Xu Rui didn't play cards according to common sense at all, which made Jiangnan's heart go up and down, and every inch was in chaos. 【】

Then before Jiang Nan came back to his senses, Xu Rui had already left Jiang Nan's side and walked away.

Jiang Nan stood there stunned and looked at Xu Rui's distant back, as if he could still feel the warm breath from Xu Rui's mouth when he spoke, and he was really ashamed, angry, and anxious for a while.

This scoundrel, it's such a bully, I'm not done with you.

There was no word all night, and early the next morning, a sharp whistle sounded on the ruins of Nantong.

Hearing the whistle, the members of the Independent Battalion of the Provisional 79th Division, the 67th Army, the Special Brigade of the Fuxing Society, and the guerrillas in southern Jiangsu got up one after another, packed up, and prepared to hit the road.

Whether you go together or go your separate ways, Nantong is not a place to stay for a long time after all, right?

Taking advantage of the gap between packing up, the guerrilla soldiers walked to the Siberian Tiger without a trace, first borrowed fire from the Siberian Tiger and lit a cigarette, and then the two got together and muttered for a long time, until they packed up and had breakfast, and then the soldier staggered back to his team.

As soon as the soldiers left, Deputy Wan Ying called the Siberian Tiger to him and asked, "Huzi, you muttered to people for a long time just now, why are you so hot?" Don't forget, people are communists. ”

Siberian Tiger said: "I didn't say anything, just chatter." ”

"Just talking nonsense?" Deputy Wan Ying's expression turned cold, and he said coldly, "Huzi, don't you want to tell the truth to your eldest brother?" ”

"Big brother, I really didn't say anything." The Siberian Tiger was anxious, frowned and said, "Just chatter, the soldier is real, although he is a communist, but it is really, it is worth befriending." ”

Wan Ying's deputy said: "Huzi, I can tell you, take it easy." ”

The Siberian tiger's expression was a little stiff and a little disapproving.

At that moment, the Siberian Tiger said: "Big brother, when you were in Shaanxi before, you didn't have a good impression of the Communist Party, why do you have a deeper prejudice against the Communist Party now?" ”

"I have never had a prejudice against the Communist Party, and I don't have it now." Deputy Wan Ying waved his hand, and whispered, "But now it's not the same as before, in the past, we had a young marshal here, we wanted people, guns, guns, and territory, but now?" The young marshal was put under house arrest by Lao Jiang, and the 200,000 troops were also dead and scattered, and now we have to live with our tails between our legs, and it is better not to mix with the Communist Party or not. ”

The Siberian Tiger looked left and right and said, "Big brother, are you worried about Xu Rui?" ”

Wan Ying's deputy nodded, and said: "Xu Rui is too good at fighting, he doesn't look like an ordinary person, if you want to say that he is not a high-achieving student who graduated from the Central Military Academy and was sent to study in the West, I don't believe it if he is killed, Huzi, do you know what this means?" This means that this Xu Rui is likely to be an old Jiang protégé. ”

"Old Jiang's protégé? No, I can't. The Siberian Tiger said, "I heard the soldiers say that Xu Rui once drove away the commissioner sent by the deputy commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone in Baoxing Town. ”

"That's even more suspicious." Deputy Battalion Commander Wan said, "If Xu Rui has no confidence, does he dare to do this?" Where did Xu Rui's confidence come from? Just because he is Lao Jiang's protégé! Therefore, it is better for us to keep a little distance from the Communist Party, otherwise, we may provoke death at any time, alas, this time is different. ”

The Siberian Tiger was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, even if Xu Rui is really Lao Jiang's protégé, he shouldn't attack the Communist Party, right?" After all, it is now the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the guns are unanimous with the outside world. ”

"Then who knows?" Deputy Battalion Commander Wan shook his head, frowned and said, "The political level is not good, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party also cooperated well during the Northern Expedition, but Lao Jiang didn't say that the party would be cleared, this time it was said that it was cooperation, and the ghost knew that it would be able to cooperate for a few years, maybe only a few months." ”

The Siberian Tiger was silent for a moment and then said, "Big brother, why don't we go by ourselves?" ”

Deputy Wan Ying glanced at the Siberian Tiger and did not speak, he had been thinking about this question for a long time, but he had not yet thought about what to do, Xu Rui had clearly revealed his intention to incorporate them, Deputy Wan Ying believed that most of the more than 300 remnants of his subordinates were also willing to join the independent battalion.

What's more, as the old saying goes? They took a large number of weapons and ammunition from the independent battalion, and it seems inappropriate to propose to leave now, although they helped the independent battalion win a battle, and they also annihilated a whole brigade of little devils, but in this, they did not make any great efforts.

After a long time, Deputy Wan Ying turned his gaze to the Siberian Tiger and asked faintly: "Huzi, what do you think in your heart?" Do you prefer to follow the independent battalion, or do you want to go on your own? ”

"Big brother, if you want me to say that it is better to go with the independent battalion." The Siberian tiger said in a muffled voice.

The 67th Army has been crippled in Qingpu by Little Japan, and Wu Keren, the military seat, has also died in battle, and now their more than 300 people have become a lone army. And where are the soldiers replenished from? More importantly, weapons and equipment, who should you go to?

If you join the independent battalion, then the problem will be simple, and everything will naturally have Xu Rui's heart.

