Division Commander Liao said to Zhou Wu with a smile: "A long time ago, I heard that Comrade Zhou Wu's superb command ability, now I see it, it really deserves its name, not to mention fighting devils during the Anti-Japanese War, it is now, Comrade Zhou Wu led an army team to surround the Yellow Corps of Nian Zhuang, blocking the reinforcements of the two Li Corps, and here Caozhuang set to block the Li Mi Corps for so many days, it is indeed remarkable, you must know that in the Kuomintang army, this Li Mi is still at some level, when the Yunnan Expeditionary Force was in the Yunnan Expeditionary Force, the devil was known as the "Steel Army" The Matsumoto Brigade was planted in his hands."
Zhou Wu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Division Commander Liao has won the award, it is not my credit to win the battle, if it is not for the brave fighting of my soldiers, what can I win This time the uprising of Division Commander Liao is of great help to our East China Field Army, and the 12th Corps will not be able to run out."
Just when the 108th Division of Division Commander Liao rushed to the Caozhuangji area to join Zhou Wu's troops, Commander Huang had already ordered all the troops of the 10th Army and the 14th Army to withdraw from the Shuangduiji position and rush to Caozhuangji Division Commander Liao handed this telegram to Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu looked at it, and said to Division Commander Liao with a smile: "The 12th Corps has all come, and they don't know that your 108th Division has revolted on the battlefield, so it's okay, I order the troops to strictly guard the news of your uprising, and you immediately send a telegram back, saying that you have broken through and are advancing in front of the east, and are currently in contact with Li Mi's corps." ” Commander Huang received a reply from Division Commander Liao, and felt that the 12th Corps had broken through the encirclement this time, and the 108th Division could break out of the encirclement, so the 10th and 14th armies should have no problem.
As a result, Commander Huang ordered the 10th and 14th armies to immediately speed up the advance of the breakthrough, rush to Caozhuangji to join the advance troops of the 108th Division of Division Commander Liao, and join the Li Mi Corps, which had rushed to reinforce from the east, as soon as possible, to highlight the encirclement After the commanders of the 10th Army and the 14th Army received Commander Huang's order to break through the encirclement, they hurriedly rushed to Caozhuangji, the Kuomintang army had this habit, that is, it was okay to stick to the position, and it was able to support it for several days by virtue of the advantages of geography and weapons and equipmentAs soon as they heard that Commander Huang had issued an order to break out, they were anxious to break out as soon as possible, regardless of the steps and sequence of retreat and breakthrough that had been formulated earlier, so that the 10th Army and the 14th Army should have broken through to Caozhuang at the same time along the north and south banks of the Hun River, and the 85th Army was behind the palace to cover the formation of the Corps Headquarters in a wild goose formation, and when Commander Huang's order to break through was issued, the 10th Army hurriedly accelerated its speed.
Caught up in front of the 14th Army, the 14th Army was also a mechanized army, there were many trucks, occupying the same road as Caozhuangji, so that the 85th Army and the corps headquarters behind the team could not move, the 14th Army saw that the 10th Army rushed to occupy the head, not to be left behind, even abandoned heavy weapons and other burdens, rushed to the bank of the Hun River lightly, intending to cross the Hun River, and rushed to the Caozhuang area that had been controlled by Liao Division Commander and them as soon as possible, the prominent encirclement After hearing the news, Commander Huang was furious and called the Tenth and Fourteenth Armies, demanding that they immediately suspend the breakout and launch it on the spot on the banks of the Hun River, and that the 85th Army and the Corps Headquarters go forward instead to break through the encirclement At this moment, where will the 10th Army and the 14th Army obey Commander Huang's orders, and see that they can cross the Huhe River and enter Caozhuang to join Li Mi's corps who rushed to reinforce them, and the 108th Division can break out of the encirclement with one division, and one army on their own side will break through, it is not a piece of cake, and a fool will listen to Commander Huang's order and let the 85th Army break through at the moment, isn't this a cheap choice for the 85th Army after the break The 10th Army and the 14th Army did not listen to Commander Huang's order and continued to prepare to cross the Hun River, at this time, artillery shells came from near Caozhuangji on the other side of the Hun River, and fell in the ranks of the 10th Army who were grabbing fishing boats on the bank, blowing up dozens of soldiers with blood and flesh flying, and before the commander of the 10th Army could react to what was going on, the shells flying from the opposite bank became more and more dense, and the 10th Army's river-crossing troops panicked, and the commander of the 10th Army hurriedly ordered the reconnaissance troops to hurry to the front to inquire about the situation.
Soon those scouts came to report in a panic: "Commander, something is wrong, there are a large number of people on the other side, there are quite a few people, and the other side is densely packed with teams, and those shells are from them."
"Ah, how is this possible, hasn't Commander Liao's 108th Division already conquered Caozhuangji, how could a large number suddenly appear Is it a mistake, go check again" The commander of the Tenth Army was anxious, if this was really blocked on the west bank of the Hun River, it would be miserable, not only could his own Tenth Army not be able to break out, but even the entire Twelfth Corps behind it would have to end up here At this time, a reconnaissance plane of the Kuomintang Air Force appeared in the sky, and they used radio to contact Commander Huang, who was hurrying to Caozhuangji with the corps headquarters: "Commander Huang of the 12th Corps should pay attention, a large number of troops have been found moving near Caozhuangji on the east bank of the Hun River, and the whereabouts of the 108th Division are unknown and they are being reconnoitred. ” After receiving this latest information from the Air Force reconnaissance plane, Commander Huang vaguely felt that something big might be happening this time, and the whereabouts of the 108th Division were unknown The commander of the 10th Army called and reported to Commander Huang: "Commander, we have found a large number of them, they are shelling our troops, the ranks have been panicked, we should continue to cross the river and advance, or stay on the spot and wait for reinforcements, please make it clear to the commander." ” Commander Huang realized at this time that Division Commander Liao was probably fooling himself, and his 108th Division did not have a prominent encirclement at all, but was eaten by the opposing team in one bite, but why didn't he hear the sound of gunfire Commander Huang never thought that Commander Liao was an underground member of the Communist Party of China who had been lurking by his side for more than 20 years, and he was analyzing the battle situation with Zhou Wu in the Cao Zhuangji Zhou Wu Headquarters opposite at the moment, and Zhou Wu promptly blocked the news about the uprising in front of the 108th Division, so that Commander Huang of the 12th Corps still couldn't believe that Commander Liao had taken his 108th Division to the front, thinking that he had temporarily lost contact with the Corps Headquarters.
The 10th Army's phone call came again, and this time the commander of the 10th Army cried and reported to Commander Huang: "Commander, we have been fooled, a large number of people have begun to cross the river and press outside, and now our 10th Army is organizing resistance on the west bank of the Hun River, the situation is not good, and we ask the Corps to send troops to support."
Commander Huang looked at the military map carefully, although he knew that the 12th Corps had been surrounded again near Caozhuangji on the Hun River, but he was still not in a hurry, thinking that as long as his corps could cross the Hun River and capture Caozhuangji, he would be able to break through, because he had just communicated with Li Mi to the east of Caozhuangji, and Li Mi assured him that as long as he was given two more days, he would be able to break through Caozhuangji's defensive position and rush up to the Hun River.
Commander Huang decided: The 10th Army will block the attacking troops on the west bank of the Hun River on the spot, and the 85th Army will immediately turn around and build a defensive line along the area from Caozhuangji to Shuangduiji on the Hun River, and the 14th Army will concentrate its forces to cross the Hun River and insert it into the southeast flank of Caozhuangji to open up a connection with Li Mi's corps Except for the division of Huang Shuisheng who stayed behind to block the attack of Li Mi's corps on the eastern position of Caozhuangji, the rest of the troops, including the newly joined team that was only in the Jiawang area and the 108th division of Liao's division commander, all went to the front line to attack the enemy on the west bank of the Hun River.
The Tenth Army could not resist, and withdrew in the direction of Shuangduiji, Fat Man and Ge Sanmin crossed the Hun River from the north and south directions at the same time, and occupied the area on the west bank of the Hun River, and the follow-up troops continued to cross the Hun River, and two days later, most of the main force of Zhou Wu crossed the Hun River, and confronted the Tenth Army and the Eighty-fifth Army of the Twelfth Corps in the vicinity of Shuangduiji on the west bank.
Commander Huang's 14th Army also failed to cross the Hun River, where they encountered more PLA troops, and had no choice but to retreat, the 12th Corps of nearly 100,000 horses, so that the Central Plains Field Army and the East China Field Army were more than 300,000 troops besieged in a narrow area of less than 10 kilometers between Shuangduiji and the Huhe River, huddled together, without the cover of the strong fortifications in Shuangduiji, a shell could kill dozens of officers and soldiers nested together.
There was panic and vacillation among the officers and men of the 12th Corps, and many people said that this time it was an encirclement that could not escape, and the 108th Division probably took the opportunity to break through the encirclement and attack the vanguard, and defected to the team.
At this moment, Commander Huang, who was thinking hard in front of the map and trying to find a way to survive for the 12th Corps, heard a report from the sentry outside: "Report to the commander, some messengers outside are visiting" t1706231537: