I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Emergency on the front line

Principal Chang frowned and asked Wang Shihe: "Shihe, does Xu Qingfeng's Huben regiment have more than 1 people?"

Wang Shihe thought for a moment and said, "Probably not, right? But they recently rested in Lujiang for more than a month.

With Xu Qingfeng's personal reputation, he should have a lot of appeal. Even if there are not 1 people, there should be thousands of people. "

Principal Chang said with some dissatisfaction: "Then why does he want 1 people with food, salary and equipment?"

Wang Shihe lowered his head with a half-smile and said: "Commissioner, the generals at all levels below have always been in the habit of asking for food, pay and equipment. Xu Qingfeng is no exception."

"You mean, Xu Qingfeng also wants to pay his salary?" Principal Chang's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Wang Shihe quickly explained: "Commissioned seat, the humble position does not mean that Xu Qingfeng will have to pay for nothing, it's just that this telegram was forwarded from the headquarters of the 11th Army Group.

Xu Qingfeng, a reinforced regiment, would not dare to ask for 1 people's food and equipment, even if they were paid empty wages. The reason why, if you think about it carefully, is not difficult to understand. "

Principal Chang suddenly became furious and said, "What a Li Pinxian!"

Wang Shihe hurriedly persuaded: "Please sit down and calm down, now is the critical moment of the Xuzhou battle, and the front south of Xuzhou still needs to rely on Li Pinxian's troops.

Li Pinxian's unit and the troops on the southern front had been fighting the Japanese invaders for more than a month, so it was reasonable for him to take the opportunity to ask for some food and equipment. "

Hearing this, Principal Chang calmed down his anger just now, sighed and said, "Just follow the instructions in the telegram."

In fact, Principal Chang also understands that, except for a few ace divisions of the Central Army who are directly descended from him, most of the troops, including the Central Army, have embezzled food and pay and filled their own pockets.

As for the miscellaneous army, the situation of empty pay is even more serious.

Sometimes a teacher has only 5000 people, but tens of thousands of people are reported.

It's not that he doesn't want to rectify, it's really powerless, and he can't take care of these right now.

Because, he has a more important thing to do, which is to arrest Han Fuqu who fled without a fight, abandoned the Yellow River, and Mount Tai was so dangerous that most of Shandong was lost.

……

Lujiang, the temporary regiment headquarters of the Huben regiment.

Xu Qingfeng and others had already finished lunch, and the people in the cooking class had just cleared the dining table.

Xu Qingfeng was about to take Liang Shan and Zhou Weiguo out to inspect the training of each battalion.

Communications Director Liu Bohui hurried over again, stood at attention and saluted, "Reporting regiment, the 11th Army Command has called. The weapons, equipment and food we requested have been approved and will arrive in about half a month!"

Xu Qingfeng nodded upon hearing this, and said, "Understood."

After Liu Bohui left, Zhou Weiguo said, "Qingfeng, with this batch of equipment and food, the Japanese weapons in our hands can be replaced with standard weapons of the national army."

"Yeah." Xu Qingfeng nodded and said, "It's not necessary to replace all of them, just choose the best ones to use.

In some weapons, Japanese weapons also have their merits.

For example, their grenade launchers are light and convenient, and have strong firepower. They are very suitable as squad support firepower.

There are also machine guns, no matter what Japanese style or not, of course the more the better. "

Liang Shan also nodded in agreement and said: "The Tuan Zuo is right. In fact, the little devil's [-] cover is also a little bit. Its ballistic trajectory is stable, the range is long, the accuracy is high, and the recoil is small. It is also very suitable for recruits."

Zhou Weiguo said: "Well, what you said makes sense. But I think that when this batch of food, wages and equipment arrives, we may also be dragged to the front line."

"That is inevitable." Xu Qingfeng said very firmly: "Right now, the Japanese army is constantly increasing its troops to attack north. Our army on the southern battlefield has been in a stalemate with the Japanese invaders for more than a month, and has suffered heavy casualties.

I think it won't be long before our Commander Li will transfer us to the battlefield. "

Liang Shandao: "In other words, the training time left for us is less than half a month. There are so many new recruits who have only been trained for less than two months. Is it possible?"

"At this point in the war, there is nothing we can do about it." Xu Qingfeng said solemnly: "Our Tiger Regiment still has time to train, and there are hundreds of veterans leading the team, so the situation is pretty good.

The recruits of some troops couldn't train for a few days at all, and some strong men who were captured had no training at all, and were directly dragged into the battlefield. "

Liang Shan was shocked when he heard this and said in disbelief: "Is there still such a situation?"

“They are everywhere, and as the war progresses, veterans suffer numerous casualties, occupied areas expand, and population losses increase.

This situation will become more and more serious. "Xu Qingfeng said.

"Then what should we do?" Liang Shan asked pessimistically.

Xu Qingfeng said: "These are not things we should worry about, as the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you don't plan for your own affairs.

Let the top leaders worry about that, what we have to do is to seize all the time and opportunities to train the troops well.

Once on the front line, it is enough to try our best to defeat the Japanese army we encountered and eliminate more devils. "

Zhou Weiguo nodded slightly and said, "Yes, what Qingfeng said makes sense. Just do the things in front of you well and fulfill your duties."

"Let's go and see how the training results of each battalion are."

As Xu Qingfeng said, he took the lead and walked outside.

Liang Shan and Zhou Weiguo followed immediately.

The first thing they came to was the 1st Infantry Battalion, a temporary training camp not far from the left side of the regiment headquarters.

This place was originally an open space, and the independent brigade resumed the designation system of the Huben regiment and reorganized.

Xu Qingfeng ordered to use this place as the first battalion's garrison and training playground.

Accompanied by Zhou Weiguo, Liang Shan, Chen Qifeng and others, Xu Qingfeng walked to the playground of the first battalion.

It was discovered that the officers and soldiers of the first battalion commander were conducting assassination training in batches.

In this era, all Nationalist Army units, the Eighth Route Army, and the New Fourth Army were very attentive to assassination training.

Because, in any battle, they are very likely to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army who are good at fighting.

Therefore, hand-to-hand combat became a compulsory subject for almost all troops at that time.

Seeing the arrival of Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and others, Sun Kui, who was training with the soldiers himself, immediately handed over the training to a veteran company commander.

Then he ran quickly towards Xu Qingfeng and the others. When he arrived, he stood at attention and saluted: "Seat down the regiment, take your seats, deputy commander Zhou, the first battalion is undergoing assassination training, please give instructions."

Xu Qingfeng nodded slightly as a response, turned his head to watch the stabbing training of the First Battalion for a while, and said, "How is the shooting training going?"

Sun Kui quickly replied: "At present, we still have sufficient ammunition, so during this period of time, recruits have been organized to conduct multiple live ammunition shooting training.

Most of the new recruits have learned how to shoot, but their shooting accuracy still needs to be improved. "

Xu Qingfeng said: "From today, all battalions, companies and platoons will cancel hand-to-hand combat for me, and practice live ammunition shooting!"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Sun Kui, but also Liang Shan and others who came with him were surprised.

Sun Kui was even more puzzled and asked directly: "Tuanzu, why? If we don't practice assassination, what should we do if we need to fight with a bayonet?"

Liang Shan also echoed, "Yes, our logistics support and ammunition supplies are far inferior to the Japanese army.

Coupled with their superior firepower and air superiority, many times they had to stop shooting and were forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat with them.

If you don't practice assassination, you will suffer a lot when you go to the battlefield in the future. "

Xu Qingfeng explained patiently: "If we have enough time to train the recruits, then I will definitely let you assassinate and shoot in parallel.

However, there is really not much time left for us now.

In such a short time, I can only practice shooting first. If you shoot well, you may be able to shoot and kill a few devils.

If it is used to practice hand-to-hand assassination, you guys wouldn’t think that with just half a month of training, we can train soldiers who can defeat Japanese soldiers with bayonets, right? "

As soon as Xu Qingfeng said this, everyone was speechless.

Veterans like them who have been on the battlefield have personally experienced the Japanese army's bayonet fighting skills.

They, veterans who have been tempered by many bloody battles, are naturally not afraid.

But for other recruits, even those who have been in the army for two or three months, if they want to defeat the devil one-on-one in hand-to-hand combat, it is tantamount to a dream.

Because the physical fitness, training, and actual combat experience of the two sides are completely different.

At least three trained soldiers are needed to be able to fight a Japanese soldier in hand-to-hand combat.

If there is no training, I am afraid that even if there are five people up there, they may not necessarily be the devil's opponent.

Therefore, Xu Qingfeng is right, since hand-to-hand assassination cannot be trained within a short period of time.

Then it's better to hurry up and practice shooting, it's better than not occupying both ends.

Moreover, some soldiers with shooting talents will greatly improve their shooting skills after about a month of live-fire training.

When it gets to the battlefield, it might be able to show good combat effectiveness.

After understanding this, Sun Kui immediately accepted the order and said: "Yes!"

Immediately, he turned around and walked towards the officers and soldiers of the first battalion who were training, and shouted as he walked: "All companies and platoons immediately stop assassination training and practice shooting instead!"

After all the first battalion changed to shooting practice, Xu Qingfeng ordered Chen Qifeng: "Notify the other battalions and follow suit."

"Yes!" Chen Qifeng responded loudly and immediately took the order and left.

……

Half a month passed quickly, and the time came to February 1938, 2.

Seven days ago, on the southern battlefield in Xuzhou, the Japanese troops in Central China successively captured Linhuaiguan, Bengbu and other important towns on the south bank of the Huaihe River.

The Japanese army used the main force of the 13th Division to cross the Huaihe River in Bengbu and Linhuaiguan respectively, and launched an attack on the north bank.

The various units of the National Army's 51st Army defending the north bank rose up to resist and engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese troops, resulting in heavy casualties.

Li Pinxian and others asked for help from the commander of the Xuzhou 5th theater, and at the same time began to deploy troops and generals to attack the rear of the Japanese army in central China, so as to force the Japanese army in central China to return to the south bank of the Huaihe River.

And on the 9th, the weapons and equipment promised by the superiors to the Huben regiment were finally delivered.

There are a total of [-] medium-sized rifles, [-] Czech-style light machine guns, [-] Maxim heavy machine guns, two base numbers of bullets of each type, and a number of other equipment.

Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered that this batch of weapons and equipment be distributed to the five main infantry battalions, so that all five battalions were replaced with German weapon infantry battalions.

Some of the Japanese weapons they replaced were put into the warehouse and kept as backup.

Some of them were selected and given to the battalions and companies directly under them. After all, the supply battalion and the artillery battalion also needed a certain amount of infantry strength to defend themselves.

After completing the change of equipment, Xu Qingfeng ordered each battalion to quickly train and become familiar with the new guns.

Three days later, the commander of the Fifth Theater Command ordered General Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 59th Army, to lead his troops south to the Guzhen area for reinforcements and coordinate with the 51st Army to tenaciously fight against the Japanese in the area on the north bank of the Huaihe River.

At the same time, on the south bank of the Huaihe River, the 21th Army of the 48st Group Army held the Luqiao area. After the 7th Army cooperated with the 31st Army to attack the Japanese side of Dingyuan in a roundabout way, the main force of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army was forced to return from the north bank of the Huaihe River.

第59、第51军乘势反攻，至3月初恢复淮河以北全部阵地，第21集团军和第31军旋由淮河南岸向北岸集中。

At this point, the two sides fell into a confrontation across the Huaihe River.

On the evening of the 15th, the Japanese commander in central China, Shunroku Hata, was furious when he saw that the frontal attack could not achieve a breakthrough.

Immediately ordered the 9th and 3rd divisions to reinforce the 13th division and continue the frontal attack.

On the one hand, two independent mixed brigades were mobilized to form a westward roundabout task force to attack Hefei and other places westward.

In an attempt to go north via Hefei and other places, they outflanked and attacked the main forces of the national army north of the Huaihe River.

The Japanese army acted secretly, and they were not discovered until they knew that their soldiers were approaching the city of Hefei.

The garrison in Hefei was seriously insufficient at that time, and there were less than 3000 people including the gendarmerie in the city.

After Li Pinxian and others learned about it, they immediately decided to transfer the Huben Regiment, which was resting and training in Lujiang, and rushed to help.

Due to the timely assistance of General Zhang Zizhong, Li Pinxian and other southern troops were helped to block the frontal attack of the Japanese army.

Xu Qingfeng and the entire Huben regiment had more than ten days of training and rest time, which was invaluable to the entire Huben regiment.

When Li Pinxian's telegram was sent to the communication office of the Huben Regiment, Xu Qingfeng was still outside commanding and training the recruits of the guard company and the reconnaissance company.

Liu Bohui ran out of breath to the training field outside the regiment headquarters. He ignored the salute and said: "Regiment leader, I just received an urgent message from Chief Li. The Japanese invaders have invaded Hefei. There are not enough local defenders. Chief Li ordered our Tiger Regiment to move north quickly. , rushing to Hefei’s aid, there must be no mistake.”

Xu Qingfeng was shocked when he heard the words, and immediately took the telegram to read it quickly, then turned around and ordered in a serious voice: "Pass my order, all battalions and companies of the regiment will end the training immediately, and gather urgently!"

"In addition, all officers above the battalion, hurry to the regiment headquarters for a meeting, and I will deploy the battle plan."

"Yes!" Liu Bohui, Chen Qifeng, Xu Hu, Lei Xiong and everyone present took orders in unison.

Half an hour later, more than [-] people from each division of the Huben Regiment had assembled.

Xu Qingfeng solemnly ordered to his subordinates in the temporary headquarters: "Brothers, time is urgent, I will keep my story short.

Judging from the telegram we just received, Hefei is in danger and we must rush to help immediately.

Next, I ordered the reconnaissance company and the cavalry company to set off first, rush to Hefei for reinforcements, and be responsible for investigating the situation.

Other battalions and companies quickly dispatched, and the whole regiment rushed to help! "

(End of this chapter)