When Lao Jiang heard Director Guo's words, he hurriedly said to him: "Oh, there is still room for redemption, then you can talk about it." ” Director Guo hurriedly said: "At present, on the battlefield of Xu Beng, Chief Du still has four field corps and other teams, with a total number of more than 400,000 people, which is the same as there, and these four field corps are well-armed, well-trained, and have strong combat effectiveness, especially the Qiu Li Corps, which is even stronger, so that the Qiu Li Corps can quickly break through the encirclement in the south, and when the gap is opened, Chief Du's troops will quickly follow up, and they will be able to highlight the encirclement and save the situation." ” Lao Jiang listened to Director Guo's words, and nodded frequently: "This idea is very good, Chief Bai, then according to Director Guo's intention, immediately draw up a breakthrough plan, and immediately send it to Chief Du, asking him to immediately lead the team to break through, and don't rub it in Chen Guanzhuang."
Commander Du, who was near Magou to the east of Chenguanzhuang, soon received an order from Lao Chiang to quickly break through to the south, so he hurriedly summoned his corps commanders and division commanders to discuss how to start the breakout.
At this moment, there was a roar of aircraft engines from the temporary airfield near Magou, and three transport planes and two fighter planes landed, and several Kuomintang air force generals walked down from the planes, and the leader was the commander of the air force, Chief Zhou, who hurriedly sat in the American jeep to meet them, and drove towards the headquarters of Chief Du at a gallop.
In the headquarters, Commander Zhou announced the latest order of the chairman to Chief Du, asking Chief Du to immediately report the situation on the battlefield of Xu Beng to Nanjing with him, Chief Du was shocked when he heard this, and thought: This is bad, Lao Jiang is suspicious of himself, and he will be arrested in Nanjing to ask for guilt, Xu Beng fought a mess on the battlefield, lost three field corps in succession, lost hundreds of thousands of troops, and was also the elite trump card, this is not easy to get, once he follows Commander Zhou back to Nanjing, I guess I have to end up like Zhang Hanqing.
Commander Du hurriedly said to Commander Zhou: "Commander Zhou, you have just arrived here, I don't know the actual situation here, now the team here is panicked, the military spirit is extremely unstable, if I follow you back at this moment, it will definitely cause chaos in the team, please tell the chairman, I, Du someone, decided to fight side by side with my brothers, and strive to break out immediately, now is the critical moment, we must not leave the brothers and go back to Nanjing by themselves, so as not to affect the already unstable military morale." ” As soon as Commander Zhou heard that Chief Du meant that he didn't want to go back, he couldn't get any ideas, so he hurriedly sent a telegram to Lao Jiang to ask the chairman what to do When Lao Jiang heard Chief Du's reason, he felt that it was also reasonable, in the current panicked situation, if Chief Du and they returned to Nanjing by plane, then these four corps would definitely be leaderless and would make a big mess, and there was no deliberate replacement for generals such as Chief Du, so Lao Jiang agreed to Chief Du's request, Commander Zhou was ordered to unload the supplies sent over and return to Nanjing immediately.
After Commander Zhou of the Air Force left, Chief Du breathed a sigh of relief and said to Qiu Maniac: "It's really dangerous, I'm almost going to become Zhang Hanqing's second, brothers, let's quickly organize a team to break through, the Jinpu Road has been occupied and cut off, only to the southwest of Gaozhuang, Mengcheng, Fuyang direction protruding, now let's discuss how to break through" Speaking of breaking through the encirclement, Madman Qiu was energetic, and hurriedly volunteered to ask: "Chief Du, let our corps take the lead, I see that the current encirclement in the south of Chenguanzhuang has not yet been formed, take advantage of the opportunity to stand out, concentrate tanks and artillery, plus air force fire reinforcements, I don't believe that they can't break through the encirclement on the opposite side, they are also flesh and blood, it is difficult to withstand the attack of tanks and artillery."
Commander Du nodded: "Commander Qiu, where do you think the current encirclement is the weakest, good at the false and the real, and the sound is attacking the west, although it seems that the number of troops directly south of Chen Guanzhuang is the smallest, but before figuring out the enemy situation, you must not act rashly, you can first send a division of troops to the direction of Gaozhuang Town in the south to explore the virtual reality, and then decide whether to break through from there." ” Governor Du suggested that it would be prudent not to bet the treasure in the direction of Gaozhuang Town, which was too risky to do so, and it was not worth it.
But Qiu Maniac is a gambler at all, he is gambling at the moment that the defense of the team in Gaozhuang is weak, under the onslaught of his corps, it will definitely not be able to support, he is famous among the generals for being good at onslaught, bold style, sometimes incredible, often achieves unexpected results, this time he is going to sacrifice his own magic treasure, and decided to directly attack Gaozhuang in the south, tear open the gap in the encirclement, and break out.
"Chief Du, what time is it now, how can you be so slow Commander Huang of the Twelfth Corps was surrounded by the opportunity because he hesitated at the double stack, we can't make the same mistake now, we must kill it before the encirclement is all formed" Madman Qiu was anxious and decided to take a risk, and this is how his title of "madman" came about.
