The shell exploded in the open space fifty meters ahead, but fortunately there were no casualties, and the fat man jumped up and shouted to the company commander Duan: "Quickly turn off the searchlight, quickly" As soon as the words fell, the searchlight was immediately extinguished, and it was suddenly dark on the side of the ferry, and the fat man judged from experience that this shell must have been fired by a warship parked on the river, and it seemed that their navy had broken through the shipwreck blockade in Jiangyin and rushed to Nanjing.
Sure enough, as soon as the lights went out, the shells on the river disappeared.
The fat man estimated that the little devil might not be able to find the target so he didn't fire, but they didn't leave.
The fat man said to Company Commander Duan, who was lying on the ground and trembling, "Have you put a reconnaissance on the riverside?"
Company Commander Duan shook his head, the fat man cursed in his heart, and hurriedly sent someone to the river to see how many warships there were on the river.
Soon, the reconnaissance brother came back and reported: "Regiment commander, the little devil has two warships on the river, the size is about the same as the gunboat we saw in Jiangyin, they are going back and forth on the river, and we also found many charred corpses on the river, judging from the direction, it should be rushed from the downstream dock upstream, there are men, women and children, and they look miserable, I think the little devil must be carrying out massacres over there." ” When the fat man heard that there was such a thing, he was immediately furious, if it weren't for the wounded and the girls of the health company around him, he would have gone to settle accounts with the little devil a long time ago.
Now we want to cross the river, but the warships of the little devils suddenly appeared on the river, and this time the trouble is big, and we have to find a way to solve the two warships, otherwise even if we cross the river, it will be difficult to feel at ease, and the little devils will sink the steamer halfway through.
Looking at Company Commander Duan, the fat man asked, "How wide is the river over here?"
"The river here is more than four miles wide, which is the narrowest part of the Yangtze River section in Nanjing."
Company Commander Duan finally stopped trembling at this time and regained his composure.
The fat man glanced at him with disdain, and said: "I wonder how you did this company commander, you are not as good as the girls of our health company, look at them, when the shells flew over just now, they didn't even scream, they are much better than you." ” Duan Lian Chang's face was flushed by the fat man's words, and he felt that he was a little embarrassed just now.
"Head Liu, it's not that I'm timid, just now the incident happened suddenly, and I wasn't mentally prepared, so" The fat man saw that he was still arguing, and thought that it was not worth theorizing with a coward like you, so he said: "I hope so, but I can warn you, if you dare to slip away, I can't spare you, don't fucking say that you have Mr.
Song's support, even if there is a chairman, I can still shoot you, believe it or not" The fat man said while lighting up the box cannon on his waist.
"That's, that's."
When Company Commander Duan saw the fat man's fierce appearance of glaring and raising his eyebrows to kill, he was so frightened that he agreed.
Seeing that this Duan company commander was so soft, the fat man felt that it was a bit unreliable to hand over the task of crossing the river to him, so he divided his people into two parts at the ferry on the spot, and commanded by the two company commanders he brought.
As for the company commander Duan, he was dismissed on the spot and handed over to others to be strictly guarded, and the fat man put down his words, if he found out that the guy had escaped halfway, he would directly correct the law on the spot, and he would take care of it.
It seems that the brothers of the reinforced company did not want to see this soft egg company commander, and when they saw that this guy was dismissed on the spot, they cheered in unison.
The fat man asked, "Do you have heavy weapons such as mountain cannons in your company?"
There are warships with little devils wandering around on the river, and the fat man has no artillery at hand, how to deal with them, how to ensure the smooth withdrawal of personnel to Jiangbei The fat man thought to himself that there were so many people in this reinforced company, it was estimated that there should be a few cannons, even if there were no cannons, there should always be a few small cannons filled with façade, and the combat effectiveness of the teaching regiment was not very good, but they were rich, and they were rich troops in the national army.
Sure enough, the brother of the reinforced company replied: "There are four mountain guns, 75 mm caliber, German Krupp, and another seven or eight mortars, and there are plenty of shells." ” The fat man was overjoyed when he heard it, which was great.
At this time, Zhou Wu sent a message on the radio, saying that they were about to rush to the ferry, and there were a large number of little devils chasing after him, so he asked him to quickly organize people to cross the river, and he could cross as much as he could.
As things stand, the troops had to venture across the river during the day Now the large army has begun to build fortifications a kilometer before the ferry to block the little devils who are following behind, and the fat man is asked to hurry up and cross the river.
The fat man hurriedly reported the discovery of the little devil warship at the ferry to Zhou Wu.
Hearing this news, Zhou Wu was anxious: "Fatty, I don't care what method you use, you must cross the river immediately, and first cross the wounded and the health together, so that we will have no worries, even if we fight with the devil here." ” "It doesn't matter if we die as men, anyway, being a soldier and fighting a war is sacrificing for the country, but don't let the wounded and the girls of the health company fall into the clutches of the little devils, even if there is only one person left, you have to send them across the river, as for how to cross the river, you can do it yourself."
As soon as the fat man heard Zhou Wu's words, he almost fainted, this is really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and it was not easy to break out of the encirclement, but he didn't expect to be caught by the little devil before he reached the river, and when he arrived at the ferry to cross the river, the little devil's warship swayed back and forth on the river again, you said that it was unlucky or not unlucky, it seems that this time to cross the river, and a lot of people have to die.
At the moment when the fat man organized the steamer to cross the river, Zhou Wu and the remaining 2,000 people of the independent brigade stopped at a kilometer away from the ferry.
It's not that they don't want to rush to the ferry, it's because the troops reported that there are a large number of little devils behind them who have been biting behind their buttocks, and if they want to ensure that the troops cross the river safely, they must stop these devils who are chasing after them, otherwise they will not be able to cross the river.
Zhou Wu and the others had to pick up the sapper shovel and start digging the pit, fighting continuously and desperately retreating, causing the brothers' physical strength to be greatly overdrawn, and a few people with weak physique fell to the ground and could not get up again.
After Zhou Wu found someone to bury them, he cheered up the brothers, asked everyone to grit their teeth, and persisted, the ferry was a kilometer away, where there were steamers to cross the river.
Before they could dig the fortifications, the previous report said that the little devil was about to arrive, not far ahead, but the little devil suddenly stopped advancing, and he didn't know what he was doing.
Ding Ning listened, frowned slightly, and said: "Brigade seat, the little devil stops now, what can he do if he waits for dawn, their plane is dispatched, and under the cover of the aircraft cannon, launch an attack on us?"
When Zhou Wu heard this, he felt that what Ding Ning said was reasonable, and hurriedly ordered the brothers to continue digging the pit, not to stop, the deeper the pit was dug, the better, and by the way, dig a few more anti-artillery holes.
Since the little devils are not attacking now, then let's hurry up and build fortifications, get ready, eat some canned food to satisfy our hunger, rest for a while, and replenish our strength and spirit.
After receiving the death order given to him by Zhou Wu, the fat man ordered the brothers of the reinforced company to pull out the mountain guns and mortars, and he wanted to arrange a fire escort line to cross the river by the ferry, drive out the warships, and protect the health company and the wounded to cross the Yangtze River smoothly.
The sky is slowly brightening, the river is foggy, the fat man thought to himself that today is a sunny day, it seems that he has to cross the river as soon as possible, otherwise when the sun comes out, the little devil's plane will be dispatched, the warships on the river will be blocked, and the little devil who is chasing will be forced, then they will really have no way out. t1706231537: