How could Zhou Weiguo, such an arrogant person, 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 Duan Wu 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 return to the national defense area if we are not in harmony with each other. 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 Generalissimo 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, and 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 Paris, France. If it is occupied by the Germans, it will be undefendable. On this land of China, there is enough strategic depth to deal with the Japanese.
What's more, the next focus of the Japs 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 the whole world, is the land of Qu."
Translated into vernacular, it means: Whoever conquers Xuzhou can conquer 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 in the north, attack the south of the Yangtze River in the south, seize the hinterland of the Central Plains in the west, and has a seaport as a retreat in the east.
Of course, the most important point is that by taking Xuzhou, the Japanese army 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 undefensible.
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, Duan Wu, 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 the soldiers wearing Japanese clothes to retrieve all the boxes.
But the search didn't matter, and more than thirty large wooden boxes were found.
The soldiers used bayonets to pry open the box, and inside besides ammunition were 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 and had about 40,000 rounds of ammunition. The little devil had spent a lot of money this time.
Zhou Weiguo held the gun and smiled so hard that the corners of his mouth were almost crooked: "If I had known earlier, I would have ordered more."
Duanwu said: "If you ask for too much, the little devil will get suspicious. So we want four hundred. That old devil Matsui sent five hundred, and we made a hundred in vain. According to what we said before, each person will get half."
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With that said, Duanwu said to Qiu Ming again: "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, isn't this interesting?"
The corners of Qiu Ming's mouth split instantly, and he laughed loudly and said: "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 to save me not far away for hundreds of miles. 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 save 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 laughed but didn't say anything, because many Central Army troops were like Zhou Weiguo. Firstly, they looked down on the Eighth Route Army. Secondly, they had different ideas and received different education. And the third and most important point was that they disdained the Eighth Route Army.
Be company.
Therefore, he still needs to think carefully about cooperating with Commander Qiu to fight the Battle of Xuzhou.
Fortunately, it was getting late, so 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 first of all, the soldiers were very tired from the consecutive days of fighting and were in urgent need of rest. Secondly, there were a large number of wounded in each of their combat units.
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, so among the three troops, the Independent Regiment had the most wounded.
And many of them are seriously injured and require 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.
Moreover, whether heading west or north, it is impossible to take these wounded soldiers with them, because taking them with them will greatly slow down the marching speed.
Duanwu guessed that it would take less than two days for the little Japs to know that they had been fooled. After all, the Bantian Regiment had not been completely wiped out. Many Japs fled in all directions, but there would always be a few who could escape and report the matter to the Japs' top brass.
Therefore, 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! ...