War of Resistance

Chapter 530 Building cavalry?

For the Japanese army, the importance of Han Zhuang is self-evident. They must ensure that Han Zhuang's reinforcement channels are unblocked, otherwise, the Isoya Rensuke Department in Yixian County will be isolated and helpless!

Hisao Nishio, the commander of the Second Army of the Japanese North China Front, directly issued a deadly order: We must do our best to retake Hanzhuang and buy precious time for the rescue of the Tenth Division!

So far, Zhuchen, Xiangcheng, Shuiguo, Guoliji, Shagou and other places around Yixian County have all fallen into fierce fighting.

Both sides are fighting fiercely around this place in Yi County. One side wants to bloom in the center, and the other side wants to surround the points for reinforcements.

By the way, it is not the key purpose, the most important purpose, but to wipe out the troops of the Tenth Division of the Japanese Army from the battle order of the Japanese army invading China, and to deal the Japanese army with the heaviest blow!

The frontline was in full swing, and as the center of command, the Commander's Department of the Fifth Theater was also under double pressure.

In the Minister's Department, the sound of telegrams was beeping, and what was sent and received were all battle reports from the front!
"Report sir, the battle report is sent back from the front. The enemy's main reinforcements are coming from Hanzhuang station. Now that Yu Xuezhong is out of support, he has already withdrawn from Hanzhuang. Hanzhuang has fallen to the enemy again." A combat staff officer ran Reported next to Li Zongren.

Li Zongren thought for a while, and said: "Call Yu Xuezhong back and tell him to hold on. He must do his best to prevent the situation from getting worse. Fan Songfu's No.40 Sixth Army and Lu Han's No.60 Army are already heading to Yi County. We are on our way, and if we persist for another day, we will be able to reach Yi County!"

"Yes! Sir!" The combat staff officer gave a military salute, and then responded.

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The army of the fifth war zone gathered, and the total number of troops from all walks of life was no less than 60.

As the headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone, Xuzhou was even more crowded, and it had already become a huge barracks.

Zhang Tianhai's third theater is directly under the first regiment's training site, which has basically been transferred outside the city, because there is no place in the city to provide them with training.

After Zhang Tianhai inspected the situation of the training class, he walked to the street. He also needed to relax his nerves.

The vehicles on the street were all military trucks. If Zhang Tianhai did not expect, they were loaded with guns and ammunition, as well as military bedding and other things. These things were used to expand the army, or to send Used on the front line.

In addition, there are various troops walking in a hurry, as well as those gendarmerie forces responsible for maintaining order on the scene.

clap clap clap...

A burst of chaotic but orderly footsteps sounded on the street, and groups of local army troops in iron blue uniforms passed by.

And standing on the side of the road, wearing a goose-yellow military uniform and a white cuff on his arm, is the gendarmerie directly under the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth War Zone.

There are also many Yunnan army troops wearing dark green military uniforms.

Looking at these troops from Yunnan, the guys in their hands are indeed elite, with a lot of firearms, but Zhang Tianhai can't recognize them, anyway, they look like they are easy to use.

"Tuan, to be honest, these Dian troops are really good-looking, and the guys in their hands are also tough. Once a battle starts, our regiment may not be their opponent, right?" Adjutant Wang Liang said.

Zhang Tianhai looked at it carefully, and then said: "Indeed, our Zhiyi regiment is indeed not as strong as their Yunnan army. From the aspect of spirit, we can see that they are the elite of Yunnan King Longyun, and they have already formed an army." It has been a long time, and their equipment is indeed very good. Even if our regiment was in the state after breaking out of Nanjing, we would fight with them with real knives and guns. I don’t think we might do it. Get over him."

"Isn't it? Tuan Zuo, although our Zhi Yi Tuan said that it was relatively late to form an army, it is definitely not so weak in combat effectiveness?" Wang Liang was a little surprised.

I saw Zhang Tianhai shook his head and said: "At that time, our regiment had a lot of veterans, but after all, it was because the background of the officers was not enough. They all graduated from the military officers of the Yunnan Lecture Hall. No matter how you say it, they are straighter than our regiment." These half-baked officers are strong. At that time, the main officers of our regiment were all graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, or they were from the Northeast Military Academy, but the company-level officers were basically promoted from the platoon leader or squad leader. These company commanders, platoon leaders It is simply immature to grow in combat command.”

Before Wang Liang could continue to speak, Zhang Tianhai continued: "The strength of the Yunnan Academy of Martial Arts is not bad. In terms of background, it even lasts longer than our Huangpu. Their company officers are basically graduated from the Yunnan Academy of Martial Arts. Yes, as long as there is a war, these company-level officers can quickly become battalion commanders or even regimental commanders. Our successor strength is not as good as him."

"Then we now have a cavalry battalion, an artillery battalion, an engineer company, and a Suoluotong machine gun company. These troops add up. Could it be that we can't beat them?" Wang Liang said in disbelief.

"If it is a regiment-level unit, in our Republic of China, there is probably no army that is our opponent? If you want to choose, you must choose the brigade-level unit." Zhang Tianhai said.

Wang Liang thought for a while, and there was indeed a reason for this. After all, the first regiment directly under the third war zone was a German-armed regiment with a relatively complete range of arms, and it would never suffer a loss when fighting.

Well, at least for units at the same level.

"One-two-one! One-two-one! We are the strongest army from Yunnan, what are we going to the battlefield for?!" a Yunnan army officer in dark blue military uniform shouted loudly.

"Anti-Japanese!!" A strong roar came from the team.

"We went to the battlefield to fight against Japan!!!" It was that strong roar that roared again, very powerful.

"Anti-Japanese!! Anti-Japanese!!! Anti-Japanese!!!"

The voice in the team was very strong, and even passers-by would look sideways at that confidence!
They are a strong army, a strong army from Yunnan!

"It would be great if our troops had such a steely will to fight." Adjutant Wang Liang sighed.

"Don't worry, sooner or later our troops will have such a strong fighting force. We don't lack the will to fight. What we need is training time and qualified officers! Give me a little more time, and I must train a fighting force." A very powerful and invincible army!" While speaking, Zhang Tianhai clenched his fists tightly.

He is absolutely confident in this sentence, let alone other things, Zhang Tianhai himself is a person with very rich military combat theory.

Although his soul has traveled to this era, but the knowledge of his previous life has not been forgotten.

With his rich knowledge, if he leads a company, it is definitely the kind of company that can turn this company into a special forces quality company.

It's just that now he is the head of the regiment. Leading a regiment is a different concept from leading a company. To lead a company, as long as he manages his hundred or so people well, everything will be fine.

But if you want to lead a regiment, you must manage these dozens of company commanders well, and you must teach these dozens of company commanders how to lead their troops well, and then you can bring out a truly strong army!

Therefore, what Zhang Tianhai is doing now is to train these dozens of company commanders well, and let these dozens of company commanders learn how to lead troops.

"The guild will fully assist the group to build our group into a stronger army!" Wang Liang promised solemnly.

"Well, you can take this opportunity to take a good rest now! There will be a big battle in a while, and our regiment will definitely become a main force to participate in the battle. As my adjutant, you have to do a lot of things. "Zhang Tianhai said very seriously.

"Tuan Zuo, please don't worry. The humble job guarantees to complete the auxiliary tasks, and will never hold back the group!" Wang Liang continued to promise.

"Okay, let's go back first!" While saying that, Zhang Tianhai did not forget to take a deep look at the Yunnan Army troops from Yunnan.

The Dian Army's tradition of emphasizing discipline and emphasizing combat effectiveness has been preserved, so Zhang Tianhai just wants to build their first regiment directly under the Third Theater into a unit like the Dian Army.

After leaving the city, Zhang Tianhai came to the station of the cavalry battalion. He drove there in his special military jeep.

These days, he has been focusing on the main infantry battalion, but he has neglected the construction of the cavalry battalion.

Don't forget that the cavalry battalion is the only mobile unit directly under the first regiment in the third theater.

As for the construction goal of the cavalry battalion, Zhang Tianhai felt that the cavalry battalion must become a troop capable of fighting both on horseback and off horseback.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to build this force into a rapid response force similar to later generations.

Zhang Tianhai felt that this time he went to the cavalry battalion not only to see the current situation of the cavalry battalion, but also to see what equipment the cavalry battalion lacked, and then try to supplement the cavalry battalion.

At least the short-range firepower should be strengthened. After all, the current situation of the cavalry battalion is that there is more than enough mobile power, but relatively insufficient firepower.

If they rushed to the front, but caused a lot of casualties in the cavalry battalion due to insufficient firepower, it would be very worthless.

It is not an easy task to train a qualified cavalryman.

Besides, if the cavalry battalion can be used as an assault force, it will be quite different.

Zhang Tianhai is familiar with the general trend of history, and also knows that the cavalry is gradually withdrawing from the stage of history, because their protection force is insufficient, coupled with the lack of heavy firepower, they are simply not comparable to the rolling steel torrent formed by the tank phalanx of later generations!
Of course, these areas like the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau still need their soldiers to maintain them. After all, the terrain there is very complicated.

But after all, observing the general situation, we can know that the cavalry will slowly withdraw from the stage of history after all.

But there is no way now, it is better than not having a cavalry battalion, right?After all, this is also a powerful fast assault force, it depends on how it is used.

The station of the cavalry battalion was allocated near a village in the west of the city.

Zhang Tianhai's military off-road jeep drove so fast that it directly set off a column of dust and smoke on the vast North China Plain.

Due to the trampling of the army, many grasses that had just sprouted were trampled to death alive, so patches of flying loess were exposed.

Of course, there are still many troops and convoys coming and going outside the city, going to Xuzhou City to perform various military tasks.

Not long after, Zhang Tianhai's vehicle drove directly to the headquarters of the cavalry battalion.

To be honest, all the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion were very surprised by the arrival of the regiment commander Zhang Tianhai.

Obviously, you can tell by their expressions. They were stunned for a moment, then stood up and saluted: "Hi, Commander!"

"Hello, Captain!"

"Hello, Captain!"

As soon as Zhang Tianhai stopped the car, when he got off the car, he was greeted by the sound of standing at attention and saluting.

Zhang Tianhai glanced around blankly, then nodded, and said, "Brothers, I, Zhang Tianhai, came to the cavalry camp today to inspect the troops. Call your battalion commander out immediately!"

In fact, when Zhang Tianhai's vehicle drove into the battalion headquarters, some soldiers rushed to Wang Yongcheng's office to report.

"Battalion Commander! Battalion Commander! It's not good! The regimental commander is here! The regimental commander is coming to inspect the troops!!" A soldier quickly ran into Wang Yongcheng's office, then stood at attention and reported saluting.

After hearing the news, Wang Yongcheng yelled and asked: "He came as soon as the regiment commander came. What's there to panic about? What's wrong with being in a hurry? Is there anything our cavalry battalion can't compare with their four main infantry battalions?" How can you compare to those brothers from the Artillery Battalion? What are you panicking about?"

"Yes, Battalion Commander!" The soldier responded.

After glaring at the soldier, Wang Yongcheng straightened his military cap, and strode out of the battalion commander's office.

Not long after, Wang Yongcheng walked up to Zhang Tianhai, and with a "snap", he made a very standard military salute: "Hello, regiment commander! Wang Yongcheng, the battalion commander of the first cavalry battalion directly under the third theater of the humble rank, wishes you Check in and say hello to you!"

Zhang Tianhai nodded very seriously, and said, "Very well, it's enough to see the current mental outlook of your cavalry battalion, and know that you are ready for battle."

"Thank you for your praise. The cavalry battalion will continue to work hard to build a better cavalry battalion! It will definitely not hinder the combat effectiveness of the regiment, and strive to surpass any of the four main infantry battalions in terms of combat effectiveness. One!" Wang Yongcheng said loudly, full of momentum.

Zhang Tianhai nodded and said, "Very good, it's good that you have this confidence."

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Tianhai patted Wang Yongcheng on the shoulder and said: "These days, I have neglected your cavalry battalion, and please don't have any thorns in your heart. After all, at this stage, the battle is still mainly positional warfare, and training a It is not so easy to be a qualified cavalry soldier. I will never want to put your cavalry battalion on the front line and use it as infantry until the critical moment. That would be an absolute waste!"

Zhang Tianhai's voice was very decisive, which made Wang Yongcheng feel a little more relaxed, because he was born in the Northeast Army, not the direct line of Huangpu, so he would have some psychological concerns in that regard.

If it is treated as a marginal force, no matter what it is, no one will feel comfortable.

As soon as Zhang Tianhai said this, Wang Yongcheng's worries suddenly eased a lot, at least he felt comfortable, right?
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PS: Make up for yesterday's second update, [-] words, let's take it as interest, and the chapters that are in arrears will be made up and repaid slowly. I strive to repay them all at once before the third day of the Lunar New Year.

After all, everyone knows that Chinese New Year is coming, and there are many things to do, and they are also busy, and there are indeed more banquets of all kinds.

Please forgive me, thank you all.

(End of this chapter)