On the afternoon of December 12, 1937, Purple Mountain, the position of the teaching corps

Zhang Wei witnessed the loss of the main position on the West Heights, only a very small number of people broke through, on the main position, Rao Guowen with the soldiers who rushed out to the bottom of the mountain to retreat, and the Japanese army that attacked the main position was not stable, did not pursue, the main position was lost, the West Heights became the target of the public, the Japanese troops in front of the West Heights saw that the main position was successful, and the attack intensity was also increased, and mortars and grenadiers desperately attacked the West Heights.

The Japanese who had captured the main position also began to outflank the defenders of the western heights along the ridge.

Zhang Wei put down the binoculars, although the soldiers on the position were fighting back, but a pair of eyes looked at him from time to time, Qiu Wei ran over and asked Zhang Wei: "What should I do, company commander, the bottom is broken."

Hao Zhong also shouted in the distance: Company commander, you have an idea. Zhang Wei grabbed his steel helmet, squatted in the trench, said to carry out the order, said the good military order is like a mountain, and until now, that retreat has no order or instruction.

"What kind of bird battle is this, retreat, each platoon commander retreats!"

Zhang Wei once again gave the order to retreat without instructions, and the defenders of the Western Highlands collectively threw grenades, and the last shrapnel set off a rain of bullets below, and the defenders of the last trench took advantage of the smoke to start retreating.

Qiu Wei pressed in the last trench to organize the soldiers of his own platoon, Hao Zhong and He Kun followed, as for the original fourth platoon, because of the heavy casualties and the death of the platoon commander, the remaining soldiers were incorporated into other platoons by Zhang Wei. Before the Japanese army could react, Zhang Wei gave the order at the end, which I don't know if it was useful, and commanded the whole company to retreat, or flee.

Zhang Wei picked up the shell gun on the top, braved the shrapnel and gas waves from mortar shells and grenadiers, and shot at the Japanese soldiers below, and didn't know whether he hit or not, he only hoped that the bullets could delay the Japanese army as much as possible, Dong Erli followed with a grenade, and said noisily: "Company commander, go quickly." The soldiers of the nearby mortar squad and the communications squad pulled up Zhang Wei and chased after the retreating crowd. As soon as they left the positions under their feet, the dilapidated fortifications of the western heights were covered by mortars from below the mountain and 75 mountain guns that advanced directly from them.

Zhang Wei walked in the last position with the mortar squad and the communication squad, and the crowd in front retreated without chaos, but there was no rout as Zhang Wei thought. The organizational strength of these platoon commanders is still good, Zhang Wei thought at the critical moment.

The soldiers of the mortar squad and the communication squad opened up a passage for Zhang Wei with their voices and butts, and the soldiers in front heard that it was the company commander who also got out of the way with great interest, and at the most urgent moment, they all wanted to seek support in their hearts, and Zhang Wei, as their supreme commander, was undoubtedly the strongest support in their hearts.

Passing through the crowd, Zhang Wei stood on the back hillside panting, looking at the remaining more than 100 people in front of him, Zhang Wei didn't know what to do for a while, looking for the chief? Or running around? The gunfire on the mountain is getting louder and louder, that is to say, the pursuing Japanese army is getting closer and closer, and the position of the 2nd Brigade on the left side of the mountain, from a distance, is blood-red, with explosions and shouts of killing continuously, and occasionally some stragglers run out from the rear, and I don't know if it is a signal soldier or a desertion.

Anyway, a decision must be made now. Zhang Wei said with a straight face: "Brothers, the position is over, you have all seen it, many of our brothers are gone, and now we should be in a group, so from now on, follow your platoon commander and listen to my command!" ”

Hao Zhong and Qiu Wei and the others nodded at Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei picked up the rifle in his hand and ordered to the subordinates in front of him: "Prepare for battle, with Qiu Wei's platoon as the vanguard, Hao Zhong and He Kun on both sides, don't be too far away, shrink up, search and advance to the area of Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb Ming Xiaoling, don't care if you encounter routs and stragglers on the way, start to move forward!" Zhang Wei took the lead and drove in the predetermined direction.

Under the leadership of Zhang Wei, more than 100 people quickly set up a company-level combat search formation, but the spacing was narrower, and the people from the search squad and the communication squad followed Zhang Wei, followed by the second and third rows, and Qiu Wei's platoon was pushed to the front, acting as the avant-garde.

Zhang Wei walked in front, the entire Purple Mountain position had been chaotic, the rear of the position was full of explosions and routs, Zhang Wei recognized those routs, they were the newly expanded troops of the teaching corps, and it was difficult for them to hold on.

Boom, a shell exploded not far away, killing two soldiers of the reinforced company, and the people next to them just glanced at it and continued to move on. On such occasions, death is the most commonplace. The foothills of the Purple Mountain are not far from the area of the Ming Tomb, Zhang Wei first sent a search squad to investigate, and 12 soldiers immediately launched in the form of a vigilant marching army and searched forward.

Qiu Wei came to Zhang Wei's side and asked, "Now let's go to the regiment headquarters?"

Zhang Wei glanced at him, "Well, if there is no one at the regiment headquarters, we will go to the headquarters headquarters, let's find the commander first." ”

"If we don't find it, what should we do?"

Zhang Wei sighed and said: "Then make your own decisions, Nanjing can't hold it, let's withdraw, there is no way." Qiu Wei nodded and returned to the team thoughtfully.

The dense gunfire and soaring smoke behind him continued, Zhang Wei glanced back at the ruined Purple Mountain, and under the setting sun, there was a palpitating blood-colored light, and the afterglow of the setting sun was a death battle for the remnants of the army.

The search squad that was released rushed back, and the soldiers who rushed to the front ran over and reported to Zhang Wei the situation ahead.

"Company commander, the front is full of routs, there are regimental headquarters and other regiments, the regiment commander is dead, the regimental headquarters is blown up, and there are still those who are not dead howling on the ground."

The regimental headquarters was bombed? Li Xikai is dead? Zhang Wei's mind was blank, although the Japanese offensive was fierce, it would not directly knock out the regimental headquarters, unless it was directly hit by a large-caliber shell.

The head of the regiment, Li Xikai, was killed? In the history of his previous life, Li Xikai did not die, but lived through liberation and spent his life in peace. Is it your own fault? When he came to this era, while bringing greater damage to the Japanese army, he also quietly changed the fate of some comrades-in-arms? Zhang Wei didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Got it, move on"

Zhang Wei, who had stabilized his mind, led his officers and soldiers to march in the direction of the regiment headquarters, and the closer they got to the regiment headquarters, the more stragglers appeared, running around like headless flies. He Kun walked to Zhang Wei's side: "Company commander, what should I do, these soldiers are running around, looking at the clothes and numbers of other regiments, they should be those newly expanded regiments." ”

"Don't care about these people, this group of recruits was added by Huaiyin, and many of them are strong men who are hard to grasp, drive them away"

Zhang Wei chose the safest way, now is not the time to huddle and wrap. The soldiers of the reinforced company began to deliberately drive away the routs around them.

"Fuck off, don't delay your walk!"

"Get out of the way, don't squeeze in"

The rout wanted to flee for their lives, but they didn't want to walk with Zhang Wei and them, not to mention that they were still in the opposite direction, and as soon as the soldiers of the reinforced company rushed to disperse, they scattered around. More than 100 people rushed to the forty or fifty routs and marched in the predetermined direction. The distance from the foothills of the Purple Mountain to the regimental headquarters was very short, and Zhang Wei slowed down and pushed forward, and there were more and more corpses on the road, as well as ammunition boxes and food that had been blown away.

All this shows that this was subjected to heavy shelling, Zhang Wei looked at the tragic scene, and estimated that the Japanese artillery fire extended to cover the regiment headquarters.

In the distance, the regimental headquarters finally appeared in front of him, and the mountain stone as a shelter was still standing solidly, but the covering net was gone, the debris at the mouth of the tunnel was burning, and there was thick smoke in the cave. Around the regiment headquarters, some stragglers and wounded soldiers sat together, and some seriously wounded soldiers whose legs and feet had been blown off were lying on the ground, wailing in pain, and those who were not injured could do nothing but feed water next to them and watch them die......

Such a tragic scene made the soldiers of the reinforced company unbearable to watch, and before Zhang Wei gave the order, they began to spontaneously rescue the wounded soldiers and contain the stragglers.

Zhang Wei asked Hao Zhong and Qiu Wei to watch outside, and he took He Kun and a group of soldiers into the bombed regiment headquarters......