The group of people with red eyes were in good spirits. After breakfast, people from the local government had to hold a meeting. The main military matters were the various assessments prepared by the instructors and the military maps drawn by the local area.

, prepare various summaries, personnel lists, personnel files and other documents and submit them to the corresponding organizational personnel.

During lunch, he found time to chat with Lin Gen for a long time. Lin Gen didn't have anything else on his mind. He naturally knew the purpose of Li Yuan's questioning and told Li Yuan everything he knew as long as it wasn't a secret. After all,

Lifelong friendship.

In the afternoon, Lao Shen and Wu Xing came over with six people, found Li Yuan and a few soldiers who were on duty, and introduced each other: they were the early staff responsible for establishing local government in Huzhou and Changxing.

In fact, Li Yuan knew that if nothing unexpected happened, they would be the first batch of staff sent by the organization to cooperate with local comrades and work together. Nanjing before the fall was a key work area for the organization. The situation was particularly complicated. The Kuomintang military commander

It is also constantly infiltrating into the organization. In order to ensure the safety of the New Fourth Army entering East China this time, the organization has been very careful in selecting the staff this time, and many personnel have been transferred from other regions.

As for the organization, after the Japanese invaders launched a massive attack here, many members of the organization lost contact. To re-establish organizational relationships, it was not because they distrusted the local staff.

Two middle-aged men and four childlike students all came here after studying in northern Shaanxi. After their study experience in northern Shaanxi, they are all familiar with each other. They all have a good relationship with each other as revolutionary comrades.

The older middle-aged man introduced himself: "My name is Zhang Jian, and I am responsible for the work in Huzhou. Huzhou did not send anyone here this time. The organization arranged for you to come to pick us up independently. I have to thank you."

The younger middle-aged man: "Young man is very energetic. My name is Wu Tong from Sichuan. From now on we will be comrades in the trenches. These guys all came from Yanjing, but they are all college students. We just arrived

I’m not very familiar with this place so I have to rely on you all.”

Wu Xing: "We are all revolutionary comrades, what you said is totally out of context."

"My name is Li Yuan, instructor of the Independent Company."

Zhang Jian and Wu Tong were a little confused. They only heard that the military academy had instructors. When did the guerrillas also have instructors?

"I am machine gunner Zhao Dashan."

"I am?"

?

It can be seen that these students are quite friendly to a few of them. Although they are all strangers, they can feel the friendly eyes. Li Yuan deeply admires the students in front of him for their willingness to go to the anti-Japanese battlefield behind enemy lines. As one of the few in China who accepts

Having experienced European culture and military education, and seeing with my own eyes the high combat effectiveness of Europe, especially the German army, due to its high cultural quality, I deeply understand the importance of cultural knowledge to a country that has been insulted by foreign enemies.

The soldiers and Li Yuan all extended their hands and shook hands with each other. In the eyes of the soldiers and Li Yuan, the students were quite beautiful.

Out of his nature to love beauty, Li Yuan took a second look at one of the female students, mainly because he thought she looked a bit like Zeng Nan.

Facing Li Yuan's gaze, the female student did not dodge and said proactively: "Hello, Platoon Leader Li. My name is Qin Zi. I ask Platoon Leader Li to support my work in the future."

"That's very polite. It's our job to support your work."

The students looked nervous and excited, finally meeting their comrades and comrades with whom they were about to work and fight.

The departure time is set after dark in the evening. As long as it doesn't rain, today is February 14th of the lunar calendar and there will be a moon at night.

There are now nearly a hundred organizational personnel concentrated in this area, plus nearly 300 security personnel from various ministries, which has attracted the attention of the Japanese and puppets.

…

It's after two o'clock in the afternoon.

A squadron of Japs led by Major Junjiro Kojima and nearly 400 puppet troops arrived at the southeastern side of Gehu Lake. Last night, they received a tip from a traitor that a large number of people were gathering in the southeast of Gehu Lake. They set out early in the morning to walk along the

A "sweep" is being carried out in the Nanxin area on the southeast side of the lake. If these people can be found, they can attack head-on and avenge their shame.

Last winter, Chen Sheng, commander of the 60th Division of the National Army, led his troops from southern Anhui to counterattack Zhangzhu, the transportation chokepoint of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. The Japanese army was severely damaged and retreated. The Japanese army mobilized reinforcements in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the 60th Division.

At the end of last year, a small group of Japs were annihilated in Yixing by Xie Shengbiao's troops of the Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu guerrillas. This was a disgrace to the warriors of the Japanese Empire. This raid must make all those guerrillas fight to the death.

By the way, they cleared the peripheral obstacles for the decisive battle with the 60th Division and laid the foundation for the next battle. However, Gao Cheng failed to search for any valuable clues.

When the Japanese set out in the morning, the 60th Division's outpost received the news. By analyzing the Japanese's follow-up actions, the news was quickly reported to the war zone. At noon, the organization organized an emergency notification to the Southern Jiangsu Red guerrillas who had arrived at the meeting.

The Japanese burned, killed, and looted all the way, and dispatched the newly formed puppet army. Their purpose was to stain the hands of the puppet army with Chinese blood and there would be no way back.

Japs patrol boats have appeared on Taihu Lake, and it is too risky to return by boat. Another way is to take the land route and divert from the south. To prevent the Japs from going south quickly, many roads and bridges have long been destroyed. There are 60th Division personnel at various intersections and ferries.

Guarding, the military commanders have agents responsible for reviewing people going south. Although it is a period of cooperation, it is military. The military commanders have been making small moves. The security risks for the participants are now very high.

People from northern Shaanxi are already discussing countermeasures with the leaders of the Yixing guerrillas.

Li Yuan asked Wu Xing to ask the Yixing guerrillas for a nearby map. Li Yuan also had a map, but it was too rough.

Not long after the time passed, the guerrillas returned from reconnaissance at the northern outpost. News came that the area from Anshan in the west to Caojiaba in the east was full of Japs, with nearly a thousand people. The follow-up troops were unknown, and the puppet troops outnumbered the Japs.

Anshan is a heavily defended area southeast of the 60th Division's Gehu Lake. It is surrounded by rivers. The Japanese did not attack. Instead, they were building fortifications along the east-west direction. It seemed that the target was not us. They should be cleaning up the northern periphery of the 60th Division.

Wu Xing received the instructions and took Li Yuan to the headquarters. It seemed that the meeting had almost started and combat tasks were to be assigned.

The actual number of Yixing's advance guerrilla troops is a battalion, not the company Li Yuan imagined. Yixing was occupied by the Japanese. The Japanese burned, killed and looted, which aroused the hatred of the people and made it easier to recruit troops. Now there are more than 200 new recruits.

With the support of the local government, basically all members have guns, and of course some have red cherry guns. However, most of them have one veteran leading two new recruits, and their combat effectiveness does not increase but decreases.

After hearing the explanation of the situation, Yixing guerrilla company commander He Gang, facing a large group of instructors, felt a little nervous and was reporting the battle plan to the leaders from Yan'an.

"We are the organization and command gun, but you are the military commander on the battlefield, and you have the final say. Don't be a bastard."

The leader said this, but He Gang still had to analyze the situation: "The Japs have bad intentions this time. There are Japs patrol boats in Taihu Lake to the east, and there are national military defense zones to the west and south. Although it is a period of cooperation, we still have to guard against the Kuomintang gang.

There are currently three plans. One is to hide all participants in the reed swamps in the northern part of our Yixing base area, cover the troops, and wait until night to take the waterway. The second is to go west and pass through the defense line of the National Army. To the west is the defense area of ​​the 49th Division of the National Army.

Without establishing a base area, we would have to retreat to eastern Anhui, and then go southward into the mountainous area where Yixing and Changxing meet. This would require crossing the national army defense line, and we would only be afraid of friction among the army."

A large group of instructors were all whispering among themselves, but no one expressed their opinions loudly or openly.

The big leader gave the order: "If you fart, just let it go and mutter something."

None of them are military commanders, and so far these few choices have not been made public.

"What do you think of Li Yuan? Instructors are also officers. What our team talks about is the equality of officers and soldiers. We discuss it before the war. If you have any ideas, you can say whatever you want?" Still remember Li Yuan.

Li Yuan didn't have the habit of escaping, so he felt inexplicably excited when he arrived at the battlefield: "Then let me tell you, for your reference."

"First, confirm the enemy's situation. If the secret of our operation is leaked, the Japanese should not have established a defense line nearly 12 kilometers north of us. This is unreasonable. Second, if the Japanese target is unknown, there is no need for us to retreat westward.

Third, the first one to the south is that we have more people. If the road is cut off, it will be more difficult to retreat. The fourth one is the Japanese patrol boats appearing in Taihu Lake in the east, which is obviously to cooperate with the Japanese on land. Now the lake is full of reeds, and they can't do anything.

It can only be used to block water traffic. In addition, judging from the reconnaissance information just now, the Japanese defense line to the east has not reached the edge of Taihu Lake. There is a gap of nearly five kilometers, because this side is full of reeds, which is not conducive to attack.

It is also not conducive to defense, so we can take advantage of it. The reeds in the south are difficult to burn in winter. They are not afraid of fire attacks."

"So I think Captain He's statement can be implemented with slight modifications."

"The troops in Jurong, Jiangyin, and Changzhou can return to the base area from the west via Gehu Lake to the west and north, but the enemy situation is unknown. The troops in the south and the troops in Suzhou can evacuate from the south by water. Once the battle starts, the Japanese patrol boats should provide support in the north.

It would be best to run to the south and wait until dark. Our top priority is to understand the situation of the Japanese follow-up troops."

"Based on last year's fighting situation, the Japanese suffered several losses here in a row, so this time it is more likely to be an act of revenge. Firstly, the large number of personnel on our side has been mobilized, which may have attracted the attention of the Japanese. Secondly, the Japanese have been

The purpose of sending an advance team into the national defense area at this time must be to prepare for a large-scale attack. Although the Japanese are opening up the Jinpu Line, we must guard against the Japanese madness."

"Yes, the analysis is relatively clear, then we just wait here?"

"I suggest that the participating representatives and local staff go to the reed swamp, and the guerrillas send capable personnel to the north to find out whether there are any border reinforcements behind the Japanese, and at the same time see if they can get the troop deployment of the 60th Division, so that we can deduce the enemy's position.

strategic purpose."

The instructors were talking a lot. They were all familiar with this kind of military analysis. Many instructors actually grew up as platoon leaders in the military. They were no strangers to military arrangements. They had participated in many large-scale battles and had the ability to predict battlefield situations.

Not bad at all. We used to do it face to face, but this situation of being caught between two forces is still relatively rare, and we still lack some experience in dealing with it.

The most critical thing now is to ensure the safety of comrades from northern Shaanxi who work here. This must be ensured at all costs, so we support the idea of ​​sending workers into the reed swamp.
Chapter completed!