In the Dongshan air-raid shelter of Jiangyin Fortress, the doctor in charge of Dragon Boat Festival sighed deeply.
Teacher Huo asked nervously: "How is it? How is it?"
Duanwu also looked at the doctor with some worry, because after all, this was about whether one leg would be high and the other low for the rest of his life.
The doctor frowned and sighed, and walked around in circles three times, with a look of bitterness and hatred. Anyone who saw it would think that Dragon Boat Festival was definitely hopeless.
Both Duan Wu and Mr. Huo were extremely nervous. After all, that was the second half of a person's life.
I just didn't expect that at this moment, the doctor suddenly laughed and said with a proud expression: "Hahaha! Thanks to my wonderful rejuvenation, I was prepared and added a noose in the plaster, otherwise the commissioner's leg would be useless.
.However, it is a bit swollen, which may be due to the blood being blocked due to exertion..."
"Fuck you!"
Dragon Boat Festival kicked the doctor in the ass, grandma, and scared me to death.
The doctor was kicked and still laughed. It was obvious that he did it on purpose. But he still warned: "Commissioner, you can't kick people with this leg anymore. Just sit here to reduce the swelling. I will have to seal your leg later."
Go up. You keep moving around, but your legs can still be healed!"
The doctor complained for a while, then packed up his things and left quickly. Because there were many wounded soldiers in the hospital, but there were only two or three doctors, plus a Japanese military doctor.
Just these four people, but there were more than 300 wounded.
And their treatment speed is even faster. Because tonight, they will follow the Dragon Boat Festival and move to the rear.
Jiangyin Fortress is no longer safe. Even if the Japanese army does not continue to attack, Jiangyin Fortress cannot be defended.
Two days of fierce fighting caused a huge consumption of artillery shells in Jiangyin Fortress.
In addition to the bottoming out of anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition, there are also not many heavy artillery shells. Especially the shells of 300 mm and above.
Jiangyin Fortress originally had more than 300 artillery shells over 300 mm in reserve, but after two days of fierce fighting, there were only more than 80 200 mm artillery shells and 150 mm German cannons left. The total number of artillery shells increased.
It's less than 300 rounds.
The shells of rapid-fire cannons, like anti-aircraft weapons, are fewer than those of heavy artillery. And especially in Dongshan, the consumption is the most serious. The shells of rapid-fire cannons and the shells of large-caliber artillery are almost bottomed out.
Commander Huo said: If this happens, we can only abandon Dongshan and Eshan, and the troops will stick to the main position of Huangshan.
Duanwu said: This is not a good plan. Eshan is related to the safety of the retreat route. Dongshan is the best location to block the channel.
Therefore, the artillery shells on Huangshan Mountain in the West Mountain and the movable heavy artillery should be moved to the Dongshan Fort.
The Xiaoshan Fort and the Eshan Fort only need to replenish part of their ammunition, so that they can have another battle with the Japanese army, and then the entire army retreats. As for all the artillery in Jiangyin Fortress, those who can be taken away will be taken away, and those who cannot be taken away will be blown up.
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In addition, Dragon Boat Festival will also take away the 103rd Division to garrison in Changzhou, preparing to coordinate with the 112th Division and the garrison of Jiangyin Fortress.
Because Duanwu speculated that the Japanese army was very likely to cross the Xicheng Line and go straight into Changzhou at all costs to cut off the retreat of the Jiangyin Fortress defenders. As a result, the Jiangyin Fortress defenders became a lone army, lacking ammunition and supplies.
Under such circumstances, even if the Japanese army does not attack, all the defenders will die from hunger and lack of water.
Therefore, the Changzhou front line is very important. Dragon Boat Festival will place the 103rd Division there in advance without anyone noticing. He wants to give the Japanese a surprise.
And he was not afraid that He Zhizhong would go against the will because the Dragon Boat Festival drew a big cake for him.
He told He Zhizhong that he had already reported to the Chairman of the Generalissimo about the 103rd Division joining the Central Army and becoming a direct lineage. The Chairman welcomed it, but Wang Wenhua was not so easy to talk to.
Therefore, the 103rd Division could not return to Nanjing for the time being. After joining the 112th Division, they returned to Nanjing to resume their duties together. This could be regarded as He Zhizhong filling in new merits, so neither the Chairman nor Wang Wenhua had anything to say.
He Zhizhong didn't know the danger in Changzhou, and he fought hard to join the Central Army and become a direct lineage. He dared to jump through swords, mountains and seas of fire.
In addition, Duanwu equipped him with a full set of Japanese equipment, and the old boy was very excited and eager to fight with the little devil again.
So the plan for the Dragon Boat Festival was decided. The 112th Division and the original garrison continued to stay at the Jiangyin Fortress. During the Dragon Boat Festival, they took the independent regiment, the 112th Division's field hospital, and the 103rd Division and quietly went down the mountain around seven o'clock in the night, via Changzhou.
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Changzhou is one of the gateways to Nanjing, and it is the only way for the Jiangyin Fortress defenders to retreat. The strategic location is very important. The defenders must have at least one reinforcement regiment.
We were riding in a car during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the driver was Zhao Beishan.
Zhao Beishan said while driving: "If we drive all night, we can be back in Nanjing before 12 o'clock or 1 o'clock tonight."
Duanwu said: "No rush, let's stay one night in Changzhou tonight to let the soldiers rest. We will return to Nanjing early tomorrow morning. Don't make it look like the army was defeated and embarrass our Chinese soldiers."
"yes!"
Zhao Beishan responded and continued to drive his car.
The speed was not high because there were a large number of officers and soldiers behind the car. Moreover, there were wounded people on the truck, and these people could not move quickly.
Duanwu looked back, then looked forward and said, "How long until we get to Changzhou?"
Zhao Beishan said: "If we keep going like this, we won't arrive in Changzhou until after 10 o'clock at night."
Duanwu said: "No, if we go this way, we will have to find a place to sleep when we get to Changzhou. Maybe we won't be able to find such a place until dawn. Our independent regiment, as well as the 103rd Division, plus the doctors and nurses of the 112th Division,
There are nearly 7,000 wounded soldiers, so we need a very big place."
Zhao Beishan said: "What does the special commissioner mean?"
Duanwu said: "Let's go first and make a stop in Changshu. Let the local officials in Changzhou find us a place to live and prepare food. In this way, we won't be delayed and can have a good sleep in Changzhou."
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Zhao Beishan said: "Regiment leader, let the communications troops go?"
Duanwu said: "Huh, those local officials are a bunch of dogs who look down on others, and some of them have backgrounds. If I don't go, they won't be obedient. Tell the people behind us that we will leave first and let them wait slowly behind."
Walk slowly and there will be meat to eat when you get to Changzhou."
"yes!"
Zhao Beishan responded, then stretched his left hand out of the car and patted the door.
Zhu Shengzhong stuck his head out from behind the truck and said, "What's the matter, Old Zhao?"
"Tell the cars behind us to take a step forward to Changzhou Daqian Station and let them walk behind. Don't worry. There will be meat to eat when we get to Changzhou."
Zhao Beishan repeated the words of the Dragon Boat Festival, and at this time Zhu Shengzhong happily shouted to the car behind: "The commissioner has an order, you continue to walk slowly, we will go to the front to stand in front, and when we arrive in Changzhou, you will have meat to eat."
"Haha, there is meat to eat!"
The soldiers in the rear car were very happy, because many of them had not eaten delicious food in the past few months, let alone meat.
They smiled and continued to convey Duanwu's orders to the people behind them, while the truck Duanwu was in accelerated towards Changzhou.
Changzhou is more than 50 kilometers away from Jiangyin Fortress, and the road is a bit difficult. The drive takes about two hours.
At about nine o'clock in the night, the Dragon Boat Festival truck drove outside the east city gate of Changzhou.
The city gate is tightly closed, and there are defenders armed with live ammunition on the city gate tower that is 13 to 4 meters high. Under the city gate tower, there are two sentry boxes and two machine gun bunkers, and probably a squad of city defense troops are stationed there.
Duanwu was not familiar with the garrison in Changzhou and did not know how many people there were. However, at this time, he was very relieved to see the garrison on the city and below the city. After all, it was wartime.
There were officers under the city, but when they saw a car approaching, they shouted and asked: "Who is this person? Stop and check, otherwise we will shoot."
Zhao Beishan slowly stopped the car and stuck his head out of the window and said, "Open the city gate. The special commissioner is sitting in the car."
"Special correspondent?"
The officer was surprised. He didn't know who the special commissioner was. But when he saw soldiers holding guns in the car, he became increasingly vigilant.
"We have not received any information about the special commissioner who wants to enter the city. We need to check the documents and confirm your identity."
When the other party asked to confirm their identity, Zhao Beishan laughed. Because their identities were very complicated.
Zhao Beishan turned his head and asked with a smile: "Special Commissioner, what identity should we use? Is it from my 87th Division or Lao Zhu's 88th Division?"
Duanwu said angrily: "Damn it, I, the special correspondent, don't have an ID card. Lao Yang didn't even get one for me and send it over."
Dragon Boat Festival was cursing, but Zhao Beishan was smiling evilly, because it was really difficult at this time. Without documents, could these people let them in?
But at this moment, Duanwu had already stuck his head out of the car window: "What? You won't be allowed in without a certificate? Without a certificate, I am not a special commissioner? Grandma, do you recognize my face?"
"hehe!"
Zhao Beishan laughed out loud and thought to himself: These are the defenders of Changzhou. It would be strange if they could recognize your face.
