Zhou Wuke didn't want to listen to his nagging, and asked him impatiently: "I'll talk about this later, and quickly tell me where the New Fourth Army, which is fighting with you, is now."
Zhou Wu was concerned about how to find the New Fourth Army as soon as possible, so as to accommodate the wounded brothers who were about to collapse, the enemy situation here is unknown, and a large number of enemies will be encountered at any time.
"We met the New Fourth Army team on the edge of a village called Matan more than ten miles ahead, and we don't know what their names are, there are not many people, only thirty or forty people, but the combat effectiveness is very strong, and we can't beat them with a battalion, so we are ashamed to say it."
The captured officer replied.
Zhou Wu finally found a team of the New Fourth Army when he heard this, although there were only thirty or forty people there, but after all, he could find them, so he hurriedly sent someone to notify Xiao Zheng and them who were broken behind, and asked them to hurry up and set off at full speed towards Matan, looking for this team of the New Fourth Army before dark.
With the captured enemy officers leading the way, Zhou Wu and the others quickly found the New Fourth Army team in Matan, but fortunately Zhou Wu and they were in a hurry, if they were one step later, this New Fourth Army team would have to retreat to camp elsewhere after dark.
Because Zhou Wu and the others were still wearing the uniforms of the national army, there was a small misunderstanding between the two sides at the beginning, so they almost had to fight, but the fat man was clever and reported Chen Guofu's name with his throat, so as to avoid an oolong war.
According to them, Chen Guofu and his subordinates also broke into pieces and went to the north to fight guerrillas, and it is estimated that they will have to walk dozens of miles to find them.
Zhou Wu said to the company commander of the New Fourth Army who led the team: "Since we have joined you, then let's go to your regimental headquarters together, we have also joined the New Fourth Army, and now we are comrades, we are brother troops, and we are not separated from each other." ” The company commander of the New Fourth Army still didn't believe Zhou Wu and them a little, although before the war, he heard the regiment commander say that there was a Kuomintang team to throw himself into the New Fourth Army, but when he really faced Zhou Wu and their big team, he, the small company commander, was a little unsure, and he had to send someone to verify it with the above.
Of course, Zhou Wu could see the concerns of the company commander of the New Fourth Army, not to mention him, it was Zhou Wu himself, who suddenly faced thousands of people and said that I am here to defect to you, please lead the way to find your regimental headquarters, Zhou Wu also has to carefully consider and verify, in case the enemy takes advantage of the chaos to get in, then it is okay, the regimental headquarters is not a nest of them, it is strange, the necessary vigilance is what a qualified commander must have, this is a matter of losing his head, but he must not be sloppy.
The company commander of the New Fourth Army immediately sent a messenger to the front to verify the situation, and he took his comrades and Zhou Wu and his large army to camp in this village called Matan.
In the middle of the night, the communication soldiers rushed back, and also brought two people, Zhou Wu got up and saw that these two people were none other than Chen Guofu, the head of the third regiment of the Jiangbei detachment that he was looking forward to, Chen Guofu and a guard hurriedly came with the communication soldiers, saw Zhou Wu, held Zhou Wu's hand for a long time and did not let go, and said: "Welcome you back, we have been waiting for you for a long time, you have worked hard, and we are to blame for not thinking about it and making you suffer." ” Zhou Wu held Chen Guofu's hand, quite emotional, so many days, finally heard Chen Guofu their comfort, finally found the New Fourth Army, and finally met with them victoriously, although the withdrawal from Gaoyou Lake, the independent brigade suffered heavy losses, almost lost more than half of the brothers, but at this time to be able to meet Chen Guofu here, Zhou Wu still felt very lucky, God still favored him, did not abandon him, as long as they found the New Fourth Army, Zhou Wu and they can start over again, kill the little devil.
The next day, the other leaders of Chen Guofu's third regiment who received the news also rushed to the side of Matan, and congratulated Zhou Wu and them on their arrival, and soon, the commander of the Li detachment of the Jiangbei detachment also sent people over here to inform Zhou Wu of them: "Warmly welcome the arrival of the brothers of the Independent Brigade, at present, due to the resolute fighting of our brother units of the New Fourth Army, we have roughly smashed the encirclement and suppression of the New Fourth Army by the recalcitrant Kuomintang army, and we will soon be able to meet again. ” Zhou Wu and they rested in Matan for three days, the Li detachment leader of the Jiangbei detachment came to Matan with several main leaders, saw Zhou Wu and them, shook hands and greeted them, the Li detachment leader held an enlarged meeting of the detachment party committee here, decided to formally accept the independent brigade to join the New Fourth Army, and conveyed to Zhou Wu and them the military order of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, and reorganized the independent brigade into the second Jiangbei detachment of the New Fourth Army, with Zhou Wu as the commander of the detachment, Ding Ning as the deputy commander and chief of staff, and three regiments under its jurisdiction, namely Liu Xiaolei's first regiment and Ge Sanmin's second regiment, and Xiao Zheng's third regiment, Huang Shuisheng's special service regiment was reduced into a detachment special service battalion, Huang Shuisheng served as the commander of the special service battalion, and the positions of the rest of the officers remained the same as before, without change.
Political commissars and other higher-ups will be dispatched as soon as they have a more suitable candidate, and at present, the military directors of various units will concurrently serve as they are concurrently.
Lao Niu, who served as the deputy chief of staff of the Jiangbei detachment at the meeting, disagreed with the question of the selection of political commissar: "Detachment commander, according to our party system, this political commissar must be a Communist Party member, and at present, no one in the independent brigade is a Communist Party member, so I don't think the proposal to let them serve as political commissar is not in accordance with the rules, and I do not agree with this order." ” The captain of the Li detachment listened to this old cow's words, and said to him patiently: "Old Niu, don't we have so many suitable candidates for political commissar now, let's go through this special period first, not to mention anything else, just based on the reality of the desperate struggle between Brigade Commander Zhou Wu and the little devils in the Gaoyou Lake area, they have fully met the conditions for a Communist Party member, now is a special period, Lao Niu, I think we can be more flexible, we don't have to think about things too complicated and rigid, the overall situation against Japan is not good." ” In the end, the commander of the Li detachment proposed that all the members of the party committee vote, and the members of the party committee of the 15 detachments vetoed the proposal of the military director to concurrently serve as the political commissar.
After the adaptation, Chen Guofu and the others all came to Zhou Wu and congratulated Zhou Wu one after another: "Brigade Commander Zhou, oh, no, we should call you Commander Ma now, you will be our leader in the future, and you will be comrades of the New Fourth Army, and from then on we can really kill devils side by side together."
Of course, Zhou Wu and the others were also happy, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army not only did not downsize and withdraw their remnants, but gave them the number of a detachment, which made Zhou Wu and his regiment commanders feel very surprised and moved, they felt that this time to throw themselves into the New Fourth Army was the right thing, or the Communist Party's side came with magnanimity and generosity.
In this way, Zhou Wu's Jiangbei second detachment was temporarily settled in the place of Matan, with the retreat of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, the base of the New Fourth Army gradually recovered, and the old folks who hid in the mountains before the war have returned, this place belongs to the junction of the plain and the mountain, the traffic location is quite important, and the superiors let the newcomer Zhou Wu and Chen Guofu and their three regiments stationed together, defend here, and develop and expand the anti-Japanese armed forces here.
Two months later, the military department sent a group of political commissars to the second detachment of Jiangbei, all of whom were young people who had just come from Yan'an, most of whom were assigned to the following company platoons as political instructors, and those assigned to the regiment were old comrades transferred from the Jiangbei detachment.
It makes me uncomfortable, hey, now I think about it or the freedom that came during the national army, I can do whatever I want, and now this Song political commissar is here, like a housekeeper, it's really unpleasant. ” Zhou Wu listened to the fat man's words and reprimanded: "I said fat man, why are you still in this tune, you have to follow the rules of this place when it comes to a place, and the political commissar sent is a must for the New Fourth Army of the Communist Party, they are in charge of the ideological and political work of the officers and soldiers, which is equivalent to the party representative during our Northern Expedition, we must respect them and not have conflicts with them casually." ” When the fat man heard Zhou Wu's words, he felt bored, why did our old brigade commander become like the new old Song political commissar in their group within a few months of being here, I really can't figure it out.
At this time, a sentry outside came back to report to Zhou Wu: "Commander, the political commissar of the detachment sent by the superior has arrived. ” When Zhou Wu heard this, he hurriedly pulled up Ding Ning next to him, and squeezed his eyes at the fat man who was very aggrieved with a blank face: "Fat man, you see, not only you send a political commissar, but I have become the commander of the detachment. ” After speaking, Zhou Wu and Ding Ning walked out of the detachment with a smile, the original Quartermaster Department Lao Xu has been promoted to the deputy chief of staff of the detachment, in addition to taking care of the logistics of the old profession, Zhou Wu strongly recommended to the military department, assisted Ding Ning as the deputy chief of staff, and also let this Lao Xu play the aspect of resourcefulness, for Ding Ning, who has no matter how big or small, and shares some staff planning tasks for Ding Ning, who is considered in general. t1706231537: