Rise From Eight Hundred

"The affair is hot!" Li Jiujin sighed to Niu Er.

"Believe it or not, the commander is so inflated that he can kill a big axe."

Are there big axe? The leg injury has not healed yet, and the 'Hammer' who habitually lies on the side has his ears erected and vigilantly scans the surroundings.

"Don't worry, Hammer, this tiger doesn't eat dogs, it only eats commanders." Niu Er touched Hammer's head and comforted Hammer.

Only eats people! The dog was relieved, and Hammer's dog face, which had just been nervous, was relieved.

"Oh! Your kid's description is so appropriate, so appropriate that I want to tell the reporter from Tantai." Li Jiujin laughed so hard.

A group of soldiers from the Fourth Camp who began to gather laughed so hard that they fell forward and backward.

They are all wise people. Although reporter Tan Tai looks beautiful and gentle, her tigress attributes are obvious. Apart from other things, the pen in her hand can turn black into white and white into gray. If a certain officer dares to make a mistake somewhere in the future, I am afraid that he will start from Chen Shimei.

After Tan Tai Mingyue finished broadcasting, the sound in the radio did not stop, and a song came from it melodiously.

However, this time it was not Tan Tai Mingyue's soft voice, but the low singing of several soldiers, without any accompaniment, just singing a cappella.

"It is a sunny morning,

The sound of dove whistles accompanies the wake-up call.

But the world has never been peaceful,

There is no peacetime but there are turbulent winds and clouds.

Are you ready, fellow soldiers?

When that day really comes.

Don't worry about the motherland, don't worry about your loved ones,

For victory, I will bravely move forward!

Look at the direction where the military flag is flying,

The chariots and aircraft groups are advancing,

Our names are also flying on them,

Young soldiers are eager to establish merit.

Are you ready, fellow soldiers?

When that day really comes..."

This is what Tan Tai Mingyue asked Tang Dao, but she originally hoped that Tang Dao would teach her to sing "The Great Wall Will Never Fall", but Tang Dao gave her a small surprise, giving her a song "When That Day Comes" adapted from the future.

In this era, military songs are almost a must for every army. After training or on a long march, loud military songs are the simplest and easiest way to boost morale.

And the melody of the military song is not complicated. It only needs to be passionate. Several soldiers in the guard battalion learned it after learning it two or three times from Tang Dao.

I don't know how many people on the battlefield sang along with the low voice on the radio. The fatigue that was once full of bodies seemed to disappear in the singing everywhere, and the speed of building fortifications accelerated again.

The soldiers of the Fourth Battalion gathered together under the quiet gathering of the squad leaders, packing up their equipment. After all the personnel arrived, the signalman Erya brought Tang Dao's military order, and the whole battalion walked to the open space three miles outside the west gate.

The ten trucks they seized from the Japanese were all driven over. The heavy equipment that originally belonged to them was not missing. There were six single-barreled machine guns with wheels and neatly stacked shell boxes in front of the trucks.

The quite surprised officers and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion quickly lined up. In front of the trucks stood their battalion commander Tang Dao and two lieutenant generals.

The 97 people stood straight, with solemn faces.

Although they didn't know what they were going to do at this time, they knew that the task that was about to wait for them was not simple.

The six machine guns were not the point, but the fact that the commanders of the 67th and 43rd armies came together to give a speech was really too high a standard.

"The Songjiang Frontline Command ordered that the Fourth Battalion and the 43rd Army's direct guard company and the 67th Army's direct guard company, with Major Lei Xiong, the deputy battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion, as the first commander, be stationed at the Baihegang Bridge. The entire army must not lose the bridge. Anyone who avoids fighting, fears fighting, or retreats will be killed!" Tang Dao took the lead and read out the military order just issued by the command.

"Yes!" Lei Xiong first received the order, and then cast his eyes on Tang Dao.

There was doubt in it.

The danger of the Fourth Battalion and the other two guard companies stationed at the Baihegang Bridge dozens of kilometers away was actually no easier than defending Songjiang City. Tang Dao had actually communicated with him about this before coming to Songjiang.

The Japanese army might not have too many infantrymen who bypassed, but the biggest danger facing the Baihegang Bridge was the Japanese fighter planes.

Once Songjiang and the Japanese army were in a deadly battle, the angry Japanese army would inevitably think of cutting off the retreat of the Songjiang army in revenge, and bombing the Baihegang Bridge was almost an inevitable choice.

They were laying eggs in the sky, so how could they be brave on the ground?

However, these so-called dangers were nothing, but Tang Dao was not the first commander? Obviously, he would not leave with them this time, which made Lei Xiong a little uncomfortable.

Yes, whether these elites who once belonged to the Imperial Guards admit it or not, after a week of continuous fighting, Tang Dao has completely become their backbone and support. When he heard that Tang Dao would not follow, even Lei Xiong, who was as strong as him, suddenly felt a little uncertain.

If there were no two big guys here, he would probably ask directly.

"Because Battalion Commander Tang is still the deputy director of the General Staff, he must stay in Songjiang to listen to orders." Lieutenant General Wu directly answered the questions of the officers and soldiers of the Four-Line Camp.

“I know that some of you may think that I, Wu, and Commander Guo did not make the best use of your Fourth Battalion’s good steel. That’s because you don’t know that you are guarding the last lifeline of my entire army in Songjiang City.

This time, the military order for our Songjiang army is that starting from the arrival of the Japanese invaders tomorrow, our Songjiang front-line army must block the Japanese invaders for three days and nights to buy time for the Shanghai West Army to withdraw to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang national defense line.

If the bridge is lost, the more than 30,000 Chinese men on the Songjiang front line will have no way to retreat!" Lieutenant General Wu looked solemn, his eyes slightly open, and his voice was slightly hoarse.

"So, I must ask you to defend the bridge! The lives of more than 30,000 soldiers on the Songjiang front line are all in your hands."

"On behalf of the entire Fourth Camp, I guarantee that the mission will be completed! Unless the entire army fails, I will not let you down." Lei Xiong took a heavy step forward and saluted. "Everyone, salute!"

"Good! "The lieutenant general raised his hand in return.

Lieutenant General Guo and Tang Dao also raised their hands in return.

All the people got on the bus one after another.

The 1st Guard Company of the 67th Army had been stationed at the Baihegang Bridge for a long time, and the 43rd Army Guard Company was the two platoons left behind at the 43rd Army's station. The communications soldier Erya had quietly told Lei Xiong about this.

This also means that the troops responsible for defending the Baihegang Bridge are about 300 people, which is much more difficult than the 67th Army's 30,000-plus people defending Songjiang City against 100,000 Japanese troops.

But that should be the maximum force that the two lieutenant generals can take out at this moment.

It's not because of the lack of troops, but that the retreat can be retained, but the morale of the army must not be shaken. No one needs to say this, Tang Dao believes that Lei Xiong can understand it.

The only thing that makes Lei Xiong feel at ease is that his equipment has been further strengthened. Although Songjiang is about to face a hard battle and a deadly battle, Wu Zhong The six Oerlikon single-barrel machine guns that were still "squeezed out" were handed over to him.

This single-barrel 20mm machine gun produced by the unknown Oerlikon company in Switzerland is not as good as the famous Suroton twin-mounted machine gun. To put it bluntly, it is just a large "machine gun", but this machine gun with a firing rate of up to 300 rounds per minute is actually more excellent in upward air defense.

It is actually more appropriate to have this kind of "small gun" for air defense.

Many people may be surprised that a unit suppressed by the top has so many "high-tech" equipment. That may be because they don't know enough about the Northeast Army.

Regardless of the quality of the soldiers and combat effectiveness, in terms of its equipment alone, the Northeast Army may be second only to the German-equipped divisions and reorganization divisions built by a certain big man with the financial resources of the whole country.

Because Lao Zhang, who has ruled the Northeast for a long time, may be China's warlord The first "farming expert" during the chaotic period, under his careful management, the Northeast not only had China's largest Fengtian Arsenal, but also had China's best iron ore, coal mines and the most complete heavy industry at that time. With money, resources and technology, it would be strange if the Northeast Army was not well equipped.

During the September 18th Incident, hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army troops withdrew to the interior without resistance, and nearly 300 planes were left in Fengtian City

With such equipment, but no resistance, it would be strange if the young marshal and the entire Northeast Army were not scolded like dogs by the whole country.

So, Zhang Dashuai, who had been scolded by the people of the whole country for several years and was almost depressed, gritted his teeth and tied up the leader directly as the Japanese became more and more aggressive, showing the people of the whole country that I actually wanted to fight the war, you see, I am ready to kill my relatives for the sake of justice.

Zhang Dashuai was really not playing tricks at that time If the leader dares to talk back, his life will be in danger.

All Chinese people were dumbfounded, while the northern troops clapped their hands and advised that peace is the most precious thing, and people should be convinced by virtue. As long as they fight the Japanese, everything will be fine.

The leadership is so frustrated, who in the Northeast Army is not angry? The Japanese are coming again, and they finally have a chance to clear their names. They will have to empty their assets when they go to the front line!

Not to mention this single-barreled machine gun imported in the early 1930s, the two infantry divisions under the 67th Army have mountain artillery battalions and heavy mortar battalions. Each mountain artillery battalion has 12 75mm mountain artillery, and the heavy mortar battalion has 12 150mm heavy mortars. There is also a mountain artillery battalion with the same organization and a field artillery battalion with 12 75mm field artillery and an anti-aircraft battalion with 18 20mm machine guns directly under the military headquarters.

In terms of various types of artillery, 48 mountain guns, field guns and 24 large-caliber mortars are definitely not inferior to a regular division of the Japanese army.

Of course, the attacking Japanese army is not just one division but three or even more, especially the Japanese army also has a special heavy artillery brigade to support, so its strength is naturally far superior to that of the 67th Army.

To say that the 67th Army is well-equipped is only compared with the domestic armies, such as the 43rd Army, which is so poor and poor. The poor "beggar army" has never seen what a mountain gun looks like.

If there were no two infantry guns, three rapid-fire guns and ten Type 92 heavy machine guns brought by Tang Dao as supplements, whether Lieutenant General Wu would be willing to hand over one-third of the machine guns of his military headquarters' direct anti-aircraft battalion to Lei Xiong is another matter.

Although the retreat is important, first of all, we must have the opportunity to leave Songjiang alive, right?