Zhou Wu has had a very restless time these days, and the devil's reconnaissance plane flies over his head every day, and according to the report of the forward position, the devil's infantry moves frequently, and the baggage troops shuttle back and forth, and they are constantly busy.
In addition, according to reconnaissance intelligence in the direction of Baoshan, all the large and small warships of the Japanese army stopped on the river, and even aircraft carriers came.
The naval guns had already removed their gun jackets and pointed the muzzles of the black hole at Baoshan and Luodian, ready to attack these two places at any time.
Zhou Wu waited anxiously, but the little devil just didn't attack, making the fat people nervous, and they couldn't sleep well all day and all night.
Zhou Wu naturally couldn't sleep, the little devil didn't know what the hell he was doing, he would come if he wanted to, and what else was playing hide and seek, and his years of combat experience told him that the devil was about to start a large-scale attack, and it was just in the past few days.
As for the specific day and where the main direction of attack is, he does not know.
Zhou Wu went to ask the military department, but the military department didn't know, and what was even more outrageous was that there were still people above who spread the theory of peace, saying that the League of Nations held a meeting and unanimously strongly condemned the Japanese and demanded that the Japanese withdraw from Shanghai, and that the war in Shanghai might be resolved peacefully.
Hearing such news, Zhou Wu scolded in his heart: "What bullshit is resolved peacefully, the devil's warships are all stuffed with the mouth of the Yangtze River, what kind of peace is there to talk about." ” "The League of Nations has a fart, if it is useful, the three eastern provinces will not be forcibly occupied by the devils, I really don't know what those people above think, a group of traitors."
However, complaining is complaining, and business still has to be done, Zhou Wu called the fat man and asked him to divide the brothers on the front line into two shifts, and take turns to change shifts, so as to prevent the devil from turning around from the side.
In addition, he asked the brothers on the battlefield to quickly practice anti-aircraft shooting and wartime coordination and cooperation, and prepare more grenades and explosives to deal with the devil's tanks.
Later, Zhou Wu went to the military headquarters, found the old army commander for a long time, asked for 10 82 mortars and a batch of mortar shells, and by the way, got some explosive bags and smoke bombs, and at the same time collected all the mortars of the three regiments below and put them under the control of Zhang Ercheng, the howitzer battalion.
Together with the existing 6 howitzers and 12 82 mortars, the size of the Lao Zhang howitzer battalion has already surpassed that of the military howitzer regiment.
At present, the independent brigade alone has 36 82 mortars, 60 mortars and 24 mortars, plus 100 howitzers and 6 howitzers.
Zhou Wu wanted to concentrate the artillery and form a mobile fist, and wherever there was a critical situation, they would use artillery support, so that they should be able to gain an advantage in firepower in the local area.
In order to ensure smooth communication in wartime, Zhou Wu distributed signal guns and smoke grenades to the three regiments below, and agreed to fire three red signal flares in a row as the artillery firing signal, and smoke grenades could also be used in emergencies.
However, if you can use radio, you must use radio, and radio has an advantage, you can contact and correct the ballistic position at any time, so that you can fight steadily and accurately, and the lethality rate is high.
In the past two days, Lao Ding did not go to the health company, and followed Zhou Wu around the brigade headquarters and forward positions.
Zhou Wu asked him how the matter with Captain Shen was going, but Lao Ding didn't speak, just smirked.
To be honest, they are quite compatible, both of them are intellectuals, have a common language, and complement each other's personalities, which is simply a pair made in heaven.
Zhou Wu felt very relieved, he fulfilled his original promise to Ding Ning, and this time he didn't trouble his wife Xiuying, it was really perfect.
If it weren't for the little devil who was about to move, he would probably be in charge of the good things of the two of them, but now it's too late, and no matter what, he has to wait for the battle to be over.
At night, Zhou Wu had already fallen asleep, and after he explained all the annoying trivial things during the day, as soon as his tense nerves relaxed, he slept on the marching bed.
Zhou Wu was so tired that he snored loudly after a while, and fell into a sweet dream, this time he didn't have nightmares, and slept until he woke up naturally.
When I woke up and looked at my watch, it was already four o'clock in the morning, and it would be dawn in another hour, and there was silence around the brigade headquarters except for the radio on duty that sounded regularly.
The wind stopped, the owl stopped calling, this dead silence made Zhou Wu very depressed, time almost stood still, and everything lost its meaning.
Lying on the bed and thinking hard, Zhou Wu couldn't sleep, he sat up in his clothes, brought a cigarette, and smoked while thinking about his wife and children in Nanjing.
I don't know how they are now, I don't know if my father's asthma is getting better, the weather is getting colder, and winter is the season for asthma.
Zhou Wu regretted that he forgot to mention this matter to Xiuying in his reply, but then he thought that with Xiuying's virtuous and intelligent, it was impossible not to think of this.
Zhou Wu felt very sorry for Xiuying, since the two of them got married, they got together less and left more, and after having Xiaoshunzi, Xiuying had to take care of both the children and the elderly second elders.
He felt very ashamed, and secretly made up his mind that when the war eased down a little, he would definitely go back to see his family.
Thinking about it, Zhou Wu suddenly felt that the marching bed was shaking, at first it was very slow, then it was getting faster and faster, and in the end, the gasoline lamps hanging in the brigade headquarters were dangling.
Zhou Wu thought it was an earthquake, but then he thought it was wrong, it should be a large-scale attack by the little devils.
Thinking of this, he shouted loudly: "Quickly contact the forward positions, the devils have started large-scale shelling, be quick, let them all hide in the anti-artillery holes, quickly" The staff officer on duty jumped up and desperately shook the phone to contact the various forward positions, and soon there was news from the fat man's side, and as expected, the large-scale shelling of the devils began.
Zhou Wu subconsciously looked at his watch, the hour hand just pointed to five o'clock in the morning, the devil finally launched a crazy attack, he breathed a long sigh of relief, what should come is always coming.
After putting on his clothes, Zhou Wu picked up the binoculars and looked at the position, at this time the sky was not completely bright, and it was the darkest time before dawn.
He only saw that the devil's artillery fire was like a fire-breathing storm, covering the forward position of Luodian tightly, and the artillery fire was full of sky, and the smoke of gunpowder was billowing out.
As far as the eye could see, it was all red, and the loud rumbling sound was like a summer thunderstorm, and the sand particles on the bunker window of the brigade headquarters were shaken and fell down one by one.
In terms of the scale of the shelling, it is estimated that the Japanese army used at least a few hundred guns this time, otherwise it would not have caused such a strong shock effect.
You must know that the headquarters of the Independent Brigade is more than 10 miles away from the forward position, and it is impossible for ordinary artillery bombardment to feel such a strong earthquake, and Zhou Wu is still sure of this.
The rumbling shelling had been going on for half an hour, and the sky was slowly brightening, but the shelling had no intention of stopping, and shells of different sizes were still being fired continuously.
At this time, a magnificent landscape appeared in the sky, the slowly rising morning glow and the devil's cannonball formed a picture of the Milky Way falling nine days, and the gunpowder smoke produced by the explosion of the cannonball engulfed the beautiful morning glow, floating in the sky, and could not be dissipated for a long time.
Zhou Wu was very worried about whether the fat men would be able to withstand such a fierce and long-term shelling, and whether they would be able to enter the position in time to prepare for battle.
He was so anxious that he repeatedly ordered the brigade staff officers to contact the fat man as soon as the shelling stopped.
The heart-pounding shelling finally stopped, Zhou Wu looked at his watch, his mother's devil went crazy, such a large-scale shelling was bombarded for more than an hour, where did the devil get so many shells After the shelling, the staff officer of the brigade headquarters immediately shook the phone to contact the forward position, and there was a shouting inside, and a young staff officer shouted for a long time, and finally called the fat man.
Zhou Wu picked up the microphone and asked loudly, "Lao Liu, what's the situation ahead?"
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After shouting for a long time, the fat man on the other end of the phone heard clearly, I really don't know if he was shocked by the shelling and his ears were bad, or if he didn't recover from the shelling.
The fat man couldn't speak well, and said tremblingly: "Brigade, brigade, the damn little devil is too vicious, the overwhelming artillery bombarded our position for an hour, fortunately we hid early, and there are anti-artillery holes." ” "It's just that dozens of soldiers are buried in the pit, we're digging people, and there aren't many casualties, but the ears are not very good."
The fat man was out of breath and out of breath.
"That's good, hurry up and clear the position, enter the combat position, and report to me the movement and distance of the devils by radio at any time, and I and Chief of Staff Ding will rush over immediately."
"Time is pressing, you have to hurry, the devil may be coming up soon, remember to pay attention to the planes in the sky, according to the division of labor in advance, quickly form an anti-air firing team, I will let Lao Zhang provide you with artillery cover at any time."
After speaking, Zhou Wu called again and ordered the other two regiments to pay close attention to the movements of the devils and make radio contact if there was something.
After doing this, he called Ding Ning and several brigade staff officers, took a few guards and went to the fat man's position.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and a new day was about to start again, but Zhou Wu knew in his heart that this would be a very cruel and bloody day. t1706231537: