After bidding farewell to Chen Zhengyue, Jiang Dong took three company commanders to visit the injured brothers. They briefly bandaged the minor injuries and stayed in the camp to continue fighting. The seriously injured brothers could only be carried to the hospital in the division by a stretcher team.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, Jiang Dong and several company commanders were summarizing experiences and lessons learned in the battalion command post under a kerosene lamp.

The cooking squad brought each officer a bowl of porridge and placed a large plate of pickles on the table.

A few chief officials were having a meeting under the dim light while sipping gruel, without any fuss.

"What do you think can be summarized from today's battle?" Jiang Dong asked first.

Wang Laohu and Li Xuelin did not stop talking. They both looked at Zhang Shengqing.

Zhang Shengqing smiled bitterly and reluctantly put down the bowl and chopsticks.

"The thing that impresses me the most is that the little devil's individual qualities are really strong. In terms of marksmanship and tactics, perhaps only the Central Training Corps can catch up."

Jiangdong nodded. After all, this battalion had only undergone intensive training for a few months, and the marksmanship was fed by bullets. The gap between the individual soldiers' quality and that of the little devils was acceptable.

After Jiangdong had his own territory and army, he could organize and train the team according to his own ideas.

"Well, there's more."

Jiang Dong chewed pickles in his mouth and asked vaguely.

Zhang Shengqing took another sip of porridge and glanced at the pickles on the plate. Most of them were missing.

"Also, regarding the firepower of light machine guns and heavy machine guns, we all saw it today. The grenades of the Japs are very accurate. So I suggest that the bunkers of the heavy machine guns must be built very solidly, and the light machine guns must be moved while firing.

.And let the brothers who are good at marksmanship specialize in dealing with the grenadiers and machine gunners of the Japs."

"Yeah." Jiang Dong nodded, "Is there more?"

"Well..." Zhang Shengqing buried his head in the gruel, "No more, that's all for now!"

"Okay." Jiang Dong looked at the other two people again, "You two talk about it!"

"I discovered something." The speaker was Li Xuelin,

"The Little Japs' infantry and artillery coordination is very precise. They rushed into the 500-meter range almost as soon as the artillery stopped. So I suggest that when facing the Little Japs bombing again in the future, we must leave more observation positions on the position, otherwise we will still have to leave more observation positions on the position.

Before I could react, the Japanese had already rushed to the position."

Jiang Dong wrote down what Li Xuelin said, and he was aware of this.

Wang Laohu had already finished his porridge and was wiping his mouth with his big hand, "I'll say something too."

"We have to be better at fighting with the Japs in the future. Just like today, we must not expose our firepower in advance. If we are exposed in advance and the Japs come down with heavy artillery fire, we will still have to fight a bullshit battle!"

"Uh-huh."

Li Xuelin and Zhang Shengqing both agreed.

Jiangdong put down his bowl and chopsticks,

"When you go back, you should also give instructions to your brothers and implement all the points we just summarized."

All three nodded.

Zhang Shengqing was the only one in the command post who was still eating. When he saw that no one else was eating, he poured all the porridge in his bowl into the pickle basin and started eating directly.

Everyone in Jiangdong couldn't help laughing. It seemed that the second company commander was very hungry today.

Li Xuelin handed Jiang Dong and Wang Laohu each a cigarette, took out a match from his arms and lit it, and the three of them smoked while watching Zhang Shengqing eat.

When Zhang Shengqing also started to smoke, Jiang Dong asked Xiaodouzi to remove all the dishes and chopsticks, and spread the battle map on the table.

"Look, our location is here." Jiang Dong pointed at the map and said,

"The defensive position of our division is relatively important compared to the entire battle. It has Yanghang and Luodian at its back, and Wenzaobang and Dachang to the south."

Under the kerosene lamp, the three company commanders concentrated their attention.

"You must have read the division headquarters' war situation report." Seeing the three people nodding, Jiang Dong continued,

"This old Japanese soldier, Matsui Iwane, has already organized his Shanghai Expeditionary Army, which consists of 200,000 well-equipped Japanese troops. This old Japanese soldier showed an aggressive attitude as soon as he arrived in Shanghai. I think he will definitely take the initiative to attack."

Jiangdong pressed his finger on the map,

"Where do you think the Japanese army will attack?"

Several people shook their heads.

Jiangdong has the memory of his previous life, and he naturally knows the history well, so he spoke in time,

"I think there are two directions for the Japs' attack. Let's take a look." His finger was on the map.

"The first is to attack the Yangxing area of ​​Luodian to the north. As long as Luodian is captured, we can cut off the retreat of our left wing army."

The three company commanders looked at the map and felt that what their battalion commander said was reasonable. Wang Laohu asked,

"Then the other direction is..."

"Here!" Jiang Dong's finger drew a line on the map.

The three people looked along Jiangdong's finger and saw three words clearly written on the line: Wenzao Bang!

"There are 200,000 well-equipped Japanese troops, plus an ambitious old Japanese soldier like Matsui Iwane. I judge that the Japanese army must be divided into two groups, one heading north to attack Luodian and open up the Zhending Highway. The other heading south will attack the Wenzhou Army of our country.

On the Zaobang front line, this road mainly aims to advance into Daochang and open up connections with the Japanese in urban Shanghai."

After listening to Jiang Dong's words, the three officers in the room fell silent.

Originally, they did not have such a broad view of the overall situation and could not think so far ahead, but after Jiang Dong's explanation, their eyes suddenly became clear.

At the same time, he was greatly worried about the situation of the national army in the entire Songhu Battle.

The three of them were still studying the map, while Jiang Dong lit a cigarette.

In fact, there is one thing he did not say, that is, Japanese troops will land in Hangzhou Bay in the near future, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops.

Many senior generals of the national army were not unaware that the Japanese army would land in Hangzhou Bay, but they were at their wits' end.

Jiang Gong chose to take the initiative to open up the East China battlefield and set the battle location in Shanghai for his own purpose.

Since the July 7th Incident, the Japanese offensive in North China has been rapid and fierce. The national army has lost troops, lost cities and territory, and a large area of ​​the country has been lost.

At this time, the battlefield was directed to East China, firstly to contain the Japanese actions in North China, and secondly because Chiang Kai-shek placed his hope in the reconciliation of the League of Nations.

The plan to recruit 50 new German weapon divisions has not yet been completed, and the defense fortifications in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River have not yet been completed. Jiang Gong hopes that with the coordination of the League of Nations, he can prepare for the Republic of China government for several years like the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and the 128 Anti-Japanese War.

time.

Shanghai is the largest international city in the Far East, and countries such as Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union have huge interests here.

With Shanghai as a battlefield, the Japanese army's aggressive actions will inevitably affect the interests of European and American countries, and they will definitely take action to mediate.

But history has proved that placing hope on other countries is just an illusion. The only way is to rely on one's own efforts, strengthen oneself and become rich.

Jiang Dong finished smoking a cigarette with a heavy heart. Only then did the three company commanders lift their heads from the map. Li Xuelin asked,

"Yingzuo, what can we do?"

The Battle of Songhu has only been fought for two months, and already several reorganized divisions have been wiped out, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the national army have spilled their blood on the battlefield. According to the opinions of their own camp, the next battle will be even more brutal, and the three of them are a little worried.

Restless.

Jiang Dong threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it into powder with the heel of his leather shoe.

"I just told you that our division is located in a strategically important location with Luodian in the north and Wenzaobang in the south." Jiangdong forced himself to sweep away the gloom in his mind.

"What we can do is to stick it here like nails and prevent a Japanese from crossing our position. Only in this way can we help the entire war situation to the greatest extent."

"Yes, camp, hold your position!"

All three of them were infected by Jiangdong's blood.

Jiang Dong waved his hand and asked the three company commanders to sit back in their seats.

"I judge that the Japanese army directly in front of us only has one squadron at most, and its number will not exceed 300. Also, the focus of the Japs' attack so far is not in our direction."

Jiang Dong paused,

"So I decided to seize this opportunity and kill this Japanese squadron in one fell swoop."

"Huhu..."

The three company commanders gasped in the room.

In previous encounters between brotherly armies, a squadron of Japanese soldiers could even defeat an entire Chinese regiment head-on, which shows their combat power.

Now the battalion commander actually wants to engulf a squadron of little devils with one battalion, which is indeed a bit bold.

"Listen to me. I judge that the maximum number of people is 300. In fact, it should be less than this. Including today's losses, we should be twice as many as the little devils."

"But what if we lose the ground if we take the initiative to attack?" Zhang Shengqing asked.

Jiang Dong smiled faintly,

"Who said I would take the initiative to attack?"

Several company commanders were even more confused.

"We only showed the strength and firepower of one company today, and we still have our trump card. The little devils on the opposite side must have thought that we have tried our best today. In addition, a small team was crippled by us again today, and the Japanese army has always been arrogant and did not attack us at all.

The national army takes it seriously. The Japanese commander, with his revengeful mentality, will definitely attack with all his strength, and he may bring all the troops on board."
To be continued...