At the same time, Zhou Wu also received the news that the middle road of Wang's puppet army passed through Shenjiabang in the middle, and immediately ordered all the units of the Second Regiment on standby to set off quickly and rush to the Shenjiabang area at the speed of a rapid march.
Ge Sanmin's three battalions served as the vanguard of this roundabout outflanking mission, and they made such a big circle on the edge of Gaoyou Lake during the day, which could make these three battalion brothers who served as the vanguard tired enough, but the enemy could launch an attack on the base area at any time, Zhou Wu still gritted his teeth and asked his comrades to speed up the march and rush to the fortress Shenjiabang before tomorrow evening, causing the encirclement of the enemy who had entered the Tianchang area.
Along the way, some soldiers with slightly poor physique were so tired that they couldn't breathe, stopped and stopped, and in the end they simply didn't leave, holding their backs and shouting that they were too tired to rest, Zhou Wu immediately ordered his brothers to quickly support those soldiers who had fallen behind, at this time they must not sit down and rest, once they lay down, they would never wake up.
Ding Ning was also very anxious in his heart, he saw the physical condition of the soldiers under him, and said to Zhou Wu worriedly: "Brigade seat, I think it's better to take a temporary rest, the soldiers are too tired, in this case, if you barely rush to Shen Jiabang, the combat effectiveness of the brothers will be greatly reduced." ” Zhou Wu didn't think so: "Ding Ning, we are so many fewer enemies than the enemy opposite, only by quickly interspersing with Shen Jiabang, can most of the enemy's backs pose a threat to them, if we encounter these enemies head-on, we can't fight so hard like this, we can't beat so many enemies, this is determined by the specific and objective situation, I believe that since our soldiers are not even afraid of so many enemies, they will also be afraid of the fatigue of this long-distance attack."
At this time, Commissar Niu, who came with him, came up, and followed by the young Director Xia, who was out of breath and didn't know where the glasses on the bridge of his nose had fallen.
Political Commissar Niu said to Zhou Wu: "Comrade Zhou Wu, we, the political cadres, come and boost the morale of the soldiers, comrades, let's all sing and refresh ourselves, so that we don't feel sleepy on the road."
Political Commissar Niu took the lead in singing the well-known March of the Volunteers that had spread all over the country at that time, and then the generous melody drank the thick and majestic lyrics of the soldiers, and everyone hummed along, and finally converged into a loud singing, resounding throughout the land of the north of the Yangtze River.
Zhou Wu and Ding Ning were also deeply affected by the power of this song, and he admired this musician who composed the music and lyrics, who could use a movie interlude to sing the soldiers of both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party so concentricly, so cohesively, abandon all the old grudges before, and unite to resist the invasion of the little devils, they played a stronger role than a division or even an army on the battlefield.
The brothers who fell behind during the march listened to this majestic march, and suddenly felt infinite strength in their hearts, and their steps were faster than before, but a few soldiers with poor physique still could not survive the physiological limit of extreme exertion, and as they walked, they fell headlong on the side of the road, and could never get up.
Zhou Wu ordered the soldiers to quickly bury the sacrificed comrades, and the troops continued to march quickly towards Shen Jiabang, on the way Commissar Niu and the young Director Xia took turns to encourage everyone's morale.
In this way, Zhou Wu and the others marched for more than 10 hours in a row, from the station near the horse beach on the edge of Hongze Lake, towards the west bank of Gaoyou Lake, around a large circle, and then turned back to the south, a journey of more than 120 kilometers, and finally arrived at Shenjiabang at about 9 o'clock in the evening after paying the price of running to death and exhausting four or five brothers.
Zhang Ercheng and the others had been waiting for Zhou Wu and them on the periphery of Shen Jiabang, as soon as they saw Zhou Wu, Zhang Ercheng hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "Report to the brigade, our department was ordered to stay here, please instruct the brigade."
The Niu political commissar and Director Xia next to Zhou Wu felt that they were not used to hearing this Zhang Ercheng call Zhou Wu still a brigade seat, a brigade seat, although the Niu political commissar only changed the look on his face slightly, but the young Director Xia finally couldn't help but speak: "I said Comrade Zhang Dacheng, Comrade Zhou Wu is now the commander of the second regiment of the Jiangbei Column of the New Fourth Army, why do you still call it according to that position in the Kuomintang army, this seems a little inappropriate." ” Zhang Ercheng was also very disgusted with this newly arrived Director Xia, and thought, what do I call our traveler, that's my own business, and it's about you, a stinky little hairy child, who is really a dog and a mouse.
Zhang Ercheng just wanted to contradict this Director Xia for a few words, and by the way, he killed his arrogance, but was stopped by Zhou Wu with his eyes: "Zhang Ercheng, you have worked hard, fat man, after they withdraw from Shen Jiabang, is there any new enemy movement here, by the way, you quickly take me to see the commander of the Wang regiment who revolted on the battlefield, if it weren't for them this time, our second regiment would have to pay a big price, we must go to them to see, and comfort them 1" Political Commissar Niu also agreed, Zhou Wu and Ding Ning and Niu Political Commissar and others, under the leadership of Zhang Ercheng, passed through the bunkers and permanent fortifications on the periphery of Shen Jiabang, and came to the regiment headquarters where the head of the Wang regiment was.
We're going to be anxious to wait this time. ” Zhou Wu hurriedly smiled and stretched out his hand, shook Commander Wang's hand and said, "Thank you, Commander Wang, your battlefield uprising not only helped us a lot, but you also chose a correct path for your brothers, from now on, we will be comrades-in-arms who fight side by side against the invaders." ” Commander Wang saw with his own eyes today that the commander of the Independent Brigade of the National Army in the Gaoyou Lake area was so approachable, and he had no official arrogance at all, and he couldn't help but be moved by admiration, and hurriedly replied: "Where is it, in the future, we still have to rely on Brigade Commander Zhou Wu to give us a lot of advice, in the past, my brother and I took the wrong road, and went to the traitor Wang Jingwei, and I really suffered a lot of wrongs, and today I finally saw clearly what those traitors and little devils do, for the sake of our children and grandchildren, we can't continue to work for the little devils with a clear conscience, In this way, I also have to fight devils with the brothers of the New Fourth Army who resisted Japan, so that I can straighten my waist and behave in front of my fathers and fellow villagers, and be an upright Chinese. ” Political Commissar Niu also hurriedly said to Commander Wang: "Commander Wang, we in the New Fourth Army welcome you to revolt, and the principle of our communists is that no matter what you have done in the past you have done this or that bad thing, now as long as you give priority to the overall situation of resisting Japan, resolutely return to the embrace of the people, and fight devils together with all the patriotic and anti-Japanese masses, we all regard it as comrades, and we warmly welcome it."
Commander Wang didn't know who this Niu political commissar in a shabby gray cloth military uniform was, so he was stunned for a moment, and the little young director Xia next to him said: "This is Comrade Niu Fugui, political commissar of the Second Regiment of the Jiangbei Column of our New Fourth Army, he is fully responsible for the political and ideological work of the Second Regiment, and he is my superior, the old revolutionary and old comrade who has gone through the 25,000-mile Long March, you have to ask the Niu political commissar for advice in the future." ” Director Xia took the opportunity to hurriedly pat the butt of the political commissar of the cow, since he came to the second regiment, everything has not gone well, the second regiment from below Zhou Wu, all the way to the ordinary soldiers below, Except for those comrades who have just been sent down from above to serve as political cadres in the Second Regiment, few of the other brothers have taken care of him, everyone hates this one with a lot of ink in his stomach, the export is full of chapters, the literary quality is polite, and the propaganda and agitation are very vigorous, but the amount of gas is narrow, and opening his mouth is this doctrine, the virtue of that principle, his eyes hiding behind black-framed glasses are dripping and turning, and everyone in the Second Regiment doesn't seem to be at ease, since the last time he first came to the Second Regiment, he wanted to give Zhou Wu a dismount when he was blocked back by Commissar Niu.
Director Xia found that he, a newcomer who had just arrived, could only gain a firm foothold by leaning closely on the big tree of Commissar Niu.
Although he has no one who can speak to the Second Regiment now, as long as he adheres to his principles and gets the support of Political Commissar Niu, he should be able to make some achievements in the Second Regiment, and he will not be disappointed in his studies in Yan'an.
Director Xia always believes that although it is now a period for the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to cooperate and fight devils together, there are some issues of principle that must not be compromised, and if this kind of problem is tolerated to continue to develop, it is possible to reproduce the opportunist line of the national army in the early days of the Great Revolution, think about the harm of the national army opportunism to our party, how many communists were killed by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and almost died the newly established Communist Party of China, thanks to Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and other communists to turn the tide.
It is in the midst of saving the revolution and danger that we have today's hard-won situation, and we must never forget this painful lesson, and if we forget it, we will have to suffer greatly.
Although the former Kuomintang middle and high-ranking officers like Zhou Wu fought bravely on the battlefield of resistance against Japan and killed countless enemies, they were after all old officers who came out of the old army, and their ideology and ideology were still the kind of things instilled in them by the original Kuomintang reactionaries.
If it is allowed to develop, it will cause serious consequences, and for this reason, Director Xia has mentioned it many times to the political commissar Niu who is in charge of political and ideological work, but he has been prevaricated by the political commissar Niu on the grounds that the current war situation is urgent. made Director Xia disgraced, so he had to swallow his anger and wait until the battle was over. t1706231537: