"Brigadier, the three Sichuan regiments that were previously supplemented by the crop have been completely transformed after a year of training and transformation;
The 78th Army now has 26 battalions, about 22,000 people, including 20 infantry battalions, 2 reconnaissance battalions, and 4 artillery battalions. It has the latest 12-barreled Wei Shen cannon 36 107 mm, and the previous 6-barreled Wei Shen cannon Send them all back to the base for upgrade;
12 75mm mountain guns per battalion;
Wei Yixiao artillery, Hua Mulan artillery and mortars are all decentralized to the battalion and company levels. Each battalion has an artillery battery of 12 Wei Yixiao artillery and 4 mortars——"
"Wait a minute, interrupt me, the number is wrong!"
Chu Xiong suddenly realized that there were a lot more troops. He had to figure this out. He could not ignore quality for the sake of quantity.
Wang Junjie looked at Chu Xiong in confusion. He was waiting for Chu Xiong's question. Chu Xiong began to calculate the accounts for him:
"Old Wang, look, with the addition of the three Sichuan regiments, the total strength of the 78th Division is more than 8,600 people, plus 2,500 people from the fourth regiment of Chu Dapeng, more than 5,000 people brought by Yan Haoyu, and 1,000 people supported by other brother units. There are a lot of military and political backbones, a total of 18,000 people, where did the extra 4,000 people come from?"
Wang Junjie chuckled, he really couldn't fool Lao Chu, the nine-headed bird in the sky, indeed the abacus was correct, the 78th Army did have 4,000 more people, about 5 battalions of veterans.
"Brigadier, don't we have enough food now? We can eat every meal. This is a huge event in Zhongtiao Mountain. I don't know who spread the word;
Anyway, since then, people have come over one after another. They are all veterans of other armies, and they have come to work with us.
At the beginning, the various military leaders were still trying to stop them, but they had no choice but to turn a blind eye and come here without weapons. Anyway, they are short of food and ammunition now. One person running away means one less person to eat. .
In this way, thousands of people came one after another. They were still under control and did not actively recruit for fear of causing public anger.
By the way, there is also Comrade Luo Weimin, the commander of the Central Army Corps. The brigade commander should still have an impression. He has now returned to his old army;
Their army commander hired him back to be the brigade commander, and now he is on the same level as you.
Since he became the brigade commander of the 93rd Army, the brigade has never been hungry again. Wei Yixiao cannons have also been obtained from the 78th Army. A dozen of them are now available. Now the 93rd Army can make Wei Yixiao cannons themselves;
Commander Liu of the 93rd Army thought he had picked up a big bargain, and now he is very important to him. After more than half a year of secret infiltration, the brigade has basically been controlled by him, and we have stuffed more than 200 backbones into it one after another.
There is also the 151st Division. Since the last material incident, he and the Sihu comrades are now fighting fiercely and turning a blind eye to us stuffing people inside.
Some of the thousand cadres you rescued from prisoner-of-war rescues were captured from Zhongtiao Mountain like Luo Weimin;
Some of them found ways to return to the old army and hid for the time being.
My request to them is to take control of the troops first. Once their large army is defeated by the Japanese, they will find a way to gather the scattered troops, and then pull them back when the time is right..."
Chu Xiong couldn't help but applaud. He was worthy of being the backbone of political workers sent from Yanzhou. His political ability was not a little better than that of Lao Gao;
Gao Wancheng should have reached his limit as a brigade political commissar. He had already understood the above intention during this trip to Yanzhou. After the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the army was upgraded again, and his partner was probably Lao Wang.
No. 5 has already revealed some of his thoughts in this regard privately, which can be regarded as asking for his opinion. This cannot be made too clear. Chu Xiong has no other choice but to agree.
From a long-term development perspective, Wang Junjie is more suitable to partner with Chu Xiong.
After having a general understanding of his family background, Chu Xiong began to report the enemy's situation and deploy tasks:
"Comrades, according to the news from the inside, the Japanese North China Front is going to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain area. It has assembled 6 divisions and two independent mixed brigades, and is also equipped with a large number of aircraft and artillery. The total strength exceeds 120,000 people;
If you add in the external forces to cooperate with the battle, the total number will exceed 8 divisions and 6 brigades, and the Japanese alone will exceed 200,000. Coupled with a large number of puppet troops, this attack is not small!
The Central Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area originally had 260,000 people. Then, in order to attack our Eighth Route Army, Zhongcai transferred the fourth group army, which was the absolute main force, reducing the total strength by more than 30%, leaving 180,000 troops.
These 180,000 people may sound like a lot, but you should know the real situation. The generals have no fighting spirit, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, they are short of food and ammunition, and they are riddled with holes infiltrated by the Japanese. Such an army is just a paper tiger. !
The combat effectiveness between the Kuomintang army and the Japanese was not very different. 120,000 Japs was not a small number, 120,000 versus 180,000. The Japs were treating the paper tigers as real tigers this time. As expected, the Kuomintang army would be defeated miserably. "
Chu Xiong calmed down and continued:
"The devils are already sharpening their swords, and our commanders are still thinking about dispatching troops and generals to attack our Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army in the Huanghuai area!
Chief Wei of the First War Zone was unwilling to carry out his orders to attack the Eighth Route Army, so he was transferred back to Shuzhong to report on his duties at such an important juncture. In fact, he was placed under house arrest;
The planners did not understand the situation in Zhongtiao Mountain and took command of General He. They were just messing around. This was a crime against the 180,000 soldiers who insisted on fighting the Japanese in Zhongtiao Mountain! "
Chu Xiong's words aroused everyone's indignation, and they all yelled at each other. These are national defense forces. Who doesn't feel sorry for the 180,000 men?
"Brigadier, just lead us to do this. Zhongcai doesn't feel sorry for these hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but we feel sorry for them! They are all solid men. It's a pity that they died in vain!"
"That's right, brigade commander, Yan Haoyu is right. These are hundreds of thousands of veterans. They don't feel sorry for them, but we do. We not only need to rescue the veterans, but also beat up the Japanese. We must not let their conspiracy succeed."
Chu Dapeng, who had always been quiet, also expressed his thoughts. It was related to the success or failure of the battle. With hundreds of thousands of casualties, everyone was trying to find ways to provide useful suggestions for decision-making.
The meeting gradually turned into a Zhuge Liang meeting. All the people participating in the meeting exerted their subjective initiative, pooled their efforts, and jointly studied appropriate combat plans. This is also a magic weapon for our army to defeat powerful enemies...
Guling, the 27th Military Defense Area of the Central Army, is a small and well-equipped unit walking through the mountains. They wear the military uniforms of the Central Army, and their weapons and equipment are also standard national weapons. The officer leading the team speaks fluent Shannan dialect:
"Fellow, we are the Central Army. We went out to perform a mission and lost contact with the commander. Do you know if there is any of our troops nearby? The kind with a lot of sticks on the house?"
Masuko Shigeo cordially asked the fellow villagers about the location of the 27th Army headquarters. His fluent Shannan dialect made the fellow villagers relax their vigilance and truly regard them as one of their own.
"Boss, I seem to have remembered something!"
