Chapter 152 5. There is an encirclement outside the encirclement

On the morning of the 12th, the main force of the 1st Corps of the Kuomintang Army, which invaded Tanbu, attacked the East China Field Army all day long. The reorganized 74th Division was the most aggressive. It had captured key points such as Huangluzhai, Sanjiaoshan, and Yangjiazhai. Near Jiuzhai, the reorganized 83rd Division captured Yezhuwang. On the 13th, the Kuomintang army continued to attack the positions of the East China Field Army south of Tanbu in three groups. They were stubbornly resisted by the 4th and 9th columns of the East China Field Army. . While repelling the attack of the Kuomintang army, the East China Field Army completed preparations for an attack.The 1st and 8th Columns entered the depths of the Kuomintang army with secret interspersed actions. By the morning of the 14th, they captured Caozhuang, Huangdouding Mountain, and Tianma Mountain respectively, cutting the connection between the reorganized 74th Division and its left and right neighbors.The 6th column, hidden in the southern Shandong area, marched northward day and night, and reached the Baibu and Shilan areas southwest of Duozhuang.

After the reorganized 74th Division found that the East China Field Army had entered its two wings, it shrank southward.The East China Field Army troops immediately launched a full-line attack on the Kuomintang army. After fierce fighting, until dawn on the 15th, the 6th column, with the cooperation of a part of the 1st column, captured Duozhuang, and the 8th column captured Wanquan Mountain. The strong defense lines of the reorganized 25th and 83rd divisions were reorganized; the frontal 4th and 9th columns advanced to the line of Tangjiayuzi and Zhaojiachengzi, and once captured Da Nian and Diaowo. The first part of the 83rd Division was surrounded by Lushan, Menglianggu and the narrow area to the north.

At the same time as the main attacking force reached the encirclement and reorganization of the 74th Division, part of the 10th Column approached the 5th Army in Laiwu; the 3rd Column entered the southeast area of ​​Xintai to prevent the reorganization of the 11th Division from the east; the 2nd Column moved southwest in the Jiehu area Oppress and reorganize the 83rd Division, and build a solid position to block the 7th Army and other departments to the southeast; the 7th Column contains the 7th Army and the reorganized 48th Division in the northeast of Heyang, and blocks its western aid; South Shandong and Binhai Local armed forces have approached Linyi, threatening the rear of the Kuomintang army.

After the reorganized 74th Division was encircled by the East China Field Army, Chiang Kai-shek and others believed that the division had strong combat effectiveness and occupied a favorable commanding height that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. There were also strong reinforcements nearby. It was a good opportunity for a decisive battle with the East China Field Army, so they ordered the reorganization Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 74th Division, resolutely defended his position in order to attract the main force of the East China Field Army. On the one hand, he urgently ordered the 11th Division of Xintai, the 65th Division of Mengyin, the 25th Division of Taoxu, and the 83rd Division of Qingtuosi. , the 7th Army of Heyang and the 48th Division of the Reorganization quickly approached the 74th Division of the Reorganization, and hurriedly ordered the 5th Army of Laiwu to go south, and the 64th and 20th Division of the Reorganization of Lunan moved towards Duozhuang and Qingtuosi , Lou De's Reorganized 9th Division sent reinforcements to Mengyin, attempting to use 11 reorganized divisions (armies) to attack inside and outside, annihilate the main force of the East China Field Army, and break the siege of the Reorganized 74th Division.

Although Zhang Lingfu felt that food and drinking water were difficult, and he lacked ammunition, it was difficult to persevere, but he believed that the organizational system was complete, and he lived in the center of the front line, and he would receive reinforcements from his neighbors. aid.Under Chiang Kai-shek's strict order and supervision, reinforcements from all walks of life rushed to the east and west areas of Menglianggu. The Front Committee of the East China Field Army, in view of the fact that the Kuomintang army has mobilized a huge force to reinforce Meng Lianggu, and the distance is less than 10 kilometers away, and the distance is only 1-2 days away, the battlefield situation is very serious, and the various support troops are prepared to attack the powerful Kuomintang reinforcements. At the same time, the main attacking forces are ordered to accelerate the fierce attack on the besieged 74th Division. At any cost, they must completely annihilate the 74th Division before the Kuomintang reinforcements from all walks of life arrive.The ministries immediately conveyed this determination, and adopted various methods to carry out extensive battlefield agitation work.

As a result, a battle to encircle and wipe out the reorganized 74th Division began.All the commanders and fighters of the East China Field Army resolutely carried out the order, carried forward the fighting style of fighting and charging, endured hunger and thirst, and fought bravely.