Not far from the gate of the barracks of the Seventh Company, Yang Chenghu walked with his hands behind his back, and walked over in a line of sixteen empty-handed soldiers.

The transaction between him and Zhao Shixun is a private secret, so Yang Chenghu doesn't want outsiders to know, after all, this kind of thing is a disciplinary thing whether it is given or taken. Battlefield seizures must be returned to the public, this is an iron law that Yang Chenghu is familiar with as soon as he joins the army. However, in the face of real weapons and ammunition, Yang Chenghu will naturally selectively put discipline or something aside. After all, for soldiers, weapons and ammunition on the battlefield are human lives, real human lives! No one is too much. What's more, the spy company, as the sharp knife of the whole regiment, usually has heavy tasks and many battles, and the consumption is the most!

Although the superiors have already given the spy company a small stove in the supply of weapons and ammunition, it is only a few more bullets and a few guns than other companies. Many times, the spy company still has to rely on the strength of not being afraid of death to fill in the task in order to complete the task. Since the establishment of the spy company, it has been promoted from the company to the battalion and then beaten into a company. During this period, the soldiers didn't know how many stubbles they had changed, and the bloody wind was not casually said, only Yang Chenghu, who had survived a hundred battles, knew it best in his heart.

Therefore, as long as there is an opportunity to get weapons and ammunition, Yang Chenghu will never let it go easily, even if it is a violation of discipline.

Regarding the matter of "taking a gun to help the cavity", Yang Chenghu felt that it was worth the money. He was not familiar with Xue Liqun, and he couldn't get used to the bullish look on his face. If it weren't for his superiors treating him as a sweetheart, Yang Chenghu would not have given Xue Liqun any good looks. As a veteran who crawled out of the pile of dead people, Yang Chenghu was dissatisfied with no one except the head and political commissar of the pioneer regiment.

After returning to the regimental headquarters, the Seventh Company seemed to be silent about what it promised, and in private, many soldiers of the Special Service Company thought that the Seventh Company wanted to repay the debt. In Yang Chenghu's view, he is not afraid of seven consecutive debts. If the commander of the seventh company is someone else, there may be a possibility of repaying the account, but as long as it is the one surnamed Zhao, Yang Chenghu believes that the other party will not lose his face for a few broken guns.

So since the other party doesn't take the initiative to give, then Yang Chenghu doesn't care if he goes to the door to ask for it, anyway, the other party owes him.

In order to hide people's eyes, Yang Chenghu called sixteen soldiers and asked them to go with him empty-handed to the Seventh Company station, and when the time came, they happened to bring back the weapons one by one.

The garrison of the Seventh Company was not far from the regimental headquarters itself, and Yang Chenghu did not go far from his unit barracks before he led people outside the courtyard of the Seventh Company.

Looking at Zhao Shixun, who was leaning on the door frame of the warehouse in the courtyard and smoking, Yang Chenghu led people straight in.

Seeing that the guests arrived, Zhao Shixun took a sharp puff, sucked up the last bit of cigarette butt, and then gently snuffed out the cigarette butt.

With a puff of smoke, several muffled words flowed out of his mouth along with the smoke.

"Everything is here, fifteen Hanyang-made, a crooked handle, three hundred rounds of seven hundred and ninety-two bullets, take it yourself."

Pointing to the weapons and ammunition on the ground, Zhao Shixun looked at Yang Chenghu and said lightly.

Regarding the other party's help to speak for himself, Zhao Shixun didn't bother to mention a word. Because it's just a transaction, and it's not even worth a word of thanks.

Yang Chenghu looked at Zhao Shixun opposite, smiled slightly, and waved his hand gently. Soon, more than a dozen warriors stepped forward one after another, and pocketed all the weapons and ammunition that had been neatly visited on the ground.

Looking at more than a dozen heavily armed soldiers, Yang Chenghu stepped forward and took a handful of Hanyangzao from a soldier, pulled the bolt of the gun and looked at it.

"Company Commander Yang, these are all seventy percent new good guns, and we can still fool you with broken guns."

The old immortal watched Yang Chenghu spit out a smoke ring, and said with a slight smile.

As soon as the old immortal said, Yang Chenghu returned the gun in his hand to the soldier, turned around and wanted to say something, but it seemed to change when it came to his mouth, and he raised his eyebrows and said:

"The weapon is good, I have the thing, and there will be such a good thing in the future, but remember to inform me. Farewell, no need to send! ”

The words were closed, Yang Chenghu smiled faintly, turned around and shouted:

"All teammates! Turn back! March! ”

……

"Turtle son! Also next time...... Day you fairy board! ”

Seeing Yang Chenghu's figure walking out of the courtyard, the old immortal spit out a mouthful of old thick phlegm on the ground, and said a word of scolding.

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In the following days, the Pioneer Corps ushered in a short period of development. Since the main force of the Japanese army was transferred to the south, most of the security in the rear was handed over to the puppet army. In the face of the new force of the vanguard regiment of the southward column of the Eighth Route Army, the puppet army is simply not enough to see.

Not only was the area of the base area rapidly expanded, but the formation of the pioneer regiment was gradually restored. Relying on the highway to the west, the spy company even attacked everywhere, and won successive battles in just one month. Under the leadership of Zhao Shixun, the Seventh Company continued to carry out intensive training day after day, and the number of people gradually expanded to eighty-five.

At the beginning of September, in order to ensure the delivery of a batch of urgently needed supplies to the Yellow River, the Japanese army transferred a generation of troops from Jiangxian and Wenxi counties, and decided to personally escort a batch of weapons and ammunition to Hengqu County.

Immediately after receiving this important information from the higher authorities, the Vanguard Regiment convened the last emergency pre-war meeting in succession.

On the question of whether to fight or not to fight, there were great differences between the political commissars and the regiment commanders among the various companies.

As the newspaper explained, the amount of materials transported by the Japanese army this time was not small, and it was likely that more than 20 trucks would accompany them, which was obviously a piece of fat. However, the newspaper also pointed out that the conservative estimate of the Japanese escort strength this time was one squadron of devils plus two companies of puppet troops, and it was also possible that two squadrons of devils and one battalion of puppet troops.

Due to the tight blockade of the Japanese army, the underground party could not find out the exact number of troops to be escorted.

However, for this escort force, even if it is only the lowest grade mentioned in the newspaper, it is a complete hard bone!

The establishment of the Japanese army is different from that of the Chinese army, and the Japanese army in one squadron is a real 181 devils.

An infantry squadron of the Japanese army is much larger than a company of the Chinese army, which is equivalent to the "team" of the Beiyang Army, and its combat effectiveness is far greater than that of a company of the Chinese army. The Japanese squadron consisted of a squadron department of 19 people: there were squadron leaders, executive officers, 3 sergeants, 4 health officers, officers' orderlies, division buggers, 8 communicators; 3 squads of 54 people. A total of 181 people, 139 rifles, 9 light machine guns, 9 grenadiers. Sometimes 2-4 heavy machine guns or even 1-2 90 mortars or 92 infantry guns were strengthened.

In the face of this firepower configuration, the Vanguard Regiment still has a slight advantage in light weapons. But in terms of heavy weapons, those nine grenadiers alone were enough for the whole regiment to drink a pot.

This still does not take into account the actual ammunition situation, if you add the comparison of the amount of ammunition carried by individual soldiers, the Eighth Route Army has less than 15 bullets compared with the devil, and the only advantage in light weapons is gone!

As for the mortar grenadiers, the few old guys in the pioneer regiment have long since become decorations because of the lack of ammunition, and they can't hit at all.

This is not counting the puppet army units that followed the Japanese army, not to mention that the puppet army's combat effectiveness is even worse, it is also a soldier carrying a gun.

In the face of these, Regiment Commander Lei considered that although the number of the Pioneer Regiment had quickly recovered to more than 1,500 people, the newly recruited recruits in the current team accounted for half of them, and the actual combat effectiveness was even slightly lower than when there were less than 800 people before. Therefore, Lei Wancheng felt that since the Japanese army escorted the supplies with such elite troops, it was clear that it was to prevent you from robbing it. Therefore, if the vanguard regiment rashly attacked this time, once the enemy could not eat a bite and fell into a bitter battle, even if the enemy was completely annihilated with its current strength, it would suffer heavy losses.

Moreover, if they fall into a protracted war, not only will the ammunition of the troops not be able to keep up, but they will also be likely to be flanked by the Japanese troops in Hengqu County, which will put the troops at risk of being surrounded by the enemy. He therefore made his opposition clear.

However, with the difference of opinion from Regiment Commander Lei, political commissar Jiang Hongfei decided to fight this battle. Of course, in terms of reasons, the political commissar also has his own version.

First of all, this information is hard-won and extremely accurate. Even the division headquarters sent a telegram asking the Vanguard Regiment to attach great importance to this information. In the face of the repeated admonitions of the division, Jiang Hongfei thought that the value of this piece of meat was definitely worth it. Moreover, at present, the main force of the Japanese army is moving south, and the rear is relatively empty, which is definitely an opportunity for the vanguard regiment to show its talents. If the vanguard regiment does not seize the opportunity at this time, once the confrontation between the Japanese army and the national army on the south bank of the Yellow River is over, it will inevitably return to the rear. At that time, if the vanguard regiment is not strong enough, it is likely that it will not be able to gain a foothold in the Jinnan area. Another point is that although the vanguard regiment is expanding rapidly, weapons and ammunition can hardly be supplied from the rear, and can only be obtained by capturing on the battlefield. Recently, although the spy company and the second company have been fighting successes, they are all petty fights, and the captured weapons can only barely equip one company, which is not enough to meet the current expansion needs of the vanguard regiment, so he has set up to fight this battle.

The regiment commander and political commissar are like this, and the people below are basically the same. Yang Chenghu and Shen Cunzhi agreed with the head of the regiment and felt that this operation should be treated with caution. Staff Officer Xue and Han Weimin supported the political commissar's suggestion, believing that they should resolutely eat this group of enemies and supplies.

Regarding this matter, Lei Wancheng and Jiang Hongfei also specifically asked Zhao Shixun's opinion. Although Zhao Shixun had just joined the Eighth Route Army, his resume was there, so his opinions, regiment commanders and political commissars also attached great importance to it.

In the face of the question of the political commissar of the regiment commander, Zhao Shixun did not choose a side, but expressed some of his worries and opinions.

Zhao Shixun felt that it was not difficult to ambush the Japanese transport team on the mountain road, but the difficult thing was to grasp the course of the battle. After all, this is an enemy-occupied area, and the Japanese can afford to drag it out, while the Eighth Route Army can only choose a quick victory. Although the vanguard regiment had more than 1,000 people, the ammunition reserves were too small, and it had to divide the troops into several places.

In front of the regiment commander and political commissar, Zhao Shixun also said the one he cared about the most, that is, the troop allocation of the Japanese army in Hengqu County. According to the intelligence, the Japanese army was to transfer troops from Jiangxian County to escort supplies to the south of Hengqu County, so the deployment of Japanese troops in Hengqu County had the greatest impact on the victory or defeat of this battle.

The only thing missing in the intelligence was the stationing of Japanese troops in Hengqu County.

According to Zhao Shixun's estimate, if the Japanese army has a small garrison in Hengqu County, then this combat vanguard regiment can still try. If the Japanese army has a squadron garrison, then the vanguard regiment should honestly let the Japanese army go.

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