Zhou Wuyi listened to Chen Guofu's suggestion, which coincided with what he had just thought, and was very happy, so he immediately put down the radio and ordered his regiment and the brothers of the special task force to turn around immediately, and rush to Pingqiao Town, where the fat man and the others were holding on, at the speed of a rapid march, where they were desperately resisting the reinforcements of the Miyamoto brigade in the direction of Yancheng.
Before leaving, Zhou Wu specially informed Chen Guofu, who was preparing to capture Huai'an City: "At present, the large troops of the Miyamoto Brigade have all gone out of the city and rushed to Pingqiao Town, I think the siege is not appropriate, the city wall of Huai'an City is thick, and although there is only one devil brigade and a gendarmerie in the city, but the devil can resist our siege with the advantage of thick city walls and fierce firepower, I am afraid that our casualties will be very large, it is better for you to follow the first brigade with our independent brigade to press up, When we fight Miyamoto on the other side of the bridge, we attack the Miyamoto Brigade from behind, dividing and encircling them, so I think it is better than attacking the city, and it can also receive the effect of encircling the Miyamoto Brigade, and it will not be able to annihilate the Miyamoto Brigade.
With the strength of our two brigades, we also had to break up and defeat the Miyamoto brigade.
It saved him from breaking through the direction of Pingqiao to reinforce Yancheng and ensure the safety of our rescue team. ” Chen Guofu felt that Zhou Wu's opinion was good, not only to surround Miyamoto's troops, but also to avoid unnecessary personnel losses in the first brigade during the siege, you must know that although the situation of the new Fourth Army is much better than when it was just formed, it is still poor, although the personnel have grown and replenished a lot, but this supply equipment has not been able to keep up for a long time, and some soldiers in the first brigade are still holding the old old sleeves to deal with the little devils, not to mention that there are things to attack the city and fight fortified positions.
With the current equipment to attack Huai'an City, which is guarded by high and thick city walls, Chen Guofu actually doesn't have much confidence in his heart, and now when he hears Zhou Wu's plan to flank the front and back, he thinks it is very good, and immediately reports to the division commander, of course, Division Commander Li agrees with Zhou Wu's plan to flank Miyamoto Brigade Yu Pingqiao before and after, and orders Chen Guofu to immediately rush to the Pingqiao area according to Zhou Wu's method, and launch a fatal attack on it from the back of Miyamoto's brigade.
At the same time, Zhou Wu also received a telegram from Division Commander Li, asking him to rush to Pingqiao quickly, hold there, and never let Miyamoto's brigade go east to Yancheng for reinforcements.
At the same time, he ordered the other two brigades of the Jiangbei Anti-Japanese Command to quickly turn around and rush to Huai'an City, cooperate with the local New Fourth Army to harass and feint Huai'an City, forcing the Devil Wing and Noda Gendarmerie in Huai'an City not to dare to go out of the city to rescue the Miyamoto Brigade, so as to buy time for Zhou Wu and Chen Guofu to divide and encircle the arrogant Miyamoto Little Devil Brigade.
After Zhou Wu received the order of the division commander, he quickly led his brothers to the direction of Pingqiao, he knew in his heart that the fat man only had two or three hundred brothers on the side of Pingqiao, although there was Zhang Ercheng's artillery company there, but in the face of nearly five or six thousand heavily armed little devils, it was a matter of time before he lost his position, and his side must rush to Pingqiao as soon as possible to prevent the Miyamoto Brigade from breaking through there and forming a threatening encirclement of the rescue of the American officer action team.
The fat man thought that the little devil who came to attack Pingqiao supported a devil brigade, because he had just rushed over from Huai'an City, of course, he knew that the Miyamoto Brigade in Huai'an City only sent a brigade to Pingqiao, but he didn't know that the devil had temporarily changed his plan, and Miyamoto almost the entire Devil Brigade was thrown into the direction of Pingqiao east of Huai'an City, intending to capture the Pingqiao Bridge in one fell swoop, The little devil on the side of Yancheng who was in a hurry to reinforce the reinforcement, although Miyamoto was not so willing to rush to reinforce the devil in the direction of Yancheng, but after all, it was a direct order from the East China Dispatch Army Headquarters, and he was quite confident in defeating the independent brigade blocking force in the direction of Pingqiao with the superior strength of the brigade, so after hesitating for a while, Miyamoto finally made up his mind that the main force of the brigade would all go east to Pingqiao and reinforce Yancheng.
The scout who reconnoitred the enemy situation in front reported to the fat man: "A large number of Japanese troops have been found coming from the west side of Pingqiao, and the number is estimated to be several thousand, and it seems that the Miyamoto Brigade has all been dispatched to press over to Pingqiao."
As soon as the fat man heard this, his fat body shook a few times, and he almost fainted, he only had two or three hundred infantry and an artillery company of Zhang Ercheng here, and thousands of people and horses in the brigade of the little devil's womb all pressed over, so how can I resist the attack launched by so many little devils The fat man immediately radioed to Zhou Wu for help: "Brigade seat, Miyamoto's little devils have all driven in the direction of Pingqiao, we have too few troops here, it is estimated that we can't support it, ask for reinforcements" "Fatty, calm down, I have already rushed to the direction of Pingqiao with a regiment and a special service group, as long as you hold on to the position for more than two hours, we will be able to arrive immediately, pay attention to the must support me, even if you are the only one left, you will also be nailed to the Pingqiao position" Zhou Wu received the fat man's emergency message, knowing that the direction of Pingqiao had started, he hurriedly ordered the fat man to defend Pingqiao at all costs and wait for rescue.
The fat man put down the radio and shouted at Zhang Ercheng and them: "Brothers, the brigade will arrive in two hours, are we confident that we will hold our positions in Pingqiao for two hours Everyone is a veteran of the independent brigade, today in Pingqiao, we will fight with those devils of the Miyamoto brigade, and we must not let them pass through Pingqiao within two hours, people are in the position, and people are killed and the position is lost."
The brothers under his command said impassionedly: "The people are in the position, and the people are killed in the position and the last person is lost."
Soon, a squadron of devils under the Sasaki Wing, the leading unit of the Miyamoto Brigade, who came over violently, was immediately suppressed by the fire of heavy artillery, and while the artillery was still bombarding desperately, it launched a tidal attack on the position of the fat man of Pingqiao, and a group of more than 400 little devils who were fully armed with three or eight big covers all threw themselves into the charge of the position, and the artillery of the devils behind desperately tilted large-caliber shells towards the position, which exploded the flames around the position, and the earth and rocks flew wildly.
Many of the brothers in the position were so shocked by the powerful shock wave and air wave from the explosion of the devil's shell that their ears were bleeding.
A few brothers were directly hit by the devil's shell, so blown up that they couldn't even find their bones, as if suddenly the world evaporated, a shell smashed, and after a boom, the young man who was still alive just now couldn't even find the figure at once, and his body was torn into pieces of flesh and blood scattered all over the position, turning into unyielding heroic souls scattered on the land of Pingqiao and defending this place from the devils with his brothers.
Before the fat man could crawl out of the mud pile, the little devil who launched the charge had already begun to impact, and the fat man shook the mud on his body, and saw three or four hundred little devils rushing over in front of the position, and shouted to the brothers: "Quickly enter the formation, the little devil is fucking up."
The brothers who were buried in the position of the mud blown up by the devil's shells heard the fat man's shout, and hurriedly climbed out of the mud pile in the trench and rushed to their respective positions, at this time the charging devil squadron had rushed to a place only three or four hundred meters away from the position, the fat man hurriedly took out twenty box guns and fired a shot at the devil, and suddenly all kinds of light and heavy weapons on the position shot hateful bullets at the devil soldiers who rushed over on the opposite side, and the tongue of fire sprayed out from the muzzle, and the little devil who was constantly charging was shot and fell to the ground, The brothers on the battlefield were also constantly hit by the devil's bullets and fell to the position, and immediately the nearby brothers joined in, picked up the weapons of the sacrificial comrades and continued to shoot desperately at the devil.
The little devils who rushed on the opposite side encountered a fierce fire attack on the position, and the devil soldiers who were not killed or injured immediately crawled on the ground, erected mortars and small steel cannons and other weapons, and sprayed tongues of fire at the position with crooked machine guns and Type 95 heavy machine guns, bullets and shells fell around the position like rain, and the brothers who were guarding the position were constantly hit by bullets and shells, and fell on the battle position, the position was in a mess, all kinds of bullets shuttled and whistling, and the shells continued to explode one after another.
The little devils who were lying on the opposite side of the place to avoid the fire saw that the blocking fire on the position was weakened, so they all got up under the brandishing of the Oriental sword of a devil officer, and rushed towards the edge of the position with a shout.
The fat man saw that the devil was coming fiercely, and hurriedly shouted at Zhang Ercheng with his throat: "Hurry up and shoot at the little devil" Zhang Ercheng and the others had already arranged the artillery positions before the devil launched a charge, and when they heard the fat man's fierce shout, Zhang Ercheng immediately ordered: "Pay attention to all artillery, four hundred meters in front of the target, eight rapid salvos, release" I only heard the chaotic sound of those 60 mortars "tom tom", the shells whistling mixed with the muzzle afterflame rushed out, and exploded in the middle of the devil infantry four hundred meters away, and at that time it blew down a piece of devil soldiers who were running and charging, and the machine guns of the brothers on the position began to roar tenaciously at this time, what 38 big covers, Hanyang made old sleeves, medium formal rifles, 20 box guns, etc., all the weapons that can get the little devils are all shot at the devils together, under the dense rain of bullets, The first wave of the devil squadron that was hit by shells and bullets was too big because of the casualties, and almost all the little devil infantry who rushed in front fell under the muzzle of the fat man's gun, and the follow-up devil troops couldn't keep up, Zhang Ercheng's shells continued to extend and shoot at the back of the devil, almost killing the devil squadron leader on the battlefield with a cannon, and the frightened devil squadron leader hurriedly ordered the charging devil soldiers to withdraw for the time being, rest and recuperate, and take a breath to fight again.
After Miyamoto received the report that the leader of the devil squadron charging in front of him had failed in attacking, he frowned, turned his head and asked the chief of staff of the devil next to him: "Which branch of the army is guarding the bridge in front?"
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