coobybook Chapter 356: Good brothers, let’s stick together.
Chapter 356: Good brothers, let’s stick together.
After easily dealing with the rear guard troops, Kong Yong's mind was clear. He did not intend to immediately wipe out Chen Mingren's 1600 men, but to mobilize supporting firepower and artillery fire, and then form an encirclement.
They used the tactic of besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements, trapped a group of people in Kaoshantun, and lured other main forces to come for rescue.
When the 71th and 87th Divisions of the 88st Army were retreating, they learned that some of their troops were surrounded and immediately approached Kaoshantun.
Rescue the besieged troops and then retreat southward together.
Commander Chen was also a clever man. He knew that Ding Wei's troops were not easy to deal with, and he asked Brother Sun what to do if his two divisions were ambushed. He gave him some advice.
"Brother Sun, you and I are both in this pit of fire. We must stick together to keep warm. The main force of one of my regiments has been intercepted. Hurry and support Kaoshantun."
"As long as you and I gather the main forces of five divisions and focus our firepower to the south, it will be easy to break out."
These words really touched Sun Fumin's heart. No matter what the situation was, as long as a few divisions were gathered together, everything could be done.
But later news indicated that Ding Wei's column had already engaged in a firefight with the 71st Army, and that Commander Chen's two divisions were surrounded by the two columns.
The columns of Kong Yong and Zhang Dabiao attacked from the south and the north respectively, while the columns of Kong Jie and Wang Tao spread a wide net, intending to catch all the enemies in the north of Siping in one fell swoop.
Under the current situation, if he sold out the 71st Army and let Chen Mingren distract the main force of the Eighth Route Army, he could quickly break out of the encirclement.
Sun Fumin said that good brothers should stick together for warmth, and then he ordered the troops to retreat as quickly as possible and stay away from Kaoshantun.
Selling out teammates is what the Kuomintang generals are best at.
Sun Fumin graduated from the Eagle Sauce Military Academy and is not familiar with you guys from the first batch of the Whampoa Military Academy.
The New First Army has good judgment and execution capabilities, worthy of the strength of the five aces of the National Army, and the skill points in running away are good.
The team gathered all their strength and ran dozens of kilometers in one breath.
The Gao Qing Column was not slow in leaving the city. When they received the order, they rushed in with their troops, mainly encircling and intercepting, blocking the retreat route in the eastern mountainous area.
The pursuit speed was quite fast, but they still failed to catch up with the Xinxinyi Army.
The combat information was passed to Ding Wei's command center, and he was so angry that he wanted to curse.
"What happened to Gao Qing? The carefully prepared encirclement and suppression tactics let the big fish escape? You told me that you only stopped 60 people? This is simply nonsense."
Ding Wei snorted coldly and gave orders to the flying squadron to quickly search for the movements of the New 1st Army in the north of Siping.
The main force of the New 71st Army must be detected immediately. The carefully arranged interception is to catch the big fish. The st Army alone is not worth Ding Wei's effort to mobilize Katyusha.
Gao Qing felt aggrieved and his face was burning. They were considered elite troops, but they let the enemy escape from the encirclement.
At this point, it is probably too late to chase the New 71st Army. We should close the net as soon as possible and eat up the st Army first.
Ding Wei also understood this, but he just felt unwilling to accept it. Why use a sledgehammer to kill a fly? Mobilizing five columns to defeat one army was too embarrassing to tell others about it.
Whether it is shameful or not, the troops have come forward, so we will destroy Chen Mingren’s 71st Army, surround them, and destroy the two American-equipped divisions.
The flying brigade had just set out when it received a new order to change direction and search for the 71st Army and cooperate with the ground forces to complete the encirclement and annihilation.
Two legs on the ground were racing with the car, and the troops of Wang Tao's Column, Kong Yong's Column, and Kong Jie's Column surrounded from south to north.
In the north, Zhang Dabiao's column pressed forward to the south, and the main regiment charged fiercely.
Ding Wei even revealed new information to Zhang Dabiao, that there were mysterious weapons to assist in this attack.
Katyusha found the main force of the enemy and called on them.
"I've seen tanks and planes. What other weapons does the commander have? Howitzer regiments? Mortar regiments? I've seen all of them."
Da Biao notified all units in the column to act swiftly, swiftly, and swiftly again, to catch the enemy and chase them down.
Put the baggage and supplies aside for now. After the war, you will have everything you need.
Commander Chen felt a headache and felt a life-and-death crisis, so he asked his staff.
"Where is the New First Army?"
The staff officer hesitated and was unwilling to tell the truth. Under Chen Mingren's questioning, he learned that the New First Army had not come here and should have retreated to Siping.
"What? Sun Fumin promised to retreat with me. What a fucking cutie."
"It's over. I'm going to be tricked to death by him."
As a graduate of the first class of Whampoa Military Academy, Commander Chen has some abilities. Judging from the current situation, the 71st Army is in great danger.
At this moment, we must take drastic measures, abandon the encircled troops, and concentrate our superior firepower to break out to the south.
The 1600 people who were surrounded were bait, and the big fish the other side wanted to catch were him and Sun Fumin.
At this moment, Commander Chen was no longer thinking about rescuing his brothers, but he still sent messages to several companies in Kaoshantun, asking them to hold on, as the troops of the New 71st Army and five divisions of the st Army were on the way.
As long as they hold on for 12 hours, reinforcements will arrive soon.
Commander Chen told lies without blinking an eye.
On the surface, he asked his brothers to hold on, but in fact he had ordered the two division commanders to abandon support, gather troops at the headquarters and cover his retreat.
The battle was about to break out, and the defenders of Kaoshantun fought back with a roar as if they had eaten duck blood.
He showed extraordinary bravery in order to gain reinforcements.
Zhang Dabiao decided to use them as the first mover and call upon the mysterious weapon promised by the commander to eliminate this group of stubborn troops in one fell swoop.
Temporary infantry fortifications were built in Kaoshantun, and the garrison strength was sharply reduced from 1600 to 1200. The wounded and tired soldiers were crowded together, but their attitude of holding on was determined.
In their minds, as long as they could hold out through tonight, five divisions of reinforcements would arrive.
The instinct for survival motivates the soldiers to fight bravely and unleash extraordinary combat effectiveness.
To be honest, this group of soldiers had gone through a life-and-death test, and Zhang Dabiao took a liking to them.
Mobilize the commander's mysterious weapon, destroy their psychological defenses, and capture Kaoshantun.
Katyusha rockets were tied to cars and quickly rushed to the front line of the battlefield. The offensive momentum was temporarily halted and all the infantry retreated.
What the hell is this? It makes such a big noise. Even a 155mm howitzer can’t make such a fuss.
As the comrades guessed, the Katyusha rocket launcher arrived at the launch position and, after the order was given, it rapidly fired at the target area to provide fire coverage.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the sound of rockets breaking through the air cut through the sky.
In an instant, flames appeared on all the rails, and all 8 rockets on the 160 rails took off, followed by the second wave.
Meteor shower?
The Nationalist troops defending Kaoshantun raised their heads and looked at the flames coming towards them. This was different from previous artillery.
Then flames fell to the ground and there were frequent rumbling sounds.
The rockets landed on the ground with a crackling sound, and the entire Kaoshantun was at the center of the explosion.
What's going on? What's going on?
Before the defenders could figure out the problem, a second round of 160 rockets landed at the target location.
There were flashes of flames and surging blasts of air. The rocket was so powerful it was comparable to the explosion of a large-caliber howitzer.
Even heavy tanks would be destroyed if hit head-on by it.
The national army was bewildered, as if they were being punished by heaven.