Who is Rong Ziheng? The son of the great traitor Rong Zhen.

In the original historical time and space, Rong Ziheng would have several years to surrender to the enemy. But now that the trajectory of history has changed, it is not impossible for Rong Ziheng to surrender to the enemy in advance.

Jiang Dong immediately told Xie Chengrui and Wang Laohu about Rong Ziheng.

His father, Rongzhen, was a senior general in the Fengcheng clan. He was the second-in-command when Zhang Xueliang was in charge of the Northeast. He was one of the most powerful people in the Northeast Army.

Influenced by his father, Rong Ziheng went to the Japanese Army Military Academy to study abroad when he was young, and he also determined to serve the country by joining the army.

After returning from school, he served as Zhang Xueliang's guard captain, and he was deeply trusted by the Zhang family brothers.

After the September 18th Incident, Rong Ziheng followed Zhang Xueliang and strongly advocated fighting against the Japanese invaders and regaining the Northeast.

After the defeat in the Battle of Songhu, Rong Ziheng led his troops in a bloody battle in Jiangyin and made great achievements, and was promoted to major general and brigade commander.

In the late stages of the Nanjing Defense War, he fled to Jiangbei through the life channel established in Jiangdong. He then led his troops to participate in the Battle of Xuzhou. After the fall of Xuzhou, he has been fighting guerrillas in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu.

Looking at what he did, it is hard to believe that he would be instigated by the Japanese army.

To paraphrase an old saying,

Success is like his father, failure is like his father!

After the fall of North China, Rong Ziheng's father Rong Zhen quickly defected to the Japanese army and served as a senior official of the puppet government.

At this point, Rong Zhen often sent people to contact Rong Ziheng. Xiao used family ties and national interests to do everything possible to persuade Rong Ziheng to surrender to the Japanese army.

Perhaps his father's persuasion had an effect, or perhaps the extra-high school course offered him favorable conditions. In short, Rong Ziheng became a traitor a few years earlier in history.

After listening to Jiang Dong's story, Xie Chengrui and Wang Laohu were filled with indignation, and the latter even cursed angrily.

Jiangdong knew very well the negative impact that Rong Ziheng's rebellion would have, so he immediately asked Susumu for specific details.

"Where are Rong Ziheng's troops now? How many soldiers followed him to rebel?"

Koizumi Shin was grinning from pain and sweating profusely, but he did not dare not answer Jiangdong's question.

"If Brigadier Jiang asks anything, I will tell you everything I know. I just want you to give me a good time after you finish asking!"

Jiang Dong sneered, "I won't bargain with the invaders."

Wang Laohu on the side was playing with a bloody steel knife, with an expression on his face that seemed to be a smile but not a smile. Xiao Quanjin sighed in his heart and said slowly:

"Based on the intelligence previously transmitted, it is speculated that Rong Ziheng's troops have secretly arrived in the south of Linyi, with a strength ranging from 8,000 to 10,000. According to time calculation, all his troops should have been reorganized by this time. Once Zaozhuang is attacked

When news of the attack reaches Jinan, the headquarters will definitely order Rongzi Hengdong to advance to relieve the siege of Zaozhuang."

Hearing this, the expressions of the three people changed.

Rong Ziheng can be regarded as a strong general, and the combat effectiveness of his troops must be stronger than that of ordinary puppet troops. The sudden appearance of these 8,000 puppet troops disrupted Jiangdong's original plan.

The Independent Brigade will be attacked from three directions, and the enemies coming from three directions are not weak. Jiangdong does not have the strength to completely annihilate any party. The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the situation of the Independent Brigade is becoming more and more critical.

The Mole Plan and the operation to eliminate spies around Zaozhuang must be temporarily shelved. The primary issue now is to ensure the safety of the troops.

"Old Wang, if you continue to ask, you must squeeze out all the information he knows." Jiang Dong turned to Xie Chengrui,

"Call all the chief officers for a meeting immediately! We don't know anything about the movements of Rong Ziheng's department, and we must make preparations in advance."

The two of them left the interrogation room one after another, and behind them came Susumu Koizumi's pleading voice.

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The dispatch room of the train station was used by Jiangdong as a temporary conference room, and the chief officials rushed over as soon as they received the order.

Xie Chengrui first relayed the information he had just obtained to everyone. Of course, he deliberately concealed the part of the Mole Plan.

When they heard the news that Rong Ziheng had rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, some people cursed and others were silent.

Jiangdong explained the current situation to everyone by comparing it with the map.

"This is the situation we are facing now. Due to Rong Ziheng's sudden surrender to the enemy, the situation around the Independence Brigade is much worse than I expected. What do you think?"

Everyone frowned and pondered, and for a moment it seemed that there was no other good solution except breaking out of the encirclement.

However, in the face of a large enemy force, if they break through in a hurry, they will lose the large amount of capture they just obtained, and everyone is really unwilling to do so.

After half an hour of discussion, no good way to break out of the encirclement was found, and everyone gradually became silent.

Jiang Dong's mind was also running rapidly, and thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, but he rejected them one by one.

"Brigadier!" A man suddenly stood up from the crowd, "I have some thoughts, I don't know whether to express them or not."

"Oh." Jiang Dong looked at Wu Zhan with some expectations in his heart. This person made a very good first impression on Jiang Dong. He had tried his best to train him to be a professional staff officer, "Commander Wu, you are the staff officer of the brigade.

, it is your duty to research and formulate combat plans, speak out if you have anything to say."

After listening to Jiang Dong’s encouragement, Wu Zhan approached the map and said:

"The idea that the brigade commander mentioned before about turning the hinterland of the Japs upside down can still be realized, but this time we can't send reinforcements at the encirclement point."

Everyone became interested when they heard that they could break out of the encirclement without having to be embarrassed and could continue to fight against the Japs.

"What can you do?" Xie Chengrui asked. He had worked with Wu Zhan for a while and knew that once this person spoke, he would have something in mind.

"We seized a large amount of materials in Zaozhuang. We want these things but are afraid of slowing down the movement of the large forces. Therefore, the first thing we have to solve is the issue of keeping this batch of materials."

Wu Zhan looked at Jiang Dong, who nodded slightly to him, and continued:

"We came from Weishan Lake. Everyone knows the terrain and environment there. As long as we hide the supplies in Weishan Lake, the little devils will never be able to find them."

"But if this happens, won't we not be able to get it back?" Wang Xueqin said anxiously.

"Director Wang, don't be anxious, just listen to what I have to say." The thoughts in Wu Zhan's mind gradually became clear.

"Since the strength of the Japanese army is several times that of ours, we can no longer carry out encirclement and reinforcements. Instead, we should take action and look for fighter opportunities in the movement."

"Mobile warfare!" Jiangdong blurted out.

Everyone: Sports battle?

"Yes, it is mobile warfare." Wu Zhan said in detail:

"If we stick to Zaozhuang, we will definitely be surrounded and annihilated by enemy forces from three directions. But if we move around and prevent the Japanese army from tracking our whereabouts, then their combat purpose will change from encirclement and annihilation to search, which will greatly benefit independence.

brigade operations.”

"The previous plan to blow up the northern railway will still be implemented. At the same time, we will also destroy the surrounding roads and bridges during the movement, so that the Japanese army will completely lose their mobility advantage."

"Walking on two legs, the little devils and puppet troops will definitely not be as fast as us. In this way, the threats faced by the troops will be much smaller, and at the same time, the Japanese troops can be mobilized."

"The traffic in the entire area was destroyed, and the Japanese army had no way to surround us immediately. In order to expand the scope of search and encirclement, they must divide their troops. With the current combat effectiveness of our independent brigade, once the little Japanese troops divide their troops, they will pose a threat to us

It will reduce it by more than half, and we can take the opportunity to encroach on the surrounding Japanese troops and firmly hold the initiative on the battlefield in our hands."

"The devils divide their forces and we join forces. In this way, not only will they not be able to trap us to death, but we will divide them and annihilate them. Once we are moving, we can annihilate the enemy while looking for opportunities to break out. When all the enemies around us are surrounded,

After fainting, we can easily escape with the seizure."

Wu Zhan's idea was more fully perfected in Jiang Dong's mind, and a few words popped out of his heart involuntarily:

"In the past, Taizu crossed Chishui four times, now there are five battles in Zaozhuang in Jiangdong!"

Once he had a direction for his thinking, the battle plan flowed out of his mind like spring water.

The combat power and physical strength of the soldiers of the independent brigade are at their best, and mobile warfare will be the best stage for our brothers.

"Your idea is very good. The troops will act according to your idea. Which direction do you think we should move first?"

Jiang Dong already had an idea in mind, and he deliberately asked Wu Zhan.

Wu Zhan was very happy to hear that the brigade commander adopted his suggestion. He almost blurted out,

"To the east, we should take the lead in moving to the east. Rong Ziheng must not know that we have known about his surrender to the enemy. If the independent brigade moves to the east at this time, it will go beyond what Rong Ziheng expected. We can teach him a lesson

, and also give a warning to other wavering friendly forces."

Jiang Dong smiled, what Wu Zhan said was exactly what he was thinking.

After this conversation, the other chief officials all showed a look of astonishment on their faces, and everyone's trust and admiration for Wu Zhan increased to a new level.

Jiangdong ordered:

"Commander Li and Director Wang immediately led the engineer battalion and prisoner battalion to transport the supplies to Weishan Lake to hide them. The other troops quickly stocked up on ammunition and dry food. When the Japanese troops from the north and south appeared, the large troops immediately fled, leaving the little devils with a breath of air.

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"Yes Yes Yes!"

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After Hong Zhenhai settled the women on Weishan Island, he and Wang Zhisheng hurried back to Zaozhuang with more than 20 team members.

When they saw the mountains of supplies piled up at Zaozhuang Railway Station, the two of them almost fainted with joy.

"As long as they can be moved away, these things will all be yours." Jiang Dong looked at his watch.

"I can only give you 6 hours. I will burn the supplies that cannot be moved away after 6 hours, and cannot leave them to the Japanese who come from afar."

Hong Zhenhai and Wang Zhisheng were so anxious that they were sweating profusely. They were out-and-out Tuba Road people, and these supplies were more important than their lives.

Jiangdong left it to the two of them to figure out their own solutions. He briefly explained the battle plan of the independent brigade and told them to strictly guard Weishan Island and not risk landing on the island to confront the Japanese army.

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To be continued...