At the Japanese division headquarters in Linfen City, for ten consecutive days, Lieutenant General Fujino stood in front of the sand table in the war room except for sleeping and eating.
Not to mention, since Wang Ping became the commander of the New Regiment, all the intelligence and battle reports related to the New Regiment have been placed on the table next to him, ready for him to retrieve and analyze at any time. No one knows that the division commander is there.
Research anything, including the chief of staff who is most familiar with him.
Several times the chief of staff wanted to ask everyone's questions.
But when he thought about how in the first two days, a combat staff officer and a communications officer were demoted and sent to the reconnaissance unit for disturbing him, and they were eventually killed by the Eighth Route Army while going deep into the base area of the New Regiment to reconsider the enemy's situation, the chief of staff finally chose
Keep your mouth shut and don't provoke the division commander who is holding back his anger.
At eight o'clock in the morning, a list sent by the director of the logistics department gave him finally a reason to go to Lieutenant General Fujino.
"Division Commander, I have something important to report!"
"We have single-handedly formed and trained a total of twelve regiments of the Imperial Association Army. Except for the last two regiments formed, the remaining ten regiments have all formed combat effectiveness. In addition, we have also found many excellent commanders among these Imperial Association Army
official!"
"Because the Imperial Army trained this time is under the direct control of the Imperial Army, all the commanders we like are promoted to battalion commanders or company commanders to assist the Imperial Army in commanding the troops!"
"Yes, with these Imperial Alliance troops, it is equivalent to adding more than 10,000 mobile troops to our hands." Lieutenant General Fujino finally looked away from the sand table, and then said with a satisfied look on his face.
"Even if the combat effectiveness of these Imperial Alliance troops is not as good as that of the Imperial Army, there is still no problem in letting them be responsible for defense!"
Then he stared at the chief of staff and asked: "How many imperial troops can you replace from the front line while ensuring the safety of the front line and being able to stand firm and wait for reinforcements for twelve hours even if attacked by the Eighth Route Army?"
The chief of staff took out a plan and sent it to Fujino, and then reported: "This is a defense change plan formulated by a humble official. Please review it with the division commander!"
"You tell me, I don't have that much time to look at these things!" Fujino threw the plan onto the table next to him and ordered!
"Hi!" The chief of staff glanced at the telegram on the table sadly.
In order to satisfy the division commander, he spent three full days working on this plan. However, the division commander simply threw it aside without even looking at it.
In addition to the heartache, the anger in my stomach was also rising.
However, given the position and identity of the division commander, no matter how angry he is, he can only hold it in.
"Compared with the Imperial Army, the only thing the Imperial Association Army lacks is heavy firepower. My humble idea is to add heavy machine gun companies and artillery companies to all the Imperial Association Army!"
"However, in order for these heavy weapons to be in the hands of the imperial army and no accidents occur, these troops must be in the hands of the imperial army personally!"
"The heavy machine gun company, artillery company, and key officers are all from the existing heavy machine gun squadrons and artillery squadrons of the Imperial Army! Ordinary soldiers are directly drawn from the Imperial Army, and then the key officers and officers from the Imperial Army are directly trained!"
Fujino rarely praised the chief of staff beside him and said: "Yes, this method is very good!"
"Only a small amount of the imperial army is needed to form a large number of artillery troops and heavy machine gun troops. More importantly, because the imperial army serves as officers and backbones, the combat effectiveness is guaranteed and these heavy weapons are completely in the hands of the imperial army.
inside!"
Then he stared at the chief of staff and continued to ask: "Are there enough weapons? For the twelve regiments of the Imperial Association Army, each regiment would form a heavy machine gun company and a mortar company. This would require nearly a hundred heavy machine guns and nearly a hundred
Mortars…”
"Enough!" the chief of staff affirmed.
Especially after receiving the approval from the division commander, he became more and more excited as he talked and explained immediately!
"Linfen City does not have much imperial army standard equipment in stock. At most, it can arm an infantry regiment. It was brought here when the front army replenished us with 5,000 garrison troops for the first time. But division commander, don't forget, Jin
In the southwest, we still have a division that has been fighting against the Jinsui Army in the World War II zone!"
"Although in our battles with the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial Army rarely took advantage. However, in the battle with the Jinsui Army, the Imperial Army basically won more and lost less, and captured a large number of weapons and ammunition equipped by the Jinsui Army!"
"Almost all the equipment we used to form the Imperial Alliance Army this time came from these seizures."
"If I remember correctly, there are at least a hundred heavy machine guns in the ammunition depot, more than a hundred mortars, and even a dozen mountain cannons!"
"Then use all these heavy weapons!" Lieutenant General Fujino decided with a smile on his face.
Then he continued the order: "Use all the more than a dozen mountain cannons, and use the imperial army as the backbone to form a mixed artillery brigade. This brigade belongs directly to the imperial army and will follow the imperial army in various campaigns!"
"I'll make arrangements for my humble position after I get down!" the chief of staff replied immediately.
Fujino nodded and continued to ask: "After forming a heavy machine gun company and a mortar company for the Imperial Alliance Army, what are you going to do next?"
"Arrange a regiment of the Imperial Army and a squadron of the Imperial Army to defend the large stronghold!" the chief of staff replied.
"At the medium-sized stronghold, arrange a battalion of the Imperial Army and a small team of the Imperial Army to defend it!"
"A company of the Imperial Army and a combat detachment of the Imperial Army are arranged to defend the small strongholds and checkpoints!"
"Of all the garrison troops, the main task of the Imperial Army is to supervise and train the Imperial Alliance Army so that they have stronger combat effectiveness and serve the Imperial Army!"
"In addition to garrisoning troops at various strongholds in the front-line positions, I will also arrange at least one regiment of the Imperial Army and a reinforced squadron of the Imperial Army as reserve forces on the traffic arteries behind the positions to reinforce the front-line positions at any time to withstand the Eighth Route Army's attack!"
"I made some statistics and based on the proportion just now, the entire Linfen area needs ten regiments of the Imperial Army and four brigades of the Imperial Army to ensure that Linfen is worry-free. If attacked by the Eighth Route Army, we must wait for reinforcements for at least twelve hours!
"
Lieutenant General Fujino asked with a twinkle in his eye: "Does this mean you can draw five infantry brigades of imperial troops from the front line!"
"Hi!" the chief of staff confirmed.
But after hesitating for a few seconds, he still explained: "But the imperial army of these five infantry brigades is not full!"
"This is not a problem!" Lieutenant General Fujino became more and more happy as he spoke.
He waved his hand and replied: "The dissatisfied officers will directly transfer troops from the baggage corps, engineering corps, military police brigade, and guard brigade to supplement them and make them full!"
"Chief of Staff, I completely agree with your plan. You should immediately implement the plan you just proposed and free me from the five brigades of imperial troops. I will be of great use!"
"I will start mobilizing troops tomorrow, and the defense change will be completed within three days!" the chief of staff affirmed!
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