And the most exciting point for the Siberian Tigers is that Xu Rui is different from other Central Army, Xu Rui did not use them as cannon fodder, not only gave them weapons and equipment, but also treated them the same as the remnants of the independent battalion, at least in this battle in Nantong, Xu Rui did the same treatment, so the Siberian Tigers obeyed him.

Deputy Wan Ying's face was gloomy, and he frowned: "But after all, he is an old Jiang protégé." ”

In fact, not a single of the 200,000 Northeast Army troops that entered the pass did not have a grudge against Chairman Chiang, and the order not to resist was given by Chairman Chiang, but the responsibility for losing the three eastern provinces had to be borne by the 200,000 officers and men of the Northeast Army.

In addition, Chairman Chiang not only put the young marshal under house arrest, but also provoked the Northeast Army to fight among themselves through disgraceful means such as bribery, provocation, and intimidation, causing 200,000 brothers to kill each other and become lost dogs.

The Siberian tiger puffed for a long time, and finally said gloomily: "Big brother, I listen to you, you can do whatever you say." ”

Deputy Wan Ying sighed, patted the Siberian Tiger on the shoulder and said, "Huzi, good brother, let's do it, you go and call Da Biao and a few of them over, and we will sum it up." ”

The Siberian tiger belched and went to call several company commanders and platoon commanders over.

Taken together, the opinion in favor of remaining in the independent battalion prevailed.

As soon as the result was discussed, Xu Rui sent He Shuya over there.

"Deputy Wanying." He Shuya saluted the deputy of the Wan Battalion and said, "Our camp invites you to come over." ”

Deputy Wan Ying exchanged glances with Siberian Tiger, Da Biao and other company and platoon commanders, then stood up and walked with He Shuya.

As expected by the deputy of the Wan Battalion, Xu Rui asked him to go over and talk about the incorporation, not only the rout of the 67th Army, but also the Communist * Party's southern Jiangsu guerrillas and the Fuxing Society's special operations team.

When Deputy Wan Ying passed, Xiao Yanyue, Jiang Nan, and Cui Jiu were already there.

Behind Xu Rui, there are the firearms seized yesterday, the 38 big cover, the crooked light machine gun, the 92-type heavy machine gun and the Bayi mortar, piled up like a hill, almost all the weapons and equipment of the Chongdo detachment are here, and some artillery and horses have been lost, and the fly in the ointment is that the ammunition is less.

Xu Rui invited Deputy Wan Ying, Xiao Yanyue, Jiang Nan and Cui Jiu to sit down, and then said: "The battle of Nantong, thanks to your great help, my independent battalion can win a big victory, and now our independent battalion is leaving, I want to hear your plans, there are those who are willing to go with us, we are very welcome, unwilling, the weapons and equipment here and ammunition, you can take it casually, it will be regarded as a thank you gift for our independent battalion." ”

Hearing Xu Rui say this, Xiao Yanyue's eyes immediately lit up.

Xiao Yanyue was born in the guerrillas, and the guerrillas have been living a tight and hard life, let's talk about the guerrillas in southern Jiangsu, but there are only more than 50 guns in more than 100 people, and half of these more than 50 guns are still old sleeves.

What's more, there are crooked handles, wild necks and even mortars.

Xiao Yanyue thought to herself, even if they can't win Xu Rui and the independent battalion over this time, as long as they can share a batch of weapons and ammunition from here, it will be in vain, with this batch of weapons and ammunition, the combat effectiveness of their guerrillas in southern Jiangsu will be greatly improved, and maybe they will really have the opportunity to open up a base of resistance and gain a firm foothold.

It took a lot of effort for Xiao Yanyue to resist the temptation of these equipment.

Although Xiao Yanyue was born in a peasant family and never went to school, she still knows how to calculate the account.

If a batch of weapons and equipment is shared from here, the benefits are only these, but if they choose to stay in the independent battalion, they will have the opportunity to win over Xu Rui and the entire independent battalion, and at that time, Xu Rui, the entire independent battalion, and all the weapons and equipment here will all be theirs.

Which is more important, Xiao Yanyue can still tell the difference.

At that moment, Xiao Yanyue said to Xu Rui without hesitation: "Camp Chief Xu, let's go with you." ”

The corners of Xu Rui's mouth hooked up a slight smile, and said: "Captain Xiao, I think it is necessary for me to remind you that if you go with our independent battalion, you must obey the command, otherwise if you encounter a little devil halfway, it will be a big problem to order the bulls, that is to say, in the future, your guerrillas must accept my command." ”

"I know." Xiao Yanyue said with a big grin, "The order we received is to assist your independent battalion to break through at all costs, which of course also includes obeying the orders of Battalion Commander Xu. ”

Xu Rui smiled and said: "It seems that Captain Xiao still doesn't understand, then I might as well make it clearer, you can go with our independent battalion, but you must accept our independent battalion, that is to say, in the future, there will be no more guerrillas in southern Jiangsu, but only the 4th company of the independent battalion." ”

"4th Company of the Independent Battalion?" Xiao Yanyue said, "Camp Chief Xu has even chosen a number for us?" ”

Xu Rui smiled and said: "I am willing to leave and stay, listen to my own convenience, our independent battalion will not be reluctant." ”