Zhou Wu heard Lao Niu's political commissar's statement, so he said to Lao Niu very formally: "Lao Niu, what you mean is not the meaning of our Jiangbei New Fourth Army, if the division commander agrees with us to do this, of course I can't ask for it, although the old army commander is quite disgusted and hated by Lao Jiang and those Kuomintang high-level leaders, but his feelings for the 79th Army are still very deep, cast over, I think there are still many of his concerns, as long as we can treat each other with sincerity and fully consider the many concerns of the old army commander, I think there will be a day, The old army commander and the 79th Army will resolutely surrender.
In addition to the fact that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are still anti-Japanese united fronts, they are nominally friendly forces, and they cannot openly tear their faces apart, other historical issues such as the old commander's previous warlord background and his attack on the Soviet area during the ten-year civil war are all important reasons why the old army commander is currently in a dilemma and cannot make a choice.
If you don't do it well, it will be self-defeating and ruin.
Lao Niu also means this, as the political commissar of the independent brigade, what he said is equivalent to the opinion of the party committee, so at the moment when the situation is not very clear and the Japanese devils are still rampant on the land of China, the effect of premature statements will not be very good, or step by step, slowly do the work of the 79th Army, and at the same time send a large number of cadres of the New Fourth Army to the 79th Army, and when the time is ripe, the uprising will be ripe.
Of course, the old army commander also understood Zhou Wu's mood at the moment, he didn't say so on the surface, but secretly cooperated well with Zhou Wu, and arranged a large number of cadres who secretly came from the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei to serve in the lower platoon of the 79th Army, quietly doing the work of preparing for the uprising, plus through Zhou Wu and Lao Ye's secret help from the Nanjing Military Command Station, he completely got rid of the military commander Ran Cheng and his gang lurking in the 79th Army, and sent false information to Chongqing with the secret radio station every day.
Even Director Dai, the commander of the military command, who has always been suspicious, thinks that the 79th Army is now very honest and obedient, and there will not be much movement for the time being.
The fat man and Huang Shuisheng took their brothers all the way to the south, at this time the situation of the little devil is indeed much worse than before, the devil strongholds and turrets all over the countryside near Yangzhou are empty, only some crises are left in the guard, it is estimated that the Japanese domestic conquest was bombed by the United States, the Battle of Okinawa was defeated, the Allied fleet approached the Japanese mainland, the strength was tight, the devils transferred all the teams stationed in the countryside to the city, and now they are estimated to be preparing for the final plunder and escape, I thought that the time I would stay in China would not be too long, and while I was still there, I would catch a handful of them and ship them all back to Japan.
The fat man was not interested in the strongholds of the puppet army on the way at all, their purpose was to block the fleet of the Japanese army transporting gold cultural relics from the Yangtze River, so along the way the fat man and Huang Shuisheng avoided those puppet army strongholds, and took the uninhabited roads and swamps, after three days of forced marching, they finally met Lao Ye who came to meet them on the north bank of the Yangtze River near Nanjing City.
The fat man saw that Lao Ye personally led his men to meet him, he felt that his face was very bright, and he was very happy, and looked at the subordinates brought by Lao Ye, and found that Lao Chang and Xiao Wang, who had not fought side by side before, were born and died, so he asked Lao Ye suspiciously: "Stationmaster Ye, why didn't Lao Chang and Xiao Wang come this time?"
Lao Ye smiled slightly: "They have another task, Xiao Wang is now the intelligence director of our Nanjing Station, Lao Chang has also been promoted, he is in charge of the action team of our Nanjing Station, and he is now in charge of dispatching and commanding in Nanjing. ” Of course, the fat man knows the ugly things in the military command, he is also the same as Zhou Wu, he used to look down on these military commanders who specialize in bad things, but he looks at Lao Ye and they are different, thinking that Lao Ye They fight side by side with him, life and death are together, and they are also brothers, different from other military commanders, this time to help, this kind of brotherly life and death accounts for more than half, if it is for some gold and property, even if the fat man is a money fan, if it is not for these brothers who share life and death before, The fat man will not bring a group of so many brothers to help Lao Ye behind the enemy line, thousands of people and horses venture into the devil's defense area, you think it is a joke at home.
Lao Ye was very excited when he saw the fat man and Huang Shuisheng with so many people, and hurriedly thanked the fat man: "You brigade seat is enough friends, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that so many brothers were sent to help, and it is also the main team of the independent brigade, my Lao Ye is very grateful, let's talk less, let's talk about the situation of the Japanese devils around the Yangtze River first." ” The fat man nodded, Lao Ye immediately took a stack of materials from his subordinates, saw that the fat man was dizzy, and thought to himself: "My mother, there are so many things, that's okay, Lao Ye, you are too much, hurry up and say a few sentences, it's over, and you are still engaged in this kind of crepe thing."
Of course, Lao Ye saw the fat man's expression, and said to him with a smile: "Commander Liu, this is the detailed information collected by our military commanders about the fleet of the little devils transporting gold cultural relics this time, including the size of the devil's fleet, the size and tonnage of the ships, the marching route of the fleet, the troop configuration of the Japanese devil navy, and the deployment map of the alert troops of the Japanese devil infantry around the Yangtze River along the coast, etc., these materials are all made out by the comrades of our military command who are lurking inside the devil at the risk of losing their heads, and the information is very detailed.
There are even specific explanations of the habits of the devil commander's hobbies, etc., this time we will bring it, it must be useful, as the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles, now let's discuss and study the specific plan of action. ” The fat man and Lao Ye were discussing a detailed plan of action on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and here Ge Sanmin and Lao Chen led the team to Huai'an City along Hongze Lake, and as soon as they arrived at the city, they received a report from the scouts in front.
It is said that there are two Kuomintang troops in the northwest of Huai'an City rushing towards Huai'an City, and they have now rushed to a place not less than thirty miles away from Huai'an City, Ge Sanmin They know that these two Kuomintang troops are the two American armor divisions sent by the Sixth War Zone to seize Huai'an City, so they are not surprised to receive this situation report from the scouts, but it is just that the Kuomintang army's marching speed is extremely fast, far beyond their previous estimates, Ge Sanmin felt that things had changed, so he ordered his brothers to suspend their advance and discuss with Lao Chen, It's never too late to act.
Lao Chen heard the news that the two Kuomintang mechanics had arrived, and was very excited, and said to Ge Sanmin: "It's good that they are coming, more than 30 miles northwest of Huai'an City is the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, without further ado, we should first send troops to cut off the passage of those Kuomintang troops to cross the river, and we can't let them cross the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Huai'an City is there anyway, and they can't run, I think it can be delayed to stop attacking, first block those Kuomintang troops who are seizing Huai'an City, and capture Huai'an City, Ge Sanmin, what do you think?"
Ge Sanmin nodded again and again and said yes, what Lao Chen said was right, if those Kuomintang troops were allowed to cross the canal, then he and Lao Chen's team would definitely be attacked by the enemy and be in a very passive position.
Ge Sanmin hurriedly reported this battle plan to Zhou Wu, and Zhou Wu immediately replied: "Ge Sanmin, this plan is very good, the time is urgent, and it will be implemented immediately, but remember, now our relationship with the Kuomintang army is very delicate, don't take the initiative to fire during the operation, try not to fire the first shot, so as not to give people a handle, be in a passive position, once you exchange fire with the Kuomintang army, don't have any worries, let go and fight, there is anything to be done by me, you just need to block the Kuomintang army and capture Huai'an City." ” With Zhou Wu's backing guarantee, Ge Sanmin was much bolder, and said to Lao Chen: "The brigade has agreed to our plan, and he asks us not to fire the first shot, but once we fight with the Kuomintang army, we don't have to worry a lot, and we can do whatever we want." ” Lao Chen laughed: "Your Brigade Commander Zhou really has the demeanor of a general, that's right, let his subordinates let go of their hands and feet to do a big job, and do what they should do on it, this is the demeanor of a general, I Lao Chen admires it very much, I am ashamed of myself, so let's gossip, let's gossip, we will immediately turn to Siyang City in the northwest direction, and capture Siyang before the arrival of the Kuomintang army."
Seize the canal crossing in Siyang and block those Kuomintang troops who came over. ” Ge Sanmin nodded hurriedly, and ordered his brothers in the second regiment to turn around immediately, and rushed to the direction of Siyang City, which was more than 20 miles away from Huai'an City to Siyang, Ge Sanmin and Lao Chen sent an advance team of about 500 people in order to be able to capture Siyang City before the Kuomintang army forcibly crossed the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, led by Ge Sanmin himself, and hurried towards the direction of Siyang.
Lao Chen led his brothers in the First Brigade to follow closely behind Ge Sanmin, leaving part of the team to closely monitor the puppet army around Huai'an City, those puppet troops of the Wang puppet government had long been panicked and disintegrated because of Wang Jingwei's finish, and the puppet troops who stayed in Huai'an City were also thinking about the cost-effective way to surrender to that side and had long lost their minds to defend this Huai'an City, the city was in chaos, full of robbers and refugees who escaped from the city. t1706231537: