The staff officer of the brigade headquarters finally contacted the security regiment in Taizhou, and Zhou Wu asked the security regiment to rush to Jiangbei as quickly as possible, bring supplies and ammunition, and arrive within two days.
Commander Xiao Wang immediately said that he would set off immediately, and he reported to Zhou Wu on the radio about the situation after they crossed the river from Shitang Town to Taizhou, and said that the security regiment is now strong and strong, and the morale is very high, and he will ensure that he will arrive at the mission site in time.
After Zhou Wu put down the radio, he said: "Lao Ding, tell the fat man, let him hurry up and cross the river, and how much he can cross."
Now the more brothers who cross the river, the more beneficial it is for us, even if they die, they will die in Jiangbei, and there is no hope here at all. ” "Well, according to the offensive momentum of the devil, it would be good if we could hold out until tomorrow, we must withdraw to Jiangbei as soon as possible to join the security regiment, otherwise our independent brigade will be completely annihilated."
Ding Ning said thoughtfully.
"It is difficult to cross the river during the day, and the planes in the sky and the warships on the river are the biggest threats, but now we have no heavy weapons that can resist the planes and warships, and we can only rely on the flesh and blood of our brothers to resist.
Zhou Wu said worriedly.
And Ding Ning, as the chief of staff, didn't know this, but he didn't dare to say it for fear of affecting morale, and now he heard Zhou Wu put it up, and nodded and said: "No way, instead of dying here, it's better to fight, how much can be passed, and I can't care so much, just watching those veterans die one by one, it's really sad." ” Subsequently, Zhou Wu instructed the staff officers to call Ge Sanmin, the fat man and the head of the teaching regiment, Li to have a combat meeting while the little devil suspended the attack.
Soon all three came, and Zhou Wu briefly told them about the situation, and now the troops must withdraw to Jiangbei to join the security regiment and immediately start crossing the river.
Regiment Commander Li led the teaching regiment to go first, Ge Sanmin was responsible for the break, the independent brigade non-combatants and quartermaster department were the second allocation, the brigade headquarters and Ge Sanmin were the third allocation, and the fat man was last.
Zhou Wu repeatedly told the fat man that when everyone crossed the river, he would immediately blow up and sink all the steamboats, and not leave them to the little devils.
Although Commander Li, who taught the regiment, had only been friends with Zhou Wu for two days, he had feelings for the independent brigade, and he was moved when he heard that Zhou Wu asked them to teach the regiment to go first.
"Thank you for your kindness, I have been in the army for so many years, and I have never met a commander like you, and the commanders of other troops are the first to protect their lineage, but you don't.
So I decided not to leave, to fight side by side with you, and I will not force the brothers of the teaching regiment to stay. ” Zhou Wu was very grateful to Commander Li's statement, people's hearts are flesh and blood, whether it is the teaching regiment or the independent brigade, everyone is a national army and Chinese.
In the past few days, fighting with the little devils, everyone lives and dies together, which makes the relationship between the two sides heat up rapidly, and in the moment of crisis, Zhou Wu left the chance of survival to the teaching corps and won their trust.
"Lao Li, thank you for looking up to my Zhou Wu and the Independent Brigade, I respect your decision, but it's better for the teaching group to go first, because I promised Mr.
Song that I must rescue you, how can I be a man of my word without trust."
As a result, more than 1,000 brothers of the teaching regiment retreated from their positions to the ferry in turn, and many of the officers who had been following Commander Li refused to leave, and had to stay to fight devils.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Wu didn't make it difficult for them, so he simply asked them to stay with Captain Li.
There were so many people at the ferry at once, and it suddenly became a little crowded, and the wharf was crowded and bustling, as if it was a market for the New Year.
The fat man saw that this was okay, if it was discovered by the little devil's plane, and a bomb came down, it would not blow up.
In order to increase the capacity and speed of crossing the river, the fat man took the risk of adding twenty people to each steamer on the basis of the original rating of forty people per steamer, and the remaining eight steamers transported the teaching group to the opposite bank in two parts.
He asked everyone to leave behind weapons, ammunition and unnecessary things in order to reduce weight, as long as they could transport people over for now.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of crossing the river, the fat man gathered all the light and heavy machine guns left by the teaching regiment and set up seven or eight anti-aircraft shooting groups to be responsible for hitting the planes in the sky.
In addition, the fat man also placed the mortars left on the shore and combined them with other artillery to form a firepower against the devil warship, so that the steamer could cross the river safely.
At this time, the little devil opposite Zhou Wu began to attack the position again, and the little devil's planes all ran over there to do evil, and they couldn't take care of the ferry for the time being.
The fat man hurriedly seized this opportunity and immediately ordered all the steamers to move forward at full speed, striving to reach the opposite bank in the shortest possible time, and then come back to take the next group of men to cross the river.
Ge Sanmin fought with the little devils who came to attack on the position, and the little devils rushed towards the position like a tide with their absolute firepower superiority.
Twenty percent of the national troops on the position were killed by shells before the devils launched a charge, and most of the rest of the brothers who were still alive were injured, and even Ge Sanmin was rubbed by bullets, but fortunately it was only a little bit of flesh and skin, and it was no big deal.
Ge Sanmin shouted from the position: "Brothers, the brigade seat and the chief of staff are retreating, let us stay because we can afford to see us, do you have the confidence to crucify the little devil here?"
"Yes," replied those on the battlefield who could still breathe in unison.
"Okay, now that the little devils have rushed over, let's pick up the weapons in our hands and meet them" At this moment, Ge Sanmin is full of pride, a good man is in the army for the country, he should be like this, he can die on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, die without complaints, and be glorious.
It wasn't until the little devil touched a place three or four hundred meters away from the position that Ge Sanmin shouted: "Fight" At the same time, he raised the box cannon in his hand and fired a shot at the little devil.
In an instant, all the light and heavy weapons, mortars, and small steel cannons on the position opened fire on the little devils who rushed over, and they knocked dozens of little devils who rushed in front to the ground on the spot.
The devils in the back hurriedly crawled on the ground, desperately shooting at the position with machine guns and small steel cannons, and there were constantly soldiers of the national army who were shot and fell to the ground, but soon someone took their weapons, loaded them, and continued to shoot at the devils.
On the battlefield, the sound of artillery rumbled, bullets flew crosswise, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and even the planes that had been hovering over the positions could not figure out what was going on below, so they wandered around the sky blindly, not daring to drop bombs casually.
The little devil was getting closer and closer, Ge Sanmin found that there were fewer and fewer brothers around him, and when he looked back, most of them were killed, and only a few hundred scarred brothers were still stubbornly resisting on the battlefield.
Although there were not many people left, everyone did not have the slightest intention of timidity, and they insisted on blocking the thousands of little devils who rushed over a few hundred meters away from the position, and they could not take a single step.
Seeing this, the captain of the devil wing couldn't bear it anymore, he shouted at his subordinates, and gave them a death order, he must conquer the position before dark, seize the ferry, completely block the road for the Chinese army to cross the river, and must annihilate the independent brigade at the ferry. t1706231537: