Rise From Eight Hundred

Soon, the doubtful lieutenant general got the answer.

Since the army commander has already set the tone, everyone present can just follow the order.

Tang Dao also agreed very readily. In addition to delivering the two mountain cannons and all the shells as rewards to the 26th Division, he also gave them two of the four infantry cannons and 200 shells, 8 92 heavy machine guns and 16 grenade launchers, 80,000 rounds of various machine rifle bullets and most of the food supplies.

Although not all, the officers and soldiers of the 43rd Army present were also very happy.

From this moment on, the 26th Division was no longer the "beggar army" that used to fight alone and with old sleeves on the battlefield. In the battle two hours ago, nearly 400 rifles seized from the Japanese army were basically enough to give the infantry a collective refit.

The 6 captured heavy machine guns plus the 8 given by Tang Dao, up to 14 heavy machine guns, almost enough to equip each infantry company with two, and the 16 grenade launchers, two mountain guns, and five infantry guns have increased the heavy firepower to a level they dare not dream of.

You know, before the 43rd Army came to the Songhu battlefield, each regiment was equipped with 4 mortars, and there was no mountain gun.

What is called a bird gun for a cannon, it is now.

What is giving the two major generals and brigade commanders a headache is no longer the problem of whether the equipment is sufficient, but who will control these heavy firepower.

It's sad to say.

The current 26th Division is not the same as before. Including the guard battalion shared by the army and the division, there are only about 700 people in total. Although there are still brigades and regiments, in fact, after the merger during this period, there are only 6 infantry companies, two in a brigade, and a fire support company and a guard company directly under the army and the division.

The division chief of staff Liu Gongdu and Lao Wang led to support the Fourth Camp this morning. Although there are only three or four hundred people, they are actually an infantry brigade plus a fire support company directly under the military headquarters. That is already more than half of the current strength of the 26th Division.

"Each infantry company will have two heavy machine guns, two grenade launchers, and 10,000 bullets per company. Canned food and food will be evenly distributed to each company. Medicines will be uniformly allocated by the military. Then you will draw 30 people from each brigade, and half of the people from the fire company will be drawn out to form an artillery company. That's it. Don't play tricks on me. Whoever wants to live without artillery will live well." Lieutenant General Guo patted the table as a division of land to households, and looked at the watch on his wrist:

"I'll give you one hour. After one hour, except for the two platoons of the guard company left by the military headquarters to guard the camp, all others will advance to Songjiang."

"Yes!" All officers stood up and turned to leave.

Only two lieutenant generals of the army and Tang Dao were left in the conference room.

It's not that Tang Dao didn't want to leave, but Comrade Lao Guo used his eyes to signal him not to panic, that was to talk to him about ideals.

With a smile on his face, Lieutenant General Guo took out a cigarette box, first gave a cigarette to his curious old partner, and then took out another one and threw it to Tang Dao: "Songjiang is not a good place to go this time. Commander Liu and I have been racking our brains and can't find a chance to win. You are a big sly guy. You even escaped from the desperate place like Sihang Warehouse. Come on, don't hide it from me. Now there are only three of us. Tell me your real thoughts.

But don't use those three reasons to fool me. I know that you kid must have other ideas to force my 43rd Army to go to Songjiang."

The middle-aged uncle is really not easy to fool. Tang Dao said it in an orderly manner, but he only knew by intuition that Tang Dao was urging him to go to Songjiang, although Tang Dao dared to guarantee that he would never think of the real intention of his little butterfly to go to Songjiang.

If he didn't take out some of his best tricks, he couldn't fool around. Tang Dao had to stand up and walk to the Songhu map hanging on the wall. He pointed to Kunshan in the west of Shanghai and said, "Two commanders, do you think that if we don't go to Songjiang now, can we evacuate Songhu through here?"

"Go from here? I guess we'll be executed on the spot by the law enforcement team of the war zone as deserters before we even cross the Baihegang Bridge!" Liu Yuqing frowned and shook his head.

"I mean, even if the war zone doesn't care about the 43rd Army, which is only a small unit of more than 700 people." Tang Dao made an assumption.

As the two generals' eyes changed, Tang Dao sighed slightly: "At least half of the more than 500,000 troops should have begun to retreat to Kunshan at this moment."

"Can't go! The road is completely blocked." The two lieutenant generals were experienced generals. They woke up in an instant and looked extremely ugly.

Unless all heavy equipment is abandoned and all personnel leave the road lightly, otherwise, it would be a disaster for hundreds of thousands of people to squeeze onto that road.

But the road from Zhejiang to Jinling in Kunshan is the only road to leave from the west of Shanghai. Who would give up?

"This is the biggest reason why I insist on going to Songjiang with the 43rd Army. Even if we run now, when my Fourth Camp arrives in Kunshan, the road should be blocked. If Songjiang can't hold out for another three days, nearly 100,000 Japanese troops will rush over from the flank and everyone will die." Tang Dao continued.

"Instead of lying down and letting the Japanese kill us, it's better to fight, even if it's just for yourself. If we can complete the military order by chance, we will be much more relaxed in choosing the direction of retreat according to the battle situation a few days later."

"You, a fool, shouldn't be a soldier. If you do business, you will definitely become a rich man." Lieutenant General Guo sighed and pointed at Tang Dao. "I almost believed what you said."

"What you said is fine, but why do I always feel that you have other thoughts? What do you mean by this?" Lieutenant General Guo said half seriously and half jokingly.

Tang Dao's expression remained normal, "Maybe it's because Tang Dao has a face that's too tender!"

After being stunned for a while, the two lieutenant generals burst out laughing.

Regardless of whether this is the reason or not, Tang Dao's answer with this fresh and cold joke is not bad.

As the saying goes: 'A hairless mouth means a weak workman'. Tang Dao, who is only 21 years old, is indeed too young. He is so radiant at such a young age, which really makes two generals who are already over forty envious. I feel unsure.

Even though he led more than a hundred people to achieve an incredible result just a few days ago, that was partly due to the strong warehouse and the concession as a shield. But this time, he faced nearly a hundred thousand Japanese invaders. The army must not be the same, how could they not be cautious?

"Even so, let's stop this problem. Now I'm going to Songjiang. Do you have any better suggestions?" Lieutenant General Guo stopped laughing and asked the question again.

"Not only do we need to buy time, but the friendly forces that are about to rush to Songjiang also need it." Tang Dao answered quickly.

Because this is what he wants to say to these two big guys most.

time is life.

Every second, yes.

The 67th Army, which is about to rush to Songjiang, was once the most elite infantry army of the Northeast Army.

Not only are there sufficient sources of troops, the army's two full infantry divisions have a strength of more than 30,000, and their equipment is second only to the Central Army. Its commander, Lieutenant General Wu Keren, is an extremely determined anti-Japanese general.

Otherwise, the 67th Army, which had already fought a battle with the Japanese in northern China in July and August, would not have gone to the southeast to continue fighting.

Tang Dao believes that it won’t be long before the 67th Army will take the initiative to contact the 26th Division.

Judging from the time they arrived in Songjiang County in the past, they were in Qingpu, which was dozens of kilometers away from Songjiang. The main reason was that the whole army and the 43rd Army were worried about the strength of the Japanese Tenth Army.

Especially when hundreds of thousands of troops are about to flee, but he has to lead his troops upstream to block the incoming enemy troops.

Although the generals are willing to die to serve the country, they cannot consider their own ideals. The life and death of more than 30,000 people in the army depend on their thoughts. It is normal to have some entanglements.

However, all the entanglements were in vain. Tang Dao knew that they finally chose to obey the military order and march upstream. More than 30,000 troops arrived in Songjiang on the afternoon of November 6.

That is tomorrow evening.

But at that time, the main force of the Japanese army also happened to arrive. As a result, the position was not even established, and the entire 67th army immediately went into battle.

Without a position, but still facing heavy artillery, one can imagine the heavy casualties. On the first day of the battle alone, a major general and brigade commander was killed.

If we can try to advance one day, even half a day, the battle losses may be reduced a lot.

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