Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 17 Rich Materials

ten minutes later.

Tang Dao walked into the temporary headquarters on the third floor near the concession.

That should also be where the 88th Division headquarters once was. There are maps and a simple field conference table.

The lieutenant colonel of the Army has already sat at the front of the simple conference table. The commander of the first battalion Yang Ruifu, the commander of the second company Deng Ying, the commander of the third company Shi Hao, and the commander of the machine gun company Lei Xiong are already sitting on both sides. The empty chairs have been placed.

 Obviously, they are waiting for Shangguan Yun and Tang Dao. As soon as they arrive, this combat meeting related to the lives of more than 400 people in Sihang Warehouse will begin.

Lieutenant Colonel of the Army has always been strict in running the army. Shangguan Yun, who came from an academy, was more disciplined. He immediately stood at attention and saluted. As a subordinate, Tang Dao naturally followed suit.

 The lieutenant colonel waved his hand gently, gesturing for the two of them to sit down.

Among those present here, except for Xie Jinyuan, the top commander, there is a major battalion commander, four captains, and a newly promoted second lieutenant like Tang Dao. Naturally, he can only accompany the last one. He sits straight at the bottom of Shangguan Yun. .

"Battle Commander Yang, please tell us about our current material reserves." The Army Lieutenant Colonel spoke first.

“Yes, regimental deputy!” Yang Ruifu agreed, with a smile on his face before the introduction.

“Sihang Warehouse is the location of our 88th Division’s division headquarters for the Songhu Battle. The material reserves are still sufficient. Perhaps they knew that our division would be stationed in this warehouse and left us a lot of good things.”

“Four thousand jins of potatoes, 10,000 jins of rice and flour, and 10 barrels of oil were left behind. The water source used in the warehouse can be directly imported from the Suzhou River. Once the oil is finished, it can be used for fire and lighting. There is no fear of the Japanese army cutting off water and electricity.

These things alone are enough for the brothers to last for more than a month. "

 Obviously, there is no need to worry about eating and drinking.

 “Ouch! My battalion eldest brother!

The division headquarters only left some food for us to use for the ball. If there was no ammunition supply, we brought it with us. It would probably be all gone in a day or two. We couldn't let us cut off our own heads and throw them out as grenades. Devil! "Lei Xiong, who was a little impatient, couldn't help shouting when he heard this.

"You bitch, can you just listen to what I have to say?" Yang Ruifu was probably used to the short-tempered behavior of his general, so he spoke more directly.

 “You say it, you say it!” Lei Xiong shrank his neck.

Glancing at his resigned subordinates, Yang Ruifu took out a piece of paper from his pocket and read slowly: "In addition, the division headquarters also left 3,000 grenades, 50 rounds of illumination bombs, and various machine rifle bullets for our department. 150,000 rounds”

Not to mention the bold and bold Lei Xiong's mouth opened wide involuntarily, and the eyes of the other three captains and company commanders were also shining.

With an average of 3,000 grenades, there are now more than 400 people with one or seven on their heads. The 150,000 rounds of various bullets are even more exciting.

You know, the base number of bullets for the miscellaneous army is basically the consumption of an infantry brigade in a large-scale battle. Even for German weapon divisions like their 88th Division, it is the consumption value of an infantry regiment in a large battle, and it all falls on them. For a battalion, even if you don't save money, you can still work for ten days and a half.

"In addition, the division headquarters left us 150 Chinese-style rifles, 50 flower machine guns with 20,000 rounds of submachine gun ammunition, 9 Czech light machine guns, four 82 mortars, 400 rounds of artillery shells, and Sulotong twin Install 2 machine guns and 400 rounds of artillery shells." Yang Ruifu finished reading slowly and looked at his capable subordinate who was stunned.

"What, Lei Dapao, don't you want to cut off your head and throw it out to hit the Japanese? Come on, tell me whether you want to cut off the upper part or the lower part. Do you want me to help you?"

"Battal Commander, look at what you are saying. Who can use these machine guns and mortars if the head is cut off? The little head below only has three taels of meat in total, so it can't kill anyone, right? It doesn't work, it doesn't work! "Lei Xiong grinned happily and shook his head like a rattle.

 “Haha! Lei Dapao, you really dare to brag, and you still have three ounces of meat, making it look like you’ve weighed it.” Shi Hao on the side also laughed.

“Visual inspection, visual inspection?” Lei Xiong was only happy.

 Everyone, including the lieutenant colonel, was laughing.

Tang Dao is also laughing.

Because the arms stored in the warehouse exceeded his imagination, the death fire net formed by 50 MP28 submachine guns within a distance of 100 meters can frighten any invading enemy, and four 82-caliber mortars will extend the Sihang Warehouse outwards. The strike range was increased to 2,500 meters. At least the Japanese 92 infantry artillery did not dare to approach and bombard unscrupulously. What's more, it was because of the harmony of the internal atmosphere of the group of middle- and high-level officers in front of him and the fearlessness they currently displayed. It was not something that anyone could laugh at knowing that they were already in a desperate situation.

 But they were all laughing.

 It’s not because you can escape, but because you have food and ammunition reserves that you can hold on to.

 These soldiers, who originally existed only in the sky of history and did not even have their names left behind, are strong troops and real Chinese soldiers.

  Tang Dao is proud to fight side by side with them against the Japanese pirates.

“Okay, okay, it won’t be too late to kill more Japanese invaders. Our most important thing now is to distribute this batch of materials first, and then arrange the defense areas of each company.

The Japanese vanguard should arrive in half an hour. We still have to see if we can lure these Japs closer and kill them first. "The lieutenant colonel tapped the table, trying to wake up the captains who were almost knocked unconscious by the big pies falling from the sky.

The headquarters fell into silence again. Even the most impatient Lei Xiong stopped talking and looked at the lieutenant colonel eagerly.

This is a bit abnormal from the daily routine in the army where they like to compete for supplies, tasks and military glory.

 Obviously, this is because the combat mode this time is different from the past. Everyone is in the same 'grave', and the final result is death.

 In this case, there is no need for the comrades to have a quarrel about this before they die. It is better to distribute it among the superiors.

“Normally, I would be so embarrassed to fight over the light machine gun. Why, today I am more polite. Okay, let’s not fight, right?” The Army Lieutenant Colonel looked around, with a playful smile on his lips.

"Then I'll leave this task to Tang Dao, and he can divide it how he wants."

This Commander Xie is really a wise man! Tang Dao's expression remained unchanged, but in his heart he gave a thumbs up to this Chinese soldier who became famous after this battle.

As a newcomer, he is not familiar with everyone here, so it is difficult for him to be biased. Even if he is now the platoon leader of a company, as a newcomer, Tang Dao will never stab him. Continuously equip your own equipment.

 Of course, this is just one of them.

 The most important thing is naturally the second test of the Tang Dao from the army lieutenant colonel, to see his understanding of firepower distribution.

The reason is very simple. The original simplest distribution method is to distribute all grenades, submachine guns, spare rifles, and light machine guns equally to three infantry companies except for mortars and machine guns. As for other food, oil, medicine, Bullets and other supplies are uniformly distributed by the headquarters.

 But since the Army Lieutenant Colonel personally named Tang Dao and asked him to divide it, this kind of balance model is naturally not what he wants.

As a fortress, Sihang Warehouse does not need to be defended except for the side facing the concession. The other three directions naturally require different firepower due to their different geographical locations and defense areas.

Even, to some extent, the positions that each infantry company and infantry platoon need to defend will also have more detailed firepower distribution based on the field environment.

Maybe Tang Dao had some errors because he didn't know enough about the combat effectiveness of each infantry company, but what the supreme commander wanted to test Tang Dao was naturally his observation and judgment.

 Based on the personalities of the three infantry company commanders and the situation of each infantry company entering the position, although Tang Dao did not enter the Sihang Warehouse for a long time, it still left Tang Dao with enough basis for judgment.

 This is also an essential quality for being an excellent commander.

If you can agree with him, Tang Dao will naturally be able to express more personal opinions. If it is too bad, Tang Dao will probably just be a non-attendant from now on.

 It can be seen that there is really no simple person who can reach this position in the 88th Division, an elite infantry division, and be entrusted with such an important task! The thought is extremely thoughtful.

 (End of this chapter)