"Tour members, the leader of the Dragon Boat Festival is calling."
As soon as the Independent Regiment and the 522nd Regiment entered Erdaogou, the communications troops caught up with Zhou Weiguo and reported to him.
Zhou Weiguo ordered everyone to rest in place for five minutes, while the communications soldier presented the contents of the telegram to Zhou Weiguo.
Zhou Weiguo frowned slightly as he looked at the telegram, because it was obvious that Duanwu encountered a great difficulty when sending this telegram. They did not arrive at the scheduled place as scheduled. Or some other situation occurred.
"Xu Hu, go and call Battalion Commander Sun and Battalion Commander Lao Shou."
Zhou Weiguo ordered, and Xu Hu responded and ran to call someone.
But even if they weren't called Lao Shou and Sun Shiyu were about to arrive, because they were preparing to part ways with the 522nd Regiment.
They were going to the tiger's mouth to meet the group, so they planned to separate from Zhou Weiguo and others at Erdaogou, and then go straight into the tiger's mouth.
So Xu Hu didn't leave long before he encountered Lao Shou and Sun Shiyu.
After explaining the situation, the two of them followed Xu Hu to Zhou Weiguo. Zhou Weiguo showed the telegram to Sun Shiyu and Lao Snoring.
Lao Snoring frowned slightly when he saw this, and said to Sun Shiyu: "What Tuan Zuo means is that they may not be able to get through the tiger's mouth."
Sun Shiyu said: "Then what should we do? We can't watch Tuan Zuo being trapped in the enemy-occupied area by the Japanese, right? In the worst case, we can kill him directly from the tiger's mouth. Even if we die, we must rescue Tuan Zuo."
Lao Snoring nodded and said: "I think so too. Without group seats, what kind of independent group is needed?"
"Nonsense, without the Dragon Boat Festival, the Independent Group would still be the Independent Group."
At this moment Zhou Weiguo scolded him.
But it was obvious that Sun Shiyu and Lao Shou were not convinced, not to mention that they were both from an independent regiment and had nothing to do with the 522nd Regiment. And if Duan Wu had not told them to obey Zhou Weiguo's arrangements in everything before leaving, Sun Shiyu and Lao Shou would have
Will Shou and Zhu Shengzhong listen to Zhou Weiguo?
At this time, Zhou Weiguo naturally saw it. These old people in the independent group had always refused to obey him.
But there is no way, because who said they were all soldiers led by that madman?
But fortunately, they were all reasonable. At least when they were in Baijia Town, they listened to Zhou Weiguo's reasoning.
So Zhou Weiguo could only take out the map and said in a gentle tone: "Look, it's not that I don't let you go to meet your group, but that your group obviously has your own plans.
This is Mopan Mountain, about ten kilometers away from Laohuzui.
If they march normally, they should be able to arrive at Huzui to join you in time, so there is no need to send this telegram now.
But when Duanwu sent this emergency telegram at Mopanshan, he must have sensed something. The Japanese army would intercept him at Mopanshan. And they marched for thirty kilometers in a hurry. The soldiers were very exhausted and exhausted, and it was much worse than Duanwu expected.
The condition is even worse.
So he speculated that if the enemy in Mopan Mountain is too difficult to chew, he will change the battle plan. So please don't join him at the tiger's mouth. Because once the plan changes, Duanwu may go from other places, or hide himself
Get up, then look for the enemy's weak defense line, and then find a way to return to the rear.
But if you insist on going to Tiger Mouth to meet them, then he will have no choice but to force his way through the Japanese defense line.
And at that time, think about it, Dragon Boat Festival could have been safe and sound, but in order to avoid danger for you, if you lead a tired army to forcefully break through the Japanese blockade, what will be the consequences?
Therefore, your reckless actions will not only fail to save your group, but will harm him. I say this, do you understand?
Moreover, if you think about it, Baijia Town has been lost. The Japanese will definitely cut off the Changzhou garrison along the road from Baijia Town to Changzhou. And if you wait at Tiger's Mouth for too long, you will just encounter
To the Botian detachment of the Japanese army.
So you also have to think about the soldiers of the entire regiment. If you lose all the capital of the independent regiment, what will you explain after your regiment comes back?"
Zhou Weiguo laid out all the objective factors, causing Sun Shiyu and Lao Shou to frown again. They were both military officers, and they had been following the Dragon Boat Festival for so long. Even if they were familiar with it, they knew whether Zhou Weiguo's analysis was correct or not.
And the two of them knew that they couldn't think for too long, because the war was still going on and there wasn't that much time for them to think.
So after a short period of thinking, the two people could only agree with Zhou Weiguo's judgment, and then sent electricity to Duanwu, saying that the independent regiment would not meet at Lahuzui, but would instead build fortifications ten miles away from Changzhou along the highway to block the incoming troops.
The Japanese troops in Baijia Town ensured that the retreat channels of the 112th Division and the 103rd Division were clear.
But this time, Zhou Weiguo did not let the Independent Regiment finish the job alone, because after two days of fighting, the Independent Regiment had already suffered more than half of its casualties. The entire regiment originally had more than 800 people (when it left Nanjing, the three battalions of Dragon Boat Festival had a total of 400
Later, when we set out for the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to recruiting a group of military police, we also picked up a lot of people on the road, totaling less than 900 people), but now there are only more than 200 people left.
Zhou Weiguo could not let the independent regiment destroy all the organizational structures and sacrifice Zhu Shengzhong. It was already difficult for him to explain to Duanwu. If he lost another battalion commander, how could he face Duanwu again?
These are all old men who followed the Dragon Boat Festival, and there are only a few left.
So even if his 522nd Regiment suffered more losses, he couldn't let all the members of the Independent Regiment be wiped out.
At this time, Zhou Weiguo's troops and the independent regiment set out again, heading straight for Changzhou. The Japs from the Botian detachment were chasing after them.
It was just a small force of the Japanese. The large force was still cleaning the battlefield in Baijia Town, and continued to pack weapons and ammunition. Then, it was carried by horses and headed to Changzhou to surround the defenders of Changzhou.
The Botian detachment only has a few cars and only seven or eight trucks in total, but they have a detachment of military supplies that need to be transported.
Originally, Old Devil Bo Tian was very happy to see the trucks left by the Chinese. But unexpectedly, after a series of explosions, all the vehicles were scrapped, and even he was turned into disgrace.
Because of the distance and the warning from the Japanese soldiers, the old Japs Botian saved his life. Otherwise, this series of explosions would definitely have taken him away with him.
Bo Tian, who had survived the disaster, cursed for an hour, saying that the Chinese people's conscience was greatly damaged. Not only did they send wounded soldiers to stop them, but they also blew up all the good trucks and refused to use them.
Bo Tian's subordinates did not dare to say anything when they heard Bo Tian's scolding, because whoever spoke out at this time would definitely be in bad luck.
Bo Tian is angry, who dares to touch him at such a time?...