An Yi and Liu Qing thought too much and underestimated Huang Han's obedience and trust to the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Huang Han's Ministry did not deliberately pass by He Long's Ministry, but the harsh terrain and unexpected circumstances dictated it.
On the first day of going south, Huang Han's Department received the deputy director of the Political Department and three other people sent by He Long. They immediately stopped advancing in Shijiahe and solemnly reported to the Central Committee using the password provided by He Long's Department, expressing their absolute obedience to the Central Committee's orders and reporting.
It is said that the soldiers have strong fighting spirit and extremely strong revolutionary will, and are waiting for further instructions from the central government.
Although Huang Han, his political commissar Liu Ziyuan, and deputy division commander Du Qiliang were extremely unwilling to succumb to He Huzi, Xiao Ke, and others who had much fewer troops than themselves, they did not want the independent division with a distinctive style that they single-handedly led to lose military operations.
However, Huang Han and his two assistants are both veteran party members with strong party spirit. They all know that at this critical and difficult moment, they must take the overall situation into consideration and obey the organization's decisions and allocations unconditionally.
However, at this critical juncture, the telegram from the Central Military Commission has not yet arrived. Chang Xiaofu, the commander of the communications company, Chang Sheng, suddenly had a high fever and collapsed. Chang Sheng's two apprentices and the old correspondent Lao Chen took over the radio station, but in the
I accidentally fell down while carrying the machine on my back when entering the Tutu Temple at the entrance of the village.
, the most advanced radio station broke down, and the other two radio stations were equipped to the Independent Regiment and the Mountain Assault Regiment. One of the two regiments was pressing the formation at the back, and the other was on guard in the front. They were both about fifteen kilometers away from the division headquarters.
, had no choice but to activate the backup radio station urgently.
Just as he set up the radio and turned it on, he received an urgent telegram from He Long, advising Huang and Han troops to stop moving south and wait where they were. After the Second Front Army repelled the pursuing Qian Army, they would move north to join them.
After discussing with his brothers, Huang Han decided to follow the order and stop advancing and wait. However, the deputy directors of the Political Department of the Second Front Army who followed the troops were anxious because they all listened to the Southern Sichuan Radio on the radio with Huang Han last night.
Among the radio news programs, one of the most important
The important news is: Guizhou Wang Jialie and Mao Guangxiang's troops, a total of four divisions, are fighting fiercely with He Long's troops on the Yanmen Ridge line east of Yanhe County. The war has entered a stalemate. Hou Zhidan, the former enemy commander of the Guizhou Army, said at a press conference
The commander-in-chief vowed that He Long's Red Army would never be allowed to cross the west bank of the Wujiang River.
The deputy directors of the Political Department all know that after entering Guizhou, there was not a single day without fighting for the Second Army, and the troops did not get any chance to rest. They spent seven days in continuous high-intensity fighting, and the situation of soldier attrition and lag behind was extremely serious.
, after merging with the Sixth Army
There are now less than 7,000 people left out of the 9,000 troops, and nearly half of Xiao Ke's soldiers are wounded. If they cannot escape the pursuit of the large force of the Guizhou Army this time, the situation will be extremely dangerous, so several people repeatedly asked Huang Han for help.
, please Huang Han to go to the rescue no matter what.
Huang Han's troops, with high morale, also wanted to fight, and immediately called the Second Front Army to explain the situation. The front army's headquarters quickly called back and ordered Huang Han's troops to quickly go south and capture Youyang in one fell swoop to support He Long's troops, who were retreating to Youyang while fighting.
After Huang Han received the order, he immediately sent his troops southward. The Second Front Army completely broke away from the battlefield and retreated northward. The Guizhou Army followed far behind, which made He Long very angry. He could only speed up and gnash his teeth. Before walking fifteen kilometers, the reconnaissance troops who had set out in advance were approaching.
Three kilometers outside Youyang City, we had an unexpected encounter with a reconnaissance team of the 24th Army of the Anjia Army.
The two sides exchanged several shots and retreated. He Long was afraid that the wolf-like Anjia army had set up traps to wait for work. He no longer dared to go to Youyang where there was no garrison to rest. He led his troops to bypass the east of the city and quickly retreat northward. Waiting for the entire army
When they crossed the dangerous Youyang area and entered the mountains to stop for a rest, they could no longer contact Huang Han by telegram.
The staff of the Second Front Army believed that as long as they went north, they would encounter the Huang Han who were heading south, so the soldiers of the Second Front Army took a short rest and set off in the morning light. What they did not expect was that in order to buy time, the Huang Han troops directly crossed the familiar trails in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain, and the whole army was destroyed.
The army is better than the Second Front Army
The speed that the staff expected was nearly twice as fast. The two sides passed each other in the wind and snow that night. They were separated by a thick mountain range. The straight-line distance in the air was less than seven kilometers. At that time, neither side knew that the other side was so far away from them.
Nearly everyone is working hard to gain time.
When the two sides resumed contact, it was already the early morning of the next day. With astonishing speed and courage, more than 10,000 elite troops of the Huang and Han tribe occupied Youyang County as promised. However, the exhausted He Long tribe arrived at Zhongyun, an old base dozens of kilometers southeast of Qianjiang.
ridge.
The two armies that were supposed to join forces ended up on opposite sides of the country by accident. The Huang and Han troops, which had been marching for two days and one night, did not have the strength to go north immediately. The Second Front Army, which returned to the border of western Hunan, could only cry out in vain.
Since the Central Red Army was in the midst of an extremely fierce breakout operation at this time, the reply from the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China had not yet arrived. He Long and Huang Han could only discuss repeatedly through telegrams. Huang Han resolutely decided to evacuate Youyang the next morning.
, went north again to join the Second Front Army.
But by the time this decision was made, it was too late.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, three teams of the division's reconnaissance company that went out for reconnaissance sent people back to the division headquarters to report urgently: the main force of the Anjia Army wearing "toad uniforms" appeared in Lujiao Town, 28 kilometers southeast of Pengshui;
Along the Wujiang River in the west of Yangcheng, the main force of the Anjia Army wearing "toad uniforms" was found, numbering about 5,000, slowly approaching the county seat.
Political Commissar Liu Ziyuan and Deputy Division Commander Du Qiliang were shocked. The three people from the Political Department of the Second Front Army who advocated moving north to rendezvous as soon as possible were also frightened. The combat effectiveness of the Anjia Army was well known. The Guangxi Clique and the Northwest Army suffered defeats when they encountered them, and even the arrogant Japanese army was defeated.
It's hard to get better, not to mention that the army he is currently in is still a tired army that has no logistical supplies and suffered a loss at the hands of the Anjia Army not long ago?
Huang Han, who was puzzled, was very calm. He calmly ordered deputy division commander Du Qiliang to lead three regiments to Xinqiao in the west of the city, occupy favorable positions along both sides of the road, and set up defenses. He then ordered his staff to hang up the map, and launched an intensive operation based on the intelligence fed back by the reconnaissance company.
Calculation and judgment.
Half an hour later, the reconnaissance company's alert team deployed fifteen kilometers north of the city received another urgent report: the Kuomintang reactionary planes dropped dozens of bombs over Huangyang'ao leading to Qianjiang and Gantuo Pass leading to Laifeng Yongshun.
Bombs, the originally safe road heading north suddenly became full of danger.
"Where did the plane come from? Ah? It's windy and snowy... There are no birds in this damn weather, so where did the plane come from?" Huang Han asked loudly and angrily.
The sweaty reconnaissance platoon leader stood at the door and defended innocently: "Commander, it's true, I didn't lie to you! The explosion flames and thick smoke I saw with my own eyes were about three kilometers north of our warning point.
, clearly visible through the telescope. Noon
The light snow stopped while we were eating, and the wind suddenly became lighter. However, we have never seen enemy aircraft dare to show off in this kind of weather in the past. Who would have thought that the Kuomintang reactionaries would be so bold this time and dare to fly in such bad weather?
Use planes to drop bombs?”
"The wind and snow have stopped?"
Huang Han, who had been studying the enemy's situation in the county government office, didn't believe it. He strode out of the lobby with his hands behind his back, jumped down the steps and came to the yard. He took off the octagonal hat on his head and looked up at the gray sky.
The dark clouds had indeed become thinner, and among the broad clouds, the light of the sun could still be seen faintly. I don’t know when the weather had cleared up.
Huang Han cursed in his heart, and turned his head again to look at the surrounding trees that had completely lost their leaves. He finally saw the tall pine and cypress pagoda-like spire in the northwest corner swaying slightly. Sure enough, the wind speed had weakened greatly.
Huang Han frowned, biting his lower lip and remained silent. Liu Ziyuan beside him also shook his head helplessly. Just as he was about to discuss a few words with Huang Han, the roar of an airplane suddenly came from the sky.
The deputy director of the Political Department of the Second Front Army, who is in his forties, has been afraid of being bombed by planes in the past two years. When he heard the roar of planes, he was so frightened that he shouted, "Plane bombings are all under cover."
As the panicked shouts of "Hurry up and take cover under the bombing of enemy planes" became louder and louder, everyone rushed behind the big trees and low walls. The originally orderly county government office was in chaos. Only Huang Hanhe
Liu Ziyuan was still standing in the middle of the empty courtyard, looking at the northern sky, with a gloomy face. The two and four guards could not shout or pull, they could only jump in anxiety for the safety of the two chiefs.
After a while, two silver-white single-wing reconnaissance planes flew slowly over and circled around the sky above Youyang County. Then three large bombers flew over the courtyard at ultra-low altitude. The roar shook Huang Han and Liu Ziyuan.
My ears were tingling. The plane was flying extremely slowly and at such a low altitude that one could clearly see the aircraft machine gun protruding from the tail of the plane.
A few minutes later, the plane did not dive and drop bombs as imagined by the Red Army soldiers hiding in all directions, nor did it use aircraft machine guns to fire. Instead, it circled in the air for several times, turned around and headed west. The officers and soldiers of the independent division who had falsely alarmed
Then they returned to the yard in a panic. Everyone's body was covered with wall dust, mud and grass, and they looked extremely embarrassed.
The deputy director of the Political Department of the Second Front Army, who came to Huang Han panting, was finally in despair. He licked his dry lips and suggested in a low voice:
"Commander Huang, Political Commissar Liu, it seems we can't go back. On the ground, the regular troops of the Anjia Army are slowly advancing from the west and north. Enemy planes in the sky suddenly attack the two passes that we must pass through to retreat north.
Not counting the bombing, they even flew to
We are conducting reconnaissance on our heads and flying so low, we must have seen clearly what we are and what is not. It is estimated that the enemy plane has no bombs, otherwise we will be in trouble! Commander Huang, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. I suggest that an emergency meeting be held immediately.
Decide quickly, decide quickly!”
Huang Han sighed secretly in his heart, nodded as a reply, turned to the combat staff who ran over quickly and asked: "What's the news from Deputy Commander Du?"
The combat staff officer stood at attention and replied: "The deputy division commander ordered me to report to the division commander that after the enemy discovered our defensive positions, they stopped advancing and quickly set up an offensive posture. The enemy's strength was about four regiments, including about three mortar battalions.
Arranged behind the enemy's flank positions, judging from the enemy's battle flags, it is the 46th Brigade of the 16th Division of the 24th Army of the Kuomintang's Ace Army."
"What!? The Sixteenth Division...the Forty-sixth Brigade...isn't it Cai Shaohua's brigade that was awarded the 'Hero Brigade' battle flag by the Nanjing government during the North China War of Resistance?" Liu Ziyuan couldn't help but exclaimed.
"That's right, it's him. He graduated from the fourth phase of elementary school in Huangpu. He is a native of Guangdong. He is a distant relative of Li Jishen, the then vice-principal of Huangpu. He also has a good relationship with my senior brother An Yi in private. When Yin Jinan established the Nanchang Garrison Division, he
So he was transferred to the position of colonel and brigade commander. This man was famous for his stuffy stomach. When he was in Huangpu, he would not talk much and would not show off his dignity.
Although he is not showing off, he can fight so hard that even ghosts are afraid of him. Moreover, the four regiments of his 46th Brigade are all super-staffed main regiments, with a combined number of 7,800 people. Compared with
The Kuomintang local army has more than one division, and its equipment is top-notch in the country. It is difficult to deal with it! It seems that we are entangled with him." Huang Han said with a serious look.
The deputy director's face turned pale and he became even more worried: "What should we do? What should we do? If the other two divisions of the 24th Army follow behind the 16th Division, what should we do..."
Huang Han slowly turned to the deputy director: "Comrade Gao Zhifu, as a commander, he should be calm and calm in the face of danger. Compared to Commander He, they have experienced much more dangerous difficulties in the past two years. What is there to panic about?
At this time, we must not mess up our position. As long as we show the slightest hint of cowardice and show signs of cowardly retreat, the enemy will not hesitate to launch a fierce attack on our troops.
Because the enemy we are facing is not the general army of the Kuomintang, but the well-trained and well-equipped Anjia Army. Their battlefield experience is quite rich, and their familiarity with mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare is even far greater than ours. That is to say
This is not to praise them, but to let everyone have a clear understanding of their enemies. You and the two comrades go to the headquarters and I will come as soon as I give the order."
"Yes...I'm sorry, Mr. Huang, we are really anxious. We will go in and wait for you to organize the meeting." Gao Zhifu lowered his head in embarrassment and left.
Liu Ziyuan shook his head in disdain, wondering why the psychological quality of these students who had returned from studying in the Soviet Union and occupied high military and political positions were so poor. After Huang Han finished giving the order, Liu Ziyuan stepped forward gently: "What are your plans?"
"You can't go to the north, and you can't stay here for a long time. If you stay here for a while, it will be more dangerous." Huang Han replied in a low voice.
"southward?"
Liu Ziyuan raised his eyebrows and stared into Huang Han's eyes.
Huang Han nodded slightly: "Yes! Let's continue heading south! But we can't retreat at this time. It will be dark in more than two hours. As soon as it gets dark, we will march south as fast as possible. We must finish the forty-eighth run tonight.
Kilometers of road, at daybreak, we will give the unprepared Yanhe County Guizhou Army Marquis Danzhi a severe blow, and then we will capture Yanhe."
"Okay! I support your opinion." Liu Ziyuan nodded heavily.