Groups of Taizhou troops were lined up neatly. Ji Gang stood next to Li Changjiang and said, "General Li, everything is ready and ready to go. According to our intelligence, our opponent has less than two regiments of troops. He will definitely
It can be defeated in one battle."
Li Changjiang nodded, looked in the direction of Huangqiao and said, "First let someone go and say hello to the New Fourth Army, saying we are going there, and then order the battalions to move forward in a row."
Ji Gang asked, "In the Art of War, it is said that soldiers are valuable and quick, so where is the reason to tell them first? Besides, what is the purpose of lining up in a row?"
Li Changjiang hummed, "What do you know? The New Fourth Army and my elder brother have a tacit understanding for a long time. My elder brother called and said that they had started fighting over there. They had been fighting for two or three hours and there was no blood yet. The New Fourth Army would definitely think that we were going too.
You're just pretending, so you won't be on guard. The people in front of you are all your subordinates. You must control them. Without orders, you must not hit a New Fourth Army member!"
Ji Gang sighed and immediately went down to prepare.
Yang Meisheng was a veteran of the Red Army. He had gone through the Long March and commanded troops to shoot down planes during the Long March. He was an experienced commander and combatant. He smiled and asked the envoy of the Taizhou Army who came over, "What did General Li ask you to do?"
What?"
The officer smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Sir, you know that our Taizhou Army has always been in contact with your New Fourth Army, and we have a lot of friendship with each other. We didn't want to come this time, but were forced by Han Deqin with the military order from Chongqing."
There is nothing we can do, no, our General Li asked me to report that this time the attack must be carried out, but there is still something to be learned about how to carry out the attack."
Yang Meisheng chuckled and said, "I understand. Please tell General Li that the friction war launched by Han Deqin regardless of the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war will not end well. Thanks to General Li for his help, our New Fourth Army will be grateful in the future!"
After seeing off the Taizhou Army envoy, the staff officer next to him asked, "Commander, do we still need to prepare?"
Yang Meisheng nodded and said, "They are a warlord army after all. No one can tell what will happen. Order the troops to prepare for battle. All guns should be fired upward first. No harm is allowed without orders!"
Soon, Li Changjiang's troops arrived less than a mile in front of Yang Meisheng's position. Yang Meisheng looked at Li Changjiang's troops lined up in a neat row, walked towards his position, nodded and said, "It seems that Li Changjiang is...
They are really ready to act with us. With such a dense formation, isn’t this a target?”
Then Li Changjiang's troops fired a shot with the muzzle pointed upward, and the New Fourth Army also fired a shot into the sky. Immediately, both sides were relieved. Li Changjiang's troops took a step and stopped, shooting from time to time. The New Fourth Army was still fired at first.
I kept fighting back, and gradually I felt sorry for the bullets, so I stopped shooting and just shouted somewhere.
Yang Meisheng slowly frowned and said, "Why doesn't Li Changjiang stop? It's less than 200 meters away."
With that said, Yang Meisheng shouted to the communications soldier next to him, "Let them stop immediately and let the machine shoot in front of them to warn them."
"Tongtongtong" A burst of machine gun fire was fired less than 20 meters in front of Li Changjiang's troops. Li Changjiang's men stopped immediately. When Li Changjiang saw it, he said to the communications soldier next to him, "It's almost done. We can't play any more. We immediately ordered Ji Gang to charge!"
Yang Meisheng was looking at the position and felt something was wrong. Suddenly a charge horn sounded, and all Li Changjiang's artillery fired at the same time. Smoke billowed from Yang Meisheng's position and dirt flew everywhere. Yang Meishan was shocked and quickly shouted, "Get ready to counterattack! Get ready!"
Fight back!!”
But Li Changjiang's troops had reached less than a hundred meters away from Yang Meisheng's position. Li Changjiang's men fired desperately and threw grenades like raindrops. Ji Gang knew at the front that victory or defeat depended on this, and shouted loudly, "They only have
If you kill a battalion, you will win. Each head will be rewarded with 20 silver coins! Kill it!!"
Under the heavy reward, Li Changjiang's men rushed toward Yang Meisheng's position like crazy with red eyes. Only then did Yang Meishan realize that when there were so many enemies, they really couldn't be beaten by bullets. The corpses of Ji Gang's men were piled on top of each other.
, but never stopped, a hundred meters was not far away, and soon the discipline department rushed into the trench.
The hand-to-hand combat began. The New Fourth Army picked up rifles with bayonets and engineer shovels, and faced them with broadswords. A soldier roared and thrust, only to hear a "Baga!" A short enemy soldier blocked skillfully.
Then there was a counterattack. The soldier's eyes widened and blood gushed out from his throat. He pointed at the soldier and slowly said two words: "Japanese???"
The soldier kicked the New Fourth Army soldier away, and while covering each other with the two soldiers, he went towards another target.
Yang Meisheng had less than four or five hundred men. As soon as he saw Li Changjiang actually attacking, he knew that this place could not be defended. This was no longer an enemy that could be defeated with hard work. What made him even more anxious was that behind him was Huangqiao.
, and whether Jiang Yan's enemy troops would suddenly launch an attack. He hurriedly asked people to send reports, and asked people to send information out on horseback. After everything was done, he felt relieved. At this time
He also learned about the presence of Japanese troops on the front line.
Yang Meisheng said angrily, "So the Taizhou Army has surrendered to the Japanese? Damn it, good people don't do it, but they want to be dogs! Comrades, we will bite off a piece of their flesh even if we die, everyone,
Pick up your weapons and follow me to the front line!!"
Han Deqin on the other side received the news that the Taizhou Army had broken through the Huangqiao retreat, and excitedly said to Weng Da and others, "Look, the Taizhou Army actually broke through the New Fourth Army's retreat. We are going to win!!"
Weng Da asked a little strangely, "Is this what happened? Why did L suddenly become so cruel? Didn't he fight with the New Fourth Army in Jiangyan for a long time and nothing happened?"
Han Deqin shook his head and said, "I don't understand either, but it should be true. If he falsely spreads military information, do you think the chairman will let him go? Order the troops to immediately start a defensive counterattack, and they must persist until the Taizhou Army arrives.
"
--Nanjing
Itagaki Seishiro looked at the telegram, nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, the New Fourth Army's door is wide open. Chen Yi should be defeated this time."
Nishio asked "Then what should we do next?"
Itagaki Seishiro touched his beard and said, "The New Fourth Army will definitely not give up after being defeated this time. It will definitely launch a counterattack against Han Deqin. Li Pinxian and Gu Zhutong will definitely join the war by then. I think we can make preparations and kill these people in one go."
!”
Nishio laughed and said, "Okay! That's it!"
——Huangqiao
Chen Yi looked at the communications soldier covered in blood and asked in disbelief, "Did the Taizhou Army really break through the defense line?"
The communications soldier cried and nodded and said, "Our regimental commander and his brothers fought to the last moment, and now we don't know whether he is alive or dead."
Chen Yi punched the wall fiercely, looked at the map, shook his head and said, "In this way, Jiang Yan should also move. Our main force has been diverted to the direction of Han Deqin. Okay, united front, united front, we will lose."
It's my fault that these two words were mentioned... No, we can't fight like this. If we continue to fight like this, we will be in danger of being annihilated. We should immediately send a message to the military headquarters to explain our situation and request
Evacuate Huangqiao, and then everyone bring more ammunition and food. Han Deqin and the others will not let us leave like this, and ordered Su Yu to move closer to our troops immediately and prepare to break out."
The staff officer next to him asked, "Where should we break out?"
Chen Yihua pulled the map and said, "Nantong! The loyalty army here has the worst combat effectiveness. Let's go to Nantong to break out first, and then discuss the next step with the military headquarters. As long as our main force is preserved, we still have a chance."
Su Yu, who was attacking Han Deqin fiercely, was surprised when he received the telegram. He looked at Han Deqin, who was constantly repairing the fortifications, and then suddenly realized, "No wonder Han Deqin suddenly became honest. It turned out that he was waiting later."
The staff officer next to him said, "Commander, what should we do?"
Su Yu thought for a while and said, "If we withdraw like this, we will definitely be chased and attacked by Han Deqin. Let alone break out, it will be good if we are not surrounded. This is a flat plain again. Wait until night before leaving. Order
The second team first went to ambush near Taoyuan Village. After our army retreated, once Han Deqin chased him, he immediately counterattacked so that he did not dare to get too close. The third team first went to Huangqiao to join Commander Chen, and then launched an attack on Nantong.
attack."
——Nantong
Hu Chuankui was planning how to go back for revenge when he suddenly heard bursts of explosions. He hurriedly walked out of the house and asked, "What's wrong? What happened? Is the New Fourth Army coming?"
An officer wearing clothes that were slanted from side to side ran over and said, "Report to the commander, the New Fourth Army suddenly launched a fierce attack on our army, and the leading troops of our army have been routed."
Hu Chuankui scratched his head in surprise and said, "What's going on? You won't sleep at night?"
A soldier ran over and said, "Chairman Han's military order, the New Fourth Army has been defeated due to the attack of the Taizhou Army, and our army is ordered to guard the intersection and not let the New Fourth Army leave."
Hu Chuankui murmured, "Hold on to the crossing? Hurry, go find out how many New Fourth Army troops are in front of us."
The explosions and gunshots became more and more intense, and Hu Chuankui's heart beat faster and faster. News soon came that the New Fourth Army in front of him was no longer the first one or two regiments, but now more than 10,000 people.
A large number of mortars, mountain artillery and other heavy weapons appeared. Hu Chuankui took a breath. He knew the actual situation of his unit better than anyone else. His unit was formed from the defeated troops of the year. It was okay to fight with the wind.
, once you encounter a powerful opponent, you will collapse faster than anyone else.
This is not something people are afraid of doing, but people are afraid of being talked about. As soon as Hu Chuankui thought of this, a cry of "lost, defeated." came from the other side.
Hu Chuankui immediately jumped up and said, regardless of whether it was a real defeat or a fake defeat, he immediately said, "Quick. Quickly send a message to Chairman Han, saying that Ye Ting and Chen Yi personally led troops to attack. More than half of our troops suffered casualties and were forced to evacuate. Let's go!!"
Leave immediately to Changqing Town."
When daybreak came up, Chen Yi, Ye Fei and others had arrived at Shiqiao Town between Nantong and Huangqiao. Chen Yi looked at the radio station anxiously and asked, "Is there no news about Su Yu yet?"
The communications soldier shook his head and said, "Not yet."
Ye Fei said consolingly, "Commander, don't worry. Commander Su is one of the most capable people in our New Fourth Army. He will definitely be fine."
Chen Yi shook his head, put his hands behind his back, and continued walking anxiously.
Suddenly the communications soldier's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes! Yes!" As he said that, the communications soldier handed a telegram with all the codes to the translator. After a while, a telegram was translated, and Chen Yi read it.
The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he said repeatedly, "Okay! Okay!!"
With that said, Chen Yi handed the telegram to the communications soldier and said, "Immediately forward it to the military headquarters. Han Deqin pursued our army Su Yu's troops and was ambushed by our army, with the loss of more than 3,000 people. Our army has safely moved to the Nantong area, requesting follow-up orders."
"
——New Fourth Army Military Headquarters
It was bright all night here last night. Liu Dake, Ye Ting, Xiang Ying and others were all standing by the radio station, waiting for the latest news. Only when Chen Yi's telegram came up did they let out a sigh of relief.
Ye Ting stood up, looked at the map and said, "Nantong...further east here is the sea. Our army's turnover is not big. Our army is only temporarily out of danger. Now Chen Yi's troops are cut off from our army. They are gone."
Ammunition supplies, if the National Army pursues them fiercely, it will be very dangerous."
Xiang Ying lowered his head and said, "The main responsibility this time lies with me. I did not see through the reactionary face of the Taizhou Army and blindly believed in our previous intelligence. I will write a review to Yan'an."
Liu Dake frowned and said, "What are you talking about? I am the person in charge sent by the party. If you want to be responsible, I am also responsible."
As he said this, Liu Dake said hatefully, "I didn't expect that this Taizhou Erli could be so good at acting. We were all fooled by them."
Ye Ting shook his head and said, "I don't think so. I'm afraid it's just Li Changjiang. Li Ming and Yang 80% don't know about this at all."
Xiang Ying stood up and said, "Now that they have reached this point, we don't need to say anything nice for them anymore."
Ye Ting pointed to the map and said, "I analyzed it from a military perspective. Li Changjiang's sneak attack on our army was indeed the reason for this failure. But look, if I were Li Mingyang and wanted to do this, I would not only let Li Changjiang sneak attack
Our army, I will personally lead troops to Dalun Town, surround my blocking troops, so that at least one of my regiments can be swallowed up. And now, Li Changjiang's victory here is not small, but Li Mingyang did not move until the end, so
I judge that there must be a problem between the two Lis. At least, Li Changjiang did not tell Li Mingyang about this matter."
Liu Dake looked at the map and said, "It makes sense, and Chen Yi sent an important message. This time, Japanese figures appeared in Li Changjiang's troops. Can we judge that the Taizhou Army has been infiltrated or controlled by the Japanese?"
"
Xiang Ying touched his chin and said, "If this is the case, then I'm afraid the Japanese have some big conspiracy."
