Chapter 167: Are you trying to make a big fuss?
Baihu Ridge was used as the underground arsenal of the Eighth Route Army's temporary headquarters.
Although it was already late at night, the lights in the headquarters were still bright.
In the middle of the headquarters, on a large table made of empty ammunition boxes, there was a large map.
There is also a giant map hanging on the other side of the wall made of door panels.
On the table was a map covering the entire Shanxi Province.
The map hanging on the wall is a map of the entire China.
The furnishings in the entire headquarters are very simple.
There were several electric lights fixed on wooden poles, a stove, and some furniture made of empty ammunition boxes stacked together to serve as stools, small tables, beds, etc.
Although it was already late at night, the boss was still standing in front of the hanging map, smoking and looking at the map.
The deputy chief of general staff took a kettle of boiling water from the stove, poured two cups of tea, and then walked over to the boss.
"Boss, have a cup of tea and take a break. I've been looking at maps for almost the whole day..."
The boss took the tea from the deputy chief of general staff, blew on it, drank a little and spoke.
"Ah, I also want to have a good rest. It's not that I don't want to rest, but the damn Japanese devils and Chongqing won't let me rest."
The boss walked to a stool piled with ammunition boxes, put the water cup away first, and then spoke to the deputy chief of staff with a worried look on his face.
“This has been a turbulent time.
First, the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment, and the 115th Division launched an attack in northwestern Shanxi, forcefully capturing three Japanese county towns and occupying a military horse farm.
Although the Japanese troops in the north do not have enough troops to launch an encirclement and suppression operation to retake the three county towns.
However, the old devil Tadoda Shun would not allow us to occupy three county towns so easily and connect the Northwest Shanxi Base with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Base to become a large base.
The various troops below reported that the old devil Tada Shun had forcibly ordered the troops to arrest a large number of civilians in various places to speed up the construction of artillery towers, roads and other facilities in order to speed up the completion of his cage plan.
Our troops, except for the 129th Division, have the ability to easily sabotage, attack, and even destroy the Japanese blockade areas.
The other troops had no good way to deal with the Japanese artillery towers, especially the 115th Division, even though they had been given a large number of artillery in Qinghe County last time.
However, because the terrain of the 115th Division in Hebei is flat and there are few big mountains, it is extremely difficult for the bases below to obtain artillery reinforcements.
Some time ago, Chongqing was promoting the idea that our Eighth Route Army was just wandering around without fighting, hoping to use public opinion to get us to launch large-scale battles behind the Japanese lines to support their Battle of Yichang.
The last time, this kid Li Yunlong fired the first shot in the Shangdang Campaign, our army successfully recaptured the Shangdang area, which reversed the people's impression that our army was just roaming around without fighting.
But after seeing that we were able to retake the Shangdang area, Chongqing increased the pressure and asked us to send troops as soon as possible to relieve the pressure on the southern battlefield. "
The boss shook his head and expressed his frustration to the deputy chief of general staff.
Many of these things are confidential, and in the entire Eighth Route Army, only a few people can hear this news.
The only person next to the boss who could hear the news was the Deputy Chief of General Staff.
So the boss could only talk to the deputy chief of general staff to relieve the pressure in his heart.
Regimental commanders such as Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming led their troops to fight, or fought on their own. They only needed to obey orders from above, and then analyze the situation in a nearby county or several counties, and then they could start fighting.
If it is a combat order issued from above, then regiment commanders such as Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming do not even need to consider other situations and just follow the order.
If we talk about senior officers like brigade commanders who can directly issue combat orders.
In addition to receiving combat orders issued by the general headquarters.
It is also necessary to analyze the enemy situation and circumstances in the entire area and then issue combat orders.
If the analysis is not clear and the wrong order is issued, the price may very well be the annihilation of the troops carrying out the order.
The boss has more things to consider.
The boss needs to consider how to issue combat orders based on the war situation and political situation across the country, and what the consequences will be after the combat orders are issued...
A combat order from the boss concerns the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.
It is conceivable how much pressure the boss faces.
Moreover, commanding a large-scale battle not only involves facing mental stress, but also physical stress.
A large-scale battle could last for a week or two, and in those days when information was not well developed, a large-scale battle could even last for a month.
A battle is not limited to a certain city or region.
Instead, it is a battle consisting of battlefields in several cities and several regions.
The situation on each battlefield changes rapidly, and the boss needs to receive information from each battlefield in a timely manner and then make timely adjustments.
There is a lot of information transmitted from each battlefield. The boss needs to extract the information he needs from it in a timely manner, then determine whether the information is still valid, then make corresponding deployments quickly, and then convey the order.
Sometimes, if it is just a few minutes late, it is likely that there will be big problems with the orders issued.
Therefore, as a commander of a battle, in order to obtain information in a timely manner, he often has to stay awake for several days and nights, or take a short rest, which is completely challenging the limits of his body.
(As for this, there is a relevant introduction in the three major battles. Interested readers can check it out themselves.
All I can say is that commanding a large force to fight is different from commanding a small-scale battle.
At the company level, you only need to consider how to eliminate the enemy troops on the opposite side, or how to stop the attacking troops. You don't need to worry about anything else.
For the regiment level, you can refer to Li Yunlong's attack on Ping'an County. Li Yunlong was in good health and commanded a force of more than 10,000 people to attack a county town.
In the end, they all needed to be carried on a stretcher.
It is conceivable how much energy is required to command hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of troops.
This is why modern armies have to form a staff team)
The deputy chief of general staff also knew the pressure on the boss. He sat next to the boss and did not say a word. He just listened to the boss talking about the information while staring at the entrance of the general command department.
"Chief of Staff, please give me some advice. Do you think we should take advantage of the fact that the 386th Brigade is holding back three Japanese brigades and launch our plan ahead of time?"
After the boss talked about the situation he was facing, he turned around and asked the deputy chief of general staff.
The deputy chief of staff listened to the boss's question, thought for a moment and then spoke.
"From the current situation, if Lao Chen can swallow up the Japanese Fourth Brigade, then we can seize this opportunity to start our plan ahead of time.
If the predetermined goal is not achieved, I suggest waiting for a while, showing weakness to the enemy, and waiting for the Japanese to continue to send reinforcements to the south for the war.
I predict that within a week at most, the Japanese will once again send reinforcements to the south. If Yichang is not taken, the troops in Chongqing will take advantage of the situation and move north. By then, the Japanese in Zhongtiao Mountain will be surrounded, and the situation in the country may be…"
"Ding-ling-ling~" Just as the deputy chief of general staff was telling the boss his ideas, the phone next to him rang.
The deputy chief of staff picked up the phone and said, "Hello? What's up?"
After taking a sip of tea, the boss turned his head to look at the deputy chief of general staff, wanting to see who was calling.
"Boss, the security platoon reports that Lao Chen and Xiao Qin want to see us. They have something important to report."
The boss listened to the information given by the deputy chief of general staff, frowned, and looked at his watch.
"It's two in the morning, almost three, why did Lao Chen come to see me?"
"Why, Lao Chen thinks the Fourth Brigade is too small and doesn't have enough food for him?"
"Wait a minute, Xiao Qin is here too?"
"Yes, Boss, the guard said that Xiao Qin and Lao Chen came here together."
"What does this bastard Qin Yangming want to do?
Did you make a mistake today and come to ask Lao Chen to plead for mercy?
Or did he want to ask me for something and was afraid that I wouldn’t agree, so he asked Lao Chen to come and beg me together?
Let them in.”
……
"It is good."
At the entrance of the headquarters, the guard holding the phone nodded and then hung up.
Then he spoke to Qin Yangming and the brigade commander in front.
"Brigade Commander, and Regimental Commander, the commander is letting you in."
After the guard finished speaking, he gestured to the other guards behind him.
Let others open the door and let the brigade commander and Qin Yangming enter the general command headquarters.
That’s right, the brigade commander finally decided to go see the boss with Qin Yangming.
"Everyone, wake up! If anyone dares to doze off and embarrasses you at headquarters, don't blame me for making you practice again!"
After the brigade commander entered the gate of the general headquarters, Qin Yangming did not follow him in immediately, but first gave instructions to several guards who were in charge of the security work.
After the Shangdang area was recaptured, there was a serious shortage of manpower in various regions, and most of the soldiers in the headquarters guard platoon were transferred to various units to serve as grassroots non-commissioned officers or officers.
Therefore, the headquarters guard platoon is now temporarily taken over by the assault platoon of the vanguard regiment.
After Qin Yangming gave some instructions to several soldiers of the assault platoon, he turned and entered the general command headquarters.
After the brigade commander entered the gate of the general headquarters, he did not rush in, but waited for Qin Yangming behind the door.
Seeing Qin Yangming coming in, the two of them walked inside side by side.
"Xiao Qin, I see that the quality of the soldiers you trained is quite good, much better than ordinary soldiers. Can this training method be promoted in other troops?"
The brigade commander asked Qin Yangming with some curiosity.
On the way here just now, he saw that the soldiers responsible for guarding the headquarters did not even make a sound when patrolling. Even if no one was watching, the soldiers on guard still stood straight.
Not only that, the brigade commander also felt a special aura from those soldiers.
The brigade commander was very familiar with that aura.
Generally, the elite veterans in each unit will have some of this kind of momentum, especially those veterans who have come through the Long March.
However, the warriors trained by Qin Yangming had stronger aura, and more importantly, it was not just one or two warriors who had this aura.
But there are dozens of people who have this kind of momentum.
This made the brigade commander curious.
Qin Yangming listened to what the brigade commander said, shook his head and spoke.
“Brigade Commander, if you want to train ordinary soldiers to be like them, it is basically impossible.
The soldiers of the assault platoon are all selected from the best of the best, starting from the recruits, and then trained by me personally.
At the beginning, only more than 40 people were selected from the entire Linyuan County, plus some people selected from the independent regiment and Qinghe County, there are only 70 people now.
This training method cannot be promoted throughout the army."
Qin Yangming's words were very clear. The reason why the soldiers in the assault platoon were strong was because they had this talent. Training was not everything.
The brigade commander listened to what Qin Yangming said, thought for a while and then spoke.
"Then if we draw veterans from various regiments and train them using your method, can we reach the level of your assault platoon?"
“That won’t work. Training needs to start with the new recruits. The training methods for the assault platoon soldiers are different from those for the ordinary soldiers from the very beginning.
The veterans of other regiments have basically been stereotyped. It would be very difficult to retrain them. If they are not trained properly, not only will there be no effect, but it may also cause a counterproductive effect.
However, if you, the brigade commander, want to form a force similar to the assault platoon in each regiment, this is possible, but the combat effectiveness may not reach the level of my assault platoon.
If you want, I can put together a plan for you to look at.”
"Well, let's talk about this matter after the war is over and see if it is feasible."
While the two were talking, Bian officially entered the general command headquarters.
"You two, what's the matter with you coming to see me so late?"
As soon as he entered the command center, before the brigade commander or Qin Yangming could speak.
The boss took the initiative to ask the two of them, wanting to know what had happened that made the two of them come to him overnight.
Especially since Qin Yangming didn't dare to come alone, he had to bring the brigade commander along.
It was obvious that Qin Yangming's matter was too important for the brigade commander to make the decision, so he needed to make it himself.
That's why he and the brigade commander came to see me, hoping that I would agree.
Or, there is a high possibility that Qin Yangming's matter will make him very angry, so he wants to ask the brigade commander to come over to share his anger so that someone can stop him when the time comes.
After the boss looked at the two of them, he glanced at the deputy chief of staff beside him, thinking continuously in his mind.
The boss thought that if the chief of staff had not been at the headquarters, these two people would definitely bring the deputy chief of staff to find him.
"Could it be that this kid Qin Yangming wants to turn the tables?"
I want to see what this brat Qin Yangming has got that he could ask Old Chen to come along.
(End of this chapter)
