A month later, the US military designated aid to a division in the 10th Theater of Operations and shipped art equipment to Taiyuan, but it was severely reduced.
A standard US infantry division is equipped with 70 howitzers, 145 mortars of various types, 93 anti-tank guns, 663 rocket launchers, 950 machine guns, 76 tanks, 49 armored vehicles, and 1,560 other types of vehicles.
The equipment Xie Tian received was only 70 60mm mortars, 3 anti-tank guns, 200 machine guns, and 4,500 Garand M1 semi-automatic rifles. As for howitzers, rocket launchers, tanks, armored vehicles and other vehicles, There is not even one, but it is equipped with a large number of helmets, field uniforms, field boots, ammunition belts, backpacks, water bottles and even tableware bags and tableware, including knives, forks and spoons.
These individual soldier equipment are all replaced by the M43 type of the US military and are eliminated in large quantities. Now the assistance to the Chinese army can kill two birds with one stone.
These are all free things, so the requirements shouldn’t be so high.
With a stroke of Xie Tian's pen, all the equipment of this division was distributed to the 301st Division of the 51st Army. The reason was simple. Instead of dispersing these equipment to various units, it was better to centralize and arm an elite division.
In addition, the art and equipment of the two regiments provided by the Nationalist Government to the Tenth War Zone in the early stage have been distributed to the 302nd Division and the 303rd Division, so everyone has benefited equally.
Thank you for this arrangement. Everyone has nothing to say. The 49th Army and the 50th Army have no shortage of equipment, and these beautiful weapons and equipment for assistance are dispensable.
But the 51st Army is different. With this batch of beautiful weapons and equipment, the hard days are finally over.
Li Yunlong, who had returned to his original post, was hit on the head by this big pie that fell from the sky. He smiled so big that his mouth almost reached the back of his head. As a result, Xu Shiyou's eyes widened: "You only have 7,000 damn people in total. You want to do this?" Having too much equipment is of no use."
After some bargaining like a street vendor, Xu Shiyou still withheld 40 60mm mortars and 100 machine guns, and used these equipment to form an artillery battalion and a machine gun battalion directly under the military headquarters.
Even so, Li Yunlong's nose was filled with snot bubbles. The whole division took off their old military uniforms and put on American military uniforms. Each person had an American soldier's steel helmet. The individual soldiers were all wearing their equipment as if they were celebrating the New Year. They were in high spirits.
Even Li Yunlong himself changed his weapon from gun to gun and put on an American military uniform. He also imitated Chu Yunfei before and found a pair of white gloves to put on. However, he took them off after wearing them for less than half a day and threw them away. He was used to using bare hands and wearing gloves was uncomfortable. I can't even find the trigger feel.
As the troops were equipped, the order from the theater headquarters also came down.
Order: The 51st Army shall formulate its own operational plan to attack Jingxing and launch combat operations within ten days.
Order: The 49th Army moves to the Panlong Lake area of Wuji Mountain to coordinate the 51st Army's attack on Jingxing and contain the Japanese troops in the direction of Shijiazhuang.
Order: The 41st Group Army tank division and artillery regiment cooperate with the 51st Army to fight, under the unified command of Xu Shiyou, deputy commander-in-chief of the group army.
In fact, the theater headquarters of the large-scale combat plan has already been formulated, and Xu Shiyou and other group army leaders also participated in the formulation. As for the detailed parts, it is left to the combat troops to freely develop, and it also tests the commander's ability to adapt to the situation.
Not surprisingly, Li Yunlong got the main attack mission of this battle again. Neither Ding Wei nor Kong Jie bothered to compete with Li Yunlong.
You have all the fucking beautiful weapons and equipment for your entire division, including forks and spoons. If you don’t do the main attack, who will do the main attack?
At the same time, Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Group Army of the Second Theater, also received a combat order directly issued by the Shanxi-Hebei Camp, ordering the Seventh Army to attack Datong, choose the opportunity to annihilate the Hashimoto brigade stationed in Datong, and destroy the railways and highways from Datong to North China. Transportation lines.
Not only did Fu Zuoyi of the Seventh Group Army receive a combat order from the Shanxi and Hebei Camp, but Yang Aiyuan of the Sixth Group Army also received an order from the Shanxi and Hebei Camp, ordering Yang Aiyuan's troops to launch an attack on the Japanese defenders in Zhangjiakou.
The order of battle adjusted by the National Government is a seven-level structure of the Central Military Commission, camp, theater, group army, corps, division, and regiment. The camp has the right to directly issue combat orders to subordinate theaters and group armies.
After receiving the combat order issued by the Shanxi-Hebei camp, Yang Aiyuan of the Sixth Army without hesitation sent a telegram to Yan Xishan of the Second Theater to ask for instructions on how to deal with it.
After receiving Yang Aiyuan's telegram, Yan Xishan overturned the table and stood in the cave, yelling at Pang Yuan, Xie Tian, and Chongqing.
What a fucking bully. Pang Yuan actually skipped my second combat zone and directly issued combat orders to Yang Aiyuan. What did he think of me, Yan Xishan? Um?
Chief of Staff Guo Zongfen waited for Yan Xishan to finish losing his temper, then cautiously asked: "Commander-in-Chief, how should we reply to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang?"
The Commander-in-Chief of the Sixth Group Army, Yang Aiyuan, also serves as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Second Theater Zone. When referring to official titles, it is natural to address the person with the highest official title. However, it is easy for people who do not know the inside story of the Commander-in-Chief and Deputy Commander-in-Chief to confuse him.
Official titles in China have always been like this. The director of the grain station is also the director, and Pang Yuan, the director of the Shanxi-Hebei camp, is also the director. The difference between the two is as big as heaven and earth. One is a first-rank minister, and the other is not even a ninety-ninth rank sesame official. superior.
Yan Xishan anxiously paced back and forth in the cave dwelling. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally made up his mind and ordered to Guo Zongfen: "No need to call Yang Aiyuan back, let him figure it out on his own."
Guo Zongfen smiled and nodded, "Yes."
Not calling back would have already shown his attitude, and Yang Aiyuan would definitely understand what Yan Xishan meant.
Yan Xishan saw that Guo Zongfen had reached the door of the cave dwelling, and suddenly called out to Guo Zongfen, asking: "Is Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang the only one who has received the combat order from the Shanxi-Hebei camp?"
Guo Zongfen stood still and looked at Yan Xishan with a wry smile: "Only Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang sent a telegram to inquire. It is not known whether the others have received combat orders from the Shanxi-Hebei camp. Do you want to send them a telegram to inquire?"
The Second War Zone has been adjusted recently. The Chongqing government seems to have made some compensations to appease Yan Xishan. Now the Second War Zone has six armies, including Sun Weiru of the Fourth Army, Zeng Wanzhong of the Fifth Army, and Zeng Wanzhong of the Fifth Army. The Sixth Group Army Yang Aiyuan, the Seventh Group Army Fu Zuoyi, the Fourteenth Group Army Wei Lihuang, and the Eighteenth Group Army Zhu De are unprecedentedly powerful, ranking first among the ten theaters.
Yan Xishan frowned and thought for a while, then waved his hand: "No, you can go."
Guo Zongfen closed the door and went out. Yan Xishan walked to the sand table with a frown and stared at the mountains and rivers on the sand table, slowly circling around the sand table.
Xie Baoqing, what does he want to do?
Yan Xishan knew that the order issued to Yang Aiyuan by the Shanxi-Hebei Expeditionary Camp must have been written by Xie Baoqing.
