259 thousand miles of detour

259 thousand miles of detour (middle)

The staff headquarters in Wuchang is brightly lit, and Li Xiang, Zeng Gao and Li Xiping are surrounding a huge and luxurious desk to discuss the breakthrough plan. This meeting was less than the previous talk and laughter, and several people went straight to the point as soon as they sat down.

According to reliable information, Duan Zhigui has found that the main force of the new 4th Army is concentrated in Xingguo, and Yuan Shikai has ordered Duan Zhigui to prepare for the siege. Duan Zhigui's troops were concentrating the troops of nine divisions and rushed to Xingguo in several directions, trying to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Red Army on the east bank of the Ganjiang River. His outposts have been very active these days, and there are planes to monitor us every day. He is also preparing for our breakthrough. Li wanted to shake the fan, and his voice was very low.

Zeng, the third year of high school, took over and said, "Lin Dong also knows his situation, and we also want them to break through immediately. The faster the better. But now they are surrounded by Duan Zhigui's troops, and their clues are in his control. The task of breaking through is very difficult, not only courage, but also means. The preparatory work must be carried out in secret.

The room was quiet without any sound. These leaders of the National Revolutionary Army feel that unprecedented pressure is coming, including the famous "legendary general" Li Xiang.

It is still Li who wants to break the silence: "I think Duan Zhigui has not determined our true intention and strategic layout. Judging from his military deployment, he must have wrongly judged that the main force of the new 4th Army has the intention to cross the Ganjiang River in the west."

"Yes! Why don't so many people in our staff see it?" Zeng Gao patted his forehead.

Li Xiping quickly gathered his eyes on the map.

Li Xiang is actually not as profound as their theoretical skills, so he looks at the problem and they are from the same angle. Li wants to see the map, but he can't see the theory and dogma. He looks at people's hearts and figure out the enemy's intentions more accurately than anyone else.

Li Xiang is also a little proud: "We will make a plan. On the surface, we will make the intention of the main force to cross the Ganjiang River in the west, and continue to create an illusion for Duan Zhigui. In addition, from now on, all troops must fully mobilize and prepare all the breakthrough work. As long as the time is ripe, you can take action. The question now is which side to break through. Everyone needs to work on this issue.

For the breakthrough, direction is a crucial issue, and it can also be said to be a strategic issue. The situation is dangerous. Where should the New 4th Army break through the enemy's siege? This is not a "strategic" like Li Xiang that can be seen at a glance. It can only be discussed slowly by the staff.

Li Xiping said: "From Xingguo to break through Futian through Wan'an, and then sweep from west to east to the enemy's contact line behind, so that the enemy's main force can go deep into the southern Jiangxi base and put it in a useless place. This is the first stage of the battle. When the enemy turns to the north, he will be very tired. It is the second stage to take advantage of the gap to hit those who can be hit. The center of this policy is to avoid the enemy's main force and fight its weakness.

"No, no, no, no," Zeng Gaolian shook his head repeatedly: "The actions of the New 4th Army have been discovered by the enemy, and Duan Zhigui's 14th and 11th Divisions have rushed to occupy Futian in front of the New 4th Army. These two divisions are the elite main force of Yuan Shikai, with strong combat effectiveness. In order to "avoid the enemy's main force and fight its weakness", we must not touch such a hard stone. You see, at this time, all kinds of troops of the Beiyang Army gathered in Xingguo and its surrounding areas, and surrounded the New 4th Army tightly, leaving the New 4th Army in an extremely critical situation of being attacked by the enemy on the north, east and south and the Ganjiang River in the west. Most of Xingguo County has fallen, leaving only Ding Xingwei and dozens of miles around it under the control of the New Fourth Army.

How to break through the enemy's tight encirclement has become a serious topic in front of Li Xiang, Zeng Gao and Li Xiping.

Zeng Gao, Li Xiping and other staff officers have made a comprehensive analysis of the situation. They believe that the second and first attack forces of the Beiyang Army are mostly the direct forces of Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, which are strong and not easy to break; and the third attack forces that are invading from Longgang Xiangliang Village and Liantang are not the direct troops of Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army. It is a unit with weak combat effectiveness and is easy to be broken.

According to the principle of "avoiding reality is believing", they immediately formulated a detailed battle plan according to Li Xiang's strategic deployment: with some of the new 4th Army, together with local troops and the Red Guards, disguise the main force of the new 4th Army, pretended to the west, show the enemy, and attract the Beiyang direct departments with strong combat effectiveness to the Ganjiang River; Li Chun and Wang The Ministry of Zhanyuan is restrained in the north of Xingguo. Unexpectedly, he concentrated the main force of the New 4th Army to break through the encirclement from the middle and meet the miscellaneous troops that were attacking Liangcun and Liantang in the east of Xingguo. After winning, the camera expanded the results and broke through the enemy.

"But this road is mountainous and dangerous, and the difficulty of marching on the way out will increase exponentially. Heavy equipment and some other supplies will definitely not follow the army." Li Xiping said.

"However, as long as 30,000 troops can be safely brought out of Duan Zhigui's encirclement, no matter how difficult it is." Li wanted to say, "In this way, all the breakout operations will be carried out as planned."

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Lin Dong ordered a brigade to deliberately make the intention of the main force to cross the Ganjiang River in the west, pretending to be the main force of the new 4th Army to fight a fierce battle on the western front. The brigade moved frequently on the edge of the Ganjiang River, secretly moved to the west in the middle of the night, and openly turned back to the east during the day. In the middle of the journey, it was still buried in a pot and cooked on the marching road, resulting in the realistic illusion that the main force crossed the Ganjiang River to the west.

When everything is ready, the main force begins to break through.

Night has come, the stars are shining in the sky, and a touch of moonlight penetrates the clouds and scatters on the silent land of China.

It was quiet around Xingwei, and everything was sleeping, including the officers and soldiers of the first line of defense set up by Duan Zhigui.

The moonlight shrouded happy that the headquarters of the New 4th Army was busy at this time. The headquarters radio was rattling, the messengers were running fast, and the staff were also nervously busy. All troops have been assembled at the designated location and ready to go.

Lin Dong was still in the headquarters. He repeatedly told him to clean the house and put away what he couldn't take away. Then he called Lin Hu again and said a few words of encouragement. Lin Hu answered loudly on the other end of the phone: "I promise to complete the task."

Taking the opportunity of the Beiyang elite to be attracted to the Wan'an and Liangkou areas by the Ganjiang River by some of the New 4th Army, Lin Dong led the main force of the New 4th Army under the cover of the night, and the soldiers of the New 4th Army set off all the way.

Under the cover of the night, from the 20-kilometer gap between the enemy in Chongxian and Xingguo, in the continuous drizzle, stepping on the slippery mountain path, quietly climbing over the steep cliff, along the deep canyon, and quickly penetrated to the east. There was no light, no sound, and even the command command was low. The team groped on the sheep's intestine path, pulling one by one, and marching towards their destination.

Lin Dong stood at the fork in the road from time to time, told the fighters not to be crowded, and told everyone to follow them one by one.

At this time, Duan Zhigui was sleeping in Nanchang, and he didn't know what was happening. Just a few hours ago, he also swore to Yuan Shikai that the Kuomintang's Jiangxi bandits were like turtles in the urn. As long as they opened their mouth, they could swallow them all.

The main breakthrough is still the same under the command of Lin Dong and others. Lin Hu's troops were transferred eastward and westward on the edge of the Ganjiang River more frequently than usual.

That day, the sun rose so high that Duan Zhigui got up.

Since he found that the Kuomintang bandits had the intention to cross the river to the west, the first thing he did after getting up every day was to ask the happy Kuomintang bandits what had happened, but every time he received a report, there was no abnormal situation and he was drilling into the pocket as he calculated. After a long time, he relaxed his vigilance.

This morning, Duan Zhigui came to do outdoor sports together. Taijiquan was playing vigorously, and he saw the beautiful secretary running quickly from afar.

The Beiyang Army does not have the tradition of recruiting women in the army, but since it is known that the new generals in the south like to put a beautiful vase secretary beside him. After he came to the south, he also followed the flow and recruited a beautiful female secretary, who was also a college student who graduated from the Ocean School. This thing is the same as raising a rabbit around the marshal in the past. The marshal should have a fashionable style.

The secretary stood upright and had no time to wipe his sweat on his head and reported to Duan Zhigui: "The Kuomintang bandits have signs of breaking through."

Duan Zhigui frowned and ordered, "Let's make it clear."

The secretary replied, "I just received a report that Lin Dong's troops showed signs of moving eastward."

Duan Zhigui frowned and then ordered, "Please send a plane to scout."

According to Duan Zhigui's judgment, it is more likely that the main force of the Kuomintang's remnants force will break out to the west and join the Kuomintang troops in Hunan. Moreover, the intelligence is also true.

"Am I wrong?"

After the beautiful female secretary turned around and left, he still stood still talking to himself, full of doubts.

Duan Zhigui's reconnaissance aircraft circled over the sky, and saw thick smoke rolling in the east of Xingwei, and the Kuomintang troops were fiercely crossing the river to the west.

Convinced that there is no doubt that the remnants of Lin Dong are still crossing the Ganjiang River to the west.

Duan Zhigui quickly came to the war room and pointed to it. All kinds of troops began to attack the eastern part of Happy Wei.

Under Duan Zhigui's order, the Beiyang Army unexpectedly advanced rapidly. There was almost no resistance, and he arrived at Happy Wei that night.

After Lin Hu led his troops to resist and cover the main force to break through the siege, he has scattered and fought guerrillas on the spot.

At dawn, Duan Zhigui's two elite brigades had all occupied Gaoxingwei and the surrounding strongholds.

Looking at an empty city, the leading general of the Beiyang Army stood outside the gate of the new 4th Army headquarters for a long time without saying a word.

Duan Zhigui was even more surprised!

He paced back and forth in the war room. 300,000 troops besieged Jiangxi for several months, built so many bunkers, trenches, and spent so much money. They thought that they could get things from the bag and got a great achievement of "suppressing bandits". As a result, tens of thousands of troops of the Kuomintang disappeared within a few days? The old man in Beijing has just suffered a great loss in the Central Plains and placed great hope on a battle in Jiangxi. As a result, how can you explain it to the president?

Duan Zhigui was dejected and at a loss for a while. He made several phone calls in a row and ordered all the troops to quickly go out to search in the mountains. He had to find Lin Dong!

Duan Zhigui sighed and was looking at several documents. At this time, he received a front-line war report: the enemy was found near Liantang Station. It may be that the main force of Lin Dong had broke through here.

Duan Zhigui's eyes lit up. As if he had obtained the treasure, he didn't have time to think. He grabbed the phone and shouted, "Block me, block me!"