Ge Sanmin's analysis dispelled the doubts in the fat man's heart, and he realized that this was Zhou Wu's painstaking efforts, and as a backbone and main force under Zhou Wu, he was still fully trusted by his superiors, otherwise, it would be impossible for the above to give them such an important task of luring the enemy and containing the enemy.
As long as the fat man figured it out, after listening to Ge Sanmin's analysis, he immediately said to him: "Ge Sanmin, let's do it, since our first division is going to set off to Taierzhuang, then I won't go back to Lianshui with the team, you go into the city, tell the regiment that stayed in the city, let them go out of the city immediately to catch up with us, I won't send Brother Ge Sanmin to Lianshui, let's see you in Shandong."
In this way, the fat man led his first division out of Lianshui City and went in the direction of Taierzhuang in Xuzhou, in the northwest, how did Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng, who came later, station themselves around Lianshui City, waiting for Zhou Wu and their military headquarters to arrive.
Huang Shuisheng and Lao Chen in Yancheng Port are busy at this time, the New Fourth Army team from the direction of Jiangnan rushed to Yancheng in an endless stream, some teams encountered the Kuomintang army on the way, Huang Shuisheng hurriedly asked Zhou Wu, Lao Xu's chief of staff instructed him, to him to send troops to relieve the siege, the port wharf has to be organized by Huang Shuisheng, this time it is inseparable, Lao Chen looked at it, and said to him: "In this way, go to meet the Jiangnan New Fourth Army team and leave it to me to do, You just concentrate on going to Yancheng Port to organize the team that can already retreat north to board the ship and evacuate, it is estimated that there will not be too much time left for us, the Kuomintang army will immediately rush towards Yancheng again, now you can go as much as you want, don't grind, when the time comes, no one will be able to go."
Huang Shuisheng thought that this was very good, so he didn't pass Lao Chen, and took his men and horses to Yancheng Port to organize the team to withdraw north, and the sea route was also a smooth journey, except for a few groups of pirate fleets on the way, he didn't even run into the Kuomintang naval ships, nor did he encounter the enemy's planes, just like that, Huang Shuisheng organized people and horses to transport the northward retreat team back and forth between Yancheng and Rizhao, which was much smoother than originally expected, and the time was also a lot faster, according to this progress, It is estimated that the sea route task of the Jiangbei People's Liberation Army to withdraw north to Shandong will be completed half a month ahead of schedule, seeing that things are going smoothly, Huang Shuisheng and Lao Chen are also in a good mood this day, and the two of them are happy, so that the secretary general fried two more side dishes, drank a little wine, and chatted.
"I said Lao Chen, according to the current progress of our retreat by sea, it is estimated that two more groups of men and horses will be transported to complete the task, the army commander's injury is also recovering, it has improved a lot, and he can move on the ground, the fat man's first division is about to attack near Xuzhou, and the large army is close behind, and it is estimated that he will immediately enter the Shandong Liberated Area to join the friendly army, hey, to be honest, I have been in Jiangbei for so long, but now I am leaving, I am really a little reluctant."
Huang Shuisheng took a few sips of rice wine into his stomach, and he talked more, and sighed to Lao Chen.
"Yes, you stayed in Jiangbei for a lot longer than me, I used to work underground, and then the Anti-Japanese War broke out, so I temporarily drove ducks to the shelves, and came to Jiangbei to be the commander of the New Fourth Army, I heard that your experience is also extraordinary, how to talk about it."
Lao Chen also took advantage of the wine to ask Huang Shuisheng, he had wanted to figure out this question for a long time, but he had never had the opportunity to speak before, and now it was just right.
"Hehe, I won't tell you, I used to be with our commander in the 79th Army, I was only a platoon commander at that time, in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, in an operation to bomb the devil warship, I was wounded and fell into the water, at that time, the commander they thought I was killed, so they wanted to give me a memorial service, but I didn't expect my life to be hard, and I went back from the water, and the commander had no choice but to give me a lot of travel expenses to let me leave the independent brigade of the 79th Army and go to make a living.
Later, I came to Gaoyou Lake by mistake, met the boss in the lake, and thanks to him not giving up, he settled down in Gaoyou Lake and fell into the grass.
Huang Shuisheng was very indifferent, he thought that his experience was not earth-shattering, there was nothing to show off, but Zhou Wu's experience was full of ups and downs, all the relatives of the family died under the bomb of the devil, and led the team to fight with the Japanese devils in the city of Nanjing, and ran to Jiangbei and was surrounded by various forces such as Japan, pseudo, stubborn army, and bandits, and gained a firm foothold, and it was not easy to develop to the current situation.
Lao Chen felt the same way, nodded and said: "Yes, Lao Zhou is worthy of being a man, I really admire this, after so many years, I haven't seen him find a partner, and he can't always be alone, and when I get to Shandong this time, I have to be attentive and find him a suitable female comrade in our independent division and other teams, with Lao Zhou's current conditions, it is completely in line with the marriage standards of our team, as long as the two of them are willing, it is no problem at all." ” Lao Chen was really enthusiastic, and he even remembered to be a big matchmaker for Zhou Wu, who was single, he didn't know the subtlety between Zhou Wu and Shen Lina, if he knew, he would definitely not say this to Huang Shuisheng.
But Huang Shuisheng didn't know what was going on, he was very happy when he heard that Lao Chen had this enthusiasm, and hurriedly raised the wine bowl and said to Lao Chen: "Thank you Lao Chen for bothering, I will thank you on behalf of our commander, come, dry this glass, I wish our last sea transport evacuation mission a successful completion."
Lao Chen just wanted to pick up the wine bowl and dry it up, but a communication soldier hurriedly ran outside the door and reported to Huang Shuisheng: "Division commander, the military department is in an emergency" "Nian" Huang Shuisheng's heart suddenly "chuckled", at this time, Zhou Wulai called urgently, could it be that he encountered the enemy's large army on the way to evacuate by land or something else "According to the intelligence of the comrades in Nanjing, an enemy fleet has already set off and is heading for Yancheng Port, and in consideration of the change in the enemy's situation, the military headquarters has decided that your unit and the independent division should immediately speed up the evacuation and strive to complete all the tasks of the northward withdrawal of all the troops before the enemy fleet arrives at Yancheng," the signal soldier read the telegram.
When Huang Shuisheng heard this, he immediately got up from his seat, and walked to the command headquarters next to him, Lao Chen also hurriedly followed, he knew that at this time, Zhou Wu sent a message to Huang Shuisheng, which showed that the enemy had moved, and the fleet was estimated to be coming to Yancheng Port soon.
On the map of the headquarters, Huang Shuisheng stared carefully, he turned around, and saw that Lao Chen was also coming, so he said to him: "Lao Chen, I think we have to be more profitable, the Kuomintang fleet has already rushed over Yancheng, if we evacuate slowly, I am afraid that there will be danger." ” "Yes, you're right, we have to speed up the evacuation, so let's do it, I mean combine the last two retreating teams and combine them into a group of evacuation, but the ships are estimated to be insufficient, and the temporary shipbuilding is probably too late" Lao Chen was worried that there would not be enough ships to cross the sea.
"In this way, since we have opened the northward retreat channel by land, then divide a part of the team to go to Shandong by land, and the rest will continue to retreat north by sea, so that we can solve the problem of fewer ships at sea and not being able to load so many teams at once, wouldn't it be possible to solve the current dilemma" Huang Shuisheng proposed that the sea and land should be advanced simultaneously, so that the enemy's fleet could be evacuated near Yancheng Port in a hurry.
Lao Chen thought for a while, and hurriedly said to Huang Shuisheng: "Okay, the current situation can only be like this, immediately send a report to the military department, you must get the consent of the military department to take the land route, and send other friendly teams to respond, otherwise it will definitely not work." ” "It's okay, I'll send a report to the army commander immediately" Huang Shuisheng said that he would do it, and immediately ordered his subordinate signal troops to immediately send a report to Zhou Wu, asking for a temporary change in the evacuation plan and evacuating in the direction of Shandong by sea and two routes.
Zhou Wu had been recuperating for a period of time at this time, coupled with Shen Lina's meticulous care and treatment, his injuries had almost recovered, if Shen Lina hadn't asked him to recuperate for a period of time, Zhou Wu would have gone to the military headquarters to command the team.
Lao Niu Political Commissar and Lao Xu Chief of Staff also asked Zhou Wu to stay in the health camp well, and not to return to the military headquarters before his injuries healed, if there is anything in the team, they will take a telegram to ask Zhou Wu, and Zhou Wu does not have to go to the military headquarters to command.
In this way, with Shen Lina's acquiescence, Zhou Wu issued a message in the health camp and controlled the movement of the team.
After receiving a telegram from Huang Shuisheng in the direction of Yancheng, Zhou Wu was also a little uncertain, and hurriedly asked people to call Lao Xu and Niu Political Commissar to them, as soon as the two arrived, Zhou Wu took out Huang Shuisheng's telegram and said to them: "The Kuomintang warship is about to arrive in Yancheng, Huang Shuisheng means that the last evacuated team will be divided into two ways by sea and retreat to Shandong, what do you think?"
When Lao Xu heard this, he hurriedly said to Zhou Wu: "Lao Zhou, since the enemy fleet has arrived, then I don't think it's safe to go by sea, although Huang Shuisheng's division is good at fighting water battles, but after all, there are no warships that can compete with the enemy's warships, only those four modified steamboats, in case our evacuation fleet encounters the enemy fleet on the Yellow Sea, wouldn't it be very dangerous or let them all take the land route, anyway, the land passage has been opened, It's a big deal, let Ge Sanmin, who is broken in the back, support them for a few more days.
Lao Xu's meaning is very clear, that is, since there are threats and dangers on the sea route, then do not retreat from the sea, and all of them will be withdrawn to Shandong by land, although the road is farther, but relatively speaking, it is safer, so it is reliable.
Lao Niu also agreed with Lao Xu's opinion of Chief of Staff, thinking that it was safe to take the land route, Zhou Wu listened to their words, made up his mind, and sent a telegram ordering Huang Shuisheng to take all the land routes, and the evacuation team was taken by Lao Chen's independent division and evacuated towards Shandong together, and Huang Shuisheng's own division was divided into two parts, one part followed Lao Chen and them by land, and the other part continued to go north by sea, isn't there still a ship to bring back to Shandong This way is led by Huang Shuisheng himself, Zhou Wu added this sentence in the message: I believe you are aquaticYou are always a team that is good at fighting water battles, whether it is on Gaoyou Lake, Hongze Lake or on the Yellow Sea t1706231537: