Coming down from the top of Taihang, it was already dark, but Han Xin's mood was still immersed in the emotion of the Lianggou Arsenal at the top of Taihang.

The copper hammer, which is now Zhao Tong, took Han Xin and a few people to visit the Lianggou Arsenal.

The scale of the Lianggou Arsenal is not large, but it is also a mahjong sparrow, although it is small, it has all kinds of organs:

The west side of the plant is the machine workshop, like a two-story building, above which is a row of skylights, and the steam from the south boiler room passes to the machine workshop, driving the steam engine at the south end of the machine workshop, making a rhythmic earthquake and deafening sonorous sound.

With the rotation of the sky axis on the machine room, the sky axis drives the belt of each machine tool to rotate, two rows, turning, milling, drilling, and other machine tools are arranged neatly, all of which emit different rhythmic sounds.

Under the lights, the workers worked attentively.

Tong Hammer told Han Xin that the work system of the arsenal was very strict, and due to the great demand on the front line, all the workers were divided into two shifts day and night, constantly in rotation.

Leaving early and returning late, sick leave and attendance, all need to be registered, and the soldiers who can enter this arsenal to work must first of all be innocent and absolutely keep everything secret from the arsenal.

And it is precisely this strict and meticulous system that allows this Lianggou Arsenal, which is not large in scale, to continuously export all kinds of munitions.

If the War of Resistance finally leads to victory, Han Xin feels that at least half of the credit will be due to these workers who have contributed in obscurity.

During the war, there were not many idle people, and Han Xin's idle days were soon gone.

The next day, that is, on July 22, Han Xin's 129th Division, division commander Liu Bocheng, officially issued instructions to prepare for the Zhengtai Campaign.

In the "Operational Order on the Zhengtai Campaign" signed by Division Commander Liu Bocheng and the Political Commissar of the Army, it was clearly stated that it was decided to withdraw the strength of ten regiments from the 129th Division and divide them into the left and right flank smashing teams, the Pinghe detachment, the general reserves, etc., to attack the Zhengtai Railway.

At the same time, troops were dispatched along the Pinghan, Baijin, and Tongpu railways to extensively attack the enemy in response to the Zhengtai Campaign.

In the afternoon of the same day, the conference room of the commander-in-chief of the 129th Division.

The small long conference table was full of people on both sides, Liu Bocheng sat on the main seat, the political commissar *** was on his left, and the other brigade commanders of the 129th Division were sitting around the conference table.

Some faces are not unfamiliar to Han Xin.

And on the periphery surrounded by these brigade commanders, there were several rows of people standing neatly, roughly speaking, there were about 50 people, and their positions were the same, the commanders of the 129th Division.

In other words, so far, the regular combat strength of the 129th Division has appeared as many as 50 regiments, which is really a earth-shaking change compared with when the initial base area was established.

These are Han Xin's feelings, because Han Xin is sitting at the conference table, originally, according to his somewhat embarrassing position as the head of the honorary regiment, it may be a little unreasonable to sit here.

However, with the special approval of the division commander Liu Bocheng, plus the expansion of the 129th Division, most of the new generals are also young people, and the oldest is only in his 30s, and he has no opinion on Han Xin, the famous god of war, sitting here.

Everyone sat down, and the first to speak was the political commissar***.

Xiaoping's voice was easy-going, his tone was calm, and he looked around and said: "Everyone, the order of the Central Military Commission has come down, and it has been decided to end the Japanese cage policy and sweep with the victory of a larger battle.

General Peng's order is very clear, in the initial stage, our 129th Division and 120th Division should destroy Zhengtai Road with a force of no less than 22 regiments.

In other words, our 129th Division will have at least ten regiments of troops, what do you think? ”

The next person to speak was Cui Zheng, the commander of the 6th Independent Brigade of the 129th Division, who glanced at the old guys around him and said:

"Division commander, political commissar, our Sixth Brigade has been recuperating and developing continuously over the years, but it has only carried out a few guerrilla wars in a small way, which is about to suffocate the brothers.

No matter where these ten regiments are drawn? But the three regiments of our Sixth Brigade must all attack. ”

Cui Zhong's words fell, and then the two brigade commanders also expressed their positions, expressing no different meaning from Cui Zheng.

There is only one requirement, and there are only ten regiments in the battle, so all the regiments of your own brigade must be on board.

But it seems that there are only ten places, not to mention that they all go, that is, each brigade only sends one regiment, and I am afraid that some brigades will not be able to allocate places, and now all the brigade commanders are in a hurry, and even the regiment commanders with their own rear are also anxious.

For these battle-hardened veterans, a day without a fight is simply uncomfortable.

"Lao Cui, what do you mean by this? You don't have a fight in the rear, we have a fight, right? ”

"That's it, division commander, political commissar, I think we'll draw lots to decide."

"Oh yes, I agree with the idea."

After some argument, Liu Bocheng raised his hand, everyone quieted down, and he smiled bitterly: "Everyone don't worry, the battle is all fought, I think the scale of this battle will not be small, although the early stage of the investment is small, but the later stage will definitely be more and more spectacular." ”

"That's it, so I said you don't have to fight, let me the six brigades win." Choi Jeong-do.

"Hmph, I think it's better for our fourth brigade."

"Is our Ninth Brigade bad?"

The generals who were unwilling to give in argued again, although this was an excellent phenomenon, but Liu Bocheng still had a headache to look at.

After signaling everyone to be quiet, he said: "This is what the division commander and I mean, so we will draw lots and decide to draw ten brigades, and each brigade will send a regiment to make ten regiments."

As for the later arrangement, let's talk about it! ”

"I'm okay with that!"

"I'm okay with that!"

Everyone agreed to Liu Bocheng's arrangement, and at this time, Cui Zheng, the commander of the Sixth Brigade, asked a key question again.

"Division commander, if this is the case, what about the issue of unified command?"

"Yes, this is really a problem, you can't let the division commander go to the front line in person! However, they certainly cannot stand on their own, and if there is no unified dispatch and arrangement, then these ten regiments will be like a plate of scattered sand, and they will not be able to exert their greatest power at all. ”

"Or Cui Zheng, you can come!" Liu Bocheng seemed to glance at Han Xin unintentionally, and suddenly smiled at Cui Zhengdao, the commander of the Sixth Brigade.

"Me?"

Cui Zheng, the commander of the sixth brigade, pointed to his nose exaggeratedly, and his expression, which was still scrambling, suddenly shrank back.

People are self-aware, and Cui Zheng still has this understanding of himself.

If the strength of one brigade and three regiments is still within his ability, then ten regiments and nine of them are teams that he is not familiar with at all, which makes it a little difficult for him.

Isn't this a duck to the shelves?

"No, no, Commander, I don't have the ability!" Cui Zheng is also single, and directly admits that he can't do it.

But the other dozen brigade commanders did not laugh at him, because they were not sure that they would be able to lead these ten pairs from different brigades.

What's more, this initial battle was even more important, with various forms and unpredictable crisis situations, and they were a little afraid to take on such a heavy responsibility.

Liu Bocheng looked at everyone's expressions in his eyes, and his face did not change, and suddenly said: "Since you are humble, then I will recommend someone to everyone!" ”

(To be continued)