Chapter Fifty-Seven: Feeding War with War
In order to achieve the goal of making it impossible for the government army to enter Rehe to resist Japan, the young marshal told Tang the news that the Nationalist Government intended to take down Chairman Tang Yulin and Rehe, which caused Tang Yulin's attitude towards the Nationalist Government to be even worse, and he was even unwilling to enter Rehe by the Central Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Originally, the young marshal's behavior of not wanting the Central Army to enter Rehe was also understandable. Rehe is still the territory of the Northeast Army, and in the eyes of outsiders, he is still surnamed Zhang, but if the Central Army comes in, it is estimated that he will have to change his surname to Jiang.
But since you don't want the Central Army to come, then let the Northeast Army do it yourself, you can't watch Rehe being occupied by devils.
However, during the Battle of Rehe, the elite five armies of the Northeast Army did not even cross the Great Wall, which is really unreasonable.
In short, judging from the performance of the young marshal during the Rehe Anti-Japanese War, Li Han couldn't see that he had the intention of fighting with the devil anyway.
Although Tang Yulin of Rehe is not very obedient, his army still belongs to the army of the Northeast Army system.
Even Wang Jingwei, a big traitor, had the intention of promoting the Rehe War of Resistance, and Chiang Kai-shek also expressed his willingness to transfer the Central Army to the north many times.
Although the motives of both of them are not pure, and Bao Buqi is just as the young marshal thinks, it is better to be taken back by the Nationalist Government than to be occupied by the Japanese.
In fact, the Nationalist Government still had a positive attitude towards the Rehe War of Resistance, because at this time they were not active at all. Not only did the people of the whole country pay attention to this war, but after the Japanese army crossed Rehe, the next target was naturally Kannai.
This was the move taken by Meng Yuan to destroy the Song Dynasty, and Chiang Kai-shek was not Wang Jingwei, even if he didn't want to be a sinner himself, he had to prevent the Japanese army from taking the old road of Meng Yuan destroying the Song Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty destroying the Ming Dynasty, making a strategic detour, and then destroying the Republic of China in one fell swoop.
Therefore, after the fall of Rehe, Wang Jingwei also had a reason to make trouble with the wind and rain, although he felt that the Northeast Army could not defeat Japan.
But at the beginning, I said that I would send troops to help you, but you didn't want to, and now I will use this matter to get you, first, to vent his anger that he has collected for so many days, and second, to cover up for his flattering behavior.
Although the Great Wall is a mess, it has little to do with Li Han, and the problems at the strategic level are too far away from him. On the contrary, because the fighting on the front line was tight, the 29th sent a lot of troops from Chahar to support.
Some local magnates seemed to see that something was wrong with the Northwest Army, and gradually began to establish contact with Li Han.
These things will not escape Li Han's eyes, but Li Han is also happy about it, because he knows that in the end, Twenty-Nine not only did not collapse, but grew rapidly through this battle.
Of course, Li Han's focus is still on the development of the troops, and he still relies on guns and artillery to deal with devils. The 1st Brigade occupies territory and may face the Japanese at any time.
Although the large forces of the Japanese army were fighting fiercely with our army on the front line of the Great Wall at this time, and they could not pay attention to Chahar for the time being, the small-scale infiltration attack has not been stopped.
However, it may be that Rehe is not very stable, so at the beginning, they used Rehe's puppet army and some Mongolian bandits to attack the two counties of Duolun and Guyuan in Chahar, and such troops would naturally not be Li Han's opponent.
not only helped Li Han train new soldiers, but also solved the problem of shortage of materials in many troops. I heard that Wang Dazhu's No. 3 Squadron had eaten canned Japanese beef, and the food was much better than that of his own brigade headquarters.
And all this is also the reason why the Chahar Garrison Command can tolerate Li Han's existence, obviously they have seen that the Japanese will not let Chahar go.
Now they wish that Li Han would also occupy Duolun, and the first person the Japanese will be killed by Li Han, so they will at least have some time to prepare.
Li Han naturally knew better that Japan would not let go of Chahar, so during this time, he had been supervising the training of soldiers in various military camps, and under Li Han's personal supervision, the training schedule of each squadron of the Guyuan Anti-Japanese Brigade was very close.
Of course, the high-intensity training does not put a lot of pressure on logistics. In order to supplement the soldiers' nutrition to match the high-intensity physical training, Li Han had to spend a lot of money to buy a lot of meat from all over the country.
Of course, eating is not a big deal, and the biggest cost is the loss of weapons and ammunition, personnel salaries, and settling-in expenses. In order to ensure the morale of the troops, the salaries of the anti-Japanese brigade were paid on time and in full every month.
At present, there are more than 1,800 people in the anti-Japanese brigade, and the military salary of ordinary soldiers is five oceans per month, and the officers are paid according to their positions and ranks.
For example, the platoon commander's salary is 20 oceans per month, and the company commander is 35 oceans per month. In this way, the military salary of each moonlight is more than 10,000 oceans.
During this time, Li Han paid very close attention to the shooting training of the soldiers, and the three squadrons basically had to conduct shooting training every other day.
As for live-fire training, Li Han has never been stingy with ammunition, as long as anyone who knows something about military affairs knows that good marksmanship is fed by bullets.
No matter how stupid a soldier is, as long as there are enough bullets for him to contact every day, his marksmanship will not be any worse.
On the contrary, even if you are talented, you will not be able to improve your training level without enough bullets, not to mention that people with shooting talent are rare in themselves.
However, the ammunition preparation of the fourth battalion was also very limited, and although it obtained a lot of ammunition from the warehouse last time, it could not withstand the long-term consumption of so many people, so Li Han had to spend a lot of money to constantly buy bullets and other arms from arms dealers.
The ocean in Li Han's hands is only about 200,000 yuan in total, and the monthly fee is so large, and the troops will definitely have to be expanded in the future, and the artillery and heavy machine gun units also need to be reorganized.
Xu Hu, the commander of the machine gun company, has already made trouble at his brigade headquarters several times, and if he still can't get in and out like this, even if he can't go in and out, even if he gives a mountain of gold, he won't be able to sustain such consumption.
However, now that the government has just begun to operate, although the security of Guyuan has been greatly improved, and the number of business travelers has gradually increased, it is impossible to help Li Han in a short period of time.
As the saying goes, if you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are not at home, you finally have a piece of your own territory, and the troops are in charge of themselves, but all kinds of logistical problems have been exposed.
But Li Han found that he was gradually obsessed with this feeling, and he instinctively felt that it seemed a little inappropriate for him to have this kind of warlord thinking, but he was inexplicably happy in his heart, which led him to be very happy to enjoy this tiring and tiring situation.
Human nature is selfish! In addition to sighing in his heart, Li Han still has a big gap between himself and the saint who has no desires and no desires, and he can only work hard to develop himself and strive to play a greater role on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.
After thinking about it, Li Han finally turned his target to the Japanese, considering the problems he was about to face in the future, Li Han felt that the best way to deal with the Japanese was to fight and raise the war, of course, this was also a way to no other.
Because after the official outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese government's access to weapons from the outside world was basically cut off.
At that time, even the Central Army, which had the backing of military factories, was generally short of weapons and ammunition. Not to mention a ragtag army like himself, now he should be in the state in advance.
Besides, the main force of the Japanese army is now on the Great Wall and the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Northwest Army are inextricably linked, and even if they take one or two county towns by themselves, Japan will not be able to help itself.
After having an idea, Li Han began to collect information about the Japanese troops in Fengning and Weichang counties, which were close to Guyuan.
After the Japanese army occupied Rehe, it launched the Great Wall Campaign non-stop, and the main force of the field army was basically transferred to the Great Wall to fight the national army.
There was only one wing of garrison left in Rehe, and of course, in addition to the Japanese army, there were tens of thousands of puppet troops.
Although there were not many troops and they had to suppress the resistance forces in various places from time to time, the commander of the Japanese wing was not worried at all.
Even the regular army of the Nationalist Government had been beaten to the ground by the Imperial Japanese Army, and there was no rival in Rehe who could attract their attention.
Therefore, the Japanese army responsible for garrisoning Rehe not only did not shrink its forces to hold the county seat, but continued to divide troops and send generals, plundering everywhere, and at the same time continued to infiltrate Duolun and Guyuan counties.
Li Han set his sights on Fengning and Weichang counties this time, and he wanted to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth and break the little devil's restless claws.
Originally, the two counties of Fengning and Weichang were both a corner of Rehe, which had no strategic value and were not rich at the same time, so the habits of the Japanese devils generally looked down on them.
However, the 23rd Independent Wing of the Japanese Army stationed in Chengde City, the wing commander Seiichi Yamashita is a master who is not willing to be lonely, and he doesn't want to just silently watch his colleagues show their majesty on the battlefield of China, while he can only stare dryly in the rear.
As a mid-level and high-ranking officer in the Japanese army, Seiichi Yamashita knew that the next combat target of the Kwantung Army was Chahar.
If Chahar can be taken in the absence of the main force, then this credit will not be less than the 6th and 8th Divisions that are fighting bloody battles on the front line of the Great Wall.
Of course, Yamashita Seiichi also knows that this is just a good wish, although he is arrogant, but arrogance does not mean that he is a fool, Chahar still has at least tens of thousands of troops, even if his own troops can be one as ten, they can't parry.
Moreover, in the eyes of Seiichi Yamashita, the lives of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army were much more valuable than those of the soldiers of the Chinese Army, and it was enough to have the Chinese people to deal with the Chinese army.
According to Yamashita Seiichi's logic, he has to take one or two cities and counties in Chahar at the worst, and he can't eat meat in front of a few main forces, and he can't even drink soup.
In short, in any case, in the eyes of Seiichi Yamashita, Chahar is a piece of fat on the chopping block.
Therefore, Seiichi Yamashita arranged two squadrons of troops in Fengning and the paddock, and at the same time transferred two regiments of puppet troops to assist.