Chapter 491 Kong Jie: Chief, do you want me to be brigade commander?
"I dare to go..."
Kong Jie didn't say a single extra word and answered decisively.
The deputy commander waved his hand: "Don't answer me so quickly..."
"In the just-concluded counter-mopping up in the Wing, although we severely damaged the Japanese and puppet mopping up troops, we ourselves also paid a huge price in the battle...especially the Duer Brigade operating in the Baoding area!"
"A main company collapsed without a fight under the Japanese's surprise attack, causing the flanks of the position to be completely exposed!"
"The little devils marched straight in and defeated them all in just one hour..."
"The main brigade of nearly 5,000 people has less than 2,000 people left, most of its equipment has been lost, and morale is completely lost..."
"You should not only raise the morale of this defeated army, but also find ways to improve the combat effectiveness of the army and check all their cadres for me..."
"There must never be a situation where the company commander and instructor are afraid of death again!"
Kong Jie was very excited after hearing this...
No matter how bad the Independent Brigade is, it still has nearly 2,000 people. I think when I formed the independent regiment, I only had one garrison battalion and not a single heavy machine gun. The situation is many times better. If I still can’t pull this unit
Come on, being the leader of the Independent Group for so many years has been in vain.
He quickly asked: "The commander wants me to become the brigade commander of the Duer Brigade?"
"What are you thinking about?" the deputy commander asked angrily.
"Have you forgotten how you became the deputy director of the Logistics Department?"
"Although almost half a year has passed, there must still be many people staring at you. The brigade commander is too conspicuous. If I really send you troops there, within a few days, the threat telegram from the war zone and the Japanese will be sent to me!
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"The headquarters decided to downsize the Duer Brigade into the Duer Regiment, and all cadres were demoted... The brigade commander was demoted to the regimental commander, the brigade political commissar was demoted to the regiment political commissar, all were transferred from the Duer Regiment, and only one regiment chief of staff was left to assist you.
Management... If you really want to return to the front-line army, go to the Duer Regiment as the regiment leader and political commissar... This will make it easier for you to command the army!"
"The Duer Regiment is a defeated army. There shouldn't be many people paying attention to you when you go there!"
A flash of disappointment flashed across Kong Jie's face, but he quickly calmed down. He looked at the deputy commander and said seriously: "Chief, I want to go to the Duer Regiment... I promise to pull up the Duer Regiment..."
"But there is a request!"
"Say..." The deputy commander also asked directly without saying any nonsense.
"I wonder if the headquarters has any upper limit requirements for the establishment and strength of the Duer Regiment?" Kong Jie asked quickly, fearing that he would miss this good opportunity to ask the leader for a request.
The deputy commander smiled and asked, "Don't you also want to expand the Duer Regiment into a reinforced regiment of eight or nine thousand men?"
Kong Jie did not deny it: "It's not impossible!"
"The Yizhong area has a large population, fertile fields, and high land productivity. As long as there is a base and a good mass base, there will be no problem of the troops running out of food. The independent regiment should have a high chance of expanding to eight or nine thousand people..."
"If the conditions are right, it will be no problem to expand to 10,000 people!"
The deputy commander thought for a moment and replied: "In order not to attract the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops and the war zone, the Duer Regiment can only have four main battalions and some directly affiliated troops, and the total strength cannot exceed 3,000 people..."
"As for the local troops you formed privately, as long as they are not directly incorporated into the Duer Regiment or operate outside in the name of the Duer Regiment, I don't care how many there are..."
"Thank you, chief!"
Huang Yu was even more excited than Kong Jie. Ever since he went to Tianjin, he had been thinking about taking over the dock and seizing the weapons, ammunition and supplies inside...
The command from the headquarters undoubtedly brought him one step closer to this goal.
Baoding is very close to Tianjin. The regiment leader went there to recruit troops... As long as the troops were expanded to more than 10,000 people, he would have a high degree of confidence in taking over the Tianjin dock...
After leaving the headquarters, he said with excitement: "Captain, do you still remember what we saw at the Tianjin Pier?"
"The base of the Duer Regiment is in Baoding, which is very close to Tianjin... As long as we develop the Duer Regiment, we will have a chance to win the Tianjin Pier..."
Kong Jie patted his head and said, "It's really..."
"The troops march day and night, and they can reach Tianjin Pier in two nights..."
"It seems like the Duer Group really went to the right place!"
Huang Yu nodded immediately: "I must have gone to the right place!"
"Although the Duer Regiment has only 3,000 full members, the leader agreed that we should form local troops..."
"The entire Baoding is within the scope of activities of the original Duer Brigade, and it has jurisdiction over several counties!"
"We can set up a garrison for each county. The smaller garrison will have more than a thousand people, the larger garrison will have two to three thousand people, and then separately form some mobile battalions directly under the independent government.
The headquarters of the Second Regiment, but does not occupy the establishment of the Second Regiment..."
"As long as we have time and win more battles, we will definitely be able to raise more than 10,000 troops in Baoding!"
"At that time, if we contact the surrounding troops to cooperate, we should be able to gather more than 20,000 troops to attack Tianjin Wharf!"
"When shall we set off!"
Kong Jie blurted out: "We will set off as soon as the command is issued!"
"The Duer Regiment has just suffered a huge defeat. The main brigade has been reduced to the main regiment. Morale is low and most of the equipment has been lost...We are in urgent need of a victory to boost morale!"
"The sooner we get there, the sooner we can lead them to victory!"
"The cadres of the Duer Regiment also have a lot of problems..."
"We will definitely have to change a lot of people after we go there!"
"The sooner you return to the team, the sooner you can get to know them!"
At this point, Kong Jie's face suddenly became very serious and he continued: "Do you still remember the little Japanese recruits we met on the way back?"
"I didn't know about Yi Zhong's anti-mopping up campaign before, and I didn't know where they were going, but now I know!"
Huang Yu hadn't thought about this yet, but he realized it after Kong Jie reminded him: "Do you suspect that all the weapons, ammunition and supplementary troops have gone to Yi Zhong?"
"Nine or ten!" Kong Jie nodded and replied.
"Although the Duer Regiment was defeated by the Japanese, they suffered heavy losses!"
"But if you kill a thousand enemies, you will suffer eight hundred losses. The little devil also paid a heavy price in the battle!"
"Otherwise, with the enemy's vengeance, they would have no chance to retreat to the base area to rest and recuperate. Instead, they would be chased and beaten by the enemy until the entire army was destroyed!"
"What I'm most worried about now is that these new recruits will go to Baoding. Taking advantage of the heavy casualties and low morale of the independent regiment, they will launch a new round of attacks and urgently need to hit them hard. Then we will be in big trouble!"
"We must rush to the Duer Regiment as soon as possible to prepare for war and block a new round of attacks that the Japanese and puppet troops may launch!"
"Yizhong is different from northwestern Shanxi. There are more plains and less mountains there, and the way of fighting Japanese is also different from that in northwestern Shanxi... It also takes time for us to adapt!"
"Go to the Duer Regiment and report early. When facing a new round of attacks by the Japanese and puppet troops, our chances of winning will be better!"
