The battle to eliminate the main force of the Japanese Fifth Division's Supplementary Brigade and the Baggage Wing was won neatly and neatly thanks to the use of infantry and artillery tank coordination tactics!

When Xiao Siming, Wang Lushui, and Hu Qingyun rode to the battlefield to inspect the battlefield, Yuan Gang, the commander of the armored battalion, got out of the command vehicle and reported with frustration that the Japanese sappers had blown up the canal bridge, and the big fish were gone!

What Yuan Gang said about the big fish was only guessed from the phenomenon of Japanese sappers decisively blowing up the bridge. Vertices M. updates the fastest

Xiao Siming didn't know that the headquarters of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army was near the bridgehead on the east bank of the canal, and was about to set off to enter the county seat of Guanxian County. If he knew that the headquarters of the Fifth Division had escaped just now, he would have to be angry!

No, Xiao Siming replied that he couldn't escape the fifteenth day of the first day of the new year, the former division commander of the Japanese Fifth Division, Seishiro Itagaki, and the current division commander Toshiyoshi Ando will have to die sooner or later, and he couldn't catch Toshiyoshi Ando this time, so I'll clean him up next time!

Different from Yuan Gang's frustration, several major cadres of the artillery regiment, Zhao Xiuchuan, Li Hubao, Liu Li, and Zhao Fufu, all looked happy, and ran to the battlefield one by one to check various craters and measure the killing surface formed by the explosion of various shells. At the end, Zhao Xiuchuan and Li Hubao led Liu Li and Zhao Fu to Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui, and reported that the anti-aircraft gun could indeed be used for three purposes in one shot, which could not only be used for air defense, but also for hitting armored targets horizontally, and could also be used as covering firepower.

Zhao Xiuchuan is not the kind of person who chatters endlessly, but at this moment, stimulated by the big victory, he actually said to Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui: "Commander, political commissar, if we have three field artillery regiments, three mountain artillery regiments, and three anti-aircraft artillery regiments, I dare to guarantee that even if the main force of the Fifth Division is all here, Lao Tzu's artillery can also wipe them out within an hour!" ”

Wang Lushui said slowly: "In that case, you Zhao Xiuchuan is not the commander of the artillery regiment, but the commander of the artillery column, in charge of three artillery brigades!" We can't command you anymore, we have to be commanded by the bosses themselves! ”

Zhao Xiuchuan is a good person, as soon as he heard it, he knew that he was overly excited, and quickly explained that the artillery regiment was the artillery regiment of the eastward advance detachment, and he Zhao Xiuchuan was the soldier of Commissar Wang and Commander Xiao, and he was under the command of Commissar Wang and Commander Xiao at all times! Without the cooperation of the main regiment, the artillery regiment alone would never have been able to win such a big battle!

Wang Lushui is not the kind of person with a small belly, on the contrary, he is a real general of the Eighth Route Army who is both civil and military. As soon as I heard Zhao Xiuchuan's explanation, I laughed, saying that Zhao Xiuchuan's head was kicked by the pack horse pulling the cannon, and I wanted to deviate! What he meant was that if the artillery regiment could really develop into an artillery column, it would definitely become the fire support group of the Eighth Route Army, which would be personally mastered and commanded by the headquarters and used in various battlefields!

It's true!

If the artillery regiment of the eastward advance detachment can develop into an artillery column of the three brigades and nine regiments, the overall combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army will undergo tremendous changes. The bosses will definitely use this powerful artillery support force to storm the city and fight against the little devils. It's just that it's all in vain now, it's just a beautiful imagination!

However, Hu Qingyun was also carried away by the victory at this time, and he realized that he was able to advance eastward with the combat effectiveness and flexible strategy and tactics of the advance detachment. In the future, more artillery will be captured, and it will be normal for the artillery regiment to be expanded into artillery brigades and artillery columns.

