The commander of the Devil Brigade hurriedly ordered his subordinates to escort that Yoshida back, he looked at the stunned Yoshida and said: "Remember the credit for your desperate siege of the city in Nanjing, spare you this time, you don't have to work in the army, go back to your hometown in Japan." ” At that time, although the little devil could not eat all of the huge China at once, in all the large-scale battles with the Kuomintang army, except for some losses in Taierzhuang and Wanjialing, Jiangxi, the rest of the places were basically smooth sailing, singing triumphant songs, especially recently the devil's secret service has successfully rebelled against the old Chiang, and thinks that he is more capable than the old Chiang.
Wang Ching-wei, the handsome vice chairman of the Kuomintang, planned to support a traitor regime with a pro-Japanese national army in Nanjing, if this Yoshida was expelled from the army and sent back to his hometown in Japan, it would not be better than directly shooting him, basically a person like him can't hold his head up in Japan, and can only be a man with his tail between his legs, which is precisely not Yoshida's character, so when he heard that the commander of the devil's brigade was going to drive him back to his hometown in Japan, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, you still let me break it off on my own, For the sake of my service to the Imperial Army, please."
The commander of the Devil's Brigade heard Yoshida shouting, and thought that he was also an officer who had made meritorious achievements in battle, and if he really killed him, it would be difficult for him to explain to his superiors, so he ordered this Yoshida to be removed from his post on the spot and demoted to the position of squadron leader.
Hearing that he didn't have to go back to his hometown in Japan, Yoshida was immediately overjoyed and thanked the brigade commander vigorously, and the chief of staff of the devil brigade felt that it would be good to solve it in this way, so he nodded and agreed.
The commander of the devil's brigade saw that he had spent so much effort, but he only captured Gaoyou Lake, where one person went to the empty building, and lost hundreds of excellent imperial warriors, but he couldn't get much cheap, and he was furious, in order to vent the anger in his heart, he ordered his subordinates to set fire to all the houses such as Zhou Wu's command post on the small island in the middle of Gaoyou Lake, and all the fortifications in the lake were blown up.
The farmland that the people who fled to the lake who had worked so hard to build were all destroyed, and after a lot of burning and looting, in fact, those valuable household goods had already been taken away by the people, only these houses and fields that could not be taken away, the commander of the devil brigade left a squadron of devils to stay in Gaoyou Lake, and the rest of the troops set off to return to Nanjing and Yangzhou.
At this time, Zhou Wu and the fat man were already driving the boat to the northwest shore, and a sharp-eyed brother pointed to the direction of the lake and shouted to Zhou Wu: "Brigade, look, the little devil is setting fire to our house."
Zhou Wu hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked at the center of the lake, only to see the black smoke rising into the sky, hovering over the center of the lake for a long time, and it didn't disperse for a long time, the fat man also saw the black smoke over there, and scolded the little devil: "Damn, these devils are really lacking in morality, they can't find us, but they take those houses that can't run to vent their anger, what kind of thing has the ability to let the horse come over, and have another big battle with Lao Tzu" Zhou Wu glanced at the fat man: Isn't this nonsense, if the little devil could come over, he would have rushed over a long time ago, why should he be angry with the houses on the island in the middle of the lake, thinking that those houses are old antiques, and there are several of them are monuments from the Ming Dynasty, which have been preserved without much damage, but I didn't expect it to be destroyed in the hands of this group of barbaric devils, and when the time comes, I have to find these devils to settle accounts.
Then the brothers of the Second Regiment led by Ge Sanmin and Huang Shuisheng and their special service regiment also rushed to the dock in the northwest, Zhou Wu hurriedly asked his brothers to quickly count the losses of personnel, and reported it, he and Ding Ning pondered again, how to contact the brothers of the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army on the shore who had been broken into pieces to fight guerrilla warfare, oh, now that the Independent Brigade has joined the New Fourth Army, they should be called comrades.
The casualties were quickly reported, the fat man's regiment suffered the greatest losses, a regiment of nearly 2,000 people now only had more than 400 brothers who could fight with guns, and the rest were more than 700 killed, more than 800 were seriously wounded, and the wounded were stuffed in the health company, and the howling and moaning resounded throughout the earth, so busy that Shi Gazi and Shen Lina couldn't touch the ground and were sweating profusely.
The voices were broken, but there were still many wounded people who were sent to the field hospital temporarily set up on the shore, and the stretchers were not enough, so Shen Lina and the others temporarily spread a cloth on the ground and used it as an operating table to rescue the wounded.
The wounded brothers came too much at once, and the first-aid medicines in the health company were in an emergency, thanks to Lao Xu of the Quartermaster Department who snatched out a batch of medicines from the lake in advance, so that Shen Lina and them treated the wounded brothers and saved the lives of many injured brothers.
The fat man listened to the casualty report, his eyes were black, and he immediately sat down on the ground, and was helped up by the two brothers around him, and before he could open his mouth to complain to Zhou Wu, the brothers who reported the casualties spoke again: "The casualties of the second regiment are second only to the first regiment, and there are less than 500 brothers left in this battle of more than 2,000 people, and there are more dead than the first regiment, reaching 800 people, and the rest are all wounded, and they are rushing to the health company for rescue and treatment." ” Ge Sanmin's mentality is much better than that of the fat man, he listened to the battle damage report, but the face on his face changed slightly, and soon returned to normal, coughed twice and said to the fat man: "Fat man, don't worry, the main force of our independent brigade is still there, the third regiment is still there, we can still develop and grow again, and we will get this account back from the little devil." ” Zhou Wu and Ding Ning nodded, and said to the fat man: "Fatty, we can withdraw in time this time, it's still worth celebrating, don't be discouraged, these brothers who died on the battlefield died well, they are sacrificed for the sake of these fathers and villagers behind them, as long as we have the support of these fathers and villagers, the little devil will not be able to destroy our independent brigade, until now I know a little bit why the New Fourth Army has such poor weapons and equipment, but they can win battles repeatedly, it's not that their New Fourth Army is particularly capable, It's not that they have divine power to protect their bodies, it's just that they have the support of many poor people, so that they can be at ease in the multi-faceted attack between the devils and the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, come and go freely with these enemies, and can also get the help of patriotic soldiers and civilians everywhere, so they can repeatedly defeat the devils, gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and establish a solid anti-Japanese base area, taking advantage of the little devil's slight relaxation of the blow to him, sent the Kuomintang troops to start the encirclement and suppression of the New Fourth Army, and now the base area of the Jiangbei detachment may have to be expanded several times. ” The fat man came back to his senses and said to Zhou Wu and them: "Brigade, it's okay, I think that when I was in Shanghai and Nanjing, I fought much worse than here, and my fat man has never fallen down and become discouraged, this casualty is not difficult for me, as long as I am given half a year, I promise to pull up another regiment."
"The fat man is not bragging, he has this ability, Zhou Wu and Ding Ning are still quite confident in him, but when they get to the New Fourth Army, we don't know if the way we acted in the independent brigade in the past will work, but it's hard to say.
Hey, don't think about it so much, let's close the team, and talk about it after the current difficulty, since the New Fourth Army can have good leaders like Chen Guofu and Captain Li, then it shouldn't be so difficult for those of them who have taken refuge in the past, otherwise who would be willing to take refuge in the New Fourth Army again Xiao Zheng's three regiments lost the least, except for a company that went to Ge Sanmin to help transport guns and ammunition, the rest still maintained a complete structure and soldiers, and before retreating, those young and middle-aged people were temporarily incorporated into the three regiments, in fact, the strength of the three regiments did not decrease, but there was an extra battalion of men and horses, and the fat man was so red that he grabbed Zhou Wu and shouted: "Brigade seat, why don't you allocate that new barracks to us a regiment, it's really not good, let me and Ge Sanmin share it in half, Now our first and second regiments are only four or five hundred in size, and I can't even raise my head when I get to the New Fourth Army.
The fat man is very good at grinding at this point, and after some bittersweet words, Zhou Wu was a little embarrassed, so he discussed it with Ding Ning, and decided to divide the recruit team of four or five hundred people to the fat man and Ge Sanmin, and also from Xiao Zheng's third regiment and Huang Shuisheng's special agent group In fact, Huang Shuisheng's water war special agent group suffered a lot of losses in this Gaoyou Lake defense battle, and the water ghost brothers who were familiar with the water nature lost nearly half, but he didn't shout poverty everywhere like the fat man, All day long, he shouted and asked Zhou Wu to immediately replenish some of his brothers, and replenish them to the first and second regiments respectively, which boosted the fat man's spirit.
In the end, the entire independent brigade lost nearly half of its brothers, less than 4,000 men and horses who could fight with guns, the rest were either killed or wounded, and many wounded were lying in the place of the health company crying and wailing, which made Zhou Wu and Ding Ning frown and feel distressed.
Seeing this, Ding Ning suggested Zhou Wudao: "Brigade seat, I don't think it's a matter for us to stay on this shore, we must get in touch with the New Fourth Army immediately, and it is best to contact Chen Guofu of the Jiangbei detachment, only by joining them, our independent brigade can be safe, otherwise with our current morale and combat effectiveness, not to mention the devil brigade on the other side of Gaoyou Lake will chase the general, at this time it is the security regiment of the two regiments, I am afraid we will not be able to bear it, we must move the team quickly, while marching, while looking for Chen Guofu and them." ” t1706231537: