Chapter 998 Three Generals Arrive (Happy New Years Eve!)
Tang Dao returned to the regiment headquarters and simply ate half of a hot steamed bun to fill his stomach.
Because the three generals would arrive in the evening, Tang Dao ordered the regimental cooking team to prepare a relatively rich meal. As a landlord, Tang Dao could not wait for them to eat until they were full.
I went to the munitions office again and took a look. Zhuang Shisan had already made arrangements. The munitions office had prepared meals for a thousand people, including two taels of white wine per person, half a catty of meat, a portion of broth, rice and white flour buns.
All are open to supply.
This can be regarded as the first time that a high-ranking military officer at the general level has visited since the Si Xing Regiment has established a station. The Si Xing Regiment cannot lose its status.
What's more, they were shopping for Tang knives in Linfen. Who didn't know that Si Xing Tuan had robbed the Japanese and made a fortune, but the result was still sweet potatoes and vegetables. It can't be said that Si Xing Tuan was stingy!
Tang Dao can be stingy in other places, but he will never be stingy with the ammunition and food required by the troops. He always supplies as much as he can. This is known to the other chief officers of the Four Elements Regiment, so Zhuang Shisan also goes to Fengsheng.
Prepare.
Sure enough, Tang Dao was very satisfied.
It is estimated that Tantai Mingyue was a little dissatisfied with Tang Tuanzuo's image and insisted on forcing Tang Dao to wash his face and change into a clean military uniform.
Tang Dao's military uniform was dusty from mountain climbing, and there were a lot of grass clippings in his hair, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he had crawled into a grass nest.
Fortunately, a certain woman who accompanied him in 'committing the crime' was careful and destroyed the evidence before the generals arrived.
However, the careful Tantai Mingyue still underestimated the strength of a certain old Jianghu, and ultimately did not escape being teased.
The first one to arrive was naturally Brigadier Cheng Da.
At first, he exchanged military salutes with several officers of the Four Lines Regiment who welcomed him out of the station in a very formal manner. When he walked side by side with Tang Dao alone, he twitched his nose and stared at Tang Dao, looking up and down, his eyes full of
'With bad intentions'.
"You kid, you must have done nothing good before!" Brigadier Cheng smiled in such a 'vulgar' manner that Tang Dao really wanted to punch him in the nose.
This time we came to the Four Lines Regiment, and this one had the most followers, including an infantry-type guard company, plus a cavalry platoon, and a pack horse company with 200 pack horses.
Those who knew, knew that this major general level brigade commander went to the headquarters for a meeting, but those who did not know, thought he was the commander of the baggage company.
That's it, Tang Dao deliberately didn't say that he got some arms and ammunition for them. If he did, Tang Dao doubted that he would send the two main groups to move things.
Forget it, anyway, Tang Dao knows this person's personality well. He has the kind of sincerity. If he likes you, he will treat you as a brother. What's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours. If not,
Xi Tang Dao, his ability to talk nonsense with you with a smile on his face is really not weak.
But when he came up, he sniffed and smelled it, and said that he, Tang, had done nothing good. What the hell is this? Is there any necessary connection between this?
"You kid, don't pretend to be like me. Your eldest brother, I have been here since I was young. I understand!" Brigadier Cheng Da saw Tang Dao pretending to be naive and curled his lips as if he had come from experience. "I'm just reminding you that your level is
That's enough. If you like this girl, you should get married as soon as possible, so as not to cause any trouble. I think old Mr. Tantai is not a good person. Be careful that the old man comes to your house in anger.
, then your father can’t get off the stage.”
Brother, what on earth do you smell? I've even changed my clothes and washed my face. Tang Dao's expression didn't change as his mind was racing. He was very sure that this joking elder brother was just talking nonsense to him. As the saying goes
He never tires of deceit, and this man is a good one. Tang Dao will never fall into his trap easily.
"Hey, you think I'm deceiving you, don't you?" Brigadier Cheng Da laughed when Tang Dao refused to answer, and pointed at his nose. "I have a special power that you may not know. My sense of smell is far beyond normal.
People are especially sensitive to fragrance and the smell of blood, which is one of the reasons why I always sensed danger before anyone else in the white area. You have a faint fragrance on your body, but you probably didn’t even smell it!"
Damn it, Tang Dao was shocked by this person. This special function is really a bit too awesome. Because of his time travel, his sense of sight, smell, and other body organs are much sharper than ordinary people, but
He couldn't smell any fragrance on his body, but this one actually smelled it?
However, Tang Dao had a calm temperament. Although he was shocked, his expression remained unchanged: "Tantai and I fall in love and have been engaged for a long time. It is human nature to get closer occasionally!"
Brigadier Cheng Da was just happy, "Hey, you are indeed a tough guy. You didn't show a composure when I said that, and you pretended that nothing happened. Didn't you see that Miss Mingyue in front of you is even red at the base of her ears?"
Let me go, Tang Dao instantly realized that this person was really trying to trick him. All the bullshit special powers were just deceiving people.
In the end, Tang Dao didn't expose the secret, but Tantai Mingyue over there had such a psychological quality, and was ridiculed by this "old Jianghu" to the point of blushing.
"You, the eldest brother, came to see me and Mingyue without any gifts, and you even made fun of the younger siblings." Tang Dao's expression remained unchanged, but he launched a sharp counterattack. "Then don't blame me, the younger brother, for being ruthless. The original budget
The eight heavy machine guns for the 683rd Brigade are gone."
The sound of Tang Dao was not loud, but it was enough for people ten meters around to hear clearly.
"Ahem!" An army lieutenant colonel from the 683 brigade who was accompanied by Ye Chenghuan in front almost coughed out his lungs.
This man has a low military rank, but he is the military director of the 683rd Brigade. Before he came, a certain brigade commander had promised him that this time he came to the Fourth Army Regiment, heavy machine guns, mortars, and even mountain cannons would not be a problem.
It's possible.
Okay! The brigade commander is just kidding. All eight heavy machine guns are gone. He, the director of the munitions department, shouldn't be sprayed to death by those regiment commanders when he goes back? Especially when he thinks about Wang Xiaoqiang of the 772 regiment, who always only holds grudges and not good things.
With his face, the lieutenant colonel wanted to say to his brigade commander: "Commander, please surrender quickly! Heavy machine guns are important."
"Ouch! Brother Tang, sister Mingyue, it's my eldest brother. I was wrong. Every time my teacher criticized me, he said I had a bad mouth and deserved a beating!" Needless to say, the Army Lieutenant Colonel, Cheng, who has a cheerful nature
The brigade commander immediately made a 360-degree turn, lowered his eyebrows and actively admitted his mistake.
"Pfft!" Tantai Mingyue couldn't help but be amused when she saw that Brigadier Cheng Da didn't have the demeanor of a commander and was as soft as he said.
The previous shyness was reduced a lot.
As for the other chief officers of the Four Elements Regiment, they looked at each other with secret shock in their hearts.
Brigadier Cheng Da was now like a cheerful and joking elder brother, even somewhat similar to the slippery Li Jiujin, but no one dared to look down upon this general who was highly valued by both parties.
That year he was accidentally arrested, but more than a dozen generals signed a letter to save his life. Even the principal went to prison to interview him. It is said that he even offered the conditions of Jinling City Defense Commander, but this man did not
It was refused.
What's even more awesome is that after a while, this guy actually walked out of the heavily guarded prison. If there was nothing fishy here, no normal person would believe it.
Moreover, he not only has a wide network of contacts, but also has a record of performance that lives up to his reputation. On many occasions during the great movement of thousands of miles, he personally led the officer corps to fight a bloody path for the army. After half a year in Taihang Mountain, the Japanese were also beaten by him.
They used sap several times, and even issued a slogan for this purpose: If they want to fight, they will fight the 683rd Brigade.
He was such a person, but he didn't have the slightest airs to get along with Tang Dao, and he didn't even shy away in front of the two subordinates. What a strong personality Tang Tuanzuo must have to be like this!
Of course, the more critical thing is the relationship between the two armies. Several officers headed by Lei Xiong have already seen that sooner or later this will be the rhythm of the first army!
However, whether it was Lei Xiong or Zhuang Shisan, they had already talked with Tang Dao several times before they planned to set off to the Taihang Mountains. Tang Dao had more or less revealed his plans for the future, and they already knew it in their minds.
Gong Shaoxun, who joined last, was the easiest to accept, because the 67th Army and the 80th Army had been in contact earlier. Since the young marshal was imprisoned, the leaderless Northeast Army general was extremely dissatisfied with the principal, and the 80th Army was
In Shaanxi Province, what started as a common enemy led to frequent high-level contacts between the two sides, but later turned into mutual admiration. Commander Wu of the 67th Army has never been a fence-sitter, and he is open to accepting people from over there, whether it is the military headquarters or the division.
There are many people from that side in the ministry, but due to the current situation, both sides are keeping it secret.
"Brother Cheng, I can only say that you are so capable of bending and stretching! It is estimated that no one among the major generals in the country can be better than you." Tang Dao looked a little helpless.
"Haha, then I'm afraid you have to add the rank of lieutenant general. My classmates were often 'scammed' by me when they were in the military academy. I don't know how many people wanted to beat me. On the way to the long-distance transfer
There are quite a few people chasing and intercepting our troops." Brigadier Cheng Da laughed and said proudly. "It's just that they can't defeat me. But now, most of them have higher military ranks than me, old Cheng, but so what,
If I don’t go to see them, I won’t be able to say anything, and there’s no way for me to salute them first.”
These words made everyone laugh. Thinking about how miserable his classmates were. They were bullied by this person in school and couldn't beat him on the battlefield. How could he finally get a higher rank than this person by taking advantage of the Dongfeng military position? This
They were hiding in the mountains and forests to fight the Japanese.
Hey! Are you angry that you can't show up even if you want to show off?
Talking and laughing all the way to the regiment headquarters, Tang Dao entertained him with tea and cigarettes, but he didn't say anything about it. The lieutenant colonel of the army was so anxious that he winked at Ye Chenghuan. What did you mean to give him some fresh air first? But Ye Chenghuan
Chenghuan, on the other hand, is very disciplined. He is the director of the Political Training Department and is in charge of personnel and publicity. The distribution of supplies is the responsibility of the Military Supplies Department. He will not let his life get worse.
Zhuang Shisan was very tight-lipped on the other hand. He knew that it was decided by the regimental commander. Favors were also sold by the regimental commander, but it was not his turn as the director of military supplies.
As for Tang Dao! He didn’t mean to whet the appetites of the 683 brigade, but he really needed to stimulate the other two masters with supplies. If the 683 brigade knew about it in advance, they would lose a bit of surprise.
This time Tang Dao invited the two divisions and one brigade to come to him, but he had his own little thoughts in it.
The Si Xing Regiment already had sufficient weapons and equipment, but this time they spent a lot of money to purchase a large amount of arms in Linfen, most of which were actually prepared for friendly forces.
On the one hand, it increases the firepower of friendly forces, which naturally gives them more strength when resisting the Japanese army.
The new commander of Japan's North China Front Army, Gen Sugamigi, is not an ordinary general. What kind of indoor shroud is there?
It is not comparable to indoor shrouds.
Tang Dao believed that as long as Shan Shanyuan took action, the Japanese army's use of troops in southeastern Shanxi would be far superior to that of the past.
Therefore, Tang Dao needs his friendly forces to be stronger, otherwise, he has no idea whether he can withstand this Japanese siege.
Tang Dao was right to worry. The day after the interview between Shanshan Yuan and Xiang Yue Qingshi, the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters issued a secret order, and Lieutenant General Xiang Yue Qingshi, commander of the First Army, was appointed as the commander of the East Route of Jin Province.
The commander of the army, under his command was the 2nd Mixed Brigade, the 108th Division, the 109th Division and the 16th Division under the First Army, and had the command authority to call on the Japanese military headquarters within 200 kilometers of the surrounding area.
That means that in an emergency, he can even have the rights to the 14th Division that is fighting in Henan Province.
Under normal conditions, the number of troops under his command is as high as three infantry divisions and one mixed brigade, with a total strength of 85,000.
This force is equivalent to a quarter of the Japanese investment in the Battle of Songhu and one-third of the Japanese investment in the Battle of Xuzhou. For a battle-level battlefield, it is already an extremely large military group.
If we have to say there are any shortcomings, it is that the 108th and 109th divisions are special divisions. Recently, due to repeated losses, many second-line soldiers have been supplemented, and their combat effectiveness is far less than that of the 5th Division.
division.
