Finally, after asking several soldiers, Zhang Tianhai, Zhou Fangjie, Liu Houming and others finally met Wu Jianxiong.
At first, Zhang Tianhai didn't recognize Wu Jianxiong, but when he saw the two gold stars on Wu Jianxiong's collar badge, Zhang Tianhai and the other three people immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Hello, sir! Thank you for your life-saving grace, sir!"
After seeing Zhang Tianhai and several other officers of the Central Army, Wu Jianxiong was not so surprised. Apart from their two Cantonese troops, there should be no other local army that would break out from here.
What surprised Wu Jianxiong was that among the three, the highest commander actually had the rank of colonel, and he looked very young.
Wu Jianxiong is not very tall, only about 1.7 meters tall, but his strong figure makes people feel that he is not just a soldier with showy features.
Wu Jianxiong nodded, returned the military salute, and said: "Well, we are all soldiers of the party and state, so I won't say any other kind words. I am Wu Jianxiong, deputy commander of the 83rd Army. Which army are you from?"
"My humble position is Zhang Tianhai, the commander of the first regiment directly under the theater." Zhang Tianhai introduced himself.
"My humble position is the Major Battalion Commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Brigade of the Teaching Corps, Zhou Fangjie." Zhou Fangjie also introduced himself.
"My humble position is Commander Zhang's adjutant." Liu Houming said.
Looking at the three people in front of him, how could Wu Jianxiong not understand what was going on? Most of them are two or three troops temporarily forming a breakout force.
"Very good, you fought well in this battle." Wu Jianxiong's Mandarin had a strong Cantonese accent, but the general meaning was still understandable.
"If Commander Wu hadn't arrived in time with his brothers from the Guangdong Army, I'm afraid our improvised breakout team would have been wiped out. Anyway, I'd like to thank all the brothers from the Guangdong Army!" Zhang said. Tianhai saluted everyone again with a serious expression.
Zhou Fangjie and Liu Houming also followed Zhang Tianhai and gave a military salute. This time, they had to bear their feelings. If the Guangdong army really refused to save them, they would be doomed.
Besides, these brothers from the Guangdong Army did not receive orders from the Military Commission to support them.
To put it bluntly, they have no obligation to carry out rescue. They only carry out rescue because they are both Chinese troops. If they were ten minutes late to provide support, Zhang Tianhai and Liu Houming would have to say goodbye to the world.
Wu Jianxiong patted Zhang Tianhai on the shoulder and said, "Okay. I won't say more. How many people are left in your army?"
"There are still more than 900 capable warriors, but there are still more than 3,000 civilians." Zhang Tianhai said honestly.
"More than three thousand people? Did you break out with the people?!" Upon hearing this, Wu Jianxiong frowned.
"Yes, we have already fought two battles with the Japanese troops who followed us. In addition to the battle we just fought, to be honest, we are basically out of ammunition and food now." Zhang Tianhai said with a wry smile.
When the penetration regiment broke out, ammunition was not abundant to begin with. Most of the ammunition in the current battle was obtained by capturing Japanese troops. Moreover, the fried rice and salt they prepared were originally three days' supply, and they also divided some To the common people, that’s why we are in a state of food shortage.
The situation from when he set out from Nanjing to now was something Zhang Tianhai had never expected.
"Then how many people were there when you sent them?" Wu Jianxiong asked. After all, if you can lead more than 3,000 people to break out of the encirclement, no brigade will be able to do it.
"There are more than 3,500 people. We have beaten about 900 people so far. You are pretty good. How about it? Do you have any plans next?" Wu Jianxiong stopped saying those polite words and directly opened the skylight to speak frankly. .
"No, we can only take it one step at a time. Probably heading towards Wuhu! But these more than 3,000 people, if we don't take them out, they will probably die in the hands of these Japanese invaders." Zhang There was a lot of worry between Tianhai's brows.
"To be honest, our Eighty-third Army is also heading towards Wuhu along the Jiangnan Railway. Why don't we go together? We still have five thousand people in our Eighty-third Army. It would be nice to have more people in your army. Take care of me." Wu Jianxiong invited directly.
"It's okay. It's just that we, the defeated troops, may hold back the officers." Zhang Tianhai said modestly.
Of course Wu Jianxiong could hear Zhang Tianhai's kind words. If they were really that kind of holding back troops, how could they have fought with this group of Japanese troops for so long without retreating? How could he still run so far with the Japanese troops chasing him all the way?
"Okay, we just need to unite sincerely. Commander Zhang, count the number of enemies annihilated immediately, and then set off!" Wu Jianxiong gave the order directly as a commander. Although the Zhiyi Regiment is not under the control of their 83rd Army, But since we decided to go together, we must have a backbone, right?
Besides, besides Lieutenant General Wu Jianxiong, who else is qualified to serve as this backbone?
"Yes! Sir!" Zhang Tianhai and three others responded in unison.
After Zhang Tianhai, Zhou Fangjie and the other three returned, they really began to count the number of enemies annihilated.
I didn't know this, but I was shocked to see that in this two-hour battle, a total of more than 1,600 enemies were wiped out.
Even if the 83rd Army participated in the war and wiped out more than 300 enemies, the penetration regiment also wiped out more than 1,300 people. The battle losses were close to one to one. You must know that this was an encounter. It is already quite good to achieve this result!
Speaking of this, Zhang Tianhai immediately thought of the tank company. The tank company made a great contribution in this battle. The number of Japanese soldiers who died under the machine guns of the tank company was not only 300 but also 400.
"How is the loss of the tank company? I want to see Captain Zhao!" Zhang Tianhai immediately walked quickly to the place where the tanks of the tank company were placed.
I saw that Zhao Huzhen was already repairing the tank with the officers and soldiers of his tank company.
"Captain Zhao, how is the situation of the chariot company?" Zhang Tianhai strode directly to Zhao Huzhen's side and asked.
"Captain Zhang." After seeing that it was Zhang Tianhai, Zhao Huzhen stood up and said with a wry smile: "Generally speaking, it's still very good. It was just blown up by the little devil's mortars and grenades. vehicle."
"Yes." Zhang Tianhai nodded. He also knew this situation. The Japanese army did not carry infantry artillery and could only rely on close support weapons such as mortars and grenade launchers for direct bombardment. Don't tell them, let them concentrate. The firepower destroyed a tank.
"Are we going to dismantle the tank now?" Zhang Tianhai asked. After all, he specializes in martial arts, and he doesn't fully understand these mechanical things.
"Yeah." Zhao Huzhen nodded and said, "The tank is broken. We can only remove the parts and fill them into a relatively good tank. The two machine guns inside are also good things. We don't want to dismantle them. , it would be a pity to leave it to little Japan.”
"Okay, your tank company is the main force, how far can the oil last?" Zhang Tianhai also frowned. The tanks of the tank company are treasures and cannot be thrown away so casually.
"We can still last about twenty kilometers, commander." Zhao Huzhen said truthfully.
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PS: Updates are here, there are still two updates today, there will be no reduction in updates just because of the holidays!
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