Zhou Wu immediately sent his plan to the old army commander, the old army commander was already the commander of the newly established Jiangbei New Fourth Army Advance Column at this time, after he received Zhou Wu's message, he laughed and said to Lao Niu Political Commissar and Lao Xu's chief of staff: "It's still Zhou Wu's thoughtfulness, I'm not as good as this, you see, if this plan is feasible, then we will act according to this plan, anyway, I agree with this plan," Lao Niu and Lao Xu read the telegram and agreed with Zhou Wu's plan: "This is okay, we were anxious just now, seeing that the enemy's main force has attacked not far from Lijiawan, it is a bit chaotic, Lao Zhou's plan is good, so be it, I don't think there is any need to report to the superiors, just act according to this plan." ” The old army commander heard Lao Niu and Lao Xu's statement, and said to the two of them with a smile: "I have a suggestion, let Zhou Wu come to the command of this battle, I will be his deputy, and obey his command, so that it will be beneficial to the actions of our troops and the victory of the battle, what do you think?"
Lao Niu and Lao Xu listened: Since you, Commander Zhang, took the initiative to make this request, it would be the best, at the beginning, we still had to consider that your old man had always been Zhou Wu's old boss, and I was afraid that Zhou Wu would not be good at commanding the old boss, but now that this is the case, then that's it.
The old army commander immediately sent a telegram to Zhou Wu in the name of the column headquarters, with Zhou Wu as the commander-in-chief of the campaign, and the old army commander, Lao Niu, Lao Xu, and others formed the front-line command center, which was responsible for the anti-Kuomintang army's encirclement and suppression campaign, and had full command of all the troops under the jurisdiction of the column, as well as Lao Chen's team of the First Brigade of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army who was ordered to rush to reinforce them.
After Zhou Wu received the telegram, he felt a little embarrassed that he came to command the old army commander, so he called the old army commander and said: "Old army commander, I'm afraid this is not good, I am your student and subordinate, and now that you have become my deputy, I feel a little uncomfortable." ” "Zhou Wu, there's nothing I can't adapt to, I'm old, I'm going to retire sooner or later, this burden will have to be handed over to you sooner or later, it's not like you haven't commanded a large corps to fight, teacher, I don't care about these false names, as long as you can take those brothers of our 79th Army on the bright road, besides, here in Jiangbei, it is much more advantageous for you to command the battle than me, why should I occupy a position and not let go, I have already planned it, when this battle is finished and settled, I should also retreat, I've been fighting all my life, and to be honest, I don't want to run into my old friends on the battlefield.
The old army commander said his true feelings on the phone, indeed, the old army commander is almost seventy years old, and his body does not allow him to continue to fight on the battlefield, this time there is no way, he was forced by the Kuomintang army, and when the battle is over, he wants to rest.
Zhou Wu was silent on the other end of the phone for a while, and said, "Okay, the old army commander will listen to you, and the students will definitely do it."
After Zhou Wu took over the command of the column, he immediately ordered the column to quickly evacuate from Lijiawan and evacuate towards Binhu Town on the edge of Hongze Lake, and at the same time ordered Chen Guofu's First Brigade of the Jiangbei New Fourth Army to quickly rush to Siyang City, and cooperate with the local New Fourth Army local armed forces to recapture Siyang City, so as to block the back road of the 18th Division, which had all crossed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Ge Sanmin's 2nd Regiment and Huang Shuisheng's Special Service Regiment, as well as the newly formed Lao Chang and their regiments, rushed to Binhu Town with the large army, where they waited for the arrival of the 18th Division Just as the advancing column began to move, Zhou Wu suddenly received an urgent order from the military headquarters, ordering the advancing column to stop all military operations and wait for the order Zhou Wu didn't understand why the military headquarters wanted him to suddenly stop his actions at this time, this was a good time to lure the 18th Division into the encirclement, the large troops of the 18th Division had all crossed the canal, as long as they cut off their back roads, intercepted the supply lines that had been stretched for a long time, and then concentrated the superior forces, it was absolutely possible to surround this arrogant vanguard, the 18th Division of Lao Jiang's descendants, even if they couldn't be eliminated, they could be disabled, and they could take advantage of this opportunity to kill their prestige, A warning to those Kuomintang troops around them.
The military headquarters then sent a message: An agreement had been signed at the KMT-CPC peace talks in Chongqing, and the KMT and CPC armies would disengage and be bounded by the actual military control line before the agreement, and neither side should first attack the other side, otherwise it would bear all the responsibility for starting a civil war.
Zhou Wu received the news from the military headquarters asking him to stop fighting, and said to the political commissar who had returned to Tianchangmatan: "Lao Niu, look at it, what is this, we have almost spread it out, and we are about to do it, but the military department wants us to stop, and now this situation, isn't it obvious that the Kuomintang army will take advantage, Siyang City is already in our pocket, and now the Kuomintang army has reached a place only fifty miles away from Lijiawan, so Isn't our Jiangbei base area blocked by the Kuomintang army's back door?"
Lao Niu: "Lao Zhou, don't get angry, this is the decision of the Central Committee, we just have to implement it, and you can get it back after being taken advantage of by the Kuomintang army, so let's bear with it now."
Lao Niu persuaded Zhou Wu not to be impulsive and focus on the overall situation.
Zhou Wu had no choice but to order his team to suspend the attack, the old army commander didn't understand, and ran over to ask Zhou Wu: "Zhou Wu, why did you stop in a good way, what are you doing?"
"Old army commander, there is no way, the higher authorities want us to suspend the offensive, saying that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have signed a peace agreement, and from now on, we will not be able to exchange fire with the Kuomintang army, and the two sides will stop military contact with the current military demarcation line."
Zhou Wu said to the old army commander with a wry smile.
"Oh, so that's the case, I thought there was something else, it's okay, save the dead, to be honest, I don't want to fight a civil war, the Kuomintang and Communist armies are all Chinese, they are all Chinese people, as soon as the Japanese devils leave, everyone should sit down and talk, abandon the past and build a new China, for so many years, why do the world powers dare to frequently bully us China, isn't it because our own people fight hard, they took this opportunity to intervene like this, I can finally rest assured and go home for a peaceful life.
The old army commander seemed very happy, he was very pleased to see in his lifetime that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party could eliminate the struggle, sit down together for peace talks, and build the country, the Chinese people have suffered too much, and the years of war have caused many ordinary people to be separated from their wives and families, and the more they fight, the poorer they are, the poorer they are, the more they fight, as an old soldier who has been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, but he has a deep understanding, now that the Japanese devils are coming, we Chinese should sit down and have a good talk, Don't solve all the problems on the battlefield anymore.
"Yes, we also hope to be able to stop fighting, but the old army commander, I don't have much expectations for this peace agreement, you don't know the character of Lao Jiang, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands for rain is his forte, and it is estimated that the signing of the peace agreement this time is that he is not ready for civil war now, and he is dragging out time."
Zhou Wu was pessimistic about the so-called prospects for peace, believing that this period of peace would not last long, and that once Lao Chiang was ready, he would definitely tear up the agreement and launch a fierce attack on the communist forces, which was evident from Lao Chiang's consistent actions, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui is a bloody fact, and at that time it was still in the most difficult period of the War of Resistance against Japan, once the two sides were a little careless, it could lead to the possibility of civil war.
Even at that time, his old Chiang dared to launch an encirclement and suppression of the New Fourth Army, let alone this time, now is the time when his old Chiang is the most proud, as the head of the victorious country in World War II, he has millions of dollars, received a large number of spoils left by the Japanese devils, and received most of the US aid, he wants soldiers and soldiers, money and money, as long as he thinks that the time comes, Lao Chiang will not hesitate to tear up the peace treaty and launch an attack on the liberated areas of the Communist Party.
He would not tolerate the presence of communist forces in his territory, and Zhou Wu knew this very well.
"Zhou Wu, what is Lao Jiang like, I have dealt with him for most of my life, and I don't know if I hope this period of peace will be as long as possible, the people have to take a breath, they can't fight like this, when is it a head" The old army commander said, his words revealed a trace of helplessness, he is old, he has this heart to serve the country, I am afraid he has no energy to achieve it, he can only let Zhou Wu and his generation to fight for it, but he knows very well at the moment, even if the power of the Kuomintang army is unprecedentedly huge at this time, But they are still not the opponents of the Communist Party, because in the common people in the base area, the old army commander finally found the answer that he had been puzzled about: that is, a law for the ages, whoever gets the support of the majority of the people, who is the final victor, here in the base area, the old army commander finally understood why the New Fourth Army team like Hanako, which was equipped with shabby weapons and even had a patch in military uniform, could not only not be wiped out by the enemy under the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's puppet and stubborn forces in Jiangbei.
And the reason for growing stronger and stronger, that is, they have been integrated with the local people, and no one can do without whom, such an army, try to ask who can defeat them, even if they are frustrated on the frontal battlefield, they can quickly integrate into the people, and carry out guerrilla warfare with the enemy, so that those Kuomintang troops can not fight, once the time is ripe, they quickly gather together and fight with the Kuomintang army, over time, the Kuomintang army will be defeated and retreat, this is the law, the iron law of history, don't say Lao Jiang, Anyone who violates this iron law will be doomed immediately. t1706231537: