Commander Zhou listened to Lao Jiang's order and stood there without moving, Lao Jiang looked at it and hurriedly asked him: "Commander Zhou, why don't you take action yet" "Commission, I have a question, we will send a plane this time, will we only pick up Commander Du alone, or will we take the commanders of those corps over by the way" Commander Zhou couldn't figure out what Lao Jiang meant, so he had to ask him hard.
Lao Jiang was a little impatient, and waved his hand at Commander Zhou: "You can see that this matter has been done yourself, don't come to ask me." ” Commander Zhou saw this, hurriedly put his legs together, gave a military salute to Lao Jiang, and immediately went out as relieved, he had already made up his mind in his heart, this time he took the opportunity to go to Chenguanzhuang to pick up people, and picked up a few more officers and generals, although the elite of East China suffered a crushing defeat on the battlefield of Xu Beng, but if they can pick up those generals, they may be able to help the party-state in the future.
Two "C47" transport planes landed on the airstrip in Chenguanzhuang, the heavy snow has been boiling down, and soon covered the vast earth, Commander Zhou looked at the heavy snow and was worried that he would not be able to go back next time, so he hurriedly rushed to the command post of Chief Du in a jeep, and said to Chief Du: "Chief Du, the chairman wants me to pick you up again and return to Nanjing, the chairman said that Chief Du is sick and commands the team on the battlefield of Xu Beng, and his loyalty is commendable, although he suffered a defeat this time, it is not the fault of Chief Du." ” As soon as Chief Du heard Lao Jiang say that this failure was not his fault, he was immediately excited, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for the understanding of the chairman, Du is grateful, but Du can't go back like this, and he is even more unwilling to leave hundreds of thousands of brothers to go back to Nanjing alone, Du is a soldier and can't be a deserter, although our troops are surrounded by teams in the area of Chenguanzhuang, I think there is still a possibility to break out, Commander Qiu has just died in the line of duty, but there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Liu, Li, and Sun's three corps, As long as the supplies can be in place and the various teams cooperate sincerely, there is still hope for breaking out of the encirclement, please ask Commander Zhou to tell the chairman that the students will definitely do everything possible to lead the rest to rush out."
Chief Du's statement was impassioned, and Commander Zhou was moved by it, and hurriedly said to him: "Chief Du, I admire you for doing this, it is a blessing that the party has a general like you, but brother, I was ordered to come to pick you up this time, if you really don't want to go back, then please telegraph this matter to the chairman yourself, so that my brother and I can go back on a mission." ” When Chief Du heard this, he hurriedly asked his staff officers to send a telegram to the chairman of the committee in Nanjing, stating his intention and attitude, saying that as the actual supreme commander on the battlefield of Xu Beng, he should be with the soldiers at this time, and if he left, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who remained here would fall apart, and the situation would be even more out of control.
Lao Jiang, who received the telegram from Chief Du, was also infected by this attitude of Chief Du, believing that Chief Du was worthy of being his proud student, and that his loyalty to the party and the state was vividly displayed in the telegram, which made people have to admire, and the chairman had no reason to refuse this request from his loyal subordinates, so he had to order Commander Zhou to return immediately to resume his life, and he thought of a way to send a team that could rescue Chief Du and them as much as possible in Nanjing After receiving a call back from Lao Jiang, Chief Du said to Commander Zhou: "The chairman has agreed that I will continue to stay, Commander Zhou, Du has entrusted you with one thing, I don't know if Commander Zhou can agree" When Commander Zhou heard this, he hurriedly said to him: "Chief Du, please speak, if Zhou can do it, he must help" After all, he is the proud protégé of the chairman, a famous general in the national army, in the expeditionary force to resist Japan, Chief Du took his brothers to fight devils in Burma, what a heroic spirit it is, although it is surrounded in Chenguanzhuang here today, but Commander Zhou does not run away from the battle of Chief Du, and still asks to stay and advance and retreat with the soldiers here or feel deep admiration, in today's team, There are a few people like Chief Du, not to mention advancing and retreating with the team, but it's good if you don't take the opportunity to take refuge, Chief Du is really rare.
"Du has nothing else to worry about, but there is no one to take care of his wife and children at home, and he is very worried, after Commander Zhou returned to Nanjing, he helped settle Du's wife, children and mother, so that Du can feel at ease here."
Chief Du's appearance seemed to be an explanation of the future, and Commander Zhou shuddered when he heard this, and nodded again and again: "Please rest assured, Chief Du, Zhou will definitely help you fulfill your wish." ” Chief Du hurriedly gave a military salute to Commander Zhou, and said to him with a solemn expression: "Please, Commander Zhou, I hope we will have a date in the future."
After Commander Zhou returned, Commander Du immediately summoned the commanders of the three corps of Liu, Li, and Sun and some other corps and division commanders to hold a military meeting in the headquarters.
The generals below were full of complaints, saying that the brothers had not eaten for several days, and had begun to kill war horses and dig wild vegetables in the snow to satisfy their hunger, they were full of emotion, and said to Chief Du: "Chief Du, let's hurry up and find a way to rush out, if you stay like this, you will have to die alive, there is no food or drink, so many people and horses are crowded in a palm-sized place in Chen Guanzhuang, you can't get a fart out, we still have so many teams, are you waiting for death like this?"
Chief Du shook his head and said: "I don't want to break out with my brothers, but we have tried all kinds of methods, but it is useless, the encirclement is extremely tight, and the encirclement is extremely tight, and it is difficult to break through smoothly." ” Since being besieged by East China in Chenguanzhuang, the morale of these elite troops has plummeted, rumors have spread, and soldiers have deserted and fled, and some units have even fled with entire companies and battalions, and the situation has gotten out of control and is out of control At the moment when the hundreds of thousands of people in Chenguanzhuang were surrounded by regiments, and Chief Du and his generals racked their brains to think of a way to break out of the encirclement, the East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army were also holding military meetings in the headquarters in front of Chenguanzhuang.
Commander Li presided over the meeting, and he said to everyone: "Comrades, after two months of hard fighting, our East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army have finally besieged the three field corps of the Du Group, the enemy in Xuzhou, in the vicinity of Chenguanzhuang, that is, to discuss the deployment tasks during the next period of siege of the enemy, what good ideas do you have, although you can say it. ” As soon as they heard that the general offensive had been delayed, the PLA officers below did not understand it very well, and they all asked Commander Li: "Commander, now is the best time to launch a general offensive, why do you suddenly ask to postpone the offensive?"
Commander Li smiled and said to everyone: "This is a decision made by the central government in accordance with the overall situation of the national liberation battlefield, and I was also a little resistant to this decision to suspend the general offensive, thinking that this might lead to the loss of the fighters of the total annihilation of the Du group.
In order to stabilize the Kuomintang troops in the direction of Pingjin, the central authorities asked us to slow down a little on the Huaihai battlefield, so that Lao Chiang in Nanjing thought that we could not completely annihilate the Du group in the encirclement at present, so that the enemy in Pingjin would be much more at ease, and there would not be any signs of a large-scale southward escape immediately, causing us to suffer the danger of the flank of the Kuomintang troops fleeing south on the Huaihai battlefield.
Although the 600,000 Kuomintang troops in North China have fled south, once they join the Huaihai battlefield, it will certainly have an unpredictable impact on our current war situation. ” Zhou Wu heard this, and his heart suddenly relaxed a lot, his troops have been running around these days, tired enough, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and now they can get a chance to rest, then they can take a breath, and when they have recuperated their spirits, they will fight to the death with the Kuomintang troops in the encirclement, and encircle and annihilate them all "Comrades, now everyone understands why we want to postpone the purpose of the general offensive, in order to cooperate with this overall situation, we have to deliberately prevent some Kuomintang breakout teams in some places, creating a kind of hometown where our encirclement is not so tight to Lao Chiang and Chief Du, so that they will believe that we are not capable of launching a general attack on them now, so that Chief Du will make the decision not to rush to break through completely, which will help us stabilize them in Chenguanzhuang and annihilate them in one fell swoop," Commander Li said to everyone. t1706231537: