Chapter 6: Sudden Changes in the Storm (6)
Gu Mingchang is a typical student soldier, and one of the most distinctive characteristics of this type of soldier is that they pay attention to their image and never use dirty words when they speak. He never sweared, but began to scold his mother, which shows how strong the resentment in Gu Mingchang's heart is.
Zhang Yantian also wanted to scold his mother. The Second Great Wall War of Resistance has been fought so far, and he has paid too much for it. Originally, this effort was worth it, as long as the devil was eliminated, he would be dead, and that would be the glory of death, the greatness of death, and he would definitely leave a heavy mark in the history books in the future. But now, although it is not clear what kind of tricks and feet the Nanjing one has moved, one thing has become clear: there are no reinforcements, and the student army, especially their part of the sniper unit, has become a lone army.
He took a cigarette from his body, lit it, and took a deep breath. Like Ouyang Yun, Zhang Yantian is also a veteran smoker. And the cigarettes he smokes now were airdropped during the day along with ammunition replenishment. There was such a luxury as tobacco in the airdrop materials, which Zhang Yantian did not expect. And from this detail, we can also see how good the wealth of the cadet army is, and how good the welfare of the cadet officers and soldiers is. Thinking about it at a deeper level, it is no wonder that the one in Nanjing chose to crusade against the rebels at this time.
After taking a puff of his cigarette, Zhang Yantian's mind was much refreshed, and he asked the soldier who brought Wang Moushu over: "Little brother, how many people are there in total?" ”
The warrior said, "Ten men, they said they had come to see you, but because we couldn't confirm their identities, we let him come up alone." ”
Zhang Yantian nodded, turned to Gu Mingchang and said, "I think, let's find a way to get more detailed information first-what does Nanjing want to do, and then what is the position of the 29th Army and the 57th Army now." ”
Gu Mingchang smiled bitterly and glanced at Diao Yide and said, "There's no need for this, if my expectations are correct, Wang Moushu should know the details of the Dao, and as for the others, they must all be acting as bodyguards." Brother Zhang, I have an idea for the next move of our army. ”
Zhang Yantian thought about it and felt reasonable, and said, "You say." ”
Coughing twice, Gu Mingchang said: "The first thing that can be confirmed is that the reinforcements we are expecting are unlikely to appear, which means that the siege and annihilation battle of Bagua Pass has failed." Our sniping has also lost its meaning. If Wang Moushu had not been bought by the Japanese, then the Nanjing government would definitely have taken a series of actions against our army. Brother Zhang, I'm not worried about our part now, I'm most worried about the military seat. If I were the decision-maker in Nanjing, then the first thing to deal with would definitely be the military seat. Open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, and not all the military members around the military seat are students, I ......" Before he finished speaking, he coughed violently.
Hearing the sound and knowing the elegant meaning, Zhang Yantian continued: "Do you want to notify the other side?" ”
"Yes."
"It's not a small difficulty, there are tens of thousands of devils between us. Judging from the performance of the little devils in the past few days, they must know something. If I were Kiyoji Kazuki, I would definitely take advantage of such an opportunity. ”
"It's really difficult, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we have to do it! Brother Zhang, I want to ask you for a favor. ”
Gu Mingchang said politely, but Zhang Yantian sounded unhappy, glared at him and said, "What can't you help?" We are all grasshoppers tied to a rope, say, what are you going to do, our brothers in the second column will listen to you! ”
Gu Mingchang smiled and said, "I want to ask you to launch a feint to cover Diao Yide and them to break through the Japanese defense line, and then, you retreat first, and our brothers from the 9th Regiment are responsible for covering." ”
Zhang Yantian laughed, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand with a smile, and said, "The boy surnamed Gu, what do you think of me Zhang?" Are you greedy for life and afraid of death? Glancing at the few brothers of the Second Column around him, he said: "In terms of the quality of individual soldiers, our Special Police Second Column is indeed inferior to you, but in the past few days, we have a deserter!" Brothers of the Second Column, do you say, will we leave our brothers behind and run away alone? ”
Several people in the second column shouted in unison: "No! After shouting, a kind of light began to shine in their eyes, which had lost their looks.
Gu Mingchang's eyes were a little hot, and he said to Diao Yide: "Help me up!" After standing up with the support of the latter, he stood up straight, gave a solemn military salute to Zhang Yantian and the others, and said as loudly as possible: "Brigade Commander Zhang, thanks to the brothers, from now on, we are really a family." Okay, the family doesn't talk to each other, so I'll start assigning tasks. ”
Zhang Yantian said with a smile: "This is refreshing, you said, including me, from now on it will be under your command." ”
Under Gu Mingchang's arrangement, the team members responsible for the breakthrough were selected first. Diao Yide served as the team leader, and there were a total of 17 team members, of which 11 were from the original reconnaissance company where Diao Yide was the company commander, and the others were all from the second column of special police, including Liang Zuosheng, Zhang Yantian's adjutant. Then there was the team responsible for the feint, and in order to appear as realistic as possible, all the uninjured people on the Bagua Pass were incorporated into this team, which was personally commanded by Zhang Yantian. The remaining lightly wounded were commanded by Gu Mingchang, who was responsible for supplying ammunition and ambulating the wounded. Gu Zhang and Diao Yide agreed that once Diao Yide and them successfully formed a breakthrough, they would launch three flares at the same time. As soon as they saw the flares, the troops on the Bagua Pass began to retreat.
After consultation, Gu and Zhang decided to put the feint at one o'clock in the morning. Not long after they set a time for the feint, suddenly, gunfire was heard about five kilometers northeast of the Bagua Pass. The section of the Great Wall there, because the mountain is not too steep, in order to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through there, Gu Mingchang arranged a company of men to defend. After these days of fighting, that company now has only one platoon left. Fortunately, the terrain there was not conducive to the movement of large corps, so although the manpower was sharply reduced, it was still able to hold on.
After Gu Mingchang arranged the assault mission, he immediately sent someone to inform the company, asking them to see the right time to retreat with the large army. At this time, seeing that the battle was starting there, it must have been a night attack by the Japanese army, and I couldn't help but worry a little about whether the brothers there could bear it. He said to Zhang Yantian: "There is a platoon of men and horses in Yanzikou now, do you want to send some people to reinforce it?" ”
Zhang Yantian shook his head: "We don't have many people here, if the little devils also carry out a night attack here in the first half of the night, then there will definitely be a group of casualties." If I divert it again, I'm afraid that the feint in the second half of the night will not be able to carry out. The terrain of Yanzikou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as they have enough ammunition, it should not be a problem. So, ask a few people to bring some ammunition and more grenades. ”
Since ancient times, sniper warfare against a superior enemy has always been the most difficult to fight. Defending Yanzikou is a company of the Second Column of Special Police, Zhang Yantian should care more about them than Gu Mingchang, however, the situation dictates that he can't care about the pain now.
From the moment he handed over Yu Xuezhong's letter to Gu Mingchang, he had truly become a member of the Xuebing Army, and it was from this moment that his fate had been linked to Ouyang Yun's fate. He did this precisely by sacrificing his ego for the sake of the overall situation.
It was only a few minutes before the soldiers in charge of transporting ammunition to Yanzikou left the Bagua Pass, and on the position outside the Great Wall south of the Bagua Pass, gunfire rang out, and the little devil really launched a night attack on this place.
Gu Mingchang's injuries were not light, even if he had the heart to personally command at this time, he was beyond his power, so Zhang Yantian only nodded at him and ran out with a few guards.
Outside the Bagua Pass, in front of the most rearmost trench in the hands of the Cadet Army, under the reflection of the bonfire ignited after the explosion of the cannonballs, dense devils lined up to touch the stragglers, and the bayonets at the front of the 38 big cover flashed cold light from time to time. Zhang Yantian trotted and ran into the trench through the traffic trench. On the outside of the trench, the surviving officers and men of the 3rd Brigade and 9th Regiment of the 1st Division and the 2nd Column of Special Police silently held their guns, stared coldly at the front with their eyes cold, and their ears pricked up, just waiting for the commander to give the order to fire.
The Japanese were not good at night fighting, so the most tragic battles in Bagua Pass took place during the day. But tonight was destined to be a special day, and the Japanese assumed a desperate posture, sending almost a full squadron for the first attack.
Zhang Yantian's arrival was still noticed. As someone shouted, "Brigade! "Sir!" "General!" Then, the soldiers' eyes turned over one after another, and when they saw that it was indeed Chief Zhang and the highest commander of the second column of the special police, many soldiers settled down a little. Their hands with their guns became more secure.
Zhang Yantian walked all the way to the middle of the trench, patted this brother on the shoulder on the way, looked at the brother deeply, and after standing still, he looked around and shouted: "Brothers! Commander Ouyang only let us hold out for two days at the beginning, but what about how many days have we held out now? Five days! Although we have sacrificed a lot of brothers, how many devils have we killed? Look at the corpses on the battlefield, most of them are devils! Brothers, you are amazing! Well, I see that some people are starting to get proud, then I have to criticize you, brother, it's not time to be proud! You don't know what to do, do you? Our little commander, that is, Commander Ouyang, he and Chu Tiange were the two brothers, but they solved the ...... of more than two hundred devils at one time."
Those who are familiar with Zhang Yantian know that this northeastern man is not a man of many words, and he is behaving like such a mother-in-law now, but he was influenced by Gu Mingchang and saw with his own eyes the effectiveness of ideological and political work. Gu Mingchang was injured and couldn't go to the front line, so his homework was naturally made up by him.