This time, the third battalion knocked out the Japanese army's troop transport column, and although most of the weapons and equipment were handed over to the regiment headquarters, they still privately withheld some of the weapons and ammunition, and ate a lot of money. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is also an old tradition of teaching instructors, although the discipline of the troops says that all captures must be returned to the public, if the troops captured in the war do not benefit at all, this is a great blow to the enthusiasm of the combat troops. Therefore, there is an unwritten unspoken rule that after the front-line combat troops have cleaned up the battlefield, most of the weapons are handed over to the higher authorities, and some weapons are kept for their own use.

In this case, the higher-level leaders will naturally smile at the weapons and equipment that have been handed over, and the front-line combat units will be able to receive a lot of supplements, and both sides will naturally be very happy.

It was just that Regiment Commander Hu and Political Commissar He had just returned the weapons handed over by the Third Battalion to the warehouse, and before they had time to celebrate, they received a report from the reconnaissance militia that a devil from an infantry wing had entered the base area and was going to launch a large-scale sweep of the base area.

After receiving the report, Hu Tianming suddenly "chuckled" in his heart, and felt that these devils were not good, and it was very likely that they came to the base area to retaliate because the Japanese army was attacked.

Hu Tianming did not dare to slack off, he immediately gathered his troops and mobilized the common people to move to the mountains for shelter. Hu Tianming decided to clear the wilderness and use the seized weapons and ammunition to give the devil a big surprise.

After the people were moved to the mountainous areas, Hu Tianming immediately summoned cadres at and above the battalion level to come to the regiment headquarters to hold an operational meeting, and Li Tianxi, chief of staff, first introduced the situation of the devils to the officers and men, and he said: "The Japanese army that launched a sweep to our base area this time is the 25th Wing under the jurisdiction of the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade and Regiment, and there are three infantry brigades and one artillery squadron in total, with a total strength of 3,800 people. ”

"Holy shit, the devils still dare to come and sweep our base area, we just don't do anything and get rid of these devils!"

Zhang Fengnian, the commander of the third battalion, looked stupid, but in fact he was very shrewd and belligerent, and he knew that this time he led the troops to get rid of the devil's military column could be described as a big battle, so he simply instigated the 23rd regiment to solve the devils who came to suppress it and further expand the matter.

"Commander, political commissar, this is a great opportunity! Our 23rd Regiment has been nesting in this small mountain village for a month, and the speed of development is rapid, coupled with this batch of weapons and ammunition captured by the Japanese army, we definitely have the strength to eat these more than 3,000 devils. After destroying them, we can even fight to the crown city, take the devil's nest together, and quickly increase the strength of our regiment. Zhang Fengnian further suggested.

The reason why Hu Tianming convened the combat meeting was that he had already made up his mind to fight, but he also wanted to further strengthen everyone's confidence and unify their opinions, and Zhang Fengnian's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, at this time he sat firmly in Diaoyutai, and was not in a hurry, and asked everyone: "To fight a war, we must first know ourselves and know the enemy, and we have already understood the situation of the devils, so how much is the strength of our troops?" It's been a month since we set up a base here, and everyone has come to report their background. ”

Speaking of the family, everyone began to get excited, this Jilu border area is located in the heart of the Central Plains, and its dense population is really not comparable to the great northwest full of yellow sand.

Wang Jianxi, commander of the first battalion, first stood up and reported: "Report to the regiment commander, political commissar and leaders. Our first battalion is mainly stationed in the Dingyuan area, and after a month of development, the strength of our first battalion has reached 2,100 and the militia has reached 1,100. ”

Liu Huasheng, commander of the second battalion, continued: "Report to the regiment commander, political commissar and leaders, our second battalion is mainly developing in Dawangzhuang, and at present there are 1,900 regular troops and 1,000 militia members in the second battalion. ”

Zhang Fengnian finally reported: "According to the regiment commander, political commissar and individual leaders, our three battalions have no fixed stationing place, and are mainly developing along the Jinpu Road, and there are currently more than 1,800 troops and more than 900 militiamen. ”

After listening to the reports of the three battalion commanders, Hu Tianming, He Yunsheng, and other regimental leaders were greatly excited; in just over a month, each battalion had brought together about 2,000 regular troops, and with the addition of 1,000 militiamen, it was even possible to mobilize 3,000 troops.

Hu Tianming stood up and laughed: "Haha, plus the militia team, the strength of our regiment is nearly 10,000, which is almost catching up with the strength of a brigade, this battle is worth fighting!" ”

"Regiment commander, our strength has greatly increased now, but time is in a hurry, these recruits have not yet entered the training branch, and the combat effectiveness is very problematic! With our current strength, it is not a problem to defeat a devil wing, but once the battle is deadlocked, and the devil's independent brigade comes to reinforce us, what should we do? Political Commissar He Yunsheng said worriedly.

After the various departments of the instructors were divided into pieces and scattered, they quickly set off an anti-Japanese upsurge in the land of Jilu, and the young people who were tortured by the brutal rule of the Japanese army enthusiastically joined the army, and almost every unit was doubled in strength, but the development time was too short and the combat effectiveness had not yet been formed.

Although the strength of the 23rd Regiment was about to catch up with that of a brigade, the actual combat strength was not rising but falling after being diluted by nearly half of the new recruits. Political Commissar He Yunsheng was certainly pleased with the development and growth of the troops, but he was also worried about the gradually declining combat effectiveness of the troops.

Hu Tianming already knew about the decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops, but he was not as worried as He Yunsheng, he said resolutely: "I know that the combat effectiveness of the troops has declined a lot recently, but as long as we deploy properly, it is not a problem to eliminate a wing of devils."

Political commissar, you and I are both old men who followed the division commander, I don't know if you still remember the first battle after our young communist division became a division. The situation of the Young Communist Division in that battle was very similar to that of our regiment, which was expanded from two or three thousand troops to a large army of more than 9,000 people, and the troops at that time only had more than 2,000 guns, and they were faced with the strength of more than 8,000 guns in a division of the Kuomintang, but the division commander insisted on leading us to destroy a division of the Kuomintang. ”

The political commissar recalled the scene when the Young Communist Division completely annihilated the Kuomintang Zhou Zhiqun's division in the first battle, and couldn't help but show a smile, but he turned his head and said: "It is true that the Kuomintang Zhou Zhiqun's division has 8,000 troops, but how can the Kuomintang army be compared with the Japanese army?" On the frontal battlefield, the Kuomintang army can't even beat a wing of the Japanese army! ”

Hu Tianming said disapprerovingly: "The situation you said is yes, but it is not a common situation, like the Sichuan army's more than 3,000 troops did not guard in Teng County for four days and four nights, and they were comparable to the casualties of the Japanese army!" ”