"Commander Liu, after discussion with my subordinates, I agree to your request to replace this batch of weapons and ammunition with all the equipment of the air defense battalion. However, Commander Liu please keep his promise and not publicize this matter. If Chongqing is allowed to
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek knows about this matter, brother, I feel uncomfortable." Seeing Liu Hua, Shi Yousan agreed loudly without any hesitation.
Because, in their eyes, as long as there are guns, soldiers can grab a lot of them without worrying. As for those anti-aircraft weapons, the reason why they are equipped with troops is for display. Because so far, the entire air defense battalion has
There has been almost no actual combat, so it is better to replace this batch of useful weapons and ammunition.
"Okay, since Commander Shi agrees, I will let my subordinates start recruiting soldiers. As for the remaining 50,000 kilograms of grain, I will have the troops deliver it to your military camp before dark..."
Liu Hua nodded and replied.
"Okay, Commander Liu, please forgive me, but Commander Liu, please remember what you said, only select ordinary soldiers, and never take away one of my officers." Looking at Liu Hua, who was about to convey the order to his subordinates behind him, Shi Yousan reminded him.
.
"Commander Shi, please rest assured that I, Liu Hua, will definitely keep my promise..." Liu Hua replied with a smile on his face.
Finally, after running around for almost an afternoon, it was time to gather in the afternoon. Almost every one of more than a hundred political cadres brought back at least one platoon of soldiers. It was not just unknown, but it was a shock.
Because there were 5,000 soldiers standing in front of Liu Hua, which was more than a thousand more than Liu Hua's request.
"Commander Shi, look..." Looking at Shi Yousan in front of him, Liu Hua smiled bitterly. Shi Yousan did not expect that the political cadres of the Eighth Route Army could be so powerful. In less than one afternoon, he...
A quarter of an army's troops were poached by them.
"Haha, I really didn't expect the political cadres under Commander Liu to be so powerful. Since these soldiers want to follow Commander Liu, I can't stop them. Commander Liu, from now on, all these soldiers belong to the independent division. Also,
This air defense battalion's equipment and 120,000 grenades." Looking at Liu Hua who was staring at him closely, Shi Yousan knew that if he didn't agree to Liu Hua's request now, maybe the 50,000 kilograms of food he had just promised to him would be lost at any time.
Maybe he was in trouble. Thinking of this, Shi Yousan also smiled bitterly, waved his hand, stopped his subordinates who wanted to speak, and said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you Commander Shi. Comrades, please take a look at the new soldiers who have just joined our independent division. Bring all the weapons and ammunition on the ground and prepare to retreat..." Hearing that Shi Yousan had agreed, Liu Hua faced
All the political workers behind them gave loud orders. Under the hostile eyes of the Kuomintang officers, they left the station of Shiyou's Third Army.
"Commander, I can't figure out why these soldiers should be sent to an independent division. This is nearly a division's strength..." Looking at the history of the Eighth Route Army that was getting farther and farther away, slowly disappearing from his field of vision.
. Behind Shi Yousan, a division commander who had lost nearly a regiment of troops asked very dissatisfiedly.
"You are confused as to whether these weapons and ammunition are more important or these soldiers. As long as we have these weapons in our hands, we will randomly capture thousands of strong men on the way back, and the officers are readily available, so you are still afraid of the combat effectiveness of the troops.
Can't recover. What's more important is that Chairman Chiang in Nanjing doesn't know. At that time, we will use the weapons sent as an excuse to blackmail the Chairman who is far away in Chongqing. The troops will not be added out of thin air.
The equipment of a division. Don't worry, our command will definitely make a profit when the time comes." After listening to the questions from the division commander in front of him, Army Commander Shi Yousan explained unhappily.
"Young Master, if this is the case, not only will the strength of our army not decline at all, but it will also increase." After hearing Shi Yousan's explanation, everyone suddenly realized and began to flatter each other. At the same time, their own eyes also followed.
He took aim at the weapons and ammunition piled up in front of him, almost like a hill.
With the explanation from Commander Shiyou San, although the entire army lost a quarter of its troops due to this operation, the commanders at all levels of Shiyou Sanshi were not unhappy at all. They all came out with a lot of spare time.
Weapons and equipment, eating the military rations just sent by the independent division, left the base area in a grand manner, leaving this deserted place.
Similarly, Zhu Huaibing, who encountered the same situation as Shi Yousan, faced Chairman Chiang's order and the temptation of the independent division's food. In the end, he had to bear the pain and give up his air defense battalion and a wild man who had just received it and had not yet covered it up.
All the equipment of the artillery battalion was handed over obediently to the commander of the Second Division of the Independent Division, Gao Yuan. In the end, with a corps that also lacked a quarter of its strength, they withdrew from the base of the Independent Division in embarrassment.
"Division Commander, according to the telegram sent by the intelligence department, the Kuomintang troops of the two armies have now completely withdrawn from our base areas. Can we let the people return to their homes? It has been ten days. Although the villagers have enough
We have food, but we have been living out in the open, and I don’t know if we can hold on.” Seeing the telegram that the intelligence office had just sent to the headquarters, the political commissar suggested with a smile on his face.
"Well, inform the people hiding everywhere that they can return to their villages. Political Commissar, the villagers have suffered a lot this time. Look, we have seized nearly 400,000 kilograms of military rations this time. Shouldn't we?
I would like to express my gratitude to the people in these two areas. Anyway, these 400,000 kilograms of grain were obtained out of thin air. We don’t feel sad if we give them to the villagers." Liu Hua nodded and suggested to the political commissar.
"Okay, then I will immediately send a report to Director Wang of the Logistics Department and ask him not to rush to transport the 400,000 kilograms of grain back to Zhangjiazhuang..." After listening to Liu Hua's suggestion, the political commissar had no objection and nodded immediately.
A few days later, the people who had moved to the mountainous area all clapped their hands and cheered after receiving the sympathy food distributed by the local government. No one had any complaints because of the suffering they had suffered in the past month. For this friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, they sent
The various troops who left slowly returned to their military camps and began training.
"Division commander, political commissar, I'm back..." Just as Liu Hua and political commissar Luo Ronghuan were sitting in the command headquarters discussing how to deal with the more than 5,000 recruits in their hands, Chief of Staff Li Liang came from the command department.
A familiar voice.
"Haha, our Chief of Staff is back. How's it going? What's the result of going out this time? How much benefit can we get from Zhu Huaibing..." Seeing the dusty but very excited Chief of Staff Li
Qing, Liu Hua knew that the chief of staff would gain a lot this time, so he asked with a smile.
"Division commander, political commissar, you really guessed it right. When Zhu Huaibing knew that we were not interested in those thousands of rifles and more than a hundred light and heavy machine guns, he agreed to our request without any hesitation. At that time
Seeing how readily he agreed, I took the initiative and brought all the equipment and ammunition for one of his field artillery battalions. He was very heartbroken at the time, but faced with the temptation of food, he finally chose
We have food." Chief of Staff Li Qing replied with excitement on his face.
"Great, then we have another field artillery battalion. The chief of staff did a good job, and the results are much greater than ours. Chief of staff, tell us the specific results." At this time, political commissar Luo Ronghuan's pair
His eyes were almost narrowed due to excitement, and he asked with a smile.
"Division Commander, this time I have lived up to my high expectations and brought back a total of 6,234 new recruits, 12 anti-aircraft machine guns, 12,000 rounds of ammunition, 6 anti-aircraft guns, and 3,000 rounds of artillery shells. A field artillery battalion has 12 75mm field guns, with a total of 600 rounds of artillery shells.
In addition, there are the grenades specially requested by the division commander, a total of 120,000, and all the grenades in their entire army have been confiscated." Chief of Staff Li Qing replied with a smile on his face.
"Oh my God, there are so many. It seems that we have really made a lot of money this time. We have gained so much equipment out of thin air without spending a single soldier. Moreover, it is the weapons and equipment that our army urgently needs. Division Commander, what are your plans?
How to deal with this equipment... Haha." The political commissar looked at Liu Hua beside him with a smile on his face.
"It's very simple. Air defense weapons can only exert their greatest power if they are used intensively. Therefore, all prevention and control weapons are handed over to the air defense battalion. In addition, the air defense battalion has more weapons, so the establishment should also be upgraded. The establishment has been temporarily determined
It has been formed into a prevention and control regiment, with one anti-aircraft artillery battalion and two anti-aircraft machine gun battalions. Political commissar and chief of staff, what do you think?" Liu Hua thought for a moment and asked the political commissar and chief of staff beside him.
"Well, I agree with you. As for these anti-aircraft weapons, let's do this. What's left is more than 10,000 well-trained soldiers. Division commander, you don't know that the commanders of the three military divisions are now emergency personnel.
Are you keeping an eye on these soldiers?" The political commissar nodded and continued to ask.
"Haha, I didn't expect the three commanders to have very good noses. But this time, their hopes are in vain. Political Commissar, if they send you a telegram again, you must tell them clearly and ask them not to call you.
I am satisfied with this batch of new recruits. I have great use for this batch of new recruits. If they have enough energy, they can each train their own troops and do a good job in security work in their own divisions. Be careful not to let the little devils take advantage of the loopholes." Listen.
Liu Hua said with a smile when he saw that his three commanders had so quickly set their sights on the more than 10,000 recruits he had.
"Commander, don't worry. Without your order, I won't give them any promises, haha. Commander, you just said that you have great use for these new recruits. I wonder what you are using them for?" Political Commissar
asked in confusion.
"Political Commissar, don't you think the mobile forces directly under our division are too few? There is only one quick reaction brigade and one guard brigade. If we encounter a large-scale enemy, these two brigades will not be able to play any role at all. There are many.
At any time, three divisions are required to provide reinforcements to the main force of the division. If the reinforcements are not timely, it will easily delay the fighter opportunity. The chief of staff and I experienced this deeply during the battle a month ago..." Liu Hua
He said thoughtfully to the political commissar in front of him.
"In the battle a month ago, if the reinforcements from Commander Gao and Commander Sun could not arrive in time, it would have been impossible for us to complete the goal of the campaign, let alone destroy the Japanese Fifth Division. Therefore, I completely agree with the division commander.
It is suggested to increase the strength of the troops directly under the division. In this case, many battles in the future can be completed by the troops directly under our division. The troops in the three military divisions will exclusively operate within their own divisions and fight against the Japanese.
.Let the little devils know that there are battlefields everywhere in our base area." After listening to Liu Hua's words, Chief of Staff Li Qingshen explained to the political commissar with approval.
"Well, since you two agree, then I agree too. But, division commander, how do you plan to increase the establishment of the troops directly under our division headquarters." Although the political commissar has just arrived at the independent division for less than half a month, for the two
As for the person, I was very trusting and agreed without any hesitation.
"Now that the political commissar has agreed, it will be much easier to do. In fact, it is very easy to do. That is to expand the establishment of our quick reaction brigade into a column directly under the division, with three brigades under its jurisdiction. These three brigades are directly controlled by three regiments.
From the expansion. As for the large number of soldiers missing in the three brigades, they will be supplemented from more than 10,000 new soldiers." Liu Hua said with certainty.
"The column directly under the division, this is a good name. Even if the kid knows the name of our column, he can't guess the specific organization of our column... Maybe in many cases, we can surprise the kid."
Chief of Staff Li Qing was the first to nod in agreement.
"Yes, what the Chief of Staff said is very correct. I use the word "column" just to give the little devils an illusion of truth and falsehood. It will make them unclear about the specific number of our troops, and then lead them to be blind.
Send troops." Liu Hua nodded and said.
"Division Commander, Chief of Staff, then we will report it to the headquarters and the Military Commission for approval." Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan nodded and said, obviously very much agreeing with the two people's opinions.
As a result, the independent division was directly under the column, and it was formally established from this time on. In the next few days, Liu Hua and all the combat staff of the division almost all put down their work and joined the directly under the column reorganization.
among the ranks.
Far away in the center of Yan'an, everyone was very excited when they learned that the Independent Division had successfully forced the Kuomintang's Central Army to retreat without spending a single soldier, and successfully shattered the Kuomintang's first friction.
More importantly, when the Chairman learned that the Independent Division had obtained more than 10,000 well-trained soldiers out of thin air during this counter-friction, he was so happy that he immediately notified all the big guys in Yan'an and prepared to celebrate.
As for the independent division's request to form a column directly under the division, there were no surprises. It was almost unanimously approved at the Military Committee meeting.
Since the shelves of the three regiments of the quick reaction brigade were there, and a large number of squad platoon leaders were recruited through the training regiment, the shelves of the three brigades of the column were quickly set up. After supplementing these recruits, as well as the logistics
After collecting a large amount of Japanese equipment in stock, the entire directly affiliated column immediately showed a certain degree of combat effectiveness.
Especially the more than 10,000 new soldiers who had just joined the independent division. When they learned that the rifles, light machine guns, and heavy machine guns in their hands were all obtained with the blood of the veteran soldiers around them, they immediately became excited.
, prepare to use the weapons in your hands to have a good fight with the little devil on the battlefield.
With the completion of the reorganization of the directly affiliated column, the entire directly affiliated column slowly got on the right track, and Liu Hua and others also began to slowly relax. At the same time, they slowly turned their attention to the Japanese army. Because, under Liu Hua
In Hua's eyes, the little devil suffered such a big loss last time. According to the little devil's character, he would never let it go.
In this month, except for Lieutenant General Tada Shun, the newly appointed supreme commander of the Japanese garrison in North China, who inspected the defense of Taiyuan, and the entire Japanese army in Shanxi moved. In the rest of the time, there was almost no movement. At this time, Taiyuan, out of
When the Independent Division retreated, except for the small Japanese who lived in a brigade, they did not carry out any reinforcements. They just continued to transport various combat materials to Taiyuan City, which had become a ruin.
In fact, it's not that Commander Tada Shun doesn't want revenge, but that he really doesn't have the experience to retaliate. Since the Japanese Fifth Division was completely destroyed, in order to take back this important town in Taiyuan, Tada Shun almost wiped out the entire North China region, and the Japanese army
All mobile forces are deployed for reinforcements.
However, as a large number of mobile troops were drained from various strongholds, the Japanese strongholds, the counties occupied by the Japanese army, and the soft interior of the transportation thoroughfares were also well displayed in front of the Eighth Route Army, which was frequently active in various areas of North China. At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army
Under the orders of the Eighth Route Army, various units of the Eighth Route Army, just like a kitten asking about the smell of fish, launched some small-scale counterattacks against some Japanese strongholds around them.
Although such a small-scale counterattack did not occupy many county towns, the large amounts of weapons and ammunition seized by various units at various strongholds can be said to have provided a good supplement to the stretched Eighth Route Army. Various units also carried out small operations one after another.
The scale of the counterattack has been strengthened. At the same time, various small base areas have also been connected into a large area during the counterattacks.
At this time, the entire Japanese army in North China had to face the situation of being attacked everywhere, but there were not enough troops to carry out rescue operations. Faced with the interruption of railway transportation, supplies being robbed, and the collapse of strongholds...
With all kinds of bad news, Tada Shun, who had just taken over as commander, could be said to have a very headache. At this time, Lieutenant General Tada Shun was sitting in his office, listening to the chief of staff in front of him, reporting on the past month.
, the losses suffered by the imperial army throughout North China.