The wine served at Tang Tuan must be good wine!
It was a rare trip to Jincheng, and he was still rich. Tang Dao brought a lot of daily necessities and new clothes for the female soldiers of the Sixth Regiment, including the student soldiers and female doctors and nurses.
In the words of Tang Dao: This war is long-term, so we must not only know how to fight, but also how to live! We must dress up beautifully during the holidays, not to show to anyone but to ourselves.
As for the men, it's better to be a little more rough and simply buy wine. I bought more than 2,000 kilograms of Jian Nanchun, a famous wine in central Sichuan, and almost emptied several wineries in the concession.
Regardless of the 2,000 kilograms, all soldiers and officers with military exploits get a share, but in fact, each of them doesn't have much.
Tang Dao himself had reserved 50 kilograms for his guests, so what was put on the table this time was a large wine jar weighing 10 kilograms!
Originally, the three local tycoons started to feel dizzy when they looked at this jar of wine. It was not the first time for these three people to drink with Tang Dao. They knew that this guy was just a wine vat. Let alone the three of them, the next three of them would probably
Not an opponent either.
But Tang Tuanzuo did not take this opportunity to get them drunk this time. Before the banquet started, he called Lei Xiong, Ye Chenghuan, Zhuang Shisan, 4 infantry battalion commanders, and his future father-in-law Lao Tantai.
, the director of the arsenal, Mr. Xiao He, accompanied him.
Ten kilograms of wine for a dozen people to drink, especially to this group of soldiers, is really nothing, but those sitting on the wine table almost represent all the core members of the Four Elements Regiment. Its significance does not need to be elaborated by Tang Dao.
Everyone understands.
Tang Dao had already regarded their three infantry divisions as the most reliable allies. He not only informed the three generals, but also informed the core members of his Si Xing Regiment.
When he was half drunk, Tang Dao asked Zhuang Shisan, the director of the munitions department, to take out the equipment for the three infantry divisions. It was obviously prepared long ago and was not written on the fly after the "three-man alliance to fight against local tyrants" came.
Wine is not intoxicating, but that list is!
Even Brigadier Cheng Da, who loves joking and has an extremely open-minded personality, took the list sent by Master Zhuang and quickly glanced at it with his eyes. He just didn't say anything for a long time. He drank three glasses in a row and showed his sword to Tang Dao.
bottom of the cup to show his gratitude.
Tang Dao naturally smiled and drank three glasses of wine!
Originally, Commander Zhao, who was familiar with Brigadier Cheng in the northwest, wanted to make fun of his old friend, but when he got the list belonging to his 17th Division, his behavior was no different from that of Brigadier Cheng, with a red face.
So dignified, let’s have three drinks in a row!
This made Master Li of the 104th Division immediately mentally prepared. He imagined that Tang Dao could support his 104th Division with hundreds of rifles, a dozen machine guns and a few mortars. That would be very satisfying, let alone
Three cups, thirty cups, even a teacher like him has to drink.
As a result, when he received the list sent by the military supplies director of the Fourth Army Regiment, this Army Lieutenant General, who would also shine on the anti-Japanese battlefield in the future, was completely stunned.
Did Tang Dao rob the second theater's arsenal?
In fact, the list of equipment given out by Tang Dao was so dazzling that it was almost dizzying. The rifles, machine guns, and mortars that I had imagined were nothing compared to the generosity of Tang Tuanzuo.
‘6 Type 41 75mm mountain guns; 5 37mm combat defense guns; 5 90mm Japanese-made Type 94 mortars;
48 imitation Maxim heavy machine guns; 100 Japanese 50mm grenade launchers; 100 imitation Czech light machine guns; 80 imitation German Bergmann submachine guns; 150 imitation German Mauser submachine pistols;
1,000 Type 38 rifles, 1,000 Type 38 bayonets, 700 Southern Fourteenth pistols, and 25 Browning pistols;
30,000 imitation German M24 wooden handle grenades; 2 Japanese-made 5-watt wireless radios; 2,000 German-made M38 gas masks; 2,700 Japanese-made steel helmets;
Each of the three types of artillery shells has 800 rounds, and Japanese-style grenades 5,000 rounds; the provided submachine gun comes with 300 rounds of ammunition for a single gun, the pistol comes with 50 rounds of ammunition for a single gun, the Mauser submachine pistol comes with 200 rounds of ammunition for a single gun, and the Japanese-style rifle comes with a single gun 200 rounds.'
The last time the 104th Division had artillery, when the Four Troops marched thousands of miles to raise them, the two 37mm anti-tank guns had already made Master Li almost regard Tang Dao as his nephew.
The two 37mm anti-tank guns also played a big role in the Battle of Southeast Shanxi. The Japanese Xiaodudin tanks did not dare to provide fire cover for the attacking Japanese troops too blatantly, reducing the number of infantry casualties of the 104th Division. .
This is great. The six 41-type 75mm mountain guns directly allow the 104th Division to own half of the mountain artillery battalion, making artillery support a real reality. In a sense, it is a qualitative improvement in the combat effectiveness of the 104th Division. .
If the 4 infantry regiments of the 104th Division could fight against a Japanese infantry regiment before, then with these 6 mountain guns, 5 combat defense guns, and 5 90mm mortars, they can definitely fight against an infantry brigade.
Just like a bad student can improve his grades very quickly after receiving one-on-one tutoring, but a top student can hardly improve even one point.
Artillery is so effective in improving the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, which is extremely lacking in heavy firepower.
That's because Master Li didn't see the list in Commander Zhao's hand. Otherwise, he would never have thought that someone had robbed the Second War Zone's arsenal and was just a stingy old man. What good equipment could he have?
The list in Commander Zhao's hand is even more awesome than that of the 104th Division.
‘8 Type 41 75mm mountain guns, equipped with 1,600 rounds of artillery shells; 5 37mm combat defense guns, equipped with 1,900 rounds of artillery shells; 5 90mm Type 94 mortars, equipped with 1,000 rounds of artillery shells;
54 Type 92 heavy machine guns, equipped with 500,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition; 100 50mm Japanese grenade tubes, equipped with 5,000 rounds of grenades; 116 Type 96 light machine guns, equipped with 500,000 rounds of ammunition;
100 imitation German Borgman submachine guns, with 400 rounds of ammunition for each gun; 150 anti-German Mauser submachine pistols, with 300 rounds of ammunition for each gun;
1,000 Type 38 rifles, 1,000 Type 38 bayonets, and 200 rounds of ammunition for each gun; 700 Southern Fourteenth pistols, with 50 rounds of ammunition for each gun, and 25 Browning pistols, and 50 rounds of ammunition for each gun;
Fifty thousand imitation German M24 wooden handle grenades, 500 5kg and 10kg explosive packages;
2 Japanese-made 5-watt radio stations, 2,000 sets of German-made M38 gas masks, and 2,700 Japanese-made steel helmets;’
The heavy equipment provided by Tang Dao to the 17th Division is two more mountain cannons than that of the 104th Division. In terms of light firepower, it also has slightly more light and heavy machine guns than the 104th Division, and it also has more bullets.
This is not because there is a deliberate close relationship, but the 104th Division has been supplemented by Tang Dao once in March. The equipment of an infantry regiment makes the light firepower much more powerful than that of the 17th Division, even if the 17th Division this time I even got equipment for an infantry regiment from the stingy old man.
Moreover, the 17th Division accepted 3,000 northern prisoners of war this time, almost to expand a new infantry regiment, and the demand for various light weapons and ammunition is huge.
Of course, what's more important is that the 17th Division must appear as the main force this time. According to the strategic plan revealed by the three of them intentionally or unintentionally, five infantry divisions plus four regiments attacked from four directions.
The 921st Division goes all the way, the 17th Division goes all the way, the 101st Division goes all the way with the 12th Division, and the 104th Division goes all the way with the Four Lines Regiment. That almost means that if the 104th Division encounters a tough enemy, it will definitely get the care of the Four Lines Regiment in terms of heavy firepower.
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The 17th Division, plus its previous 8 mountain cannons, will have 16 mountain cannons this time, reaching the level of a reinforced mountain artillery battalion. Even if it fights against the Japanese army like the Second Mixed Brigade with 24 mountain cannons, it will not be able to defeat them. Too bad.
After strengthening 54 heavy machine guns and 116 light machine guns, the 17th Division can reach the level of 8 heavy machine guns per infantry battalion and one light machine gun per infantry squad. Even if the Japanese want to kill them, it is impossible without spending a lot of money. of.
After all, the counterattack is not the same as the last defensive battle. Not only the offensive and defensive sides have completely changed hands, but the Japanese still don’t know how many troops they will mobilize to pursue and intercept the tens of thousands of daring Chinese soldiers.
To put it bluntly, this operation far away from the station sounds very prestigious, but in fact it is just a game of life-for-life. If the Japanese North China Front becomes ruthless and ignores the situation in Central China, but instead deploys large armies to deal with them, then strategically It achieved the goals of the Military and Political Department and the war zone, but the fifth division and one regiment were in danger.
How could Tang Dao not spare no effort to supplement the various departments? Not only for the continued existence of these heroic troops who fought bravely to kill the enemy in the Anti-Japanese War, but also for themselves.
The attacking 70,000-strong army had to be twisted into a hemp rope from the moment they walked out of their garrison. If one of them was broken, it might mean that everything was lost.
Of course, compared to the 104th Division and the 17th Division, the equipment Tang Dao gave to the 921st Division basically emptied the entire inventory of the Four Lines Regiment.
‘12 Type 41 75mm mountain guns, with 2,400 rounds of ammunition; 6 Liao-made 16th-year-old 150mm heavy mortars, with 1,500 rounds of ammunition (exclusive to the 683rd Brigade);
12 37mm anti-tank guns, with 2,400 rounds of ammunition; 10 90mm Type 94 mortars, with 3,000 rounds of ammunition; 2 20mm machine guns, with 1,000 rounds of ammunition (exclusive to the 683 Brigade); 25mm twin mounts 1 machine gun with 1,000 rounds of ammunition (exclusive to the 683rd Brigade);
72 German-made MG08 Maxim heavy machine guns with 500,000 rounds of ammunition, tripods and anti-aircraft machine gun mounts; 240 anti-Czech light machine guns with 300,000 rounds of ammunition; 256 50mm grenade tubes with 12,000 rounds of ammunition ;
170 imitation German Borgmann submachine guns, with 400 rounds of ammunition for each gun; 256 imitation German Mauser submachine pistols, with 400 rounds of ammunition for each gun; 2,030 Type 38 rifles, 2,030 Type 38 bayonets, and 300 rounds of ammunition for each gun. hair;
1,547 Southern Fourteener pistols, with 50 rounds of ammunition for each gun; 55 Browning pistols, with 50 rounds of ammunition for each gun;
50,000 German-made M24 wooden-handled grenades, 30,000 German-made M24 type grenades, 30,000 Japanese-style melon grenades; 1,500 kilograms of explosives;
2 Japanese-style 10-watt field radios, 2 Japanese-style 5-watt field radios, and 4 field generators;
2,000 sets of German-made M38 gas masks and 5,400 Japanese-made steel helmets.’
Just this guy emptied out all the seizures of the Four Lines Regiment in seven rounds of battles from Jiaxing to Guangde to Mihe in Zhengcheng and then to the Taihang Mountains, as well as part of the equipment storage replenished from Xuzhou's secret arsenal.
If it hadn't been for the German weapon master's equipment obtained from Krupp Company, Tang Dao would not have dared to invest so much.
This is a huge risk.
At the high-level military meeting held two days ago, which only major-level officers of the Four Lines Regiment were eligible to participate, Tang Dao's 'clearance' proposal to replenish friendly forces was opposed by almost 80% of the officers.
Among them was even Ye Chenghuan, who was from the 683rd Brigade. Only deputy commander Lei Xiong and third battalion commander Leng Feng stood on Tang Dao's side.
There is no other reason. This means that the Four Lines Regiment has lost all Japanese and Liao-made weapons and ammunition reserves. As long as the Four Lines Regiment is severely damaged in the next battle and wants to recover, both personnel and equipment will need to be spared for more than half a year. .
This is extremely fatal to an independent infantry regiment that has separated from the original military headquarters and is "concerned" by its superiors. The Japanese army will never act like a woman and give you enough time to slowly lick your wounds and regain your strength. time.
But Tang Dao still resolutely used his authority as the leader to carry out this plan!
His reason is simpler. In sending troops this time, he not only needs strong friendly forces, but also needs to ensure the safety of the base.
If the Si Xing Regiment wants to send troops, Tang Dao has already decided that three of the four infantry battalions and the battalions and companies directly under the regiment will go with the army, and one infantry battalion will be left behind in the entire station.
Don't think that the task of the infantry battalion left behind is simple. Less than a few dozen kilometers away from Dakouzi Cave is the headquarters of the Japanese 108th Division.
Although the 108th Division had been beaten painfully by the Four Elements Regiment, if it was discovered that the main force of the Four Elements Regiment had left, it would be hard to guarantee that they would not have some thoughts.
By that time, perhaps the remaining infantry battalions will encounter a more difficult situation than the main force.
Because, if it were the previous Four Troops, they had no worries and were fighting and leaving. The Japanese could only watch helplessly as they fled.
But now, there are more than 1,000 military dependents in the Si Xing Regiment living in Dakouzidong. Mrs. Xiangyue has also built a primary school in the town to attract the children of military dependents and children from the town.
In order to support her, Leng Feng went to Teacher Xiao He and asked her to send out student troops to serve as substitute teachers. Although the arsenal was as busy as a dog, Teacher Xiao He also sent five of his best students out of respect for Commander Leng.
Go teach the little brats.
Today, the primary school with the inscription "Hongya Primary School" written by Lao Tantai has an enrollment of more than 260 students. Yue Yiman and Shitou brother and sister both study in that primary school.
Sometimes, Hammer would play a trick, that is, he would go to school to pick up the third child back to his residence.
The ewe that was regarded as a treasure by the stone had already given birth to a lamb. After goat milk was no longer an essential nutritional supplement, the two sheep, one big and one small, completely became pets.
When the little girl comes home from school, she would ride on the big black sheep and feel like a cavalry.
But later on, "Guaiguai" joined the team, and the little girl who sometimes rode a sheep and sometimes sat on the back of a wild boar was definitely the most beautiful girl in the entire station.
The third child, who was far away from the war, had many friends and regarded this mountain as his home. Happiness once again filled the face that was once full of sadness.
The folks in Dakouzidong Town have always been very supportive of the elite soldiers of the Sixings Regiment, not to mention contributing no less than 2,000 elite soldiers to join the army. Once the Sixings Regiment needs manpower input, the villagers will drop their hoes and come to work without saying a word.
, paying afterward is actually the most difficult time for the Munitions Department.
Because many people leave right after they finish their work, without giving you a chance to give them money or food.
Who would have the heart to destroy such a home and such happiness?
Tang Dao couldn't do it either. Although he knew that these concerns would become a burden to the Four Elements Group and cause countless bloody men to spill their blood on the battlefield, he still wanted to protect them.
Don't soldiers just want to protect their hometown?
This is the second hometown of the officers and soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment.
Therefore, the remaining infantry battalion must defend its home and the peace of the people here, even if it faces an attack by a division, even if all its members are exhausted.
But Tang Dao also knew that an infantry battalion alone would not be able to defend against an attack by a division. They had to rely on the assistance of friendly forces.
Before serving the wine table, Brigadier Cheng had already roughly explained the thinking of the 921 Division Headquarters. The 921 Division would send out three main regiments, 772, 771, and 769, to maintain combat effectiveness. There would also be a new 1st regiment and a new 2nd regiment as auxiliaries, plus the division headquarters.
If directly subordinate to the ministries, the troop strength will reach 18,000, but at the same time, the teaching regiment and the three other established brigades will be left with a total of about 10,000 people. If militiamen at all levels are added, the Taihang Mountain base area will still maintain a strength of about 25,000.
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This made Tang Dao feel half at ease. With these troops, if it was just for defense, even if the 108th Division joined the 109th Division to attack, wouldn't it be delayed if they couldn't win or be driven away?
However, the 921 Division has dispatched three main regiments, leaving only one teaching regiment and several newly established brigades. The combat effectiveness is worrying. In order to ensure the safety of the Taihang Mountain base, Tang Dao can only use its equipment.
Not to mention moral weapons, at least two pure Japanese-style infantry regiments, coupled with more than 10,000 militiamen and a regular infantry battalion left behind by the Four Lines Regiment, and an infantry regiment left behind by the 17th Division, no matter in terms of strength,
In terms of equipment, it is enough to compete with the already chilled 108th Division.
As long as he is delayed for twenty days or a month, waiting for the main force of the Four Elements Regiment to return, and not beating up the two scumbag divisions who dare to invade, Tang Dao will not believe in that evil.
Tang Dao was not the only one to think so. After hearing Tang Dao's reasons, the officers of the Four Elements Regiment who had dealt with the 108th Division several times all felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
The few officers headed by Shangguan Yun looked at each other in confusion. When did the Japanese army become such a noob?
Even if it is a second-line division, there are still more than 20,000 people! How come in the eyes of these guys, a few reserve regiments and an infantry battalion can compete without sending out the main force, and they can be beaten when the main force returns?
That was because they had never experienced the Battle of Southeast Shanxi. More than 20,000 people in a division were frightened into serious illness because of a piece of information and fled the war zone overnight. This also allowed the Chinese soldiers to see the weakness of the Japanese.
As long as you are cruel enough, Japanese people will also become sick cats!
After finishing the meal, no one was drunk. From the 'Three Rich Alliance', we returned home with a full load. All the equipment was brought back by ourselves.
The reason is that these three people all came with a baggage camp, but they wanted to lay the groundwork ahead, so the baggage camp was kept outside the defense area of the Sixing Regiment. Unexpectedly, Tang Tuanzuo simply handed over the list directly.
Listed.
Except for Brigadier Cheng, the three elders were so moved that their eyes filled with tears. They looked at Tang Dao and almost became his son-in-law, if there was not an old Tantai sitting at the wine table.
Tang Tuanzuo has experience in this field and knows that the key to his "rich wealth" is his good looks. There are many people who want to be father-in-law, so it is safer to have a real father-in-law in charge.
Take the exact words of Brigadier Cheng Da: "This is the first time in my life that I have seen such a shameless person! I don't know why, but I just like him so much!"
Mr. Zhao, who has always been quite serious, answered the question very well: "You two probably belong to the same type of people!"
Everyone present laughed out loud!
This chapter has been completed!