As soon as the division commander heard Ding Ning's words, he hurriedly said: "Comrade Ding Ning, you are reasonable, let's take a look at what the Kuomintang has and what they want to do at this opportunity."
Ding Ning glanced at Zhou Wu, only to see Zhou Wu nodding to him, and then said to the division commander: "Division commander, since the "Southern Anhui Incident", the Kuomintang troops have regarded our New Fourth Army as an enemy, and have repeatedly launched blockade attacks against our New Fourth Army, and there are constant frictions between large and small.
In addition, the purpose of the Americans coming to us this time is to inspect the equipment situation of our New Fourth Army and to provide assistance according to the situation, which has touched the nerves and interests of those diehards of the Kuomintang even more, and they are afraid that our New Fourth Army will be disadvantageous to them after it is equipped with advanced American-made weapons and equipment, so they will do everything possible to obstruct the actions of the US military field investigation group.
Anyway, it would be more beneficial for them to have an accident with this inspection group, and they could talk about the responsibility for the accident of the US field investigation group and push it to our New Fourth Army, and they could completely cut off the ideas and efforts of those Americans who really provided help to our New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army and other anti-Japanese forces, and even the US military personnel who came to visit and inspect failed to protect them.
Even if Stilwell, the supreme commander of the Chinese theater of operations, spoke, it would be useless, and Lao Chiang could still write off the US aid materials that had been given to our New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army. ” Ding Ning is worthy of being educated, and he sees the problem very thoroughly, and immediately analyzes the key points in this matter, and listens to the division commander and political commissar nodding again and again, and said to Zhou Wu and them: "Comrade Ding Ning has analyzed it very thoroughly, the Kuomintang diehards are not dead in their hearts, they wish we could not get the assistance of the allies to us, the situation of the disappearance of the US military field investigation group may be the same as Comrade Ding Ning's analysis, it seems that our Jiangbei command has to prepare for the worst, and be prepared for both, Resist the public opinion and military attacks launched against us by those Kuomintang diehards" As soon as Zhou Wu heard that this matter was serious, once the Kuomintang diehards made trouble and caused friction, then those little devils around them would definitely not be idle, and they would definitely go out to attack the New Fourth Army on our Jiangbei side, and then we would be attacked at both ends, and we would have to fight with the devils and the Kuomintang stubborn army at the same time.
Zhou Wu said to the division commander: "Division commander, our underground party comrades in Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Taizhou have not passed on the news about this US military field investigation group, and they also have a team of national army reinforcement companies to protect them, if they are suddenly attacked by little devils, they will not have any movement at all, and they will be cleaned up by other people's little devils" Zhou Wu thinks that as long as there is no news that the US army field investigation group was indeed intercepted and eliminated by devils halfway, there may be room for maneuver, Although sometimes they don't need any reason to launch an attack on the New Fourth Army, it is best not to let the handle fall into the hands of those people, at least the two sides will clash, and our New Fourth Army can also occupy the high ground of public opinion, so it will be very easy to start a war.
We must not blindly adopt a single method of political or military struggle.
The division commander nodded to Zhou Wu and said: "Comrade Zhou Wu, we have already consulted Comrade Lao Ke of the Military Political Department about this matter you mentioned, according to the information he currently has, there is still no news about this US military inspection group, isn't this we in a hurry, if it is the little devil who attacked them halfway, then it is impossible that there is no news coming, Lao Ke has already instructed our underground party comrades in Huai'an, Yangzhou Taizhou, and even Yancheng by the sea in the east, to pay close attention to this situation, For this reason, our Jiangbei command also used a special channel to let the Kuomintang military commanders in Nanjing help to investigate this situation, last time your independent brigade and Ye Stationmaster and their cooperation was very pleasant, this time it was also through their channels to contact, it is estimated that there should be news now. ” At this time, an intelligence staff officer of the division headquarters came running with an urgent secret telegram and reported to the division commander: "Report, the Nanjing Military Command has sent an urgent telegram Master Li's order not to return his head: "Read" The staff officer refused to read it, and muttered: "Division commander, this is a top-secret secret telegram, according to the regulations, only you and the political commissar can read it in person." ” When the division commander heard this, he turned back to the staff officer and said: "We are all our own comrades who have been tested for a long time, there is nothing to worry about. ” The staff officer couldn't do it, so he had to read it: "According to the information of the brothers lurking in Yancheng: A marine wing of the Japanese stationed in Yancheng received a group of prisoners this afternoon, and the Japanese have a very high level of vigilance for these prisoners, and they have strictly blocked the news, the number of prisoners is unknown, but it is certain that they were escorted from the direction of Huai'an, and the purpose of the escort to Yancheng is unknown. ” When the division commander heard the information from the Nanjing Military Command Station, he was greatly puzzled: "Judging from this information, it is very close to the time when the US military field investigation group was attacked and captured, but why did the devils attack these Americans around Huai'an, and they had to be escorted to Yancheng, which is close to the sea, to do what they should do According to the fact that the devils in Huai'an City have a brigade and regiment, and there is only one wing in Yancheng, why do the devils do this?"
As soon as Ding Ning heard the content of this telegram, his mind quickly began to think, and suddenly he said loudly to the division commander: "Division commander, there is, if this information from the military commander is true and correct, I think the little devil will escort these captured Americans to their old nest Japan."
When the division commander and Chen Guofu and his brothers heard Ding Ning's words, they were all very surprised, and asked Ding Ning: "Tell me the reason quickly."
"The reason is very simple, since the outbreak of the Pacific War, at the beginning, little Japan took advantage of the fact that the Americans didn't care, and took advantage of some small gains, but after all, Japan is a small country, and for a world power like the United States, it is actually touching the tiger's buttocks, so when the Americans were provoked to declare war with the Japanese devils, the little devils were a little difficult on the Pacific side, and it is estimated that they were beaten up a lot, and now suddenly more than a dozen US military officers were arrested here on the Chinese battlefield.
Escorting to their hometown of Japan has many benefits for the current little devils, first, they can fool the common people in their country, their Japanese imperial army's combat power is still reliable and good, and they can catch so many American officers at once, and secondly, it is estimated that it can also boost the declining morale of the little devils and maintain their confidence on the battlefield, and thirdly, it is estimated that Miyamoto, who is stationed in Huai'an City, wants to curry favor with the devil leaders in the base camp, and there are also elements of asking for merit and rewards.
Therefore, as long as I can be sure that the information sent by this military commander is correct, then I should not be wrong in these estimations.
Ding Ning analyzed.
"By the way, Comrade Ding Ning's analysis is reasonable, quickly, immediately call back to the military command, and carefully confirm the reliability of the intelligence," the division commander hurriedly said to the intelligence staff officer of the division headquarters.
Before the intelligence staff officer turned around to make a confirmation, another telegram was handed over, and the division commander saw that it was an urgent telegram from Lao Ke of the Military Political Department, and hurriedly opened it, and the division commander showed a satisfied smile on his face, and said to Zhou Wu and them: "Comrade Ding Ning's analysis just now is very correct, and it is really like this, this is the urgent information from my underground party in Yancheng, and they also got the information that the devils escorted a group of prisoners, and after the reconnaissance of our underground party comrades who risked their lives, Basically, it can be confirmed that the prisoners are members of the US military field investigation group that was attacked halfway, the number is about a dozen, typical Western characteristics, much taller than Chinese. ” When Chen Guofu heard this, he hurriedly gave Ding Ning a thumbs up: "Ding Ning, you are really good, you are worthy of being the chief of staff, Zhou Wu is also lucky, you can be such a good helper, no wonder the independent brigade has almost no defeats in the battle." ” Zhou Wu seemed very excited at this time, listened to the division commander's telegram, and hurriedly said to the division commander: "Division commander, I think now we can determine the whereabouts of these Americans, they are still in Yancheng, as long as they are not escorted to the warship by the devils to go to sea, then we can still go and rescue them, this mission will be handed over to our independent brigade, we have a professional water combat team, and it is more convenient to do this than other brigades."
At this time, Zhou Wu came to recommend himself and asked the division commander to give them the task of rescuing the US military inspection team.
The division commander smiled slightly and said: "Comrade Zhou Wu, this time I called you over so urgently, just for this matter, after the last Shuihong Village battle against the devil special operations detachment, how is your team resting and replenishing, if there are difficulties to say, I will try to help solve it, it is estimated that this operation is not enough to rely on the strength of your independent brigade, so the division headquarters called the following brigades, and the big guys discussed and discussed, how should we rescue those captured Americans This operation is related to the allies, Therefore, we ask everyone to be fully prepared, not only to rescue those Americans, but also to ensure the safety of their own side. ” t1706231537: