"Battal Commander, is someone calling you?" Liu Yidao pushed Yang Ling, who was bending over to pick up Japanese ammunition, and pursed his lips into the distance.
Yang Ling stood up and saw a colonel officer covered in blood and shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Tell the brothers to stop picking up useless ones and pick up more grenades. I'll go and come back." After Yang Ling gave the order, he strode towards Zhang Lingfu.
Zhang Lingfu is the colonel commander of the 305th Regiment, while Yang Ling is just a major battalion commander, so after he stood still, he saluted Zhang Lingfu with a standard military salute: "Sir!"
Zhang Lingfu saw that Yang Ling was standing upright and his eyes were as sharp as knives. He was immediately attracted to Yang Ling's crisp military temperament.
Zhang Lingfu raised his hand and returned the salute to Yang Ling: "I am Zhang Lingfu, the leader of the 305th Regiment. Brother, which unit are you from?"
Although Yang Ling was only a major battalion commander, he helped Zhang Lingfu and the others repel the attack of a large group of Japanese soldiers, so Zhang Lingfu's attitude was also very low.
Zhang Lingfu? Hearing Zhang Lingfu's self-introduction, Yang Ling was also secretly surprised. He did not expect to see this anti-Japanese warrior here. He did not dare to neglect and hurriedly replied: "Sir, I am a guerrilla battalion directly under the Jiangfang Group Army."
Major Battalion Commander Yang Ling, we broke out from Jiangyin."
"Jiang Defense Group Army Guerrilla Camp?" Zhang Lingfu showed a thoughtful expression, but now the National Revolutionary Army has too many troops, temporary establishments, and countless new establishments, not to mention a small battalion. He just thinks that the name Yang Ling
Familiar, but after thinking about it for a long time, I didn't remember it.
But now that the war situation was urgent, Zhang Lingfu didn't think much about it. He expressed his gratitude to Yang Ling and the others for their reinforcements: "Captain Yang, if you hadn't come from behind to cause trouble like this, our 305th regiment might not be able to hold on. I'd like to thank you for this kindness."
Zhang Lingfu made a note, and after this battle is over, I will come to thank you in person!" He said and bowed his hand to Yang Ling.
"It is the duty of us soldiers to kill the enemy on the battlefield. Why do we say thank you? Sir Zhang is serious." Yang Ling waved his hands hastily. He was just passing by to help Zhang Lingfu and the others. He was not here to receive thanks at all.
Zhang Lingfu was stunned when he heard Yang Ling's words, and then laughed: "Battle Commander Yang said it well, it is my duty as a soldier to kill the enemy on the battlefield! I have made you my friend. After the battle, we must have a good drink.
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Seeing Zhang Lingfu's true nature, Yang Ling happily agreed. Being able to make friends with this fierce warrior was something Yang Ling could not have wished for more.
"Then it's settled. I still have military affairs here, so I won't talk anymore. We'll see you later!" Zhang Lingfu said and was about to leave. Their 305th Regiment's task was to cover the retreat of the main force of the division, and now they are repelling it.
After defeating a large group of Japanese soldiers, we still have to rush to a new position, so we can't delay for too long.
"Sir Zhang, do you know where the troops we have withdrawn from Jiangyin are? We are rushing to return to the army." Yang Ling saw Zhang Lingfu leaving and hurriedly stopped him to ask.
Zhang Lingfu stopped and said apologetically: "Captain Yang, I'm so sorry. The troops are all in chaos now. I really don't know where the troops you withdrew are. Why don't you just follow this road and head towards
Go west and ask at the Gaoqiao Gate in the back? There is a shelter over there."
"Thank you, Chief Zhang!" Although Zhang Lingfu didn't know, Yang Ling still expressed his gratitude.
Zhang Lingfu took a few steps forward and then turned his head, shouting hurriedly into the distance: "Adjutant Wang, Adjutant Wang!"
A big man with his head wrapped in bleeding gauze ran over: "Master, what are your orders?"
Zhang Lingfu pointed at Yang Ling and the others: "Battle Commander Yang and the others are going to the Gaoqiao Gate Internment Station. Send two people to help lead the way."
"Yes!" Adjutant Wang replied loudly.
"Thank you, Chief Zhang!" Yang Ling saluted Zhang Lingfu again. It was better to have someone leading the way than running around and bumping into each other on this battlefield.
After Zhang Lingfu gave his instructions, he immediately led the troops of the 305th Regiment, which had just fought a battle, to advance forward and cover the transfer of the main force of the division.
"This Captain Zhang is really good." Liu Yidao said in a confused tone when he saw that Zhang Lingfu didn't have the airs of a superior and instead sent someone to lead them to Gaoqiao Town.
Although Yang Ling holds the title of Major and Commander of the guerrilla battalion, since the breakout of Jiangyin, most of the brothers in the battalion followed the Northeast Army battalion commander Zhao Wenbin to break out first, and he only had more than a hundred brothers in his hands.
When crossing the river in the north of the Yangtze River, he left most of his brothers, including Lao Yanqiang, to collect ferries with the guerrillas. He only took Liu Yidao, Qin Shou and more than 20 brothers with him to rush to Nanjing.
But the Japs advanced too fast. Their three-month dream of destroying China was shattered on the bloody battlefield in Shanghai, so that the Japs troops became extremely anxious, confused and crazy.
Although the Chinese garrison troops on the front lines of Zhenjiang and Jurong fought bloody battles, on the Zhendan Plain, faced with the indiscriminate bombardment of Japanese tank troops and aircraft, the troops retreated like a tide.
There were countless stragglers along the way. Yang Ling and the others gathered together as they walked, and they actually gathered nearly 300 more people. However, there were too many Japanese troops, and they were divided into dozens of small groups like a mass of chaos.
They rushed forward and entered the outskirts of Nanjing. They were beaten everywhere in darkness. Many of the 66th Army troop positions they passed by were all killed on the positions. Yang Ling and the others were also lost.
They happened to encounter a melee between the 305th Regiment led by Zhang Lingfu and the advance brigade of the 36th Regiment of the Japanese 9th Division. Seeing that Zhang Lingfu's troops could not hold on, Yang Ling and his group of more than 300 people attacked from behind and overwhelmed the Japanese.
The last straw was the last straw to repel the Japanese.
"Come on, let's go to Gaoqiao Gate."
Now the battlefield has been turned into a mess. The hundreds of them are fighting and running into the enemy's arms sooner or later. Zhang Lingfu's entire regiment was almost defeated. They are definitely not good at this. He wants to return to the army as soon as possible.
Then we will engage in the battle to encircle Nanjing.
Zhang Lingfu's adjutant assigned a stretcher team to lead the way for Yang Ling and the others. Yang Ling and the others followed the stretcher team towards Nanjing, hiding from plane bombings from time to time along the way. They walked for about an hour before arriving at Gaoqiao Gate.
"That unit of yours? Why did you withdraw without an order?!"
On the road outside Gaoqiao Gate, dozens of soldiers from the Supervisory Team with red armbands saw Yang Ling and his group of more than 300 ragged soldiers approaching. They immediately became alert and pulled the bolts of their rifles in unison to shout.
"Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong, we are the team that was withdrawn from Jiangyin." Liu Yidao knew that these war supervisors were all guys who eat meat but don't spit out bones. When he saw them showing their guns, he felt bad and didn't wait for Yang Ling's orders.
, hurriedly shouted an explanation.
Hearing that Yang Ling and the others were withdrawn from Jiangyin, the captain of the supervising team frowned: "Let your leader come over and talk."
Yang Ling asked Liu Yidao and the others to calm down, and he went to the supervising team in person to explain the situation.
The captain of the supervising team did not expect that Yang Ling was actually a major. He raised his hands in salute with great reluctance, and his attitude became a little better: "You said you were withdrawn from Jiangyin, do you have proof?"
Proof? Yang Ling was also stunned. When they broke out, they broke out with an order. What proof was there? Moreover, their guerrilla camp was also temporarily established in Jiangyin, and the soldiers were all stragglers who had retreated from Shanghai. It was hard to explain.
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"We are from the guerrilla camp of the Jiangfang Group Army. Commander Liu Xing of the Group Army can prove it to us." Yang Ling moved out Liu Xing, the commander of the Jiangfang Group Army.
"Are you talking about Deputy Commander Liu Xing of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters?" asked the captain and company commander.
Yang Ling nodded: "When we broke through Jiangyin, it was Commander Liu who gave the order, and our guerrilla battalion at the rear was responsible for blocking."
The captain and company commander looked at Yang Ling and the others carefully and then believed what Yang Ling said. He pointed to a low residential area on the left and said: "Since it is the team that has withdrawn from Jiangyin, let's go to the shelter over there.
Waiting for reorganization.”
"Brother, I want to know where all the troops who have withdrawn from Jiangyin are. We want to go back to Jian."
Yang Ling didn't want to go to this shelter, but wanted to go to Liu Xing, because he knew that if he wanted to save the soldiers and people of Nanjing, he had to take the risk to meet Liu Xing, because Liu Xing knew him, and there might be a chance.
"I'm so sorry. The commander's department has issued an order to collect and reorganize all the dispersed troops nearby. Otherwise, they will be punished according to battlefield discipline!" The tone of the captain's company commander became serious.
Yang Ling saw the dark muzzles of the guns behind the captain of the supervising team and knew that this matter was no longer amenable. He sighed helplessly in his heart. It seemed that he could only find another way.