On the dim snow, Xu Rui was walking forward with more than two hundred remaining soldiers.
Fortunately, the leather boots and cotton coats were seized at the little devil's headquarters. Otherwise, in this cold weather, if the more than 200 remnant soldiers of the independent battalion were still wearing single-cloth military uniforms and rag shoes, they would be frozen to death
Yang Dashu felt hot all over his body as he walked, and when he caught up with Xu Rui he said proudly: "At the camp, the little devil must have fallen into the trap. He is probably looking for us up and down the river, hehe."
Yang Dashu really admired Xu Rui's idea of marching backwards.
Sometimes Yang Dashu really wants to open Xu Rui's brain and see how his brain grows
"Don't be too happy too early." Xu Rui was slightly worried. For some reason, he always felt that the Japanese special forces would bring big trouble to the independent battalion.
Xu Rui's worries soon came true.
After a while, the veteran who stayed behind to clean up the group caught up with him panting.
"Old Xu, the kid is catching up!" the veteran said.
"What did you say, the Japanese are catching up with you?" Yang Dashu didn't believe it, "Is it possible?"
"You don't know how to look back on your own?" The veteran glared at Yang Dashu angrily.
When Yang Dashu looked back hurriedly, he saw dots of flashlight lights in the distance.
Although the light was very weak, the poplar tree could still roughly judge the distance, which should not be more than five miles.
Five miles away, the urgent march only lasted ten minutes. At that moment, Yang Dashu said angrily: "Oh my God, the little devil's dog nose is really damn good. You didn't even deceive them, but you actually caught up with him?"
Xu Rui also smiled bitterly and shook his head. He pointed out that the arrangement by the river could lead the Japs astray. Even if the Japs eventually saw through it, it would still be delayed for a while. In this case, it would be enough for them to get rid of the pursuers behind them and then leave Fushan. To cross the river calmly, just cross the Yangtze River. The little devils are very capable, and there is nothing they can do about it.
But now, the arrangement by the river not only failed to deceive the Japanese, but also wasted half an hour because of the suspicious formation. Instead, it made the little devil get closer to them, but this time it was self-defeating.
The veteran said to Xu Rui: "Old Xu, why don't you change the direction and make some arrangements?"
Xu Rui shook his head and said: "It's useless. Since the arrangement by the river failed to fool the little devil, it would be in vain to make any other arrangements. Besides, the little devil is less than five miles away from us, and we don't have that time." ”
"That's troublesome," the veteran said. "If we can't get rid of the pursuers behind us, even if we get to Fushan and find a boat, we won't be able to cross the river calmly."
The veterans' worries are exactly what Xu Rui worries about.
If you can't get rid of the pursuers behind you, just wait for them to turn north, and the little devil can easily determine their intentions. At that time, all they had to do was dispatch a gunboat to Fushan to stop them, and they would be able to spread their wings and cross the river. Then, when the little Japanese's pursuit and suppression army was encircled like this, they would really have to stay in Fushan.
"Mother Diurei," Yang Dashu said fiercely, "Bingzhuo, we might as well kill these devils first."
Yang Dashu's several company and platoon-level officers also gained confidence, because in the recent battles, killing the Japs was like chopping melons and vegetables, not to mention that their weapons and equipment are now more sophisticated than ever. Not to mention a Type 38 rifle and a German-made MP36 Schmeisser submachine gun, there is even a heavy machine gun platoon.
Therefore, even if there was a large group of Japs chasing them, Yang Dashu and the others still dared to fight.
"No." Xu Rui flatly rejected Yang Dashu's proposal.
Yang Dashu and the others were dazzled by the victory. Xu Rui's mind is very clear.
After all, the little devils are not idiots. They have suffered losses several times. How could they make the same mistake again
This can be seen from the march of the pursuers behind them. The march of the little devil has obviously lengthened. What I'm afraid of is that the old trick of the temporary 79th Division's independent battalion will repeat itself. Another ambush. Even if the independent battalion can surround the front unit, the Japanese behind can quickly reinforce it. In this way, the ambush battle will be fought. It became a war of attrition.
What the Independent Battalion fears most now is a war of attrition, because the Japanese have endless reinforcements, but they are fighting alone.
To put it another way, even if the independent battalion won, they would still win against five of them, and they could eat up the entire group behind them before the Japanese reinforcements arrived. So what? How many people will be left in the independent camp by then? The Japanese soldiers in the group behind them are not strategic targets, so there is no need to fight them with the independent battalion.
It's no different now than when they just broke out from Wuxi.
When they first broke through from Wuxi, their morale was low and they were short of equipment. They urgently needed a victory to boost their morale, and they urgently needed to replenish their weapons and ammunition. Because of this, Xu Rui was willing to take risks and lead this group of remnants to fight against the Japs. headquarters, because even if the battle was lost at that time, it was impossible to lose more.
But now, they have high morale and are well-equipped. They don't need a victory to boost their morale, let alone replenish their weapons and ammunition. What Xu Rui needs to do now is to do his best to pull this unit completely. After arriving behind enemy lines, they were dragged to Damei Mountain to fight guerrillas. There was no need to fight for their lives with the little devils here.
"No!" Xu Rui rejected Yang Dashu's proposal without hesitation.
"What should we do?" Yang Dashu shouted, "I can't fight, and I can't get rid of it. What should I do?"
"Can't get rid of it?" Xu Rui said suddenly, "Who told you that you can't get rid of it? If the little devils want to fight me, they are still a little green, map!"
Xu Rui was talking about the map to the veteran.
The veteran immediately took out the map from his backpack and spread it out on the snow.
Yang Dashu also unfolded the canvas he was wearing and covered the veteran and Xu Rui inside, so that when the veteran turned on the flashlight, the light would not leak out.
The veteran turned on his flashlight and illuminated the map clearly.
The troops' march did not stop, but Xu Rui and the veteran began to play war games against the map.
The veteran first said: "This is Fushan Pier. The Japanese retreated in a hurry and had no time to burn the ships. The little devils also have naval ships on the Yangtze River to provide support, so there is no need to requisition a large number of civilian ships, so this place is more or less certain." There will be ships left, and we don’t need more. We only need five large boats or ten small boats to cross the river at once. The little devils can’t care about the north of the river at the moment. As long as we cross the Yangtze River, the little devils will have nothing to do with us.”
Xu Rui said: "If there are no pursuers, we have enough time to reach Fushan Pier before dawn and cross the river calmly."
The veteran said: "But now our whereabouts have been exposed, and the Japanese behind us are hotly pursuing us. Even if we get to Fushan Pier before dawn, we can't find time to find a boat. Without a boat, we can't cross the river."
Xu Rui said: "So we have no choice but to divide our forces."
"Divide the troops?" the veteran asked, "How? How many groups should the troops be divided into?"
"There are not many roads. The division of troops I am talking about is not the division of troops as you think." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "What I am talking about is the division of troops among the roads, one by one."
"Divide the troops one by one?" The veteran frowned, "How to divide the troops?"
I have only heard of increasing the number of troops one by one, but veterans have never heard of dividing the troops one by one.
Xu Rui said: "The so-called division of troops one by one is to order a small unit to separate from the large unit and wait for orders. When the large unit distracts the Japanese pursuers, the small unit will immediately divert to Fushan Pier. Since the number of units to be divided is not large, , plus it’s snowy at night, so it’s hard to detect the Japanese pursuers.”
The veteran asked: "Then wait for a while and conduct a second division of troops?"
"That's right." Xu Rui said, "The advantage of doing this is that there is a process of gradually decreasing the number of people. The little devils only look at the footprints on the snow. It is difficult to detect abnormalities in a short period of time. In the end, they realize that something is wrong. By then, we will probably have only the last small force left, and it will be much easier to get rid of the Japanese by then."
"Awesome!" the veteran said sincerely, "Old Xu, I am really convinced by you."
Xu Rui smiled, stood up and said, "Then execute the order."
(Dividing line)
The small Japanese naval headquarters in Shanghai has now become the headquarters of the Japanese Central China Front.
Although it was already late at night, the battle situation analysis room of the Central China Front Army Headquarters was still brightly lit.
Major General Tsukada, Chief of Staff of the Front Army, held a command pole in his hand and was telling Matsui Iwane about the battle report he had just received.
"General, please take a look." Tsukada pointed at the map and said, "Akita-san responded to the emergency call five minutes ago, saying that he had discovered the whereabouts of the remnants of the temporary 79th Division and successfully captured them. Akita-san The telegram also stated that the whereabouts of the remnants of the 79th Division were temporarily compiled thanks to the help of Oluhara-san."
"Really?" Matsui Iwane nodded happily, "Junsi has really learned his skills in the past three years of studying abroad."
"Hai." Tsukada paused and then continued, "Your Excellency, General, the remnants of the 79th Division are currently fleeing in a hurry towards Yangcheng Lake, and the 6th Infantry Regiment is chasing them from behind. The 20th Infantry Regiment and the 101st Infantry Regiment also moved forward together, attacking from the north and south wings respectively... "
"In the direction of Yangcheng Lake? This is illogical." Matsui Iwane raised his hand to interrupt Tsukada's attack, and then said, "The remnants of the temporary 79th Division neither crossed the Yangtze River north to flee to northern Jiangsu or central Anhui, nor went south to Zhejiang and Anhui. At the border, to meet up with the main force, why did it go east? What's the intention? Isn't this another act of mystery?"
Like Akita, Matsui Iwane was also frightened by Xu Rui's erratic tactics.
Tsukada attacked and said: "General, there is no need to worry too much. The whereabouts of the remnants of the temporary 79th Division have been confirmed."
"Don't be careless." Matsui Iwane shook his head and said, "The weather observation station reported that it will be sunny tomorrow. You have the aviation regiment to be prepared. As soon as it gets bright tomorrow, reconnaissance planes will be dispatched to lock in the temporary number seventy-nine. The whereabouts of the remnants of the division, considering the flight limit, can allow multiple reconnaissance planes to take off one after another. Tsukada-san, we must ensure that at least one reconnaissance plane hovers over the remnants of the temporary 79th Division until they are completely wiped out. !”
"Hai!" Tsukada paused and took the order. (To be continued.)