Another day passed, and the 12th Corps never reached the Shuangmiao Village position.
During this period, the old man sent one telegram after another, urging him to provide support to the Huaibei area as soon as possible.
At this time, the commander of the 12th Corps was also worried. In two days, he lost nearly 30,000 people, and he also took a few more tanks to go in.
Even so, they failed to attack the People's Liberation Army's positions. They were beaten back every time they were halfway through.
Looking at the pile of telegrams sent by the old man, the commander of the 12th Corps decided to give it a try.
Wait until early tomorrow morning to launch a fierce attack on the People's Liberation Army position in Shuangmiao Village. Even if it costs human lives, we must defeat it.
Li Qiufan was also discussing here, and good news came frequently from the Huaibei area. Li Qiufan guessed that the old man was getting anxious.
Once the old man becomes anxious, the Twelfth Corps will definitely not be able to sit still.
Li Qiufan felt that the Twelfth Corps might go all out tomorrow and accurately guessed the opponent's intentions.
Although it is just speculation at the moment, Li Qiufan is already considering this aspect.
The current location of the Twelfth Corps is called Wazizhuang, just opposite to the south of Shuangmiao Village.
After Li Qiufan considered that the opponent might be desperate, he immediately issued an order to the fourth column, asking them to immediately make a detour towards Houzhuyuan on the northwest side of Wazizhuang.
Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy's sight was blocked at night, Li Qiufan asked him to rush to Houzhuyuan before dawn.
"Old brigade commander, where are they now?"
After Li Qiufan finished arranging the four columns, he raised his head and asked the old brigade commander.
"There has been news from Ye Si. Your teacher also guessed that the 12th Corps might not be able to sit still, so he has rushed to Wuying Village southeast of Weizhai Town."
"Once our side launches a counterattack, Yesi's side will cut off the 12th Corps' retreat, leaving it with no way to retreat!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's inquiry, the old brigade commander immediately pointed to a point on the map and said.
"The teacher and I came together! I was thinking about how to go around to Weizhai Town and cut off the retreat of the 12th Corps, but I didn't expect that the teacher was already in place!"
Li Qiufan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the teacher could cut off the retreat of the 12th Corps at any time.
Originally, he planned to have the security brigade make a detour, but the 20,000 people in the security brigade simply could not stop the 12th Corps, even if it was replaced by a column.
Now that his teacher has taken care of him, Li Qiufan can finally let go and do something big.
"Notify the security brigade to move its position to Weiliuzhuang on the southwest side of Dawangzhuang, and wait for orders to be ready to attack the enemy at any time!"
As a result, Li Qiufan had 20,000 more men to arrange, and he immediately deployed the security brigade on the flank of the 12th Corps.
"Old brigade commander, when we launch a counterattack tomorrow, let your troops serve as the second echelon and follow my first column."
"When the time comes, the heavy artillery division will clear the way for the infantry. I'm afraid that your soldiers will not adapt and accidentally injure one of your own."
After arranging the positions of each unit, Li Qiufan turned to the old brigade commander and said.
"Okay! I will give orders to the troops later and let them serve as the second echelon, so they can learn from your troops!"
The old brigade commander did not refuse what Li Qiufan said, but nodded and agreed.
Because the old brigade commander knows that everyone has their own way of fighting, if you intervene rashly, problems will definitely occur.
Now this is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The old brigade commander will not cause trouble because of whose troops are in charge. Besides, he is not that kind of person.
"Let the brothers who are on guard keep their spirits up and everyone else take the time to rest. Tomorrow will be the decisive battle!"
Seeing that the old brigade commander agreed to his request, Li Qiufan nodded to him, and then said to other commanders and fighters at all levels.
The positions of both sides were very quiet that night, and everyone was preparing for the next day's battle.
The night passed quickly, and at five or six o'clock in the morning, smoke rose from the positions of both sides in tacit agreement.
After the soldiers on both sides finished breakfast, the 12th Corps took the lead in launching the attack, and the first wave of charges was devoted to two divisions.
"Inform the fourth column that they can move to the front bamboo garden, but don't be discovered by the 12th Corps!"
Seeing the 12th Corps launching an attack, Li Qiufan said to the correspondent beside him.
The Twelfth Corps had a very determined intention to capture the Shuangmiao Village position this time. They also arranged people behind the charging soldiers to supervise the battle. Anyone who dared to run back would be shot.
Not long after the two divisions launched their charge, the 12th Corps once again invested its troops and surrounded the Shuangmiao from both sides.
"Haha, we were worried that the enemy would run away, but we didn't expect that others were worried that we would run away!"
Seeing the actions of the 12th Corps, Li Qiufan smiled and said to the old brigade commander.
"It seems that the old man is really anxious. The 12th Corps is obviously going to fight us. It's a battle where you die or I die!"
The old brigade commander looked at the situation on the battlefield and nodded, then responded to Li Qiufan.
"Inform the security brigade and the fourth column to take action. I'll knock out the troops that the enemy has brought over. Cut off both of his arms first!"
Now that the other party has begun to reach out, Li Qiufan no longer hides and tucks in, and immediately gives the order to attack to the fourth column and the security brigade.
"Old brigade commander, you can inform the teacher and commander that they are stationed in Weizhai Town. If it's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to seal it!"
After giving orders to the Fourth Column and the Security Brigade, Li Qiufan asked the old brigade commander to notify the teacher commander and let him enter Weizhai Town to cut off the retreat of the 12th Corps.
The Twelfth Corps was still unaware and continued to send additional troops to attack the Shuangmiao Village position.
The troops responsible for outflanking the two wings were intercepted just halfway through their march. They were the fourth column and the security brigade.
The enemy did not expect that Li Qiufan still had troops here, and there were quite a few of them, so the two arms of the 12th Corps were cut off.
After receiving the request for help from the two wings of the army, the commander of the 12th Corps suddenly felt a little bit in his heart, and then sent people to start investigating in the direction of Weizhai Town.
He had already guessed what was going on, and now he could only pray that his escape route had not been cut off.
After learning that the Fourth Column and the Security Brigade had successfully completed their mission, Li Qiufan's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Inform the heavy artillery division to start covering the enemy's positions and give me full firepower!"
"In addition, notify the first column to launch a countercharge against the enemy after the heavy artillery division begins to extend its artillery fire!"
"Order the fourth column and the security brigade to attack the enemy's flanks directly. Be sure to tie the enemy firmly in place!"
Li Qiufan issued three orders in one breath. As the orders were notified in place, the counterattack officially began.
