When it comes to weapons and ammunition, the Eighth Route Army is really short of them.
The main regiment of the Eighth Route Army generally has about 2,000 people, but each regiment can have up to 900 rifles, no more than 50 short guns, and no more than 10 light and heavy machine guns. Some regiments may have three to five mortars or infantry.
The artillery, however, was buried in the soil most of the time, and was dug out temporarily for use after the cannon shells were replenished from the Japanese.
What's even more lacking is ammunition. On average, each rifle has less than five rounds of ammunition, and the two of them have to share a grenade.
In the battle sequence of ***, the Sichuan Army is notoriously poorly equipped. Most of the Sichuan Army soldiers still wear single clothes and straw sandals in the winter, and most of the equipment they use are made in Hanyang, old sleeves, and a small amount of Maxim.
, Czech style, but the supply of bullets is open. Compared with the Eighth Route Army, the Sichuan Army is really "well-equipped".
Many Communist generals criticized the Eighth Route Army for not fighting guerrillas and resisting but not fighting. It really hurts their backs to stand and talk.
It's not that the Eighth Route Army is unwilling to fight head-on, but that they really don't have the capital to fight head-on. With so little ammunition, they can't even sustain a small-scale battle. How can they fight the Japanese army? What's more, the Eighth Route Army relies on this
With a small amount of weapons and equipment, they were able to hold back millions of Japanese and puppet troops, which greatly supported Japan's frontal war of resistance!
If the Eighth Route Army had not fought behind enemy lines, the Anti-Japanese War would probably not have reached a stalemate.
If there had not been the Eighth Route Army's resistance behind enemy lines, the Japanese army would have been able to mobilize more than half a million Japanese troops and one million puppet troops to join the frontal battlefield after six months to two years of rest and replenishment. At that time, the Nationalist Government had already trapped a corner of the southwest.
I really can’t imagine what else Chairman Chiang can rely on to withstand the crazy attack of 1.5 million Japanese and puppet troops.
This is by no means a scaremongering. If the Eighth Route Army had not interfered with it, with the ability of this old devil Okamura Neiji, he would definitely be able to stabilize the public security situation in the entire North China within two years, and set up a team of equipment, and he would not lose in training.
From the Korean Army, the Puppet Manchurian Army and the Puppet North China Autonomous Army of the Puppet Mongolian Army.
Therefore, without the Eighth Route Army, the Chinese nation would have been exterminated long ago.
Of course, Mao Zedong's frontal war contribution was greater, and no one can deny this!
These thoughts flashed through Yue Weihan's mind, and he immediately said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, give the batch of Japanese weapons and equipment eliminated by the Baoshan Division to the Eighth Route Army, and give them another million bullets! But this bullet is not
It's a free gift, and after the war is over, they will have to repay it with supplies or iron ore of equal value."
Liu Yi frowned and said: "Chief Commander, what about Gao Shuxun's new 39th Division?"
The four divisions under the jurisdiction of the Thirty-ninth Group Army are almost all Qingyi-type Japanese weapons.
However, as the Taihang Arsenal is fully put into production, Yue Weihan obviously prefers Chinese-style rifles with better performance.
Therefore, it is inevitable to completely eliminate the Type 38 rifles, but this is a long-term process. Based on the Taihang Arsenal's current monthly production of 2,500 rifles, if all the main infantry forces of the Thirty-ninth Group Army want to be re-equipped, it will take at least twenty
In September, even if the production capacity is doubled in half a year, it will take nearly a year to complete the replacement.
So far, only Baoshan Division has barely completed the change.
"Let's wait for the new 39th Division." Yue Weihan said, "The Eighth Route Army needs this batch of equipment even more."
"That's true." Liu Yi nodded and sighed, "To say that the Eighth Route Army is really in trouble right now."
At the northern foot of Taihang Mountain, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
Chief of Staff Left hurriedly walked into the war room and said to Mr. Peng: "Mr., good news!"
Mr. Peng, who was studying the map, asked without looking up: "What's the good news? Isn't it Chairman Chiang's salary?"
"Hey, I'm afraid Chairman Chiang will not be able to count on his military salary in this life." Chief of Staff Zuo said with a smile, "However, Yue Weihan really extended a helping hand to us. Good guy, he gave us 20,000 thirty-eight pieces of gold.
, two hundred crooked guns, forty Type 92 heavy machine guns, and one million rounds of ammunition."
"What did you say?" Mr. Peng straightened up suddenly after hearing this.
The staff officers in the war room also turned around, their faces full of disbelief.
"So much!?" Boss Nie, who came to the headquarters to attend a meeting, also said, "This is the equipment of a Class A division master!"
Chief of Staff Zuo said: "The Baoshan Division of the Thirty-ninth Group Army changed its equipment and gave us the eliminated Japanese weapons. However, Yue Weihan also said that these million rounds of ammunition were not given away in vain. When the battle is over,
We have to repay the war with food, saltpetre, rails or iron ore and other materials in equal value!"
"That is also a huge favor." Mr. Peng said loudly, "I, Mr. Peng, accept this favor!"
In early April of the twenty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1939), the Eighth Route Army launched the Hundred Regiment War of unprecedented scale!
In less than half a month, the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Central and South Shandong Military Region and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, organized 208 main force regiments and launched hundreds of large and small attacks.
During the battle, the transportation conditions of the Japanese army throughout North China were greatly damaged, and the traitor armed forces near each base area suffered a devastating blow!
By the end of April of the 28th year of the Republic of China, the Eighth Route Army had annihilated more than 2,000 Japanese troops, more than 200,000 traitor armed forces of all kinds, and seized a large amount of weapons and equipment. The area of the three major base areas had almost doubled, and the population
The number of soldiers increased sharply from less than 10 million to more than 40 million, and the Eighth Route Army's troop resources were greatly expanded.
The Hundred Regiments War has come to an end. Compared with the Communist Party of China government, it was Chairman Chiang who was more shocked!
Chongqing, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's official residence.
After listening to General He's report, Chairman Chiang was suddenly shocked!
A small 18th Army actually mobilized more than 200 main regiments and launched a large-scale battle. It actually achieved the glorious result of annihilating more than 200,000 enemies, although most of them were bandits.
, the traitor armed forces transformed from family armed forces or Huidaomen armed forces, but the number of enemy annihilations is really scary!
What surprised Chairman Jiang even more was that in just over a year, the Eighth Route Army had gone from twelve regiments of the third division, six brigades, to more than two hundred regiments. If it had been another three to five years, it would still have been
Come on? Maybe after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army will expand to more than 200 divisions, and then the situation will be over!
"Niang Xipi!" After being surprised, Chairman Chiang immediately became furious, "A small 18th Army Group with three B divisions actually dared to expand to more than 200 main regiments. This is incredible.
?You dare to expand the troops without the approval of the Military Commission? Do they still see me as a leader?"
Chen Cheng said in a deep voice: "Commissioner, I'm afraid our army's strategy will have to be adjusted."
Vice President Bai also said: "Yes, Commissioner, the power of the Communist Party has expanded too fast. It is time to use the knife of the Communists to cut their wings. Otherwise, when the Anti-Japanese War is over, the entire occupied area will be destroyed."
The whole world has become ***’s! Don’t fight the war to the end, but make wedding clothes for ***.”
Chairman Jiang was immediately moved after hearing this.
For Chairman Chiang, the Japanese were a foreign threat, but the Japanese were an internal worry. When the Japanese army launched a massive offensive on the frontal battlefield and the Chinese nation faced a life-and-death test, Chairman Chiang would not hesitate to temporarily join forces with the internal troubles to fight against the foreign invasion.
, but now that the situation on the frontal battlefield has eased, it seems that internal worries can no longer be ignored.
Chairman Chiang must try his best to maintain a check and balance between internal and external worries. He can neither let internal worries get bigger nor let external worries get out of control. How to grasp the middle point is very challenging, but for Chairman Chiang, who is a few
For a communist who only emerges once every hundred years, this is not an insurmountable problem.
"Commissioner, let's negotiate a truce with the Japanese!" Chen Cheng said without hesitation.
"Negotiation is absolutely not possible." Vice President Bai said, "However, secret cooperation can be considered."
"Secret cooperation? What kind of cooperation method?" Chen Cheng said disapprovingly, "Will the *** people agree?"
"The *** people will definitely agree." Vice President Bai said confidently, "This time the *** people made such a big noise. Although the *** people did not suffer a loss, the puppet troops who had just surrendered to them suffered a big loss. Gang
If Mura Ningji doesn't express anything, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of those traitors and puppet soldiers, so the Japanese will be happy for our cooperation."
"Just do as Jiansheng said." Chairman Chiang said this and then said to Director Dai, "Yunong, immediately send a report to the Peiping Station of the Military Command Bureau, asking them to send someone to contact Wang Kemin first, and then go through
Wang Kemin talked to Okamura Neiji. As long as the Japanese are willing to encircle and suppress the Japanese, the Japanese in North China can cooperate with them."
Cuimingzhuang, eastern suburb of Peiping.
Wang Kemin, Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Puppet North China Provisional Government, Shoin Tomo asked to see Okamura Neiji.
In the office, Okamura Neiji gave up his seat to Wang Kemin affectionately, and said: "Wang Sang, I would like to ask you, the chairman of the committee, to go out of the city in person at such a late hour. Is there something urgent?"
Okamura Neiji, an old devil, is definitely a powerful character. His "soft" policy is not just lip service. He not only strictly requires his subordinates to treat the Chinese in the security area with dignity, but also treats the puppets such as Wang Kemin and Qi Xieyuan.
The military and political leaders of the North China Provisional Government were quite respectful, at least on the surface.
"Mr. Okamura, I bring you good news." Wang Kemin said with a respectful expression, "The communists in North China are not only enemies of the imperial army, but also enemies of the Chongqing government. Chairman Chiang asked me to give Mr. Okamura
By the way, if the imperial army is willing to take action to wipe out the Japanese, the Japanese in North China are willing to fully cooperate."
"Hahaha, that's right." Neji Okamura laughed after hearing this, "The reason why the imperial army sent troops to China was not to annex China, let alone enslave the Chinese, but to help China get rid of the West.
Slavery, especially cannot be turned into red by the Red Soviet Union. Chairman Chiang did not understand before that the imperial army had no choice but to resort to force, but now he finally figured it out."