By 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the 77th Infantry Wing had all gone ashore from the vicinity of the Lion Forest and completed its assembly near Liuhe Town; the fly in the ointment was that the infantry artillery squadron directly under the 77th Infantry Wing failed to go ashore, and the hot air balloons of the observation team could not be transported ashore in time, which was bound to affect the follow-up combat operations. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because there was no hot air balloon, the observation team would not be able to take to the air for reconnaissance, and there would be no way to guide the naval guns to carry out precise artillery bombardment of the defensive positions of the Chinese defenders!

However, the 77th Infantry Wing did not dare to wait any longer.

Because the commander of the 12th Army, Kawagishi Bunzaburo, has been urged many times.

Fortunately, there are also aviation units from the flying regiment directly under the Central China Command Army that can provide support to the 77th Infantry Wing.

Therefore, even though he was worried, the wing commander of the 77th Infantry Wing, Ryosuke Fujimuro, still decisively gave the order to advance.

The 77th Infantry Wing followed the road and went straight to Luojing.

Fujimuro Ryosuke originally thought that he would be blocked in Luojing, but he didn't expect that Luo Jing was unexpectedly nowhere to be seen, not only the residents of the town had run out, but even the expected defenders did not appear, however, as a veteran of a hundred battles, Fujimuro Ryosuke not only did not feel relaxed, but felt a trace of pressure.

Speaking of which, after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the 20th Division had been in North China and did not participate in the Battle of Songhu, but as a high-ranking officer with pursuits and ideals, Ryosuke Fujimuro carefully studied the Battle of Songhu in his spare time, and had a serious summary of the gains and losses of the Chinese and Japanese armies in the Battle of Songhu.

In addition, Fujimuro Ryosuke had fought with the communist troops in the North China battlefield, so he also had a certain understanding of the style of the communist troops, and compared with the Kuomintang army, the communist troops often did not count the gains and losses of one city and one pond, but only aimed at killing and injuring the living forces of the Japanese army, which was even more difficult to deal with.

It is precisely because he has carefully studied the First Battle of Songhu and understands the Communist Party that Ryosuke Fujimuro is worried that the defenders will not even fortify Luojing, because the style of the Communist troops is obviously different from that of the Nationalist Army in the First Battle of Songhu, and the Kuomintang troops often fight for an inch of land, but often they cannot hold an inch of land!

Seeing Ryosuke Fujimuro's worried look, Shichiro Muramura, the deputy of the wing, asked, "Captain, you seem to be a little worried?" But what baffles me is, what is there to worry about? ”

Katamura Shichiro just graduated from the Army University not long ago, and he has just been transferred to the 77th Infantry Wing as a wing deputy, which is actually just a transition, the purpose is to let Katamura Shichiro as a trainee wing leader, observe the command of the wing level up close, and then transfer to another wing and officially serve as the wing leader.

This is also the practice of the Japanese army, and officer students who have just graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School or Army University will generally not directly serve as the chief officer after they go down to the army, but will serve as a deputy for a period of time.

This is the case with Shichiro Katamura, so whether it is Ryosuke Fujimuro or himself, they all know that he will not stay in the 77th Infantry Wing, so the two get along very easily, because there is no conflict of interest, and there is no need to beware of each other.

Ryosuke Fujimuro frowned and said, "Katamura-kun, Luo Jing actually has no defenders, don't you think it's abnormal?" ”

"Nani, that's it?" Katamura was surprised when he heard this, and then laughed and said, "Captain, are you thinking about the problem too complicated?" Why do you have to think that the defenders are doing this with other intentions, why can't you think that the defenders are forced to abandon Luo Jing because they are afraid of the imperial army's advances, or because of insufficient troops? ”

Ryosuke Fujimuro didn't argue too much, shook his head and said, "I hope." ”

While the two were talking, the march of the 77th Infantry Wing did not stop.

Less than twenty miles south beyond Luojing was Luodian Town, which was finally blocked by the defenders when it was still two kilometers away! When the sound of gunfire came from the front, Ryosuke Fujimuro breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been hanging before finally fell to the ground, as long as the enemy appeared, it would be good!

In a short time, Ryutaro Kurosaki, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, sent a signal corpsman back to report that the attack was blocked in Gejia Village, north of Luodian Town, and that the enemy troops stationed in Gejia Village were about one platoon and forty or fifty men, but they were extremely well-equipped and were all automatic firepower, and the forward squad of the 3rd Infantry Brigade launched a tentative attack, which was thwarted, and nearly half of its strength was lost, and in addition, a large number of enemy troops were also found to be active in Luodian Town.

Ryutaro Kurosaki didn't dare to act rashly, so he hurriedly sent a signal soldier to run back to ask for instructions.

Ryosuke Fujimuro intended to test Shichiro Katamura, and immediately asked, "Katamura-kun, what do you say you should do?" ”

Katamura Shichiro laughed and said loudly: "The garrison of China does not have many troops, although it is well-equipped, but there are advantages and disadvantages of automatic firepower, the advantage is that the firepower is fast, and the disadvantage is that the ammunition consumption is large, so you don't have to mind at all, you can repeatedly impact a small group of troops, consume the ammunition of the China Army, and when the ammunition of the other China Army is exhausted, you can easily take Luodian Town." ”

Ryosuke Fujimuro said to the signal soldier, "Just reply to Kurosaki-kun like this." ”

"Hello!" The signal soldier slammed his head, turned over and hurried away.

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At the same time, in Luodian.

Lu Deming put down the binoculars and said to Wang Jiageng beside him: "Battalion commander, did you fight too hard just now?" The little devil has been retracted for a long time, and there has been no movement, which is probably to make you afraid. ”

After the official listing of the Songhu Military Division, Wang Jiageng changed from the battalion commander of the patrol battalion to the company commander of the military division, but Lu Deming still habitually called Wang Jiageng the battalion commander according to the previous time when he was in the 88th Division, which is also a common practice, such as Xu Rui, and some people still call him the captain, and there are also regiment commanders.

"What do you want?" Wang Jiageng shook his head and said angrily, "There can still be such a good thing." ”

"Why can't there be?" Lu Deming said hesitantly, "Don't look at how fierce your firepower was just now, who can stand this kind of intense firepower?" In the Battle of Songhu that year, if our 88th Division had this level of equipment, the thousands of marines in Little Japan would have rushed us into the Huangpu River to feed the fish. ”

mentioned the first Battle of Songhu, Wang Jiageng's expression immediately darkened.

Because the first Battle of Songhu left Wang Jiageng with all bad memories, not only did the battle lose, but the old army almost wiped out the devil, and he himself was seriously injured and let the commander's department abandon it, if you can selectively forget, Wang Jiageng really hopes to erase this memory.

At that moment, Wang Jiageng changed the topic and said: "Why haven't you returned to Yuepu yet?" ”

"I'm fine there." Lu Deming said with a big grin, "If the little devil wants to go to Jiangwan to save people, he must pass through Luodian, because Luodian is a transportation hub connecting Jiangwan, Baoshan, Jiading and Liuhe, and if the little devil wants to go to Jiangwan, he must pass through Luodian, unless Luodian can't go here, he will think about detouring from Yuepu." ”

After a slight pause, Lu Deming said again: "What's more, even if the devil detours from Yuepu, he has to pass through Luodian, and I am staring at it here, which is equivalent to the guard post of Yuepu, right?" ”

While the two were talking, a veteran soldier in front of them suddenly shouted: "Battalion commander, there are devils!" ”

When Wang Jiageng heard this, he hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked forward, and sure enough, he saw that about a squadron of devil soldiers was driving along the road.

Lu Deming smiled cruelly: "Okay, I ran away from a squad, and a squadron came, which is finally a little interesting." ”

Wang Jiageng ignored Lu Deming, turned back to his correspondent and said: "Inform the first class, don't die with the little devils, if you are really struggling, you can withdraw to the town." ”

Wang Jiageng set up a squad in Gejia Village, north of Luodian, but this squad is a reinforced squad, with more than 50 people, even more than the platoon of ordinary troops, you must know that a platoon of the Central Army has more than 40 people, so Wang Jiageng is only a small company commander in name, but in fact he is a battalion commander.

The communicator agreed, got on his bicycle and left the town, and went straight to Gejia Village.

After a while, the devil infantry squadron that came along the road approached the entrance of Gejia Village, but the next scene made Wang Jiageng and Lu Deming a little stunned, after the devil squadron arrived at the entrance of Gejia Village, it did not continue to advance along the road, but went straight around Gejia Village and rushed straight to Luodian from the field road.

"Huh." Lu Deming sighed lightly and said in surprise, "No, when did the little devil change sex?" ”

Wang Jiageng also frowned, according to the habit of the little devil, he generally moved forward along the highway and railway, and when he found a defender blocking the road, he stopped and pulled it out, if he couldn't pull it out, he sent troops to detour from both sides, but now he bypassed Gejia Village as soon as he came up, and he detoured from the side, which doesn't seem to be in line with the style of the devil.

Wang Jiageng couldn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the little devil's gourd, so he immediately called a messenger and said in a deep voice: "Order all platoons, no matter which direction this group of devils comes from, no matter what their intentions are, as long as they get close to the position, they will be beaten hard, I don't believe it, I can't beat their intentions!" ”

After about a quarter of an hour, the squadron of devils who attacked bypassed near Gejia Village and arrived to the east of Luodian, and after a short rest east of Luodian, the devils divided an infantry squad to attack Luodian from the east.

However, the devils were obviously prepared, and as soon as the gunshots rang out here, they all fell to the ground.

The first round of fire from the platoon did not cause much damage to the devils.