The 386th Brigade, where the New Regiment is located, is affiliated with the 129th Division and is an old unit of the Eighth Route Army. When the 386th Brigade was established, the total strength of the brigade was 5,800, and their weapons were simple Hanyang-made and Zhongzheng rifles.
But it was such a backward force that repeatedly performed extraordinary feats on the battlefield in North China, making it difficult for the little Japanese to move forward.
With more and more victories, the 386th Brigade has gradually grown and its weapons and equipment have been updated.
Excluding the new regiment, the current 386th Brigade has a total strength of 7,200 troops.
Therefore, the strength of each new regiment now exceeds that of the 386th Brigade.
At present, the New Regiment has six infantry battalions, namely the 1st Special Battalion, 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Battalion and 5th Infantry Battalion.
Among them, the fourth and fifth battalions are new recruit battalions that have just been expanded recently. They are still in the training period and are not suitable for being deployed on the battlefield.
In addition, there are artillery battalions and cavalry battalions. After continuous development, these two battalions have a strength of more than a thousand people.
Of course, there are also the regiment security company led by Wei Monk and the Long Group commando led by Xue Min.
In addition to the combat troops, there are also cooking battalions, logistics supply companies, rescue companies and an intelligence department led by Yu Zecheng.
It can be said that the new regiment has basically formed a complete troop system.
Although Shen Quan is the regimental commander now, he is no different from the brigade commander.
Even the little days are quite moist!
During this period, the entire regiment is stepping up training, especially the newly expanded 4th and 5th Infantry Battalions. The training time is longer and there are more training items than other battalions.
There is no way, they are all new recruits, naturally they are not as good as well-trained veterans.
Regiment Headquarters.
Zhao Gang lay on the kang and said: "Old Shen, I just sorted out the situation of the entire regiment. Now we have a total of 8,524 soldiers."
Shen Quan chuckled and said: "It's all within my expectation. I believe it won't be long before the number exceeds 10,000."
Zhao Gang: "If the number of troops really reaches 10,000, our logistics supply pressure will be great. Even if each person has half a catty of grain per day, he will need 5,000 grains a day and 150,000 kilograms of grain a month.
In addition, there is also an extreme shortage of weapons. If we had not had a batch of stocks before, the two newly expanded infantry battalions would not be able to have one gun per person. "
Chen Quan said calmly: "I will think of a way to get food. As for weapons, send more soldiers out to scout and get them from the Japanese."
Just when Zhao Gang was about to answer the call, Zhang Dabiao, commander of the Special 1st Battalion, walked in.
Chen Quan looked at Zhang Dabiao: "Biaozi, is there any movement in the 358th Regiment?"
The garrison position of the 1st Special Battalion was not far from that of the 358th Regiment. The two sides gathered intelligence from each other and could reach the friendly defense zone in ten minutes of running.
Since he knew the plot in advance and knew that Qian Bojun, the commander of Chu Yunfei's battalion, would be traitorous, Shen Quan sent Zhang Dabiao to keep an eye on Qian Bojun very early.
Zhang Dabiao shook his head in despair: "Report to the leader, our people have been staring at Qian Bojun. This guy has been very quiet recently, without any movement at all."
Shen Quan pouted, thought for a moment and replied: "Continue to monitor, be careful not to let Qian Bojun notice our actions."
"Don't worry, captain. I personally selected the soldiers responsible for surveillance. They are very smart and there will be no problems."
After saying this, Zhang Dabiao remembered the serious matter he had come to the regiment headquarters to report, and said: "By the way, regimental commander, according to the intelligence collected by Director Yu Zecheng of the Intelligence Department, Qingyuan County's The Japanese and puppet troops will soon jointly launch a raid on our area."
"But this time their main target is the Jinsui Army's defense area. Do you think we need to prepare for defense in advance?"
Ever since the victory at the Huting stronghold, Shen Quan had guessed that the Japanese would definitely launch raids and retaliate against the Eighth Route Army's base.
But what Shen Quan couldn't figure out was that since the Japs wanted to take revenge on the Eighth Route Army, why did they target the Jinsui Army?
For a while, Shen Quan couldn't figure out the trick the little Japs wanted to play, so he had to reply: "Forget it, just wait and see what happens. Send someone to monitor the Japs and puppet troops in Qingyuan County, and report them immediately if there is any movement."
After a while, Shen Quan recalled the plot of the sword. According to the time, Qian Bojun's treason and surrender to the enemy happened to be during the Japanese raids.
In other words, Qian Bojun's tiger-wolf heart will be exposed during this period.
If Shen Quan remembers correctly, Qian Bojun's target was none other than Ichiro Hirata, captain of the Japanese Gendarmerie in Qingyuan County.
Although the Gendarmerie of the Little Japs is weak, it plays an extremely important role. It is responsible for maintaining law and order, collecting intelligence, monitoring and judging the power of the Japs in combat operations. It can be regarded as the Japs version of the military commander.
However, Shen Quan did not have enough evidence to accuse Qian Bojun of defecting to the enemy. Only by obtaining both the stolen goods and the stolen goods could Chu Yunfei believe that his life-and-death brother had betrayed him.
After Zhang Dabiao went down, Shen Quan called the guard Wei Monk in again.
"Monk, later go and inform the commander of the cavalry battalion, Sun Desheng, and tell him that there is a tough battle in the near future that requires brothers from the cavalry battalion."
"Once Qian Bojun wants to lead his men to betray the country and surrender to the enemy, the cavalry battalion will be dispatched quickly. Eat Qian Bojun's battalion for me."
Monk Wei responded: "Yes!"
If you want to kill Qian Bojun's men, you must use sneak attacks and fight quickly.
Among the entire new regiment, in terms of speed, the cavalry battalion naturally leads the way.
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Three days later.
The headquarters of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army.
When they learned that the target of the Japanese raids turned out to be the defense area of the 358th Regiment, the entire regiment began to move under the command of Chu Yunfei.
In the office, Chu Yunfei was frowning and staring at the combat pattern diagram on the table in silence.
In response to this raid, Chu Yunfei did not want to retreat, but wanted to seize the opportunity and eat up the Japanese and puppet troops who came to raid them in one fell swoop.
In terms of weapons and combat effectiveness, although the 358th Regiment is not as good as the New Regiment, its strength is comparable.
"Our 358th Regiment has not opened fire for a long time. Since the little devils want to pluck the hair from the tiger's head, we will let them see the power of the Jinsui Army."
"None of the soldiers in my 358th Regiment are vegetarians!"
Chu Yunfei said with anger on his face, and suddenly broke the pencil in his hand into two pieces.
A battle between the two sides was imminent, and everyone's hearts became tense.
At this time, staff officer Fang Ligong hurriedly walked in and said: "Regiment leader, our scouts have determined the situation just now. The puppet troops and Japanese military police in Qingyuan County are responsible for the mopping up task this time."
"The gendarmerie of Qingyuan County?" Chu Yunfei recalled: "Their gendarmerie captain seems to be named Ichiro Hirata. I once heard about this man, who has no military ability."
"Since this mediocre person is commanding the raid, let him have a taste of the power of our 358th Regiment!"
