The preparatory battalion returned to the station of the assault column along the original road, and the assault column so far, except for Zhang Wei's preparatory battalion, still did not send the main force, but only dispatched a chariot platoon to fight with friendly troops, and the rest of the troops were all on standby in the camp.

Zhang Wei ordered the troops to be relieved of their guards, and each company reorganized and rested on its own, sorted out its uniforms, and hurriedly ran to the column headquarters, inside, Qiu Qingquan was reading telegrams from the 27th Army and the 74th Army, and the assault column had no major combat mission, and Qiu Qingquan could only study the overall battle situation according to the telegrams sent by various friendly troops.

"Sir!"

Qiu Qingquan looked up and saw that it was Zhang Wei, so he put down the telegram in his hand and asked Zhang Wei about the reinforcement of friendly troops.

"Fighting?"

"Yes, we took over the defense of the 106th Division, the position was on the river embankment, and when we defended, the Japanese crossed the river and counterattacked once, the strength of a squadron. Except for a dozen who fled back, the others were killed by us, and our battalion also suffered dozens of casualties. ”

"Well, what's going on over there?" Qiu Qingquan asked.

"It's not good, the 106th Division suffered heavy casualties before we took over, and it was really impossible to fight anymore so we were asked to take over the defense, and now we have eased up, but the casualties were too great before, and it is estimated that we will not be able to organize any attacks for a while and a half."

"It didn't go well."

"Oh?" Zhang Wei saw that Qiu Qingquan knew a lot of specific battle situations, and he was also very interested in the battle situation everywhere.

"If you look at the map, I have already told you about the offensive positions of each unit, and those telegrams are all forwarded by various armies, and the battle situation is also more specific." Qiu Qingquan pointed to the messy telegram on the table.

"The armies basically attacked as regiments, and the 27th Army fought the most fiercely. The main attacking force is the 46th Division, the foundation of the old teaching corps, in the west of Sanyiji and the Japanese army is constantly seesawing, the overall progress is not much, the Japanese artillery fire is too fierce, the smashing people can't raise their heads, the situation on the side of the 74th Army is not very good, our troops are surrounded by the past, most of them will be bombed back. Qiu Qingquan said with a sad face

"Column leader, I asked the people of the 106th Division on the side of the embankment, the artillery bombardment they suffered before could smash the fortifications through, and when they landed, they could kill half a platoon of people, it seems that they are all guns of more than 100 mm, either 89 heavy cannons or 92 cannons, at best, they are also the old 150 guns."

"It's true that there are a lot of heavy artillery, and you still have a lot of research on the equipment of the Japanese army?"

Zhang Wei relied on the foresight before the crossing to know the model of the Japanese artillery, otherwise just by the lethal effect of those shells, how could he quickly judge the model?

"We were hit by these cannons when we were defending Nanjing, the city wall on the other side of the Zhonghua Gate was blown down by the cannon, and the Purple Mountain position of our teaching corps was also shelled, and the 2nd Brigade was killed by many people at that time, and the power of the cannonballs is really not covered, the brothers of our troops must pay attention when they fight again, ordinary civil fortifications can't be prevented at all."

Qiu Qingquan nodded, thinking that he must be vigilant against the heavy artillery of the Japanese army.

"Column leader, our assault column is hanging here except for the battle I just fought?"

"At present, it is the infantry that is engaged in attacking and breaking through, and the fight is urgent, and the time for tank coordination is not enough, and now a tank platoon has been ruled out to assist the 74th Army in combat, and the two sides are constantly attacking, and the role of the tank is still very limited, not to mention that our assault column is currently in a relatively safe rear, and the tank is currently not of great use."

After Qiu Qingquan finished speaking, the teaching corps and the old things in Nanjing mentioned in the conversation between the two just now suddenly reminded him of something, Qiu Qingquan sighed: "By the way, I just got the news, the day before yesterday, Brigade Commander Ma was killed." ”

"Brigadier Ma? Which horse brigade commander? Zhang Wei didn't react for a while, and paused for a moment.

"The day before yesterday, when the 46th Division fought fiercely with the Japanese army near Lanfeng City, the two armies fought together, and the fight was very chaotic, south of Lanfeng City, the 465th Division's 138th Brigade and the Japanese fought repeatedly, and the brigade commander was Ma Weilong, who you also knew, personally led the team to repeatedly rush and kill the Japanese army, was hit by stray bullets, and was martyred." Qiu Qingquan's tone was very sad for a while, and he handed Zhang Wei another telegram.

Zhang Wei reacted at this time, the horse brigade commander in Qiu Qingquan's mouth is Ma Weilong, the original commander of the third regiment of the teaching corps, and was transferred to the commander of the third brigade when Nanjing was expanded before the war.

Ma Weilong's own background is not very "rooted and red" in the teaching corps with a strong lineage color, "The teaching corps is a descendant unit, and most of its officers at all levels are graduates of the Central Military Academy of the Huangpu department, and the senior officers are like this, and the chief of staff Gui Yongqing, the chief of staff Qiu Qingquan, and the brigade commanders below are all Huangpu graduates. This is basically the case with low-ranking officers such as platoon commanders.

Ma Weilong was the commander of the Third Regiment of the Teaching Corps before the expansion, and later transferred to the brigade commander of the Third Brigade after the expansion of the Corps.

On the one hand, to improve the military quality of these officers, on the other hand, to make these officers more centralized, Ma Weilong is after graduating from this school, in the teaching corps little by little to the regiment commander and even brigade commander, compared with other officers with good roots, he has less lineage color, completely relying on strict management of the army, personally done, in this central elite army to break into the famous.

Zhang Wei originally served in the Third Regiment of the Teaching Corps, Ma Weilong was his regiment commander for a while, when he was in the Songhu battlefield, Ma Weilong could often appear on the front-line position when the war situation was tense, to boost the morale of the soldiers, stabilize the troops, and he was also very loved by the lower-level officers and soldiers.

Zhang Wei can still remember that when he was in Jiangwan, the troops were suddenly bombarded by the Japanese naval guns, and the naval guns and the army artillery were not at all an order of magnitude thing, and even the smallest guns on the destroyers and light cruisers that the Japanese opened fire on were more than 100 mm high-caliber guns, and the shells smashed on the positions of the third regiment, which was like boiling a pot, and more than 20 people in Zhang Wei's company were killed and injured on the spot, and there was chaos on the position for a while.

The Japanese infantry took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, the third regiment was just covered by naval artillery fire, the Japanese attacked and resisted very hard, Zhang Wei and they were all ready to die on the position, at this time Ma Weilong personally took the regiment's direct troops to the position to reinforce the counterattack, as the name suggests, quite mighty, and even suffered a lot of injuries.

In the end, the three regiments did not lose their positions, and they also fought a counterattack, and the Japanese did not occupy an inch of position except for the corpses in one place.

Zhang Wei looked at the telegram handed to him by Qiu Qingquan, his eyes couldn't help but sour, and through the telegram, he could also imagine the scene of Ma Weilong's martyrdom.

In order to regain the position and reinforce the friendly troops, Ma Weilong once again went to the position in person, braving the rain of bullets and bullets to lead the troops to counterattack.

"Come with me, brethren! Before the order is given, the city will be in our hands, rush! ”

Not long after, a Japanese bullet hit him, only this time, he could not wake up again......