As soon as Zhou Wu heard that it was exactly what I wanted, he immediately said to Mr.
Wang: "It's rare for the old man to understand the righteousness so well, which is respectable and admirable, but so much food can't be taken away and digested by our garrison." ” "Instead of staying in Shitang Town to give the devils, it is better to give the rest of the food to the people of Shitang Town at a low price after giving enough military rations to the army, anyway, Shitang Town can't hold it, let them take the food to Taizhou, Jiangbei and Yangzhou to evacuate, so as not to suffer the slaughter of the devils, what do you think?"
Mr.
Wang touched his beard and was silent for a while and said: "The old man originally thought that it would be easy to handle things when he came to the Central Army, but he didn't expect this little devil to be so fierce, so he just did what the chief wanted. ” Zhou Wu heard that he had to go through the red tape of the Nanjing official, so when is the main thing to do, this is definitely not good, although the report is typed, but whether this approval can come down is a question, wouldn't that be a cheap little devil in vain "Mr.
Wang, I don't think you need to go through this set of regular procedures, it's too troublesome, it's a war period, special affairs, this matter is guaranteed by me and Master Yu, let's open a warehouse tomorrow to release grain, and mobilize the people to evacuate Shitang Town as soon as possible."
Now it's important to save your life, as long as you are in the middle of everything.
Zhou Wu also said bluntly.
Mr.
Wang looked at Yu Shiming next to Zhou Wu, and saw that he also nodded, thinking that since the two major generals had spoken, what was he afraid of as a town mayor The grain is placed in Shitang Town, and sooner or later it will be taken by the little devils, so it is better to distribute it to the common people and let them take it to Jiangbei to escape.
"Since the two chiefs agreed, the old man has nothing to say, it's just that Shitang Town has a large population, and it is not easy to evacuate all at once."
Lao Wang basically agreed with Zhou Wu's idea and put forward the specific difficulties of evacuating all of them now.
"Mr.
Wang, you don't have to worry about how to evacuate, you just need to call for mobilization as your mayor, and I will send Xiao Wang to serve as an escort and guard, so it should be okay."
Lao Wang heard that he wanted his son's security team to evacuate Shitang Town with the villagers, which was a good thing that he couldn't ask for, so he hurriedly agreed, and then he turned around and said to his son who was standing next to him: "Don't hurry up and thank you, sir." ” Commander Xiao Wang immediately stepped forward and saluted Zhou Wu, who was sitting on the chair: "Xie Luzuo is complete, but after our security regiment arrived in Jiangbei, in what capacity did we contact the local government?"
"You can contact the local government as the security regiment of the 79th Army Independent Brigade, and you must properly settle the villagers, and there must be no starvation or freezing to death."
"The villagers finally escaped from the mouth of the devil, this kind of tragedy can't happen in our own land, with thousands of people, it's really not easy for you, but I have heard that the Wang family has always been heroic and righteous, and being able to save these people can be regarded as a great good thing with immeasurable merits."
Zhou Wu said.
Mr.
Wang listened to Zhou Wu's words, touched his beard and nodded: "The chief is reasonable, money is something outside the body, and saving people's lives is an immeasurable act, although the old man does not have the wealth to rival the country, but he will definitely not let the villagers in Shitang Town starve to death and freeze to death in a foreign land, this chief can rest assured." ” Zhou Wu: "Good old gentleman said well, alas, in today's troubled times, if there are a few more people like you, how can there be so many refugees displaced and starving to death on the road, thank you old gentleman for his chivalrous deeds, I, Zhou Wu, must send a special telegram to the military command department to ask for credit for the old gentleman." ” "Haha, brigade seat, this medal is not necessary, this is nothing, it's just the duty of the old man as a Chinese, compared to you soldiers who fight with the little devils on the front line, what I do is just a gesture."
Lao Wang is quite modest.
"Okay, I'll wait for Chief of Staff Ding to issue a certificate, Xiao Wang, you can take this certificate and go to the local government after crossing the river, ask them to help resettle these refugees, pay attention to the attitude must be kind, if the other party deliberately makes things difficult, you don't need to ask me when necessary, take extraordinary action, I am responsible for the accident, and it has nothing to do with you."
Zhou Wu gave the regiment commander Xiao Wang a reassurance, but with the signboard of the Independent Brigade to support, the local government would still buy it, and these people also knew that if they provoked this group of soldiers, they would do anything in this kind of war.
The guests and hosts talked very happily, and before they knew it, it was noon, Lao Wang politely asked Zhou Wu and them to stay for dinner, Zhou Wu really couldn't help it, so he and Yu Shiming had a light meal at Lao Wang's house, and immediately rushed back to the fortifications in the afternoon, and discussed with Ding Ning how to organize the people of Shitang Town to open a warehouse and release grain tomorrow and evacuate to Jiangbei.
Ding Ning believes that this kind of large-scale mass activity of opening warehouses and releasing grain can no longer be held during the day, because the devil's reconnaissance plane is hovering overhead every day, and if the devil's bomber is attracted to throw a bomb into the crowd, it can kill many people and cause panic and chaos, which is quite unfavorable to our holding on to Shitang Town.
Zhou Wu listened to Ding Ning's opinion and felt that it was very reasonable, and asked him: "What should I do according to the chief of staff?"
"I think we should send special personnel to maintain the order of opening the warehouse and releasing grain at night, immediately stop all activities during the day, and evacuate until after dark, so that the security team can make full use of the existing boats at night to cross the Yangtze River."
"In addition, we must send officers to get in touch with the navy on the river, and the prophet will tell them, otherwise they will fight these refugee boats as devil ships."
Ding Ning considered the matter more thoroughly, and Zhou Wu agreed with them one by one, and immediately instructed the staff officers of the independent brigade headquarters to contact the navy on the Yangtze River separately, and be sure to ask them to give convenience and help when the refugees in Shitang Town crossed the river at night.
Zhou Wu hurriedly informed Mr.
Wang of the news of the change in the plan, and Mr.
Wang immediately agreed, and promised to open the warehouse and release grain this evening, and invited Zhou Wu and the commander of the 11th Division to come to the scene to cheer up the people.
Zhou Wu accepted Mr.
Wang's kind invitation and decided to go to the granary of Shitang Town in the evening, and casually discussed the details of the evacuation with Xiao Wang.
Today's daytime really let Zhou Wu guess, nearly a half wing of five or six thousand devils on the opposite side did not move at all, according to the previous reconnaissance brothers, the devils were in the position during the day today, and the fire caused by blowing up their oil warehouse last night was not extinguished until daytime, and the billowing smoke with a pungent smell spread around Shitang Town, and even Zhou Wu who was ten miles away could clearly see it.
The strange thing is that the devil plane, which is usually very active in this kind of sunny weather, did not appear, which made Zhang Ercheng and the artillery commander very unhappy, they stared at the sky with their necks up for a day, and their necks were so tired that their necks were sore, and they still didn't see the devil planes coming Although there were no devil planes coming today, they could not be paralyzed and take it lightly, Zhou Wu ordered the antiaircraft artillery troops to pay close attention to the devil planes in the sky, and asked the fat man to organize several air defense firing groups composed of light and heavy machine guns to strengthen the air defense forces in Shitang Town and the surrounding areas.
In the evening, Zhou Wu received two pieces of good news, the first good news was that the old army commander had reported that the Nanjing Military Command Department had awarded the Independent Brigade.
The official who usually procrastiates and is inefficient, this time the speed is quite fast, and the approval came down after only one day.
In view of the performance of the Independent Brigade of the 79th Army in the battle to seize the main road of Shitang Town, the Independent Brigade is hereby given a reward of 10,000 legal currency for encouragement. t1706231537: