Caochang Tatsumi was thinking about his national army rival, and Feng Shengfa was actually thinking about him.

There was a fierce battle during the day. Although the 58th Division repelled more than a dozen attacks from the Japanese army, it also suffered great casualties. In addition to Li Song's 348th Regiment, the remaining three main regiments took turns to fight. More than half of the casualties were all injured and half of them under the frontal attack of the Japanese army. The 19th Brigade deployed on the flank was attacked by the Japanese army, and there were also heavy casualties.

Although the 58th Division built solid fortifications this time, it was still not enough to make up for the huge gap in equipment between the Chinese and Japanese armies. Especially the grenade launchers equipped by small Japan can accurately penetrate 50mm caliber grenades into the trenches directly from 500 meters away, causing great personnel damage to the national army.

There were also various Japanese tanks that rushed around the position, causing a large number of casualties to the 58th Division.

The entire 58th Division has dropped sharply from nearly 10,000 when it first entered the battlefield in eastern Henan to less than 5,000. A considerable part of it was injured and the equipment loss was quite large. Due to the extremely strong offensive intensity of the Japanese attack and the extremely high scrap rate of light and heavy machine guns, the mountain artillery battalion that Feng Shengfa finally put together was also quite a loss in the fierce artillery battle.

"This won't work. If Japan still has this kind of offensive intensity tomorrow, we will definitely not be able to defend it." Feng Shengfa raised his gaze from the map and said, "We must fight back."

"Counterattack?" He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren looked at each other.

Two brigade commanders who arrived at the division headquarters successively, and four regiment commanders also suspected that there was something wrong with their hearing. In the current situation, the 58th Division used to defend their positions were not enough, so how could they have the spare energy to fight back?

"Stand, is this a bad thing?" Yang Shaoren said, "Our troops..."

"Don't need too much force." Feng Shengfa said, "If you can find the flaws of the little Japanese, you only need a small army to hurt the little Japanese, so that they will not dare to be as unscrupulous as they are now in the next battle." After a pause, Feng Shengfa said, "I'm just thinking about where the flaws of the little Japanese will be?"

When Xu Shijiu appeared outside the division headquarters' combat room, Feng Shengfa was frowning at the map.

The two brigade commanders, He Lingxiao, Chief of Staff Yang Shaoren, Fang Riying, and Zhu Qi all had strange expressions, and the senior officials in the war room. Seeing Xu Shijiu's eyes were also complicated, admiration, pity, and even sad. In short, Xu Shijiu was confused and didn't know whether to enter at the station gate.

"Master's seat." Xu Shijiu finally stepped into the division headquarters and then stood attentively.

Feng Shengfa waved his hand, but his eyes did not leave the map. Xu Shijiu noticed that Feng Shengfa's lips were already a little cracked, and his eyes were covered with blood. Obviously, his heart was full of anxiety. Xu Shijiu could fully understand Feng Shengfa's anxiety at this time. The Japanese offensive was fierce, and the 58th Division's defense pressure was very high.

There was a fierce battle today. On the surface, the little Japanese didn't get any advantage, but in fact, the 58th Division suffered heavy casualties.

Just talk about the 19th Brigade, after a fierce battle in one day, almost all of Zhang Youquan's second company were killed, leaving only the company commander Zhang Youquan and more than a dozen veterans, and most of them were injured. Heixiazi's guard platoon was responsible for blocking leaks and was killed or injured, the Third Company, the Artillery Company, the Engineer platoon and the Sanitary Team, and the Communication Team were also transferred more than 100 people, and almost all of these soldiers were killed in battle.

Except for the company that was on standby in the rear, the entire 19th Brigade had almost completely lost its combat effectiveness.

If the 19th Brigade is like this, you can imagine other regiments and battalions. To be honest, the 58th Division has actually reached the end of its strength, and now it is all supported by a stream of blood. Once this stream of energy is discharged, the troops will immediately collapse, and the entire left wing of the Dangshan defense line will collapse in an instant.

Originally, Xue Yue issued an order to the 74th Army to hold on Dangshan for one day no matter what, and then a follow-up army would come up to take over. However, just now, Yu Jishi sent a telegram to Feng Shengfa, saying that the order to go up the peak had changed again, and the 74th Army would need to hold on Dangshan for one day, and reinforcements would not arrive until tomorrow evening.

Of course Yu Jishi was angry. In front of the deputy commander, the chief of staff and more than a dozen staff members, he scolded Cheng Qian, the commander-in-chief of the War Zone, and Xue Yue, the commander-in-chief of the 1st Corps, in front of the deputy commander, and Xue Yue, the commander-in-chief of the 1st Corps, tortured. But even though he was angry, Yu Jishi had no choice, because at this time he could not even withdraw the troops.

The army was unable to arrive in time, but with the current situation of the 58th Division, facing the Japanese tanks and cannons, it is likely that they could not hold on for a long time. The situation is so serious, how could Feng Shengfa not worry?

Seeing that Feng Shengfa had no intention of speaking, Yang Shaoren said, "Ajiu, do you know why the master asked you to come?"

"I know." Xu Shijiu replied loudly, "It is never the style of our 58th Division to be beaten and not fight back. The teacher's seat must be called to come over for the night to fight back."

Yang Shaoren and He Lingxiao couldn't help but look at each other with the current situation of the 58th Division, they really need some courage to fight back. Feng Shengfa told them just now that they almost jumped up. It was not until Feng Shengfa explained the whole story that they barely agreed, but they didn't expect that Xu Shijiu had such crazy thoughts.

Feng Shengfa didn't say anything, and seemed to hesitate again.

Xu Shijiu vaguely guessed Feng Shengfa’s intention and said, “It’s better to attack the Japanese artillery positions at night than a teacher.”

Feng Shengfa suddenly looked up and looked straight at Xu Shijiu with an indescribable look in his eyes. Yang Shaoren was also a little surprised. This Xu Shijiu was not only as brave as Feng Shengfa, but also thought of Feng Shengfa. This is not simple. Is this the legendary hero who sees the same?

Yang Shaoren asked back, "Ajiu, do you know where the Japanese artillery formation is?"

Xu Shijiu is not a clairvoyant person, of course he doesn't know where the Japanese artillery position is. He answered truthfully: "I don't know."

Yang Shaoren said: "You don't know where the Japanese artillery position is, and where will the night attack start? Could it be that you will send a small army first and then hit the Japanese artillery position after finding it? But the problem is that it will pass one by one night, and there is no time at all."

Xu Shijiu said: "I don't know where the artillery position of the Japanese artillery is, but we can use experience to determine which direction the Japanese artillery position is roughly and what distance."

"Oh?" Yang Shaoren's expression moved slightly, and he said skeptically, "Let's listen."

Xu Shijiu said: "There are several cluster artillery bombardments by Japanese people during the day. In addition to the 75mm caliber field guns, there are also 10m0mm or even 15Umm caliber heavy guns. The weight of these guns is often several tons, and they cannot be maneuvered without a road, so the artillery positions of Japanese people can only be close to the highway.

After saying that, Xu Shijiu walked to the map, picked up a pencil and pointed at the map and said, "There are only two nearby roads, one is the Dandang Highway and the other is the Fengdang Highway. The 16th Division of the Little Japan came from Feng County. It is impossible for their artillery positions to be built on the Dandang Highway, so it can only be near the Fengdang Highway."

He Lingxiao and the two brigade commanders nodded one after another, and Xu Shijiu's analysis was undoubtedly reasonable.

Zhu Qi also said: "Send troops to search along the Fengdang Highway and you will definitely find the Japanese artillery position."

"No need to look for it." Feng Shengfa waved his hand, then picked up the circle track and drew a circle with Liutun as the center, and finally pointed to the intersection of the circle and Fengdang Highway and said, "The little Japanese artillery position must be nearby."

He Lingxiao, Yang Shaoren and two brigade commanders came over to see, but the intersection was in Xiao Zhuzhuang. He Lingxiao and the two brigade commanders were still a little confused. Yang Shaoren is worthy of being a top student who graduated from Lu University. He immediately understood that the radius of the circle drawn by Feng Shengfa just now was actually the standard range of the Japanese artillery, which is actually the reverse impulse method.

"The teacher is very good at it." Xu Shijiu smiled, "The artillery position of the little Japanese must be near Xiao Zhuzhuang."

"Stop flattering." Feng Shengfa said coldly, "If I hand over this task to you, how sure are you?"

Yang Shaoren, He Lingxiao, two brigade commanders, four regiment commanders and a few high-level leaders all looked at Xu Shijiu. The throne finally got to the point, but I wonder if Xu Shijiu would shirk responsibility? You must know that this is a mortal task. To put it bluntly, this is a suicide attack. If you go, you will never come back.

"I don't have much grasp, at least not more than 50%." Xu Shijiu's expression suddenly became serious and said in a deep voice, "But even if the teacher is only 10% sure, the humble official will work a hundred times more."

Yang Shaoren and others immediately felt awe, and there was a lot of admiration in their eyes when they looked at Xu Shijiu. They really didn't expect Xu Shijiu to have no shirks. He agreed without thinking. You know, this is not the first time that Xu Shijiu and the 19th Brigade have taken on such a task. He has died once in Nanjing.

If Xu Shijiu is determined to shirk him, Feng Shengfa cannot force him.

"Okay, this sentence with you is enough." Feng Shengfa said, "You go and prepare."

Feng Shengfa's tone was calm, as if this was just a very ordinary little thing, but only those who were very familiar with Feng Shengfa and knew him very well could see that he was clearly suppressing the ups and downs of his heart, because there was a slight wetness in the corners of his eyes, and blue veins were raised on the back of his hands holding the edge of the table.

"Teacher's seat is taken care of." Xu Shijiu stood at attention and saluted Feng Shengfa.

Feng Shengfa did not return the gift because he did not dare to let go of his hands that were holding the edge of the table. He was afraid that others would see that his hands were trembling violently, so he only reminded him: "Ajiu, remember to come back alive."

Xu Shijiu lowered his right hand, smiled at Feng Shengfa Canran, and then turned around and raised his head out of the division.

Watching Xu Shijiu's figure disappear into the night, Yang Shaoren couldn't help but ask Feng Shengfa: "Teacher, are you really not going to replenish some troops for the 19th Brigade?

Judging from the effect of the artillery, the Japanese artillery group has at least two field artillery corps. Such a huge artillery group will definitely have a considerable number of infantry protection. After a fierce battle during the day, how many people are there in the 19th Brigade? It is amazing that there are only 400 people, or even fewer. This little force is really weak.

He Lingxiao, Fang Riying and the others also looked sorry for the Independent 19th Brigade to sneak attack the Japanese artillery positions with just one brigade of troops. This is almost a mortal task. If you miss tonight, they may not see Xu Shijiu again, and the 58th Division may not have the Independent 19th Brigade number again.

The answer to Yang Shaoren was silent. Why didn’t Feng Shengfa want to replenish the troops of the 19th Brigade? But the premise is that he must have enough troops to replenish the troops at present, the entire 58th Division has less than 5,000 combatable troops. He must set aside enough troops to deal with tomorrow’s war. Tomorrow, the offensive of the little Japanese will only be more fierce.

Moreover, night attacks are different from strong attacks during the day. If a company is well attacked, the strength of a company is enough to be fatal. Six years ago, in the 128th Shanghai War, Xu Shijiu used the strength of a company to drop the heavy artillery position of the Japanese with the strength of a mere company. If he doesn't fight well, he will throw in a division and will still not lose the artillery of the Japanese.

Therefore, this battle does not depend on the number of soldiers but on how to fight, and whether the officers and soldiers participating in the battle have the determination to die.
Chapter completed!