The army commander wrote the letter and handed it to Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu took it and put it away, and the army commander said: "You can think about it, it's still too late to evacuate the family, don't lose your small family for the sake of the country." ” Zhou Wu's heart was surging, the old army commander was so old, he was still working on the front line, and he was so concerned about his family affairs, which couldn't help but fluctuate in his heart, and suddenly he had an urge to take his little parents out of Nanjing.
Zhou Wu returned to the Independent Brigade, Mr.
Wang came, he came to resign this time, and he was going to take the last boat to cross the river and go north.
Before leaving, Mr.
Wang stuffed Zhou Wu with some things, and repeatedly told him: Don't dismantle it now, wait for Nanjing to arrive in three days and then dismantle it, it will definitely help the independent brigade, he is a civilian, he is old, he can't fight devils, but he has been a Chinese for most of his life, and he will never make a late holiday and defect to the Japanese to become traitors.
Seeing Mr.
Wang's slightly hunched back go away, Zhou Wu waved his hand at him and said, "Sir, take care, I hope that when the devil is defeated, we can meet again, and then we will drink him for three days and three nights."
Mr.
Wang stuffed Zhou Wu with a thick envelope, Zhou Wu remembered the advice of others, handed over the letter to Ding Ning for temporary safekeeping, and waited for three days to reach Jiangning and then open it to see what was inside.
This time to evacuate to Jiangning, the army commander ordered the 11th Division to be the advance team, the independent brigade in the center, and the rest of the troops, in order to confuse the little devils who were eyeing the outskirts of Shitang Town, the army commander decided to launch an attack on the devils before leaving.
Because Zhou Wu insisted on taking on the offensive mission, and the independent brigade held out in Shitang Town for many days and was familiar with the surrounding terrain, the army commander handed over this task to Zhou Wu and instructed the artillery regiment to cooperate with the independent trip.
The feint was scheduled for 11 o'clock tonight, and after the military headquarters and other troops sent ammunition supplies to the independent brigade, they immediately marched in the direction of Jiangning, and the old army commander reminded again before leaving: "Zhou Wu, I think it's time to consider the issue of retreating your family, or I'll send someone to find out first, where are they now, and there will be an arrangement at that time." ” Zhou Wu saw that the army commander said so, and if he refused, he felt a little too ruthless and unrighteous, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then thank you so much to the army commander, if there is any news, notify me." ” As soon as the army commander left, Zhou Wu immediately threw himself into the operational deployment of the devil's feint, and he asked the brigade headquarters staff to quickly call all the officers above the battalion level of the independent brigade, and everyone discussed the specific plan on how to fight this feint attack well.
Soon, the officers above the battalion came to the brigade headquarters, and when Zhou Wu waited for them to arrive, he said: "Brothers, this time our 79th Army is going to withdraw from Shitang Town, and in the few days of holding Shitang Town, our independent brigade has paid a lot of price, but it is worth it, because of our tenacious persistence, the 79th Army and friendly troops can successfully get rid of the pursuit of devils and retreat to Nanjing through Shitang Town. ” "The above requires our 79th Army to evacuate Shitang Town and establish a defensive position in Jiangning, Nanjing, brothers, Nanjing is our national capital, our fathers and villagers are there, now we only have the Nanjing city wall behind us, and then there is the rushing Yangtze River, we have no way to retreat, if we retreat again, what face do we have to meet our fathers and fellow villagers" Zhou Wu's words were equivalent to pre-war mobilization, and the emotions of his officers were mobilized at once, and everyone demanded not to retreat from Shitang Town, and to hold on to this place that controls the traffic arteries, even if it is a nail, it will be nailed here.
Zhou Wu was very encouraged when he heard this, he waited for everyone to finish expressing their opinions, and then said: "Brothers, I have lived and died with you in Luodian for four months, and the old guys of our independent brigade have been killed and wounded by nearly half of them, Regiment Commander Li Li, Deputy Battalion Commander Zhao Lijin, and so on. ” "Now those who remain are the backbone elites of our independent brigade, looking at the momentum of the devil's attack, it is estimated that the battle in Nanjing will be more brutal in the future, and any of us, including me, may die on the battlefield and sacrifice their lives for the country."
"Since we have put on this military uniform, we have to shoulder the responsibility of defending our home and the country and resisting the invaders, and the ultimate goal of our battle is to save the people of Nanjing from being slaughtered by devils.
Although we can't save the battle with a small independent brigade, we must use our best ability to stop the Japanese attack on Nanjing, and we must nail the devil firmly outside Nanjing at all costs until the last soldier is killed. ” The officers under his command all applauded, Zhou Wu waved his hand, and continued: "Now, the first task of our independent brigade is to launch an attack on the devils on the periphery of Shitang Town at eleven o'clock tonight, so as to contain the actions of the devils and ensure that the rest of the national army troops can pass through Shitang Town smoothly and reach Nanjing safely, brothers, the heroic and cruel defense of Nanjing is about to begin, and our independent brigade will play an important role in this battle, do you have the confidence to fight this feint attack and successfully contain the devil troops to move closer to Nanjing" "Yes" The officers under his command replied in an earth-shattering manner, only the fat man did not seem to respond, hiding in the corner and making a muffled sound.
"Fatty, let's talk about it, can we win this feint" Zhou Wu saw the fat man's appearance, called his name, and wanted to hear his opinion.
"The brigade seat is right, but we now want no people, no artillery, and the most terrible thing is that now the ammunition is almost gone, how can this battle be fought so that the brothers will take the burning sticks to stab the devil" The fat man complained with a stomach, but he said the current predicament of the independent brigade.
Zhou Wu listened to the fat man's distress, and said with a slight smile: "Don't worry, the supplies allocated by the military department to our independent brigade will arrive soon, Lao Xu has already brought people to transport things, and the ammunition given to us by other units of the 79th Army is also about to arrive, just now I took a look at the list of weapons and ammunition, these things support us to fight for half a month, no problem, after arriving in Jiangning, the supply will be more convenient, and you can get it directly from the supply warehouse of the Ministry of Defense." ” When the fat man heard Zhou Wu say this, he immediately cracked his mouth and laughed: "I said, our brigade seat is so confident, it turns out that there is news for a long time, okay, as long as there is ammunition, Lao Tzu will take a group to fight the forward" As soon as the fat man heard that he had sufficient ammunition, he suddenly became arrogant and wanted to fight for the first job.
When the officers of the other regiments heard that the fat man was patting his chest and was about to hit the striker, he immediately laughed, and one of them said: "Fat man, you still have to fight to fight the striker, you calculate, how many people are still in your regiment."
The fat man raised his head: "What's the matter, although there are fewer people in our group now, all those who remain are crawling out of the pile of dead people, one can top three or four, and it is still a regular regiment." ” "Okay, that's right, I support the fat man, we should have this kind of courage, especially in this moment of crisis, so let's go fat, I will equip you with the best weapons and enough ammunition, and at the same time put the howitzer battalion under your command, can you break through the obstacles and trenches set up by the devils in front of the position within an hour after the general attack is launched at night" Zhou Wu said. t1706231537: