Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen Lures the Enemy Deep, Huang Wei Is Surrounded by Double Heaps

After several days of continuous drizzle in the Eastern Henan Plain, the weather suddenly cleared up, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the roads were still muddy.On a dirt road there was a semi-old jeep trudging through muddy water.Sitting in the car was Liu Bocheng, who was over fifty years old.The jeep was moving and suddenly stopped.It turned out that a large truck ahead was stuck in a mud pit, blocking the way.Liu Bocheng jumped out of the car, rolled up his sleeves, and told the staff to push the cart quickly, and jumped into the muddy water himself, leaning on the wheel with his shoulders.

"Woo... Shhh!" Two big white horses flew over the road, throwing out lumps of mud from their hooves.Zhang Guohua, commander of the Henan, Anhui and Soviet military regions, came rushing in starry night. Zhang Guohua walked up to Liu Bocheng, who was dripping with sweat, and looked at the old chief who was over half a century old. He felt excited, and he gave a military salute: "Boss, you have worked hard." Liu Bocheng shook his hand and asked, "Comrade Guohua, you came at the right time. Are you sure you can stop Huang Wei?" Zhang Guohua reported confidently: "Commander, Huang Weizheng is fighting against us for time. He crossed the Honghe River, Yinghe River, and Wohe River one after another, and went straight to Su County. I have ordered all divisions to destroy the enemy's roads and bridges along the way. Withdraw all the ferryboats in the river, and according to your instructions, send 20 brigades to ambush along the Honghe River, and stop Huang Wei at the greatest sacrifice..."

Liu Bocheng didn't wait for Zhang Guohua to finish, and said hastily: "Do you know why I asked you to come here in the starry night?" Zhang Guohua was at a loss.Liu Bocheng continued: "Have you noticed? There is a loophole in our blocking plan." "Loophole?" Zhang Guohua was nervous, he was carefully considering his arrangement. Liu Bocheng appreciates this kind of silence. He has always advocated that commanders should be calm and meticulous, and inspired him: "Comrade Guohua, Huang Wei is cunning. We must think about the situation a little more complicated. Before each battle, we should clarify the mission, the enemy's situation, our situation, Terrain, time, these are our five elements, think about it, if Huang Wei..."

Zhang Guohua remembered: "Commander, you are saying that Huang Wei may not go through the Honghe River, but take a detour and go straight into the Yinghe River..." Liu Bocheng said: "Huang Wei will also think of this move. Although he went to be the principal of the University of the Mainland after five anti-'encirclement and suppression' campaigns, he lacks actual combat experience, but he has military knowledge and knows how to use troops. There is no lack of counselors under his command, not to mention that he has suffered so much from us in the west of Henan, so he will not act carelessly."

Zhang Guohua blurted out: "In this way, our 20th brigade will be left behind by Huang Wei, and he walks a hundred miles of bowstring, we have to walk two hundred miles of bowstring, we can't catch up with him at all, our blocking plan It's about to fall apart..." Speaking of this, his heart was pulled. Liu Bocheng acted as if nothing had happened, pointing to the sky: "Comrade Guohua, have you seen that the moon is surrounded by clouds, and God sent us a rain a few days ago, and it suddenly turned dark today. Tomorrow, it will be cold .” He seemed to be admiring the scenery, but also seemed to be talking about the weather.

Zhang Guohua asked anxiously: "Commander, what do you mean..." Liu Bocheng laughed heartily: "God help me, Comrade Guohua, we can't win on land, we can walk on water, see if this is the case..." After listening to Commander Liu Bocheng's careful explanation, Zhang Guohua admired Commander Liu's ingenuity and said, "Commander Liu, back then Zhuge Liang used the east wind to burn Chibi, but today you let us use the west wind to surround Huang Wei!" Liu Bocheng said: "Zhuge Liang set up an altar to worship the east wind, not because he could call the wind and rain, but because he knew astronomy knowledge, so he deceived Zhou Yu. There are also capable people in Eastern Wu, and Lu Xun saw the flaw. He also understands astronomy knowledge. But in order to maintain the alliance between Eastern Wu and Western Shu, it is inconvenient to point it out. After all, Zhuge Liang was superior, and he also realized that Lu Xun had seen through the mystery, so he suggested that Sun Quan send Lu Xun to fight in Hefei, which was actually sending him away. Since ancient times For a long time, fighting spirit and fighting skills are the basis for using soldiers. If there is no fighting spirit, everything will be nothing, and there is a danger of destruction; and fighting skills are based on fighting spirit. We should not only have brave fighting spirit, but also have endless changes. fight."

Zhang Guohua said confidently: "Commander Liu, let's go and fight Huang Wei." Liu Bocheng reminded: "Comrade Guohua, please remember that your current task is to block and lure the enemy to go deep. Before the enemy's energy is greatly exhausted, your task is to dampen his spirit. Therefore, in Su County, which has not yet been captured, We will not engage in a decisive battle with the enemy until we join the main column!" "Yes! Understood!" Zhang Guohua rushed to the front with Liu Bocheng's clever plan. On the next day, on the Miaowan River Beach on the east bank of the Hong River, a team was ambushed. This was the 20th Brigade of the Nakano First Column.

Liang Guodong, chief of staff of the brigade, raised his binoculars and looked forward from time to time, his heart was filled with anxiety.The troops have been lying on the beach where the northwest wind is howling for 4 days.Two days ago, I heard that the Huangwei Corps was only tens of miles away from here, but in the past two days, apart from a few enemy planes coming in every morning and bombing aimlessly, there was not even a shadow of the Huangwei Corps.At this time, Wu Zhong, the brigade commander, also quietly came to his side. The two glanced at each other, neither of them spoke, their eyes were equally anxious.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Gunshots sounded in the distance across the river.Before Chief of Staff Liang issued an order, the soldiers all rushed to the position, the safety of the machine gun was pulled, the bolt of the rifle was pulled, the blade of the bayonet shell was unscrewed, the cover of the grenade was unscrewed, and the shell was loaded into the barrel. Everything was ready. Just wait for the enemy to come.But Chief of Staff Liang waited with the soldiers for a long time. Unexpectedly, after a while, none of the enemy soldiers came, but the gunfire stopped.The world is still strangely quiet.

Suddenly, a wounded soldier ran up from a distance, and died as soon as he finished telling the story intermittently.Chief of Staff Liang ran up to Brigadier Wu and shouted angrily: "Damn, Huang Wei bypassed us two days ago and crossed the Hong River from the lower reaches. All the cavalry scouts we sent were sacrificed. The guerrillas came several times. People deliver letters, and they all died on the road, the gunshots just now were just to confuse us!" "Damn it!" Wu Zhongsha was very annoyed, and shouted: "Chasing!" "Chasing!" The soldiers shouted and ran wildly.All the radios were turned on, talking in plain language, and there was also a chaotic call from the Huang Wei Corps: "Go forward!" "Quick! Quick!"

Both sides are fighting for time. Chief of Staff Liang ran while measuring the map, measuring back and forth, and there was not a lot of an inch. Huang Wei traveled 200 miles from Xincai, Henan to Fuyang, "bow string", and the 20th brigade from Miaowan to Fuyang was 200 miles "bowback". ", and two days behind the Huangwei Corps.Although the will of the soldiers is like steel, their legs are fleshy, and their bodies have limits. The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, his head was dripping with sweat.Suddenly, his eyes lit up, he ran a few steps, came to the side of the brigade commander, and said: "Brigade commander, you can't walk like this!" Wu Zhong said sadly: "If you can't do it, you have to go. What other way is there? Use horses? The whole brigade has only about twenty horses, and one company is not enough. Even if it is enough, the horses can't catch up." !" Chief of Staff Liang did not allow Wu Zhong to finish speaking, and said eagerly, "No! I'm talking about using a boat." "Use a boat?" "Yes, you see, the northwest wind is so good today, the boat goes downwind, send a regiment to Fuyang Ferry first, and we can win the time to stop." Wu Zhong thought about it carefully, no.Then he said: "Old Liang, the Yinghe River is usually a channel where merchant ships come and go. However, the fighting is so fierce now, and Jiang's army is like a wolf like a tiger. Who would dare to sail on the river? Where can I find a boat now?" After hearing this, Chief of Staff Liang said regretfully: "It would be great if we could be swept up into the sky by a gust of wind like the myth said at this time, and reach the Fuyang Ferry!" Wu Zhong said helplessly: "Myths are myths after all, and the sky does not follow people's wishes!" night, gradually darkened.The wind screamed bitterly, and both of them felt like a heavy burden was weighing on their hearts. "Hey..." With the neighing of the horses, Zhang Guohua, the commander of the Henan, Anhui and Soviet military regions, rushed over on horseback.When the two were about to report, Zhang Guohua waved his hand: "No need, you can't win by land, but by water, they have cars, and we have boats!" "Boat?" The two exclaimed in unison. Zhang Guohua said with a smile: "The commander estimated this move two days ago, let me prepare a boat for you at Jieshou Ferry, and the boat is waiting for you!" "Commander Liu!" Chief of Staff Liang shouted excitedly. "There's a boat!" "There's a boat!" The soldiers of the 20th Brigade heard Chief of Staff Liang's message and rushed to Jieshou Ferry shouting. The ship set sail, sailed smoothly, and sailed through the waves!Soon arrived at the Fuyang Ferry. At this time, the sky was just getting brighter, and the Venus flashed in the sky far away.Wu Zhong and Chief of Staff Liang got off the boat. "Bang, bang, bang!" There was another clear gunshot in the distance, and the gunshot seemed to come from the direction of the vanguard.Wu Zhong and Chief of Staff Liang were slightly taken aback, and they all thought to themselves: Is it the Huangwei Corps that has crossed the canal ahead of us, is it the Huangwei Corps that is crossing the river, and met us on a narrow road, hand in hand?Or has the Huangwei Corps not yet crossed the river, but just caught up with their search team? The situation is unknown and it is difficult to judge.The two immediately stepped on their horses and ran towards the place where the gunshot fired. It was already dawn, and on the embankment on the east bank of the Yinghe River, came a Kuomintang general, about 40 years old, his thin face was always tense, indifferent and expressionless, only his eyes showed aloofness and arrogance. look.He is not tall, wearing an American-style woolen overcoat, white gloves, straight trouser seams, and a pair of well-polished leather boots.He is Huang Wei, commander of the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang. Now Huang Wei is in a very restless mood.His 12th Corps was only established in September this year. It has 4 armies. Except Wu Shaozhou's 85th Army, which is the old Northwest Army, the other 10th Army, 14th Army, and 18th Army are all Chiang Kai-shek's direct troops. There are a total of 120,000 horses in the fast column equipped with military equipment, and the officers are all graduates of the Army School.His strength should make him happy. But Huang Wei himself knew that his appointment as the commander caused a controversy among the top generals of the Kuomintang. Hu Lian, who had long coveted the position, learned that he was the commander of the Corps and he was only a deputy, so he went to Shanghai and Nanjing in a fit of rage. Long term recuperation.Although most of the subordinates are Huang Wei's students, they know that he is withdrawn, serious and thoughtless, so they all stay away from him.Not only that, since everyone knew that Huang Wei left the army after five "encirclement and suppression campaigns" in Jinggang Mountains, and everyone was worried that their lives would be lost in his hands when they heard that this paper-based military strategist would become the commander.Indeed, it is not suitable for Huang Wei to be placed in this position.But Bai Chongxi and Hu Lian were at odds, and Chiang Kai-shek had to use him as commander in order to ease the conflict.Huang Wei himself was quite confident about accepting this position. He felt that he had given lectures at the University of the Mainland for so many years and was proficient in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign military strategists, so he could make a name for himself.But he also knew what others thought of him, so he had to comfort his deployment, saying to them: "I will only be the commander for six months, and I will leave when Hu Lian comes." Three months have passed, perhaps due to bad luck, he has dealt with Liu Bocheng since the day he took office.At first, although Huang Wei also knew that Liu Bocheng was good at using soldiers, he thought that Liu Bocheng led guerrillas who had not received formal training and were vulnerable.Therefore, relying on his excellent equipment, high degree of mechanization, and strong strength, he searched everywhere for the decisive battle of the central and wild forces from eastern Henan to western Anhui.Unexpectedly, Liu Bocheng led him around by the nose, dragging him down to the point where he was exhausted and hadn't fought a regular battle yet.It wasn't until Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to move his troops eastward that he woke up like a dream and realized that Liu Bocheng was amazing.However, Huang Wei did not expect that after he sent his troops to the east, Liu Bocheng would chase after him again. The front block and side attack, coupled with the continuous rain, the mechanization lost its function, and the fast column became a slow column, which made him fall into a trap. Such an embarrassing situation.Which art of war did Liu Bocheng use?Huang Wei, a military theorist, is not clear at all.When approaching Honghe, Huang Wei guessed that there might be a communist army blocking him here, so he ordered the troops to take a detour and struggled all the way until they came to the edge of Yinghe River. Huang Weifang breathed a sigh of relief. Huang Wei looked at the countless cannons, tanks, cars, and heavy weapons scattered all over the field in the billowing smoke and dust behind him, and soldiers wearing green helmets flocked to the river.He appreciatively said to Yang Botao, commander of the 18th Army, who came forward from behind: "The actions of the large corps are different!" Yang Botao came to report the news: "Boss, according to the reconnaissance report of the search team, there is an ambush by the Communist army on the other side of the river." Huang Wei didn't believe it. He raised his binoculars and looked forward. The river surface of more than 500 meters was calm, and the river flowed naturally. On the other side of the river, except for the barren land, low bushes, and sparse villages, there was nothing to see. Signs of an ambush.He believed in his own judgment, there could not be a large army hiding here, so he said to Yang Botao: "Mr. Yang, yesterday I received an air force reconnaissance report. There is no communist army at Fuyang Ferry. At most, it is the interference of local guerrillas. Don't worry, Liu Bocheng is still waiting for us in Shahe!" Yang Botao said: "No! The guerrillas don't have cannons. According to reports from the search team, the enemy army on the opposite side has cannons moving." "Understood!" Huang Wei dismissively said: "Mr. Yang, I only trust my eyes. Even if Liu Bocheng has cannons and moves all his cannons, it will not be able to stop my 120,000 army. You should organize a bridge immediately." "Yes!" Yang Botao had no choice but to obey. After a burst of artillery fire attacked the opposite bank, the bridge-building soldiers boarded the rubber boat and rowed to the opposite bank, preparing to cross the river to build a bridge. However, when the rubber boat rowed to the center of the river, the sound of gunfire from the opposite bank suddenly rang out, and the engineers responded. But fell, had to row back again. The sound of gunfire came from the 20th Brigade of the First Column of the People's Liberation Army Nakano. After they arrived at the ferry by boat, they heard a burst of gunfire. Brigadier Wu and Chief of Staff Liang rushed forward, knowing that it was the vanguard and the search team of Yang Botao's 18th Army. Connected to the fire.The search team was eliminated, that is, the troops were organized to build fortifications and build "waterside bunkers". It turned out that the shells couldn't hit it, and of course Huang Wei's telescope couldn't see it either.But once Huang Wei's soldiers appeared on the river, bullets could be fired in parallel from the bunker to seal off the entire river. After Huang Wei gave Yang Botao instructions, he returned to the temporary command post and sat down. Before he could unpack his backpack, Yang Botao broke in. "Boss, the engineers were attacked, and the bridge failed!" Huang Wei sprang up from his chair and said angrily: "Mr. Yang, I don't believe that your army alone can't deal with several guerrillas. Concentrate all the artillery fire and beat me hard to smash the enemy's position!" After finishing speaking, Huang Wei turned around and said to Chief of Staff Xiao Rui: "Send a report to Nanjing, the air force will cover it!" "Yes!" "Yes!" The two split up. Not long after, the Huangwei Corps quickly organized a second attack. Planes dropped countless bombs. Hundreds of cannons were deployed along the river embankment. The sky covered the sun, and the river water hit a water column that was ten feet high.Shrapnel fell on almost every piece of land on the embankment.After the bombing was over and the smoke had not cleared, Huang Wei personally supervised the battle and ordered Yang Botao to organize a strong attack.Thousands of soldiers armed with American submachine guns boarded more than a hundred rubber boats and rowed across the river. Looking at this scene, Huang Wei smiled faintly. He wanted to say: "Liu Bocheng, let me see how capable you are?" Before the words were spoken, another fierce gunshot sounded from the other side of the river, and the bullets swept across the river like a gust of wind, covering the entire river with a "huh", and neither people nor boats could escape.Hundreds of rubber boats were hit by bullets, leaked air and sank. The soldiers were terrified and jumped into the water to escape.Those who could not float were drowned, and those who could float swam to the shore. As soon as they raised their heads, the bullet hit their heads, and the blood stained the Yinghe River. Huang Wei was discouraged.He originally thought that the other side was just a guerrilla army, but now it is difficult for an army of 120,000 to cross the river.When did Liu Bocheng's team come in front of him? He stood there blankly, feeling weak all over, but was still supported by Yang Botao and walked back to the command post. Chief of Staff Xiao Rui came to report: "There are a large number of ships berthing near the downstream, and there is no communist army blocking them." Huang Wei had to detour again and ordered the troops to build a bridge to cross the river. After crossing the river, Huang Wei was still angry. Thinking about it, he was really useless. He wanted to spit out this grievance, ordered the main force to continue northward, and sent a force back to the north bank of Fuyang Ferry to take revenge.Unexpectedly, the dispatched troops made an empty trip and did not even find a shadow of the communist army.It turned out that in accordance with Liu Bocheng's arrangement, the 20th Brigade of the Nakano First Column left here after completing the blocking mission and achieving the goal of dampening its spirit. Huang Wei had no choice but to urge the troops to go to Wohe.But he didn't expect that another elite brigade of Liu Bocheng was waiting for him on the other side of the Guohe River. Two nights ago, Liu Bocheng drove to the camp to summon Wang Jinshan, the commander of the Sixth Column, after giving the opportunity to Zhang Guohua, the commander of the Yuwansu Military Region, and arranged another obstacle for Huang Wei.Liu Zong is a main force in the middle field.At this time, they had been fighting for a whole day relying on the Wohe barrier.But they did not love to fight, and quietly withdrew after spreading a batch of leaflets. The next day, Huang Wei heard that there was no movement on the other side of the river, so he ordered the troops to rush across the Wohe River.When I got to the other side of the river, I saw another empty position.While he was wondering, Yang Botao, the commander of the 18th Army, came with a handful of leaflets and said in horror: "Boss, the situation is not good! Look at this." Huang Wei opened the leaflet and saw that it was full of propaganda slogans.It read: "Down with Chiang Kai-shek, liberate the whole of China!" "Capture Huang Wei alive!" and so on. Huang Wei said contemptuously: "This is the propaganda of the Communist Party." As he spoke, he rubbed and threw the flyer on the ground. Yang Botao hurriedly picked it up and said, "Boss, this leaflet is very important and deserves attention." Huang Wei stared at Yang Botao fiercely, and said in his heart, what a joke!The Communist Party bluffed and produced several leaflets to scare people. Why is Huang Wei captured alive? Is Huang Wei so easy to catch?Although I have suffered some losses at the moment, my 12th Corps is the main force of the national army. Which one can the Communist Army Liu Bocheng rival in terms of equipment and strength?These leaflets slandering me should not have been picked up in the first place, let alone let me read them... He really wanted to reprimand Yang Botao a few words. Yang Botao didn't take Huang Wei's emotions into consideration, and continued: "President, I'm not oversensitive. I know that these leaflets are the Communist Army's propaganda that harms people's hearts, but this time I came to the Xu Bang battle, and I found three things that are unusual for the Communist Army. You must be vigilant." Huang Wei said coldly: "Speak!" Yang Botao said: "Boss, in the past when the communist army fought against us, Liu Bocheng used guerrilla tactics in pursuit and stalking. There have been two or three lines of defense in a row like this, using the terrain to build dotted fortifications to attack us. Is it a positional warfare method of blocking?" Huang Wei thought for a while: "No." Yang Botao said: "The communist army fought against me in the past, and Liu Bocheng hid his head and tail, and beat me away. Has there ever been such a big and blatant propaganda like today?" Huang Wei replied casually: "No." After finishing speaking, he realized that there was something in Yang Botao's words, and asked: "Commander Yang, you mean..." Yang Botao said anxiously: "Obviously, in the past, Liu Bocheng and Chen Yi's troops joined together, and the troops were divided into two groups, fighting on their own. In terms of strength, they were not stronger than us. But now that their two field armies are leaning against each other, there must be a big difference. It seems that the war is imminent. Our 12th Corps is in an extremely serious moment, and we must think carefully about it!" Huang Wei did not expect that a batch of leaflets from the People's Liberation Army would elicit so many words from Yang Botao.He thought about it carefully, and felt that Yang Botao's words were reasonable and worth considering.He walked quickly on the river beach with his hands behind his back, the expression on his face was like the cool night sky, cold, deep and unpredictable. Chief of Staff Xiao Rui agreed with Yang Botao's opinion: "Boss, the Communist Army's actions have a purpose, Zhuge is only cautious in his life, it's better not to act rashly." Xiao Rui moved out of Gongjin, which is the most convincing to the pretentious Huang Wei.He was ruthless, and then ordered: "Chief of Staff, send a report to Nanjing. The 12th Corps will gather in Mengcheng, build fortifications, replenish ammunition, and fight steadily. Please call the president." The telegram was sent out, and the Huangwei Corps stopped going north. "Comrades, I have a very good news for you!" The war room of the front committee of Xiaoli's family in Huaibei was brightly lit.As the weather gradually cooled down, a charcoal fire was lit in the house, and the raging charcoal fire illuminated the whole room.The commanders and political commissars of the Nakano columns sat on both sides of the conference table, looking excitedly at Chen Yi whose face was reddened by the flames. "Today, that is, in the afternoon of November 22, 1948, our Huaye columns captured Nianzhuang, wiped out Huang Baitao's corps, and won a great victory in the first stage of the Huaihai Campaign." As soon as Chen Yi finished speaking, there was thunderous applause in the war room.In the light of the fire, Liu Bocheng stood up slowly, raised his hand and said: "Comrades, Huaye has won a big victory, the next step is up to us!" Having said this, Liu Bocheng paused for a while, inspecting his generals.Yang Yong, Wang Weigang, Chen Xilian, Chen Geng, Wang Jinshan, Qin Jiwei, Wang Bingzhang, Zhang Guohua... These generals who have fought under Liu Bocheng for many years turned their eyes to their commander. At this time, Huang Wei's army of 120,000 was besieged in a huge bag-shaped offensive, and this was the time when he needed to make up his mind the most. Liu Bocheng was wearing a gray cotton military uniform, the neckline and elbows of which had been washed and turned white. He was tied with a wide belt, and his clothes were neat and tidy.He straightened his glasses, and continued with his characteristic cadenced Sichuan accent: "Taking the Huangwei Corps and winning the second victory in the Huaihai Campaign is a military order issued by our General Front Committee to Chairman Mao. But I It is also necessary to point out here that some of our comrades lack confidence and are worried that we will not be able to chew the hard walnut of the Huangwei Corps. It is simply playing the piano! Yes, we came out of the Dabie Mountains. We are really thin and long! But the skinny donkey pulls hard shit. No courage? Do you recognize the word "courage" for bravery? The word "yong" means a man wearing a crown of glory on his head. No courage is not a man! This time, comrades must make it clear to the commanders and fighters that we will never let go Over the old enemy of the 12th Corps, the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road." More than a dozen heroic generals galloping on the battlefield held their breaths and looked focused.The candlelight cast their shadows on the wall, forming a light ink picture. Only Liu Bocheng's standing figure was enlarged to the top of the wall, his waving arms surged across the sky like a thick cloud carrying heavy thunder and lightning. At this moment, another person stood up, and the familiar Sichuan accent resounded firmly. Standing up was Deng Xiaoping, secretary of the General Front Committee and political commissar of the middle field.From his coat pocket, he took out a box of spoils, three or five brand cigarettes, handed one to Chen Yi, and Bai Ji took one.Chen Yi struck a match, and the two of them started smoking.Compared with half a month ago, he looks much thinner.His forehead, nose bridge, and cheekbones are much higher than the rocks on the coast after low tide, and they shine with a metallic luster.His eyes are somewhat sunken, but they are more aggressive, and his stubble-grown chin is sharp and sharp, revealing determination... Deng Xiaoping coughed lightly and looked around... His heart suddenly felt heavy.He did not doubt his determination, nor did he doubt the resoluteness of these generals in carrying out their orders.But, how much will it cost?All the soldiers who have passed the arduous test of moving to the Dabie Mountains will not be exchanged for gold!To deal with the Huangwei Corps, one of the elite corps of Chiang Kai-shek's direct line, and those modern troops with all American equipment, what else is there besides loyalty to the revolutionary cause? The reality is indeed quite grim.The Central Plains Field Army faced a powerful enemy they had never encountered before. The Huangwei Corps consists of 4 armies, 11 divisions and a fast column. It is not only Chiang Kai-shek's direct descendant, but also a well-known "trump card" among the millions of Kuomintang troops.Moreover, the weapons and equipment are quite advanced, almost all of which are mechanized troops.Nakano Chief of Staff Li Da later described: "In this battle, the enemy we encountered was the Huangwei Corps, the first-class elite unit of the Jiang Army. Its strength is large, its equipment is modern, its fortifications are strong, and its resistance is firm. , for Nakano, this is the first time they have met." There is a harsher reality than this.This is why Nakano has never been "skinny".After moving to the Dabie Mountains for several months in a row, the troops in the middle field suffered a lot.The first column has jurisdiction over the strength of the 1st, 2nd, and 20th brigades, with a total of more than 17,000 people; the second column has jurisdiction over the strength of the 4th and 6th brigades, with a total of 15,000 people; the third column has jurisdiction over the 7th brigade. The strength of the three brigades, the 8th and 9th brigades is 17,000; the fourth column governs the strength of the 10th, 11th, 13th, and 22nd brigades, totaling 16,000; the sixth column governs the 16th, 13th, and 22nd brigades. The strength of the 17th and 18th brigades totaled 21,000 people; the ninth column governed the strength of the 26th and 27th brigades, totaling more than 20,000 people. On the surface, the Nakano's military strength is about 120,000, which is comparable to that of the Huangwei Corps. In fact, the phenomenon of being full and dissatisfied is very serious.Many cadres and soldiers, especially some well-tested generals at the column, brigade, and regiment levels, and political work cadres were transferred to local troops and government work.What's more, a considerable part of the 120,000 troops has to be allocated to deal with Li Yannian and Liu Ruming on the southern front. Only less than 2/3 of the troops can really be devoted to fighting the Huangwei Corps.The weapons and equipment cannot be compared with the Huangwei Corps.As far as cannons are concerned, there are only two field artillery pieces in Chen Geng's column; there are a total of 43 mountain artillery pieces in six columns, with only more than 200 shells; there are four infantry artillery pieces, with only a dozen shells; Yumen, more than 300 rounds of shells, many rifles, light and heavy machine guns, but the number of bullets is not enough... This is the reality, and Nakano is going to win the largest and strongest battle since the War of Liberation. However, the development of the war situation can no longer tolerate these redundant considerations.Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and Liu Bocheng had made a decision to face up to the difficulties and annihilate the Huangwei Corps in the second stage of the Huaihai Campaign. Mao Zedong originally decided to kill Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi after Huang Baitao was wiped out.During the siege of Huang Baitao's corps, Mao Zedong thought that Huang Baitao's corps could solve the problem within a few days: "Now is a good opportunity to continue to annihilate Qiu's corps", "After the Huang and Sun corps are wiped out, our army can besiege Xuzhou and prepare for the second Annihilate the two corps of Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi one step at a time, win the victory, and take Xuzhou." Faced with the fact that hundreds of thousands of Huaye troops had been fighting fiercely with Huang Baitao's corps on the Xudong battlefield, and the difficult situation of Zhongye blocking Huang Wei in the west and Li Yannian in the south, Deng Xiaoping was very worried. On November 14, he, Liu Bocheng, and Chen Yi repeatedly weighed the situation of the enemy and ourselves on the Huaihai battlefield, and called the Military Commission: But at that time Mao Zedong was most concerned about the Xuzhou Group, and he still planned to lure Qiu Qingquan and Li Midong to aid in order to facilitate the annihilation. On November 18, the Military Commission said in a telegram to Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Deng Xiaoping and Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin: In this case, after Huang Baitao was wiped out, on the Huaihai battlefield, they would fight Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi in the north, and Li Yannian and Liu Ruming in the south.In the middle field, only the first, second, and sixth columns, a total of six brigades with less than 60,000 people, were left to deal with Huang Wei's 120,000 troops. Right now, the battle to annihilate Huang Baitao cannot be ended quickly, and the Huangwei Corps has occupied Mengcheng, only 70 kilometers away from Suxian County. If it is allowed to pass through the central field defense line, the consequences will be disastrous. Deng Xiaoping was addicted to cigarettes.These days, he sleeps and eats without eating or drinking, and smokes one cigarette after another, and a cylinder of cigarette butts accumulates in half a day.The tightly knit brows hung like iron hooks, never letting go.Liu Bocheng stopped talking and laughing humorously, and took a magnifying glass to look at the map non-stop, and it took half a day to stop.Chen Yi was good at walking around, but he couldn't sit still these days. He lowered his head all day and walked around the room, as if he was looking for a lost embroidery needle. On the evening of November 19, the three members of the Standing Committee sat together, and they knew each other's secrets without talking.Deng Xiaoping swiped his pen resolutely, and wrote another telegram: Mao Zedong listened carefully to the voices from the Huaihai front in Xibaipo, and decided to let Zhongye fight Huang Wei with all his strength, and Huaye Liuzong replaced Zhongye Jiuzong to deal with Li Yannian. At this moment, the situation on the Huaihai battlefield changed drastically.Li Yannian's corps, which originally planned to commit the northern crime, was like a frightened bird, hiding in the south of Huazhuangji, and did not dare to leave Bengbu; Attacking across the board, they passed through the Beifei River on the 23rd, and their vanguard broke through the River, and fought fiercely with the fourth column led by Chen Geng at Nanpingji on the south bank. On the one hand, the General Front Committee keenly seized the opportunity, used the river to block, and skillfully used troops to lure Huang Wei into the bag-shaped position step by step. Only ten hours later, Xibaipo's call back arrived at Xiao Li's house. Therefore, the commanders of the Nakano columns rushed to Xiao Li's house with the smoke and dust from the Nanpingji battlefield to attend the emergency combat meeting held by the Nakano chief.In fact, it is more appropriate to say that it should be a swearing-in meeting.Because what will be discussed at the meeting is not just tactical deployment, but more importantly, spirit. "Comrades!" Deng Xiaoping changed his usual steady tone and said excitedly: "Just now the division commander (he used to call Liu Bocheng as the division commander) said that our encirclement and annihilation of the Huangwei Corps this time is very difficult and very glorious. We must eliminate Enemy, without the spirit of sacrifice, we can’t do it! We must do our best to kill the Huangwei Corps, even if this battle wipes out the middle and the field, it is worth it. Other field armies can still fight the Yangtze River, and the Chinese revolution will still win.” "Political Commissar Deng," Chen Geng, the commander of the Four Columns, stood up abruptly, "Our Four Columns have the determination to break the boat and take on the most difficult tasks at all costs. Even if there is only one squad left, I, Chen Geng, will be willing to be the squad leader." , must persevere until the final victory!" Yang Yong stood up. Qin Jiwei stood up. Chen Xilian stood up. Wang Weizhou stood up. ... The last one to stand up was Wang Jinshan.He didn't speak, but pounded his thick fist on the table. On the evening of November 24th, the sky had a first quarter moon, and the silver moonlight illuminated the noisy Nanpingji.Huang Wei's headquarters, which is less than 30 kilometers away from Xiao Li's home, is also in a meeting. Huang Wei lost a lot of weight, looked haggard and sluggish, and the stubble on his chin also sprouted. Yesterday's Nanpingji battle made Huang Wei, who has always been conceited, feel uneasy.Airplanes and heavy artillery blasted the Weihe River into a dense water column as high as three or four feet, and Nanping on the other side of the river was burnt into a piece of scorched earth in the flames. Yin Zhongyue, commander of the 118th Division of the 18th Army, with the cooperation of the tanks of the fast column, personally led the 352nd, 353rd, and 354th regiments across the Huihe River, and used flamethrowers, machine guns, and automatic rifles to split a road directly to Su County. However, the PLA's resistance was beyond Huang Wei's expectation.Even soldiers dragging broken bodies and limbs, who seem to have died, will rip the grenades around them when the enemy occupies the position. Huang Wei ordered the five main forces to attack at the same time. However, every road is like a stick of fire, which is riddled with holes by the flames of war. It is Chen Geng's four vertical soldiers who stick to Nanpingji. Huang Wei and Chen Geng are old rivals.He knew that Chen Geng was one of the "Three Heroes" in the first phase of Whampoa. Before the Northern Expedition, he had saved Chiang Kai-shek's life and was deeply loved by the old man.He also knew that Chen Geng was an excellent fighter in the Communist Party. His 18th Army had fought against Chen in western Henan a few months ago. A lot of trouble.Therefore, he had long had an urge to fight hard with Chen Geng to see who is the gold and iron horse.However, the day and night of hard work in Nanpingji made him shudder, Chen Geng was too powerful.Facing the enemy's fierce and dense artillery fire advantage.In doing so, Chen Geng did not put heavy troops in the fortifications with complete fortifications, but scattered them into the fields in squads and platoons.In doing so, the first is to reduce the losses in the shelling; the second is to enhance the flexibility of each battle group to fight independently, so that the advantages of Huang Wei's mechanized troop group operations cannot be brought into play; The nature of ambush warfare.Huang Wei later said: "Shi Wuchang won the general, and he was defeated by Chen Geng. It is not wronged." From 8 o'clock in the morning to noon, only a piece of rubble remained in Nanpingji.The Kuomintang army stepped on the corpses and blood of their comrades and set foot on this still burning land. The next day, Huang Wei's corps crossed the Weihe River one after another, and went out of Zhongyiji, Dongpingji, Yangzhuang, Qiliqiao, and Zhukou areas. However, Air Force reconnaissance and intelligence from various sources indicated that a large number of communist troops had appeared in the surrounding area, and there were 7 column numbers alone. Yes, Huang Wei has stepped into the pocket that Liu, Chen, and Deng have preset for him step by step. At this point, Huang Wei felt an unprecedented danger.The current situation is that there is no certainty in attacking Su County, and Mengcheng has given up in the rear and lost its support. Where to go, we must make a decision as soon as possible. As soon as he arrived at the meeting, Huang Wei restored his dignity as a teacher.Pointing to the wall chart, he said in a stern tone: "We are in a dilemma. How to get rid of the communist army, please express your opinions." 这些黄埔出身的将领一个个正襟危坐，炽白的汽灯照着一张张缺乏血色的脸。 副司令官吴绍周向来寡言少语，这会儿更无多少言论。副参谋长韦镇福的目光里躲闪着胆怯，似乎怕言中有失。第14军军长熊绶春资历较浅，自然不会出此风头。第10军军长谭道善则用余光瞥着第18军军长杨伯涛，因为照例总是杨伯涛先发言。 向来性急语快的杨伯涛今天倒一反常态，长时间的缄口沉默。他心里很窝火，憋了一肚子气，什么都不想说。他这会儿已不是为老上司胡琏没能主管第12兵团而闹别扭，他实在是有些看不惯黄维。 早在驻兵蒙城时，黄维就想过这样做会落入共军的陷阱。于是召集众将官计议。杨伯涛深有同感。经验丰富的兵团参谋长肖锐也觉得前途险恶，提出先立足蒙城，派部队四出游击，再寻找有利战机，给共军以致命打击。 黄维深以为然，决定暂驻蒙城，以观风向。 但是，黄维上报的暂驻蒙城计划蒋介石理都不理。黄百韬兵团奄奄待毙，蒋介石严令黄维率兵团直取宿县，打通徐蚌，北援碾庄。 黄维为难了。他明知此去宿县凶多吉少，但又不敢违抗蒋介石的命令。没法子，他只得率部东进。 参谋长肖锐小心地问黄维，为什么放弃蒙城计划？ 黄维只能苦苦一笑。肖锐是个聪明绝顶的人，心想跟着黄维去入圈套，不如一走了之，于是他以盲肠炎加剧为借口，告假去蚌埠就医，也效法胡琏，虎遁龙潜了。留下个副参谋长韦镇福，算是黄维的亲随，可初次临战，无从出谋献策，只好眼睁睁地跟着他的黄司令官，一步步走向绝境。 39年后，杨伯涛接受采访时叹息道：“如果换上胡琏，决不会执行蒋介石的那个命令的。” 杨伯涛到底沉不住气了，噌地站起来说：“刘伯承布的陷阱无疑在宿县方向。我们如果继续北上，势必越陷越深。我们虽已中其圈套，但还未四面受围。为今之计，不如趁东南方向未发现共军主力，星夜往固镇转移。此处离固镇不过八九十里，强行军很快就可以到达。待与李延年兵团会合后，再沿津浦线北打，依然可执行原来的任务。” 其他将领一一顿首称是。吴绍周望着黄维，用力点头。 黄维的心里乱糟糟的。蒋介石命令攻取宿县，打通徐蚌，可眼下根本不可能。他觉得杨伯涛的意见不无道理，但又与蒋介石的命令不相吻合。 黄维背着手，在屋里踱来踱去。这个决定太难做。终于，他下狠心似的站住了，命令已渡过浍河的第18军、第85军迅速撤回浍河南岸。他部署道：“第10军掩护第18军，第14军掩护兵团部，第85军掩护第10军，依次撤退。部队到双堆集地区集结。立即行动！” 黄维的部署虽然缜密，但为时已晚。敌第18军和第10军已和解放军展开激战，难以脱身。敌第14军和第85军本可以及早脱离战场，但黄维谨小慎微，怕撤退而至崩溃，力图稳步东移。我中野部队趁机顺着浍河横插下来，截住第14军的后路。第18军在杨伯涛的指挥下，且战且退，与第10军合为一股，才未被解放军分割歼灭。 一场乱仗打到天明，中野第一、第二、第三、第四、第六、第九、第十一共7个纵队，将黄维兵团合围于宿县西南忠义集、双堆集地区。 一夜惊乱不定，黄维要做的第一件大事便是报告南京统帅部，要求批准他改变方针，南撤团镇、蚌埠。 但是，就像在蒙城一样，他依然没有得到南京的批复。而各部急电频至，都说共军正步步压缩，紧紧地收拢包围圈。 黄维不知道，11月24日，根据刘伯承、陈毅、邓小平的命令，中野主力第一、第二、第三、第四、第六、第九、第十一等7个纵队及陕南12旅、豫皖苏独立旅已经全部出击，对黄维兵团进行大合围。 黄维率部左突右冲，如同蜗牛爬行，被牢牢地压缩在浍河、淝河之间以双堆集为中心的纵横不足8公里的狭小地区之内。 双堆集位于蒙城、宿县公路以东，南坪集东南，在这块较平坦的原野上，有两个土堆，一为较大的平谷堆，高30.96米，在双堆集西北。一为较小的尖谷堆，紧挨着双堆集西南，堆上建有庙宇。这两个土堆之间有一个居民点，住着一百多户人家，就叫做双堆集。在双堆集东北是小庄。12兵团的指挥部，及第四快速纵队，就位于小马庄和双堆集。85军部署在这个小圈子内的西南方，18军依进攻时的态势，位于西北方的突出部位，10军置于阵地的中央，14军置于东方的突出部。整个地形像一个口袋，而浍河像一根扎口袋的麻绳。 静静的黑夜又来临了，战斗没有了白天的激烈。黄维驱车转了一圈。“双堆集啊！双堆集啊！难道我真的就这样被围困在这里吗？”黄维边走边毫无头绪地想着。看到各军都遭受了不同程度的损失，特别是14军士气明显下降，黄维心情极度压抑。他一面命令各部稍事休息，一面等待南京统帅部的指示。