Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

The Songhu Garrison Command sent two infantry regiments within one day, but after fighting for a whole day, Guo Shaoqiu clearly felt that our losses were not small.

At 8:30 in the evening, the Japanese attack began again. Although there was no air bombing, the Japanese gathered more than 40 artillery pieces from somewhere and bombarded the Luodian position.

Although the brothers had dug anti-artillery holes before, they were not very effective in facing the 105mm howitzers.

"Haven't you found their artillery positions yet?"

Guo Shaoqiu said angrily that it was different at night than during the day. It was easier to find the enemy's artillery positions during the day, but it would take at least twice as long at night. Although the positions were full of flares, there was still a big gap in brightness compared to during the day.

"Sir, we need three more minutes."

After the observers nearby reported their data, the combat staff had already started calculating. Actually, it was not their fault. The conditions were limited at night, and it was quite difficult to calculate it in such a short time.

Although there was only three minutes, it meant that our position would be hit by more than a hundred shells. Fortunately, the Japanese did not have enough shells, and their soldiers were not as fast as us when they launched the shelling, otherwise the losses would be even greater.

"Reporting to Commander Guo, the Japanese have launched another attack, with at least two battalions."

The front-line positions observed that the Japanese launched another attack.

When Guo Shaoqiu arrived at the front line, the eight hundred people sent by Wu Zhenlei also arrived. These people also brought a bunch of good stuff, that is, more than four hundred iron fists.

"Hurry, hurry, distribute them evenly to each position. Once the Japanese get within 200 meters, we'll kill them together."

Guo Shaoqiu said cheerfully that the night was different from the day. During the day we could eliminate the Japs from a distance because our visual ability was better. But at night no matter how many flares we fired, we could not do the same as during the day, so we had to fight the Japs closer.

Guo Shaoqiu had already thought it through. The farthest point we could see at night was only about 200 meters. As long as we fired a barrage of bullets here, the Japanese would not be able to rush over. The people behind them would keep moving forward, and eventually a crowd would form here.

The Iron Fist that Li Shaoyi exchanged for is the final version, with a range of about 150 meters. When the time comes, we will appropriately let the Japanese move forward a little further, and when they enter the firing range of the Iron Fist, we will directly shoot them with 100 missiles.

How many people can be killed by these 100 iron fists hitting the Japanese crowd? There is no need to calculate. Guo Shaoqiu smiled. If you guys dare to come tonight, I will prepare for you until tomorrow morning.

"Commander Guo, it's the Marshal calling."

Hearing that it was Li Shaoyi calling, Guo Shaoqiu quickly retreated from the front line.

"Report to the Marshal, I am Guo Shaoqiu."

Guo Shaoqiu's voice was still loud and clear, and he didn't show any signs of fatigue from fighting all day.

In fact, they are only mentally tired, but they are not physically tired from fighting on the front line.

"I've already made arrangements with Minister He of the Military and Political Department. The 102nd and 103rd Regiments, totaling over 6,000 men, will depart from the island city tomorrow and arrive in Pujiang tomorrow evening. Because Japanese naval aviation is deployed along the coast, they can only travel south by train. The transportation department has already arranged a route for us. Until they arrive tomorrow evening, you'll probably have to accept the reinforcements sent to you by the Pujiang headquarters."

The Pujiang Garrison Command knew exactly how the fight in Luodian unfolded today.

Although no one from Nanjing went to take a look, various telegrams had already told them that if the 72nd Army did not send troops from the north, the troops currently stationed in Luodian would probably not be able to hold out in two days.

The key to the Pujiang battle lies in Luodian!

Today, the commanders of several main divisions of the Central Army in the surrounding areas came to the battlefield to watch, and they all came to a conclusion that if Guo Shaoqiu's men had not been guarding Luodian, even if several main divisions recovered to their pre-war state, they would definitely not be able to hold it today.

More than 10,000 Japs were acting like crazy. Even with the support of powerful artillery and aircraft, even if we fought with our lives, we would probably suffer losses of more than 20,000 to 30,000 people. The Nationalist government could not afford such losses.

Of course, it cost the 72nd Army a lot to defend Luodian. Today alone, nearly 400 trucks transporting various supplies to the battlefield passed by.

If it were other armies of the Nationalist government, even more than 400 vehicles of supplies a day would be enough to drag them down.

Therefore, with the gathering of information from various sources, without waiting for Li Shaoyi to speak, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs directly issued an order to mobilize two infantry regiments of the 4th Infantry Division of the 72nd Army stationed in the island city to advance quickly towards Pujiang.

Anyone else would have used this to embarrass the Ministry of Military Affairs, but Li Shaoyi didn't. Everyone, including Ma Leizi and his colleagues, felt that sending troops wasn't an easy task, and some even used this as a condition to bargain with the Nanjing Nationalist Government.

But Li Shaoyi refused to do so. The people of the Nanjing Nationalist Government were ignorant. They knew nothing but internal strife. Should we be the same? Moreover, those fighting in Luodian were our brothers. Leaving our brothers without reinforcements on the battlefield just to vent our anger was definitely not what the 72nd Army should do.

Li Shaoyi said at the time that we cannot interfere with how others do things, but if anyone from our 72nd Army dares to do this in the future, they will be immediately brought to justice by military law and will not be tolerated.

Li Sibei was not idle when she heard about Li Shaoyi's move. She immediately spread the news in major newspapers in Jinling and Pujiang.

It was no secret that the people of the Nanjing National Government were trampled under their feet. After all, it was no secret that the 72nd Army was not allowed to participate in the war some time ago.

At this moment, our Chief Li has put aside past grudges. Luodian has been beaten to such a state that it is about to become a meat grinder. Did our Chief Li say a word? After the National Government's order was issued, our people immediately assembled at the island city railway station. Even if the train did not depart, it was the problem of the Jinling Transportation Department.

People from all walks of life in Jinling launched a massive protest, demanding that Commander Li come forward to reorganize the Pujiang battle situation.

The Nationalist government never imagined that a little girl like Li Sibei could cause things to become like this, but the defeat in the Pujiang battle did require someone to clean up the mess.