As soon as Commander Huang heard that Division Commander Liao's 108th Division was in front, he hurriedly instructed his staff officers: "Quickly order the officers above the division commander level to come to the corps headquarters for a meeting, the speed must be fast, and the time is urgent."
Soon, all the ten division commanders under Commander Huang of the 12th Corps rushed to the corps headquarters, and before the meeting began, several division commanders on the forward positions scolded: "Damn, Lao Tzu is desperately blocking the onslaught in front, but someone is slandering us in the back, saying that we are passive to avoid the war, commander, if this battle continues like this, our 12th Corps will definitely be finished, or move closer to the Li Mi Corps in the east as soon as possible, listening to the guns and cannons on the side of Cao Zhuangji, it is estimated that the vanguard of Li Mi's Corps rushed to Cao Zhuangji, It's a firefight with the team guarding there. ” The division commanders of the 12th Corps asked Commander Huang to make up his mind to break through to the east, and not to hold on to this place in Shuangduiji, although the chairman repeatedly asked Xuzhou and Bengbu to send reinforcements to rescue, but they have resisted the offensive here for a week, and they have not seen the teams that came to the rescue Commander Huang listened to the opinions of his division commanders and felt that it was time to break through in the direction of Caozhuangji in the east, so he asked them: "Then who will take the lead and rush out?"
As soon as the words fell, Commander Liao of the 108th Division hurriedly said to Commander Huang: "Commander, our 108th Division is just near Caozhuangji, why don't our divisions take the lead in launching a breakthrough operation to Caozhuangji, and the large troops of the corps will follow later."
Commander Huang waited for this sentence from Division Commander Liao, and hurriedly took over the conversation and said: "Okay, it is rare that Division Commander Liao is loyal to the party and the state, and is willing to break through the encirclement, okay, I will hand over all the tank regiments of the Corps to you to command, as well as replenish the ammunition supply of your division, I hope that Division Commander Liao can lead the team to break through the defensive position of Cao Zhuangji and open a passage for our 12th Corps to break through."
When Division Commander Liao heard that Commander Huang had given him enough food and ammunition materials, and had also handed over the tank regiment in the corps to his command, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Thank you Commander Huang for taking care of our 108th Division, we should fight hard and make a bloody way for the corps to break through the encirclement."
After Division Commander Liao returned to his station, the chief of staff said to him: "There is a fellow villager who claims to be yours who asks to see you. ” Division Commander Liao hurriedly said to the chief of staff: "I, Liao, have endured humiliation and burdens here for more than 20 years, and finally waited for this opportunity to invite my fellow villager over quickly." ” The chief of staff understood and immediately ordered the guards to invite the fellow villagers of the Liao division commander in, the person who came was not tall, but his eyes were bright, and when he saw the Liao division commander, he hurriedly arched his hand and said to him: "Hello to the teacher Liao, Mr.
Chen, my mother's family, greetings you." ” Division Commander Liao was excited in his heart, he was an old underground party member who entered the Kuomintang army in the late twenties, and he had been lurking in the Kuomintang army for a long time, and his true identity was only known to a few leaders such as vice chairman in the Communist Party, and he was not awakened and started during the entire eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
This person may have been sent by the East China Field Army, and seeing that he was about to meet his comrades, Division Commander Liao could not be excited, for all these years, he had been in the ranks to seek perfection, endure humiliation, and his identity did not even know his wife, and this secrecy work was too solid.
"May I ask my mother's uncle, but his surname is Zhou," Master Liao hurriedly said to the code.
The man nodded hurriedly, took out a letter from the mezzanine of his underwear, handed it to Master Liao, and said to him: "This is the letter that your maternal uncle asked me to bring to you, you can understand it when you look at it." ” Division Commander Liao hurriedly took it and took a closer look, and sure enough, it was a letter from Vice Chairman Zhou, in which Vice Chairman asked Division Commander Liao to choose an opportunity to launch a battlefield uprising, which had been lurking for more than 20 years, and today is the time to wake up Division Commander Liao, an old underground party member.
Division Commander Liao was excited, and hurriedly introduced his chief of staff to the visitor: "This is also our comrade, we have made all preparations, just wait for the order of the higher authorities to start us, now this time is just right, I have just arrived from the headquarters of the 12th Corps, our 108th Division takes the lead in breaking through, we can take advantage of this opportunity to carry out a battlefield uprising, and create favorable conditions for the PLA to encircle and annihilate the 12th Corps."
"Okay, this is very good, I will immediately go back and report to Commander Chen and Commander Li of the East China Field Army, let's use this radio channel from now on to contact, so that when you launch an uprising, we can come to answer at any time" After speaking, the messenger immediately turned around and said goodbye, Division Commander Liao hurriedly sent a few cronies to escort the messenger back, now is the critical time before the uprising, you must be careful, otherwise those guys in the secret service will know that they have been busy for the past 20 years After receiving the reply from the Liao division commander, Commander Li immediately informed Zhou Wu of the situation by radio to Zhou Wu, who was resisting the onslaught of Li Mi's corps in Caozhuangji, and Zhou Wu saw that there was such a good thing, wouldn't it be more certain to destroy the encirclement and annihilation of the 12th Corps, and immediately made some adjustments and deployments to Caozhuangji's position, and moved most of the troops to the east to resist the onslaught of Li Mi's corps In the large playground in front of the division headquarters, he said to these officers: "Brothers, our 108th Division is responsible for the task of breaking through the vanguard, and the team on the opposite side of Cao Zhuangji is Zhou Wu's troops, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong, everyone is the old brothers who have followed me for more than ten years, at this time, I don't want to hide anything from you, don't hide it from everyone, I decided that our 108th Division will revolt in front of the battle, break away from the Kuomintang army, and throw itself into the PLA team.
If you are willing to follow me, then please stand on the left, if you are not willing to follow me, I will not be reluctant, read on the feelings of colleagues, I will send the travel fee, let you act on your own, but I said ugly things ahead, if anyone runs to the corps headquarters to oppose me, then I Liao will never be soft on him. ” Division Commander Liao finally had a showdown with the officers and men under his command, he was very confident in the uprising of the officers and soldiers of his 108th Division, most of the officers above the company level under his command were the backbone of his personal training, and some were still secret underground party members, Chief of Staff Lao Jiang was one of them, even if a small number of officers did not agree to follow him, then he could not miss the major event of the uprising, as long as most of the troops of the 108th Division could be pulled out, it would be a successful uprising.
Sure enough, except for the officers of the tank regiment who had just been assigned to the 108th Division, the rest of the officers all stood on the left side, choosing to throw themselves into the communist army with the commander of the Liao division Of course, Commander Liao could see their thoughts, so he said to them: "You don't have to be afraid, I, Liao, am a man of my word, and I will never embarrass you, so I will give you a few minutes to think about it, if you insist on going back, then I will send you the money to go back, but the equipment and soldiers of the tank regiment must stay."
Looking at the current battlefield situation, it is not easy for the 12th Corps to highlight the encirclement of the team, and now the 108th Division is on the verge of turning against the water at this critical moment and throwing itself into the Communist Party, which is equivalent to opening a big gap in the flank of the 12th Corps.
It is better to follow Commander Liao and them to revolt, maybe with the skills of his tank soldiers, he can still eat in the Communist team.
The officers of Tang Kedi's army discussed it for a while, and finally decided not to go back, so they followed the Liao division commander and they revolted, of course the Liao division commander welcomed, these tank soldiers are scarce professionals, and the PLA is in great need.
Before leaving, Division Commander Liao did not forget to send a telegram to Commander Huang, who was waiting for the news of their departure, telling him that the 108th Division had quickly marched to Caozhuangji in accordance with the commander's instructions and was expected to arrive there in the afternoon.
Commander Huang saw that the 108th Division had already set off, so the large forces of our corps could not lag behind, so he hurriedly ordered the 14th Army, the 10th Army and the 85th Army that were still struggling to support the position in Shuangduiji, and the 10th Army and the 85th Army immediately retreated in the direction of Caozhuangji, and the 85th Army stayed behind to block the besieging team after the Shuangduiji was broken, and the 14th Army and the 10th Army alternately covered Caozhuangji in the east on the north and south flanks respectively.
Just when the large army of the 12th Corps was marching towards Caozhuang Ji in the east, the commander of the Liao Division had already rushed to the Caozhuang Ji area with all the 108th Division, and joined the team of the fat man sent by Zhou Wu, and the soldiers and brothers on both sides hugged and cheered one after another, celebrating this division that had a turning point in the Huaihai Campaign, Zhou Wu also hurriedly came with a few guards, held the hand of the commander of the Liao Division and said to him: "Welcome back to the old Comrade Liao, your 108th Division is revolting at this time, for Commander Huang of the 12th Corps, That would be the equivalent of his life, and you should quickly pass through our line of defense and withdraw to the rear of our army in the northwest, and we will deal with it." t1706231537: