"Team leader, the leader of the Dragon Boat Festival is calling."
As soon as the Independent Regiment and the 522nd Regiment entered Erdaogou, the communications troops caught up with Zhou Weiguo and reported to him.
Zhou Weiguo ordered everyone to rest in place for five minutes, while the communications soldier presented the contents of the telegram to Zhou Weiguo.
Zhou Weiguo frowned slightly as he looked at the telegram, because it was obvious that Duanwu encountered a great difficulty in sending this telegram. They did not arrive at the scheduled location at the scheduled time. Or some other situation occurred.
"Xu Hu, go and call Battalion Commander Sun and Battalion Commander Lao Shou."
Zhou Weiguo ordered, and Xu Hu responded and ran to call someone.
But even if they weren't called, Lao Shou and Sun Shiyu were about to arrive. Because they were ready to part ways with the 522nd Regiment.
They were going to the tiger's mouth to meet the group, so they planned to separate from Zhou Weiguo and others at Erdaogou, and then go straight into the tiger's mouth.
So Xu Hu didn't leave long before he encountered Lao Shou and Sun Shiyu.
After explaining the situation, the two people followed Xu Hu to Zhou Weiguo's side. Zhou Weiguo took the telegram and showed it to Sun Shiyu and Lao Shou.
Lao Snoring frowned slightly when he saw this, and said to Sun Shiyu: "What Tuan Zuo means is that they may not be able to get through the tiger's mouth."
Sun Shiyu said: "Then what should we do? We can't watch Tuan Zuo being trapped in the enemy-occupied area by the Japanese, right? In the worst case, we can kill directly from the tiger's mouth, and even if we die, we must rescue Tuan Zuo."
Lao Snoring nodded and said: "I think so too. Without group seats, what kind of independent group is needed?"
"Nonsense, without the Dragon Boat Festival, the Independent Group would still be the Independent Group."
At this moment Zhou Weiguo scolded.
But it was obvious that Sun Shiyu and Lao Shou were not convinced, not to mention that they were both members of an independent regiment and had nothing to do with the 522nd Regiment. And if Duanwu hadn't told them to obey Zhou Weiguo's arrangements in everything before leaving, would Sun Shiyu, Lao Shou and Zhu Shengzhong have listened to Zhou Weiguo?
At this time, Zhou Weiguo naturally saw it. The old men of these independent groups have always refused to obey him.
But there's no way around it, because who said they were all soldiers led by that madman?
But fortunately, they are all reasonable. At least when they were in Baijia Town, they listened to Zhou Weiguo's principles.
So Zhou Weiguo could only take out the map and said in a gentle tone: "Look, it's not that I don't let you go to meet your group, but that your group obviously has your own plans.
This is Mopan Mountain, about ten kilometers away from Laohuzui.
If they march normally, they should be able to arrive at Huzui in time to join you, so there is no need to send this telegram now.
But when Duanwu sent this emergency telegram from Mopan Mountain, he must have sensed something. The Japanese army would intercept him at Mopan Mountain. And they marched thirty kilometers in a hurry. The soldiers were exhausted and exhausted, and their condition was even worse than expected during the Dragon Boat Festival.
So he speculated that if the enemy in Mopan Mountain was too difficult to defeat, he would change the battle plan. So please don’t answer him at the tiger’s mouth. Because once the plan changes, Duanwu may go elsewhere, or hide himself, then look for the enemy's weak defense line, and then find a way to return to the rear.
But if you insist on going to the tiger's mouth to meet them. Then he would have no choice but to force his way through the Japanese defense line.
And at that time, think about it, Dragon Boat Festival could have been safe and sound, but in order to avoid danger for you, if you lead a tired army to forcefully break through the Japanese blockade, what will be the consequences?
Therefore, your reckless actions will not only fail to save your group, but will harm him. I say this, can you understand?
Moreover, if you think about it, Baijia Town has been lost. The Japanese will definitely cut off the Changzhou defenders along the road from Baijia Town to Changzhou. And if you stay in Laohuzui for too long, you will encounter the Japanese Botian detachment.
So you also have to think about the entire group of warriors. If you lose all the capital of the independent group, how will you explain it after your group comes back? "
Zhou Weiguo laid out all the objective factors, making Sun Shiyu and Lao Shou frown again. They were all officers, and they had been with Duanwu for so long. Even if they were exposed, they knew whether Zhou Weiguo's analysis was correct or not.
And the two of them knew that they couldn't think for too long, because the war was still going on and there wasn't that much time for them to think.
So after a short period of thinking, the two people could only agree with Zhou Weiguo's judgment, and then sent electricity to Duanwu, saying that the independent regiment would not meet at Lahuzui, but would build fortifications ten miles away from Changzhou along the highway to block the attack from the enemy. The Japanese troops in Baijia Town ensured that the retreat channels of the 112th Division and the 103rd Division were clear.
But this time, Zhou Weiguo did not let the Independent Regiment finish the job alone, because after two days of fighting, the Independent Regiment had already suffered more than half of its casualties. The entire regiment originally had more than 800 people (when it left Nanjing, the three battalions of Dragon Boat Festival had a total of 400 Later, when they set out for the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to recruiting a group of military police, they also picked up a lot of people on the road, totaling less than 900 people), but now there are only more than 200 people left.
Zhou Weiguo could not let the independent regiment destroy all the organizational structures and sacrifice Zhu Shengzhong. It was already difficult for him to explain to Duanwu. If he lost another battalion commander, how could he face Duanwu again?
These are all old men who followed the Dragon Boat Festival, and there are only a few left.
So even if his 522nd Regiment suffered more losses, he couldn't let all the members of the Independent Regiment be wiped out.
At this time, Zhou Wei's Ministry of Defense and the Independent Regiment set off again, heading straight to Changzhou. The Japs from the Botian detachment were hot on their heels.
It was just a small force of the Japanese. The large force was still cleaning the battlefield in Baijia Town, and continued to pack weapons and ammunition. Then, carried by horses, they went to Changzhou to surround the defenders of Changzhou.
The Botian detachment only has a small number of cars and only seven or eight trucks in total, but they have a detachment of military supplies that need to be transported.
Originally, Botian was very happy to see the truck left by the Chinese. But unexpectedly, after a series of explosions, all the vehicles were scrapped, and even he was blown to pieces.
The old Jaap Botian saved his life because of the distance and the warning from the Japs soldiers. Otherwise, this series of explosions would definitely take him away too.
Bo Tian, who survived the disaster, cursed for an hour, saying that the conscience of the Chinese people was greatly damaged. Not only did they send wounded soldiers to stop them, but they also blew up all the good trucks and refused to let them use them.
Bo Tian's men didn't dare to say anything when they heard Bo Tian scolding them, because whoever spoke out at this time would definitely be in trouble.
Bo Tian was furious, who dared to touch him at such a time? ...