Zhu Shengzhong also smiled and said: "Commander, why don't I go down and take care of them."
But at this moment, the officer looked around and suddenly said with great joy: "Special commissioner, it is indeed a special commissioner. Open the city gate quickly, open the city gate quickly, the special commissioner is here."
"grass!"
Zhao Beishan complained and thought: "What's going on? Just one face becomes a passport?"
Zhu Shengzhong was also surprised, wondering if his group seat had any special powers. He just scanned his face when he passed the city gate, and he didn't even need an ID.
But how did he know that Secretary-General Yang had already greeted the local authorities.
Originally, Secretary-General Yang wanted to make a certificate to send to the Dragon Boat Festival, but Tang Jiujiu went to Jiangyin Fortress at that time.
Secretary-General Yang thought that if Miss Tang went to pick up Duanwu, her ID would not be needed for the time being. Moreover, Duanwu's identity was very complicated at that time.
He was originally a leading soldier in the Hubei Security Regiment. When he was in the Sixing Warehouse, he was ordered to do so by Sun Yuanliang of the 88th Division, and he was temporarily appointed as a colonel commander.
This colonel commander is in name only.
Of course, this does not mean that Duanwu does not have command authority. He has command authority, but this independent regiment does not have a real designation. It is just a temporary force recognized by Sun Yuanliang.
So many times, when Duanwu said that he was from the 88th Division's independent regiment, no one believed it at all. Because there was no such designation as the independent regiment in the 88th Division.
Later, he was favored by the Chairman and recruited into the Nanjing City Defense Force. However, the Dragon Boat Festival army still did not have a formal designation.
And if it is issued together with the serial number, it will take at least more than a month. Because the whole army needs to be notified, otherwise no one will recognize the Dragon Boat Festival certificate.
Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival certificate has never been issued.
But Secretary-General Yang has already considered this aspect, and there will be difficulties when entering Nanjing during the Dragon Boat Festival. Because he has no documents, and the composition of the team is very complicated, he explained it in advance: a young man with hair like wormwood,
He is lame on one leg. If he says that he is a special commissioner and does not have a certificate, let him go immediately, otherwise he will bear the consequences.
So the Changzhou garrison, especially the guys guarding the city gate, were all greeted in advance.
The leading officer nodded and bowed to salute the Dragon Boat Festival, while the soldiers at the city gate were opening the city gate to let people pass.
Zhao Beishan started the car, and the car made a humming sound.
I just didn't expect that at this moment, hundreds of people suddenly emerged from the grass and woods around the city gate.
The officer guarding the city gate gave loud orders to protect the commissioner, and then rolled into the fortifications himself.
The machine gun was set up and ready to fire. But at this time, the group of people was very close to the car. The machine gunner was about to fire, but the officer slapped his head and cursed: "What the hell, are you crazy? The special commissioner is still there.
In the car, I hit the special correspondent and you lost all ten of your heads."
After that, the officer ordered the city gate that had just been opened to be closed, and ordered people to ask Ma Lizhong, the leader of the garrison, to come and take command.
Now that the special commissioner is under siege, a small guard squad leader cannot afford to take Grandma Te's blame.
People have been sent out, but there is no telling when they will arrive there.
At the same time, Zhu Shengzhong and about twenty other independent regiment soldiers were naturally not vegetarians. They stood on the car, loaded their bullets, and pointed their submachine guns at the black figures coming out of the car from both sides of the road.
Someone in the shadow shouted: "Don't shoot, it's one of our own."
Zhu Shengzhong sneered: "Boy? Are you testing my IQ? One of our own people? I never knew there were any of our own people near Changzhou."
But at this time, the other party said: "Captain Zhu, I am Xiao Liuzi. Do you remember Xiao Liuzi? I am from the 40th Division."
"Xiao Liuzi? 40th Division?"
When the other party said this, Zhu Shengzhong remembered that the 40th Division did have a Xiaoliuzi, who was one of Sun Boan's followers.
"what are you doing here?"
Zhu Shengzhong said in surprise, but at this time, Xiao Liuzi said anxiously: "Where is the third brother? Is the third brother in the car? I just heard the third brother's voice."
The third brother Xiao Liuzi mentioned was Duanwu. Everyone here called Duanwu Tuanzuo, or special commissioner. But only Sun Bo'an of the 40th Division called Duanwu the third brother.
Because the 79th Brigade of the 40th Division, headed by Sun Boan, are all street gangsters.
The entire 79th Brigade called Sun Bo'an the eldest brother. Sun Bo'an called the Dragon Boat Festival the third brother, so his brothers also called the Dragon Boat Festival the third brother.
Xiao Liuzi asked if Third Brother was in the car. Duanwu heard this and stretched out his right hand outside the car and knocked. Xiao Liuzi ran over and said: "Third Brother, Third Brother, I've finally waited for you. Third Brother came out."