At this time, Ding Ning opened his mouth and said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, you don't have to think of a way, I will take the northwest direction, give me a battalion of troops, I will resist there, the Kuomintang diehard army We fought in Gaoyou Lake before, and it is also the virtue of bullying the weak and fearing the hard, as long as we have a team to resist it over there, after all, they are also afraid of the pressure of public opinion, and they dare not do anything to our New Fourth Army." ” Zhou Wu was a little worried about Ding Ning's proposal to go to the northwest to resist the Kuomintang diehards, how could Ding Ning go there with only a battalion of hundreds of brothers, how could he do it Last time in Huai'an City, Ding Ning led a commando team to encounter the devil's special operations detachment, and almost died on the battlefield, for this matter, Zhou Wu was still haunted and remembered it vividly, so when he supported Ding Ning and said that he would take a battalion of brothers to the northwest to resist the Kuomintang diehard army, Zhou Wu hurriedly shook his head: " Ding Ning, you definitely can't bring a battalion over, those Kuomintang diehards in the northwest have at least two armies of 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and a battalion is only a few hundred brothers, how can I see that Haihuasi asked Laoguan's Jiangnan detachment to transfer a regiment here, you just stay here, you don't have to go anywhere in person, and you can command the general attack with me. ” Ding Ning insisted on personally leading the team to the northwest to block the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, he said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, it is enough to command you alone here, now we are ready for everything here, as long as that Miyamoto catches up and enters our trap, he will not be able to escape, but those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops in the northwest cannot be underestimated, in case they suddenly attack us from behind when we launch a general attack on the Miyamoto brigade, then our Jiangbei New Fourth Army will be attacked by the enemy, and it is difficult to say whether this can encircle and annihilate the Miyamoto brigade." ” Ding Ning insisted on going to the northwest to block the possible attack of the Kuomintang recalcitrant army on the New Fourth Army, Zhou Wu thought carefully for a while, and finally nodded and said to Ding Ning: "Ding Ning, I think so, it's okay if you insist on going, but bring more people and horses over, after all, the Kuomintang recalcitrant army there has as many as two armies, fifty or sixty thousand horses, you have to go this time, bring the strength of two regiments, I will transfer them from Ge Sanmin, Xiao Zheng and Lao Chen." ” As soon as Ding Ning heard that Zhou Wu had given in, he no longer insisted, so he nodded and agreed to Zhou Wu's suggestion that his brothers with two regiments go to the northwest to resist the recalcitrant Kuomintang army.
After Ge Sanmin received Zhou Wu's order, he quickly selected a group of skilled brothers in his team, and made up the number of two regiments, about four or five thousand people, and rushed to Ding Ning's side, and the deputy brigade commander of the independent brigade in charge of the military quartermaster Xu asked Zhou Wu to ask for help, he asked to go to the Western Front with the chief of staff, Zhou Wu thought about it for a while, and felt that Lao Xu was going with him, which would be more helpful to Ding Ning, so he nodded and agreed, then Zhou Wu was the only one who commanded the large army to besiege the Miyamoto Little Devil Brigade here, The fat man sent a telegram saying that the Yamada little devil had stopped attacking the base ground and was building fortifications on the side of Tianchang, and it seemed that he was going to stay in the base area for a long time, Zhou Wu considered that the situation on the northern front was complicated, so he ordered the fat man to suspend the attack and turn to small-scale harassment and attacks, and after the main force of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army on the northern front succeeded in encircling and annihilating the Miyamoto brigade.
Then turn back to deal with the Yamada Brigade to the south.
Zhou Wu's campaign plan of first north and then south was carefully considered, and of course it was also approved by Division Commander Li, because the situation in the north was different from that in the south, there were only Yamada's brigades and a few other garrisons of devils in the south, as well as those Wang puppet army troops, and there was no Kuomintang stubborn army, so the situation was relatively simple, Zhou Wu considered that the southern front only needed to break up or cripple part of the Yamada brigade to achieve the purpose of forcing the devil puppet army to retreat, and the northern line here was completely different.
Not only did the Miyamoto Brigade of the devils come to attack, but also the two Kuomintang diehards hiding in the northwest of Dacheng Town, 50,000 or 60,000 fully equipped with American weapons, had been eyeing the Jiangbei base area, Zhou Wu could not be on guard, but to prevent, it was necessary to have troops, although there were 40,000 troops on hand, so many men and horses were the largest number that Zhou Wu could command when he came to the army, but he could only blame the siege of the Miyamoto Brigade, as for whether he could be completely annihilated, Zhou Wu was also bottomless in his heart, At that time, we can only see how the two divisions of the old commander's 79th Army are fighting, so calculated, the situation in the northwest direction is very critical, although the Kuomintang recalcitrant army over there has Ding Ning with two regiments of brothers to go over to guard, but if it really wants to fight, how long can Ding Ning's two regiments support the position, Zhou Wu felt very unoptimistic, so after Ding Ning set off with the men and horses of the two regiments, he immediately sent people to catch up, and all the American-made weapons sent by Colonel Robles in the remaining independent brigade were allocated to Ding Ning.
