Zhou Wu listened to Ding Ning's words, and felt reasonable, indeed he sometimes had to make this kind of mistake, thinking that after retreating from the Yangtze River to Jiangbei, in order to let the brothers take a breath, he wasted two or three days on the bank of Jiangbei in vain, so that the little devils and the puppet army who caught up behind kept beating the butts of the independent brigade, and fought a positional battle with the devils in a small town by the lake with no chance of winning. only to save the seeds of their independent brigades.
Now he has encountered the same situation two years ago, this time he can no longer fall where he fell, and he must grit his teeth and insist on moving the team, looking for Chen Guofu and them of the New Fourth Army, so that it is possible to break out of the encirclement of the Kuomintang's heavy troops, gain a foothold in the mountainous areas of northern Anhui, and create an anti-Japanese base to fight devils.
Zhou Wu ordered: "A group of fat men to take the lead, lead the health company and the light and serious wounded to go first, in view of the situation provided by Chen Guofu before the war, to the north of Tianchang, west of Hongze Lake in the mountains of northern Anhui Dahu Mountain, along the way to inquire more about the situation of the New Fourth Army, the radio station has been all damaged in the battle, send people to report the situation along the way, the second regiment Ge San dwelling, with the brigade headquarters and the villagers who withdrew from Gaoyou Lake, follow the first regiment and set off, contact the fat man at any time, Xiao Zheng's third regiment is behind, They acted together with Zhang Ercheng's artillery battalion and Lao Xu's quartermaster department, and the third regiment used two battalions to escort the artillery battalion and the quartermaster brothers. ” Zhou Wu's retreat this time is a long snake formation, to say that this formation is not very good, because as long as the enemy suddenly jumps in, pinching the head and removing the tail, Zhou Wu and them can be divided and surrounded, and then gather and annihilate, eat cleanly, as a battle-hardened officer, Zhou Wu did not take into account the pros and cons of this formation, but at this time he really has no extra troops to send, and he even evacuated with thousands of ordinary people who escaped from Gaoyou Lake, and those bottles and cans that are like a big move also brought a lot, As for the safety of the middle two wings, Zhou Wu placed the remaining thousand brothers of Ge Sanmin's second regiment on the periphery of the team, which not only played the role of guarding the brigade headquarters and the common people inside, but also took on the task of covering the two wings.
If you can't get it right, it's a drudgery of running back and forth, but Ge Sanmin, as always, accepted the task of centering without complaint, and led his brothers to hurry up to prepare.
As the chief of staff, Ding Ning still felt that Zhou Wu's long snake formation was a little hanging, and he suggested to Zhou Wudao: "Brigade seat, I see that the three regiments are a bit too many troops after the break, and the artillery battalions and Lao Xu's quartermaster office in the back are also teams that can fight, when they encounter the enemy, they are definitely stronger than the unarmed and inexperienced people in the middle, it is better to draw Zhang Ercheng's artillery battalion and the brothers of Lao Xu's quartermaster department to Ge Sanmin, and put some artillery on the left and right wings, so that Ge Sanmin will have more confidence, Even if you encounter a large group of enemies on the way to evacuate, covered by Zhang Ercheng's artillery fire, coupled with Lao Xu's logistical supply support, you can resist for a while, so that you will not be quickly torn apart by the enemy and threaten the fathers and villagers inside.
Ding Ning considered things more specifically and cautiously, and he made suggestions to Zhou Wu in a timely manner.
When Zhou Wu heard this, he patted his head: "Ding Ning, I'm confused, why didn't I take into account the combat effectiveness of Zhang Ercheng and Lao Xu and their brothers, although Lao Xu's brothers are not combatants, but they will not be worse than the fat man's subordinates in battle, yes, just arrange according to what you said, hey, I almost made a mistake again, thanks to Ding Ning, you reminded me in time." ” Ding Ning smiled slightly: "What does the brigade seat say, I am the chief of staff, and my duty is to remind the military director, this is my business, you don't have to be polite." ” The fat man began to set off with a group of thousands of brothers, and the fat man was cautious this time, and put all the girls, nurses, and doctors of the health company in the middle of the team, and also specially drew out a company, and collected all the company weapons of the whole regiment, and equipped them all with the company to protect the health company and the wounded, and appointed a battalion commander to command the guard company.
You'll have to escort them to safety."
Of course, the commander of the first battalion knew the arduousness of this task: "Don't worry, I have exhausted myself, and I have to escort the wounded brothers and the sanitary company to safety." ” "You can't die, you're all dead, who will protect these people, cheer me up, and complete the task alive" The fat man listened to the heartfelt words of the battalion commander under his command, and couldn't help but feel emotional, almost had a sore nose, and wanted to shed tears, when he saw that something was wrong, he hurriedly turned his head and waved his hand to let the battalion commander hurry up and prepare, it's time to go, don't be slow.
