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Text Chapter 641 The direction of the breakout

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    Yang Zhen, who was checking the map in the headquarters, naturally didn't know about the conversation outside.  What Li Mingbo said was correct. The reason why Yang Zhen insisted on staying was indeed not simply to gather the southern front troops and a rearguard battalion that had not yet been contacted.

    Although he is also very anxious about the troops on the southern front that have lost contact, Yang Zhen still understands the principle of cutting off the strength of a strong man at a critical moment and abandoning one to preserve the main force.  The reason why he stayed was to attract the attention of surrounding enemy forces and coordinate the actions of the military headquarters and the main force.

    In fact, in order to attract the attention of surrounding enemy forces, Yang Zhen does not necessarily have to stay by himself.  The deputy chief of staff of the military department, the chief of staff, or even a regimental commander can be used.  The reason why he stayed was that once the breakthrough was closed before the follow-up troops arrived, he could stabilize the morale of the follow-up troops.

    Another key issue is how to present the main force with the limited troops in hand, so that the surrounding enemy forces think that the military headquarters is still in Xingtan, but it is difficult for others to do it.  It is a very difficult technical job to attract the enemy's attention with the limited forces at hand.

    Despite the development of the war situation, Yang Zhen has still been able to control it so far.  But after entering the second half of the night, the situation deteriorated so quickly that he was somewhat unexpected.  The enemy troops around Xingtan unexpectedly changed their habit of moving slowly at night.  He did not hesitate to advance overnight, and the speed was quite fast, which surprised Yang Zhen.

    The current Xingtan is the focus of competition between the two sides.  For the troops in southern Anhui, Xingtan is almost the only way to survive when enemy troops gather around them.  For the Third War Zone, the loss of Xingtan means that a gap will be opened in the entire blockade.  Once the southern Anhui army enters the Tianmu Mountains of Jingde, it will be tantamount to returning to the mountain for the Third War Zone.

    Tianmu Mountain covers a vast area, with a length of more than 200 kilometers from east to west and a width of more than 60 kilometers from north to south.  The mountains are high and the forests are dense, with an average altitude of more than 1,000 meters.  To the east you can enter the mountains of western Zhejiang, to the south you can enter the Huangshan and Jiuhua Mountains in Jixi, and to the north you can enter the Taihu Lake Basin in southern Jiangsu. There is a lot of room for maneuver.

    If the New Fourth Army troops in southern Anhui enter the Tianmu Mountains.  If the Third Theater District wants to capture this force again, even if it uses all the troops at hand, it is probably nothing more than a dream.  In order to block the southern Anhui troops from moving southward to the Tianmu Mountains, the Third War Zone tried its best.  Almost all the elites were mobilized around Yunling.

    Therefore, after the breakthrough was opened in Xingtan, it was normal for the third theater to mobilize troops to counterattack at all costs.  As long as the southern Anhui troops pass through the Xingtan line and re-close the Xingtan line, it means that the initiative on the entire battlefield is still in their hands.

    Yang Zhen didn't know it at this time. In order to complete the encirclement of the southern Anhui army as soon as possible when the army commander concentrated his forces to attack the Xingtan front line, Xu Zhixu, the chief of staff of the 32nd Army, ordered Shangguan Yunxiangzhi, the commander-in-chief of the 32nd Army, to  He was ordered to rush to the 52nd Division in person to take command.  Urging the 52nd Division to speed up its actions.

    Under Xu Zhixu¡¯s urging, Liu Bingzhe, commander of the 52nd Division, changed his previous steady and steady tactics after nightfall.  The main force, the 154th Regiment, was temporarily reorganized into two strengthened battalions and merged with the search company directly under the command. They used Zhao Lingbo's information on the deployment of the troops in the southern Anhui Province on the Piling front line to penetrate into the Piling battlefield to seize various commanding heights.  At the same time, all the 155th and 156th regiments were put into attack.  Deputy Division Zhu Huirong and Division Chief of Staff Shao Jianzhong were all assigned to command the two regiments.

    After learning that the Xingtan front line had been breached, in order to seal the breach as quickly as possible, Liu Bingzhe, who did not yet know how many members of the southern Anhui army had broken out from the Xingtan front line, dispatched the 56th Regiment, one of the most complete organizations, to join the mortar attack.  One company each of artillery and heavy machine guns bypassed the blocking position of the Third Regiment.  From the front line of Bangshan, we forced our way to the southwest, trying to go straight to Xingtan.

    After the Xingtan front line was breached, Fang Riying, commander of the 40th Division, was severely reprimanded by the 32nd Army Headquarters.  He was strictly ordered to mobilize all the troops on hand and re-block the breach within two hours.

    In desperation, the main force was previously deployed on the line from Sanxi to Xingtan. After the line at Bangshan was lost, some troops were transferred back to the Sanxi Protection Division Headquarters, and only one battalion was deployed in the direction of Langqiao.  At this time, Fang Riying, who did not know that the headquarters and main force of the southern Anhui army had crossed the Huihe River, could not even care about his own division headquarters.

    In addition to leaving one battalion of the 448th Regiment of the 148th Division that had just arrived under his command to defend the front line from the south of Xingtan to Sanxi.  The main force of the 448th Regiment was ordered to put all two battalions into the front line of Xingtan without waiting for rest.  Fang Riying's move put considerable pressure on the Xingtan defenders, who only had one battalion at this time.

    The 52nd Division advanced faster than expected, and its tactical adjustments also exceeded expectations.  After the Forty Division was breached in Xingtan, it desperately mobilized troops to fight back, causing the situation to quickly deteriorate.? direction development.

    If Yang Zhen hadn't made a decisive decision and not waited for Xingtan to be completely captured, taking advantage of the time difference between the forty division's reinforcements and letting the army commander lead the military headquarters and the main force to break through Huihe, I'm afraid he would have waited until three in the morning to leave, facing the  The north-south pincer attack between the two divisions may not be able to escape.

    At that time, the entire Xingtan could only have five regiments of troops on the surrounding battlefields. Facing two divisions and six enemy regiments coming out in full force, under the huge disparity in strength and equipment, it could be said that they were unable to fight.  There is no way to go.  If the fight continues, it will only lead to death.  If you want to leave, it will take time and cost to break through in front of an opponent with superior strength.

    Waiting for the 144th Division behind them, a brigade of the New 7th Division, the 108th Division, and the 79th Division on the southern front, which has also obviously accelerated its movements, to arrive. Together with the non-combatants of the military headquarters, Wannan has only 9,000 troops.  The troops will be surrounded in a small area west of Huihe River, south of Tanlikou, north of Niulan Ridge and east of Pi Ridge.

    Although Xingtan was facing an extremely difficult situation at this time, Yang Zhen successfully attracted the main forces of the 52nd Division and the 40th Division to Xingtan with one battalion.  As a result, when the military headquarters and the main force moved to the northeast of Jingxian County, the two units did not deploy any troops to pursue them.

    Although the military headquarters and the main force have broken out, facing the counterattack of the Forty Division, Xingtan, which was left to attract the attention of the surrounding enemy forces and was seriously under-strength, immediately fell into a dangerous situation.  The last complete formation of the old regiment that was left behind was also the battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness, despite repeated attacks.  However, the gap in strength comparison quickly fell into passivity.  By four o'clock in the morning, the defensive forces had been compressed to the northeast corner of Xingtan.

    By four o'clock in the morning, the entire Xingtan defense force, including the guard company, was already less than one and a half companies.  The vanguard of the 448th Regiment had reached less than 200 meters away from Yang Zhen's command post.  Facing the increasingly dangerous situation, Ye Chao and Yin Yang could no longer keep their composure no matter how calm they were.

    Ye Chao, who had just commanded the guard company to counterattack a company of the Forty Division that had rushed in, walked up to Yang Zhen covered in blood and said: "Political Commissar, the defensive troops in front have been injured and killed. If we don't withdraw, we really won't be able to leave."  . Political Commissar, I beg you, evacuate as soon as possible before the northeast is completely sealed off."

    Facing the anxious Ye Chao, Yang Zhen calmly looked at his watch, estimated the marching speed of the main force, and then said: "If everything is normal, the military headquarters has now passed the road from Langqiao to Sanxi.  We have entered the mountains to block the front line. It should be said that the military headquarters and the main force are out of danger."

    After saying that, Yang Zhen turned to face his side. Yuan Dejun, the director of the Communications Section of the Military Ministry who was specially retained by the military commander to cooperate with Yang Zhen because of his extremely high professional level, said: "Why haven't we contacted the southern front troops and rear guard troops yet?"  superior?"

    Hearing Yang Zhen's question, Yuan Dejun shook his head and said: "The rearguard has just been contacted. They have got rid of the enemy's entanglement. They can arrive at Xingtan in ten minutes at most. As for the southern front troops, they have not been contacted yet.  On average, we called one side for ten minutes, but there was still no response from the southern front troops.¡±

    "I sent multiple groups of manpower correspondents, with the cooperation of local cadres who are familiar with the local situation, to search on the front line of Changkeng Mountain, but they were not found. Political commissar, the southern front troops have not heard anything for such a long time. Is there any accident?  Otherwise, even if there is a problem with the radio station, the human correspondents we have sent for such a long time should have found it."

    Yang Zhen did not answer his words, but turned to ask Yin Yang, deputy chief of the reconnaissance section: "Where are the troops of the 79th Division on the Niulanling front line now? Can they find out? Don't tell me, now  The shells that landed on our heads from the southwest were not yet known from which unit.¡±

    Upon hearing Yang Zhen's inquiry, Yin Yang quickly said: "Political Commissar, the 79th Division has now crossed the Niulan Ridge line and is developing to the north of Niulan Ridge. However, compared to other directions, the 79th Division's movements are relatively  Slowly. After occupying Niulanling, the 235th Regiment did not continue to go north, but stationed on the Niulanling line."

    "Although the 236th Regiment on the left has seized the Guanling and Dashan lines, it is extremely cautious in developing eastward. However, it can reach the west of Changkeng Mountain this morning at the latest. Only the 237th Regiment on the right has moved faster and has now seized the  To the east of Niulanling, the forwards of Zengjia had reached the Changkeng Mountain line and a communications squad sent to find the southern troops encountered them at the Changkeng Mountain line. "

    "During the battle, our army suffered heavy casualties. Six people were killed and three were missing. In a communications squad, only one squad leader came back to report. Political Commissar, it is now confirmed that the southern front troops are no longer on the Changkeng Mountain front line. As for where they went.  , we don¡¯t know yet.¡±

    Facing the southern front troops who were still unable to contact him, Yang Zhen frowned.  Southern Front TroopsI carry two radios, but I still can't get in touch with them. It seems like the worst is possible.  If we wait, the troops that are currently compressed in a corner of the Star Pool by the Forty Division will be completely surrounded and annihilated here.

    After looking at the map, Yang Zhen said to Ye Chao beside him without any hesitation: "Take my horse and tell the rearguard camp to run to Xingtan immediately. Everyone fixes their bayonets and prepares to break out. Also, move all the light and heavy machine guns and fortresses  Set up all the artillery pieces for me and hit me hard at a point southeast of Xingtan."

    Hearing that Yang Zhen was about to concentrate his troops to break out to the southeast, Ye Chao couldn't help but hesitated and said: "Political Commissar, there are only no gunshots in the northeast around Xingtan, which means that the reinforcements of the 40th Division have not yet arrived there. There should be  It is the best place for us to break out. How do you choose the southeast direction? That is the enemy's rear, and in the previous battle, the enemy's offensive was the strongest in that direction."
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