Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 132 Prepare for Battle
Hearing that they were about to retreat, the officers and soldiers did not react as violently as the officers.

Of course, there were also people who murmured that they didn't want to leave, such as Lao Hei, whose younger brother died here in battle, as if he left alive because he was sorry for him.

However, most of the officers and soldiers are ordinary people after all. When the flames of war come, they can disregard life and death. That is because there are robes to watch. In this Jedi, most people are actually happy.

Tang Dao called his three platoon leaders one by one into his command room on the second floor. Niu Er and Yang Xiaoshan stood at the door. Except for the parties involved, no one knew what Tang Dao and the three infantry platoon leaders confessed.

After explaining to his three platoon leaders, Tang Dao asked Niu Er to invite Lei Xiong, the company commander of the machine gun company, and the two company commanders discussed in the command room for at least half an hour.

This is also normal. As the first company and the machine gun company responsible for the fire cover for the entire army to pass through the Suzhou Bridge, if the two company commanders did not communicate and make good tactical arrangements before the battle, it would be abnormal.

Although the chief of staff of the major general said that the main purpose of coming to the warehouse was to be the "herald" of the headquarter, but at least he was one of the officers directly under the 524th regiment. The firepower point of the four-line warehouse is constructed.

From this point of view, this veteran soldier who graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy can be regarded as knowing why the more than 400 people under his command can beat the Japanese army of an infantry regiment so badly.

All the secrets lie in the construction of the firepower points by the warehouse defenders.

The strong warehouse walls are a pain point for the Japanese army, but if they blindly rely on the strong walls, the defenders are more than enough to defend and not enough to attack.

But the firepower in the warehouse did not blindly hide behind the solid wall as imagined, they dared to go out.

For example, the roof of the building was well used, and field fortifications were built in the open area of ​​​​the field of fire. The machine guns and mortars hidden inside the torrent of steel sprayed out were definitely sharp arrows that the Japanese invaders hated the most. .

For another example, the first-line trenches they spent a lot of effort to build seemed superfluous, but the shooting from here would definitely make the Japanese army stumble when they launched a charge, and even more so that the Japanese army who dared to cross this trench would never again There is no chance to turn around and escape.

Regardless of the firepower outside the building, the inverted triangle ambush firepower inside the building also opened the eyes of the major general. It is not how vicious the firepower is set up, but that one must have enough courage to dare to use one's position as a trap.

If all of these were done by Xie Jinyuan, then he is even better than the evaluation in the division file, and it is just around the corner to grow into a general of the army.

However, the lieutenant colonel of the army is obviously not a greedy person. Seeing that the chief of staff of the division praised the fortifications and the construction of the firepower point, he naturally pushed Tang Dao out.

"Tang Dao?" There was no abnormality on the major general's face, but he recalled this unfamiliar but somewhat impressive name in his mind.

As the chief of staff of a division, he was at most familiar with battalion-level officers, and among the company-level lieutenants, he didn't know the others, except Lei Xiong, who was somewhat famous.

Immediately, he finally remembered that this was two days ago, Xie Jinyuan specially sent a telegram to the division headquarters to ask for credit for this second lieutenant named Tang Dao, and asked the division headquarters to promote him to the first rank of lieutenant.

It was he who was the master. In order to boost the morale of the 524th regiment, he fully agreed at that time and recorded it in the file.

Now it seems that there is no merit in this battle because of the firepower points and fortifications of its leading design.

This is because the lieutenant colonel of the army was afraid that this man would fall in love with Tang Dao, so he deliberately concealed Tang Dao's super military exploits in killing dozens of Japanese invaders by himself. return.

"Good boy, wait for Zhongmin to bring you back to the division headquarters, and I will give you a battalion for you to lead." Even so, the major general of the army also praised Tang Dao greatly, not only promised to continue to be promoted, but even stood up for himself The straight Tang Dao straightened his collar and patted his shoulders to show encouragement.

