Luck is not so unlucky every time, this time Sangou and his seventh company, without the bad luck in Luodian last year, the troops who were waiting for the change of defense did not come.

Before dawn the next day, the Eighth Army arrived as promised, and after giving the password and getting the documents, all the hearts of the three dogs were put down, and this time it was a little unbelievable.

Although it is the vanguard of the Eighth Army, it is also trying to change guards with the three dogs before dawn, and everyone knows that as soon as the morning dawns, it will not only be known by the devils, but also by the devils' daily attacks.

When the defense was changed, the troops were relatively chaotic, and once they were hit, it would be very troublesome, so they rushed to take over the main positions before the devils launched their daily attacks, and there was a certain amount of time in advance to familiarize themselves.

After the busyness, the sky was almost dawn, the forward unit of the Eighth Army, a battalion, the battalion commander was polite to the three dogs, and asked the three dogs to rest before leaving.

Sangou didn't want to be polite at all, and immediately told everyone to pack up and leave, the sooner this place goes, the better, it is estimated that by dawn, the devil will attack again.

If you don't leave now, you will be entangled by devils when the time comes, and you won't be able to leave, and Sangou doesn't want to fight this kind of unexplained battle without breaking away from the big army.

If you run into something that you can't do, then you can't fight, and if you can't run into it, you won't run into it, and if you are not in a command system, whether it's command, supply, or even morale, it will be greatly affected.

So Sangou pulled up the Seventh Company, and there were no heavy weapons and superfluous things, so he got into the car that sent the forward battalion of the Eighth Army, and rushed to Dangshan to take the train before dawn.

The task given to Sangou by Regiment Commander Zhang was to transfer the position to the Eighth Army immediately and rush to the border of Henan Minquan, where there was a temporary station of the 74th Army, and he could find his troops as soon as he asked.

On the morning of May 19th, Sangou and they arrived at Dangshan with the convoy, and they couldn't walk for a while, the railway here was very busy, and the troops and supplies from the direction of Xuzhou came in rows.

Because these trains are in a hurry, they basically don't stop at Dangshan Station, and they can hardly catch a ride with Sangou, besides, even if they stop for a few minutes, Sangou they can't get close.

The railway is busy, and there is no car to pull the seventh company to Henan for the time being, and the road will be closed soon, because as soon as the day comes, the devil's plane will come to bomb the railway.

Although the Chinese army also has some aircraft, it does not have the strength to protect such a long transportation line, and at most it is to engage in a sneak attack and bomb the transport line of devils to fight air guerrillas.

There are no anti-aircraft guns and other anti-aircraft weapons along the railway line, and even if there are a few Chinese troops, they are now on the side of Wuhan, the temporary capital, but they are still often bombed by devil planes.

The number of anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition was extremely scarce, and it was almost impossible to organize effective air defense forces, so large-scale transports and marches were carried out in the dark.

Last night, there was a lot of trouble all night, and there were more than 100 people in the seventh company, and they didn't have enough rest, so Sangou simply decided not to go, find a place to settle down and rest it for a day, and go to Henan at night, which will be much better.

However, I didn't rest at Dangshan Station, this place, like a huge powder keg, not only piled up a lot of supplies, but also did not allow too many people to be around.

One is the safety of the station, and the other is the safety of his own Seventh Company, this place may be bombed by devil planes at any time, it is better to go to the suburbs.

I went to the outskirts to find a brother unit, settled down in the village, rested for a day, and waited until after dark in the evening, when the 7th Company took a train, sat on the roof of the carriage, and went all the way to the territory of Henan.

Although the train at night stops and goes, it is much faster than walking, and this more than 100 kilometers of road, if you walk, you may not be able to reach it for a day or two, and it is also very tiring to walk.

Almost in the second half of the night, the 7th Company finally arrived at Minquan, found the temporary station of the 74th Army, contacted the 305th Regiment, and successfully returned to the building.

After resting on the spot for a day, but this day was not idle, Sangou participated in the military meeting of the regimental headquarters, and now learned that the situation was to fight the 14th division of the Japanese army.

The 14th Division, one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army, and the A Horse Pulling Division, has belonged to the 1st Army of the North China Front of the Japanese Army since the landing in Qingdao last year.

The 14th Division belongs to the mechanized corps, and this time it crossed the Yellow River from North China to the south, and returned to the Lanfeng area from a long distance to copy the rear road of the Chinese army in the Xuzhou area.

The 14th Division has two infantry brigades, namely the 27th Brigade of Major General Toyomei Fangtaro and the 28th Brigade of Major General Takashi Sakai, the 27th Brigade has the 2nd and 59th Infantry Wings, and the 28th Brigade has the 15th and 50th Infantry Wings.

In addition to the 12 infantry brigades of 4 wings, the 14th division is also equipped with the 18th cavalry wing, the 20th field artillery wing, the 14th engineer wing, and the 14th baggage unit.

Normally, the number of a permanent division (type A) or horse division of the Japanese army is about 28,000 people, which is almost the number of a corps of the Chinese army.

Normally, the combat strength of the Japanese army is about the same as that of an ordinary army of the Chinese army, and a division is generally two brigades and four wings, that is, the combat strength of the four armies of the Chinese army.

However, due to the fact that the 14th Division was shouldering the important task of copying the rear of the Chinese army in a long-distance detour, the Japanese army gave the 14th Division more heavy weapons.

For example, the 1st Army of the Japanese Army equipped the 14th Division with three more field heavy artillery wings, which exceeded the total number of heavy artillery owned by the 2 million Chinese army in the country at that time.

An artillery wing belonging to a division has 36 75mm field guns and 12 120mm howitzers, while each field heavy artillery wing is equipped with 12 150mm heavy guns.

3 field heavy artillery wings, at least 36 150mm heavy guns, plus 12 120mm howitzers belonging to divisions and regiments, plus nearly 150 75mm field guns.

Not counting the 75mm mountain guns and 70mm infantry guns belonging to the brigades and wings, this formation is really terrifyingly powerful.

In addition to taking out three subordinate field heavy artillery wings, the 1st Army of the Japanese Army also equipped the 14th Division with an independent mortar brigade, an independent machine gun brigade, and an anti-aircraft artillery squadron.

Even the cavalry wing of the 14th Division was assigned to an independent squadron of light armored vehicles. In order to strengthen the mobility of the 14th Division, two separate engineering wings were added.

Combined with the communications, health, and service units under the division, the 14th Division of the Japanese Army far exceeded 30,000 people, and even nearly 40,000. Equivalent to the strength of one and a half divisions.

This is not only an increase in numbers, but also an increase in the combat power of heavy weapons, which is more than 1.5 times, and the East Henan Plain is a flat river, which is suitable for the field heavy artillery of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army to exert its power.

Those who come are not good and those who are good do not come, and the 14th Division that came this time is definitely not comparable to an ordinary division, and it is so powerful that it is amazing.

Moreover, the 14th Division is actually not a lone in-depth unit, and at the military meeting at the regiment headquarters, Zhang Lingwu introduced it to everyone in a solemn mood.

Although the 14th Division crossed the Yellow River on this day, it still stubbornly guarded the two ferries of Chenliukou and Lanfengkou, of which Chenliukou had a daily material transportation capacity of nearly 100 tons.

The supply line of the 14th Division on the north bank of the Yellow River was guarded by the mixed 4th Brigade of the First Army, and a large number of engineer wings would bring a steady stream of supplies and reinforcements to the 14th Division.

It can be seen that the 14th Division not only brought a huge advantage in cluster heavy artillery and tank convoys, but also strong assistance behind them, they were not fighting alone, but the elite troops of the 1st Army of the Japanese North China Front were jointly dispatched.