Chapter 181: The courage is bigger than the commander
The meeting lasted for two hours before it ended.
Because Major General Ono issued a hush-hush order, no one outside knew what decisions Ono made at the meeting.
However, judging from the confidence on everyone's faces after the meeting, this resolution must have given everyone confidence in the elimination of the independent group.
As soon as the call back from the independent regiment station and the military division arrived at Xu Guang, it was sent to Wang Ping!
"The regimental commander was demoted to deputy regimental commander and acted as the independent regimental commander. The commander's punishment was too light!" Wang Ping said with a frown after reading the telegram.
"The political commissar is also joining in the fun with me. The political commissar has also become the acting political commissar. However, the commander's instructions behind the punishment are very important and must be arranged as soon as possible. Guard, please immediately notify the political commissar and chief of staff to come to my place.
Come on, the three of us will have a meeting."
Cheng Xiao had obviously gotten the news, and said the same thing as soon as he came in: "Captain, the commander demoted us by half a level, and also acted as the regimental commander and political commissar. Such a punishment must be light. He is doing this."
Protect us!"
"Indeed, but I believe that it won't take too long for this pronoun to be removed!" Wang Ping answered very confidently.
Zeng Quan's eyes lit up as he rushed over, and he immediately said: "Captain, are there any new actions?"
"Well, the commander's punishment for me and the political commissar has come. Both of us have been demoted to deputy positions, but acting as principals. Therefore, the three of us will continue to work together as a team!" Wang Ping first introduced Zeng Quan.
Then he replied: "As for action, there is no action yet, but it will not take too long!"
"The guards are on guard outside. No one can come near." Wang Ping first ordered the guards guarding the door.
Then he greeted the two people and said: "Sit down here. In addition to the punishment for me and the political commissar, the commander's call back also contains a combat plan. I took a look at it and it was very bold, but very feasible, so I sent you two
Called over!"
"This is a telegram, take a look at it first!"
"Haha! Commander, the commander is going to dig out the enemy's lair!" Zeng Quan shouted excitedly as soon as he read the telegram.
Political commissar Cheng Xiao was not so excited, but looked worried: "Captain, if this happens, the pressure will be on our independent group!"
"If we want the Japs to move all their main forces out of Laiyuan City, we must block the Japs' attack and put on a posture of fighting the Japs for a decisive battle. Only in this way can the commander have the opportunity to raid Laiyuan City and dig out the Japs' lair."
"At that time, our regiment will have to withstand the attack of thousands of Japs. Mortars, infantry artillery, mountain artillery, and field artillery will all appear on the battlefield. If we do not do well, the Japs will even call in planes to carry out crazy attacks on our positions.
Bombing indiscriminately. If this is the case, can we withstand the Japanese attack?"
"Definitely!" Wang Ping replied seriously.
"Not only do I want to withstand the Japanese attack and stick all their main forces here, I also want to eat his artillery brigade. You know, the Japanese artillery brigade is not the mortars and infantry artillery we usually see. They are all
All mountain cannons and field cannons are so powerful that they can be considered real cannons!"
Zeng Quan became even more excited. He stared at Wang Ping and replied: "Captain, you are more courageous than our commander. However, I believe that our independent regiment can definitely do it!"
Cheng Xiao also compromised at this time: "I don't care how you fight, but we must control the casualties this time. Our independent regiment has sacrificed so many soldiers just a short time ago, many of them are local recruits. If too many sacrifices are made,
I'm worried that it will have some bad effects on the local people."
"After all, the people you sent to our Eighth Route Army are here to serve as soldiers to fight the Japanese, not to die!"
Wang Ping affirmed: "Political Commissar, I know that you and Director Deng are under a lot of pressure during this time. Don't worry, we will definitely control the casualties this time!"
"Okay, let's get back to business! The commander told us a few things in the plan, and I decided to start now!"
"Needless to say, we have been conducting military training, and you, Lao Zeng, have always been in charge."
"In this big battle planned by the commander, we are mainly engaged in defense, and the marksmanship of the soldiers is particularly important. Therefore, if you take 50,000 rounds of ammunition from the logistics department to train troops, you must improve the marksmanship of your comrades.
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"No problem!" Zeng Quan affirmed.
"There is also the issue of artillery!" Wang Ping continued.
"We captured a lot of heavy weapons this time. It is impossible to put them in the ammunition depot to rust. What I mean is to use all the extra heavy weapons to form troops directly under the regiment headquarters! The artillery company was expanded into an artillery battalion, including an infantry
An artillery battery of six infantry guns, a mountain gun battery of two mountain guns, and a mortar battery. All the extra mortars will be equipped with the mortar battery!"
"In addition, a heavy machine gun company will be formed directly under the regiment headquarters, and all the extra heavy machine guns will be equipped."
"Each infantry company is guaranteed to have four light machine guns. The troops directly under the battalion and the troops directly under the regiment must also meet this standard. However, the guard troops must be strengthened and strive to achieve one machine gun per infantry squad! As the mobile fire support force of the battalion,
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"Also, half a month ago I asked Old Zeng to look for soldiers who had been cavalry. I don't know if there are any results!"
"Yes, there is a platoon leader who has been a cavalryman. He is also an old Red Army soldier. He crawled across the grass and found more than fifty soldiers who can ride horses!" Zeng Quan affirmed.
"Then let him be the company commander. Political Commissar, you choose a good instructor for her, who will form the cavalry company of our independent regiment. More than fifty soldiers are not enough. The full strength of the cavalry company is one hundred people. Chief of Staff, you also need
Keep picking people!"
Cheng Xiao suddenly interjected and said: "The captured domestic rifles and machine guns are all equipped with garrison battalions. In the next battle, the garrison battalions will definitely participate in the battle. If the firepower can be strengthened, they can be added. Comrades cannot be allowed to use their own flesh and blood to fight against the enemy."
The devils fight hard!"
"I agree!" Wang Ping affirmed without any hesitation.
"The next step is the second task assigned to us by the commander! Place more of our people in Laiyuan City, the better. Once the military division raids Laiyuan City, these people will cooperate in the city, attack from inside and outside, and break through Laiyuan City in one fell swoop.
Source city defense!"
"Leave this to me!" Cheng Xiao said.
"I will send a telegram to the commander soon and ask him to send someone over. As long as there are no more than 200 people, I promise to hide them quietly in Laiyuan City. The weapons are just a little troublesome and it will take time!"
In the next more than half a month, Laiyuan City rarely became clean.
Thousands of Japanese troops were all training around Laiyuan City. As a result, there were crackling gunshots outside the city every day, and they thought someone was attacking Laiyuan City.
Major General Ono was not idle and went to the military headquarters in person.
Although he received a lot of scolding, he recruited more than 800 new soldiers and a cavalry brigade from the military headquarters.
With these people added to the army, his brigade once again reached full strength.
The Independent Regiment is not idle either. From morning to night, it conducts military training every day to accumulate strength for the next war that may break out at any time.