Although the Eighth Route Army is nominally under the jurisdiction of the World War II Zone, the World War II Zone does not have specific command authority in specific details.
The two parties are more of a cooperative relationship!
The work docking between the two parties is usually decided by the top management, and it is not the turn of Shen Quan's small new group at all.
Because of this, Shen Quan felt confused.
But since people came to the door on their own initiative, Shen Quan had no reason to refuse the guests.
"Since everyone is here, let's go and have a look!"
Immediately, Shen Quan and Monk Wei came to the regiment meeting room. When they entered the door, they saw a man wearing the uniform of the Jinsui Army.
The man has a handsome figure and stands upright. Even ordinary people can tell that he is a soldier at a glance.
The military rank on his shoulders is not low either, it’s a major!
Because Shen Quan arrived late, Zhao Gang had been in charge of the reception before. Seeing Shen Quan coming, Zhao Gang quickly stood up and introduced: "This is Shen Quan, the leader of our new regiment!"
"Old Shen, this is Major Huang Yiming, the liaison officer of the World War II District Commander's Department!"
Huang Yiming took a step forward, saluted Shen Quan with a standard military salute, and said: "I have heard of Commander Shen's name for a long time. When I see him today, he is indeed extraordinary!"
Chen Quan raised his hand and casually returned the military salute, looked at Huang Yiming and said, "How come Major Huang is free to join my new regiment?"
Generally speaking, the liaison officer of the Jinsui Army, Dingtian, is at the rank of second lieutenant, while Huang Yiming is a dignified major. According to the comparison of the military ranks between the two sides, Huang Yiming is only one rank lower than Shen Quan.
The World War II zone must have a special purpose in sending such a figure to the New Regiment.
Huang Yiming took out the commendation order from Chief Yan of the World War II Zone and said: "Sir Yan heard about the heroic deeds of your department in defeating the Japanese in the Huting Stronghold. In order to express the commendation for your department, I specially asked me to bring the commendation order from the top commander of the World War II Zone. !”
After saying that, Huang Yiming handed the commendation order to Shen Quan.
Shen Quan took it and opened it and looked at it. There were some polite remarks inside. After a moment of leaning, Shen Quan closed the commendation order and smiled calmly: "Bring me a message to Commander Yan. Shen Quan thanks him for the commendation!"
Huang Yiming said proudly: "Your unit killed a Japanese lieutenant general and three major generals in the Huting stronghold. Such an impressive record deserves to be commended."
"Chief Yan also asked me to tell Commander Shen that the World War II area is also very difficult now, so we cannot provide material support."
"But!" As he said that, Huang Yiming opened the box he carried with him. Inside were the gold bars and a Browning pistol that Chief Yan personally placed inside.
"In order to express his appreciation for Commander Shen, this is a gift that Chief Yan took out of his personal pocket to give to Commander Shen."
Shen Quan didn't intend to be polite and immediately took the box and handed it to Monk Wei who was standing aside.
"Thank you, Chief Yan, for the gift. As for material support, we never expected Chief Yan to remember us. We have become accustomed to it after so many years."
"At the same time, please give Commander Yan a message. Just tell me that my new regiment doesn't want anything else. Can you get me some howitzers?"
Howitzer?
Huang Yiming couldn't help but be surprised. This is a rare thing. There are not many direct troops in the World War II area.
How dare a small regiment leader in Shen Quan ask Commander Yan for a howitzer?
Chen Quan also knew in his heart that this was just a joke, and he didn't expect Commander Yan to be kind enough to allocate a few howitzers to his new regiment.
Huang Yiming replied with a smile: "Okay, I will personally bring Commander Shen's words to Commander Yan."
After a meal, Huang Yiming left.
After Huang Yiming left, Zhao Gang immediately came to Shen Quan's room to find Shen Quan and asked curiously: "Old Shen, why do you think Commander Yan from the World War II area suddenly gave the new regiment a commendation this time?"
"No matter how powerful we are, we are still only a regiment-level combat unit. If we really want to be rewarded, according to the procedures, we should inform our headquarters in advance and then convey it to the headquarters."
"Now this person surnamed Yan has directly skipped the headquarters and sent someone to deliver the commendation order to our new regiment. We have to think more about the purpose of this."
Chen Quan smiled calmly and said: "Old Zhao, this is a little trick played by Chief Yan. I believe the leaders of our headquarters will understand it."
"Little trick?" Zhao Gang was a little confused.
Chen Quan patted Zhao Gang on the shoulder and explained: "Our great victory at Huting stronghold this time has allowed all forces to see how powerful we are. The reason why the man named Yan bypassed the headquarters and commended us directly is to pay tribute to us. court.
At the same time, they also planned to use this award to alienate the relationship between us and the headquarters. The man named Yan sent a major to deliver the award order. If this matter was known to the outside world, a new regiment would form a relationship with the Shanxi-Sui Army. close phenomenon.
With this phenomenon, the headquarters will be wary of us to prevent us from changing our flag! "
After listening to Shen Quan's analysis, Zhao Gang suddenly realized.
"This city named Yan is really unfathomable!" Zhao Gang sighed.
"This little trick is just for the outside world to see. Even if several leaders at our headquarters know about this, they can immediately see through Chief Yan's mind."
Zhao Gang continued: "But I think Commander Yan is still interested in you when he sends a major to reward you this time, and maybe he wants to win over you!"
"Of course, so I also gave him a chance to win over me!" Shen Quan chuckled.
"what chance?"
"I asked Huang Yiming to go back and give Commander Yan a message, telling him to buy a few howitzers to support the new regiment. This is my chance to give Commander Yan a chance to win me over."
Zhao Gang looked surprised: "Old Shen, do you really want to take refuge with Commander Yan?"
"of course not!"
As a time traveler, Shen Quan naturally knows the direction of history. The Anti-Japanese War will end in two or three years. If he takes refuge with Commander Yan now, wouldn't he be seeking death?
"If Yan really wants to win over me, he will definitely try his best to get me some howitzers.
Once our regiment has a howitzer, we won't be afraid even if we encounter a Japanese tank. If we just fire a howitzer, the tanks will be blown to pieces. "
"After taking over the howitzer, I will not turn to Commander Yan. Anyway, the weapons are in our hands, and Commander Yan can't go back."
After hearing Chen Quan's plan, Zhao Gang rolled his eyes and said, "You Chen Quan, I dare you to play tricks with the supreme commander of the World War II zone here!"
"Old Zhao, what you said is wrong!" Shen Quan said with a smile: "This is not a trick. This is clearly just borrowing some weapons from Commander Yan. They are all used to fight the Japanese anyway."
After a chat, Shen Quan mentioned his next plan to Zhao Gang.
"Old Zhao, this time we seized a large amount of weapons and equipment at the Huting stronghold. I plan to take advantage of this rest period to expand two more infantry battalions."
Now the new regiment has four infantry battalions, one of which is an enhanced version of the special first battalion.
If two infantry battalions are expanded, there will be six infantry battalions alone.
According to Shen Quan's vision, in order to capture Ping'an County as the future development site of the new regiment, the number of troops must reach at least 10,000.
Now the new regiment has more than 6,000 troops in total. After expanding by two more battalions, it will not be far from 10,000 troops.
Even if the strength does not reach 10,000, according to the current strength of the new regiment, it is not difficult to capture Ping'an County.
After all, the new regiment has an entire artillery battalion, and now has 240 mortars and 30 92 infantry guns.
But Shen Quan has always done things safely. Even if he takes Ping'an City, he must have enough strength to hold it.
It is easy to conquer a country, but it is difficult to defend it!
