"Report to the principal, according to the intelligence collected by the Intelligence Department, the Eighth Route Army indeed captured Baoding County, killed the brigade leader Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, and wiped out a Japanese brigade... Moreover, I also heard that during this battle,
The Eighth Route Army used a new weapon that disabled all the Japanese radio stations. It was not until two days after the end of the war that the Japanese learned that one of their brigade had been wiped out."
"Nang Xipi, I really didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would have such a strong combat effectiveness in less than two years. Especially this independent division, I really shouldn't have given them a division number... Now the party-state can
Yes, there is another powerful enemy... Order the attendants to send a congratulatory message to the Eighth Route Army, and send them a few medals at the same time, otherwise the Chinese people will listen to the Communist Party's propaganda and do something detrimental to the party and the country.
.Also, your intelligence department should pay more attention to this independent division in the future. If you have any important information, report it directly to me... If I think well, this independent division will definitely become our strong enemy in the future. We must
It must be arranged in advance." After Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, he closed his eyes.
Not only Chiang Kai-shek who was far away in Chongqing but also some warlords who were on the border with the Eighth Route Army theaters were also shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Independent Division. After learning the news, they ordered their troops to shrink their defense lines and break away from the Eighth Route Army troops... Deep
I was afraid that I might accidentally get into trouble that day and lure this powerful troop over.
At this time, the Japanese military headquarters was indeed in chaos. As the commander, General Bin Sanyuan, although he repeatedly suppressed his anger, an elite infantry brigade of the Empire of Japan was completely wiped out. Such battle losses left
No one can bear it.
At this time, Bin Sanyuan had been standing in front of the huge map of North China for a long time, but his eyes were fixed on Baoding County, motionless.
"Chief of Staff, please immediately notify the Air Force and immediately take off to bomb Baoding County. The defenders of a brigade in Baoding County were completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. However, the huge amount of supplies we stored in Baoding County must not fall into the hands of these Eighth Route Army.
If they are allowed to get this batch of supplies, then his combat effectiveness will definitely be improved a lot. He will immediately convey the order..." General Bin Sanyuan completely forgot that it was dark at this time and all the combat aircraft of the Empire of Japan were not equipped.
Night flying ability.
"Commander, please calm down. There are still at least ten hours before dawn, and our plane cannot take off at all..." After hearing this, the chief of staff beside him was shocked and quickly objected.
"Bagya Road... The Eighth Route Army Independent Division, the Japanese Empire is not done with you... Order the air force to bomb Baoding County immediately after dawn. I will turn Baoding into ruins. Let these Eighth Route Army be defeated by the imperial army.
Buried with him..." General Bin Sanyuan punched the map in front of him with his fist and said angrily.
"Hi, Commander-in-Chief..."
However, he did not know that on the next day, when the Japanese aircraft flew over Baoding, the entire transportation work of the Eighth Route Army had already been carried out for two days and two nights. With the joint efforts of nearly 10,000 mass soldiers, the entire Baoding
All the supplies in the county were moved away. All the property of Japanese civilians in the county were also looted with Liu Hua's acquiescence. When the Japanese planes dropped huge aerial bombs, he didn't know that they were just there.
Below him, the city has completely become an empty city. And the target he wants to bomb, the Independent Division of the Eighth Route Army, is currently traveling through the mountains with a huge amount of supplies, returning to the base area.
Regarding the Chairman's order, he required his independent division to give priority to replenishing all equipment and ammunition to prepare for the Japanese's retaliatory encirclement and suppression in the future. Liu Hua also knew that even if he cut off a Japanese brigade, he would definitely become a leader of the Japanese army.
A big worry. For the Japanese army, which has a strong desire for revenge, revenge on the independent division is a must.
Therefore, in order to be able to fight the next anti-mopping battle, Liu Hua was not polite at all. Of the 12 million rounds of ammunition captured, Liu Hua kept 5 million rounds. He also kept a total of 6,000 rounds of all heavy artillery shells.
6,000 rounds of 75mm field artillery shells, and an average of 200 rounds of mountain artillery shells per gun... 1 million kilograms of food were left... a large number of other combat supplies... As for the remaining supplies and ammunition, they have already been passing through
When they arrived in Wutai County, they were all handed over to the hands of the security regiment sent by the headquarters.
Three days later, Liu Hua rushed back to the headquarters early with his guard company and met his partner Guan Xiangying, who had been separated for more than ten days.
"Commander, congratulations to you. Our independent division has once again created a miracle... Chairman Mao and the Commander-in-Chief of the Party Central Committee in northern Shaanxi have sent congratulatory messages many times, asking if you have returned to the headquarters safely...
.You know, your boy is now the chairman's favorite, haha!" Seeing the tired Liu Hua, political commissar Guan Xiangying said jokingly.
"Political Commissar, these results were obtained with the lives of countless martyrs... Alas, after this battle, our rapid response brigade was crippled..." Mentioning the results of this battle reminded Liu Hua again
, on the way back, countless seriously injured people died on the way home because they did not persevere.
"Commander, don't be too sad. The sacrifice of the soldiers is worth it. Because they exchanged their lives for a brigade of little Japs. They will not sacrifice in vain..." Political Commissar Guan Xiang
After hearing what Liu Hua said, Ying fell silent and patted Liu Hua on the shoulder to comfort him.
"Well, I know. By the way, political commissar, in the last anti-encirclement and suppression battle, all the seriously injured people in our field hospital have almost recovered... You know, in two days, at least 500 seriously injured people will be
They are entering our field hospital one after another for treatment. As for medicines, I have an unlimited supply this time. The medicines we seized at the Baoding material warehouse this time are enough for us to use for a year." Liu Hua asked.
"Commander, don't worry. More than 600 seriously injured people have recovered and been discharged from the hospital. However, according to your instructions, I did not let these seriously injured people return to the team. Instead, they were reorganized and trained separately. I took a total of three
The battalion's structure. According to what we discussed before, it is called the teaching group, which is dedicated to training our independent division platoon-level cadres." The political commissar answered with a smile.
"Great, Political Commissar, with the 600 veterans of the teaching group, the combat effectiveness of our quick reaction brigade can be restored in the shortest possible time. Haha, but, Political Commissar, you have worked hard these days, I have to work hard
Rest for two days. As for the arrangements for the luggage and the wounded, I will leave it to you..." Liu Hua yawned and smiled sheepishly.
"Don't worry, division commander, just go back and rest, I will arrange everything. Correspondent, now I give you a task: to arrange the commander's rest. Without my order, no one can disturb the commander.
Did you hear that?" the political commissar ordered to the communications soldier behind Liu Hua.
"Yes, political commissar, I promise to complete the task..."
Two days later, when Liu Hua washed up and walked out of his room, the entire headquarters had slowly returned to its former tranquility. All units had returned to their stations under the order of the political commissar. And all the captured
All the weapons and ammunition were confiscated by Wang Daoguang, director of the General Logistics Equipment Division, and placed in his warehouse, and a detailed inventory began.
"Commander, you finally woke up. You don't know that the headquarters is in chaos now. The three commanders of the quick reaction brigade and the commander of the artillery regiment are guarding the headquarters every day asking for soldiers and equipment. If the political commissar hadn't been suppressing him, he would have said
Without your words, no one can take away a single soldier from the supplementary regiment of the headquarters. These regiment commanders have already gone to the supplementary regiment to rob people." Seeing the commander walking out of the house, his face was full of communication.
Excited, he quickly told the situation about the headquarters.
"These regiment leaders rebelled against me if I didn't go to the headquarters for two days. Let's see how I deal with them when I get to the headquarters... Let's go, follow me to the headquarters..." After listening to the correspondent,
Liu Hua didn't care about eating and said in a rogue manner.
"Yes, Commander..."
"Political Commissar, please give us the new recruits from the supplementary regiment. Now, including all the lightly wounded, my second regiment has less than 500 people. How do you want me to train... Besides, I can't pass it.
How long will it take for the little devils to launch a retaliatory campaign? Then, if there are no soldiers, how can I fight..." As soon as we reached the entrance of the headquarters, the mournful voice of Second Regiment Commander Luo Zhihui came from inside the headquarters.
"Commander Luo, it's not that I won't add new recruits to you, it's just that the commander doesn't have an order, and I can't make the decision casually... You are waiting for two days. After I discuss it with the commander, I will definitely send the recruits to your station...
.." the political commissar comforted.
"What's wrong, Commander Luo, 500 people are no longer soldiers? Can't we fight with 500 people? It's a great time, if you don't train the troops and you come here to ask for troops, doesn't the headquarters know how to replenish troops for you?
..." At this moment, Liu Hua walked into the headquarters and said to Luo Zhihui.
"Ah, Commander, I'm not, that's not what I meant...just...just..." Seeing Liu Hua, Luo Zhihui answered hesitantly with experience on his face.
"Just what? And you Shen Qinghua, Wang Benqing, and Chen Guangrong, if you don't go to the station to train the troops, what are you doing here at the headquarters? Is the combat effectiveness of your troops very strong?" Seeing the four with their heads lowered,
The leader of the group, Liu Hua, was not polite and asked in a face-to-face manner.
"Commander, we know we were wrong. I will go back to train the troops right now..." After hearing Liu Hua's criticism, Chen Guangrong, the commander of the artillery regiment, said embarrassedly, turned around and wanted to leave the headquarters.
"Wait a minute, since everyone is here, let's settle the matter at once. Political Commissar, let's go to the conference room next to us to have a small meeting to solve the problems of the soldiers and equipment of each unit." Liu Hua suggested.
"Commander, I'm about to send someone to find you? The sooner this problem is solved, the better. Come on, why are you hanging around? Let's go to the meeting now..." The political commissar glared at the four regiment leaders standing there.
said.
"Okay, let's all talk about how many people are left in our army, including the lightly wounded. Starting from the first regiment commander, remember, you are not allowed to hide it for me..." Entering the conference room, Liu
Hua didn't have any unnecessary nonsense and went straight to the point.
"Yes, commander, political commissar, our regiment has about 1,100 lightly wounded people with us..." Shen Qinghua, the commander of the first regiment, stood up first and said.
"Report to the commander, political commissar, there are still 450 people in the second regiment..."
"Report to Commander, there are still 1,200 people in the Third Regiment..."
"Well, everyone, sit down. This time the Second Regiment suffered the most losses. It can be said that the entire army was basically disabled. Political Commissar, how many people are left in our supplementary regiment now, plus those brought back this time who are willing to join our Eighth Route Army?
One thousand prisoners." Liu Hua asked.
"Division Commander... we still have 2,000 prisoners left after the last recruitment of recruits. In addition, in the past half month, the two military divisions have successively sent a battalion of 1,000 recruits who have undergone preliminary training.
In addition to the more than 800 people brought back two days ago who are willing to join our Eighth Route Army, the new recruits in our supplementary regiment are enough to make up for the losses caused by this battle to various units." The political commissar affirmed.
"Okay, now I order the first regiment to recruit 800 recruits, and then select 100 veterans from the teaching regiment to serve as squad platoon leaders at all levels. The second regiment will recruit 1,300 recruits, and select 250 veterans from the teaching regiment to serve as squad leaders.
Platoon leader. After disbanding the regiment, we will replenish 700 new recruits, and transfer 100 people from the teaching regiment to serve as squad platoon leaders. As for the remaining 200 people in the teaching regiment, I will form a new teaching regiment, so you don’t have to worry about it." Liu Hua
He ordered with satisfaction.
"Thank you, Commander, Political Commissar," the three people replied almost at the same time.
"Commander, political commissar, what about me?" Chen Guangrong from the artillery regiment lowered his head when he saw the three regiment commanders with excited faces.
"Chen Guangrong, commander of the artillery regiment: Order you to hand over all the mortars in the artillery regiment to the logistics department and reorganize the heavy artillery regiment of our independent division. The heavy artillery regiment has four battalions, one howitzer battalion and one field artillery battalion.
, a mountain artillery battalion, and a supply camp. In addition, the three artillery battalions each have a supply company... How about, are there any problems..." Liu Hua was excited when he thought of the cannons captured this time.
"Yes, Commander. This is a real heavy artillery regiment. Even the Kuomintang troops are not as rich as our independent division, haha." After listening to Liu Hua's order, Chen Guangrong said with a smile.
"Captain Chen, I'm not afraid to tell you. This heavy artillery regiment is unique among our Eighth Route Army. If you don't do a good job, I will apply to the headquarters to send a new regiment commander. Also, if
If you do a good job, you will be able to join not only the artillery regiment but also the artillery brigade in the future." Looking at the smiling Chen Guangrong, Liu Hua reminded.
"Yes, commander, political commissar. I, Chen Guangrong, promise to complete the mission. But, commander, these equipments..." At this time, Chen Guangrong was almost drooling under Liu Hua's temptation.
"The equipment is all in the Logistics Department. After the meeting, go to the Logistics Department to collect 12 105mm howitzers, and the shells will receive a base number of 30 rounds. There are 12 75mm field guns, and the shells are also a base number. As for the mountain cannon, I think your artillery regiment
There should be quite a few, leaving 12 mountain cannons and a basic number of artillery shells. The rest are all taken to the logistics department. Remember, they are not allowed to be kept secretly. Also, all the mules and horses needed by each artillery battalion and supply camp are sent to the logistics department.
Collect it from anywhere." Liu Hua ordered.
"Yes, commander, political commissar. I will never hide it secretly, haha..." Chen Guangrong said excitedly.
"Okay, nothing happened. I hope you will seize the time to train the new soldiers after receiving the new soldiers and equipment. The little devils don't have much time to prepare for us. I estimate that in less than a month, the little devils will launch a retaliatory encirclement and suppression campaign.
It's coming soon." Liu Hua ordered as he looked at the three excited people below.
"Yes, Commander, Political Commissar, I promise to complete the mission..."
"Okay, the commander has said everything he needs to say, but more than half of this batch of new recruits are puppet soldiers we captured. Therefore, everyone must also do a good job in ideological work during the training process. But everyone also
Don't worry too much. Except for the 800 people brought back by the division commander, these captured puppet troops are all former soldiers of the Northeast Army of the Kuomintang. They have been trained by our supplementary regiment for several months. They have very good combat experience and quality.
You must train me well and make good use of these soldiers." the political commissar added.
"Yes, political commissar"
"Commander, okay... we quietly built a heavy artillery regiment for our independent division. If President Peng from the headquarters finds out about this, I will scold you to death!" I saw the four regiments walking out of the conference room.
Long, the political commissar joked with a smile.
"Haha, political commissar, don't blame me. Aren't you happy that our independent division has a heavy artillery regiment? Really. Also, there are dozens of mountain and field guns that we captured this time. We can't use these guns either.
I have nothing to do. When I left from the third division, I left 8 mountain guns and 4 field guns behind, and planned to let them form a heavy artillery battalion. Therefore, I planned to form a heavy artillery battalion with the same structure for the other two military divisions. This way
If so, when encountering a tough battle, each military division can take it on its own without having to use the artillery regiment of the headquarters." Liu Hua suggested.
"Okay, I agree. After the meeting, I will send a report to the two divisions and ask them to supplement the missing weapons according to their own equipment. Let the three military divisions set up a heavy artillery battalion, and all the mortars will be transferred to the regiment level.
If there are many, they can be transferred to the battalion level." The political commissar said with a smile. You know, if the mortars are really transferred to the battalion level, then the independent division will not only be in the Eighth Route Army, but also in the Kuomintang at this time.
Among the troops, heavy firepower can also be ranked at the forefront.
"Okay, what the political commissar said is very good. I think it's not just mortars. I think our heavy machine guns should be decentralized to the company level, and strive to have one heavy machine gun in each company. There are also radio stations. This time we have the Japanese supplies.
Hundreds of radio stations were seized in the warehouse. There were also more than 20 radio stations in the enemy's brigade and regiment headquarters. In addition to the 70 radio stations sent to the headquarters, we still have more than 50 radio stations left. We will try to get them
The radio station should be equipped at the battalion level, so that it will be more convenient for our troops to disperse and fight..." After listening to the political commissar's suggestion, Liu Hua went on to suggest.