Ma Xu's independent brigade is located in Tianchang Matan, in this month, the brothers of the independent brigade in addition to training, helped the villagers who have returned one after another to start the production self-help movement, the things in the mess of the base area that were ruined by the devils have been restored, because when the retreat, the villagers took away most of the belongings, so this time although a lot of houses were burned by the little devils, most of the villagers' belongings are still there, the most important thing is that the fields they rely on for survival are still there, when the devils evacuate, When the villagers came back, they were very happy to see that most of the grain in the crops was still there, and they praised the New Fourth Army as really the children of our people, not only driving away the Japanese devils who burned and looted, but also helped them keep the grain.
Ma Xu heard the people praise his independent brigade team like this, he was very uneasy, this time those little devils were in a hurry, and they didn't burn the food, which was a blessing in misfortune, and next time there may not be such a good result, Ma Xu thought of this, and felt that only his team took the initiative to attack and harass those devils in the city, in order to prevent the devils from sweeping the base area again.
We have been forced to fight in response to the repeated encirclement and suppression of the Jiangbei base areas, and this passive situation must be changed, otherwise how can we drive those Japanese devils out of China A month later, in the headquarters of the independent brigade, the lights were bright, the crowd was crowded, Ma Xu and the officers of the independent brigade held a meeting in the brigade headquarters, during this time, the good news came one after another, the army commander and the political commissar had gone to Yan'an to attend the party congress, leaving Division Commander Li to act as the commander of the New Fourth Army, during the period when Commander Chen went to Yan'an, he was fully responsible for the work of the New Fourth Army, Ma Xu took the opportunity to suggest to the division commander that it was time to start attacking the Japanese devils in Yangzhou Taizhou and other big cities, and the division commander agreed with Ma Xu's plan, He also ordered the Lao Chen First Brigade of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army to cooperate with the actions of the Independent Brigade, and said that as long as Ma Xu spoke, he would do his best to provide necessary support.
With the support of the division commander behind him, Ma Xu was full of confidence, and immediately brought the leaders of the independent brigade to a meeting to discuss the specific battle plan, at this time, Ma Xu and they received another good news, the German Nazis, the ally of little Japan, have surrendered unconditionally, the Soviet army has captured Berlin, the capital of Germany, and the European battlefield of World War II has come to an end.
Ma Xu, who received this news, was very excited, and felt that it was time to start the attack as soon as possible, otherwise as soon as those little devils surrendered, we would immediately have to stop fighting here, and the great revenge of the villagers who died tragically under the poisonous gas massacre of the devils had not yet been avenged, but they could not just be so cheap little Japanese devils, and they had to let them know well before they surrendered, the strength of our Jiangbei New Fourth Army, the strength of our Chinese anti-Japanese army and people, and let them know that the Chinese are not so easy to bully Just when Ma Xu and the others were formulating a plan to attack the devil, Lao Ye of the Nanjing Military Command suddenly sent a telegram and provided Ma Xu with information about the little devil, and the intelligence said that during this period of time, the devils in Nanjing and Shanghai secretly transported a large number of precious cultural relics and treasures looted from Chinese mainland to Japan, and the gold of the central bank of the Wang puppet government was also secretly smuggled to Japan.
Lao Ye felt that his military commander was not manpower enough, and he was afraid that he would not be able to complete this task, so he sent a telegram to implore Ma Xu to help him and help the military commanders smash the little devil's conspiracy to smuggle materials to Japan, Lao Ye mentioned in the telegram the value of the Japanese smuggling these gold cultural relics, if they were successfully transported to Japan, those things would be able to support little Japan to resist the anti-fascist allies for more than two years, so that it would be very unfavorable to our Chinese anti-fascist battlefield, Lao Ye originally wanted to do this through the special armed forces of the military command, but the boss did not agree, thinking that the escort troops of the Japanese devils were too strong in combat and that the special armed forces of the military command could not do them, so Lao Ye thought of returning this Ma Xu and asked him to dispatch a team to intercept the gold relics transported to Japan with the brothers of the military commander, Lao Ye got the authorization from above and promised Ma Xu that after the operation was successful, Ma Xu's New Fourth Army Independent Brigade could not be allowed to suffer, and a certain amount of gold compensation would be given.
Ma Xu immediately told everyone about the situation, Liu Fatzi's eyes lit up when he heard this, he stood up and said to Ma Xu: "Luzao, we have to do this work, there is gold to take, how many new weapons and equipment can be added to this, these years have been living a bitter life here, if we have this batch of gold, then we will be rich."
"Liu Fatzi is a money fan, as soon as he heard that he followed the military commander to intercept the imperial army cultural relics that the little devil was going to transport to Japan, he immediately became energetic, so Ma Xu quickly agreed to Lao Ye, and he was willing to take his brothers to Nanjing and Shanghai to help Lao Ye recover the treasures Ma Xu bit his ear with Lao Niu's political commissar for a while, and said to his brothers: "Comrades, I discussed with the political commissar just now, and I think I still have to help Lao Ye with their favor, the gold compensation problem, if Lao Ye gives us after their action is successful, then we will go down, if we don't give it, then we won't ask for it, our Jiangbei New Fourth Army Independent Brigade has been fighting devils here for so many years, not for those golden treasures, everyone should pay attention to this, if we help Lao Ye for these gold, Then wouldn't we have become the king of the mountain and bandits, we decided to help Lao Ye and their military commanders recover those gold relics this time, so that the things that belonged to our China would not be transported back to Japan by the little devils, and the reason why we sent troops was also this, not for the reward of those gold.
And even if we get Lao Ye's reward in the end, our independent brigade can't dispose of this gold alone, and must hand it over to the division headquarters and the military headquarters to be disposed of by the superior leaders, this is the way we do it in the New Fourth Army, Lao Liu, you are also an old comrade of the New Fourth Army, why is it the same as before on this issue. ” When Liu Fatzi heard this, Ma Xu originally had this attitude, and thought in his heart: "Hey, why has it only been a few years, our brigade is also like a cow political commissar, my Liu Fatzi realm is not as high as yours, I only know that helping others, it is a matter of course for people to reward people with things, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, so now that I have come to the New Fourth Army, it is going to make it so complicated, I really don't understand." ” Ma Xu then quickly adjusted the battle plan initially agreed with the brothers just now, since Liu Fatzi had such a high interest to follow Lao Ye and them to intercept the gold relics transported by the little devil to Japan, Ma Xu asked Liu Fatzi to take a battalion of a regiment to help Lao Ye in the direction of Nanjing, and the remaining two battalions of his regiment were temporarily assigned to Lao Ge's command, because the goal of this operation was to harass the devils who attacked the city of Taizhou, Yangzhou, there were many people, and it was useless to send a few teams of more than 100 people to complete the task, and Xiao Zheng's three regiments stayed at home, Watching the house with Commissar Niu, Ma Xu plans to take the detachment with Lao Ge and Huang Shuisheng to Yangzhou and Taizhou to touch the devil's camp, before this little devil is about to retreat, he will teach them a hard lesson, let them know each other, Jiangbei New Fourth Army has revenge, grievances are clear, let these little devils have a long memory, we Chinese are not easy to mess with, want to run back to Little Japan so easily, but not so easy At this time, the division commander sent an urgent telegram informing Ma Xu: Recently, all the devils in the direction of Huai'an City have retreated, and according to the intelligence of our comrades in the inner line who have penetrated into the enemy, the devils have begun to shrink their forces in the Jiangbei region due to the shortage of troops, and Huai'an City is isolated between the anti-Japanese base of our New Fourth Army and the Sixth War Zone of the Kuomintang, and almost all of the surrounding areas have been divided by us.
In view of the change in the situation, the military headquarters decided that the Jiangbei Command Headquarters would dispatch troops to liberate Huai'an City before the Kuomintang troops started, Huai'an City was a major city in the Jiangbei region, and it would be a great encouragement for the military and people in our Jiangbei anti-Japanese base areas to be able to capture Huai'an.
The sooner the better, the military headquarters allocated the first brigade and the second brigade of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army and the independent brigade under the full command of Comrade Ma Xu. ” Ma Xu received this order, his mood became excited, Huai'an City is a very familiar old place for the brothers of the Independent Brigade, this time to liberate Huai'an City before the Kuomintang army, for Ma Xu, the significance is quite significant, Huai'an City Jiangbei area of the big city, so far, the Jiangbei base area only occupies a few small county seats, a big city like Huai'an didn't even dare to think about it before, now I want to take my men to liberate there, can you not be excited If Huai'an City is liberated, The Jiangbei anti-Japanese base areas can really be connected together, south to the south bank of Gaoyou Lake, north to Huai'an City on the north bank of Hongze Lake, east to Taizhou City, west to the Jinpu line, if such a large area is connected, then the Jiangbei anti-Japanese base area can be ranked in front of the whole country, the New Fourth Army's combat environment is much worse than the Eighth Route Army in the north, there are not only vicious little devils around, but also those Kuomintang diehard troops who regard the New Fourth Army as a thorn in the side of the "rebels", there are all kinds of bandits, It is indeed not easy to obtain such a large contiguous base territory in an environment surrounded by wolves.
Thinking of this, Ma Xu's heart was surging and excited. t1706231537: