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Chapter 49: March North (3)

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    Liu Xinghua took Wu Xiaoyang on horseback and rode into Linhuan, an ancient town nearly eighty miles west of Suxian County, where the headquarters of the Central Plains Field Army was located.

    Linhuan is a well-known ancient tea town in the Jianghuai region. It was the seat of a county long before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that the county was abolished and became a market town with ancient city walls. By the Qing Dynasty, this town  The town has become one of the three ancient towns in Suzhou.  Because it is located at the confluence of two large rivers, the Bao River and the Dongsha River, which are the source of the Hui River, straddling the hinterland of the Huanghuai Plain, it is the water transport terminal leading to Bianluo from the southeast. It is also the must-pass Hui River ferry from Xuzhou to Runan.  So location is very important.  Only in modern times, due to the opening of the Jinpu Railway and the Longhai Railway to the north, did this formerly prosperous water and land terminal begin to become quiet.

    At this time, in order to win the Battle of Xuzhou, the main force of the Central Plains Field Army rushed to Suxian from the Kaifeng and Shangqiu areas of Henan Province. As the general headquarters of the Greater Central Plains Military Region, which is the Communist Party's unified command of the Central Plains Field Army and the East China Field Army, it also followed the main force of the Central Plains Field Army.  Moving east to Linhuan Town, Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi and other important leaders of the Greater Central Plains Military Region gathered in Linhuan Town, and the Wenchang Palace in Linhuan Town became the headquarters of the headquarters.

    As soon as he entered Linhuan Town, Liu Xinghua met Commander Wang Yong of the Zhongye Column. He was also notified to come here for a meeting. At this time, the Zhongye Column was entangled with the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang after the Xianghe Column.  At that time, they had already arrived at the area on the north bank of the Guohe River, and had established a strong defense system based on the river, waiting for Huang Wei to lead the Twelve Corps to attack.

    Liu Xinghua and Wang Yong were old acquaintances. When they met, they were extremely affectionate, chatting and laughing, and walked into Wenchang Palace one after another.

    This time it was a temporary military meeting. Commander-in-Chief Liu summoned several column commanders of the Central Plains Field Army who were nearby at this time to arrange the goals and tasks of the Huaibei operation.

    At the beginning, Commander-in-Chief Liu gave a brief explanation of the situation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the war in Huaibei at this time. Regarding his own goals, the Commander-in-Chief said bluntly that he wanted to achieve as much power as possible north of the Yangtze River.  This is actually the idea of ??the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China headed by Mao Zedong.  For this battle in the Huaihai area, the main task of the Central Plains Field Army is to cooperate with the East China Field Army to complete the pre-war goal of annihilating the enemy's Seventh Corps.  But now it seems that the pressure faced by the columns of the Central Plains Field Army is also very huge.

    "Commander Liu, the troops in East China are attacking Huang Baitao. Haha, if they capture the enemy's 7th Corps, our middle field can't just capture one Su County, right?" Liu Xinghua couldn't help it and couldn't bear to fight one.  fork.

    Liu Bocheng pushed up his glasses, turned his head and glanced at Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi beside him. He also knew very well that many of his people also had such an idea of ??not admitting defeat.  At that moment, he nodded, then crossed his arms, turned his head, and asked, "Oh? Liu Xinghua, according to your opinion, what else can we do in the middle field?"

    Liu Xinghua scratched his head, hesitated for a moment, smiled, and then said: "I think we might as well make this battle bigger. Haha, since Huaye can eat that Huang Baitao, then why can't we Zhongye eat it?  Where is Huang Wei?"

    As soon as these words came out, the commanders of the various columns present at the meeting also geared up and nodded in unison. Wang Yong took the lead and echoed: "Yes! Commander Liu, we can also fight a big battle in the middle and field!"

    Liu Bocheng once again turned to look at his old partner Deng Xiaoping. Political Commissar Deng also nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that everyone's fighting spirit is very high!"

    Chen Yi said from the side: "Whether we can defeat Huang Wei or not, whether we can defeat Huang Wei depends on the situation! Haha, everyone is very enthusiastic. If we can defeat him, we will definitely not let him go!"  At that time, Chen Yi, in addition to holding the title of commander-in-chief of the East China Field Army, was also the first deputy commander of the Central Plains Military Region.

    Liu Xinghua said: "I think we can fight a dozen. This 12th Army is too arrogant, especially the 18th Army. They are old enemies and enemies with our Xianghe Column. They fought from the Dabie Mountains all the way here."  Come on, we have never dared to confront them, our comrades are not convinced and have long wanted to take them down!"

    Liu Bocheng nodded, but then asked: "Liu Xinghua, you said we can defeat the Twelve Corps. How can you be so sure?"

    Liu Xinghua said: "The 12th Corps went all the way east from Queshan, fought with us at Honghe, and then bypassed our defense line at Yinghe in Fuyang. By this time, their leading force, the 11th Division, had arrived in Mongolia.  ?No wonder he is so confident!  "

    Liu Xinghua smiled awkwardly and said honestly: "I have no choice but to do this. The troops, weapons and combat effectiveness are not as good as others, so I have to do more backstage work! Otherwise, our Xianghe Column will not be able to do it."  I know how many times I have died!¡±

    "Okay!" Deputy Commander Chen Yi also said: "Since we have such a time bomb, if we don't use it at this time, I'm afraid it will be ineffective by then!"

    "Yeah!" Commander-in-Chief Liu also nodded and decided immediately: "Let's send a telegram to the Central Committee to express our idea and see how the Central Military Commission decides!"

    "Okay!" Political Commissar Deng and Chen Yi agreed together.

    On November 15, the main force of the Central Plains Field Army seized the gap between Sun Yuanliang's 16th Corps and Liu Ruming's 8th Corps in Suxian, and launched a surprise attack overnight. After defeating a division of Liu Ruming's Corps, they quickly captured the county seat of Suxian.  , cutting off the land transportation system and land supply lines in Xuzhou in one fell swoop, further separating the Second, Thirteenth, and Sixteenth Corps in Xuzhou from the Eighth and Sixth Corps in Bengbu, achieving  The purpose of isolating Xuzhou.

    While the main force of the Central Plains Field Army was attacking Suxian, Huang Wei strictly ordered the 18th Army to cross the Guohe River that day. Suxian was in a hurry and could break the city at any time. Therefore, Commander Yang Tao personally took command and went to the north of Mengcheng.  On the bank of the Guohe River, command the 11th Division and the 118th Division to cross the river at the same time.  According to Corps Commander Huang Wei, there was only one sixth column of the Central Plains Field Army of the People's Liberation Army on the other side of the Wohe River. If one column wanted to block the advance of 120,000 men from the 12th Corps, this was undoubtedly a trick.

    The news Huang Wei got is quite reliable.  The Tenth Army and the Fourteenth Army of the left column of the Twelve Corps arrived at Woyang County in the upper reaches of the Wohe River in the west almost at the same time as the Eighteenth Army arrived in Mengcheng, and met in Woyang County on the south bank of the Wohe River.  After gathering in the Xiyangji area between Mengcheng and Mengcheng, they found that there were already a large number of People's Liberation Army troops in various independent highlands near Xiaojianji on the north bank of the Guohe River and in various nearby villages, and many fortifications had been built for defense and prepared.  Blockade the Guohe River and prevent the national army from crossing north.  The Eighteenth Division under the Tenth Army detoured upstream of the Wohe River, hoping to sneak across the Wohe River from above. Unexpectedly, before they could cross the river, they encountered a People's Liberation Army baggage convoy, immediately launched an attack, and quickly defeated it.  After defeating this People's Liberation Army unit, the 18th Division captured several large carts of mules and horses, which were actually loaded with millions of yuan in banknotes issued by the Communist Party in the liberated areas.

    Huang Wei ordered all the Communist Party banknotes to be burned, except for leaving some for plainclothes search teams and intelligence personnel of various armies and divisions to use in the liberated areas. This made everyone feel regretful.  After all, taking banknotes issued by the Communist Party and spending them in the liberated areas is a waste of money.

    It has been proved from the captured documents and captured prisoners that this was the sixth column under Liu Bocheng. This column was originally responsible for containing the 12th Corps in the Nanyang area in western Henan. At this time, it was almost in the north with the  The 12th Corps rushed to the Huaibei area in parallel.

    Based on the above situation, Huang Wei came to the conclusion that at this time, there was only one enemy column, the Sixth Column, on the north bank of the Wohe River, so he ordered the 18th Army to quickly expel the enemy on the north bank of the Wohe River in front of Mengcheng and control the Wohe River.  on both sides of the river to facilitate the movement of the rear of the corps.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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