my bright sword career

Chapter 39 The distressed principal

While Gao Hongming was training the troops while flirting with Doctor Xie Dajun, Yan Laoxi also started to activate his propaganda machine.

Chongqing, Chengdu, Guilin, Nanning and other major cities that have not yet been occupied

"Extraordinary...extraordinary...the Liantai County Civilian Regiment of the Jinsui Army, led by its commander Gao Hongming, wiped out the third regiment of the Fourth Mixed Brigade in the Battle of Cangyunling, killed the commander of the regiment, Sakata Shinzhe, and captured the regiment's flag. It broke the record that the Japanese army's flag has never been seized since the Meiji Restoration!
In order to commend his military exploits, Chief Yan reported to the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to ask for his merits, and planned to hold a commendation ceremony on March [-]th in Japan's Kenanpo. Journalists and colleagues from all over the world are welcome to come and watch the ceremony! "

1940 was the most difficult year of China's war of resistance. In the past three years, the Japanese army occupied nearly half of China's territory like a broken bamboo. On the other hand, the national army could only retreat steadily. With difficulty.

The reason why the national army lost so badly was that apart from the fact that the individual quality of the soldiers was inferior to that of the Japanese army, the weak industrial strength was also an important reason. In addition, the United States, Britain and other countries deliberately curry favor with Japan for their own interests in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. Turn a blind eye to things in China, and even cut off military aid to China.

Under such circumstances, the anti-Japanese confidence of the Chinese people suffered a serious setback.When Wang Jingwei publicly declared in Nanjing that he would form a new government, a large group of former national army generals immediately defected to the past.

At this time, news suddenly spread that a regiment captain of the Japanese army had been killed and even the flag of the regiment had been seized. This news was no less than a shot in the arm for China, which was in a downturn. There was a sensation, and many reporters flocked to Kenanpo, a place that had been unknown in the past.

Chongqing Zengjiayan Mansion

Generalissimo Chiang, in casual clothes, was sitting on the sofa, and Dai Li, the head of the military command, stood in front of him respectfully.

"Yunong, is what Yan Baichuan said true?"

"Principal, according to our investigation, what Yan Zhang said is indeed true. The person who killed Nobuzhe Sakata, the commander of the [-]rd Regiment of the [-]th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, was indeed a man named Gao Hongming.

This person is from Liantai County, Shanxi Province. A few months ago, his father encountered a Japanese patrol on his way to work in the countryside. There was a conflict between the two sides, and his father was shot dead by the Japanese army.

After hearing the bad news, Gao Hongming vowed to avenge his father, and then organized a local militia group of 400 people. Half a month ago, when the Japanese army was fighting fiercely with the Eighth Route Army in Cangyunling, he led the militia group to attack the Japanese army from behind. In one fell swoop, he took down Nobutsu Sakata's headquarters and seized the Japanese army's alliance flag. "

"That's it?" The chairman couldn't believe it. If the Japanese headquarters were so easy to fight, even a local militia that had only been established for a few months could easily destroy their headquarters. What does the army eat?Is it all rubbish?

"After repeated confirmation by the students, this battle report is indeed true." Dai Li was also a little embarrassed. When he received the following report, his first reaction was unbelievable. Just looking at the battle report, it was almost like Play them for fools.

He ordered a re-investigation without hesitation, but he checked it three times in a row, and the final result showed that it was still the case. This is so embarrassing. No matter how dazzling this battle report is, it will set off the incompetence of the national army.

The chairman was silent for a while and suddenly cursed: "Incompetent...shameless..."

Dai Li hung his head and dared not speak, he understood the pain in his principal's heart.

It has been three years since the war started, and millions of national troops have been defeated one after another, and the land has been lost one after another. In this dark moment, how much he hopes to see a victory.

Although there is a victory now, what is embarrassing is that it was not his direct lineage that won the battle, but a local militia that doesn't even have an official number. What do you think of the national army as a leader?

But the chairman is the chairman after all, and he quickly came up with a countermeasure, "Yunong... you should notify the Military and Political Department immediately. Ask Jingzhi to issue a letter of appointment and appoint that Gao..."

"Gao Hongming!" Dai Li hurriedly said aside.

"That's right... Gao Hongming was appointed as a colonel, and his militia group also gave him a designation, which was under the control of the Sixth Army, and the date of the commission was advanced by half a year, do you understand?"

Dai Li was stunned for a moment, then immediately recalled, looking at his boss with admiration, "The principal is wise... the students admire him!"

"Well...you go!"

Of course, Gao Hongming didn't know that he had been appointed as regimental commander for no reason. At this time, he was checking the training situation of the artillery battalion at the training ground.

Yes, you read it right.

Recently, he transferred a large amount of money by selling medicine, like a nouveau riche who has been poor for a long time, his mentality began to swell, and he actually created an artillery battalion and an air defense company.

这个炮营包括包括一个拥有六门美制M101MM榴弹炮连，一个拥有八门M1式75MM榴弹炮连和一个拥有八门M30式107MM迫击炮连。

The air defense company is equipped with eight 88mm guns, which are temporarily under the command of the artillery battalion.

The inflated head Gao is so arrogant and inhuman.

In the national army, so many artillery pieces are more than enough for an artillery regiment, but Gao Hongming can only organize an artillery battalion here. Don't ask why, the question is that the author has not read enough books.

But the consequence of getting so many artillery at once is that there are not enough gunners to operate these artillery.

You must know that operating artillery is a delicate job, and it is difficult for uneducated people to handle it, especially the air defense company is a technical unit.

The previous M2 60 mortar was better. This mortar has a small caliber and a maximum range of only 800 meters. The gunner can completely use visual aiming.

But once it is replaced with the M101 105 caliber howitzer and the M1 75 caliber howitzer, it will not work.

The M101 gun, which can hit the farthest of these two guns, has a maximum range of 11.27 kilometers, and even the M1 howitzer has a range of up to 9 kilometers. For this kind of artillery shooting, the artillery observers in front have to guide and report the position, and then the gunner can calculate it. Target distance and height can be adjusted by yourself.

In this way, the requirements for the gunner are very high. Once the gunner makes a mistake in his calculation, it is very likely that the shell will hit his own head.

"Sir... just spare me, where do you want me to get you so many qualified gunners?"

Geng Changshun, the freshly-baked artillery battalion commander, chased after Gao Hongming, begging for mercy.

Gao Hongming's order to him was to let the artillery battalion form a basic combat capability within a month, which would kill him.

"Sir, it takes at least half a year to train a qualified howitzer gunner. This still requires the gunner to have a certain basic knowledge of mathematics, but nowadays, there are not many soldiers in the militia who can even read, let alone the basics of mathematics. "

(End of this chapter)