How could such an arrogant Zhou Weiguo light a cigarette for the Dragon Boat Festival for no reason?
He had a purpose, because the automatic weapons airdropped by the Japanese this time included more than 400 German and American submachine guns, and he also wanted a share of the pie.
Duanwu naturally knew what Zhou Weiguo meant. He stretched out five fingers and Zhou Weiguo understood what it meant. He put his arm around Duanwu's shoulders and said, "You are indeed my good brother, hahaha!"
Chen Yi on the side was extremely disgusted. She was jealous just now, but now they are good brothers again. She can no longer understand the world of men.
But at this time, Duanwu had no other thoughts, but said: "Don't be too happy, we are still in the belly of the devil."
Duanwu's words brought everyone back to reality. Qiu Ming also walked over at this time and happened to hear Duanwu's words.
Qiu Ming suggested: "I think Comrade Duanwu and Comrade Wei Guo should come with us. We can get rid of the Japanese for the time being by going to Hutou Mountain."
Zhou Weiguo sneered and said: "We have to go back to the national defense area if we are different. We just asked the Japs for a batch of weapons during the Dragon Boat Festival. With this batch of weapons, plus the capture of the Japs' artillery and tanks, we It won’t be a problem to break through the Japs’ defense.”
As he spoke, Zhou Weiguo winked at Duanwu.
Duanwu knew what Zhou Weiguo was thinking. He must be thinking about crossing the line of fire and returning to Nanjing to defend Nanjing.
But little did he know that from the moment the Chairman handed over the defense of Nanjing to Donald Duck, the battle to defend Nanjing was doomed to fail.
But Duanwu couldn't say that, because Zhou Weiguo was a smart man. If he asked for details, he couldn't explain it at all.
However, Nanjing Dragon Boat Festival had no intention of going back, because although Nanjing was the capital of the country at that time, it had no strategic significance to hold on to it.
Nanjing is not the Paris of France. If it is occupied by the Germans, it will be undefendable. On the land of China, there is enough strategic depth to deal with the Japanese.
What's more, the Japanese's next focus is not Wuhan or Chongqing, but Xuzhou.
Xuzhou's strategic location is very important and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
Xuzhou was once mentioned in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, saying that Xuzhou is a thoroughfare.
"The land of the three vassals of the princes, whichever comes first and conquers all the people in the world, is the land of Qu."
Translated into vernacular, it means: Whoever wins Xuzhou can win the world.
Xuzhou is guarding the main transportation road at the junction of the north and the south. It can control the North China Plain from the north, attack the south of the Yangtze River from the south, seize the hinterland of the Central Plains by advancing to the west, and have a seaport as a retreat to the east.
Of course, the most important point is that if the Japanese army captures Xuzhou, they can connect the two occupied areas in the north and south.
Therefore, the Battle of Xuzhou is far more important than defending Nanjing, which is undefendable.
But if Duanwu wants to go to Xuzhou, there is still one person who must be convinced, and this person is Zhou Weiguo.
He cooperated very smoothly with Zhou Weiguo. If he went to Xuzhou with him, the success rate would be increased by at least 50%.
So the strongest assistant, Duanwu, still needs to be won over, otherwise you think he gave away more than 200 submachine guns for nothing?
Of course, now is not the time to talk about these things. Zhou Weiguo is a docile donkey. If you don't touch him to make him feel comfortable, he won't follow you.
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An hour later, the roar of airplanes was heard in the sky again.
Duanwu quickly ordered people to launch signal flares into the air.
The Japanese transport plane saw the signal flare and dropped the cargo box after box.
Duanwu quickly ordered soldiers wearing Japanese clothes to retrieve all the boxes.
But this search didn't matter, I found more than thirty large wooden boxes.
The soldiers used bayonets to pry open the box. In addition to ammunition, they found submachine guns.
Lao Shou led his men to count, and found that there were actually 500 submachine guns, all of which were more than 90% new. They had about 40,000 rounds of ammunition. The little devil had spent a lot of money this time.
Zhou Weiguo held the gun, his smile almost crooked: "If I had known earlier, I would have ordered more."
Duanwu said: "If you ask for too much, the little devil will become suspicious. So we want four hundred, and the old devil Matsui sent five hundred, and we made a hundred for nothing. According to what we said before, each person will get half." "
With that, Duanwu said to Qiu Ming: "Old Qiu, this submachine gun consumes a lot of money and is not suitable for you Eighth Route Army. In this way, you can choose the weapons of the Japanese as you please. I will give you two thousand rifles, thirty machine guns, and six heavy machine guns." Come on, sixteen grenades, eight mortars, six mountain guns, and two tanks, is this interesting enough?"
The corners of Qiu Ming's mouth split instantly, and he laughed loudly: "Comrade Duanwu is so righteous, no wonder our teachers and commanders praise you!"
Duanwu smiled apologetically and said: "Lao Qiu, you are too polite. You came here to save me not even a few hundred miles away. I should thank you?"
"It should, it should. Even if our division commander doesn't give the order, for the sake of Comrade Chen Yi, we will still come to rescue people."
Qiu Ming said and moved Chen Yi out again.
Chen Yi had already been criticized by Commander Qiu before, so he naturally agreed with him.
But this was what Zhou Weiguo didn't like to hear the most, so he casually said to Duanwu: "Okay, I'm trying to win over you again."
Duanwu just smiled but didn't say anything, because many Central Army soldiers were like Zhou Weiguo. Firstly, they looked down on the Eighth Route Army. Secondly, they had different ideas and received different education. The third and most important point is that they disdain to associate with the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, he still needs to consider the matter of cooperating with Commander Qiu to fight the Battle of Xuzhou in the long term.
Fortunately, it was getting late, and whether Zhou Weiguo wanted to cross the fire line and return to the rear or continue north to Hutou Mountain, he could not take action.
Because the first point is that the soldiers are very tired from the consecutive days of fighting and are in urgent need of rest. Secondly, each of their combat units had a large number of wounded.
Moreover, the independent regiment in Dragon Boat Festival suffered the most losses, with the casualty rate exceeding 20%.
This is because the Independent Regiment fought the hardest and the final charge was dominated by the Independent Regiment. Therefore, among the three troops, the Independent Regiment had the most wounded.
And many of them were seriously injured and required surgical treatment.
Fortunately, this time Zhou Weiguo and the Hutoushan Independent Regiment brought military doctors, and a large number of medical supplies were seized from the Japs. Otherwise, they would not know what to do with so many wounded people.
And whether they go west or north, it is impossible to take away these wounded people. Because taking them with you will greatly slow down the march.
Duanwu guessed that it would take less than two days for the little devil to know that he had been fooled. After all, the Sakata Regiment was not completely wiped out. Many Japanese soldiers fled in all directions. There were always a few who could escape and report the matter to the Japanese higher-ups.
So at this time, Dragon Boat Festival will also face another problem, which is to quickly unify the combat ideas and have the large forces leave the Datou Mountain area! ...
