Because Zhou Wu received the order from the military department to immediately capture Huai'an City, he changed the original battle plan, so that the fat man and their task changed, Zhou Wu and Lao Xu After repeated consideration, it was decided that the fat man would take all the brothers of his regiment to Nanjing to join Lao Ye and their military commanders, and sneak attack and harass Yangzhou, the task of the devils in Taizhou City fell to Xiao Zheng's three regiments, and Huang Shuisheng's spy group was good at water warfare.
Considering that the fat man went to the south of Nanjing to intercept the gold relics transported to Japan by the devil with the brothers of the military commander this time, he must take the Yangtze River waterway, Zhou Wu and Lao Xu ordered Huang Shuisheng to take the brothers of the special task force to follow the fat man to Nanjing, and Huang Shuisheng was responsible for the water war, and usually obeyed the command of the fat man.
When the fat man saw that he was going to take a regiment and a half of troops to Nanjing this time to intercept the gold relics transported to Japan by the little devils, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and said to Zhou Wu and Lao Xu with a smile: "It's still the brigade that understands my Lao Liu, this time there are our regiments and Huang Shuisheng's "white strips in the waves" in the past, and they will definitely be able to intercept the things that those devils smuggled out, and you can wait for our good news." ” Zhou Wu looked at the fat man's proud look, and hurriedly said to him: "Lao Liu, don't take it lightly, the devil is still very heavily guarded in Nanjing, especially this time to escort those gold relics, it has added a lot of defense, according to Lao Ye's intelligence, the devil mobilized the naval fleet stationed in Shanghai to escort, set up cards on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the banks of the Yangtze River are also strictly controlled, and the devil team and the puppet army are set up to check, Nanjing and those cities along the river are under martial law by the little devils, Chongming Island, which is at the mouth of the sea, is like a big enemy, this time you have passed, the difficulties are definitely not small, you must always be vigilant, and cooperate sincerely with Lao Ye, so as not to suffer losses when you get it. ” The fat man admitted: "The brigade is right, my old Liu sometimes does have a hot brain, although the little devil is about to finish, but the combat effectiveness is still there, I can't despise them, there are those naval brothers who are born to Huang Shuisheng, in the Yangtze River and the sea, we will not be afraid of the little devils, as long as the intelligence of those military commanders is correct, it is estimated that although the difficulty of this operation is not small, it should still be able to succeed." ” Zhou Wu listened to the fat man's analysis, nodded and told him: "After arriving at Nanjing Lao Ye, find our old friends Lao Chang and Xiao Wang, after all, everyone fights side by side, life and death together, although it is not a partisan, but after all, they are all siblings in the trenches for a day, and this time we helped them intercept the gold cultural relics, I think there should be no big problem with cooperation, but we also have to guard against ourselves, the military system is mixed, there are all kinds of characters, Lao Liu, you and Shui Sheng have more eyes, Don't follow the ways of those insidious old rivers and lakes in the military system, and I still don't know who did it when the time comes.
"Zhou Wu used to hate those military commanders, thinking that they had not done anything good except for assassination, clearing dissidents in the Kuomintang for Lao Jiang, suppressing dissidents, etc., since he met Lao Ye in Nanjing, he slowly changed his views on military commanders, but this prejudice Zhou Wu has always had, so this time he specially instructed the fat man and Huang Shuisheng that they must be careful.
Ge Sanmin took the brothers of the second regiment to meet the brothers of the first brigade of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army Lao Chen who came to support them on the edge of Hongze Lake, Lao Chen hurriedly said to Ge Sanmin: "Brother Ge Sanmin, we meet again this time, we were ordered to come to meet you, I just wanted to come, since all the Japanese devils in Huai'an City have been evacuated, and the remaining enemy is only a division of Wang Puppet Army, since that Wang Jingwei died in Japan, Wang Puppet Government has existed in name only, According to the information from our underground party comrades in Huai'an City, the puppet army in Huai'an City has become a mess, and there are not a few people who desert and flee to find their own way back, just such a hard-defended Huai'an City, our Brigade Commander Zhou actually sent a brigade and a main force regiment to attack, isn't it a bit of a taste of killing chickens with knives?"
Lao Chen didn't understand why Zhou Wu was so enthusiastic and sent so many troops to deal with such an empty city as Huai'an, so he met Ge Sanmin and immediately said to him, I want to hear how Ge Sanmin understands as Zhou Wu's direct subordinate Ge Sanmin heard Lao Chen's meaning, so he explained to him with a smile: "It's not that our brigade seat is worried about not being able to capture Huai'an City, those puppet army teams in the city are not to worry about, and one battalion can solve the problem, but I estimate that the brigade seat is considering that the surrounding Kuomintang Sixth War Zone will intervene in the peace, so it is better to send out your first brigade to take strict precautions in case of emergency, and have a strong force to support it, and those Kuomintang diehard troops who want to take advantage of the chaos to seize Huai'an City also have to weigh carefully, Jiangbei New Fourth Army is not a soft persimmon, It's not that easy to pinch.
Lao Chen understood as soon as he heard it, it turned out that Zhou Wu sent so many men and horses to prevent those Kuomintang diehards who robbed Huai'an City, thinking of these Kuomintang stubborn troops, Lao Chen thought of Ding Ning's tragic death at that time, although he and Ding Ning had not met a few times, but for Ding Ning's personality and ability quite admired, and such a person did not die in the hands of the evil Japanese devils, but died under the guns of those Kuomintang stubborn soldiers who were supposed to resist Japan, Lao Chen immediately came up in anger and scolded: " These things raised by bitches, if they weren't touched by me, they would all be wiped out Ge Sanmin, otherwise, since we came out this time, we will take this opportunity to surround a Kuomintang army and destroy them, which can be regarded as a part of my revenge for Ding Ning, what do you think?"
As soon as Ge Sanmin heard Lao Chen's proposal, he didn't immediately agree, at this time, as a regiment commander, Ge Sanmin didn't dare to make a rash decision, after all, he wanted to change the battle plan formulated by Zhou Wu and them, but he couldn't be sloppy, plus Ge Sanmin was more cautious in his livelihood, so Ge Sanmin said to Lao Chen: "Brigade Commander Chen, this matter is very important, let me report to the brigade seat and then decide." ” Lao Chen nodded hurriedly, Ge Sanmin hurriedly radioed to Zhou Wu to report Lao Chen's proposal, Zhou Wu felt that Lao Chen was reasonable, so he agreed with Lao Chen's idea, but at the same time reminded Lao Chen that they should not start a war with a large number of Kuomintang recalcitrant troops, depending on the situation, it is better to surround and annihilate a small group of enemies, and evacuate quickly, and at the same time to keep Huai'an City for the purpose.
Don't lose the Huai'an City that you have so hard to occupy.
After getting Zhou Wu's consent, Ge Sanmin became a lot bolder, and said to Lao Chen: "Brigade Commander Chen, just do as you say, our regiment is responsible for conquering Huai'an City and defending there, and your first brigade will block the Kuomintang recalcitrant army that came to seize Huai'an City, wait for the opportunity to surround and annihilate some of the enemy, teach them a lesson, and save us from always grabbing territory with our New Fourth Army to engage in friction." ” At this time, Zhou Wu, who was in command in the headquarters of the Tianchang Matan Independent Brigade, received a secret telegram from the old commander of the 79th Army, in which the old commander informed Zhou Wu: The two divisions under the Sixth Theater have been dispatched and are approaching Huai'an City along the north of Hongze Lake.
There are also artillery regiments and engineer regiments, the number of which reaches about 20,000, almost the same as the 79th Army, the old army commander got the news from those old friends in the 6th war zone, he reminded Zhou Wu to be careful against the attack of these two American armor divisions on the Jiangbei New Fourth Army, judging from their marching direction, this time it may be to seize Huai'an City, but it is not ruled out that the possibility of launching a surprise attack on the Jiangbei bear goblins, the old army commander has ordered all the teams of the 79th Army to enter a state of combat readiness, If these two divisions want to attack the Jiangbei base area from the 79th Army Defense Zone, I am afraid it is impossible, the old army commander has a way to deal with them and the Gu Commander of the Sixth War Zone, but on the Huai'an City side, the 79th Army is also beyond the reach of the whip commander, and the old army commander hurriedly sent a secret telegram to Zhou Wu to inform him of this situation, asking him to hurry up and take precautions.
Zhou Wu received this information, his heart was hot, and he took the telegram and said to the political commissar of Lao Niu beside him: "Lao Niu, you see, this is also a Kuomintang general, he is my teacher, although he was born as a warlord before, but he has been fighting against foreign aggression except for being ordered to attack the Soviet area during the ten-year civil war, and the rest of the time has been fighting against foreign aggression, after the failure of the defense of Nanjing, the old army commander was locked up by Lao Jiang and placed under house arrest for several years.
If we had not had the help of the 79th Army in the anti-sweeping campaign in our base area last time, we would have been able to completely annihilate the Miyamoto Brigade and defeat the Yamada Brigade, I think it would be impossible, Lao Niu, according to the standards of our Communists, what kind of character does the old army commander and my teacher belong to in the Kuomintang?"
Zhou Wu said, looking at Lao Niu, wanting to hear from Lao Niu's mouth the New Fourth Army's pertinent judgment on the 79th Army and the old army commander.
Lao Niu's political commissar also nodded solemnly and said: "That's right, the 79th Army is a patriotic anti-Japanese team, when it was in the Nanjing battlefield in Shanghai, it was already famous overseas, at that time our New Fourth Army had not yet been established, and in the south, I heard that there was such a Kuomintang army on the battlefield in Shanghai, and it was able to block the landing of Japanese marines in a place called "flesh and blood mill" in the Luodian area for two months, and when Baoshan and other places fell into the hands of the enemy, Only the place where the 79th Army was stationed was still in the hands of the Chinese army, at that time the common people called the 79th Army "devil nemesis", the old army commander was a patriotic general, and his contribution to the resistance against Japan, of course, our New Fourth Army will not forget, Lao Zhou, I think you have the opportunity to send someone to find out with the old army commander, let him return to the people, don't die for Lao Jiang. ” t1706231537: