"There have been a lot of new recruits being recruited recently, and the brigade commander's place is quite lively. Several brigade commanders got together and wanted to increase our training numbers and let us train one regiment at a time. I think this is very important for us.
, the training volume has basically reached its peak, and the barracks may not be enough."
The reason why Hancheng is so happy is that the troops coming out of here can fight tough battles after actual combat. This stage is not the stage of guerrilla warfare. Both sides already know each other very well. The weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army are not enough to fight with
The Japanese army competed. But this situation has changed since 1942. First of all, in terms of weapons and equipment, the Eighth Route Army has not expanded to a great extent, so there will be a considerable number of heavy weapons in the army.
Another thing is that the development of military industry is no longer the same. All kinds of attack weapons that were lacking in the past can now basically have 123. Although there are not so many artillery and cannons, it is not a problem to blow up a city gate. The troops
There is still a lot of black powder, and when mixed with gasoline and diesel, it is quite powerful.
It's just that some things are not as they appear on the surface. It seems that we dare to fight a tough battle, but the casualties behind it are getting bigger and bigger. This kind of strategic stalemate is greater than the casualties of guerrilla warfare. The casualties of war are
The intensity is increasing quietly, and the headquarters also needs to change its thinking as soon as possible.
"With so much training for new recruits, let's not even talk about whether they can train. Just eating is a big expense for us, right?"
"I have already reported the food problem. It is already difficult for us to supply two battalions of troops, and we have to supply at least five more battalions. They are not looking for new recruits, they are here to feed the big customers."
Now the army is basically a mixed bag of good and bad, troops capable of fighting tough battles. It is certain that the number of troops cannot be solved by three battalions. They are three battalions that have been strengthened to an unknown extent. How can they be matched with a regiment?
It takes four or five battalions of this size to solve it. The more intense the battle is now, the more and more people there are. The Japanese no longer have the momentum to destroy China in the first three months. Both sides can see that they are
Just barely holding on.
"But the superiors should have discussed with us so that we can be prepared. But now that we have to expand so much all at once, our various equipments are still not up to the number of people in a group."
"If we can't, we can only wait until they arrive and we use existing materials to build barracks for them. However, it is impossible for the Japanese not to notice such a big movement."
Hancheng still has a headache for Japanese planes, because there is no effective way to contain Japanese planes. As long as Japanese planes fly overhead, then the whole country is the front line, and there is no rear area. The country's anti-aircraft artillery
The place with the most people is Chongqing, but Chongqing is still a mess after being bombed.
"Then let him realize that we are no different from the Japanese troops now!"
Some people with bad tempers get on board and think that these problems are not problems. It’s just that these problems are problems. If you want to train with peace of mind, the Japanese planes cannot often circle around your head. There is no but, who now?
Why not let the Japanese see it openly? Now everyone in the world knows that there are hundreds of thousands of elites trained by Chiang Kai-shek for many years in the southwest.
"So what we have to worry about is that we need to expand our barracks, playgrounds, and a lot of food. With so many people at once, the food we have is simply not enough to feed them according to high standards."
Hancheng also wants to set high standards. If so many people are crammed in at once, they can only lower the standards, and they may not be able to eat them.
"That's not a headache for us, that's a headache for the brigade commander and the others."
Some things have to be decided and done, and naturally a certain price has to be paid, otherwise it will not succeed. At least under the leadership of Han Cheng, the regional situation has been completely turned upside down. Now the Japanese simply dare not
If they come out to sweep, unless Taiyuan sends heavy troops, they will not be able to withstand the countless harassment and attacks. The Eighth Route Army's offensive begins with pulling out the artillery towers, and here in Hancheng, the offensive begins with blowing up the city gates.
The biggest sign when an army becomes an army is whether you have blown up the city gates. Therefore, the city gates in several surrounding counties are basically gone. Only the Japanese fences made of wood are left to block them. What do you think?
What's the use of this thing? You don't need to hit it at all. You can just set it on fire or blow it up with two grenades. It's even simpler than the previous city gate. Don't think that city gates are all very simple things. Which door panel is thicker?
The thinnest part is as thick as a hand, not to mention that the outside is sometimes covered with a layer of iron and then stamped with dozens of thick copper nails. That thing is really difficult to handle.
Life in Hancheng is pretty good now. There are enough people here. The rest of the land reclamation and water conservancy projects are very simple. If you can solve it with food, use food. If you can't solve it, use money.
Solution, anyway, Hancheng is not lacking in these two things.
However, Hancheng has also started to exchange materials between the Japanese and puppets. This does not mean that Japanese money cannot be used. It can be used. But the money must be used as soon as possible because they have not prepared to stabilize prices, so this
Money has one price in the morning and another price at night. The benefits brought by the stability of the base area slowly emerged, that is, a large number of people defected from the Japanese war zone. If the SLR can survive, who will come here?
After a series of preliminary preparations, Han Cheng completely controlled the grain monopoly in the surrounding areas. Without Han Cheng's words, no grain would have dared to flow into the warehouse of the devils in the county. The Japanese were actually quite miserable.
Yes, but they all found it themselves, so who is to blame?
The Japanese don't dare to come and sweep away. The Japanese don't dare to come and sweep away the Kuomintang. How dare he come? At least on the surface, they still maintain the title of friendly forces, but the Kuomintang has long been unaware of the guerrilla forces like the Loyalty and Salvation Army deployed in Shanxi.
Where are they? The secret friction is all due to these loyal and loyal national salvation troops. They secretly defected to the Japanese. However, surrendering to the Japanese now will not change much. The Japanese cannot suppress it. You, Chairman Chiang, can suppress it.
live?
Anyway, as time went by, the Japanese got used to it, and not leaving the city was the best thing for them. Once they left the city, it was uncertain who would rule the world. Although the Japanese weapons and equipment were powerful, the soldiers
The quality has dropped drastically. Needless to say, they must have been sent to the islands in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to fight. The domestic recruits are far behind the veterans who have been trained all year round. The only troops that can fight may be Taiwanese servants.
The army is gone.
"Chief of Staff Han, when will you approve some food for us? We also want to improve our food."
"Don't make trouble, this is all for the recruits. The only thing they can eat is the two or three months of recruit training. No matter how rich I am, I can't afford a meal of rice and flour. Look, these are all citizens.
It was brought from abroad, and it still has foreign characters printed on it!"
Han Cheng looked at the white-faced bag on the table. The English words printed on it were indeed obtained from abroad, but they were obtained from Singapore. Whether they were donations or aid, who knows. Anyway, they are on the black market and in shops in the Kuomintang District.
Here, these white noodles are very expensive, as well as rice. Six million French currency may only buy six kilograms of rice. Han Cheng placed this bag on the table to collect it when the time comes, and it will be built into a museum.