At the New Regiment Headquarters outside Xiangfen City, political commissar Huang Yuanqiang has been extremely busy every day for the past two days and cannot rest until twelve o'clock in the evening.
However, although he was very busy, he always had a smile on his face.
Seeing someone from the communications company rushing in with a telegram in his hand, Huang Yuanqiang subconsciously asked: "Which battalion's battle report is this time? How many Japanese soldiers did they kill and how many good things did they seize? Did he lose much?"
"No... political commissar, this is an urgent message from the chief of staff!" the communications soldier shook his head and replied.
Wang Ping, who was next to him, reacted quickly, took the telegram and began to browse it. Then he stared at the map and sighed deeply.
"Political commissar, the Japs reacted too quickly... As soon as our people were dispatched, they saw our purpose!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops in Ji County, Hepu, Xiangning and other counties are retreating frantically, concentrating all their forces on the county towns to defend them!"
"In this way, although we can quickly occupy Guangda rural areas in these counties, we will not be able to eliminate many Japanese and puppet troops. By then, the more than a thousand garrison troops in each county will be a thorn in our throats.
, they couldn’t be pulled out, but they posed a huge threat to us, so we had to deploy heavy troops to keep an eye on them!”
Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang also frowned and stared at the map and asked: "Captain, you are right... If they can consume some of their troops on the battlefield and reduce the number of garrison troops in each county to less than a thousand,
As long as we allocate a battalion to watch them, they will have no choice but to defend passively."
"Now they have more than a thousand people, and some even have nearly two thousand people. While they are holding on to the county seat, they can also find opportunities to send troops to take the initiative to attack us. In this way, the strength of a battalion will definitely not be able to hold back, and more importantly
What’s more, the villages and towns near the county seat may be attacked by them at any time!”
"What should we do next... No matter whether it is the second battalion or the third battalion, there are not many troops. Not to mention taking out a battalion to keep an eye on the little Japs trapped in the county town, not even half a battalion can be taken out!"
Wang Ping hesitated for a long time before making a decision: "Order the two battalion commanders to ignore the villages and towns around the county. The troops seized the opportunity, took advantage of the Japanese retreat, quickly captured other areas, and then formed local armed forces and expanded the troops.
Within a month, the two main force battalions, the two new main force battalions, and the two garrison battalions must reach full strength!"
"After we have the troops, we will move the control area closer to the county town step by step..."
"In addition, I agree with them attacking the county town and killing a large number of Japanese and puppet troops in the city. However, they cannot take it down!"
After the order was issued, Wang Ping turned his attention to Huang Yuanqiang: "Political Commissar, the results and losses of this counter-encirclement and suppression campaign have almost been calculated!"
The serious expression on Huang Yuanqiang's face was instantly replaced by a smile, and he replied: "Except for the results of some local guerrillas that have not yet been tallied, the results of the main force, the new main force, and the garrison have all been tallied!"
"This result is much better than what we predicted a few days ago, especially the capture!"
"Although the Japs who entered our base this time were all elite and had the habit of destroying weapons and ammunition after being defeated, we still snatched food from the tiger's mouth and captured a lot!"
"Heavy weapons, how many heavy weapons have been harvested in total!" Wang Ping's eyes lit up and he asked.
"That's a lot!" The smile on Huang Yuanqiang's face became even wider.
"Heavy artillery, a heavy mountain artillery regiment that the Japanese brought into our base area. There are a total of 36 105 mm caliber mountain guns. They are all new artillery that have just been equipped with the troops. Except for four that were blown up by the Japanese before they retreated, all the others were captured."
"Field artillery, 36 field artillery pieces of the field artillery wing directly under the Japanese division, 6 were bombed, and the rest were all captured!"
"Mountain artillery, the three mountain artillery squadrons under the three Japanese infantry regiments have a total of 18 mountain artillery. Except for six that were bombed, the remaining 12 were all captured by us."
"We captured 28 of the 36 rapid-fire guns, or anti-tank guns, in three squadrons!"
"The Japs brought a total of 18 infantry artillery pieces into our base area. We captured 15 of them and the rest were bombed!"
"A total of forty tanks and armored vehicles were brought into the base area by the Japanese, of which 15 tanks and 8 armored vehicles were captured by us. The rest were destroyed by us on the battlefield, or were blown up by the Japanese themselves!"
"However, I asked the artillery and armored battalions to take a look at the bombed artillery and armored tanks. Although there was no way to repair them, many parts could be left in reserve. In particular, the protective steel plates of the armored vehicles were added to the cars we equipped.
That’s a new armored vehicle!”
Wang Ping also showed a very confident smile on his face, and answered with great satisfaction: "Okay! With these heavy weapons, the strength of our new regiment will be at least doubled..."
Huang Yuanqiang heard something in Wang Ping's words and immediately asked: "Captain, are you saying that all these heavy weapons should be left behind...impossible, the military region and headquarters will never agree~"
"Besides, we are only one regiment. Even if we leave all these heavy weapons, we don't have that many troops to use them. It is impossible to establish a heavy artillery regiment, a field artillery regiment, a mountain artillery regiment, and a tank regiment under the new regiment!"
Unrealistic~”
A mysterious smile quickly flashed across Wang Ping's face, and then he replied: "Political Commissar, it's impossible to keep them all...but I can definitely keep at least half of them, and I can also get a lot of good things back for our new group.
thing!"
"I just want to aggrieve the political commissar you and the battalion commanders below. You have eliminated so many Japanese and achieved such great military exploits, but you cannot be promoted. You have been working with me, Wang Ping, as a regiment-level cadre. If this were placed in other units, it would be like this
With great merit, you can at least be promoted to brigade political commissar, or even brigade commander!"
At this point, Huang Yuanqiang obviously sees it more clearly than Wang Ping.
Immediately replied: "Commander, don't say that... What's so good about that kind of promotion? Being the commander of a shelf brigade with two to three thousand people, light and heavy machine guns and artillery combined is not as many as one of our main battalions, it's not as good as
Stay comfortable in our new group..."
"The commander-in-chief has said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Although our new regiment is just a regiment, it needs guns and cannons. The main force battalion, the new main force battalion, and the garrison battalion have all added up to fifteen
Not to mention a brigade, a division in many base areas cannot compare to our regiment!"
"Although we are regiment-level cadres now, you are the regiment leader and I am the regiment political commissar. But in the eyes of the military region and headquarters heads, we have long been brigade-level or even division-level cadres. It's just that the superiors now need your title of colonel commander.
, that’s why I put you in the position of regimental commander. However, with your military exploits as regimental commander, you can already be a division commander, and our troops also have the strength to expand into a division~"
"So, Commander, don't try to kick me away. I'm committed to the new regiment. Maybe one day I can follow you and become a division-level cadre!"
After hearing this, Wang Ping felt admiration for Huang Yuanqiang again.
The political commissar in front of me is not only a good partner, but also has a ruthless vision and strategy.
He smiled and replied: "Since you, political commissar, have no objections, I'm relieved. I'm going to draft a telegram now to report to the military region the results and achievements of our anti-encirclement and suppression campaign. By the way, I will mention the distribution plan of these heavy weapons, and strive to let
The military region left us half of its heavy weapons!"
If half of the heavy weapons can be left behind, the new group's combat effectiveness will definitely make a qualitative leap.
Huang Yuanqiang stared at Wang Ping and asked: "Captain, are you sure?"
"Yes, not only am I sure, but we will also try to solve the ammunition problem for our new regiment!" Wang Ping answered confidently.
"I guess it won't be long before I go to Yan'an. Before I go to Yan'an, these problems must be solved!"
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