"Ah, when is this happening" Ge Sanmin was very surprised when he heard that the Kuomintang army was going to attack the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei again, didn't he just stop for a while, the little Japanese devils had just left, and those Kuomintang troops were restless again, and they were about to attack the New Fourth Army.
"Just a few days ago, a large number of Kuomintang troops have begun to encircle the 79th Army, the 79th Army has already revolted, and our independent brigade is now cooperating with the 79th Army to resist the attack of the recalcitrant Kuomintang army."
The fat man said to Ge Sanmin.
"Ah, I didn't expect that I had only stayed in Nanjing City for so many days, and the base area had already been fighting, okay, Lao Liu, I feel like rushing back, maybe I can catch up with the main event."
Ge Sanmin completely forgot that this side was still within the range of the naval guns of those Kuomintang warships on the river, and said excitedly to the fat man.
"Ge Sanmin, let's withdraw quickly, it's not too late to talk about these things when we return to the brigade headquarters" The fat man hurriedly urged Ge Sanmin to retreat quickly As soon as Ge Sanmin heard this, he hurriedly ordered his brothers to guard Lao Ye and them, and hurriedly evacuated in the direction of Tianchang under the cover of the fat man and his brothers, and the timely arrival of a large army really made the fat man breathe a sigh of relief, he ordered the two battalions that rushed to cover him and Ge Sanmin alternately to cover him and Ge Sanmin They retreated, and slowly withdrew in the direction of Tianchang, and those Kuomintang naval ships on the river saw that these horses had received reinforcements on land, and they did not dare to rush ashore to pursue, He fired a symbolic bombardment of the shore for a while, and then returned home.
When they arrived on the shore, it was the fat man's world, how could the Kuomintang team on the north bank of the Yangtze River dare to stop them, so the fat man gave all the captured cars and horses to Ge Sanmin and them, and asked him to take Lao Ye's subordinate military commanders and brothers to Tianchang Matan first, and he took a group of brothers to cover Ge Sanmin's evacuation.
Nothing happened all the way, Ge Sanmin quickly rushed to the brigade headquarters with Lao Ye and them, Zhou Wu received the news, and hurriedly came to the village entrance to greet him, seeing Lao Ye and them unscathed, Zhou Wu was very happy, took Lao Ye's hand and said to him: "Lao Ye, we finally meet again, I already know what you mean, don't worry, now we are dealing with the Kuomintang army that came to attack our base area, and when this battle is over, I will send someone to escort you to Guangdong, As well as the families of you and your brothers, I have already made proper arrangements through the local underground party comrades, so that they do not have to worry, and they can live in our base area for a while, and see that it is not too late to go."
Lao Ye was very excited when he heard that Zhou Wu had already arranged all his family members, and hurriedly said: "It's still thoughtful to the brigade, I originally wanted to stay and follow the brigade, but it's really because I'm tired of the battle here, so please ask the brigade to understand my hardships." ” Zhou Wu smiled slightly: "Lao Ye, don't say anything, I understand your situation, I understand you, our New Fourth Army has always respected the wishes of your rebels and come and go freely, not to mention that your Lao Ye has also made great help to our New Fourth Army, we will not forget these things." ” As soon as Lao Ye heard Zhou Wu's statement, he felt reliable, and his heart was a little calmer, so he hurriedly said to his subordinate military commanders: "Brothers, we can be regarded as choosing the right path this time, follow the horse brigade, it will definitely not be wrong, everyone will have to work hard in the New Fourth Army in the future, don't embarrass me Lao Ye, I also remember you overseas."
Most of these military commander brothers who followed Lao Chang and Director Liu to join the New Fourth Army were Lao Ye's old subordinates, and when they heard the words of their bosses, they let go of their hearts, feeling that they were fortunate to have the help of the New Fourth Army this time, otherwise they would have to be killed by those Central Commanders in the Nanjing Military Command Station building Zhou Wudang organized these rebellious military commander brothers into a regiment, and Lao Chang became the head of this regiment, the backbone of this regiment was the military commander brothers who came from these uprisings, and the recruits were supplemented by the county brigade and other local armed forces in the base area, Director Xiao Liu is a talent in communications, and it was too aggrieved to let him be the deputy battalion commander, Zhou Wu transferred him to the newly formed independent division as the deputy chief of staff, and was also in charge of the intelligence and communication work of the division headquarters, this appointment surprised Lao Chang and Xiao Liu, They originally thought that they had only brought two or three hundred brothers, and it was already quite good to be able to form a battalion, but they never thought that Zhou Wu would organize them into a regiment, and Director Xiao Liu was simply on a plane, and he was promoted to the deputy chief of staff of the division at once, Director Xiao Liu was a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, oh, division seat, the position of this deputy chief of staff is very important, I just voted from the military commander, I'm afraid it's not suitable to hold this position, It's better for you to let me be a deputy head under Lao Chang. ” Of course, Zhou Wu's appointment was not taken for granted, it was recommended by him to the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, and the military department agreed, plus during this period of time, the New Fourth Army carried out the first reorganization after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War to meet the needs of the new situation, and the units of the New Fourth Army in the Jiangbei Command Headquarters were obviously not enough, and the formation of the corps was very inappropriate during the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party at that time.
In order to encourage this situation, the military department made an exception to agree to Zhou Wu's recommendation, and in this way, the captain of an action team of the military commander became the head of the main force of the New Fourth Army, and Xiao Liu became the deputy chief of staff of the newly formed Zhou Wu Independent Division, which greatly surprised the two of them at the beginning, and made the brothers of the military commander who had just defected sigh again and again: I can be regarded as the right person now, Those brothers who are unwilling to follow the New Fourth Army will not have this opportunity.
In Tianchang Matan, Lao Ye fulfilled his promise in Nanjing, and distributed all the property to his military brothers, who were already the officers and soldiers of the New Fourth Army, how could the military brothers accept Lao Ye's property, they all refused to do so, and said to Lao Ye: "Stationmaster, you need money overseas, we will give you this money, and it will not be too late to return it to us when you get rich."
Zhou Wu also persuaded Lao Ye: "Lao Ye, since the brothers say so, then you can accept it, this is your brothers' heart for you, you don't have to be polite." ” As soon as Lao Ye heard that even Zhou Wu said this, he reluctantly accepted it, but he still wrote an IOU for each of his brothers, saying that he would definitely return the money in full, and the money was deserved by the brothers, and he was just borrowing it temporarily, so there was no reason not to pay it back Zhou Wu saw Lao Ye's serious appearance, smiled bitterly, and let Lao Ye do this.
That night, Zhou Wu set up a banquet in Matan to entertain Lao Ye and his brothers, who had defected, and at the moment when the big guy was happily drinking and chatting, an urgent telegram from the front line arrived, and the communication staff officer ran in in a panic, Zhou Wu saw it, knew that something had happened, and immediately said to him: "What is so panicked" "Siyang City has been conquered by the Kuomintang troops, a large number of enemy troops are approaching in the direction of Lijiawan, and a regiment of the enemy's forward has been pressed to a place less than 50 miles away from Lijiawan.
"Ah, the Kuomintang army is quite fast this time, it rushed to the side of Lijiawan so quickly, comrade staff, quickly bring the map, Lao Ye, I'm sorry, we can't drink this wine, when we defeat this group of enemies, let's drink happily and not get drunk" Zhou Wu said to Lao Ye with apologies.
"It's okay, Lao Zhou, you do your business, anyway, we are all full, and when we defeat these attacking Kuomintang troops, we will drink your celebration wine" Lao Ye certainly understood Zhou Wu's situation, and hurriedly said to him.
The staff officer immediately spread out the huge military map, Zhou Wu pointed to the Siyang in the northwest of Lijiawan and said to the brothers around him: "Siyang is the outermost natural defense line of our base area, blocked by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and now it has fallen into the hands of the 18th Division, we can only retreat, the old army commander wants our independent division to catch up and block the 18th Division, I don't think this plan is very good, the 18th Division is a fully American-equipped unit, the number has reached more than 30,000 people, it is a full division under Lao Jiang, With more than 10,000 men and horses of our independent division to block, it is undoubtedly to fight a war of attrition with them, and it will be defeated, east of Siyang, it is all an endless plain area, although the many water networks and rivers during the period have some impact on the mechanization of the 18th Division, but the impact is not very large, it is more than enough to deal with our independent division, I think we should first abandon the Lijiawan area, retreat towards the area of Binhu Town on the shore of Hongze Lake, bring in the 18th Division, and lengthen the front of the 18th Division, the 18th Division is a fully mechanized team, and it must be very dependent on logistics, Once those tanks and cars run out of fuel, they are something to be beaten, and we can continue to send small groups to harass the flanks of the 18th Division, cut off their supply lines, reoccupy Siyang and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and then concentrate the forces of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army and the advancing column on the shore of Hongze Lake in Binhu Town, surround them, and encircle them."
Zhou Wu's plan was actually to lure the enemy deeper, send a small force to constantly harass the enemy's flank, so that the 18th Division was tired of coping, and then suddenly sent troops to cut off the rear road of the 10th Division, surrounded them in the area east of the canal and west of Hongze Lake, and closed the door to beat the mad dogs, even if they couldn't kill the 18th Division, the mad dogs who worked for Lao Jiang, they had to be disabled. t1706231537: