Rise From Eight Hundred

"Ahem! Look at how nervous I am about you, uncle. I came here to pick you up before you even had dinner. Don't tell your old man that I lost it for you when I go back next time." Lao Wang rubbed his belly and grimaced. Try to explain.

"Ahem!" The Army Major General on the side almost choked his lungs with a puff of cigarette.

If you don't know how to cover it up, then don't cover it up, okay? When did you guys receive the request for help telegram from the Chief of Staff of the 88th Division? Did you, Mr. Wang, eat dinner after a while?

Lei Xiong's dark face turned red from suppressing his emotions.

If it weren't for the fact that this uncle could tell at a glance that he had a special relationship with Tang Dao, he would have laughed out loud. No matter if he was the regiment commander or the colonel, this lie was so funny.

Tang Dao was also dumbfounded. He stretched out his hand to call Erya who was waiting for orders: "Go, first go get some cans of beef for Chief Liu and Chief Wang. Also, let Leng Feng discuss it with the brothers of the 26th Division. Give them all the captured Japanese weapons and ammunition. In addition, each person will be given two cans of beef first, and the rest will be discussed after leaving here."

Comrade Lao Wang must be really hungry, so he ate three cans of Japanese beef that Erya brought by himself, and even stared at his boss who had just finished one can slowly...

Damn it, I haven’t eaten in a few days! Lei Xiong couldn't stop laughing when he saw this scene.

If a dignified colonel and regimental commander is like this, then one can only imagine the logistical support for the five to six million troops still more than twenty kilometers away.

"Hey, I'm not afraid of you two making fun of you." Seeing Tang Dao and Lei Xiong's faces gradually becoming serious, Comrade Lao Wang, who was half full, couldn't help but sigh.

"Although the troops are not out of food, there is not much food left in the whole division. If we call the war zone to ask for food, there are still 500,000 or 600,000 mouths in the west of Shanghai!

I can only save a little bit. I basically don’t eat dinner. I only eat it before the battle. It’s just that the army and the division were in a hurry to respond to your military orders, so there was no time to eat. Grandma’s. Fortunately, I received a big meal. Rich man, you won’t lose money and enjoy this meal! "

"Hehe, Uncle Wang just wants some Japanese canned food!" Tang Dao smiled softly. "Sure! That cart of cans has been given to the old troops."

"Sure enough, I'm not treating you well in vain." Comrade Lao Wang beamed with joy and just agreed without hesitation, but he saw the corners of his chief of staff's eyes twitching like cramps, and he was so happy that he almost jumped up:

"No, no, you want to get rid of me with just a little can? Tang Tao, you are such a bad guy, I almost fell into your trap. Your 88th Division said it yourself, two mountain cannons and four heavy machine guns will be used as reward. , I can’t rely on anything less than a screw.”

"Haha, take me to the military and division seats first! I'll give you the mountain cannon. Each cannon has 80 shells, and the heavy machine gun will be the same as mine from the 26th Division." Seeing his uncle explode in an instant, Tang Dao couldn't help but He laughed and stopped teasing him.

"Really?" Not to mention that Comrade Lao Wang was almost crazy with joy, even Liu Gongdu, the Major General Chief of Staff, was also shocked.

What is most important in a war? In addition to food, it is equipment and ammunition.

At least 400 Japanese-style rifles were seized in this battle. Tang Dao did not want them all. It was because of favors from the old army. The two mountain cannons were promised in advance. After all the favors and transactions were used up, Tang Dao could still give away 80 rounds of shells for each cannon. , this is a bit beyond the imagination of the Major General Chief of Staff.

That's because the army major general didn't know that a huge crisis had arisen sixty kilometers away.

Since seeing the 26th Division appear here, Tang Dao finally understood why a few hundred people from the 26th Division were transferred by the theater headquarters to Songjiang, which was about to be extremely dangerous. In fact, there were no troops around Songjiang to mobilize, and there were only about ten kilometers away from Songjiang City. The 26th Division is the closest unit.

Looking at the sky, Tang Dao also believed that the 26th Division headquarters at this time should also have received a telegram from the theater headquarters ordering them to rush to Songjiang's aid.

The main reason why Tang Dao took huge risks to bring a large amount of equipment transported by the Japanese baggage squad here was to enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops going to Songjiang!

Not only his 26th Division, but also another unit that was about to rush to the Songjiang battlefield. Even if Tang Dao had no friendship with them, he would not hesitate to support them.

Comrade Lao Wang's joy did not stop there. A Sichuan Army captain who was responsible for leading the troops to clean up the battlefield also came to report on the capture and battle losses.

The first was the seizure, which was far beyond everyone's expectations.

Previously, the Japanese army could fully display light infantry, but what is strange is that this group of Japanese troops clearly has three infantry cannons and nearly 50 rounds of artillery shells, as well as six Type 92 heavy machine guns and 12 light machine guns with sufficient bullets. , this equipment is absolutely blinding.

It is equivalent to an infantry battalion taking the heavy equipment of an infantry regiment.

As everyone knows, the devil Toyoda Hide has made a pioneering move, combining infantry, artillery, and heavy equipment into a large synthesis.

Later, artillerymen generally used to bring their own cannons to stand guard, and most of them were at checkpoints at several other intersections. This also led to the fact that when Toyoda Hide gathered troops at the station, some artillerymen were present, the cannons were not, and some simply left. , artillery are not here, and if we want to summon them over, it will take more than half an hour.

Toyoda Hide brought three infantry cannons and six heavy machine guns and felt that he had given the Chinese a lot of face. Otherwise, if he dared to bring all the remaining seven infantry cannons in the regiment, he would definitely be able to defeat a bunch of 'country bumpkins'. They were so happy that it turned out that the right way was to kill the Japanese and then rob them!

Unfortunately, Tang Dao not only took all the heavy weapons in the warehouse, but also seized a large amount of supplementary equipment sent to the front by the 16th Division's baggage squad. Not to mention the mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and rapid-fire artillery, the heavy machine guns alone killed him instantly.

In addition to these, there are ten grenade launchers, twenty Nanbu pistols, 398 intact Type 38 rifles, and some ammunition.

Listening to these numbers, Liu Gongdu and Lao Wang's eyes were wide open. Just these captured items are worth it today, not to mention the two mountain artillery and heavy machine guns promised by Tang Dao.

Our 26th Division is finally going to become a local tyrant. That was the most intuitive feeling of the two Sichuan Army officers who were used to being poor.

Next, it was the war damage.

The two people's faces did not change, but their eyes were involuntarily deep.

In war, how can there be no deaths?

Both of them were veterans who had been through many battles. In the past, they would not even blink if a few hundred people died in battle, but now it was not possible. The whole division had no more than 700 people, and it would be painful if one person died. If more than 100 people died, Lao Wang would probably howl in pain several times.

"Five of our soldiers were seriously injured, 18 were slightly injured, and no one died in battle!" The Sichuan Army captain reported to his two immediate superiors with a painful face.

"What did you say, you idiot?" Lao Wang stepped forward and grabbed the captain's shoulders, and the muscles on his face trembled involuntarily.

"Seriously injured..." The captain was frightened by his obviously crazy regiment commander and stuttered when he spoke.

"The last sentence!"

"No one died in battle!"

"Really? You must count them carefully. If you don't count them clearly, I will kill you." Lao Wang's eyes were as big as copper bells.

"Really, each company has counted them twice." The captain nodded affirmatively.

"Haha! Good! Inform all companies to go back and have extra meals. For the lightly and seriously wounded, give them an extra can of meat." Old Wang gave the order in high spirits.

No wonder he was so excited. After the Battle of Songhu, the 26th Division had nearly 8,000 people on the battlefield, but less than 700 of them were able to walk out of the position standing, with a casualty rate of more than 90%. In today's battle, not only did we completely annihilate the Japanese army, but no one on our side died in the battle, which was definitely a super victory.

"How is it? Zero casualties, Taowaer, is my Sichuan Army no worse than the Central Army?" Old Wang, who was a little proud, boasted to Tang Dao and Lei Xiong.

This is actually a kind of psychological compensation.

The 43rd Army responded to the government's call to fight against the Japanese invaders and marched thousands of miles from the border between Guizhou and Sichuan provinces. They set off in August and arrived in October. At least one and a half months of this were spent purely on iron feet. In addition, their original equipment was not very good, so how could their military appearance be good? It is still good to say that they are the double-gun army. Some people even directly call them the "beggar army."

Before entering the Songhu battlefield, they were despised by all the armies, especially the best-equipped Central Army, which was even more scornful. This humiliation was actually one of the reasons why the 26th Division of the 43rd Army risked their lives to fight the Japanese as soon as they entered the battlefield.

Others want to prove themselves, just work hard, but for them, they have to risk their lives.

Although they succeeded in the end and successfully proved themselves, that was the life of nearly 6,000 Sichuan Army children.

Even the commander of the group, Jie Guji, who wrote the poem "I wish to be a ghost on the battlefield after death, and not a native of my hometown during my lifetime", has no body left.

This breath has actually been stuck in Lao Wang's heart.

So, he couldn't help but want to show off to Lei Xiong, who was affiliated with the 88th Division.

"Battalion commander, three people in our battalion were slightly injured in this battle, and two of them accidentally sprained their ankles while running in the mountains." The signalman Erya blinked and reported in a low voice.

Lao Wang...

I'm so upset.

Of course, it was only a moment of frustration. Killing more than 400 Japanese soldiers in one battle, even if the enemy had no intention of fighting, but no one on our side was sacrificed, that was worth celebrating.

There was laughter and joy here, and they packed up all the spoils and headed towards the 26th Division’s base. However, the Songhu War Zone Command, which had already retreated to 60 kilometers away from the Songhu urban area, was already in a panic.

At about 5 a.m., the Japanese army began to land on the Jinshanwei beach position.