Zhou Wu nodded and said to Ding Ning: "Ding Ning, I think you should handle this matter, be careful not to let that Han someone seize the handle of our independent brigade, it is an eventful time, it is best not to make trouble."
Zhou Wu was worried that Chairman Han would take the opportunity to run on the Independent Brigade, and he would not be able to go to the top to reason at that time.
But Ding Ning didn't think much about it, he thought that Zhou Wu was still swaying left and right on the issue of throwing himself into the New Fourth Army and continuing to listen to Lao Jiang, ambiguous, and now there was just something there, let it be, and see what the attitude of the upper authorities towards the Independent Brigade was, if the above turned a blind eye to this matter, then the Independent Brigade would wait for the situation to see, if the above took the opportunity to order someone Han to send troops to encircle and suppress the Independent Brigade, then it was just the right thing to force Zhou Wu to completely lean towards the New Fourth Army.
Ding Ning and their past year, many times felt the New Fourth Army behind the enemy line of active resistance, thinking that only the Communist Party-led New Fourth Army is the real anti-Japanese team, more and more feel that they can only rely on the New Fourth Army to resist the little devils here, for those sacrifices in Shanghai and Nanjing to avenge the sacrifice of the national army brothers who died in Shanghai and Nanjing, but also for those innocent villagers who died in the Nanjing massacre, Zhou Wu is still hesitant, fantasizing about relying on the strength of the Kuomintang to regroup and avenge his relatives who died in the hands of devils.
But in the current situation, Zhou Wu's approach of being left and right, and not offending both sides will definitely not work, and in the end he will still offend both ends, so it is better to be optimistic, stand on a good position and throw himself over, kill the devil and remove the traitor, and avenge the relatives and fellow villagers.
The villagers in the village where Lao Wang buried things were all transferred to Gaoyou Lake, Zhou Wu arranged for them all to live on the island in the lake, and those young men asked to join the independent brigade to fight devils, anyway, the village was burned by the little devils, and they couldn't go home for a while, so they killed the devils in the independent brigade, and then went back when the devils were driven out.
Lao Wang buried a lot of treasures in the village, Ding Ning and they carefully counted and estimated, it can fully support the expenses of so many people and horses in the Gaoyou Lake Independent Brigade for three or four years, after Zhou Wu knew, he discussed with Ding Ning: "Ding Ning, you see if this will work, we have money now, the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army has helped us many times, I think we will send some of the current oceans over, and we will thank them for the remuneration of our independent brigade many times."
"Zhou Wu wants to send some money to the Jiangbei detachment that has rescued the Independent Brigade, I heard that the New Fourth Army has been blocked by little devils and diehards these days, and the days in the base area are too tight.
Ding Ning also agreed with Zhou Wu's proposal: "Okay, I think this proposal is very good, the New Fourth Army has been blocked by the devils and the national army faction in our national army during this time, I heard that many of the wounded of the New Fourth Army have no medicine to treat, and salt and other necessities are also in short supply, otherwise, in this situation, it is better to send things than to send salt and medicine, and we will spend money to purchase a batch of necessary materials such as salt and medicine in the national control area, and the New Fourth Army will definitely welcome it." ” "Okay, just as you said, immediately explain this matter to Lao Xu of the Quartermaster Department, he is familiar with him, there are many ways, he should be able to handle it smoothly, and when you send something, send someone over, listen to Chen Guofu, what they mean, and still need the help of our independent brigade Just open your mouth, we will do our best."
Zhou Wu instructed Ding Ning.
"Why don't I personally bring things to the base area, anyway, I've been there several times, and Chen Guofu is also familiar with them, and I can talk to their detachment leader."
Ding Ning took the initiative to ask Ying to take supplies to the New Fourth Army to find out the situation.
The situation is now complicated, the relationship between the various forces is quite delicate, and the slightest carelessness will lead to unforeseen consequences, so it is necessary to be cautious.
Ding Ning, as the chief of staff of the Independent Brigade, is the best candidate to deal with the New Fourth Army, Zhou Wu immediately agreed to Ding Ning's proposal, and after Lao Xu procured the supplies, Ding Ning went to the New Fourth Army immediately with his things.
To say that Lao Xu of the Quartermaster Department is really not covered, under the condition that the blockade is quite tight, he obtained a large number of salt, medicines and other materials that are in short supply in the New Fourth Army through the door in the national control area, which can not only allow the brothers of the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army to support for a period of time, but Zhou Wu also kept some for himself just in case.
Ding Ning took these things to the New Fourth Army base on Tianchang's side, and met Chen Guofu of the Third Regiment, Chen Guofu was already the head of the Third Regiment, after the recommendation of the captain of the Li Detachment above, Chen Guofu was officially appointed by the Military Department of the New Fourth Army as the head of the Third Regiment of the Jiangbei Detachment, and Lao Niu was transferred from the Third Regiment to the detachment as the deputy chief of staff, which was considered a high promotion, and the new political commissar did not have a suitable candidate for the time being, and the superiors decided that Chen Guofu would temporarily serve as the political commissar of the Third Regiment first, and wait for the right candidate.
The arrival of Ding Ning, for Chen Guofu and them, can be described as a long drought day coincided with timely rain, those materials brought are really a charcoal in the snow, the Jiangbei detachment from top to bottom is very grateful for the selfless help given by the independent brigade at this time, and the captain of the Li detachment also held a special welcome banquet to entertain Ding Ning from the friendly independent brigade.
During the banquet, the guests and hosts talked very happily, and after the dispersal, the captain of the Li detachment stayed behind Chen Guofu and the political commissar Niu and a few of them said to Ding Ning: "Chief of Staff Ding came to our base this time and sent these precious and urgently needed materials, our Jiangbei detachment is grateful, you are the real friendly brother troops, thank you Brigade Commander Zhou Wu, I hope that we can continue to cooperate and be friendly in the future, and do not engage in economic blockade and unprovoked provocations against us like other Kuomintang troops, we and the national army are friendly troops under the anti-Japanese united front, Don't do that kind of thing that makes little devils and traitors see jokes.
The Li detachment said angrily to Ding Ning in response to the recent repeated and unprovoked provocations by some Kuomintang contingents against the troops of the New Fourth Army.
Ding Ning came this time to inquire about the situation to the Jiangbei detachment, and he was worried that he couldn't speak, as soon as he heard the detachment leader mention it first, Ding Ning hurriedly said: "The situation that the detachment leader said, our independent brigade has also received a similar order, but they have all been taken down by our brigade seat, and the brigade seat thinks that we are all friendly troops in the same trench, and we must not do this kind of stupid thing that makes the little devil and traitor laugh at it, and I was sent here this time to hear your views on this matter from the New Fourth Army. so that we can cooperate concretely in the future.
Ding Ning did not specify, but he believes that with the comprehension ability of these leaders of the New Fourth Army, they should be able to know the current situation of the independent brigade, although it still maintains a friendly and cooperative relationship with the Jiangbei detachment, but after all, it is still the establishment of the national army, and it has not played the banner of breaking away from the national army and standing on its own, so it is better to take it easy.
The detachment commander smiled and said to Ding Ning: "Your independent brigade received an order for you to besiege and blockade our Jiangbei detachment, we have long known about it, and now we see that only your independent brigade in the surrounding area did not engage in friction with our New Fourth Army, blockaded us, and sent us urgently needed materials in time, it can be seen that your independent brigade is the real friend of our New Fourth Army, as the saying goes: adversity sees the truth."
That is to say, the relationship between your independent brigade and our Jiangbei detachment, chief of staff, you can go back and tell Brigade Commander Zhou Wu that our New Fourth Army is a friend and righteous and will never do anything to secretly do something against friendly troops. ” Ding Ning heard that the New Fourth Army had already learned of this secret order, so he felt that he and Zhou Wu were a little petty, and hurriedly said to the detachment leader: "Detachment leader, you also know that our independent brigade is still the regular army of the national army under the national government, although it has lost contact with the war zone for almost two years, but we can't clearly disobey the orders above, and sometimes we have to ask your army to understand the situation of our independent brigade." ” The detachment leader nodded and continued to Ding Ning: "Yes, we are also clear about this, if you really can't bear it, just say hello to us in advance, we will make corresponding countermeasures, and we will definitely not make your independent brigade embarrassed, please rest assured." ” Ding Ning was about to open his mouth to thank the New Fourth Army for thinking so thoughtfully for the independent brigade, when a young man with glasses hurriedly ran in outside, whispered a few words in the ear of the detachment leader, and the detachment leader's face immediately became ugly, stood up and said to Ding Ning: "Chief of staff, I'm sorry, there is an emergency I want to deal with immediately, please wait here for a while, I'll come over right away."
After the detachment leader finished speaking, he nodded to Chen Guofu and Deputy Chief of Staff Niu, and the three of them hurriedly went out to another room.
Ding Ning was left alone thinking hard, Ding Ning wondered: What is so urgent that he immediately cut off his conversation with himself, could it be that the New Fourth Army has received urgent information, will it have any impact on our independent brigade, or is it because our national army troops are going to start a large-scale operation against the New Fourth Army Just as Ding Ning was thinking wildly, the detachment leader walked in with Chen Guofu and them with a serious expression, and said to Ding Ning, who was at a loss: "Chief of Staff Ding, I'm sorry, I originally wanted to keep you here for a few more days, but we just received a piece of information, one of our intelligence officers was captured by the 24th Group Army of your National Army, and it is possible that he has defected, according to the information urgently provided by our inner line there, he has confessed to the 24th Group Army of the National Army the connection between your independent brigade and us, That Chairman Han is planning to mobilize heavy troops to attack your independent brigade, so you must go back immediately, tell Brigade Commander Zhou Wu, and let him hurry up and get ready, so as not to be caught off guard by someone Han, if there is anything that needs the help of our Jiangbei detachment, even if it is proposed, we will continue to help you, because this matter starts with us, and your independent brigade is different from other Kuomintang teams, it is a real anti-Japanese team, and our New Fourth Army is a real friendly brother unit, how can we do nothing." t1706231537: