Chapter 217: The little devil wants to play big
"Military seat, Wuhan Telegram."
Su Dao was inspecting the training of the recruits at a recruit training camp outside Jinxi City at this time. After receiving the telegram, the military headquarters immediately forwarded it to the recruits' camp. After receiving the telegram, the new recruits' communications department did not dare to delay at all and immediately sent someone to send the telegram to Su Dao.
Su Dao took the telegram and looked at it, frowned tightly. He had just talked to the recruits, saying that there was no need to worry about training, even if it would waste more time, it didn't matter, but the main movements must be mastered. Those movements and techniques on the battlefield will save their lives.
But now it seems that what Su Dao said just now can only become a empty talk. Su Dao didn't know whether the content on the telegram was true or false. After all, the two sides were so far apart, and Su Dao did not put his own spies around Wuhan and other war zones. However, I think Wuhan should not cheat on this kind of problem.
"Send a report to the military headquarters and notify the commanders of each division to go to the military headquarters to have a meeting immediately." Su Dao immediately ordered, but Su Dao soon realized something was wrong. Several commanders who were closer to Jinxi could quickly arrive in Jinxi for a meeting, but several divisions in remote areas were not able to do it. Even if they set off immediately, it would be tomorrow for them to arrive in Jinxi. While the communications soldiers had not left, they changed their words and said: "Let them wait immediately at airports in various places, notify the Chief of Staff, and let the Air Force pick them up."
The situation is very critical at the moment, and Su Dao has no more time to waste. The only thing he can do is send the air force to pick it up, so that he can hold a meeting of officers at the division level or above in two hours. The 99th Army now has thirteen divisions, with a total force of more than 500,000. Although ten divisions are nominally local garrison troops, no one in the 99th Army regards them as local garrison troops.
Anyone with discerning eyes knows that Su Dao is expanding his army in disguise, but he is suffering from the lack of authorization from Wuhan. Therefore, the largest scale of the 99th Army can only be three divisions in name, and it doesn’t matter if Wuhan does not authorize it. You should know that Su Dao is the commander-in-chief of the Sixth War Zone, so don’t underestimate this position. He has the right to order the formation of local garrison troops.
It’s just that those troops will not be recognized by Wuhan, but overall, these troops are still legal in the Sixth War Zone. Even when they go to other war zones, although they are nominally illegal, they will actually turn a blind eye. Who doesn’t have local troops yet?
However, the others could only sigh at the expansion of the ten divisions of Su Dao's army in one go. No one had the courage to build so many troops in one go. More importantly, they did not have so many weapons and equipment to arm these troops, which means they didn't know Su Dao's secret. Otherwise, what would those people think? Little did they know that as early as the order to expand the army, Su Dao prepared the expected weapons and ammunition in the arsenals in each place. The individual equipment was exactly the same as the original three divisions, and at the same time expanded the artillery brigade into an artillery division. The scale was even three times larger than before.
As for the specifications of the artillery, Su Dao did not reserve any at all this time. The smallest caliber was 105mm howitzer, and with this expansion, Su Dao also directly exchanged for ten 240mm heavy artillery. If this thing was really used on the battlefield and the enemy was densely packed, it would probably be a battalion's troops would be lying down after one shot.
As for the support artillery of each unit, there are 75mm infantry artillery and 60 mortars. Among them, each battalion of 75mm infantry artillery is equipped with one ball, and the regiment has an artillery company. It is under the jurisdiction of six 75mm infantry artillery, and 60 mortars are placed in the platoon-level units, with each row of 60 mortars, which means that a regiment has ten 75mm infantry artillery and 64 60 mortars. Artillery of this scale is enough to overcome the task needs in small-scale combat.
Although the troops' firepower is very strong, the most painful thing is that the recruits have not completed the training, which makes Su Dao feel strong but cannot use it. After replying to the communications soldiers, Su Dao stood up and left the recruits camp. The recruits who were originally surrounded by a circle and listened to Su Dao's speech were touching their heads and they were puzzled. What the commander was going to do?
"Old Wu, please inform us that the new recruits will open the arsenal from tomorrow and distribute weapons and equipment to each new recruit. When you receive the order, you will immediately speed up the training speed, so that the barracks canteen can make the food better and provide unlimited supply." After returning to the military headquarters, Su Dao directly began to order.
"Okay." Wu Zhongguo responded and went straight to inform him.
He saw the telegram from Wuhan before Su Dao, and knew the urgency of the matter. He originally planned to discuss with Su Dao first to see if some new recruits should be accelerated to avoid too many troops at that time. But now it seems that it is not necessary. Su Dao he thought of had already thought of.
After giving the order, Wu Zhongguo sat next to Su Dao with a deep face, looked at Su Dao who was in a daze, and didn't know how to speak.
The Ninety-Nine Army was smooth sailing. It had never been defeated in more than a year since its debut. This made the soldiers of the Ninety-Nine Army full of confidence and did not take the Japanese army too seriously. Especially after two battles in the Northeast, the morale of the army reached its peak. Although Su Dao and Wu Zhongguo have been suppressing the atmosphere of the army, it is not easy for them to suppress too much, so as not to cause unnecessary embarrassment.
Originally, they were not afraid of the Kwantung Army, so what if they were all dispatched? The 99th Army gritted its teeth and could not defend the existing city with the cooperation of the air force and armored forces. But now the Japanese army has made such a big noise, which makes them feel a little difficult. In addition, it is a time of serious shortage of troops and dispersion, and the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack at this time, and they have no confidence in victory.
Moreover, as the frequency of Kanto Army's aviation troops has become increasingly higher and higher recently, they have dispatched five times this morning, and 200 fighter jets have come to harass Jinxi. Wu Zhongguo also feels that things seem to be wrong. Unexpectedly, the bombing of Tokyo made them touch the tiger's butt. Now they are so sexy, but they can't do anything about it.
"No, we can't let them come so smoothly. Notify the Air Force and dispatch it immediately. We will start bombing the railway along the line between Cangzhou and Baoding." Thinking of the content on the telegram, Su Dao could no longer sit still. Thinking of the other party who came to Peking and Tianjin to gather through railway transportation, Su Dao first thought of bombing the railway.
Once the railway was blown up, the Japanese troops heading north could only go on foot, so that they could get at least one or two more preparation time. Although it was far from enough, Sudao could only count one day. Moreover, the railway's transportation capacity was so large that they could blow up the south along the railway line. Anyway, the Liberator's voyage was more than 5,000 kilometers, and it was enough to blow up the entire line.
However, considering the issue of escorting the range of the fighter jet, Su Dao could only start bombing from Cangzhou first. It was a little bit too much. If the train that transported troops could be blown up, it would be better. This would make it easier. Not only did it delay the speed of the Japanese army, but it also eliminated some of the Japanese army's forces. It can be said that it is both use one bomb.
"Send a report to Wuhan, just say that the soldiers in the Sixth War Zone swear to resist to the death, and they will never surrender even if they fight." Su Dao then made another decision.
He knew the intentions of Wuhan. It was nothing more than just tentative Su Dao's tone, and then they had the opportunity to react. The most important thing was how long Su Dao thought he could withstand it? For Wuhan, Su Dao was only left to sniff. He liked it, and the meaning on the telegram was also very obvious. You can withstand it. I was discussing sending troops. If you can't withstand it, you decide whether to fight or run. Anyway, it's not my business and there are still people who take the blame. It means you can do it yourself.
Su Dao was even more lazy to deal with this kind of reply. He directly said that he would resist to the death and never surrender and told Chairman Jiang his attitude. It is your business to send troops to increase his troops, and it is my business to fight or not. Anyway, I will definitely fight here. If I can't beat you, the people of the whole country will also accuse you of the Wuhan government, not my sixth war zone.
Two hours later, the commanders of the thirteen infantry divisions arrived at the military headquarters one after another. Liu Guodong of the Armored Division, Tang Pingyao of the Artillery Division, Wang Qingshui of the Air Force, Yang Shuming of the Navy, and Lu Guo of the Special Forces came to the military headquarters one after another. Seeing so many people being called, the commanders who had been busy in training were somewhat surprised.
Many of them were old comrades-in-arms, all of whom were promoted from their previous positions of brigade commander. Many of them used to serve in the same division, so after meeting, there was no stranger to others. They greeted each other. With the arrival of these people, the military headquarters became lively for a while.
"Okay, stop talking for now." Liu Sanpao frowned slightly and couldn't help but remind him.
As one of the three oldest division commanders, although these people are on the same level as Liu Sanpao in military rank and position, everyone understands that they will never be on the same level as them. When the Ninety-Nine Army expands its organization again in the future, these three people will definitely be the first choice to be promoted. So when Liu Sanpao spoke, everyone stopped their actions, and at the same time seemed to realize a little something was wrong. The recruits were well trained, why did they suddenly pull so many people to the military headquarters?
However, before everyone could react, Su Dao walked in from outside the house. Although Su Dao was not happy with the performance of these people just now, he did not stop them. After all, everyone came with him. It was understandable that the old comrades shivered with each other when they met. Seeing that everyone stopped, Su Dao then walked into the military headquarters.
"I won't say much nonsense. I'm asking you to come here this time to have something to do. The information just came from Wuhan, the Japanese troops in the Second World War Zone and the Fifth World War Zone and several other war zones suddenly became very abnormal. The Japanese troops in the Second World War Zone have begun to slowly retreat to Taiyuan, and have plans to give up all cities south of Taiyuan. A Japanese division supporting the Fifth World War Zone was pulled away before getting off the train. The destination is likely to be Tianjin." Su Dao said directly. What he annoyed at such meetings was nonsense, directly pointing out the key points, and everyone could do things as much as possible.
"There is no movement on the Kwantung Army yet. It is probably because it is closer to us. Wuhan speculates that the Japanese will play a big game this time, and it is expected to gather a total of about one million troops." Su Dao immediately said the content on the telegram. Although all this is just speculation, all signs indicate that this seems to be true.
Chapter completed!