At the military region headquarters, every time the commander stays outside for one more day, the political commissar and chief of staff will be in constant fear.
The prison policy launched by the Japs has had an increasing impact on the base area. The passage between the military region and the Fourth Military Division has also been blocked by the Japs in recent days. This means that the commander has to return from the Fourth Division.
There is a new threat to face.
"Chief of Staff, haven't you received the telegram from the commander to come back? Now the enemy's division and blockade of our military region is getting more and more serious. If you don't come back, I'm worried about something unexpected happening!" Early in the morning, the political commissar just walked in.
The command headquarters stared at the chief of staff and asked.
The chief of staff shook his head and replied helplessly: "Not yet~"
Then he frowned and suggested: "How about we send a telegram to the commander or the new regiment to urge them!"
Just when the political commissar was hesitating whether to send a telegram, the communications staff rushed in excited and anxious.
"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, Commander, urgent call!"
"What did you say?" the political commissar immediately asked.
Before the communications staff officer could speak, the chief of staff had already snatched the telegram, glanced at it and answered.
"The commander is finally coming back. He asked us to mobilize a main regiment from nearby and rush to Zhouzhuang at 11 o'clock tonight. He will cross the Japanese blockade from there and prepare this regiment to respond!"
"No!" The political commissar's brows suddenly furrowed and he shook his head in response.
"This is not the commander's style. The commander will definitely not make such a request to allocate a main force group to respond. Even if the head of the headquarters comes, he will not ask us to allocate a group to respond to him. There is too much movement, maybe
It will be counterproductive and expose the target."
"Did the telegram say the reason?"
The chief of staff also frowned. He scanned the contents of the telegram again and replied: "No, the telegram asked us to execute the order and keep it confidential!"
After thinking for a long time and still not letting go, the political commissar could only shake his head and reply: "Then execute the order. Everything will be clear when the commander comes back!"
At five o'clock in the morning, the commander returned to the military area. The equipment and ammunition brought back from the new regiment had already reached the receiving troops and were being transported to the military area in batches via different roads.
The political commissar and chief of staff who arrived at Zhouzhuang with the response troops were full of questions after seeing the equipment brought back by the commander.
Because they were in a hurry, the two of them waited until they reached the military region headquarters before they couldn't help but ask.
"Commander, those equipment and ammunition are..."
"I knew you must be the first to ask this question!" The commander made a small joke, then handed the equipment list to the political commissar, and finally answered.
"They are all gifts from the new regiment to the military region. The entire brigade's equipment, mortars, and heavy machine guns are all configured according to the standards of one regiment and one company. In addition, there is also the equipment of an infantry artillery company and a large amount of ammunition!
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"Well, my trip to Wang Ping's place this time will be worthwhile..."
"Hiss..." Both the political commissar and the chief of staff took a deep breath, and it took them a long time to react.
Especially the political commissar, after reading the list in his hand three times in a row, he believed his eyes, then stared at the commander and asked: "In other words, the victory telegrams sent by the new regiment to the military region are all true!"
"It's true, and in the past few days that I was with the New Regiment, they won another great victory, otherwise I wouldn't be able to bring so much equipment and ammunition!"
The commander did not hide anything and directly told his experience of several days in the new regiment.
"Wang Ping is amazing, Commander. I suggest reporting the performance of the new regiment to the headquarters immediately and asking for credit, especially Wang Ping, the leader of the new regiment!" The political commissar suggested to the commander as soon as he recovered from the shock.
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"It is certain to take credit, but not now!" the commander replied, shaking his head.
Then the two people looked at it with puzzled eyes and replied: "I plan to use the equipment given to the military region by the new regiment to form a brigade. It will not belong to any military division and will be directly under the command of the military region!"
"In this case, in the face of the heavy encirclement and suppression that the Japanese army may launch, several military divisions can fight the Japanese according to their own wishes without worrying about the military regions. And the military regions also have troops that can be mobilized to attack the enemies they want to attack without having to give up the troops.
Zoning adds pressure!”
The chief of staff immediately agreed: "This is a good idea. Every time there is an action in the military region, it is necessary to mobilize troops from all military divisions. It is too troublesome, and it is easy to disrupt each military division's own combat plan."
"With the troops directly under the military region, not only do we not need to mobilize troops from various military divisions, but when the military divisions are short of troops, we can also provide them with reinforcements. There are only advantages and no disadvantages!"
The political commissar in charge of logistics was not so happy.
An extra brigade of troops is not just as simple as equipment.
Soldiers, food, uniforms... are all problems.
He frowned and asked the commander: "How to deal with the soldiers? According to the configuration of these equipment, the size of a regiment is about 1,300 to 1,500 people, and the entire brigade adds up to nearly 4,500 people. If
The military region is looking for new recruits on its own, and it doesn’t take half a year to form combat effectiveness. Moreover, a battle may break out in the military region at any time, and we don’t have that much time to train them!”
"Let the other three military divisions provide it, the fourth division provides equipment and ammunition, and the other three military divisions provide soldiers!"
"Each military division will send a thousand people to the headquarters, 300 of whom are veterans. The military division does not require any equipment or ammunition, and they will also be given an additional 1,000 grenades, 50,000 rounds of ammunition, and 100 artillery shells!"
"I believe that several military division commanders will rush to do this kind of business! You know, each of their military divisions has established a lot of new troops, but because of the Japanese prison policy, the equipment and ammunition are very few.
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"As for the remaining soldiers, the military region will handle it themselves!"
"The headquarters and logistics department can streamline some personnel and add them to the army. In addition to the new barracks and the guard battalion directly under the military region, one brigade of soldiers is enough!"
"As for combat effectiveness, don't worry. The entire brigade has 30% veterans, plus the training methods I brought back from the new regiment. It only takes more than a month for this brigade to develop combat effectiveness!"
The political commissar nodded in approval, but his frown did not relax.
Staring at the commander, he continued to ask: "What about food, clothing, and other logistical supplies? A brigade of 4,500 people consumes astronomical amounts of food every day. Can our military region afford it?"
"I'll take care of it!" the commander replied confidently.
Wang Ping's report to him included how to solve the problem of food and fodder for the troops. There were two main methods, one was to be self-sufficient, and the other was to steal from the Japanese.
At first, the commander had doubts about these two methods, but after listening to Wang Ping's explanation, his doubts disappeared.
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