After Huang Shuisheng accepted the task of forming a rescue team, he dispatched more than 50 brothers with excellent water skills to the special task force, allocated them enough weapons and ammunition, and then selected about 50 brothers from the other three regiments of the independent brigade with Ding Ning to form an action team of about 100 people.
Before setting off in the evening, Zhou Wu instructed Huang Shuisheng: "Shuisheng, this mission is not trivial, what we want to save is the American friends who have come all the way to China to help our New Fourth Army resist Japan, and it will be beneficial to our independent brigade and even the entire Jiangbei New Fourth Army, you must not only rescue those American officers, but also ensure that the brothers with the action team return to the station safely, the difficulty is really not small, But I believe that you and your brothers in the squad will be able to successfully complete this rescue mission. ” Huang Shuisheng assured Zhou Wu: "Don't worry, our team will guarantee to complete the task, if you want to say that there are no casualties in the war, it is nonsense, but I promise to bring my brothers back as much as possible."
Zhou Wu nodded, held Ding Ning's hand and said: "Ding Ning, you didn't have to go with Shui Sheng and them this time, but you know Japanese and a little English, and you can communicate well with those US officers, so I still hope you can take care here, be careful, I am waiting for you and Shui Sheng to return victoriously, and then we will get drunk and rest."
Ding Ning didn't say anything, and gave a military salute to Zhou Wu, and Huang Shuisheng shouted: "All the action team pay attention, turn left, and set off from Yancheng."
Looking at the figures of Ding Ning and Huang Shuisheng with more than a hundred brothers gradually moving away in the northeast direction, Zhou Wu was full of thoughts, this long-distance attack to rescue those captured American officers, there must be unpredictable difficulties on the way, Zhou Wu has now arranged the cover feint plan of each regiment of the independent brigade, and now all he can do is wait for Ding Ning at the brigade headquarters to have good news of their successful operation.
At this time, the fat man, the commander of the regiment who was responsible for returning to Huai'an City to respond to the rescue of the action team, came in and reported: "Report to the brigade, the rescue of the first regiment is now all ready, please instruct the brigade." ” The fat man's report pulled Zhou Wu's thoughts into reality at once, he heard that the fat man had finished preparing to go to Huai'an City, and then he remembered that the Miyamoto brigade that had fought with his own independent brigade last time but could calmly retreat back to Huai'an City, and now the American military field investigation team that came here was captured by this Miyamoto, Zhou Wu was angry when he thought about it, and felt that this time he might have to encounter that Miyamoto again.
So Zhou Wu raised his head and said to the fat man: "Fatty, I think I should act with your group, the direction of Huai'an City is the key to the success of this rescue operation, the Miyamoto Brigade is the biggest threat to Ding Ning and Huang Shuisheng and their action team, the devil Marine Corps in the direction of Yancheng has only one wing, and this wing is not full, half of the little devils have been transferred to the south to participate in the Pacific War, so there are two regiments of Lao Ge and Xiao Zheng in the direction of Yancheng, and the problem is not very big.
Only in the direction of Huai'an City, I always feel that the troops are too small, in case the Miyamoto brigade is all dispatched, it is estimated that you can't resist it by relying on your regiment and the brothers left behind by the special service group, once the Huai'an direction is broken through by the little devils, then our operation will actually be a failure, and the New Fourth Army troops around them will also be attacked by the devils on both sides, and they will be in a dangerous situation of being attacked by the enemy on their backs. ” As soon as the fat man heard that Zhou Wu was going to follow them to act, his head kept shaking, like a rattle, and said to Zhou Wu: "You can't go to the brigade, such a long distance, in case we run into a large army of devils, we have to protect you, this is not good, I want to be distracted" The fat man thought that Zhou Wu could not follow him to Huai'an City, and when the time came, if he fought with the Miyamoto brigade, he had to fight with the little devil, but also take care of Zhou Wu's safety, there were too many things to do.
Zhou Wuyi heard the fat man say this, his eyes were anxious, and he stared at the fat man and yelled: "When do I want you to protect you, tell you, I haven't reached the point where I want someone to protect me, I'm afraid that I can't keep up with the big army, if you don't accept it, let's immediately compete and run three thousand meters here at the brigade headquarters to see who runs fast."
When the fat man heard that Zhou Wu was really anxious, he thought that it would not work if he didn't let him go this time, so he immediately changed his words and said: "Since the brigade insists on going, I can't help it, but I have a request, that is, this operation must be commanded by me, if you can't agree to this condition, then I don't agree to you to follow the group." ” Zhou Wuyi heard that the fat man dared to talk to him about the conditions, and just wanted to scold him a few words, but after thinking about it, the fat man also made sense, it was good to let the fat man be in charge of the direction of Huai'an, but he couldn't change the order horizontally, so it was not good for the officers below to command the troops to fight.
Zhou Wu then nodded and agreed: "Okay, I promise not to interfere with your command, and I will also bring the guard platoon of the brigade headquarters to act with your regiment, although the guard platoon only has about thirty brothers, but you also know their skills, and they will definitely be able to help you." ” The fat man grinned: "Haha, the guard platoon also followed, then I will rest assured, don't care about your safety, but I have to advise you, you have become a brigade commander, you don't have to go to the front line in person like us in everything, you must know that you are all generals in the national army at your level, how can you personally follow the troops below to the front line" Zhou Wu glared at the fat man fiercely, and said to him: "You are talking nonsense again, of course I know what is going on on the Kuomintang side, but the New Fourth Army is different here, think about it, why the equipment training of the National Army is much better than that of the New Fourth Army, but why there are few victories in the battles against the little devils may be one of the important reasons."
The fat man smiled and didn't speak, Zhou Wu immediately asked him to prepare to set off immediately, now the time is already more than nine o'clock in the evening, Ding Ning and they are estimated to have walked a long way, he feels that to successfully complete the rescue mission, the units of the independent brigade should set off as soon as possible, and they can't wait any longer, waiting any longer is simply delaying the fighter plane, and it is not good to make a big mistake.
At this time, the staff officer of the brigade headquarters ran to Zhou Wu with an urgent telegram sent by the stationmaster of the Nanjing Military Command, Mr.
Ye, and reported to him: "Report to the brigade seat, Mr.
Ye, the stationmaster of the Nanjing Military Command, sent an urgent telegram Zhou Wu said without replying: "Nian" "Zhou Brigade Junjian: According to the intelligence of the brothers in the military command of this station, a destroyer and two gunboats of the Japanese Third Fleet have pulled anchor from Shanghai Port and set off for the Yellow Sea waters in the north, and it is estimated that they are heading for Yancheng, and it is expected to arrive at Yancheng Port within three to four days.
Since I learned that your unit was about to go to Yancheng to rescue American friends, Yu learned the news, and was deeply moved by the chivalrous courage of the brigade, and specially made a few blank special passes for you through the comrades in the inner line of the Nanjing Dispatch Army Headquarters, and sent people to send them over quickly, hoping to help your department's operation.
In order to drive the Japanese devils out of the land of China and achieve recovery, I hope that your ministry will bring a radio station during the operation, and once there is the latest movement of the devils, I will immediately inform them."
Zhou Wu heard that this military commander Lao Ye was really righteous enough, and he actually got such confidential and timely information about the little devil, and now he has a rough outline of the devil's situation, it seems that the little devil escorted the American warship for three days, as long as our independent brigade can rush to Yancheng within three days, and act quickly to rescue Robles and them, then we can successfully complete this rescue mission.
He immediately instructed the staff officer of the brigade headquarters to quickly call back to Lao Ye, thanking him for sending the little devil's action information in time, and hoped that he and his military commander brothers would pay attention to protecting themselves, and he was still working riskily in the current crazy search and arrest of the little devil, he Zhou Wu expressed his great admiration, and thanked him for taking a great risk to send someone to send a special pass for the devil, which would definitely be helpful for this operation.
Zhou Wu immediately ordered the brigade headquarters guard platoon to send a few scouts out of the brigade headquarters to greet the brothers from the Nanjing military command, these military commanders came out at this time, it was a great risk to lose their heads, the devils and the puppet army set up many checkpoints on the various communication arteries in the areas they occupied, I really don't know how these military commanders who sent things over rushed here Zhou Wu fell into deep thought, and kept walking around in the brigade headquarters, thinking about the next move.
After about half an hour, several guards and platoons in charge of the investigation ran in panting and reported: "Brigade seat, we stopped a few people who looked like puppet soldiers at the entrance of Matan Village, and they kept asking to meet Brigade in person, and we estimate that they may be people sent by the Nanjing Military Command." ” When Zhou Wu heard this, he immediately perked up, waited for thousands of times, and finally waited for Lao Ye's brothers, and hurriedly asked the scout: "Where are they now?"
"I'm afraid that devils and traitors will infiltrate the brigade headquarters, so I will let them stay at the entrance of the village" The brothers in the guard platoon are very cautious, and it is no wonder that in such a chaotic world now, there are spies and traitors of devils everywhere, if you are not careful, you may not know how to die.
"Quick, lead the way ahead, let's go to the entrance of the village to have a look" Zhou Wu took a few brigade headquarters staff officers and followed a few scout brothers and hurriedly headed towards the entrance of the village. t1706231537: