Chapter 31: Please Call Me Master
The 29th Division (129th Division), one of the troika of the Eighth Route Army throughout the history of the Anti-Japanese War.
Its base is the surrounding areas of the Taihang Mountains and the Taiyue Mountains, where the terrain is dangerous, and it is difficult for large corps and mechanized equipment to move.
At this time, at the headquarters of the 29th Division, the division commander interrupted the words of the commander of his 357th Brigade, his face was full of disbelief and his tone was disdainful.
"There are dozens of tons of weapons and ammunition, more than a million rounds of ammunition, why don't you have 10,000 shells? Don't give me here."
"Divide the grain into half of the division, and you can take the rest yourself"
The division commander looked at the map on the wall, didn't look back, and said to the 357 brigade commander behind him.
"Huh? Commander, you know everything! ”
The commander of the 357th Brigade, who was panting, was a little stunned, how did the division commander know that there were still 10,000 shells, and the transport team was still more than ten miles away from the division headquarters, and he was the first to rush back to the division headquarters on horseback to report. Could it be that the 119th Division had already sent a telegram to the division headquarters first? But didn't Brigade Commander Chen have no telegram notice? Is that kid playing me again?
For a moment, his heart was full of thoughts. Because he was panting, he didn't hear the mocking tone of the division commander in front of him.
"All to us brigade? No, no, although our brigade can't use so many weapons and equipment"
The brigade commander waved his hand and hurriedly refused. Although the battalion supporting the 119th Division was mobilized from their brigade, and it was reasonable to give them a little more supplies, this batch of supplies was too much, and after separating a battalion of 600 rao, the current shortage of guns in the 357th Brigade was only more than 1,000, and it was a waste to give him all the weapons. And, most importantly, if you take it all, you can't be beaten by several other brigade commanders?
"Okay, okay, in a few days, there will be a team of more than 100 Rao coming from Yan, and I will assign them all to you at that time, but they don't have guns, you have to do your own way with weapons"
The division commander still waved his hand, without the slightest intention of turning back, and issued an order to evict the guests.
"Didn't you see what I was doing? The devil has a reinforced wing and several pseudo-regiments, with the current situation in the division, this battle is difficult to fight, there is no shortage of soldiers, and weapons and ammunition are simply not enough to support a brigade-level battle"
At this time, the brigade commander had recovered his strength slightly, he thought for a moment, looked at the division commander's back, and finally understood what was going on. The co-author division commander thought that he was not satisfied with giving the 119th Division a battalion, and he was here to make amends?
If it was before, that is, before the transaction, he was indeed a little unhappy, even if it was an ally, but he would not be happy if he gave his good subordinates to others. But this decision was made by the division commander, and it was also agreed by all the division and brigade commanders of the 29th Division, including himself.
They received the telegram of the 119th Division's weapons for veterans more than half a month ago, and as soon as the telegram received it, the division headquarters immediately organized a meeting, at that time, the 119th Division's two brigade-level ambush battles had spread throughout the country, plus other ambush battles, the 119th Division exterminated more than 3,000 devils and puppet troops in a month, which was an annihilation figure rather than casualties, and the 119th Division was directly under the division headquarters and the 344th Brigade with a total of more than 5,000 troops, accounting for only half of the main force of the 119th Division. As for the newly formed Self-Defense Forces and guerrilla units, their combat effectiveness was almost negligible in the face of the regular large-scale Japanese army.
At that time, they naturally thought that the casualties of the 119th Division were extremely large, after all, during this period, there was no moment when the casualties were less than 2:1 in the battle with the devils. Because of the heavy losses of the veterans, the 119th Division politely asked the 29th Division to support the veterans in order to rebuild the troops, and after the deliberations of the division and brigade commanders, it was decided to transfer a veteran battalion to the 119th Division.
It's just that after seeing Brigade Commander Chen of the 344th Brigade today, the 357th Brigade Commander vaguely understood in his heart that things were definitely not as difficult as they imagined, and they might even go smoothly beyond imagination. Supporting a battalion of friendly troops, then he can not frown much, but supporting a regiment, that is, he will not be killed, in the same way, can give more than a million rounds of ammunition, more than 2,000 guns, and more than 10,000 shells at one time, the 119th Division must have more weapons and ammunition, and it may even be beyond his imagination.
"Then thank you, Commander, but I really don't need half of this material."
After thinking for a moment, in line with the attitude of not taking advantage of the saddle, the commander of the 357 Brigade unceremoniously accepted more than 100 veterans from the border area.
However, he didn't have much idea about half of the supplies.
The 29th Division currently has three main brigades, as well as three regiments directly under the division, and in proportional terms, his 357th Brigade accounts for only a quarter of the 29th Division. And the more than 10,000 people in the whole division are almost nested together. When the division commander reacts, he will definitely not get half of this material, which is too unfair to other troops, and besides, if he really opens his mouth, only a few hundred veterans, and other brigades will make it up for him in minutes, I am afraid that he will not even have the advantage of a little more at that time.
The division commander looked back at the commander of the 357th Brigade, did not speak, and looked back at the map again, and the meaning of that look was clear.
"Roll Away"
"Division commander, I can solve this problem for you" Faced with the dislike of the division commander, the commander of the 357 Brigade rubbed his hands, and he changed the topic, after all, half of the supplies could not be obtained, but it was not bad to take advantage of this information gap.
"Oh? Then you, how to solve this problem, now our division has more than 10,000 main forces, and more than 10,000 recruits, and there are more than 10,000 guns of all kinds, but the total number of bullets is more than 30,000, and the arsenal can now only reload less than 100 bullets."
"I also want to fight him now in an ambush battle, with a brigade to ambush a brigade of devils, but there is not enough ammunition, what do you do? You tell me how to solve this problem? ”
Exhaling a breath, the division commander turned around and looked at himself, the talkative brigade commander, in an unkind tone.
"Division commander, you have to make me the third division commander after I solve this problem, of course, it is only in name, and you are still responsible for the specific work."
The 357 brigade commander spoke in a triumphant tone at this time, and he touched his head quite embarrassedly when he spoke. His dream was to be a division commander, even if it was only a passing addiction, and now that the opportunity had come, he was particularly excited to think that he would sit in the division commander's seat at the meeting soon after.
Division Commander: ······ Ho, this is trying to usurp the throne?
The division commander's eyebrows jumped at this time.
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At night, the conference room of the division headquarters of the 29th Division.
At this time, the brigade commanders of the 3 brigades of the 29th Division and the 3 regiments directly under the division headquarters were all present.
"Division commander, chief of staff, what are you doing here?" The commander of one of the directly subordinate regiments looked at the division commander sitting next to him with a puzzled expression. The other brigade commanders were equally puzzled.
"The master is here," the division commander and the chief of staff replied casually, their eyes looking straight at the place that belonged to them, and smiling.
"Master ??!!!" Many brigade commanders were stunned.
Do we still have this position in our army? Could it be the Chief of the General Staff? Or the commander-in-chief?
Just when everyone was puzzled, the commander of the 357 Brigade stood up at this time, walked up with steps, and then sat in the position of the division commander. This sitting directly interrupted the doubts and thoughts of the crowd, and doubled everyone's confusion.
"Please call me Master Commander" crossed Erlang's legs, and the words of the commander of the 357 Brigade were very bad.
Did this thing take the wrong medicine today?
Although the commander of the 357th Brigade is very skinny and thinks very out of the box on weekdays, this action... It's a little too arrogant.
The corners of everyone's eyes jumped.
"The commander of the 357th Brigade solved the greatest difficulties of the 29th Division at present, and in view of his great contribution, he was promoted to the commander of the 29th Division"
"Statute of limitations three"
At this time, the division commander spoke again, adding to everyone's doubts.
All:???? This support friendly battalion is also returned to be the commander of the three masters? Isn't it just a battalion? Let me do it! Although it is just a vacant position, since the division commander has given up his position, then the master commander will inevitably open the stove, and every time he can eat meat!