Chapter 1 Lin Fan

Lin Fan led the special company's one thousand-plus soldiers to launch an attack at 00:00 on November 30, 1937.

Now it was 3:34 AM, and the attack on Nanzha Town had taken a total of four and a half hours.

The main force of the Japanese devils had escaped from the northeast corner. Ye Dadan felt very guilty that his squad had not been able to keep all the Japanese devils.

It was like being a guest where the host served a table full of good dishes, and everyone else finished their dishes, but his table was the only one with uneaten meat, which the host had to take back.

Ye Dadan requested Lin Fan, "Company Commander! Let our squad chase after them and wipe out all those Japanese devils."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Alright! Don't be so reckless. It's so dark at night, they could easily ambush us. We don't want to throw up what we just swallowed.

We don't fight that kind of battle.

Look around you, there are at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, Japanese devils lying on the ground.

Let's hurry up and clean up the battlefield. We must withdraw from Nanzha Town before dawn."

Ye Dadan chuckled, "Only a thousand? Company Commander, you underestimate these devils lying on the ground.

I counted them roughly; there are at least thirteen hundred."

Yang Daren was full of displeasure. His squad's position today was not good, and the Japanese devils had not attacked in his direction.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Now is not the time to count the number of dead Japanese devils. Dead Japanese devils are good Japanese devils.

We need to quickly take away these cannons, the cars, and the livestock from the town.

Time is short, and the task is heavy!

When it dawns, the Japanese devils will definitely concentrate all their artillery fire and bomb this place like crazy."

Xiao Dongbei's team was still guarding the north side, but Lin Fan also sent someone to call back a few drivers from their squad to drive the cars and load up all the ammunition, food, and fodder left by the Japanese devils in the town.

This time, the soldiers of the special company changed their uniforms back again.

Lin Fan stayed at the artillery position, directing the collection of the cannons.

In the entire special company, only he knew how to switch these cannons from combat mode to transport mode.

At the artillery position, the soldiers of the direct detachment all quietly watched Lin Fan's demonstration.

Listening to Lin Fan's explanation.

Today, Lin Fan and his men captured Type 96 150mm field howitzers, a total of eighteen.

These cannons had been in service since 1929, and the Japanese had been using them on the North China and East China battlefields.

Now they were using these cannons in Central China as well.

These cannons had great power and a long range, posing a particular threat to large-scale troop operations.

But great power meant bulky, meaning difficult to handle.

The cannon was nine meters long and weighed ten tons. It required a special tractor, and its maximum range was eighteen kilometers.

Its firing chassis and traction chassis were shared, so it only took an hour to switch from transport mode to firing mode.

But for the special company now, it was impossible for them to complete switching these cannons from firing mode back to transport mode in an hour.

In Jiangyin, the sun would rise after 6:30 in the morning.

There was really not much time left, so Lin Fan sped up his movements.

So many cannons could not be handled by him alone. What he had to do was teach his students.

The special company had no way to take all these cannons.

But no matter what, Lin Fan could not give them up, no matter what. They needed to be moved away immediately, all of them.

Fortunately, every soldier in the special company had operated the 88mm anti-aircraft gun.

Now, Lin Fan had four squads serving these cannons, two squads searching for supplies left in the Japanese devil camps in the town.

One squad was cleaning up the battlefield, and one squad was on guard around Nanzha Town.

The four squads that were left behind sent the most clever lads to watch Lin Fan's explanation. What they had to do was watch what Lin Fan did.

Then they had to go back and do it themselves.

The warhorses on the battlefield were all spoils of war and also needed to be taken back.

The clothes, belts, cartridge belts, and leather shoes worn by the Japanese devils, even the socks, had to be stripped off.

The cars driven from the town were parked around the artillery position. Everything at the artillery position needed to be taken away.

The shells at the artillery position were also being loaded onto the cars.

On this position, where the Japanese devils made their last stand, there were not only big guys like the 150mm field howitzer.

There were also eighteen Type 92 infantry guns and thirty-six 82mm mortars.

These were all things that the special company could use.

Looking at these artillery pieces, Lin Fan's eyes were full of smiles. These small cannons were the special company's favorite.

They could follow the special company together, and they could be used for guerrilla warfare.

Wan Yi, the commander of the 672nd Regiment of the 112th Division, also sent out a reconnaissance team to follow behind Lin Fan and his men after they left the city.

When this team left the city, Regiment Commander Wan instructed, "No matter what happens, do not approach within 500 meters of Nanzha Town.

Your mission is only to pass on the message in advance when a team comes out of Nanzha Town and heads towards Jiangyin."

Guo Haoran, the captain of this reconnaissance team, immediately replied, "Yes! Do not enter Nanzha Town, only observe from a distance.

Report back in time when you discover the situation!"

Regiment Commander Wan Yi looked at the reconnaissance company commander under his command with satisfaction. He was very relieved to have him lead the team today.

Company Commander Guo Haoran and his men followed the special company from a distance. This had been notified to the soldiers of the special company in advance.

If there was a misunderstanding in the dark night, the only way to explain it was to exchange fire.

There were thirty-six people in Guo Haoran's group. It was not until twelve o'clock that they heard gunshots all over Nanzha Town.

Afterwards, explosions flashed in the darkness everywhere.

"Did they surround the entire Nanzha Town?" Bian Hongyun in the reconnaissance team said in a low voice.

Even behind the special company, this reconnaissance team saw countless fire snakes flying towards Nanzha Town in the dark night.

The sound of gunfire, explosions, and fire had been going on.

This night battle was a full-on assault battle that lasted for more than three hours.

Only then did the sound of gunfire subside.

Bian Hongyun asked in a low voice, "Company Commander! Do we want to go in and take a look?"

"No!" Guo Wuran ordered.

"When we set off, the regiment commander specifically ordered that we must not enter Nanzha Town under any circumstances.

The situation is unclear now, and we cannot act rashly.

We are just bystanders."

At 5:30 in the morning, it was the darkest time of the day.

Guo Haoran, the captain of the reconnaissance team sent by the 672nd Regiment, saw cars suddenly driving out of Nanzha Town one after another.

The headlights on the front of the cars illuminated the road brightly.

"Whose motorcade is this?" Bian Hongyun became nervous.

"Could it be that the Japanese devils' revenge has come so quickly?" Another team member, Gong Rui, said.

Guo Haoran was also a little unsure, "What should we do?"

Suddenly, he thought of something and quickly ordered, "Move a few stones, not too big and not too small, and block the road.

Don't let those vehicles pass."

Immediately, ten reconnaissance team members carried a few stones in the dark and placed them in the middle of the road.

The position they placed them was particular. No matter what, the cars could not pass.

As long as the driver got out of the car, he could move these obstacles away.

These people could also take advantage of the driver getting out of the car to move the stones and see clearly who they were.

Then, they could make a targeted response.

Lu Dayou was driving the car he had captured tonight, walking in the front of the entire motorcade.

Under the bright car lights, he could see clearly thirty meters ahead.

He immediately discovered the three piles of stones blocking the road in the middle of the road.

Without thinking, the car would definitely not be able to pass.

He slammed on the brakes, and two soldiers jumped out of the car and rushed towards the piles of stones.

Three flares were fired from the roof of the car, illuminating the front brightly.

The soldiers escorting the rear of the motorcade also jumped out and quickly hid in the darkness on both sides of the road.

Quickly groping forward from the darkness.

Guo Haoran and the others saw that the people rushing to the front of the car lights were wearing the uniforms of the National Army, and they had already let down half of their guard.

When Ou Dazhong and Lu Shiguo, who had rushed close to the piles of stones, discovered that these piles of stones were all piled up with small stones.

They also relaxed a little. Although this was deliberately piled up here to block the road.

But it also left room for maneuver and could be cleared quickly.

At this moment, a greeting came from a distance, "What team are you from?"

Lu Shiguo smiled, "Fourth Squad of the Special Company! Which unit are you from?"

"Guo Haoran, 672nd Regiment, 112th Division."

"Are you the ones who have been following the special company tonight?" Lu Shiguo asked loudly.

Guo Haoran relaxed at this time. To be able to say that they had been following, they must be from the special company.

He ran out from where he was hiding, "Did you take Nanzha?"

"Take it?"

"Did you capture these cars?"

"Yes!"

"So many?"

"Yes!"

Company Commander Guo Haoran waved his hand, and ten soldiers ran out from the darkness. They immediately rushed out and helped move the stones together.

Lu Shiguo said with a smile, "Did you move these here?"

Guo Haoran said embarrassedly with a smile, "The situation forced us! The situation forced us!"

Lu Shiguo smiled, "Understood! Understood!"

In the depths of the darkness, two soldiers from the reconnaissance company quietly sneaked into the deeper darkness and rushed towards Jiangyin City.

Regiment Commander Wan Yi heard that two people from the reconnaissance team had returned.

He immediately asked them to come up and report.

When he heard that the special company had driven twenty-three cars out of Nanzha Town, he couldn't help but ask, "Did you see clearly?"

"We saw clearly! At night, every car had its lights on, so it was easy to count clearly."

"Is it really the special company?"

"Yes! Company Commander Guo personally spoke to the driver of the car and also called ten brothers to move the roadblocks we set up."

"It shouldn't be! So many vehicles shouldn't be something that one Japanese devil brigade could have," Regiment Commander Wan was very puzzled.

In the darkness, the eyes of the reconnaissance squad led by Company Commander Guo were focused on the company commander and the soldiers of the special company moving stones on the road.

Suddenly he heard, "Don't move!"

"Hands up!"

Only then did they discover that they had been surrounded without knowing when.

Fortunately, the people surrounding them were also wearing the uniforms of the National Army.

The shouts here alarmed Company Commander Guo, and he quickly ran back, "Sir! We are from the 672nd Regiment."

The soldiers who surrounded his subordinates said coldly, "Since you are friendly troops, why didn't you all go out to help?"

Company Commander Guo said with a smile, "On the battlefield, don't you have to keep a hand?

It's just that we didn't expect that you would come up with this trick."

Zhen Danxiao, who was escorting the convoy this time, also said with a smile:

"I'm timid, so I have to be careful. Are all your people here?"

Company Commander Guo thought for a while, "They're all here."

Zhen Danxiao was dissatisfied, "Really? We don't want to accidentally injure friendly troops.

If they run away, I won't say anything.

If you are caught, don't cause accidental injuries or misunderstandings, it's all for the sake of resisting Japan."

Zhen Danxiao smiled at this moment, and said with a smile, "That's good, don't worry, we didn't catch those two people.

You don't have to go back either, just follow our convoy."

When Zhen Danxiao spoke, the muzzles of the guns of his soldiers did not mean to put them down at all.

Company Commander Guo said with a wry smile, "We are really from the 672nd Regiment."

Seeing that these people still had no intention of moving the muzzles of their guns, he had no choice but to say, "You can keep the guns for us, but you must return them to us!"

Lu Shijie said with a smile, "We picked up thousands of guns tonight, who cares about your broken guns."

Under the leadership of Company Commander Guo, the people of the entire reconnaissance team handed over their weapons one by one.

Regarding the daggers hidden on their bodies, Zhen Danxiao gestured with his eyes.

It was not until all the weapons of the entire reconnaissance team were handed over.

Zhen Danxiao then said, "We captured a lot of weapons tonight, and Company Commander Guo is so cooperative.

If you want any kind, just say it, and I believe the company commander will satisfy you."

Bian Hongyun suddenly said, "Our company commander wants two Type 92 infantry guns."

Guo Haoran glared at this talkative soldier, fearing that his words would cause misunderstanding with the squad leader in front of him.

You must know that although the person in front of him was just a squad leader, the soldiers in his hands were more than twice as many as the soldiers under his company commander.

He did not expect that the squad leader in front of him actually considered it seriously, and then said, "If you want a 150mm field howitzer, I can promise it right away.

The Type 92 infantry gun is a good thing, I don't know if the company commander is willing to part with it."

Bian Hongyun did not expect that he would open his mouth so wide, but the squad leader in front of him was not angry, but instead explained earnestly.

He became a little embarrassed, "Squad Leader Zhen, I was just talking nonsense."

Zhen Danxiao said seriously, "This brother's words are completely for the sake of his company's combat effectiveness.

How could it be nonsense. Don't worry, if there is no Type 92 infantry gun, there will definitely be an 82mm mortar."

Guo Haoran looked at the serious look of this Squad Leader Zhen, and couldn't help but become serious, "Do you really have a 150mm field howitzer in your hands?"

Zhen Danxiao said with a smile, "We really do. This time we have made a fortune and captured eighteen cannons.

We don't even know them, and we heard the company commander say that those cannons are called Type 96 150mm heavy field howitzers.

There is a heavy word, so the cannon is really heavy."

Pointing to the car parked on the road and said, "Have you seen these cars!"

Company Commander Guo and his soldiers were nodding, "We saw them!"

"These cars can't tow them at all. To tow them, there are also special cars.

Those cannons are too difficult to serve!

The company commander said that we are fighting guerrilla warfare, and these cannons are not easy to place.

That's why I said that if you want this kind of cannon, you can give you two.

Anyway, we can't use them all!"

While speaking, these people had come to the company.

Zhen Danxiao said with a smile, "At most two people can get in a car, everyone watch and get in."

Company Commander Guo sighed, "You still don't believe us now."

Zhen Danxiao still said with a smile, "I already believe you very much, but I just took your weapons, and I didn't tie you up.

I have already taken a huge risk."

Company Commander Guo looked at the squad leader who said he was timid, and his arrangement was really too meticulous.

Afraid that the soldiers under his command would have problems, he took away their weapons and separated everyone.

In this way, even if the team under his command really had any ideas, they would not be able to succeed at all.

He said with a smile, "Squad Leader Zhen, I'll take a car with you. On the way, I can also hear how you fought tonight."

The two sides walked towards Jiangyin City in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere.

The purpose of Zhen Danxiao's convoy was to inform the garrison in Jiangyin City: there were dozens of cars from the special company coming back later.

And there were more than a dozen vehicles pulling cannons back, so don't misunderstand.

Division Commander Huo Shouyi was stunned by Zhen Danxiao's report, "You captured eighteen Japanese Type 96 150mm heavy field howitzers?"

"Yes!"

"Where?"

"They're behind our convoy, and they should be here soon.

By the way, there is also a tank, so let the brothers not block it!"

At this time, the darkest time of the day had passed.

Regiment Commander Wan Yi shouted and requested, "Division Commander! The 672nd requests to be stationed in Nanzha Town."

Division Commander Huo was about to agree, this was what had been agreed upon last night.

Suddenly, he found that Squad Leader Zhen's expression had become very ugly.

He immediately asked, "Squad Leader Zhen! What's wrong with you?"

Zhen Danxiao said with some difficulty, "Our company commander has a few words, I don't know if I should say them!"

"Say it! Honest words are hard to hear, but they are good for practice!" Division Commander Huo said with a smile.

"Our company commander said that we beat the Japanese devils too badly tonight, and when it dawns, the Japanese devils will definitely bomb the entire Nanzha Town," Zhen Danxiao said what Lin Fan said.

The implication was that Nanzha Town would definitely be bombarded by Japanese devil artillery today.

The power of the Japanese devil heavy artillery, in the past few days, several companies in the Jiangyin defense area had been completely killed.

Regiment Commander Wan and Division Commander Huo were both clear about this.

Division Commander Huo thought for a while, "Regiment Commander Wan! The main force should establish a defense line outside Nanzha Town.

At the same time, prepare to enter Nanzha Town at any time to seize favorable terrain.

Send a company of troops to scout around Nanzha Town. If they discover Japanese devil infantry attacking, they should immediately send a signal to let the entire regiment enter.

If they are bombarded by Japanese devil artillery fire, they should immediately withdraw from Nanzha."

"Yes!" Wan Yi immediately led the team out.

When the 672nd Regiment left the city, they happened to meet the special company's team driving a long string of cars into the city.

Behind these cars were also a number of Type 92 infantry guns, and the cars were piled with a lot of guns and mortars.

Some of the cars were piled with Japanese devil military uniforms, hats, pants, and shoes.

Sharp-eyed soldiers were also whispering, "There are blood stains on those clothes piled on the car."

"There are also bullet holes!"

"Could it be that they were stripped from the Japanese devils."

"What do you think? On the battlefield, do the Japanese devils have a clothing supply warehouse?"

"This company is really amazing!"

"What company? It's clearly a regiment!"

"Even if it's a regiment! To be able to recapture Nanzha Town overnight and capture so many spoils of war is also very amazing."

"That's right!"

When Jia Chengbi and Liao Chengyi drove the heavy cars and dragged the eighteen Type 96 150mm heavy field howitzers into the eyes of these soldiers.

The eyes of these soldiers were straight, "These cannons are too big!"

These ordinary soldiers had never seen such a big cannon before.

The cannons in the Jiangyin Fortress were all sealed in the bunkers and closely protected.

People who were not in the fort had no chance to see them.

Seeing these cannons appear, Division Commander Huo Shouyi couldn't control himself and said to Zhen Danxiao, "Squad Leader Zhen! I heard that these cannons can give us two?"

Zhen Danxiao immediately said, "Company Commander Guo didn't agree to want this cannon at the time!"

Guo Haoran didn't dare to look at the gaze of the division commander, and said in a low voice, "Our reconnaissance company, mortars or Type 92 infantry guns are enough."

Division Commander Huo said with a tone of hating iron for not becoming steel, "Reconnaissance company! Can't you stand from the perspective of the regiment commander, from the perspective of the division commander to consider the problem?"

Guo Haoran, who was criticized, had nothing to say!

"Difficult! I'm really too difficult!"

The special company's motorcade was not over yet.

After the car team in front entered the city, the mule and horse team followed behind, and some mules and horses were also dragging cars.

The ten modified homemade armored vehicles were also dragged back by mules.

Walking in the middle of the team was a car dragging an anti-aircraft gun, and around it were ten earthen armored vehicles and the captured tank.

Just entering the city, Lin Fan saw Division Commander Huo standing by the side of the road with a smile.

He quickly got down from the anti-aircraft gun's tractor.

This car also parked on the side!

This was an unwritten rule of the special company: the anti-aircraft gun should be as close to the company commander as possible.

To prevent Japanese devil planes from bombing suddenly.

Division Commander Huo stretched out his hands with a smile, "Company Commander Lin! You've worked hard!"

"It's wrong of the subordinate to make the division commander wait here," Lin Fan said modestly.

"It should be, it should be. The soldiers have worked hard all night, and I have asked people to specially steam six thousand meat buns for the special company.

There is enough congee." Division Commander Huo said with a smile.

At this time, his adjutant very discerningly brought the buns and congee up.

A small table was immediately set up.

Lin Fan thanked with a smile, "The division commander is too enthusiastic!"

He said to Zhen Danxiao with a smile, "Come! Come and eat together."

He said to the adjutant again, "Please trouble little brother, send some buns and congee to the brothers parked there as well."

Then he reached out and picked up a bun, and took a bite, filling his mouth with freshness: "Delicious! There is a lot of meat and oil, and there is no adulteration at all!"

Huo Shouyi had heard from Commander Xu Kang that the special company, from top to bottom, especially liked to eat delicious food.

As long as there was a chance, they had to eat meat.

He had asked people to prepare this last night, just to wait for the special company to return to the city and reward them.

Regardless of success or failure, the teams that could take the initiative to fight at this time were all warriors.

They all deserved to enjoy such a treat!

Lin Fan satisfiedly ate four big buns and drank two bowls of congee.

Then he said, "We went out hunting and also got hundreds of good warhorses, all good meat.

How many does the division commander need? Say a number!"

Huo Shouyi thought for a while, "The benefits can't all be given to our division. There are two divisions in the entire defense area of Jiangnan, a fortress headquarters, and local defense forces.

Give our division one hundred and fifty warhorses!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Okay! But warhorses are still warhorses, but you need to clean them yourself."

Division Commander Huo also smiled, "That's right! The horse skin can be of some use, and there are more offal."

Lin Fan smiled at this time and stopped talking.

Division Commander Huo continued what he had just said, "How exactly did the special company fight last night?

How could there be such a big harvest?"

Lin Fan said with a wry smile, "We didn't know in advance, and we didn't know even after the fight.

Later, when we cleaned up the battlefield, we found some information from the pockets of those soldiers we captured.

Only then did we know that there were quite a few Japanese devils in Nanzha Town last night.

There was the command post of the Sasaki Michiichi Regiment, as well as its two infantry battalions, a cavalry battalion that had been supplemented, and a heavy artillery battalion under the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade.

Those eighteen Type 96 were from this heavy artillery battalion."

Division Commander Huo said in surprise, "Did you drive away the four battalions of the Japanese devils last night?"

Lin Fan added with a smile, "There is also an engineering company, they followed the artillery battalion."

After Division Commander Huo finished listening to Lin Fan's explanation of the battle process last night, he said loudly, "Such a record is simply unheard of.

If it weren't for those cannons and the weapons and warhorses you captured as proof.

I would have thought you were bragging!

I want to report to the higher authorities to ask for credit for you."

Lin Fan shook his head with a smile, "It's not necessary to ask for credit. Division Commander Huo is clear about the situation of our company.

Military exploits are of no use to our company."

Huo Shouyi smiled embarrassedly.

"So, these merits, the 112th Division should take them! Or share them with the brothers, and try to take care of those brothers who died in battle."

"What do you need?" Huo Shouyi was not modest at this time, such a great military exploit, if he could get a part of it for his division, it would be a great thing for him and the entire division.

Lin Fan thought for a while, "For the time being, our company doesn't have anything special that we need."

Huo Shouyi was really embarrassed this time, "Don't! Don't be like this! You let me take such a great credit, and you don't want any benefits.

If I can't do something for you, for the special company.

I feel uneasy!"

Li Lanchi, the chief of staff of the 115th Division, and Wang Zhaozhi, the deputy division commander, also said, "I feel uneasy!"

Lin Fan thought for a while, and said again, "Our company's weapons and equipment are already very abundant, and we have a guarantee of meat in the past few days.

Your army is not rich in money and other things either.

We really don't lack anything.

Everyone feels uneasy, so let's do this!

Let's make a gentleman's agreement: in the future, if the two sides are on the battlefield.

Please be kind and let my brothers go, how about that?"

The three people present looked at each other and fell silent for a moment.

They knew that everyone in the entire Jiangyin defense area knew that the special company was a Red Army team.

This was already an open secret.

Military exploits were indeed useless to the special company. The Nanjing side would never give anyone in this company a promotion, no matter what.

However, now was the time when all fronts across the country were jointly resisting Japan.

Was this Company Commander Lin so sure that the two sides would meet on the battlefield in the future?

Thinking of this, Huo Shouyi asked tentatively, "Company Commander Lin, are you so sure?

Is this your party's established policy?"

Lin Fan smiled wryly, "Of course it's not my party's policy, this is Mr. Chang's policy that has never changed!

Now is the time when the Japanese devils are most arrogant, and Mr. Chang has been frightened by the Japanese devils.

At this time, his fear of the Japanese devils exceeds his heart to guard against my party.

After two years, when the Japanese devils show signs of fatigue and are no longer able to continue such a large-scale offensive.

It will be time for Mr. Chang to tear up the agreement and deal with my party."

The three people present were silent: this kind of reasoning, if the Japanese devils really no longer had the ability to continue the offensive, President Chang would definitely do so.

The three of them were very clear about this.

Huo Shouyi finally made up his mind and said, "After today, in my lifetime, if I, Huo Shouyi, lead troops to fight against the team led by Company Commander Lin, I will definitely retreat a house!"

As soon as he said this, the two old foxes next to him immediately heard the trap in his words:

Huo Shouyi was now a division commander. If a civil war really broke out, the combat team facing him would have to be at the level of a division commander.

Even if it was a division led by Lin Fan at that time, as long as he was no longer Company Commander Lin, this agreement would not have to be followed.

Good idea!

That wasn't all: for insurance, Division Commander Huo deliberately understood the "she" in "retreating three shes" as a house.

So he said "a house".

One she was originally a unit of length of thirty li, but he deliberately distorted it into a noun, equating it to a house.

When the two armies met, even if Lin Fan was still Company Commander Lin, he would only need to retreat his troops by up to fifty meters to be considered to have implemented today's agreement.

Good calculation!

Lin Fan was also smiling wryly in his heart: This Division Commander Huo had learned the modern insurance contract set to perfection!

He seriously suspected that this Division Commander Huo had also traveled through time.

Deputy Division Commander Wang Zhaozhi and Chief of Staff Li Lanchi also immediately said, "After today, in my lifetime, if I, Wang Zhaozhi (Li Lanchi), lead troops to fight against the team led by Company Commander Lin, I will definitely retreat a house!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Okay! It's a deal."

Four big hands were stacked together.

Since Lin Fan knew that the words these three people said were all with traps and loopholes.

Why did he still agree?

In fact, Lin Fan just wanted to plant a seed to connect with the organization in the hearts of these senior officers.

In any case, among these three people, there would definitely be a trace of goodwill towards the organization.

When the time was right, this seed of goodwill would take root and germinate, eventually affecting many of their actions.

Division Commander Huo Shouyi said with a smile, "Company Commander Lin! This is a gentleman's agreement.

But today, it's definitely not enough to just send some horse meat."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Just take whatever the division commander takes a fancy to!"

Huo Shouyi's eyes lit up, Wang Zhaozhi's breathing became rough, and Li Lanchi's face turned red.

The three people looked at each other. After such a long time as partners, they could understand each other's thoughts with just one glance.

Huo Shouyi waited for a while and swallowed with difficulty.

Then he said, "Company Commander Lin, my appetite is very big.

Therefore, I just said a house, but I changed my mind. In the future, if I, Huo Shouyi, lead troops to meet Company Commander Lin in battle, I will definitely retreat three shes."

Lin Fan quickly said, "The division commander is too serious."

Huo Shouyi said, "I want six Type 96 field howitzers and ten Type 92 infantry guns."

Lin Fan thought for a while, "There is no problem giving you the Type 96 field howitzers. We only captured eighteen Type 92 infantry guns in total. How about giving you two?"

When Huo Shouyi and the three of them saw Lin Fan's difficulty, they already felt that they were asking for too much.

Six Type 96 150mm field howitzers! There were not a few infantry divisions in the entire National Army that had such an artillery regiment.

They did not expect that Lin Fan would agree so readily, although he only gave two Type 92 infantry guns.

At this time, these were all small things.

As a division-level unit, heavy artillery was the most important thing.

Lin Fan pondered for a moment and continued, "If! I mean, if your division withdraws, these cannons must be withdrawn as well, and you must not return them to the Japanese devils."

Division Commander Huo immediately said, "Company Commander Lin, don't worry, this kind of weapon, heavy artillery, since the start of the war, not a single one has fallen into the hands of the Japanese devils in the entire National Army."

Lin Fan also knew this situation, "This is because the National Army's firepower allocation is too poor. As long as there is a chance, they will drag the heavy artillery away.

But this record of not leaving heavy artillery to the Japanese devils has been broken in the Jiangyin Fortress."

He looked at Deputy Division Commander Wang Zhaozhi and Chief of Staff Li Lanchi with a solemn expression.

These were all intelligent people and immediately understood what Lin Fan meant: if Division Commander Huo was no longer there and they took over the command, they would also have to do this.

The two immediately expressed, "No matter what, we will not leave the heavy artillery to the Japanese devils."

Lin Fan reminded, "You actually won't be able to use these six heavy cannons for ten days or half a month."

Division Commander Huo asked, "Why do you say that?"

Lin Fan said with a wry smile, "This is a cannon, it hits targets several kilometers or ten kilometers away.

People who have not undergone systematic learning, the shells they fire, I'm afraid they don't even know where they flew."

Chief of Staff Li Lanchi suddenly realized at this time, "So that's how it is!"

The three of them were clear that what Lin Fan said should be true.

Thinking of this, Division Commander Huo said decisively, "Even so, we still want these six cannons."

Lin Fan nodded and suggested, "I suggest that your division send these cannons to Wuhan first."

Division Commander Huo's face changed, "You mean Nanjing can't hold for a month."

The other two people present also immediately reacted.

It was said that it would be best to send these six cannons to Nanjing: because Nanjing had an artillery school, and they could find teachers nearby to train the soldiers.

And just now Lin Fan also said that they could not form combat effectiveness in ten days and a half months, so they should be able to fire the cannons in a month.

Send them to Wuhan! Wasn't this saying that Nanjing couldn't hold for a month?

Lin Fan looked at the three of them and said, "Everyone think about it: how many troops did we mobilize in Shanghai.

How many troops did the Japanese devils have at that time.

How many troops are we preparing in Nanjing now?

How many Japanese devils are there?

This is just a simple comparison of numbers.

And at the beginning of the war, the elites that President Chang used suffered a lot of losses.

Now, how many teams are there that can compare to those elite teams.

Although everyone's spirit of resisting Japan is still there, is it higher or lower than during the Battle of Shanghai?"

A series of questions stumped these senior officers present.

Division Commander Huo asked, "Are you saying that President Chang has not made up his mind to defend Nanjing!"

Lin Fan analyzed, "It's not that President Chang has not made up his mind, in fact, he has made up his mind.

Nanjing, although surrounded by mountains and facing the river on one side.

But since ancient times, no country or regime has ever succeeded in defending the city.

But now this is the capital, and President Chang has