inspire-indiana Chapter 548: Encirclement and Annihilation of Liao's Regiment (3)
Chapter 548: Encirclement and Annihilation of Liao's Regiment (3)
Changchun City,
In front of the Central Bank building,
The crowd was bustling and the atmosphere was tense and full of anticipation.
As time passed, everyone's eyes were fixed on the flagpole on the top of the building. At this moment, a blue sky and white sun flag was seen slowly lowered, as if the old era it represented was gradually fading away.
Then, a bright red flag rose slowly in the breeze. This red flag was as dazzling as the rising sun, with a bright five-pointed star and two eye-catching characters "August 1" printed on it. The sun shone on the flag, making it look even more brilliant.
At this moment, thunderous cheers erupted from below the building. The Kuomintang soldiers who participated in the uprising were so excited that tears welled up in their eyes. They raised their arms and shouted, hugged and celebrated with the soldiers from the East Field Army.
At this moment, the once hostile parties came together because of common beliefs and goals, and cheered for the peaceful liberation of the beautiful city of Changchun.
After a long battle and hard work, Changchun City finally ushered in the dawn of peaceful liberation.
The streets and alleys were filled with a joyful atmosphere, and citizens came out of their homes with bright smiles on their faces again!
A freight train blew its whistle and slowly drove into Changchun Railway Station.
Mei Ping, deputy secretary of the Changchun Municipal Party Committee and mayor, stood on the platform with a joyful smile on her face. Changchun was finally liberated peacefully, which was a blessing for the people!
Her mission is to distribute supplies and stabilize the people of Changchun!
While the Changchun defenders were still negotiating with the East China Field Army Headquarters,
Under the coordination of the headquarters, Mei Ping and Yin Xinjun coordinated the matter. Under the overall arrangement of the Municipal Supply and Marketing Bureau, the doors of the grain depots were opened one after another, and 2000 million kilograms of grain and a large amount of snacks and dry food were raised in advance!
Every year, Yin Xinjun issues a mandatory task to the Supply and Marketing Bureau to reserve grain. The purpose is to provide emergency relief and to protect grain prices from being too low.
Now, with the support of new agricultural technologies, grain production in the entire Northeast Liberated Area has increased significantly year by year. After building a large number of grain reserve warehouses, the Mulan Special Zone's stable reserve of war grain this year has reached more than 200 million jin!
After the door of the sealed compartment was opened,
Hundreds of conscripted laborers shouted in surprise!
Inside are bags of rice, flour, canned food, biscuits, and milk powder, which are the most urgently needed supplies in Changchun!
Several people who looked like cadres began to mobilize.
"Masters, please unload the goods quickly. There is more to come. Three trainloads of food have been delivered tonight. We will ensure that everyone in the city will have enough to eat in the future!"
These laborers were all skinny and looked malnourished. Just now, each of them had a big bowl of rice and three boxes of canned food. This was the first full meal they had in several months!
At this time, a number of large ten-wheel trucks drove in from outside the train station, drove directly onto the platform, and stopped next to the train.
The workers excitedly unloaded the food onto the trucks. The food would be immediately distributed to every corner of Changchun city to ensure that the 600,000 soldiers and civilians in the city would have enough food to eat every day!
On the road,
Dust and fog filled the sky,
Tanks, armored vehicles, trucks and other vehicles are rushing forward.
On the roadside, several officers were discussing around a map.
"Six rooms? What's going on? Didn't the headquarters tell us to go straight to Lao Dafang in western Liaoning?"
Tang Yantian looked at a thirty-year-old officer, Lu Lixin, the liaison officer assigned to the 1st Assault Group by the headquarters.
"I just received a telegram from the 67th Column. They encountered a strong enemy in Liujianfang, southeast of Dahu Mountain, and the th Regiment was almost wiped out!" Lu Lixin frowned, as if thinking about something!
Kang Huaifu said,
"Then why are you hesitating? Let's rush over to reinforce them!"
Tang Yantian thought about it and said,
"But the headquarters asked us to attack Liao's troops in the Lao Dafang area to prevent them from retreating to Shenyang! If we go to Liujianfang, there are two ways, right?"
Lu Lixin said,
"I am sure that the enemy still wants to leave Yingkou. I don't know what's wrong with Liao's army. They are so hesitant. They must still want to withdraw from Yingkou! Let me ask what's going on!"
"Report, reconnaissance plane calling, the enemy forces in the Liujianfang area are at least an army's worth of troops!"
"Then don't ask anymore, attack forward!" Tang Yantian gave the order decisively!
The unfortunate Liao Corps received three orders at the same time. One was from Nanjing, asking him to go with the Eastward Corps to recapture Jinzhou (a lousy way to commit suicide). Another was from the firefighter, Deputy Commander Du, who came to command the east-west advance, asking him to retreat to Yingkou by sea (the only feasible option!). The third was from the commander of the Northeastern Suppression Corps, asking him to retreat to Shenyang! (Also a weird idea!)
When he is undecided!
Changchun was liberated!
After the Changchun defenders revolted, the situation began to deteriorate extremely. Commander Liao had only one thing on his mind: to quickly withdraw to Yingkou and leave the troubled Northeast!
The East China Field Army Headquarters originally judged that Liao’s Corps was very likely to retreat via Yingkou and ship by sea, but later they felt that the enemy wanted to return to Shenyang, so they began to transfer the 1st Assault Group to the north!
Tang Yantian ordered,
"Communicator, order the troops to move to Room 6, and send a message to headquarters to report the situation here!"
Liujianfang Village,
This is the only way from Heishan to Yingkou.
In the afternoon,
The battle has entered a fierce stage.
With the participation of the newly arrived 69th Regiment,
The brave warriors of the two regiments of the 8rd Division of the 23th Column repelled the enemy’s seventh attack of the day!
On the northern front of the village,
The ground was dotted with craters, corpses were lying in all directions, and blood dyed the ground red.
The air was filled with strong smell of gunpowder and blood, making people feel suffocated.
In the center of the position, a flag of the 67th Regiment was still flying high. The red flag had been smoked to a black gray and was covered with bullet holes, but it still stood tall.
Yu Lei, a soldier from the 67th Regiment's Guard Company, loaded bullets into the magazine of his M3 submachine gun one by one. The enemy retreated, and he was hungry, thirsty, tired and sleepy. After all, he hadn't slept for 24 hours!
We marched quickly to Liujianfang early this morning and accidentally encountered the 49th Division, the vanguard of the 105th Army of the Liao Corps, which was also fleeing south. A fierce battle immediately broke out between the two sides!
Yu Lei loaded three magazines. He kept pinching his thigh until the squad leader shouted,
"The enemy is coming again!"
He finally came to his senses!
Looking up, he saw a large group of enemy soldiers coming in the distance, and Yu Lei immediately raised his gun!
There are less than a hundred people left in the entire group!
I don’t know if I can still survive after this round of attack!
Yu Lei smiled bitterly, and his mother's kind smile emerged in his mind. His father died early, and it was all thanks to his mother who worked hard to raise him and his sister. The only regret in his heart was that he was not able to take care of his mother in her old age and see her to the end of her life!
His heart ached and his eyes blurred.
Yu Lei stretched out his palm and wiped away his tears.
He saw three planes appearing in the sky in the distance!