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When Ding Wei arranged Zhang Dabiao to sweep across the 89th Division, the New st Army had not yet arrived in the Northeast.

During the last battle of Tazishan in Siping, it happened that Sun Fumin was not on the battlefield. Instead, he went to England to receive the Victory Medal of World War II. He made a great show in front of foreigners and was regarded as a world-class general.

I would like to ask any general in the country, is there anyone who can have this honor?

Who was invited to the international arena to receive the Order of Victory? An Order of Merit from the Eagle Sauce, an Order of the Empire from the British Empire.

There are only a few generals in the entire Kuomintang faction who can be awarded medals by three countries.

Sun Fumin is one, and Liao Jianchu is another.

So Sun Fumin is also a little proud. I am the commander of the New First Army, graduated from the world's top military academy, and have under my command a reorganized force equipped with pure American weapons. Who are you?

There was another thing that made the New First Army urgently need a battle to prove its worth.

The South Manchuria Campaign went smoothly. Seven divisions advanced straight into the enemy territory, almost sweeping away the two field columns in the South Manchuria region and capturing the Andong area.

It happened to be Niang Xipi's 60th birthday. In a good mood, he rewarded the main force in the Northeast.

All the army commanders and division commanders who participated in the war were commended and given excellent and special merits, but only his New 1st Army was given an A-class merit. Isn't this an insult?

The bottom line is that Sun and Du don't get along, and it's difficult to transfer or arrange things.

Without any serious fighting, there will naturally be no credit.

Fengtian held a celebration party, but Sun made an excuse not to go. Instead, he was severely criticized by Mr. Du, which made him very angry.

The New 71st Army and the st Army were guarding the Changchun front line and had no chance to fight at all, so how could they get any credit?

Seeing that other troops had achieved great results, Niang Xipi, who was far away in Nanjing, overestimated the situation in the Northeast. She skipped the Fengtian Security Command and directly ordered the 71st Army and the New 1st Army to attack northward.

What you need comes to you. When Sun Fumin wanted to go to war, he received the order to attack. It came at the right time.

It happened that Ding Wei mobilized troops, intending to suppress the war situation in the Northeast. Both sides wanted to have a fight, so they decided to have a fight.

The three columns in the Tongliao area had not yet reached a conclusion on the issue of the main attack, and finally decided to resolve it in the most standard and fair way internationally: drawing lots.

By drawing lots, it is decided which of the three columns will attack the middle and which will attack the left and right.

Kong Jie was lucky as he got the chance to launch the main attack. He notified all regiments to assemble and took the lead in pressing towards Siping area.

The Siping defense battle was halfway through when the Manchurian Democratic Alliance Army was defeated and had to abandon the city and move to the Tongliao area.

Now that there is an opportunity to fight back, Kong Jie is willing to take the lead.

The Kuomintang army moved faster than Ding Wei. While they were still deciding who would take the lead, a regiment of the New First Army took the lead in advancing towards Changchun.

During the confrontation, both sides tacitly retreated 20 kilometers. Now the national army took the lead in attacking and quickly approached the confrontation line.

Fengtian,

Mr. Du was a little flustered. "Order the New 71st Army and the st Army to stay where they are and not to attack northward."

When Sun Fumin received the news, he was dismissive and thought that Du was deliberately trying to trip him up.

"The weather is just right now. The Songjiang area is frozen over. My convoy can pass through and go straight to North Manchuria. Give me three to five days to capture Harbin."

"I think Commander Chen of the 71st Army would also mean the same thing. He has American weapons and equipment, but he is stationed here every day and feels bored."

At the end of 1946 and the beginning of 1947, Chen Mingren's 71st Army and Sun Fumin's New st Army launched offensives, advancing towards Changchun and Harbin respectively along the China-Changchun Railway.

The vanguard troops of the two armies broke through the confrontation line and were the first to enter Zhang Dabiao's defense zone.

Da Biao touched his head and asked someone to quickly dial the number of the Harbin Command.

"Commander, people are bullying me, Zhang Dabiao. Where is my attacking team?"

“我的面前有五个师，71军87师跟88师从左路突进，目标应该是哈城。新一军30/38/50三个师，已经向长春周边压过来了。”

There was a small-scale exchange of fire between the front-line troops, and the sound of gunfire broke the winter silence.

The artillery of both sides was making emergency preparations, and a fierce artillery battle was about to begin.

Ding Wei was silent for a moment, and asked Zhang Dabiao to move along the Songjiang River and lead his troops out of the city to engage in a confrontation with the enemy's elite regiment.

At the same time, the three columns in West Manchuria were urged to advance eastward as a whole, approach the South Manchuria railway line, recapture Siping, and block the two reckless advancing armies.

Kong Jie received the main attack mission and personally went to the front line to command. He directly mobilized five regiments and pressed forward towards Siping.

The field artillery and mortars at hand followed the army in the attack and easily penetrated the defending security forces.

Several seemingly solid strongholds were reduced to ruins amid the sound of artillery fire.

Mr. Du’s second urgent order still failed to stop the New First Army from moving north, so he had to go to Sun Fumin in person and tell the truth.

Although South Manchuria seemed to have won, it actually suffered a small loss. Several divisions were entangled by Brother Biao's column, and the territory that had just been captured was slightly unstable.

To put it simply, my seven divisions could not withdraw and were stuck in the South Manchuria region.

The entire central region is weakly manned, and your butt is not safe.

Damn it, didn't he just win a battle and get rewarded? Tell him that his military achievements are all fake, a fake victory.

Didn’t we just annihilate 100,000 enemies and will be able to deal with the CCP immediately?

Why retreat? There's no point in retreating at this time.

Fuck, Sun Fumin just felt like he was screwed.

It’s dangerous. Aren’t I in danger?

Originally stationed in the north of Siping, once the situation changed, they would withdraw to Siping, and they could attack or defend.

Under Niang Xipi's order to push north, there was no chance for retreat. Ding Wei's column was rushing eastward with all its might, obviously intending to stab him in the ass.

Once the three columns blockade Siping, what about him and Chen Mingren’s two armies?

As I thought about it carefully, beads of sweat appeared on my forehead.

He immediately ordered his three division commanders to retreat to the headquarters.

Why bother attacking? Just find a way to break through.

I was really tricked by Du Yiqi and cried.

Kong Jie had already reached Siping. Kong Yong and Wang Tao's columns were in the south and north respectively.

One division was sent to intercept the reinforcements on the southern line of Siping. There were not many reinforcements from Fengtian, so all seven divisions were mobilized, leaving only security forces and railway troops.

The combat effectiveness is limited, and one division is more than enough to intercept.

Gao Qing's column left the city and pressed southward along the eastern mountainous area, while Zhang Dabiao's column attacked southward together.

The five columns formed an encirclement and compressed the encirclement.

Kong Yong's column was the first to discover the main force of the enemy and encountered several hundred people from the rear guard of the 71st Army.

More than 1600 people were found nearby.

Isn't that a coincidence?

They did not seize the opportunity to launch the main attack, but unexpectedly encountered the main force of the enemy first. The main attack was like a gift from God.

"Attack the rear guard of the 71st Army fiercely and eat them up."

Sometimes luck is also a kind of strength on the battlefield. Kong Yong reported the location of the enemy's main force as soon as possible and commanded the troops at his disposal to charge forward.

The soldiers of the spearhead company were extremely brave. With the cooperation of two fast tanks, they directly penetrated into the core of the rear guard troops.