After hearing the report from his staff, Yang Zhen hurriedly opened the map and found the location of the front line of Shizi Ridge. He couldn't help but be surprised in his heart: "The 144th Division and the 108th Division came so fast. Judging from their marching speed,
If the entire army cannot cross the Huihe River tonight, at dawn tomorrow they will complete the blockade of the encirclement circle with the 52nd Division to the north, the 79th Division to the south, and the 40th Division on the front."
After thinking about it carefully, Yang Zhen looked at the time on his watch, raised his head and said to the communication staff officer in front of him: "Order the rearguard troops to cancel the original plan. Let them immediately break away from the enemy's entanglement and immediately follow the marching route of the military headquarters.
The military headquarters moved closer. Ordered Zhou Guisheng and Feng Dafei to shrink the defense line one by one and move closer to Fengliu Port."
"With a defense line full of loopholes, it doesn't matter whether it is defended or not. Insufficient troops are always our biggest weakness. Once the rearguard troops withdraw, they have no flank cover. With four battalions, we can block the attack.
A reorganized division, plus another division that may go into battle at any time, might be the one who gets dumped. Contact the corps commander immediately and inform him of our current situation."
Yang Zhen's last words made the staff member stunned for a moment and said: "Political Commissar, don't you ask the Army Commander about the progress of the battle in Xingtan? Are you going to urge the Army Commander to speed up the process? According to the divisions around us,
Judging from the speed of advancement, we will be surrounded by tomorrow morning at the latest."
Regarding the staff officer's words, Yang Zhen waved his hand: "No need, as soon as the gunshots from our side are fired, the Army Commander will know what he is saying. Just tell the Army Commander our location and situation, and don't say anything else. In one sentence,
Don’t say anything. As for the telegrams to Zhou Guisheng and Feng Dafei, they will be sent out by telegram after the battle on both sides of the mountain is over."
Looking at Yang Zhen's expressionless face, the staff officer did not dare to ask any more questions. Following Yang Zhen's order, he went to find the correspondent. Without an order, and there were enemy troops on both sides of the mountain, he did not dare to set up a radio station. Generally, he did not dare to set up a radio station.
Anyone with a little common sense knows that when there is still fierce fighting on the mountain ridges on both sides, setting up a radio station would be too slow. Since the political commissar did not explain how to contact the military commander, it is better to send a correspondent.
After the staff left to convey the order, Yang Zhen patiently listened to the changes in gunfire on the ridges on both sides. He did not issue any marching or other orders. Instead, he leisurely placed the latest information on the map in front of him.
The enemy situation was marked on Yang Zhen's actions. Not to mention other people, even Zhang Zixiong who was holding a flashlight to illuminate Yang Zhen's behavior was a little confused.
There were so many non-combatants with the radio, and the enemy situation was almost within easy reach of the surrounding area. They did not lead the team to move closer to the military headquarters, nor did they give orders to hold on. Instead, they stayed on all sides.
It's a mountainous road. Once something goes wrong, you can't even run.
Both Zhang Zixiong and others in the military department believe that we should move closer to the commander's position as soon as possible. Any soldier should understand this general military knowledge. But right now, we are doing nothing.
It's almost like a slow suicide.
Although everyone followed Yang Zhen's order, they sat or stood on both sides of the mountain road without daring to make a sound. But they all looked at the young political commissar with suspicion. Many people were puzzled.
Is the political commissar who is famous at such a young age a bit undeserved? Otherwise, why can’t he understand such simple military principles?
Compared to others who were puzzled but did not dare to ask questions, Zhang Zixiong did not have so many taboos. After Yang Zhenbiao finished the picture, although he seemed a little cautious, he still said: "No. 1, shouldn't we be there?"
Stayed here too long?"
"You just said that we don't know how many enemies have penetrated in. It's not necessarily the ones on the ridge on the east side. If there are other people, a shot fired here will definitely attract them. The military headquarters will stay here, right?
Is it too dangerous? Apart from the three to four hundred scholars and female soldiers, we don’t have any troops at all."
Looking at Zhang Zixiong's anxious face, Yang Zhen smiled and did not answer him. He just picked up the flashlight in his hand and held it up with a piece of white cloth, so that the light could only be limited to a certain place. After turning it on, he laid it flat to illuminate the light.
After he got to a stone on the side of the road, he asked, "Can you see anything?"
Hearing Yang Zhen's question, Zhang Zixiong looked at it in confusion for a few minutes, and finally shook his head. Looking at Zhang Zixiong's confused eyes, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Look at the stone that my flashlight shines on, is it?
The stone is not illuminated very brightly. Is it still the same black under the light?"
At this point, Yang Zhen turned off the flashlight and said: "There is a saying that the place that cannot be illuminated by the flashlight is dark under the lamp. In other words, the darkest place at night is not necessarily the place that your eyes can reach.
And the darkest place, the place that attracts your least attention, is often the one under the lamp you hold in your hand."
Zhang Zixiong was still confused by what Yang Zhen said, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. Although he didn't understand what Yang Zhen said, he had been following Yang Zhen for a while.
I also understand that Number One must have some ideas because of his psychological side.
Zhang Zixiong had just been appeased here, and the director of the Political Department, who had gone to appease the non-combatants in the military department, rushed back: "Political Commissar, while the enemies on both sides have been blocked, shouldn't we move immediately? Otherwise?
Once the enemy has follow-up troops, our troops will be weak and we will suffer heavy losses."
"This is the only way from Piling to Xingtan. No matter which direction the enemy forces want to reinforce Xingtan, this is the only way. The military headquarters is hidden here. Once exposed, the consequences will be disastrous. Now
It's completely dark, and in such a large mountain forest, who knows how much the enemy has penetrated into."
Yang Zhen understands the urgency of the director of the Political Department. Most of the soldiers gathered here are his subordinates, and they are all rare intellectuals in the New Fourth Army. If one of them is missing, it is a major loss. Thinking of it
Here, Yang Zhen said: "Old Yuan, calm down."
"You are educated, and you should understand the truth of darkness under the lamp without me telling you. It is precisely because the enemy situation around us is unknown, that we cannot move. We must at least capture one prisoner, and then withdraw after the interrogation is completed. We have many non-combatants, so we can't move."
There is a radio station. Once you encounter enemy situations, you can only become more passive.
"It's at least five kilometers away from the front line of Xingtan. Even from Fengliu Port, it's still about three kilometers away. There are mountains along the way, and it's very dangerous to not know the enemy's situation. The soldiers are very fast and they can score. At least now it's more important for us.
Fight steadily. Wait, wait until we find out which part of the enemy forces on the ridge on the east side is the enemy. We have been fighting for almost fifteen minutes, and we should have a result."
Hearing Yang Zhen's words, the director of the Political Department couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Political Commissar, although I have been a political cadre since joining the revolution, I have never been a military officer. But I have been in the army for many years, so I still have military experience. Listen to the sound of gunshots in the East
The enemy troops on the side ridge are at least around one company."
"We are just a platoon on Dongshan Liang. Even if we add the security guards of cadres at all levels and your security squad, we will only have one reinforced platoon. Add to that the gap in weapons, and we can solve a company with the strength of a reinforced platoon.
, Political Commissar, this is unlikely. The 52nd Division is not a motley crew like the New 7th Division, but the elite of the Central Army in the Third Theater Zone."
Regarding the question raised by the veteran director of the Political Department, Yang Zhen did not give any explanation but said with a faint smile: "How can a strengthened platoon deal with a company of the Central Army? You will know in a moment. One squad, fully automatic firearms,
If we haven't captured a company in fifteen minutes, I should be the one to shoulder the blame if we are in the Northeast."
Hearing Yang Zhen's words, the director of the Political Department couldn't help but frowned tightly. Although he didn't say anything, he was quite unhappy in his heart: "You are so unreasonable, why do you speak so inappropriately?"
Responsible? Is this just a rising star that the central government pays special attention to?"
"I know you can fight, and you can defeat hundreds of remnants and build a base in the Northeast from scratch. I also know that you have strong fighting ability in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, otherwise it would not be possible to repeatedly defeat the Japanese and puppet troops. But you are too good at bragging. You can kill one by one in one class.
Reinforce the company? You think your guard squad is full of heavenly soldiers and generals."
Yang Zhen naturally knew what the director of the Political Department was thinking. Not to mention his own army, no one would believe that a squad of troops could defeat the opponent within fifteen minutes, even if it were any other army in the world.
The strength of a company. Not to mention just an ordinary guard force, even the most elite troops of the Japanese army could not defeat an elite reinforced company of the Central Army by relying on the skills of just a few people.
Although the combat effectiveness of the right is not too high, the director of the Political Department, who has experienced the Long March, still has a clear understanding of the several units in the Central Army and the miscellaneous army that can fight. At least these guys are fighting with the wind.
At that time, the combat effectiveness was still quite good.
But regarding this matter, Yang Zhen had no way to explain clearly what special forces were to the director of the Political Department who didn't even know that special operations existed in this world. He also didn't have so much time to explain clearly.
Let’s let the facts prove it.
However, Yang Zhen was very dissatisfied with the performance today of the squad that he brought to southern Anhui and was originally selected by the platoon that Li Yanping stayed in Yan'an. With the cooperation of a platoon, in the past twenty minutes,
After all this time, they still haven't been able to defeat the enemy force, which is no more than a reinforced company at best, and they haven't even captured a useful tongue.
The performance of these guys today is really outrageous. Is it really like what I just said, it’s time to go back and train again? It seems that Xiaomi in Yan’an and the past ten months have escaped from under my nose, and I don’t have to spend the whole day
The comfortable life of training has caused the technical and tactical abilities of these people to deteriorate.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen frowned and turned around and said to Zhang Zixiong: "Tell Li Mingbo that I'm giving him ten minutes. If the battle can't be resolved, give them to me as well as the class that is now under his control."
Go back to Northeast China and don't embarrass me here."