Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Liao Guangyi waved his hand, his expression turned serious, and he spoke to Gu Changfeng.

"What are you going to do with the Shajiabang regiment? If you defeat them like this, the subsequent impact will be huge."

Gu Changfeng was stunned and looked at Liao Guangyi in confusion.

According to his original plan, he was going to recruit them directly. As for the defense of Shajiabang, wouldn't it be enough to just destroy the Japanese in Guli Town?

"First, this regimental commander has been investigated by the military commander before, so he has some background."

"Secondly, attacking friendly forces is a difficult responsibility to shoulder. Even our commander can't handle it."

"Third, the defense of Shajiabang. Have you considered this?"

Liao Guangyi stayed for this reason, otherwise he would not have given the task of escorting the heavy artillery to his adjutant.

Gu Changfeng heard this and said with a smile:

"First and second is no problem. I'm not in your order, so there's no need to worry about my background. If you can't beat them, just run away. But if they want to provoke me, they have to have the courage."

"As for the third point, that's even less of a problem. You won't be able to hold the Changshu battlefield for long."

"I'll just destroy the Guli Town brigade first. It won't affect you."

Liao Guangyi smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Tell me the truth, are you planning to incorporate the Shajiabang regiment?"

He didn't think that the Sha Jiabang regiment alone could withstand Gu Changfeng's attack. That was unrealistic.

Gu Changfeng nodded and said, "This group wants to take advantage of my absence and come here to pick peaches. I definitely can't let them go."

"I'm a man who takes revenge when I have revenge, and I avenge injustice when I have wronged it."

"Next, I plan to train the soldiers. Those who can be saved will be directly incorporated into the team, and those who are useless will be executed."

Liao Guangyi sighed, thought about it but still didn't say anything. He planned to go back and report to Liao Lei first...

The two continued to chat about the counterattack on Guli Town in the evening, and then Liao Guangyi took some canned food back.

After Liao Guangyi left, Zhao Chong walked up to Gu Changfeng and said.

"Commander Gu, the supplies here have been counted."

Hearing about this, Gu Changfeng became serious.

Yang Zhenhua, Wu Mazi and other company commanders who had just returned also came over one after another after hearing the noise and looked at Zhao Chong excitedly.

Zhao Chong looked at the people coming over and continued to report with a smile.

“此次缴获70 mm迫击炮12门，掷弹筒75具，92式重机枪32挺，歪把子78挺。”

"65 Nambu pistols and 1563 Type rifles."

"With the amount of ammunition we have, fighting a few annihilation battles won't be a problem at all."

"I won't say much else, everyone can see it."

Zhao Chong ended the report with a smile on his face.

Luo Xiong was dumbfounded and muttered, "This time, our harvest can equip an entire regiment of the Japanese!"

Gu Changfeng knew that the harvest was great, so he didn't find it strange.

The main thing is that we destroyed two battalions of Japanese soldiers, and the only thing we gained was two heavy weapons, the 105mm heavy artillery and the 70mm mortar.

Unfortunately, he is not suitable to carry heavy artillery now, so he can only wait for an opportunity in the future.

"This harvest is enough to equip the new soldiers. Commander Gu, what are your thoughts now?"

Yang Zhenhua looked at Gu Changfeng and asked.

"Let's form the 5th Company, with Old Deng as the commander, 380 personnel, just like before. The others will be disbanded and join the nd, rd, and th Companies."

Gu Changfeng had also thought about this question, and when Yang Zhenhua asked, he asked it directly.

The three companies suffered heavy losses in previous battles, with only a hundred or so men left, so there was no need to fight this time.

Each company can be divided into about 200 people, which is just right.

Deng Wu had no objection and watched everyone speak with a calm expression.

"Commander Gu, what are your plans for attacking Guli Town at night?" Wu Mazi asked.

"It's simple tonight." Gu Changfeng said as he looked at the prisoners being escorted in.

"The newly formed Fifth Company will still be guarding these prisoners at night, so the operations will still be carried out by the Second, Third, and Fourth Companies!"

