Near Peking.

The newly established 16th Heavy Equipment Battalion Headquarters.

Since the newly formed 16th Heavy Equipment Battalion completed its battle mission, it was pulled back by train to rest and train near Peiping.

Although it is numbered 16th, it is a heavy equipment battalion at the end of the new regiment.

However, the newly formed 16th Battalion became famous in the Battle of Chengde, annihilating more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers, with the newly formed 16th Battalion as the main force.

Comrade Liang Daya, the battalion commander of the newly established 16th Heavy Equipment Battalion, also reserved a position among the five tiger generals of the new regiment.

"Order the commanders of each heavy-armed battalion and the direct company commanders to go to the command post for a meeting immediately!"

Deputy Commander Liang, who had just returned to the heavy equipment battalion command post from a meeting at the regiment headquarters, issued the order vigorously and resolutely.

"Yes!" the communications staff officer immediately issued the order through the phone and walkie-talkie.

Nowadays, the Eighth Route Army has developed communications. The higher-level headquarters no longer needs communication cavalry to communicate with lower-level officers. It only needs to make a phone call or send a telegram to convey instructions.

In less than half an hour, the battalion commanders and direct company commanders of the heavy equipment battalion quickly gathered at the regiment headquarters.

As well as the political commissar and chief of staff who were inspecting the troops, they also quickly returned to the headquarters.

"Deputy commander, do you have a combat mission?"

The political commissar and the chief of staff walked into the headquarters together. The political commissar couldn't wait to ask questions as soon as he entered the door.

After the battle in Chengde of the newly established 16th Heavy Equipment Battalion, the commanders and soldiers unanimously expressed that they were not satisfied with the battle and at least wanted to kill the Japanese First Army. The soldiers were fighting with high enthusiasm, which truly explained what it means to win the battle. The best way to improve morale is to win.

"Yes, there is a combat mission!"

"Comrades, a great thing has happened to our newly formed 16th Heavy Equipment Battalion!"

Deputy Commander Liang was all smiles.

Although the current situation is very good for the Eighth Route Army, the Japs are mainly concentrated in Manchuria, Central China, and South China, and the Eighth Route Army is in a state of rest and recuperation. Currently, the Japs have not launched a large-scale attack, and there are not many troops who can win battles.

Under the expectant gazes of the political commissar, chief of staff, and battalion and company commanders, Deputy Commander Liang spread out a map, pointed at Huludao on the map and said:

"The mission of our newly formed 16th Heavy Battalion is to land at Wanghai Temple in Huludao by transport ship, capture and recapture Huludao!"

"Very good!"

Upon hearing this order, all the battalion and company commanders were gearing up and eager to give it a try. Some of the battalion and company commanders even had hot eyes.

This time I can finally kill the Japanese happily!

"How strong are the Japs in Huludao?" the political commissar asked.

Although the newly formed 16th Heavy Armored Battalion has strong combat effectiveness, the Japanese are not that easy to deal with. Detailed combat plans and contingency plans must be formulated.

"The total force is about 6,000 people." Deputy Commander Liang said, "The designation is the Japanese independent mixed 80th Brigade. The Japanese Fourth Army, including the 80th Brigade, used to be responsible for security tasks in the Qiqihar area and fought against the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

battle, but without any decent experience in large-scale combat, the main force, the 6th Heavy Armored Battalion, landed with us from Wanghai Temple."

An infantry battalion commander said: "The main 6th Heavy Armored Battalion and our newly formed 16th Heavy Armored Battalion are working together to deal with a Japanese mixed brigade with no large corps. Isn't this a sledgehammer killing a chicken?"

Everyone here has already seen the combat effectiveness of the main 6th Heavy Armored Battalion during the Chengde Battle.

They are all veterans and elites, and most of the soldiers are sharpshooters. The tactical coordination between the various arms is superb, and they are unbelievably fierce.

And it is said that the combat effectiveness of the main 6th heavy equipment battalion is not top-notch among the six main heavy equipment battalions.

How strong is the combat effectiveness of the top-notch main heavy equipment battalion?

But the enemy is just a mixed brigade without a decent large-scale battle. It is enough to dispatch the new 16th Heavy Equipment Battalion. Do we also need to dispatch the main 6th Heavy Equipment Battalion?

The combat effectiveness of the main 6th Heavy Battalion is not comparable to that of the newly formed 16th Heavy Battalion.

With the main heavily-armed 6th Battalion participating in the battle, how much meat can their newly formed 16th Battalion get?

Many battalion and company commanders are worried about this.

However, Deputy Commander Liang only glanced at the crowd and understood the worries of his comrades: "I know what everyone is worried about. The main task of attacking Huludao this time has been handed over to our newly formed 16th Battalion by the regiment headquarters.

, which means that our newly formed 16th Battalion is the first unit to land."

"In addition, don't just focus on Huludao. There are two Japanese divisions in the direction of Jinzhou that can provide reinforcements at any time."

After hearing that the regiment headquarters handed over the main offensive task to the newly formed 16th Heavy Equipment Battalion, all the battalion and company commanders put their hearts back in their stomachs.

Deputy Captain Liang glanced at everyone and his tone became serious:

"After the meeting, the company commanders of each battalion immediately mobilized the troops before the war, but they must pay attention to confidentiality."

"Assemble the troops tomorrow morning and take a train to Beiping Station. Then take a train to Tianjin Binhai Port and take a transport ship. We have warships to escort us."

"This is the first beach landing operation of our entire Eighth Route Army. It is a battle destined to go down in history. If anyone loses his position during the operation, I will never let him off lightly."

"The political commissar and chief of staff will stay, and the others will disperse."

Then, the direct company commanders of each battalion walked out one after another.

After everyone left, Deputy Commander Liang said: "Time is tight and the task is heavy. We must formulate combat missions and emergency plans immediately. As the vanguard of the landing operation, we must make a success of this battle."

"We have about 1,000 paratroopers who parachuted into the Tashan area to block the Japanese reinforcements from the Jinzhou direction and cut off the Japanese retreat route from Huludao."

"We must use the fastest speed to eat up the Japanese independent mixed 80th brigade."

The combat mission was not complicated. The chief of staff and political commissar came forward and offered suggestions and advice, gradually completing the combat mission and emergency plan.

at the same time.

Each heavy-armed battalion that received a combat mission also convened a meeting with the company commander directly under the battalion to formulate a combat plan and conduct pre-war mobilization.

…

Two days later.

Tianjin.

Coastal port.

Since the Japanese occupation of Tianjin, Chinese people have not been allowed to go out to sea to fish, and most of the harvest from fishing has to be handed over to the Japanese and puppet troops.

The lives of the people along the coast were miserable, but the Japanese had machine guns, cannons and even warships, so the people dared not speak out in anger.

But since the Eighth Route Army regained Tianjin, the lives of the people in the coastal areas have gotten better day by day.

The landlords, bullies and wealthy gentry were overthrown, and the land was distributed to the poor people. They were free to go out to sea to fish, and they did not have to hand over the harvest. Life was beautiful.

Starting yesterday.

Eighth Route Army troops arrived at Binhai Port one after another.

These Eighth Route Army troops set up camp not far from the port. This situation made nearby fishermen think that there was going to be a war here, and they did not dare to go fishing.

"Is there going to be another war?"

An old man said to himself:

"It's only been a few days since Ansheng's birthday, eh..."

But a young man shook his head: "I don't think there's going to be a war. The Eighth Route Army is still singing."

The old man and the fishermen put their hands on their foreheads and looked towards the direction of the Eighth Route Army camp, and various loud songs were carried by the wind:

"Drink up this bowl of hometown wine, and the strong man will never return..."

"The iron flow is twenty-five thousand miles, heading in a firm direction..."

"The hills in Hexi are tens of thousands of feet tall, and the sorghum in Hebei and East is ripe..."

"..."

Each Eighth Route Army unit sang different songs, as if they were competing to see whose voice was louder.

This situation left the fishermen a little confused.

Finally, the fishermen selected the old man and the young man and approached the Eighth Route Army to inquire about the situation.

When the old man and the young man approached the camp, they were not driven away. Instead, they were warmly entertained with food. The person who entertained them was a young officer of the Eighth Route Army:

"Fellow fellows, didn't the local government inform you that there are military exercises here these days and you are not allowed to go fishing for the time being."

A large warship is coming today, and a wave of water can overturn the fellow's fishing boat.

Capsulating a fishing boat is nothing, just compensation, but if someone loses his life, it's a big deal.

"We didn't receive the notice!" The young and old people looked confused.

"The local government didn't notify us of such an important matter?" said the Eighth Route Army officer. "Please rest assured, fellow villagers, I will definitely report it to my superiors. Because our Eighth Route Army's military exercises have caused the fellow villagers to lose lost work time because they cannot go fishing at sea.

Our Eighth Route Army will definitely compensate you."

"Can I still be compensated for lost work time?"

The old man and the young man were stunned. After living for so many years, they had never heard of such a thing.

In the past, whether it was a warlord, the national army or the Japanese, which army in charge of this port did not want to skin the common people?

The two of them had never seen a troop that had to pay for lost work time.

"Where can I get lost wages?" the young man asked expectantly.
To be continued...