"Who did it? Was it someone from the 59th Regiment?" Yuan Su asked coldly.
"Not only the 59th Regiment, but also the four regiments passing by from early yesterday morning to this morning all privately transferred supplies from the official warehouse. Including the 58th Regiment, this was witnessed by the official warehouse guards." Wen Wen
Qin said quickly.
"It's unreasonable. They even dare to touch what I want. These bastards from the Seventeenth Division are getting more and more arrogant." Yuan Su said bitterly, and as he spoke, he smashed the table angrily. He was really moving.
He was so angry that several regiments of the 17th Division committed crimes in Shangqiu before and he had not yet settled the accounts. Now he dared to privately tamper with the materials in the official warehouse that were used to deal with the aftermath. When the old and new hatreds are added together, how can it not make people angry?
?
"Captain Yuan, how should we handle this matter?" Wen Qin asked for instructions.
Yuan Sugang was about to speak, and he must handle this matter strictly to the end. Regarding the style of several regiments of the 17th Division and the disorganized military style, even Zhang Zhenfang's troops must be so angry. This is not only
It was only for the sake of establishing his personal military prestige, and also for the sake of restoring order in Henan Province. It was precisely because there were too many such undisciplined troops in Henan Province that the Bailang People's Army was forced to grow stronger and stronger.
But before he could say anything, there was a knock on the door of the study. Before Yuan Su could agree, Du Yu had already opened the ajar door and strode in. He said: "Captain, the 58th Regiment is in Chengdu."
Zhuang was ambushed. The people's army detoured from Kaifeng to Chengzhuang to intercept our troops returning for reinforcements. The 58th Regiment is in danger, please ask the governor to send troops to help immediately."
Yuan Su was startled for a moment, but then regained his emotions. Although he was shocked that such a sudden incident happened again, the more sudden an incident like this, the more he should treat it calmly. He asked solemnly: "How did the news come?
Have any soldiers from the 58th Regiment escaped back?"
Du Yu nodded and said: "Yes, the people from the 58th Regiment's transport camp have just entered the city. Commander Lin's adjutant is also there. Their civilian army launched an attack from the northwest of Chengzhuang, and also attacked from the northeast.
Carrying out a roundabout attack, the 58th Regiment is currently besieged by the civilian army in the south of Chengzhuang Town, and cannot break out because of the need to preserve military supplies."
Yuan Su didn't ask any more questions. He knew very well that Du Yu didn't know much information, so he immediately said: "Go and call the people with the highest military rank who have escaped. I want to question them and inform the first regiment.
So ready to go.”
Du Yu responded quickly, then hurriedly turned around and exited the study.
Wen Qin sighed and said in a solemn tone: "At this time, another accident happened. The team that attacked Kaifeng was really cunning. First they attacked in the east and west, and now they ambush in a roundabout way. Once these militia troops are allowed to move,
, it’s really tricky to be led around by their noses.”
Yuan Su took a deep breath and said meaningfully: "I am surprised by the people who lead this militia. It is really amazing that there can be such a bold and cunning character in the militia."
After a pause, Wen Qin asked again: "Sir, can we discuss the theft of the official warehouse in Ningling County later?"
Yuan Su said "hmm" and said: "This is natural, the top priority must be prioritized."
After about ten minutes, Du Yu returned to the camp study again. Two officers from the 58th Regiment came with him. After some introduction, one of them was the adjutant of Commander Lin, and the other was a baggage officer.
Battalion Commander Yuan Su asked the two of them to explain in detail how the 58th Regiment was ambushed.
The 58th Regiment only passed through Ningling County yesterday afternoon and arrived at Chengzhuang this morning. Along the way, Captain Lin had noticed something was wrong, that is, there were always some people dressed as ordinary people appearing on the march of the army.
, a few of them looked familiar, and they seemed to have been following the team since they left Shangqiu. However, Captain Lin was not sure, and Kaifeng was in a hurry, so he had to ignore them.
Not long after arriving in Chengzhuang, the vanguard was still advancing, but suddenly there was the sound of artillery from the mountains and forests in the northwest, and then a large group of militiamen came out. This group of militiamen almost all had rifles, and there were also cavalry.
Walking around everywhere, even though there were no uniforms, everyone was uniformly tied with white cloth strips for identification.
At first, Captain Lin could still lead his men to defend. However, only half an hour into the battle, another group of men came out from behind, disrupting the 58th Regiment's defense line. The 58th Regiment was forced to
Withdrew from Chengzhuang and retreated to the hills south of Chengzhuang, and then regained their position. Because the regiment had a lot of baggage and supplies, and the civilian army's shelling also injured many soldiers, under various burdens only
You can defend on the spot first and send people back to Ningling County to ask for help.
Those with horses in the baggage camp were evacuated first. Now there is a batch of grain and a group of war horses returning to Ningling County. What is left in Chengzhuang is a large amount of grain, grass and ammunition.
While the adjutant and the battalion commander were talking, Wen Qin and Du Yu had already prepared the map and made some marks on the map according to what they said.
"This group of militiamen really put a lot of thought into launching a pincer attack from the northwest and east." Yuan Su muttered to himself while looking at the map, but he gradually had some ideas in his mind.
"Captain Lin speculates that the civilian army that ambushed our unit is probably the same group that attacked Kaifeng." The adjutant added.
"We are inseparable from each other, but until we are completely sure, these are just guesses after all." Yuan Su said deeply.
"The militiamen rarely have artillery. The militiamen who attacked Kaifeng yesterday had already fired artillery, and today they fired again in Chengzhuang. They are obviously the same people." The adjutant said affirmatively.
"Chengzhuang is at least sixty miles away from Kaifeng. Kaifeng was attacked in the early morning of the day before yesterday. According to intelligence, there was no movement of the militiamen who attacked Kaifeng at dawn. Logically speaking, these militiamen had enough time to move.
Set up an ambush near Chengzhuang, but if this is the case, then this militia army must be very tired from running around day and night." Yuan Su said slowly and analyzed.
"That's true. After Captain Lin retreated to the south, the speed of the militia's pursuit was obviously a little slower, which gave us the opportunity to re-arrange our defenses." The adjutant nodded quickly and said.
"Do you clearly see how many enemies there are?" After a moment of pause, Yuan Su asked.
"A rough estimate is that there are about two thousand people, but their attack lines are very scattered, and I'm not sure if there are others behind them," the adjutant said.
Yuan Su made a rough calculation in his mind. The 58th Regiment had about 1,200 people, and his current 1st Regiment in Ningling County had more than 1,500 people. Judging from the number of troops, there seemed to be no
Any advantage. But in the situation before him, he had no other choice. He must go to rush for reinforcements. As for whether he could completely annihilate this militia, he could only take one step at a time.
Not long after, Lin Zhi, leader of the first regiment, came to meet with Yuan Su, and they briefly discussed the rescue plan.
Yuan Su expected that this militia army that had stayed up all night to fight was at the end of its strength. The top priority should be to find a way to catch the opponent off guard and annihilate this effective militia army as much as possible. He asked the first regiment to divide into two groups and rush all the way from the official road.
Head to Chengzhuang to join up with the 58th Regiment to contain the civilian army from the front. On the other hand, they will go back to the northwest of Chengzhuang and try to bypass the rear or flank of the civilian army to launch a surprise attack.
Of course, in order to avoid unexpected situations, Yuan Su also formulated another set of backup plans to deal with the enemy's attempt to retreat when reinforcements arrived. Once it was discovered that the civilian army had retreated or was about to retreat, the frontal troops changed their defensive status to
In the pursuit state, they cling to the civilian army and continue to encircle them from the flanks on the other side. No matter what, they must take advantage of the situation to severely damage the enemy.
The discussion was over, and Yuan Su personally led the first regiment to attack Chengzhuang.dd