At the sound of an order, the herald held the walkie-talkie microphone and howled hoarsely, and Fukuda Masaya commanded the troops in front of him to urgently line up and immediately set off for the east gate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In an instant, one or two hundred soldiers of the island army lined up in two teams and rushed all the way to the east, leaving only thirty-four people in the sand base, and Ying Zuo Zhenzhao was also relatively cautious, leaving these dozens of people was probably afraid of Jiang Haoran's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

As soon as the troops left, two men emerged from an alley near the square, wearing felt hats and thick cotton clothes, and their hands tucked into their sleeves, very much like ordinary people who came out to watch the excitement.

The one who walked in front looked at the island soldiers who were going away, and said in a low voice: "You go back quickly, telegraph to the headquarters, No. 1 has appeared, the target is at the east gate, the enemy is pouring out, and the situation is very critical." ”

"Yes, I'm going to send the report!" The person behind him replied, quickly turned into the alley, and disappeared into the night in an instant.

Ten minutes after the explosion, on the mountain and forest trail two or three miles away from the north gate of Xuzhou, a team was marching rapidly, they were dressed as ordinary people, and most of the people on their shoulders were carrying the 38 big covers of the island army, the bullets on their chests were bulging, their waists were full of grenades, the border areas with wooden handles, and the melon grenades of the island army.

Although their costumes were not uniform, they moved quickly, sprinting like the wind in the night of the mountains and forests, and there seemed to be people in the team who were not satisfied with their speed, and roared from time to time: "Quick, hurry faster!" ”

"Hidden, there is a situation!" There was a sudden exclamation at the front of the procession, and the group stopped instantly, and the crowd quickly dispersed into the woods on both sides, and there was no one to be seen on the path, only the sound of bullets being loaded.

After a while, there were two crisp birdsong sounds in the night, and birdsong began to respond here, and then, a burly man came out of the woods, and the dim moonlight shone on his big face, and it was Hong Zhenshan, the captain of the Weishan Lake guerrillas.

After waiting for a day without any news, Hong Zhenshan finally couldn't sit still, and took advantage of the island army to relax the control of the city gate, and immediately went out of the city to find troops, in case the city needed help, so as not to be helpless.

Although they still don't know that the commissioner from the city is Jiang Haoran, they also know that he is a very important person in Yan'an, and they will definitely carry out the orders of their superiors to the end, even at the cost of the entire Weishan Lake, they must ensure the safety of the commissioner, which is the consciousness that a party member should have.

As soon as Hong Zhenshan walked out of the woods, he shouted: "No need to hide, it's your own person." ”

The team members began to walk out in twos and threes, and after a while, a small black shadow appeared on the road in front of them.

Hong Zhenshan seemed to know who was coming, so he greeted him from afar and scolded: "Stinky boy, didn't you let you keep an eye on it in the city, why did you come here." ”

Soon, the black shadow ran in front of Hong Zhenshan out of breath, and it was Xiao De who entered the city with Jiang Haoran.

Xiao De took a long time to catch his breath, and said hurriedly: "Captain, there was a big explosion in the city just now, and the little devils all rushed in the direction of the Daotai Yamen, and it is estimated that they are going to the commissioner, so I hurried to report." ”

As soon as Xiao De's words fell, there were suddenly gunshots in Xuzhou City not far away, and the sound of explosions continued, Hong Zhenshan looked sideways, and saw that the city was already in flames.

"It's the East Gate!" Hong Zhenshan said affirmatively.

Zhang Hongyi, the political commissar on the side, hurriedly said: "Lao Hong, what are you waiting for, hurry up and take the team into the city." ”

Hong Zhenshan waved his hand and said: "No, the shootout site is near the east gate, and judging from the scene, it is not only to deal with a few people, the commissioner is afraid that there is another helper, look at this posture they are preparing to break out from the east gate, we only have more than two hundred people, there is a wing of the island army in Xuzhou City, not counting the puppet army, we have no chance of winning against them head-on, we can only sneak attack, since the commissioner is ready to go out from the east gate, then we will go around to the east gate, and they should open the east gate with them." ”

"Okay, that's it!"

Several people spoke in unison, and the team soon ran again, and the direction had begun to move east.

Nanchang, headquarters of the 40th Group Army.

Although it was the second half of the night, the lights in the headquarters were bright, and Liu He, Huang Jie, Zhang Dabiao, and other staff officers gathered together, one by one, with solemn expressions around the combat sand table.

Jiang Haoran was deeply trapped behind the enemy and worried them, and the battle ahead was too smooth to worry them, only five days after the start of the war, the main offensive direction in northern Anhui had broken through on all fronts, and the attacking troops successfully occupied Zhoukou and Fuyang.

The entire national control area was full of laughter and laughter, praising the officers and men of the national army for their momentum and marching forward, but Liu He and the others were frightened, and they went to the general headquarters several times to slow down the attack and beware of the enemy's deception, but Bai Chongxi turned a deaf ear and still vigorously urged the attacking troops to continue to advance, and hit the city of Xuzhou with all their might.

Internal and external troubles really made them anxious, but there was no solution at all, and they didn't dare to go out of the command headquarters one by one, staring at the combat sand table in the hope of finding where the enemy's killing moves were.

At this time, Ye Kai, the director of the Intelligence Department, trotted in with a telegram, and shouted while he was still at the door: "Chief of Staff, Xuzhou is in an emergency, the headquarters has appeared, and now it is preparing to break through from the east gate, and the island army in the whole city has been dispatched, and it is not certain whether the general seat knows that the island army has an ambush at the east gate, and the situation is very critical." ”

The people in the room were dumbfounded, Liu He snatched the telegram in Ye Kai's hand and hurriedly glanced at it, and asked, "Do you know how many island troops there are in Xuzhou City?" ”

Ye Kaidao: "The garrison in the city is a wing, but at the beginning of the operation, the troops inside were less than a brigade, and the rest of the troops were all ambushed outside the city. ”

Liu He's eyes were crossed, and he shouted: "Call the airport immediately, order the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team to set off immediately, target the east gate of Xuzhou, and open the gap in the east gate desperately to rescue the general seat!" ”

Since it was determined that Jiang Haoran had arrived in Xuzhou, the Snow Wolf special combat team stayed at Nanchang Airport, and more than a dozen transport planes and fighters were on standby at any time to deal with any possible emergencies.

As soon as the staff officer put down the phone, Liu He said again: "Order, Liu Xianwei's airborne division has entered a state of combat readiness and is ready to airland in Xuzhou at any time." Ordered, Ye Zhaofeng mobilized all the transport planes into Nanchang Airport and prepared to cooperate with the airborne. At the same time, the hangar gate of the 331 base was opened overnight, and all the Fighting Tiger fighters were pulled out of the hangar, preparing to sweep away all enemy planes in the entire central China region tomorrow, fully control air supremacy, and remove all obstacles for the airborne troops. ”

After several orders in a row, the headquarters was suddenly in a hurry, and seven or eight telephones issued orders at the same time.