Chu Xiong started talking about business. This battle was of great importance and he had to plan it well.
In another time and space, before and during the war, Zhongcai used methods of inviting generals and fierce battles to get the Eighth Route Army to send troops and pull the Eighth Route Army into the water;
Just because they had just experienced the incident with the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, the two sides were at war with each other and the relationship was very tense. The cracks would not be closed for a while. Zhongcai declared the New Fourth Army a rebel and canceled its designation.
Yanzhou, on the other hand, responded tit-for-tat and reorganized the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei, with seven divisions under its jurisdiction;
Zhongfa mobilized a large number of troops to the Huanghuai area to prepare for a big fight. Among them was the fourth group army, the pillar of Zhongtiao Mountain. The Japanese took advantage of this loophole and caused the tragedy of Zhongtiao Mountain.
In this time and space, the main force of the Eighth Route Army suffered little losses in offensive operations, and its overall strength was more than twice as strong. It had the strength to give it a go with the Japanese;
The incident in southern Anhui did not lead to any serious conflicts, and the political basis for coordinated operations was fully established.
The only obstacle is that Zhongcai has clear regulations on the scope of activities of the Eighth Route Army in Hedong, and strictly prohibits the Eighth Route Army from moving to southern and western Shanxi. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army has almost no strength in southern and western Shanxi, and it is difficult to send troops there;
Only Chu Xiong, a timid guy, directly reached out to southern Shanxi and dug out the 78th Division and now the 78th Army. The 151st Division and the 98th Army were all infiltrated by the independent brigade to varying degrees, advancing the Zhongtiao Mountain strategy.
Yanzhou also approved the Zhongtiao Mountain Strategy and strongly intervened in the Shanxi Southern Affairs. Chuxiong's independent brigade fully promoted the Zhongtiao Mountain Strategy and intervened in the Shanxi Southern Battle;
The 81st Division and the 129th Division fully cooperated, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Northwest Shanxi 120th Division partially cooperated. Yanzhou was determined to intervene in the southern Shanxi battle this time, and Zhongtiao Mountain and hundreds of thousands of veterans wanted it!
In order to realize this great strategy, the 129th Division secretly assembled 20 regiments, the 81st Division-directed troops and 12 regiments of the 81st Brigade, the independent brigade and the 78th Army totaled 4 regiments and 32 battalions, with a total strength of more than 100,000 people;
There are more than 120 12-barreled Wei Shen cannons, more than 60 75mm mountain and field guns, more than 500 Wei Yixiao, more than 800 Hua Mulan rocket launchers, and tens of millions of rounds of various types of ammunition. The food and materials are fully sufficient to support a large-scale battle. of battle.
In addition, a total of 45 regiments from the 120th Division, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and troops directly under the headquarters are cooperating in operations in northwestern Shanxi and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.
In order to facilitate unified command, the Eighth Route Army established a joint command headquarters, which was personally led by the boss. Its members included Commander Liu, Commander Chen of the 81st Division, Commander Nie, Commander He, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Chu Xiong. This was almost the strongest combination of the Eighth Route Army. Chu Xiong served as Former enemy commander-in-chief.
In order to strengthen communications and ensure communications security, Communications Section Chief Zhao Pan'er led more than 50 backbones of the Communications Section to the 78th Army secretly. Many things here are still top secret and cannot be known to too many people to avoid leaks.
Through Nan Zaohuazi, Chu Xiong had already mastered the exact time and combat plan of the Japanese attack, which was not much different from the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain that Chu Xiong was familiar with; with this valuable information, the rest of the matter would be easier to handle.
There was only one week left before the Japanese took action, and Chu Xiong no longer hid it, and said to everyone attending the meeting:
"Comrades, according to the intelligence obtained by insiders, the Japanese are about to take action. In order to facilitate command, I have decided to establish the Langtou Mountain Front Enemy Command and reorganize the Independent Brigade and the 78th Army at the same time.
The former enemy headquarters is composed of myself, Zhao Sihu, Zhong Guoliang, and Wang Junjie. It is up to me to make the final determination;
Political Commissar Gao and Deputy Brigadier Liu stayed at the base area and were responsible for the transportation of equipment and supplies as well as the defense of the base area.
In order to facilitate command, all the troops of the 78th Army were organized into 6 regiments, numbered 801 to 806 respectively. Each regiment has 3 infantry battalions and an artillery battalion, equipped with 4 12-barreled Wei Shen cannons and 24 Wei Yixiao cannons. ;
Each regiment has more than 2,900 people (800 people in the infantry battalion, more than 500 people in the artillery battalion and regiment headquarters)
2,000 people were transferred from the 5,000 main force brought by the 3rd Preliminary Regiment to serve as squad leaders and deputy squad leaders in the 801st to 806th Regiments;
There are more than 300 graduates from the first batch of the teaching team and thousands of backbones supported by brother units, all of which have been enriched in each company and platoon;
He holds the positions of battalion commander, company commander, instructor, instructor, and platoon leader. If his position is insufficient, he serves as deputy platoon commander, deputy company commander, deputy commander, and other deputy positions.
At that time, I will make it clear to everyone that we need to collect more defeated troops, collect one platoon, and the deputy platoon commander will be promoted to platoon leader;
Recruit a company, and the deputy company commander is promoted to company commander;
After gathering a battalion, the deputy battalion commander will be promoted to battalion commander!
The Eight Immortals are crossing the sea, each showing his magical powers. Don’t be afraid of not having any troops. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Zhongtiao Mountain, but I’m afraid you don’t have the skills. We are Han Xin’s order of troops, the more the merrier!
Of course, the premise is to eliminate more Japs. Nearly 100,000 Japs are not a small number. The eagle did not catch them, but was pecked by the eagle.
In addition, two Wei Shen artillery regiments and one mountain artillery regiment were formed. Liu Zhe served as the commander of the mountain artillery regiment, Zhao Hui served as the commander of the first artillery regiment, and Erzhuzhu served as the commander of the second artillery regiment.
801 leader: Zhao Musheng
802 leader: Tan Tao
803 leader: Li Chenxi
804 Regiment Commander: Zhu Fenghua (former commander of a certain battalion of the 129th Division)
805 Regiment Commander: Xu Xiaogang (former commander of a battalion directly under the headquarters)
806 Regiment Commander: Gao Dezhu (Second Battalion Commander of the Pre-3rd Regiment)
Leader of the third group: Yan Haoyu
Leader of the Preliminary Fourth Regiment: Chu Dapeng
801, 802, 803, the 1st Artillery Regiment, and the 3rd Preparatory Regiment formed the first detachment, and Yan Haoyu served as the detachment leader.
804, 805, 806, the 2nd Artillery Regiment, and the 4th Preliminary Regiment formed the second detachment, with Chu Dapeng as the detachment leader.
The mountain artillery regiment is directly under the military headquarters
The entire army has 8 infantry regiments and 3 artillery regiments, plus military guard battalions, cavalry battalions, communications battalions, and supply battalions, totaling about 30,000 people.
The Tigers' 1st and 2nd Squadrons were under the direct jurisdiction of the Military Headquarters, while the 3rd Squadron stayed in the base area.
The independent brigade governs the 881st Regiment, the 882nd Regiment, the 1st Preliminary Regiment, the 2nd Preliminary Regiment, the Artillery Regiment (regiment commander Zhu Dunzhong, supported by the 115th Division), the Guard Battalion (Zhou Qing), the Cavalry Battalion (Ma Shuai), and the Communications Battalion, with a population of approximately 1.2 To 15,000 people, the 882nd Regiment did not participate in the Battle of Southern Shanxi and continued to develop independently. "
Others were excited to hear that there were 11 infantry regiments and 4 artillery regiments that could be used in the southern Shanxi battle this time, with a total number of more than 40,000 people.
Chu Xiong let everyone digest it for a while before continuing:
"You can contact the comrades of the 151st Division and Comrade Luo Weimin of the 98th Army to ask them to prepare to collect the defeated troops. It should be done in the name of the 151st Division and the 98th Army. The same goes for comrades from other armies;
Tell them that when they gather a battalion, they become the battalion commander;
Gather a group and become its leader! Everyone depends on their ability! They must be prepared to continue lurking;
In order not to cause an overreaction among the elites, the future Zhongtiao Mountain will apparently form its own system, with the 78th Army as the core, and the other armies will move closer to the 78th Army. In the vast Zhongtiao Mountains, Fighting guerrillas in the mountains.
The reorganization of the troops must be completed within three days. Time waits for no one. Do you have any difficulties? "
