Zhou Wen watched Xiao Shui gradually turn his gaze firmly, and asked: "When the time comes, if we can't defeat them, thousands of families like yours will be massacred by the Japanese. What do you think we should do? "
Xiao Shui said without hesitation: "If you can't beat him, you'll still fight him. If you can't finish the kill, you'll continue to kill him."
After Xiao Shui said this, looking at Zhou Wen's approving smile, he made up his mind and knelt down with a thump, about to kowtow to Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen quickly grabbed him with his quick eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "I have already said that a man has a lot of money at his knees, so don't kneel down to others casually."
Xiao Shui hurriedly bowed respectfully to Zhou Wen, and said with expectation in his eyes: "Please teach me my skills. From now on, Xiao Shui's life will belong to the young master."
Zhou Wen pointed at Xiao Shui and laughed loudly, "Who did you learn these nonsense from? We welcome you if you are willing to join our army, but your life was given by your parents, and your life only belongs to you. From now on. Don't call me young master, you can call me sir or scholar."
Xiao Shui called him "sir" and was about to bow again. Zhang Xiaoping, who had been watching for a long time, stopped him and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao Shui, our army only uses military salutes, and we don't like this. You see, people like me are like this." As he spoke, he stood at attention and saluted Zhou Wen.
Xiao Shui followed Zhang Xiaoping cautiously and raised his hands in a military salute, which made a few people laugh and feel a lot more relaxed.
Zhang Xiaoping said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoshui, if you want to learn your skills, you must be prepared to endure hardship, and it will be a lot of hardship."
"I'm not afraid of hardship, no matter how much hardship it is, but... I just want to have enough to eat?"
"Hahaha"
Laughter echoed in the woods again.
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Time soon came to December 26. In the evening of that day, Zhou Wen and his party got off a train at Yangqu Station and were quietly picked up by a truck that had been waiting at the station.
It was Gao Xiaoshan who drove the car himself. While driving, he complained to Zhou Wen: "Awen, where did you go when you disappeared this time? You asked me to keep it a secret for you. You don't know that the Marshal has talked to you several times. No one can be seen, and if you don’t come back, he will send people to Lishi to find you.”
Zhou Wen only told Gao Xiaoshan about this secret trip. Everyone said that his father was ill and had gone home to visit relatives.
Even Meng Yuting and the others were kept in the dark because it was difficult to explain. When the Great Wall War of Resistance will begin in a few months, people who know about it will become curious about Zhou Wen's prophetic ability. If word spreads, it may add a lot of information. trouble.
Of course Zhou Wen knew what the commander was looking for. After stabilizing the situation in the Northeast, the Japanese Kwantung Army began to eye the pass. The Sixth Division of the Kwantung Army had conducted many exercises at the junction of Rehe and the Northeast. Recently, the Japanese army began Provocation in Shanhaiguan has a strong tendency to attack Shanhaiguan.
Marshal Zhang of the Northern Branch of the Central Military Commission has been criticized verbally and verbally by public opinion across the country since the loss of Northeast China. Now his prestige has plummeted and he is in dire straits. Although he is still the commander-in-chief of the 200,000-strong Northeast Army, he has no choice but to retreat and is willing to resist. However, the generals under his command have different intentions and the military morale is scattered. His control over the army is no longer what it used to be. Facing the aggressive Kwantung Army, what can he do to resist it.
At this time, the support of the King of Shanxi, who was also a northern warlord, was particularly important. Moreover, once North China is occupied by the Japanese army, Shanxi will have to face the front line of the Japanese army. He believes that Marshal Yan also understands the truth of the cold, so he will definitely let Marshal Yan send troops to help.
The commander-in-chief of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War in history also obeyed the Central Military Commission's dispatch and sent Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army to participate in the war. However, the entire Great Wall defense line was breached at that time. The 35th Army fought fiercely with two Japanese brigades in the Huairou area for two days without any success. After retreating, the Jin army showed its majesty and was known as the last battle of the Great Wall War of Resistance.
Since the commander-in-chief is eager to discuss the situation in the north with Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen proposes that the time is ripe for Zhao Changshu's model brigade to go into battle, and he moves even faster. While providing relief to Marshal Zhang, he also requests that the model brigade join the 32nd Army's combat order. , Marshal Zhang will naturally not stand in the way.
What Zhou Wen is worried about is that if Rehe is lost and Marshal Zhang is forced to step down, the commander-in-chief of the Great Wall War of Resistance will become Granny He who is pro-Japanese and fearful of Japan. At that time, if the Model Brigade is sent up, where will they fight? how to spell? It's not up to Zhou Wen to make the decision.
Zhou Wen first suppressed this thought and asked: "How is the recent training? Has the senior mentioned me?"
Gao Xiaoshan smiled a little strangely and said: "Commander Zhao said that you are just a hands-off shopkeeper who goes home to enjoy the blessings and leaves a lot of things to his subordinates. You are not a good officer. Now you have Yuting and the others to help with training, with or without you. Just like that, he also asked you not to bother him if you have nothing to do, he is busy."
"Hahaha!" Zhou Wen laughed loudly, knowing that his senior must be dissatisfied with his mysterious disappearance, but he couldn't help it, right?
"By the way, a batch of munitions was sent from Shanghai the day before yesterday, and the German howitzers you purchased have also arrived. Zhu Jinhui and the others are working hard on research and study these two days, and Joseph is also helping to translate those parameters."
Zhou Wen was overjoyed when he heard that his favorite artillery finally caught up before the battle.
As early as the end of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Zhou Wen considered that the long-range fire support of the mercenary regiment was a shortcoming. The Schneider SEL mountain cannon was good, but its longest range was only 6 kilometers, and in a battle of a certain scale, its power was also inferior. .
You must know that Zhou Wen is now considering more than just the special operations of dozens of people. After the combat effectiveness of the second detachment gradually takes shape, the first and second detachments work closely together to achieve greater results.
This has been verified on the Songhu battlefield.
Since the mercenary group takes the route of firepower first and long-distance precision strikes, after considering the firepower configuration of the second detachment, it becomes necessary to purchase artillery with longer range and greater power.
With Zhou Wen's current financial resources, it would be easy to purchase a few large-caliber artillery pieces, but what kind of artillery pieces should he buy? There is something special about the kind of artillery that is most suitable for the tactics of a mercenary group.
While Zhou Wen was in Nanjing, he asked Meng Yuting and others to start expanding the mountain artillery company, adjusting and replenishing personnel on the original basis. The current mountain artillery company is already a strengthened company with more than 200 people, and a platoon has been specially trained to prepare for long-range artillery. , the platoon leader of this platoon is Li Han, an officer who stayed in the Soviet Union.
As for the choice of artillery, Zhou Wen had already made up his mind. The German Le.FH18M howitzer was an improved version of the famous German light howitzer Le.FH18. It is said that products made in Germany must be high-quality, and the Le.FH18M howitzer is certainly no exception.
