Zhou Wu immediately stood up and saluted: "Commander, we have no difficulty, we guarantee to complete the task" Seeing that Zhou Wu was still in the same style as always, the commander nodded at him with satisfaction, and said to him with a smile: "If you want to say that there is no difficulty, Zhou Wu, you are talking empty words, but I believe in the combat effectiveness of your team, the focus of this mission is in the Lianshui and Lianyungang areas, as long as these two places are firmly controlled, we can ensure the success of our corps' retreat north by sea and land, and among these two routes, the land route is particularly important, which is the passage to ensure that most of the main forces of our corps and the Shandong Eighth Route Army meet, I think you know what's at stake. ” Zhou Wu said: "Yes.
The commander was right in his criticism, it is impossible to say that there is no difficulty at all, mainly because I am worried that we will suddenly break away from the base area and turn to such a distant place to fight long-distance, without the support of the local people, some local comrades are emotional, and their enthusiasm is not very high, I am afraid that it will affect the combat effectiveness, and the supply of troops is also a big problem, and if we bring everything, the speed of the march will have to slow down, and I am worrying about this matter these days.
Zhou Wu told the truth, abandoning the base area to fight on the outside line, this logistical supply has become a big problem, this place is still several hundred kilometers away from the Shandong Liberated Area, and if the enemy is blockaded and surrounded on the way, then the supply will be troublesome.
"This problem is not in your army, but in other teams, it depends on you cadres to do the ideological work of the soldiers, Comrade Lao Niu has experience in this regard, you can leave these affairs to him, you can specifically consider the military action plan, there are always more ways than difficulties, listen to the opinions of the comrades below, listen to the opinions of the common people, it will be very good for you."
Commander Li said to Zhou Wu.
Zhou Wu nodded, the commander was right, their New Fourth Army team can exist and develop in the Jiangbei region for seven or eight years, if there is no support from the local people, it would have been wiped out by the little devils and the Kuomintang diehards and the surrounding bandit forces, where can there be the current situation, although now it is taking the initiative to abandon the Jiangbei base area and retreat towards the Shandong region, but this is only a strategy of the superiors, the purpose is to preserve the revolutionary force, and the Eighth Route Army in the Shandong Liberated Area will form the East China Field Army, and form a strong alliance, We will be able to better continue to fight the enemy and liberate the whole of China After Zhou Wu returned to the military headquarters, he received a telegram from the fat man who served as the pioneer of the road, the fat man had conquered Lianshui City, the main road to the north, and a Kuomintang army security regiment defending the city did not release a shot, and abandoned the city overnight and fled.
Zhou Wu hurriedly ordered the military headquarters to speed up the march, and the health battalion followed Zhou Wu's military headquarters to move together, because the march was very slow due to the wounded brothers and those bulky medical facilities, Zhou Wu drew his own guard platoon to accompany the health battalion to protect the doctors, nurses and wounded brothers of the health camp, in case of a surprise attack by the Kuomintang army on the way In this way, there were almost no armed guards in the fifty or sixty people in the military headquarters around Zhou Wu, and the team was full of non-combatants such as the staff officers and secretaries of the military department, so Lao Xu said to Zhou Wu more than once: "Leave some guards, so that our military headquarters will be in trouble if it is attacked." ” Zhou Wu disagreed, and said to Lao Xu: "It's okay, Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng's two divisions are not far away, once our military headquarters is attacked, they can arrive immediately, these people in our military headquarters are also comrades who can fight, most of the doctors and nurses in the health camp are doctors, as well as those wounded and sick who are unable to move, if they are attacked by the enemy, then the trouble will be even greater, the guard platoon guards them, of course, let's pay attention to it, it's a big deal that we can the guy and fight against the enemy in case of attack, It's hard to believe that after all these years, we have been promoted, and we don't have that fighting spirit.
It seems that Zhou Wu still wants to take his brothers to fight face-to-face with the enemy as he did a few years ago, Lao Xu hurriedly said to Zhou Wu: "Commander, we can't compare with the past now, for the way of generals, lies in the strategy, not by virtue of personal martial arts, then according to this statement, the Lu Bu martial arts in the Three Kingdoms period was the first in the world, he was able to stand out among the heroes, and in the end, it was not for Cao Cao to catch and lose his life, I think you have an opinion on the practice of transferring all this guard platoon to the health camp." ” Lao Niu's political commissar also agreed with Lao Xu's opinion, Zhou Wu saw that there was no way, so he had to order the guard platoon that was already in the health camp to take out half of the men and horses to return and escort the military headquarters forward, at this moment, several comrades in front of them ran back in a panic to report to Zhou Wu: "Commander, it's not good, a large number of enemies have been found in front" It was really a pot that didn't open the pot, and he was worried about encountering the enemy on the way, and a large number of enemies appeared in front, Zhou Wu hurriedly asked his comrades: "What is the situation in front of the enemy, how many enemies are there?"
"Look at the enemy's military uniform, it is a series of the Central Army, wearing steel helmets, as well as armored vehicles and tanks, the number of people is at least several thousand, only five or six miles away from us, and a squad of comrades in charge of opening the road is blocking and leading away the enemy in front."
Those comrades panted and said to Zhou Wu, a large number of enemies suddenly appeared in front of their eyes, there were only these dozens of people on their side, and the guard platoon was in the health camp more than ten miles behind.
Sure enough, there was a violent explosion in front, Zhou Wu and they could hear it, the guns of resistance were gradually sparsely attacked, how long can a squad of nine soldiers resist the attack of a large number of enemy teams with tanks and armored vehicles Listening to the direction of those gunshots, the brothers of that squad are using their own flesh and blood to lead away the enemy team, and they are leading towards the east, the purpose is to ask Zhou Wu and their military headquarters to immediately change the route and avoid these enemies in front of them Lao Xu asked Zhou Wu: "What should we do, where should we go?"
Zhou Wu was not worried about the health camp behind, the enemy had thousands of people, even if his military headquarters was lucky enough to bypass the enemy, but there was no guarantee that the health camp behind would not be discovered by the enemy, he stayed for a while, and said to Lao Xu and them: "Stay put, send people to the health camp behind, ask them to speed up the march, and after we meet with the health camp, we will bypass the enemy and divert to the north."
"This can't work, we are so close to the enemy now, we have actually exposed our whereabouts, we can't stay where we are, that's almost looking for death, immediately order the nearest Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng and their team, we should immediately move closer to them, and the health camp will inform them to change their route immediately and move closer to Ge Sanmin."
Lao Xu disagreed with Zhou Wu's method, thinking that the enemy was in front of him, and he couldn't grind any longer, so he had to make up his mind to act immediately.
Zhou Wu listened to Lao Xu's suggestion, felt that he was a little indecisive, and hurriedly ordered Ge Sanmin with the radio, but the communication corps reported that the radio station was out of order, and now he couldn't contact the surrounding team for a while, Zhou Wu heard it, and his head "buzzed" a lot louder, it was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and the radio used to save lives at this critical moment actually failed, didn't that want our old life He immediately ordered the communication corps to speed up the repair of the radio station, On the one hand, he sent a few fast-legged brothers to sit on the captured American jeeps and quickly rushed to the surrounding Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng to bring rescue troops, asking them to send a team to relieve the siege as soon as they received the news Zhou Wu also sent several brothers to rush to the health camp behind on horseback, asking them to immediately stop continuing the march and lay in ambush on the spot to prevent the attack of the Kuomintang troops in front.
As soon as the brothers of the guard platoon heard that Zhou Wu's military headquarters was besieged by a large number of enemies, they were so anxious that they could not do it, and under the greeting of the platoon commander, the brothers threw off their legs and hurriedly rushed forward.
Receiving the news that Zhou Wu and they were besieged by a large number of enemies in front, Shen Lina did not obey Zhou Wu's order to hide her on the spot, but discussed with the brothers of the guard platoon, those lightly wounded brothers heard that Zhou Wu in front of them encountered the enemy, and they asked to participate in the battle, Shen Lina thought for a while, and asked those lightly wounded brothers to stay on the spot to protect those seriously wounded who were unable to move, and she took the brothers of the guard platoon to the front, anyway, it was only ten miles away, and it would be possible to catch it in a while, Zhou Wu's military department is only a few dozen people, if it is besieged by the enemy, then the main force of the Second Corps of the East China Field Army that we have just established will soon be finished, although Zhou Wu is a little annoying, but Shen Lina always feels that she is a little reluctant to him, I don't know when this wonderful feeling will occupy her heart, in short, she feels that she should do something, instead of obediently staying where she is, watching Zhou Wu in front of them being besieged by a large number of enemies.
Since the last battle experience in the Dianqiao position, Shen Lina has become a little bolder, she thinks that the enemies in front of her are probably not specifically coming to find Zhou Wu's trouble, but happened to encounter them on the way, this should be an encounter, as long as our side can desperately resist the enemy's first few attacks, the surrounding Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng They will definitely receive the news and rush over to this side, in this way, Zhou Wu and they may escape this catastrophe, and if they really can't resist the enemy's attack, You can let Zhou Wu and them run first, at this time, don't worry about any face problems, it is important to save your strength and escape with your life, and leave Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, as long as you can meet Ge Sanmin, you can basically get out of danger.
Shen Lina's analysis was not wrong at all, just when she temporarily decided to take her brothers in the guard platoon and rushed to the front, those Kuomintang soldiers discovered their traces, and under the opening of tanks and armored vehicles, they rushed towards Zhou Wu and dozens of his men and horses t1706231537: