"I found a new army, probably three to four thousand people, marching along the Qinglong Mountain. Their military uniforms are similar to those of the Northeast Army, with large caps. I saw through the telescope that the caps have five-color five-pointed cap badges." Ergazi said, wiping the sweat on his head with a towel. It looked like he had run several kilometers to get here.
Because the communication devices are now mainly equipped with several reconnaissance teams that specialize in lurking and investigating various artillery positions of the Japanese army, the reconnaissance teams monitoring the movements of the Japanese troops in the east can only do errands and report information.
Zhou Wen was currently in the tent looking at the map and listening to Ergazi's report. His left hand was rubbing his painful right arm from time to time, which was beaten by Brother Miaohua yesterday.
Fortunately, Miaohua took care of him as the leader of the group. When she took him to the competition, only Zhao Xiaojin was present to look after him. As a result, Miaohua took the opportunity to punch and kick his right arm and butt, although he was not injured. , but the pain was really deep into my bones. The Prajna energy of the Buddha beads healed it all night. Today, I still can’t lift my hands.
As soon as he heard that the enemy was wearing a five-color cap badge, he knew that the puppet troops were coming.
Moreover, there was only one puppet army in China during this period, and that was the puppet Manchu Army.
The Puppet Manchukuo Army is the National Defense Force of the Puppet Manchukuo State, which was established with the support of Japan only last year. It is the first traitor and puppet army in modern Chinese history, so it is also called the Puppet Manchukuo Army.
Most of the current puppet Manchukuo officers and soldiers were adapted from the Northeastern Army who surrendered to the Japanese army during the September 18th Incident or the Rehe Incident, and some were bandits recruited by the Japanese.
It is worth mentioning that there are also some Japanese soldiers in the puppet Manchukuo army.
Most of these "real devils" are Japanese veterans. In order to control the puppet Manchukuo army, the Japanese placed spies and pawns in the army and served as grassroots non-commissioned officers.
Moreover, although the Manchurian puppet troops were nominally loyal to the Aisin Gioro royal family, they had to obey the orders of the Japanese. In every puppet Manchukuo army, there is such an organization, that is, the "Military Advisory Department", and the advisors in it are naturally Japanese. The issuance of almost all military orders requires the signature of an advisor, and the advisor has the power to issue orders directly.
The weapons and equipment of the puppet Manchukuo army are mainly based on the equipment of the former Northeast Army. Most of the rifles are Liao 13 (imitation Mauser rifles from Shenyang Engineering Ordnance Factory). The light machine guns have imitation crooked handles and Czech type. The heavy machine guns are Imitation Maxim heavy machine guns and a small number of mortars.
The Japanese army was not too confident about such a force that was basically composed of Chinese people, so it had strict control over the configuration of artillery. There were almost no specialized artillery units in the general army. Mountain artillery and field artillery are basically not allocated. Only some artillery will be temporarily given after application by Japanese consultants during wartime. Moreover, the artillery operators are all Japanese veterans. After the combat mission is completed, they will be taken back for unified management.
But Zhou Wen knew that the overall combat effectiveness and equipment level of the current puppet Manchukuo army was still very different from that of the puppet army in the later period. It was far from being comparable to the 1 million puppet army after the full-scale resistance war. The combat effectiveness of those puppet troops in the later period was basically the same as fighting against the five scum. It was okay to maintain law and order and extort and oppress the people on a daily basis, but when they went to the battlefield, they were just showing off.
Since the Japanese have been training and serving as instructors and advisors at all levels for the Manchukuo Army, their weapons and equipment are also considered sophisticated, and their combat effectiveness still exceeds that of most of the warlords' troops of the Republic of China.
And there is a strange phenomenon. When these traitors and puppet soldiers first encountered the Japanese army, they were so frightened that they cried for their fathers and cried for their mothers. They were vulnerable. But when he became a traitor and turned his guns against his compatriots, he behaved extremely bravely and ferociously, as if he had changed his mind after changing his master.
However, in Zhou Wen's eyes, the puppet Manchu army was just like that. No matter how strong it was, could it be stronger than the Japanese army?
"Do they have artillery?" Zhou Wen asked.
Ergazi picked up the aluminum cup on the table, no matter whose cup it was. After drinking it cleanly, he wiped his mouth and said: "There are no mountain artillery or field artillery, not many mortars, but quite a few heavy machine guns." , all carried on horses, and there are also many cavalry.”
Zhou Wen turned around and said to Chen Wanli with a smile: "It seems that the little devil also felt that his troops were insufficient, and he actually called up the two devils."
When Chen Wanli heard that Zhou Wen called these traitors who had forgotten their ancestors, they felt it was really appropriate. He smiled and pointed at the map and said: "They are still about thirty kilometers away from us now. Do we want to give these traitors a slap in the face?"
"We don't need to touch them now, just continue to monitor them. We need to move to the west now to increase the distance from them. Our current attention should still be on the defense line of the 139th Division, for fear that the little devils will target them. They may not be able to withstand a focused attack.”
"Then mobilize all the first squadron to this area, and first use sniper warfare and sneak attacks to tire them out. When they launch an attack on the Western Front, the second squadron can surprise a part of his troops from the flank, forcing him to divide his troops for defense. This can greatly reduce the defensive pressure on the 139th Division."
Zhou Wen glanced at Chen Wanli appreciatively and praised: "As expected of a professional, I have just stated my intention and you have already arranged the tactics. Let's just do it this way. You will still be in full command."
Chen Wanli immediately said: "No, don't praise me. When you praise me, I will definitely want to be the boss again. Please don't go out again this time, otherwise the pressure on me and Instructor Miaohua will be too great." .”
Now the brothers in the mercenary group have followed Zhou Wenxue and learned a lot of new terms, such as "fuck", "lang", "second-rate", etc., all of which are catchy.
Zhou Wen was immediately told what was on his mind by Chen Wanli, but now that he had developed a good face, he still said without changing his expression: "How could it be? I am going to lead the actions of the first team this time, otherwise you will command the first team. ?”
Chen Wanli was immediately defeated by Zhou Wen, and he cursed in his heart: "After all, I don't want to go out on my own. If my skills and physical strength are really not up to par with these kings of soldiers in the first detachment, I would not be able to command them." It’s not impossible.”
Zhou Wen was about to show his pride when he heard a clear voice coming from outside the tent: "How about I take command of the first detachment?"
Zhou Wen groaned inwardly when he heard this. The person speaking was none other than Senior Brother Miaohua who had taught him a lesson yesterday.
Miaohua opened the door curtain and walked in, looking at Zhou Wen with a half-smile.
Zhou Wen quickly coughed twice and said with a smile: "It's not impossible for Senior Brother Miaohua to take command, but..."
"It's just that your skin is itchy again, isn't it? Don't do this to me. I will direct the sneak attack of a detachment in this battle. You, the commander, will sit in the headquarters and do whatever you want to do. You can just go down. That's the order. Our mercenary group has thousands of powerful brothers, and we really don't need you as the leader to do everything yourself." After Miaohua finished speaking, she turned around and walked out without even looking at Zhou Wen.
