Chapter seven hundred and eighty fourth robbing the army again
"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, I plan to use the horses brought back by the guard company, and then gather the horses scattered in the hands of each battalion to form a new cavalry company directly under the regiment!" Now that he had made the decision, Wang Ping no longer hesitated.
He expressed his thoughts directly to his two partners.
Anyone with a bit of military knowledge knows that cavalry is a very expensive branch of arms.
All the expenses of raising a cavalry company, if used to raise ordinary infantry, would be at least three companies.
Therefore, among the various units of the Eighth Route Army, there are very few organized cavalry units.
The Eighth Route Army was so poor that in many cases ordinary infantrymen did not even have food to eat, let alone spend the money that could feed three times the number of ordinary infantrymen to feed a cavalry force.
Therefore, after Wang Ping's thoughts were spoken, both of them were stunned for several seconds before reacting, and then showed expressions of great incomprehension.
Wang Ping immediately told the two men about the heavy losses suffered when the guard company attacked the Japanese transport team and suffered a joint counterattack by the Japanese infantry and cavalry!
Then he analyzed: "The Japanese have cavalry and armored forces. We can't form an armored force, so let's raise the cavalry company first!"
"When we form an army in the future, we can not only use it to deal with the Japanese cavalry troops, tit for tat, tooth for tooth. We can also learn the fighting methods of the Japanese soldiers, cooperate with the infantry, and defeat the Japanese infantry!"
"I agree..." Zhong Chenggong, who knew Wang Ping well, answered directly without any consideration.
Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang initially disagreed, but after thinking about the strong logistical reserves of the New Regiment, he finally agreed.
After appointing company commanders and instructors, raising war horse equipment, and demarcating training venues, a new cavalry company directly under the regiment was established in less than two days.
"Regiment Commander, there is an urgent call from the direct team..." When Wang Ping was instructing the training at the cavalry company training ground, the communications staff of the regiment headquarters directly chased him and reported.
"What supplies must the Japanese want to transport via railway?" Wang Ping immediately made a judgment.
You know, the task I gave to my direct team is to closely monitor the Jiazi-Tongpu Railway and the nearest train stations.
The communications staff officer immediately replied: "Yes, regimental commander, this time the shipment is grain, with a total of 500 tons and 1 million catties. It will be transported directly to the front line via the Tongpu Railway. The little devil is loading the truck now. If nothing else, it should be tomorrow.
Set off in the morning and pass through our base during the day!"
"The political commissar and chief of staff want you to return to the regiment headquarters immediately..."
As soon as he arrived at the regiment headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong sent a more detailed intelligence to Wang Ping.
"Captain, although the Japs are transporting food this time, they are obviously much more cautious this time after suffering losses last time!"
"In the middle of more than a dozen carriages, two flat carriages are specially reserved for the deployment of troops!"
"The flatbed carriage was transformed into a bunker fortification by the Japanese with sandbags. It was equipped not only with light and heavy machine guns, but also with mortars and anti-aircraft machine guns!"
"In addition, there are also Japanese armored trains escorting the military columns from one end to the other!"
"Also, because the canister carriages are filled with grain and will not explode, the little devils piled a sandbag bunker and deployed two machine guns at each canister carriage!"
Wang Ping's face quickly became serious, and then he stared at Zhong Chenggong and asked: "In other words, there is a fixed firepower point on the top of each carriage of the Japanese army train. In addition to these, there is an armored train at one end and one at the end.
There are still two Japanese positions..."
"Not bad!" the chief of staff replied, with a very solemn expression on his face!
After hesitating for a moment, he stared at Wang Ping and asked: "Captain, I think that if we want to rob this army column, we must deploy at least two main battalions, and we must also strengthen the heavy firepower of these two main battalions!"
"The main force cannot be mobilized. Once the main force moves, the little devils in Linfen City will know about it!" Wang Ping shook his head and retorted.
"Each battalion reported that they have recently arrested a lot of suspicious people near the military camp and have handed them over to the intelligence department. After confirmation, many of them are spies sent by the Japanese and puppet troops to monitor our new regiment."
"So, the main force must not move until these agents are taken care of!"
Political commissar Huang Yuanqiang said: "Captain, this is my dereliction of duty. During this period, I have been considering training the entire regiment's political cadres, but many things have been ignored. After that, I will arrange for the intelligence department to increase the intelligence search and anti-trafficking capabilities in the base area!
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"However, this takes time, and it is almost impossible to completely eliminate the Japanese and puppet agents in the base area!"
Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong was anxious: "What should we do if we don't have the main force?"
"There are more than a hundred guards on the Japanese train alone, as well as two armored trains, and the Japanese garrison strongholds along the railway. These must be attacked!"
"Captain, are we just going to watch the Japanese military trains transporting food pass by our base..."
"Definitely not. We must rob this military column. Do you still remember the request I made to everyone before the autumn harvest? This year, our new regiment must stock at least 20 million kilograms no matter what method is used.
food!"
"Now that the grain depot has been repaired, we are just waiting for the food!"
"Then how to rob? We need troops but no troops, we need heavy weapons but no heavy weapons~" Zhong Chenggong asked anxiously.
Wang Ping hesitated for a moment and then began to give orders: "Give orders to the second, third, and fourth battalions to send a company out of the station during training, and then quickly rush to the railway line to assemble and stand by!"
"The mortar company, mine artillery company, guard company, and engineer platoon directly under the regiment headquarters are secretly assembled. We will set off tonight to go to the railway line. I will personally lead the team!"
"Political Commissar, the transportation task is still left to you. The devils are currently focusing on our main force. We should be able to gather a sufficient number of large trucks to transport food on the railway line without being seen by them!"
"In order to deceive others, we can say to the outside world that we are moving a large amount of equipment and ammunition intercepted from the Japanese army column into the mountains!"
There is less than half an hour left before the military column arrives here, and all troops are in place.
Since it was daytime, this meant that the entire operation had to be completed within an hour and a half.
Otherwise, as soon as the Japanese plane arrives, the new group's attack will definitely be devastating.
As time passed little by little, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong not only did not show any excited smile on his face, but instead looked worried.
Finally, I couldn't help but ask: "Captain, there are more than a dozen firepower points on the Japs army column, as well as two armored vehicles and two flatbed carriages full of Japs. We only have one company of troops, and we don't have heavy artillery. How can we
Beat them?"
"It's definitely impossible to fight head-on!" Wang Ping replied mysteriously.
Then he explained: "This section of the railway is a straight line and has no slope. When the Japanese army train arrives, it must be very fast! If we misplace the rails and let the Japanese armored train and military train rush out of the railway at a very fast speed,
Tell me, what will happen on the railway?"
Zhong Chenggong was stunned for a moment before replying with a face of surprise: "The Japanese military column will definitely brake suddenly, then roll over and crash into each other... Captain, I understand!"
"As long as the Japanese army column rolls over, even if the Japanese soldiers on the army column do not die, they will be seriously injured and lose their combat effectiveness!"
"Our company will definitely have no problem dealing with wounded Japanese soldiers!"
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