Zhou Wu heard this enemy situation, and his expression suddenly became nervous: The devils came to a wing, and there were armored vehicles and cavalry, it seems that they spent a lot of blood in order to recapture the important place Shen Jiabang, and the scout brothers only saw some of the situation in front, and I don't know if there are other devil troops coming with them in the back.
Ding Ning listened to this enemy situation, and also felt that it was very tricky, the current difficulties can be imagined, just a devil wing coming from the opposite side is not easy to deal with, not to mention it is not clear whether there are other enemy troops behind them, this must be clarified, otherwise they will rush over inexplicably, and there will be a large number of Wang puppet troops behind the devils, so it will be difficult to get out.
But since they all ran here, they could only go up hard, Zhou Wu said to Ding Ning and them: "Brothers, this time we are going to fight for our lives, no matter what kind of situation the little devil in front of, we must catch up now, and order the brothers in the back to speed up the march again, even if they run to death, they will rush there." ” The order to speed up the march was passed to the back of the team one by one, and everyone was already tired enough, and as soon as they heard that they were going to speed up again, a few brothers immediately complained: Let people run faster again, that will not exhaust people to death But complaining is complaining, Zhou Wu's order still has to be carried out, many brothers hurriedly gritted their teeth to speed up their actions, and brothers with good physical strength hurriedly helped those brothers who had fallen behind to continue their journey, so everyone encouraged each other while desperately rushing towards the village in front.
At this time, the brothers who went to reconnoiter had the latest enemy situation report, and when they were about to arrive at that village, Zhou Wu probably knew about the situation of the little devil troops who came to reinforce on the opposite side, and there was indeed only a wing of devils who came out, and they were not followed by the puppet army or other devil teams.
Hearing such news, Zhou Wu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, there was only a wing of the little devils coming over on the opposite side, as long as the second regiment did not confront the devils head-on and fought positional warfare, the most important thing now is how to seize the favorable terrain before the little devils rushed to the village, and arranged simple fortifications, leaving a small part of the team to block the attacking devils, and the rest of the team took the opportunity to detour back to the back of the devils or the junction of its various units to attack it, and all of them were evacuated if they succeeded, If the devil chases, then we will run away, if the devil stops advancing, then we will rest on the spot, and in this way, we can delay this group of little devils who have come to reinforce Shen Jiabang here, slow down their large-scale attack on Shen Jiabang's position behind, and buy time for the rear column to gather troops to complete the squeezing and encirclement of Wang's puppet army.
Finally arrived at the village in front, although Zhou Wu and Ding Ning and their leaders had horses to ride, they were really tired enough to rush all the way and bumpy all the way, not to mention the soldiers who were running on their legs and carrying guns and ammunition.
Originally, Zhou Wu couldn't bear to let his soldiers enter the village immediately to build fortifications, but thinking that so many little devils on the opposite side were about to rush here, if there were no simple fortifications, the firepower in the hands of the little devils would definitely cause great damage to the brothers who held on to the second regiment.
At this time, he didn't care about thinking about it so much, and Zhou Wu ruthlessly ordered all the troops to quickly enter the village and dig pits to build fortifications.
Most of the brothers of the second regiment poured into this small village that had long been devoid of ordinary people, dug trenches, piled up mounds of earth to build fortifications, and in less than half an hour, three fortifications across the village streets were built in the village, and Zhou Wu immediately left a reinforced platoon of brothers to guard here, led by a company commander, and told him to hold on until the large army launched an attack on the devils.
The company commander surnamed Li, who stayed to contain the devil after the break, was the brother of Zhou Wu and their independent brigade after retreating to Gaoyou Lake, a local of Gaoyou County, who was more familiar with the situation here, a little more than 20 years old, very burly, and would use his brains to fight, especially his marksmanship was quite accurate, once in a battle against the devil, a person shot six little devils with a captured 38 big cover, and the gun shot the head, so that the little devils also sent a special shooter to retaliate against Xiao Li, and was cleverly dodged by the nimble Xiao Li.
After Company Commander Li accepted the order to stay in the village, he knew that this time he was unlucky and might not be able to go back, so he asked Ding Ning one thing: "Chief of Staff Ding, you have a high level of education, write a letter to my wife for me, and say that she did not embarrass the villagers and died with the little devil, so let her find someone to remarry as soon as possible while she is still young and it is not easy to drag the child." ” Ding Ning was moved when he heard the last words of Company Commander Xiao Li, looked at his resolute expression, patted him on the shoulder and said to him: "Xiao Li, don't say stupid things, we will soon be able to attack the devil, I can't give you this request to fulfill your wishes, remember, use your brains more when you fight, give me back alive with my brothers, and I will give you credit when I come back alive" Ding Ning is quite stable, and he will not be easily emotional under normal circumstances, but he can't help it now, his eyes are red, and he almost falls into tears.
Hurriedly turned his head, waved his hand at Xiao Li and the others, gritted his teeth and turned back to them and said: "Brothers, comrades, you are the elite of our Second Regiment, you are all good, whether in the period of the Independent Brigade or in the current New Fourth Army, you have shown the spirit of an upright Chinese man, which is amazing.
Opposite you are the Japanese devil dog robber who killed my father and brother, and lewd my sister's daughter, you are killing beasts, and when you fight with them, don't be soft, just slash and kill the past, behind you are the eyes of many fathers and villagers in Jiangbei, they are watching you kill devils and return victoriously, don't let down your wives and children, fathers and mothers.
Zhou Wu and I are waiting for you to return."
Ding Ning's heartfelt words were more contagious than the pre-war ideological mobilization of the political commissar and political commissar Niu, and the more than 40 brothers who stayed behind raised their arms and shouted: "Kill devils, I would rather die on the battlefield than be a deserter who is afraid of death, and I will die like a man."
The shouts of the brothers resounded inside and outside the village, Zhou Wu and Niu Political Commissar and Political Commissar They listened, they were very moved, Zhou Wu said to Niu Political Commissar and Director Xia: "Political Commissar, Director, you see, the people of Jiangbei have sent us such good children, if we can't beat those little devils in this battle, then we can simply take off this military uniform, and what face do we have to go back to see the fathers and villagers in the base area." ” Political Commissar Niu nodded: "Yes, we can't live up to the expectations of the people in the base area this time, although the little devils on the opposite side are menacing, as long as our soldiers are united and live and die together, we will definitely be able to stop this group of devils who come here." ” Director Xia was obviously also infected by the spirit of these brothers who stayed behind, changed his harsh style in the past, nodded and said to Zhou Wu: "Commander Ma is reasonable, it is the countless such Chinese who have risen up to fight that have prevented our China from being destroyed by little devils, these comrades are good, they are not only the example of our Second Regiment, but also the example of the entire New Fourth Army." ” Zhou Wu listened to Director Xia's words, and felt that this time he finally said a human word, I don't know what will happen to this guy in the future, now the war is urgent, and it is too late to discuss the fighting spirit with him carefully, and when I have time to talk to him in the future, let him understand such a truth, killing devils and resisting Japan depends on these ordinary people and soldiers to do it with real swords and guns under the correct leadership of the party, and it is not something that can be done by sitting in a school in the rear and talking loudly, so it is impossible to drive away the little Japanese devils who are armed to the teeth.
Zhou Wu and his large army made a detour from this village to Yangzhou, intending to insert themselves in the middle of the invading devil team, cut him in two, cut off the front and back links of the devil team, take advantage of the chaos to defeat some of the devil's troops, and then take the opportunity to evacuate, inducing the embarrassed and angry devils to chase after him.
At this time, the brothers who reconnoitred in front came back to report the latest enemy situation: "There is a river ten miles away from here, and the devil's team began to divide into two halves in this river, and the team in front is about to arrive here, and the devils behind are estimated to lack the means to cross the river, and they are still preparing to cross the river on the other side of the river, most of the devils are heavy, and the supplies are still on the other side of the river, and the little devils who rushed over in front are light infantry, and there are no other heavy weapons except for the mortar's grenadiers." ” Zhou Wu heard this latest enemy situation, hurriedly unfolded the military map on the spot, and quickly found the river on the map, take a closer look, this river is still quite interesting, flowing in an east-west direction, on both sides of the river is a rice field, at this time it is the end of spring, when the rice in the rice field is heading, the field should be full of water put in, this kind of terrain is quite unfavorable for the mechanized maneuver of the little devil, to cross these rice fields, the speed is definitely not fast, then it can almost be judged like this:" The devil who is about to rush to this side of the village may be its forward, and the big guys such as cars and armored cars are still on the other side of the river.
Great, rush over immediately, intercept these little devils who are crossing the river, as long as you block the rice field, you can completely block the passage of the large army behind the devils, if this step can be achieved, then the little devils in front of it will be easy to do, and the brothers in the reinforced platoon who stay should be able to support more than three hours.
Zhou Wu hurriedly asked the scout: "How many people are there in front of those little devils?"
"There are about three or four hundred little devils, among which there are some devil cavalry, there are not many cavalry, twenty or thirty horses, they are quickly coming towards this village, it is estimated that it is the outpost reconnaissance team of devils."
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