Age of Rebirth

Chapter 340 Formation of New Troops

Fenglingdu is still the same. The ferry boats that have traveled for thousands of years have witnessed the bright moon in the Qin Dynasty, the border gates in the Han Dynasty, the grace and luxury of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the majestic atmosphere of the Heavenly Kingdom. The galloping Yellow River, the sound of the oars of the boatman.

Local officials in Shaanxi Province have long received a telegram from the provincial government. Commander Tang, the military and political chief of Pingjin, is about to return to Peiping. , A little bit of Bojiu's kindness, a group of people boarded the ferry and sailed to the other side of Shanxi.

The yellow water was unbroken, and the waves were still rolling, but it lacked the momentum of the last hundred-boat race. The dozen or so ferry boats seemed somewhat lonely on the wide river.

Tang Qiuli and a group of more than a thousand people from the guard brigade abandoned their boats and went ashore without stopping too much in Shanxi. They took the shortcut at the junction of Shanxi and Henan provinces and traveled northward along the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountains. In the first ten days, arrived at Huangya Cave, the center of Taihang Mountain Base. [

When he left Shaanxi, he gave Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng Dayang 30 yuan each. He knew very well that the lives of these two brothers were not very affluent. Zhang Xueliang left Nuoda's family business in the northeast, almost He went out of the house and only had a small deposit in foreign banks in Tianjin and other places, and he had to support a large group of people under him.

He is used to being extravagant, going out more and earning less, which is tantamount to sitting and eating. When Yang Hucheng started his business, his foundation was weak, and Shaanxi is a relatively barren land. Business travel is not prosperous, there are few minerals, and it is even more difficult to support the army. .

Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng were taken aback when they saw Tang Qiuli take out so many oceans. When Tang Qiuli explained what he meant, they were willing to accept it, and they seemed quite uncomfortable.

Tang Qiuli didn't explain too much, and stuffed the cashier's note into the pockets of the two of them, and Shi Shiran left, leaving Zhang and Yang there with mixed feelings.

As the saying goes, "wealth gathers and people disperse, and wealth disperses and people gather together", Tang Qiuli is not a stingy person, and more importantly, he is rich and powerful now, so he is not short of money. Seeing that Dingbian is a place to gather wealth and make money, Being able to help Zhang Yang solve some urgent tasks with his own ability, this is also called emotional investment!

Just like when he left Dingbian, Tang Qiuli met alone with the commander of the Red 25th Army, General Xu Haidong, and cut straight to the point. In addition to the weapons and equipment presented last time, he also presented the equipment of the two artillery battalions of the Red 25th Army separately. Of course, They are all mortars, mainly because of the difficulty in supplying the Red Army's guns. Large-caliber artillery is basically useful, and each mortar comes with a thousand rounds of guns.

Commander Xu Haidong didn't realize it at the time. This general, known for his bravery in battle, was so excited that he spun around on the ground, rubbed his hands frequently, and asked him several times. Is this true?

No wonder General Xu was so excited. At that time, the Red Army of the Communist Party of China in northern Shaanxi had all the mortars combined, but the size of an artillery regiment, and there was a shortage of artillery, and the artillery was old. Can he not be excited that there are two new artillery battalions out of thin air?

Tang Qiuli just asked General Xu Haidong for a matter. Northwest Sanma, if there is an attempt to invade Dingbian, the Red Army must lend a helping hand. In a word, I will give you the Red Army guns and ammunition. Brothers, when you have something to do, lend a hand.

Therefore, when he was leaving Dingbian, he specifically asked Qiusheng and Liu Hanzhang to establish a good relationship with the Red Army. The three forces around Dingbian, the Dingbian Special Economic Zone Security Command, were the weakest one.

Only by arranging everything in Dingbian, can he devote all his energy to the North China battlefield and even the national battlefield in the future, so that the Japanese will suffer.

Compared with the last time I came, the scale of Huangyadong has expanded, and various fortifications have been completed. The arsenal in the base area has officially put into operation, and is working overtime to produce various weapons and medicines.

Zhang Quan has done the logistics work in an orderly manner, according to all the work in the field, all of them are on the right track, and they are flourishing.

The [-] recruits trained in Huangyadong, after several months of systematic training in the Recruit Supplementary Brigade, have initially reached the standard for being incorporated into the army. What they lack is actual battlefield experience.

Without the baptism of blood and fire on the battlefield, no matter how long the training is and how strict the training requirements are, they will always be recruits. When they hear the deafening sound of cannon explosions, and the guns whizzing past their ears, they see the blood of their comrades splashed on themselves. Still frightened and panicked.

After a great battle, my good brothers and comrades-in-arms never get up again after falling down. Only then can they completely complete the qualitative transformation from recruits to veterans, and only then can there be murderous intent in their eyes. Faced with blood, whether it is the enemy's or their own, Only by facing it calmly can they become qualified veterans.

Tang Qiuli really wanted to find an opportunity to bring these recruits to the battlefield to receive practical training, but unfortunately, there was no ready-made opportunity, and the Japanese are now more honest than rabbits.

Wu Hongtao, commander of the recruit supplementary brigade, used a few days to let each recruit regiment take turns to report to the division commander. Tang Qiuli was very satisfied with the training results of the recruits. At the meeting of all senior officers, Wu Hongtao, commander of the recruit supplement brigade Hong Tao was highly commended.

Then, on the front page of the recruit roster, he solemnly signed and agreed to accept. This is the unique procedure for accepting recruits of the Independent Division. With the recruit regiment as a unit, every leading officer responsible for accepting recruits must sign and agree. Otherwise, this group of recruits will receive another cycle of training, and the head of the regiment who brought the recruits will be punished, most of them will be demoted, and Wu Hongtao will assume direct leadership responsibility. [

After such a procedure, every time recruits are received, they are like demanding customers, and every step is carefully inspected, which ensures that the recruits recruited by the independent division and each unit are completely guaranteed in quality.

After receiving the recruits, a total of six regiments were drawn from the first to fifth brigades of the independent division, and used as the backbone to form the sixth to eighth brigades of the independent division.

Zhang Hansheng, former deputy brigade commander of the first independent brigade, served as brigade commander of the newly formed independent sixth brigade; Wang Bingde, former deputy brigade commander of the independent second brigade, served as brigade commander of the newly formed independent seventh brigade; Tian, ​​former chief of staff of the independent third brigade Double Happiness, served as the commander of the newly formed independent eighth brigade.

The strength of each infantry brigade has been reduced from the original 3000 to 1000. From the weapon warehouse of the logistics department of the independent division, a large number of artillery has been established, and with the newly produced artillery from the Huangyadong Arsenal, two new formations have been formed. Artillery brigades, the third and fourth artillery brigades.

One regiment was drawn from the first and second artillery brigades as the backbone force. Yang Hu, the commander of the third artillery brigade, was originally the deputy commander of the first artillery brigade, and Jiang Yaoshan, the commander of the fourth artillery brigade, was originally the second artillery brigade. Deputy brigade commander.

The remaining fighters will continue to stay in Huangyadong and receive training in the operation of anti-aircraft weapons. They will serve as trainers for the soon-to-be-established Air Defense Brigade of the Independent Division, the Air Defense Regiment of the Huangyadong Garrison Brigade, and the Air Defense Corps of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone Security Command. At the same time, the air defense regiments of all brigades must go to Huangyadong in an organized way to participate in air defense training.

These soldiers are all selected from the whole division. They are educated, flexible, good at studying, and have special skills. Most of them are veterans who have participated in large-scale battles and have actual combat experience.

Tang Qiuli used such elite fighters to form an air defense unit. It can be seen that he fears and attaches great importance to the Japanese air power. The quality of the independent division's soldiers, weapons and equipment, and the composition of various arms are slightly higher than that of the Japanese army. Can be evenly matched.

The only thing he lacked was air power. Japanese planes had always been his concern. In order to prevent his soldiers from being unilaterally massacred by Japanese planes on the battlefield, Tang Qiuli could only do his best to strengthen the air defense force. .

With the superiority of firepower on the ground, to fight against threats from the air, his basic standard is that in a battle, the ground air defense force can cover the area where the attacking troops are deployed, is not subject to air strikes by Japanese aircraft, and can cover the troops to launch an attack.

According to his vision, in the combat area of ​​the independent division, the airspace should become a restricted area for Japanese pilots. In the sky of death, the density of anti-aircraft artillery or anti-aircraft machine guns in the unit airspace should reach ten to eighteen or so.

There is another problem that worries him, which is the accuracy of anti-aircraft firepower. The "Zero" fighter jets of the Japanese army are known for their lightness, speed, and agility. , and the aircraft that sacrifices its own protection capabilities does not take any advantage.

The advantages of speed and flexibility are fully displayed when dealing with fixed anti-aircraft firepower on the ground. It is difficult for purely artificially controlled anti-aircraft guns or anti-aircraft machine guns to keep up with the speed of Japanese aircraft. It is impossible to capture the target, and the result will be a hit The rate of casualties and equipment losses increased.

He plunged into the Special Equipment Research Institute, and Wang Xu and his team devoted themselves to the development of the gun-sighting radar day and night. Tang Qiuli could only use his own memory to understand the working principle of the gun-sighting radar, basically The structure, the components are roughly drawn or written.

At this time, he hated himself very much. If he knew that he would travel through time and develop this thing, he would take a live one and put it on his body, and let Wang Xu and the others imitate it. It's too late to say anything now.

Even so, Tang Qiuli's theories and basic ideas, as well as the really ugly blueprints, have stunned Wang Xu and his group of scientific madmen, shocked Tang Qiuli into heaven, and almost opened the teacher's head , the urge to see how much stuff they don't know is inside.

The adoring gazes of these talented and highly self-esteemed engineers made a certain boss very proud. Seeing their admiration, Tang Qiuli felt that his image was very tall.

Mei Ting's arrival knocked someone Tang from heaven to the ground. Seeing the beauty Mei covering her nose, frowning, and giving herself clean clothes, Tang Qiuli realized that she hadn't bathed for many days. And tidy up the house.

He smiled awkwardly, Wang Xu and the others were all amused by this situation, and laughed heartily. After arriving at Huangya Cave, the relationship between Tang Qiuli and Mei Ting was officially made public, and Mei Ting took good care of her from his life.

(To be continued)