Li Qiufan did not listen to Heizi's words and retreat because he wanted the soldiers of the Independent Brigade to see that he, the brigade commander, was also fighting on the front line and accompanying them.
"Heizi, let brothers hold on, support is coming soon!"
Li Qiufan glanced at his watch. It was already two thirty-two in the afternoon, and support would be in place in less than half an hour.
"Brother, just go down. Don't worry, I and my brothers will definitely be able to withstand it!"
Heizi looked at Li Qiufan with some worry. Li Qiufan looked very ugly at this time, and his face was very pale due to excessive blood loss.
At this time, Li Qiufan was about to reach his limit. He nodded helplessly and let two soldiers from the guard battalion help him down.
After getting off the city wall, Li Qiufan did not seek medical treatment, but came to Lao Ma's artillery position.
"Lao Ma, what's going on? Have you found the Japanese artillery?"
Li Qiufan came to Lao Ma and asked him.
"We haven't found it. Our observers can't see that far on the city wall. They can't get out and can't find their location at all."
Lao Ma shook his head. At this time, the entire Shangyang County was surrounded, and the observers could only stand on the city wall to observe.
However, the firing range of heavy artillery is at least seven or eight kilometers, and the Japanese artillery positions cannot be seen with the naked eye.
"There's still an angle, don't be afraid of wasting cannonballs, just adjust the maximum shooting range and blow the hell out of me!"
Li Qiufan didn't want to give up. A round of Japanese bombing injured him, the monk was knocked unconscious, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. He was already holding back his anger.
"Brigadier Commander, if you fight so aimlessly, aren't you just wasting all the shells?"
Lao Ma feels a little distressed. If you can hit him with this style of play, it's okay. If you can't hit him, it's just a waste. This is just looking at luck.
"The Japanese know that we have heavy artillery, so they will definitely not move their position too far forward. They must want to be as far away as possible so that we cannot observe their position in the city."
"Just fire the cannon, even if all the shells are used up, I'll just go and grab it for you!"
Li Qiufan shook his head, endured the severe pain and gritted his teeth to express his speculation, and then ordered Lao Ma to start shelling.
Li Qiufan was still directing Lao Ma to shoot, and the telegram from the headquarters finally came through.
"Brigadier, there's an urgent call from headquarters!"
The telegraph operator ran towards Li Qiufan anxiously and handed a telegram directly into his hands.
"Okay! Okay! The boss has made a big move!"
Li Qiufan looked happy after reading the telegram. He patted his thigh happily, then pulled the wound and groaned.
It turns out that the reason why reinforcements from the headquarters came so slowly was because eight brigades were arranged in one go and formed a huge encirclement, just to eat up the Japanese army's one and a half divisions.
And there was an unexpected gain. The Japanese heavy artillery brigade that came was also surrounded inside, and one of the brigades was already at war with the Japanese heavy artillery brigade.
Although the Japanese's combat effectiveness is relatively strong, no matter how strong the artillery is, it is impossible for the artillery to defeat the infantry, so the heavy artillery of this brigade is purely for food delivery.
"Commander! Go and tell the deputy brigade commander immediately. Let him withstand the final pressure. The friendly troops are about to surround you. When you see the friendly troops, open the city gate and attack directly!"
"Damn it, I'm so miserable after being beaten, I can finally vent my anger!"
Li Qiufan was in a good mood, and he could finally become the master and attack the Japanese on the opposite side.
Soon Heizi received the order, and he immediately shouted at the soldiers.
Not long after, the Japs on the opposite side must have received the news and directly retracted the troops on the front line.
Immediately afterwards, I saw people surrounding me, all of them wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms.
"Brother, our reinforcements have arrived, and the little devil on the other side has been dumped!"
Heizi ran down from the city wall and came to Li Qiufan shouting.
"When we get here, hurry up and lead the troops to attack! What are you doing here!"
Li Qiufan said and kicked Heizi directly, and then asked him to lead people to dig open the city gate and launch an attack.
"Old Ma, stop looking for the Japanese artillery. Directly aim at the Japanese artillery on the opposite side. Be careful not to hurt friendly troops!"
At this point, the enemy's artillery might have been completely wiped out. The artillery shells on Lao Ma's side might as well be left to the enemy on the opposite side.
"Come on, help me up the city wall!"
Li Qiufan called to the soldiers in the guard camp and asked them to help him to the city wall to observe the battle situation.
After arriving at the city wall, you can already see the Japanese on the opposite side building fortifications on the spot. It seems that they have understood their situation.
"Hahaha, you stupid little devil! You must have changed places with me this time!"
Li Qiufan was overjoyed when he saw the Japanese being surrounded. He had a chair brought in to prepare for a big show.
Unexpectedly, before he could sit down, Li Qiufan's wound hurt, his eyes darkened and he passed out.
The soldiers from the guard camp on the side hurriedly carried him down, shouting for the military doctor.
After the military doctor came over to take a look, he said he couldn't handle it and needed surgery to remove the bullet.
Several soldiers were so anxious that they had no choice but to find one person and ask him to make an idea.
Although he was a little panicked, he quickly calmed down and asked the dispatcher to report Li Qiufan's situation to the headquarters to see if the headquarters could arrange a doctor.
The headquarters responded quickly after receiving the telegram, asking Li Qiufan to be sent to the headquarters hospital immediately, where doctors and medicines had been arranged.
In this way, Li Qiufan was sent directly to the rear without a chance to see the outcome of this war.
In the headquarters hospital, everyone here is on alert because the director said that a very important patient will be sent soon.
As for the word "very important", this was just his own guess, because it was the boss who made the call.
The person who can make the boss make a phone call in person is definitely not an ordinary person. This is how the dean understands it.
Not long after, a car drove to the hospital. It was the car used by the independent brigade to pull artillery, and was sent to see Li Qiufan off.
"Someone! Come quickly!"
He jumped out of the passenger seat and shouted towards the hospital.
The doctors and nurses in the hospital were already ready. When they saw that this was the car they were waiting for, they immediately rushed towards it.
Everyone hurriedly lifted Li Qiufan down and sent him directly to the operating room. Everyone else was waiting for Li Qiufan's blood type test and prepared to provide him with plasma.
"Dean, you must cure our brigade commander! Please!"
She already knew who the dean was from the names everyone called him, and she was holding his hand and pleading.
"Don't worry, comrade, we will definitely do our best to treat him. He is the best doctor in our headquarters hospital. Don't worry when he is here!"
The dean patted his shoulder and comforted him. His heart was high at this time, praying that nothing would happen to Li Qiufan.
