When the commander of the fort garrison saw that Zhai Daping was so reasonable, he was naturally overjoyed, and he agreed: "Battalion Commander Zhai's proposal is good, let's just do it, you see, we have placed explosives next to each cannon, as long as the personnel withdraw from the battery, they can immediately detonate these cannons, it's a pity, such a good cannon, how much silver bought it, it's going to be blown up now, I really can't bear it, if it weren't for the little devil coming quickly, I wouldn't have blown up these treasures." ” Zhai Daping understood the mood of the regiment commander of the fort, and he asked the regiment commander: "Is there anything on this fort that you haven't taken away, if you don't have enough manpower, we can help bring some back." ” The commander of the battery smiled and said: "Except for the cannons that are about to be blown up, we have to take the rest of the things away, originally considering that some things are too cumbersome and inconvenient to take away, but now listening to what Camp Commander Zhai said, there is a way." ” "We are artillerymen, after blowing up these giant cannons, we will be unemployed, and it is impossible to have such large-caliber cannons in other places, and I don't know how we brothers will be arranged after Shangfeng."
"Otherwise, through my contacts with your Independent Brigade for such a period of time, I feel that you are still quite good, and it is worth believing, and I have decided to dismantle these 80-mm anti-aircraft guns on the battery and give them to you together with the four 37-mm anti-aircraft guns that were previously lent to your Independent Brigade."
"In addition, I will send you more than 20 artillery men who operate anti-aircraft guns, although there are not many anti-aircraft artillery shells left, but at least they can support it for a while, and it is good to scare and scare those devil planes that show off their might in the sky."
When Zhai Daping heard this, he was happy in his heart, isn't it really good to eat chilled watermelon on dog days, if you have these anti-aircraft guns, you won't have to be afraid of those devil planes overhead in Danyang in the future.
The problem of artillery shells is easy to solve, but it is a big deal to ask the military department to help solve it, but it is really not possible, go to the Nanjing Ministry of Defense or the Military Command Department to ask them directly, and the war ahead is in a hurry, and I am not afraid that those old men sitting in the yamen will not send shells Zhai Daping immediately expressed his welcome to the artillery brothers to join the independent brigade, and expressed his gratitude to the commander of the battery for his generosity and boldness.
Zhai Daping hurriedly radioed the situation to Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu was marching with a large army on the way to Danyang at this time, he was also very happy when he heard this situation, and told Zhai Daping to thank the artillery commander, and to be kind to those artillery brothers who came from the battery, with them, we don't have to worry about the devil plane flying over our heads for a considerable period of time in the future.
In this way, Zhai Daping took the brothers of the special service battalion and the artillery brothers on the fort to install explosives on the cannons that could not be moved or taken away, as well as some military equipment.
Zhai Daping was afraid that he would not be able to blow up those caliber bosses and the giant cannons in charge, so he specially ordered the brothers of the special service battalion to stuff the explosives he brought into the barrels of those giant cannons, preparing to blow those huge cannons to pieces at once, so that the little devils who would occupy this fort in the future would not even have iron slag.
After everything was ready, the commander of the battery took the artillery brothers to take a final look at the Jiangyin battery, which had been fighting for many months.
Slowly leaving the fort, and when everyone retreated beyond the explosion range, he waved his hand downward, and several brothers in charge of detonating immediately pressed the button on the detonator.
I only saw a flash of fire on the side of the Jiangyin Fort, and the rumbling explosions came and went, deafening, and Zhai Daping saw that a large-caliber cannon was blown apart by explosives in an instant, and it no longer existed.
At this time, he suddenly saw that the head of the fort garrison next to him had tears in his eyes, what a good cannon, now it has been blown up like this, and it has disappeared, and there will be no chance to bombard those arrogant and domineering devil warships with such a large-caliber cannon in the future.
Zhai Daping understood the feelings of the commander of the fort very well, after all, on this fort, he fought with the devil warships on the Yangtze River for several months, and also sank several warships of the devil, which greatly frustrated the arrogance of the devil and inspired other brothers of the national army who fought bloodily with the devil on land.
Now these huge cannons that have sunk devil warships have been blown up by their own explosives, and it is impossible if you don't have thoughts and emotions.
Zhai Daping stepped forward, patted the shoulder of the regiment commander of the fort with his strong hand, and said to him: "Commander, don't be too sad, we kill devils everywhere, without cannons, we have guns and big knives, and we can still cut off the heads of devils."
The regiment commander of the battery looked at Zhai Daping with tearful eyes for a while, and said: "Battalion Commander Zhai, if we go to the peak to dismiss our artillery regiment in the future, can we go to your independent brigade to continue killing devils?"
Zhai Daping immediately said: "No problem, our independent brigade welcomes you with both hands, as long as you can come, we can't ask for it, warmly welcome."
Zhai Daping thought to himself, the artillery brothers of these battery garrison regiments are all good at each other, expert-level artillery talents, if all of them join our independent brigade, it is estimated that Zhang Ercheng's howitzer battalion will be upgraded to an artillery regiment, and the brigade seat will definitely welcome it.
As he spoke, the sound of the explosion gradually became quieter, Zhai Daping looked at the Jiangyin Fort with a telescope, and saw that the fort that was built according to the Yangtze River was now full of gunsmoke and devastation, and some of the huge cannons that were blown up by explosives were completely unfound.
The commander of the fort took one last look at the Jiangyin Fort, which was full of smoke and still burning, resolutely turned around, and said to his brothers: "Brothers, let's go" The artillery brothers each carried various shell boxes and dismantled anti-aircraft gun parts, and together with Zhai Daping, the special service battalion of the Independent Brigade, they reluctantly left to fight for it, and the Jiangyin Fort, which was bleeding for it, marched to Danyang, outside the national capital Nanjing.
At this time, Zhai Daping heard a burst of earth-shattering artillery bombardment from the direction of the Huashan position, and then all kinds of gunfire and explosions continued to sound, and it was the main force of the 79th Army that launched an attack on the devils attacking the Huashan position.
This was the first time since the retreat of the Nationalist troops to Jiangyin that a large force of the Nationalist Army took the initiative to launch an attack on the devils, and the purpose was to take the offensive as the defense and buy time for the withdrawal of the Nationalist troops in Jiangyin.
Zhou Wu and Ding Ning also heard the cannon sound of the national army's attack at this time, and they did not stop the pace of the rapid march, but accelerated their pace more and more, desperately running in the direction of Danyang.
Halfway to the road, Zhou Wu said to Ding Ning: "Ding Ning, we are now in such a hurry to the front line of Danyang, we don't know anything about the situation over there, I see if we should send an advance team to go up to feel the situation first, and the large army will slow down and follow suit, what do you think?"
Zhou Wu was afraid that so many people in the Independent Brigade would march blindly together, and there might be chaos, so he wanted to send a reconnaissance detachment to the front to investigate the situation first.
Although so far, the front line of Danyang and Jurong is still in the hands of the national army, but the current situation between the enemy and us is staggered, and there are many devil spies and traitors, so it is better to be careful.
Ding Ning listened and agreed with Zhou Wu's meaning, but who to send to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, Zhou Wu was a little difficult on this issue, in the past, this kind of task was the work of the special agent battalion Zhai Daping.
But now Zhai Daping and they went to the Jiangyin Fort to blow up the cannon, and they couldn't come back for a while, Gao Xiangfa and Ge Sanmin had to transfer with the team again, and the fat man's task was also very heavy, he not only took on the dangerous task of breaking off the retreat process, but also piggyback on the perfect company and the wounded who had no combat effectiveness to transfer, and it seemed that he couldn't get out.
Ding Ning mentioned someone: "Brigade, I think Wang Ding is bold and careful, and he can quickly rush to the front line of Danyang with an advance team of 100 people to find out the situation." ” Ding Ning's words reminded Zhou Wu, and Zhou Wu immediately asked Wang Ding to immediately select a company of brothers to go to Danyang to find out the situation, and then the rest of the independent brigade slowed down the march and slowly advanced in the direction of Danyang. t1706231537: