Chapter 281 How can you sleep? Still sleeping? !
Deep in the Taihang Mountains.
In order to facilitate the command of the upcoming war, the Eighth Route Army headquarters was also moved to the Taihang Mountains to facilitate the command of the Eighth Route Army troops in the Shandong and Henan regions to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army troops in Shanxi, Hebei and other places to launch attacks.
"I wonder if their four regiments can successfully capture Ping'an County..."
In the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the boss looked at the relevant information sent by Brigade Commander Chen and looked at the map in front of him with a frown.
"Boss, you haven't rested yet?"
Brigade Commander Chen poked his head into the room that had been handed over to the CEO to be used as the headquarters' combat command room, and greeted the CEO with a smile.
The boss glanced at Brigade Commander Chen who was smiling and handing him a cigarette, then raised his hand to take the cigarette and spoke in a bad mood.
"I'm not as daring as someone who dares to agree to such a battle plan. I'm now wondering whether the commander of the Taihang Military Region should be replaced.
What do you think about four regiments attacking Ping'an County?
Even if you are an intelligence agent, you should know that the Japanese 11th Brigade is stationed in Shuiquan.
The 11th Brigade is not a garrison force, but a mobile force.
As long as the situation changes, the Japanese troops from the 11th Brigade in the Shuiquan direction will be able to rush to Ping'an County for support as quickly as possible.
Although the main force of the 4th Brigade that wiped out the Japanese last time was these four regiments.
But this does not mean that these four regiments have the combat power to defeat a brigade of the Japanese.
What's more, the puppet troops in Shuiquan and other places were all transferred from Hebei by the Japanese. They can be said to be die-hard traitors.
In addition, there are the Japanese devils in the county seat of Ping'an County, plus the Japanese devils in Zhangzhuang stronghold and various artillery towers, plus the puppet troops in these places.
At the very least, it is equivalent to a regiment of Japanese devils.
In other words, the Vanguard Regiment, Independent Regiment, New 1st Regiment, and New 2nd Regiment would have to face at least an entire brigade plus a regiment of Japanese invaders.
And it's an offensive battle.
Even though the combat effectiveness of the Vanguard Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment was the best in the entire army, their combat effectiveness was at most at the same level as the Japanese field troops.
Even if their combat capability is stronger than that of the Japanese, it is only slightly stronger at most... The Vanguard Regiment is only stronger than the Japanese in weapons and equipment.
But that's just the way it is. This kind of battle is about who has more heavy weapons... and it is obvious that this time the Japanese have more heavy weapons than these four regiments.
The field artillery at the Zhangzhuang stronghold alone is enough to suppress the mountain artillery of the vanguard regiment.
In terms of heavy weapons, they are not as good as the Japanese, and the strength of the four regiments is not as large as that of the Japanese...
The equipment is not good enough and the manpower is not enough.
What's more, the Japanese have lost two battles in a row. In the next war, they will definitely try every means to win the battle at all costs.
In other words, the pressure faced by the four regiments is far more than that of a brigade and a regiment.
In addition, we also have to prepare for that battle plan, and a large amount of weapons and equipment have not yet been delivered to the various troops.
At the same time, many troops need to be comfortable with their weapons and equipment, and move the troops to the appropriate attack position.
In other words, during this period of time, it was difficult for other troops to provide support to the four regiments.
It was even difficult to help fight the reinforcements and hold back the Japanese support troops.
At most, the county brigades, district squads and basic militia units in each base area can provide some support.
The main force already has a heavy burden on their shoulders. Before the battle plan is completed, they cannot suffer any losses, otherwise it will easily affect the next battle plan.
If something went wrong, the four regiments would suffer too many casualties to participate in the next battle.
I'll see what you do.
It’s a good thing you still have the energy to sleep.
I don't understand how you sleep.
You have a really big heart.
Aren't you worried?"
The boss really couldn't understand why Brigade Commander Chen could still rest so well as if nothing had happened.
I'm not worried at all about any problems with the four groups.
If the four regiments suffered too many casualties, even if they really captured Ping'an County, it would be a loss.
Especially in the boss's next battle plan, Qin Yangming is a key figure.
If something happened to Qin Yangming, this key figure.
Then the boss's battle plan will be greatly affected.
If it weren't for the fact that Brigade Commander Chen also played the tactic of acting first and reporting later, it would have been after the headquarters arrived that Brigade Commander Chen reported the battle plan.
If the report had been submitted before the four regiments had started action, he would never have agreed to this battle plan.
It's really too risky.
"Boss, you're just worrying too much.
I believe that a small Ping'an County cannot hurt Qin Yangming, the little tiger.
It was difficult for four regiments to attack Ping'an County.
Was it easy for the New 1st Regiment to attack Linyuan County at the beginning?
Is it easy to attack Qinghe County?
Boss, have you ever thought that one day our Eighth Route Army, relying solely on the combat effectiveness of our 129th Division, will be able to completely wipe out an entire brigade of the Japanese and cripple another brigade in just two days?
If it were a year ago, if a brigade of the Japanese invaders had attacked our Eighth Route Army, what else could we do except retreat or break out?
There was nothing we could do. At that time, even if we gathered the entire 129th Division and fought against a brigade of the Japanese, we would not gain any advantage.
Not to mention that we dared to imagine that we could surround an entire brigade of Japanese soldiers and then wipe out the entire brigade of Japanese soldiers.
This kind of thing was completely unrealistic at that time.
Even if all the Eighth Route Army troops were gathered together, they might not be able to wipe out a single brigade of the Japanese devils.
Not to mention that it is not a mixed brigade, but the real Fourth Brigade of the Japanese, a veteran brigade!
Elite troops!
But what about now?
Not only did we successfully wipe out the Japanese Fourth Brigade, a veteran brigade, but we also seized so much equipment.
Boss, let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the troops directly under your headquarters.
A heavy artillery regiment directly under the headquarters, 105mm howitzers, wow, boss, a year ago, did you think that our Eighth Route Army would have a heavy artillery regiment belonging to our own at this time?
There are also tank units directly under the headquarters, cavalry regiments and artillery regiments directly under each military region... Let’s not talk about others, just take our Shangdang Military Region as an example, there are two mountain artillery regiments directly under the military region!
My Taihang Military Region also has an artillery regiment directly under the military region, although it is an artillery regiment made up of mortars and mountain artillery.
But that was also an artillery regiment.
Especially those mortars, which have a caliber of more than 100 mm, are no less powerful than 105 mm howitzers, except that their range is a little shorter.
I won’t talk about the situation of other troops, let’s just talk about our 129th Division.
Our 129th Division now has one general military region, the Shangdang Military Region, and two sub-military regions, the Taiyue and Taihang.
The general military region has six columns, and the two sub-military regions each have three columns.
Each column is composed of three main infantry regiments, each with a minimum of 2,500 personnel.
Each column had at least one mountain artillery battalion equipped with six mountain cannons.
Then there are their own cavalry units... If there were not enough horses, I would have planned to set up a cavalry column.
Then each regiment had at least one battery of three direct-fire guns.
Boss, our 129th Division now has the equivalent of 12 columns and 36 main regiments. Although the combat effectiveness of most of the main regiments cannot be compared with the original main regiments, it is even more impossible to compare with regiments such as the Vanguard Regiment and the Independent Regiment.
However, the combat effectiveness of these main regiments is definitely not worse than the independent regiment or the new regiment a year ago.
Boss, a year ago, could you have imagined that we would be so strong now?
I'm afraid not?"
Listening to the boss's question, Brigade Commander Chen smiled and struck a match to light the boss's cigarette, and then talked about the current strength of the 129th Division.
"So what do you want to tell me? Are you trying to show off to me how powerful the 129th Division is now and how great its weapons and equipment are?
If you don't have a suitable explanation, don't keep the artillery regiment of the Taihang Military Region. I can take it to the Jizhong Military Region. They don't have many mountain artillery there."
Listening to what Brigade Commander Chen said, the general raised his hand to take off the cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, and squinted at Brigade Commander Chen.
If Brigade Commander Chen doesn't explain why he said so much nonsense, then the boss will have to learn from Brigade Commander Chen's shamelessness.
The artillery regiment of the Taihang Military Region still catches the boss's eye.
Although the headquarters had a heavy artillery regiment directly under its jurisdiction, the regiment remained in the Shangdang Military Region.
Besides, who would complain about having too many artillery pieces in their hands?
Since a large number of artillery pieces were added to the various units of the Eighth Route Army, the casualties of the various units of the Eighth Route Army can be said to have dropped sharply.
With enough direct-fire artillery, the Japanese's simple brick-and-wood mixed structure artillery towers could no longer blockade the Eighth Route Army.
Even if some Eighth Route Army units only had small-caliber direct-fire artillery produced by the arsenal, the artillery was not powerful enough to destroy some of the more solidly built artillery towers.
However, the Eighth Route Army troops could still seek help from the main forces nearby or from above.
As long as it is a formal main force, a regiment is equipped with at least one Type 92 infantry gun.
Those close to the headquarters, such as the 115th Division, basically every regiment is equipped with mountain artillery.
It was precisely because the various units of the Eighth Route Army were equipped with a large number of artillery that the Eighth Route Army had the confidence to completely destroy the blockade line set up by the Japanese specifically targeting the Eighth Route Army.
So the boss planned to launch a large-scale battle involving the entire Eighth Route Army.
Directly break the Japanese blockade, seize the opportunity to expand the base, and snatch back as much territory as possible from the Japanese.
When Brigade Commander Chen heard the boss's words, his eyes widened immediately. He turned his head and looked around, trying to find a Deputy Chief of General Staff who was easier to talk to, and then ask the Deputy Chief of General Staff to judge the matter.
The deputy commander of the Eighth Route Army actually wanted to seize the artillery in the hands of a small brigade commander like him.
But unfortunately, the brigade commander did not find the deputy chief of general staff in the headquarters.
The boss saw at a glance what Brigade Commander Chen wanted to do.
He sneered directly.
"No need to look, the deputy chief of staff has gone to Shangdang.
Yan Laoxi sent people over, hoping that our Eighth Route Army could cooperate with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to capture Jincheng and Zhongtiao Mountain areas and eliminate all the Japanese devils in Jincheng and Zhongtiao Mountain areas.
So the Deputy Chief of General Staff left the headquarters this afternoon and went to the headquarters of the 129th Division to negotiate with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army together with Commander Liu.
I've given you ten seconds. If you don't have a good reason within these ten seconds to explain why you've said so much nonsense, then I'll accept your barrage with a smile.
Don't think I don't know that all the cannons in your artillery regiment were taken from Xiao Qin.
You are such a shameless guy, how dare you take it from Xiao Qin.
I'm not that thick-skinned, so I can only take it from you.
It would be better if you played the bad guy.
To be honest, a year ago I could not have imagined that the combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army would be as strong as it is today.
Just based on the number of main force troops reported by various regions, the total number of soldiers in our entire Eighth Route Army has exceeded 350,000.
If we also take into account the militia forces in various places, the local forces with unclear organization, and some hidden soldiers in each force.
I estimate that the total number of our Eighth Route Army has probably exceeded 600,000.
I just don't believe that after distributing so many artillery pieces, those troops didn't get so much spoils of war.
I just don't believe that the troops in the Japanese-occupied areas would not think of making some extra money from the Japanese after they have artillery.
If the situation had not allowed it, when the heavy artillery regiment and tank unit of the headquarters were established, I would have wanted to attack Taiyuan."
After hearing the boss say that the deputy chief of staff had left the headquarters and went to Shangdang, Brigade Commander Chen was about to ask what was going on.
But thinking that the boss only gave him ten seconds, Brigade Commander Chen quickly found an excuse for his nonsense.
"No, Boss, what I said was not nonsense, it was just the foreshadowing of what I was going to say later.
Boss, think about it, what was the strength of our Eighth Route Army a year ago?
It’s not like that. If a regiment can completely wipe out a squadron of Japanese devils, it would be a rare victory.
If a regiment could capture a mountain cannon, then this cannon would definitely be the treasure of the brigade or even the division, the kind that would require the approval of the division commander before firing a single shot.
Not to mention the 105mm howitzer.
At that time, even though it was my 386th Brigade, our strength was not the strongest, but it could still be ranked among the top three.
But the brigade headquarters of my 386th Brigade only had a few pitiful mortars to support its appearance, not even a single direct-fire artillery piece.
There were not enough shells, and each gun could only get about ten shells. I felt sad every time I fired a shot.
But what about now?
Boss, who is responsible for all this? "
(End of this chapter)
