"General Liu!"

Ye Lei returned to Zhabei and met Liu Yuqing, a famous general of the Sichuan Army, who had just been promoted to lieutenant general and is currently the commander of the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army.

The troops of the 26th Division passed through Zhabei and rushed to the Dachang defense line. Liu Yuqing and Sun Yuanliang are both from Sichuan, and Sun Yuanliang is the nephew of Sun Zhen, commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army of the Sichuan Army.

The slogan of the Sichuan army when it went out of Sichuan was "The Japanese invaders will not be extinguished, and they will not return to their hometowns!" ”。 The first batch of troops out of Sichuan were divided into two routes, one to the north to participate in the battle in North China, and the other to the east to participate in the battle of Songhu. The chairman of the committee promised to provide equipment and materials after leaving Sichuan and maintain the Sichuan army structure, but the results were ......

The 26th Division had no logistics, no field hospitals. Liu Yuqing came over to see his fellow countrymen, and secondly, he hoped that the 88th Division would give him some logistical help.

Sun Yuanliang was also very embarrassed. Dachang and Zhabei are in a cold relationship, it's not that he doesn't want to help, but he can't help. Up to now, the rear armaments and materials have not been transported, and the Ministry of Defense has only given the 88th Division 260,000 troops to build fortifications.

Ye Lei had just arrived, and the two had already chatted, and Liu Yuqing was about to leave with disappointment.

"You are Ye Lei, and your name has spread to Sichuan." Liu Yuqing patted Ye Lei and praised: "Good job!" If I go first, I'd like to talk to you. ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Yuqing left the division headquarters and went to Dachang with his own soldiers.

"Ahem~"

After Liu Yuqing left, Sun Yuanliang sighed and said: "The terrain is flat, most of it is cotton land, and the children of the Sichuan army wear straw sandals, a broken mat, and a broken gun, and nearly 10,000 people have to be lighted." ”

The tragic Ye Lei of the Sichuan army knew it well and asked: "Division Commander, what is the so-called matter of Division Commander Liu?" ”

"I hope that the 88th Division will provide some armaments and supplies, as well as logistical support. But we can't protect ourselves, if it weren't for the people of Shanghai and Du Yuesheng's funding, I really don't know what to do. ”

The defeat in the Battle of Songhu and the messy logistics support were also one of the reasons. The 88th Division was lucky, but the troops on the front line were not so lucky, especially the local army, because the principle of logistics replenishment was the priority of the lineage. But the local army also has advantages and disadvantages, the Guangdong army and the Gui army are slightly better, and the worst is the Sichuan army.

"Didn't you call Minister Song?"

"Spank a fart!"

Ye Lei didn't mention it, but as soon as he mentioned Sun Yuanliang, he became angry and accused: "The Japanese army is now mainly attacking the left-wing army, so naturally they are the priority." The General Taxation Corps is such a strong equipment, but as a result, when I went to support the Jinghe defense line, I was crushed when I encountered the devil. What's the use of being well equipped, and what's the use of being a good soldier? Damn, the officers are all wine bags and rice bags! ”

Due to the wealth of the tax police regiment, before the war, the Kuomintang military and political leaders relied on their connections and found a way, and tried every means to stuff their children and deceased people in. He Yingqin's nephew He Shaozhou served as the commander of the first detachment, and the commander of the 6th regiment, Zhong Baosheng, had the support of Gui Yongqing and He Yingqin, and so on.

The loss of the Jinghe defense line on the left flank, and the officers at all levels pointed the finger at the reinforcements of the General Taxation Corps. The reason is very simple, when the troops and equipment are all stronger than the Japanese army, they are beaten by the Japanese army.

The friendly and neighboring troops of the Central Group began to look down on this guard raised by Song Ziwen, and some troops even openly told Chen Cheng that their flanks must not be defended by the General Taxation Corps, lest they sell themselves at a critical moment.

The loss of one position will lead to the rout of the entire defensive line, so their fears are not unreasonable.

Ye Lei didn't believe that the General Taxation Corps would be so rubbish, they were the predecessors of the new 38th Division, but now they are vulnerable to what Sun Yuanliang said. But the subsequent battles did confirm Sun Yuanliang's words and the worries of other generals. The commanders of the two detachments of the General Tax Regiment were all removed, including three regiment commanders.

Sun Yuanliang said: "In the afternoon, the main force of the General Taxation Corps will pass through our Zhabei defense area and go to Wenzaobang to replace the 87th Division, which has been fighting for many days. Check it out if you're interested, their gear is guaranteed to blow your mind. ”

Ye Lei smiled: "Division commander, I'm very busy, and now I'm going to train the troops." ”

After speaking, Ye Lei saluted and said goodbye to Sun Yuanliang and went to Suzhou Creek.

The Taxation Corps was to replace the 87th Division, the 25th Division of Liu Yuqing of the Sichuan Army was ready to replace the 36th Division at any time, and the German Pilots on the Songhu Battlefield were finally left with only the 88th Division.

In the afternoon, Ye Lei still went to Zhongshan Avenue with curiosity. There are only a few special operations trainings, and it is enough for Li Hu and Li Hong to be in charge.

At two o'clock, the vanguard of the General Taxation Corps passed by the main road in Zhabei. The soldiers are neatly paced, well-dressed, and well-armed, and they are a team that pays great attention to appearance, which is what an elite division should look like.

The officers and soldiers of the 88th Division on the side of the road were much inferior to them, and the Sichuan troops who passed by in the morning were called Hanako compared to them. After the front troops passed, the armored troops, the Vickers amphibious fighting vehicles, came behind.

"I'll you, is this still a national army?"

Ye Lei sat on the roof of the roadside and watched, indeed as Sun Yuanliang said, he was shocked, but he didn't have glasses to fall on.

The Tax Police Corps is composed of two detachments and six regiments, with a strength of 30,000 troops. The regimental headquarters directly administers seven battalions, including the special service battalion, the antiaircraft artillery battalion, the artillery battalion, and the communications battalion.

The regiment has a very large establishment, with 14 soldiers in each squad, each squad is equipped with a light machine gun, six squads are a platoon, and three platoons are a company, with a total strength of 252 men in each company, which is equivalent to two companies of the regular army of Class A. The first battalion has four companies and two 60 guns. The regiment has three battalions under its command and seven special forces directly under it, with a total of more than 5,000 combat soldiers in each regiment.

The General Tax Corps mainly purchased American weapons, equipped with Origen anti-aircraft cannons, Vickers amphibious fighting vehicles, and rifles were mainly German-made standard Mauser series guns and Belgian FN192430 rifles, and they had the weapons and equipment of the German regular army.

The rifle is mainly the German-made 1924 standard Mauser series gun, the light machine gun is mostly the imported Czech ZB26, the heavy machine gun is mostly the Maxim 24 water-cooled heavy machine gun, and the pistol is the famous 7.63 mm Mauser M1932. It was even equipped with a Carden Lloyd "ultralight tank."

The 88th Division is not as good as this team, and perhaps the Japanese army will feel ashamed when they see it.

Ye Lei sat on the roof and looked down, seeing each soldier and the equipment on them clearly.

At this time, a colonel officer on a horse came to the eaves on the side of the road, and then shouted at Ye: "Hey~ Lieutenant Colonel Ye, why are you sitting so high?" ”

Ye Lei looked down and asked, "Do you know me?" ”

"Who doesn't know the famous Ye Lei, I still remember you at the dinner last time."

"Dinner?"

Ye Lei remembered that it was the dinner party he attended with Song Meiling, and there were indeed many officers of the national army in it at that time, some of whom were Song Jiajun. So Ye Lei jumped off the roof, and the colonel got off his horse and said with a smile: "You don't look like a lieutenant colonel at all." ”

Ye Lei said: "I was a second lieutenant a month ago, are you?" ”

The colonel said: "Colonel Sun Liren, the colonel of the fourth regiment of the second detachment of the General Taxation Corps." I also attended the dinner party of the chairman's husband a few days ago, and I wanted to get to know you at that time, but I didn't expect to meet here again. ”

Celebrity? Ye Lei was already a little blindsided when he heard Sun Liren's name, and the other party was a well-known celebrity in history.

Facing Sun Liren, Ye Lei didn't know what was wrong, and asked unconsciously: "General Sun, are you going to Wenzaobang?"

"What?" Sun Liren was inexplicably confused, pointed to the epaulettes and said, "I'm a colonel, it's still early for the general?" We went to Onzaobang to replace the 87th Division, and we also won back the honor for our tax regiment. The battle of Jinghe was too wretched! ”

Seeing that his team had all passed, Sun Lidao said, "Okay, I should go." I'm here to get to know you, and we'll see you on the battlefield! ”

Sun Liren's tone was filled with pride, and he seemed to overpower Ye Lei in terms of momentum, Ye Lei saluted: "Take care, see you on the battlefield!" ”

Sun Liren returned the military salute and got on his horse and rushed to the front line of Wenzaobang.