The guerrilla captain was yelled at by Xiao Tianming, and immediately stopped, and ordered the brothers to escort Xiao Tianming and them to Zhou Wu in Lijiawan, and it happened that at this time, dozens of brothers under Ding Ning, who was defending Pangjia Village in the west, rushed back with the wounded brothers and passed by here, and found that there was a situation in front of them, and hurriedly touched it, and saw that it turned out that the brothers of the county brigade were intercepting six unknown people who were being checked, and they were also curious, and stepped forward to say hello to the captain, The captain saw that the comrades of the New Fourth Army happened to pass by, and hurriedly said to them: "The comrades of the Independent Brigade are here, and it just so happens that a few spies have been caught here, they are sent by the Kuomintang military commander, and the military commander is not a good thing in the first place, and he must have come here to spy on the situation outside, I wanted to kill these guys just now, but this guy said that they had an important situation to report to the head of the New Fourth Army, so I left them behind.
We're going to have to lay an ambush here. ” Ding Ning's subordinates had just arrived at Zhou Wu's side, in order to ask Zhou Wu for more troops, and the Pangjia Village side in the west had already started, Ding Ning and they captured twenty prisoners of the Kuomintang army, stripped them of their clothes, disguised themselves as mixed positions, and took advantage of the chaos to capture the first defensive position of the Kuomintang recalcitrant division in Pangjia Village, and the Kuomintang recalcitrant division commander learned that there was a situation of the New Fourth Army's armed sneak attack on the position in front.
Immediately ordered the surrounding Kuomintang troops to launch a fierce attack on Ding Ning's position, Ding Ning and his men and horses hurriedly resisted, and the two sides launched a fierce battle in Pangjia Village.
There are more and more stubborn Kuomintang troops, as soon as the battle of Pangjia Village starts, the two armies around the team that have already entered the state of combat readiness rushed towards Pangjia Village, Ding Ning saw that the situation was not right, and asked his subordinate communication troops to immediately radio call Zhou Wu of Lijiawan, explaining the battlefield situation in the west, but it happened that the radio was damaged by the artillery fire sent by the Kuomintang stubborn army at this time, and Zhou Wu could not be contacted in time, Ding Ning and Lao Xu discussed it, and decided to send a few scouts with fast legs and feet to rush to Lijiawan to report the battle situation in Pangjia Village to Zhou Wu.
The offensive of the Kuomintang army was much more fierce than originally expected, and the number of people was concentrated in 60,000 people, Ding Ning said that he had a little light enemy, and did not fully estimate that the recalcitrant army had such a strong force, and the brothers who held the first line of positions suffered heavy casualties, and the rest of the brothers were desperately resisting, and only by getting timely reinforcements from Zhou Wu could they stop the Kuomintang recalcitrant army in Pangjia Village on the western front for more than three days It is also a coincidence that these scout brothers had just arrived at the intersection on the edge of Lijiawan, and they met the captain of the county brigade with his brothers to intercept Xiao Tianming, who was going to Lijiawan to contact the 79th Army.
Xiao Tianming still didn't believe that the commander of the scout company in front of him was the commander of the New Fourth Army, Zhou Wu was famous in the Jiangbei area, and he was a legendary Confucian general, but he was not like the appearance of the tall man in front of him, what kind of person Xiao Tianming was, of course, he would not easily believe that the commander of this reconnaissance company was the commander of the New Fourth Army, and insisted on seeing Zhou Wu.
The reconnaissance company commander had no choice but to take Xiao Tian and Ming Ming and his entourage to the Lijiawan front-line command post with their fast horses, Zhou Wu saw that Ding Ning's men were hurrying over, and knew that something was wrong in the west, so he hurriedly asked: "Is it that the battle in the area of Pangjia Village has started, how is the chief of staff?"
The scout brothers hurriedly told Zhou Wu about the battle situation in Pangjia Village, and when Zhou Wu heard this, he hurriedly called the staff officer beside him: "Let's see if there are any troops around that can be deployed?"
The staff officer immediately replied: "Report to the brigade seat, all the troops here have rushed up to encircle the Miyamoto brigade, and even the non-combatants and the health company of the brigade headquarters have caught up, only we, the staff officers, have not gone up." ” Zhou Wu saw that there were only three or four staff officers and two guards left around him, and the rest all went to the front line to participate in the encirclement battle, and at this moment the battle in the front encirclement was raging, and the Miyamoto Brigade was tightly resisting the attack of the New Fourth Army, while concentrating its forces to launch a suicidal frenzied charge to the 29th Division of the 79th Army in the north, the old army commander had already sent a telegram, asking Zhou Wu if he had any mobile forces at hand to rush to the north of Lijiawan to encircle the Miyamoto Brigade, Zhou Wu said that he really couldn't draw out his troops, The old army commander had to grit his teeth and order the three division commanders who were resisting in front of him, asking them to personally lead the soldiers to hold their positions, and if they were encircled by Miyamoto, all the three division commanders would not have to come back, and they would solve the problem on the spot on the position Zhou Wu was very embarrassed and said to the reconnaissance company commander: "There are no extra troops here to reinforce Pangjia Village, at this moment the Lijiawan siege and annihilation battle is the key, if the troops are drawn from any direction, it will inevitably cause the Miyamoto Brigade to break through, this Miyamoto Brigade has been competing with our Jiangbei New Fourth Army for six or seven years, and the war is very set, especially at this critical juncture, you can't let him run out of the encirclement again, you wait, I will think of a way, ask the local troops behind who are engaged in sabotage and harassment."
At this time, Xiao Tianming, who was brought by the commander of the reconnaissance company, spoke: "This is General Zhou Wu of the Independent Brigade."
Zhou Wu didn't know him, and when he was puzzled, the reconnaissance company commander hurriedly said to Zhou Wu: "This guy we met on the way, he was sent by the military commander, and he was intercepted by the comrades of the county brigade, and he said that there was something urgent that the brigade commander wanted to report." ” Zhou Wu hurriedly asked him: "What is the name of this person who brought the brigade to do it?"
When Xiao Tianming heard it, it was really Zhou Wu, so he told Zhou Wu that he was ordered to come to Lijiawan to contact the 79th Army to prepare to surrender to Cheng and said, he has more scheming than his brother-in-law Liu Haozi, and he saw that he couldn't escape the palm of the New Fourth Army this time, if he fought to the end, maybe he would immediately become a ghost under the knife, as for his brother-in-law's Wang puppet army whether it was thrown into the Kuomintang Army Haihua Silk New Fourth Army, he didn't care, as long as he could save his life in front of him, you were a good man, I have to run over to join the 79th Army, but I have to lose Qingqing's life, it is better to be pragmatic, the New Fourth Army is also our Chinese army, besides, the devil has never lost to those Kuomintang troops, and it has a good reputation among the local people, especially the independent brigade of Zhou Wu in front of him, which is even more prestigious, dominant, and should be almost inseparable from this kind of head, although the New Fourth Army is poorer here, but it is better than losing his life and being eaten and eliminated by the New Fourth Army here.
So, this Liu Haozi's brother-in-law made up his mind to call the shots on behalf of his brother-in-law, and said to Zhou Wu that their puppet army was forced by the little devil to have no way out, and decided to revolt on the battlefield and defect to the New Fourth Army.
Then you can stay, I heard that you have encountered a miscellaneous attack on the side of Pangjia Village that does not fight little devils and only fights their own people, and now these puppet armies can come in handy, rest assured here, our 79th Army can withstand it, and will never let that little Miyamoto devil run out of our position. ” Zhou Wu listened to the words of the old army commander, and his heart was very moved, worthy of his old commander and teacher, he pulled himself at a critical moment, and immediately expressed his gratitude to the old army commander, and the old army commander said to Zhou Wu: "Zhou Wu, you don't have to thank me, I hate those bastards who specialize in beating their own team, and now our 79th Army still has to deal with Miyamoto, if I can free my hands, I have to rush over to help you beat those bastards hard, so that they are sober and sober, now at this time, who is the real mortal enemy" Of course, Zhou Wu understood who those bastards the old army commander was referring to, weren't they the Kuomintang recalcitrant army that was now attacking Ding Ning on the side of Pangjia Village in the west, and fifty or sixty thousand men and horses with sophisticated American weapons besieged Ding Ning, who had less than a thousand people, and they didn't feel ashamed of their faces Zhou Wu immediately accepted Xiao Tianming's request and asked him: "Since you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, then our Jiangbei New Fourth Army warmly welcomes your return, where is your division now, and the little devil has found out about your movements?"
Xiao Tianming saw that this Zhou Wu was so powerful that even the commander of the 79th Army could speak, and his heart became more steady, and he heard that Zhou Wu welcomed the Tianming puppet army to revolt and surrender, and immediately asked and answered: "Our division is now rushing towards this side, and the brigade of the little devil from Yamada is closely following our ass, and it has not been able to get rid of it." ” As soon as Zhou Wu heard this, he knew it in his heart, and immediately ordered Ge Sanmin, who was participating in the siege of the Miyamoto Brigade in Lijiawan, to draw out a battalion of troops and follow Ding Ning's scouts and comrades from the county brigade to quickly rush to the south to meet the rebel puppet army brothers, Zhou Wu told Ge Sanmin to let him personally lead this assault battalion and lead the brothers to block the Yamada Brigade that was chasing the rebel puppet army in the south of Hongze Lake, and at the same time he ordered the fat man and Huang Shuisheng in the south to immediately chase after the Yamada Brigade and delay the advance of the Yamada Brigade, Before the large forces of the New Fourth Army completely annihilated the Miyamoto Brigade in the north, the troops on the southern front were mainly harassing and attacking devils, and the Yamada Brigade could be blocked in one area, and two days later, the Miyamoto Brigade could only launch an encirclement attack on the day when the Miyamoto Brigade was completely annihilated.
After Ge Sanmin received Zhou Wu's order that he personally led a battalion to the south to block the Yamada Brigade, he immediately rushed to the battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness under his command, and Zhou Wu told him: "This time you go to the southern front, the purpose is to block the Yamada Brigade to the north, and the Yamada Brigade is to rescue Miyamoto who is besieged in Lijiawan, of course we can't let the little devil succeed, on the other side of the town, you will join the fat man and Huang Shuisheng to drag the Yamada Brigade for more than two days." t1706231537: