The battle in Bengbu was attacked according to the normal situation, even if the artillery of the advance army was powerful, it could not be completed in a day or two, and the surprise attack made the battle end before dawn.

Gu Zhutong's army was large in number and showed its advantage at this moment, and the figures all over the mountains and fields captured the Japanese soldiers who fled. Although the Japanese army was fierce, they could not stand up to the enemy all around, desperately, and it was difficult to parry, and the rout was scattered, they lacked ammunition, lacked food, and were hungry one by one, and at the moment of dawn, they had no place to escape, and the sporadic gunfire was declared over, and the battle ended perfectly.

Dong Ku saw the return, smiled and said to Sun Tao: "Look, these six boys are crazier than the other, Qu Jungang." Liu Haisong is crazy enough, this Yu Lei and his soldiers are even more crazy, according to statistics, they annihilated four divisions and killed a commander, if it weren't for Gu Zhutong's army to help clean up the battlefield, I'm afraid that just exterminating the remnants and cleaning the battlefield can also make them tired. ”

Sun Tao also said with emotion: "Yes, these six boys are more crazy than the other, plus Xing Yuan under the dog's hand, and those Northeast Army under Xing Yuan's hand, those bandits, if they are good at looting and looting, we will not worry about sharpness and supplies when the time comes, as long as the army goes up, robbing things one by one is more than happy, even these six boys have learned the same as Han Jie and Meng Zhaocheng, and they are looking for a place with oil and water." ”

Dong Ku burned the telegram and nodded, "Don't say anything else, Qu Jun just desperately got these are all good things that Nanjing and Yangzhou were looted by the Japanese army, there are many fine products in them, and those ancient books are priceless treasures, more than 30 trucks, it can really be said that it is a lot of gains, otherwise, I don't know how much Lu Dao will be damaged in the war." ”

Zuo Boyang didn't squeak there. He was studying the map, and it seemed that he was going to come up with some kind of battle plan.

As soon as Dong Ku finished speaking, he raised his head and said, "Captain, we are still half an hour away from Huai'an, and the infantry is an hour and a half. Judging from the position of the Japanese army, they are going to fight a decisive battle in Xuzhou, and use the forces of Lianyun to cut off our supplies and cut off our shells. ”

Dong Ku looked at the map in front of him and said, "In your opinion, what should we do?" ”

Several people also gathered around, looked at the map, and did not interject.

Zuo Boyang pointed to Huai'an and said: "Huai'an, with Hongze Lake as a barrier, it is the gateway to the battlefield in Xuzhou, once it is taken." There is a Suqian in front of Xuzhou, so the Japanese army here will definitely hold it at any cost, even if it can't be held, it will also allow us to consume our strength before entering the Xuzhou battlefield, so Lianyun must take it as soon as possible so that it can advance in parallel. There was a direct takeover of Taierzhuang, and our army directly penetrated the Japanese position. Yu Lei is the same, one left and one right, passing through both sides of Xuzhou, cutting off the connection between Xuzhou and Taierzhuang, cutting off the connection with Shangqiu, and hitting Dangshan directly. Chaitang, Yang Lou, take Shanxian County, so that Gu Zhutong and Zhang Zizhong and Lao Zhao's troops will have a place to play. It also avoided the tactical movement of the Japanese army. ”

Seeing everyone nodding, Zuo Boyang continued: "Now, we have entered the distance of attacking Huai'an, since the Japanese army is going to fight in Huai'an, then we will also have a small battle, one is to devour the Japanese army's troops, and the other is to wait for Lao Zhao, otherwise, Yu Lei will rush forward too much, and his movements are a little fast." ”

"Battle?"

Dong Ku looked at the map and said: "There is Hongze Lake in South China, it is difficult for the troops to deploy, once they are close to the lake, the heavy weapons of the artillery are not used, and it is easy to suffer, we only have more than 300 75 guns and 105 guns that can advance on the muddy road, and the battle may be a bit difficult." ”

Other people also have this idea, and they all feel that the area there is not suitable for big battles, and it will be difficult to fight.

Zuo Boyang said confidently: "With our marching speed, it is not difficult to send a division of troops to bypass Huai'an, arrive at the predetermined position after dawn, stop the enemy in Huai'an, and then we quickly encircle, keep all the enemies in Huai'an, the army at this time take advantage of the movement, arrive in the four counties, and prepare for reinforcements, the Japanese army in Suqian will not reinforce it, reinforcements, we will take advantage of the situation to attack Suqian lightly, before attacking Huai'an, take Suqian, and turn back to eat the enemy of Huai'an." ”

Encirclement and reinforcements......

Dong Ku looked at the map, his eyes narrowed.

Zuo Boyang's plan is indeed feasible, Huai'an as a bait, in fact, is to attack Suqian, if Suqian does not reinforce, then eat Huai'an and then attack Suqian, if reinforcements, when the troops arrive in the four counties, at the same time as the blockade, attack Suqian, the battlefield quickly moved forward, a small battle in Suqian, to meet the Japanese army rushing to help Suqian, to avoid the battle falling into a stalemate when attacking.

At the same time, let the Japanese army in Lianyun move, if it reinforces Huai'an, it is just time to take advantage of the situation to attack, and eat the reinforcements on the road, and then wave the army to Taierzhuang, so that there is a situation of encircling Xuzhou.

"Great idea!"

Dong Ku's eyes lit up, this battle will definitely have a better effect than a step-by-step attack, and it will lead the Japanese army to defend Shandong, avoid entering from Lianyun's side, and expose Qingdao to the attack. Xuzhou, the defenders will have loopholes, and then quickly bombard the joints, and the army will rush forward, quickly interspersed, divide the Japanese army, and have a melee within this diameter of one or two hundred kilometers!

"In this way, let Yu Ke go straight to Lianyun, assist Lao Zhao in attacking, and prepare to intercept Lianyun to reinforce the Japanese army, here lightly attached to Hongze Lake to bypass the four counties, and let Qu Jun just detour to the east side of Huai'an, sneak to Suqian, and let him be the main force to attack Xiang Yu's hometown."

"Well, that's what I mean, let the two sides divide their troops and carry out them synchronously, and there are still three hours of dawn, before dawn, these two troops can move through Huai'an, including crossing the river, which can be completed. Then we start closing in the morning so that there are no holes in the place. ”

Dong Ku didn't hesitate, with a plan to attack quickly, the only thing to do is not to move quickly in battle, when the enemy moves, he can take advantage of the weakness.

So, after the plan was determined, Dong Ku successively sent electricity to Yu Lei and Lao Zhang, Bengbu was taken, and he had already settled in Huaihe Station, if he attacked Suzhou, it would be too much forward, it was very dangerous, and it was easy to be dumpled by the Japanese army, so let him temporarily stick to Bengbu, and he would attack when he came to that day.

Tell Lao Zhao that the two divisions here will reinforce him to attack Lianyun, and he will provide artillery support, which is faster than transporting some guns and ammunition to him, so that he can attack faster.

When Dong Ku's telegram arrived in Bengbu, Gu Zhutong's army had already moved, and the four divisions were divided into four routes to meet the reinforcements in Suzhou.

Lao Zhao is purely on foot, and the speed of the march is not fast, although the battle on the road does not delay the march, but the march, counting them slowly. There are enough civilians who are still supporting the front line, and their supply delivery is no worse than Dong Ku and Lao Chiang, but they can occasionally keep up.

After Lao Zhao received the telegram, he knew that his side was slow, so he stepped up his march, highlighted Yancheng, and went straight to Lianyun, and it was estimated that he would arrive tomorrow morning at the latest.

After Dong Ku sent a telegram, let Qu Jungang, who had already rested, lead the troops straight to the two divisions between Huanhe and Suqian, Dong Ku believed that even without the support of artillery and the help of anti-aircraft machine guns, Qu Jungang would be able to take Suqian independently. But he still let him carry enough mortars, a total of 300 mortars, to reduce the casualties of the assault and reduce the fire suppression of the resistance to the attack.

At this time, the Japanese army in Huai'an contracted its defense, and began to build a circle of positions ten kilometers away from Huai'an, lying next to Hongze Lake like a turtle. But the Japanese army never expected that their shrinking defense just provided convenience for the advance army to take a detour, those scouts, those secret posts, where could they escape the hunting of the advance army?

The team left quickly in the dark, and the two teams, one left and one right, surrounded Huai'an. Dong Ku They didn't move, this distance was already enough for the shells to cover Huai'an, he was not in a hurry to attack, just waiting for the Qu army to be in place.

Qu Jun just led two divisions under the leadership of four guides, marched quickly, straight to the predetermined position, there was greed, the front, the scouts who opened the road in front cleaned up the secret posts of the Japanese army all the way, and then interrogated, got their passwords, and the five-watt radio regularly reported to the Japanese troops in Huai'an, and kept the information report that everything around was good.

The Japanese did not know that they were already turtles in the urn at this moment, and the flares were constantly flying on the position, waiting for the enemy's attack.

Lianyun and Suqian's enemies are also ready to reinforce Huai'an at any time, and they believe that Huai'an's defense will not be crushed with one blow, although they have no bottom in their hearts.

Time, in the city of Bengbu contact, the Japanese army was in a panic, Suzhou reinforcements had not yet arrived, but they all knew that Bengbu was lost, and when discussing how to recapture it, Qu's army had just bypassed Huai'an and appeared in the rear of the four counties, more than 40 kilometers away from Suqian, and after dawn, he was able to rush to the predetermined position.

The other force had already arrived at the predetermined position, and as soon as the order to attack came, they would take the four counties and surround Huai'an to defend Suqian.

Yu Ke, traveling all the way, quickly took several villages and towns with puppet armies along the way at the same time, and had firmly blocked the route of Lianyun's Japanese reinforcements, ready to ambush Lianyun's reinforcements at any time.

At the same time, the Japanese army went straight to Bengbu on the sixth route, and it was estimated that it would take two hours at most to capture it with Gu Zhutong. Not much, although the number of people is more than Gu Zhutong, when they arrive, the army that has cleaned up the battlefield will also move, and at that time, there will be a fierce battle on the bank of the Huai River.

Dongku was still twenty kilometers away from Huai'an, and only about ten kilometers away from the Japanese position, and the Japanese army, by this time, had not yet discovered that the enemy was approaching, and the scouts they sent had already fallen asleep on the ground. Dong Ku, after receiving orders in place one by one, ordered to eat and prepare to attack. (To be continued......)