The devils landed from along the Yangtze River, Chuanshakou is located in the northwest of Luodian, and the Lion Forest Fort is located in the northeast of Luodian.

Of course, the devils still have a part of their troops, which are moving to attack the Baoshan County and Wusong areas that are guarding the mouth of the Huangpu River, so those devil troops who have landed must capture Luodian in order to be able to complete their two goals.

One is to open up the highway from Liuhe to Luodian, and then open up the highway to Baoshan, and connect with the devil reinforcements who landed on the Huangpu River; In addition, it can also effectively support the personnel of the Devil Marine Corps who are besieged in the area of Zhabei Jiangwan.

Second, it can also be used to threaten the flank of the **Left Wing Army, cut off the connection between the ** troops, and besiege the ** troops guarding Baoshan and Wusong in the area between the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River, which can be flanked on both sides.

Therefore, as soon as Hu Congjun talked about their intention to stay in Luodian, Xiao Linghu immediately felt an unprecedented pressure, as if he was overwhelmed by a black cloud.

The direction in which the devils retreated was the direction they came from in the north, and their attack after dawn must have started from that direction.

"Commander, how is our regiment arranged?" Xiao Linghu asked bluntly.

Hu Congjun said: "I went to the division headquarters just now, and Division Commander Peng arranged our 65th and 66th regiments to the west of Luodian, which is where we are now; Two regiments of the 31st Brigade, one in the town and one in the north. Once the devils attack from the north, we will cooperate with the 67th Division and fight a blocking battle; If the devils come in two teams, then our two divisions will each block one! ”

Xiao Linghu nodded, but felt a little helpless.

If two divisions with sufficient troops, according to the current establishment of the 11th Division, with two brigades and four regiments, together they should have more than 40,000 people, but after the battle, the two divisions have suffered serious attrition, and now they can have 30,000 people together, which is already very good. It is estimated that there are only more than 20,000 troops.

And the devil in front of him is a division, and their 11th division can be regarded as the elite unit of the Japanese army, with more than 20,000 people, if the devil really has to go all out, they will not be able to resist at all.

However, Xiao Linghu also knew that the devil's division had been in battle since the landing, and their casualties were also very serious, plus they had to divide their troops to the east to rescue other troops, so the strength that could really fight Luodian should not exceed three wings, plus some artillery and baggage troops, that is, about 10,000 people.

Hu Congjun paused slightly, and then continued: "According to the deployment of the division commander, because our 65th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, it was arranged in the west to the south, and the 66th Regiment was arranged in the north of our regiment, and our two regiments were responsible for the safety of the entire west of Luodian. The 66th Regiment was responsible for the area of Chenjia Village, Lujia Village, Xujia Village, and Lujia Village in the north. ”

Xiao Linghu came to the map and looked at the map carefully, Hu Congjun said that these villages are all in the middle of the river network, which is located in the west and northwest of Luodian, and it is also the only place to enter Luodian from the west or northwest.

"Where is our battalion?" Xiao Linghu asked.

Hu Congjun pointed to the map and said, "Your battalion is in charge of Panjia Village!" ”

Xiao Linghu looked at the map carefully, Panjia Village was located in the north of Heqiao Village, separated by a Panjia River. This Panjia River is also a waterway that comes out of the Lianqi River, and it basically circles around Panjia Village in a boxy circle, facing Wangjia Village across the river in the west, Luodian across the river in the east, and the defense area of the 66th Regiment in the north is also across the river. It's just that the road from the Liuhe River is passing through the east of Panjia Village and entering Luodian Town.

If there was no road, maybe Panjia Village would not be able to defend it, but Xiao Linghu knew that with this road, then this Panjia Village would definitely become an island of death, and it would definitely be attacked by devils.

Seeing Xiao Linghu frowning, Hu Congjun couldn't help but ask, "What?" Difficult? ”

Xiao Linghu hesitated, but still said: "I'm only afraid that our battalion won't be able to hold this road!" ”

Hu Congjun looked at Xiao Linghu and pointed to the Liuluo Highway, knowing what he was worried about, and said: "We really can't defend this highway, so destroy it and blow up the bridge on the highway, so that the devil's chariot can't pass smoothly!" ”

Xiao Linghu nodded and said, "That's the only way to do it!" ”

Hu Congjun said again: "However, you don't have to worry too much, there are still 66 regiments in the north of you, if they can't withstand it, they can't stand it just by relying on your battalion." If you really can't stand it, it's better to preserve your strength, you can't fight with the devil to fight all the people, and it's a big deal to take the village back at night! ”

"Yes!" Xiao Linghu replied, thinking about the arrangement of the first battalion.

Hu Congjun had already assigned the other two battalions before Xiao Linghu came, and the second battalion was responsible for the defense of the other three villages. The large army of devils must be inseparable from the road, and they must have attacked along the road.

The third battalion was left by Hu Congjun in the regimental headquarters of Heqiao and used as a reserve.

After the 65 th Regiment was arranged, Hu Congjun asked each battalion and company to go their own way, striving to make the greatest possible preparations before the devils attacked, and at the last step, he had to dig a few bomb shelters and firing trenches that could avoid artillery bombardment.

Those battalion commanders and company commanders got up to leave, and Xiao Linghu was about to walk away, but was called back by Hu Congjun.

"What else?" Xiao Linghu asked.

Hu Congjun said: "In this battle last night, you fought very well, I have already reported to the division commander, if you want to say that our 65th Regiment can break through the outer defense line of the devils in one fell swoop, if you have a lot of merit, you alone can get half of it." ”

"Hehe, the head of the regiment is too high for me!" Xiao Linghu said modestly: "If there is no cooperation from my brothers, just like Company Commander Zhang Feng of the second battalion is willing to obey my command, I don't have that much ability!" ”

Hu Congjun said: "However, your vision is unique, you can see through the devil's plan at a glance, if you don't have your immediate decision, I'm afraid that we are still entangled with the devil in the periphery of Luodian!" ”