Deng Wu was a little unhappy when he heard this, but he had just joined and had the least foundation.

So when meeting with Gu Changfeng in this way, he could only lower his head and remain silent.

Gu Changfeng looked at Deng Wu and said:

"Old Deng, the battle with the Japs is still long. Are you afraid that you won't have the chance to kill them after you become familiar with them?"

"When you have time, discuss this with the company commanders and learn from each other's strengths and overcome each other's weaknesses."

"Let the soldiers learn more from the special forces."

That was all Gu Changfeng had to say. Whether Deng Wu listened or not was up to him.

Deng Wu listened quietly, thought for a moment, and felt that it was indeed correct, so he said to Gu Changfeng: "Thank you, Chief Gu, I know what to do."

He now understood why his superiors arranged them to join this team. People are really not comparable.

He was wondering, if this team had tens of thousands of soldiers, could it destroy an entire Japanese division?

"Okay, let's stop here for now. Let the brothers rest first. The brothers in the reconnaissance team will have to work hard."

"Let's investigate the deployment of Guli Town first, so we don't go there at night and find nothing, or else there will be other accidents."

Gu Changfeng explained again.

In fact, he roughly knew the military strength of Guli Town, which was no more than a thousand people, and what he was worried about before was the heavy artillery.

It doesn’t matter now. Everyone has the same thing. Just do it. Who’s afraid of who?

It has to be said that with the support of heavy artillery, Gu Changfeng became more confident.

Guli Town.

Seiji Sukekawa was wearing samurai clothes, with a command sword hanging at his waist, sitting on a futon in the room with his eyes closed, reflecting.

As the highest commander of the entire regiment, he felt that the battles of the past two days had been a failure.

Unprecedented failure.

The reputation of the 16th Division has become a laughing stock among other divisions in the past two days!

This was something he could not tolerate, not only for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, but also for the glory of the 16th Division.

"Dong dong!"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Sukekawa Seiji did not respond immediately, and after a while he said "come in".

Very brief and peaceful.

But only Sukekawa Seiji knows what lies beneath this peace.

night.

The soldiers ate the meal happily.

Then, under Gu Changfeng's order, they began to sneak into Guli Town in batches.

Three companies plus the special forces, more than 900 people, were divided into three directions. This time, Gu Changfeng still planned to fight quickly.

Liao Guangyi was in charge of the northern part of Guli Town, the second company was in the east, the third company was in the west, and the special forces and the fourth company directly raided the Japanese from the south.

The only drawback is that there are many new soldiers joining, and the coordination will probably be much worse. Fortunately, the artillery fire is strong enough to make up for this shortcoming.

Before leaving, Gu Changfeng once again reminded Deng Wu and Zhao Chong to take good care of the house.

There are almost thousands of people hiding in the reed marsh. Any accident would result in the biggest loss, which is why Gu Changfeng is worried.

"Changfeng, this is a bit strange. Why is the entire Guli Town so quiet?"

Zhao Ziqing asked.

He returned to the reed marsh much later than Gu Changfeng, arriving around five in the afternoon. He had just rested for an hour or so when this happened again.

Gu Changfeng also felt strange. Logically, the scouts should have found out in the afternoon that the Japanese had not left the entire Guli Town.

It was so quiet, as if they knew they were coming to attack in advance. This was embarrassing.

"What do you think? Are you going to fight again?" Zhao Ziqing continued to ask.

Gu Changfeng thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, let's fight first."

Then he ordered the soldier next to him: "Order the artillery to take action. I want to see if these rats are still here."

After careful investigation by the scouts in the afternoon, it was found that almost all the surviving people in Guli Town had been imprisoned.

Therefore, Gu Changfeng was not worried about accidental injuries from the artillery fire.

He had originally planned to launch a direct assault, but the Japs showed such a posture that he could only test the situation with artillery fire first.

At this time, dozens of miles east of Guli Town, a large Japanese army had assembled and was secretly marching towards Shajiabang.

The target is the reed marsh where Gu Changfeng is hiding...