As soon as the old commander's words fell, the officers of the 79th Army on the playground began to make a commotion, as can be seen from the outfit of the old commander's military uniform, there must be something big happening today, and everyone can probably guess a few points, but I never thought that the old army commander would announce the uprising of the 79th Army today, most of the officers expressed their willingness to follow the old army commander, only a small number of officers said that they were unwilling to defect to the New Fourth Army, the old army commander was very happy to order Xiao Wu to take out the white flowers of the ocean and the yellow gold, gave them a placement fee, and said to them: "Let's go together, that's all Zhang can do, there is not much money, let's talk about the meaning, we will go our own ways in the future, I hope there will be a period in the future."
Most of the officers of the 79th Army who were unwilling to stay were those who were planted by the upper echelons of the Kuomintang when the old army commander took charge of the 79th Army after he returned to the mountain, and the old army commander could have cleared these people out of the 79th Army, but the kind-hearted old army commander felt that he had worked with them in the 79th Army for many years, and they did not embarrass themselves too much, so they had to spare and spare people, so they still let them go, let them choose by themselves, and make a good way to make a living.
Therefore, when these officers saw that the old army commander did what he said and sent his men to escort them out of the 79th Army Defense Area, they were deeply moved and said to the old army commander on the spot: "Old army commander, no matter which way we meet again in the future, we will not forget today, thank you old army commander for letting us go, we will have a date in the future."
The old army commander nodded, and said to them in a serious tone: "I have worked with you for so long, you should know my temper, I hope you and your brother will think carefully and carefully, calm down and think more, what are we soldiers eating food for, if you still want to make a fortune for personal promotion, be careful that there will be no good end in the future, this is also the last sentence I said to them, you can also understand the city advice, as for how you understand and comprehend, it depends on your respective creations, you take care, I hope we don't meet again on the battlefield in the future," said the old commander to the departing officers.
After these officers left, the old commander immediately said to most of the officers of the 79th Army who remained under his command: "Brothers, from today onwards, I will be a member of the New Fourth Army, and due to the imminent uprising, the time is in a hurry, and there is no time to change the uniform.
These two are representatives sent by the New Fourth Army, this is Comrade Niu, political commissar of the Independent Brigade of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei, and this is Comrade Xu, the deputy brigade commander of the Independent Brigade.
There was a burst of warm applause on the playground, and half of the officers of the 79th Army who stayed behind were cadres of the New Fourth Army sent by Zhou Wu before, and when they learned that the 79th Army had officially revolted to join the New Fourth Army, they were extremely excited, and they had paid a lot of energy and effort for this day.
Some comrades even paid the price with their lives, so when the old army commander announced the official uprising and joined the New Fourth Army, the excitement in the hearts of these comrades cannot be described in words.
Political Commissar Niu came up and gave a standard military salute to everyone, and said: "Brothers of the 79th Army, you are welcome to join our New Fourth Army, from now on, we are a family, the family does not say a word, I brought the order of the New Fourth Army Military Headquarters this time, and I announce it to you here." ” Political Commissar Niu paused, took out a piece of paper from his pocket and read: "The original 79th Army was reorganized into the Jiangbei Advance Column of the New Fourth Army, Commander Zhang served as the commander of the column, the following team configuration is the same as the 79th Army, there will be no change for the time being, officers at all levels will not change for the time being, the original Jiangbei New Fourth Army Independent Brigade will be incorporated into the advance column and upgraded to an independent division, Comrade Zhou Wu will serve as the division commander, and at the same time serve as the deputy commander of the column, I myself will serve as the political commissar of the column, and Comrade Lao Xu will serve as the chief of staff of the column, The military department hopes that all the commanders and fighters of the newly established Jiangbei New Fourth Army Advance Column will carry forward the spirit of hard fighting, smash the Kuomintang's heavy encirclement and suppression, and preserve the fruits of our New Fourth Army's victory in Jiangbei. ” The officers of the 79th Army were very happy when they heard that the establishment of the troops would not be changed for the time being, and here in the New Fourth Army, the level of the column was equivalent to that of the army, and in this way, the position of the old army commander remained unchanged, and due to the addition of Zhou Wu's Jiangbei New Fourth Army Independent Brigade, the strength of the troops had increased a lot, so in this case, the old army commander and Zhou Wu, the teacher and student, finally got together again after eight years, and it was still a relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the old army commander was still Zhou Wu's direct boss.
It's just that Zhou Wu has become the deputy of the old army commander from the original brigade commander.
Immediately after Lao Xu, as the new chief of staff of the advancing column, announced the plan of action for the next team, in view of the coercive attack of the surrounding Kuomintang troops, the current situation of the 79th Army is in a very dangerous situation, Zhou Wu has sent all the teams of the independent brigade to Huai'an and Siyang to resist the Kuomintang troops who are coming to attack, and the 79th Army team is on the spot in the area of Lijiawan to block the defense, resist the 18th Division led by Qian someone, who is attacking head-on, and work with Zhou Wu and Lao Chen to cross this critical moment in front of them.
Lao Xu ordered Division Commander Huang to send his subordinates to lure the 18th Division to cross the canal and attack in the direction of Huai'an City, while the rest of the 79th Army's large forces were deployed along the line of Lijiawan and Huai'an City, and cooperated with the troops of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army to encircle the invading Kuomintang troops under Huai'an City and Binhu Town on the shore of Hongze Lake, first attack this 18th Division with the strongest combat effectiveness, and strive to defeat the most powerful descendants of Lao Chiang.
Completely extinguish the arrogance of this old Chiang's vanguard, and warn the other Kuomintang troops who are ready to move on the ranks of the New Fourth Army Considering that the scale of this campaign must be not small, the division commander once again authorized Zhou Wu to mobilize all the armed forces of the New Fourth Army under the jurisdiction of the Jiangbei Command, including the regular army of the New Fourth Army and the local armed forces in various counties, in order to enable the New Fourth Army to strive to take the initiative after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and it would also be of great benefit to the delegation negotiating in Chongqing, and the negotiations were the most important Isn't it to rely on the initiative to attack and retreat on the battlefield below, and to take the initiative on the battlefield, even if you don't speak at the negotiation table, you can make the other party dare not ask for a price, if you mess up on the battlefield, even if the negotiator has a three-inch tongue, the witty words are in vain, here, strength determines everything.
Because Zhou Wu was worried about Ge Sanmin and Lao Ye in Nanjing City, he could only stay in the command of the Tianchang Independent Brigade now, and in the 79th Army, he was handled by Niu Political Commissar and Lao Xu, just like that, after receiving the order, Division Commander Huang immediately rushed to Siyang with a battalion of troops to lure the attacking 18th Division to the bank of the canal.
The 2nd Regiment of the Independent Brigade and the 3rd Regiment of Xiao Zheng, as well as Huang Shuisheng's Special Service Regiment, all rushed to the area of Binhu Town under Huai'an City, and arranged ambush positions along the shore of Hongze Lake.
If we attack other Kuomintang troops, the 18th Division will definitely go back to the rescue, and when the time comes, it will be a stalemate, which will be unfavorable to us, and if we concentrate our forces to beat the 18th Division, the other Kuomintang troops will definitely stand by and watch the fire from the other side, so that we will not be attacked by the enemy when we encircle and annihilate the 18th Division. ” Political Commissar Niu: "Old Zhou, how can you conclude that when we encircle and annihilate the 18th Division, the other Kuomintang troops will not come to the rescue, you must know that this 18th Division is the trump card of Lao Jiang's men, and everything good will be equipped to the 18th Division, Lao Jiang can watch the 18th Division being beaten by us, and he is not in a hurry, and strictly orders Gu to transfer troops to rescue the 18th Division."
"Lao Niu, I have been in the Kuomintang army for so many years, and I don't know that this inside story is because the 18th Division is too powerful, so it has aroused the jealousy and dissatisfaction of the rest of the Kuomintang army, they will think, since your 18th Division is so awesome, with such good equipment and well-trained soldiers, how can you deal with a few poor New Fourth Army, plus this time the 18th Division is personally commanded by Lao Jiang, so I am more confident to conclude that this matter is not far from ten, and our chairman is okay to engage in power schemes, At the beginning of the Songhu War of Resistance, we were stronger than the Japanese in terms of number and equipment, as well as the morale and fighting will of the soldiers, but in the end, we were tossed by our Chairman Chiang and fled, which directly led to the fall of Nanjing City and the occurrence of the Nanjing Massacre.
Zhou Wu explained to Commissar Niu who didn't quite understand.
"Oh, what you said is also reasonable, but we still can't take it lightly, at the tactical level, we have to treat the 18th Division as a big tiger to fight, and we must not relax and despise the combat effectiveness of the 18th Division, only in this way can our New Fourth Army move from one victory to another more brilliant victory." t1706231537: