Zhou Wu happened to be with Liao Cheng, and when he heard this, he immediately thought that the army in front of him was the old army commander who had broken through "This brother, have you ever seen the number of that team clearly" Zhou Wu asked eagerly, he thought that the team might be the old army commander.
"In the hurry, we didn't see the number, but judging from the military uniforms they wore and the steel helmets they wore on their heads, it was definitely not the local security forces, but the central army."
"Judging from the route, they retreated from Jiangning, there are not many people, about a hundred people, but the most terrible thing is that there are a large number of devils behind me, I am afraid of being caught, so I will come back and report first."
"Lao Liao, it seems that that team is the old army commander, they are estimated to have broken through, and now there are a large number of little devils behind their butts, and the situation is not good, we should send someone to pick it up."
Zhou Wu said.
Liao Cheng listened to Zhou Wu's words, and was a little reluctant: "Brigade Commander Zhou, it's not that you don't know the situation in Guanghuamen now, what if we send someone out and the little devil takes the opportunity to attack the city?"
As soon as Zhou Wu heard that Liao Cheng meant that he didn't want to risk saving the old army commander, he muttered in his heart, but it was difficult to say anything on his face, after all, the 33rd Division was not subordinate to the 79th Army.
"Lao Liao, don't bother your people to answer, as long as you open the city gate."
Zhou Wu said.
Zhou Wu immediately called Ge Sanmin and ordered him to immediately take a reinforced battalion out of the city to meet the old army commander, and repeatedly admonished him.
"This time, you must ensure the absolute safety of the old army commander, you must not go wrong, focus on receiving and saving people, remember not to fight with the devils who catch up, once the response is completed, immediately withdraw to the city."
When Ge Sanmin heard that he was going to save the old army commander, he patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I just put my old life there, and I have to take our army commander over." ” Ge Sanmin had long seen that the 33rd Division was unwilling to go out, so he deliberately said this in front of Zhou Wu, and added the word "we" in front of the army commander, which means that without the help of your 33rd Division, our independent brigade can still fish people out.
Zhou Wu equipped Ge Sanmin with some carbines and grenades for melee combat, and ordered Zhang Ercheng to bring mortars and the two anti-aircraft guns with Ge Sanmin to meet the old army commander.
Ge Sanmin led more than 1,000 people out of Guanghuamen, led by the scout, and hurried to the old army commander.
When he had traveled about two miles, Ge Sanmin found that there was indeed a team coming in front of him, and he immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, while he himself picked up the binoculars and looked at it.
Ge Sanmin saw in the telescope that the person running over from the opposite side was wearing the military uniform of the Central Army and a German-style steel helmet, which was obviously a member of the 79th Army, so he ordered the soldiers to speed up to meet him.
When the people who came running saw that it was the Independent Brigade that had come to meet them, they immediately grabbed a log like a drowning man and cheered in unison.
Ge Sanmin didn't see the old army commander in the team, and hurriedly asked, "Brother, where is the army commander?"
"Oh, the commander is on a stretcher in the back, and when he broke through last night, the commander stumbled."
Ge Sanmin hurriedly looked for it, and sure enough, the old army commander was lying on a stretcher to greet them, Ge Sanmin hurriedly stepped forward, stood up and saluted: "Report to the army commander, Ge Sanmin of the Second Regiment of the Independent Brigade is reporting for duty, we are late." ” "You came just in time, not too late, not too late, but the little devil in the back is too tight, it's hard to get rid of it."
The old army commander was very pleased, he didn't mistake Zhou Wu, and he didn't forget him at the critical moment.
Ge Sanmin immediately ordered: "First battalion commander, you take a company of brothers to escort the old army commander into the city quickly, you must ensure the safety of the army commander, if something goes wrong on the way, I will be the first to not let you go, you know?"
The first battalion commander immediately took more than 100 brothers to escort the old army commander towards Guanghuamen, and Ge Sanmin said: "Army commander, you follow the first battalion commander first, and we will stop the little devil who catches up in front." “ "Okay, be careful, there are a lot of little devils, don't fight with them, and retreat to the city immediately after a while."
The commander said.
Ge Sanmin ran all the way with the remaining 800 or so men, running for two miles before stopping, because he had already heard the sound of tank tracks pressing against the ground in front of him.
Ge Sanmin ordered everyone to lie down on the spot and prepare for battle.
He picked up the binoculars and looked at the place where the tank tracks sounded, and I was obedient.
I saw several tanks in front of the little devil's team, and there were cavalry next to it, and a large number of infantry rushed behind them, not to mention four or five thousand people, it seems that this time they will have to fight to the death with the little devils, otherwise there is no way to guarantee that the old army commander will retreat to the city safely.
Ge Sanmin immediately asked Zhang Ercheng to put the two anti-aircraft guns used to fight planes on a flat basis to hit tanks, and all mortars were ready for shelling, and give the little devil a chance to taste the shells within the maximum firing range.
Ge Sanmin estimated the distance between the two sides, and it was too late to dig a pit and build a temporary improvised fortification, so he had to order people to form an inverted triangle formation on the cold snow, with rifles and carbines in the front, light and heavy machine guns in the middle, and large and small mortars in the end.
As for the two 37mm anti-aircraft guns, because they need to fight tanks, they are placed in the front and directly face the little devils who are swarming over.
The tanks and cavalry were getting closer and closer, and the "click" sound of the tracks pressing against the frozen ground kept coming, and the devil's cavalry had begun to sprint at high speed, and the noisy and chaotic sound of horses' hooves knocked on Ge Sanmin's heart.
Obviously, they have met a large army of little devils, and whether they can go back alive depends on the creation, damn it, sooner or later they will die, so they will have a good fight with the little devils today.
The tanks and cavalry were getting closer and closer, and they were about to enter the effective range of the mortars, and the national soldiers lying on the ground held their breath and waited for Ge Sanmin's order to fire.
I saw Ge Sanmin take out a box cannon from his waist and shoot it into the sky.
Immediately, the artillery opened fire first, and the mortars of large and small calibers fired continuously, and exploded in the middle of the devil cavalry who rushed madly, causing the devils to turn over on their backs, fall off their horses one after another, and be trampled by the panicked horses, turning into piles of meat and mud.
The two 37-mm anti-aircraft guns in front of them also let out a sharp roar, and one shell after another fired at the rushing tank, and soon one of the tanks was broken from its tracks and lay there in black smoke.
But the turret on the tank turned slowly, pointing to the side of the artillery who was firing.
Seeing this, Zhang Ercheng hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, knock out the turret on the tank, don't let it fire" t1706231537: