Songhu, 2nd Battalion and 1st Company of the 254th Regiment
The brief truce gave the 1st Company a rare opportunity to rest and recuperate. Although this offensive launched by the Japanese lasted less than a day, the 254th Regiment of the 88th Division, as the main force, still suffered heavy casualties;
Ammunition and equipment were severely depleted. Luo Ying, the first company commander of the Second Battalion, who had never seen the world, ordered his people to collect all the "junk copper and iron" abandoned by the Japanese.
Deputy Company Commander Li, who was in charge of picking up waste, excitedly reported to Luo Ying:
"Company Commander, I have made a fortune. I really have some good things. I have 3 Taisho 38-type light machine guns, 5 MP28 submachine guns, 2 Ten-year-type grenades, 27 38-type rifles, and more than 100 Type-10 grenades. pieces, thousands of bullets of various types;
There were dozens of sets of broken helmets and combat equipment of the Japanese. Unfortunately, the Japanese took a lot of them with them when they retreated. If they sold some of them quietly, they could get a lot of money. "
Luo Ying was completely defeated by Li Shuo. He thought that like other Kuomintang soldiers, he would sell these "trash" that his superiors despised as benefits to Yilian.
(Well, Luo Ying admitted that he guessed it right!)
The 88th Division was a German weapon master, so naturally they looked down on the Japanese equipment. If there were a lot of them, the commander would definitely take a fancy to them. For these three melons and two dates, the regiment leader would reward them with a wave of his hand.
This is the Great Shen City. All weapons can be sold. Nearly half of the casualties were lost in each battle. The regiment leader also had to compensate them. Luo Ying looked at Li Shuo who looked expectant and said angrily:
"The grenade launchers, submachine guns and grenades are all left as fire support for the company, and everything else has been figured out.
The money received was divided into three parts, and one part was sent back to the brother who died. The pitiful pension from the government could not stop anything.
One share is divided equally among the other brothers, and the wounded are doubled. The last share is reserved for emergency use in the future. You have to act quickly, or there may be a war soon.
No one can touch the money sent back to the sacrificed brothers. This is their life money. If I find out, don't blame me for being ruthless. I guarantee that he will be the first to become a death captain! "
Although he also knew that Li Shuo and others would not touch the life money of his brothers who died in the war, he still had to say some ugly things in front of him. Many people in the Kuomintang army had no bottom line when it came to money, and he did not want to do anything to his brothers.
Li Shuo naturally knew the meaning of Luo Ying's words, and immediately expressed his stance:
"Company Commander, don't worry about this. No one dares to reach out for the life money given to the brothers. I will chop off the claws of anyone who reaches out. I will stretch out my left hand and chop off my right hand!"
Luo Ying waved his hand and sent him away. This was the only thing he could do for his brothers who died in the battle. No one knew whether he would survive the next battle;
He has never been in a good mood, because he is familiar with history and knows that Shencheng will soon be a river of blood. Those who die in battle will not be able to receive this treatment. It would be good to have someone to bury them.
The reason why Luo Ying dared to sell the captured equipment on the black market instead of replenishing the troops was because he knew that as a German weapon master, he would not worry about replenishment;
The battalion commander had already vaccinated him in advance. This time, all the reductions in the division's units were supplemented by the division's supplementary regiments, and they were all veterans.
There is no need to worry about the lost equipment. It will be replenished as much as it is consumed. It will be replenished in three days at most. This is evident from the treatment of the direct lineage of the government.
At the National Left Army Headquarters in Shanghai, Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Zhang Wenhe is convening a group of senior generals to make new campaign deployments. The commander of the 87th Division, Wang Zhenjiu, and the Commander of the 88th Division, Sun Yuanliang, are among them;
These are Luo Ying's Huangpu senior brothers and instructors. For example, Wang Zhenjiu and Sun Yuanliang are the best among the first batch of students. They have become lieutenant generals and division commanders more than ten years after graduation. They are also direct division division division commanders with unlimited future.
After the full-scale war began, another German weapons division, the 36th Division, was formed based on the supplementary regiments of the 87th and 88th Divisions, which was also affiliated with the Left Army;
The division commander is Song Yinguo, a first-year student from Huangpu. The first-year student from Huangpu will take over the command at the division level and become the backbone of the Kuomintang army.
Students like Luo Ying who were born after the seventh period are basically still working as battalion and company-level officers. They caught up with this national war that suffered heavy sacrifices. Most of them will sacrifice themselves in positions below the regiment. .
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lieutenant General Zhang began to convey the orders of the Military Commission. Everyone stood up to listen, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became tense;
The order from the national government is only a general direction. In summary, it is a requirement. Lieutenant General Zhang will command the 87th Division and the 88th Division to launch an attack on the Japanese in the Songhu area and remove all the Japanese Marine strongholds entrenched in Shencheng. .
After conveying the order from the government, Lieutenant General Zhang began to make specific battle arrangements:
"Everyone, the principal has high hopes for this attack. He hopes that our department can remove all the Japanese Marine Corps strongholds before the Japanese reinforcements arrive. There must not be a single Japanese left in the entire Shencheng!
According to intelligence from the Party Affairs Investigation Office (the predecessor of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, headed by Xu Enzeng), the total strength of the Japanese Navy Captain Corps stationed in Shanghai is about 3,000 (the intelligence was wrong, they ignored thousands of retired soldiers in the countryside), They may also be supported by about 1,500 Marines belonging to the Japanese Third Fleet in Shanghai. If other combatants are added, the total Japanese strength is about 5,000;
Our department plans to invest in the 87th Division, the 88th Division and the tank troops directly under the headquarters. The total strength is about 30,000. The enemy's strength ratio is 6:1. Our department has an absolute advantage in strength. We must clear out the Japanese strongholds in one go!
Are you confident? "
Upon hearing that the principal was personally involved in the war, Sun Yuanliang, the commander of the 88th Division who smelled the fishy smell, stood up first and expressed his stance:
"Chief of Education (Zhang Wenbai's position when he was at Whampoa Military Academy), don't worry. Even a few thousand Japs, or the Navy's Red Deer, which has low combat effectiveness, don't need Brother Ping's 87th Division to take action. Our 88th Division will solve it with them;
In the previous defensive battle, the 1st Company of the 254th Regiment of our unit repelled several Japanese attacks and wiped out hundreds of enemies. More than 70 Japanese corpses were left alone. The combat power of the Japanese Navy Red Deer can be seen. generally. "
Sun Yuanliang, the commander of the 88th Division, boasted by the way. He had always been good at sneaking into the camp. As long as he had an opportunity to show his face, he would not miss it. As the first student in the first phase of Huangpu to become a division commander, he was definitely the best at drilling into the camp. He is one of the best, and he knows best which battles must be fought with all his strength, and which battles can be fought with soy sauce.
When Lieutenant General Zhang heard that one company had killed hundreds of ghosts, leaving only 70 corpses, there was no water in this achievement. The war was imminent, and such company commanders must be rewarded. He immediately asked with great interest:
"Yuanliang, this company commander is my Huangpu disciple? What period is he from?"
Sun Yuanliang wanted to use a series of incidents to suppress Wang Zhenjiu's limelight. Seeing that his words attracted the attention of the superintendent, he quickly replied:
"Back to the superintendent, this person is also my Huangpu Paoze, Luo Ying from the first corps of the eighth period. He is from Hunan. He is a brave warrior. As far as I know, no fewer than ten Japanese have died at his hands."
A disdainful sneer appeared on Wang Jianjiu's face, and he secretly thought that Mr. Sun was too good at following the rules. He might as well say that he could have wiped out the dozens of Japs by himself.
Of course, he only thought about this in his mind and would never say it out loud. Someone who could be the only two German weapon masters like Sun Yuanliang would definitely not be bad in terms of emotional intelligence;
In his opinion, this Luo Ying is also Huangpu's junior brother. Although he is just a small company commander and is not worth mentioning in front of him, there is no need to block other people's way and do things that are harmful to others and not beneficial to himself. Never do it.
Lieutenant General Zhang was not as complicated as Wang Zhenjiu thought. He was always gentle with others, and he just needed to seek good luck, so he immediately made a decision and said:
"The great contribution of annihilating hundreds of enemies must be rewarded. Luo Ying, commander of the first company of the second battalion of the 254 regiment, is promoted to deputy battalion commander of the second battalion. His military rank is also promoted to major, and he continues to serve as the commander of the first company of the unit!"
Wang Jianjiu just smiled and didn't say anything, but he kept an extra thought in mind and wrote down the name Luo Ying. If it was true as Sun Yuanliang said, he could help him in the future.
Naturally, Lieutenant General Zhang will not let a single division of the 88th Division go up, but he can take appropriate care of some of the 88th Division. He is the commander of the 87th Division. Sun Yuanliang has also been in the 87th Division before, and he has a deep understanding of his personality. This person likes In a tough battle, he had to rely on his most trusted and absolute confidant Wang Jianjiu. He gave Sun Yuanliang a certain amount of encouragement for his request, and then said:
"I still know Yuanliang's bravery. It is possible to deal with these thousands of Japanese soldiers with just one 88th Division;
But as the saying goes, even when a lion fights a rabbit, you have to go all out, so this battle to clear out the Japanese strongholds will still be completed by the two of you. I hope that you two will unite sincerely and sing a song of victory together! "
