Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

90 Retreat to Nanjing

Ye Qingshan led more than 36 veterans from the third battalion back to the base of the temporary th Brigade.

Along the way, we saw several defeated troops of the National Army.

"Brigade Commander, we lost this battle after all."

Zhou Pingkou looked at the defeated soldiers and said calmly.

"However, I read what you said in the newspaper.

Especially your prediction about the direction of the war, I agree with it.

Therefore, difficulties are temporary and the future is bright.

We shouldn’t be depressed, right?”

Zhou Pingkou had already found all the reasons to comfort himself.

"You're right. This battle is just the beginning."

It was not until dawn that Ye Qingshan, Zhou Pingkou and others found the Provisional 36th Brigade.

After Ye Qingshan left, all the officers and soldiers of the brigade withdrew to the location agreed with Ye Qingshan under the command of Chief of Staff Ma Xiao and First Regiment Commander Zhou Xinghai.

"The brigade commander is back."

Seeing Ye Qingshan coming back, some soldiers shouted happily.

Not long after, Chief of Staff Ma Xiao, logistics officer Sun Mingxu, Zhou Xinghai and others heard the news and rushed over.

"Why are there so many soldiers?

I remember our brigade didn’t have so many soldiers?

Could it be that our superiors are kind enough to send us new recruits?

I don’t think that’s possible.”

Ye Qingshan met many unfamiliar faces in the temporary camp of the 36th Brigade.

There were obviously many more soldiers in training than before Ye Qingshan left.

This made Ye Qingshan curious.

"Commander, this is all thanks to you.

We were covering the retreat of the field hospital before, and I don’t know who spread the news.

Let many defeated soldiers know that the brigade commander sent a new anti-inflammatory drug to President Sun.

Among these defeated soldiers, many brothers and comrades were saved by the new anti-inflammatory drug sent by the brigade commander.

This time, the veterans were furious.

It wasn’t long before they were marching into our camp, demanding to be incorporated into our brigade.

Our brigade happened to be not yet fully staffed, so I decided to accept all the veterans who came to surrender."

"Commander, during the one day and two nights you were away,

We received a total of more than 1,300 soldiers."

Chief of Staff Ma Xiao took his small notebook, looked at the data written on it, and reported to Ye Qingshan.

"Okay, I've only been gone for a short time.

Just form a group.

Well done, beautifully done. ”

Ye Qingshan expressed his appreciation for the actions of Ma Xiao and others.

According to the rules, Ye Qingshan’s Provisional 36th Brigade should be organized into two regiments.

But before, it wasn’t full.

There was only Zhou Xinghai's regiment and the logistics regiment led by Sun Mingxu.

Now, Ye Qingshan brought back more than 600 veterans from Zhou Pingkou's side, as well as more than 800 soldiers from Zhou Xinghai's regiment.

Adding everything together, they can be reorganized into two regiments.

"Brigade Commander, should we speed up our evacuation?

According to the news, the friendly forces around us are retreating westward.

We have been delayed.”

Chief of Staff Ma Xiao said worriedly at this time.

Because Ye Qingshan insisted on staying to pick up the third battalion, his goal has now been achieved.

But the problem is that Ye Qingshan’s Provisional 36th Brigade is not in a good situation at the moment.

Since the principal gave the order, the national army has withdrawn from Shanghai.

The various units of the Nationalist Army began to suffer defeat in various ways.

Fortunately, there were too many troops on the National Army side, so the pursuing Japanese soldiers were unable to catch up for a while.

This prevented Ye Qingshan's Provisional 36th Brigade from being targeted.

After all, the Japs also knew that they should eat up the main force of the National Army as much as possible during the rout, rather than targeting a miscellaneous brigade.

"Ok, I know.

Tell the soldiers to assemble and set off in an hour."

Ye Qingshan also knew that his next mission was to lead his soldiers and retreat safely to Jinling.

For this purpose, Ye Qingshan had already planned a retreat route in advance.

The retreat route chosen by Ye Qingshan can avoid pursuit by the main force of the Japanese army.

A day later, Ye Qingshan's Provisional 36th Brigade marched westward for more than ten miles.

Then quickly turn south.

Zhou Pingkou and others were also very surprised by Ye Qingshan's strange evacuation route.

But no one raised any objection.

All the old subordinates who followed Ye Qingshan knew that Ye Qingshan could always make incomprehensible decisions at critical moments.

But in the end, it always proves that his decision is right.

This is perhaps what they understand, Ye Qingshan sees things longer-term than others.

"There's gunfire ahead."

When passing an intersection, gunshots suddenly rang out in front.

Ye Qingshan raised his hand and stopped moving forward.

"Wait, Black Bear's reconnaissance team should be sending us news soon."

Not long after, a reconnaissance squad returned.

"Report to the brigade commander, several of our troops were found in front and were ambushed by the devils."

"How many devils are there?"

Ye Qingshan asked immediately.

"Report to the brigade commander, the number of the devils is not large.

At most one team.

But they occupied the advantageous terrain and blocked the two gaps in front.

There are at least two friendly troops surrounded, but they have been unable to break out. "

The scout reported.

Ye Qingshan nodded slightly, that's right.

Originally, the retreat route he chose should not have contained a large army of Japanese invaders.

Ye Qingshan thought that something unexpected had happened.

It seems now that there is not.

As for the emergence of this brigade-level group of devils, it was inevitable.

This kind of little accident happens too easily on the battlefield.

When Ye Qingshan was looking up information from later generations, he could only find out about the movements of the Japanese army.

As for this small mobile group of Japanese troops, no one knows where they will go.

However, Ye Qingshan was not afraid when encountering this small group of Japanese troops.

"Point out their location."

Ye Qingshan said to the scout.

Since they had encountered each other, Ye Qingshan decided to rescue the two friendly troops that were ambushed by the Japanese.

"The Japanese blocking positions are here and here.

There are the devil's artillery here..."

The scouts pointed out to Ye Qingshan in detail the locations of the Japanese firepower positions they had discovered.

After a moment, Ye Qingshan came up with an attack plan in his mind.

"A ball."

"Have!"

Zhou Xinghai responded immediately.

"Attack from here and strike the flank and rear of the enemy's main position."

"Yes!"

"Second Group,"

"exist!"

Zhou Pingkou stood up.

Ye Qingshan used the third battalion he brought back as the foundation and incorporated hundreds of veterans who had defected to him to form the second regiment.

Zhou Pingkou was promoted to regiment leader by Ye Qingshan.

“Your group, split into two parts.

One part attacked the enemy's artillery positions, while the other part attacked the enemy on the hill on the left wing.

Open up a way out for the two friendly forces in the ambush circle.

By then, the commander of the friendly forces inside should have discovered your attack.

As long as they are not stupid, they will take the opportunity to break out from this direction."

Ye Qingshan pointed at the Japanese left wing position on the map and said to Zhou Pingkou.