Chapter 338 6. The army of gods came suddenly

On the afternoon of the 10th, the commanders and fighters of the 2nd Corps who were responsible for the interspersed mission were full of energy and ready to go.In a cave in the east of Liquan City, Xu Guangda and Wang Shitai once again held a meeting of cadres above the division level. They said to the military division cadres present at the meeting with a very serious expression: "We must not let down the expectations of President Peng and the trust of our brother troops. Resolutely block the enemy!" Xu Guangda asked the troops to set off at 7 o'clock that night, gather in the area west of Linping and east of the Qishui River, move in covertly while blocking news, and launch an attack at 20 o'clock on July 11.

The sun was slowly setting.In the evening of July in the Northwest, the weather was still hot and dry without a trace of cool breeze.Under the cover of the early actions of the 19th Corps and the 61st Corps, that night, the 2nd Corps set off from the west and south of Liquan City respectively, marched swiftly along the north bank of the Weihe River, and came to the Qishui River. The Qishui River is located between two high walls (the flat highlands are called walls in the northwest). It is a river valley. The water is not deep and the river surface is not too wide.Under the cover of darkness, the troops quickly crossed the Qishui River.

After crossing the Qishui River, the 2nd Corps made a detour and marched westward. Braving the scorching heat, they forced a long-distance march and assembled in a concealed area. At dawn on July 11, the 2nd Corps quickly captured Qinghua Town and Yidian Town, and quietly entered from the gap between the defense lines of the Hu and Ma armies, from north to south, and suddenly and secretly detoured to the south of Hu Zong. The rear of the 3rd, 65th, and 119th armies.Among them, the 4th Army, which was responsible for the interspersed task of the first echelon, went through a rapid march of 150 miles, and occupied Luoju Town at 3:00 on July 12, and then occupied the Meixian Station, cutting off Hu Zong's escape route to Baoji in the south.

The sudden arrival of the People's Liberation Army was completely unexpected by the Kuomintang army. At around 3 p.m. on July 10, Jiang Yuntai, commander of the 244th Division of the 119th Army of the Kuomintang Army, called the 38th Army and said: Dozens of people were found on a small highland across the Qishui River in the northeast of Wugong. It seems that the Communist Army is spying on us. position.The 244th Division did not have mountain artillery, and the mortar shooting range was not enough.Li Zhenxi was asked to inform the 177th Division to lend them the division's mountain artillery company for use.

While Li Zhenxi, the commander of the 38th Army, informed the firing of the mountain cannons to Wugong, he asked the deputy commander Liu Menglian about the situation ahead. Liu replied, "It's the same as usual, nothing has changed." Zeng Ying, commander of the 187th Division of the 65th Army, reported to the military headquarters that according to the report of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, there was a lot of food piled up near Xingping Station, which was probably collected by the Communist Army, and they were going to grab it back. After dusk, the mountain artillery company of the 177th Division came back and said that some people seemed to be active there, and they disappeared after dozens of shots.At around 12 o'clock at night, Wang Lizhi, head of the 530th Regiment of the 177th Division stationed in Xiaozhai and under the direct command of the Army Headquarters, suddenly reported by phone: "The Northeast dog in Fufeng Yidian Town is biting fiercely, and there is a flashlight flashing. Part of the Communist Army's activities, the 1st Battalion 2nd Company Commander Qiang Juxin is a local, and he has taken the company to search."

Soon, Wang Lizhi called again and said: "I heard the sound of organic rifles in the direction of Yidian Town. Is there a misunderstanding between the troops of the 119th Army and the reinforced company?" Li Zhenxi immediately called Wang Zhiqi, commander of the 119th Army, and he said that there were no troops there, probably because of a misunderstanding with the local troops who were grabbing food. At this time, Li Zhenxi was a little worried, and asked Jiang Yuntai and Liu Menglian if there was any situation ahead.Jiang Yuntai satirized Li Zhenxi and said: "You are allergic. You think that the situation is tense because we borrowed mountain cannons. In fact, those of us have never seen American orogenic cannons. I heard that your American orogenic cannons can hit more than 10,000 meters, so Let’s take a look. Go to sleep, it’s okay, we are not dead, don’t we know that the communist army can cross our defense line and run behind your military headquarters hundreds of miles away? If Ma Jiyuan came over, they would We have already been informed that the relationship between horses and us is not ordinary."

Li Zhenxi felt that what he said made sense, so he was relieved.At around 4 o'clock in the morning on the 11th, Wang Lizhi reported again: "There are indeed quite a few Communists near Yidian. Our search troops were forced to retreat to the north bank of the Houhe River for surveillance." At this time, Li Zhenxi called Wang Zhiqi to ask Wang Zhiqi again. He still didn't believe this was true, and always thought that there was a misunderstanding between the local army and his own search force. At the same time, Li Zhenxi reported to Li Zhen, commander of the 18th Corps, and Li Zhen's opinion was similar to that of Wang Zhiqi.

Before dawn, all the 1st Battalion of the 530th Regiment of the 38th Army went into battle, and then the whole regiment fought fiercely.Because of the sound of mortar shells, Li Zhenxi must not have had a misunderstanding with the local troops, nor was it the harassment of a small number of communist troops or military workers. Although Li Zhen, the commander of the corps, did not believe it was true, he was afraid that if the Communist army really cut off Luoju Town, the mechanized troops would be lost, and they would not be able to account for Hu Zongnan.That is to say, it was decided to call the mechanized troops to withdraw from the vicinity of Dingxian Station to the plateau, first pass through Luoju Town to Baoji, and then decide to stop after the situation is clarified.

Li Zhenxi asked Li Zhen to exchange this situation with Pei Changhui.Li Zhen said: "I just asked for the phone number of the Baoji command post. According to the telephone soldiers, Pei, as usual, did not dare to call after he fell asleep, so he did not answer the phone. You can ask for it again through the telephone line on Yuanshang." As a result, the command post The telephone soldier still refused. When people sum up the reasons for the failure of the Kuomintang army, it often comes down to the interests of the minority they represented.In fact, bureaucracy on the battlefield is also an important reason. This kind of bureaucracy is a kind of corruption.

The fighting area is getting bigger and bigger. The strange thing is that not only the 119th Army in the north of the 38th Army, but even the 65th Army in the south did not believe that it was a large force of the Communist Army attacking.Everyone is a bit puzzled, where did the communist army come from?How many are here?Why is there no situation in all aspects, but such a big battle happened behind the 38th Army! At this time, although Pei Changhui's phone was connected, he did not believe that there were entire divisions and regiments of the Communist Army who would sneak behind the 38th Army's headquarters and attack the 38th Army's headquarters.Pei Changhui asked Li Zhenxi to drive up the 165th Regiment of the 55th Division under the command of the Army Headquarters to recapture Luoju Town. After capturing a few prisoners and asking about the situation, he decided to deal with it. Don't let the disturbance of a few people affect the overall plan.Up to this moment, Pei Changhui still did not believe that there would be a large army of the Communist Army appearing.

At this time, the 165th regiment, like the 530th regiment, was beaten immobile by the People's Liberation Army. At dawn on July 12, our 4th Army suddenly appeared in Luoju, Meixian Station and other places, annihilating the retreating avant-garde regiment of the enemy's 65th Army with lightning speed, making the enemy dizzy. The enemy never expected that our army would appear behind them so quickly, cutting off their retreat to Baoji.When panicked, he had to retreat to Yujiabao, Lijiayuan and other areas. Our army immediately adjusted its deployment and built fortifications, preparing to prevent the enemy's 65th and 38th armies from breaking through and fleeing. The area controlled by the 10th Division is the throat part of the Longhai Road from Xi'an to Baoji. It leans on the plateau in the north and the Weishui River in the south. After the 4th Army completed the first interception mission, the Field Army Headquarters received the good news that the 4th Army cut off Longhai Road and occupied the Meixian Station. Peng Dehuai clapped his hands and laughed.He kept saying: "God! God! True God!" Immediately, he sent a commendation order to all members of the 4th Army, encouraging them to fight again and win.