Deputy Chief of Staff Niu and some cadres disagreed, they believed that the remnants of the Kuomintang Army should not be accepted in such a sensitive period, so that the old Chiang, who had concerns about the New Fourth Army, would be given a handle, and they could not find a reason to attack and destroy the New Fourth Army.
Comrades, we can't afford to make such a big mistake.
The commander of the Li detachment patiently said to these comrades: "Your worries are not unreasonable, but it is not a matter of a day or two that this old Chiang wants to attack our New Fourth Army, when the little devils chased them tightly, they were temporarily unable to deal with us, and now the devils have gradually given up pressing and attacking them, and they are about to attack our New Fourth Army." ” "In their view, this Soviet-Central Jiangbei region has always been a nationalized region, and our Communist Party's armed forces should not intervene here, and they were forced to join forces with us to resist the Japanese devil's attack, and now the pressure on the devil's side is slightly loosened, and Huo Huo will sharpen his knife and attack us, which has nothing to do with whether the original Kuomintang troops of the Independent Brigade surrender to us."
"Even if the Independent Brigade does not defect to us, or if the Independent Brigade follows Lao Chiang's orders to attack us, Lao Chiang will still mobilize other national troops around us to attack us.
I am also resolutely opposed to fighting a civil war when such a foreign enemy invades, and I am the last thing I want to see the Chinese fighting the Chinese, and I know that the consequence of doing so is to make the aggressor Japanese devil fisherman profitable. ” "But the matter is there, and we can only find a way to overcome it, defeat it, and defeat the national army that is trying to besiege us and our friendly independent brigade, so that they can know that the New Fourth Army led by our Communist Party is not so easy to provoke, and we welcome to fight side by side with us to kill devils and resist Japan."
"But if you want to take the opportunity to eat us or hook up with the little devils, that's absolutely not good, you have to fight a tough battle, so that they can be honest, and they don't dare to make trouble in the future, otherwise you take a step back, they will go one step further, and there will be no peace, and in the end, not only our New Fourth Army, but even other anti-Japanese armed forces like the Independent Brigade will be eaten by them, and when the time comes, these guys will shake hands with the little devils and unite to slaughter all of us anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians."
Lao Niu and other cadres who oppose the acceptance of the independent brigade listened to the analysis of the detachment commander and felt that it was also reasonable, this old Chiang's methods they had learned more than ten years ago, turning their hands into clouds and covering their hands into rain, although they are still the supreme leaders of the anti-Japanese united front, but in their bones they still regard the New Fourth Army troops led by the Communist Party as a thorn in their eyes, a thorn in the flesh, and they are eager to be uprooted once and for all, and he also has friction with the Eighth Route Army in the north, but most of the northern areas are occupied by Japanese devils.
His own troops were not competitive, and there was not a single decent team left there, so they couldn't fight with the Eighth Route Army.
However, the area around Nanjing is different from the north, this is the Gyeonggi region of the old Chiang Nationalist Government, although in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places can not beat the little devils, forced to move the capital to Chongqing, a land of Bashu far away from the coast, but the old Chiang is still very attached to here, and naturally does not allow the Communist forces to develop and grow in this area.
Therefore, as soon as the Japanese stopped their large-scale pressing and siege on him, Lao Chiang could not wait to start the siege and liquidation of the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, in an attempt to wipe out all the communist forces in Jiangnan and Jiangbei in one fell swoop.
However, at present, although according to intelligence, 50,000 or 60,000 national troops are coming in the direction of Tianchang, the direction of their main attack has not yet been determined, and it is still unknown whether they are coming to the New Fourth Army or the Independent Brigade.
Chen Guofu had been listening to the detachment commander at the meeting just now, and now when he heard that Lao Niu was going to report the matter to the military department, you must know that the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army is now in northern Anhui, which is hundreds of kilometers away, and it will not work for three or two days, and when the order of the military headquarters arrives, the 50,000 or 60,000 national troops who came to encircle and suppress the independent brigade and the Jiangbei detachment have already surrounded themselves tightly.
In this way, not only will the independent brigade not be able to throw itself into the Jiangbei detachment, but even the Jiangbei detachment itself will not be able to protect itself, and if it breaks out of the siege of these heavy troops, it will be jointly strangled by these national troops and the devils who came later.
Chen Guofu stood up and shouted loudly to Lao Niu and them: "Lao Niu, it's too late now, the People's Independent Brigade is sincerely going to join our Jiangbei detachment, and we should welcome and accept them at this time, instead of deliberately delaying and shirking, which will hurt the hearts of other anti-Japanese armed forces who are interested in joining our New Fourth Army." ” "They used to be the Kuomintang, and some people may still have the blood of our sacrificed comrades in their hands, but that is a thing of the past, we are now friendly forces with the Independent Brigade, brothers who are fighting side by side in the same trenches, and the Independent Brigade is the same as our New Fourth Army, they are all holding weapons and fighting with little devils, and now they are cornered by the Kuomintang diehards, they want to take refuge in us, and they need our help to accept, why are we afraid of anything?"
"You think that this time we will not accept the independent brigade, and those Kuomintang diehards who have mobilized the army to encircle and suppress will automatically retreat and tell you, this is simply wishful thinking, how to destroy us, they still do this."
"We simply accept the brothers of the Independent Brigade and fight side by side with them, and defeat the Kuomintang diehards and other little devils and puppet troops who came to attack one by one, so as to save our hard-won anti-Japanese base areas and the anti-Japanese armed forces around the Independent Brigade, and to make those enemies who want to attack us know that our troops who insist on resisting Japan and do not want to be traitors cannot be defeated, so that we can stop the war with war and completely crush their attack.
So that these Kuomintang diehards will never dare to rashly attack us in the future."
"Okay, Chen Guofu said it very well, I agree with Chen Guofu's opinion, some of our comrades are too dogmatic, and they are still thinking about the current problems with the past, the independent brigade is different from other Kuomintang troops, they are an anti-Japanese team that little devils dare not ignore, although they have fought with our Red Army before, but that is already a thing of the past."
"Now our main task is to unite and unite all anti-Japanese forces to defeat the Japanese devils who invaded us, then what problems are there that make some of our comrades suffer from gains and losses, what are you worried about, worrying about what you are worried about, after the independent brigade joins our New Fourth Army, it will affect the morale of our contingent or combat effectiveness, comrades, we should open our arms and warmly welcome these former national army and current new comrades to join our revolutionary ranks, so that our New Fourth Army will truly develop and grow.
Only then will it be possible to defeat the little devils and drive the Japanese out of our China" The more the captain of the Li detachment spoke, the more excited he became, and finally he stood up and kept patting the table with his right hand.
In the end, the party committee voted on the result, except for Lao Niu and the three of them, who had reservations, and passed a resolution to admit the independent brigade.
Chen Guofu was anxious, and before the meeting was dismissed, he hurriedly rushed to Ding Ning, who was anxiously waiting for a response, holding Ding Ning is hands and said to him happily: "Ding Ning, I have to call you comrade in the future, our detachment has decided to officially accept the independent brigade, and you are welcome to join our New Fourth Army team.
This time, you are an independent brigade of the New Fourth Army, and you are welcome to fight devils in the same trench with us."
Ding Ning heard the news, excited, the hope of the past two years finally became a reality, their independent brigade a remnant of the national army that survived the defense of Nanjing, for many years the uncle did not hurt, grandma did not love, and also served as a bandit and water thief team for a period of time, at this time finally became the real New Fourth Army, although the official number has not come down, but this is not so important, the most important thing is that they are now the same team as the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army.
Chen Guofu immediately invited Ding Ning to the headquarters of the Jiangbei detachment, and together with the detachment leader, he studied and discussed how to cooperate in the operation to smash the joint attack of the Kuomintang diehards and the little devil puppet army on the Tianchang anti-Japanese base area and the area around Gaoyou Lake.
Ding Ning hurriedly used the radio station of the Jiangbei detachment to inform Zhou Wu of the news, and after Zhou Wu received the news, he was very relieved and immediately ordered all the officers and men of the Independent Brigade to take off the blue sky and white sun badge on their military caps from now on, and put on a red armband on their left arm, so as to completely break with the Kuomintang government.
Ding Ning had not yet discussed the plan to smash the encirclement and suppression at the Jiangbei detachment, and the scout brothers on the position of Ge Sanmin's Second Regiment in the southeast of Gaoyou Lake found that a large army had driven over more than ten miles away, and after careful investigation, they learned that this unit was the main force of Han someone's attack on Gaoyou Lake, the independent division of the 24th Group Army and three security regiments, estimated at 20,000 horses, carrying a large number of light and heavy weapons, and driving towards Gaoyou Lake, intending to level the independent brigade in Gaoyou Lake in one fell swoop and turn back the battle situation of losing a forward battalion.
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