Chapter 1261 Sure enough, the only way to be happy is to share the spoils (2)
"Zhongtiao Mountain faces the Yellow River on its back, runs across the southwestern part of Shanxi, connects the vast Taihang Mountains to the east, and the towering Ji Mountain to the west. It is more than 300 miles long and more than 100 miles wide. It serves as a barrier between Henan and Shaanxi and protects our strategic location in the northwest.
, if the Japanese invaders want to invade south of the Yellow River, they must break through the defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River." Liu Lang looked at Tang Huaiyuan and Zhao Shoushan with bright eyes, "Two officers, if you are the commander of the theater, you
What will happen?”
The two frowned and remained silent.
Although what Liu Lang said was an unfavorable assumption for the war in northern Shanxi, through the general's intuition, they actually felt that what Liu Lang said would really happen.
In eastern Shanxi, although the Japanese invaders have lost one division, they still have one and a half divisions with 30,000 troops. The eastern Shanxi theater is not completely safe. Moreover, according to rumors, Liu Lang and his independent regiment will mobilize
Away from eastern Shanxi, the crippled 17th Division was allowed to return to the rear for repairs, and the 129th Division would also rush to northern Shanxi.
If the Japanese army continues to increase its troops in northern Shanxi, the battle in northern Shanxi, which is still in a stalemate stage, is full of dangers. If the battle in northern Shanxi fails, then Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi will become the last barrier south of the Yellow River. If they were the commanders of the war zones, they would definitely
All elite troops will be mobilized to enter the Zhongtiao Mountains to guard this important line of defense.
Elite troops such as the 17th Division and the 3rd Army must be among them.
In fact, this is also the case. Liu Lang knows that in the past time and space, in the next four years, the government has stationed a maximum of 260,000 troops in this small area, even more than the current number in the north of Shanxi.
The Japanese invaders, at their craziest moment, concentrated nearly seven divisions of troops to launch an attack on Zhongtiao Mountain.
In just one week, the Chinese defenders suffered tens of thousands of casualties. The fighting was as brutal as a meat grinder in Songhu. Generals at all levels below the commander of the group army were fighting on the front line with guns in hand, including the then commander of the Third Army.
Commander Tang. If we talk about the bravery of the soldiers, we could have been undefeated in that battle.
But that battle was still called "the greatest shame in the history of the Anti-Japanese War". He made sacrifices, but received such a title. Liu Lang once again saw two of the people who would die for his country in the future war, and he felt really bad.
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"So, what the three officers need is not this kind of cumbersome large-caliber artillery, but the best one." Seeing that the three people had made some moves, Liu Lang breathed a sigh of relief, "Third Army,
What is lacking is not mountain artillery but artillery with a longer range. 18 of the 34 field artillery are basically enough for 2 field artillery battalions. In the 17th Division, the original mountain artillery battalion lost 6 guns in the battle, and the 6 mountain artillery units were replenished, and 12 field guns were used.
A new field artillery battalion was built at the gate of the field artillery; the 129th Division, as the most decorated unit in the annihilation of the Japanese 20th Division in this battle, established a division-affiliated mountain artillery regiment with 36 mountain artillery pieces.
In this battle, in addition to the lack of long-range firepower, the biggest realization of all officers is the lack of short-range firepower of the infantry. Therefore, the 24 Chinese military standard 82 guns are forced to be evenly distributed among the three infantrymen in this heroic battle.
Brigades, the 386th Brigade, the 343rd Brigade and the 42nd Brigade, each brigade has 8 82mm mortars. For the sake of uniformity, the two infantry brigades of the 17th Division are allocated 25 Japanese 90mm mortars;
Rapid-fire guns are mainly used against armored targets and fixed targets. In view of the actual equipment of each regiment of the 3rd Army, the 3rd Army is allocated 6 guns to meet the needs, the 17th Division is allocated 10 guns, and the 129th Division is allocated 12 guns.
, our 22nd Army got 8 doors;
For infantry artillery, the 3rd Army received 8, the 17th Division received 12, the 129th Division received 15, and our 22nd Army received 10;
Of those 11 105mm howitzers, our 22nd Army has not divided any of them between field artillery and mountain artillery. You officers will not need any of them anyway. How about you be a favor and leave them to my 22nd Army?" Liu Lang breathed out.
After allocating the artillery, he didn't reveal his true thoughts until the end with a grin.
"I know you won't do anything wrong to me. Why are you so kind-hearted and don't want to give us all the mountain artillery and field artillery? After working on it for a long time, you are still thinking about these 11 howitzers!" The future general said with disdain.
He curled his lips and waved his hands straight: "No, no, no, if you don't treat us to a good meal, then you can't agree to it anyway."
"Hey, when the war is over, several officers will come to Sichuan and serve hot pot every day." Liu Lang immediately slapped his chest.
Liu Lang is really popular! Tang Huaiyuan calmly glanced at Brigadier Chen, who was the first to answer the question, and sighed. With his sophistication, how could he not hear that the future general Ming
What they say is that it is not possible, but what they actually express is support? 11 105 howitzers, just have a meal. This relationship is not an ordinary good one.
As for Liu Lang's artillery allocation just now, he actually didn't have any objections. In his mind, it was already good to be allocated a dozen field artillery pieces and some infantry artillery pieces. After all, obtaining long-range firepower is the first priority.
The biggest demand of the 3rd Army is not that strong for mortars and rapid-fire artillery, and it is definitely more than that of the 17th Division and the 129th Division.
Unexpectedly, even though Liu Lang was still a little biased, he really didn't treat one favorably and left a lot for him. It will be much easier to communicate with him this time.
"Okay! The howitzer will belong to your 22nd Army." Tang Huaiyuan also knew how to reciprocate, and the second one agreed.
Lieutenant General Tang did not know that this was really the person Zeng Wanzhong would select and send him to serve as the representative of the 3rd Army. If it were not for his aura of national hero who died for his country in the past time and space, Pang Lang, a little butterfly from the future, would be heartbroken.
Out of respect, would you try it with anyone else?
If only one-third of what was just allocated to him was considered extremely generous, Fat Lang would be extremely generous.
Lieutenant General Zhao had no objections. From his point of view, his 17th Division's military exploits in this battle were not as great as those of the 129th Division. In terms of close relationship, they were not as close as the 129th Division and Liu Lang. Even if it was the 3rd Army, Mo Guan
They didn't put in much effort in the final battle, but they can help take the blame! After the war, the spoils were shared privately without being reported to the headquarters. If no one pursues it, forget it. Once someone wants to find trouble, that's the case.
This is a big trouble, and it would be much easier for the Third Army, which has the status of the Central Army, to shoulder it from the front.
It can be said that in this "spoils sharing" meeting, his 17th Division, besides having the most officers and soldiers killed in battle, was actually the weakest.
But Liu Lang took great care of him. Not only did he replenish the mountain artillery battalion and build a new field artillery battalion, he also allocated 25 Japanese-style 90 mortars, one more than the 129th Division and the 3rd Army combined.
There is no shortage of rapid-firing artillery and infantry artillery, and Lieutenant General Zhao also feels satisfied.
Maybe the future military god was a little regretful. Although he always took the big ones, after all, these weapons were captured by his 129th Division and the Independent Regiment. He suddenly took out at least half of them, which made him somewhat reluctant to part with them.
But fortunately, as Liu Lang said, the best one is the one that suits you best. 36 mountain artillery pieces form a mountain artillery regiment. Such equipment is unique not only in the 18th Group Army, but also in Shanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The Central Army of the Third Army is probably just one division and one mountain artillery battalion!
With this mountain artillery regiment plus the infantry artillery and mortars attached to the infantry regiment, even if there is no advantageous terrain and superior strength, a division may still be unable to win, but an infantry brigade, the future military god will not be able to win at all.
Afraid.
In other words, Liu Lang's allocation plan was basically approved by the lieutenant generals and even the generals. As for the 11 105 howitzers he just mentioned being allocated to the 22nd Army, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.
Two mountain cannons should be replaced by one howitzer! According to the military exploits of the Independent Regiment, they did not say that they took too much advantage. Besides, a lieutenant general and a major general agreed. Anyone who says weird things is considered a villain.
So, everyone nodded in agreement.
"Captain Liu, I remember that there are only 30 of the 34 field guns, and there are 4 left. There are 2 of the 44 mountain guns left. What are you going to do?" Cun Xingqi, who had not spoken much until now, suddenly became curious.
asked.
From the expression on his face, Liu Lang knew that this person was not questioning, but was just curious about the whereabouts of these cannons. It seemed that the lieutenant generals had no intention of questioning. It seemed that everyone had a tacit understanding that they could not do arithmetic.
Same thing.
"Hey, in this war, whether it is your army or our 22nd Army and the 129th and 17th Divisions, they are all under the command of Commander Huang in the Eastern Shanxi Theater. It would be impolite to give Commander Huang no power of distribution at all."
Liu Lang smiled slightly and explained.
"It makes sense, it makes sense." Cun Xingqi, who had an explosive temper, grinned and nodded frequently. He glanced at the future general who was quietly snickering aside, and while his face was slightly embarrassed, his eyes lit up and he laughed: "But
, I’ll go to Commander Huang and ask for some more field guns, don’t tell me I’m oversharing!”
If you do this, Admiral Huang will definitely beat you...
As soon as he said this, everyone present except his immediate superior glared at him, and everyone else was briefly stunned and then burst into laughter.
Sure enough, "sharing the spoils" is the happiest thing!
The biggest ones have been divided, and the next step is naturally the distribution of light and heavy machine guns, ammunition, and food and clothing. The big bosses no longer care about these. They basically send brigade commanders to make the decision. Liu Lang asked Zhang Ruhao to step in.
Host assignments.
Nearly 3 million kilograms of rice were delivered to the war zone and 1 million kilograms were delivered to the headquarters for the headquarters to pay for the troops. 1,500 rifles were issued with 100 rounds of ammunition each, 30 light machine guns were issued with 1,000 rounds of ammunition each, and 10 heavy machine guns were issued with each gun.
2,000 rounds of ammunition and 2,000 Japanese-style grenades basically satisfied all the honors of the theater headquarters. In addition to the 4 field guns and 2 mountain guns that Liu Lang left behind earlier, if these can't stop General Huang's mouth, then I'm afraid.
, arousing the backlash from several army lieutenant generals and Liu Lang, a second-level general standing behind him.
Liu Lang believed that as long as he was not an idiot, he would accept all this happily, both in his heart and on the surface.
After all, the leader's captain of the bodyguard is already waiting in Taiyuan City with a medal. At this time, whoever dares to find trouble with the brothers will be upset with the chairman of the committee.
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PS: We played football until 12 o'clock last night. It is really difficult to calculate the data of various types of artillery. As everyone with Fengyue's mathematical skills knows, the update is late, but please don't blame me.