Soon, the lieutenant general who had doubts had the answer.
Now that the military chief has set the tone, everyone here can just follow the order.
Tang Dao also agreed very readily. In addition to delivering the two mountain cannons and all the artillery shells as a reward to the 26th Division, he also delivered two of the four infantry cannons and 200 rounds of artillery shells, 8 92 heavy machine guns and 16
Grenades, 80,000 rounds of ammunition for various machine rifles, and most of the food supplies were given to them.
Although not all of them, the generals and generals of the 43rd Army present here were delighted.
From this moment on, the 26th Division is no longer the 'beggar army' that went to the battlefield with single weapons and old sleeves. In the battle two hours ago, the nearly 400 Japanese rifles captured can basically give the infantry a collective exchange.
Pack.
The 6 captured heavy machine guns plus the 8 given by Tang Dao, up to 14 heavy machine guns, can be equipped with almost two for each infantry company, 16 grenades and two mountain cannons, and the five infantry cannons will be heavy.
The firepower was increased to a level they could not even dream of.
You know, before the 43rd Army came to the Songhu battlefield, except for four mortars per regiment, there was not a single mountain cannon.
What does it mean to exchange a shotgun for a cannon? It is now.
What troubled the two major generals and brigade commanders now was not the issue of adequate equipment, but the question of who would be able to control the heavy firepower.
It's also sad to say.
The current 26th Division is no better than before. Including the guard battalion shared by the military headquarters and the division headquarters, there are only 700 people in total. Although there are still brigades and regiments, in fact, after being combined during this period, there are only 6
The infantry companies, two per brigade, as well as a fire support company and a guard company are under the direct jurisdiction of the military headquarters and division headquarters.
The division chiefs of staff, Liu Gongdu and Lao Wang, brought them to support the Sixing Battalion early this morning. Although there were only three to four hundred people, they were actually an infantry brigade plus a fire support company directly under the military headquarters. That was already the current number of the 26th Division.
More than half of the strength.
"Each infantry company has two heavy machine guns, two grenade launchers per company, and ten thousand rounds of bullets per company. Canned food and food are distributed equally to each company, and medicines are uniformly allocated by the military department. Then you will allocate 30 people from each brigade.
Pull out half of the people from the fire company and form an artillery company. That's it. Don't do any extra work for me. Who wants to live without artillery? Just let me have a good time." Lieutenant General Guo patted the table as a sign of approval.
Go to your home and look at the watch on your 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, everyone else will move towards Songjiang."
"Yes!" All the generals stood up at attention, turned around and left.
There were only two army lieutenant generals left in the conference room, as well as Tang Dao who had not left.
It wasn't that Tang Dao didn't want to leave, but that Comrade Lao Guo used his eyes to signal him not to panic, because he wanted to talk to him about his ideals.
With a slight smile on his face, Lieutenant General Guo took out his cigarette case, first gave one to his old partner who was full of curiosity, and then took out another and threw it to Tang Dao: "Songjiang is not a good place to go this time.
Mr. Liu and I have been thinking so hard but we can't find a chance to win. You are a big swindler. You have escaped from a desperate situation like Sihang Warehouse. Come on, don't let me hide you. It's just us now.
Three, tell me what you really think.
However, don’t fool me with those three reasons, I know that you must have other ideas when you force my 43rd Army to go to Songjiang."
The middle-aged uncle was really not easy to fool. Tang Dao spoke in an orderly manner, but this man only relied on intuition to know that Tang Dao was inciting him to go to Songjiang. Although Tang Dao could guarantee that this man would never think of his little
Butterfly's true intention of going to Songjiang.
Don't try to fool him without taking out something from the bottom of the box. Tang Dao had to stand up, walked to the map of Songhu hanging on the wall, and pointed his finger at Kunshan in the west of Shanghai: "Two sirs, you guys
Do you think that if we don’t go to Songjiang now, can we evacuate Songhu through here?”
"Let's go from here? I'll probably be executed on the spot by the law enforcement team in the war zone for being a deserter before I even cross the Baihe Port Bridge!" Liu Yuqing frowned and shook his head.
"I mean, even if the war zone can't take care of the 43rd Army, a small force of only more than 700 people." Tang Dao made an assumption.
As the eyes of the two generals changed, Tang Dao sighed slightly: "At least half of the more than 500,000-strong army should have begun to retreat towards Kunshan at this moment."
"We can't go! The roads are all blocked." The two lieutenant generals, both experienced generals, suddenly woke up and looked extremely ugly.
Unless all heavy equipment is abandoned and all personnel leave the road with light equipment, it would be an absolute disaster for hundreds of thousands of people to crowd onto that road.
But the road from Kunshan from Zhejiang to Jinling is already the only road from Huxi. Who would give up?
"This is the biggest reason why I insist on going to Songjiang with the 43rd Army. Even if I run away now, by the time my Sixth Battalion reaches Kunshan, the road should be blocked. If Songjiang cannot hold on for another three days, nearly 100,000 Japanese troops will be killed.
If they rush from the flank, everyone will die." Tang Dao continued.
"Instead of lying flat and letting the Japanese army kill us, it is better to give it a try, even if it is just for ourselves. If we are lucky enough to complete the military order, it will be much easier for us to choose the direction of retreat according to the battle situation in a few days."
"You melon boy shouldn't be a soldier. If you go into business, you will definitely become a rich man." Lieutenant General Guo sighed and pointed at the 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 moment, 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 cannot be the same, how could they not be cautious?
"Even so, let's stop this issue. Do you have any better suggestions for me to go to Songjiang?" 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 most wants to say to these two big guys.
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 the troops abundant, but the army's two fully-equipped 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, the fact that they were in Qingpu, dozens of kilometers away from Songjiang, was probably the second reason. The whole army, like the 43rd Army, was worried about the strength of the Japanese Tenth Army, which was probably the main reason.
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 for the whole army.
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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