Chapter 214 New Mission of the Four Front Camp
"The love is so hot!" Li Jiujin sighed to Niu Er.
"Believe it or not, the sir is now so swelling that he can kill a brain axe."
Have a brain axe? The leg injury has not yet healed. The "hammer" habitually lying beside him raised his ears and glanced around him vigilantly.
"Don't worry, Hammer, this tiger doesn't eat dogs, it only eats the superior." Niu Er touched Hammer's head and comforted Hammer.
It only eats people! The dog feels relieved, and Hammer's nervous dog face is relieved.
"Oh! Your baby is so appropriate. I want to tell reporter Dan Tai that it is appropriate." Li Jiujin couldn't laugh.
A group of soldiers from the Four-Road Battalion who began to assemble were laughing and leaning back and forth.
They are all sensible people. Dan Tai reporter looked beautiful and gentle, but the tigress was about to emerge. Not to mention anything else, just the pen in his hand, the black ones can be said to be white, and the white ones can be described as gray. If a certain chief dares to make mistakes somewhere in the "Sun" area, he may be Chen Shimei.
After Dan Tai Mingyue finished broadcasting, the sound on the radio did not stop, and a song came from inside.
However, this time it was not the soft voice of Dan Tai Mingyue, but the low singing of several soldiers, without any accompaniment, just a cappella.
“It was a clear morning,
The whistle of the pigeon is accompanied by the sound of the wake-up call.
But the world has never been peaceful.
There are no peace times but there are turbulent storms.
Ready, brothers of the soldiers?
When that day really comes.
Don't worry about the motherland, don't worry about the relatives,
For victory, I must move forward bravely!
Look at the direction where the military flag is flying,
Advance the chariots and crews,
Our names are also floating above,
Young soldiers are eager to make merit.
Ready, brothers of the soldiers?
When that day really comes.
”
This is what Tan Tai Mingyue asked Tang Dao. She originally wanted Tang Dao to teach her to sing "The Great Wall will never fall", but Tang Dao gave her a big surprise and gave her a song adapted from the future "When That Day Comes".
In this era, military songs are a must-have for almost every unit. After training or on a long journey, loud military songs are the easiest way to boost morale.
Moreover, the melody of the military song is not complicated at all. Just be passionate, a few soldiers from the guard battalion learned it after learning it two or three times.
There were countless people on the position singing along with the low voices on the radio. The fatigue that had once been full of people seemed to have disappeared from singing everywhere, and the speed of building fortifications accelerated again.
However, the soldiers from the Fourth Battalion gathered together under the squad leader's secret collection and packed up their own equipment. After all the personnel arrived, the communication soldier Erya sent the Tang Dao Army order, and the entire battalion walked to the open space three miles outside the west gate.
All ten trucks seized from the Japanese were driven by people. There was no shortage of heavy equipment on the car. There were six single-barrel machine guns with wheels and neatly stacked shell boxes in front of the car.
The officers and soldiers of the Fourth Barracks quickly lined up and stood in front of the truck, standing their battalion commander Tang Dao and two lieutenant generals.
97 people stood straight, with a solemn face.
Although they didn't know what to do at this moment, they knew that the task that was about to wait for them was never simple.
The six machine guns were not the key point, but the two commanders of the 67th Army and the 43rd Army came to talk together. This specification is really too high.
"The Songjiang Front Command Order, the guard company directly under the Fourth Battalion and the 43rd Army Army Headquarters, and the 1st Guard Company directly under the 67th Army Headquarters, Major Lei Xiong, deputy battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion, is the first commander, and is stationed at the Baihegang Bridge. The entire army must not make the bridge lose its mistakes. Anyone who avoids war, fears war, and retreats, kill!" Tang Dao took the lead and read out the military order just issued by the command center.
"Yes!" Lei Xiong first received the order, and then turned his attention to Tang Dao.
There was surprise and suspicion.
The Sixing Battalion and two other guard companies stationed at the Baihegang Bridge dozens of kilometers away were actually not as dangerous as guarding Songjiang City. Tang Dao had actually communicated with him before coming to Songjiang.
The Japanese army may not have too many infantrymen, but the biggest danger that the Baihegang Bridge faces is the Japanese fighter jets.
Once Songjiang and the Japanese army are in a desperate battle, the angry Japanese army will inevitably think of breaking the Songjiang army's retreat to retaliate, and bombing the Baihegang Bridge is almost an inevitable choice.
They are laying eggs in the sky, so how brave they are on the ground?
However, these so-called dangers are nothing, but Tang Dao did not serve as the first commander? Obviously, he would not leave with them this time, which made Lei Xiong a little uncomfortable.
Yes, whether these elite troops who once belonged to the Imperial Guard admitted it or not, after a week of continuous battle, Tang Dao has completely become their backbone and support. At first, he heard that Tang Dao would not follow him, even if he was as strong as Lei Xiong, he suddenly felt a little confused.
If it weren't for the two big guys here, he probably would have asked questions directly.
"Because Battalion Commander Tang also serves as deputy director of the General Staff Department, he must stay in Songjiang to obey orders." General Wu Zhong answered the questions of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion.
"I know, some people may think that I, Mr. Wu and Commander Guo, did not use the good steel of your Four Battalions on the blade. That's because you don't know that you are guarding the last lifeline of the entire Songjiang City army.
The military orders led by our entire Songjiang army this time start from the arrival of the Japanese invaders tomorrow. The entire Songjiang front line must block the Japanese invaders for three days and nights, and win time for the entire Shanghai-west army to withdraw to the Jiangsu-Zhejiang national defense line.
If the bridge is lost, there will be more than 30,000 Chinese good men on the Songjiang front line, and there will be no way to retreat!" General Wu's face was solemn, his eyes slightly opened, and his voice was a little hoarse.
"So, I must ask you to guard the bridge! The lives of more than 30,000 soldiers on the Songjiang front will be paid to you."
"On behalf of all the four camps, I guarantee to complete the task! Unless the entire army is full of mourning, you will not disappoint the commanders." Lei Xiong took a heavy step forward and raised his hand to salute. "Everyone, salute!"
"Okay!" The lieutenant general raised his hand and returned the favor.
Lieutenant General Guo and Tang Dao also raised their hands to return the greeting.
Everyone waited for the bus to get on the bus one after another.
The 67th Army Guard Company had been stationed at Baihegang Bridge for a long time, and the 43rd Army Guard Company was the two platoons left behind at the 43rd Army garrison. The communication soldier Erya had quietly told Lei Xiong about this.
This also means that the one responsible for defending the Baihegang Bridge is about 300 troops, which is much more difficult than the 67th Army's more than 30,000 Japanese troops to defend Songjiang City against more than 100,000 Japanese troops.
But that should be the most troops that the two lieutenant generals can take out at this moment.
It’s not because of insufficient troops, but because of the retreat, the morale of the army must not be shaken. No one has to say about this, Tang Dao believes that Lei Xiong can understand it.
The only thing that made Lei Xiong feel at ease was that his equipment was further strengthened. Although Songjiang was about to face hard and fight to the death, General Wu still "squeezed out" six Erliton single-barrel machine guns and handed them to him.
Although this single-barrel 20mm machine gun produced from the unknown Swiss company Erliton is not as good as the famous Suroton dual-installed machine gun, it is just a large "machine gun", but this machine gun with a firing rate of up to 300 rounds per minute actually has better performance in upward air defense.
It is actually the most appropriate to have such a "small cannon" to prevent air defense.
Many people may be surprised why a unit suppressed by the top leaders has so many "high-end" equipment, which may be because it does not have enough understanding of the Northeast Army.
Regardless of the quality of the soldiers and combat effectiveness, just in terms of their equipment, the Northeast Army may be second only to the existence of a German and equipment division and organizing division created by a certain boss who gathered national financial resources.
Because Lao Zhang, who ruled the Northeast for a long time, may be China's first "farming expert" during the warlord melee. With his careful management, the Northeast not only had China's largest Fengtian Arsenal, but also had the best iron ore, coal mine and the most complete heavy industry in China at that time. It was a strange thing that the Northeast Army was poorly equipped.
During the September 18th Incident, hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army retreated to the pass without resistance, and nearly 300 planes dropped in Fengtian City...
With this equipment, but without resistance, it would be strange if the young marshal and the entire Northeast Army were not scolded as dogs by the whole country.
So, Zhang, who was scolded by the people of the whole country for several years, was almost depressed. As the Japanese became more and more arrogant, they simply gritted their teeth and cruelly tied up their lead brother, telling the people of the whole country that I actually want to fight the war, and you see, I am ready to kill my relatives for the sake of justice.
The handsome guy Zhang was really not a fool at that time. As long as the boss takes the lead and dares to talk stubbornly, it is estimated that his life is really hard to protect.
The whole Chinese were stunned. The northern army clapped and persuaded people to be virtuous and to be victorious. As long as they beat the Japanese, it would be easy to say.
The leadership is so frustrated. Who is not angry at the Northeast Army? The Japanese have come again and finally have the opportunity to give themselves a name. You must not empty your family when you go to the front line!
Not to mention the single-barrel machine gun imported in the early 1930s, the two infantry divisions under the 67th Army had mountain artillery battalions and heavy mortar battalions. Each mountain artillery battalion had 12 75mm mountain artillery battalions, and the heavy mortar battalion had 12 150mm heavy mortars. The military directly under the army also had a mountain artillery battalion with the same organization and a field artillery battalion with 12 75mm field guns and an air defense battalion with 18 20mm machine guns.
Just talking about various types of artillery, 48 mountain cannons, field cannons and 24 large-caliber mortars will never be inferior to a standing division of the Japanese army.
Of course, then again, the attacking Japanese army was not a division but as many as three or even more. Especially the Japanese army had special heavy artillery brigade support, so its strength was naturally far beyond that of the 67th Army.
To say that the 67th Army is awesome, it is just a comparison between the domestic army, such as the 43rd Army, which is so painful. The poor "beggar army" has never seen anything like mountain cannons.
If it weren't for the two infantry cannons, three rapid-fire cannons and ten Type 92 heavy machine guns brought by Tang Dao, it would be another two more to say that Wu Zhong General was reluctant to hand over one-third of the machine cannons directly under the Air Defense Battalion to Lei Xiong.
Chapter completed!