After the military meeting was held, Feng Shengfa had important tasks assigned to the 19th Brigade, so he personally sent Xu Shijiu out of the door and asked as he walked: "Ajiu, how is the situation of the 19th Brigade?"

Xu Shijiu said: "Everything else is good, but the raincoat is lacking."

It has been raining in the Songhu area these days, and the soldiers of the National Army have almost never had clothes. Fighting in the rain is not only hard, but also caused a large number of non-combat reductions.

Feng Shengfa sighed and said, "Go over it."

After all, China's national strength is limited. When the National Army first entered Shanghai, all walks of life in Shanghai enthusiastically donated money and materials. The officers and soldiers of the 87th Division and 88th Division smoked cigarettes, ate canned beef, and even drank foreign wine. However, the materials donated by the people were limited after all, and in addition, more and more troops were heading to Shanghai, various materials were already extremely tight now.

Xu Shijiu only said that he lacked raincoats, but in fact, the rations of the 19th Brigade were very tight.

While speaking, the two had already walked into a cotton field. The artillery battalion of the 58th Division was building artillery fortifications here. A towing truck turned on the headlights because it couldn't see the road clearly. As a result, an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel immediately rushed onto the highway, pulling down the big-headed soldier driving the truck and cursing.

"Who asked you to turn on the headlights? Ah, who lets go?"

"Do you know this will attract Japanese long-range guns?"

"How many times do you talk about it to gain a better memory?"

The lieutenant colonel officer scolded him, and the big-headed soldier did not dare to turn on the headlights, so he could only drive the truck into a nearby bamboo forest like a snail to hide.

Feng Shengfa pointed at the officer from a distance and said, "This is the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, Ge Ruiwei, who is from the sixth phase of the Huangpu Artillery Division, and is the favorite student of Cai Zhonghu, the commander of the second artillery brigade of the artillery brigade."

"Oh, it's General Cai's high-level football?" Xu Shijiu couldn't help but look at him sideways.

In the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931), just a few months before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, Cai Zhonghu, who was a small shareholder at the Yongyu Spinning Mill in Shanghai at that time, was invited by Cai Tingkai, the commander of the 19th Route Army, to guide artillery tactics. During this period, Xu Shijiu had consulted him about artillery technology and admired Cai Zhonghu very much.

In fact, before leaving the military, he went to Shanghai to become a small boss of a schief mill, Cai Zhonghu also served as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Army, and also served as an artillery instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy. He was the leading artillery expert in the National Army. Almost all the artillery backbones of dozens of German-Armed Divisions of the Central Army were his disciples.

Feng Shengfa pointed to the artillery position on the roadside and said, "I didn't expect it? Our 58th Division still has such a rich family background."

Although I can't see clearly in the night, I can see that there are more than ten mountain cannons disguised on both sides of the highway, and there are more mortars placed in a row on the highway, and at least twenty small ones! It is incomparable to model troops like the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, but it is much better than other German equipment divisions.

"I really didn't expect it." Xu Shijiu agreed, but thought to himself, not to see who the former commander of the 58th Division was and who was Yu Jishi? That was Chairman Jiang's nephew. How bad is the equipment of the 58th Division? But then again, with this, with the 58th Division, the chances of defeating the Japanese army at night will be even greater.

At this time, Xu Shijiu had a vague idea in his mind, "Infrastructure and Cannon Coordination"?

"There was a flat-fire artillery company, but Commander-in-Chief Chen detained it." Feng Shengfa shook his head with regret, and suddenly the topic turned back to the main topic, saying, "Ajiu, night attack is not easy. You have to send someone to understand the Japanese army's troops deployment and firepower configuration first. Remember to send elite veterans to it."

Although the tactics of day and night attack have been determined, night attacks cannot be played just by talking, and there is still a prerequisite.

The premise is that you have to first understand the Japanese troops deployment and firepower configuration. If you don’t know the Japanese troops deployment, you will attack randomly. This is called blind attack; if you don’t know the Japanese firepower configuration, you will attack rashly, which is even more dangerous. At that time, two or three hidden firepower points of the Japanese army can allow the troops involved in the attack to go and never return.

Therefore, reconnaissance must not be taken lightly.

Of course, Xu Shijiu knew the depth and said, "Don't worry, Master, I'll go in person."

"Okay, then I'll wait for good news in the division headquarters." Feng Shengfa stopped and stopped sending him. Xu Shijiu stood at attention, and then honored Feng Shengfa with a standard military salute, and then went away.

After seeing off Xu Shijiu, Feng Shengfa continued to patrol the positions of each regiment and did not return to the division headquarters until after 10 o'clock in the evening.

When he walked into the combat room, he saw Deputy Commander Zhang Jingming, Commander of the 172nd Brigade He Lingxiao, and Commander of the 174th Brigade Wu Jiguang frowned at the combat map. On the map, the 58th Division and the 67th Division of the friendly army had been clearly marked, but the situation about the Japanese army in Luodian was blank.

For nearly ten days before, Peng Shan's 11th Division was basically in a passive state of being beaten in Luodian, and he had not even conducted a reconnaissance against the Japanese army. Therefore, on the combat map handed over to the 58th Division, the Japanese troops and firepower configuration of Luodian were unknown, and even the number of the Japanese army was not clear.

He Jingming said: "The enemy is unknown, so I am afraid this battle is not easy to fight?"

Feng Shengfa smiled and said, "Brother Jingming, don't worry, you will soon know the enemy situation."

As soon as the words came to the ground, heavy footsteps sounded outside the combat room, and Xu Shijiu walked in proudly.

Walking into the war room and saluting the four commanders, Xu Shijiu pressed a map onto the large map of the division headquarters, then pointed to the map and said, "The situation in Luodian has been found out. There are only about one infantry squadron's strength, two heavy machine guns, nine light machine guns, and five to nine grenade launchers. The locations have been marked on the map."

"There is only one infantry squadron?" Zhang Jingming questioned, "Would you make a mistake?"

He Lingxiao was also a little disbelief and frowned and said, "If the Japanese army in Luodian had only one squadron, how could the 11th Division not be able to fight? Could it be that all Japanese soldiers and generals with three heads and six arms?"

Xu Shijiu replied: "I don't know anything about the brigade. Opposite Luodian is the 44th infantry regiment of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army. The commander of the corps was named Hezhiying Er. This old devil was not simple. He made a fishing tactic and only placed a few troops on the front to lure our army to attack. Once our army was dispatched, he immediately joined the main force of the regiment to counterattack. Peng Shan suffered a loss because he did not understand the Japanese army's tactics, and he ended up spending his precious troops in a meaningless attack."

Wu Jiguang, the commander of the 174th Brigade, said: "If the old Japanese devil, He Zhiyinger, is really fishing like you said, then when we attack Luodian, wouldn't we hit the old Japanese devil's wishes? What if this old Japanese still quickly assembled the main force of the team to counterattack Luodian as he did before?"

"What should I do? It's easy!" Before Xu Shijiu could answer, Feng Shengfa slammed the map with a punch and said in a deep voice, "Luodian must be taken back. As for the old devil, He Zhiying Er, he must send the strongest combat force to block the attack." After that, Feng Shengfa turned his head and asked Zhang Jingming, "Brother Jingming, which regiment do you think is suitable to send?"

Zhang Jingming said: "Master, let Zhou Lixing's 348th Regiment fight and block it."

"Okay, let the 348th Regiment fight and block the troops. As for the troops that attack Luodian..." Before Feng Sheng finished his words, He Lingxiao, the commander of the 172nd Brigade, rushed to say, "This is the first battle after our 58th Division arrived at the Songhu battlefield. Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose. Although the Japanese army in Luodian only had one squadron, Bei Zhi thought it was necessary to invest an absolute advantage in troops and give a thunder blow. The division seat. In order to ensure victory, it is better to let Cai Renjie's 344th Regiment go?"

Feng Shengfa smiled and said, "Okay, then let's go to the 344th group."

Xu Shijiu couldn't help frowning. He had already seen that the deputy commander Zhang Jinming and the two brigade commanders were resistant to Feng Shengfa. In the face of the war, this was not a good thing for the 58th Division.

A moment later, Cai Renjie, the leader of the 344th Regiment, and Zhou Lixing, the leader of the 348th Regiment, were called into the command center.

After Zhang Jinming gave the task, Cai Renjie and Zhou Lixing were about to turn around and leave, but Xu Shijiu called him to death.

Xu Shijiu also saw that the two commanders had not read much about the map drawn by the 19th Brigade, so he kindly reminded the two: "Cai Tuanzuo, Zhou Tuanzuo, there is a situation where the job is humble. There is a small river called Dijing River on the west side of Luodian Town. The river surface is not wide, but it is about two meters deep. It is impossible to get through without building a floating bridge."

Zhou Lixing refused to comment, and Cai Renjie asked: "Is there a bridge on the river?"

"Yes, there is a stone bridge built during the Tongzhi period." Xu Shijiu replied, "but the Japanese army built a barricade at the east end of the bridge, and there was a heavy machine gun. If there were no flat-fired cannons, it would be difficult to cross the bridge."

"Brother, just have a bridge." Cai Renjie patted Xu Shijiu's shoulder and laughed, "As for how to hit the bridge, I know what to do, brother, I know, I won't have to worry, brother, haha."

After saying that, Cai Renjie and Zhou Lixing left.

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Zhou Zhai, command of the 44th Japanese Infantry Regiment.

A rapid phone ringtone woke up from his sleep. When he was wearing a clothes and got up, the orderly soldiers hurriedly walked in and reported: "The commander of the regiment, Yoshino Squadron called, Luodian was attacked by the Chinese army. The Chinese army had at least one regiment and heavy firepower. Captain Yoshino asked the regiment headquarters to provide rapid reinforcements."

While speaking, the deputy captain of Kinoshita Hideyoshi also hurried in, and said to Kazuchieji while holding the buttons: "Captain of the regiment, please stay in the corps headquarters. I will take the 1st infantry brigade to reinforce Luodian."
Chapter completed!