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Going east from Xintai is a mountainous area with undulating mountains. The road in between is not easy to walk. The shortest way is to go east from Longting Town, cross Simaling to Zhangzhuang, turn north at Zhangzhuang, and you can reach Lu Village and Nanma, and Yuezhuang is to the east of Nanma. At this time, the area of ??Lucun and Nanma was the administrative center of the Shandong Liberated Area during the Anti-Japanese War. From 1938 to 1939, the Kuomintang Shandong Provincial Government was also stationed in Lucun and Donglitian. In 1944, the Communist Party established Yiyuan County here, with its headquarters in Nanma. Therefore, this area of ??Lucun, Nanma and Yuezhuang is an administrative center in the Yimeng Mountain District, as well as an economic and cultural center.
When the reorganized 11th Division advanced towards Lucun, they encountered no resistance from the Communist army along the way. When we reached Zhangzhuang, it was getting dark. Hu Congjun ordered the troops to camp on the spot. According to past practice, while camping, each unit also prepared defenses in case of any eventuality.
But this time, there was no sneak attack by the Communist army, but some unexpected things happened. Several battalions did not notice anything while camping, but when they went out to camp before dawn, they encountered landmines one after another. In an ambush, more than a dozen soldiers were killed in the explosion of landmines. No need to think too much, it must be at night when the Communist guerrillas planted mines around the area to interfere with the progress of the reorganized 11th Division.
This is an unexpected result. After Hu Congjun analyzed it with everyone, he believed that the enemy must have a purpose for doing this, but he couldn't guess why. The immediate plan was to clear mines.
"Master, I think this may be the enemy's delaying strategy!" Zhang Xian reminded Hu Congjun.
Hu Congjun nodded and asked him: "What do you think?"
Zhang Xiandao: "We search and attack eastward, and the target is already obvious. There is a large amount of logistics supplies for the Communist Army in Lu Village, as well as military factories and rear hospitals, which are their bases. I think it will take a long time to move these things. Time, at this time, we should not be trapped by this difficulty, we must make a surprise attack quickly, so that we may have unexpected gains!"
Deputy Division Commander Zhang and several staff officers also agreed with Zhang Xian and believed that sending a brigade of troops to raid Lu Village was a good arrangement.
But Hu Congjun shook his head and said to everyone: "I know what you said may be true, but this kind of raid may have unexpected gains, but it may also go deep alone and be made dumplings by the enemy! This kind of danger is too dangerous. Da, I would rather lead everyone to proceed step by step, so that if we are safe and sound, even if we encounter a surprise attack by the Communist army, we will not suffer too much damage!"
Zhang Xian understood that Hu Congjun was worried about failure, and immediately suggested: "Master, I think it is still feasible. Although the enemy's main forces are assembled near Yuezhuang, we have been surrounded from all sides at this time. They are not there Under certain conditions, we definitely don¡¯t dare to expose the location of their main force too early. If we can raid Lu Village, I think we can take them by surprise and force their main force to show up. At this time, the target is revealed and it becomes obvious. If the battle is on the surface, then this battle will be much simpler."
Hu Congjun still shook his head and said in disagreement: "Even so, I don't want our division to become a reorganized 74th Division again!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, but Zhang Xian still refused to give up and said: "Master, if you are not at ease, then I can lead the 118th Brigade to explore the road first. What do you think?"
Hu Congjun thought about it, looked at Zhang Xian, still shook his head, and told him: "Zhang Xian, although your proposal makes sense, it is too risky!"
"Master" Zhang Xian almost shouted.
Hu Congjun waved his hand, interrupted his words, and said meaningfully: "Okay, Zhang Xian, don't say any more. There is one sentence I want you to remember. Fighting with the Communist Army is not fighting with the Japanese. The Japanese's tactics are rigid and rigid. , or a surprise attack can be successful, but the Communist army is much more cunning, maybe this is a trap. All we have to do is to be cautious and prudent, and we cannot play according to their routines. I think this is also the reason why we reorganized the 11th Division One of the reasons why it has been so prosperous!¡±
Knowing that he could not persuade Hu Congjun, Zhang Xian had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
At that moment, Hu Congjun sent an order that the troops would not move for the time being and were still camping in Zhangzhuang. At the same time, he ordered each engineer battalion to carry mine detectors equipped by the US military to detect all the mines outside the troops' campsite and platoon them as they went to avoid greater casualties.
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In order to unify the names of the various units led by the Communist Party, in sharp contrast to the National Army led by the Kuomintang, after the breakdown of the armistice agreement, the Communist Army unified the names of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army into the Chinese People's Liberation Army.?Ten vertical columns attacked continuously for six days but failed to capture it.
Similarly, for the main force of the East China Field Army led by Chen Yi and Su Yu, what they are about to face is a place that is even more unforgettable for them - Nanma!
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The reorganized 11th Division was stationed in Zhangzhuang for another day, and finally cleared all the mines in the station. However, that night, they were attacked by the People's Liberation Army.
The 11th Brigade was responsible for the east side of Zhangzhuang. It stationed a security force on the easternmost mountain and set up a position. At about 11 o'clock in the evening, it was attacked by a night attack by the People's Liberation Army. This security force Fortunately, the troops discovered it in time and fought back fiercely, because the slope of the mountain in that direction was relatively steep, and the People's Liberation Army only attacked halfway up the mountain before retreating under the powerful firepower of the security forces.
After daybreak, Hu Congjun went to the scene to inspect it in person. Zhang Xian followed him, standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the vast mountains to the east, all green and black. The nearest high mountain was four or five miles away. Smoke rose from the mountain forest, as if there were many people gathered there, but when I raised the telescope, I couldn't see a single figure.
"We are already in the hinterland of the Communist-occupied area. I think what we encountered yesterday may be their leading troops. Their main force may be to the east!" Brigadier Yang Tao guessed.
Hu Congjun also nodded, turned around and asked Zhang Xian: "Zhang Xian, what do you think?"
Zhang Xian thought for a moment and said: "What Brigadier Yang said makes sense, why don't we send a group to conduct a probing attack over there!"
"It's just that if the Communist army holds the top of the mountain and we attack from below, it will be difficult to move. This will be too disadvantageous for us. I'm afraid the casualties will be huge!" Brigadier Yang Tao said worriedly.
Hu Congjun thought for a moment and said: "It's okay, I'll ask Xuzhou for aircraft reinforcements!"
After lingering for a day, on the fourth day, Xuzhou dispatched planes, cooperating with the 31st Regiment of the 11th Brigade's ground troops, to launch a search-style attack on the mountains to the east. Sure enough, there was a People's Liberation Army position on that mountain. They fired to block it, but the firepower was not large. The planes followed closely, strafing the People's Liberation Army positions, and dropped incendiary bombs. The flames immediately burst into flames, and the entire hillside was filled with a choking smoke.
The 31st Regiment finally attacked the top of the mountain, but when they got here, they discovered that the position was deserted, and the People's Liberation Army who had tried hard to block it just now had disappeared.
Hu Congjun was still worried and ordered Brigadier Yang to arrange for his troops to search eastward for more than ten miles, but no trace of the Communist army was found. Faced with the results of the battle that yielded nothing, Hu Congjun finally concluded that the Communist army that attacked that night was just a small local force, not its main force. There may not be a main force of the Communist army here at all.
At this time, he began to regret it. Perhaps, as Zhang Xian said, these Communist troops may have other purposes for delaying the reorganization of the 11th Division here. The delay in reorganizing the 11th Division in Zhangzhuang was five days.
The next target for the reorganization of the 11th Division is Lu Village in the north. Lu Village is more than 40 miles away from Zhangzhuang, but it takes two days to walk in the mountainous area. Out of caution, Hu Congjun sent a search team to conduct reconnaissance in that direction. Soon, the search team came back and reported that Lu Village had become an empty city, with no sign of the Communist army in it. According to local fellows, in two days The communist army had completely evacuated the area before. Many factories and facilities such as military factories, clothing factories, military grain warehouses, and ammunition depots were also evacuated two days ago, and their whereabouts are unknown.
By this time, Hu Congjun regretted even more. It was obvious that what happened to the reorganized 11th Division in the past few days was actually a delaying tactic by the enemy. The purpose was to buy enough time for the communist army in Lu Village to move to the rear. But they stayed in Zhangzhuang for five days in vain.
"Master, don't regret it, this is not necessarily a bad thing!" Zhang Xian advised Hu Congjun.
Hu Congjun still said with some regret: "If I had listened to your suggestion, maybe we would have captured a lot of their baggage!"
Zhang Xian smiled and told him: "That's not necessarily the case. The Communist Party will not let us succeed so easily. If we don't move, they won't move. If we really do, they will definitely have another way to do it." If you deal with us, maybe you will fall into their trap as you fear."
Hu Congjun also nodded, and now he can only feel so lucky! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com