The old army commander was silent on the other end of the phone for a long time, he knew Zhou Wu's temper, this protégé of his smug would not plead so much, which showed that the situation in the Niushou Mountain position was much more serious than expected.
The old army commander thought for a while and said: "Zhou Wu, don't worry, tell the soldiers on the front line, the military headquarters will immediately send troops to support, I will first hand over the military guard battalion and the military artillery regiment, baggage battalion and other units to you for command, as for how to use them, you can decide on the spot, you don't need to ask for instructions, in addition, I am thinking of a way, ask the Nanjing Garrison Command to send reinforcements from other neighboring friendly forces." ” "Okay, thank you commander, I promise not to give up an inch of position, people are in the position, people are dead in the position, and the independent brigade will fight until the last man remains."
Zhou Wu saw that the old army commander had taken out his guard battalion and baggage battalion, which were usually the troops that transport supplies, so what else did he have to say.
Zhou Wu had just put down the phone when the artillery regiment of the military headquarters called and asked him if he needed fire support now Zhou Wu couldn't ask for it, and immediately ordered the artillery regiment of the military headquarters to come to the place where the devils gathered on the left flank of Niushou Mountain, and fire a quick salvo at him, bombarding the arrogance of the little devils.
The artillery regiment of the military headquarters is really everyone's demeanor, Zhou Wu ordered, in less than three minutes, according to Zhou Wu's past position parameters, they completed the target mapping, ballistic calculation, angle of fire adjustment, loading, and firing of the work, large-caliber artillery shells with the roar of death rushed towards the devil's side, and then exploded in the middle of the devil's formation, rising up a series of soaring mud and gunsmoke.
Although the artillery bombardment of the military headquarters artillery regiment delayed the pace of the devil's attack, it did not have such a great impact on them, and the devils immediately dispersed the attack formation and the distance between each other, sometimes crawling on the ground, sometimes getting up and advancing along the crater.
In this way, the artillery support of the artillery regiment of the military headquarters could not play a decisive role except to kill a few devils and boost the confidence of the old men who held their positions.
After Zhou Wu received the news that the fat man had arrived at the original defensive position of the fourth regiment, according to the battlefield situation reported by Gao Xiangfa, he judged the place between the front of the fat man's position and Lao Ge's position, that is, the first half of the devil's attack formation was cut off by Lao Gao, where there were only less than a thousand devils, and Zhou Wu suddenly had a bold idea in his mind.
Since there are so many devils, it is already good that the independent brigade can barely resist the attack of the devils by its own ability, why not let the fat man take the initiative to attack with Lao Ge and use the absolute superiority of local forces to eliminate all these devils of less than 1,000 people, and then let Lao Gao withdraw to the original defensive position and fight against the attack of the remaining devils with the fat man and them As the saying goes: it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers, and to destroy those devils first is equivalent to cutting off one of the devil's fingers, and if you can't kill the devil, you have to hurt him.
In this way, the devils can be forced to stop the offensive temporarily, and our independent brigade can also get a moment of respite.
Thinking of doing it is Zhou Wu's consistent style, he immediately called Ding Ning with his plan and said, Ding Ning also agreed with this plan to eat a small number of devils, and added: "Brigade seat, I think we can mobilize the non-combatants of the brigade headquarters and those brothers of the quartermaster department to form a reserve, and throw it on the battlefield at the most critical time, it will definitely receive unexpected results, and now the most lacking thing in our independent brigade on the battlefield is personnel, so this reserve will be led by me, and we guarantee that it will be put into battle in half an hour." ” Ding Ning sat in the command post of the brigade headquarters, and heard that it was almost upside down outside, and if he didn't ask for a fight, he wouldn't be able to catch up with anything, so he proposed to Zhou Wu to take the non-combatants of the brigade headquarters to participate in the war.
Zhou Wu also felt that the more personnel in this situation now, the better, although the combat effectiveness of the staff officers of the brigade headquarters and the brothers of the quartermaster department could not be compared with the combat troops, but after all, they were better than no one, so he accepted Ding Ning's suggestion, and agreed that the independent brigade would launch a general attack on the Japanese army with less than 1,000 people on the whole line after an hour, but the premise was that the fourth regiment in charge of blocking the task must hold its position for more than an hour, otherwise everything will be in vain.
After the fat man's troops seized the original defensive position of the four regiments, the situation on the battlefield became very delicate, and the little devil who had been cut into two sections by Gao Xiangfa suddenly became more irritable.
Especially the devils who were sandwiched between the fat man and Lao Ge, they felt that they were in danger of being completely annihilated by the national army, so they desperately called for help from the devils, trying to break through Ge Sanmin's resistance and join the large army.
But the crazy attack was launched several times, all of which were blocked by the second regiment, although the second regiment also paid a lot of costs, but the position was still firmly in their own hands, and those devils who tried to break through the blocking position did not take advantage of it at all, but killed many people.
The situation of the four regiments is not optimistic, and under the frantic attack of more than 4,000 little devils in turn, several places have been raided by devils.
Gao Xiangfa shouted so loudly that his voice was hoarse, although the fourth regiment paid a heavy price of nearly half of the casualties, it still did not drive out those devils who rushed in, but more and more little devils took advantage of the situation to break in, seeing that the position was precarious.
"Brigade seat, when will the reinforcements arrive, we can't hold it here" Zhou Wu repeatedly comforted Lao Gao on the radio: "Lao Gao, reinforcements will arrive soon, your four regiments must support for another hour, whether you can persist is related to the life and death of our independent brigade, Lao Gao, here I Ma Xu please" Gao Xiangfa can't do anything, Zhou Wu said so, is it possible that he can still shake off the burden and stop doing it, no matter how many little devils there are, as long as there are still alive people in their four regiments, they must persevere.
At this time, the little devil is also suffering and struggling, whoever can hold on for a few more minutes will have the possibility of winning.
There was not much time, and the guard battalion of the military headquarters was the first to arrive at the position, and four or five hundred people were undoubtedly in high spirits for Gao Xiangfa, who was about to collapse, after a long drought.
"Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, and more people will come later, everyone cheer up and drive the little devils down."
The soldiers of the fourth regiment were originally a little disheartened, they fought on the position for a long time, and the devils fought more and more, as if they all came out of the ground, endlessly.
However, just when they were desperate, reinforcements suddenly came, and this influence should not be underestimated, and they were like fighting dogs, and they worked together with the military guard battalion to repel the devil's attack again.
Soon, the baggage battalion of the military headquarters also arrived in a hurry, although the people of the baggage battalion only do work such as transporting supplies, but after all, it is an army, and the necessary military training is still available, so as soon as they arrived at the position, they immediately filled the vacancy left by the four regiments because of casualties.
This was so angry that the commander of the Japanese division was like thunder, and he swore that even if the entire division was wiped out, he would have to take down Niushou Mountain.
The red-eyed little devil bombers bombed back and forth incessantly, bursts of flames and gunsmoke, and artillery of various calibers on the ground poured shells into the positions of the national army like crazy.
Zhou Wu saw a fire on the position in the telescope, the Japanese artillery fire was too fierce, he immediately ordered the artillery regiment of the military headquarters and Zhang Ercheng to retaliate against the devils, even if the artillery bombardment did not have any effect, but in terms of momentum, it must not lose to the Japanese army.
The artillery bombardment of the artillery regiment of the military headquarters and Zhang Ercheng began, and the large-scale shelling of both sides was earth-shattering, with flames soaring to the sky, causing the Niushou Mountain to shake and the sky to be covered with dust.
However, the artillery shells were limited after all, and after about ten minutes of artillery battle, more than 4,000 little devils once again launched the largest attack on the positions of the fourth regiment.
This time, the Japanese army not only had planes from the sky to help, but also tanks were dispatched on the ground, and the commander of the devil division was obviously desperate. t1706231537: