my bright sword career

Chapter 537 Basic Operations
The headquarters chosen by Brigadier Wang is located in an inconspicuous square in Ping'an County, surrounded by only a few low yards. After entering the house, Gao Hongming did not greet him, and said directly: "Brigade Commander Wang, the polite words Let's not talk about it, you should introduce the situation to me!"

"Ok!"

Brigadier Wang also knew that now was not the time to be polite, so he picked up a small stick on the table, walked to the big map hanging on the wall, pointed to a red circle and said, "This is the county town of Ping'an where we are located. Scattered, so so far there are only three regiments in Ping'an County.

分别是386旅的新二团、385旅的770团和769团，总兵力8000多人。”

"What about the situation of the Japanese army, have you figured it out yet?"

"We have already inquired about the situation of the Japanese army."

Brigadier Wang's expression became very serious, "Since we repelled the 47th, 108th and 20th divisions that invaded Liantai County, Gangcun Ningji, who was unwilling to fail, mobilized the mixed ninth and No. [-] eighty-two A total of more than [-] people from this brigade rushed towards us from Yangquan County and Jingxing County.

For this reason, I ordered the New Second Regiment, the 770th Regiment, and the 769th Regiment to deploy defenses in Xiaohegu Village, Wangjiazhai, and Fenghuang Mountain to block the Japanese attack at all costs. "

Gao Hongming frowned: "So, we don't even have a reserve team in hand now?"

"Yes."

Commander Gao, I wonder if you can send some troops over here, even a battalion or two. "

However, the battalion-level units of the Liantai militia are different from ordinary troops, and belong to the strengthened battalion establishment.

Especially their weapons and equipment made him drool even when he saw them. If he could have two more infantry battalions under the Liantai militia in his hand, he wouldn't be so worried.

What's more, this almost emptied most of our army's food reserves. If we recruit more people, our food will not be enough. "

Brigadier Wang and the three of them looked at each other wryly after hearing the words. Since the troops came to Liantai County, they found that the wealth and wealth of the Liantai militia almost exceeded their imagination.

But this is more than the most important thing. The most important thing is to ensure our ammunition supply, otherwise it will be useless to send more troops. "

When any commander is in the military academy, the instructor will solemnly tell him that he must keep a reserve team in his hands at all times, but now is not the time to save face, and it is reasonable to tell the truth in a realistic manner.

Tomorrow, I will order the transport plane of the flight corps to airlift my guard battalion over first, to ensure the safety of Ping'an County, and then within two days, I will airlift three to four infantry battalions over.

Elder Wang brigade blushed, although he felt embarrassed, he still nodded.

Gao Hongming pondered, it seemed that the situation here was worse than he expected.

Their only worry is that it will be too uncomfortable to go back to the old days of counting bullets after this battle is over.

A staff officer of the Liantai militia who followed Gao Hongming couldn't help asking: "Brigade Commander Wang, according to our information, there are still many troops from your ministry scattered around Ping'an County, can you call one or two regiments to serve as soldiers?" The reserve team, otherwise, if the situation changes, the entire front may be in danger of collapsing."

"Still."

After coming to Liantai County for so long, Brigadier Wang also understood some of the situation of the Liantai militia.

Of course he understood what it meant to not have a reserve team in his hand, which meant that there were no extra troops in Ping'an County. If the battle ahead changed, they didn't even have any means to respond. It could be said that the situation was already very dangerous.

Brigadier Wang, Political Commissar Geng, Director Su and others were shocked when they heard this. They were worried about the supply of ammunition these days. They didn't expect Gao Hongming to solve the big problem that was backlogged in their hearts as soon as he came.

"In that case, let those people not leave first, and then recruit at least 3000 people to continue building the runway. Before tomorrow morning, at least a 500-meter-long runway will be built. The number must be three.

Gao Hongming said without hesitation: "Since I'm here, the food is not a problem. Director Su, you can call it with confidence. When the field airport is ready, we can use the transport plane to transport the food by air at any time, let alone coarse grain. It's not a problem for them to send out canned meat."

They never dared to dream of such a day before, and being friends with this kind of local rich man who doesn't take money seriously is really a kind of happy trouble.

So just the day before yesterday, the headquarters had ordered the [-]st Armored Battalion, the Independent Regiment, the New [-]st Regiment, and several other troops to return to Liantai County for repairs. They would not be able to fight again for ten and a half days. The only thing they could count on was the Liantai Militia up.

The weapons and equipment of the soldiers have almost changed, and there is still canned meat to eat every day, and even cigarettes are distributed to each soldier.

Brigadier Wang smiled wryly, "You don't know. After a big battle, all units of our division suffered serious losses. Especially Li Yunlong's independent regiment, which belongs to the 386th Brigade, suffered [-]-[-]% casualties.

Although each battalion also has three reinforced companies, there are also artillery companies, reconnaissance platoons, air defense companies, engineering platoons, and anti-tank companies. There are at least 800 people in total.

Commissar Geng couldn't help but said: "Great, as long as we have enough weapons and ammunition, we will have more confidence in this mission."

However, Director Su, who is the director of the Political Department, raised another question, "But now there is another problem. When we summoned the common people to build the field airport, we didn't ask for free, but promised to give each person five catties of coarse grains per day.

Gao Hongming asked again: "Brigade Commander Wang, are the people recruited today to build the airport still there?"

Due to some unexplainable reasons, the Liantai militias are generally based on battalions.

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. When Gao Hongming's words reached the ears of the people who were still building the runway, and they heard that they would not only get food for the Eighth Route Army and the Liantai militia, but even give out canned meat. His emotions were instantly aroused to the peak.

The lives of ordinary people these days are very difficult, and being able to eat enough is already a very happy thing. As for eating meat, most people can only think about it in their dreams.

As for whether the other party will fulfill his promise?

Didn’t you hear that it was the chief officer of Liantai County who spoke? This is a well-known local rich man in Shanxi, the owner of every spittle and every nail. Will he rely on you for a few catties of grain and canned meat?
Inspired by food and canned meat, the people turned up the lights and fought at night with great enthusiasm. By dawn, a 500-meter-long soil runway had been built. Although it looked relatively simple, the planes of this year were not like those of later generations. So delicate, taking off and landing on such a field airport was originally their basic training.

(End of this chapter)