Now China has only 4 assault armies, 2 of which are in the northwest and only 2 in the southwest. One of them was Du Yuming's Fifth Army, and there should be no doubt about this, because the Fifth Army's equipment was far stronger than the other troops. For the remaining place, choose one from the 74th Army and the 18th Army.

In comparison, the 18th Army is the veteran army of the Central Army, and it is also the unit started by Chen Cheng, the most important general of the chairman, and its qualifications are far more powerful than those of the 74th Army. Compared with the battle record, the 18th Army is also famous, not to mention the previous battles, the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan also performed very well.

However, in comparison, it is obvious that our 74th Army is superior, and the 18th Army, because it is the main force of the Central Army, once entered the Sichuan Gongwei to accompany the capital, and the actual combat is a little less. After careful consideration, the chairman finally believed that the 74th Army was more qualified to become this attacking army, so he personally designated the 74th Army as the attacking army regardless of the face of the loving general Chen Cheng. ”

Han Xing was overjoyed when he heard this, clapped his hands happily, and said to Wang Yaowu: "Congratulations, this wedding wine is even more to drink." ”

Hou Dashan was also very happy when he heard this, and applauded with Han Xing, and the equipment of the 74th Army was greatly improved, which laid a good foundation for the strength of the Shanggao Battle.

Liu Zhiyuan clapped his hands reluctantly when he heard this, but he was a little unhappy in his heart, this 74th Army was already powerful enough, but it was changed to an attack army, and once the equipment was strengthened, maybe it would become an enemy in the future war, and it would be even more difficult to deal with.

Han Xing asked again: "If you add an artillery regiment, how many artillery pieces are there?" ”

Wang Yaowu said happily: "The additional artillery regiment has 4 115-mm howitzers, 8 76.2-mm field guns, and 4 37-mm anti-tank guns, all of which are Soviet-style equipment. ”

Han Xing thought that compared with the artillery wing under the jurisdiction of a Japanese division and regiment, which had 36 field guns and mountain guns, it was naturally still at an absolute disadvantage. Compared with the Southern Expeditionary Army, it is also a lot worse. The ridiculous thing is that the artillery of China's strongest so-called attack army is not as good as an ordinary B division of the Japanese army!

However, this is already good.

"What about small arms, then?" Han Xing asked again.

"The light weapons are, including 25 Sokolov M1910 water-cooled heavy machine guns, which are Soviet copies of the Maxim heavy machine gun, and 70 DP light machine guns, which greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the 74th Army."

Han Xing nodded when he heard this, although weapons are not the decisive factor, but they are also an important factor, after the 74th Army became an attacking army, its combat effectiveness has increased a lot.

As for how the 74th Army governs and manages the army, Han Xing does have a big doubt in his heart?

After eating, Han Xing said to Wang Yaowu: "Commander Wang, I heard that you have managed the army well, can we learn some of your experience from the Southern Expeditionary Army, and promote it after we go back." ”

Speaking of governing the army, Wang Yaowu shook his head and said: "How can I have any experience in governing the army, if you want to manage the army, you have to learn from your Southern Expeditionary Army." But when it comes to this issue, it is not something that can be explained at once. If you are not tired, then let's go, I will lead you around, first look at our grassroots troops, look at our fortifications. ”

Han Xing was very happy to hear this, and he wanted to see how the 74th Army built the field fortifications. Since the fortifications were relatively far away and they needed to take a car, Han Xing only brought the personnel of the headquarters and Wu Xiaoming with a guard platoon and followed.

Han Xing and Wang Yaowu sat in a small car. Wang Yaowu said to Han Xing: "We have received an order from Commander-in-Chief Luo Zhuoying to immediately strengthen and increase the existing field fortifications. ”

Along the way, Han Xing saw that the atmosphere of the 74 Armament War was strong, and fortifications were being built everywhere and air defense facilities were being built everywhere.

After a while, a field fortification in Shanggaocheng arrived, and Wang Yaowu led these people from Han Xing to get out of the car to visit.

Han Xing saw that the fortifications were mainly based on the dark fort, supplemented by the bright fort. Only a small number of troops were stationed in Mingbao, mainly to attract Japanese attacks, while the bunker was the main force of defense. In the construction of the dark fort, it is necessary to ensure that each position has frontal shooting, side shooting, return shooting, pitching shooting, etc., and there is absolutely no dead angle of firepower.

Han Xing praised and said: "Needless to say, the construction of these hidden forts is still very technical. It's really not easy to cultivate like this. ”

Wang Yaowu added: "Don't build too many pillboxes and fortifications, and don't have too many troops stationed, but disperse the troops to prevent being killed or injured by the Japanese artillery group." ”

Wang Yaowu said, and personally jumped out of a dark castle, and Han Xing, Hou Dashan, and Liu Zhiyuan also jumped in. This little bunker is already quite crowded.

Han Xing looked at it, estimated that the cover soil on the top of the dark fort was at least 2.5 meters thick, and said to Wang Yaowu: "At least 75 mm mountain artillery bombardment is no problem." ”

Wang Yaowu said: "Not only the bombardment of 75-millimeter mountain artillery, but also the bombardment of 250-kilogram aerial bombs can be regarded as qualified. ”

Han Xing nodded, looked at the shooting hole again, and indeed looked inside, the field of vision outside was relatively wide, with a shooting angle of nearly 270 degrees.

Wang Yaowu had just come out of this dark castle, and jumped into another dark castle for inspection, almost drilling this one and entering another, and one by one the hidden castles had been drilled, so he was relieved.

Han Xing thought that the inspection of every hidden fort should be the matter of the battalion commander and regiment commander, and Wang Yaowu drilled into every dark fort to inspect it, which also illustrated his subtleties.

Near the bunker complex, there is a company of soldiers who are training. As soon as the company commander saw that the commander was coming, he immediately ran forward, saluted, and reported his training subjects.

Wang Yaowu told them to train immediately and not to be disturbed by outsiders.

The company commander was very excited, and immediately encouraged the soldiers: "Brothers, the commander personally came to review the results of our training, this is our honor, and we must not disgrace our company." The subject of the following training is to crawl forward and approach the enemy quickly. ”

At the order of the company commander, the soldiers of a company, armed with weapons, lay on the ground and quickly crawled towards a target.

Wang Yaowu looked at the soldiers with weapons in their hands and crawling forward quickly, and his face was not happy at all. He slowly followed the troops, watched the movements of the soldiers, and reminded the soldiers one by one.

Approaching the target, the company commander gave the order, and the fighters got up and quickly rushed towards the "enemy".

After the completion of this subject, the company commander ran to Wang Yaowu, straightened up, and reported to Wang Yaowu: "Report to the army commander, what are the shortcomings of this subject, please instruct!" ”

Wang Yaowu shook his head and said, "No! It's been patronized quickly, and the body is too high, so what a loss! We were not training, we were in front of the enemy's machine-gun fire. He then turned his body to the officers and men of the whole company: "Brothers, do you have any faith in coming with me again!?" ”

The officers and men of the whole company shouted in unison: "Yes! ”

"Then do it again."

Wang Yaowu personally lay at the front and was demonstrating to the officers and men of the whole company.

As soon as the company commander gave the order, the officers and men of the whole company followed behind Wang Yaowu and quickly crawled forward. Don't look at Wang Yaowu is 37 years old, but his movements are still quite standardized, and the speed of movement is also quite fast. Under his leadership, the soldiers of the whole company must not only have a low posture, standardized movements, but also be fast.

Approaching the target, the company commander gave an order, and the officers and men of the whole company quickly got up and rushed towards the "enemy" in the target.

Han Xing, who was observing from the side, thought that this Wang Yaowu, as a military commander, could train with the soldiers and correct the soldiers' irregular movements, which also showed his superiority and won the respect of the soldiers.

Han Xing also knew a little about Wang Yaowu's family and thought of some of his family's situation.

Wang Yaowu lost his father at an early age, and he completely relied on his mother to pull him up. At that time, the Wang family was very poor, and after the death of his father, he relied on his eldest brother to do hard labor and his mother to do needlework to support the family's life. At that time, in addition to Wang Yaowu, there were two other younger siblings in the family, and life could hardly be supported.

Unexpectedly, just a few years later, Wang Yaowu's eldest brother died of illness due to hard work, so all the burden fell on the shoulders of Wang Yaowu's mother.

Although Wang Yaowu's mother is illiterate, she is a woman with a lot of opinions. She is still working hard to support the family despite the major blows of the death of her husband and eldest son one after another, after all, he has three other children.

Wang Yaowu followed his mother to do heavy physical work when he was very young, and experienced the hardships of life.

Wang Yaowu's mother saves money for her own food, but saves money for her children. Originally, children generally started reading at the age of 5 or 6, and at that time they went to private school. Because the Wang family was too poor, the queen mother saved money for many years, until the eldest son Wang Yaowu was 11 years old, and he saved enough money to go to private school.

As a result, Wang Yaowu only started studying when he was 11 years old. If it weren't for his mother to provide him with education, he would never have been admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, and all the glory of the future would not be mentioned.

Due to the poverty of his family, Wang Yaowu also worked while going to school, and after a few years of schooling, after being generally literate, Wang Yaowu couldn't bear to see his mother working so hard, so he took the initiative to drop out of school.

Wang Yaowu is a very smart person, he knows that farming can't make a lot of money, so when he was in his teens, he resolutely left home and went out to work.

He first went to Tianjin, the most developed city in the north at that time, and worked as a small worker in the tobacco company in the concession. After working hard for 1 year, I didn't learn any craft, and most of my salary was deducted, and I was even beaten and insulted by the foreman.

He was then introduced to Shanghai by a distant relative, running errands at the Shanghai Taikang Biscuit Company.

Foremen and bosses in Shanghai are even more bullying of workers. Wang Yaowu is a poor boy with no background, and he is a low-level employee, so he was naturally miserable. Wang Yaowu worked hard in the factory for more than one year, and at the same time, he went to night school at night to tutor mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge to accumulate skills for himself.