After the flags were awarded to the four main regiments, it was immediately followed by the presentation of the flags by the artillery regiment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The artillery regiment now has an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, an infantry artillery battalion, and a rapid-fire artillery battery, but it is not fully staffed. The reason is simple, there are not enough soldiers!

Looking at the one-time replenishment of 3,100 recruits, Xiao Siming's stall is too large, not including the four regiments of the 31st detachment, only the first, second, and third regiments, artillery regiments, armored battalions, cavalry battalions, heavy machine gun battalions, engineer battalions, baggage battalions, guard battalions, reconnaissance companies, and communication companies, which are more than the main brigade of the Eighth Route Army, and the shortage of soldiers is naturally huge. In this regard, the Third Regiment was mainly composed of a few armed forces pulled up by the reorganization of the Hebei-Shandong border party organizations and a few small armed forces that had historically been integrated into our army and became the main force, and the proportion of recruits absorbed was not large. Otherwise, according to the troop structure of Xiao Siming's department, it would not be too many to absorb another 3,000 recruits.

The artillery regiment is a technical branch, and it is most necessary to absorb those fighters who have a certain cultural base. When the illiterate soldier arrives in the artillery regiment, he can only be a loader, he can only carry shells, and nothing else can help!

Although he was not satisfied with the compilation, Zhao Xiuchuan, the commander of the artillery regiment, was already very satisfied. This is better than having fewer people in the past!

Zhao Xiuchuan is also an old Red Army, accustomed to living a poor life and a hard life, and now he is the commander of the artillery regiment, and he has Gaoping dual-purpose guns, Gaoping dual-purpose machine guns, infantry guns, and rapid-fire guns at hand.

Xiao Siming told Zhao Xiuchuan that he was the commander of the artillery regiment, and it was Liao Huachong, a general in Shuzhong, who was the vanguard, and he was a lame general, so he used it for a while. There was no way, the advance detachment did not have artillery talents who graduated from the Baoding Military Academy and the Huangpu Military Academy, let alone those who had studied in Europe, Japan, the United States, and the Soviet Union, so Zhao Xiuchuan could only be the regiment commander.

These words were very bullying, so angry that Zhao Xiuchuan's eyes bulged, and he looked like he wanted to quarrel with Xiao Siming.

Seeing this, Xiao Siming smiled and said, "Zhao Xiuchuan, don't be unconvinced!" Let me ask you, have you ever seen a large-caliber howitzer, a cannon? ”

Zhao Xiuchuan shook his head.

Xiao Siming asked again: "Have you ever seen the scene of dozens of cannons firing in a salvo from a real mountain artillery regiment and a field artillery regiment?" ”

Zhao Xiuchuan still shook his head.

Xiao Siming spread his hands and smiled: "You have never seen it, let alone whether you can command it." I said that you are a lame general among the lame, is it wrong? ”

Zhao Xiuchuan thought about it and smiled. But he still stiffened his mouth: "Where can our Eighth Route Army have dozens of cannons firing in a salvo!" What about the cannon? Where is it? ”

Xiao Siming asked rhetorically: "Before going north to resist Japan, did you think that there could be a battalion of high-level dual-purpose guns?" ”

Zhao Xiuchuan was silent at this question, and only looked at Xiao Siming for a long time, and said eagerly: "Commander, you will definitely be able to get mountain artillery and field artillery!" The mountain artillery shells and field artillery shells we have captured are all kept in the logistics office! As long as you can get artillery, I, Zhao Xiuchuan, will not sleep every day, and I will also learn to command the artillery group and the field artillery group to bombard! ”

That's what Xiao Siming wants!

Xiao Siming told Zhao Xiuchuan that it was necessary to pay attention to finding specialized artillery personnel. The original Baoding Military Academy had a special artillery section, and the artillery during the Beiyang warlord period was not worse than the artillery of the current **** troops. Those artillery officers of the Beiyang warlords, many of them are now middle-aged and need to support their families. In order to make a living, some people will join the Japanese army as a puppet army, which is a great loss. We should think of finding more artillery officers from the Beiyang warlord units scattered in the Pingjin, Shandong, and Hebei regions, and let them join the army as the Eighth Route Army, that is, to become teachers at the Jilu Border Military and Political School, so as to help us train artillery cadres.

This is not Xiao Siming's nonsense, our army itself lacks artillery talents, Zhao Xiuchuan, Liu Li, and Zhao Fufu were originally all squad and platoon-level cadres, if it weren't for Xiao Siming's rapid development, it would be impossible for them to be the leaders of the artillery regiment. This is really the general Liao Hua of Shuzhong.

After Xiao Siming's beating, Zhao Xiuchuan became intrigued, pestered Zhao Changshou, a Japanese instructor and special commissioner of the arsenal, and translated all the materials of the Japanese artillery captured when he destroyed the Taiyuan Airport, especially the drill code for the training and command of the Japanese artillery, which was accurately translated and used for the whole training of the troops.

At this moment, Zhao Xiuchuan, who was full of confidence in the construction of the artillery regiment in his heart, together with political commissar Liu Li, solemnly saluted Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming, and took over the military flag embroidered with the four characters of "Thunder and Thunder" from Xiao Siming.

After the artillery regiment awarded the flag, the armored battalion, the heavy machine gun battalion, the cavalry battalion, the engineer battalion, the baggage battalion, and the guard battalion were awarded the flag.

The units that did not have flags were reconnaissance companies, communications companies, arsenals, field hospitals, and field ambulance units.

Wang Zhaoming watched the regiment commanders, political commissars, battalion commanders, and instructors go up to receive the flags, and he was extremely shocked in his heart, and he was extremely angry in an instant, feeling that Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming not only seized his military power, but also had the audacity to dare to develop such a large-scale army without the approval of the Military Commission!

Wang Zhaoming immediately thought of a question: How many men and horses does the Eighth Route Army have now!

Wang Zhaoming knew that when the Eighth Route Army was reorganized, it was a total of 3 divisions, 6 brigades and 12 regiments, with a total strength of 45,000 people. Later, the Military Commission gave the Eighth Route Army the names of two more regiments, which were only fourteen regiments. But now, on the edge of Jilu, the former detachment of the 115th Division that emerged from the eastward march was not only organized into four main regiments, but also an artillery regiment, an armored battalion, a heavy machine gun battalion, a cavalry battalion, an engineer battalion, a baggage battalion, a guard battalion, a reconnaissance company, and a communications company. It also does not include Xiao Siming's Wudi Independent Regiment that reorganized Zhang Ziliang's department, the Yanshan Independent Regiment that reorganized Liu Yanchen's department, and the Deping Independent Regiment that reorganized Cao Zhen's eastern part. If you add up all these troops, just this Xiao Siming Department, which does not have the official number of the Military Commission, has seven infantry regiments, doesn't this mean that the CCP has another regular division?

Xiao Siming's department is like this, the Eighth Route Army's Nie Rongzhen Department in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, the Helong Department in the northwest of Shanxi, the Liu Bocheng Department in the southeast of Shanxi, the **** Department in the west of Shanxi, the troops in central and southern Hebei, I am afraid they will not be idle, and the team will not be less than Xiao Siming's department! If all the departments of the Eighth Route Army were to unscrupulously expand their forces like Xiao Siming's department and continue to develop, it would be quite amazing!

Wang Zhaoming thought to himself, don't fight back and forth in the War of Resistance, Chairman Chiang commanded the Kuomintang * Army to fight with the little devils, and lost a place in a battle, but the Communist Party grew and even swelled behind enemy lines. When the time comes, the Japanese may not be able to destroy China, but the Communist Party overthrows the party-state, which will be a big joke!

This Wang Zhaoming is worthy of being a backbone cadre of the Central Unification spy system who has presided over the Nanjing area, and he immediately thought so much about it!

Wang Zhaoming really thought about one thing, the Eighth Route Army was indeed developing greatly behind enemy lines at this time, and it was no longer the 3rd Division, 6th Brigade and 12th Regiment when it first entered the battlefield. Not to mention other areas, it is just the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, when Nie Rongzhen led the 115th Division Independent Regiment without an official number and some cadres and teaching teams to create the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region, the total strength was full, and it did not exceed 3,000 people. And now, the four army divisions are all brigade-level detachments, especially the main force of the first division, and the strength of the troops has already exceeded 10,000!

The main reason is that Xiao Siming's development concept is different from that of other generals of the Eighth Route Army, who dare to boldly reorganize stragglers and soldiers, and the headquarters of the 115th Division and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army have given him full support and constantly sent cadres, and the scale of the army is naturally getting bigger and bigger.

That's it, it's just the beginning, and Xiao Siming's department will definitely develop greatly in the future. As long as we can win the battle, seize more weapons and ammunition, and rely on the Shandong and Hebei regions, which have sufficient troops, to expand the troops, there will be no problem at all!

Just when Wang Zhaoming was thinking nonsense, the flag awarding ceremony was over, and the conference moved on to the next item, Wang Lushui, secretary of the Jilu Border Military and Political Committee and political commissar of the eastward advance detachment, gave a speech to the troops, analyzed the situation of the War of Resistance after the fall of Xuzhou, and encouraged the officers and soldiers to unite as one, fight bravely, and kill the enemy to serve the country!

After Wang Lushui spoke, Xiao Siming, secretary of the Military and Political Commission of the Jilu Border and commander of the eastward advance detachment, also made a speech.

Xiao Siming said that today's meeting is not only the meeting for the establishment of the eastward advance detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, but also the swearing-in meeting. Why? Because the Japanese army captured Xuzhou yesterday, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War became even more critical. It is foreseeable that after the Japanese army captured Xuzhou, it must have pursued the **** main force that evacuated Xuzhou non-stop. Then seize Shangqiu, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, and after capturing Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, the Japanese army will move south along the Pinghan Road, and cooperate with the Japanese army up the Yangtze River to attack Wuhan. If the Japanese army quickly captures Wuhan, the materials and equipment that are too late to be transferred in Wuhan will become the trophies of the Japanese army, which is very unfavorable to China's protracted war of resistance!

Xiao Siming said that the Japanese army at this time was like a mad cow with madness, very crazy! Without a strong force to stop or delay them, it is indeed possible for them to capture Wuhan quickly. The reason is very simple, the Nationalist Government is not ready to defend Wuhan, the **** main force has just retreated from the Xuzhou area, and it is too late to deploy!

When speaking of this, Xiao Siming paused, pondered for a moment, and then raised his head and said loudly: "The national crisis is at the head, and Chinese soldiers are needed to go to the soup and fire to shed blood and sacrifice for the country and the nation!" ”

When he said this, Xiao Siming's tone raised and he was impassioned: "The top priority is to fight a victory, a victory that can make the Japanese army panic and have to stop the crazy attack, and a victory that makes the Japanese army have to withdraw its troops and return to help!" This battle can only be fought by the Eighth Route Army deep behind enemy lines, stick a steel knife into the heart of the little devils, and bleed them a lot! ”

Huang Hua, who presided over the meeting, immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Down with Japanese imperialism!" "Get the little devils out of China!"

When the shouting of slogans ended, Xiao Siming raised his right hand, pointed sharply ahead, and shouted: "I will take you to attack the Japanese army!" (To be continued.) )