roccoschili Chapter 397: Meeting the old brigade commander, the identities are reversed
Chapter 397: Meeting the old brigade commander, the identities are reversed
Just when Ding Wei was marching towards northern Henan with all his strength, the headquarters also issued an order to the Central Plains Field Army, liberating the two cities of Zheng and Feng and supporting the war in the Huaihai area.
The 1st, 3rd, 4th and 9th columns of the Central Plains Field Army were mobilized to encircle Zheng and Feng from the south.
At the suggestion of the commander-in-chief, Ding Wei's four columns were temporarily incorporated into the Central Plains Field Army. Ding Wei served as the front-line commander of the Central Plains Field Army and, as the commander-in-chief's deputy commander, was fully responsible for the implementation of the strategy.
Oops, you haven't arrived yet, so I've applied for permission for you first.
The troops of both sides met outside Zhengcheng, and Ding Wei's vanguard of three regiments quickly crossed the Yellow River.
Looking at the iron bridge under my feet, I had the urge to blow it up.
When they were preparing for the fighter operation, they first made their fortune by bombing the Yellow River Bridge.
When drinking water, one should remember the person who dug the well. Ding Wei suppressed his inner impulse.
Zhang Dabiao was sitting in the co-pilot seat, looking at the surging Yellow River outside, and couldn't help but communicate with the commander.
"In fact, my general reserve can be put into battle. The battle in Peking should not start. It is enough to keep four columns. My corps can be mixed in the Huaihai area."
When Zhang Dabiao heard that the National Army had deployed more than 80 people here, his eyes lit up.
Ding Wei still said the same thing, the reserve team will not move.
In addition to Zhang Dabiao's application to go to the battle, Kong Jie from the Second Column has also been applying to be transferred south to participate in the battle.
These people are unwilling to engage in confrontation or encirclement, and would rather engage in infiltration and pursuit every day.
The well-equipped and brave troops crossed the river.
The front-line command center was placed in the Mangshan area, and communications personnel were setting up telephone lines and deploying military radio stations.
"Report to the commander. The Central Field Army has arrived in the southern part of Zhengcheng first. Commander Chen of the 4th Column sent a telegram to the headquarters, asking the great Commander Ding whether to launch an attack."
The Fourth Column is the brigade commander's column, Ding Wei laughed.
What’s going on? Why is the old leader still working under him?
"What's the situation in Zhengcheng? Arrange reconnaissance planes to scout the city defenses. When attacking such an important city, we must be extremely careful. Urge our artillery units to quickly assemble to the south of the Yellow River."
Ding Wei only mobilized two howitzer regiments, and the rest were mountain artillery regiments belonging to the column.
Until we get new information, we should be cautious about the siege.
Moreover, the troops had just arrived and had barely even set foot or sat down. There was still one stronghold to the north of the Yellow River that had not been settled, Anyang Xinxiang, where the Nationalist troops were stationed, like a nail stuck there.
Before launching a major attack, the nails must be pulled out first.
The 6th Independent Column, led by Zhao Gang, was preparing for the battle against Anyang.
The 8th Column was responsible for fighting in Xinxiang. Before the war, it captured the two cities where the Kuomintang troops were stationed.
An encrypted telegram from North Manchuria reached Ding Wei.
Three things were reported. One was that Zhou Zhujun's Far East guerrillas were subjected to a large-scale encirclement and blockade, resulting in the loss of more than 1.2 soldiers and a large amount of weapons and equipment, and they needed Ding Wei's support.
Secondly, Mr. Zhou carried out the special operations to the end, rescued more than a dozen large reform camps in one go, and spread the war to the Siberia region.
With a large number of guerrilla forces, they spread across the vast land, searching for space for survival.
The warm days in the north are short-lived, and a suitable base must be found within three months.
More than 7 prisoners were rescued.
Excluding the loss of troops, it is equivalent to receiving another 5 reinforcements.
The entire Outer Northeast has more than 10 troops, distributed in the Greater Khingan Range, the Siberian Plateau, and the Primorsky Krai, requiring a large number of combat weapons.
Thirdly, and most importantly, the Judean Autonomous Prefecture invited a unit of Wang Chao’s troops to enter as the security force of the autonomous prefecture. The number of troops in this unit is about 3000.
Haha, this is a bit unexpected.
The fundamental reason lies in the opening of the border trade zone, which allowed some materials from North Manchuria to enter the autonomous prefecture. It also allowed some goods in the autonomous prefecture to enter North Manchuria and even the Northeast region.
Having discovered the vast market and huge demand, greedy people will not care about drinking poison to quench their thirst.
Ding Wei’s reply was simple: he agreed with everything.
His strategy was to support the guerrilla forces in the Far East. He had to take advantage of the fact that the Russians had no time to look east and expand and strengthen the local forces.
In addition to pulling more Japanese prisoners of war into battle, we can consider forming mercenaries from Hokkaido and bringing them over to supplement our forces.
Life in the Japanese country is difficult, and many veterans are unwilling to give up. They don’t know if it will be possible for them to enter Outer Northeast as mercenaries.
Is it smuggling? Let's pull a group of Japanese over and send them to the Primorsky Krai to try it out first.
Anyway, they already have a fairly large fishing fleet, with Liao Fei and Mu Liancheng operating it.
It won’t be a problem to get a few thousand people here.
As for weapons and equipment, the obsolete Japanese weapons can be handed over to the Japs and they can continue to fight the Russians.
If the two of them fight each other, Ding Wei can save manpower.
Military factories are continuously producing semi-automatic rifles, bullets and artillery shells. They have already mastered the production of steel for gun barrels and are imitating 122mm and 155mm howitzers.
Japanese weapons are such garbage, not even dogs would use them.
Ding Wei's personality is such that he curses when he gets good things. He is not worth getting.
In North Manchuria, Zhou Weiguo and Wang Chao will handle the shady matters for him, so there is no need to worry for the time being.
If we want to attack Zhengcheng now, we must first remove the two nails behind us.
It's just a small town with only two armies stationed, so there's no need for him to show up in person.
Anyang was stationed by the 40th Army of the National Army. It is worth mentioning that all the bandits and vagrants from the surrounding areas poured into this small city, and together with the garrison, it became a hodgepodge.
The defenders had more than 3 people and built more than 300 bunkers of various sizes.
In order to help them hold on, the national army also dropped some supplies by plane.
After surveying the terrain, the 6th Independent Column reported the situation in Anqing. The nearby villages, temples, and ditches were built into fortifications, and the crossfire was dense.
A normal attack would probably result in heavy losses.
Zhao Gang's suggestion was to advance with firepower, repeatedly cover with artillery fire, and carry out indiscriminate bombing.
This was beyond Ding Wei's expectation. He directed Da Biao beside him, "Go to Anyang and take a look. I'm worried that Zhao Gang can't handle the situation."
"Since they are a hodgepodge, having been traitors and bandits, and all of them are landlords and members of the Homecoming Corps, then we should destroy them."
"I was afraid that he, a cultural figure, might not be ruthless enough."
Of course Zhang Dabiao was willing. After receiving the order, he headed to the northern part of the Yellow River that same day.
It just so happens that the artillery regiment doesn't need to go to Zhengcheng first, but can destroy the 40th Army in Anyang on the way, have an extra meal, and join the queue.
The artillery fire directly pressed into the city defenses, and the strongholds, bunkers, and fortifications were quickly flattened.
The battle was extremely fierce. The defenders had sufficient ammunition reserves. In addition, these people knew that they had committed many evil deeds and would not have good results if they surrendered, so they resisted resolutely.
Da Biao was still ruthless. He ordered all mortars to be replaced with incendiary bombs and to indiscriminately cover the city defense areas.
The flames exploded, and any sparks that stuck to the body would immediately burn a bloody hole.
To deal with a bad guy, you have to be more ruthless than him, mount the bayonet on the cannon, and aim directly at the enemy and attack.