With the continuous flow of American equipment, the weapons of each combat unit of a team began to be gradually replaced.
Starting step by step from each company's troops, they changed one after another.
As for the weapons of a team's main field force being replaced and improved, the happiest people are the local army and the militia.
Why?
Because once the main field force of a team changes weapons, the eliminated weapons will then be distributed to the local army and militia forces in the defense zone of the team!
In this regard, the local army and militia comrades surrounding a team did not dislike the weapons eliminated by the comrades of the main army.
On the contrary, everyone is full of expectations.
It has always been the tradition of the Eighth Route Army troops that local troops use weapons that have been eliminated by the main force.
There was no way, the Eighth Route Army's supplies were too expensive and scarce.
In addition, the main force, the local army, and the militia have completely different enemies to deal with.
In addition, the combat literacy of the troops is also different.
The main force often uses the most sophisticated equipment to deal with the most powerful enemies. The eliminated equipment is then equipped to the local army. The weapons eliminated by the local army will be further distributed to militia forces or guerrillas.
But they were also eliminated by others.
That depends on who it is.
Today's team is the most well-equipped main field force in the entire Eighth Route Army.
In the crude words of some county brigade leaders:
"We are on the same team, what kind of team is that? Even if you pluck out every hair, it's still thicker than our legs!"
"In just these years, we are just weapons that have been eliminated by the main force of the equipment detachment. Good guys, if you go around and ask around, you will find that the equipment of many of the Eighth Route Army's main combat groups may not be as good as our county brigade!"
For example, in the recent anti-mopping operations, comrades from the county brigade to which a team's defense area belonged took action.
Once the sophisticated equipment and powerful firepower broke out, the Japanese and puppet army officers on the opposite side were stunned and said that they had encountered the main field force of the Eighth Route Army.
As a result, the real field army has not arrived yet!
The local army alone had beaten the Japanese and puppet troops who were advancing all the way and retreated hastily.
Therefore, recently I heard that the main force of a team was going to get a new batch of sophisticated equipment. Many county team captains, district squadron and district team captains came to inquire about the situation.
Zhao Ming, the former captain of the district team, who once fought side by side with Captain Huang of a team and defeated the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army, is now the captain of the district squadron.
Thanks to the revolutionary friendship that we fought side by side.
There was a familiarity between the two of them.
"Old Huang, when can those 50 mortars from your company be delivered to our district squadron?"
As soon as they met, Zhao Ming, the captain of the district squadron, couldn't wait to ask.
Company Commander Huang's face froze, and he retorted: "Old Zhao, didn't you just send a batch of 50 cannons to your district squadron? Isn't that enough?"
"Old Huang, look at what you said, can the 50 small artillery be as good as the 50 mortar modified by our arsenal?" Zhao Ming rolled his eyes, "The modified 50 mortar can hit far. High precision and great power!”
"That's much better than the 50 cannon. The comrades in our squadron have been thinking about it for a long time."
When Company Commander Huang heard this, he immediately cursed: "Old Zhao, look at what you said. Such good equipment has been given to your local army, so what will our main force use to fight the Japanese?"
"Pretend, keep pretending!"
Zhao Ming stared at Captain Huang intently, and then lowered his voice and said: "Say, Lao Huang, which of our brothers is following whom?
Don't hide it from me. I've heard all about it. The detachment leader recently got a lot of American equipment for the detachment. Basically, the main force of our detachment is replacing American equipment!
Once the old American 60-0 mortars are equipped, can you still take a fancy to the 50-0 mortars? "
"Hey, Lao Zhao, you really have great powers. Do you know all this news?"
In the end, Zhao Ming was so hard on him that he couldn't bear it anymore. Company Commander Huang had no choice but to relax and promised: "Okay, okay, Old Zhao, I agree to this.
As long as our company replaces the equipment and the command comes out, I will immediately arrange for soldiers to send the replacement equipment to your district squadron.
Is this done? "
"Haha, this is what we have been waiting for!"
After receiving Captain Huang's promise, Zhao Ming left with satisfaction.
Zhao Ming's words when he came to see Company Commander Huang can basically be said to represent the unanimous expectations of the comrades in the county brigade, district squadron and district squad.
Everyone is eagerly waiting for the main force of a team to change their weapons!
…
A team headquarters.
Detachment leader Kong Jie, chief of staff Xu Guoan, and political commissar Li Wenjie also happened to talk about the development of a detachment of militia troops.
Strictly speaking, militia troops are actually divided into professional militia and non-professional militia.
Non-retired militiamen are militia teams in the conventional sense. They often live in the village where they live and work in the fields with the villagers during busy farming periods.
In my spare time, I conducted some military training and took on the task of defending the village and guarding against sneak attacks by bandits, traitors, and Japanese invaders.
After the break-off militias left their respective villages, they gathered together and formed local armed forces.
For example, district squad, district squadron, county brigade, etc.
“In recent years, thanks to the all-round rapid development of our detachment’s military, economy and even culture.
Not only is the main force of our detachment itself developing rapidly, but also the local military units under the leadership of the local county and district committees in the defense area, including our militia units, have also developed greatly. "
Chief of Staff Xu Guoan felt a trough in his heart, so he slowly spoke about the development of local army units in a team's defense area:
“Excluding the village militia units, two years ago, around our independent regiment base area, there were only two county brigade armed forces, only five squadrons, and less than ten district squadrons.
All the surrounding local military units combined together only have about 1,000 people, and now..."
There was a bit of excitement and pride in his expression:
"After two years of development, so far, our team is surrounded by local military units led by the local county and district governments. There are a total of 12 county brigade armed forces, 20 district squadron armed forces, and nearly 50 district squad armed forces. .
Coupled with the help of our detachment in weapons and logistics, the establishment of the county brigade, district squadron and district squad is relatively unified compared to the past.
If calculated this way, even if each county brigade has three hundred people, the district squadron has one hundred soldiers, and the district squad has thirty soldiers.
Then the total strength of our local army has exceeded 7,000 people.
There are even more troops than our main force.
This does not even include the village militia units that were rapidly developed and trained to form combat effectiveness under the guidance of our militia military training manual. "
Don't underestimate these two groups of militiamen. There may be only a dozen or twenty people in a village.
But you have to know that in this vast countryside behind enemy lines, not to mention the vast number of villages, they are just villages under the jurisdiction of one team. If the outer guerrilla zones are included, there are already more than a thousand villages.
Even if there are only ten militiamen in each village. That is also quite an exaggerated amount.
In the words of Xu Guoan’s summary: “Our team can really be said to be strong now. Not only our main combat army has made great progress, but also the local army and militia forces have also developed rapidly.
The continuously consolidated militia foundation and local army units, as the reserves of our main force, can ensure that there will be no gaps in the personnel of our main force. "
At the end, Xu Guoan, who had always been calm and calm, couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart for a moment and blurted out for no reason:
"Sometimes I think about it, I really don't want to wait any longer. I can't wait to lead the soldiers immediately to capture the counties and towns occupied by the Japanese and recover all the great mountains and rivers we have lost!"
Of course, Xu Guoan also understands that now is definitely not the time.
Although this team is powerful, it only accounts for a very small part of the Eighth Route Army.
The general situation of the war between China and Japan still presents a situation in which the enemy is strong and we are weak.
The grand strategy of surrounding the cities with rural areas and finally seizing power across the country with armed force cannot be changed in any way.
The combat effectiveness of a team is no matter how strong it is and how capable it is of fighting.
It’s not like your detachment can drive all the Japanese invaders out of China, right?
But the detachment leader Kong Jie’s answer was extremely firm:
"Yes, it will happen sooner or later."
"Sooner or later, we will take back the land that the little devils took from us. Sooner or later, we will take back the blood feud that the devils left us, bit by bit!"
...The voiced words echoed throughout the conference room.
Then, the topic returned to the development and construction of local troops and militia forces.
Kong Jie said: “On the one hand, we will continue to strengthen the training of the militia troops in accordance with the militia military training manual and consolidate the military foundation of the militia comrades.
On the other hand, we will continue to strengthen the defense construction of villages, townships, towns, and even villages in peripheral guerrilla areas.
Tunnels, pits, hidden forts, machine gun fortifications and more.
In the future, all rural areas must be integrated into one and become a battlefield for our anti-Japanese war. It will make it difficult for the little devils to move anywhere.
In addition, our armed workers' teams behind enemy lines must also be further developed.
Equipping comrades with sophisticated equipment is to beat them so that they can't even sleep peacefully in their lair.
The last step is the equipment development of local armies and militia forces. "
Commander Kong was quite generous about this.
"After our companies replace their equipment, the eliminated weapons will be given priority to the local army for use, and the weapons that will be eliminated by the local army can be transferred to our militia."
"In addition, corresponding cadres will be arranged to deliver the equipment while imparting experience and skills in using these weapons to comrades in the county brigade, district squadron, including district squad."
“It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish.”
"Now that we have the conditions, we must teach people how to fish while teaching them how to fish!"
"When the equipment is delivered to the local army and militia forces, it should play a corresponding role."
"This needs to be made clear to local troops and militia comrades. The equipment sent out by our team is not left at home waiting to get moldy."
Li Wenjie and Xu Guoan nodded in agreement.
Then the three quickly reached a consensus.
Kong Jie proposed: "Our team is the most elite combat unit of the Eighth Route Army, and the corresponding militia unit should also be the most elite militia unit in our entire base area."
“Even building the most elite militia combat force in the history of our Eighth Route Army!
This is my final request for the development and construction of our militia. "
"Agree!"
"agree!"
Li Wenjie and Xu Guoan responded with a smile.
After the command was quickly issued, the equipment quickly replaced by the main combat units of a team was immediately sent to local troops and militia units through the transportation unit.
The equipment sent this time is particularly attractive to local troops and militia forces.
In the past, there were Type 38 rifles that could only be used by veterans in the main force.
In the past, even the main combat regiments of the Eighth Route Army had few grenades, and all of them were transformed into 50 small artillery pieces with better performance.
Even the 50th mortar was not even available in the main combat regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the past.
Kong Jie waved his hand and sent a lot to the local army and militia forces.
Another team's arsenal newly produced various types of mines, explosive packs, and even directional anti-infantry mines - the King of Killing.
They all sent a lot to the local army.
In the words of a certain county brigade captain who expressed emotion after receiving the equipment: "With these equipment and weapons, how can we still look like a county brigade? Our detachment captain is clearly trying to build our county brigade into an elite one." Field Army!”
The company commander who delivered the equipment quietly put his mouth next to the ear of the county brigade captain and said: "Comrade, what you said is really right.
Just this batch of equipment that the detachment leader sent to our local army.
Not to mention the local army and militia forces, do you know how many leaders of the main combat regiments around our team are squeezing their heads to get it?
But in the end, our detachment leader sent these replacement equipment to our local army without saying a word! "
Upon hearing this, the captain of the county brigade said with gratitude on his face: "Seventh company commander, I have nothing to say. Please tell the captain of our county brigade when you go back.
The detachment leader sent the best equipment to our county brigade. The comrades of our county brigade will never embarrass our detachment leader! "
The words spoken by the county captain at this moment can be said to be a microcosm of the surrounding local military units.
certainly.
Kong Jie gave away equipment for free, but not for free.
Equipment and ammunition given to local armies, including militia units, will need to be "repaid" in the future.
How to repay it?
Still follow the old rules of a team.
The local army and militia troops took the equipment sent to them, won battles, and captured it. The raw materials, supplies, etc. produced by the military industry had to be sent to a team.
In the words of Boss Kong: "The wool comes from the sheep, and only in this way can we ensure the stable development of our entire detachment!"
Just like that, in the next half month, the entire team, including the surrounding local army units and militia units, were rapidly changing weapons.
Until time flies, it is already the autumn harvest season.
The crops all over the farmland have matured, and under the blowing of the autumn wind, the heavy fruits keep shaking their heads.
What was supposed to be the joy of a good harvest has also attracted the covetousness of the Japanese invaders. A battle to defend the autumn harvest is about to begin...
