The column headquarters of the assault column was very simple compared to the 27th Army, and the communication tools were only two radios and a few field telephones, and the communication with the subordinate troops was very inconvenient.

The units subordinate to the assault column were pieced together from various parts of the 200 Division, the reserve battalion, the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon and the armored vehicle search platoon were directly subordinate units of the 200 Division, the battle defense artillery was drawn from the subordinate artillery 52 Regiment, and the tank battalion was from the 200 Regiment of the 1149th Division.

In terms of establishment, it is not wrong for the assault column to form a composite unit by transferring small units from various units, but the formation is too hasty, the command structure is too weak, and there are also problems with the subordinate units, there are many heavy equipment, too few infantry, and Zhang Wei's reserve battalion is only an infantry battalion when it is fully armed, and this situation is destined to lead to a weak ability of the assault column to fight alone.

The dozens of people in the courtyard were waiting here, silently watching the chaos outside.

The second lieutenant who brought him over yesterday was by his side, and this second lieutenant was a staff officer of the column headquarters.

"Brother, the 27th Army is starting to retreat now," Zhang Wei asked.

"But isn't it, sir, it suddenly began to retreat in the early morning, and then our column also received an order to retreat, fortunately, our family has few belongings, you look at the guys of the 27th Army, let's move slowly."

"In such a hurry."

"Yes, early in the morning, the heralds will notify everywhere, the chariot battalion, the battle defense artillery battalion, all have to be notified."

"It's really hard work for the brothers in the column." Zhang Wei said with a smile.

"What's the hard work, it's not worth mentioning at all compared to going to the battlefield."

From the words of this second lieutenant, Zhang Wei felt that he had never been on the battlefield and looked young.

"I haven't fought a battle at all"

The second lieutenant smiled; "I haven't even seen a living devil."

"Then you are from a military academy," Zhang Wei said, a young ensign, who had never fought in a war, did staff and communications work in the column headquarters, Zhang Wei thought, that is, military cadets can meet this standard.

Generally speaking, graduates of the National Military Academy, after graduation, either go to the lower units to become platoon commanders, or go to various organs as small staff officers and attachés, like this kind of junior second lieutenant staff officer who has just entered the army, that is, to do some miscellaneous work, otherwise he would not have been to pick up Zhang Wei yesterday.

"Yes, just graduated."

Zhang Wei waited for a long time, until half an hour later, Qiu Maniac returned to the column headquarters under the protection of the guards, as soon as Qiu Maniac returned, before Zhang Wei could speak, he issued an order to Zhang Wei, ordering the preparation battalion to be the pioneer of the whole column, walking at the forefront of the team, protecting and shielding the heavy equipment behind, and the whole column marched in the direction of Xinyang, and when the tank battalion and other troops that were still in preparation were completed, the whole column set off immediately.

Zhang Wei didn't know where the Xinyang was talking about, but he knew that he was going south, and the preparation camp to eastern Henan was constantly transferred by train, Zhang Wei was not familiar with Henan, but marched according to Qiu Maniac's instructions, Zhang Wei thought that the road would be very far, and directly reported to Qiu Maniac the amount of food and ammunition in the camp stockpile, and submitted an application for ammunition and food supplies.

Madman Qiu rejected him without thinking: "Xinyang is not far from here, and the direction of our march is still in our hands, it is unlikely that we will meet the Japanese army, the task of your battalion is to open the way, and it is unlikely that there will be a large-scale battle with the Japanese army, if you really need to replenish, the tank battalion and the combat defense artillery battalion have infantry weapons and ammunition, and they will be transferred from them in an emergency." ”

Zhang Wei thought to himself, Qiu Maniac was in such a hurry as soon as he came back, it must be very urgent, and he did not agree to replenish ammunition and food, what he meant was probably that there would be no large-scale battle, and when it was really needed, he would draw ammunition from other units of the assault column to replenish the preparation battalion, and in the absence of large-scale fighting, it would be understandable to do so.

"Understood, sir, what should be done with just the route of the march?" Zhang Wei did not understand the terrain and road conditions in eastern Henan, and it was not clear, Zhang Wei was afraid that it would affect the march of the troops, so he had to ask Qiu the route of the madman's march

"Well, here's someone, bring me the map." Madman Qiu said to the staff officer beside him, and the staff officer immediately pulled out the combat map from the map barrel and spread it on the ammunition box.

"Zhang Wei, where we are, is about one hundred and fifty miles away from the periphery of Xinyang, just now I went to the friendly army and contacted the leader, the Japanese army attacked from Shangqiu before, and the direction of Xinyang was also threatened, my column must hurry up, march south, and before the Japanese army comes, meet with the main force in the Xinyang area."

"The road is easy to walk, some of the other troops retreat to the west, retreat to the east, we are retreating to the south, there are highways and roads, as long as you walk along the straight road you can go to Xinyang, the key is on the road, now there are too many people retreating, the people, refugees, all mixed together, the Japanese army can't catch up behind the ass for a while and a half, your battalion can be a good striker, open the way for the heavy equipment behind, grab time, rush progress."

Zhang Wei paused: "Go in a straight line?" ”

Qiu Maniac rolled up the map: "Yes, all take the straight road, heavy equipment can pass, those anti-aircraft guns, armored vehicles, tanks, can't take the small road, fortunately, the Japanese have not chased after them on the Shangqiu line, and there are other troops along the way to block it, don't worry about being stabbed in the ass." ”

"Sir, where there is a road, there should be a railway line nearby, why don't you send a train to pull us?"

"Alas, how can there be so much train capacity, after Shangqiu was occupied by the Japanese army, half of the railway line was cut off, the train had already been emptied, the fallen cities, governments at all levels, and organs at all levels had to retreat, the garrison troops and materials had to be pulled by trains, and refugees and civilians couldn't throw them down, they had to be pulled by trains, and when it was our turn to be field troops, how could there be extra trains!"

"Well, we can only rely on iron feet, we infantry have no problem, we ran all the way from Nanjing to Xuzhou, and then from Xuzhou to Hunan, this road is nothing, but those chariots of our column?"

After a bloody battle, the assault column suffered a lot of losses, but there were still about 20 tanks and armored vehicles in bits and pieces, and these tanks were not easy to serve, and if they walked, they would break down or have mechanical problems, which would slow down the march of the entire assault column.

"The tank battalion is preparing, and now the military situation is urgent, and the time to start is coming soon, so it can only be dealt with urgently." Madman Qiu sighed, there are too many things to worry about, the problems that may arise with heavy equipment such as chariots cannot be taken care of now, they can only be solved temporarily, and now, the most important thing is to let the entire column set off.

"Zhang Wei, you also hurry back, in another hour, the whole column will assemble and set off, you are the first, you must hurry!."

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