This battle scene was so spectacular that the five thousand brothers of the national army all rushed towards the devil with a loud shout.
All the artillery of the independent brigade and all kinds of light and heavy firepower fired at the devils who surrounded the fat man, and immediately a large number of devils in the outermost part were knocked to the ground, and the rest of the devils began to loosen their formation, and the devils were a little panicked.
Zhou Wu's eyes were so powerful, as soon as the devil's encirclement loosened slightly, he immediately saw it from the telescope, and the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly and fleetingly.
Zhou Wu immediately issued a death order to Gao Xiang, and immediately rushed in at the fastest speed to rescue the fat man and them in the shortest possible time, otherwise they would be subject to military law.
When Gao Xiangfa heard Zhou Wu's death order, his eyes were red in a hurry, and he shouted: "Brothers, all play with my life, the brigade seat said, if you can't save a group this time, we all have to engage in military law, and Lao Tzu has to pull a few pads before he dies, anyway, it's a death, why not die on the battlefield in a dignified manner, so as to have a reputation for sacrificing his life for the country." ” Gao Xiangfa was a rough man, the pre-war mobilization was concise and powerful, easy to understand, and under his encouragement, the brothers of the Fourth Regiment rushed towards the devil as if they had beaten chicken blood.
Ge Sanmin's second regiment behind was naturally unwilling to be left behind, and they also rushed to the devils, and the two rushing and roaring torrents roared towards those devils.
At this time, the fighting spirit of the devils completely collapsed, and they all retreated to what they thought was safe, and even the captain of the devil's wing, who was very well in command, could not restrain him.
Gao Xiangfa and the others finally met with the fat man, and the fat man who killed the red eye had to catch up and fight with the devil again, but was stopped by Zhou Wu sharply, and the fat man gave up.
Seeing that there were only about 400 brothers left in a group of more than 1,000 people, although the fat man was prevented by Zhou Wu and couldn't go to the devil to fight hard, he was still angry, and kept scolding the little devils who were desperately fleeing in the direction of Wujin.
Why didn't Zhou Wu take advantage of the victory to pursue those devils who fled in rout, in fact, it was not that he didn't want to chase them, but that the troops at hand were insufficient, plus it was dark, the situation in front was unknown, and the devil's reinforcements were about to rush to Shitang Town.
The most important thing now is to quickly withdraw the fortifications, under the cover of darkness at night, and take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Devil's Air Force is unable to dispatch planes to bomb, take a breath, and touch the Devil's troops in the middle of the night to carry out some sneak attacks and harassment is the only right way at present.
The brothers of the first regiment returned to the fortifications of Shitang Town with exhaustion and sadness, and counted the casualties, the independent brigade suffered nearly two thousand casualties, the first regiment alone suffered more than six hundred casualties, and the first regiment now has only four or five hundred people left, and even a reinforced battalion is not enough.
Zhou Wu and Ding Ning saw that their officers were all depressed and listless, and they knew in their hearts why they were in such a state, today's battle encountered a hard bone, not only did not eat it, but broke a few front teeth for themselves, and they had to sum up the lessons of this battle.
Zhou Wu ordered all the officers above the company level to hold a meeting at the brigade headquarters to discuss and study the reasons for the defeat in the battle on the outskirts of Shitang Town.
Soon, all the officers above the company level of the independent brigade arrived, plus Zhang Ercheng, Zhai Daping and the company commanders of the security regiment, almost 40 company, battalion and regiment officers squeezed this small independent brigade headquarters tightly, making people feel breathless.
Zhou Wu saw that there were too many people, and there was no benefit in squeezing into such a small place, so he decided that everyone should go to the trenches, it was spacious and cool outside, anyway, it was night, and the devil planes would not come to bomb, so we would have a military meeting in the trenches.
A group of officers came to the trenches outside, and sure enough, it was still spacious outside, but this cool was not necessarily a good thing, and now it was almost December, although Jiangnan was a little later than the north, but the northwest wind blowing here at night was cold enough, and the military meeting had not yet begun, and a few officers involuntarily shrunk their necks.
Zhou Wu stood on the ammunition box and started the meeting: "Brothers, today our independent brigade fought a very bad battle, why" "There are two reasons for this, the first is that I underestimated the situation of the devils, and I didn't expect that the equipment and combat effectiveness of these devils would exceed those of the devils in Luodian, Shanghai, and I made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, so this responsibility should be borne by me Zhou Wu."
"Ding Ning, you wait to write a report to the military department, just write it truthfully, as for how to deal with it, I, Zhou Wu, am willing to bear it."
As soon as the officers and men under his command heard Zhou Wu's words, they all said that the defeat in this battle was not due to the brigade seat, but was caused by many objective reasons, and that the officers and men of the independent brigade did not escape from the battle and were not wiped out by the devils making dumplings.
Ding Ning said: "Brigade seat, you don't have to blame yourself too much for the loss of today's battle, although we have lost a lot of brothers, especially those veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, but in the end, didn't those devils all retreat?"
"Although we have paid a great price this time, after all, we still have the time and ability to stay here after all, and if the devil wants to go straight from here to Zhenjiang or Nanjing, he will pay a greater price."
"According to preliminary estimates, the losses of the devils this time are not small, there are more than 1,000 corpses of the devils left on the battlefield alone, and more than 200 devils who are not dead have all been captured by our army, and the losses of the devils are comparable to ours.
In a short time, the Japanese could not reorganize the attacking forces. ” Ding Ning saw that Zhou Wu blamed himself at this time, and felt that it was not the right time, now the officers and soldiers were in a low mood and their morale was low, and they should agitate and publicize instead of self-blame and review, of course, they still had to do the tactical review, otherwise they would suffer losses again in the future.
Therefore, when he heard Zhou Wu blame himself at this time, he immediately stood up and corrected Zhou Wu's improper practices in a timely manner, stabilizing the already somewhat flustered military morale of the Independent Brigade.
Sure enough, when the officers under his command heard the chief of staff speak like this, their emotions rose, and they assured Zhou Wu that the independent brigade had suffered a loss during the day today, and everyone gritted their teeth and worked hard at night to sneak attack the devil's camp while it was dark, so as to avenge the one-shot attack during the day today.
Zhou Wu saw that his subordinates had said this, so it was difficult to speak again, but the security head stationed in Shitang Town had stayed there and not spoken, and his heart was very disappointed now.
I thought that the Independent Brigade, a well-known trump card in the Central Army, was coming, but it turned out to be nothing more than that, when the number of people was more than twice that of the devils, it was impossible to eat the group of devils during the day, but on the contrary, he lost a lot of men and horses, and he really killed 1,000 enemies and injured 800 himself.
Although he had heard how powerful this little devil was, and in some places it was rumored that it took five or six soldiers of the national army to deal with a ghost soldier, but now it seems to be something like that.
If this kind of loss-making business continues during the day today, the independent brigade and the security regiment stationed in Shitang Town will all be finished in three days, thinking of this, the security regiment commander sighed helplessly.
At this time, the artillery commander stationed at the Jiangyin Fort came over, patted the head of the security regiment on the shoulder and said: "Brother, what are you sighing about, the independent brigade is a good hand at fighting, if we don't retreat early today, our people's heads would have been cut off by devils a long time ago, and we can still talk here."
The head of the security regiment looked at him suspiciously, and then looked at Zhou Wu and Ding Ning, who were still speaking, but he still couldn't believe in his heart that the combat effectiveness of this independent brigade was really as powerful as the outside world said, otherwise he would not have encountered such an embarrassing situation today.
Zhou Wu also saw the doubts of this security captain at this time, no wonder he thought so, if anyone encounters this kind of thing, he will think so, who made you not be able to fight this battle today, you can't blame others, you can only blame yourself. t1706231537: