In the history of our army's wars, judging from the overall strategic posture, it is often the case that fewer victories are more, but in each battle, our army wins more than less. Especially in the face of annihilating the invading enemy in battle, our army often concentrates its forces, adopts the principle of "first weak and then strong", gives priority to eating the weaker part of the enemy, and then goes back to solve the stronger part of the enemy.
Almost all of this has become the principle and ideology used by our army to guide operations.
However, in the Battle of Huangqiao, the New Fourth Army commanded by Su Yu not only broke the convention of winning more and winning less in the campaign, but also opened up a combat style of "first strong and then weak" for the first time, so that with only 7,000 people, it defeated The 30,000 troops of Chiang Kai-shek's army and created the world-famous "Yellow Bridge Victory". ”
First, the New Fourth Army surviving in the cracks
In 1934, the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" was in danger, and the commander of the Seventh Red Army, Xun Huaizhou, and su Yu, chief of staff, followed the instructions of the Headquarters of the Red Army to form an anti-Japanese advance team in the north, trying to attract and contain the enemy army in order to disrupt the enemy's strategic and operational arrangements.
However, at this time, the defeat was irreparable, from the anti-Japanese advance team in the north to the Advancing Division of the Red Army, the soldiers of the Red Army turned to fight tens of thousands of miles, and after hundreds of battles, our army only had more than 500 people left, and a large number of revolutionary soldiers such as Xun Huaizhou, Fang Zhimin, and Liu Yuxi were unfortunately and heroically sacrificed. The heroes of the proletarian revolutionary fighting have stained the land under their feet for which they fought with their blood and shaped an earth-shattering history of revolutionary heroic war.
At this critical moment, Su Yu led the only remaining revolutionary fire to the southwest and south of Zhejiang, and in the three years of struggle in southern Zhejiang, the Advancing Division of the Red Army successively opened up the base areas in southwest Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang in the desperate situation of no fixed supplies and no rear bases, and stubbornly preserved the revolutionary fire.
It was not until April 1938, after the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, that the Advancing Division of the Red Army led by Su Yu joined the battle sequence of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, and since then, the Nationalists and the Communists have opened a great War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Although Chiang Kai-shek was forced by domestic pressure to adopt a joint war of resistance against Japan by our army, his policy of taking care of the outside world before the inside did not change in the slightest. After the establishment of the New Fourth Army, Chiang Kai-shek, under the banner of resisting Japan, ordered the New Fourth Army to enter southern Jiangsu to participate in the anti-Japanese resistance, ostensibly saying that it was anti-Japanese and saving the country, but in fact hoping to borrow the Japanese knife to eradicate the anti-Japanese force of the New Fourth Army, which has always been regarded as a thorn in the flesh of the eye.
In order to safeguard the anti-Japanese national united front, Su Yu followed the instructions of the party Central Committee and led an advance detachment of more than 500 people to reach southern Jiangsu all the way through many difficulties, and then commanded the New Fourth Army to fight several beautiful battles, such as the Weigang ambush and the surprise attack on the official steep gate, opening up the anti-Japanese base area in southern Jiangsu and enabling the New Fourth Army to gain a firm foothold in southern Jiangsu.
The rapid development of the new Fourth Army caused Chiang Kai-shek to panic extremely. In order to stifle this anti-Japanese force, Chiang Kai-shek, after careful planning, formulated a combat plan for the Kuomintang general Leng Xin to attack southern Jiangsu, Han Deloitte to attack eastern Anhui, and Li Pinxian to attack Anhui.
At the same time, Gu Zhutong, the supreme commander of the Kuomintang Third Theater, concentrated the strength of five divisions and one brigade totaling 18 regiments, and suddenly inserted itself between the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui and southern Jiangsu, cutting off the connection between the two base areas.
In view of such a grim situation, after careful consultation, Chen Yi and Su Yu decided to expand the scope of the army, move to northern Jiangsu, jump out of the enemy's encirclement, and immediately order Guan Wenwei to lead the advancing column to take the lead and immediately march into northern Jiangsu, and at the same time, report to the New Fourth Army Headquarters.
By the middle of June 1940, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized Gu Zhutong, Leng Xin, Han Deqin, Li Pinxian and other troops to press forward step by step towards the New Fourth Army from the three general directions of north, west, and south.
The New Fourth Army in southern Jiangsu had already been attacked by Gu Zhutong and Leng Xin many times, and the "Second Li" (Li Mingyang and Li Changjiang) in northern Jiangsu were also instigated by Han Deloitte to advance towards Guocun, the garrison of the New Fourth Army.
If this continues, the situation is critical!
At this time, the telegram sent to the headquarters of the New Fourth Army in the base area of southern Jiangsu had not been echoed for a long time, while the enemy was approaching step by step, and seeing that the danger was approaching step by step, Chen Yi and Su Yu were extremely anxious.
After chen Yi and Su Yu's urgent consultation, on the one hand, they ordered Tao Yong's Suwan detachment to rush to the aid of Guo Village at night, and on the other hand, they did not wait for the headquarters to reply to the telegram and immediately marched north.
When Chen Yi arrived in northern Jiangsu one step ahead, Guan Wenwei and Tao Yong's troops had already beaten the troops of "Er Li" to pieces, and "Er Li" was so frightened that he shrank in the city of Taizhou and did not dare to fight, but fortunately Chen Yi arrived in time and immediately ordered the troops to return to the camp.
Then, Chen Yi exhibited his superb united front wisdom and quickly pulled the "two Li" who were originally "neutral" into the anti-Japanese national united front.
But at this time, Su Yu's situation was not good. Shortly after Chen Yi left southern Jiangsu, the Kuomintang diehard Leng Xin launched a frenzied attack, and Su Yu fought fiercely for two days and nights in the Xitashan area, completely annihilating two regiments of the enemy army, setting up a posture of all-round pursuit and annihilation, and frightening the enemy to flee for his life in a hurry.
Just as the enemy was roaring, Su Yu suddenly marched north, crossing the highway, crossing the canal, crossing the railway, and crossing the Yangtze River, and finally in early July, he rushed to the town of Tangtou, 5 kilometers south of Guocun, the garrison of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu.
At this point, the New Fourth Army, which was struggling to survive in the cracks, finally breathed a sigh of relief and temporarily got rid of the enemy's encirclement and blockade.
Second, cleverly use clever tricks to outwit the Yellow Bridge
The New Fourth Army breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, but its situation did not fundamentally change. Guocun has little room for strategic turnaround, and it is only six or seven kilometers away from the old lair of the "Erli" in Taizhou, and if it is stationed here for a long time, it will not be conducive to the development and growth of the New Fourth Army, and it will also make the "Erli" who has already won over feel suspicious and unfavorable to the cause of the united front.
Choosing another place for the New Fourth Army to live became an urgent problem to be solved in front of Chen Yi and Su Yu.
At this time, there are three paths to be taken in front of the New Fourth Army. The first road, holding the Taizhou and Yangzhou areas; the second road, north into Xinghua; the third road, taking the Yellow Bridge in the east.
Let's analyze each of the three schemes one by one, which is better or worse.
The first plan, with regard to the existing superiority of the New Fourth Army in concentrating troops, can certainly continue to expand the results of the battle on the spot, with Taizhou and Yangzhou as the central point, and expand to the periphery, but the shortcomings are also obvious.
Thailand and Yangtze have always been the territory of the "Second Li," and even though li Mingyang and Li Changjiang of the "second li" were frightened by our army after the Battle of Guocun and did not dare to openly engage in confrontation, if our army behaves in this way, it will inevitably force the "second Li" that has been hard-won to win over once again into the arms of the recalcitrant Han Deloitte, or even to the Japanese.
Even if the "Second Li" did not dare to say a word to the shrunken-headed turtle, Han Deloitte, a stubborn army not far away, would never sit idly by and watch the New Fourth Army develop and grow under his eyes. Coupled with the tiger's eye of the Japanese in Taixing and other places.
By doing so, it is very likely that our army will encounter joint "encirclement and suppression" and alternating "strangulation" by the Japanese puppet army, the recalcitrant army, and the "Erli" and other units at the same time.
The second plan, the northward rejuvenation, is even more unrealistic. Xinghua, Dongtai, Hai'an, and other places are all defensive areas of the Kuomintang recalcitrant Han Deloitte, where the mass base is poor, the water network is dense, the location is to the west, and it is inconvenient to enter and exit.
What is even more jealous is that the "Second Li" immediately rebelled against the water when there was a slight disturbance, which was equivalent to cutting off the connection between the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu and the base area in southern Jiangsu.
The third plan, the east to take the Yellow Bridge, this idea is more realistic. Huangqiao is located in the center of Jingjiang, Rugao, Hai'an, Taizhou and Taixian. To the east, it can control Rugao, Nantong, Haimen and Qidong. In this way, the control of the Yangtze River can be achieved, which not only threatens the Japanese Kou, but also cuts off the connection between Han Deloitte in northern Jiangsu and Lengxin in southern Jiangsu, and can also connect the base area in southern Jiangsu with the base area in northern Jiangsu.
Not only that, Huangqiao Town was the seat of the Red Fourteenth Army during the agrarian revolution, the mass base was good, and he Keqian, the enemy of Huangqiao, had his hands stained with the blood of the revolutionary masses.
The more the situation became more and more clear, everyone said a word, and finally the meeting set a unified goal of taking the Yellow Bridge.
The enemies defending the Yellow Bridge were mainly the He Keqian Department of the Fourth Security Brigade and the Chen Taiyun Department of the Taxation Police Regiment along the canal.
He Keqian was a veteran recalcitrant soldier, carrying the blood debt of the revolutionary masses, and his reputation was extremely poor, so he deservedly and resolutely eliminated it.
Chen Taiyun was born in the first phase of Huangpu and participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition. At the Battle of Lanfeng, the commander of the 88th Division, Long Muhan, escaped from the battle, and Chen Taiyun, as the deputy division commander, swore a bloody battle, and finally was carried off the line of fire due to serious injuries; when the two Huai Taxation Police Regiments were in office, he led 5,000 people to kill the little Japanese, and Chen Taiyun at this time could also be regarded as a hot-blooded man.
For people like Chen Taiyun, Su Yu believed that a strategy of "first soldiers before courtesy" should be adopted to divide and disintegrate him from He Keqian's thief ship.
After careful deliberation, Su Yu arranged Ye Fei's first column on the outskirts east of the Yellow Bridge; Wang Bicheng's second column on the north side of the Yellow Bridge; Tao Yong's third column was placed south of the Yellow Bridge; and then, all the main forces were allowed to show the banner of Guan Wenwei's advance column to the outside world, showing the enemy to be weak and paralyzing the enemy.
Sure enough, under Su Yu's ingenious layout, He Keqian and Chen Taiyun were confused by the false appearance of our army's appearance, and were in a state of high mental relaxation, planning to effortlessly and fiercely take a sum from the "advancing column", and this was exactly the effect that Su Yu wanted.
After everything was ready to stop, Su Yu first personally commanded some of the troops of the first and second columns, and with the speed of lightning, he caught Chen Taiyun by surprise, destroyed two of his regiments, annihilated one of his battalions, and took 500 prisoners with him. In the first battle, Chen Taiyun was like a rat seeing a cat, hiding in his home and did not dare to go out.
As soon as the battle was over, Su Yu took the 500 captives as a greeting gift and personally visited the door. Under the skillful knocking of Shan Zhenhu and Enwei, Chen Taiyun, who had already learned Su Yu's mighty power, dared to continue fighting, and had to say in a smile: No longer dare to be an enemy of your army!
