At the first detachment station more than 100 kilometers away from the arsenal, the detachment leader and the political commissar were studying the personnel issues of the army.
In the Battle of Taiyuan, although the equipment and organization of the troops were completed, the sacrifice of several battalion and company level cadres was not that simple.
Nowadays, they are all deputy positions or part-time positions held by superiors. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, these cadres must be confirmed as soon as possible.
At this moment, the chief of staff suddenly burst in with a smile on his face.
"The detachment leader, political commissar, and military division telegram are good news!"
"The division commander asked us to immediately dispatch a supply company to the military division to get a batch of ammunition, a total of 100,000 rounds of rifle bullets, 10,000 rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, 5,000 grenades, 500 mortar shells, and mountain artillery shells.
Two hundred rounds!”
"Look, let's let the supply battalion pass over. They have been to the military division, are familiar with the road, and have experience. Let their battalion commander lead the team with his own son!"
The detachment leader was not as happy as the chief of staff, but even frowned.
"Old Chen, is there a problem?" The keen political commissar immediately noticed something strange about the detachment leader and stared at him and asked.
The detachment leader did not answer immediately, his brows were still furrowed, but he stared at the political commissar and asked: "Old Wang, this is the first time that the military division has allocated ammunition to us!"
"Even if we now have an arsenal, we can produce some weapons and ammunition ourselves. However, we are not rich enough to allocate ammunition to us from time to time. We have so many troops in the Eighth Route Army, and many of them are even more lacking in ammunition than we are!"
"It's true!" The political commissar also frowned.
"This is the third time I have received ammunition. The first time was 200,000 rounds of ammunition, the second time was 150,000 rounds, plus this time 100,000 rounds, that's 500,000 rounds of ammunition. Plus we
One detachment exchanged bullet casings for them, and the entire detachment's reserve of rifle ammunition has exceeded 700,000 rounds, with an average of 100 rounds per person!"
"This is obviously the rhythm of a war!" the detachment leader frowned deeper and said in a shocking tone.
Then he stared at the chief of staff and asked: "Is there anything else in the telegram?"
"Yes, the military division requires us to strengthen training and restore the recruits' combat effectiveness as soon as possible. The sooner the better!" the chief of staff replied.
"There must be a big battle to fight!" This time, the detachment leader was even more sure of his judgment.
The political commissar also agreed: "I agree with your judgment, Old Chen."
"Also, since it has been judged that we will have a big battle to fight next, we must be prepared. Lao Chen, you are the military commander, and you must be fully prepared for battle. There are too many new recruits in the detachment.
If you are not prepared, an accident may happen!”
The detachment leader still frowned, but his face had become more serious than ever.
After thinking about it, he started to give orders: "Chief of Staff, when you go to the military area to collect ammunition, you will do as you wish!"
"In addition, draw out 200,000 rounds of ammunition and let all the soldiers in the detachment undergo 30 rounds of live ammunition training. Without live ammunition, the recruits will always be recruits!"
"Reconnaissance troops, closely monitor all Japanese and puppet army strongholds around us, and report any situation immediately!"
"There are three of us, one is in charge of a regiment, and we ask them to strengthen their training."
"The last thing is the material reserves. A big war requires a lot of various materials. If we have enough reserves, we will have more confidence when fighting. Therefore, we must pay attention to this issue. Political Commissar, you must come and take care of it yourself!"
For the next half month, crackling gunshots continued to ring out from the base of the three main regiments of a team, making it very lively.
However, the consumption of these ammunition is still very important for almost half of the recruits in a team.
In just half a month, these new recruits felt like they were completely transformed.
More importantly, after thirty rounds of live ammunition training, their marksmanship improved in a straight line, which was much better than training their aim every day.
The detachment leader was very pleased with the progress of the troops, but he was puzzled by the motionless Japanese and puppet troops still huddled in their strongholds.
In the past half month, the military region has allocated another 100,000 rounds of ammunition, making the detachment leader more certain that there will be a big battle to come.
However, in the dozens of strongholds of various sizes confronting the detachment, the Japanese and puppet troops showed no signs of increasing their troops or sending out troops. The detachment leader could not feel any sign of the coming storm!
At this moment, the chief of staff suddenly barged in, along with the political commissar, both of whom had serious expressions on their faces.
The detachment leader only took one look and had a very bad premonition in his mind. Then he frowned and asked, "Chief of Staff, has something happened?"
"Emergency telegram from the military region, the Japanese are on the move!"
"The hundreds of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops, like crazy, rushed towards our base area from all directions. The military region requires us to use flexible guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to smash the Japanese encirclement and suppression, and kill as many of their effective forces as possible!"
"Also, the last batch of ammunition given to us by the military region is already on the way. A total of 100,000 rounds of rifle ammunition will be here tomorrow night!"
"How is this possible with hundreds of thousands of Japanese puppet troops?" the detachment leader asked with disbelief.
"Dozens of Japanese and puppet army strongholds around us are being watched, and any disturbance cannot escape our eyes. However, so far, I have not received any news of the Japanese and puppet troops sending troops!"
"Chief of Staff, could the military region have made a mistake? If there are really hundreds of thousands of puppet troops encircling and suppressing us, then the counter-encirclement and suppression operations we will face next will definitely be unprecedented."
"The information is true!" the chief of staff affirmed.
"The reason why we haven't received any news about the Japanese and puppet troops dispatching troops is because the Japanese army didn't use the troops around us at all!"
"The Japanese must have been frightened by our frequent sneak attacks on Tongen's rear stronghold to supply supplies. This time, all the encirclement and suppression troops were temporarily transferred from other places."
"As for the Japanese and puppet troops around us, during the entire counter-encirclement and suppression process, they all stood still and continued to surround us!"
The detachment leader's brows had already furrowed into a big "Sichuan" sign. Even though the Japs were their opponents and there was about to be a life-and-death battle with them, the detachment leader still couldn't help but sigh: "The Japs commander is very smart!"
"It seems that the next counter-encirclement and suppression campaign will be very difficult to fight!"
The political commissar's face was also very solemn, but as the person in charge of the army's ideology and morale, no matter how difficult the battle was, the first thing he had to do was to have confidence.
"Captain, although the storm is coming, we are not unprepared for anything!"
"We are not short of guns and ammunition now, and we also have an artillery battalion with enough artillery shells, which can be used to train the little Japanese encirclement and suppression troops!"
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