As for Tang Dao's original identity in the Sichuan Army, this one also selectively ignored it.

This is going to be promoted to major?Shangguan Yun who was accompanying him was dumbfounded.

Perhaps only Tang Dao sighed slightly.

The man in front of him is absolutely smart.

Isn't that what the so-called "thousands of gold buy horse bones" is like!Fearing that there might be a problem with the withdrawal of troops, he just used the excuse of military exploits to draw a big cake for the backbone of the army who had made great achievements. Naturally, it was also for the other officers to see. As long as they obeyed the order to retreat, everyone would have a chance to be promoted.

Of course, this is a big picture. If you want to lead a battalion, you have to be promoted to a senior officer. At least it needs to be approved by the theater command, and it cannot be decided by a division chief of staff.

In the warehouse, what should be guarded and what should be packed, except for explosives and a large number of uneaten potatoes that cannot be taken away, the soldiers basically took what could be brought.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, as a bonfire was lit in a room on the second floor, the flashlight on the opposite bank flashed three times as agreed, indicating that the military garrison in the concession had made all preparations for the warehouse defenders to enter the concession through the Suzhou Creek Bridge.

To show their sincerity, the garrison in the concession fired three flares over the Suzhou Creek from the field fortifications south of the Suzhou Creek. The afterglow of the slowly falling flares was enough to illuminate the Japanese positions on both wings of the warehouse.

From the field of view of the telescope, it can be clearly seen that this time, there were no light or heavy machine guns deployed on the Japanese positions, and there were no Japanese infantrymen in the trenches.

"Cross the river!" The lieutenant colonel put down his binoculars and ordered decisively.

According to the military order of the lieutenant colonel, the second company took the lead, climbed out of the warehouse building under the cover of night, and crossed the Suzhou River bridge with equipment. The battalion commander Yang Ruifu personally led the team.

After the second company had all entered the concession, Shangguan Yun, the deputy battalion commander, led the third company to carry the remains of the soldiers who died in battle during the day and the wounded soldiers, and covered the machine gun company carrying heavy machine guns and mortars, and quickly ran across the border. Cross the Suzhou Creek.

The major general and the lieutenant colonel belonged to the two highest-ranking officers in the warehouse defenders. Instead, they did not enter the concession first with the large troops, but chose to stay until the end, which also reflected the strong courage of the commander of the Imperial Forest Army.

Regardless of the lack of heavy machine guns deployed on the Japanese positions, the crisis still exists. Things like heavy machine guns can be lifted out of the trenches at any time.

At present, the main force of the warehouse has already crossed the river. If the Japanese army ignored the so-called agreement and attacked halfway across the river, the further behind they stayed, the higher the risk.

"Qin Ruoyu, take your second platoon and escort the two officers across the river!" Tang Dao roared in a low voice.

"Company commander! Ruoyu and the second platoon don't want to go first." Qin Ruoyu, the always boring second platoon leader, suddenly stiffened his neck to resist.

"Asshole! This is a military order, not a vegetable market where you can bargain." Tang Dao was furious.

The young second lieutenant held his head high with tears in his eyes and said nothing.

Tang Dao raised his head to look outside the observation hole, then glanced at the trembling ears of the 'Hammer' lying at his feet, couldn't help but sighed slightly, and reached out to pat the young second lieutenant on the shoulder:

"The safety of the two officers is in your hands. You and the second platoon have great responsibilities. Hurry up. The Japanese army may already be deploying machine guns. If you don't leave, it will be too late. We will definitely meet again someday."

"Company commander, don't lie to me and the second platoon." From the corner of his eyes, Qin Ruoyu, who was standing upright, saw the major general and the lieutenant colonel walking towards this side accompanied by the guards, tears finally flowed down his eyes.

"I promise!" Tang Dao suddenly opened his arms and hugged this comrade who was usually not good at expressing emotions.

"One company, prepare to fight!"

"Machine gun company, prepare to fight!"

(End of this chapter)