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Chapter 549 True and False Heavy Artillery Team!

In Mount Heng, in a dense forest.

More than 4000 people from the two battalions of the New First Regiment were sitting on the ground. The soldiers were all making dinner. Some soldiers were eating canned food, and some soldiers ate pancakes if they couldn't bear the canned food.

The Sixth Battalion Commander Wang Fafa and the Seventh Battalion Commander Zhao Youliang of the Xinyi Regiment Division were gathering together to cook canned meat.

Both of them came out of the training class for officers of the Anti-Japanese War, and they were both at the battalion deputy level before. Their tactical command ability is not to be said, and their cultural level is not bad.

"There are more than 2000 people in a battalion..."

"There are more than 4000 people in two battalions..."

"This is a fucking brigade, right?"

Even though he has been in the Xinyi Regiment for a few months and participated in the big battle that severely damaged the 36th Division, the Sixth Battalion Commander Wang Faming still feels a little unreal.

A battalion has 10 companies, including 1 artillery company, and the other 9 companies have 36 platoons, including 9 firepower platoons.

There are more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, bazooka and light machine guns are equipped to the squad, flamethrowers are equipped to the platoon, and the firepower platoon is equipped with 60mm mortars, M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns, and 20mm machine guns.

Each soldier is equipped with steel helmets and gas masks, sufficient ammunition, all semi-automatic rifles, and special military horses and mules to transport ammunition...

This firepower configuration and logistics are more powerful and comfortable than the Japanese Army's Type A Division.

This made Wang Faming feel very outrageous. He used to be a battalion deputy in the Jinchaji Military Region. The battalion he was in had less than 400 people. There were not many machine guns. Very little.

In addition, they carried a radio station. If they ran out of ammunition and food, they could send a telegram to the regiment headquarters at any time, and Advisor Chen would arrange for them to drop supplies by air.

It was a comfortable fight!

"Our new group is really strong!"

Seeing Battalion Commander Zhao Youliang heating up the canned meat, Wang Mingming muttered something and spat out the dogtail grass in his mouth.

"What's your brother muttering about?"

Battalion Commander Zhao complained: "Don't come to eat meat quickly? You are not active in eating meat, and you have a problem with your brain."

The two of them picked up the meat with chopsticks and started to eat it. Although the canned meat provided by Boss Chen could be eaten cold, it tasted better if it was not hot.

"Dude, when do you think we will eat devil's meat?"

The battalion commander Wang found out suddenly asked.

"What's your hurry kid?"

Battalion Commander Zhao Youliang said: "Just wait, the little devil must have brought enough food and ammunition in the first attack. After five days at most, there will be devils' heavy soldiers from the direction of Datong and Taiyuan to deliver food and ammunition to the front line. By then Here comes our chance to make a fortune, hehe."

The dry food carried by the devils can usually last for six days, and it will be more in wartime, but not much more.

Battalion Commander Wang Fen nodded: "That's right, there are more than 10 devils and puppet troops attacking Northwest Shanxi this time. With so many troops eating horse chews, the daily consumption of food and supplies is not a small amount. It is certain to make a fortune." .”

What the Eighth Route Army is most keen on is to ambush the transport teams of the devils and puppet troops.

In Li Yunlong's words, guarding the devil's line of communication, eating delicious food and drinking spicy food, smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol will get the job done.

At this moment, a soldier hurried over and gave Zhao Youliang a military salute: "Report to the battalion commander, a person who claims to be the communication company commander of the Jinchaji Military Region has come and is looking for you and Battalion Commander Wang." .”

Zhao Youliang and Wang Faming looked at each other in surprise, then stood up at the same time.

"What about people?"

"Bring him here."

The two battalion commanders spoke almost simultaneously.

The soldier turned and left, and it didn't take long before he brought two Eighth Route Army troops with him. The leader was a dark complexioned man who looked strong and shrewd.

Behind the man was a slightly immature soldier. The two Eighth Route Army soldiers each led an Eastern army horse, carrying bullet bags and dry food bags, and carrying a [-]-type rifle on their backs. They looked a little tired.

"These two are the battalion commanders of our new regiment."

The soldiers in charge of leading the way from the new regiment introduced.

The man came up and saluted a standard military salute: "I am Li Changsheng, communications company commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, are you battalion commander Wang Fafa and battalion commander Zhao Youliang of the new regiment?"

"Zhao Youliang, Commander of the Seventh Battalion of the Xinyi Regiment Division."

"Wang Fafa, commander of the Sixth Battalion of the Xinyi Regiment Division."

The two battalion commanders were a little confused, but they still returned the military salute.

Li Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief: "I finally found you!"

Zhao Youliang was vigilant in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face: "Hi Company Commander Li, what do you need from us?"

The communication company commanders of each military region are not good at it. For example, Lu Yingjun, the battalion commander of the new regiment division, used to be the communication company commander of the Southern Hebei Military Region.

The person in front of him was full of shrewdness, and he didn't fully believe in the identity of the person in front of him.

Li Changsheng said: "That's right, I came to Hengshan to look for you under the order of the Eighth Route Army headquarters."

Zhao Youliang and Wang Fafa were even more surprised: "According to the order of the headquarters, come to us?"

"That's right!" Li Changsheng nodded and said, "After the head of the headquarters asked me to find you, he asked you to contact the Xinyi Regiment Headquarters via the radio immediately. Captain Li has important orders."

Zhao Youliang and Wang Faming were startled suddenly, looked at each other, then nodded slightly at each other after thinking for a moment.

It should not be fake, only the head of the battalion knows the hiding places of their two battalions.

There must be an important situation with the head of the regiment, and then he notified the headquarters and sent people from the Jinchaji Military Region to find them.

If their hiding place had been revealed, they must have been surrounded by devils and puppet troops at this moment, and the other party even called out their names in one go.

The two battalion commanders looked at each other and nodded tacitly.

Zhao Youliang said quickly: "Old Wang, entertain Company Commander Li. I'll ask the telegraph operator to turn on the radio and contact the regiment headquarters."

Wang Faming nodded and said, "Okay, let's go!"

Zhao Youliang walked aside, first contacted the security personnel with a walkie-talkie, and after making sure that there was nothing abnormal within a few kilometers, he ordered the telegraph operator to turn on the radio to contact the regiment headquarters.

the other side.

Li Changsheng looked at the canned meat on the pot, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and then looked at the weapons and equipment in the hands of the soldiers of the new regiment, his eyes showed envy.

He had long heard that the Xinyi regiment in the Northwest Military Region of Shanxi Province was extremely rich, and when he saw it today, it really lived up to its reputation.

The new group of fighters ate white flour pancakes and canned meat, and had everything from semi-automatic rifles, mortars, 20mm machine guns and heavy machine guns.

How fucking rich, Li Changsheng sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Wang Fafa gave Li Changsheng and another messenger soldier a can of white flour pancakes.

While chewing, Li Changsheng asked, "I have a cousin named Li Changshun who is a soldier in your new regiment, does Battalion Commander Wang know him?"

"Li Changshun?" Wang Faming asked, "Is your cousin good at marksmanship?"

"That's right, this kid has been hunting with his father since he was a child, and his marksmanship is not his fault." Li Changsheng nodded hurriedly, "That's him, Battalion Commander Wang knows him?"

"Li Changshun is a well-known sharpshooter in our Xinyi Regiment, of course I know him." Wang Faming said, "But I haven't been in the Xinyi Regiment not long ago, so I don't know him very well."

"That's good."

Hearing the news that his cousin was still alive, Li Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

Bullets and cannonballs don't have eyes. Who can guarantee that they will not die when they go to the battlefield these days?
After a while, Zhao Youliang came over with the telegram in his hand, and winked at Wang Faming. Wang Faming said excuse me, and walked towards Zhao Youliang in a second.

The two walked aside, and Zhao Youliang handed the telegram to Wang Faming.

Wang Faming looked at the telegram, squinted his eyes slightly, and read the telegram in a low voice: "The sixth battalion and seventh battalion of the division immediately went north to Pingsui Road, joined with the Second Independent Brigade of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and destroyed it in an ambush on the Pingsui Railway. The arrival time of the Japanese Heavy Artillery Regiment and the enemy Heavy Artillery Regiment in Datong will be notified later, Li Yunlong, the head of the new regiment..."

Then, he narrowed his eyes: "It seems that the little devil's attack on our base area is not going well, and he actually sent a heavy artillery unit."

"Hehe..." Zhao Youliang sneered, "The little devil wants to transport the heavy artillery unit from the Pingsui Railway to Northwest Shanxi, so he has to save money to buy roads."

After a pause, Zhao Youliang said again: "This must be the information given by Boss Chen. The price for us to kill this heavy artillery team should not be low!"

"Of course, who is Boss Chen?" Wang Faming said, "If you don't make a move, you can use it. If you make a move, you will be an aircraft tank. It's wide!"

"But having said that, it must be a great achievement for our two battalions to complete the task this time!"

Zhao Youliang said impatiently: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go!?"

Wang Faming: "Dude, do you know where the Second Independent Brigade is?"

"Of course I don't know." Zhao Youliang looked at Li Changsheng, "He must know."

After speaking, the two brothers smiled similarly and walked quickly towards Li Changsheng.

About 15 minutes later, Zhao Youliang and Wang Fafa led more than 4000 commanders and fighters and marched toward Pingsui Road in the north direction.

……

In the afternoon two days later, at Beiping Station.

Two military trains coming from the direction of Manchuria, escorted by the Type [-] heavy-duty armored train Chasing the Wind, slowly entered Beiping Station.

Arisue Seizo, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front Army, came forward to receive him.

After the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 5th Infantry Regiment rested overnight at Beiping Station, they headed towards Datong along the Pingsui Railway early the next morning.

The distance from Beiping to Datong along the Pingsui Railway is more than 300 kilometers.

Calculated according to the average speed of the devil train at 30 kilometers per hour, it would take more than 10 hours.

In the afternoon, the convoy arrived at Zhangjiakou Station first, and then under the order of Neiji Okamura, the military trains of the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 5th Infantry Regiment stopped at the station, and a 2-type armored train arranged in advance , Escorted two empty military columns to the direction of Datong.

(End of this chapter)