Chapter 242 A small team leader with a deep background?
Who says a general must be cold-blooded? Liu Lang, knowing that he was sending 2,000 officers and soldiers to the flesh-and-blood mill where the Japanese invaders were about to start, drank a glass of apologetic wine with every squad of soldiers and got drunk for two days.
But during his drunken days, the Independence Regiment did not stop advancing. News of the Japanese invaders' invasion of Shanhaiguan spread across the land of China through radio. It was almost unnecessary for the senior officers who had already learned about Liu Lang's concerns to move north to mobilize. All the soldiers had already become conscious.
The best signal is that the whole group cancels their vacation and enters a wartime state.
Under the leadership of Liang Wenzhong, the logistics department frantically carried out various material reserves. Throughout Guangyuan, people's excess meat, poultry and eggs were continuously transported into the base. Fresh meat was marinated with a large amount of salt to make bacon, and rice grains were mixed with various ingredients.
Plant beans and sesame seeds, add sugar and salt, grind them into rice noodles and fry them. The shelf life of the rice noodles can reach more than seven days in the hot summer, and can be stored for at least two months in the cold winter. Soak it in boiling water and add a few pieces of dried meat.
It can guarantee the energy needed by soldiers for most of the day.
After nearly four months of reserve, the number of bullets has reached 700,000 rounds, and the output of grenades can basically meet the standard of four for each soldier and an additional 10,000 rounds.
The workers at the ordnance factory have been divided into two shifts and are working day and night, working hard to produce the small landmines that Grunov has just successfully developed. The large landmines that can explode cars and armored vehicles were ordered to be replaced by the regiment a month ago after the production of 500 pieces.
The chief suggested that the mine should be stopped. Instead, at Liu Lang's prompt, Grunov developed a small mine that could not even kill a person, which won Liu Lang's favor and he was asked to do his best to produce it.
Groups of innocent village guards, led by disabled veterans, entered the base of the Independent Regiment. The entire regiment of the Independent Regiment was about to go north, leaving only one hundred recruits, a few reliable veteran sergeants, and Liang Wenzhong who was in charge of the base.
, in the next few months, the defense of the independent regiment base will be undertaken by these new recruits, disabled veterans, and three hundred village guards.
On the 15th, after Liu Lang arranged everything and finally received a message from the division headquarters approving the long-distance field training, 2,000 soldiers of the independent regiment plus 500 strong men, a total of 2,500 people, embarked on the road north.
At the end of January, the headquarters of the Second Division of the National Revolutionary Army.
"Chief of Staff, Liu Lang sent a message again? Where is he now?" Huang Jie, who had been staring at the newly hung map of northern China on the wall, casually asked Chief of Staff Li Bohua who was holding the message.
On the map, several shocking red arrows have penetrated deep into the whole province of Jehol, and beyond the Great Wall, you will reach the vast Pingjin.
"Boy, we are almost in Xi'an. In fifteen days, a fully armed regiment traveled 900 miles, and in the process they annihilated a group of bandits who were invading Tianshui. Is there really anything to say about the training of these soldiers?" Li Bohua
He smiled wryly and shook his head.
"Has he arrived in Xi'an? Another group of bandits were beaten? Has this kid gotten rich again?" Huang Jie was slightly shocked.
Obviously, Liu Lang's marching speed shocked the senior commander. According to Liu Lang's marching route, it would take ten days to walk on the mountain road from northern Sichuan to Tianshui, Gansu, and then from Tianshui to Baoji, and from Baoji to Xi'an.
,According to Huang Jie's estimation, Liu Lang could not reach his destination in less than twenty days.
Now that he was interested in being trained by Liu Lang's independent regiment, Huang Jie stopped looking at the map, lit a cigarette, and asked Li Bohua: "Let's not talk about how this guy's military training is. Chief of Staff, what do you think Liu Lang said?
During the long-distance training, which one did you play?"
"Now the war in Sichuan Province has just ended, Liu Wenhui has retreated to Ya'an, and Liu Xiang has settled in Chengdu. The dispute between the two has not yet been fully resolved, and the situation in Sichuan Province has not yet been completely clear. However, as the new year is approaching, he, Liu Lang, has pulled the 2,000 men of the Independent Regiment.
From north Sichuan to Tianshui, Gansu, to Baoji, the destination goes directly to Xi'an. Are you going to take the independent regiment to Xi'an to celebrate the New Year?" Li Bohua smiled faintly and made his own judgment on Liu Lang's unexpected troop training.
Although he didn't say it too clearly, the implication behind his words was that Liu Lang had other agendas and the so-called training was just a joke.
"Haha, the chief of staff deserves to be the chief of staff. Liu Lang wants to play tricks on you, but he is indeed not close." Huang Jie laughed.
"It's just, Chief of Staff, you said this guy came out of Sichuan under the guise of training troops even though he knew we wouldn't believe him. What does he want to do?" Huang Jie asked again.
"Although that guy is a bit exhausted, as a soldier, he is very qualified. As far as I know, since the Shanhaiguan battle broke out on January 2, the independent regiment has declared a wartime state, and the logistics system has fully stocked up on military rations.
Ordnance and military supplies are also fully prepared. Like you, Master, he saw the battle in the north." Li Bohua sighed slightly.
"Hehe, of course, if it weren't for this, do you think he could get out of his defense zone just because he was joking?" Huang Jie said with a proud smile.
"It's just that I still don't quite understand. His independent regiment belongs to our Second Civil Division, and the route he takes is also our Second Division's defense area. It doesn't matter, but if he wants to go to Shaanxi, even if he wants to protect his country with passion,
, let alone a small regiment commander, even our Second Division, without the orders of the Military and Political Department, it would be absolutely impossible. No matter how corrupt the war in the north is, there are still nearly 300,000 troops, and the Japanese invaders will not succeed so easily, unless
Yes..." Li Bohua frowned and said.
"Yeah! This is something I can't understand, so I just let it go and see what tricks that guy can do. He just wants to mobilize the troops out of the defense area at will just because of his passion. That won't work." Huang Jie also said
He squinted his eyes and swallowed hard.
After so many years in the army, we have seen many passionate young men like Liu Lang, but it is rare for Liu Lang to command 2,000 people and behave so unreasonably.
Especially when a superior cannot fully understand the intentions of his subordinates, this is somewhat dissatisfying.
At this moment, Communications Battalion Commander Zhang Chenghai hurriedly knocked on the door of the division headquarters conference room with a telegram.
"The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs ordered that all the Second Division of the National Revolutionary Army head north and arrive in Peiping before the end of February. They will be placed under the command of the Peking Branch of the Military Commission."
The content of the message was very simple. The two generals were happy at first, and then worried. They were happy that they could win the war in the north, but they were worried that the Peiping Branch of the Military Commission commanded nearly 300,000 troops.
They actually had to mobilize their Central Army, which was 2,000 miles away, to support them.
That shows that with the strength of the Japanese army, this battle will definitely not be small.
Then, Zhang Chenghai saw two generals he was familiar with who had mixed feelings about each other looking at each other with horror on their faces.
Is it possible that Liu Lang, a small colonel, actually has great connections in the Military and Political Department? He actually knew the order that the Second Division would march north to the Great Wall half a month ago?
If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll have to look at this humble little leader again from now on.
A small regiment leader who is related to the country's highest military command body is naturally different from a regiment leader who became a regiment leader by luck.
The traditional Chinese social relationship structure seems very complicated, but it is actually very simple.
Liu Lang was not as leisurely as the two chief officers at the division headquarters, but he was still thinking about his backers. He was explaining the current Japanese troop deployment in Jehol on a map to a dozen people above the company level.
According to the telegram sent by Ling Hong who had arrived at the northern front line, Rehe was now in danger and could be captured by the Japanese invaders who had assembled heavy troops at any time. However, Marshal Zhang of the Northern Branch of the Military Commission still stubbornly wanted to fight the Japanese invaders in Rehe.
Liu Lang knew that the young marshal would probably have to fight, even if he was defeated. In fact, not only was he defeated, but he was also severely defeated. By the end of February, the Japanese army would fully invade Jehol and march to the Great Wall.
There is still one month left for Liu Lang. No, to be precise, he only has half a month at most. He also needs at least half a month to prepare various fortifications that can withstand Japanese artillery and tanks.
Now, Liu Lang is waiting for the division headquarters to receive the order from the Military and Political Department to move the entire army north.