster roughly calculated, to carry the entire division troops and materials over, and more than a dozen carriages, Otherwise, you can only run back and forth twice to get to Guzhen.
When Huang Shuisheng hurriedly found the local guerrilla comrades and told them about the difficulties on his side, the guerrilla comrades who had been active on the railroad for a long time immediately patted their chests and said: "The head of the People's Liberation Army can rest assured, there is a station in the south of here, and there is a vehicle maintenance station in the station. t1706231537: