The old commander soon left, and he gave the Independent Brigade the task of building a fortification at Niushou Mountain in Jiangning.
The altitude of Niushou Mountain is 350 meters, if such an altitude is placed in the north, it is not called a mountain at all, it is just a small mound, but it can be regarded as a high mountain in Nanjing, looking at it from afar, the mountains are steep, towering and straight, and the terrain is very dangerous.
On the left and right flanks of the position of the Independent Brigade were two other divisions of the 79th Army.
Now the 11th Division still has four or five thousand men, which is not much more than the independent brigade, and the other division is even worse, including the gang staff and health personnel, it is less than 3,000, and the old army commander is close behind the independent brigade with a guard battalion and military headquarters of only three or four hundred people.
This deployment means that the independent brigade is placed in front of the defense of Niushou Mountain and even the entire Jiangning, and once the independent brigade cannot hold it, the military headquarters of the 79th Army in the back will be directly exposed to the Japanese army.
When the time comes, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to rely on a guard battalion of three or four hundred people to resist the devils of several wings.
Zhou Wu felt that the burden on his shoulders was very heavy, and as soon as the old army commander left, he immediately called a meeting of the officers to discuss how to defend Niushou Mountain with his existing forces.
Taking advantage of their free time, Zhou Wu and Ding Ning took out the envelope that Mr.
Wang gave him, opened it and saw that there was a letter, several title deeds and a few silver tickets.
Zhou Wu first read the letter, this letter was not written to him, but to Mr.
Wang Lao to his old friend, in which he strongly praised the independent brigade for how bravely killed devils and how it protected the common people in Shitang Town, and asked his old friends to give them help as much as they could after the independent brigade arrived in Jiangning.
As for the title deed, Mr.
Wang purchased real estate in Nanjing and Jiangning, and this means that it is going to be given to the independent brigade, and his real estate is really a lot, with a total of thousands of acres of land, and they think that Mr.
Wang is just a salt merchant, and by the way, he is doing restaurant and transportation business, but he didn't expect him to have such a big family background.
Then Ding Ning looked at the silver tickets, and suddenly screamed, but Zhou Wu didn't think so, leaned over to take a look, and was immediately surprised.
The money on those silver tickets adds up to a total of 200,000 yuan, and the silver tickets are nationwide.
At this time, the money was constantly depreciating because of the war, but Yinyang was still quite strong, so the 200,000 yuan ocean was quite a lot of money.
Until this moment, Zhou Wu sighed at Mr.
Wang's wealth, and he didn't see much pomp and circumstance when he usually contacted him, but now just with the title deed and silver ticket in his hand, he can buy half of Jiangning, which can be called a rich country.
Zhou Wu admired Mr.
Wang very much, a rich squire in the world has such a broad mind and patriotic feelings, there is no reason for these soldiers who eat money not to kill devils desperately, otherwise don't say sorry for the country, even Mr.
Wang's hard work will be disappointed.
There was not much time, all the officers above the company level of the independent brigade had arrived, Zhou Wu did not say the specific military deployment, but first took out the things that Mr.
Wang gave him, and everyone was amazed and convinced.
In recent years, there have been so many traitors that there are countless of them, and a few people with money are thinking about the way back for themselves, and it is really rare to be so generous and generous as Mr.
Wang.
The fat man's eyes were even straighter, and the corners of his mouth almost left a sigh: "I'm afraid I don't have so much money in my life, Lao Wang is really rich, as soon as he makes a move, it is 200,000 oceans, and it is also a friendly gift, I have seen generous, but I have never seen such a generous one." ” Zhou Wu said: "Brothers, why did Mr.
Wang give us this money and land deed, because he believed in us and hoped that we would use this money to kill more devils."
In fact, as a wealthy squire, he could have taken his family away and flew away, but he didn't, but gave generously, and his purpose was to contribute to the anti-Japanese resistance, and this spirit is worth learning from every countryman. ” Everyone admires Mr.
Wang, and now that the Independent Brigade has so many white flowers and flowers all of a sudden, what are you worried about "Lao Xu, after the meeting is dismissed, you will immediately go to Shanghai with a silver ticket of 20,000 oceans, find friends in the concession, trust relations, and get a batch of weapons and ammunition for our independent brigade, you can get as much as you can, it doesn't matter if the price is higher, it is best to let them transport it in person."
Lao Xu stood up and said with a sad face: "Brigade, now Shanghai has just been occupied by devils, and the market is very tightly blocked, I am only afraid that things are easy to buy, but they can't be shipped." ” "Mr.
Du, who helped us before, would rather die than be a traitor, after the fall of Shanghai, he ran to Hong Kong, I don't know if any of his brothers are left in Shanghai, if there are people, then the transportation problem will be much easier."
Lao Xu thinks about the problem more comprehensively, after all, he has been engaged in munitions procurement for many years, and has developed the mind to consider risks in business, you have spent money to buy weapons and ammunition, if you can't ship it out of Shanghai or are intercepted by devils on the way, it is not a bamboo basket to draw water Zhou Wu nodded, expressing understanding, he discussed with Ding Ning for a while, and decided to let Zhai Daping of the special agent battalion send three brothers with good skills to follow Lao Xu to Shanghai.
In addition, Zhou Wu asked Lao Xu to get in touch with the military commander in Shanghai, although he hated those military commanders who were self-righteous and meddled in military affairs everywhere, but now after all, the national crisis is at the head, and the previous grievances should be put aside.
Lao Xu accepted the task and left early to go back to prepare.
Zhou Wu went on to talk about the current situation between the enemy and our armies: "Now the Japanese army is approaching Nanjing in three ways, the Eastern Route Army has advanced to Jiawan Town, which is less than 50 miles away from Jiangning, the middle road is directly attacking Zhenjiang through Wujin, and the West Road is approaching Nanjing from the direction of Lishui, Hexian, and Ma'anshan, intending to cross the Yangtze River, capture Pukou, and complete the encirclement of Nanjing. ” "Now the position of our defense is quite important, facing the east directly facing the Japanese army's East Route troops, that is, the devils who fought with us in Jiangyin.
As the saying goes, it's not that enemies don't get together, and it seems that they are going to have a good fight with these devils in Jiangning again. ” "Although there are two divisions on our flank, the structure of these two divisions is incomplete, and it is still unknown whether they can hold the position on the flank in the face of the middle route army rushing from Wujin."
"And the other friendly units that should have been reached the designated position a few days ago have not yet been heard, and it is estimated that there is little hope of coming.
As a result, our actual defensive strength in Jiangning is only one brigade and two divisions of our 79th Army, with a total strength of less than 10,000 people. ” "But the Japanese army has 20,000 or 30,000 people on the East Road alone, not to mention a 50,000 or 60,000 troops on the Middle Route Army.
The pressure on our front is very high, and before that, it was unprecedented.
I invite you to come today, just to brainstorm and talk about how to kill more devils and preserve strength" After Zhou Wu finished speaking, a group of officers chattered and discussed, some advocated digging trenches and building high walls to resist step by step, some advocated luring the enemy deep first, and then concentrating troops to annihilate the small force of the devils, and some even advocated abandoning Jiangning, retreating to Nanjing, and relying on Nanjing City to fight street battles with the devils.
At this moment, the brigade staff officer came over with a telegram, Zhou Wu took it and looked at it, his face turned white all of a sudden, and he immediately handed the telegram to Ding Ning.
Ding Ning briefly browsed it, and his expression was not very good-looking, and the telegram wrote: According to the report of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, the Japanese army will launch an attack on Nanjing in the near future, and it is estimated that there will be six divisions and regiments.
Six divisions of the Japanese army, more than 100,000 devils launched an attack on Nanjing, and on the defense line southeast of Nanjing, they were not even ready for battle, no wonder Zhou Wu saw the emergency lightning, and his face was solemn. t1706231537: