Zhou Wu called and reported to the old army commander that there was an abnormal movement of the devil army on this side of the Huashan position, and the old army commander listened to the report, was silent for a while, and finally seemed to have made a big decision, and said to Zhou Wu: "Zhou Wu, I see that now the devil has determined that Huashan will not let go, there are artillery batteries and other national army troops on the side of the Jiangyin Fort, and the devil warship will not be able to quickly conquer there for a while and a half, and now the most dangerous thing is the Huashan position, and our 79th Army now has only one and a half divisions on hand.
The total number of 15,000 people, anyway, the devil is determined to capture this Huashan, I decided to put all the troops of the 79th Army on the side of the Huashan position, and hold the position together with the independent brigade, only in this way can the safety of Jiangyin's city defense be ensured. ” When Zhou Wu heard that the old army commander decided to send all the troops of the 79th Army to the Huashan position in a desperate gamble, he was very excited, and hurriedly said to the old army commander: "Army commander, the Huashan position is a small place, and the geographical location is very important for both the enemy and us, but with so many troops coming at once, I am afraid that the effect will not be so good.
Zhou Wu was afraid that so many troops would be congested on the Huashan position at once, which would be detrimental to the defense of the national army, so he proposed a plan to the old army commander to equip them with echelons and fight step by step.
The old army commander thought about it for a while, agreed to Zhou Wu's plan, and he immediately ordered the 79th Army Headquarters to act immediately by phone, quickly enter the position behind the independent brigade in the shortest possible time, and support this Huashan position, which was crucial to the defense of Jiangyin.
Zhou Wu's heart relaxed a lot all of a sudden, and now he finally doesn't have to worry about the independent brigade fighting alone on the front line of the Huashan position, if the 79th Army is invested around the Huashan position with more than 10,000 troops, it will definitely be able to give the attacking little devils a pot to drink.
Zhou Wu hurriedly told Ding Ning and the fat man this exciting good news, Lao Ge, and Gao Xiangfa them, and everyone was very happy to hear it, thinking that it was not so easy for the little devil to take advantage of the Huashan position this time, and it was difficult to say if he couldn't eat the 79th Army, and it was difficult to say if he broke a few front teeth.
That night, Zhou Wu and the others did not take the initiative to harass the devils on the opposite side, and the devils on the opposite side seemed to know that the national army was about to have a large force to the Huashan position, and they did not even send troops to attack the national army on the Huashan position, and both sides spent the only quiet night since the start of the Jiangyin defense battle.
Zhou Wu was afraid that the devils would come to touch the camp at night, so he ordered the soldiers of the national army in the second-line position to divide into two groups and take turns to rest.
After discussing with Ding Ning for a while how to cooperate with the other units of the new 79th Army tomorrow, the drowsiness came up, yawning all day, and the upper and lower eyelids kept fighting, Ding Ning hurriedly asked Zhou Wu to find a place to rest, and he hurried back to the fat man to sleep.
There was nothing to do all night, Zhou Wu rarely slept at night since entering the Huashan position, he woke up in the morning, he felt much better, yesterday's grief due to Zhao Lijin's excessive blood loss and sacrifice was also relieved a lot, now the enemy situation is urgent, there is really no time to grieve, we must get up immediately and think about how to repel the next large-scale attack of the devils, to ensure that this Huashan position, which is very important to the defense of Jiangyin City, is not lost.
At this time, Ding Ning also got up early and rushed to Zhou Wu's side, Zhou Wu hurriedly asked Ding Ning: "Ding Ning, what's the situation with the devil in front?"
Ding Ning nodded, and said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, the devil did not launch a sneak attack on the Huashan position last night, the brothers at the front took turns to rest for a while, and their spirits were lifted a lot, but this morning, the little devil on the opposite side still had no movement, I don't know what medicine the devil's gourd sells, what do they want to do, do they just give up seizing the Huashan position, and instead attack Jiangyin from somewhere else" Ding Ning was puzzled by the situation of the devil this morning, I wonder why the devil troops who were desperately attacking the Huashan position suddenly stopped attacking, but they knew in advance that the main force of the 79th Army had all moved to the Huashan position, and it was impossible, even if the devil spy was so powerful, it was impossible to figure out the specific movements of the 79th Army in such a short period of time, maybe there was a situation on the devil's side that we didn't know.
Ding Ning guessed in his heart and told his doubts to Zhou Wu, who was also confused.
Just when Zhou Wu and Ding Ning were racking their brains and analyzing the various movements and possibilities of the devil, the old army commander called: "Zhou Wu, the situation has changed, you and Ding Ning will rush to the military headquarters immediately, be quick" When Zhou Wu heard it, sure enough, there was a problem in it, and it was not a small problem, listening to the commander's tone, the situation was not good.
He put down the phone, hurriedly took Ding Ning, got a big truck loaded with munitions and materials from Lao Xu of the Quartermaster Department, and drove to the military headquarters of the 79th Army in the south of Jiangyin City.
As soon as he arrived at the military headquarters, Zhou Wu felt that the atmosphere was wrong, the officers' faces were not good-looking, the old army commander also frowned and sat in the military headquarters smoking vigorously, and the rest of the officers who had arrived were gloomy and silent, Zhou Wu thought: "What's wrong with this, it doesn't seem to be a good thing." ” The old army commander saw that Zhou Wu and them were coming, and hurriedly said to the officers below: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received the latest information from the Theater Command, the devils of the three divisions that landed in Jinshan, Shanghai, have already taken Changzhou along the west bank of Taihu Lake, and are now attacking and advancing towards Zhenjiang along the direction of Danyang.
Before the devils launched an attack on Zhenjiang, they immediately retreated to Zhenjiang and built a defensive line in the southeast of Nanjing as soon as possible, otherwise the city of Nanjing would definitely not be protected. ” As soon as the old commander's words fell, the officers below began to stir, obviously this is very bad news, and now suddenly they want to evacuate the Jiangyin defense line that has been fighting bloodily for more than half a month, and the heart is really a little awkward, the Jiangyin defense line is due to its unique geographical location, the Yangtze River is dangerously separated from it, the surrounding hills are undulating, there are many water networks, plus the reinforced concrete fortifications built with the help of the Germans, and the huge cannons equipped with super large calibers, and the number of national troops in Jiangyin is also quite large, as long as the command is appropriate, Relying on the firepower of the fort and the danger of the terrain, it is absolutely no big problem to support the national army in Jiangyin for three months, but now I suddenly heard that something happened in the west, and if I don't retreat, the national army troops fighting against the devils on the Jiangyin side will really be cut off by the devils and make dumplings.
The old army commander heard his subordinates chattering non-stop, annoyed, hurriedly waved his hand to everyone, and asked Zhou Wu to express his opinion by name, at this time Zhou Wu was worried about hearing the news, and when he heard the old army commander asking him to speak by name, he hesitated for a while, stood up and said: "Commander, I think that in this situation, our troops on the Jiangyin side can only ensure the safety of the troops and the city defense of Nanjing by quickly and decisively retreating to the front line of Zhenjiang, otherwise, not only will we be in danger of annihilation, then Nanjing will also be unprotected.
There are no troops around Nanjing, how can you defend the city?"
The old army commander nodded, and said to Zhou Wu: "You have a point, now Wujin in the west, Danyang direction is urgent, we continue to hold on to the eastern front There is no practical point, it is not good to be divided and surrounded by devils, eat them one by one, the top priority is how to evacuate Jiangyin safely and quickly, in case the retreat order is rashly issued, it will inevitably cause chaos in the whole army, and the situation will be more difficult to control, Zhou Wu, you can talk about the way, how can we retreat to the outside of Nanjing in an orderly and concealed manner." t1706231537: