Chapter 95 6. New record: wiped out 9,000 enemies in one day

The Battle of the Giant Goldfish lasted until January 6. Under our continuous attacks, the enemies of Jinxiang were terrified and called for help day and night.Chiang Kai-shek urgently ordered Xue Yue, director of Xuzhou's "Sui Department", and Gu Zhutong, director of Zhengzhou's "Sui Department", to send troops to help.Xue Yue then led the main force of the reorganized 88th Division with Fang Xianjue and the 140th Brigade of the reorganized 70th Division that had just been transferred from Taiwan, from Xuzhou to Jinxiang via Yutaibei.Gu Zhutong led 3 regiments led by Liu Ruzhen, commander of the 4th Sui District, and 3 regiments led by Zhang Lanfeng, commander of the 4th column, respectively from Heze and Dingtao to the east to cooperate with the enemy on the South Road to reinforce Jinxiang.

In this way, the enemy's only forces in Southwest Shandong were almost fully mobilized, and our first attempt to attack Jinxiang has been achieved. Under such circumstances, should we continue to attack Jinxiang?Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping also wrote the magical stroke of the giant goldfish battle-slowly attack Jinxiang, divide and annihilate and aid the enemy.Chiefs Liu and Deng think that if I attack Jinxiang again at this time, even if I can conquer it in one fell swoop, however, this is not the fundamental purpose of my attack on Jinxiang. When the enemy has already sent a large-scale aid, if Jinxiang is grammed, the bait will follow. lost.If I turn around again to meet the reinforcements from the west and south, the battle will be against me.Besides, seeing that Jinxiang is hopeless, the enemy's reinforcements are likely to retreat, and it will be difficult for me to catch a fighter.If we keep Jinxiang for the time being and let the enemy boldly go for reinforcements, I can wipe out the reinforcements one by one.

Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping immediately ordered that the third column and one brigade should continue to besiege Jinxiang, and the remaining columns would be responsible for the mission of reinforcements.Concentrate the forces of 7 brigades from the 3rd and 6th verticals and the independent brigade of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region in the southeast of Jinxiang.Order the 7th Column to go south simultaneously, and within 5 days to the west of Jinxiang, stay in Heze, Dingtao to aid the enemy, and create conditions for annihilating the enemy with the main force.In order to achieve the purpose of "setting bait for fishing" and annihilating and aiding the enemy, the besieging troops are specially instructed to still assume a strong offensive posture, so that the besieged enemy will feel strong pressure, call for help day and night, and lure the aid enemy into submission.The reinforcement troops are ready for the battlefield, assembled in secret, and ready for battle.

On January 7, Fang Xianjue, commander of the enemy's reorganized 88th Division, led the 62nd brigade of the division in Xuzhou and Yutai to reinforce the enemy, and the 140th brigade of the 70th reorganized division, which had just been transferred from Taiwan for a week, in the southeast of Jinxiang and northwest of Yutai. The area was overtaken by my 3rd column.Our 8th Brigade, the head of the 3rd Column, encountered the enemy's 62nd Brigade. Ma Zhongquan, the commander of the 8th Brigade, immediately commanded the troops to rush up and fight fiercely, capturing more than 200 prisoners.However, fighting and fighting, the enemy disappeared. Our 8th Brigade chased for more than ten miles in one go, but there was still no trace of the enemy.It turned out that after Fang Xianjue led his troops to the rescue, he saw that the reinforcements on the West Route from Zhengzhou's "Sui Department" had been slow to move. He was afraid that he would advance alone and be surrounded by me. Southeast of Jinxiang shot a feint, and immediately retreated 40 miles and hid.

After our third column lost its target, Commander Chen Xilian immediately reported the situation to Commanders Liu and Deng.Chiefs Liu and Deng told 3 Zong: "Fang Xianjue had his housekeeping capital, the 21st Brigade, calling for help, and then Chiang Kai-shek and Xue Yue urged him to supervise the battle. He will not stop here. He must calm down and wait for him resolutely." In accordance with the instructions of the heads of Liu and Deng, the 3rd column retreated a little bit and stood by on the spot. One day passed, and the enemy still remained silent. Ma Zhongquan, the commander of the 8th brigade, immediately decided to act at night on January 8. The whole brigade would form a fan to search and move forward. Whoever catches the enemy first will fight first, without waiting for orders. Before dawn on the 9th, the 8th Brigade captured the enemy's reorganized 88th Division, 62nd Brigade and 186th Regiment in Yangzhuang and Cuizhuang.

Yangzhuang is a small village with more than 20 families. The 2nd Battalion of the 23rd Regiment of the 8th Brigade and the 1st Battalion of the 24th Regiment took the lead in breaking into Yangzhuang and fought fiercely with the enemy. At 2 o'clock, the regiments of the 8th Brigade attacked Yangzhuang on three sides. At dusk, they wiped out the enemy's 186 regiments, killed and wounded more than 1,000 enemies, and captured more than 500 enemies. While our 8th Brigade encircled and wiped out the 186th Regiment, the 3rd Vertical and 9th Brigade also surrounded most of the 184th Regiment of the enemy's 62nd Brigade in the Songjiawa area. 6 Zong encircled the 140th brigade of the enemy's 70th division in the Huhaizi area, first destroyed the enemy's brigade headquarters, captured the enemy's brigade commander Xie Maoquan alive, forced the enemy's 280th regiment to surrender, and wiped out the main force of the 140th brigade.

From the night of January 8 to the morning of January 9, in just one day and night, the Liu Deng Field Army gathered more than 9,000 people on the southeast of Jinxiang and near Yutai to aid the enemy on the South Road, and fought a hearty battle of annihilation.Regarding this record, a special reporter from Xinhua News Agency commented: Annihilation of more than 9,000 people in Jiang's army in one day is the latest record in the shortest time, which proves that General Liu Bocheng's troops have reached a state of perfection in the use of mobile warfare.