After receiving this news, Chief Du was greatly puzzled, and hurriedly sent people to the front position to verify the situation, and got the same confirmation: "A large number of troops have begun to withdraw to the rear, and the troops on the forward positions have recaptured many positions, especially in the east direction, the defensive line of the Sun Corps has extended three kilometers to the east, and the defensive line of the other Liu Li Corps has also expanded outward by two or three kilometers. ” Chief Du felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, although he had fallen ill many times, and now he was still on a drip, but after hearing this exciting good news, his mood was much better, and people were in good spirits at happy events, Chief Du found that although they were besieging them and barely surrounded his three corps in the Chenguanzhuang area, but judging from the current signs, they still couldn't swallow him at once, and they didn't have the ability to immediately launch a general attack to annihilate themselves, so it was good, they still had time and opportunity to break through to the outside.
In order to confirm his judgment, he ordered the Liu Corps to send a division of troops to try to break through to that side, and soon, the forward division of the Liu Corps launched a fierce attack on the Chenkou area, and sure enough, as Commander Du judged, the team actually withdrew to the south, and when the news came, Chief Du's confidence doubled, and he was going to make up his mind to break through from the Chenkou area At this time, Chief Du received a telegram from Lao Chiang in Nanjing, in which Lao Chiang asked Chief Du to stay on the spot and wait for reinforcements, he had temporarily reorganized several corps and was rushing towards the Xu Beng battlefield, North China had already begun to launch a fierce attack on the Pingjin area, the strength of the Xu Beng battlefield was not enough to immediately launch a general attack on Chen Guanzhuang's team, and now it was not possible to rashly break through, and after the reinforcements arrived at Bengbu, then the north and south would attack East China to break through.
After receiving this telegram from Lao Jiang, Chief Du felt that the chairman of the committee must not understand the actual situation here, judging from his many years of battlefield experience, there must be a problem with the sudden suspension of the general offensive under the condition of possession, but what kind of problem, Chief Du was not clear for a while, at this moment his heart was very entangled, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to rush out, but he was afraid that East China would deceive him and trick him into being deceived, and those teams under his command would suffer a catastrophe, he had an ominous premonition, as long as it was an order for the chairman to intervene, There is almost no possibility of success, but as a loyal student and subordinate of the chairman, although Chief Du understands that in the current situation, it is correct to only take the opportunity to highlight some teams, if he still wants to stay here and gain time and opportunity for the troops on the battlefield in North China, it will be unrealistic.
The inner contradiction was tormenting Chief Du, he thought about it, and struggled for a long time, and finally the weakness in his character took over, and he decided to obey the order of the chairman, suspend the breakthrough, and hold around Chen Guanzhuang, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
As soon as Liu Ruming heard that Chief Du wanted him to suspend the breakout, he held on the spot, hurriedly ran to find Chief Du, and said to him angrily: "Obviously said that you should break through quickly, why don't you leave now, what is going on with this stop-and-go?"
Chief Du said to him with a helpless wry smile: "Commander Liu, don't worry, the chairman of the committee has already sent reinforcements and is rushing to Chenguanzhuang, and Chief Liu of Bengbu has also sent a team to reinforce us, in order to deal with the team in North China, the chairman of the committee asked us to suspend the breakthrough, wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and then attack from the north and south to highlight the encirclement."
"Fart, this is the cunning, it is their plan to get away with it, so many of our brothers have been out of food for several days, and they have all started to kill horses and dig wild vegetable roots to eat, how many days can they last" Commander Liu was anxious and hurriedly scolded.
Although he spoke a little uncivilized, he could see the essence of the matter, and thought that the sudden cessation of the general offensive was not due to lack of ability, but to trap them alive, so that it could not only reduce the casualties of the team during the general attack, but also achieve the goal of subjugating the troops without a fight and annihilating the surrounded team Of course, Chief Du knows the stakes involved, but he has always faithfully carried out Chairman Jiang's instructions and never disobeyed his orders, if he does not obey the orders of the chairman this time, and breaks through without authorization, even if he successfully leads out some teams, I am afraid that he will not end up in Nanjing, and the chairman has always hated disobedient generals, especially for Huangpu students like Chief Du, he is even more sensitive, and the reason why Chief Liu in Bengbu is called "Fu General", The main reason is that he resolutely implements the orders of the chairman and is very obedient, although he has no record and his command ability is extremely mediocre, but the chairman of the committee dares to entrust him with the important task of serving as the commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou side, and he is only a deputy commander, and the commanders of these corps under him have no choice but to listen to his orders "Commander Liu, this is the chairman's order, we, as his subordinates, must obey, otherwise we will disobey the order, even if we risk breaking out, we will be dealt with by military law, Commander Liu should understand this truth, I don't need to say more."
