Chapter 6 Transfer
Yes, it's also time for us to transfer! Captain Wang muttered to himself.
"Director Wang, where are you going to transfer next?" Wu Bing asked.
We had already made a decision earlier. After completing the blocking task here, we will also move to Shiwo Mountain to pursue the headquarters. Said Captain Wang.
Comrade Wu Zhengde asked Comrade Wu Bing beside him, "Is Comrade Wu going with us?"
Wu Bing replied with a wry smile: I'm not familiar with the place, so I have to follow you guys. Don't worry, I'll do whatever you arrange, and my military skills will be useful to you too. The question is, are you welcome?
Commander Wang said happily: Of course you're welcome! You are our only long-range firepower.
After hearing Captain Wang's words, I was also moved. I didn't think that Captain Wang wouldn't treat me as an outsider, but instead directly positioned himself as a combatant.
Wu Bing solemnly saluted the three leaders of the women's team with a standard military salute and said: Thank you for your trust, I will definitely do a good job in long-range firepower strikes.
The three women team leaders exchanged a knowing smile. Commander Wang ordered the troops to assemble and start moving towards Shiwos Mountain overnight.
The troops rushed overnight and all day, finally arriving in the Shiwomen Mountain area just before dark. Commander Wang ordered the troops to camp on the spot and rest, sending out sentries to guard the surroundings. Wu Bing suggested that Commander Wang set up a secret sentry as a supplement to the regular sentry.
In order to prevent the sentry from being killed and losing the effect of the alarm, a secret sentry was used as the last safety net for the women's team. Wu Bing also found a sheltered place to clear up with an engineer's shovel and had the wounded carried over and settled here. Resting behind the windbreak earthwork.
The next day, Wang Tuanzhang sent out the communication personnel to find the whereabouts of the headquarters organs. They set off in pairs on the captured war horses.
Everyone was looking forward to the communication team finding out where the headquarters was as soon as possible, so that they could reunite with the headquarters as soon as possible. However, things didn't go as planned and after two days of searching, the communication team still couldn't find any news about the headquarters, only to bring back a shocking piece of news.
A large number of enemy troops have appeared near Shiwomen Mountain, and it seems that they are surrounding the area. The regiment held an enlarged meeting of cadres, and Wu Bing was also required to attend the meeting. A special envoy proposed that the troops be dispersed into small groups and urgently transferred in three directions along three routes.
Three routes were taken, with the political commissar leading a group of comrades northwest to cross the Qilian Mountains and head towards Xinjiang, while the special envoy led a cavalry force east through the Gobi Desert, and the remaining wounded and weak soldiers were led by the regimental commander to relocate locally and continue guerrilla warfare.
After the special envoy finished speaking, the team leader asked everyone: Comrades, since our goal of over 600 people is too big, we need to take separate actions. Does anyone have any other opinions? If not, let's execute according to what the special envoy said!
Wu Bing saw that the crowd was just bowing their heads in silence, and he also heard low sobbing sounds. He lamented in his heart: If they act according to this arrangement, then it will end up like the final outcome of the Western Expedition Army in history, and these female soldiers will also be sacrificed and captured, enduring those inhuman hardships.
Since heaven has allowed me to coincidentally rescue these women's group who were supposed to be surrounded and heavily damaged at the Qilian Mountain Pass, I must change their misfortune.
Wu Bing stood up and said to Captain Wang: I have an opinion, can I say a few words?
Everyone looked up at Wu Bing in surprise, and the three main officials also stared at him in astonishment, wondering what his opinion was.
Commander Wang then said to Wu Bing: Of course, Comrade Wu Bing, you have a different opinion.
Wu Bing looked at everyone and took a deep breath, saying to the crowd: Comrades-in-arms, comrades, I wasn't originally one of your Red Army soldiers and didn't have any right to speak, but now I must say what's on my mind.
Firstly, I oppose dividing the troops as it will disperse our existing military strength. Moreover, creating divisions in the heart of the grenadiers will cause this team to collapse.
Secondly, I want to say that there is a problem with the transfer route.
"What's wrong?" the envoy asked.
Wu Bing said: Let me analyze it for you, the route that Wang Tuanzhang took is basically wounded and weak, if they let them stay locally and fight guerrilla warfare, it's a dead end. The Hexi Corridor, this ancient battleground where military strategists must contend, has a complex situation with the local people.
Not good, sparse population, less grain, and complex ethnic composition. Especially in Wuwei and Zhangye, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been occupied by the Ma clan for many years, the local customs are cruel, and the minority nationalities generally do not cooperate with the Red Army, and a small number of Han residents can't play much role. The Red Army is
These areas are basically not replenished, and one is missing after another.
Moreover, the road that the envoy took led directly into the Gobi Desert, which was tantamount to suicide. Furthermore, there were also the mounted bandits' encirclement and pursuit. It is necessary to know that cavalry fighting on the plains is extremely fierce, and it is impossible to deal with them without a large amount of heavy equipment.
I think only Wu Zheng's route over the Qilian Mountains is feasible, although the temperature is very low now, and it is the main peak of the Qilian Mountains where snow accumulates all year round and never melts in this harsh season, entering this place is extremely dangerous, but I still think there is a glimmer of hope.
First, everyone has had the experience of walking on snowy mountains and grasslands. Second, the Ma bandits do not dare to cross the Liangshan Mountains like us, where the narrow and rugged mountain paths make it difficult to overcome the actual difficulties of supply and replenishment, which will render the cavalry's advantage useless. Large troops cannot be deployed, and the terrain is treacherous, so they can only block our way into the mountains and send out small-scale search teams to search for us in the mountains. That would be exactly what we want, if they dare to come, we will thoroughly annihilate them.
But staying here or transferring to other directions, I think it's no different from smashing eggs on a rock. That's all I have to say. I don't know what opinions everyone has, and I welcome corrections and criticisms.
The crowd fell silent again after hearing this. The special envoy said: What Comrade Wu Bing just said is right, I didn't think it through carefully. I make a self-criticism to everyone.
Director Wang and Commissar Wu said to the special envoy at the same time: The idea was thought of by the three of us together, how can we let you take responsibility alone?
The debate ended with everyone agreeing on the opinion and deciding to cross the Qilian Mountains towards Xinjiang. That night, cadres were mobilized to prepare for crossing the Qilian Mountains.
Wu Bing suggested that the mountain roads of Qilian Mountain were difficult to navigate, and the captured war horses and Bactrian camels were not convenient for marching. All the captured livestock were slaughtered and used as military rations. Wu Bing used a silencer-equipped rifle to kill the livestock, and the female soldiers cut up the meat and distributed it to everyone.
At around 12 o'clock that night, when the wind was at its lowest ebb, everyone set out on their journey to cross the Qilian Mountains.
