Chen Guofu didn't buy the account of the political commissar of Niu, and said to him angrily: "Old Niu, you can't decide whether this battle will be fought or not, although the detachment commander temporarily puts you in charge of command, but according to the consistent tradition of our New Fourth Army, this kind of thing must be voted on by the standing committees of the Youth League committees present and a resolution can be formed."
What Chen Guofu means is that although you are now the acting head of the detachment, when you encounter such a major decision-making problem, you still have to go through the voting procedures of the party standing committee, and he can't control the other two regiments, but you can still take the idea of the third regiment yourself.
Zhou Wu felt very embarrassed when he saw Chen Guofu and the political commissar Lao Niu standing up, and hurriedly grabbed Chen Guofu and told him: "Chen Guofu, this incident was caused by my independent brigade, if it weren't for my gullibility in the intelligence of the little devil, this situation would not have happened, and you would not have disagreed and made an unpleasant fuss, I apologize to the commanders of the New Fourth Army, Chen Guofu, you don't have to insist, just do what the political commissar wants."
Zhou Wu wanted to calm things down, lest Chen Guofu and Commissar Niu collide, and the scene would be difficult to clean up.
Chen Guofu was out of the way at this time, and he said to Zhou Wu, who was deeply apologetic: "Brigade Commander Zhou, this is not about your independent brigade, this is our internal problem of the New Fourth Army, we will hold a temporary voting meeting here to let the comrades discuss and discuss, whose opinion is more correct" Chen Guofu came up energetically, and he insisted that Lao Niu agree to convene a temporary position meeting to vote on whether or not to take this action against the devil's front team.
Zhou Wu saw that Chen Guofu was resolute, and the political commissar Niu, who had always been resolutely opposed, was also flushed, and he didn't give in, feeling that it was a bit bad for him to be a national army officer again, so he hurriedly found an excuse to retreat.
As soon as Chen Guofu waited for Zhou Wu and them to leave, he immediately said to Lao Niu: "Political commissar, hurry up and have a meeting, what do we say in front of the comrades, if everyone thinks that I Chen Guofu is wrong, I will immediately admit my mistake on the spot, and make a profound review to the party committee and all comrades, if this action plan is passed, then we will quickly choose an ambush position before the little devil arrives here and beat the devil fiercely, do you say this is okay?"
The leaders of several other regiments of the Jiangbei detachment also agreed with Chen Guofu's proposal to hold a meeting, and although Political Commissar Niu was a person who had seen the world, he could not bear a proposal from these regiment leaders at the moment, so he had to agree to convene a temporary meeting on the battlefield to discuss whether to take action against the devil forward.
The result of the provisional military meeting was that, except for Political Commissar Niu and a deputy regiment commander of the first regiment, who did not approve of the ambush of the devil's forward, the leaders of the other regiments unanimously believed that this opportunity was rare, and that winning the war could greatly boost the anti-Japanese confidence of the vast number of anti-Japanese armed forces in the Jiangbei region, deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the little devils, and force them to restrain themselves in future operations.
This will not cause large losses to the Jiangbei detachment, and besides, since the New Fourth Army was officially established, it has not fought a decent battle with the little devils, so this time it will be regarded as a practical training after learning from the independent brigade of the national army in regular warfare, and as long as the scale is properly grasped, there should be no major leaks.
Seeing that the comrades' opinions were all in favor of fighting this battle, Political Commissar Niu shouted to Chen Guofu: "Comrade Chen Guofu, I can't make such a major decision, the detachment commander has handed over the detachment to me for temporary command, and I must be responsible for the brothers of the entire three regiments of the detachment, and I cannot take action just because the meeting passed a resolution."
Lao Niu still insisted on not fighting the front team of these devils, for fear that if something leaked, he, the temporary detachment commander, would not be able to deal with him.
Chen Guofu said to Lao Niu: "Political commissar, aren't you afraid that if something goes wrong, the detachment leader and superiors will find you to settle accounts, it's okay, we will immediately send a report to the detachment leader and ask for his opinion, if he can do it, we will act, otherwise cancel this action plan, immediately retreat to the Tianchang base area, and never drag mud and water."
Chen Guofu saw that this political commissar really adhered to principles, and refused to agree to the implementation of the action plan to fight the devil forward, it seems that only by asking the captain of the Li detachment to make a decision can the current dispute be settled.
However, the New Fourth Army did not have a radio station at hand to contact the base area, Chen Guofu thought of Zhou Wu of the Independent Brigade, and hurriedly came over and said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade Commander Zhou, I'm sorry, I have to trouble you, we have an important matter to ask our detachment commander to make a decision, but there is no radio station at hand, can you borrow the radio station of your Independent Brigade to contact our base area." ” Zhou Wu heard that this was the case, and even lent the communication corps and the radio station to Chen Guofu without saying a word, anyway, the independent brigade had also contacted the base area before, and both sides knew the code, and now at this emergency moment, it was too late to discuss the password, so it was good to contact according to the previous contact password.
Soon, the commander of the Li detachment in the base area had a reply: In view of the fact that the majority of comrades are in favor of fighting the devil's front team, and if you can ensure the safe withdrawal of the troops, you can implement this plan together with the independent brigade of the friendly army, but you must be careful not to fall in love with the devils, and if you cannot completely end the battle within half an hour, you must retreat immediately As soon as the reply of the captain of the Li detachment arrived, Chen Guofu became a lot more emboldened, and the political commissar Niu, who had always insisted on opposing the devil striker, was unable to do so at this time, so he had to express his obedience to the orders of his superiors and assist Chen Guofu in completing this combat mission.
Zhou Wu looked at this situation, and felt that if his independent brigade didn't mix with this matter, it wouldn't be too much, the New Fourth Army helped you again and again, and now people want you to hit the little devil striker, you don't dare to refuse, who will come back to help you in the future, let it go, today I will fight this little devil forward with the brothers of the New Fourth Army, and see how capable these devils are Zhou Wu immediately ordered all the brothers of the Independent Brigade to immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and sent several teams of scout brothers to reconnoiter the terrain on the road where the little devil must enter, and he himself hurriedly took out the military map and chose a fork in the road as an ambush site.
The brothers who reconnoitred in front quickly came to report: "Brigade seat, the little devil forward is already less than four or five miles away from us at this time, and is moving quickly to this side, the fork in the road you designated is wide, and we reconnoiter that we think we can arrange a large force." ” Zhou Wu immediately told Chen Guofu about the situation, and Chen Guofu also felt that it was more appropriate to set up the ambush circle at this three-way intersection, so he said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade Commander Zhou, you see how to put the troops up."
Chen Guofu means to hear how Zhou Wu and them play, after all, it is not a system, the combat methods and the number of roads are different, although the two sides have learned a lot of each other's combat experience before, but after all, it is a lip service, at most the level of military exercises, not like this time to unite with the little devil to do real swords, in case of bad coordination, there will be a big mess.
At this time, the political commissar Niu Da, who had figured it out, put forward a bold method: In view of the fact that the New Fourth Army was not yet proficient in positional warfare, the commander of the Independent Brigade Zhou Wu should take unified command of the three regiments of the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and make use of the terrain advantages here to rationally arrange the deployment of troops, so that the possibility of victory would be greater.
To say that this Niu Da political commissar is really selfless, once he figured it out, he loyally supported the decision of his superiors and meticulously and strictly implemented the tasks assigned by his superiors, which even Chen Guofu, who had always been awkward with him, was quite admired.
Zhou Wu heard that the political commissar Niu was going to hand over the command of this battle to himself, and waved his hand again and again: "I don't dare to do this, I can command the national army normally, but I have no experience in commanding your New Fourth Army, you better ask for another master, I am willing to obey the command of the commanders of the New Fourth Army."
Zhou Wu was quite modest in his resignation.
When Chen Guofu heard this, he said: "Brigade Commander Zhou, this is not a dinner treat, there is nothing to excuse, the devil is about to arrive, let's stop talking nonsense, how do you usually command the independent brigade, now treat us as the three regiments under the independent brigade, where is there any experience in this kind of thing, here, count you with the highest rank, the oldest qualification, and the most powerful positional battle with the little devil, you can command it, and let us open our eyes." ” Several other regiment commanders of the New Fourth Army asked Zhou Wu to be the commander-in-chief of the battle, but Zhou Wu saw that he could not resist their enthusiasm, so he had to agree.
Zhou Wu first put the troops of the Independent Brigade along the fork in the road, Chen Guofu's third regiment was on the left flank of the independent brigade, responsible for luring the enemy deep into the ambush circle, and then closed the door and tightened the pockets to withstand the task of the encircled devil forward troops, the independent brigade and the second regiment of the New Fourth Army were responsible for the frontal main attack task, responsible for striking the front of the devils who entered the ambush circle, and the other regiment of the New Fourth Army quickly detoured back to the flank of the devil's front team, and waited for the little devil forward team to enter the ambush circle, and immediately sealed the intersection to play the role of closing the door and beating the dog.
The big guy expressed no objection to Zhou Wu's combat deployment, and Lao Niu said: "Comrades, today is the first large-scale positional battle between our New Fourth Army and the brothers of the Independent Brigade of the friendly army since it arrived in Jiangbei, and we have to learn from the combat experience of the Independent Brigade. ” Lao Niu's political commissar is worthy of being a political cadre, and in such a short time of preparing for the battle, he did not forget to do a pre-war mobilization to the brothers of the New Fourth Army, which praised Zhou Wu's independent brigade, and Zhou Wu was embarrassed to hear it.
"The political commissar said seriously, our Independent Brigade is not as evil as it is rumored outside, if it is really that powerful, our Independent Brigade will not have to trouble your brothers of the New Fourth Army to come to rescue us again and again.
This time to fight the striker of the little devil, we only need to grasp two main points, that is, the battle time should be short, because not far behind the striker of the little devil is the main force of the devil brigade. ” "So we must end the battle within half an hour, if the situation on the battlefield changes, so that we can't end the battle within half an hour, we should decisively withdraw from the battlefield and quickly retreat in the direction of Gaoyou Lake, otherwise we will fall into the dangerous situation of being surrounded by the main force of the little devil again." t1706231537: