Chapter 17 Abundant Supplies

Ten minutes later.

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

That should also be the location of the 88th Division's command post. There are maps and field-type simple conference tables.

The Army Lieutenant Colonel 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, have already sat on both sides. Two empty chairs have been placed.

Obviously, they are waiting for Shangguan Yun and Tang Dao. Once the two arrive, this combat meeting concerning the lives of more than 400 people in the Sihang Warehouse will begin.

The Army Lieutenant Colonel has always been strict in military management. Shangguan Yun, who comes from an academic school, is more disciplined. He immediately stood at attention and saluted. As a subordinate, Tang Dao naturally followed suit.

The Army Lieutenant Colonel waved his hand gently, indicating that the two should sit down.

In the audience, apart from the supreme commander Xie Jinyuan, there was a major battalion commander, four captains, and a newly promoted second lieutenant like Tang Dao could only sit at the end of the table, with his back straight, sitting below Shangguan Yun.

"Captain Yang, please tell us about our current material reserves first." The lieutenant colonel of the army spoke first.

"Yes, deputy regiment commander!" Yang Ruifu agreed, and smiled before he started introducing himself.

"Sihang Warehouse is the headquarters of the 88th Division in the Battle of Songhu. The material reserves are still sufficient. Perhaps knowing that our division will be stationed in this warehouse, they also left us a lot of good things."

"Four thousand kilograms of potatoes, ten thousand kilograms of rice and flour, and ten barrels of oil. The water source used in the warehouse can be directly introduced from the Suzhou River. The oil can be used for fire and lighting, without fear of the Japanese army cutting off water and electricity.

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

Obviously, there is no need to worry about food and drink.

"Oh my! My battalion commander brother!

The division headquarters only left some food for us, what good would it do? If there is no ammunition supply, we will probably use up all the ammunition we carry with us in one or two days. They can't let us cut off our own heads and throw them out as grenades to hit the Japanese!" Lei Xiong, who was a little impatient, couldn't help but yell when he heard this.

"Can you listen to me, you son of a bitch?" Yang Ruifu was probably used to the impatient temper of his subordinate, so he started to criticize him more directly.

"You say, you say!" Lei Xiong shrank his neck.

Glancing at his subordinate who admitted his weakness, 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 flares, and 150,000 rounds of various machine rifle bullets for my unit..."

Not to mention that Lei Xiong, who was a bold type, couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and the eyes of the other three captains and company commanders were also shining.

3,000 grenades, at least seven grenades per person for more than 400 people, and 150,000 rounds of various bullets are even more exciting.

You know, this number of bullets is basically the consumption of an infantry brigade in a large-scale battle for the miscellaneous army. Even for their 88th Division, which is equipped with German weapons, it is the consumption value of an infantry regiment fighting a big battle. If all of them fall on their battalion, even if they don’t save, they can still work for ten days or half a month.

"In addition, the division headquarters left us 150 Zhongzheng rifles, 50 Hua machine guns, and 20,000 submachine gun bullets, 9 Czech light machine guns, four 82 mortars, 400 shells, and two Su Luotong twin machine guns, 400 shells." Yang Ruifu finished reading slowly, and looked at his capable subordinates who were already dumbfounded with satisfaction.

"What's up, Lei Dapao? You're going to cut off the head and throw it out to hit the Japanese? Come on, tell me, do you want to cut off the top or the bottom? Do you want me to help you?"

"Battalion commander, look at what you're saying. Who will use the machine gun and mortar if you cut off the top head? The little head below is only three taels of meat, and it can't kill anyone, right? None of them will work, none of them will work!" Lei Xiong grinned and shook his head like a rattle.

"Haha! Lei Dapao, you're really bragging, and you're talking about three taels of meat, as if you've weighed it." Shi Hao on the side also laughed.

"Estimated by eye, not by eye?" Lei Xiong just laughed.

Including the lieutenant colonel of the army, everyone was laughing.

Tang Dao was also laughing.

Not only because the munitions stored in the warehouse exceeded his imagination, the death fire net formed by 50 MP28 submachine guns within a distance of 100 meters can scare any invading enemy, and the four 82-caliber mortars have increased the strike range of the Sihang Warehouse to 2,500 meters. At least the Japanese 92-caliber infantry guns dare not approach and fire recklessly.

It is also because of the harmonious atmosphere among the middle and senior officers in front of him and their fearlessness at present. Not everyone knows that they are in a desperate situation and can still laugh.

But they are all laughing.

Not because they can escape, but because they have food and ammunition reserves to persist.

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

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

"Okay, okay, it's not too late to be happy after killing more Japanese invaders. Now the most important thing for us is to distribute this batch of supplies first, and then arrange the defense areas of each company.

The Japanese vanguard should arrive in half an hour. We have to see if we can lure this group of devils closer and kill them first. "The lieutenant colonel tapped the table lightly, which was considered to wake up the captains who were almost knocked unconscious by the big pie falling from the sky.

The command center fell into silence again. Even Lei Xiong, who was the most impatient, stopped talking and looked at the lieutenant colonel eagerly.

This seemed a bit abnormal compared to the daily life of the troops who loved to fight for supplies, tasks and military merits.

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

Since this was the case, there was no need for comrades to quarrel about this before dying. It would be better for the superior to distribute it.

"Usually, you are fighting for light machine guns. Why, you are polite today? Okay, you don't fight, right!" The lieutenant colonel looked around and showed a playful smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Then I will give this task to Tang Dao. He will divide it as he says. "

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 was not familiar with everyone present, so it was naturally difficult for him to be biased. Even though he was now the platoon leader of a company, Tang Dao, as a newcomer, would never distribute equipment to his own company.

Of course, this was only one of the reasons.

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

The reason was very simple. Originally, the simplest way of distribution was to divide all the grenades, submachine guns, spare rifles, and light machine guns, except for mortars and machine guns, among the three infantry companies. As for other food, oil, medicines, bullets, etc., they were uniformly distributed by the command.

But since the lieutenant colonel of the army personally named Tang Dao and asked him to divide it, this kind of balance mode was naturally not what he wanted.

As a fortress, the Sihang Warehouse, except for the side facing the concession, No need to defend, the other three directions require different firepower because of their different geographical locations and defense areas.

Even, to a certain extent, the positions that each infantry company and infantry platoon needs to defend will also be allocated firepower in a more detailed manner according to the actual environment.

Maybe Tang Dao had some errors because he did not know enough about the combat effectiveness of each infantry company, but the supreme commander wanted to test Tang Dao's observation and decision-making.

According to 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 also left Tang Dao with enough basis for judgment.

This is also a necessary quality for an excellent commander.

If he can agree with his heart, Tang Dao will naturally express more personal opinions. If it is too bad, it is estimated that Tang Dao will be at most an attendee from now on.

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