Political Commissar Niu didn't accept this Director Xia's affection, although he also had a little disgust with Zhou Wu and them, thinking that they came from the Kuomintang troops after all, and it was impossible for them to have firm political beliefs like Director Xia and the political cadres sent down.
However, judging from the contacts and exchanges with Zhou Wu and them for so much time, these Kuomintang soldiers who fought bravely on the battlefield of resistance against Japan and were quite good to the common people around the garrison are still quite good.
Things have to be done slowly, how can you become a big fat man in one bite Political Commissar Niu said to the stunned Commander Wang: "Commander Wang, don't care, the officers and soldiers in our New Fourth Army are equal, everyone is a comrade, if you come to me in the future, I will definitely do my best to help, you don't have to be polite." ” Director Xia saw that the sycophants were not patting, but they were bored, and felt very bored, and when he saw Ge Sanmin and Zhang Ercheng behind Zhou Wu, the disdainful gaze they shot at him, he tightened his mouth and retreated to the corner.
Zhou Wu didn't have the heart to entangle with this Director Xia at this time, he thought in his heart how to cooperate with this Wang Regiment Commander who had just come over from the uprising here, and try to create a feeling of soldiers coming to the city to the little devils in the direction of Nanjing and Yangzhou, so that the devils and the puppet army can give up the idea of reinforcing here is the best, if not, he must try to resist the little devils who came to reinforce for more than two or three days, otherwise the encirclement and squeezing of the main force of the column cannot be completed, and the back butt side is torn open by the devils, but it will be troublesome.
Not only could it not smash Wang's puppet army's attack on the base area this time, but it was also very likely to be counter-surrounded by an enemy with an absolute superiority in numbers.
Commander Wang briefly introduced the situation on Shen Jiabang's side to Zhou Wu, at present, all the middle troops of Wang's puppet army have passed through here and are advancing in the direction of Tianchang, judging from their general marching speed, it is estimated that they have rushed to the south of Tianchang at this time, and they are fifty or sixty kilometers away from here.
As for the direction of Yangzhou southeast of Shenjiabang, according to the information that Commander Wang and his master, they have not found any unusual movements of the little devils over there, and Nanjing is also very calm, and it is estimated that the enemy has not yet learned that a puppet army here in Shenjiabang has all surrendered to the New Fourth Army, so they have not yet considered the deployment here.
Zhou Wu thinks that the situation here, the enemies in Yangzhou and Nanjing will know sooner or later, once the enemy knows that something has happened on Shen Jiabang's side, he will definitely adjust the deployment of the enemy who has entered the area east of Tianchang and Jinpu Road, and it is very likely that he will send the elite troops of the devil to fight for the main road of Shen Jiabang, because this place is quite important to the enemy, and cutting off this place is equivalent to intercepting the retreat of Wang's puppet army in the middle road, and those enemies who have entered Tianchang's side will be able to get the price of Fei Boss as if they successfully retreated.
Regarding this point, whether it is Wang Puppet Army or the little devil, they are very clear.
Zhou Wu asked Commander Wang and Lao Jiang to take a careful look around Shen Jiabang, and found that the fortifications here are very particular, there are two permanent fortifications in total, the innermost is the regimental headquarters, and there is a moat with a river surface that is not wide around the outermost fortification, between the moat and the four large bunkers is an open land of more than 100 meters, and the high-power searchlights are constantly shining back and forth on the open ground, although the moat is not so wide, according to Commander Wang, the depth is more than two and a half meters, The attacking team could not swim across the river without crossing the river, and there were all kinds of hidden obstacles set up in the river, which could destroy the rubber boats and small wooden boats that came to cross the river, Zhou Wu especially saw that open field, as long as there was a machine gun on the four pillboxes, if the enemy who came to attack did not have the cover of tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft fire, it was almost impossible to attack here.
After looking at the terrain around Shen Jiabang, Zhou Wu felt more and more that this uprising of the head of the Wang regiment was too meaningful, not only greatly reducing the casualties of the troops of the second regiment, but also this time the main force of their second regiment was all stationed here, unless the enemy on the opposite side sent heavy troops and planes to besiege it, otherwise if he wanted to capture this place, he was afraid that he would have to break several teeth.
The fellow political commissar Niu is also an expert, and when he looked at the terrain here, he said to Zhou Wu: "Comrade Zhou Wu, this time it is really a loss to Commander Wang to revolt, otherwise Battalion Commander Liu and their losses will be great, just these four big pillboxes are not so easy to destroy, not to mention that there are two consecutive permanent fortifications made of reinforced concrete, and the difficulties can be imagined."
This time, Regiment Commander Wang, they have made a great contribution, and I have to report to the commander when I go back. ” "Yes, it can be regarded as the luck of our second regiment, we met someone like Commander Wang, if the little devils put a squadron of little devils here in advance, then it will be difficult for us to gnaw it, and if we don't get it, we will have to lose more than half of the brothers of the second regiment."
Zhou Wu said.
Everyone chatted for a while at the regimental headquarters of Commander Wang, and the time was already more than twelve o'clock in the evening, and Commander Wang hurriedly asked his subordinates to bring some supper to Zhou Wu and their leaders, and they ate and talked with Zhou Wu and them, and talked until three or four o'clock in the morning before they dispersed.
The next day, the little devil's reconnaissance plane was found in the sky above Shen Jiabang, circling in circles over Shen Jiabang's position, Zhou Wu and they got the news, and Wang Tuan Commander analyzed them, thinking that it might be the enemy who had discovered the situation here and was verifying the news.
Ding Ning said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade, it is estimated that the little devil found out that something was wrong here, because according to Commander Wang, the little devil sent a team of devils to garrison here, and now they can't contact that group of devils for two days, they will definitely be suspicious, maybe the devil plane above is trying to contact the devil of the team below." ” When Zhou Wu heard this, he hurriedly turned his head and asked Commander Wang: "Old Wang, do you have a radio station to contact the headquarters of Wang's puppet army?"
"Yes, but the other party has changed the password since last night, and I guess the other side has been aware of this, otherwise it would not have changed the communication password temporarily in this kind of war."
Head Wang replied.
"Yes, I guess it's the same, the enemy has not been able to contact this devil squad, and he is not so relieved that Commander Wang is there, so he first sent a reconnaissance plane to reconnoitre, and then made corresponding tactical adjustments according to the situation."
Ding Ning analyzed.
"Lao Wang, then do you know how this devil squad contacted the devil headquarters, and how they communicated with your superiors with you" Zhou Wu couldn't figure out how the puppet army and the devils communicated with their superiors during the war, whether they each contacted their superiors or unified under a wartime headquarters, this must be clarified.
"Those little devils are in contact with the Devil Brigade Headquarters in Yangzhou alone, not under the control of our regiment, we are in contact with the General Headquarters of the Middle Route Army that has passed here, and the content of our communication has to report to the little devils, but we don't know the content of the little devils' communications."
Head Wang said to Zhou Wu helplessly.
Zhou Wu thought for a while and said to Ding Ning: "Ding Ning, if the little devil sends a wing of troops, plus the support of aircraft and tanks, do you estimate how long we can hold out here at most?"
"I think we can hold on for two or three days at most, we can't beat the little devils with superior equipment in positional warfare, although we can rely on the pillboxes and fortifications here, but after all, it is a war of attrition with the little devils, even if we have troops, but where is the ammunition for so many positional attrition wars, and the devils still have the fire support of airplanes in the sky and tanks and artillery on the ground, even if we can barely support until the third day, but the casualties must be quite large, I think we have more to gain than lose in fighting positional warfare with the superior enemy who is coming."
Ding Ning's facts are the analysis.
Political Commissar Niu also agreed with Ding Ning's analysis, believing that it was impossible for our Second Regiment to fight a face-to-face battle of attrition with the little devils, and besides, we could not afford such a battle with limited ammunition, so we had to think of a way to do both, not only to hold the important place of Shenjiabang, but also to block the enemy here for more than two days.
At this time, the little young Director Xia suddenly interjected and said: "I think now is a good time to apply Chairman Mao's sixteen-character policy on guerrilla warfare, since all the little devils who stay here can't resist the attack, I think it's better to leave a small part of the team here, and most of the main force moves in the direction of Yangzhou and Nanjing by surprise, causing a kind of oppression of the devils." ” Although Zhou Wu and they are very disgusted with this bespectacled, serious Director Xia, but this time his suggestion is quite good, quite a bit of the opposite, it is estimated that the little devil leaders at this time are thinking about how to send troops to recapture Shen Jiabang, for the second regiment suddenly surprised to Yangzhou, Nanjing direction may not be considered, as the so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, how can there be a constant thing.
Zhou Wu and Ding Ningju both nodded: "Director Xia is right, now it is indeed the opposite, taking advantage of the moment when the little devil is still indecisive and hesitating, he will immediately split into two ways to attack, all the way to Yangzhou Rapid maneuver, encounter the enemy do not make head-on contact, quickly insert it to his side and give him a look, and then quickly break away, the second road to Taizhou, along the bank of the Yangtze River, to create a situation that the New Fourth Army is about to launch an offensive against Taizhou, try to make a big noise during the march, the bigger the movement, the better, As long as they can make the little devils and the enemy dare not send troops to capture Shen Jiabang within two or three days, after three days, all the mobile and roundabout teams will immediately turn back.
Leaving a small part of the troops to continue to stay in Shenjiabang to monitor and contain the devils, the rest of the main forces all went north, marched to the Hongze Lake, and joined forces with other brother troops of the column to attack the Wang puppet army that was compressed to the side of Binhu Town, crushing the Wang puppet army in one fell swoop, and smashing the purge against our Jiangbei base area. ” Political Commissar Niu agreed with Zhou Wu and Ding Ning's deployment, and proposed: "In view of the fact that Regiment Commander Wang and they are familiar with the terrain of Shenjiabang, I think they will stick to this place together with Comrade Zhang Ercheng of the Second Regiment Artillery Company who stayed. ” t1706231537: