Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 705 Rewarding meritorious deeds, redrawing defense zones

At the end of March 1942, five days had elapsed since the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area was defeated by the Japanese army.

After properly resolving the friction with the New Eighth Army, Zhou Weihan immediately ordered all the regiments to return to their original defense areas in view of the relatively stable situation in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area. The headquarters of the Henan Military Region was transferred to Pu County.

The headquarters in Puxian City is holding its first meeting after the war. In addition to Communist Party member Zhou Weihan, political commissar Tan Lin, and deputy chief of staff Zhou Weiguo, the participants include the main officers of the four military divisions under the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. cadre.

Zhou Weihan held the list of casualties reported by each regiment in his hand. In this battle, the 18 infantry regiments, one assault regiment, two cavalry regiments, the fifth regiment and the 29th regiment of the Tainan Military Region had a total of more than 3000 casualties. Nearly 4000 people were sacrificed and nearly [-] were injured.

Correspondingly, in this battle, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region annihilated 5000 Japanese soldiers and seized a lot of weapons and ammunition, including 52 mountain guns and 35 field guns, including the 21th Division of the Japanese Army from Central China, and the Longhai Line. The 32th Division stationed along the line, the 8st Division in Xuzhou, and the 1nd Division in Yanzhou, the battle loss ratio of the two sides reached [-]:[-], and they supported the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui and the Eighth Route Army in southern and central Shandong. develop.

Maybe he was choked by the smoke, Zhou Weihan coughed several times, and the conversations in the room stopped abruptly, all of them turned their eyes to Zhou Weihan.

"This battle was fought well. Not only did the headquarters send a commendation telegram, but before the sweep was over, someone from Jiang also sent a commendation telegram, praising our Eighth Route Army for supporting the frontal battlefield!" Zhou Weihan said.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong curled his lips and said: "The people in the National Army have always been good at talking, using their mouths to tease people, what's the use of sending a commendation telegram, it's better to get some benefits!"

Jing Dagang immediately agreed and said: "That's right, I used to give some legal currency to pretend, but now I don't even pretend to be, and I can give some bullets!"

At that time, the 40th regiment had only about a thousand troops. In order to attract the main force of the Japanese army to dispatch, it was deeply encircled by the Japanese army, and finally the entire army was wiped out.

"The defense area of ​​the Southwestern Military Division is mainly composed of Dingtao, Caoxian, and Chengwu counties. The New Sixth Brigade has the new first regiment, the independent second regiment, the cavalry regiment, the 36th regiment, the 37th regiment, and the 41st regiment. The main task is to spread eastward to Shan County and Yucheng on the basis of Cao County and Chengwu, and at the same time assist the brother troops of the Teaching Fourth Brigade in the West Lake base area to attack the Japanese troops in Jinxiang, Yutai, and Fengxian counties!"

"Communist, political commissar, although the main force of the 40th regiment is gone, the designation cannot be cancelled. I went to the field hospital in Heze to see that the 35th regiment still has 185 wounded. The old foundation is still there, and the 40th regiment can still Rebuilt!" Chi Fengnian said excitedly.

Unfortunately, both Zhencheng and Heze originally belonged to the Southwest Military Division of Shandong Province, but Zhencheng is located too far to the north, separated by Heze, where the deputy chief of staff personally sits. The Southwest Military Division has few connections, and Zhencheng has become an enclave in disguise.

"Why are you still standing there, sit down!" Zhou Weihan said to Chi Fengnian, Chi Fengnian didn't hold back, and sat down across from Zhou Weihan carelessly.

The joy is that the Southwest Military Sub-region of Shandong only has three counties, but it has great potential for development. Li Yunlong holds the strength of six regiments in his hands.

Li Yunlong, Jing Dagang, Wu Qin, Wang Yigong four people, you look at me, I look at you, but none of them dared to take the initiative to raise their voices.

"Okay, let's get down to business. The current environment inside the base area is very stable, and the strength of the surrounding Japanese troops has been severely damaged. They will not be able to take any action against the base area for at least a year!"

"Comrade Zhou Weiguo is no longer serving as the Chief of Staff of the Zhinan Military Division, but only as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Region, in charge of the daily work of the troops under the Military Region!" Zhou Weihan finally said.

"In view of the expansion of the current base area, the defense area should also be re-divided. In order to facilitate communication with various ministries, the headquarters of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region will be stationed in Pu County in the future, and the deputy chief of staff will still be based in Heze!"

"Those who don't know think it's a dirt road drilled out of a mountain ditch? It's embarrassing to spread it!" After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he turned to look at Jing Dagang and the others: "You say, don't you?"

"That's right, why do I always put forward opinions in front of the leaders, ah, if you get the benefits, everyone will share them, and if you don't get the benefits, I will bear the blame alone. You guys are too rude!" Come on with your temper, thinking about it at this time is really the case.

The two groups of enemies fought against the Eighth Route Army many times, and they lost one after another. They could only linger in their respective territory.

When the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region established eight infantry regiments, the 35th and 40th regiments were formed based on the 12 combat companies and cadres supported by the Southern Hebei Military Region.

Li Yunlong's performance of being cheap and good-looking, couldn't help but make Jing Dagang roll his eyes.

Under the wall of the meeting room, Chi Fengnian, the head of the 35th Regiment, waited for a long time. There were many cigarette butts scattered on the ground, which attracted the attention of people coming and going in the headquarters.

Li Yunlong has been coveting Shan County and Yucheng for a long time, and he wished to make an early move. Now the Japanese and puppet troops in the two places are empty of defense forces. After the troops of the Southwest Military Division of Shandong Province take a short rest, they can enter Shanxian County and Chengwu. .

Tan Lin glanced at Zhou Weihan with a smile, but he didn't understand what the group of people in front of them meant when they sang together. During the war, several regiments ran long distances one after another, how could it be possible to clean up the battlefield? Now that the battle is over, it's time to think about the division of weapons and equipment up.

"If the rest of the weapons and equipment are worn out, they should be supplemented. The [-] large covers used by the Japanese army are not lacking in the main regiment. Priority should be given to the base regiment to refit, and the replaced weapons and equipment will be given to the local armed and militia!"

During the Japanese raids, the 40th Regiment, under the command of Wu Qin, first fought against the Japanese troops of the 35th Division along the old course of the Yellow River in Dongming. Lin Heze, the 32th regiment and the 40th regiment deployed defenses outside the city together.

"Speaking of bullets, I just remembered what we seized this time. It was quite enjoyable during the war. There were planes and cannons. But when we cleaned the battlefield, we were dumbfounded, and a lot of weapons and equipment were blown up! "

Whether it was the East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army or the Japanese puppet army in Anyang, with the strength of the four regiments in Zhou Weiguo's hands at that time, there was a chance for the enemy to visit.

The division of defense zones announced by Zhou Weihan was formulated in view of the current situation and future development direction of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base areas. The Zhangbei military division basically remained unchanged. Partitions change the most.

When he came to Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin, his face was full of obsequious smiles: "Communist, political commissar, my chief, tell me, we are all combat units at the first level of the military division. Without some hard guys to support the scene, it really can't be justified!"

Li Yunlong saw that there was really no one who could take the lead, so he stood up bent over, surrounded the circle and scattered the cigarettes to everyone present.

Each regiment is based on 700 to 800 veterans from six combat companies, supplemented by captured appeasement army soldiers, local armed forces, and militia, with a staffing of about 1500.

Zhou Weihan glanced at the time, it was almost noon: "Let's go, let's go to the cafeteria to eat, and talk while eating!"

"The defense area of ​​the Zhinan Military Division includes the four counties of Neihuang, Qingfeng, Nanle, and Guancheng. The New Second Brigade has jurisdiction over the 42st Regiment, the Independent [-]st Regiment, and the [-]nd Regiment. The main goal is to contain the Independent First Mixed Brigade in Anyang At the same time, defend the East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army on the north bank of the Zhanghe River to the north, and guard the New Eighth Army stationed in Chaocheng to the west.”

"Okay, all of you can only stare at the little thing in front of you. There are countless weapons seized from the hands of the little devil. The light and heavy machine guns that the main regiments lack are all the Type [-] light machine guns and Type [-] heavy machine guns used by the Japanese army. The machine guns are complete, and the heavy machine guns can only have three companies at most!"

Chi Fengnian was about the same age as Zhou Weihan, before he came to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, he was the deputy head of a certain regiment in the Southern Hebei Military Region.

"The military headquarters is permanently stationed in Pu County, directly under the Cavalry Regiment, Artillery Regiment, Assault Regiment, 39th Regiment, etc. The 39th Regiment is permanently stationed in Zhencheng, and the other 35th Regiment is permanently stationed in Heze, under the personal command of the Deputy Chief of Staff!"

"That's right, if we didn't have this condition, we wouldn't say anything. Now that we have this condition, we have to make a lot of trouble. It's not a high request!" Wu Qin was the first to agree.

"Okay, Lao Li, from now on you won't have the Supreme Emperor, so you can do whatever you don't want to do in the future? It's not like me, there is basically no room for development, and there will be no war if you want to fight in the future!" Jing Dagang said enviously.

With just one sentence, Tan Lin disintegrated the temporarily formed alliance between Li Yunlong and the others, and none of them felt ashamed to bring up a few mountain cannons.

"If you don't say anything, it means you have no opinion, and you are determined to implement it?" Tan Lin said with a smile.

Seeing Zhou Weihan coming out of the meeting room, Chi Fengnian immediately greeted him: "Communist, I have something to report to you!"

"The next main task of each military division is to recuperate and cooperate with the comrades of the local government to do a good job in people's livelihood and economic construction!"

During the sweep, Zhou Weiguo, as the deputy chief of staff of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, commanded the left-behind troops of the Zhinan Army Division and the Zhangbei Army Division, a total of four regiments. The Japanese and puppet troops who set off.

"The defense area of ​​the Northern Henan Military Division includes Hua County, Jun County, Puyang, and Dongming. , the main task is to occupy the entire territory of Hua County and Jun County, and at the same time develop to Ji County and Yanjin, and reduce the living space of the 38th Division!"

Tan Lin, as the political commissar, talked all the way to this point, even if Li Yunlong and the others had ideas, they could only hold back abruptly.

After the meeting ended, everyone filed out of the meeting room, with Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin walking at the back.

"Hey, you guys know how to look at the wind direction and only hide behind to take advantage of it. Look at Comrade Li Yunlong, he always says what he says, and never hides it!" Tan Lin said.

"The Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region has both an artillery regiment and a heavy artillery battalion. After the war, the American-style mountain artillery battalion remained in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. Not to mention our other bases of the Eighth Route Army. If you look around, the group army of the national army or the Type A division of the Japanese army , Which one has such a large number of artillery, even though it is directly under the military region, and at the same time, you are allowed to apply for deployment, what is there to be dissatisfied with?"

"Hey, what you said, we are enlightened people, what kind of emperor can there be in our Eighth Route Army team, in the future, our old Li will definitely obey the orders of our superiors obediently"

"As for the mountain artillery, field artillery and artillery shells seized from the Japanese army!" Zhou Weihan said after a pause: "The artillery shells can be supplemented, but all the mountain artillery must be sent to the headquarters for unified division. The three of us, the deputy chief of staff and the political commissar, have made a decision!"

In the cafeteria, Li Yunlong and the others sat at a table, while Zhou Weihan and Tan Lin sat at a table alone.

"Yes!" Chi Fengnian replied.

The expressions on everyone's faces were mixed. Zhou Weiguo had long been the deputy chief of staff of the military region. Everyone didn't react too much. After hearing this, Li Yunlong's face was bitter at first, and then happy.

"Aren't you in Heze? Why did you come to Pu County? Why don't you report to the deputy chief of staff and report to me alone?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"I can eat enough, but I can't forget the brothers who were hungry with you back then, don't you think so?" Tan Lin said.

"Commissioner, political commissar, I reported it to the deputy chief of staff, and he agreed, but he said that you two chiefs need to know, so I came to Pu County!"

"The defense area of ​​the Zhangbei Military Division includes the three counties of Linzhang, Cheng'an, and Wei County. The New Fifth Brigade has the Third Regiment, the Third Independent Regiment, and the Southern Hebei Base Regiment under its jurisdiction. The main goal is to jointly contain the 41 The development of the division in the southern part of Hebei, while going east to contain the East Asian Alliance Autonomous Army entrenched in the Daming area."

It can be said that the roots of these two regiments come from the Southern Hebei Military Region, and Chi Fengnian also knew the head and political commissar of the 40th regiment.

When Chi Fengnian mentioned the 40th Regiment, the past of the 40th Regiment quickly went through Zhou Weihan's mind. At that time, the Japanese army was approaching the city and the situation was very critical. Zhou Weihan only remembered now that the 35th Regiment and the 40th Regiment were supported by the Southern Hebei Military Region. .

The big brother of the Southern Hebei Military Region spared no effort to support the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. They wanted the backbone of the battle for the backbone of the battle, and a set of cadres for the cadres. It was equivalent to directly supporting two shelf regiments. As a result, Zhou Weihan almost asked the Southern Hebei Military Region to support him. The old foundations were all wiped out. If the little devil hadn't hesitated, the 35th regiment would have been bitten to death by the little devil in the end.

"During the defense of Heze, the 40th Regiment lost its organizational structure in order to win the battle for the main force. It was a meritorious service. I have not forgotten the rebuilding of the 40th Regiment. After the wounded of the 40th Regiment recovered in the hospital, we will start rebuilding immediately. I I promise here that after all the wounded in the hospital recover, they don’t need to return to the team, and they will give priority to supplementing the 40th regiment!”

　I found out I'm a math genius

　　
　
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