And told Lao Xu, who was also in charge of military supplies: In case of fighting, the ammunition on Ding Ning's side in the west will be limited, and Zhou Wu will be given two days, and two days later, regardless of whether he can encircle and annihilate the Miyamoto brigade, Zhou Wu decided to turn around and support Ding Ning in the northwest to fight the Kuomintang recalcitrant army.
As soon as Ding Ning heard Zhou Wu's arrangement, he hurriedly suggested to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, don't always take care of us to the west, we can hold on in two days, even if the large army can't completely annihilate the Miyamoto Brigade after two days, you don't give up halfway, and come to rescue us, we have two regiments of four or five thousand brothers, and these American-made weapons, ammunition is sufficient, morale is high, and we should be able to resist the Kuomintang recalcitrant army attacking from the opposite side in the northwest for more than five or six days, not to mention those Kuomintang Eighteen Corps in the northwest, There are still troops of the 79th Army stationed on the flanks of the 11th Army, and if the old commander is dispatched, these recalcitrant troops will not dare to mess around, I still think it is a bit of a waste to bring two regiments of troops, and it would be nice to let them join the general attack on Miyamoto's brigade. ” Zhou Wu still insisted on his opinion: "Ding Ning, don't insist, two regiments of four or five thousand people against the Kuomintang recalcitrant army and two armies are quite a lot, that's it, don't fight to the death with the Kuomintang recalcitrant army, save strength, we may not have many days to fight with the little devils, but the competition with these Kuomintang recalcitrant troops has just begun." ” Ding Ning rushed to the northwest of Dacheng Town with two regiments of men and horses with Lao Xu, and immediately the scout brothers who had gone out to reconnoiter the enemy's situation came back and reported: "A large number of Kuomintang troops have been found in a place called Pangjia Village not far ahead, and it is estimated that there must be a division, and they have already built fortifications on the hilly slopes outside the village, and it seems that they are ready to attack us." ” As soon as Ding Ning heard about this enemy situation, he hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at the front carefully for a while, and said to Lao Xu beside him: "Lao Xu, you stay here, I will take a few brothers to the front to take a closer look at the terrain, I always feel that from the terrain point of view, the division commander on the opposite side is still very tactically minded, he has taken the lead and occupied the good terrain here, if we dig trenches here to fight them, we will definitely suffer, I still go some distance to see if it is good."
Ding Ning wanted to run to the position of the recalcitrant Kuomintang army on the opposite side to see the terrain on the spot, Lao Xu heard that his head shook like a rattle, and hurriedly stopped Ding Ning and said: "Chief of staff, this is not good, you have to observe the terrain, and you have to let the scout brothers go, what are you doing How dangerous it is to go, if something happens here, the brigade seat must not scold me to death, no, no." ” Lao Xu said several "no" in a row, Ding Ning smiled: "Lao Xu, don't be nervous, I took my scout brothers to see the terrain over there, and those Kuomintang recalcitrant troops did not officially attack our position at this moment, and those soldiers under them could not fire at our side casually, you must know that at this sensitive moment, whoever shoots first will be the loser, I don't think they are so bold that they dare to provoke friction first."
Lao Xu still refused: "Chief of Staff, don't bother talking, I can't say no, I can't do it, you and I used to be in the Kuomintang army, we don't know what they are, the chairman has already declared our New Fourth Army a "rebel army", what dare they do, wipe out our two regiments here, they will say that the encirclement and suppression of the "rebels" is successful, and public opinion has a certain role, but we were already at a loss at that time, even if there is the most public opinion to support a fart, I still say that," You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people.
"To deal with those Kuomintang diehards on the other side, you have to be prepared to beat them hard, otherwise everything will be a fool's errand" Lao Xu was neat and neat, and he had seen through the Kuomintang diehards, and he had no illusions at all.
Ding Ning thought about it carefully, nodded and said: "It's okay, our team will settle here first, order the brothers to immediately build a simple formula, send a few more groups of scout brothers to investigate carefully, and it is best to find the local underground party comrades and fellow villagers, so that we will be more sure to fight the Kuomintang recalcitrant army here." ” In less than half an hour, a team of scout brothers arrived in a hurry with a few local underground party comrades and fellow villagers, and reported to Ding Ning: "Report to the chief of staff, I found the local underground party comrades outside, as well as the local villagers, they heard that the comrades of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army were coming, so they immediately asked us to bring them over to provide you with the information here." ” Ding Ning hurriedly greeted them, held their hands and said to them: "Thank you, comrades, you came in time, just now I was thinking about looking for you, are your underground party comrades here under the leadership of Comrade Lao Han?"
When the underground party comrades heard Ding Ning mention Lao Han, their faces suddenly showed a look of surprise: "Yes, how does Comrade Chief know that our Comrade Lao Han is Comrade Lao Han's subordinates." ” t1706231537: