readx;? General Zhang Zhizhong, accompanied by Wang Haitao, came to the reconnaissance battalion and guard battalion that served as the top soldiers, and when he saw the guns in the hands of the soldiers, General Zhang Zhizhong couldn't help asking: "Brigade Commander Wang, are the weapons of your soldiers the same as those of the independent battalion in Shanghai?"

Wang Haitao replied: "Report to the sir, the light weapons in the hands of the soldiers are the same, but in terms of heavy weapons, a battalion here is far stronger than an independent battalion in Shanghai. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoLet's take mortars as an example, although the independent battalion has a reinforced mortar company, it is only equipped with 60 mortars. And a standard battalion here has 82 mortars and 100 mortars. Not only is it powerful, but even the firing range of the 82 mortar is 3,000 meters, which is twice as far as the 1,500 meters of the 60 mortar. And the 100-0 mortar can hit a distance of 4,700 meters. ”

General Zhang Zhizhong's eyes showed a look of excitement. Then came the armored company of the guard battalion, a convoy of forty light armored vehicles, eight heavy armored vehicles, twelve medium tanks, and ten light tanks, which stretched several miles along the road. Zhang Zhizhong couldn't help but ask again: "Brigade Commander Wang, there are so many kinds of chariots, is this a chariot regiment?"

Wang Haitao replied: "Sir, our independent brigade only has three regiments, and my heavy artillery regiment is all added by myself. Then there was also the formation of the tank regiment, which was a reinforced armored company under the guard battalion. General Zhang Zhizhong was stunned for a moment and said: "Armored company? By the way, tell me about the number of personnel and heavy equipment of your separate brigade. ”

Wang Haitao replied: "Report to the commander, our independent brigade has a total of 8,670 officers and men, including a heavy artillery regiment, three infantry regiments, and a guard battalion and a reconnaissance battalion under the brigade. The heavy artillery regiment had 130 75 infantry guns, 70 105 howitzers, 30 150 heavy guns, and 50 120 heavy mortars. The brigade also has 30 14.5 dual-purpose twin heavy machine guns, 80 100-0 heavy mortars, 40 82 mortars, and 200 60-0 mortars. ”

Listening to Wang Haitao's report, he looked at the chariot in front of him and the truck that followed, as well as the large and small artillery pieces towed on the truck. General Zhang Zhizhong's heart was full of surprises. Where is this an independent brigade, this is a completely strategic strike force, and these artillery pieces alone far exceed the number of artillery pieces of the Ninth Army, not to mention several hundred light and heavy mortars.

With such a contingent and such firepower, it is placed in the Gui department, and I want to report to Chairman Jiang and give him the number of a regular division, so that he can become his own descendant unit. And this brigade commander Wang Haitao can build such a unit with his own strength, which should not be underestimated, and it is also appropriate to give him a lieutenant general and division commander.

Thinking of this, General Zhang Zhizhong was about to consider where to put Wang Haitao's independent brigade in a suitable position, when the adjutant trotted to deliver an urgent telegram. It turned out that just three hours earlier, the Japanese 3rd Division, with the cooperation of aircraft, naval guns, artillery, and tanks, had broken through the 3rd line of defense of the 88th Division in Lion Forest. The soldiers pointed directly at Luodian Town, where the 14th Division was stationed. At this time, the flanks of the 87th Division at the mouth of the Chuan Shakou and the 98th Division at Tsukipo were threatened at the same time.

After reading the telegram, General Zhang Zhizhong frowned and said to his adjutant: "Immediately telegraph to Zhou Zhirou, the commander of the 14th Division, to carry out a counterattack against the Japanese army, and the Japanese army must be driven back, otherwise once the flanks of the 87th and 98th Divisions are attacked, the entire coastal defense line will be in danger of collapsing." The adjutant saluted and replied, "Yes, Commander." "I turned around and went to send a report to the 14th Division.

General Zhang Zhizhong said to Wang Haitao: "Brigade Commander Wang, the situation is urgent, I will talk to you in detail on the road, now order your troops to be stationed in the line from Luodian Town to Yanghang, which is currently Luodian, and be ready to take over Zhou Zhirou's 14th Division at any time." After the two regiments arrived, they were stationed in Yanghang and replaced the first division of the 98th Division there. ”

Wang Haitao replied immediately: "Yes, sir!" and then gave the order to the troops to move forward quickly. And let the reconnaissance battalion immediately rush to Luodian Town to observe the situation. After the arrangement, General Zhang Zhizhong let Wang Haitao get into his car and drove towards Luodian Town. Along the way, General Zhang Zhizhong told Wang Haitao about the situation in Shanghai during this period of time, and praised the independent battalion.

When General Zhang Zhizhong and Wang Haitao's troops walked for nearly four hours, they finally arrived at Luodian Town. At this time, only one battalion of the 14th Division was defending Luodian Town, and the rest of the troops were all ordered to counterattack the Japanese army. In the report of the reconnaissance battalion to Wang Haitao, the 14th Division of the Nationalist Army and the Japanese army were holding each other five kilometers away from Luodian, and the two sides exchanged fierce fire, but neither could tolerate the other.

According to the observation of the reconnaissance battalion, the firepower of the national army is obviously inferior to that of the Japanese army, and now it is all relying on manpower to support it. As soon as Wang Haitao heard this, he immediately ordered a battalion of the heavy artillery regiment to set up an artillery position with 75 infantry guns to strike at the Japanese army. The reconnaissance battalion sent people to the front line to report the position of the Japanese troops on the radio. The 2nd Regiment sent a battalion with five light tanks to support the 14th Division at once.

The rest of the 2nd Regiment immediately built fortifications outside the town of Luodian. The guard battalion was responsible for guarding the store, and the heavy artillery regiment was also setting up artillery positions in suitable positions. General Zhang Zhizhong saw that Wang Haitao had entered the role, but after encouraging Wang Haitao, he went back to the headquarters.

As soon as General Zhang Zhizhong left, Wang Haitao asked the Heavy Artillery Regiment to send ten heavy trucks to tow five 150 heavy guns and a large amount of ammunition and supplies to the Wusongkou Fort position of the Independent Battalion, and let Wei Erxi of the Independent Battalion bombard the Japanese warships on the sea with heavy artillery. With a range of nearly 25,000 kilometers from the 150 heavy guns, armor-piercing shells could inflict blows and damage on unsuspecting Japanese warships.

Taking advantage of the dark night, the transport troops quietly went to the position of the Wulikou Fort, not to mention the front line where the 14th Division and the Japanese army exchanged fire. General Zhou Zhirou, commander of the 14th Division, received a telegram from General Zhang Zhizhong and left a battalion to guard Luodian Town, and the rest of the troops all drove out of Luodian Town to counterattack the Japanese army.

Five kilometers after leaving the town of Luodian, the troops were confronted by the Japanese troops crossing the river by a small river that was only four or five meters wide and knee-deep. After the vanguard battalion of the 14th Division saw the Japanese army, it immediately occupied the river bank west of the river, and took the initiative to open fire on the Japanese troops who were crossing the river.

The remaining Japanese troops hurriedly fled back to the east bank. Before the soldiers of this battalion could be happy for a while, the Japanese retaliatory artillery bombardment came to the head of the pioneer battalion, and the 20-minute shelling not only caused the pioneer battalion to destroy several light and heavy machine guns, but also paid the price of more than 100 soldiers killed and wounded.

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