Author: Nerve endings
On September 30, 1940, Han Deloitte led his troops to launch an attack. Heaven forbid! Soon after Han Deqin left the division, lightning flashed and thundered between heaven and earth, and the rainstorm was like a note, and the troops could not move, uneven, and fell in pieces.
On October 3, after the rain passed, Han Deloitte's tens of thousands of troops rushed to the Yellow Bridge in several ways, and on October 4, they attacked the city, and the curtain of battle began.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >, the hardest Battle of Huangqiao, Su Yu handed over to the old troops, Chen Yi was peaceful and affectionate</h1>
At this time, only 3 columns of Tao Yong led less than 2,000 troops guarding the Yellow Bridge. The 1st and 2nd columns, which were well armed, had been secretly assembled in the areas of Gugaozhuang, Yanxuzhuang, and Henggangqiao, northwest of Huangqiao.
Su Yu's deployment in this way has his extremely deep intentions, and he has achieved the greatest concentration of troops under the conditions of the enemy and the enemy--this is the boldest and most effective move for Su Yu to command the New Fourth Army to independently annihilate Han Deloitte's department. However, the risk is also great, especially the New Fourth Army in the direction of the Yellow Bridge with a very small number of troops that ordinary people can not imagine as a guard, and its success will be the key to achieving the purpose of the campaign.
When Chen Yi heard that Su Yu had entrusted the task of guarding the Yellow Bridge to Tao Yong's 3 Columns, he immediately realized another layer of Su Yu's intentions: The old foundation of the 3 Columns was brought up by Su Yu. People with a little military knowledge know that the troops who are holding the Yellow Bridge this time must have suffered more shells, more casualties, and fewer captures. Su Yu handed over this absolute "bitterness" to his old troops, which could not but arouse a strong tremor in Chen Yi's heart. He stared at Su Yu's thin and calm face, and said peacefully and affectionately: "HuangQiao, just give it to Tao Yong!" ”
Han Deloitte's two great generals, Li Shouwei and Weng Da, rushed to the front, both wanting to make a contribution. Han deloitte also pinned his hopes on them.
However, as soon as Li Shouwei's troops left Hai'an, they were confronted by a battalion sent by the 3rd Column in advance, and many people were killed. At night, the masses, guerrillas, etc. went around firing guns and shouting. Li Shouwei was greatly alarmed, hesitated, and did not dare to make a sharp advance, so he had to take one step at a time, deeply afraid of being ambushed. Coupled with torrential rains and muddy roads, the enemy's progress along the way was slow.
At 4 p.m. on 4 October, Onda's Independent 6th Brigade advanced to The Yellow Bridge. Onda's unit was the most effective of Han Deloitte's troops, with most of its officers trained in military academies, soldiers armed with the same "medium-formal" rifles, and each company was equipped with 9 brand-new Czech machine guns, with strong firepower. He looked down on Li Shouwei and had a proud personality, thinking that Chen Yi could not stop his sharpness, and was bent on seizing the Yellow Bridge and striving for great achievements.
High above the yellow bridge east gate bunker, Su Yu used a telescope to look closely to the north. Onda's troops drove like a line, less than two kilometers away from the Yellow Bridge, and At this time, Li Shouwei's troops were still trapped near Yingxi and did not dare to advance.
The fighter is here!
"Hey, Commander Chen?" Onda has entered the ambush circle, please kill Ye Fei to attack quickly! ”
Chen Yi issued an order: "Ye Fei, 3 columns attack!" Pay attention, take it all as ordered, and don't let a person run away! ”
Ye Fei immediately ordered the 1st Regiment to divide into three arrows and insert it directly into the abdomen of the Independent 6th Brigade, with 4 Regiments hitting its vanguard and 5 regiments hitting its rearguard. Suddenly, the torso of this long snake was cut into several pieces.
As early as "encircling and suppressing" the central revolutionary base areas, Onda accompanied Han Deloitte in dealing with the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and he knew that the operational principle of the Communist army was to fight the weak enemy first and then the strong enemy. The reason why this arrogant guy dared to venture in this time was that it was not he Who was beaten first in his stomach!
At this time, the heads of several columns under Li Changjiang were gathering at a landlord's house to play mahjong. But the minds of this group of gamblers are not at the table at all, talking about the situation on the front line of the Yellow Bridge, but each has its own thoughts. For example, Yan Xiuwu hoped that the New Fourth Army would win; and Chen Caifu, the "one-eyed dragon", hoped that the New Fourth Army would collapse and profit from it.
"Report, the independent 6th Brigade was completely destroyed, and Brigadier Weng was killed!" A plainclothes officer of Li Changjiang suddenly appeared at the door of the hall, breathlessly speaking, and his voice was a little trembling.
With a "thump", everyone stood up.
"You're talking nonsense! Is the Independent 6th Brigade made of tofu? You spread rumors, Lao Tzu killed you! Chen Caifu fiercely pulled out his pistol.
"Old fourth, don't be in a hurry, let him speak slowly." Several people dragged the "one-eyed dragon" away.
"I saw with my own eyes a large number of Nationalist prisoners being taken in the direction of the Yellow Bridge." The plainclothes trembled and said, "Later I found out that Brigadier Weng had committed suicide." ”
"What about the New Fourth Army?" An officer asked.
"I saw them running east, and I rushed back to report it. I don't know what happened after that, but the gunfire was very urgent in the northeast direction of the Yellow Bridge. ”
"It's strange to be eaten by the New Fourth Army so quickly!" Someone was talking to himself incomprehensibly.
After more than ten minutes, another plainclothes officer appeared at the door.
"Report! The 33rd Division collapsed, and the sound of gunfire was no longer at the Yellow Bridge, as if it were six or seven miles away from the Yellow Bridge. ”
The room was quiet, and many people were sighing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > second, Han Deloitte saw that the trend had gone, and was terrified, leading the remnants to flee to the old nest Xinghua</h1>
At this time, after solving the problem of the independent 6th Brigade, the main force of the New Fourth Army was moving toward Li Shouwei's troops overnight in the spirit of not being afraid of fatigue and fighting continuously, encircling them, and then gathering to annihilate them. Wang Bicheng, Liu Peishan, Du Ping, and others led 2 columns to ride in the dark night and quickly detoured from the Bazi Bridge, cutting off Li Shouwei's retreat; Ye Fei and others led the 1 column to Li Shouwei's side, and formed a joint siege of Li Shouwei with Tao Yong's 3 columns.
At this time, it was already the afternoon of October 5, Chen Yi and Su Yu saw that the time was ripe and ordered a general attack on the encircled enemy!
War also has its drama. Yesterday, the 33rd Division was still storming the Yellow Bridge, and its arrogance was unstoppable, but today it has no morale and no army, and finally most of the troops were annihilated, and the division commander Sun Qiren was captured alive, and only a few remnants broke through the siege. After Being Captured, Sun Qiren said: "Don't hide from the chief, I have seen the play of "Farewell to the Overlord", there are ten ambushes, embattled, and the taste I tasted today is much more serious than that!" ”
At 9 p.m., most of the main force of the Rok army was annihilated. In order to expand the results of the battle, Su Yu issued a pursuit order, asking all the units of the New Fourth Army to disregard fatigue, sacrifice at all costs, not to retake the capture, to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and occupy Hai'an.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > three columns followed the route and tasks specified by Su Yu, such as three-edged sharp knives, straight into Hai'an. </h1>
In the early morning of the 6th, Li Shouwei, who was usually as strong as an ox, was timid as a rat at this time, trembling and dragging his horse's tail across the river, and even though the ditch was deeply crowded, he was actually squeezed to the bottom of the water by his subordinates and drowned in panic.
Han Deqin saw that the general trend had gone, and was terrified, leading the remnants to flee to the old nest Xinghua!
The pursuing troops of the New Fourth Army had reached Dongtai, and the CPC Central Committee stopped advancing in an emergency.
The troops were puzzled, and Chen Yi said: "The spirit of the telegram is not to attack Xinghua in order to facilitate future negotiations between Comrade Enlai and Chiang Kai-shek, and at the same time to continue to negotiate with Han Deloitte." Reasonable, advantageous, and disciplined. We have both reason and benefit in this battle of the Yellow Bridge, and now we are suspending the attack on Xinghua, and this is where Chairman Mao is clever. ”
Chen Yi stood up and continued: "After the Battle of Huangqiao, the situation in Chongqing was very tense, and the Kuomintang hyped up propaganda that our New Fourth Army was not fighting in the south of the Jiangsu Province, but went to northern Jiangsu to fight Han Deloitte, causing the Kuomintang to suffer great losses, and it was an act of undermining the united front, which absolutely could not be tolerated!" Comrade Enlai constantly summoned people from the democratic parties to discuss and explain the truth to them, and at the same time asked the Central Committee to order us to suspend the attack on Xinghua so that we would be in a favorable position when negotiating with Chiang Kai-shek.
According to the analysis of the central authorities, the relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have now tended to a very tense point, but the united front is not yet to be broken. Our troops everywhere must be very vigilant. Chiang Kai-shek was a very stubborn and cruel man, and could do anything bad. This time he ordered Han Deloitte to beat us, and as a result, he suffered a big loss, and he must take revenge! We cannot but raise our vigilance at any time in engaging in a united front with such people. Chiang Kai-shek was very reluctant to the united front. He agreed that our New Fourth Army would go to Jiangnan to fight behind enemy lines, which was a conspiracy and an attempt to kill us with the knife of the Japanese Kou. This conspiracy did not succeed, and he did it himself. He couldn't beat us with his hands, but he suffered a big loss, you think, can he stop?! ”
Chen Yi looked at everyone, paused for a moment, and then continued, "I reckon that Chiang Kai-shek might consider the following: First, in Northern China, he will find our weaknesses to take revenge." He has already suffered a lot in this chess game, and he will not do much there again. Second, it is unlikely that he will organize forces to retaliate in northern Jiangsu, but if he wants to do so, he must go through many blockade lines of the Japanese army, and his large troops will move to the enemy and fight with us, and it is estimated that the difficulties are very great. Even so, we need to be prepared.
The third is to engage our military headquarters in southern Anhui. This is a big possibility. Because the military headquarters was in the palm of his hand, Gu Zhutong and Leng Xin's large troops were leaning next to our military headquarters, and it was easy to move their hands, and the military department could not rescue the soldiers. This is dangerous. I was worried, and I had sent several telegrams urging the military department to leave the danger zone early. Sleeping on a tiger will sooner or later be eaten by a tiger.
Fourth, Chiang Kai-shek arrested Comrade Enlai in Chongqing. There is also such a possibility, but judging from the current situation, if Comrade Enlai is arrested, public opinion throughout the country will be in a big uproar, the pressure of the masses will be too great, and it will not be good, chiang Kai-shek will be very unlucky, and he may not dare to risk the world's big problems. Chiang Kai-shek's last resort was to use the name of 'saving the country through the curve' to send a large number of troops to surrender to the enemy and use the enemy's strength to attack us with him. ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > third, whether it is a recalcitrant army attacking the New Fourth Army or "curving to save the country", it is unfortunate to be favored by Chen Yi</h1>
At this point, the decisive battle of Huangqiao was concluded, and more than 11,000 enemy troops were annihilated, including Lieutenant General Li Shouwei of the 89th Army, Lieutenant General Weng Da of the Independent 6th Brigade, and several brigade and regiment commanders. The New Fourth Army captured more than 10 division and regimental officers, including Sun Qiren, commander of the 22nd Division, Miao Ruilin, commander of the 99th Brigade, and more than 3,000 soldiers; more than 3,800 long and short guns, 189 light and heavy machine guns, 3 mountain guns, 59 mortars, and a large number of ammunition and military supplies were captured.
Just after the great battle, the troops of the New Fourth Army looked relaxed and happy. In the camp, Chen Yi told Chen Wangxian a joke again: "Ah Pi, I was really nervous in Yan Xuzhuang a few days ago! I slept only three or four hours at night, and I didn't even close my eyes for a few nights. To be honest, war is always a bit risky, of course, not adventurism. I was worried about the attack from the outside, worried about the persistence of Huangqiao Town, and worried about the Japanese Kou taking advantage of the opportunity. ”
Chen Yi turned and laughed, "I'm afraid that if the enemy is chased up to the mountains and fight a guerrilla war, I have already asked Zhang Qian to stick up a handful of books and manuscripts and make the worst plan." None of us are saints, or the Internationale is sung well: there has never been a savior, nor a god emperor. To liberate all mankind, we must rely on ourselves, on the party of the proletariat and on the common struggle of the masses of the people. Yikes! Do you remember the song "Untitled" I wrote when I was in Gannan Province? ”
Chen Pixian casually recited his words: "Born to die for the revolution, do not cry, and the reckless Shenzhou sighs and sinks the land." The soul returns to the earth red, and lives in the world of thirty-six. ”
"Thirty-six in the little dwelling room! I am now forty years old. The Son is forty and not confused. Thankfully, I hope so. ”
Chen Yi talked about Xingzheng Nong, smiled with emotion, and said: "However, I predicted in 1939 that the 'triangular struggle' in northern Jiangsu at that time was sharp and complicated. Of the four forces, rikou is the boss, Han is the second, two Li is third, and the name of my new fourth army is actually the fourth oldest. Later, after the battle of Guo Cun, the two Li were defeated, and I jumped to the third place. Now that there is another war at the Yellow Bridge, han stubborn turtles have shrunk and risen, I have risen to the second place, and initially removed the obstacles to persisting in the war of resistance in northern Jiangsu militarily. If we win the war politically and lead millions of people in northern Jiangsu to victory over Japanese imperialism, I will be the only one. ”
On October 10, 1940, Chen Yi attended the inaugural meeting held in Qutang by the column directly under the Lusu-Anhui Border Region Guerrilla General Headquarters and the 3rd Column of the Lusu Theater Guerrilla Command.
After the Battle of Huangqiao, Li Mingyang and Chen Taiyun proposed that Huang Yifeng lead a unit. In order to dispel their suspicions, Chen Yi and others agreed to establish a buffer zone between the New Fourth Army and Li Mingyang and Chen Taiyun, and Huang Yifeng, in his capacity as a member of the field party and government committee of the Kuomintang Central Military Commission, organized this "neutral force."
Huang Yifeng served as commander, Li Junmin and Zhou Zhikun served as deputy commanders, Zhou Zhikun concurrently served as chief of staff, and Zhang Gumei served as director of the political department. The unit was composed of the Northern Jiangsu Headquarters of the New Fourth Army, the General Guerrilla Headquarters of the Lusu-Anhui Border Region, and the 1st Security Brigade, and incorporated two standing squadrons of Baimi and Qutang, and recruited a group of patriotic young people to participate, and was organized into 4 brigades, with a total of more than 1,000 people.
The "joint resistance" is nominally a neutral anti-Japanese army, but in fact it is a peripheral army under the leadership of the CPC, and its task is to continue to win over Li Mingyang and Chen Taiyun, to do united front work, and at the same time to take on the task of surveillance and camera attack and suppression of the recalcitrant army. Later, Li Changjiang surrendered to the enemy, most of Chen Taiyun's troops were stubborn or pseudo-radicalized, the 3rd Brigade of the Recalcitrant Army and the Zhou You Militia Regiment were eliminated, and the "Joint Resistance" completed its historical mission, and in October 1944 it was officially subordinated to the New Fourth Army and was incorporated into the 3rd Sub-district of central Jiangsu.
In the early morning of October 11, 1940, Chen Yi received a telegram from Liu Shaoqi, saying that Huang Kecheng's troops had occupied Yancheng from 15 to 17 o'clock on the 10th, and advanced to the east with one.
Chen Yi immediately sent Duan Huanjing, commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Column, to lead his troops from Dongtai along the Tongyu Highway to the north to meet the Eighth Route Army moving south. Duan Huanjing walked north of Dongtai to Baiju, Lion's Mouth between Liu Zhuang, and Caojiamiao Temple, south of Dagang, where he met the 1st Regiment of the 1st Detachment of the 5th Column of the Eighth Route Army (i.e., Hu Bingyun's Brigade) in the south.
At about 10:00 a.m. on November 7, 1940, the autumn was high and the wind was beautiful.
On the dock of the Tanchang River north of Hai'an Zhongba, Chen Yi, Su Yu, and cadres and soldiers of the Party, government, and military organs of the New Fourth Army were warmly welcoming the arrival of Liu Shaoqi and Huang Kecheng. That day was both the 23rd anniversary of the great October Revolution in the Soviet Union and the first anniversary of the establishment of the Jiangnan Command of the New Fourth Army. On this memorable day, liu shaoqi, huang kecheng, Chen Yi, and Su Yu gathered in Hai'an, adding to the festive atmosphere. The warriors' long-awaited division was finally realized after the victory in the Decisive Battle of Huangqiao. The Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee said in a telegram: "This time the two armies of Chen Yi and Huang Kecheng won a great victory, and the northern part of Suzhou was occupied and connected by us, which is the largest base area in central China and is of great significance to the whole country." ”
In the afternoon, a grand welcome party was held. Su Yu presided over the meeting, and Chen Yi delivered a welcome speech. At the meeting, Liu Shaoqi gave a speech on "The Current Situation and Tasks." His enthusiastic speech immersed the whole venue in the excitement of the victorious master from beginning to end.
After the meeting, Chen Yi composed a poem "The Red Flag Is Flying in October": "After ten years of conquest, several people returned, and they saw the return of the Tongji soldiers and horses." Who belongs to the Han Dynasty of the Jianghuai River, the red flag is flying in the sky in October. ”
Zhang Aiping, who came with Huang Kecheng, originally rhymed with Fenghe: "I remember listening to the teachings of the past many times, and the old subordinates returned after the anti-Japanese enemy." The south aided the north into the Jianghuai Association, and the brothers raised the red flag together. ”
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