"How is this possible? There are more than 200 remnant soldiers and more than 1,800 puppet troops captured. Including those killed on the battlefield, there must be more than 2,000 people!" The shocked chief of staff immediately asked his question.
"Also, unless there are special circumstances, the Japanese will never agree to the puppet army fighting alone, because it will give us military exploits."
"If the New Regiment really wiped out more than 2,000 puppet troops, calculated proportionally, they would have wiped out at least a thousand Japs, which would be more than an entire infantry brigade!"
The political commissar and Brigadier Chen were also frightened by the chief of staff's analysis.
It is impossible for a full-strength main force regiment to achieve such great results in such a short period of time, let alone a remnant regiment whose total strength is less than a battalion!
But doubts are doubts, and Brigadier Chen did not show it immediately.
Instead, he interrupted the chief of staff who wanted to continue speaking, stared at the communications staff officer and continued to ask: "What else? You continue to report!"
"Yes, chief!" the communications staff officer replied immediately.
"Captain Wang also reported that after mobilization, at least 70% of the prisoners were willing to join the new regiment. They decided to use these prisoners to expand the new regiment and bring the new regiment to full strength!"
"What about equipment? In addition to people, the expanded troops also need equipment!" the chief of staff, who was constantly questioning, immediately asked.
The situation faced by the New Regiment was so bad that I thought about it all night without any clue. But when Wang Ping arrived at the New Regiment, he not only broke the situation, but also allowed the New Regiment to grow and develop. There is a huge contrast in this.
No matter who you put it on, they will be dissatisfied.
The communications staff officer immediately said: "Chief, the next thing I want to talk about is equipment!"
"The telegram said that apart from those destroyed on the battlefield, they already have the equipment to arm two thousand people. As long as the brigade headquarters gives the order, the troops can be expanded at any time!"
This time, Brigadier Chen spoke.
"Have they reported the expanded establishment of the new regiment, as well as the personnel appointments?"
"The establishment is there!" the communications staff officer immediately replied.
"After the expansion, the new regiment has three main battalions, a guard company, an artillery company, an engineer platoon, a communications platoon, a reconnaissance platoon, a direct team, and the rest is the logistics force. The total strength is tentatively set at 2,000
people!"
"What a huge appetite!" the political commissar exclaimed.
"Brigadier Commander, our brigade has a total of five main regiments. Because of the heavy losses in the last counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, although we have recovered a lot during this period, as far as I know, the main regiment with the largest number of troops has not been developed so far.
There are only 1,800 people!”
The chief of staff, who knew the situation of the troops well, immediately replied: "The best one I found was the 772nd Regiment. During the anti-encirclement and suppression battle, they went from more than 2,500 people to more than 1,200 people. Fortunately, the foundation is still there."
After this period of development, the military strength has been expanded to 1,800 men, and it is not far away from returning to its pre-war strength!"
"In addition, they now have a mortar company, a heavy machine gun company, and four main battalions!"
The political commissar said: "In other words, if the new regiment is reorganized according to the above plan, it will directly become the main regiment with the largest number of troops in our brigade!"
"More than a month ago, the total strength of the New Regiment was less than 300 people. It was heavily surrounded by Japanese troops and ran out of ammunition and food. It may be a matter of time before the entire army is destroyed. In such a short time, the army has developed like this.
, the huge gap is incredible!”
Whether it was the political commissar or the chief of staff, the message revealed in his words was that he did not believe that the contents of the telegram were true.
The brigade commander believed in Wang Ping's ability, but as the political commissar said just now, the changes and contrasts between the new regiment before and after were too great to believe.
Finally, the brigade commander made a decision to go and see the new regiment in person.
However, the proposal was opposed by the political commissar and chief of staff as soon as it was exported.
"I don't agree with you going there. There is a Japanese brigade in Linfen. If the Japanese know that Brigadier Chen, whom they have spent so much effort to eliminate, has gone to Linfen, they will definitely kill you at all costs!" The political commissar refused without thinking.
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"I don't agree either. The situation in Linfen is too bad. We can't let you, brigade commander, take risks just based on a telegram from the New Regiment!" The chief of staff refused immediately.
Brigadier Chen hesitated for another half minute and finally decided: "I still want to go!"
"After the headquarters of the New Regiment was attacked and the troops suffered a devastating blow, they have always contacted the brigade headquarters. The headquarters has never contacted them proactively, and no one has gone to greet them. If this continues for a long time, the soldiers of the New Regiment will
It will be heartbreaking.”
"As for safety, with Wang Ping here, I have no worries at all!"
"If it doesn't work out, I can take a detachment from the special operations team and take it with me. We will only take the mountain roads and small roads, bypassing the highways and checkpoints controlled by the Japanese to go to Linfen. At worst, we will spend a few more days on the road!"
"Also, the importance of Linfen to our control of Taiyue is self-evident. I won't feel relieved if I don't go there in person!"
"Ok, deal!"
The New Regiment was stationed, and they could not wait for a long time to receive a call back from the brigade headquarters. Both Wang Ping and Zhong Chenggong showed anxious expressions on their faces.
At this moment, Xiong Changhe, who was waiting impatiently, couldn't help complaining: "Is it possible that the brigade headquarters doesn't believe the results we reported?"
"If I were the head of the brigade, I would definitely not believe it after seeing such results. After all, our new regiment was just a remnant of about 200 soldiers more than half a month ago!"
Wang Ping replied with a look of realization: "It's really possible!"
Zhong Chenggong immediately added: "Would you like to send another telegram to the brigade headquarters to report several larger-scale battles and explain them!"
"Okay, I'll write the telegram now and send it in person!" Wang Ping replied immediately.
Finally, the radio station contacted the brigade headquarters. It would be a big joke if the brigade headquarters misunderstood him because of the great victory and misunderstood him and regarded himself as a Japanese soldier or became suspicious of the new regiment.
"Didi didi..." Just when Wang Ping was about to write, there was finally movement on the radio station in front of him.
Wang Ping quickly put on his earphones and recorded the contents of the telegram.
After it was over, Wang Ping couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad.
There's excitement, helplessness, excitement, and a little bit of embarrassment... in short, it's very complicated.
Zhong Chenggong hurriedly asked: "Commander, what did the brigade say? Do you agree with our reorganization opinion?"
"I didn't mention it!" Wang Ping replied with an embarrassed look on his face, and then added: "The brigade headquarters must have doubted the results of the battle we reported!"
"Then let's send another telegram to the brigade headquarters, report the battle process, and explain it carefully!" Zhong Chenggong suggested hurriedly when the thing he was most worried about happened.
Wang Ping shook his head and said something that shocked everyone here.
"No need, the brigade commander will come over personally to guide the reorganization of our new regiment!"
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