Hu Qingyun said: "After advancing eastward to the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong, we must establish base areas and vigorously expand our army. The artillery regiment is definitely going to be expanded into an artillery brigade! ”

Zhao Fufu, deputy commander of the artillery regiment, listened with green light in his eyes, smacked his mouth, and asked: "Chief of Staff, do you mean that our eastward advance detachment is going to change its name again?" ”

Hu Qingyun asked rhetorically: "After we march eastward to the mountainous area of central and southern Lu, do you think it is appropriate to call it the eastward advance detachment again?" ”

Zhao Fu immediately said eagerly: "Yes, it is absolutely not suitable!" We have to change the name of the Eighth Route Army to the Lu Central and Southern Military Region. Just like Political Commissar Nie's Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region! Political Commissar Wang was the political commissar of the Military Region, and Commander Xiao was the commander of the Military Region. That's the real general! ”

Zhao Xiuchuan, the commander of the artillery regiment, had already said the wrong thing just now, and at this time, seeing Zhao Fu beating the snake with the stick, what he said was not light or heavy, he raised his foot and kicked him in the ass, and shouted: "Want to be promoted and want to be lost?" The Central Committee will let the division headquarters go east into Shandong, and the division headquarters will definitely be renamed a military region, and we will be a military division at most! ”

Zhao Fufu was not convinced, slapped the footprints on his buttocks a few times, and tilted his head to Zhao Xiuchuan to force his mouth: "Regiment commander, have you ever seen a military division with an artillery regiment and an armored battalion?" I haven't seen it anyway! ”

Without waiting for Wang Lushui to answer, Xiao Siming's face turned up, and he said coldly: "Zhao Fu is closed for three days, and the artillery regiment will execute it on the artillery truck!" Hu Qingyun and Zhao Xiuchuan wrote a review, reviewing why there is pride and complacency! ”

After speaking, Xiao Siming stopped paying attention to Hu Qingyun, Zhao Xiuchuan and others, and stood there nonchalantly, his mouth tightened, looking at the troops who were cleaning the battlefield and rescuing the wounded, with a solemn expression!

Immovable as a mountain!

The artillery regiment made a great contribution tonight, and as a result, the regiment commander was ordered to write an inspection, and the deputy regiment commander Zhao Fu was ordered to be confined for three days.

Including Chief of Staff Hu Qingyun, they all looked depressed, and there was no longer a cheerful posture.

Whether it is Hu Qingyun, Zhao Xiuchuan, or Zhao Fufu, in front of Xiao Siming, who is much younger than them, he was so silent that he didn't dare to say anything anymore!

Zhao Xiuchuan, Li Hubao, Liu Li, and Zhao Fufu, after saluting Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui, left like frosted eggplants.

Hu Qingyun also looked depressed, turned around and went to inspect the troops to clean up the battlefield.

Wang Lushui said to Xiao Siming: "Okay! You're right! After entering the mountainous area of central and southern Shandong in the east, the first thing to do was to hold a meeting, rectify the style of work, unify thinking, and avoid breeding pride and complacency! ”

Xiao Siming sighed and said: "After a series of victories, the cadres and soldiers have grown up with pride and complacency, and they think that the Japanese army is just paper. This kind of thinking is very dangerous! Political commissar, let's objectively say that if it weren't for the Japanese army's eagerness to annihilate our eastward advance detachment, which gave us an opportunity to take advantage of and allow us to calmly ambush, our eastward advance detachment might have been encircled by the Japanese army long ago. As you know, we are a newly formed unit, and we have fought skillful battles, and our troops have not yet withstood the test of vicious and tough battles! If we encounter the Japanese army one day and fight hard, the quality of our soldiers' individual soldiers will definitely not be comparable to the Japanese army for the time being, and we will definitely suffer losses! ”

After a pause, Xiao Siming said again: "The 129th Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the 771st Division was attacked by the Japanese army when it first entered the battlefield, which is a lesson from the past!" The 771st Regiment was an old Red Army, and after being attacked by the Japanese army, all units were able to quickly gather together and support each other, which avoided the doom of the destruction of the whole regiment. But it was an old Red Army unit that had been tested on the battlefield for a long time, and every soldier climbed over from the mountain of blood corpses, except that the weapons and equipment were far worse than the Japanese army, but the cohesion of the troops and the personal combat quality of the soldiers were no worse than the Japanese army! If one of our troops is attacked by the Japanese army, political commissar, have you thought about it, what will be the outcome? ”

Wang Lushui was shocked, and dense beads of sweat suddenly oozed from his forehead, and he nodded heavily: "Yes, you are right!" We have forgotten the lesson of the 771st Regiment being attacked by the Japanese army, and we have forgotten the instructions from the head of the Yan'an Headquarters to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters! The arrogant army will be defeated! This kind of idea of winning a few small battles and thinking that Lao Tzu is the best in the world is very dangerous! Do as you say, after the eastward march into central and southern Shandong, the troops will immediately reorganize, unify their thinking, and avoid breeding pride and complacency! ”

Xiao Siming, who has crossed the soul, naturally knows that it is not a dream to have three field artillery regiments, three mountain artillery regiments, and three anti-aircraft artillery regiments, and sooner or later the number of artillery units that our army has will far exceed this number! During the Liberation War, the Northeast Field Army had artillery columns and tank brigades.

Xiao Siming originally wanted to sharpen his knives with the Fifth Wing of Field Artillery and the Fifth Wing of Cavalry of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army this time, but unfortunately the Fifth Wing of the Japanese Field Artillery and the Fifth Wing of the Cavalry acted with the main force of the Fifth Division and escaped the catastrophe!

If you can destroy the 5th Wing of the Japanese Field Artillery, you can capture the equipment of an artillery regiment at a time! In the future, an elite field artillery regiment will be formed, and the artillery strength of the Eighth Route Army will suddenly rise to a big level!

Don't talk about artillery columns, if the Eighth Route Army can really have two artillery regiments, and the supply of artillery shells can be guaranteed, the war form of the Eighth Route Army will change in advance!

Xiao Siming even thought that after the troops crossed the Yellow River and marched eastward into the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong, the artillery regiment, armored battalion, cavalry battalion, engineer battalion, and heavy machine gun battalion would all be renamed the training headquarters, and he would concentrate on expanding the army and training troops. When the time comes, the artillery regiment will have to organize several artillery recruit regiments and strive to capture the artillery of a regiment, so that the combat effectiveness of a regiment can be formed!

The problem is that it takes time, and it takes a lot of fighting with the Japanese army. Moreover, the little devils are very cunning and murderous, once they end the battle of Wuhan, free their hands, and return to North China to consolidate the security of the rear, the situation of the Eighth Route Army will be extremely difficult. At that time, it was necessary to test whether his troops were the real elite of the Eighth Route Army!

Because of this thought, and at the same time, from the words of Zhao Xiuchuan, Zhao Fufu and Hu Qingyun, he sensed the hint of pride and arrogance, and Xiao Siming dealt with it mercilessly!

The commander and political commissar are the soul of the troops, and if the ideas of Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui are unified, there will be no deviation in the development of the troops!

At this time, Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, commander of the Fifth Division, and Nishimura Śivan Daisa, chief of staff, who had fled to the west bank of the canal, had already fled to the county seat of Guanxian with two brigades of the division headquarters and the engineer wing, under the cover of night.

What Xiao Siming didn't expect was that not only did Ando Toshiyoshi escape, but the Japanese puppet army in Liaocheng, who heard the fierce gunfire by the canal, was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would attack Liaocheng and turn them into wooden plaques in the Yasukuni Shrine, and even escaped out of the city under the cover of night. It's just that they fled south and fled in the direction where the 82nd and 62nd Infantry Wings of the 21st Division were located.

The task of the eastward advance detachment was to cross the Yellow River eastward and advance into the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong. Therefore, Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui did not fall in love with the war, and did not even enter Liaocheng, a famous city in western Luxi abandoned by the Japanese army, but commanded the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield, buried the remains of the martyrs, and took the wounded and disappeared into the vast night. (To be continued.) )