With the help of the local guerrillas, the regiment quickly rushed to Xiaofengling, north of Si'an Town, established a defensive position and sent reconnaissance personnel to monitor the Japanese army in Changxing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

An hour after dawn, the second regiment also rushed to Si'an Town, but after resting in Si'an Town for 20 minutes, they immediately rushed to Zhujia Lane.

The 7th detachment suddenly left the west side of Tianmu Mountain and rushed to Si'an Town, which not only surprised the commander's headquarters of the 3rd Theater, but also the Japanese army.

After learning that Liu Tianshu's seventh detachment was moving south along the west side of Tianmu Mountain, Commander Duoze believed that the seventh detachment would not return to the area of Changxing Huzhou, so he ordered the troops from Haining, Jiaxing, and Hangzhou to withdraw to their original positions.

However, the 79th Division of the Third Theater gave up Changxing, and Commander Duoze felt that if he could control Changxing, plus Huzhou and Deqing, he could blockade Tianmu Mountain, so he naturally left a brigade of troops to garrison Changxing.

Who knew that at noon, they suddenly received reports from the Japanese troops in Changxing, Huzhou and Deqing that the seventh detachment of the New Fourth Army suddenly appeared in Si'an Town, and at the same time sent troops to suddenly besiege the Zhujiaxiang stronghold.

It stands to reason that the siege of a small Zhujiaxiang point by the New Fourth Army will not alarm a high-level Japanese commander of the level of Duoze, but because the whereabouts of the Seventh Detachment are not clear, the Nanjing Japanese Army Command has requested that the troops in southern Anhui, western Zhejiang, and southern Jiangsu must report the whereabouts of Liu Tianshu's division of the New Fourth Army as soon as they discover it.

Because no matter where Liu Tianshu's more than 7,000 people throw in, the original balance there will be broken.

The seventh detachment arrived to the west of Tianmu Mountain, and Duo Ze felt that this was a good thing, because according to intelligence, the relationship between the troops of the Third Theater and the New Fourth Army was not harmonious, and Liu Tianshu took so many people to Tianmu Mountain, which would definitely make the Third Theater Commander's Department feel very uncomfortable.

Who knew that after only two days, Liu Tianshu's troops suddenly appeared south of Changxing, and there were signs of attacking Huzhou, Duo Ze couldn't help frowning when he saw it.

There are two brigades of Japanese troops in Huzhou plus more than 1,000 puppet troops to defend, not to mention that there are relatively complete fortifications there, Duoze is not worried about the New Fourth Army attacking Huzhou, that is, Changxing, and now there is also a brigade guarding there.

The only thing Duoze was worried about was Deqing, although there was a brigade there, but it had to defend Deqing City, and also defend the surrounding strongholds, once the seventh detachment of the New Fourth Army went south to Deqing, this would be a problem.

"Order Captain Komatsu to be sure to hold Huzhou and Changxing, and at the same time telegraph to the commander of the 22nd Division, Oshiro Sanzhi, to be ready to reinforce Huzhou at any time."

In the Taihu Lake and Hangzhou areas, the Japanese army had two main divisions, plus the puppet army that cooperated with the operation, there were more than 50,000 people, but these troops had to defend the major cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they were scattered, but the strength was insufficient.

After Dorze asked his men to give orders, he also prepared the Air Force for battle.

When Liu Tianshu and Jiang Jinyong rushed to Si'an Town with the detachment's direct subordinates and the Third Regiment, the Second Regiment had already captured the Japanese stronghold in Zhujiaxiang and controlled the area west of Huzhou, and the troops were directed at Huzhou.

When Commander Gu of the Third Theater learned that the Seventh Detachment had suddenly turned to the northeast and rushed to the area south of Changxing and west of Huzhou, he was moved and immediately issued an order to the New Fourth Army Headquarters through the Theater Commander's Headquarters to immediately launch an attack on the enemy in Changxing.

At this time, Chief Gu completely forgot that he insisted that the Seventh Detachment was a regular force that was not recognized by the Nationalist Government.

After the 79th Division was ordered to abandon Changxing and let the devils occupy Changxing, although this matter was not poked out, Jiang someone, who was far away in Chongqing, knew about it, and he reprimanded the Third War Zone in a telegram.

If the 7th Detachment can recover Changxing in one fell swoop, this record can be counted on the head of the 3rd Theater, and at the same time, it can also use the hands of the Japanese to weaken the strength of the New Fourth Army.

Deputy Army Commander Xiang couldn't help but blush with anger when he saw that the Theater Commander's Department was so shameless, he looked at Commander Ye and said: "Commander, these guys in the theater are really not things, our Seventh Detachment is only going to go to western Zhejiang, they don't agree, and they don't say anything, and they say that the Seventh Detachment has not been filed with the Military Commission, and it is not a regular army recognized by the National Government, and now the Seventh Detachment is south of Changxing, but we let us order the Seventh Detachment to recover Changxing, you say, what are these things?" ”

"Old Xiang, the bureaucrats of the Chief's Department, you don't understand, by the way, how can the Central Committee answer this matter?" Commander Ye smiled lightly and then asked.

"Yan'an called back, let the seventh detachment grasp it on its own, but it requires that everything be focused on preserving the vital forces and vigorously developing the base areas behind the enemy." Deputy Commander Xiang said.

"Okay, we'll transfer Yan'an's call back directly to Liu Tianshu and let them decide for themselves." Commander Ye thought about it and nodded and said.

Liu Tianshu received a telegram from the military department, and after reading it, he handed it to Jiang Jinyong.

After reading it, Jiang Jinyong looked at Liu Tianshu and said, "Tianshu, what do you think?" ”

"Political commissar, according to intelligence, the Japanese army in Changxing has a brigade, plus the puppet army, about 2,000 people, and the enemy in Huzhou, which is closest to Changxing, is only two brigades, in this way, we will concentrate one regiment and three regiments to attack Changxing, if the enemy in Huzhou comes forward to reinforce, then concentrate troops to fight its reinforcements, if the enemy in Huzhou is unmoved, we will take advantage of the situation to take Changxing and expand the influence of the New Fourth Army." Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.

The enemy had only recently occupied Changxing, and it could be said that his foothold was not stable, and if he turned around and went south without firing a shot, this could not be justified in any way.

"Okay, you can decide about the war." Jiang Jinyong heard Liu Tianshu's words and nodded in agreement.

He knew that the seventh detachment had suffered a lot of anger on the west side of Tianmu Mountain, and if he didn't find a devil to vent this evil breath, he was afraid that it would affect the morale of the troops.

Since the two commanders had decided, Liu Tianshu immediately called Staff Officer Sun and asked him to quickly send people to reconnoiter the enemy situation in Changxing, and at the same time let all the cadres above the regimental level of the detachment go to the detachment headquarters for a meeting.

Although the devil knew that the seventh detachment of the New Fourth Army had arrived in Si'an Town, because Liu Tianshu did not put his troops in the town, the devil's aerial reconnaissance could not find the location where the main force of the seventh detachment was hiding, and the aerial bombardment could not be carried out.

Hearing that the detachment commander had decided to launch an attack on Changxing City tonight, Tong Guijie, the commander of the first regiment, and Ou Biaofei, the commander of the third regiment, were all excited, because the detachment commander had made it clear that the first and third regiments would be responsible for tonight's siege mission, and the second regiment would be responsible for ambushing the Japanese reinforcements who came from Huzhou for reinforcements.

"Comrades, tonight's attack on Changxing is the first major operation of our seventh detachment after it arrives in western Zhejiang, so the first and third regiments must make adequate preparations, taking into account all the situations that may be encountered in the siege operation, and the second regiment must closely monitor the enemy in Huzhou, once the enemy in Huzhou comes forward to reinforce it, it must be resolutely resisted to buy time for the first and third regiments to enter Changxing City. The infantry battalion of the artillery regiment and a mortar company were responsible for the siege of the city in conjunction with the 1st and 3rd regiments, and a mortar company in conjunction with the 2nd regiment to block the enemy who might be reinforced. Deputy Detachment Commander Zhang moved with the Second Regiment, and the siege troops were under my unified command. After Jiang Jinyong made a political mobilization, Liu Tianshu issued a combat order in a solemn tone.

After the task was issued, the regiments immediately began to make preparations, and the reconnaissance brigade was divided into several reconnaissance squads and began to infiltrate and reconnoiter around Changxing, while Su Yajuan's guerrillas tried to get in touch with the comrades in the city and try to find out the situation of the devil's guard.

Field hospitals and logistics departments also immediately carried out preparations for the big battle.

The reason why the siege time was chosen at night was mainly to consider that once the battle started, the devil's plane could come to help, and the siege task was placed at night, and the devil's plane could only do it in a hurry, which would be beneficial to our side.

The actions of the departments of the seventh detachment were very efficient, and at eight o'clock in the evening, all the troops participating in the battle were in place, that is, the second regiment, which was responsible for fighting and blocking, also selected an ideal ambush position on the west side of Zhujiaxiang, once the enemy in Huzhou was also reinforced, the second regiment resisted for a while, abandoned Zhujiaxiang, lured the enemy to the predetermined ambush position, and then struck.

According to Xie Pingcai, they did not just block the enemy, but tried to destroy the enemy who came to reinforce them, and if they could not destroy them, they would inflict heavy losses.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Liu Tianshu raised his wrist to look at the time, and gave an attack order to the regiment responsible for attacking the south gate.

Tong Guijie received the order, immediately let the infantry artillery to cooperate with the action, towards the Japanese position outside the south gate to carry out a fierce artillery bombardment, as the shells landed, the Japanese army in the outer position outside the south gate of Changxing City sounded a fierce explosion, constantly rising fire, reflecting the figures that were blown away.

After the two infantry guns fired a base number of shells, they immediately moved to one side, while the fighters of the first regiment, one battalion and two companies rushed towards the enemy's positions with shouts.

As early as when the infantry artillery opened fire, the first battalion moved to a place 200 meters in front of the Japanese army's outer position outside the south gate of Changxing City.

On the position outside the south gate, there was not only a small squad of Japanese troops, but also a company of puppet troops, and although the round of artillery fire of the New Fourth Army blew up the peripheral positions into a mess, many firepower points were blown away, and at the same time took away the lives of more than 50 Japanese puppet soldiers, but there were still more than 100 enemies who escaped the first round of blows.

Seeing the New Fourth Army rushing up, the Japanese squad leader who was guarding the position wiped the gunpowder smoke from his face, waved his command knife and hurriedly ordered to fire.

The two crooked handles that had escaped the shelling immediately sounded crisply, and the two fighters who rushed in front were hit by bullets and fell to the ground, and the rest of the fighters immediately flew down and lay down, and the guns in their hands kept firing at the front.

The Japanese squad leader saw that the New Fourth Army was suppressed by the firepower on the position, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but unfortunately the smile did not disappear, and he heard a few crisp sounds from the opposite side, but it was the mortar that provided fire suppression in the back fire, and a few shells flew in, directly blowing up the few light machine guns left by the Japanese army on the outer positions.

Before the smoke of the explosion had dissipated, those New Fourth Armies had already jumped up and rushed to their positions in the blink of an eye. (To be continued.) )