After Wang Haitao left the division headquarters, Liao Tian, who had not spoken much, asked Xu Qiming: "Master, this Wang Haitao is deliberately trying to help the New Fourth Army, I am afraid that the rumors of the Ninety Army's surname are true. This time, the division helped Wang Haitao, and once it is passed out, I am afraid that it will also bear the name of the Communist Party!"

Xu Qiming sighed and said: "Xiao Liao, didn't you listen to Wang Haitao? He brought a brigade over this time, and I don't need to say more about the combat effectiveness of a brigade of the 90th Army, right? Besides, we are people from the Gui family, not the Central Army, and with Li and Bai supporting us, Lao Jiang just knows about it, and he doesn't dare to do anything to us!"

Liao Tian was a little unconvinced, and said: "Even if he Wang Haitao brings a brigade, I am afraid that there will not be many heavy weapons at such a long distance, and we don't have to be afraid of them in one of our divisions." Besides, if the fight really starts, aren't there still the 171st Division and other divisions of the National Army? Can they still stand idly by?" Xu Qiming replied: "I am not afraid of them in the fight, but what Wang Haitao said is also right, they are all children of Guangxi, so why bother to fight each other? Besides, the 90th Army has always stayed in Guangxi, and Wang Haitao has suffered a loss from us, so it is not certain whether he will attack Guangxi or not." ”

Liao Tian was shocked: "Master, do you say that Wang Haitao is so bold that he dares to attack Guangxi?" Xu Qiming replied: "That is not accurate, if Wang Haitao really throws himself to the side of the CCP and sends troops to occupy Guangxi, who can bear him? Don't forget that his 90th army has more than 100,000 people, and they are all children of Guangxi. ”

The conversation between Xu and Liao in the division headquarters Wang Haitao didn't know that Wang Haitao and his party of 12 people were walking quickly in the direction of the northeast battlefield after leaving Zhaxi Village, and they only walked forward for two kilometers before they could clearly hear the sound of gunfire. Wang Haitao let the troops leave the road and approached the battlefield from the jungle on the side of the road. The two scouts of the reconnaissance company always walked in front of the team, and the soldiers around Wang Haitao also clenched the weapons in their hands, fully alert, and ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

At this time, the scout walking in front stopped, turned around and gestured to indicate that there was a situation ahead, and all of them were hidden. Wang Haitao and the others immediately hid behind the tree, only to see the two scouts carefully retreat. After they came to Wang Haitao's side, they reported in a low voice: "Military seat, there is a battlefield not far ahead, and there are already bright and dark sentinels and patrols of the national army here. ”

When Wang Haitao went to the headquarters of the 170th Division, they were wearing military uniforms, but Wang Haitao didn't know which national army team was fighting with the New Fourth Army in front of him, and he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to do anything with his general's uniform. Wang Haitao looked around, pointed to a mountain on the right and said, "Let's touch that mountain first and see the form." ”

So there were still two scouts in front, and Wang Haitao led the dozen or so people to touch the hill on the right. Half an hour later, Wang Haitao stood on the top of the mountain, took the high-powered binoculars from the guards around him, and looked at the battlefield a few kilometers away. On the battlefield, the New Fourth Army occupied a mountain ridge with a height of about 8 or 900 meters, and at the bottom of the mountain was the troops of the Nationalist Army attacking the mountain.

This mountain ridge covers a large area, the entire mountain range is covered by jungle, from Wang Haitao can only vaguely see that the New Fourth Army has set up a ring position on the mountainside, and with the help of a condescending advantageous terrain, against the attacking national troops. The Nationalist army has built an artillery position at the foot of the mountain, and you can probably see one or twenty Japanese 75-caliber mountain guns and some mortars on the position.

Listening to the sound of gunfire on the position, we know that the New Fourth Army should have a lot of light and heavy machine guns in its hands, and in the strafing of these machine guns, the Nationalist troops were completely suppressed in front of the position, and even if there was artillery assistance, it would be difficult to attack the position of the New Fourth Army. However, Wang Haitao knew very well that the New Fourth Army had a limited amount of ammunition in the transfer, and this had been fought for several days, and once the New Fourth Army ran out of ammunition, defeat was inevitable.

Wang Haitao thought about it for a while, and wanted to enter the encirclement and find the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, but he was afraid that it would be difficult for more than a dozen people, so he still had to ask Xu Qiming for help. So Wang Haitao led the team back and returned to Zhaxi Village again. After meeting Xu Qiming again, Wang Haitao directly asked Xu Qiming to help him infiltrate the encirclement and meet the person in charge of the New Fourth Army.

Xu Qiming did not embarrass Wang Haitao, and immediately asked Liao Tian to be in charge of this matter. A regiment under Liao Tian and the 502nd Brigade were on the front line at this time, Liao Tian found more than a dozen sets of military uniforms, asked Wang Haitao to change them on, and personally led Wang Haitao and them to the position of this regiment under his command. When Wang Haitao and the others arrived at the position, it was already evening, the two sides fought for a day, they all stopped, and the national army on the position was also ready to eat.

Wang Haitao wore a major military uniform of the National Army, and with more than a dozen subordinates, under the care of Liao Tian, he touched the Xishan position occupied by the New Fourth Army from Liao Tian's position. When Wang Haitao and the others got into the woods at the foot of Xishan, it was already dark. In order not to misunderstand the New Fourth Army, Wang Haitao and the others changed into the clothes of the people again.

Still with two scouts in front, Wang Haitao's team cautiously touched the mountain. When approaching the position of the New Fourth Army on the mountainside, Wang Haitao sent a soldier of the guard company to make contact with the New Fourth Army on the position. The soldier handed over all the weapons on his body to his comrades, then took a few steps forward, hid behind a tree, and shouted to the position in front: "Brothers of the New Fourth Army, don't shoot, I am from the Jurong base, and I have something important to see your commander." ”

The soldier shouted three times before an answer came from the position: "You come up alone, with both hands raised, and we promise not to shoot." Only then did the warrior come into shape, and walked forward step by step with his hands raised. When he finally reached the position, the fighter found dozens of guns pointed at him. Among the crowd, a strong man pointed the shell gun in his hand at himself, and then asked: "Who are you? What is the matter with coming to the front at this time?"

The soldier was not afraid to face these guns at him, and said loudly: "This brother, I was sent by the commander of our Ninety Army to come to your army. When our army commander Wang was at the Jurong base, he learned that the military headquarters of your army was besieged by the national army, and he specially led his troops to relieve the siege for your army. Now our commander Wang is not far in front of the position, for fear that your brothers will misunderstand, so I will first send me to contact you, and ask my brother to report to your commander immediately. ”

This strong man is Huang Yuting, the head of the second detachment of the second column of the New Fourth Army, and the commander of the Huang detachment naturally knows about the Jurong base, and he also heard the commander of his column Su Yu talk about Wang Haitao, the commander of the 90th Army. This matter was very big, and the commander of the Huang detachment did not dare to call the shots, so he immediately returned to the command post, picked up the phone and reported to the column headquarters.

Commander Su Yu was sitting in front of the map at this time, thinking hard about how to break through the heavy encirclement of the Kuomintang army. However, Su Yu knew very well that the ammunition reserves were running out now, and if he continued to fight like this, as soon as the ammunition was exhausted in two days, his more than 10,000 people would no longer be able to stop the tens of thousands of enemies under the mountain, and the more than 10,000 people, including the military headquarters, would be wiped out.

Just when Su Yu was thinking hard, Captain Huang called. On the phone, Captain Huang reported the situation to Su Yu, and Su Yu was surprised and delighted when he heard it. Su Yu had many dealings with Wang Haitao a few years ago, and Su Yu was very clear about Wang Haitao's personality and his help to the CCP, so Su Yu also admired Wang Haitao very much.

On the phone, Su Yu ordered Captain Huang to immediately take Captain Wang and his entourage to his temporary command post, not to slack off, and to rush over immediately. After the explanation, Su Yu strode to the temporary military headquarters of the New Fourth Army not far away, and the atmosphere in the military headquarters was solemn, with army commander Ye Ting, deputy army commander Chen Yi, political commissar Zhang Yunyi, and chief of staff Zhou Zikundi all there.

Ye Ting saw Su Yu striding in and looked at him with questioning eyes. Su Yu saluted several military leaders and said: "Report to the leaders, I just got the news from the previous place, Wang Haitao, the commander of the 90th Army of the National Army, has come here to ask to see Commander Ye. ”

Commander Ye Ting and the others glanced at each other, obviously Wang Haitao's arrival at this time was something that everyone did not expect. Chen Yi said to Ye Ting: "Commander, General Wang has a lot of support and help for us, and now he is definitely here to help us at the risk of danger, and the army commander should meet him." Ye Ting smiled and said: "Yes, in the past few years, we have received too much help from General Wang, and we will definitely see it." In this way, Commander Su, you will greet General Wang on our behalf and invite General Wang here. ”

Su Yu replied, "I will go to meet General Wang immediately." After saying that, he saluted a few people and turned around and left the military headquarters. Here in the forward position, Captain Huang received an order from Commander Su Yu on the phone, immediately turned back, and said to the soldiers sent by Wang Haitao: "Where is your Commander Wang? I will go with you to meet Commander Wang." As soon as the soldiers around him heard that Captain Huang was going to go out of the position, they immediately became anxious and stopped Captain Huang one after another.

Detachment Leader Huang glared at each other and shouted: "What is the noise? This is an order! After I left, Deputy Detachment Leader Wang Zhi took over my command of the troops. After roaring, he took a few soldiers and jumped out of the position with the soldiers sent by Wang Haitao. Soon the soldier came to Wang Haitao with Captain Huang and introduced: "This is our Commander Wang of the Ninety Army. ”

Detachment Commander Huang immediately saluted Wang Haitao and said: "Hello General Wang, I am Huang Yuting, the leader of the second detachment of the second column of the New Fourth Army. After Wang Haitao returned the military salute, he smiled and said, "Okay, then I'm going to trouble Captain Huang." ”

Subsequently, under the guidance of Captain Huang, Wang Haitao and his entourage came to the temporary command post of the second detachment. Captain Huang asked Wang Haitao to sit down on a wooden bench, poured a jar of boiled water for Wang Haitao, and then said: "General Wang, my conditions here are simple and the hospitality is not good, and I ask General Wang to forgive me." Wang Haitao replied with a smile, and then sat in the command post and waited for Su Yu's arrival.