Then Zhou Wu and Ding Ning and the villagers who escaped from Gaoyou Lake also set off, looking at the endless team, it was a winding long dragon marching on the flat ground, Zhou Wu sighed: "Ding Ning, I originally wanted to win the battle and give a meeting gift to the New Fourth Army, but I didn't expect to be beaten by the little devil and Han someone to give up Gaoyou Lake, the brothers lost more than half, and they went to find the New Fourth Army, so ashamed." ” "Brigade, although we have given up Gaoyou Lake this time, but our main force is still there, it is not a big defeat, you must know that people are the most important thing now, Gaoyou Lake is lost, there are Hongze Lake and other places larger than Gaoyou Lake in the north, and people are gone, it is not easy to supplement and train them to become a qualified veteran of fighting devils, it is much more difficult than grabbing territory, so as long as we veterans are still there, we are not afraid, maybe we can develop better than in Gaoyou Lake when we get to the New Fourth Army."
Although Ding Ning was very sad in his heart, he still comforted Zhou Wudao.
To say that it is not sad to give up Gaoyou Lake, and it is not sad to be sad, after all, Zhou Wu and they have been working hard here for nearly two years, and they have spent a lot of effort in this place where the products are rich and the terrain is dangerous.
"Yes, as long as we find the captain of the Li detachment, we will be able to develop rapidly, and then come to Gaoyou Lake and take it back from the hands of the little devils and the puppet army, Ding Ning, do you feel this way, I think this war will continue, no matter how arrogant and rampant the little devils are, it is impossible for them to win this war, because they are small Japan has a small territory and limited resources, they can't afford to fight such a large-scale war, and the longer the battle line is stretched, the more unfavorable it will be for the little devils, Look at the combat effectiveness of those little devils who are attacking us now compared to those who landed in Shanghai two years ago," Zhou Wu nodded and asked Ding Ning.
"Yes, the combat effectiveness of the little devils is declining, although it is not very strong at present, but I always feel that they are already a bit strong, their small territory and limited resources are the factors restricting their combat effectiveness, but I think it is precisely because of the persistence of our and the anti-Japanese armed forces of the New Fourth Army that these little devils are struggling to cope, and their combat effectiveness will continue to decline.
And since these days, I feel more and more that to win the war with the little devils, it is not possible to rely on our Nationalist Government, Wang Jingwei is also the second-in-command of the Nationalist Government, he can appear as a puppet of the little devils, and form a puppet Nanjing government, you can still have expectations for this Kuomintang government Although Lao Chiang hated this Wang Jingwei to the core, and had to put him to death, but a considerable number of high-ranking Kuomintang officials followed Wang Jingwei to Nanjing to be traitors, It shows that there are not a few people who surrender to the devil and become traitors in the Kuomintang.
Judging from the current situation, our Chairman Chiang can keep the southwest half of the country is to burn high incense, and he is counting on him to take us to drive the little devils out of China" Ding Ning analyzed, during this period of time, the Kuomintang army has been defeated and retreated in the frontal battlefield with the Japanese devils, Wuhan, which had invested a million troops to defend, was captured by the devil's two and a half armies, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangdong and other provinces were occupied by the Japanese devils, the Kuomintang government moved the capital to Chongqing, and only Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Tibet were left in the huge China.
Xinjiang and other southwestern provinces, the situation of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was precarious, and at this time, they should have fought side by side with the anti-Japanese Communist Party to jointly resist the invading little Japanese devils, but as long as the chairman could take a breath, he could not forget that pulling out the thorn in his side was also anti-Japanese and was the New Fourth Army, which was resolutely resisting Japan and killing devils, and sent a large number of elite Kuomintang troops to encircle and suppress the New Fourth Army, and did painful things for those who loved and hated them.
Zhou Wu also felt the same way.
Said to Ding Ning: "At the beginning, I thought that the chairman of the committee could lead us to drive the little devils out, although in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places could not beat the little devils, all the way to retreat, but it was a temporary defeat, one day we will make a comeback, recover the rivers and mountains, even when the city of Nanjing was broken, my father and fellow villagers were massacred by the little devils, my belief has not changed, I believe that one day our national army and all other anti-Japanese armed forces will completely drive the little devils out of China, but then what happened made me doubt this beliefIf the Communist Party has such and such a mistake, the chairman of the committee cannot exterminate such a team that bravely kills devils in Jiangnan and Jiangbei to resist Japan, what is there to wait for everyone to drive out the Japanese devils together, I really can't figure it out, we don't know when we encircled and suppressed the Red Army in the Soviet area before, I thought that as long as I carried out the orders of my superiors, it was the greatest honor of a soldier, but now it seems that we are wrong, we can no longer go on like this, Ding Ning wants to completely drive the little devils out of China, we can only rely on the Communist New Fourth Army, I don't care what kind of doctrine, which kind of faith, now as long as we can fight devils, we are our friends, otherwise we are our mortal enemies, and there is no third way to go." t1706231537: