Zhou Wu only felt that this situation was serious at this time, if it was really as Ding Ning said, if the little devil attacked Gaoyou Lake from the southwest and the troops of the 24th Army from the northeast, the independent brigade may suffer a catastrophe, although there are a lot of men and horses now, there are enough food and ammunition, and there is still the help of the New Fourth Army in the northwest, but as long as this battle starts, it will be impossible for the independent brigade to be alone in the future, and it must make a choice.
And this is what Zhou Wu is difficult to choose, he has followed this Kuomintang for so many years, is it going to completely break with them today Zhou Wu's heart suddenly couldn't bear such a rapid change, sat down, took out a cigarette, lit it and smoked it hard.
Ding Ning saw the change in Zhou Wu's mood, knew what he was thinking about now, walked over gently, and said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, it's not that our independent brigade wants to betray the chairman, but they forced us to the side of the New Fourth Army, this time they just want to take our independent brigade as a model to set an example, although they were forced to form an anti-Japanese united front with the Communist Party under the pressure of the people across the country, but in their bones they still hate the Communist Party more than the Japanese, in their opinion, the Communist Party is their biggest enemy, Therefore, as soon as the little devils relax their pressure on them, they will withdraw their hands to deal with the Communist Party and the army led by the Communist Party, and at the same time, including those of us who do not listen to their orders, the national army troops, brigade seats, the current situation cannot be made by us slowly, we can only cover the ground with water, and the soldiers will block it. ” "Ding Ning, I know what you said, that Han must have come to Gaoyou Lake to crusade against our Independent Brigade on the order of the chairman, otherwise he wouldn't have the courage to engage in our Independent Brigade, the 79th Army is still there, it seems that this time the top is preparing to kill, to uproot our 79th Army, that's it, Ding Ning, you quickly contact Chen Guofu and them, ask for their help, help us guard against the little devils in the west, and get through the current difficulties first."
Zhou Wu finally changed his position and asked Ding Ning to take the initiative to contact the Jiangbei detachment in the northwest.
At this time, the scouts in front came to report like water: "Three miles southeast of Gaoyou Lake, a national army has been found to be in the front, the number is about one battalion, and it carries all kinds of light Heavy weapons and equipment are coming towards our forward position, and the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment and the 3rd Battalion stationed in the position are asking the brigade seat whether to open fire and resist or withdraw to the lake on the spot."
Zhou Wu and Ding Ning glanced at each other, and immediately said to the scout brothers: "Immediately contact the three battalions in front and ask them to evacuate their positions and withdraw to the lake, remember, before the other party fires the first shot, we must promise not to fire this first shot."
After the scout brothers left, Ding Ning asked Zhou Wu puzzled: "Brigade seat, why do you ask the brothers not to fire this first shot, you must know that this first shot is quite important in the battle, and the opponent has taken the lead, and it will have many disadvantages for our counterattack in the future, I firmly oppose your order to resolutely not fire the first shot, doesn't this give up the opportunity to the 24th Army?"
"Ding Ning, now we are in direct contact with our former friendly forces, also the Nationalist troops, I don't want to bear the notoriety of engaging in friction and firing the first shot, abandon the outer positions of Gaoyou Lake, withdraw to the lake and use the advantageous terrain to annihilate this group of enemies The plan was set yesterday, not firing the first shot is not the best portrayal of thoroughly implementing this battle plan, and I have already told the third battalion to leave some leaflets on the position when they retreat, if those brothers of the 24th Army still have a little Chinese conscience, They should have stopped attacking outside the Gaoyouhu position.
Zhou Wu also wanted to rely on a psychological offensive to stop Han's attack on Gaoyou Lake, which seemed a bit wishful thinking in Ding Ning's opinion.
"Brigade seat, what you said makes sense, but the problem is that since Han is determined to destroy the Independent Brigade, he will also find out in his conscience, in my opinion, it is absolutely impossible to stop the attack, our Independent Brigade will either obey the secret order of the chairman now and launch an attack on the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army in the northwest on the spot, or throw away all unrealistic illusions, take up arms, and the Independent Brigade will all mobilize to beat the 24th Army and those little devils and puppet troops to the death, otherwise, we will die even worse."
Ding Ning bitterly persuaded Zhou Wu, who still had illusions at this time.
Zhou Wu walked back and forth in the war room of the brigade headquarters, and finally gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates: "All the brothers of the independent brigade are ready for battle, as long as the other party enters Gaoyou Lake, all regiments will fight freely and destroy all the enemies who come to attack."
The scout reported that the national army forward is the third battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 24th Group Army Independent Division under the command of Han Mou, chairman of Jiangsu Province of the Nationalist Government, and the battalion commander Li Kefeng, who led the battalion commander, was killed by the fat men of the independent brigade in the countryside of Taizhou a few days ago The guy who was killed by the fat men of the independent brigade in the countryside of Taizhou a few days ago was the brother-in-law of several Li battalion commanders, and at the moment when Chairman Han launched an all-round attack on the Gaoyou Lake Independent Brigade, this Li battalion commander Mao then recommended himself and took the initiative to ask Ying to ask to be the striker, and find Zhou Wu's independent brigade to avenge his dead brother-in-law.
With the mood of avenging his brother-in-law, this Li battalion commander ordered his subordinates to hurry to the southeast of the Gaoyou Post Office, and when they passed through the Gaoyou County Defense Area garrisoned by the little devils in the east, the devils and traitors gave great help, and let these horses pass by with one eye open and one eye closed to the sky and a few shots.
As a result, the three-battalion team led by this battalion commander rushed to the east bank of Gaoyou Lake two or three days ahead of the main force of the independent division behind, and arrived at the position of the third battalion under Ge Sanmin of the second regiment of the independent brigade.
But the situation on the position in front of him, Battalion Commander Li was very puzzled, according to reason, he came over with a battalion of four or five hundred men and horses, and the other party should have reacted, but until they occupied this empty position, they still didn't find any movement from the independent brigade.
One of his soldiers handed a leaflet he picked up on the position to Battalion Commander Li, but this guy tore up the leaflet and threw it away without even looking at it, and strictly ordered his subordinates: Anyone who picks up a leaflet will be burned, and the offender will be shot on the spot."
The battalion commander Li was eager for revenge and ordered his subordinates to immediately launch an attack on Gaoyou Lake, and his company commander suggested to him: "Battalion commander, the river forks in Gaoyou Lake are vertical and unfathomable, although we have collected a lot of ships on the side, but we are not familiar with the terrain here, let's wait for the division to attack after their large army arrives."
"This little company commander is still quite cautious, he is afraid that he is not familiar with the place, and it will be difficult to do it if he rushes in and out.
But at this time, where could the vengeful battalion commander Li listen to the words of this company commander, he also thought that the independent brigade gave up the defensive position east of Gaoyou Lake because he was afraid of their 24th Group Army.
Therefore, the battalion commander who was eager for revenge and merit ignored the advice of his subordinates and ordered his soldiers to quickly board the looted ships and attack the depths of Gaoyou Lake.
Although this battalion commander was a little impulsive, after all, he was still from the regular army of the national army, and he did not dare to let all his subordinates enter Gaoyou Lake in a swarm, leaving a platoon of troops to stick to this position by the lake, and sent a reinforced platoon to serve as a leading pathfinder and reconnaissance, and divided the three companies into three roads, the main force went to the middle and followed the leading team closely, and the remaining two companies followed a company on the left and right flanks slowly, forming a triangular goose marching formation.
The main force company quickly retreated under the cover of the left and right flanks, and such a formation could not only take the initiative to attack the independent brigade in Gaoyou Lake, but also quickly withdraw when it was attacked, so as not to be ambushed by the independent brigade.
Guarding the east side of Gaoyou Lake was Ge Sanmin's second regiment, and since the battalion commander Li led the first battalion to capture the position by the lake, Ge Sanmin took the brothers of the second regiment to ambush in the reeds at the intersections of various waterways in the lake.
It was the height of summer, and the reeds in the reeds were growing lush and lush, and it was much cooler for the brothers to hide inside than outside.
In front, Huang Shuisheng and the scout brothers of their special service group kept coming back to report the enemy's movements, Ge Sanmin heard how only one battalion of troops touched in, and felt a little strange, it shouldn't be, the other party's courage is also bigger, you can capture Gaoyou Lake with a battalion of four or five hundred people, do you think that the ability of your 24th Army is better than that of a little devil, you really don't know the height of the sky, and you come to find death, so you can't complain about our independent brigade, and now I will let you rabbit cubs not go back, All of them sank into the lake and fed the king.
Ge Sanmin immediately ordered the brothers in front to retreat, retreat to the wide water area of the lake to hide, and after all those guys entered the encirclement, after listening to his orders, they attacked in one fell swoop and wiped them all out in Gaoyou Lake.
Ge Sanmin personally took a company of brothers to ambush at the fork in the waterway, five or six brothers a small boat, each bow has a light machine gun, two people are responsible for paddling, two are responsible for shooting, this kind of light boat has a shallow draft, fast speed, in the waters of Gaoyou Lake can be described as a good thing to come and go freely, even if they are caught up by the speedboats that come over, these brothers who are familiar with the terrain of the water can easily get rid of the pursuit, and bring those reckless enemies to the reeds.
Eliminate them one by one, and then those guys who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth will not know how they died.
The summer noon sun shone on Gaoyou Lake fiercely, basking the lake water in the lake to the outside, with a wave in the waterway ahead, gently shaking the reeds and lotus flowers in the water, Ge Sanmin lay on the small boat camouflaged with branches and lotus leaves, and whispered to the brothers: "Everyone, get ready, those rabbit cubs are here." ” t1706231537: