Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong was shocked and asked Wang Ping with his mouth open: "Commander, in this way, our four divisions will have six to seven thousand main troops, a new main force of 2,500 people, and nearly 1,500 people."
There are a garrison of 1,000 people and a guerrilla force of several thousand people, bringing the total strength to 15,000 people!"
"Yes, without so many troops, how can we defend the base area spanning five or six counties!" Wang Ping answered with certainty, his words full of pride.
After this expansion, the strength and strength of the four divisions have more than doubled.
Zhong Chenggong did not look forward to it like the others, but continued to remind him with worry: "But, Commander, the army has more than doubled in one go. In the battle that just ended, the army lost a lot of equipment. We
There simply aren’t that many weapons to equip the troops!”
"If I calculated correctly, in addition to the main force, only half of the soldiers in the four newly formed main battalions can be equipped with rifles. As for the light and heavy machine guns and mortars, don't even think about it. As for the four garrison battalions and local guerrillas
, not even a rifle!”
Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang also slowly calmed down: "Regiment Commander, the Chief of Staff is right to remind you. I only thought about expansion and forgot about the equipment. After all the equipment we seized in this war was taken out, there were less than 1,300 left in the warehouse.
One hundred rifles are just enough to satisfy the main force!"
"The situation is even more serious than what the Chief of Staff said. It would be great if each of the four new main battalions could be equipped with a hundred rifles!"
If someone has no equipment, then the dreams just now are all false. We can't let the soldiers fight with bare hands against the well-equipped Japs!
The atmosphere in the conference room, which was relaxed just now, suddenly became heavy!
Wang Ping only frowned and replied: "There are no guns or cannons. The enemy made them for us!"
"Where did the guns in everyone's hands come from? If we can seize the weapons and ammunition currently equipped by the army from the devils, we can also seize from them the equipment and ammunition that the army lacks!"
"Listen, you battalion commanders, the troops will be reorganized in one day. The troops will start training one day later!"
"New main force battalions and garrison battalions must be trained, even if a company only has one rifle. Once we have weapons and equipment troops, whether it is a new main force battalion or a garrison battalion, we must immediately form combat effectiveness!"
"In order to ensure the speed of everyone's training, the political commissar is open to supplying ammunition for you and conduct live-fire training!"
"Pa bang bang..."
As soon as Wang Ping finished speaking, a knock on the door reached his ears.
There are strict rules for military meetings like this in the New Regiment. There are multiple rows of guards outside the conference room. Unless there is an emergency, no one can come and disturb them, even if they are close to the conference room.
Therefore, when he heard the knock on the door, Wang Ping frowned.
The faces of the political commissar and all his subordinates also became serious. Everyone realized that something big must have happened outside, otherwise no one would dare to interrupt the highest-level military meeting of the New Regiment.
"Come in!" Wang Ping shouted towards the door of the conference room.
After the door was pushed open, the figure of the communications platoon leader appeared in Wang Ping's field of vision.
He glanced at the situation in the conference room and rushed towards Wang Ping. After whispering something in Wang Ping's ear, he took out a telegram and handed it to Wang Ping.
No one knew what was said at half past o'clock.
After signaling the communications platoon leader to leave, Wang Ping ordered: "Everyone will follow the order just now. I will see the results in ten days!"
"Guard Battalion Commander Hong Ruijun and Assault Battalion Commander Jin Kai will stay, and the others will disperse!"
After the house was empty, political commissar Huang Yuanqiang asked directly: "Captain, what happened?"
"It's a telegram from the direct team. According to their investigation, the little Japs who are going to come to Linfen have started packing supplies. They will set off in three days at most to take Linfen City back from our hands!"
"This time the Japanese dispatched 30,000 elite troops at once, with only one direct team and one reconnaissance platoon. Even if they were all used up, it would only take them a few days. And what our new regiment needs most now is time, so I decided to personally
Go to the front line!"
"Hong Ruijun, you will transfer a hundred people from the guard camp and I will take them away. The equipment will be configured according to the equipment of the guard force!"
"Kin Kai, you transfer a reinforced company from the assault battalion to me, including a main company, a heavy machine gun platoon, and a mortar platoon. I will give you one hour to recruit people, and I will set off in an hour!)"
"Political Commissar and Chief of Staff, during my absence, the regiment headquarters and military division will be left to you."
"The most important thing we need to do now is to reorganize the troops and train troops. I will try my best to delay the Japanese attack and buy time for everyone."
"Thirty thousand elite Japs are here. One is to reoccupy Linfen City, and the other is to kill us!"
"As long as they come over, we will definitely not be able to defend Linfen City. The Japanese have a sufficient number of troops to divide their forces. Therefore, after they occupy Linfen City, they will definitely take advantage of the victory to attack and kill our base area. Our troops must do a good job
We must be prepared to fight at any time, especially the main battalions, and their combat effectiveness must be guaranteed. In the next tough battle, our biggest reliance is on them!"
Even ten horses could not pull Wang Ping back from his decision.
Huang Yuanqiang and Zhong Chenggong both saw a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.
Finally, the political commissar assured: "Don't worry, Commander, there will definitely be no problem in handing over the base to us!"
Then he stared at Hong Ruijun and Jin Kai and ordered: "The safety of the regiment commander depends on the troops you allocate to the regiment commander. Therefore, I don't care what your reasons are, these two or three hundred people must all be veterans!"
The 30,000 Japanese troops needed trench supplies and ammunition every day, which was an absolutely astronomical figure.
In addition, the Linfen City they wanted to capture must have turned into an empty city. Even if the front army replenished supplies for them in time, it would still take a lot of time.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Ito, the commander of the Japanese Division, directly ordered the troops to carry half a month's worth of combat supplies with them.
This has overwhelmed the division's logistics and supplies troops.
Not counting anything else, the 30,000 elites need nearly 50,000 jins of food alone every day, which adds up to 700,000 to 800,000 jins in half a month.
Including other supplies and ammunition, the baggage force has prepared a total of 500 to 600 baggage trucks and cars for transportation. Including the heavy artillery regiment and the artillery regiment's vehicles to transport heavy artillery, the entire division has 180 vehicles alone.
In addition, there are 600 generals of baggage vehicles, 20 armored vehicles, 20 tanks...
With so many large trucks and cars, it will take several days just to load them.
When Wang Ping led his team, marching day and night, to the front line in northwest Shanxi, the Japanese army was not ready to set off!
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