Leng Tiefeng stared at Xu Rui and said in a deep voice: "Old Xu, it seems you are right, they are probably going to blow up the Yellow River embankment!"
Xu Rui smiled bitterly and shook his head, sighing: "Now, I hope I am wrong. The Yellow River bursting its banks may be able to stop the Japanese army for a while, but it will definitely not be able to stop it for long. Even if the Japanese army cannot advance westward along the Longhai Railway, it can still
Going west along the Yangtze River, you can also launch an attack on Wuhan, but the innocent people in the entire Huanghuai region have no other way to go. Once the Yellow River floods down, they will be displaced and forced to flee.
After today, the escape routes to Guanzhong, Hubei, and southern Anhui will be covered with the corpses of more than 30 million refugees in the Huanghuai River Basin."
Listening to Xu Rui's tragic description of the doomsday scene, Leng Tiefeng's eyes instantly turned red.
"Old Xu!" Leng Tiefeng's scarlet eyes widened and he said in a deep voice, "We, the Independent Group, must not just sit back and watch!"
"Of course!" Xu Rui nodded heavily and said extremely seriously, "Otherwise, what would I do if I called you together? I called you all night just to arrange for flood relief!"
"Fighting floods and providing disaster relief?" Leng Tiefeng said, "Yes, we must fight floods and provide disaster relief!"
Not long after, Wang Husheng, Qiu Feng, Xiao Yanyue, Yang Banan, He Guangming, Wan Zhongshan, He Shuya, Xu Dekun, Ding Li, Lei Peng, Sun Changhe and other regimental leaders as well as battalion and company level officers arrived one after another.
Among officers above rank 1, only the cavalry battalion commander Tiegang remained in the Dameishan base area and was absent from the meeting.
Xu Rui Lengjun's eyes swept across the faces of the participating cadres and said in a deep voice: "Why did I wake you up from your sleep and convene this emergency meeting? I believe you all already know the reason."
The cadres attending the meeting nodded, indicating that they already knew.
Xu Rui added: "In today's emergency meeting, we will not discuss the fall of Bozhou. We cannot control or care about the consequences of the fall of Bozhou. Now, our top priority is to fight floods and provide disaster relief."
"Food fighting and disaster relief?" Yang Banan said in surprise, "Captain, are you mistaken? There is no flood at the moment."
Sun Changhe also said: "Yes, Captain, the rainy season has passed, and the water level of the Feihe River has dropped. Where is the flood?"
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "I'm not talking about the Feihe River, but the Yellow River!"
"Yellow River?" Yang Banan said, "I haven't heard that the Yellow River is going to flood?"
Sun Changhe also said: "Even if the Yellow River floods, it won't be able to flood the middle of Anhui, right?"
Several other cadres present at the meeting also looked at each other, expressing some confusion.
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "You are talking about natural disasters, but what I am talking about is!"
"?!" The cadres present looked solemn and began to react somewhat.
Xu Rui added: "If the National Army Headquarters ordered the Yellow River embankment to be blown up, would you still think that the Yellow River would not flood? Do you still think that the flood would not reach central Anhui?"
"This is impossible!" Sun Changhe said flatly, "How could the headquarters blow up the Yellow River embankment!"
"Has the commander thought too much?" Yang Banan obviously didn't believe it, and said, "How could the headquarters do such an outrageous thing?"
"Can't do it?" Xu Rui sneered, "If you think so, you are wrong."
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "In the eyes of Chairman Chiang, there has always been only profit. In order to achieve the goal, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed. As long as it can stop the Japanese army a little, blowing up the Yellow River embankment is nothing. As long as it is
If we can stop the advance of the Japanese army, what does it mean to sacrifice 30 million people?"
Sun Changhe frowned and said, "Commander, what you said is a bit excessive."
Yang Banan also said: "Captain, I firmly believe that the commissioner is not such a person."
However, the reality is cruel. Just as Sun Changhe and Yang Banan finished speaking, Xiao Taohong hurried in again, followed by Granny Yinhua.
Granny Yinhua really fulfilled her promise and became Xiao Taohong's personal bodyguard.
"Report to the leader." Xiao Taohong still called Xu Rui by his formal title in front of others. She stood at attention and reported, "The Communications Office has just received an emergency telegram from the New Fourth Army headquarters. The National Army has exploded at 10:30 last night.
At Huayuankou, the Yellow River has burst its banks, and now the river has overflowed and flooded the entire eastern Henan."
Before Xiao Taohong finished speaking, the entire conference room exploded.
"My darling, I just said that I was going to blow up the Yellow River embankment, is it really going to blow up?"
"Damn it, isn't this old Chiang Kai-shek too wicked to do such a thing?"
"Don't rush to a conclusion yet. This may not be an order from the commissioner."
"For such a big matter, who dares to issue such an order and bear such responsibility except Lao Jiang?"
"That's not certain. Maybe the generals on the front line gave the order privately? This is not impossible."
"Fuck you, who among the frontline generals has the courage? I didn't say it, this must be the order given by Chiang Kai-shek."
The battalion and company-level officers who attended the meeting were divided into two groups and started a fierce quarrel. Wan Zhongshan, who was born in the Northeast Army, He Guangming, who was born in the Northwest Army, and Xu Dekun had an extremely bad impression of Chairman Chiang, so they naturally tried to attack him in every possible way, while Yang Ba
Although it was difficult, Sun Changhe defended him in every possible way, and the rest basically remained silent.
Seeing that the quarrel between the two groups became more and more intense, Xu Rui suddenly became angry.
"Okay, shut up!" Xu Rui yelled, finally suppressing the quarrel.
Then Xu Rui said to Xiao Taohong: "Xiao Taohong, what else did the military telegram say?"
Xiao Taohong replied: "The head of the military also said that we should prepare in advance to deal with floods, and also instructed us to help disaster-loving people near the base area as much as possible."
Xu Rui waved his hand to Xiao Taohong, indicating that he already knew.
After watching Xiao Tao's Qianying leave, Xu Rui turned his attention back to the battalion and company-level officers present at the meeting.
Xu Rui said: "Who gave the order to break the Yellow River's embankments is meaningless now. Is it still useful to say this? Can the Yellow River embankments be blocked back? Can the overflowing floods be diverted back?"
The two groups who had just had a heated argument immediately lowered their heads.
Xu Rui continued: "The Yellow River bursting its banks has now become an indisputable fact. The overflowing river has flooded eastern Henan. From a time point of view, the flood will surge to Huainan tomorrow morning at the latest, and will enter central Anhui in the evening.
The time given to us is running out, we must seize the time to collect ships and build as many rafts as possible."
Wang Husheng added: "Let me also say that at this stage, flood relief work is an overriding political event, and we must take the safety of people's lives and property as our top priority."
Xu Rui said: "The political commissar is right. Disaster relief at this stage is more important than fighting the Japanese."
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "Now, Director Qiu of the Political Department will assign the tasks of each unit."
After hearing this, Qiu Feng stood up and said loudly: "The specifics are as follows. The 1st Battalion is responsible for the disaster relief work in Pu County, the 2nd Battalion is responsible for the Guan County, the 3rd Battalion is responsible for the Shan County, the Independent Battalion is responsible for the disaster relief work in Feicheng and surrounding towns, and the Cavalry Battalion is responsible for the mobile
Troops are ready to support all directions. In addition, in addition to hospitals, logistics, communications and other teams directly under the regiment also need to take action to participate in flood fighting and disaster relief work. As for the Nine Columns and Three Regiments..."
Xu Rui said: "The Third Regiment of the Nine Columns should not go out. Let them stay in the base area to resettle the refugees. It is foreseeable that in the next few days, a large number of refugees will enter the base area. The resettlement work of these refugees
It’s also a huge and arduous task, and if there aren’t enough manpower, I’m afraid it won’t be able to handle it.”
Xu Rui was worried that the trainee soldiers of the Third Regiment of the Nine Columns would encounter Japanese soldiers when they went out.
These student soldiers are all seeds, and Xu Rui doesn't want them to make any mistakes.
Wang Husheng nodded and said: "I think it's okay, let the Third Regiment of the Nine Columns stay in the base area."
The opinions of the two chief officers were unanimous, so Qiu Feng naturally had no objections and immediately sat back on the stool.
Xu Rui's eyes swept over several battalion and company-level officers, and said in a deep voice: "Are you clear about your respective mission areas? If there are no problems, let's prepare to leave now."
The battalion and company-level officers present at the meeting dispersed one after another.
Leng Tiefeng, Yang Banan, Sun Changhe, Ding Li and Lei Peng were left behind by Xu Rui.
Xu Rui's eyes swept across the faces of Yang Bayan and others and said, "Do you know why the Political Department didn't assign you a task?"
Leng Tiefeng knew about it and didn't say anything, but Yang Badan and others shook their heads in unison. They were still wondering about this matter just now.
Xu Rui said: "I didn't ask the Political Department to assign tasks to you because there is a more important and difficult task waiting for you to complete."
After a pause, Xu Rui said again: "In order to stabilize the morale of the army, I didn't say much in front of everyone, but in front of you, I have to tell the truth. The overflowing floods will cause serious damage to the entire Huanghuai River Basin.
Bringing serious disasters to the people will also bring trouble to the little devils trapped in Huainan. If the little devils cannot find food, they will extend their evil hands to the people in the disaster area, which will further aggravate the suffering of the people in the disaster area. Therefore,
The regimental security company, Langya Squadron and veteran commandos must go deep into the Japs-controlled areas in Huainan, fighting the Japs while rescuing the people in the disaster area."
"Map." After Xu Rui finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and Lei Xiang spread the map on the table.
Xu Rui signaled several cadres to gather around, then pointed at the map and said: "Look, the main force of the Japanese Kumamoto Division and the Kikuchi Brigade are currently entrenched in the area from Huainan to Bengbu. The regiment security company, Langya Squadron and veteran assault
The task of the team is to rescue the people in this area and at the same time eliminate the Japanese as much as possible."
Leng Tiefeng, Sun Changhe, Ding Li and Lei Peng all nodded to express their understanding.
Xu Rui then asked: "If you have any other questions, you can ask them now."
Several people shook their heads at the same time, indicating that there was no problem and they were all clear about it.
"Okay." Xu Rui said, "Let's gather the troops. We will set off in ten minutes."
