During the Liberation War, the Huaye Jiuzhong was an ace unit known for being the best at fighting hard battles, and its offensive ability was unmatched in the entire Huaye sequence.
Shortly after The Annihilation of Huang Botao's Corps, Nie Fengzhi, commander of the Ninth Column, received an order from Huaye's headquarters to "pursue Du Yuming's group to the west." As soon as he waved the flag, the Ninth Column Army took a sharp arrow and took the nearest road to the west.
There was such an intriguing incident during the pursuit: Nie Fengzhi saw one of his division commanders cooking and eating, and he only asked two questions, and the division commander did not eat the meal and left.
Although the Ninth Column was now pursuing the west alone army, and it was Du Yuming's three major corps that wanted to pursue it, Nie Fengzhi had a heart: Even if the entire Ninth Column was lost, as long as it could stop or drag Du Yuming's clique and achieve the strategic goal of destroying the enemy's main force north of the Yangtze River, then such a sacrifice would be completely worth it!
At this time, speed becomes the first factor, as long as you can stop the enemy, it is only a matter of time to eat them.
In order to speed up the pursuit of the troops, Nie Fengzhi organized a capable command group and personally "supervised the pursuit" all the way.
Arriving at a village on this day, Nie Fengzhi saw Xiao Jinghai, the commander of the Twenty-fifth Division, cooking himself.
Too hungry indeed! Day and night, night and day, they chased after the axis, and they couldn't care about eating or sleeping at all. What's more, Xiao Jinghai is the head of a division, and he will cook himself unless he has to!
The noodles in the pot are already grunting with white foam and ready to eat immediately. But Nie Fengzhi walked over and split his head and asked, "Old Xiao, did your troops catch up with the enemy?" ”
"Not yet." Xiao Jinghai answered.
"If you haven't caught up with the enemy, where is there time to eat?" This statement seemed unreasonable, but it fully reflected Nie Fengzhi's urgent mood to pursue the enemy with all his might.
What was touching was that Xiao Jinghai didn't say anything, answered the call, stepped on the horse and continued to walk. He had no need to cry bitterness or explain; Nie Fengzhi had no need to explain, no need to explain. The noodles, which were almost ripe, were thrown there.
Yes, this is a very special action in an extraordinary situation, not an ordinary combat action!
Nie Fengzhi's heart was also sour, but his tone was harsh and clear, even for a commander at such a high level as the division commander, it was no exception. He knew that this was a special need for the war, and that an apology could wait until after victory.
Nie Fengzhi themselves were no exception.
That night, the column headquarters was in a hurry to rush forward, when suddenly heard a "thud" sound, and Liu Yan, chief of the operations section, fell off his horse.
Nie Fengzhi thought that Liu Yan was injured, but he didn't expect that Liu Yan fell to the ground and was still asleep. He fell asleep and fell off his horse, but was not woken up. Their fatigue and hardship cannot be measured or recognized by criteria such as physiological limits.
After receiving Nie Fengzhi's report, the General Front Committee immediately ordered 11 columns to pursue and intercept.
The ninth column, which was in the lead, finally caught up, overtook and stopped the New Fifth Army. Two legs over four wheels, definitely not a figment of a novelist or a romantic poet.
If he wanted to fight a battle with the New Fifth Army, which was already confused, it was only a matter of big victories and small victories, but Nie Fengzhi didn't want to think about it, but only ordered: send small troops to monitor the enemy, and the rest continue to pursue. Because he had three corps in mind, not just a new fifth army.
The enemy fled quickly, but the Ninth Column pursued them faster, and they finally caught up, overtaken, and stopped Du Yuming's frontmost troops.
Just as the Ninth Column was intercepting the enemy's vanguard troops, Hua Ye's first column had already rushed to the front of the westward retreating enemy. Subsequently, other ministries also arrived at the designated positions.
As soon as Nie Fengzhi settled down at the headquarters, he ordered the reconnaissance troops to check the situation of interception and encirclement separately, and to contact the friends and neighbors.
When the reconnaissance personnel reported to Nie Fengzhi that there were no brother troops wedges in the area of Mount Mangzhong in the north, he immediately ordered the Twenty-seventh Division: Immediately move north, must occupy the first line of Mount Mangzhong before the enemy reaches it, and seal all the passages for Du Yuming's westward escape!
At this time, the energy and physical strength of the soldiers of the Twenty-seventh Division were almost at their limits. When they received the order, they had just stopped, the battalions and companies had just begun to bury the pot to make rice, the rice had just been cooked, the water had not yet rolled, and everyone had not even had time to drink a sip of water, but they set off immediately without a minute's delay, and all the rice that had just been cooked was left to the brother troops.
As Nie Fengzhi expected, just one step away, the Twenty-seventh Division took the lead on the front line of Mount Mangzhong. They arrived, and the enemy arrived breathlessly.
Subsequently, the Twenty-seventh Division seized the favorable terrain, and hungry stomach gave the enemy a head-on blow, annihilating a regiment of the enemy's vanguard troops, and immediately stopped the enemy's westward escape.
The period of time they won created the most favorable conditions for the wedge of the fraternal troops. As a result, the entire interception and encirclement was successfully completed, and Du Yuming's 300,000 troops were tightly and firmly sealed in a small piece of land in Yongcheng, southwest of Xuzhou.
After completing the interception and encirclement, Nie Fengzhi was still not at ease, and quickly dispatched four battalions of troops, led by a division-level cadre, to draw a large circle in the western region outside the encirclement to see if there were still "fish that slipped through the net."
When he was sure that the enemy was surrounded, he was truly relieved.
At this time, what was displayed on the battlefield of Huaihai was already a spectacular scene of our army "eating one (Huang Wei's corps), holding one hostage (Du Yuming's group), and watching one (Li Yannian and Liu Ruming's corps)."
10 days later, Huang Wei's corps was annihilated. Soon, Du Yuming's 300,000 troops were also completely destroyed under the powerful blows of the People's Liberation Army.