Zhou Wu discussed with Ding Ning and Niu Political Commissar, and said to the division commander: "Division commander, we only have the local militia and the county brigade in Yancheng, and there is no main force of the New Fourth Army, and it is far from here. ” The division commander nodded, discussed with the political commissar and other division leaders, and said to Zhou Wu: "Comrade Zhou Wu, your proposal is very good, so let's do it, your independent brigade will be responsible for this rescue operation, and immediately make a specific rescue plan when you go back, and tell me directly what you want, I will try my best to be satisfied, the time is very tight, I must act immediately, do you see that you can set off in the early morning the day after tomorrow" The division commander looked very anxious, and blamed him for being so anxious, if the little devils in Yancheng were fast, If those US military field investigation groups are escorted to the devil warship and go to sea, then we can only watch the US military officers being caught by the devils and going to Oriental Japan, not only will the US military aid be completely lost, but also the Kuomintang diehards will seize the handle, and they will end up with two or three people who are not human beings, and they are quite passive.
Zhou Wu and Ding Ning glanced at each other, Ding Ning nodded to Zhou Wu, saying that he could leave in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, Zhou Wu immediately assured the division commander: "Division commander, don't worry, this matter will be explained to our independent brigade, I will go back immediately to prepare the plan and personnel, and report by telegram immediately if there is a result" Zhou Wu had Ding Ning's nod, and his confidence was a lot greater.
So, Zhou Wu and the others hurriedly returned to the independent brigade headquarters in Tianchangmatan, the division headquarters is a hundred miles away from the independent brigade headquarters, so it was almost dawn when Zhou Wu and the others arrived home, Zhou Wu asked Ding Ning to hurry back and make up for sleep, and tomorrow morning to convene cadres above the company level to the brigade headquarters for a meeting to discuss how to rescue the US military field investigation group captured by devils.
The next morning, the brothers came to the brigade headquarters one after another, the fat man didn't know where to get the news, and before Zhou Wu could speak, he hurriedly asked Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, this time I went to Yancheng to save the Americans, I think it's better to let us go together, our group promises to complete the task and rescue those captured Americans, if you can't save it, you will remove me as the regiment commander."
"Since the fat man has added two thousand new recruits, he has a lot of confidence in his heart, and he patted his chest on Zhou Wu and asked to join the war.
Zhou Wu just smiled at the fat man, did not answer, turned his head and said to the cadres of the New Fourth Army below: "Comrades, the division headquarters has given our independent brigade a task, and a field investigation group composed of more than ten US military captain-level officers was intercepted by the little devils in the direction of Huai'an on the way to our New Fourth Army, and is currently escorted to Yancheng in the northeast by the little devils on the Huai'an side, and the devils plan to escort these Americans to their hometown of Japan by sea.
The division headquarters asked our independent brigade to immediately form a rescue team, rush to Yancheng to intercept the prisoners before they were escorted to the warship, and rescue these Americans who came to help us.
Zhou Wuxian briefly told everyone about the situation.
As soon as Zhou Wu's words fell, the cadres of the New Fourth Army below began to discuss, and there were all kinds of ideas, the fat man advocated pulling his entire regiment up, storming Yancheng, and snatching those unlucky Americans back from the Japanese, Ge Sanmin and Huang Shuisheng objected to the fat man's suggestion, thinking that Yancheng was too far away from here, and besides, except for some local anti-Japanese armed forces and militias in the surrounding areas, there were almost no regular New Fourth Army troops, and they were all the territory of little devils and puppet troops.
A regiment of several thousand men pressed all of them, and the target was too great to not only fail to save those captured Americans, but also to cause a regiment to suffer heavy losses again, and the gains outweighed the losses, which was not the best policy.
As soon as the fat man heard Ge Sanmin and Huang Shuisheng say that his proposal was not the best policy, he became angry in his heart, and said to Ge Sanmin: "What is the best policy, as long as the Americans are rescued, it is a good policy, there are many devils in Yancheng, and there are many puppet army dogs, but are we afraid of them, these little devils are a virtue, the softer you are, the more rampant he is, the harder you are, the more afraid he is of you, only by beating them up can they be completely convinced." ” The fat man said impassionedly, spitting stars flew in his mouth, and when he saw Zhou Wu and Ding Ning looking at him, he hurriedly shut up, thinking to himself: "Why do you want to look at me, could it be that I said it wrong just now" Zhou Wu took the fat man's words and said to the brothers: "Comrades, what Regiment Commander Liu of the regiment just now said is also reasonable, the little devil is actually this virtue, and it is necessary to beat them hard from time to time, so that they will be honest and restrained, but at present, the actual conditions of our independent brigade are limited, and the weapons, equipment, personnel, etc. cannot meet the requirements of this ruthless devil, so what Regiment Commander Liu said, we have the right to listen to the propaganda, you don't have to take it seriously, this practice of thousands of people and horses driving over to save people together is unrealistic, Comrades, let's talk about other methods. ” The fat man was very disappointed when he saw that Zhou Wu did not support his plan of action for this large army, but he wanted to win this operation mission, so he hurriedly said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, since you said that this large army is inconvenient to move, then I think it will form a small-scale action team of more than 100 people, led by me, and the brothers who have the ability to come up in the independent brigade are equipped with all good weapons, equipped with bullets and grenades, etc., and raid to Yancheng overnight, and save those Americans."
Seeing that Zhou Wu did not agree with his proposal, he immediately changed his position and asked to form a small-scale action team led by himself to go to Yancheng to rescue people, which can be described as a quick adaptation.
Zhou Wu and Ding Ning listened to the fat man's words, looked at each other and smiled, and said to the fat man: "Fat man, your ideas have become really fast, but why do you have to ask your group to be the main attack this time, there are many people in other regiments who have the ability."
As soon as the fat man heard Zhou Wu say this, he became energetic, his voice became louder, and he shouted: "Brigade seat, which time did our regiment not take the lead in the operation, which time did we have a group of bears past the last time in Shuihong Village, our regiment was almost defeated, did my fat man blink for a moment, our regiment is still the regiment with the largest number of independent brigades, why don't you let us take the lead to rescue those Americans?"
The fat man shouted in a loud voice, Ge Sanmin and Huang Shuisheng and Xiao Zheng of the three regiments with even smaller qualifications stopped talking, in the independent brigade, it is true that this fat man is the oldest regiment commander with the most qualifications, and the other regiment commanders, even Ge Sanmin can't be compared with him, when he was fighting with the little devil in Luodian during the Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Ge Sanmin was still a battalion commander under the fat man, so other people such as Huang Shuisheng and Xiao Zheng were not to mention, so they had to listen to this fat man shouting there.
Zhou Wu couldn't get used to hearing the fat man's loud voice, and said to the fat man: "It's not right for you to do this, we are now the New Fourth Army, don't be like the king of the mountain, everything is ranked according to qualifications, this operation is to go to Yancheng to rescue the Americans, how much do you know about the situation in Yancheng, east of Yancheng is the Yellow Sea, there are ports and docks, and there are naval gunboats and warships of the devils, how much do you know about this situation, in case we rush to Yancheng, the devils have escorted the Americans to the ship." , then what should we do, do you just watch them escort the Americans to the East by then, do you think you are almost certain of fighting with devils in the sea, you can guarantee that you will fight better than the brothers of Huang Shuisheng and their spy group who are familiar with water, as long as you can guarantee this, then I will immediately let you form a team and go to Yancheng to rescue those Americans" Zhou Wu's series of questions, the fat man who asked couldn't answer with his mouth open, Ding Ning saw it, and hurriedly came out to play a round: "Brigade, the fat man is also urgent, he has a bit of a one-sided understanding of this matter, it is true that we must take into account all kinds of possible situations in our actions, as long as we are thoughtful and well-prepared, we can complete the rescue mission beautifully."
As soon as the fat man heard that the chief of staff could speak, how could he listen to what the chief of staff said in the same sentence, and the brigade seat said it like a gun, which was really unacceptable, and the fat man saw that Ding Ning kept making eyes at himself, so he got down the donkey and muttered: "The chief of staff has a point, let me first listen to what the chief of staff means, I don't have to be the head of this action team." ” Ding Ning said to the brothers: "Just now I discussed with Luzao and Lao Xu, and I feel that Yancheng is located in the center of the Japanese devil-occupied area, and is close to the Yellow Sea, with a port leading to the ocean, and our strength there is relatively weak, so it is not suitable for long-distance movement and combat of large troops.
Therefore, this plan to send a large force to Yancheng to rescue is not advisable, it is better to set up a small-scale action team, but the number of this small-scale action team can not be too small, last time we went to Huai'an City to get rid of the traitor Xia Hanxi's hoe team, I think the number of people is too small, this time we must increase the number of team members, in order to complete the task of saving people. ” t1706231537: