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

Xu Shijiu said: "Everything else is good, but there is a lack of raincoats." ”

In the past few days, it has been raining in the Songhu area, and the clothes of the officers and men of the national army have hardly been dry, and fighting in the rain is not only hard, but also causes a large number of non-combat attrition.

Feng Shengfa sighed and said, "Get over it." ”

After all, China's national strength is limited, when the national army first entered Shanghai, people from all walks of life in Shanghai enthusiastically donated money and materials, and the officers and men of the 87th and 88th divisions had cigarettes, canned beef to eat, and even foreign wine to drink, but the materials donated by the people were limited after all, and in addition, there were more and more troops going to Shanghai, and now all kinds of materials were extremely scarce.

Xu Nineteen only said that there was a lack of raincoats, but in fact, the rations of the Nineteenth Brigade were very tight.

While talking, the two had already walked into a cotton field, where the artillery battalion of the 58th Division was building artillery fortifications, and a tractor truck turned on its headlights because it couldn't see the road clearly, and as a result, an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel immediately rushed onto the road, and pulled down the big soldier driving the truck and scolded him.

"Who told you to turn on your headlights? Ah, who got out of the way? ”

"Do you know that this will attract little Japan's long-range guns?"

"You rookie egg, how many times can you talk about it to have a longer memory?"

Being scolded by the lieutenant colonel officer, the big soldier didn't 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 commander of the artillery battalion, Grevi, from the Huangpu Sixth Artillery Section, and the proud protégé of Cai Zhonghu, the commander of the Second Artillery Brigade. ”

"Oh, it's General Cai's tall feet?" Xu Shijiu couldn't help but look sideways.

In the twentieth year of the Republic of China (1931), in one? A few months before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, Cai Zhonghu, who was a minority shareholder in Shanghai Yongyu Yarn Factory at that time, was invited by Cai Tingkai, the commander of the 19th Route Army, to guide artillery tactics.

In fact, before leaving the military and going to Shanghai to become a small boss of a yarn factory, Cai Zhonghu also served as the commander-in-chief of the artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and even served as an artillery instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy.

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

Although I can't see it clearly at night, at a cursory glance, there are more than a dozen mountain guns camouflaged on both sides of the road, and there are even more mortars on the road, not to mention 20 small ones! It can't be compared with a model army like the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, but it is much stronger than other German armorers.

"I really didn't expect it." Xu Shijiu agreed, but he thought in his heart, he didn't look at who the former commander of the 58th Division was, and who was Yu Jishi? That's Chairman Chiang's nephew, how bad can the equipment of the 58th Division be? But then again, with this family, the 58th Division will be even more successful in fighting the Japanese army at night.

At this time, Xu Shijiu had a vague idea in his mind, step and artillery coordination?

"Originally, there was a flat-fire artillery company, but Commander-in-Chief Chen detained it." Feng Shengfa shook his head with some regret, and the topic suddenly returned to the topic, and said, "Ah Jiu, it's not easy to attack at night, you have to send someone to find out the deployment of the Japanese army's troops and firepower first, remember to send capable veterans there." ”

Although the tactics of day vigil and night attack have been determined, the night attack is not just a matter of talking about hitting haode, there must be a premise.

This premise is that you must first find out the deployment of the Japanese army's forces and firepower allocation, and if you don't know the deployment of the Japanese army's troops, you will attack indiscriminately, which is called blind fighting; It would be even more dangerous for the Japanese army to attack rashly if it was not clear about the Japanese army's firepower configuration, and then the Japanese army's two or three concealed firepower points would be able to allow the troops engaged in the attack to have no return.

Therefore, the matter of reconnaissance must not be taken lightly.

Of course, Xu Jiujiu knew the depth of it, and said, "Don't worry, I'll go in person." ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news at the division headquarters." Feng Shengfa stopped his steps and didn't send it anymore, Xu Shijiu stood upright, saluted Feng Shengfa and remembered the standard military salute, and then walked away.

After sending Xu 19 away, Feng Shengfa then inspected the positions of the regiments, and did not return to the division headquarters until more than ten o'clock in the evening.

Walking into the war room, I saw Zhang Jingming, deputy division commander, He Lingxiao, commander of the 172nd Brigade, and Wu Jiguang, commander of the 174th Brigade, frowning at the combat map, on the map, the troop configuration of the 58th Division and the 67th and 51st divisions of the friendly army has been clearly marked, but the situation of the Japanese army in Luodian is blank.

For nearly ten days before, Peng Shan's 11th Division was basically in a passive situation of being beaten in Luodian, and did not even conduct a reconnaissance against the Japanese army, so on the operational map handed over to the 58th Division, the strength and firepower configuration of the Japanese army in Luodian were unknown, and even the number of the Japanese army was not clear.

He Jingming said: "Master, the enemy situation is unknown, I'm afraid this battle is not easy to fight?" ”

Feng Shengfa smiled and said, "Brother Jing Ming doesn't have to worry, he will soon be able to know the enemy's situation." ”

As soon as the words landed, heavy footsteps sounded outside the war room, and Xu Shijiu walked in proudly.

Walking into the war room and saluting the four commanders, Xu Shijiu pressed a map to the big map of the division headquarters, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the map and said: "Division, the situation in Luodian has been figured out, there is only about one infantry squadron, two heavy machine guns, nine light machine guns, and five to nine grenadiers, and the locations have been marked on the map." ”

"Only one infantry squadron?" Zhang Jingming questioned, "Could it be a mistake?" ”

He Lingxiao was also a little unconvinced, frowned and said: "If the Japanese army in Luodian really only has only one squadron, how can the 11th Division not be defeated?" Could it be that little Japan is all three-headed and six-armed heavenly soldiers? ”

Xu 19 replied: "I don't know what the brigade seat is, opposite Luodian is the 44th Infantry Wing of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, the wing captain is named He Zhiying Er, this old devil is not simple, he got a fishing tactic, only a few troops in the front, in order to lure our army to attack, once our army is dispatched, he will immediately put the main force of the wing to counterattack, Peng Shan because he does not understand the tactics of the Japanese army, so he suffers every time, and as a result, the precious troops are wasted in a meaningless attack. ”

Wu Jiguang, the commander of the 174th Brigade, said: "If the old devil of Zhiying Er is really fishing as you said, then if we go to attack Luodian, won't we fall into the hands of this old devil?" What if this old devil still did what he did before, and quickly gathered the main force of the wing to counterattack Luodian? ”

"What to do? Easy to do! Without waiting for Xu Shijiu to answer, Feng Shengfa slammed his fist on the map and said in a deep voice, "Luodian must be taken back, and as for the old devil with Zhiying Er, we have to send the strongest combat strength to block it." After that, Feng Shengfa turned his head and asked Zhang Jingming, "Brother Jingming, which group do you think is appropriate?" ”

Zhang Jingming said: "Division, let Zhou Lixing's 348 regiment block the attack." ”

"Okay, then let the 348th Regiment fight to block the attack, as for the troops that fight Luodian......" Feng Shengfa didn't finish speaking, the commander of the 172nd Brigade, He Lingxiao, rushed to say, "This is the first battle after our 58th Division rushed to the Songhu battlefield, Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose, although the Japanese army in Luodian only has a squadron, but he thinks it is necessary to invest absolutely superior forces and give a thunderous blow, division, in order to ensure victory, it is better to let Cai Renjie's 344 Regiment go, right?" ”

Feng Shengfa smiled, and said indispensably: "Okay, then the 344 regiment." ”

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

A moment later, Cai Renjie, the commander of the 344th Regiment, and Zhou Lixing, the commander of the 348th Regiment, were called into the headquarters.

After Zhang Jinming finished explaining the task, Cai Renjie and Zhou Lixing were about to turn around and leave, but they were stopped by Xu Shijiu.

Xu Nineteen also saw that the two regiment commanders hadn't looked at the map drawn by the Nineteenth Brigade just now, so he kindly reminded the two of them: "Cai Tuanzuo, Zhou Tuanzuo, there is a situation that must be explained, there is a small river on the west side of Luodian Town, called Dijing River, the river is not wide, but it is two meters deep, and it cannot be crossed without a pontoon bridge. ”

Zhou Lixing was noncommittal, and Cai Renjie asked: "Is there a bridge on the river?" ”

"Yes, there is a stone bridge built during the Tongzhi period." Xu 19 replied, "However, the Japanese army has built a barricade at the east end of the bridge, and there is a heavy machine gun, and if there is no anti-aircraft gun, it will be difficult to cross the bridge." ”

"Brother, just have a bridge." Cai Renjie patted Xu Shijiu's shoulder, and said, "As for how to cross the bridge, I know it in my heart, brother, so I won't bother you, brother, haha." ”

After that, Cai Renjie and Zhou Lixing went to the top.

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Zhou Zhai, the headquarters of the 44th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army.

A rapid ringing of the telephone woke up Kazutaka Er from his sleep, and when he hurriedly got up, the orderly had already hurriedly walked in and reported: "Wing Commander, Yoshino Squadron is calling, Luodian has been attacked by the Shina Army, the strength of the Shina Army has at least one regiment, and there is heavy firepower, Captain Yoshino asked for reinforcements from the Wing Headquarters. ”

While speaking, Deputy Wing Commander Kinoshita Hideyoshi also hurriedly walked in, and said to Kazuchi Takaji while buttoning the buttons: "Wing Commander, please sit at the Wing Headquarters, and I will take the 1st Infantry Brigade to reinforce Luodian." ”

"No, I personally led the 1st Infantry Brigade to reinforce Luodian." And Zhiyingji waved his hand to stop Kinoshita Hideyoshi, since the last time the Yamauchi brigade reinforced Gu's house was ambushed by the Chinese army, and Zhiyinger, an old devil, has a little more attention, this time the Chinese army besieged Luodian, and if it is not good, it will be repeated again.