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Chapter 205: The strength of the Seventh Division (please vote for me!)

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    In the next two days, Li Guoyao personally transferred hundreds of soldiers from the entire division, and then mixed them with the fire support battalion to form an air defense support force of more than a thousand people.

    This unit was upgraded to an air defense regiment by Li Guoyao. The entire regiment has three battalions, a light machine gun battalion, a heavy machine gun battalion, and an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion.

    The mission of this regiment is not only to defend against Japanese aviation, but also to serve as infantry support on the battlefield.

    After several days of training, the air defense regiment basically mastered the control of anti-aircraft machine guns. Then Li Guoyao deployed them over Quanjiao City, preparing to give the little devils a hard blow.

    On January 26, 1938, a Japanese formation of 12 bombers came over Quanjiao again, preparing to bomb the headquarters of the 7th Division.

    However, what was different from before was that just when the Japanese fighter planes were preparing to drop bombs, the air defense regiment hidden in Quanjiao City took off all their camouflage, and 50 anti-aircraft machine guns and a large number of light machine guns opened fire at the same time, and dense bullets quickly flew into the air.  A tight fire net was formed.

    Three Japanese fighter planes were shot down in just one encounter, and two more were injured. The remaining Japanese planes were frightened and fled immediately, but two more were still shot down. In this battle, a total of 5 Japanese fighter planes were shot down, and 3 of them were shot down.  One of the injured fighter planes crashed in the Yangtze River on its way back.

    After this battle, the Japanese army no longer dared to send fighter planes to Quanjiao casually!

    Despite this, Li Guoyao did not dare to neglect. Once the Japanese army could not attack the 7th Division through the air force, it would not be far away from attacking on land.

    Sure enough, the situation reported from Chu County in the next few days became increasingly bad. A large number of Japanese troops gathered in Chu County, and even all the troops in the direction of Bengbu were withdrawn.

    Li Guoyao doesn¡¯t think that the New Year is coming and the little devils are gathering to celebrate the New Year. For now, the only ones in this area that are worthy of the little devils to fight are their Seventh Division.

    In view of the serious enemy situation, Li Guoyao immediately notified the commanders of each regiment to hold a meeting at the division headquarters immediately to discuss countermeasures.

    Quanjiao. Temporary Seventh Division Headquarters!

    The conference room was crowded. All regiment-level officers of the 7th Division were present, including Wang Zhanhai, who had just returned to Quanjiao from Wuhan.

    "Everyone is here, let's get started!"

    Then Li Guoyao continued: "Brothers, the situation reported from Chu County in the past two days is getting worse and worse. The little devil has not only replaced all the lost soldiers of the 13th Division, but also added a lot of technology.  We have also withdrawn troops from the front line in Bengbu, and 20,000 troops have gathered in Chu County. It seems that they are preparing to attack our temporary seventh division. What do you think?"

    As soon as the welcome came, Zhang Tengjiao, the new brigade commander of the Du Eighth Brigade, said loudly: "The soldiers are here to block the water and cover up the soil. When the little devils come, of course they will use guns and cannons to greet the dog days. Can we also invite them to a banquet?"

    "Yes, the Japs have strong soldiers and horses, and our Seventh Division is not a vegetarian!" Xie Baojun also said loudly.

    "Master, the Japanese army has a strong front, and Quanjiao is in no danger to defend. I think we should avoid the front for the time being!" The speaker was Chief of Staff Ma Desheng.

    "I agree with the opinions of the participants. Although we have increased our troops a lot, there are too many new soldiers. We are not yet strong enough to fight with the Japs. It is best to stay away from the enemy for the time being!" Xu Hu said.

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    Hearing everyone talking and talking, each holding their own opinions and discussing with each other, but no one could convince anyone, Li Guoyao immediately stopped everyone's discussion and signaled everyone to be quiet.

    Then Li Guoyao said: "Actually, there is no need for us to argue. It is actually easy to decide whether to fight or avoid the enemy temporarily. We just have to look at the strength comparison between the enemy and ourselves. It has been more than ten days since our division was upgraded, and everyone has been busy recruiting troops these days.  , I don¡¯t have time to inspect the brigades and regiments, so you should report on your respective family assets today, so that I can see how many cards I have to play!¡±

    Li Guoyao then looked at everyone, and then said: "Old Zhang, let's talk about your Duba Brigade, but it is Dujiu Brigade, and then several units directly under the division headquarters!"

    Zhang Tengjiao did not show any pretense. He stood up and said loudly: "Commander, our Eighth Brigade has been recruiting troops for the past few days. After these days of hard work, the entire brigade has been fully staffed, with a total strength of more than 5,800 troops."

    "How are the weapons and equipment?" Li Guoyao asked again.

    "Since we seized a large number of weapons and ammunition during the attacks in Chu County and Nanqiao, our brigade now has no gaps in weapons and equipment. The entire brigade is equipped with a total of 3,475 Japanese-made 38-guns, 43 light and heavy machine guns, and forced  8 cannons, 4 mountain cannons, 53 grenades, and several war horses and sabers.However, our ammunition is very limited. Each soldier can only receive less than 60 rounds of bullets, and the machine gun has less than two basic rounds of ammunition. In addition, the brigade headquarters no longer has ammunition in stock.  So once there is a war, I still don't have enough confidence in my heart.  "

    Although Zhang Tengjiao said that he lacked confidence, the smile on his face betrayed his true thoughts. How could anyone be unhappy with a B brigade with only 6,000 people?  Moreover, these 6,000 people are not short of weapons and equipment, and they will definitely be a main force in other parts of the National Government.

    Li Guoyao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, I can see that you have been working hard on recruiting troops these days!"

    "I've received the award from you, mainly because of your leadership. The people in the area also recognize us. It's easier to recruit troops!" Zhang Tengjiao said with a smile.

    ¡°Where is the Dujiu Brigade, how is your situation?¡± Li Guoyao asked again.

    "Master, although our Dujiu Brigade is not as numerous as Lao Zhang's Duba Brigade, it is also equipped with two fully-manned infantry regiments and four direct companies, with a total of more than 5,400 people in the entire brigade.  The two infantry regiments are all-Japanese weapons regiments, their firepower is no worse than that of the Duba Brigade, and our unit¡¯s ammunition is extremely sufficient." Xie Baojun, commander of the Dujiu Brigade, stood up and replied.

    "Very good, your Dujiu Brigade is also developing well. What about the other directly-affiliated troops?" Li Guoyao asked again.

    Ma Desheng immediately stood up and said: "Master, the situation of the troops under the direct command is relatively clear. After this period of development, the development of the guard battalion, engineer battalion and cavalry battalion has been relatively slow. The three battalions each have less than 400 troops. They are quite satisfactory.  . However, the artillery battalion has developed rapidly. It is now equipped with 15 mountain guns, 9 field guns, and 24 mortars, with a total strength of 782 people. It can be expanded into an artillery regiment."

    "Secondly, the fire support battalion has been expanded into an air defense battalion, with a total strength of 1,042 people. It has one battalion each of light and heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. It is strong. The special operations brigade is still the same. During this period, instead of increasing the number of troops, it has been eliminated.  More than 80 people were recruited, and now the total strength is less than 400."

    "Where is the logistics department, how is the situation?"

    "Reporting to the division seat, the logistics department has been set up. There are now more than 200 guards, transport troops, etc., and the number of troops is still being expanded!" Huang Shang replied.

    After everyone had finished reporting, Li Guoyao immediately stood up and said: "Brothers, after calculating this, the total strength of our 7th Division has been restored to more than 15,000 people. This speed is indeed good, except for the 3,000 people who went up to the peak to support  Renwai, you have recruited more than 4,000 people these days, which really surprises me, very good!"

    At this point, Li Guoyao changed his voice and suddenly said: "Although the units have developed well, their overall strength is still worse than that of the little devils. In addition, the number of new recruits in our unit has seriously lowered the overall strength.  The combat effectiveness of this unit is very difficult, so it is really difficult for me to fight to the death with the little Japs, so I definitely can¡¯t fight to the death with the little Japs!¡±

    "Master, do you mean that we have to evacuate Quanjiao County?" Zhang Tengjiao asked with a frown.

    "We must withdraw, but we cannot withdraw without firing a shot. We have to use our brains to fight this battle!" Li Guoyao said.

    "how to spell?"

    "Lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory, attack them coldly, and finally gather them together to annihilate them!"

    Seeing the confusion on everyone's faces, Li Guoyao said immediately: "What I mean is that we first use the fortifications built outside Quanjiao City to consume the Japanese army's strength, and then lure the Japanese army to pursue Xigushan, and use this route to  The dangerous terrain kept blocking the Japanese army, and at the same time, snipers and artillery units were sent to attack the Japanese army, completely defeating the Japanese army, and finally concentrated on annihilating the invading enemy!"

    After listening to Li Guoyao's battle plan, Ma Desheng nodded and said: "Although this may not necessarily annihilate all the Japs, the casualties in our department will certainly not be too great. I support the division's arrangement!"

    "I support it too!"

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