Chief Du is powerless, as the battle situation gets worse and worse, his ability to control those teams under him is becoming more and more weak, it seems that not only the Liu Corps and the Li Corps can not be transferred, even the Sun Corps around him is probably not good to command, the team is panicked, a plate of scattered sand, are playing their own small abacus, under the surroundment, do not forget to intrigue and kick the ball, it seems that this time it is powerless, the defeat has been decided, want to break out, it is just a daydream Thinking of this, Chief Du regretted a little, regretting that he had refused the opportunity to fly back to Nanjing twice, originally he wanted to take himself as an example and inspire his brothers to stick to it, but now it seems that it is useless at all, the team is still the same, and it is only a matter of time before it falls Chief Du looked very tired, he waved his hand weakly, and said to Commander Liu: "Since you want to break out, then I won't stop you, everyone colleagues, at this time, I shouldn't stop you from surviving, how your corps wants to act, I don't care, I hope you can open a gap to protrude, after running out of the encirclement, don't forget the team here in Chenguanzhuang, ask for reinforcements to rescue us" Commander Liu felt a little embarrassed when he heard that Chief Du had said everything to this point, after all, Chief Du was his superior, and he was also quite good, since he presided over the specific command of the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters, it was also decent, and the defeat and besieged in the Chenguanzhuang area was not all the responsibility of Chief Du, most of them were caused by the interference of the old Jiang, this point, Commander Liu as the commander of the corps knew very well in his heart, he had encountered such a situation several times, In the case that the commander of his corps did not know, Lao Jiang directly ordered his division commander to carry out combat operations, which made him very angry, but there was no way, people were the leaders, and his own corps was also formed by others, he wanted to command the troops under you, it is difficult to disagree with you, and immediately remove you Commander Liu nodded hurriedly, stood up and sang to Chief Du: "Please rest assured, Chief Du, Liu will try it first, in case it is prominent, he will definitely come to pick up the team here from Chief Du and Chen Guanzhuang." ” Chief Du turned his back to Commander Liu, and said to him without looking back: "You have to leave as soon as possible."
On the PLA position on the periphery of Chenguanzhuang, it is another scene, seeing that the New Year is approaching, the position is suddenly lively, Zhou Wu's troops are responsible for the area of Liuguanzhuang in the southeast of Chenguanzhuang, after receiving the order of the troops to suspend the general offensive and rest on the spot, Zhou Wu and his brothers finally breathed a sigh of relief, and now they can finally rest for a while.
The wounded soldiers and brothers were immediately carried by the villagers to the rear field hospital for treatment, and groups of young and middle-aged men came to the position and demanded that the line of fire join the ranks of the People's Liberation Army and participate in the attack on the Kuomintang troops surrounded in Chenguanzhuang.
Soon, the soldiers of the four divisions under Zhou Wu were immediately replenished, Zhou Wu ordered the fat man and Ge Sanmin to step up the training of these recruit brothers, the war is not a joke, you must have excellent tactical skills and courage, for this reason Zhou Wu asked Commander Li of the General Front Committee that it is best to send down some Kuomintang officers and soldiers who revolted, these Kuomintang officers and soldiers must have good personal skills and tactics, and some have unique skills, if they lead the training of new soldiers, it must be right, and the effect is very good, If you are familiar with the situation of the team, you will be able to prescribe the right medicine, and the team trained in this way, even if the training time is not long, but it is very targeted, and when the general offensive begins, it will come in handy.
Commander Li smiled and said to Zhou Wu on the phone: "How can I have such a team in my hands, you have to find your own way to win over those Kuomintang troops on the opposite side of the position, and strive for how many local reorganizations into your troops, we just don't care." t1706231537: