Then Tong Jiayong continued: "The defenders of the little devils in Shen County have a whole infantry reinforcement brigade, and they are extremely far from Liaocheng, so our plan to attack the county seat failed. However, its impact is very large, now our department has initially gained a firm foothold in Shen County, and at the same time the development of our department is also very good, now there are a total of 5,978 combat troops, of which 5,200 are recruited later. At present, there are only 3,456 rifles and 88 light and heavy machine guns, of which 45 were brought from Saibei. At the same time, our department also has an artillery battalion, equipped with 8 mortars, 3 75mm mountain guns, and 3 75mm field guns. ”

After Tong Jiayong finished speaking, Han Yunhua opened his mouth and said: "There is indeed resistance on Jiayong's side, Shen County is the frontier of Shandong leading to Hebei, Shanxi and other provinces and cities, so the army attaches more importance there, and it is completely necessary and normal to station an infantry brigade there. Although the weapons and equipment of your department are relatively poor, I suggest that you concentrate all the weapons and equipment to form a strong combat force, and vacate a unit that is not equipped with any weapons to serve as a supplementary brigade. In this way, you can have a fist, and you can hit it very forcefully when fighting. At the same time, with the existence of the supplementary brigade, your unit no longer has any worries about replenishing the troops. ”

The third speaker was Wei Peng, as the supreme commander of the saber special combat team in Shandong, Wei Peng can be said to hold the trump card in the hands of Han Yunhua. Therefore, although Wei Peng is very willing to mention the saber special combat team at such a meeting, he also has to talk about the work of the recent period, after all, the senior officers in Shandong at this time are only three or two kittens, and Wei Peng, the squadron leader of the special combat team, can be regarded as a big leader.

"Report to the commander, since our saber arrived in Shandong, there has been no new blood to join, let alone the update of weapons and equipment. However, our department has set up its own intelligence departments in the major counties in Liaocheng, as well as in Jining, Jinan, and other places. It has played a very important role in all the previous operations, and the soldiers of our unit are now dispersed to serve as temporary officers, and can only work in the 1st Advance Brigade. ”

"Hehehe, there's no way, the good hands brought out from Saibei have been taken away by Yun Yi and Jia Yong, and I only have your people in my hands to use. Okay, now let's talk about my situation here, after this period of development, my development here is very good, now there are a total of 8,578 combat troops, all of which were newly recruited after we arrived in Shandong. About 3,000 of them were former Kuomintang prisoners who voluntarily joined us after we were freed. These 3,000 people are the main force of our fighting force here, and they have formed a certain combat effectiveness. Now I am seriously lacking in light and heavy weapons, and my troops of more than 8,000 people have only about 5,000 guns and 10 artillery pieces, which cannot meet the needs of the battle at all. Han Yunhua paused when he said this, then looked around at the military commanders present, and continued: "Actually, everyone also knows my difficulties here, so you didn't mention ammunition when you said it. It is true that we are also extremely short of ammunition here, especially artillery shells, which are extremely difficult to replenish. But don't be discouraged, there will be ammunition, just like when we had no guns and no artillery in Saibei, the enemy would make it for us, and now after my analysis, I decided to carry out a major reorganization of all the wrongs in our army at the moment, and the temporary number of our unit is "Inner Mongolia Military Region Shandong Advance Instructor", and then determine the permanent surname number, and now I order: I will serve as the instructor and political commissar, and the former Shandong Advance First Brigade in Yanggu County will be reorganized into the First Brigade of Instructor on the spot. Wang Zhifu served as deputy brigade commander and temporarily exercised command power on behalf of the brigade commander, and Ju Fei served as political commissar. Jiang Yunshan's headquarters was reorganized into the Second Brigade of Shandong Advance Instructor on the spot, and Jiang Yunshan served as the brigade commander and political commissar. Tong Jiayong's department was reorganized into the Third Brigade of Shandong Instructors, and Tong Jiayong served as the brigade commander and political commissar. Wei Peng served as the instructor's intelligence chief and security officer, commanding the special operations squadron under the instructor's command and responsible for the formation of the instructor's new special operations unit. Do you have any comments or suggestions on this adaptation? ”

"Commander, the current establishment of our various departments is very chaotic, some are regiments and some are brigades, anyway, it is very troublesome to unify them, and in addition, the various units are now at a critical time in the formation of combat effectiveness, I suggest that all units should use the original unit establishment in the near future, and only change the number of the troops. When the troops finally formed their combat effectiveness, they were reorganized according to the original units of our Inner Mongolia Military Region, and I wonder if the commander thinks it will be okay? Jiang Yunshan was the first to speak.

Han Yunhua thought about it carefully and thought that what Jiang Yunshan said was very reasonable, the reason why all units can form combat effectiveness in a very short period of time is entirely because the soldiers have some relatives and friends in the army, and everyone takes care of each other together. However, if these people are hastily disorganized and mixed, this will certainly reduce the difficulty of managing the troops, but it will also definitely make the soldiers feel disgusted, especially for those who have just been captured by the puppet army, it is an invisible discrimination. And these people are often extremely fragile due to long-term oppression and torture, and a bad handling is likely to produce mutiny.

"Well, what Yun Shirt said is very reasonable, this is indeed worthy of our attention, especially to care more about the veterans of the Kuomintang who have contributed to the motherland. When they were in the hands of the puppet army, they suffered a lot of losses, and when they arrived in our troops, they must not be wronged again. The instructor is the second unit that Han Yunhua has formed since he joined the revolution, and now the total strength is more or less 17,800 people, although due to weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of these troops still needs to be improved, but this is already a very good start. According to what Yun Shan said, after each brigade goes back, it will first tell its unit number to its own unit, and as for the establishment of the unit, it should not be changed for the time being. At the same time, your various ministries must be prepared to fight a big and tough battle. I can tell you very responsibly that this period of time in the south is very unpeaceful, especially since the little devils occupied Nanning, Jiangxi, the troops began to march towards the hinterland of the Yangtze River, and now although the troops of the national political axe are blocking the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the effect is not very obvious, and the second defense of Wuhan is imminent. If there is a real fight in the south, our side will suddenly become the rear of the Chinese army, and the logistical support of the troops stationed in Anhui and Henan will have to pass through the Shandong region to reach the front line, so everyone should familiarize themselves with the troops as soon as possible after returning home and improve the combat capability of the troops. Who else has an opinion? "Han Yunhua's meaning has been clearly expressed, there is going to be a war to be fought soon, you leaders must be mentally prepared, don't drag the big army back when the time comes. The implication is even more elusive, and whoever drags everyone back will be responsible for what they do.

Ju Fei, the newly appointed political commissar of the First Brigade, stood up and asked: "Commander, now that the reorganization of our various units has begun, the plan of replacing training with combat must be put on the agenda, otherwise it will be difficult for our troops to cope with the large-scale attack of the Chinese army with the combat effectiveness of our troops at this time, and it will not work if the troops will break up before they have fought a few battles." ”

"Well, that's true, and now we do have very good results in the work of the previous period, but there are also quite a few problems. The first is that our newly recruited troops are generally undertrained, and a large proportion of the soldiers are simply farmers before joining the army. Such a force is pulled out, let alone a tough battle, and sometimes the army can crush this army with a ton of artillery shells. Don't think I'm alarmist, this happened a lot in the first two years of the war, especially the troops of the local warlords, who were mostly famous for catching strong men. is like Liu Xiang's Sichuan army, although the Sichuan army is very brave in battle, its combat effectiveness is indeed very poor. The commander of the division Wang Zhangming in the first war of Tengxian County was martyred, and the soldiers under his command did not have a lifetime, which certainly reflected the courage of the Chinese people, but the casualties caused by the Sichuan army to the enemy were extremely limited, and such casualties were not worth it at all. Therefore, we must learn the lesson of reducing casualties and inflicting heavy losses on the enemy to the greatest extent. This requires us to increase the combat effectiveness of our troops as much as possible, and this requires you, the leaders of the troops, to find a way. ”

After a pause, Han Yunhua continued: "Comrades, although Shandong's form is that the enemy is absolutely strong and I am weak, and the difference in strength between the two sides is not an ordinary disparity, you should also know that in terms of national strength, we are not as good as Xiao Yuben. However, you should also know that what our Inner Mongolia Military Region is best at is to win more with less and strengthen with weak. Not to mention that there is only one small Twelfth Army in Shandong, even if the little devil transfers the top six field divisions with the most combat effectiveness to Shandong, I, Han Yunhua, will definitely not frown. Shandong is the most sacred territory of our China, and it is simply delusional for the little devils to want to conquer us on our land. I don't care what others think, let alone care about it, but you are the backbone of my teacher, so you must always know in your heart what kind of identity you are and what your every word and deed represents. The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will be won by China, and the Eighth Route Army led by China [***] will be the absolute main force in this battle for the rise of the nation, and you, led by Han Yunhua, will be the mainstay of the Eighth Route Army. Each and every one of you must establish the domineering spirit of being invincible and self-respecting, fighting is not a model army, let alone something that a good child can afford, war has its own iron laws, and blood and life are the true meaning of war. ”

(To be continued)