But don’t forget, the 16th Division is a standing division, with a total strength of 28,000, and there is also the 2nd Mixed Brigade of Yamashita Fengfumi. Yamashita Fengfumi is a famous general on the Japanese island, and his
The 2nd Mixed Brigade has a strength of 13,000.
The so-called mixed brigade is equipped with everything, including cavalry, artillery, and transportation. It is a small division, and its combat effectiveness far exceeds that of an ordinary Chinese infantry division.
Facing such a strong enemy, it is useless to just be strong as a family of the Four Elements Regiment. Then all the troops stationed in the Taihang Mountains must be strong.
It was not that the Second War Zone failed to respond. For the first time, it allocated 1 million rounds of ammunition and 3,000 artillery shells to the 80th Group Army, the main force in the theater, as well as 20,000 grenades. It also asked the 80th Army to send its other main force, the 511th Division, to one
The troops were transferred back from northwestern Shanxi.
It's just that these 1 million rounds of ammunition seem to be a lot, but if allocated to the various units of the 80th Army, which has more than 50,000 troops, it will only be an average of a few dozen rounds of ammunition per person.
A battle usually lasts ten and a half days or more, and dozens of rounds of bullets are needed.
But this is probably the limit of the old man from Shanxi. At this point, he probably has to rub his chest for a long time at night before he can fall asleep.
The boss is too stingy. If Tang Dao wants to protect itself, it can only do it by itself and spend a lot of money to buy weapons and ammunition to strengthen its friendly forces.
Moreover, Tang Dao doesn't believe that eating people is soft-mouthed and taking advantage of people is short-handed, and they are not willing to cooperate with him in a small way.
Of course, Tang Dao is also selective. Not to mention the 683rd Brigade, the 104th Division also belongs to the Sichuan Army. Even for the sake of sending them baggage last time, they have to give them some face, and Commander Zhao of the 17th Division
, Tang Dao has never seen it before, but how could such a heroic figure not see the current situation clearly?
While he was talking, Commander Li of the 104th Division arrived, and two officers, Tang Dao and Brigadier Cheng, naturally had to go and greet him in person.
This person from Sichuan has a somewhat different image. He is tall and fat, and his voice is like a bell. He is still on the horse, and the voice calling Brother Tang can be heard from dozens of meters away.
When you get closer, your thick eyebrows and strong body are quite eye-catching. If you let him play the role of Lu Zhishen in Water Margin, it will not be inconsistent.
However, his personality is a typical Sichuan man. He and Tang Dao exchanged salutes and gave Tang Dao a bear hug: "I've wanted to thank you for a long time, Brother Tang. The equipment sent by your Four Elements Group all the way across the country is really a timely help."
, Without this batch of weapons and ammunition, my brother, I, and more than 10,000 brothers from the 104th Division would have been completely killed by the Japanese!"
Fortunately, Tang Dao was also a big man, so he wasn't too disadvantaged. If he had been replaced by Zhuang Shisan, who was as small as Zhuang Shisan, he would have probably broken several ribs in such a warm bear hug.
Before we even got to the regiment headquarters, the signal soldiers riding fast horses over there had already come to report that Commander Zhao of the 17th Division would be arriving soon.
So, a lieutenant general, a major general and Tang Dao were waiting where they were.
Nearly 200 people from the security company of the Fourth Army Regiment's Special Agent Battalion lined up in two lines along the mountain road, each holding a torch in their hands to illuminate the arrival of the general.
Not long after, in the bright firelight, a soldier rode a big green donkey and led a group of infantry slowly over.
That was the only general Tang Dao saw today who was not riding a horse.
Although he was wearing a military cap, his white hair on his temples was extremely conspicuous.
Needless to say, this person is the powerful general of the Northwest Army whom Tang Dao has wanted to meet for a long time - Zhao Shoushan.
"Belonging to the Four Elements Regiment, I salute Commander Zhao!" Tang Dao stood up straight.
The four surrounding groups all stood at attention solemnly.
Even the two generals beside Tang Dao turned serious and saluted the general who jumped off the donkey's back and walked over.
It's not because of their superior-subordinate relationship.
The battle at Fululing of the 17th Division became famous throughout the theater.
They are paying tribute to the heroic 17th Division!
Dignity is never given by others, but earned through one's own efforts.
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ps: It’s New Year’s Eve again, and thousands of families gather together to celebrate! Happy New Year to all the book friends who support genuine reading.