Chief Du thought about it, and felt that it was not impossible to let the Qiu Corps attack Gaozhuang, if it was highlighted, it would be the best, in case they couldn't get out, they could be withdrawn immediately, and there would not be much to lose, so he nodded and agreed that the Qiu Corps would take the lead in attacking Gaozhuang in the south, Li Yannian's Corps followed closely, and Sun Liu's Corps covered the flank and the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters.
In the Gaozhuang area, it was Zhou Wu's troops who had just been ordered to rush from Caozhuangji, and the vanguard was the fat man's first division, whose task was to guard the Gaozhuang area and prevent the enemy of Chen Guanzhuang from escaping to the south and blocking them.
The three divisions under Zhou Wu were on standby on the left and right flanks of the fat man and in the direction of Mengcheng, Huang Shuisheng's division was in Cao Zhuangji to deal with Li Mi's corps, and the casualties were heavy, and there was less than one regiment of men and horses left, although it was quickly supplemented by new soldiers, but the veteran brothers lost a lot, and the combat effectiveness was much inferior to before, Zhou Wu decided to keep Huang Shuisheng's division as a reserve, and it was on standby in the area of Mengcheng and Gaozhuang.
The task of Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng's two divisions is to cover and support the left and right flanks of the fat man, according to the analysis of the enemy's movements, the enemy of Chen Guanzhuang may want to launch a breakthrough to Gaozhuang, the head is the regiment of Qiu Maniac who has always been fierce and rushing, a division of the fat man in Gaozhuang can not resist the onslaught of Qiu Maniac's corps, only by bringing them in, and then by Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng on the left and right flanks they cut off the Qiu Corps, so as to block the enemy's breakthrough.
As soon as Zhou Wu and Lao Xu, chief of staff, had drawn up the battle plan, they received a telegram from the fat man in Gaozhuang in front, and the fat man said in the telegram that the enemy had launched an attack on Gaozhuang or so, and the enemy had used tanks and planes, and the offensive was very fierce, and several forward positions had been broken by the enemy, and troops were urgently needed to reinforce them.
Zhou Wu saw that the madman Qiu really attacked, and he still used the trick of rushing up, the tanks, planes and artillery came up together, and it was indeed not small, and even the fat man who was used to fighting the position was a little unbearable, it can be seen that the madman Qiu really deserves his reputation, and he is indeed ruthless enough Zhou Wu hurriedly said to Chief of Staff Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, the fat man in Gaozhuang is estimated to be very dangerous, and even he sent a telegram to ask for help, indicating that the situation in front is already very urgent, and there are heavy casualties in the team, I see that the task of luring the enemy is basically completed, or immediately order the first division to quickly evacuate to the rear, it is time for Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng to play."
Lao Xu nodded: "Qiu Maniac did have two battles, I think that when the battle of Changsha was in place, when other teams were beaten by the devil team and fled, only Qiu Maniac's division did not retreat but advanced, and even went deep into the devil's depth for dozens of kilometers alone, so that the devil had to suspend the pursuit and escape, and sent two divisions to deal with Qiu Maniac's division, it can be seen that its combat ideas are not as good as ordinary people, we must be careful and vigilant." ” Zhou Wu nodded, and ordered the fat man's first division to continue to hold on to Gaozhuang, no matter how big the loss is, I have to hold Gaozhuang for more than a day, retreating at this moment, it may not be able to bring in Qiu Maniac, and then add fire, let Qiu Maniac taste the sweetness, and then let Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng pounce on them, in order to intercept Qiu's corps.
After receiving the telegram from Zhou Wu to defend the position, the fat man immediately summoned his officers and said to them: "Brothers, the army commander gave a death order to our first division, asking us to continue to hold on to Gaozhuang for more than a day, our team has suffered more than half of the casualties, and most of the forward positions have been lost, and the enemy is still attacking here in a steady stream, calling everyone to come over, just to tell you, this time you must not take half a step back, you cadres must go up and block the enemy's onslaught."
Most of the regiment commanders under the fat man were scarred, and said to the fat man: "Division commander, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, and there are tanks and planes to cover, the soldiers are using their own flesh and blood to resist the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles, there are no air defense weapons, and the brothers who died under the bombs of the enemy's planes account for the majority of the dead, so it is not possible to hold the position in this way, and our remaining team is not enough to hold for a day." ” When the fat man heard this, he felt that his subordinates were reasonable, in the case of inferior weapons and equipment to the enemy, and the number was much smaller than the enemy, he would definitely suffer a loss in a hard-fought positional defensive battle, he hurriedly remembered, didn't Zhou Wu's subordinates have a tank team of Lao Cheng, invite them up, and use the tank team to attack the enemy's tanks, not only can resist the enemy's onslaught, but also can boost the combat morale of the soldiers on the position, as long as there is morale, it should not be a big problem to block Qiu's madman corps here in Gaozhuang for a day. t1706231537: