In fact, Qi Yuan originally wanted to give the New Fourth Army more tanks and armored vehicles, or at least equip more military trucks to achieve motorization. However, the reality is very cruel, first of all, the road situation in China at this time cannot be the same as that in 1985, and there are roads and highways all over the country; Moreover, even if the New Fourth Army has hundreds of large trucks, burning oil is enough to break the logistics of the New Fourth Army. Relying on a little fuel from the Japanese army is obviously not enough to meet the long-term high-intensity combat of armored forces, so the role of these armored units is frightening and may be higher than that of actual combat. After all, these vehicles are not the king of the wheel, and they can directly pump a little water and convert it into deuterium tritium, which can carry out nuclear fusion to produce energy and power.

However, when the soldiers of the New Fourth Army were uniformly replaced with SKS and AK rifles, and the ammunition that one person got may be the ammunition used in the previous squad, and even changed into the Type 55 military uniform brought by the first batch of Qi Yuan, every soldier of the New Fourth Army felt that he seemed to be different from the inside out, and he had the appearance of a regular army.

If any army wants to be strong, it needs to have a strong backing, and basically this backing is the state, and obviously the state power to which the New Fourth Army belongs is unreliable, and even wants to eliminate them when they have the opportunity. The backing of the New Fourth Army is the party organization and the unshakable red faith. However, these are still weaker after all, and it will inevitably make the soldiers hesitate, except for those who are truly idealistic, most ordinary soldiers, or more realism.

And now, the appearance of the Wheel King, as well as the Wheel King brought a large number of reinforcements, weapons and equipment, and logistical supplies, made the New Fourth Army have the perception that they have obtained a strong backing, maybe the Wheel King is not a country-level support, but as long as the Wheel King is there, they will be undefeated. This greatly encouraged the New Fourth Army and boosted their desire to fight and their fighting spirit.

High-level meeting of the New Fourth Army.

"I got the new equipment, as if I had increased my ability, and several company commanders and regiment commanders below gave me a letter of war, this is because I felt that we were short of food and ammunition before, but now we have such a sufficient supplement, we must give ourselves a good breath, the young men are holding their breath, and they want to teach the Japanese a good lesson." Jiang Wanjun was holding a cigarette roll, which was still something he had taken from the Japanese army.

Tie Xun was calm, and said: "Let's press it first, let's also implement the Hungry Tiger policy, so that these comrades can maintain and enhance their desire to fight, release it at once, and achieve the best results." ”

Gui Weihe said: "After the capture of Wuhu, our division has to think about how to deal with the current new situation in the future. We now have 40,000 soldiers and horses, and we are well armed, which is already quite a strong force in southern Anhui. Not to mention that we can also get the help of the Wheel King Mecha, even the strongest enemy can be defeated. ”

Tie Xun said at this time: "It's better not to be too optimistic, this kind of power, I still feel ethereal and unreal, I'm afraid that when I get up tomorrow, Liu Yuqing and his army of 30,000 are gone, and the Wheel King or something is gone......

Shao Zuihan said with a smile: "Then at least we have a Wuhu City, and we can cross the river directly to find the Eighth Route Army to converge." ”

Tie Xun also smiled and said, "Indeed, at least we have to have a good attitude to face the problem. ”

He immediately said: "The central side has just replied, saying that the leadership team is assessing the situation, let us observe the situation first, try to give feedback on some details, and allow us to take advantage of the situation to make some active actions, but we can't go too far, and the actions must be reported to the central government." In addition, the central authorities will also send a special observation group to us for a close-up observation. ”

It can be seen that the Yan'an side is also hesitant about the situation, because of the lack of relevant detailed information, so it cannot make a decision. In particular, the appearance of the Wheel King, the sudden surrender of the 30,000 Guofu Army, etc., made anyone scratch their heads, in just one week, the New Fourth Army not only reversed the dilemma of being besieged by the Guofu Army, but actually wiped out the Guofu Army in southern Anhui, but also directly captured Wuhu. Such information is difficult for any sane person to digest.

Therefore, on the one hand, a special observation group was dispatched to collect and evaluate intelligence, and on the other hand, we did not want this sudden factor to cause too much damage to the entire form of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and especially to trigger any bad reactions. However, it would be best if we could really seize this opportunity to reverse the decline of the CPC faction, defeat the Japanese army, and then reverse the KMT to achieve revolutionary success.

"Wuhu is an important stronghold connecting the Yangtze River, and if we control Wuhu, the devil's forces in Jiujiang and Wuhan will not be supported by Nanjing and Shanghai, and we will directly cut off the back road. If the Guofu army still has a little blood and courage at this time, it may be able to recapture several important strongholds in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River by gathering heavy troops to launch a battle. Children's poem, Wuhu is only one step away from Nanjing, and now that Wuhu has been captured by us, the Japanese army must have been greatly shaken, and before they can figure out what is happening, the Japanese army will not be afraid, and will inevitably carry out a recapture operation in Wuhu to ensure the safety of the Japanese army and Nanjing in the middle reaches. In fact, we don't have to think about continuing to expand the results of the war, and the defensive operation against Wuhu in the future alone will probably be an arduous task. Jiang Wanjun summed up and whipped in.

Tie Xun also agreed with Jiang Wanjun's analysis of the situation, "In the past, we were weak and had few troops, so we avoided any defense of the city as much as possible, weakened the enemy in movement warfare and mobilization as much as possible, and saved ourselves. Now the situation is different, our own strength is not weak, and there is also the big hole card of the wheel king, it should not be a problem to hold Wuhu, just take this opportunity to hone our troops and mature our troops. ”

Gui Weihe said at this time: "We can also gather the local detachments and guerrillas of the New Fourth Army in Huainan, northern Jiangsu and other places to Wuhu, we have guns and artillery in Wuhu, and the supplies are also sufficient, so we can arm larger troops, and when we enter the period of strategic counteroffensive, we will be able to defeat the Japanese army in one fell swoop." ”

Tie Xun thought about it, and still vetoed Gui Weihe's Jianyi, he said: "The purpose of our establishment of these local detachments and armed forces behind enemy lines is to give full play to their advantages and roles, and to contain the opponent behind enemy lines. It cannot be said that because we have the ability to fight head-on, we should abandon the battlefield behind enemy lines, and we can achieve better results by simultaneously attacking both aspects. Moreover, in Wuhu, we can also exert our own strength and expand the team, and we can all develop the nearby villagers and the comrades of the Anti-Japanese War who come to admire. ”

Shao Zuihan also said: "Wuhu is the first important city in the south that we occupy, and it also has a benchmarking role, we will also be entrenched here for a long time, and the governance of Wuhu will also be a very important issue, if we can't govern Wuhu well, and the same chaos as KMT governance, then the people will definitely have a bad perception of us, and will not continue to support us, and if Wuhu is well governed, then the people's will will completely fall to us, which is also quite beneficial to our revolutionary development." ”

Tie Xun's ability is mainly in the military, and he doesn't know much about these aspects, but he can also hear that Shao Zuihan's mention is very important, so he said: "What Director Shao said is very reasonable, we really need to integrate an administrative organization, at least so that Wuhu can have a look of operation, at the beginning it is still a matter of maintaining law and order, and after the street is calm and people are at ease, we can consider more urban management issues, I am afraid that Director Shao needs to bother more and find some capable comrades to do this." ”

Jiang Wanjun also said: "In fact, it's not just Wuhu, there are not many Japanese troops in southern Anhui, and now they are basically wiped out by us, and the Guofu army is almost the same, Shangguan Yunxiang's 32nd Group Army has been wiped out, and the entire southern Anhui is in a vacuum, we can actually not only control Wuhu, but all counties in southern Anhui are actually under our control, as long as we send a small number of troops and some administrative officials, we can establish our anti-Japanese base regime." ”

His words undoubtedly inspired all the high-level leaders of the New Fourth Army present here, although southern Anhui is not as good as Jiangnan, but compared with base areas such as Jinchaji in the north, the conditions are still much better and much richer. In this land, these immature revolutionaries can also practice their ideals step by step and explore the way of governance. Moreover, with such a base area, it is natural that it will not be a problem to further expand its military strength and influence.

"Returning to the military issue, now is the best time for us to develop the New Fourth Army. We must defend the fruits of our victory, so we must draw up a defense plan for Wuhu now. Our surroundings are not optimistic, the enemy can attack us from almost any direction, and our forces are limited and cannot be fully deployed, so I think it is quite necessary to build a relatively mobile defensive force to deal with the invading enemy, no matter where the enemy comes from, we can quickly attack and defeat the enemy. ”

Gui Weihe said: "Don't we have more than a hundred ironclad cars? The two legs are still not as fast as those with wheels and tracks, and with these troops, we will not have a problem in maneuvering and fighting. ”

Jiang Wanjun glared and said, "But who in our team knows how to defend the army?" ”

Tie Xun sighed: "It seems that it can only be handed over to Liu Yuqing's people." ”