Ding Ning also ignored the words of the big boss, and said to the officers below: "Everyone, according to reliable information, the little devil dispatched a brigade of nearly 1,000 troops this time, and the puppet army stationed near Yangzhou and Gaoyou County dispatched two regiments, estimated to have about 4,000 troops, and the devil gathered a total of five or six thousand men and horses to rush to our side of Gaoyou Lake, trying to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces around Gaoyou Lake in one fell swoop, so as to strengthen the security situation around Nanjing claimed by the devils." ” Ding Ning paused, took a sip of tea, and continued to say to those brothers: "Everyone, at present, the total number of anti-Japanese forces around Gaoyou Lake is less than the total number of little devils and puppet troops, here, we have the largest number now, only less than 3,000 people, and there are many wounded and other logistics personnel who cannot fight, so that only about 2,000 brothers can enter the battle, and the main purpose of this little devil's attack is to eliminate our anti-Japanese forces in Gaoyou Lake, Because our independent brigade is a thorn in the eye of the little devil who urgently needs to be removed as soon as possible, plus the year is approaching, the cowhide that the devil used to boast of destroying China in three months is blown up, and on the north Xuzhou line is blocked by our national army troops on the Huaihai Road line, there is no big progress, the devil has invested almost sixty percent of its total strength in Chinese mainland, but the effect is obviously not as good as they thought, everywhere they went, they were stubbornly resisted by the Chinese, on the battlefield in Shanxi, The devil was met with the stubborn resistance of the Communist Eighth Route Army and the Yan Xishan Jin Army, although the devil attacked desperately, but with little success, in order to rush to open up the war situation, the little devil in the south of the Yangtze River must send heavy troops to clear the anti-Japanese armed forces around Nanjing, Yangzhou and other big cities, and establish a strategic buffer zone, so the little devil sweep that is about to come this time must be tragic and cruel, and we must be mentally prepared. ” Ding Ning's opening remarks made the big boss beat non-stop, thinking that this is a big trouble, if the little devil is determined to eat our Gaoyou Lake, then with the people we have on hand now can resist the attack of the little devil Thinking of this, the big boss is repentant, and Zhou Wu of the Independent Brigade should have served as the commander-in-chief, I can completely stay out of the matter, on the one hand, I can negotiate with the independent brigade and the snake, and on the other hand, I can also negotiate with the little devil, now it's good, It's really self-inflicted to completely block my own way of dealing with the little devils, it seems that I have to wait until the end of this battle to contact the little devils, and I can't lose this time, if I lose, the little devils will also consider your bandits who have been beaten into remnants of Gaoyouhu as opponents Ding Ning looked at the silent people below, and continued: "Although the little devils are numerous and fierce this time, it is not impossible to crack the place, first of all, we should set traps and obstacles in various important forks and waterways in Gaoyou Lake, and try to delay the speed of the little devils' march into Gaoyou Lake, no matter how many ways they divide to attack here, they must abandon the land warfare method and change to water warfare, and water warfare must have a large number of ships to load devil soldiers into the lake, We can choose brothers with good water skills to ambush in the waterways of the Bijin fork that come to the lake, divide into three groups of ambush men and horses, take turns to lurk in the water, and once there are devils or puppet ships, they will immediately go out to destroy their ships or plant explosives under the devils' ships. ” "At the same time, send a number of brothers to take advantage of the situation to attack, specializing in those devil ships destroyed by water ghosts, so that the devil puppet army must not be able to take care of the end of the tail, the formation is chaotic, and then send all the brothers to take advantage of the situation to cover up, and we will definitely be able to drive all the devils out of Gaoyou Lake, but our advantage is in the lake, once the little devils and the puppet army escape to the shore, then we can no longer pursue, then we will be restrained by the little devils and the puppet army, If the little devils and the puppet army are still unwilling, and they want to come to the lake again, then we will concoct another game of hide and seek in the lake with the little devils according to the law, and fight until they automatically give up and retreat, so that we can not only reduce casualties, but also eliminate a large number of small devils and puppet troops who come to attack, so as to achieve the purpose of resisting the devils sweeping and attacking. ” Ding Ning said a lot of things freely, and the brothers in the Gaoyou Lake cottage below actually forgot that Ding Ning had finished speaking, and after a long while, the big boss came back to his senses and said loudly: "The chief of staff is worthy of being the elite of the national army, and sure enough, there is ink in the stomach, those of us who eat in Gaoyou Lake, of course there is no problem with the water, I think so, the chief of staff, you can arrange the designation immediately, and it is not a bad thing for us to prepare first." ” Ding Ning heard it and smiled at the big boss: "Commander-in-chief, about this matter of sending water ghosts to ambush at the fork road, I am not familiar with the situation of your cottage brothers, and it is not easy to assign them specifically, I think it is better for the aquatic brothers to assign them specifically." ” It makes sense for the big boss to think about it, after all, Chief of Staff Ding has just come to Gaoyou Lake, and he is not familiar with the situation in the cottage, Shui Sheng is the fourth master in the cottage, and he is more familiar with the situation of his brothers, so it is best to arrange it this way, so the big boss nodded and agreed to Ding Ning's proposal, and asked Huang Shuisheng to arrange the specific ambush of the water ghost, and report to the big boss and Zhou Wu respectively after the arrangement.
Ding Ning continued to deploy: "In view of the fact that the personnel of the independent brigade have been seriously reduced, we have internally organized the remaining brothers of the independent brigade into two companies, the fat company's first company operates together with the aquatic water ghost team, equipped with a German-made radio station, and contacts the command at any time, Lao Ge's second company acts together with the brothers in the cottage, and Lu Ping is responsible for the operation command of this road, and the rest of the brothers who have returned from injury in the independent brigade and the remaining brothers in the cottage are organized into a reserve team to support the critical direction in the battle at any time.
Regarding the commanders of this team, I also have to consult the commander-in-chief and deputy commander, who do you think is more appropriate, although they are reserves, but they play a decisive role in the victory or defeat of the battle, if used well, they can turn the unfavorable tide of the battle in one fell swoop, and if they are not used well, it will lead to the danger of the annihilation of our entire army at Gaoyouhu.
Ding Ning finally threw the candidate for the commander of the reserve team to the big boss, and let him weigh it carefully.
At first, the big boss wanted his cottage brothers to serve as the commander of this reserve, but when he thought that his cottage brothers were indeed inferior to the officers of these independent brigades in this specific military command, it was more reliable to think that it would be more reliable for the officers of the independent brigade to serve as the officers, so he turned his head to Zhou Wu and said, "Brigade seat."
I think it's still up to the people of your independent brigade to command, you can designate one, in addition, this time against the little devil into the lake to sweep the military commander-in-chief or you will be the commander-in-chief, I will do a good job of logistics, just send you ammunition and food and drink in the back, in addition, this ship problem can directly find the second brother and the fourth brother, the third brother and I will take care of logistics for you, you see that this arrangement is not OK" The big boss actually wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and handed over the specific military command to Zhou Wu.
Go back to the lake and send someone to deliver ammunition, you don't have to risk going to the front line to fight with the little devils, and there is no danger in being happy.
Zhou Wu doesn't care, Shanghai and Nanjing have come over such a big battle, and I am afraid that those little devils and puppet troops here in Gaoyou Lake are not many people now, but now the geographical location is good, Gaoyou Lake is the largest, nearly 2,000 square kilometers of water, the river forks in it, that is, those dotted islands and the dense reeds on it are enough for the little devils to grope for a while, in this kind of place to fight with the little devils, Zhou Wu is still the first time, but he is quite confident, more confident than in Jiangyin.
Zhou Wu immediately said to the big boss: "The big boss, since you have said so, then I think the commander of this reserve is still our Chief of Staff Ding, his command ability I think the big boss is also clear, a few days ago, only three people led the way and dared to go to Yangzhou alone to get the medicine in the Devil Military Hospital, which is not something that ordinary people can do." ” "Okay, Chief of Staff Ding is the commander, I think it's okay, I think it's okay, I raise my hands in favor" The big boss agreed quite happily this time.
At the end of the meeting, the big boss invited Zhou Wu and them to stay in the cottage lobby, and he was going to have a good banquet for the officers of the Independent Brigade today.
Zhou Wu saw that this was okay, at least he could meet with the brothers in those cottages, get acquainted with each other, drink wine, and contact feelings, so he took the officer brothers under the independent brigade to sit down and drink and chat with the big boss.
There was nothing to do overnight, and as soon as Zhou Wu got up the next day, he heard someone outside to report, saying that the brothers who went to reconnoiter the enemy situation of the devil in front had an emergency report, Zhou Wu thought that there was a devil situation at this time, it must be that the little devil was coming to attack, and hurriedly came out, and several scout brothers reported to Zhou Wu breathlessly: "Brigade seat, the devils began to attack Gaoyou Lake in advance, they were divided into six routes from Yangzhou, Gaoyou and Tianchang and rushed to Gaoyou Lake at the same time, Those puppet army traitors on the lake have collected hundreds of boats, it seems that they may be attacking Gaoyou Lake by water, the little devils are mainly the one in the direction of Yangzhou, and the remaining five roads are mostly puppet troops, and the little devils sent officers to command, except for the two roads of Tianchang and the first line, there are no ships prepared on the other four roads, and now the most advanced devil troops have driven to a place less than ten miles away from the lake, and it is estimated that they can launch a waterway attack on Gaoyou Lake in three or four hours. ” t1706231537: