Behind Jiangyin is Zhenjiang, Zhenjiang is the last geographical barrier in the southeast of Nanjing, if the devil conquers Jiangyin and Zhenjiang, Nanjing is in danger.
The old army commander was silent for a long time, and said: "Zhou Wu, there is a situation I want to tell you, the current position of our 79th Army is too prominent, and there are no other national army troops around.
The purpose of the Japanese reinforcement of a division this time was to eat the 79th Army in one bite. ” "Now the devils don't attack immediately because the logistics are not in place yet.
In addition, part of the reason is that last night, you caused them a lot of losses and disrupted their deployment, so the devils postponed the attack. ” Hearing this, Zhou Wu suddenly realized, no wonder the devils who surrounded Gao Xiangfa did not catch up, it turned out that their logistics were not in place yet.
Thinking of this, Zhou Wu couldn't help but shudder, if the devil came after him last night and concentrated the strength of one and a half divisions to launch a fierce attack on the defense fortifications, then it was unknown whether they could hold out until dawn, it was really too hanging.
"Junza, then when will we start retreating" Zhou Wu asked.
"The sooner the better, the Japanese army will soon launch a full-scale attack on Changshu, and our 79th Army must withdraw to Jiangyin within two days, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
The old commander said.
"Yes, we'll start retreating right away."
Zhou Wu nodded in agreement.
After putting down the phone, Zhou Wu asked the staff officer of the brigade headquarters to call and inform the officers above the battalion level to come to the brigade headquarters for a meeting, and he also specially instructed Ge Sanmin, the commander of the Second Regiment, who was recuperating from his wounds in the health company, to summon him.
Suddenly, the staff officers of the brigade headquarters were busy, and the originally quiet brigade headquarters rang with bursts of telephone rings.
"Lao Ding, the military department requires us to retreat to Jiangyin immediately, do you see how to arrange it" Zhou Wu turned his head and asked.
"Brigade, if you want to evacuate as soon as possible, you immediately contact Lao Zhai in Jiangyin and ask them to send a team to pick up the wounded as soon as possible, which is safer and more reliable, and saves us from worry."
Zhou Wu nodded again and again in agreement.
There was not much time, and the officers above the battalions below arrived at the brigade headquarters one after another, and Ge Sanmin was ordered to come, but this time he did not sit on a stretcher.
At the same time, Shen Lina also came, Ding Ning saw the exhaustion on his wife's face, his heart was sour, he wanted to go over and comfort a few words, and suddenly realized that this was in the brigade headquarters and couldn't mess around.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the military department ordered our independent brigade to retreat to Jiangyin immediately, I discussed it with Chief of Staff Ding, and decided to send the wounded to Jiangyin first, and the health company will follow with me, and I will inform Lao Zhai later, and let him send a small detachment to meet him halfway."
"But the first evacuation personnel need to be guarded, I want to draw a company from the fourth regiment to take on this task, and the chief of staff Ding Ning is in charge, what do you think?"
Actually, Zhou Wu took into account that Ding Ning and Shen Lina hadn't gotten together properly since they got married, and letting Ding Ning be in charge of the guard this time could be regarded as making up for it.
After hearing this, everyone agreed, but the person concerned, Ding Ning, was anxious, and his white face turned red: "Luzao, this is not good, you can't break the rules of the barracks because of our husband and wife."
The officers of the troops must first set an example, so that the soldiers can be convinced, no, this will definitely not work. ” At this time, the fat man stood up and spoke: "Why not, Chief of Staff, you ask the brothers here, if half of them disagree."
I think this suggestion is very good, it reflects the leader's concern for his subordinates, which is a good thing, everyone said it was right."
Although the fat man's culture is not high, he has a set of things when he talks about this kind of thing, and he glanced at Shen Lina after speaking, and the meaning is self-evident.
Everyone suddenly burst into laughter, and everyone raised their hands in favor of Zhou Wu's proposal, Ding Ning was overwhelmed, and finally had to accept the task of escorting the health company and the wounded.
"Okay, now let's talk about the second course of action.
After the retreat of the sanitary company and the wounded, the main force of the independent brigade immediately began to withdraw, and Lao Gao followed closely behind the sanitary company with the fourth regiment and the howitzer battalion.
Remember, as soon as the sanitary company goes, you immediately follow. ” Gao Xiangfa's spirit seemed to be okay, the wound on his left forearm had been bandaged by the health company, and he replied with a bandage: "Yes, our four regiments promise to retreat on time, but what about those brothers who have died in battle?"
Last night's raid counted the four regiments with the most casualties, and Gao Xiangfa was not worried about the future of these brothers before leaving.
"Boss Gao, the time is urgent, after the meeting, let's all work together and find a good place next to the defense fortifications to bury them.
If you want to leave, you don't have to go, and Lao Ding doesn't have to go.
Everyone else went with me to see off the brothers. ” When Ding Ning heard that Zhou Wu didn't let him go to the memorial service for the fallen soldiers, he was anxious again, and shouted: "Luzao, I must go, I promise that I will never delay the retreat, let me take one last look at my brothers." ” Zhou Wu saw that Ding Ning was really anxious, so he had to nod and agree that Ding Ning would set off to retreat after attending the memorial service.
"Fatty, how many people are there in a lump now" Speaking of the situation of the first group, the fat man felt sad in his heart: "Brigade seat, there are less than 800 people in our group now, and the losses are heavy, and the establishment is almost crippled. ” "Wang Ding, how many people are there in your three regiments?"
Wang Ding said calmly: "Report to the brigade, there are still 900 people in the third regiment. ” "What about the second regiment" Zhou Wu turned his face and asked Ding Ning, since Ge Sanmin was injured, it was Ding Ning who was leading the second regiment.
Ding Ning said: "There are more than 800 brothers in the second regiment. ” Zhou Wu roughly estimated that now the independent brigade can fight with guns, plus the new 396 regiment, there are less than 5,000 in total.
In the battle last night alone, they reduced their strength by nearly 2,000, Zhou Wu was distressed, if he continued to fight like this, he would not be able to reach Nanjing, and the little people he had at hand would be finished.
But in the current situation, what can be done, you can only take one step at a time, wait until you get to Jiangyin, and see if Lao Zhai has a way to replenish the soldiers.
Zhou Wu decided to merge the first regiment and the third regiment, with the fat man as the head of the regiment and Wang Ding as the deputy commander, and at the same time merged the 396th regiment with the second regiment, temporarily called the second regiment, Zhou Wu proposed that Sheng Pei be the head of the second regiment and Ge Sanmin be the deputy commander.
How do you know that Sheng Pei shook his head vigorously and said that he was new to the position of the head of the second regiment and could not be qualified for the position of head of the second regiment, and asked Zhou Wu to let Ge Sanmin serve as the head of the regiment, and he was willing to be the deputy head of the regiment and obey the command.
Zhou Wu saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so he nodded in agreement.
The second regiment continued to be headed by Ge Sanmin, and immediately after the fourth regiment left, it was evacuated to Jiangyin.
Ge Sanmin said that his body had fully recovered, and promised that the brothers of the 396th Regiment would be treated equally and that they would withdraw to Jiangyin as planned.
"Fatty, it seems that we still have to do what is broken off, and now I give you a task, you bury all the explosives that we can't take away in the fortifications, and let the little devil taste the power of your mine maze array."
"In addition, before retreating, you must blow up the four Krupp cannons, and you must not leave them to the little devils, if you have time, by the way, blow up the combat warehouse of the fortifications, we can't leave one thing for the devils." t1706231537: