Zhou Wu took out the map and carefully analyzed it against the actual terrain, the location of Lang Village is quite special, there are rivers on all sides, Jinpu Road in the west, and the vast Hongze Lake in the east.
This small village is like a small island surrounded by water, which is very conducive to encircling and annihilating the large forces of the Wang puppet army that were driven over by a group, even if they have a stronger mobility ability than the New Fourth Army, once they encounter a terrain like Lang Village, it is estimated that it will not play a role.
The brothers who were quite scouting reported that Chen Guofu of the first regiment of the column was ready to snipe Wang Puppet Army on the spot by the river, and Zhou Wu thought that in order to eliminate more of the living force of Wang Puppet Army, it was better to leave only a part of the troops to lure and block Wang Puppet Army, and introduce them into Lang Village.
Now I can't get in touch with the column headquarters for a while, what Zhou Wu can command is the second regiment under his command, according to the current situation, whether the second regiment is blocked on the spot by the river, or whether it crosses the river and retreats to Lang Village, it is the same result, and it will not have a big impact on the battlefield situation at all, if you find Commander Li and they report to them for approval, the time will definitely be too late, the large army of Wang Puppet Army is only ten miles away from here, and there is no time to report and approve the deployment of troops, what should I do Zhou Wu asked the scout: "How is the railway bridge on the west side of Jinpu Road now?"
"The railway bridge is still there, but the railroad tracks above have all been destroyed by the local guerrilla comrades, we just went there to take a turn, and found that there was no one to defend there, isn't this a large army of the puppet army to come?"
The Scout brothers replied that they did not understand why such a bridge was left undamaged on the Jinpu Road railway bridge, which was heavily guarded and heavily guarded here As soon as Zhou Wu heard this, he understood in his heart that the railway bridge on the Jinpu Road had not been destroyed, and it must have been deliberately left by the commander of the column Li to those Wang puppet troops, so that they could pass through this railway bridge and enter the preset ambush circle in Lang Village But why did Chen Guofu and his regiment continue to rub along the river, listening to the scout brothers, they still have to open a formation by the river and fight with the large army of Wang's puppet army At the moment when Zhou Wu couldn't figure it out, Chen Guofu sent someone over, and it was a young man, about twenty-three or fourteen years old, when he saw Zhou Wu, he immediately saluted and reported: "Report to Commander Zhou, our Commander Chen sent me to inform you of the situation here, my name is Jiang Chenghe, the combat staff officer of the First Regiment of the Jiangbei Column of the New Fourth Army." ” Zhou Wu was very happy when he heard that Chen Guofu had sent someone to report the situation, and hurriedly took Xiao Jiang's hand: "Okay, I'm waiting for news from your side, tell me what the situation is here."
"Commander Zhou, now that the main forces of the three regiments of our column have all arrived in Lang Village, the commander's column headquarters will follow our regiment to act together, if I come this time under the orders of Commander Li, he asked me to convey to you that your second regiment will immediately find a way to cross the river and establish a defensive line in front of Lang Village, and our regiment will cooperate with you in crossing the river."
Xiao Jiang was originally sent by Commander Li to convey the order, Zhou Wu felt much more comfortable when he heard it, and he also knew a lot about this battle plan, it seems that Commander Li still did not change the original battle plan, not to defend by the river, but to lead those Wang puppet troops to Langcun to solve the problem.
"Okay, let's cross the river immediately, go back and tell the commander and Lao Chen, our second regiment will guarantee to cross the river in time and rush to Lang Village."
Although Zhou Wu still had doubts about how to cross the river without a boat, he verbally promised that he would be able to complete the task of crossing the river on time.
Xiao Jiang didn't leave, and said with a smile: "Commander Zhou, there is another news to tell you, don't worry about the boats crossing the river, the commander has already prepared for your second regiment before the war, there is a river fork two miles east of the river bank, and there are boats crossing the river in the reeds inside, all of them are small boats, but there are quite a few of them, and your second regiment should be able to cross the river soon." ” When Zhou Wu heard this, he was overjoyed, and blurted out: "Commander Li is really a god, and it turns out that he has already prepared a boat to cross the river, it seems that this time if Wang Puppet Army wants to escape from this ambush circle, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky." ” Zhou Wu immediately ordered Huang Shuisheng of the spy company to take his brothers and hurry to the reeds two miles away, just now they patronized the direction of the Wang puppet army in front of them, there was no reconnaissance for those places behind them, almost missed such an important place, as long as there was a boat, they could immediately cross the river into the village and establish a defensive position.
Huang Shuisheng's spy company was originally from the naval army of Gaoyou Lake, and as soon as he heard that Zhou Wu asked them to go to the reeds two miles away to find a boat, they immediately passed by by car.
When they got there, with their peculiar sense of smell of the navy, they quickly found the ship that Commander Li had sent to hide there in advance from the desolate reeds.
Huang Shuisheng looked at it, there was a small boat neatly placed inside, the boat was not big, it could only carry four or five people, but there were a lot of them, looking from afar, in the desolate and vast river fork and reeds, there were two or three hundred.
Great, now we can load seven or eight hundred brothers to cross the river at one time, and the team of about 2,000 people in the second regiment can all cross the river three times.
Huang Shuisheng hurriedly ordered his subordinates to quickly drag these boats into the river, and at the same time sent someone to report to Zhou Wu, asking the brothers of the second regiment to hurry up and come here, and get on the boat to cross the river here, so that you can save a little time to toss back and forth.
Zhou Wu received the news that Huang Shuisheng had found the boat, and immediately ordered the brothers of the second regiment to run forward and rush to the river fork two miles away, when they were still running halfway, Chen Guofu and their direction had already sounded fierce gunfire, Zhou Wu estimated that the first regiment had exchanged fire with the vanguard team of Wang Puppet Army, looking at the movement, the battle was not small.
Zhou Wu thought that Chen Guofu was sniping most of Wang's puppet army over there, in order to cover himself to cross the river and establish a defensive position, he was very anxious, and ordered his brothers to speed up, rush to the fork of the river, and hurry up to get on the boat and cross the river.
Thanks to these boats, Zhou Wu and his team crossed the river in only half an hour, and immediately dug a pit in front of Lang Village to build a simple fortification.
At this time, the scouts in front came to report that the brothers of the first regiment were withdrawing in the direction of Lang Village, and some Wang puppet troops had already attacked Lang Village from the railway bridge.
It is estimated that there is about the size of a regiment, which is pressing towards the side of Lang Village.
Zhou Wu heard the situation, and immediately said to Ding Ning and them: "Look at the posture of the puppet army, they are trying to make us dumplings, I think we can't dig a pit here and wait for them to come, we must catch up, go around their backs, cut them off and crucify them there, so that it is possible to win this battle against the Qing Dynasty, we are not as good as the Wang puppet army on the opposite side, how can we hold the position" Ding Ning also nodded in agreement with Zhou Wu's idea, and Political Commissar Niu also thought that Zhou Wu's idea was very right, his side had few people and poor weapons, and it was undoubtedly not cost-effective to use his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths by fighting a positional attrition war with the powerful Wang puppet army in Langcun.
However, Director Xia did not agree with Zhou Wu's plan to take the initiative to detour behind the enemy and eliminate the puppet army in the movement, he thought that the local strength of the New Fourth Army in the Langcun area had now surpassed these Wang puppet troops coming from the opposite side, and he could fight a positional battle with them here.
Zhou Wu was angry and anxious about this Director Xia, obviously he didn't understand the art of war, he read a few books and pointed fingers here indiscriminately, and he had to buckle big hats for others at every turn, he wondered why such a living treasure group would be sent above, isn't this a deliberate troublemaker Political Commissar Niu couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately said to Director Xia: "Comrade Xiao Xia, we have a clear division of labor in the pre-war meeting, except for the issue of principle, this kind of purely military command matters are decided by Comrade Zhou Wu to be responsible, what we are doing now should be obeyed, not to cause chaos for him, you have to make this point clear, don't get entangled in this battle plan anymore." ” Political Commissar Niu told the truth: According to the formal structure of the New Fourth Army, political cadres are not allowed to interfere in the military decisions of military commanders, and as long as they do not defect to the enemy or seriously violate the orders of their superiors, they can flexibly decide on any kind of battle plan according to the battlefield situation within a certain range.
This young and vigorous Director Xia, who is full of theories and has almost blank practical experience, obviously has gone a little too far, and to put it mildly, it is to interfere with the commander's decision-making, and to put it more seriously, it is to exceed his authority, and this behavior will be punished in any army.
Ding Ning thought to himself, this kid really doesn't know the height of the sky, he thinks that if he reads a few more books of Marxism-Leninism, he will be crazy, he is really a frog at the bottom of the well, and when he finishes this battle, he has to report to the top if he says anything, and quickly let this director be transferred back, if he deals with this every day, where can he stand it, just theorizing with him is enough to be upset. t1706231537: