Fifteen years later, Ye Ting personally went to the front line to command the annihilation of the Japanese invaders.

At the end of 1940, in the anti-Japanese base areas of the New Fourth Army in southern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and southern Anhui, friction between the Kuomintang troops and the New Fourth Army continued to escalate, and the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was on the verge of rupture.

At this extremely serious moment, Ye Tingwei could not bear to bear Xiang Ying's paternalistic leadership style and sectarian bias of monopolizing power, as well as refusing to implement the strategic policy of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao ** on the New Fourth Army to develop to eastern Anhui and northern Jiangsu north of the Yangtze River, Ye Tingwei could not bear it, and he left the New Fourth Army for the second time to resign to Chiang Kai-shek, and after Zhou Enlai returned to the military headquarters with the overall situation of the revolution, he learned that Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi, and Su Yu had called the central government or sent a telegram directly to Xiang Ying: "It is advisable for the military headquarters in southern Anhui to move to northern Jiangsu as soon as possible. Even Chen Yi wrote a letter to Xiang Ying, bluntly persuading: "Southern Anhui is a place for people, not a place for us to stay for a long time", "Sleeping by a tiger will sooner or later be eaten by a tiger". However, Xiang Ying was still suffering from a chronic illness and was incurable. He took various reasons and insisted on not leaving southern Anhui. Ye Ting felt that there was really nothing he could do to work with this kind of person, he always thought that it would be better to lead the troops to fight a tough battle in order to pour out his depressed mood.

At this very moment, the 114th Division and the 22nd Division of the Japanese invading army, which were entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River, vigorously attacked the southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui regions along the Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou railway line.

At the same time, the Japanese invaders stationed in southern Anhui also mobilized heavy troops and dispatched more than 5,000 infantry cavalry artillery units to form a combined force, and with the close cooperation of the air force, they divided their troops into two routes, from Jing County to Yunling, in a vain attempt to annihilate the military headquarters of our New Fourth Army in one fell swoop.

Coincidentally. The 24th Group Army of the Kuomintang, under the command of Han Deqin, stationed in northern Jiangsu, did not do anything to resist Japan, but specialized in the first detachment of the New Fourth Army stationed in the Huangqiao area, with the first detachment led by Chen Yi and the second detachment led by Su Yu, to investigate the division of the New Fourth Army. Our troops Chen Yi and Su Yu skillfully lured Han Deqin's Left Route Army into the hinterland and annihilated one brigade and two regiments in one fell swoop. Then, Chen and Su's troops took the initiative to attack Jiangyan and annihilated all the more than 1,000 recalcitrant troops who tried to conspire with the Japanese invading army to flank our army.

However, Han Deqin was still ambitious, and mobilized more than 15,000 people from his main force, the 89th Army and 11 regular regiments, including the Independent Brigade, divided into left and right wings, clamoring to surround and annihilate the Chen and Su troops. When our Chen and Su troops could no longer bear it, they left the Yellow Bridge, turned to the Gaoqiao, interspersed with detours, and annihilated more than 11,000 Han Deqin's troops, resulting in the almost total annihilation of Han Deqin's troops. In the end, Han Deqin fled like a lost dog with more than 1,000 people.

The major victories won by the first, second, and third detachments of the New Fourth Army in the Battle of Huangqiao not only laid a solid foundation for the anti-Japanese base areas in northern Jiangsu, but also greatly encouraged the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui to smash the victory belief of the Japanese invaders in attacking Yunling.

Ye Ting decided to put on his battle robe and go to the front line to command this extraordinary battle.

Ye Ting knew that in this battle, his opponent was not the former Beiyang warlord troops and the rightist troops of the Kuomintang, but the Japanese invading army with modern armament and the spirit of bushido as its soul. Otherwise, how could the vast areas of Shanghai, Nanjing, North China, and East China, which were guarded by the Kuomintang troops, fall one after another? In addition to the "fear of Japan" of the Kuomintang troops, it cannot but be said that it is not unrelated to the barbarism and ferocity of the Japanese invading army.

However, Ye Ting also knew very well that at present, the first battalion of the military direct special service regiment, which has only more than 200 troops, or the military headquarters teaching corps, which can only be called a quasi-combat unit, can only be used to command operations at the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army. Taken together, the two are less than 1,500 people at best, but the Japanese invading army with modern equipment is more than three times more than our army, and the contrast between the enemy and us is too great!

Plan and then fight, and you can overwhelm the crowd with less.

Therefore, Ye Ting concluded that the Japanese army must attack along the main road in order to combine infantry and cavalry artillery, so it was decided that our army's battle plan was to preset a deep position on the road of the Japanese invaders, organize one barrier after another, block layer by layer and wait for an opportunity to counterattack, and change active defense into active attack.

Xiang Ying did not intervene this time. Because he felt that Ye Ting's strategy was superior to him.

In this way, Ye Ting went to the front line in person, commanded the battle with full authority, and vowed to fight to the death with the Japanese invaders.

The New Fourth Army has been reorganized for three years, and Chen Yi, Su Yu, and other generals have won thousands of battles against the Japanese and the recalcitrant army, but Ye Ting, as the army commander, has not personally commanded a battle, and Ye Ting, who has always regretted it, will be satisfied today, so why is he not full of pride and excitement?

At the combat mobilization pledge meeting attended by the personnel of the military teaching corps, the first battalion of the military direct special service regiment, and the military department, Ye Ting walked up to the podium with his head held high, looked at the unusually quiet venue with resolute eyes, his expression was both calm and majestic, and he suddenly opened his throat and asked in a majestic and high-pitched voice: "I first want to ask, what kind of meeting is being held today?" ”

"Combat mobilization meeting!" More than a thousand throats roared out at the same time, like a storm crashing on the shore.

"Let me ask again, what are we going to do with this combat mobilization meeting today?" Ye Ting's voice raised a few degrees again.

"Destroy the invading Japanese devils!" More than a thousand voices collided, shaking like a mountain. "I also want to ask, if you want to eliminate the invading Japanese devils, you will have to knife to knife, gun to gun, bloodshed and sacrifice, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid! Unafraid! Unafraid! "More than a thousand air masses are exploding, like a shock.

"Well, shout that you are not afraid of death and raise your hands!" Ye Ting exclaimed.

With a "bang", like lightning and thunder, more than a thousand arms suddenly stood up with a pillar of optimism, an indestructible Great Wall, and an invincible army of heroes.

"Let's go!" Ye Ting waved his arm, like a waving war knife, like a shaking battle flag. The troops immediately went into action.

Ye Ting gave the order, stepped off the podium, jumped on the horse, led the entourage, and went straight to the front line.

After Ye Ting arrived at the pre-selected battlefield of our army, he commanded the construction of fortifications, selected the sniper zone, buried the **, set up a suspicious position, arranged a stepped defensive formation, and waited for the battle.

In order for the Japanese invading army to reach Yunling, where the military headquarters of our New Fourth Army is located, it must first occupy Sanlidian, which was guarded by the Kuomintang Third War Zone. The garrison at Sanlidian was a battalion of the 25th Division, a well-equipped Chiang Kai-shek lineage. The 25 th Division was arrogant, arrogant and domineering, and had a "heroic" spirit toward the troops of the New Fourth Army on weekdays, but when they heard that the Japanese army was coming, they fled like rabbits when they saw an eagle. In addition to being really afraid of the Japanese army, the main purpose of their trick in doing this was to make way for the Japanese army and use the guns and artillery of the Japanese to achieve the goal of destroying the New Fourth Army.

Despicable traitorous acts!

The shamelessness of the Kuomintang troops reached the point of no return!

The ugly sin among the ugly Chinese! In this way, the arrogance of the Japanese invaders was further enhanced. They threatened that China was a pile of tofu scum and that it would be vulnerable to attack, and that it would definitely occupy the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army within three days.

The Japanese army did not expect that not far from Sanlidian they were attacked by the troops of the New Fourth Army.

Relying on aircraft artillery and elite infantry cavalry, the Japanese army bombarded our defensive positions indiscriminately, and then launched a fierce attack.

However, how did they know that the New Fourth Army was not like the Kuomintang troops, whose bones were made of mud. The Japanese attack was fierce, the New Fourth Army was stubbornly defended, and Ye Ting ordered the sniper troops to form a number of small detachments at night to sneak attack the Japanese positions, killing and wounding their vital forces, causing them to have no rest at night, making the Japanese army angry and exhausted, and they set off from Sanlidian and advanced less than 20 miles, which took six days and six nights, and suffered heavy casualties.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the New Fourth Army is very powerful!" The Japanese commander was so angry that he roared loudly like a gambler with red eyes, a pair of goldfish eyes as if they were about to jump out of their sockets, and the corners of his mouth were foaming at the mouth, looking angry. He gritted his teeth and shouted to the Japanese soldiers, "Tomorrow, we must take Tingtan!" ”

Sure enough, the Japanese army relied on fighting to the death, and after a bloody and bitter battle, the two sides finally achieved the "brilliant results" of capturing Tingtan.

Who knows, the smile on the face of the Japanese army has not disappeared, Ye Ting, who took retreat as an attack, took advantage of the slack of the Japanese army to get carried away for a moment, organized reinforcements transferred in advance, launched a sudden onslaught on Tingtan, and beat the Japanese army who was devouring food in a daze, whining and screaming and fleeing in embarrassment, turning his head to the east, and retreating to the county seat of Jingxian on the bank of the Qingyi River in the belt.

The county seat of Jing County, which is only a dozen kilometers away from Yunling, where the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army is located, is garrisoned by the 52nd Division of the Kuomintang troops. In the past, Hugh would say that they were arrogant to the detachments of the New Fourth Army that were active in this area, and they often beat up the soldiers of the New Fourth Army under the pretext of beating up the soldiers of the New Fourth Army, and even the personnel of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army often found fault and made things difficult, and put on a posture of "Lao Tzu is a genuine national army," as if they had great ability to defend against the enemy.

However, as soon as the Japanese army, which had been beaten by the New Fourth Army, approached the county seat of Jingxian County, the fierceness of the 52nd Division, which had thousands of men and horses, disappeared from the past, and immediately became like a dog with a stick between its tail and couldn't wait to withdraw from the county seat.

"Despicable!" When Ye Ting heard about the ugly behavior of the Kuomintang 52nd Division in passively avoiding war and killing people with a knife, he secretly scolded angrily.

Ye Ting, who was good at taking advantage of the victory, was about to give the troops an order to capture the county seat of Jingxian County, and the Japanese planes fiercely bombed our army's position in order to cover the escape of the Japanese invaders entering the city.

"Commander, beware!" Ye Ting's adjutant saw an enemy plane swooping down towards their temporary command post, but Ye Ting not only did not hide, but calmly took out his camera to take pictures of the whizzing Japanese plane, and hurriedly stepped forward to block Ye Ting.

"It doesn't matter, I took pictures of the Japanese army's embarrassment on the spot, which can be used as first-hand information for the exhibition of the crimes of the Japanese army invading China in the future." Ye Ting smiled slightly, and his tone was very relaxed. If you explain what it means to be fearless in the face of danger, I am afraid it is none other than Ye Ting's performance at this time.

"Commander, the city is on fire!" The adjutant immediately reported to Ye Ting.

Ye Ting looked at it, and there was indeed thick smoke billowing in the city.

"This is the Japanese invaders frantically burning, killing and looting!" Ye Ting realized that the Japanese army, which had been hit hard by the New Fourth Army, was angry with the people in the city, and he waved his fist angrily, "Order the troops, go all out to pursue the Japanese troops in the city, and give me a hard beat!" ”

The Japanese invaders, who were burning down the well-known Jing County Xuan Paper Mill and a large number of private houses in the county seat of Jing County, saw that the New Fourth Army was about to break through the county seat like a tiger, so they hurriedly abandoned the city and fled.

Ye Ting commanded the troops to chase several kilometers in one go, killing more than 1,000 enemies before returning victoriously.

When Ye Ting led the troops back to the county seat of Jingxian County, the people in the city beat gongs and drums to warmly welcome, and many families set up cases in front of the door to burn incense, praising the New Fourth Army as "a bodhisattva army that rescues the suffering and saves the suffering."

Jing County fought against the Japanese army, the New Fourth Army shook southern Anhui, and Ye Ting's "famous general of the Northern Expedition" added new glory.

Chiang Kai-shek, the general boss of the Kuomintang troops, received a report that Ye Ting had led the New Fourth Army, which had only more than 1,000 men, to defeat the 5,000-strong Japanese army, which had modern equipment.