Chapter 485: Withdraw to Tianmu Mountain
Just when Regiment Commander Zhu was full of grief, the New Fourth Army on the hill actually launched a counter-charge, and rushed over in a blink of an eye, so that he had no time to take due precautions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Soon, the New Fourth Army rushed in front of them, and the bullets rained down, crushing Commander Zhu's troops, and retreating all the way for two miles before they stabilized their position with the help of the friendly troops who came later.
However, the Central Army, which was headed by Zhu and a regiment, was beaten to the point that the strength of not even a battalion was reached.
Commander Chen, who came later, learned that one of Commander Zhu's regiments, only one of them had become crippled under the fierce artillery bombardment and brave blows of the opponent, and he couldn't help but gasp, and when he saw that the New Fourth Army had retreated, he did not dare to launch an attack rashly, so he could only cautiously approach forward while reporting the situation to Shangfeng.
Liu Tianshu took advantage of the fact that the Central Army could not figure out the situation for a while, carried out fierce artillery strikes and sharp counter-assaults, and immediately shrank his troops after the Central Army was heavily damaged, and strictly deployed defenses on the front line of bamboo poles.
An hour later, countless New Fourth Army troops who had broken through rushed to Zhupolepu, and were commanded by Liu Tianshu to run east under the command of Sun Xuexuan.
The Central Army, which rushed to Zhupolepu, realized the importance of Zhupolepu to the siege of the New Fourth Army at this time, and had to launch an attack on the positions of the three regiments and one battalion under the strict order of Shangfeng.
Probably because Commander Zhu's troops suffered heavy casualties in the rapid artillery attack of the New Fourth Army, Commander Chen did not dare to command the troops to advance, but adopted a steady and steady approach, that is, the troops were assembled, which was also small-scale, and they advanced while building fortifications.
He ordered Hou Yifang, commander of the first battalion of the third regiment, to defend by resisting one by one and counterattacking briefly, and at the same time let the artillery provide artillery support for the three regiments and one battalion.
Commander Chen commanded the troops to launch two waves of attacks, which were finally repelled by the three regiments and one battalion, and after the three regiments and one battalion repelled the attack of the Central Army, they also took advantage of the situation to launch a counter-charge and drive the rushing Central Army out of the distance.
Seeing that his two waves of attacks had returned in vain under the enemy's artillery fire and stubborn resistance, Regiment Commander Chen couldn't help but feel anxious.
It was only at the sight of the wounded soldiers who were constantly being carried down that he had to calm down.
It's a pity that the artillery in the division is still on the way over, and it will take at least two hours to arrive.
Liu Tianshu saw that one of the New Fourth Army who ran over was a cadre, so he greeted him.
"Hello, I'm Liu Tianshu, the leader of the seventh detachment, how is the situation of the military department now?" Liu Tianshu asked anxiously.
The cadre was covered with gunsmoke, even his face was full of sludge, as soon as he heard Liu Tianshu introduce himself, he immediately raised his hand and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Hello detachment leader, I am the Yangtze River and the water river of the third detachment, the second regiment and the fourth company, when we broke through, I heard that the military headquarters was still in the Eagle Rock area thirty miles to the west. ”
Knowing that the military headquarters was still far away to the west, Liu Tianshu knew that Tong Guijie would not be able to meet the military headquarters to break through, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, he glanced at the river and river: "Company Commander Jiang, the enemy is about to surround you, you go east quickly." ”
These New Fourth Army, which broke through the encirclement, have all gone through a few days and nights of bloody battles, and they have long been exhausted, even if they want to stay and participate in the battle, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and Liu Tianshu naturally does not want his comrades-in-arms who have finally broken through to die here in vain.
Jiang Shuihe also understood that he and the others would not be of much help if they stayed, so he raised his hand and saluted when he heard the sound, and then quickly ran east with his troops.
Two hours later, Zhou Aiguo's reconnaissance team rushed to Zhupolepu, and Hu Yezhuan and Zheng Guangdong also ran over with a sniper team.
However, Liu Tianshu found that the snipers were also haggard at this time, and he couldn't bear to let them go to the position again, so he ordered them to quickly withdraw to the east.
Who knew that Zhou Aiguo saw that the detachment leader was still staying in the bamboo pole shop, so he insisted on staying, Liu Tianshu thought about it and asked them to rest on the side first.
The New Fourth Army, which had finally broken through, ran east one by one, and gradually, the sound of gunfire from the west came to this side, and Liu Tianshu knew that Tong Guijie's regiment was about to arrive.
At this time, the Central Army that rushed to Zhujiaopu added another regiment, probably knowing that the New Fourth Army that had broken through was fleeing eastward through Zhujiaopu, and the Central Army suddenly accelerated the speed of its attack.
Liu Tianshu saw countless Central Army shouting and rushing towards the position of the three regiments and one battalion, and shouted to the mortar company commander on the side with a blue face: "Company Commander Xiao, hit me hard, shoot all the shells out, and after the fight, you will immediately retreat to the east." ”
When Company Commander Xiao heard this, he immediately commanded his soldiers to fire rapidly at the shape of the attacking Central Army, and countless shells flew out and landed in the attacking ranks, raising clouds of gunpowder smoke and blowing up the attacking Central Army to the point that people were on their backs, and countless Central Army soldiers fell to the ground screaming.
Commander Zhou of the New 62nd Division of the Central Army, who was holding a telescope in the back to observe, saw that the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army on the opposite side had suddenly become stronger, and his heart moved, and he immediately understood that the New Fourth Army was going to retreat, and immediately ordered the artillery to quickly set up the artillery.
Just when the artillery battalion of the new 62nd Division set up the mortar, Company Commander Xiao commanded the mortar company to run out of ammunition in one breath and quickly withdrew from the position with the mortar on his shoulder.
The artillery shells fired by the artillery of the new 62nd Division fell on the artillery position of Company Commander Xiao just now, and an explosion like thunder rang out, turning the area into a sea of fire.
When Liu Tianshu saw the mortars of the Central Army firing, he immediately knew that the large forces of the Central Army had arrived, and he was immediately anxious.
At this moment, countless figures ran over on the avenue to the west, and Liu Tianshu saw that a group had been withdrawn, and immediately ordered Hou Yifang to prepare to retreat.
Hou Yifang saw the shells of the Central Army flying towards the position of the mortar company, and immediately knew that the situation was critical, and when he heard the order of the detachment commander, he immediately asked the troops to quickly retreat.
As soon as they abandoned their front position, they saw that the position was filled with smoke and darkness by the shells of the Central Army.
Liu Tianshu stood at the intersection and saw dozens of female soldiers of the New Fourth Army coming, and immediately ordered them to quickly run eastward, until Tong Guijie's regiment withdrew from the bamboo pole shop, and the third regiment and one battalion quickly withdrew their positions and flew eastward.
Seeing that the opposite hill was shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and thinking of the losses suffered by Zhu Tuan and Chen Tuan, Zhou couldn't help but grit his teeth, and immediately ordered his troops to attack Zhujiaopu without waiting for the gunpowder smoke to attack.
The attack met with only sporadic resistance, and in less than twenty minutes the new 62nd Division occupied Zhujiaopu, but before it could clear the battlefield, it joined up with friendly forces pursuing from the west.
Finding that the New Fourth Army guarding Zhupolepu had withdrawn, Division Commander Zhou hesitated for a moment and used the radio to report the situation to Shangfeng.
After a while, Shangfeng called back, telling the new 62nd Division to stop the pursuit to the east and deploy a tight defense at the bamboo pole.
Commander Zhu was circling in the war room of the commander's department at that time, and the purge operation he led was under the full command of the Shangguan General below, and he originally thought that with so many troops, it should be easy to surrender the weapons of the New Fourth Army, but he never thought that these New Fourth Army had never thought of laying down their arms and surrendering.
The two sides fought fiercely for six days and six nights, and although quite a number of the New Fourth Army were captured by the troops of the Third Theater because they ran out of ammunition and food, some of the New Fourth Army escaped from the encirclement of the Third Theater.
In particular, the seventh detachment of the New Fourth Army in northwest Zhejiang suddenly appeared and suddenly tore open its own encirclement to the west of Zhupolepu, allowing more than 1,000 New Fourth Army to escape smoothly.
Fortunately, according to intelligence, the main figures of the head organ of the New Fourth Army are still in the encirclement.
As for the New Fourth Army, which fled to the east, Chief Zhu thought about it for a long time, and finally called the general and asked him to ignore it for the time being, but to go all out to encircle and suppress the New Fourth Army in the encirclement.
However, thinking that the new 58th Division was in Guangde, General Shangguan finally ordered Li Guangyuan to be in charge of interception.
Li Guangyuan received the order, and his face turned into a persimmon cake.
This time, Liu Tianshu's troops passed directly through Tianmu Mountain, although it was not far from Guangde, but the terrain there was complicated, besides, now he didn't want to exchange fire with the seventh detachment at all, first, the seventh detachment could rescue his own troops, and secondly, his own troops knew that defending the city still had a certain combat effectiveness, and when it came to the trouble of the seventh detachment in the wild, it was really asking for trouble.
But Shangfeng's order could not be carried out, he hesitated for a long time, called the deputy division commander and the chief of staff and others, studied the map for a long time, and decided to send a regiment to intercept the west side of Tianmu Mountain, however, in order to avoid falling into the pocket of the New Fourth Army, he told the commander of the regiment that he must be cautious and must not rush in.
Ma Shenglong, the commander of the first regiment, was his confidant, and as soon as he heard Li Guangyuan's words, he immediately understood, he returned to the station, ordered the first regiment to assemble, and then quickly left the city.
However, after leaving the city, the movement was very slow.
After Liu Tianshu withdrew with the first regiment and the third regiment and one battalion to Tianmu Mountain, he found that the central army did not chase him, so he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the troops to rest in place.
This time, from Tianmu Mountain to the west side of Ningguo, with the help of the seventh detachment, more than 1,000 comrades-in-arms of the New Fourth Army broke out of the encirclement.
However, when they thought of their comrades-in-arms who were still surrounded by the Central Army, they couldn't help but feel sad.
After resting for a while on the west side of Tianmu Mountain, the large army quickly retreated in the direction of Si'an, however, since the Third War Zone took the lead in provoking the war, Liu Tianshu would not be polite, he let Tong Guijie's battalion stay in Tianmu Mountain to develop, and clearly instructed that the small units of the Third War Zone operating in Tianmu Mountain would be sent out of the country, and if they did not cooperate, they would be solved by force.
At this time, Liu Tianshu had decided to establish a base in Tianmu Mountain.
In the past, he was worried about the Third Theater Commander's Department, but now he doesn't think about this issue at all.
On the way back to Si'an, Liu Tianshu received a telegram from the headquarters in northern Jiangsu, saying that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had reached a ceasefire agreement. The changes that shocked China and the rest of the world in southern Anhui are coming to an end. (To be continued.) )