[160] Those who know the soldiers are wise

The 14th Division collapsed.

Zhao Emuran was pulled into a jeep by his personal guards, and fled to Xujiaao in the north in the already chaotic division headquarters.

The jeep didn't drive far in the muddy field before it got stuck in the mud, but Zhao E had no intention of getting out of the car. He leaned back in his chair, without any strength, and his once confident eyes were now staring blankly at the sky, letting the cold rain fall on his face.

He was still thinking about the nightmare that started two hours earlier......

Zhao E's 14th Division did not want to defend outside Shuangqiao Town at all, and as soon as it encountered the vanguard of the People's Liberation Army, the three infantry regiments under Zhao E were immediately ordered by him to spread out in a wide width, fill the 1.5-kilometer-wide front, and then prepare to attack south.

According to Zhao E, this is called a large-width assault.

Luo Qiuyu, deputy commander of the 14th Division, heard that this thing seemed to be a scientific name for tactics at first glance, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't remember that this scientific name was taught in the military academy books.

Yes, Zhao E is a genius, he has created a new tactical theory system in addition to the three major tactical systems of the hairy bear's big deep assault theory, Hans's blitzkrieg theory and the rabbit's big detour interspersed theory. What's it called? That's right, a big width assault!

Don't ask me if this large-width assault is powerful, anyway, I think it sounds very powerful, big width! Assault! Listen to it! There is no doubt that as long as it is pulled wide enough, the enemy will be pulled as wide as it is, and then there will be a surprise attack......

Zhao E is confident in his tactics, he has always fought like this in the past, pulling away, then rushing, and retracting to defend if he can't rush. Although I haven't won much before...... But...... This is obviously the poor ability of the soldiers, and Zhao E's tactics cannot be blamed.

Seeing that the 14th Division did not choose to defend on the spot, but pounced on it with great momentum. The participating troops of the 65th Regiment of the 194th Division did not hesitate to attack? Come on.

The first report Zhao E heard was:

"Division, the stormtroopers have suffered heavy casualties."

Zhao E told himself to calm down, break through, there are always some casualties, he 10,000 people rushed down, and the enemy army of two or three thousand people had to bite back desperately.

Then the reports came one by one:

"Division, the first line of troops of the second regiment collapsed!"

"Division, the right flank of the three regiments of our army on the west side has been outflanked by the supply troops, and the brothers have been scattered!"

"Division, the left flank of a regiment of our army on the east side has been outflanked by the supply troops, and the brothers can't stand it!"

"Division, the enemy army on the west side has already broken down the three regiments, and is speeding up to outflank my rear, and it will be too late if you don't leave!"

"Teacher's ......"

"Teacher's ......"

"Teacher's ......"

Zhao E sat motionless in the jeep, allowing the dense gunfire in his ears to get closer and closer......

Just after nine o'clock, the troops participating in the 65th Division used strong firepower and bravely interspersed assaults, which took two hours to completely eat more than 10,000 people of the 14th Division. Our troops lost 72 killed and wounded 125.

More than 4,800 prisoners of war were captured, including Zhao E, commander of the 14th Division, who was sitting in his jeep and weeping in the fields. (Zhao E: "That's rain!") Soul light~! ~！ ……”）

At this moment, the 19th Division and the 45th Independent Division of the 19th Army have also been assembled in Xujiaao, due to the death of a large number of soldiers in the shelling and the escape into the mountains after the shelling and do not return, the 19th Division and the 45th Independent Division have only gathered a total of about 11,000 people, and a large number of heavy weapons have been lost or destroyed in the shelling, and this 11,000-strong unit has actually become a bolt rifle division.

Liu Yunhan, the commander of the 19th Army, wanted to cry without tears in the face of this situation, but fortunately, he had already sent the 14th Division south to attack the beach, which could be regarded as an explanation, and with the remaining two divisions, Liu Yunhan decided to defend Xujiaao. Waiting for the 52nd Army stationed in the north of Zhoushan Island to come to help.

As soon as the south side started, Liu Yunhan knew that it was broken, and the supply army was already so close.

But Liu Yunhan didn't send reinforcements, Liu Yunhan was right, Zhao E basically finished a division of more than 10,000 people If he was defeated, his crippled military headquarters of more than 10,000 people would rush down and fill the stuffing.

So the 19th Army began to defend on the spot, digging trenches on the south side of the muddy Xujiaao.

In the end, the news came that Zhao E's 14th Division was wiped out, which made Liu Yunhan almost faint in anger, but he was glad that he did not go south and arranged the fortifications early.

Thinking that 10,000 people would be defeated in two hours, Liu Yunhan kept patting his thigh and scolding Zhao E in his 19th Army headquarters. "This! This Zhao Kuo who talks on paper! What a bullshit big width assault! I grass his eight ancestors! ……”

With the fear of the combat power of the PLA, Liu Yunhan led the remaining 19th Division and the rest of the 45th Division of the 19th Army to the north to evacuate to the valley to the north, marching all the way north to meet the rescue of the 52nd Army, and laying troops all the way to fill the valley for defense, hoping that the PLA would be blocked in this valley.

When fighting against the 19th Army on the Northwest Road, the three companies of the 1st Battalion of the 193rd Regiment also went to the various intersections and ridge lines leading to Dinghai on the east side of the Zhoujiayuan area, preparing to block Hu Lian's 67th Army from Dinghai.

Hu Lian's 67th Army was beaten in chaos during the half-hour-long bombardment of the PLA's 130mm cannon cluster, and if it had been attacked by the army at that time, it might have dispersed directly.

Finally, when the large-scale shelling was over, Hu Lian's back was already drenched with sweat. He felt that Dinghai couldn't stay still, so he decided to start the 67th Army, and the mechanized armored corps, of course, had to be opened.

The 67th Army existed in Zhoushan in the form of a general combat reserve of Chiang's army, which meant that wherever something happened, it would go to extinguish the fire. Zhou Jiayuan, which is next to Dinghai in the west, has already landed, and Hu Lian's combat mission is needless to say, that is, to advance towards Zhoujiayuan.

As a result, the 32,600-strong 67th Army, which had been rebuilt by recruits recruited by the Kuomintang Second Training Command in Jiangxi at the end of 1948, set out to move, and the more than 28,000 surviving members of the three divisions under its jurisdiction rushed toward the Zhoujiayuan area in a mighty drive with more than 140 iron armored vehicles and 18 American-made M5A1 tanks and a large number of troop transport trucks that had been bombarded.

The 67th Army had three divisions, 218, 219, and 385, and the westernmost 219th Division naturally became the vanguard. However, no sooner had this vanguard set off than it encountered constant and sporadic shelling. This is because at this moment the sky is already bright, and the bombardment 5 has begun to take on the task of shelling calibration.

Under the continuous radio guidance of the navigator of the bombardment 5, the 130mm cannon cluster continued to shell the 219th Division of the 67th Army advancing westward. With the help of calibration from the air, the fire of the 130mm cannons in groups of two became more and more accurate, and the 219th Division fell into chaos as soon as it set off.

The 219th Division, which has more than 10,000 people, is now paralyzed on the road, waiting for the artillery bombardment to end, but the opponent's two-gun group of six seconds of firepower is endless, and it refuses to stop. More than 10,000 troops were scattered in the muddy fields to prevent artillery fire, and the soldiers and officers were all shivering from the cold, but they did not dare to go on the road. On the improvised road, trucks were constantly destroyed by artillery fire, and they were smashed and scattered like paper paste. The 219th Division was silent and even more unwilling to take a further step west before the end of the shelling.

Li Shouguan, the commander of the 219th Division, kept complaining to Hu Lian on the radio:

"Military seat, the artillery for the army is now bombing my brother's 219th Division like they have eyes, the shells are hitting extremely accurately, my truck is about to be blown up, this road is already rotten, and now it has been blown up and broken several potholes, brother, I really can't move."

When Hu Lian heard Li Shouguan's words, his heart was full of fire, and he said sharply:

"The supply army is now going to use piecemeal artillery fire to block the speed of our army's reinforcements! You don't tell me about casualties, I don't listen! An hour from now, you must rush to Ya'ao Ridge and Luotou Ridge for me, and guard these two necessary routes to enter Zhou's homeland. Even if the truck is gone, you have to run for me! ”

As soon as Li Shouguan heard Hu Lian's words, he knew that there was no way, so he gave the order to die, and the 219th Division threw down the vehicle and ran west on foot.

Hu Lian also had no choice, because if these two roads were blocked, he would have to climb over the southernmost beach, or rely on landing craft to rush up from behind the supply army. Seeing that the artillery fire of the supply army was so powerful, Hu Lian did not have the consciousness to take the landing craft into the Jintang waterway at all, and as for passing through the muddy and narrow mountainside beach, Hu Lian did not even consider it. If there is no road, should the mechanized armored corps throw away all the motor vehicles and walk over?

Fortunately, the road was very close, and the 219th Division really left all its vehicles behind, walked 1.5 kilometers on foot, first arrived at Ya'ao Ridge from Yancang, and divided its troops to march towards Luotou Ridge.

Along the way, the scene of the destruction of various fortifications shocked the 219th Division, and there was no doubt that the soldiers stationed there had either been killed or had run into the mountains or villages.

The artillery fire of the People's Liberation Army has been following the 219th Division, and it is still the rhythm of two guns and two guns that knocks on the nerves of the 219th Division. The 1.5 kilometers of the 219th Division were too hard, and every step was accompanied by death. Listening to the casualties constantly reported by his subordinates on the radio, Li Shouguan Tie blushed and thought about Hu Lian's eight generations of ancestors in his heart, and at the same time prayed for God's blessing that no shells would fall on his division headquarters set up under the mountain in Caijia Village.

The 219th Division finally saw the road between the two mountains under the Yaao Ridge, but began to take over the firepower of a battalion led by Ge Cunfu of the 193rd Regiment. The two companies that went up in the first place were severely wounded.

The second and third battalions led by Li Sijiu at this moment had completed the liquidation of the remnants of Jiang's army in the northeast of the Zhoujiayuan area, and began to assemble towards Ya'ao Ridge in the east.

Li Sijiu doesn't like defense, he likes to attack, bayonet-like attack.

Someone praised him in front of him, saying that offense is the best defense, and he just smiled.

He really just doesn't like defense, he just loves offense. It has nothing to do with those tongue-twisting tactical philosophies at all.

Therefore, Li Sijiu didn't care about the intersection of Ya'ao Ridge and Luotouling at all, there was Ge Cun Fu there, and he was very relieved. Because he knew that Katsumura Fukushi was the most defensible of the three battalion commanders under him. Li Sijiu doesn't like defense, it doesn't mean that he doesn't appreciate the genius of defense, and Katsumura Fu is such a defense genius.

Li Sijiu took the second and third battalions and began to climb the Yaao Ridge from the north, he had to climb over this 800-meter-wide hill, hit it all the way, and insert it, so that he could be satisfied with himself, as for whether the division commander was satisfied or not, Li Sijiu really didn't have the heart to ponder.

In fact, Chen Shifa, the commander of the 65th Division, was very clear about Li Sijiu's path. It was precisely because he knew too much that after Chen Shifa Zuihou racked his brains and thought about it, he chose the 193rd Regiment to block the attack.

Chen Shifa knew that if he let Li Sijiu break through to the east, this kid might break all the way to Dinghai. However, Chen Shifa wanted the Qingling Village Pass to the east of Ya'ao Ridge and the Maoling Pass to the south of the Qingling Village Pass. Therefore, Chen Shifa cunningly chose Li Sijiu to go to the east to block the attack.

Is there anyone who understands Li Sijiu better than Chen Shifa?