Zhou Wu received the information from the scouts, and was taken aback, knowing that Han someone in the southeast of Gaoyou Lake would definitely not give up if he lost a forward battalion, but he didn't expect them to come so quickly, so much, a whole integrated division plus three security regiments, nearly 20,000 horses, more than twice the strength of the independent brigade alone, and all of them are all the latest and sophisticated equipment, it seems that Ge Sanmin's pressure is quite great.
Zhou Wu thought about transferring the fat men who were placed in the southwest direction to resist the possible attack of the little devils to Ge Sanmin's side, but after thinking about it for a long time, he felt that it was inappropriate, although so far, he had not obtained information about the activities of the surrounding little devils and puppet troops, but for these old opponents, Zhou Wu still did not dare to take it lightly. ” So after some weighing, he decided to continue to let the fat man's regiment stay in the southwest, and strictly guard against the devils and puppet troops from the direction of Nanjing and Yangzhou, as for Ge Sanmin, who was under unprecedented pressure, Zhou Wu's instructions to Ge Sanmin were to abandon the land position on the southeast shore of Gaoyou Lake, and all of them were transferred to the lake to conceal and scatter the ambush, and the main force of the second regiment was arranged on the waterway that the enemy must enter, and the small detachments everywhere harassed the enemy's flanks and rear teams, and the main force took the opportunity to attack in one fell swoop and annihilate the enemy in Gaoyou Lake.
If a quick victory is not possible, they will quickly retreat to the center of the lake, resist step by step, try to lengthen the enemy's attack formation, and then find out its fatal weak link, concentrate reserve forces to attack, and force the enemy to retreat from Gaoyou Lake.
As for other directions, Zhou Wu really can't draw extra troops to defend, Gaoyou Lake is more than 100 miles long, more than 20 miles wide, and there are dozens of key roads, although Zhou Wu's independent brigade now has nearly 10,000 troops, but except for the logistics production personnel and the troops of a regiment left as a reserve, there are almost no combat troops that can be transferred to guard those key roads.
The defense of those places in the north can only be in the battle to mobilize reserves or ask the New Fourth Army for their help, but from the information obtained so far, the direction of the greatest threat is not the north of Gaoyou Lake, but the southeast that has now been attacked and the devils who may attack in the southwest.
Just when Zhou Wu was anxious and worried about the deployment of this force, Chief of Staff Ding Ning came back from the New Fourth Army, Zhou Wu hurriedly took Ding Ning's hand and said to him eagerly: "Ding Ning, tell me about any specific countermeasures on the part of the New Fourth Army."
Looking at Zhou Wu's anxious appearance, Ding Ning pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, I just studied the battle situation with the leaders of the Jiangbei detachment, this time the enemy is coming, and the number of men and horses alone is more than three times that of us and the Jiangbei detachment combined, and no matter what the opponent's weapons and equipment are, and what the combat effectiveness is, in the current situation, it is impossible for us and the Jiangbei detachment to complete the encirclement of the enemy, because the troops are not enough." ” "The detachment commander suggested that we should not fight hard with a strong enemy, abandon all land positions outside the lake, and move all into the lake where we have an advantage, make full use of the terrain characteristics of Gaoyou Lake, which has many river forks, many waterways, and dense small islands, play hide and seek with the invading enemy, drag them down as much as possible, concentrate superior forces in some places to annihilate the enemy, quickly withdraw from the battlefield after succeeding, and then play hide and seek with the enemy in Gaoyou Lake, and then cut off the enemy's logistical supply routes, forcing these enemies to fight and fight, and unable to go.
Forced them to withdraw their troops from the Gaoyou Lake. ” "Then how is their Jiangbei detachment deployed, do you need the cooperation of our independent brigade" Zhou Wu hurriedly asked about the deployment of the Jiangbei detachment, because in his opinion, the enemy's main attack direction this time may not be the southeast of Gaoyou Lake, although there Han used an independent division plus three security regiments of nearly 20,000 troops to rush over, but in terms of combat effectiveness, Zhou Wu was not too worried that the Ge Sanmin Second Regiment over there would not be able to hold there. ” "According to the intelligence, this independent division was formed by Han someone's absorption of bandits from northern Jiangsu, and it doesn't have much combat effectiveness, and the three security regiments should be on guard, because they have attacked here before as the main force to encircle and suppress the water thieves in Gaoyou Lake, and they are a little familiar with the water battle and the terrain in Gaoyou Lake.
"The detachment commander believes that the total strength of the three regiments of the Jiangbei detachment is only about seven or eight thousand people, and once the six and a half divisions attacked from the direction of northern Anhui all rush over, the Jiangbei detachment may be surrounded by these enemies, in order to preserve the anti-Japanese forces and revolutionary seeds, they decided to evacuate the Tianchang anti-Japanese base area, and the troops were divided into zero, and they went deep behind the enemy to fight guerrillas, and Chen Guofu and their three regiments were the same, and when I came back, they were already preparing."
Ding Ning said.
"Ah, if the Jiangbei detachment fights guerrillas, then our southwest direction will be dangerous, maybe the little devils will also see this situation, and send heavy troops to attack us, if so, I think it is impossible to support the fat man there, it is difficult to let the little devil in, and the equipment of the devils in the lake to play hide and seek with the devils is much better than those of the national army security regiment, and the fast motorboats are enough for us to have a headache."
As soon as Zhou Wu heard that the New Fourth Army had been reduced to pieces and was going to fight guerrillas, his original hope that the Jiangbei detachment would be able to resist him in the northwest direction for a while was shattered at that time.
Zhou Wu thought about it carefully, too, the three regiments of the Jiangbei detachment totaled seven or eight thousand people, plus the local armed forces led by the Communist Party, adding up to about 10,000 troops, not only to cover the retreat of the common people in the base area, but also to fight against the Kuomintang army several times his own, an absolute disadvantage of one to six, the grim reality that the enemy is outnumbered can only do this, it is difficult to be hot-headed, with the courage of the moment, bloody to take these three regiments to fight hard with the 50,000 or 60,000 Kuomintang recalcitrant troops, and say "those who meet on a narrow road win the brave."
But isn't it that there is no narrow road to meet, so why bother to fight a strong enemy Seeing that Chen Guofu and their help could not be counted on in the southwest direction, Zhou Wu said: "Ding Ning, I think they have all rushed together this time, the Kuomintang stubborn army has come over in such a big battle, those little devils around Nanjing will definitely not be idle, I am not worried about Ge Sanmin and them in the southeast, it is estimated that they can resist for a while, no matter how bad they are, they can go around with these guys in Gaoyou Lake to hide and seek, so that they will not be attacked by those security groups immediately." ” "The problem is that the situation in the southwest is unclear now, and there is no intelligence to show that there are signs of enemy action there, this is the most fatal, the little devils are not so kind, deliberately leaving such a gap, I estimate that the enemy's main attack direction this time is very likely to be in the southwest, and those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops who came to attack us are very likely to have reached some kind of agreement with the little devils, and drive our independent brigade and the Jiangbei detachment of the New Fourth Army to the southwest of Gaoyou Lake, and then the little devils sent heavy troops to surround us, gather and annihilate them."
"They also know that as long as our independent brigade is driven out of this Gaoyou Lake, we lose our geographical advantage, and it is impossible to break through from their encirclement, the last time we relied on the Jiangbei detachment to raid behind the little devils to break out of the encirclement, this time even Chen Guofu and they will be broken into pieces to fight guerrillas, who else can we count on to help us break the siege" "In this case, it is better to withdraw all the fat man's regiment to Gaoyou Lake, and also break it into pieces, and form a small detachment of more than ten people as a team, all over the reeds in the lake in the southwest, first arrange a suspicious soldier on the shore, the scale of one platoon is enough, and the enemy who comes to attack will be withdrawn as soon as it comes into contact, lead the enemy to the lake, try to lengthen the enemy's battle formation, and then concentrate the small detachment in a local place, and quickly eliminate the small group of lone enemies and immediately evacuate, and the various departments repeatedly, It will surely make the enemy who enters Gaoyou Lake tired and unable to deal with each other. ” "If the commander of the other party is a smart man, he will definitely withdraw his troops, if he encounters a task such as a dumbfounded, then order the fat man to fight and retreat, and lead the enemy to the center of the lake, and then concentrate all the ships of the Huang Shuisheng Water Warfare Special Service Group, and have a water battle with these intruding enemies, on the boat, on the water, and under the water at the same time to attack the enemy, arrange arson light boats in the downwind, fire attack can also be considered, in short, as long as the enemy has the intention of retreating, we will immediately stop the attack, do not chase the enemy, So as not to be in a hurry and be surrounded by the enemy. ” Ding Ning is worthy of being the chief of staff, and he quickly worked out the basic plan for this battle, and it seems that he already has a draft of the combat deployment from the New Fourth Army.
"Yes, if the enemy is outnumbered and the fat regiment and Huang Shuisheng's navy can't support it, I can use Xiao Zheng's three regiments as a reserve in my hands to smash these three regiments into it, not to kill the enemy, but also to force them back, as long as they retreat, our chess pieces here will be revitalized, and then we may free up our hands to support Chen Guofu and them, who have turned into pieces to fight guerrillas."
Zhou Wu made some additions to Ding Ning's plan, he believed that his independent brigade subordinates would still be able to win this life-and-death battle at a critical moment, although the other party came seventy or eighty thousand horses at once, which sounds old and scary, but as long as the deployment is reasonable, the force is used properly, and the brothers work together, with the familiar terrain, it is not impossible to crush the encirclement and suppression of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army and the little devils combined, and maybe they can also win an unexpected battle.
Stir up the anti-Japanese sentiment around Gaoyou Lake for a while.
Ding Ning was more rational and calm, he listened to Zhou Wu's analysis, thought about the elder for a while, and said: "Brigade seat, you only have one regiment of reserves on hand, and you can't get it back if you smash it out, besides, this time we have no foreign aid, if we put in the reserves, the enemy increases the offensive force, then our independent brigade will be wiped out, this is a dangerous move, and you can't easily smash the three regiments into it unless you have to." ” t1706231537: