Two days later, in Linfen City, the entire New Regiment was preparing to evacuate Linfen City in a few days.
Regiment leader Wang Ping, chief of staff Zhong Chenggong, and political commissar Huang Yuanqiang, who came over yesterday, were hiding in a room to discuss the specific gains of the new regiment in Linfen.
"Captain, we've made a lot of money this time..." Zhong Chenggong, who was responsible for tallying the results of the battle, shouted excitedly as soon as he came in. His depressed expression caused by the heavy casualties of the troops was instantly wiped away.
Staring at Wang Ping and Huang Yuanqiang, he reported with a smile!
"I asked Battalion Commander Wang of the heavy artillery battalion to confirm all the captured heavy artillery and those that were damaged by bombing. A total of 32 howitzers and nine heavy mountain cannons were sorted out, totaling 41 in total!"
"The Japanese field artillery regiment suffered heavy losses due to the violent attack by our mountain artillery group. Even if all were sent to the arsenal for repair, only half of the total thirty-six field artillery pieces could be repaired and can continue to be used!"
"Mountain artillery and infantry artillery are better because they are attached to various infantry regiments and infantry brigades of the Japanese army and were not used in artillery battles with us. Except for a small number of artillery pieces that were destroyed, all others were intact."
"There are a total of 19 mountain cannons and 16 infantry cannons!"
"The rest are the mortars reinforced by the Japanese infantry brigades. A total of 76 were captured!"
"In addition, we also captured four field guns, six mountain guns, and 39 mortars from the Japanese army's transport troops!"
"After interrogation, I learned that these artillery pieces were used by the Japanese to trade with the Jinsui Army. In the end, they all gave us an advantage!"
Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang opened his mouth with a look of shock. After a long time, he sighed: "Commander, these are two heavy artillery regiments, a mountain artillery regiment, a night running regiment, plus an infantry artillery battalion and several mortars.
Battalion equipment!”
"The chief of staff is right, our new regiment really made a lot of money from this battle!"
Zhong Chenggong said: "Commissar, don't worry, this is just the beginning, just the appetizer. Is the big head still behind?"
"The real bulk of our harvest this time is small arms: the various rifles seized by the Japanese combat troops, puppet troops, and logistics troops totaled nearly 30,000, and the specific number is 28,600!"
"Among them, the Japanese army's baggage troops seized 16,000 rifles. They were Jin-made rifles that the Japanese had seized from the Jinsui Army in the past few years. They were preparing to trade with the Jinsui Army, and in the end they gave us the advantage of the Eighth Route Army!"
"More than 3,100 rifles were seized from the hands of the puppet troops!"
"The Japanese combat troops seized more than 10,000 rifles. If we had not used artillery in large quantities during the battle, at least 5,000 more rifles could have been seized. Now all these rifles have been blown into scrap metal and parts, but I still let them
Collect them all and send them to the arsenal to be used as parts in the future, or they can be directly recycled!"
"More than 400 light and heavy machine guns were seized!"
"The Japanese army's supply troops are preparing to trade nearly 200 light and heavy machine guns with the Jinsui Army. The Japanese army has seized more than 200 light and heavy machine guns. The remaining nearly 200 were damaged by bombs and will be sent to the arsenal for processing.
repair!"
"There is also a lot of ammunition. The Japanese army's baggage troops carried a field division's ammunition supply for nearly half a year!"
"The total number of bullets exceeds 8 million, the number of artillery shells exceeds 30,000, and the number of heavy artillery shells alone is nearly 10,000!"
"As for what was captured on the battlefield, it was basically used to replenish the troops for combat. There is no specific statistics!"
"There are 10.5 million jins of grain, of which 10 million jins were just snatched by the Japanese from the Jinsui Army!"
"There are also two loads of medicines, loaded in two full trucks, and more than a hundred truckloads of other supplies, such as cans, military uniforms and so on!"
Huang Yuanqiang's face was stunned by the series of numbers coming from the chief of staff's mouth.
At this moment, Wang Ping continued to add: "Chief of Staff, a few more!"
"Two million and eight hundred thousand bullets in the ocean, two million rounds of bullets of various calibers, thirty thousand hand grenades, and sixteen tons of medicine!"
Zhong Chenggong immediately reacted: "The Jinsui Army asked us to withdraw from Linfen City to compensate us for military expenses and supplies!"
"Yes, this is what we gained from the battle in Linfen!" Wang Ping affirmed.
Then he asked the question that the two people were most concerned about: "Next, let's discuss how to deal with these equipment!"
"It is definitely not realistic to stay. Our new regiment already has more than 20,000 people. My idea is not to expand it for the time being. After all, there will be no war in southwestern Shanxi in a short period of time. The more main troops there are, the more troops there will be in the base area."
The more pressure there is!”
Huang Yuanqiang, who was in charge of logistics, immediately agreed: "I agree that the army will no longer expand and maintain the current establishment!"
"Our new regiment has nearly 26,000 people at full strength. The population of the entire four districts is less than 3 million. Adding in the garrison camps in various places, on average ten ordinary people have to support one soldier!"
"It's a little better now. The troops have been in transition. We can seize a lot of supplies from the enemy to replenish the troops and reduce the logistical pressure on the military division!"
"Once the troops do not fight and capture within a short period of time, the logistical pressure that the people in the military division will face will definitely be very great, and may even be impossible to support!"
Wang Ping affirmed: "The common people will definitely not be able to bear the ratio of one to ten soldiers and civilians!"
"So, from now on, there will no longer be one more person in the main force establishment!"
"Chief of Staff, please do some statistics. According to the current establishment of the new regiment, make up for all the missing equipment in each battalion, and make a list of the remaining equipment!"
"My idea is that if the extra weapons are left to rust in our new group, they might as well be equipped with other units of the Eighth Route Army!"
"As far as I know, although we won this counter-mopping operation, the year-long continuous operation caused unprecedented pressure and losses to our various base areas!"
"Although each ministry gained something in the final counterattack, compared with the losses, it was still too little!"
"So I decided not to leave any extra weapons and ammunition in our new regiment, but to hand them all over to the headquarters!"
"We will keep 200,000 yuan for our own military expenses captured on the battlefield and compensated by the Jinsui Army. Political Commissar, you will withhold all the pensions compensated for the fallen soldiers and hand over all other funds!"
"Leave three tons of medicine and two tons of captured Japanese, and turn everything else over!"
"So Chief of Staff, you have to make a list as soon as possible, and then report it to the headquarters based on the list you made!"
"The last thing we captured is the mountain and field artillery. In addition to replacing the artillery that was lost on the battlefield in each battalion, there are still eighteen mountain artillery and eighteen field artillery left. I plan to set up three mixed mountain and field artillery battalions..."
"Our heavy artillery battalion also needs to be changed. When ammunition is completely dependent on captured ammunition, a single type of artillery has too many limitations, so I plan to reorganize a mixed heavy artillery battalion!"
"Among all the heavy artillery including the heavy artillery battalion, eighteen heavy mountain cannons were drawn out, eighteen heavy howitzers were handed over, and all other artillery pieces were kept!"
"Our future heavy artillery battalion will have six large-caliber mountain guns and twelve howitzers. The extra artillery will be directly assigned to the heavy artillery battalion for backup!"
"All the artillery pieces that cannot be repaired are also left, and the parts are removed and used for later use!"
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