In this way, Su Yu did not take much effort to get Chen Taiyun, so that when chen Taiyun faced Su Yu's attack on He Keqian, no matter how He Keqian asked for help, Chen Bu was "firmly determined that Qingshan did not relax, and Ren'er's east, west, south, and north winds"
After taking care of Chen Taiyun, Su Yu ordered the first, second, and third columns to launch a general attack at the same time. He Keqian was born in a miscellaneous card, and had not entered a regular military academy, and when he encountered a hard stubble force like Su Yu, where he could withstand it, it did not take a day's effort, He Bu's army was defeated like a mountain, and the New Fourth Army occupied Huangqiao.
Third, Su Yuzhi fought Against Han Deloitte, and the recalcitrant army openly tore up the peace agreement
After the Arrival of the Yellow Bridge, Chen and Su immediately and quickly began to carry out the construction of the anti-Japanese democratic base area centered on the Yellow Bridge. Soon, party organizations at all levels and anti-Japanese democratic regimes were established one after another, the mass movement was vigorous, the troops were also rapidly developed, and the whole of northern Jiangsu was in full swing.
The burning tide of the anti-Japanese democratic regime made Han Deloitte restless, and on the one hand he said in a hypocritical manner that he wanted to redraw the defensive zone with the New Fourth Army, but on the other hand, he secretly dispatched troops and reorganized the armaments for war, in an attempt to sneak attack our army unexpectedly.
For the little nine-nine in Han Deloitte's heart, Su Yu had already seen the fire, and in response to Han Deloitte's initiative to provoke, Su Yu set his sights on Jiangyan between Taizhou and Hai'an.
Jiangyan is rich in products and grain, and is the grain storage base on which Han Deloitte depends for his survival; more importantly, jiangyan is garrisoned by Zhang Shaohua, a major general of the Kuomintang.
Zhang Shaohua had previously defected to the Japanese Kou, but now he was wearing the uniform of a Kuomintang major general, which was "anyway" on the surface, but in fact he was an internal traitor sent by the Japanese Kou to Han Deloitte. This man did nothing evil in Jiangyan, the people's anger was monstrous, and taking him as a knife could not only calm the people's anger and mobilize the masses, but also cut off Han Deloitte's grain route, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Su Yu took Jiangyan in one night, annihilating more than 2,000 enemy troops, capturing a large number of weapons and military supplies, and countless grains.
As soon as Jiang Yan was lost, the morale of the Kuomintang's internal army was shaken. Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that gu Zhutong gritted his teeth in hatred, and the Kuomintang top brass immediately ordered Li Pinxian's troops in Anhui to quickly advance eastward, and Leng Xin in Jiangnan to move north, fully cooperating with Han Deloitte in attacking the New Fourth Army.
On the other hand, Han Deloitte urgently dispatched troops, quickly assembled troops, and secretly colluded with the Japanese to carry out a bloody "sweep" of our base areas.
In the face of the sinister strategic situation of the large army pressing on the territory, where should the New Fourth Army go?
Su Yu proposed three countermeasures:
First, strengthen combat readiness, actively carry out targeted training, and strive to be in an invincible position militarily.
2. Mobilize the masses, call for the cessation of the civil war, and demand negotiations with Han Deloitte to resolve disputes peacefully.
Third, truthfully report the situation to the central authorities.
It should be said that these three tactics are very realistic, and the whole situation of the struggle against the enemy was basically carried out in accordance with the above three principles, and our army can achieve major victories in the future.
Sure enough, soon after the implementation of the three countermeasures, the central authorities called Chen and Su back. The gist is that the central authorities have already let Huang Kecheng in the north lead the army to the south, and if He Yingqin does not stop Han Deloitte's attack on the Yellow Bridge, Huang Kecheng will cut their back roads and old nests.
It was a very weighty call back. As far as Han Deqin and He Yingqin were concerned, they were very worried that when they attacked the Yellow Bridge, Huang Kecheng would come from behind; for Chen and Su, they knew very well that Huang Kecheng could not come to reinforcements in a short period of time, and that this open telegram from the Central Committee only played a temporary deterrent effect on the Kuomintang diehards.
But, that's enough! As long as Han Deloitte looks ahead and throws a rat trap, he will have the time and confidence to defeat this stubborn enemy.
Just when the central authorities were making a big fuss about the situation, the military and civilian congress of northern Jiangsu convened by Han Zishi, Zhu Luxian, and other social celebrities was also held in Jiangyan.
Celebrities gathered on both sides for one purpose: to value peace, to sit down and talk, and not to in the same room.
At the stage when the conference reached the stage of speaking freely, Li Shouwei, a representative of Han Deloitte's side, said with a big mouth: If you want to fight, you can first return Jiang Yan and then say!
Northern Jiangsu has always had the saying of "Jinjiangyan and Yinqutang", and Jiangyan has always been relied on as a strategic place by the Kuomintang for its abundant products and sufficient grain supply. The loss of Jiang Yan was tantamount to cutting off the grain route of Han Deloitte's department, so taking Jiang Yan became one of the purposes of This time Han Deloitte.
Soldiers of the New Fourth Army
The Kuomintang side thought that this harsh condition was enough to make the New Fourth Army retreat in spite of the difficulties, but unexpectedly, the New Fourth Army side actually agreed to it, and it was difficult for Han Deloitte to ride the tiger: Accept Jiang Yan, the Kuomintang side must strike the troops; if it does not accept it, it is blatantly treacherous.
Just when Han Deloitte was entangled, a message suddenly came: "Er Li" jiezu xiandeng received Jiang Yan, and Han Deloitte was furious and suddenly his head went blank.
It turned out that after Chen and Su decided to return Jiang Yan to Han Deloitte, they notified "Er Li" and Chen Taiyun to come and receive it. According to the leadership system within the Kuomintang, "Er Li" and Chen Taiyun belonged to Han Deloitte's subordinates, and informing them to receive them was equivalent to Han Deloitte himself receiving.
On the surface, this doesn't seem to be a problem. However, in fact, "Er Li" and Chen Taiyun were clearly under the command of Han Deloitte, but in essence, these two armed forces did not buy Han Deloitte's account, especially "Er Li" often ignored Han Deloitte's orders.
Today, the "Second Li" has received Jiang Yan, and on the one hand, he is grateful to the New Fourth Army and consolidates the anti-Japanese national united front; on the other hand, the New Fourth Army can also be regarded as fulfilling the promise of returning Jiang Yan to Han Deloitte.
Han Deloitte lost his wife and folded his soldiers, and he did not gain any benefits, but was still bound by his previous vows. Not fighting, not fighting, Han Deloitte was angry, annoyed and depressed.
The agreement is only valid for gentlemen, the problem is that Han Deloitte is not a gentleman, but an authentic villain. In the eyes of many faithful celebrities, signing a ceasefire agreement means that both sides must fulfill and abide by it. But Han Deloitte is a man who has not achieved his goal and will not resort to any means, in his eyes, whether this agreement is signed or not, Jiang Yan is not returned, he will go to fight the Yellow Bridge.
agreement? The agreement is just bullshit!
Han Deloitte's front-line commander Li Shouwei, with superior equipment and several times more troops than mine, also uttered wild words: "Lao Tzu's 100,000-strong army, attacking the Yellow Bridge, will also squash Chen Yi and Su Yu."
Fourth, with one enemy and three enemies, Han Deloitte's troops were defeated like mountains
Saying that it was a 100,000-strong army, plus the troops of "Er Li" and Chen Taiyun, the total number of people that Han Deloitte could command was only 30,000 people, plus "Er Li" and Chen Taiyun had previously learned the strength of Su Yu, and when attacking the Yellow Bridge, their attitude was ambiguous, they sent out guns, that is, they did not contribute, and the two "old foxes" were completely on the sidelines.
Han Deloitte also knew that these two miscellaneous armies could not be trusted, so in the battle plan, in addition to putting the troops of "Er Li" and Chen Taiyun in charge of the right road and handing over the left road to five security brigades, the middle road also deliberately divided his main force of 15,000 people into three roads:
Sun Qiren, commander of the 33rd Division of the 89th Army, with the 33rd Division as the left wing, attacked the east side of the Yellow Bridge from The Force and the Demarcation; Onda's Independent 6th Brigade attacked the north of the Yellow Bridge from the south of Gaoqiao; And Li Shouwei, commander of the 89th Army, personally commanded the 117th Division of the 89th Army and the direct subordinate units and artillery of the army headquarters to attack the northeast of the Yellow Bridge from Yingxi.
In Han Deloitte's view, the left and right roads are not as good as their own middle roads, and they still have to rely on their own middle roads to fight the Yellow Bridge!
The recalcitrant army was fiercely attacking, and chen and su were under great pressure. Chen Yi earnestly instructed in a rare tone:
"Su Yu (Chen Yi rarely calls him by his first name), this is an extremely crucial battle, and when it is well fought, we have gained a firm foothold in northern Jiangsu, and if we do not fight well, we will become a small guerrilla group with scattered activities, and even go to see Marx."
Su Yu knew that the disparity between the enemy and us in this battle was too great, and the strategic significance was extraordinary. The total strength of the enemy army is 30,000, the combatable strength of the concubines is 15,000, the total strength of our army is 7,000, and the actual combat strength is only 5,000.
That is to say, the ratio of troops actually put into battle between the enemy and us is as high as 3 to 1, and if the New Fourth Army wants to win, it basically has to fight three at a time. Leaving aside the well-equipped weapons and ammunition of the recalcitrant army, this is too difficult in terms of numbers alone.
The difficulty is not only the comparison of the main forces of the enemy and ourselves. Huangqiao, where the New Fourth Army is located, is surrounded by a mixture of various forces. There are Han Deloitte's recalcitrant troops; there are "centrists" such as "Er Li" and Chen Taiyun; and there are also Japanese puppet army forces that are dying and struggling.
In other words, from the perspective of the entire strategic situation, Su Yu not only had to face Han Deloitte's main force, but also had to play a twelve-point spirit and keep a close eye on the wind and grass of the various forces around him.
Looking at the entire strategic situation, no matter from what aspect, Su Yu seems to be unable to avoid defeat, and once it fails, the New Fourth Army may be difficult to gain a foothold in northern Jiangsu from now on.
Day after day, the large soldiers were pressing on the border, and Chen Yi was worried and anxious to ask Su Yu. After carefully considering the balance of forces between the enemy and ourselves and the situation of the entire battlefield, Su Yu decided to adopt the principles of "fighting more with less" and "first strengthening the strong and then weakening."
Specifically, it was to first eat Onda's Independent 6th Brigade, then destroy Li Shouwei's department, and then rapidly expand the base area with the last drum.
Su Yu's explanation for this style of play, which is completely different from our army's usual style of play of "winning more than less" and "first being strong and then weak," is:
The so-called "fighting more with less" is relative to the overall strategic posture. The number of the main force of the recalcitrant army far exceeds that of our army; when our army fights the recalcitrant army, it is likely to encounter a joint attack by the recalcitrant army, the "centrist" and the Japanese puppet army; the recalcitrant army attacks in multiple ways, and the New Fourth Army has to divide the originally stretched troops into multiple attacks against the enemy, that is, "fighting more with less."
This is forced by reality and is inevitable. After all, the New Fourth Army at this time was different from the anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle in the Jinggangshan base area at that time. At this time, the Yellow Bridge lacked sufficient strategic depth, did not have sufficient space for maneuvering activities, and was surrounded by various forces such as Japanese, pseudo-japanese, and stubborn forces, so it was difficult to carry out a large-scale movement war, and it was also difficult to concentrate enough superior forces to crush any of Han Deloitte's roads in the movement war.
Therefore, we can only choose the tactics of cutting off the head, removing the tail, and hitting the waist in the ambush war, and with insufficient troops, divide and encircle the enemy army after ambushing, and annihilate them one by one.
It can be said that "winning more with less" is not only Su Yu's living learning and application of mao Zedong in Tianzidong, but also the expression of his superb command art.
And "first strong and then weak" is to eat Onda's independent 6 brigade first, and then fight Li Shouwei's department.
As for why the sword was taken to eat on the side of the blade first, many years later, Su Yu recalled:
The main basis for this choice is, first, that although Li Mingyang, Li Changjiangbu, and Chen Taiyun have expressed neutrality, they have great doubts under the situation that Han Deloitte's army is pressing on us. If we annihilate the Weng Brigade in the first battle, it will play an important role in opening up the distance between Li Mingyang, Li Changjiang, and Chen Taiyun and Han Deloitte, and stabilizing Li and Chen's position, so that Han Deloitte's right wing will lose cover. Second, the Weng Brigade is the right wing of Han Deloitte's middle road, and eliminating it will open a gap in Han Deloitte's Middle Route Army, so that our army can encircle and detour the main force of the ROK army. Third, the Weng Brigade is the main force of Han Deloitte's lineage, and if it is annihilated in the first battle, it can seriously deal a serious blow to the morale of the enemy army and make other miscellaneous troops dare not move.
The development of things was indeed as Su Yu expected. When Onda's independent 6th Brigade swung into the north of the Yellow Bridge, five or six miles north of the Yellow Bridge, a longitudinal leaf flying department that had long been ambushed nearby suddenly came out and cut the onda team of long snakes into several sections, and in less than 3 hours, the ace "Weng Brigade" in Han Deloitte's hand was completely destroyed. Whampoa IV born Weng Da, in shame and anger, pulled out a gun and committed suicide.
After the "Weng Brigade" was completely destroyed, the "Er Li" and Chen Taiyun, who were secretly watching, could not shrink out, and no matter how Han Deloitte urged, they did not dare to cross the thunder pool.
At the same time as the battle of Onda, Sun Qiren's 33rd Division attacked the east gate of the Yellow Bridge, guarding the three columns of Tao Yong of the Yellow Bridge, leading only 1500 of his men to resist desperately. Tao Yong understood that once the Yellow Bridge was not secured, Su Yu's battle plan would all be frustrated, and it would be difficult for the New Fourth Army to have a place to stand. Whether or not you can win in the end, Huangqiao is the key.
For this point, the enemy's Li Shouwei also saw very clearly, in order to take the Yellow Bridge as soon as possible, Li Shouwei concentrated all the artillery fire and ordered Sun Qiren to bombard the east gate of the Yellow Bridge.
After a frenzied artillery cover, most of our army's fortifications were blown up, and the defensive line at the east gate of the Yellow Bridge was suddenly torn open, and the enemy 33rd Division, under the cover of artillery fire, desperately attacked the east gate.
Just when the situation was extremely critical, Su Yu personally led a team of people and horses from the command headquarters to the East Gate and suddenly shouted: "Comrades, the reinforcements in Jiangnan have come!" ”
Su Yu did not shout that it did not matter, shouting that the soldiers of the three columns each bravely rushed to kill the East Gate first, the wounded refused to get out of the line of fire, the migrant workers picked up their weapons and rushed to the East Gate, and the masses of the people also took up large knives and spears and rushed to the East Gate.
Su Yu saw that he hurriedly ordered all the machine guns, submachine guns, and grenades to be concentrated. As soon as the enemy approached, he first greeted with grenades, then strafed with machine guns, and finally burst with submachine guns, so that after several back and forth, the 33rd Division's offensive was repulsed wave after wave, and the two sides of the battle killed the red eye.
When Li Shouwei learned that his 33rd Division's attack had been frustrated, he urgently ordered the reserve to stand by at Guxi, north of the Yellow Bridge, and personally led the 349th Brigade to reinforce the Yellow Bridge.
Halfway down the road, Li Shouwei received news from Onda's cry for help, and only then did he realize that Onda was in danger. The "Weng Brigade" is known as a "Mei Lanfang" type army, with a superb work style and excellent equipment, and even such a unit cannot deal with Su Yu.
Besides, Su Yu's name was not blown out, when Han Deloitte met Su Yu at Jinggang Mountain, he was defeated by Su Yu, and if it were not for Onda's desperate protection, Han Deloitte would probably have been there.
The Battle Memorial Hall of the Yellow Bridge of the New Fourth Army reappears the battle scene of the New Fourth Army
Thinking of Su Yu's terrible art of war command, Han Deloitte suddenly trembled, he did not dare to rescue Onda, nor did he dare to reinforce the 33rd Division, but after walking to the village of Nojiya, he built fortifications, hoping to stick to help to prevent being completely annihilated by Su Yu.
Li Shouwei's move to disperse a well-trained and well-equipped unit in the three parts of Huangqiao, Guxi, and Yejiwu Village was tantamount to giving the New Fourth Army a good opportunity to divide and encircle and annihilate them one by one.
At this time, the Onda Department was finished, and the First Column Ye Feibu immediately turned his gun and launched a fierce attack on Li Shouwei's troops from both sides, and the Second Column Wang Bichengbu also cut off Li Shouwei's retreat, coupled with the reverse attack of the three columns Tao Yong, Li Shouwei's troops were already unable to escape with their wings.
Under the rapid counterattack of our army, Li Shouwei's Eighty-ninth Army was rushed to pieces, and in the panic, seeing that he was about to become a prisoner of Su Yu, Li Shouwei was so frightened that he threw down his large troops and grabbed his horse's tail to cross the drag ditch (a small river), as a result, in a panic, Li Shouwei was accidentally squeezed out of the river by the rebel army and drowned alive, and Ding Yuhu, chief of staff of the Eighty-ninth Army, also drowned in the river.
After a day of fierce fighting, the Eighty-ninth Army was completely destroyed, and the remaining remnants of the army were defeated and fled to Hai'an. Su Yu seized the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, and captured Nantong, Rugao, Hai'an and Qidong with a single blow, and all the northern parts of Suzhou were in the hands of the New Fourth Army.
Han Deqin saw that the general trend was gone, and in a panic, he led the remnants of more than a thousand people to flee to Xinghua, and the New Fourth Army went straight to Dongtai, seeing that Xinghua was not far away, but Su Yu suddenly ordered a halt to the pursuit.
Tao Yong, who had chased after Dongtai, was puzzled and anxiously called Su Yu: "Commander Su, I am Tao Yong, give me another hour at most, I promise to seize Han Deqin, Commander Su, this opportunity is really rare!" ”
Su Yu laughed and said, "As long as Han Deqin does not publicly surrender to the Japanese Kou, we will leave him a way back." ”
Helpless, Tao Yong had to watch Han Deloitte escape.
After this battle, our army annihilated more than 11,000 enemy troops and captured about 3,000 prisoners, including Lieutenant Generals Li Shouwei and Weng Da and Major General Ding Yuhu. Among the captives were Sun Qiren, commander of the 33rd Division, Miao Ruilin, commander of the 99th Brigade, and more than 10 officers above the colonel level, and more than 600 officers below the middle colonel level. The captured weapons, ammunition and military materiel were piled up.
After the great victory of the Yellow Bridge, Chen Yi wrote a poem with joy: "After ten years of conquest, several people returned, and they saw their peers and returned." Who belongs to the Han Dynasty of the Jianghuai River? The red flag is flying in October. ”
While the local people were excited, a song and ballad spread: "Chairman Mao is in charge, the family is prosperous; Commander Su fights and wins the battle..."
The above historical sources are credible, mainly referring to:
1. "Mang Mang Kunlun: Anecdotes of General Su Yu's Conquest" (author Dong Feng, real name Su Gangbing. Famous Dong writer, Su Yuxue research expert, Huaixue research expert, social activist. He was a member of the Hunan Huitong, son of Su Pei, and nephew of Su Yu (Su Yu raised him and attended school in Nanjing and Beijing). Reference chapters [Climbing - Reprinting Miles], [Anti-Japanese Beacon])
2. "Memoirs of the Suyu War" (author Su Yu, refer to chapter 5 [Red Army North anti-Japanese advance team], chapter 6 [Three years of guerrilla warfare in southern Zhejiang], chapter 7 [Advancing into Northern Jiangsu and fighting the decisive battle at Huangqiao])