In the afternoon of December 11, 1937, Gao Zhisong, with his head wrapped in a bandage, inspected the position with a telescope in the shelter. Looking at the mess on the position, his heart became gloomy.
The bunkers were completely destroyed, and the entire section of the trench was completely destroyed. He didn't even have the manpower to take the corpses of the soldiers behind. He watched as they were torn to pieces by artillery fire and turned into flesh and blood and scattered everywhere.
The Japanese are crazy, but why don't the crazy Japanese attack the paratrooper school's position?
The position of the paratrooper school was built with the help of the people in the city mobilized on time when the 264th Brigade first arrived here. It is almost the same as the position held by the 264th Brigade, and it has fewer bunkers and artillery than the main Yuhuatai position.
But why didn't the Japanese attack the paratrooper school's positions?
I turned around and looked at the position of the Parachute School outside Zhonghua Gate. There were still banners flying there. I couldn't see the criss-crossing trenches, nor could I see a single soldier on their position.
It was as if there was no one there at all, but a few days ago, on the first morning when the Japanese 114th Regiment arrived here, they launched an attack on their position. First, a small team tested it, and then a large group attacked, aircraft,
The artillery fire was stronger than that of the 264th Brigade.
Then there was nothing more. Japan only attacked once, and after being repulsed, it never attacked again.
At present, the 264th Brigade can still hold its position, but the troops of the 264th Brigade are almost exhausted. Not only the two original regiments of the 264th Brigade, but also the two regiments of a supplementary brigade, are also about to be defeated.
Empty.
There are fewer and fewer veterans, and new recruits...
There were not many veterans left in the trench, and they were instructing the new recruits to place the bullet boxes and grenade baskets brought up from behind in safer places.
But the sparse soldiers in the trenches made Gao Zhisong feel desperate. He didn't know when the reinforcements he requested would arrive. As for asking the paratrooper school for reinforcements...
He couldn't say this. After all, there were only 2,000 people in the paratrooper school. They also had to guard a large position outside the Zhonghua Gate, and there was no room for loss there.
Moreover, the German consultant at the paratrooper school said that he should dig more holes for individual soldiers. Ammunition does not need to be left in large quantities at the back, but should be dispersed and distributed to the soldiers in the front. In addition, the soldiers should dig more cat-ear holes.
In that kind of environment, it is simply...impossible. How can the soldiers in the war have the energy to build trenches? Besides, many people will die every time they send ammunition up.
The trenches for delivering ammunition have been blown up by the Japanese, and various types of ammunition are scattered everywhere.
"Get ready... get ready, the Japanese are about to attack again..."
There were junior officers shouting nearby, and the artillery shells flew through the sky and landed near the team transporting ammunition. While ducking down to avoid shrapnel, Gao Zhisong saw in pain that a squad of soldiers and the ammunition they were resisting were all broken into pieces.
How to fight this battle?
There are mountains of ammunition in the rear, but they cannot be sent to the front. How did the people from the Parachute School do it?
Just in the process of his painful thinking, suddenly a shout of surprise came from behind the battle line,
"The reinforcements are coming, it's the 262nd Brigade, the 262nd Brigade..."
Upon hearing this, Gao Zhisong was shocked. He ran out of the shelter and looked out with a telescope.
Those were two fully-manned regiments. This is something that all the Eighty-eighth Division should be grateful to Zhang Sixing. After all, it was him who handed over the skirmishers he gathered to the Eighty-eighth Division when he was on the homeland defense line.
Behind him there was a group of people wearing black uniforms of the security corps, probably some kind of supplementary brigade.
For direct troops like the 88th Division, the supplementary brigades received were still well-trained, although most of them had not fired a few shots. The supplements for other troops were basically strong men who were picked up on the spot.
The troops stopped and hid at a distance. Only a few were seen indistinctly, and they spread out their formation and quickly approached his command post.
Because a single person kept a distance of five to six meters, it could not attract the attention of the Japanese soldiers. Even the Japanese missile launch balloons floating in the sky could not be observed.
Soon after, Zhu Chi, commander of the 260th Brigade, came to the command post with the commanders of two regiments and the commander of the supplementary brigade. After introducing each other, they began to discuss the battle strategy.
"Brigadier Gao, I suggest that we use our fresh troops to arrive and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese tonight. We have more than 3,000 people, plus the troops that your department can mobilize. There are only 4,000 of us together. Under the night.
Launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army, like the principal of the paratrooper school."
The paratrooper school loves sneak attacks, which has become a scene in the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters. No matter how good the other defense lines are, the principal of the paratrooper school cannot stop his hobby of night raids.
Just like last night, somehow he led his men to bypass the Japanese defense line, and then attacked a Japanese ammunition depot. He wiped out a squadron of defenders, and blew up the arsenal. The fireball was dozens of miles away.
It can be seen outside.
"Brigadier Zhu, I think we should go to the parachute school to discuss it and see what Principal Zhang means. Then we can talk about our ideas. Then we will all come together..."
Speaking of this, Gao Zhisong noticed that Zhu Chi's face changed, obviously he didn't want the paratrooper school to be involved. He shook his head and looked at Gao Zhisong with burning eyes.
"Brigadier Gao, we have enough troops. Besides, the paratrooper school is under your control, so I think it's not necessary..."
It seems that not only the 88th Division, but also the entire garrison under the jurisdiction of Jinling Garrison Headquarters are secretly competing with the Parachute School.
After all, many of the brigade leaders at this time were very young, and it was normal to be a brigade leader in their thirties.
It is a pity that night attacks by various units rarely achieve significant results unless the terrain is favorable. Even the night attack by the Second Military Police Regiment guarding Qingliang Mountain was actually ambushed by the Japanese Sixth Division, and a battalion of night attack troops did not return.
several.
As usual, Commander Tang Seng of the garrison headquarters hoped to invite Zhang Sixing to the headquarters on the occasion of the awarding of medals. He even asked Sun Yuanliang, who was familiar with him, to invite him to the garrison to talk about his experience and award the medals at the same time.
It's a pity that the principal of the paratrooper school didn't give him any respect. The reason was that he had to catch up on sleep during the day and was too busy to conduct night raids at night.
Gao Zhisong didn't understand Zhu Chi's reaction.
He smiled slightly and said firmly,
"Brigade Commander Zhu, when the principal of the paratrooper school first came here, I wasn't convinced either. Even..."
Gao Zhisong told what happened during the night raid without any hesitation, and then he said in conclusion,
"Then I thought about it and got two results. First, if you want to achieve greater results in the night attack, it is impossible to leave Principal Zhang. Don't be convinced, just ask how many people it takes to defeat a Japanese division.
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The 264th Brigade, which finally received reinforcements, could finally take a breather.
Zhu Chi, commander of the 262nd Brigade, brought more than 2,000 officers and soldiers to Yuhuatai for reinforcements. However, when the two brigade commanders talked about the night attack, differences arose.