Zhou Chengbin led people to withdraw to Gaogang, and on the way he made up his mind that he could not evacuate east with Dai Ru, although the east was the safest and driest direction in the swamp, but this would lead the Japanese puppet army to chase eastward, and neither he nor Dai Ru could escape. He decided to continue to the south, where the conditions were worst. After a day and a night of rain that did not clear, there were countless traps set by nature, which brought the shadow of death to themselves at the same time, and also temporarily delayed the advance of the Japanese puppet army, maybe the more than 100 brothers under his command still have a glimmer of life.

Two hours later, at four o'clock in the morning on the 11th, Kagezo Zhenzhao led his troops to the high post, and one of his subordinates reported: "General, this is the original station of the third column. ”

Kagesa looked around, and from the number of thatched huts, he deduced that there should be more than three hundred people stationed there. As far as he knew, the third column should have three squadrons, more than four hundred people. Is there still a group of people who are not in this station? Another subordinate reported: "General, Ruan Bo and the person named Lao Zhao, the person from the liaison station of Nanxun Town, who commanded the army, have not yet arrived here, and they have encountered our vanguard. Now he has been escorted here, waiting for the general to dispose of it. ”

Kagesa said, "Let them wait for a while. He turned to an officer with a telescope and asked, "In which direction is the enemy retreating?" ”

"Report to the general, the vanguard reconnaissance unit returns: it should continue to retreat south." At this time, it rained intermittently for a day and a night before it stopped, and the wind and rain erased the footprints of the first squadron led by Dai Ru to evacuate. misled the enemy and ignored the traces of Dai Ru's troops.

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao ordered Liao Tao and the regimental commander of the 47th Division of the Wang Puppet Peace Salvation Army: "Okay, Commander Liao, you continue to lead people to pursue, eliminate all evil, and don't let anyone in the third column slip through the net." ”

Liao Taohe took the order, and Kagezo Zhenzhao said to the captain of the Japanese brigade, Matsuoka Jiro Nakasa: "Send a report to Captain Tian of No. 76, and ask him to rush over with his secret service team to meet the large army." Someone, please Mr. Nguyen. ”

In less than two days, Ruan Bo and Lao Zhao, who looked ten years old all of a sudden, were escorted up by several Japanese soldiers. Shadow Zuo Zhen Zhao Zheng said: "Presumptuous! Mr. Nguyen was a guest of the Imperial Japanese Army, how could you be so disrespectful? Loose! Mr. Ruan, Ying Zuo has no way to restrain his subordinates, and you have been wronged. I apologize to you. ”

Ruan Bo smiled bitterly and did not speak, and Lao Zhao, who woke up like a dream, scolded angrily: "It turns out that you are a boneless brute who took refuge in the Japanese and betrayed your comrades-in-arms!" Phew, what pigs and dogs are not as good as, you have this human skin for nothing! ”

Several Japanese soldiers came up and gave Lao Zhao a few rifle butts, and Lao Zhao was knocked to the ground. Ruan Bo wanted to step forward to dissuade him, but after thinking about it, he sighed and stood on the ground without moving. Ying Zuo Zhenzhao waved his hand to stop: "Okay, let's take him into custody first, and wait for Captain Tian of No. 76 to come, and hand it over to him for disposal." Mr. Nguyen, from now on, you will be by my side to help me, so that you can also ensure your safety. Please rest assured, when the third column is destroyed, Kagezo will definitely fulfill his promise and reunite your father and daughter. ”

At four o'clock in the morning of the 11th, Dai Ru led his troops to speed up the march, and soon reached the edge of the swamp, and he gave several orders: "Rest in place." The two of you take a few men to the front to reconnoiter and see if there is an ambush. Set up a radio station and send a report to the headquarters of the Chongqing Bureau: The third column was attacked, and although it received early warning information from No. 86 in advance, it was unfortunately a step too late, and the third column could not retreat separately. There is fierce fighting in the direction of the breakthrough of the 2nd Squadron led by Station Commander Zhou, the situation is unknown, the 3rd Squadron is in other stations, and I am leading the 1st Squadron to break through, and the enemy's encirclement has not yet been highlighted.

Dai Ru carefully considered the current situation: the reason why the enemy did not catch up was probably because of Zhou Chengbin's cover, and the enemy may still be chasing and killing Zhou Chengbin's department, or it may be mistaken that the third column only has as many people as the second squadron led by Zhou Chengbin. This time, the Japanese puppets joined forces to encircle and suppress, and it was impossible for the periphery to be blocked by troops. He ordered several backbones: "Immediately regroup, in groups of ten, break into pieces, and break through from all directions." Strive to highlight the encirclement before dawn. Ten days later, at Zhaojiabang, where the brothers of the third squadron were stationed, Chashan Aozi would make peace. ”

Obviously, after the large army entered and suppressed, out of the swamp, there must be a number of Japanese puppet troops responsible for searching, encircling and suppressing within a radius of dozens of kilometers. If the second squadron continues to act collectively, it will be tantamount to throwing itself into a trap. Zhou Chengbin and Dai Ru thought of the trick of breaking the whole into parts at the same time. He ordered his troops to disperse and break through, with only a small detachment of eight fighters with him.

It was soon dawning, and the early spring sun shone on the marshland, and the muddy water on the surface was quickly dried out. Zhou Chengbin has the experience of surviving in the swamps of the northeast, and he knows that the swamps are the most dangerous at this time, because you can't tell where you can pass guò and which places can't carry the weight of a person and will make you fall into a trap. At present, the proportion of sediment in the trap is larger than that in the swamp in the rain, and once a person is trapped, it is difficult to rescue his companions by manpower. The most tragic outcome is often that the person in the trap is not rescued, and the person who saves the person also falls into it due to excessive exertion, and dies together.

They can't get out, and it's hard for the enemy to get in. He decided to rest where he was, and he took a member of his team around the neighborhood to see if he could spot the trees. He thought that if he could find the branches and weave them into a few flat mats with feet, it would be much safer to go through the Guò marsh. The bearing capacity of the straw mat is too weak and basically useless.

Wandering around, not a single shrub was found except grass and grass. I had to give up this plan. Back in a slightly dry grass pruned by the team, a team member handed over a mat made of straw, and Zhou Chengbin sat on the ground, silently thinking about his current situation.

None of the members of the team wanted to speak, and there was so silence all around, and from time to time unknown flying insects flew in. Occasionally, sporadic gunfire could be heard in the distance, which was the encounter between comrades and the enemy. Finally, Zhou Chengbin had to admit that if there was no foreign aid, he and his subordinates who had dispersed and broken through basically had no possibility of getting out of danger.

But where is the foreign aid? The 3rd Squadron was originally the weakest of the three squadrons under the 3rd Column of the Loyal National Salvation Army, but in the last battle, it encountered a squadron of the Japanese unexpectedly and suffered huge losses. Therefore, after transferring a small number of forty or fifty elite soldiers, Zhou Chengbin ordered more than 60 other members of the third squadron to be divided into pieces and concealed in more than a dozen surrounding villages for repair. Not to mention that he was trapped here, Sun Wenkai, the two column commanders before and after, died, and Li Zhiyong's whereabouts are unknown, even if he was able to gather the third squadron, it was nothing more than to give the Japanese some more combat exploits.

Zhou Chengbin looked at the beautiful morning glow on the horizon after the rain, and sounded a proverb: The morning glow does not go out. It is said that if there is a morning glow on the horizon after the rain, it indicates that a greater storm is coming. If it rains heavily again today, the enemy will not be able to enter, but the detachment only carries two days of dry rations, and this swamp is full of weeds and weeds. What about the problem of food?

What's more, no matter how heavy the rain is, there will finally be a time when it will clear up, and it is already the middle of March, and the March in the south of the Yangtze River is warm and warm, and it will not take two or three days for the swamp to become dry, and the enemy's brigade can drive straight in, or a dead end.

Could it be that the anti-Japanese armed forces of the third column really want to be destroyed in their own hands? He remembered the Shanghai station again...... Zhou Chengbin vaguely felt that something must have happened. Yang Shuang must have had an accident, and Ruan Bo ...... Maybe they took refuge with the Japanese. Are number eighty-six and the Divine Needle safe? Judging from the information sent yesterday by No. 86, which was transferred from Chongqing, the language is vague, and it seems that it is also in a worrying situation. Although He Yongxin was killed, Ruan Bo was in the hands of the Japanese...... If you follow the vine, No. 86 may not be able to escape. He didn't dare to think about it anymore, Zhou Chengbin, Zhou Chengbin, if you have a bad thought, it will make a big mistake, and it will be difficult to atone for his sins if you die ten times!

After thinking about it, the only hope he had was that Dai Ru, who had broken through from the east, could lead a part of his team to break out of the encirclement, find the scattered members of the third squadron, and take them to escape the Japanese puppet raid, so as to reserve a little seed for the third column to make a comeback. And he himself can only fight with the Japanese for his life, killing one more and earning one!

Zhou Chengbin set up the radio station, sent the last secret telegram to the headquarters of the Chongqing Bureau, ordered his subordinates to dismantle the radio station, and was ready to fight to the death.

This book originated from reading books