Chapter 858 Xin'an Ancient Town (Middle)

After looking at the terrain, Hong Chaoyuan and Hu Xuerong held an operational meeting of the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade on Maling Mountain, and made specific arrangements for the battle to capture Xin'an Town in accordance with the divisional battle plan.

This time, Hong Chaoyuan was ruthless, handed over all the defense to the east of Maling Mountain to the southeastern Lu detachment led by Wang Nanhu, concentrated all the forces of the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade, and was determined to tear a hole in Xin'an Town and scare the Japanese Ninth Division stationed on Longhai Road.

As for whether Wang Nanhu's southeastern Lu detachment was strong enough, Hong Chaoyuan was not worried. All the instructors know Liu Yimin's principle, that is, enough for a regiment to be the commander, enough for a brigade to be the brigade commander, and enough for a division to be the division commander, and they are all holding back their strength to quietly expand the troops. The Fifth Brigade of the Elephant Brigade, the main force of the first class, had no other way but to rebuild the new regiment and replenish the regiment, but to expand the number of regiments. If you want to set up a regular regiment again, you must get the approval of the division headquarters. The southeastern Lu detachment is different, they are a detachment, and it is only natural to set up a few more garrison regiments below. Wang Nanhu's southeastern Ludong detachment undertook the task of defending the southeastern Lunan base area, and the expansion of the army came clearly. Last time, the whole division expanded the army and transferred a fourth regiment from the southeastern Lu detachment, good guy, Wang Nanhu simply upgraded all the county brigades in Yishui, Juxian, Zhucheng, and Wulian to a garrison regiment according to Liu Yimin's requirements, rebuilt the county brigade, and also set up a Rizhao garrison regiment and a maritime garrison team.

Hong Chaoyuan pondered whether to report to the division commander that it was time for the Lunan Military Region to set up a military division. Otherwise, how can such a large territory be defended, and the brave and combative Fifth Brigade can't be turned into a garrison in Lunan

Zhang Yicheng, chief of staff of the Sixth Brigade, pasted the drawn operational map on a wooden board and hung it on a big tree, took a small wooden stick himself, pointed to the map, and said: "Xin'an Town is connected to Lunan in the north, northern Jiangsu in the south, and Xuzhou and Lianyungang in the east and west. Don't look at it as a small town, but it is a crisscrossing road and rail transportation hub. Controlling this place not only cut off the Longhai Road of the Japanese army, cut off the connection between the Japanese army in Xuzhou and Pixian and the Japanese army in the East China Sea and Lianyungang, but also opened up the connection between northern Jiangsu and the Shandong base area. Not only do we know this, but the little devils will also see it clearly. Otherwise, the Japanese puppet army would not have deployed a wing headquarters, two infantry brigades, a garrison squadron and a regiment of puppet troops in this town. ”

Zhang Yicheng was the chief of staff of the former Red Eighteenth Regiment, the Central Guard Division, and the Red Seventh Army Corps, and was a professional staff officer of our army. With old qualifications and rich experience, Liu Yimin proposed several times that he should return to the division headquarters as the chief of staff, but the Fifth Brigade currently lacks brigade-level cadres and cannot leave.

Zhang Yicheng continued: "According to the division's operational plan, our Lunan Military Region is determined to concentrate the forces of the six main regiments of the Fifth Brigade and the New Fifth Brigade to go out of the Maling Pass in the north and capture Xin'an Town. Mobilize Japanese reinforcements from Pixian and Xuzhou in the west and Donghai and Lianyungang in the east. After the mission is achieved, the New Sixth Brigade returns to the Maling Mountain defense line, lures the enemy to pursue with a small force, consumes the devils in front of Maling Mountain, or allows the enemy to enter the Maling Mountain Road and ambush him. The 6th Brigade turned to Malingshan and stood by behind the Ludongnan detachment to prepare for the second division. The specific arrangements are as follows: 1. The brigade artillery regiment relies on Maling Mountain to establish a position, and when our army attacks the puppet army stronghold outside the Maling Mountain Pass to attract the Japanese troops in Xin'an Town to enter the first line of the blockade ditch, it will be covered with artillery fire to eliminate the Japanese army's vital forces. 2. The 13th Regiment commanded the 6th Brigade Recruit Regiment and the Supplementary Regiment to undertake the main task of breaking through the front, taking advantage of the darkness of night to covertly engage the enemy, first knocking out a battalion of the 6th Division of the puppet army that blocked the mountain pass, and then directly launched a frontal attack on Xin'an Town, and after breaking through the blockade ditch, they went straight to the north gate of Xin'an Town. Note that the attack of the 13th Regiment must control the rhythm, first, to train the soldiers of the new regiment and the supplementary regiment, and second, to mobilize the Japanese puppet army in Xin'an Town, so as not to scare them. This is technical work, and it has to be done slowly. That is to say, when attacking the puppet army, let the new regiment and the supplementary regiment go up. Waiting for the Japanese puppet army in Xin'an Town to leave the town and go to the front-line position of the moat, teach the 13th Regiment to strike quickly. Third, the 14th Regiment commanded the cavalry battalion of the brigade and the new 14th Regiment as the left flank, and attacked Longhai Road through Kong Weizi after leaving the mountain pass. After cutting off the Longhai Road, the new 14th Regiment set up positions along the mountain pass to the Longhai Road to block possible reinforcements from the direction of the East China Sea. The 14th Regiment quickly attacked the east gate of Xin'an Town from east to west, and the brigade cavalry battalion detoured to the south gate of Xin'an Town, set up an ambush position, and killed the puppet army on the day when it broke through from Xin'an Town to the south, and guarded to the south. Fourth, the 15th Regiment commanded the new 15th Regiment as the right flank, after leaving the mountain pass, advanced to the Shu River, along the east bank of the Shu River to the west gate of Xin'an Town, after cutting off the Longhai Road, the new 15th Regiment went west to guard and block the Pixian reinforcements, and the 15th Regiment was responsible for attacking the west gate of Xin'an Town. 5. The engineer battalions of the two brigades were all reinforced to the regiments and undertook the task of clearing mines and erecting improvised bridges over the blockade ditches. After our troops passed through the blockade ditch, two engineer battalions sent troops to command the front teams to fill the blockade ditch. 6. The guard companies and spy companies of the two brigades are organized in a unified manner to undertake battlefield vigilance tasks. In addition to leading the way for the attacking troops, the two reconnaissance companies had to reconnoiter in the east, west, and south directions and closely monitor the enemy's movements. The two baggage battalions were unified into a baggage detachment, which was responsible for ammunition supply and battlefield cleaning. 7. The new 13th Regiment served as a battlefield reserve. ”

After Zhang Yicheng finished talking about the specific deployment, Hu Xuerong mobilized before the operation. He said: The Fifth Brigade and the New Fifth Brigade are themselves one unit, and they have been fighting side by side since they entered Shandong. In this battle to capture Xin'an Town, there will be a competition between regiments, battalions and battalions, and companies to see who will break through the enemy's defense line first and see who will achieve the greatest results. The troops responsible for the attack should attack skillfully and fiercely, give full play to our army's advantages of being well-trained, highly tactically skilled, and well-prepared, and not only quickly complete the combat mission, but also reduce casualties so as to facilitate another battle.

Hong Chaoyuan began to speak: "The Battle of Lunan was said to be fought in Lunan, but in fact, all our troops in Shandong were mobilized to launch a full-scale attack on the Japanese army. I dare to conclude that in the end, all the units will fight bravely to see which one has the most brilliant results. This time, the little devil is going to be unlucky. If you don't do it well, you have to break your muscles and bones. In such a big battle, the division commander designated our Lunan Military Region to fire the first shot, and that was because the division commander could afford to teach the Fifth Brigade and the New Fifth Brigade, to our Lunan troops, and to Hong Chaoyuan and you. What is it? This is trust, and it is the division commander's trust in the troops of the Fifth Brigade of the Jiao who had fought in the Lintong Defense Battle, the Linqing Defense Battle, and the southeast of Shandong. This trust is bigger and heavier than the Maling Mountain at the foot of it."

Speaking of this, Hong Chaoyuan changed his words: "The opponent we are facing is not simple, it is the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army, that is, the Ninth Division that participated in the Battle of Songhu, the capture of Nanjing, the Battle of Wuhan, and the Battle of Suizao. This is the ace division of the Japanese army, with a high level of training, high technical and tactical level, a high degree of mechanization, and a strong will to fight. The task given to us by the division commander was to keep an eye on the Ninth Division and let it stay motionless on the Longhai Road honestly. How can this be accomplished? One word typed, it was so frustrated that it was scared to pee on the crotch of its pants."

The cadres burst into laughter.

Hong Chaoyuan continued: "The Ninth Division is strong, and our army is stronger than it. In addition to the fact that the Fifth Brigade and the New Fifth Brigade did not have tanks and armored vehicles, Lao Tzu had more artillery, more machine guns, more automatic weapons, and more troops. In addition, we are only attacking Xin'an Town a little, and the little devils can't resist it anyway. The commanders of the regiments all gave me a clear explanation, and they took out all the anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, rocket launchers, and flying thunder guns, and used all kinds of artillery in a concentrated manner, so that they could greet the devils vigorously. Lao Tzu has no shortage of shells, bullets, and explosives. As long as the little devil is found to be stubborn, he will be greeted with firepower. Or the words of the division commander, I would rather spend 100 rounds of ammunition than sacrifice the life of a soldier, I heard it clearly, right? . ”

The fighters replied in unison: "Hear clearly"

At one o'clock in the night of October 6, the Eighth Route Army began to attack from the Maling Pass.

Zang Yinian is a native of Nanbu, Yaowan Town, a famous town in northern Jiangsu at the intersection of Luoma Lake and the canal in Pi County. It's stupid and angry. In the spring, in order to keep his Wanguan family property, Zang Yinian defected to the Japanese and became a traitor and became the maintenance president of Yaowan Town. You know, this kiln bay is no better than other places, it is the most prosperous town in northern Jiangsu. Before the war, there was a street, eight temples, eight halls in Yaowan Town, and there were 18 turrets for guarding the homes alone, and merchants from 18 provinces all set up shops here, and even large foreign merchants such as the Mobil Oil Company of the United States set up shops in Yaowan. Although the big merchants in Yaowan fled to Shanghai, Wuhan, Hong Kong and other places on small steamers before the Japanese army captured Yaowan in November last year, the emaciated camels were bigger than horses, and those small merchants who could not escape were enough to eat and drink in the New Year. When the Japanese army captured Yaowan, Zang Yinian and the puppet army of traitors Liu Furong and Wang Zhenduo robbed in Yaowan for two days, and their waists bulged.

said that Zang Yinian was unlucky because he didn't live happily for long. When the Eighth Route Army swept through the Suzhou-Anhui region, Zang Yinian was frightened when he saw the posture of the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Brigade covering the sky and the sun, and fled to Xuzhou with his security team in a panic. As a result, the Japanese replenished his troops into the Manchurian Advance Army, which had suffered heavy losses by the Eighth Route Army. He himself was appointed as the captain of the anti-communist team in Xin'an Town, and led Zhou Qingxu and a group of traitors to Xin'an Town to work for the little devils.

That night, Zang Yinian had a bad stomach and got up in the middle of the night to go to the thatched house. This thatched house is nothing, making Zang Yinian the first traitor to discover that the Eighth Route Army is attacking Xin'an Town.

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