"We previously disobeyed the orders of the theater headquarters and abandoned Baoying without authorization to evacuate to the countryside to fight guerrillas, causing the current situation to worsen. This is a bloody lesson." Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao looked at the crowd and spoke first.
"It is not too late to make amends. What we should do now is not to discuss what to do here, but to immediately send a report to the theater command for instructions and act in accordance with the order of the theater command."
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yuan Guangtao was sent to the Northern Jiangsu Corps by the Theater Command. He had always been dissatisfied with Yang Ling's disobedience to the Theater Command's orders to disperse his troops to fight guerrillas, and now he was taking advantage of the situation.
"I don't agree with your suggestion. Water from afar can't quench our thirst nearby. Instead of going all the way to ask the commanders in the war zone for instructions, it's better to rely on ourselves."
Staff officer Lei Xiong added: "The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. The theater headquarters is far away in the Lunan Mountains. It does not understand our situation and it is easy to misjudge and issue wrong orders. So I suggest that we should find a way ourselves instead of
Count on the theater headquarters and ask for instructions from the theater headquarters on everything."
"You are acting like a warlord without a command of the war zone!" After hearing the words of staff officer Lei Xiong, deputy captain Yuan Guangtao got angry again.
"I, Lei Xiong, behave upright. No matter how you accuse me, I do it for the good of my brothers. I have a clear conscience." Staff officer Lei Xiong, on the other hand, looked frank.
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, the fifth battalion commander Liu Zhi hurriedly came out to smooth things over.
"I think what the deputy captain and staff officer Lei said are reasonable. Now we need to report the difficulties we are facing to the theater commanders, and we also need to adjust our tactics based on the actual situation."
"I said Lao Liu, what do you mean by you? Who do you support?" Seeing Liu Zhi, commander of the fifth battalion, come out to talk to Xi Ni, staff officer Lei Xiong became dissatisfied.
"This, this all makes sense..." Liu Zhi, commander of the fifth battalion, said with a smile.
"As for whether we act in accordance with the orders of the theater headquarters, that is a matter for later. Our top priority now is to rescue those brothers who have been exposed and are being chased and intercepted by the devils, because they are in danger of being surrounded by the devils at any time." Yang Ling hit the nail on the head.
pointed out the crux of the problem.
It was precisely because of the little devil's calculations that many units under the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps were exposed.
Some companies were surrounded by Japanese soldiers and were completely wiped out, but some brothers felt that the situation was not good and hurriedly retreated.
But they have been exposed, and it will not be so easy to hide again. The Japs are now chasing after them, and more troops are chasing and intercepting them.
The Japanese troops that have entered Baoying territory now have a detachment with strong strength, and these brothers who have been bitten by the Japanese may be surrounded and destroyed by the Japanese at any time, which will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps.
So now Yang Ling and the others have to take action to rescue these companies being chased by the Japs from the tiger's mouth, otherwise they will become more dangerous as time goes by.
"I agree to rescue those brothers who are being chased by the Japs first. We cannot just watch them being chased and eliminated by the Japs. They are all our brothers who came out of the same trench." Yang Ling's words aroused the approval of everyone.
"But we only have one battalion of troops available now. The rest of the companies are being chased and beaten by the Japs, or have suffered heavy losses. How can we save them? The Japs' soldiers are many times ours, and their weapons are even more powerful.
There are quite a few of us." Staff officer Du Jiang said solemnly.
Now the troops who have been bitten by the Japanese are running all over the mountains and plains, and the Japanese are dispatching a large number of troops to pursue and intercept them. The situation is particularly serious.
"What I'm worried about is that if our small force goes up, let alone rescue people, we might even have to go in." Someone was worried.
"But those are our brothers, we can't just ignore them." A difficult problem was placed in front of the officers, making them all in trouble.
"I'm afraid we can't rely on our strength now. We have to contact the surrounding friendly forces to see if they can lend a helping hand and give us a hand." Staff officer Liu Sheng made a suggestion.
Liu Sheng's suggestion made everyone's eyes brighten. It seemed that this was the only way now, but soon, they frowned again.
"The unit closest to us is Yang Zhonghua's 8th Security Brigade, but their relationship with the Japs is somewhat ambiguous. Now Nanjing is trying hard to win over them. Now their attitude is unclear. It may be difficult to get them to reinforce now."
"At least they haven't surrendered to the enemy now. They can be regarded as our friendly forces. No matter what, let's give it a try first." Someone suggested.
"Then send someone to contact the 8th Security Brigade. If they can send troops to contain the Japanese, our pressure will be greatly reduced." Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao said.
"Let's not have too high expectations for the Eighth Brigade. Even if they send people to contain the Japs, they may have limited power." Yang Ling thought for a moment and then said.
Because now the opponent of the 8th Security Brigade is an infantry brigade of the Japanese infantry mixed into the 13th Brigade, which is the Yamakou brigade originally stationed in Huaiyin.
Once the Eighth Security Brigade is mobilized on a large scale, the Japanese Yamaguchi Brigade will probably not be idle and will definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack.
After hearing Yang Ling's words, everyone became extremely frustrated. Could it be that they just watched those exposed brothers being surrounded and eliminated by the Japanese?
Obviously, they don't want to see such a situation happen. After all, they are all brothers who have been on the battlefield, and the feeling of fighting side by side is hard to let go.
"Don't be too pessimistic. Things haven't reached the worst yet." Looking at the low morale of everyone, Yang Ling had to open his mouth to comfort him.
Isn't it the worst yet? Does it mean that all the brothers who were pursued by the Japanese were wiped out by the Japanese? The officers all looked at Yang Ling in confusion.
Yang Ling spread out the map, beckoned everyone to gather around and said, "Look, everyone, the main force of the Japs has moved to Luduo Town, Baima Lake and Caodian Town to surround the brothers there. Then
We are currently surrounded by heavy troops, and it is only a matter of time before our brothers are surrounded."
"If we forcefully go to the rescue with our small force now, I am afraid that not only will the brothers not be able to be rescued, we may even have to get involved," Yang Ling continued.
Everyone knew what Yang Ling said, that's why they were so worried.
"Since we can't save our brothers there, we might as well not go there."
As soon as Yang Ling said these words, there was an uproar immediately. Can't we save him?
"Sir, there are all our brothers over there. We can't just ignore them." The officers were all anxious. Many of their familiar brothers were over there.
"Yes, sir, you have to save me."
"Don't be impatient. I just said I won't go, not that I won't save you." Yang Ling waved his hand to silence everyone.
"They are all our brothers. Of course we must rescue them, but we must also pay attention to methods and methods when rescuing people. Aren't the Japanese troops deploying a large number of troops to surround the brothers over there? There are not many Japanese soldiers left in Baoying. Then
Let's take their retreat and force the Japanese to come back for reinforcements." Yang Ling pointed at Baoying and said.
"Da Baoying?" Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Yang Ling to come up with such a rescue method.
Yang Ling added: "We are called besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao. Once the Japanese come back to help, the brothers who are being chased and intercepted over there can take the opportunity to escape."