The fat man was the first to rush to the devil's position, and their arrival seemed to be the last straw on the devil's back, and the devil's morale began to waver, although there was no rout under the strict supervision of their commander, it was obvious that there had been a shaken, irreversible shake.
The team led by Ge Sanmin also arrived later, and now it was lively, and the devils stationed in the position could no longer support the fierce blow of the independent brigade to them, and began to retreat.
This group of devils was different from the daytime, although they retreated, there was no large-scale rout, but an organized retreat under the leadership of their respective officers.
The fat man also wanted to take the men and horses to chase and kill the devil, but was severely stopped by Zhou Wu, who arrived later.
"Fatty, don't you know that the poor Kou Mo is chasing, although the devils have retreated, they still haven't panicked, which shows that these devils still have strong combat effectiveness, don't underestimate them."
The fat man had no choice, so he had to take his headquarters and the four regiments to insert himself into the devil's depth, and join the 11th Division that was desperately fighting.
Due to the timely opening of the passage of the 11th Division to Shitang Town, Yu Shiming finally joined up with the Independent Brigade at midnight, although in tonight's battle, both the 11th Division and the Independent Brigade paid a great price.
In particular, the Fourth Regiment paid a heavy price of nearly three or four hundred brothers in order to take this devil's position, but it was very important to be able to open this passage under the condition that the devils were so tightly defended, so that at least it could create favorable conditions for the later troops to rush to Shitang Town as soon as possible.
After learning the news of the rendezvous between the 11th Division and the Independent Brigade, the veteran army commander was very happy and sent a congratulatory telegram, asking Zhou Wu and Yu Shiming to cooperate sincerely, make persistent efforts to defend this communication artery, and create conditions for the retreat of the Nationalist troops in Jiangyin to Nanjing.
For this reason, the old army commander also reported the battle situation of the independent brigade in Shitang Town to the Nanjing Military Command Department, and asked for a reward for the independent brigade.
Zhou Wu and his old boss Yu Shiming, the commander of the 11th Division, reunited, as soon as Yu Shiming saw Zhou Wu, he apologized for what he said to Zhou Wu on the radio just now, and repeatedly stated that these words were said in an emotional situation, and asked my brother to bear with me.
Of course, Zhou Wu didn't take these things to heart, he smiled and said: "Shizuo, you are my old superior, and you are also the old superior of our independent brigade, we should pay the price to rescue you, you don't have to see outside, the army commander just called, he asked us to cooperate sincerely to resist the attack of devils in Shitang Town, and prepare for the subsequent retreat of the national army troops to the city of Nanjing." ” Yu Shiming saw that Zhou Wu was so generous, and if he said it again, he would seem to be too stingy, and immediately said that he completely agreed with the army commander's opinion, and would definitely stick to Shitang Town, the main transportation route, together with the Independent Brigade.
After Zhou Wu's independent brigade and the 11th Division quickly withdrew to the fortifications of Shitang Town, they counted the losses in tonight's battle, except for Gao Xiangfa's four regiments, which suffered relatively large casualties, the rest of the divisions basically suffered no losses.
It's just that most of the ambush troops waited hard all night in the cold night without waiting for the little devils, and the mood was a little not good, which was inevitable, and it should be nothing to send people to the battalions to appease them.
Zhou Wu and the 11th Division settled down in the fortifications of Shitang Town, which was originally not very large, and so many people came at once, which seemed a little crowded, and kept Xiao Wang, the head of the host's security regiment, so busy that he couldn't rest until it was almost dawn.
The next morning, it was another sunny day, although there were more rainy days in the Jiangnan area after entering the winter, but this year, for some reason, it was sunny for several days in a row.
This kind of weather has to be put on hold, Zhou Wuke has to be annoyed to death, he is worried about the devil's plane, he always bombs the positions of the national army in this sunny weather, although the devil's logistics warehouse was burned down last night, it is estimated that the little devils on the land will stop for a while in the past two days.
But the devil plane in the sky will not come Zhou Wu has no bottom in his heart, and when he went out with Yu Shiming in the morning, Zhou Wu took special care of the artillery commander from Jiangyin.
"The devil plane is estimated to be coming today, their infantry was beaten by us last night and ran out of food and grass, and they will definitely retaliate, so you coordinate with Zhang Ercheng, install those anti-aircraft guns that have not been installed, and pay close attention to the movements of the devil planes in the sky."
On the way, Zhou Wu saw that although this Shitang Town is a small town, the unique conditions of convenient transportation over the years have made this town quite prosperous, there are many businesses in the town, and there are many houses in the town.
But now the section is deserted, full of heavily armed security regiment soldiers patrolling, and all kinds of defensive bunkers have been erected on the streets, as if they are facing a great enemy.
Wang's house is located in an elegant place in the west of the town, covering a large area, there are small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions, it seems that the owner of this house must be not bad for money.
Mr.
Wang had been waiting for the arrival of Zhou Wu and Yu Shiming at the gate for a long time, and when he received the news that his son was going to visit his home with two major soldiers of the national army, Mr.
Wang couldn't sleep for a long time, so he quickly ordered the family to clean the courtyard and welcome the distinguished guests.
It's a sky-high thing to have an official like a regiment commander in this town, not to mention that there are two major generals today, so it's worth it.
Zhou Wu and Yu Shiming were a little overwhelmed by Mr.
Wang's enthusiasm, and Zhou Wu hurriedly said to Xiao Wang: "Xiao Wang, hurry up and let Ling Zun remove those red tape, so that we will not be able to speak." ” The three of the guests sat down in the hall, and Zhou Wu said to Lao Wang straight to the point: "Mr.
Wang, we are here this time to remind you that although Shitang Town is now stationed in our independent brigade and the 11th Division of Commander Yu and other national army troops, plus the security regiment of Commander Xiao Wang, there are quite a few people, but after all, the devils are numerous and well-equipped, and they have recently controlled the direction of Wujin, we estimate that this Shitang Town will not be able to hold it." ” "Now we are here to delay the pace of the devil's march to Nanjing, so that other national army troops who have not had time to retreat from the direction of Jiangyin to Nanjing can smoothly withdraw through Shitang Town, once all the national army troops are withdrawn, we will abandon Shitang Town and move to Nanjing to defend and block the devils."
Mr.
Wang looked at Zhou Wu and Yu Shiming in surprise, he originally thought that with the two central armies of the Independent Brigade and the 11th Division stationed in Shitang Town, the safety of this town could be ensured, but he did not expect that the major general of the Central Army would retreat as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Mr.
Wang feel very uncomfortable.
But he is an old man after all, although he is a little uncomfortable, he knows that these two major generals of the national army came to visit today, not to report the military situation to him, an old man, there must be other intentions, so Lao Wang said calmly: "Sir, what do you want the old man to do, although the old man is a civilian, but he still has some assets, and he is willing to serve the country in this national crisis, and do my meager efforts." ” As soon as Zhou Wu heard that this old Wang was really patriotic, he immediately welcomed the old man's patriotic deeds, and he asked Lao Wang: "Does the old man know that there is a big granary in Shitang Town?"
"Oh, there is, and there is more than one, there are three large granaries, which were originally ready to be shipped to Nanjing, but now that the devil comes, the Yangtze River waterway is blocked, and it can only be transported by land, but where can the volume of land transportation be compared with the waterway, so more than half of the grain that should have been handed over at the end of October is still in the big granary in Shitang Town."
Lao Wang thought to himself, could it be that the commander of the Central Army wants this batch of grain to be used as military rations, then it is okay, and it is also handed over to the Nanjing government, and it is also handed over to the Central Army as military rations, as long as the above agrees, I have saved several procedures "What is Mr.
Wang going to do with the granary," Zhou Wu wanted to probe first.
"Anyway, it can't be transported to Nanjing, so it's better to use your military rations, as long as the above agrees."
Mr.
Wang simply said it clearly. t1706231537: