After listening to Bai Chongxi's worried analysis, Chairman Jiang understood the contradiction and helplessness in his heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

If Bai Chongxi personally went to the front line to command these two divisions, so that he could adapt to the situation, then he would definitely be able to rescue Xu Tingyao's 17th Army headquarters from Zhang Xinghan.

The implication of his words is obvious, that is, he is worried about Guan Linzheng, Du Yuming's people are not Zhang Xinghan's opponents, and the reinforcements will not succeed, but will be annihilated.

However, at the moment, even if Bai Chongxi has the heart to go to the front line, it will be too late in terms of time and means of transportation.

At the same time that Chairman Chiang was in a dilemma and worried about the future of the Battle of Puyang.

On the battlefield of Puyang, there was a change that no one expected.

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In a dense forest about two or three kilometers east of Puyang City, Zhang Lingfu quietly rushed here overnight with the defenders of Fan County.

In Fan County, Zhang Lingfu failed to complete the task assigned to him by Wang Yaowu, and led his troops to block Zhang Xinghan, so that Puyang fell into a heavy siege, and the two reinforcements were wiped out overnight.

After learning these news, Zhang Lingfu felt deeply remorseful, and hurriedly led his troops to rush to Puyang.

Although Zhang Lingfu hated Zhang Xinghan to the core, he also knew that the troops in his hands were not superior, and there was a huge gap between him and the Northeast Army in terms of equipment level and other aspects.

Therefore, he did not rush forward with his troops to die, but quietly led his troops to approach Puyang and sent elite scouts to reconnoiter the situation of the enemy outside Puyang City.

At this time, Zhang Lingfu was waiting in the woods for his reconnaissance platoon commander to bring back the much-needed information.

Lying in the grass in the woods, Zhang Lingfu's handsome face could not see a trace of waves, and his eyes were firm, like a fierce beast hidden in the night, staring directly at the dark night sky ahead.

I don't know how long it took, but finally there were some slight footsteps ahead, and two cooing sounds.

A guard next to Zhang Lingfu said softly: "Camp, it's the reconnaissance platoon that has returned." ”

Zhang Lingfu nodded his head, and the guard immediately responded with two bird calls.

Three black shadows flashed out of the woods in front of them, and Zhang Lingfu stood up with the guards. To one of them: "Xiaofu, how is the situation?" ”

The reconnaissance platoon commander was also surnamed Zhang, formerly known as Zhang Xiaohu, and later followed Zhang Lingfu, who was infected by his personality charm and voluntarily changed his name to Zhang Xiaofu to show his loyalty to Zhang Lingfu.

In addition, this person is skilled, has outstanding marksmanship, and is very shrewd, so he was appointed by Zhang Lingfu as the lieutenant platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the department. (Pure fabrication)

Zhang Xiaofu and his two subordinates first stood up and saluted. Only then did he say: "Battalion, it's clear, the Northeast Frontier Army deployed a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns outside Puyang City to blockade Puyang City, but there are not many infantry participating in the siege. ”

"Not many infantry? Why? Zhang Lingfu didn't know that Zhang Xinghan's main force had gone north to meet the 17th Army.

"I don't know what I was doing, but in the south and southeast of the city, I found a large number of our prisoners, and a rough calculation showed that there were at least one or two divisions.

And the detention force of the Northeast Army should have about two or three battalions. In addition, no other Northeast Army was found in the west and north of the city. Zhang Xiaofu said.

Zhang Lingfu fell into deep thought when he heard this, and Zhang Xiaofu asked, "Camp." What shall we do? Do you rescue those captives and save the division, or do you just break into the city and join the division? ”

"Nope." Zhang Lingfu shook his head and said, "Just rely on the strength we have now." It is difficult to succeed in rescuing those captives, and even if they do, what can they do? We are not equipped to arm them. Instead, they can become a burden.

It is not possible to directly assault into the city to join the division, that would be tantamount to us throwing ourselves into the net and drilling into the ambush circle of the Northeast Army, which is not as advantageous as hiding in the shadows now. (Zhang Lingfu now has less than 2,000 troops in his hands plus the defenders he brought from Fan County.)

"So what are we going to do?" Zhang Xiaofu said.

"Let me think about it." Zhang Lingfu waved his hand and fell into contemplation again.

About three to five minutes later, Zhang Lingfu made a decision, and immediately said to Zhang Xiaofu: "Xiaofu, immediately order the troops to prepare for battle, and at the same time send a telegram to the division, ask the division to lead the troops to counterattack from inside the city, attack with us inside and outside, first destroy the Northeast Army outside the city, seize their anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and then deal with the infantry of the Northeast Army in the south of the city, and rescue those prisoners."

This is called the shield of the other. ”

"Yes." Zhang Xiaofu's eyes flashed with a scorching light, and he took the order.

In Puyang City, Wang Yaowu was besieged for many days, and he had received a telegram from Chairman Jiang informing him that Xu Tingyao had led the 17th Army south to help, so that he could rest assured that he would hold on, and his tense nerves were slightly relaxed.

But today, I suddenly learned the bad news that the 2nd Division of the 17th Army was ambushed by the Northeast Army on the way to help and the whole army was annihilated, and the military headquarters of the 17th Army was also under siege.

Wang Yaowu can't eat anymore, let alone sleep, so he will be borrowing wine to drown his sorrows in the headquarters.

Suddenly, an adjutant walked in quickly, and when he heard the footsteps, Wang Yaowu, who was already half drunk, couldn't help but be furious: "Didn't I say don't come to disturb me?" ”

The person who came stopped and said with an earnest face: "Shizuo, I just received an urgent telegram from Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 3rd Battalion. ”

Wang Yaowu said: "Who? Lingfu? Where is he now? ”

For Zhang Lingfu, a beloved general, Wang Yaowu is still very important, he is young and promising, wise and brave, and he is an absolute military genius.

Even Wang Yaowu could secretly predict that Zhang Lingfu's future achievements would never be under him.

"Zhang Lingfu with his battalion and the garrison of Fan County, a total of more than 1......,700 people, has now come to the outside of the city," the adjutant told Wang Yaowu in detail about Zhang Lingfu's battle plan.

After finishing speaking, he said: "Shizuo, I think Zhang Lingfu's suggestion is very feasible, and he has already found out that there is no main force of the Northeast Army outside the city, and we still have an advantage in actual strength."

As long as we take the enemy's anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns by surprise, we can easily defeat the enemy's main infantry force outside the city by turning the muzzle.

In this way, not only can the siege of Puyang be relieved, but also the prisoners of the two divisions can be rescued, and the situation between the enemy and us in the entire Hebei campaign can be reversed in one fell swoop! ”

Although Wang Yaowu was half drunk, his mind was still sober, and after weighing the pros and cons, he immediately slammed the wine bowl and said sharply: "Pass my order, all regiments immediately prepare for battle, the guns are the horn, as soon as the guns outside the city sound, immediately divide the troops into four ways to kill, kill the rabbit cubs of the Northeast Army, and snatch all their anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, shame on you!" ”

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About half an hour later, as the troops successfully quietly detoured back to the rear of the other three Northeast Army, Zhang Lingfu wore a steel helmet and held an MP18 submachine gun, and took the lead with hundreds of subordinates behind him to launch an attack on the besieging troops of the Northeast Army at the east gate.

The fortifications of the besieging troops of the Northeast Army were built on the road of the four gates outside Puyang City, but because they did not expect that there would be enemy troops in their rear, this kind of fortification was unilateral, only to prevent the defenders in the city from breaking through, and not to prevent attacks from behind.

It was also Liu Jianguo's carelessness, he thought that the Northeast Army had won successive victories, and the reinforcements of the Central Army north of the Yellow River, Xinxiang, and other places were almost wiped out, and the remaining stubbornness was still insufficient, where did he dare to go out of the city to attack them?

As for the reinforcements of the Central Army south of the Yellow River, there was a blockade by the air force, and it was impossible to cross the river in a hurry, and the 17th Army in Handan and other places already had the main force personally led by Zhang Xinghan to meet the attack.

Puyang was absolutely safe, which made Liu Jianguo relax his vigilance, and instead focused more attention on the nearly 20,000 prisoners of the Central Army.

In fact, not only Liu Jianguo was careless, but the successive victories caused many units of the Northeast Army to participate in the war to show signs of paralysis of the enemy.

Therefore, when Zhang Lingfu led the assault team to kill him, the officers and men of the Northeast Army of the air defense regiment and other departments besieging the city were caught off guard at all.

As soon as the submachine gun in Zhang Lingfu's hand was fired, several Northeast Army troops fell in a pool of blood.

"Dada...... Bang Bang Bang ...... Kill," the hundreds of men behind him also opened fire.

A large rain of bullets roared, and the besieging troops at the east gate were caught off guard and fell in pieces.

As soon as the gunshots rang out at the east gate, Zhang Xiaofu and others in the other three directions also led their troops to launch a charge at the same time.

For a time, there were gunshots outside the city, and the sound of killing shook the heavens and the earth.

Inside the city, Wang Yaowu held a light machine gun and shouted: "Brothers, the reinforcements have arrived, rush out for me, kill the Northeast Yankees outside the city, and avenge the dead brothers, but there is one thing for me to remember, none of the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns outside the city are allowed to explode, they are all kept for Lao Tzu, do you hear!" ”

"Yes!" The nearly 1,000 defender soldiers gathered around him echoed in unison. 、

"Open the door!" As the city gate opened, Wang Yaowu waved his hand, held the machine gun, and led his subordinates to rush out of the city like a tide.

At the same time, in a clearing in the southeast of the city, this is where Liu Jianguo guards the prisoners.

Liu Jianguo, who had fallen asleep, was awakened by the sudden sound of guns and cannons, and ran out of the marching tent before he could put on his military uniform.

"What's going on?" Seeing the flames of Puyang City from afar, and the shouts were loud, Liu Jianguo asked with a shocked face.

After a short time, an adjutant ran over with a panicked expression, "Deputy division, it's not good, it's not good, it's not good, there is an enemy who has attacked the air defense regiment, and the defenders in the city have also taken advantage of the situation to attack, and the air defense regiment has been defeated!" ”

"What?" Liu Jianguo was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ordered: "Assemble troops for me immediately and go up!" ”

"But, but, what about these captives? We don't have many troops, and we have fewer people left, so I'm afraid something will happen to these captives! The adjutant was embarrassed.

A hint of ferocity flashed in Liu Jianguo's eyes, and he wanted to order them to be killed, but when he thought of Zhang Xinghan's explanation before leaving, these captives were my Chinese compatriots, and one of them must not be lightly injured no matter what.

Liu Jianguo gave up that crazy idea.

Let the adjutant leave two battalions to guard the prisoners, and he only took an infantry battalion and a few directly subordinate troops of the regimental headquarters to the east of Puyang City to reinforce the air defense regiment. (To be continued......)