When he returned to the brigade headquarters, it was already dark, Zhou Wu hurriedly ate a little something, he felt too sleepy, he wanted to take a nap on the marching bed, but as soon as he lay down in bed, he always felt that something important had been forgotten, no matter how hard he thought about it, he just couldn't remember.
In this way, Zhou Wu fell asleep in a trance, and when he woke up, it was already the next morning.
As soon as Zhou Wu got up, the fat man called, reporting that there was an abnormal movement of the Japanese army on the East Road, as if they were coming to their side, and he asked Zhou Wu what to do "What else can I do to cover the water and cover the earth, this is something that you Grand Master Liu has fought for so many years and still needs me to teach me now I order, all the personnel of the independent brigade will immediately enter the state of combat readiness, you can report to me at any time the situation of the forward position, and if necessary, you can call with radio code."
Zhou Wu put down the phone and was about to call someone to call Ding Ning, but he didn't expect Ding Ning to run in in a hurry.
"Brigade seat, the Japanese army has launched a three-way attack on Nanjing" "How do you know where the news came from," Zhou Wu asked urgently.
He originally thought that the Japanese army would have to wait for two days before launching an attack on Nanjing, but he didn't expect that the devils would not even have to rest and recuperate, and directly launched an attack on Nanjing, which made it even worse for the independent brigade that held Niushou Mountain.
"This is an urgent telegram from the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, the Japanese army has launched an attack on Nanjing from Hexian yesterday, and the national army on the western front is in chaos, and it will collapse at the first touch, and in less than three hours, it will be occupied by the devils on the front line.
The chairman of the committee was furious, shot a division commander and two brigade commanders one after another, and strictly ordered Commander Tang to send troops to recapture the lost positions.
Ding Ning read the emergency telegram in his hand.
Zhou Wu glanced at the staff officers at the brigade headquarters with an unkind expression, and Ding Ning hurriedly explained: "Brigade seat, I saw that you were asleep last night, so I explained to these staff officers and asked them to hand over the telegram to me for handling as soon as possible, and this urgent telegram was also received just now." ” Hearing this, Zhou Wu's heart was shocked, he never thought that Ding Ning hadn't slept all night, and stayed at the telecommunications office all night, looking at Lao Ding's bloodshot eyes, Zhou Wu was distressed and helpless.
"Lao Ding, you have to pay attention to your body, at this time, you can't collapse, as my right-hand man, you are very important to me."
Lao Ding frowned and said: "Brigade, it's time to come, you still have the heart to joke, although it's hard to stay up late, but compared to the brothers who fought bloody battles with devils on the front line, this is nothing, let's hurry up and discuss how to defend Niushou Mountain." ” Zhou Wu nodded and said: "Okay, judging from the current situation, our situation is not good, the fat man reported that the Japanese army in the east has moved and is rushing here."
Half an hour ago, the trenches on our positions had just been dug up, but the devils arrived later, and the defensive pressure of the first regiment was too great."
Ding Ning said: "Well, we must now pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army and find out the direction of their main attack, I suggest that all troops should not move in disorder, organize defense on the spot, and once they find out the direction of the enemy's main attack, they will immediately dispatch troops to support, only in this way can we take the lead and avoid losing the whole line." ” Zhou Wu thought about it and felt that this was the only way to do it, so he ordered the fat man: "Lao Liu, you give me to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army, and report it immediately if there is any change, don't be in a hurry to fire first, and wait until the situation is clear." ” At the same time, Zhou Wu also ordered the 2nd and 4th regiments to stand by at their original stations and prepare for battle, and to send reconnaissance personnel to keep abreast of all the movements of the Japanese army at all times, and to report to the brigade headquarters immediately if there was any abnormal situation.
After arranging these things, Zhou Wu was not at ease about the position on the fat man's side, the first regiment is now only about 400 people, plus the special service regiment and the newly joined brigade headquarters special service battalion are only more than 1,000 people, and they have to face the attack of a wing of the Japanese army alone, and the situation is worrying.
In order to ensure that Niushoushan was not lost in the first round of the Japanese attack, all Zhou Wu could do now was to wait, and wait for the front line to figure out the direction of the Japanese army's main attack before he could mobilize other troops into battle.
At that time, once the Japanese army concentrates superior forces to storm the weak points in their defense, the final position will inevitably be torn apart by the devils, and the independent brigade will immediately fall into the possibility of total annihilation. was really relieved, Zhou Wu immediately took Ding Ning and rushed to the fat man's side to have a look.
When the two of them arrived at the position of the first regiment, it was already past 9 o'clock in the morning, and the weather was clear, which should have been the time when Japanese planes were rampant and raging, but today, for some reason, not even a reconnaissance plane appeared in the sky.
Zhou Wu felt that this situation was a bit abnormal, whether the Japanese army was about to attack, and was now making the final preparations before the battle.
Just when Zhou Wu and Ding Ning were racking their brains on the forward position, guessing the movements of the Japanese army, the scouts came to report: "The large Japanese army in front has set up an offensive formation, and the target is Niushou Mountain. ” Zhou Wu was a little puzzled, the devil wanted to attack, why not sneak up and carry out a surprise attack when they were defenseless, why did they have to set up the offensive formation with such fanfare, what did they want to do Zhou Wu told Ding Ning the doubts in his heart, and Ding Ning smiled slightly: "Brigade, the devil made this out, it is nothing more than a sound to attack the west, and he wants to cover it up."
I don't think their main attack is here, but a place that we didn't expect, because they are going to attack a long time ago, so there is no need to put on a pose for us. ” "If the Japanese army's plan is realized, they may conquer Niushou Mountain in one fell swoop, so as to open up the offensive channel for Nanjing from the southeast, and then cooperate with the Western Route Army and the Central Route Army to complete the encirclement of Nanjing."
Zhou Wu listened to Ding Ning's analysis of the enemy situation and felt that it made sense, but he also wondered, how did the little devil who usually does things secretly and like pickaxe raids become so gentle, it turned out that he had another plan.
Obviously, the highlight of the Japanese army is behind, Zhou Wu thought hard, the little devils will choose to attack in a place they didn't expect, in case of misjudgment, it will kill a lot of people, absolutely sloppy.
Suddenly, the tremor came from the ground, and Zhou Wu thought it was an earthquake at first, but this unique vibration made him quickly understand that the Japanese army must have begun a large-scale artillery bombardment, and listening to the sound of artillery was on the side of the fat man's position.
It seems that the little devil has launched an attack on Niushou Mountain, and it is menacing, and it has the intention of taking it down in one fell swoop.
The situation was urgent, Zhou Wu asked Ding Ning to sit at the brigade headquarters, and he rushed to the fat man's position with a few guards and the combat staff officers of the brigade headquarters.
Before the people arrived, Zhou Wu saw a cloud of smoke there, thick smoke billowing out, the air waves and shock waves generated by the shelling explosion seemed to swallow Niushou Mountain, the smoke and flames shrouded the entire position, Zhou Wu was very anxious, worried about whether the fat man would survive such a fierce shelling.
The shelling continued, the shelling was fierce and intensive, and then gradually extended backwards, Zhou Wu had to temporarily find a hidden place to avoid the shelling, wait for the shelling to stop, and then go to meet the fat man.
The shelling lasted for about twenty minutes, and in this short twenty minutes, Zhou Wu felt particularly difficult, as if the shelling was not twenty minutes, but as long as twenty years. t1706231537: