Rise From Eight Hundred

Tang Dao was very grateful.

He naturally knew the purpose of the two big guys coming to the burial ceremony of the soldiers who died in the garrison camp.

That was to support Tang Dao so that he could find troops from various units.

No one was willing to take from others.

Moreover, he didn't have much time left.

When sending the two lieutenant generals back, Lieutenant General Guo whispered to Tang Dao: "You only have one afternoon."

It is definitely not an easy task to expand from 200 to 800 in one afternoon.

However, at such a great moment, it is already very generous. It can not only allow most soldiers to take a breath and rest, but also allow the platoon leaders, company commanders, and deputy battalion commanders selected by Tang Dao to go to familiar troops to recruit people.

Yes, Tang Dao began to build the framework of the garrison camp in his mind as early as the military order to establish the garrison camp was issued.

The two former major battalion commanders both served as deputy battalion commanders of the newly established security battalion and served as commanders of an infantry company. In the absence of a suitable new commander, Tang Dao also served as commander of an infantry company. Peng Chong's guard company, which had only 50 or 60 people left, could not be reorganized, so Tang Dao simply let it continue to maintain the guard company organization, and then formed a fire support company with the remaining fire support platoon as the skeleton.

In this way, the basic structure of the security battalion is a guard company, three infantry companies, and a fire support company.

The organization of the guard company seems a bit out of place in a battalion-level unit, but in the defensive battle of positions such as Cangcheng, it has been proved that the guard company with a large number of continuous-fire firearms has a great advantage in resisting the Japanese charge.

Especially in the close-range fighting stage, the guard company is two levels stronger than the ordinary infantry company.

Although the original 644th Regiment Guard Company lost 80 to 90 people in this battle, the equipment that was not damaged was basically brought back. With this equipment and the transfer of elite soldiers, the guard company may only need one battle to restore its original combat effectiveness for everyone to get familiar with each other.

Moreover, Tang Dao's idea was that once the people were in place, the command center must replenish the equipment for me!

It is said that in the afternoon, when Lieutenant Generals Wu and Guo saw the list of supplementary equipment reported by a certain lieutenant colonel, they collectively slammed the table and cursed someone's eight generations of great grandfather.

Too much.

It would be fine if the garrison battalion set up a guard company. The original 644th Regiment Guard Company also kept 20 submachine guns and 30 Mauser pistols. Colonel Wang Xirui also gritted his teeth and did not let Tang return them. If such equipment was placed in any other unit, wouldn't the commander be happy to have his mouth cracked to the back of his head?

As a result, this guy was not satisfied and asked for another 40 submachine guns and 30 Mauser pistols.

That's fine. If you want the horse to run but don't want the horse to eat grass, thinking that Tang Dao might have to lead his troops to perform difficult tasks, Lieutenant General Wu pinched his nose and asked for the two division-level guard companies of the 107th and 108th Divisions and the guard troops of the 7 infantry regiments below, and he could get the whole thing for this guy.

But a certain lieutenant colonel wrote that he needed 20 light machine guns, four heavy machine guns, two Oerlikon machine guns and two Type 81 mortars, which was too much.

As for the grenade launchers, various ammunition, etc., the two lieutenant generals did not dare to look at them, fearing that they would have a heart attack.

When the guard battalion retreated from Cangcheng, there were still 7 light machine guns, two heavy machine guns and one Oerlikon machine gun. The 4 mortars were in the fortifications, so the personnel and guns were not damaged.

Tang Dao meant that his three infantry companies, each infantry squad had a light machine gun and a grenade launcher, the guard company was basically equipped with Mauser pistols and submachine guns, and the fire support company was even more awesome, with 6 heavy machine guns and 6 mortars plus three Oerlikon machine guns.

Why don't you Tang Dao fly to the sky? What do you call a fire support company? That is 3 heavy machine gun squads, 6 small artillery squads plus 3 machine gun squads, 12 squads with 180 personnel alone.

Lieutenant General Guo was almost blinded by Tang Dao's long list. As the head of an army, he had never been so rich! The four infantry regiments of an infantry division under his command only had 16 mortars and 6 heavy machine guns, which was the firepower of an infantry regiment, not to mention the Oerlikon machine guns.

Just for these heavy firepower, it should not be called a security battalion, at least it should be called a security regiment.

"Tell Tang Dao to get out of here as far as you can! Go back and tell him that if he doesn't want to be the battalion commander, I have plenty of candidates." Lieutenant General Wu spit at Zhao Daqiang, who had just been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.

Zhao Daqiang, who was poached by Tang Dao and served as the liaison officer to the headquarters to ask for equipment, secretly glanced at his teacher Liu Yuqing who pretended to hear nothing, and could only stand there with a bitter face.

Battalion Commander Tang said that this was the first task assigned to him, and he would be beheaded if he failed to complete it.

At least Commander Wu is not a tyrant, right?

"Why? My military orders are not as good as Tang Dao's?" Seeing Zhao Daqiang refusing to leave, Lieutenant General Wu angrily slammed the table.

"No, sir, Captain Tang said that the key to business is to ask for a high price and pay it back. If you drive me away without even paying, he will..." Zhao Daqiang gritted his teeth and repeated Tang Dao's original words to the Army Lieutenant General, whose face and mood were obviously not very good.

"Damn Tang Dao, this is a battlefield, who the hell wants to do business with him?" Lieutenant General Wu almost laughed out loud. "Also, I didn't even pay, so what did he do? Tell me, just use that bastard's original words."

"This..." Zhao Daqiang looked guiltily at Guo Junzuo and Liu Shizuo who were communicating in low voices. Seeing that he could not get any help from these two old officers, he could only grit his teeth and say: "Battle Commander Tang said, then it's no wonder he can't give you a big gift."

"Bah!" Lieutenant General Wu's Tumo Xingzi almost washed Zhao Daqiang's face. "I, a great lieutenant general, still need a gift from his Tang Dao?"

Fortunately, there is no one else in the headquarters now. If you see Wu Junzuo, who has always been resolute and courageous, looking like he is so angry that Tang Dao is spitting, his glasses will be broken!

"Wait? Big gift?" Lieutenant General Guo, who seemed to have nothing to do with himself, suddenly raised his head. "Is this what your Battalion Commander Tang said personally?"

"yes!"

"Commander-in-Chief, although Tang Dao is annoying with his loud mouth, his courtesy has always been good." Lieutenant General Guo smiled and persuaded Wu Keren, who was so angry at Tang Dao's words that he was spitting. .

"No matter how generous the gift is, I can't engage in any bargaining tricks with this guy. Otherwise, in the future, all the regiment commanders and brigade commanders will come to my place and make big mouths. Will my place become a vegetable market?" Wu frowned. The lieutenant general must have come to his senses at this moment, and was thinking about what kind of gift Tang Dao would give.

That is, a step is needed.

"Didn't Tang Dao ask us to repay the money on the spot? In my opinion, it's better to replenish the shell guns, submachine guns and all other light weapons according to his requirements, and then give him half of the heavy weapons he needs, and replenish them from other troops. The officers and soldiers of the garrison camp brought their own original equipment into the garrison camp. What do you think, Commander-in-Chief? " Lieutenant General Guo knew the opportunity to help Tang Dao smooth things over with the commander-in-chief who needed a step.

"Okay! Then follow your suggestion, Brother Guo."

The deputy commander-in-chief naturally had to give him face, and if the equipment of the security battalion was not strong enough and it could not live up to the title of "Songjiang's sharpest sword" as he said, Lieutenant General Wu naturally agreed.

To be honest, when he slapped the table and scolded the lion's Tang Dao, it was actually more of a show. It was for the heads of the groups below to see.

That means if you have difficulties, overcome them yourself. Don't reach out to the headquarters if you don't have them. The headquarters is also worried about supplies!

The lieutenant general, deputy commander and major general chief of staff of the 67th Army were busy coordinating the allocation of various supplies to the 30,000 people in the city. Not to mention weapons and ammunition, just the most basic meal, more than 30,000 mouths require 30,000 kilograms of rice and noodles a day.

That is to say, Songjiang is rich and has a lot of food stored. Otherwise, more than 30,000 people would have to go to war hungry.

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers!

This rule is extremely applicable to Camp Commander Tang.

The lion's need for equipment is only second, the most important thing is people.

There was a shortage of 600 men, so Battalion Commander Tang had to go to various departments of the Songjiang garrison to dig them up.

If the little hoe fails to dance well or digs into the corner of the wall, it may smash its own foot.