"Okay, let's not stand here for a long time at the mountain pass. You are not hungry. The division commander and the soldiers and I have been hungry for a day's journey." After the meaningful exchange with Tang Dao, he let go.
Tang Dao's hand, the short leader glanced at the high-spirited subordinates around him and the cavalry who followed behind, and said with a smile.
"Let's go eat Cheng Houhou's big fat meat!" The always serious teacher was obviously in a good mood today and said loudly with a big move.
Then, he took the lead and threw away his hand and strode towards the 683 brigade headquarters.
"Commander! The meat has been stewed in the pot for a long time. If it rots, it will rot in the pot. You can't run away. It's dark and the road is slippery. Slow down!" Brigadier Cheng smiled and waved to his subordinates.
He followed closely behind the burly division leader.
The division leader paused, turned around, glared at his top general, and nodded at him, implying that you don't take the division's first officer as your food, so tell the truth.
The officers and the cavalrymen of the 921st Division's direct cavalry regiment all laughed.
These more than 100 cavalry were all drawn from the newly formed divisional cavalry regiment not long ago. Many people have never seen the famous Brigadier Cheng. They have only heard of his name. I heard that he was not only in the 921st Division, but also in the 921st Division.
The entire 80th Group Army and even the higher-ups are all well-known and lively, and dare to make jokes about anyone. Now it seems that the reputation is indeed well-deserved.
This also proves his status in the eyes of several division commanders, but few dare to make fun of the strict-minded first military officer of the division.
Of course, this further shows how good the mood of the two division leaders was at this time.
Tang Dao was originally walking at the back side by side with Wang Xiaoqiang. After walking a few steps, he saw the division commander who didn't speak too much but was decisive enough to wave to him from a distance. Tang Dao hurriedly followed.
The two people walked at the front of the entire team, led by the division leader, and they asked and answered questions about the battle that had ended.
Tang Dao's answers were all battles that had already happened, so there was no difficulty. However, what amazed Tang Dao was that without using any map, the commander of the 921 Division seemed to have the entire Jindong map in his mind.
It seemed like a casual question, but it hit the nail on the head.
For example, he asked Tang Dao, who led the main force of the Si Xing Regiment to attack the main battlefield of Beiganling and left an infantry battalion to guard Dongyang Pass, whether he had considered the issue of the Japanese army gathering the main force for an attack.
"Half of the Japanese garrison in the city were wiped out. They don't have this kind of strength. Unless they gather more than one infantry regiment from a farther direction, it will take time to gather. It will also take time to move in our direction. The ten or so hours during the day are not enough.
use.
By the morning of the next day, not only will the main force of our regiment be able to return for reinforcements, but I believe that many friendly forces in the surrounding areas will not be able to just sit back and do nothing. If he really comes, then my Jindong Division will dare to give him a clean meal!" Tang Dao!
Answered neatly and neatly.
Leaving Lei Xiong alone to guard Dongyang Pass was the result of Tang Dao's careful consideration. He also took into account the possibility of a large-scale counterattack by the 108th Division. The seventy or eighty mile long mountain road was his biggest
Depending on the situation, if it were on the plains, Tang Dao would not dare to attack Beiganling with two infantry battalions and most of the heavy artillery even if they were killed. This would undoubtedly be sending one of his main battalions into the mouths of the Japanese.
"What you think is quite beautiful. The ministries in eastern Shanxi will not sit idly by!" The division leader pushed up the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and glanced at Tang Dao with a half-smile on his face: "I'm afraid, your ministries are your Sichuan Army's
The infantry division of the 22nd Group Army and our 921st Division are distributed in the rest of the Taihang area! Good guy, for your infantry battalion in Dongyangguan, the few remaining men and horses of our 921st Division have to run over the mountains and break their legs.
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"Hehe, chief, isn't this all for fighting the Japanese! The meat that is brought to your mouth is not for nothing if you don't eat it!" Tang Dao scratched his head in embarrassment.
This person is really not easy to deal with. He just talked about the various ministries, and people immediately understood his plan. Just as this person said, Tang Dao distributed almost all the troops of the 921 Division within a hundred miles.
It's all taken into account.
But Tang Dao didn't expect that the current 921st Division was more ferocious than he imagined. On the surface, it had 4 infantry regiments, almost half of its strength. In fact, there were still several regiments hidden, maybe because the recruits had more combat effectiveness.
It is not as good as the several main force groups on the table, but one guy can bring out tens of thousands of people. Coupled with the division of the 22nd Group Army that has already agreed to send troops, more than 20,000 troops can really be brought to the battlefield. Can the middle man of the 108th Division be defeated?
The division commander was scared to death.
"You are quite good at scheming!" The division leader smiled faintly, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes covered by darkness. "But you underestimate the Japanese too much! There is more than just the 108th Division in Jindong."
"What?" Tang Dao was slightly surprised.
Before the war, numerous intelligence reports showed that there was only the 108th Division along the Handan-Changchang Highway.
"Instead of other Japanese divisions, a transport convoy consisting of up to 180 trucks arrived in eastern Shanxi.
This unexpected transportation team may change the entire battlefield pattern. That was the information I only received at noon on the 16th. However, by that time, you had already led the main force of the Four Lines Regiment to leave. Even if you were notified to return with all your strength, it would not help.
!" The division leader's voice was not loud, but sweat dripped down Tang Dao's forehead.
180 trucks, limited to one transporting 40 fully armed soldiers, are enough to transport an infantry brigade. What originally seemed to be a mountain road that would drag down the Japanese army to death has become a smooth road, and the 80-mile mountain road can be reached in less than 4 hours.
At that time, even if the 921st Division and the 22nd Army launched an all-out attack, it would still be too late. If Dongyang Pass fell, not only would Lei Xiong's battalion be finished, but Licheng, which was still desperately trying to transport supplies, would also be in trouble, and would even be implicated.
All the main forces are being assembled for a fierce battle in Beiganling.
In the end, even if the enemy in Beiganling can be annihilated according to the original plan, I am afraid that this battle will only be a 40-6 victory and cannot be regarded as a complete victory.
"Then what happened to the Japanese army..." Tang Dao licked his lips that were dry due to nervousness and asked.
"Then you must say that Tang Dao is lucky!" Seeing sweat on Tang Dao's forehead, the division leader also stopped trying to beat the young commander Lien Chan and Lian Jie. "There happens to be a regiment in our unit nearby. If you receive me
After receiving the order, they immediately dispatched a large number of troops to destroy the surrounding roads and carry out attacks. The Japanese army may be worried about the bad luck that the county town will encounter in Licheng, or it may be because the transportation team does not fall under the jurisdiction of the 108th Division and the deployment needs to
Procedure, wait until the afternoon, the battle situation in Beiganling has been decided, and they will no longer do this futile act."
In fact, due to intelligence delays and other issues, the identity of this Japanese military transport team composed of a large number of trucks was not determined until a few days later.
It turned out that it was the supply chain directly under the 14th Division, which was fighting a fierce battle with China's First War Zone hundreds of miles away. HD was ordered to deliver supplies to the 14th Division, but they encountered this unexpected battle halfway through.
Even though the 14th Division and the 108th Division are at the same level, the 14th Division is a permanent division and the 108th Division is an ad hoc division. From birth, the 108th Division is inferior to others, so they want to recruit other people's "nobles" directly.
It really requires high-level communication and coordination among the supply chain trucks.
Dofeiyuan gave Xiong Yuan face and reluctantly agreed, but the back and forth time was delayed for nearly two hours. In addition, the road was destroyed, and it would take another two hours to repair the traffic. There are still many Chinese people in the surrounding mountains and forests.
People were still watching him with eager eyes, and in the end, Xiong Yuan had no choice but to give up treatment.
After losing Licheng and losing 3,000 reinforcements, he would at most be reprimanded, but if he lost this baggage regiment and thousands of troops again, he would commit suicide by caesarean section to apologize.
The Japanese Army Lieutenant General lacked the courage to fight to the death, which became a reason for the Japanese North China Front Army Command to criticize him.
But no matter what the Japanese army did, whether there were mistakes or not, if the 921st Division had not acted decisively, Tang Dao knew that the chance of Lei Xiong and the first battalion's fate being changed was more than 70%.
This kind of mistake, where he thought everything was under control but almost caused irreparable losses, was caused by winning too many battles and getting used to the smooth flow. As his mind raced, Tang Dao's face became a little hot.
"Don't think too much, I don't mean to criticize you, I just review and study the battlefield.
There has never been a commander in this world who has calculated everything. As long as there is a winning rate of more than 50%, I will choose to give it a try, let alone face the extremely low possibility of such a probability. If it were me, I would be the same
I will make the same choice as you, and even be more radical than you." He looked up at Tang Dao, whose face was slightly red under the light of the torch, and the division leader flashed an appreciative look behind his glasses.
What he wanted was not Tang Dao's gratitude, but Tang Dao's introspection. Tang Dao did a good job.
"It's just that, as generals of an army, you and I, once a military order is issued, the lives of thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers will be in our hands. When making every decision, we must be cautious and cautious. When it comes to us,
What you see in front of you are small numbers, but every number is the result of more than ten or twenty years of hard work by your parents."
"Yes, Chief!" Tang Dao nodded.
Courage and caution seem to be contradictory, but they are not in conflict at all, because the division commander in front of him may be one of the few generals in China who has the best balance between these two qualities.
In fact, if he had not suffered from a serious eye disease and was in poor health after experiencing a long war, he would have been a strong candidate to lead the army in the Icefield. And history has also proved that based on the performance of his current number one general in the Battle of the Icefield,
It's enough to amaze the world.
Although Brigadier Cheng Da, who was accompanying the two men, did not speak, he glanced at Tang Dao several times with surprised eyes.
He knows his own division chief best. He may seem gentle but is actually very strict with his subordinates. Including him, there are several high-ranking officers in the 921 Division. Who has not been named and criticized by him? Use such a gentle way to encourage his subordinates.
, it’s really a rare thing.
Is this to see how good Tang Dao is?
How should I put it? Even a genius like Brigadier Cheng Da could only express envy at this time.
Unlike the division chief who was obsessed with tactics, the director of the Political Training Department walked behind and chatted and laughed with several regiment-level officers.
After being reminded, Tang Dao couldn't help but sigh. Just like what was described in historical records, these two together could only be described as a perfect match. No wonder the 921st Division could develop into a behemoth during the continuous wars.
This is the benefit of having a good partner, and both Lei Xiong and Gong Shaoxun pay more attention to the battlefield. As for Chief of Staff Zhuang Shisan's philistine and shrewd personality, being a businessman is obviously more suitable for him. Thinking about this, Tang Dao's original
The idea that it is already mature enough has become stronger.
As he spoke, the crowd had almost reached the station, and a strong smell of meat wafted over.
The celebration banquet prepared by the 683rd Brigade for this great victory far exceeded the soldiers' imagination.
Today, at the 683 brigade station, not counting the 7,000 troops from the three infantry regiments and the brigade headquarters' direct troops who returned from victory, there are more than 1,600 officers and soldiers of the 769 regiment who stayed here for repairs;
200 people plus more than 200 people from the incoming baggage company, totaling nearly 500 people;
In addition, the two chiefs of the division will lead at least 1,000 people; 1,300 people who joined the army from Lucheng; although most of the people who came to help carry supplies were given two kilograms of food and left, there were still many village cadres and militia companies
Both the commander and the platoon commander were invited to attend the celebration banquet, and there were at least two to three hundred people.
In other words, there will be more than 12,000 people attending the celebration banquet tonight. Calculating one pound of meat per person, it is more than 10,000 pounds.
Originally, the Beiganling battlefield also harvested Japanese war horses that were killed, and hundreds of pack horses. If horse meat was eaten, it would be enough to feed tens of thousands of people here for several days.
But Brigadier Cheng Da waved his hand: "Since it's a celebration banquet, we have to let everyone have fun. Horse meat is rough. It's OK to improve your life by eating too much cabbage. How can such a big event be on the table?"
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Of course, beef is the most important quality of meat. However, during this festival, there are few cattle for farming. How can we eat the beef cattle?
The next best thing is mutton and pork!
Fortunately, there is a shortage of food in the mountainous areas, but there is really no shortage of this.
Since the victory was announced on the night of the 16th, and starting from the 17th, villagers from dozens of miles around the 683 brigade armies began to carry their own sheep and wild boars and wild sheep hunted in the mountains to work for the army.
And the 683 brigade with Xian Dayang is not stingy. After asking for instructions, the logistics department of the brigade headquarters just pulled out 20 carts and 30 pack horses from the limited transportation force, even walking at night to reach the place still controlled by their own army.
Linfen's subordinate counties bought meat and vegetable liquor and all returned this afternoon.
The 683 Brigade has prepared more than 30,000 kilograms of mutton and pork!
This number alone can definitely feed every soldier and common people who participate in the celebration banquet.
Dinners in the army don't have so many elaborate dishes. They just use the most popular way in the north. A big pot of stewed meat, cabbage and potatoes, and big fat meat that's dripping with oil are the best dishes.
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Since the morning, the 683rd Brigade has organized a large number of cooking soldiers and baggage soldiers to be busy dividing meat, collecting meat, and cooking meat.
Chinese rules for eating banquets are: only when there is wine is it called a banquet!
According to the arrangement, tonight's celebration banquet will be held in units of infantry platoons. Each platoon will have a large iron pot, fifty kilograms of meat, one hundred kilograms of vegetables, fifty kilograms of white wine, and enough white flour steamed buns.
Except for the three infantry companies on combat duty who are not allowed to drink, the rest of the officers and soldiers who are not on guard or combat duty can drink.
As for the liquor that was shipped, except for a small amount purchased by the 683 Brigade, more than 8,000 kilograms were brought by the Four Lines Regiment's Baggage Company.
According to wartime regulations, although this is not a battlefield, the Japanese army has begun to send small-scale troops to the Dongyangguan, Licheng, and Lucheng areas that have been abandoned and occupied. The combat alert cannot be completely lifted yet. Drinking is not allowed during this period.
Although Brigadier Cheng is open-minded by nature, he would never make such a mistake as he came from a regular military academy.
However, Tang Dao insisted that officers and soldiers who were not on combat duty during the dinner could drink liquor and must bear the liquor expenses independently.
Because Tang Dao knows what a soldier needs most when he returns from a bloody battle.
No reward is needed.
They need to soothe their tense nerves.
The battlefield is cruel!
The blood of the enemy and the blood of comrades is sprinkled on the bodies of the soldiers. At the moment of life and death, they will deliberately ignore the cruelty, but that does not mean that the tragedies have not remained in their hearts and minds.
If things go on like this, they will not trust anyone. As long as they receive a little stimulation, they may regard it as a battlefield, and everyone will become their enemy.
Tang Dao has a deep understanding of this.
During the six months of further training in the military academy, he always had a saber under his pillow. When a group army captain and staff officer who was in the same dormitory had a tactical argument with him, the Tang saber broke out in an instant, and his murderous eyes almost made him wet his pants.
This kind of habitual psychological behavior in the battlefield will be called war syndrome in the future.
And what can make these warriors who have fought for the rest of their lives relax, firstly, is the gentleness of a woman, and secondly, alcohol.
Women, cannot provide.
It can only be alcohol. Being drunk can not only relax these soldiers who have been fighting for several days and have tense nerves and physical functions.
In particular, Tang Dao didn't know how many of these soldiers could wait until the next time they got drunk.
Many of them may not be able to wait in this lifetime.
It was with these last words that Brigadier Cheng was convinced by Tang Dao. He could not let his young soldiers die like that without even having the right to get drunk.
He violated his own principles for the first time and prepared a pound of liquor for each person, allowing every soldier here to get drunk after the bloody battle!
Now, the leaders have arrived.
The whole valley, under dots of stars.
The meat and gudugu are both steaming and exuding a rich aroma.
The wine jar has been opened, and the aroma of wine is overflowing.
