Finally...... It's finally time to retreat......

The soldiers who left the pit were full of joy in their hearts. And the positions they left behind were full of mines made of porcelain grenades that could not be taken away.

It's very simple, the ovoid thunder body is fixed to the ground, and the thunder string is pulled out and fixed on the barbed wire. The mines and bullet mines that could not be taken away were all over the place around their potholes.

Behind thousands of potholes, companies assembled and marched, led by platoon-level troops, and quickly retreated on the plain towards the crossing point.

Their goal was to cross the river, and the distance to the crossing point was a defensive line along the Jiangning River.

Said to be the line of defense, in fact there were only some soldiers defending the river bridge, as for the pursuers...... The bullets and mines in the satchel were required to be laid before reaching the Jiangning River.

Following the order to retreat announced by the officers, all the soldiers lined up and began to move.

At this time, dozens of fighters in the sky had already left, and even the Japanese heavy artillery was still bombarding the defense line formed by the smoke-filled individual potholes.

But that has nothing to do with the infantry.

The gunners, on the other hand, were quite happy, and when they blew up the artillery with explosives, they left in the car that came to pick them up and rushed to the river crossing. I have to say that the nearly 100 cars collected by the stragglers who withdrew from Jinling City last night really played a big role.

Not only cars, but also some horse-drawn carriages ran back to pick up people and quickly evacuate to the river crossing point.

As usual, Zhang Si walked at the back of everyone, if nothing else, if the officer was behind during the retreat, it would not be easy to have the situation where the retreat turned into a rout.

In fact, the fact that the fruit army is very prone to this situation shows not only the lack of cohesion of the troops, but also the fact that the officers simply regard the lives of the soldiers as a mustard. After all, there are officers who are accustomed to eating empty salaries, and where can they have prestige among soldiers.

"You're even here to lay mines...... The minefield connects the pond to the trench, and each person only needs to have ten grenades. ”

There are many ponds in the south of the Yangtze River, and when you see a suitable Zhang Sixing, you will give the retreating soldiers a chance to "unload". After all, if you always carry a bag of earthen porcelain grenades and bullet mines, no one will have an easy time.

With Zhang Sixing's order, a company of more than 100 soldiers arranged a mine array composed of thousands of bullet mines and porcelain grenades in the blink of an eye.

Although the soldiers' methods of laying mines were crude, it was often the porcelain grenade that was buried in the soil, and the harness, which served as a fuse, pulled the fire rope and fixed the harder branches into the ground.

It's nothing, Zhang Sixing won't criticize these untrained soldiers at all.

And even if these mines are so blatantly arranged, it will take a while to figure out a way. No one can confidently measure the width of a minefield with their feet.

When the soldiers finished laying the mines, they opened the four lines,

"Your company can go after the troops, find the company with plenty of bullets and grenades at the rear, and ask them to wait for me."

The infantry company, which obeyed the order, trotted forward for a while, and soon caught up with another company,

"Chief Zhang asked you to wait for him, he will lead you to lay mines, and turn all the bullets and grenades on your bodies into mines, and retreat briskly."

Sure enough, no matter which unit the soldiers have, they have a lot of these things on their bodies, especially at this time, the soldiers are still very satisfied with being able to unload a cargo.

And the company that had just "unloaded" walked much brisker than the others because of the fact that there were many fewer things on their bodies. While speeding up the retreat, it also spread the news that Zhang Sixing personally led people to lay mines in the back throughout the troops.

In this way, on the way of retreating, Zhang Sixing arranged dozens of mine arrays of different widths, densities, and mines.

If such a minefield is used against mechanized troops of the kind in Europe, it is simply a joke.

However, on this battlefield filled with reed smoke, and the Japanese army, which was measuring the land with its feet, it was impossible for them to quickly pass through this minefield.

As for the company of Lay, which is constantly rotated, the advantage is that it allows all the soldiers to understand that he is walking behind. So you don't have to worry about not having a boat when you get to the river, and you don't have to worry about getting there without cover.

Therefore, the troops that have officers, especially the high-ranking officers, must be troops with a stable military spirit. This is true even for the infantry, which can easily turn into a retreat when the fruit army retreats like this.

Not long after, Zhang Sixing, who was laying mines, heard the explosion of an earthen porcelain grenade from the south:

The reaction of the special little devil is fast enough, but it is a pity that Lao Tzu does not have charcoal bars to arrange a delayed artillery battle. Even if the old cigarette pouch burns charcoal strips in the tunnels of Niushou Mountain, where can you find so many artillery battles.

"Quick, quick, the devil is coming......"

Zhang Sixing urged the soldiers to lay mines, in fact, he was not in a hurry at all, and he did not even destroy the bridge on the Banqiao River. It was just that blasting canisters were laid out on it, and then a simple time-delay bomb was laid out with a timed charcoal strip.

It's best if the devil crosses the river halfway through and suddenly the bridge is blown up, and the look on Tani Shoufu's face must be very exciting.

And this was not a great gift prepared by Zhang Sixing to the Japanese, with the help of the smoke, his tank company had already been prepared near the crossing point. When retreating, let the enemy smoothly pursue, it can only be said that those commanders are not qualified.

It's a pity that these skirmishers who have gathered at the moment should be extremely tired, and they can't expect too much from their attack ability. Otherwise, Zhang Sixing would definitely make the Japanese suffer a few more losses.

Soon the circular position near the crossing point had appeared in front of him, although after a series of fierce battles, Zhang Sixing looked at the riverside, there were probably more than 30,000 troops here.

Then consider the troops that have crossed the river and established a defensive line, plus the troops defending to the north in the direction of Lu Feizhou......

From the siege of Jinling, nearly 40,000 troops and 80,000 people were brought out, and this battle was also somewhat rewarding.

Looking at Dajiang, he thought vaguely, and soon after, Lu Feizhou and Xue Xishan, who came to the crossing point with his order, came to report to him.

Seeing the trained soldiers under his command, Zhang Sixing's heart became more stable.

"Sir, it will take two or three hours for these people to cross the river, and you will call us over now...... You're not thinking about fighting devils again. ”

Lu Feizhou, who followed Zhang Sixing from the Sixing Warehouse to here, asked half-jokingly, but Xue Xishan did not speak. It's just that the nostrils are slightly open, like a vicious wolf that smells blood.

"What, can't you? Let's retreat and retreat, who gave them the guts to let them chase. Since they dare to chase them, what else am I embarrassed to do to clean them up. ”

This has long been expected by Lu Feizhou,

"Sir, then our mission is ......"

did not answer Lu Feizhou's words, Zhang Sixing asked instead,

"Lu Feizhou, how did I hear that when I was fighting the devil heavy artillery unit that night, Battalion Commander Xue and they rode your reconnaissance battalion to fight?"