Chapter 450: Mixed Combat Brigade Regiment
On the outskirts of Beiping, when Momoyo Kunomura came here, it was already noon the next day.
In a small town on the outskirts of Beiping, it was the temporary brigade headquarters of the 1st Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, and Terauchi Shouichi had already begun to allocate enough men to the 1st Mixed Brigade, and Hideaki Okamoto and Nanjiro Araki followed Momoyo Kunomura to the 1st Mixed Brigade.
The 1st Mixed Brigade has four infantry brigades, an artillery detachment, an armored detachment, a cavalry detachment, an engineer detachment, and a baggage brigade, with a total of more than 5,000 people.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the first brigade of mixed combat is theoretically stronger than that of regular infantry brigades.
The 1st Mixed Brigade was formed by officers drawn from the front, such as Hideaki Okamoto and Minamijiro Araki, and the remaining large number of soldiers were in reserve.
It should be noted that in this era, China did not have a perfect military service system, for example, the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army, most of these factional troops, most of them directly recruited Zhuang Ding to supplement new soldiers, and the military service system of the Eighth Route Army was quite okay, they were according to the three regular main divisions, the local main forces of each military region, the county brigade and district squads and other guerrilla troops, and the village soldiers, so that the Eighth Route Army could replenish soldiers at any time, and such a system was obviously better than pulling Zhuang Ding.
However, even in the units of the Eighth Route Army, most of the guerrilla fighters did not have guns at all, and even if they did, they only had a few bullets, not to mention these guerrilla units, and the main forces of the various military regions did not have the opportunity to train with live ammunition.
However, the Japanese military service system is very perfect, not to mention the Japanese army reserve officers and soldiers, even the reserve officers and soldiers have undergone strict training.
Especially in the early days of the war, if you go to Japan and pull out ten reservist soldiers and let them shoot, at least nine of the ten bullets will hit the target accurately.
At the same time, the Japanese army did not have any humanity in the training of recruits, and they would use Chinese soldiers and civilians to practice shooting and stabbing for recruits, so that recruits could quickly adapt to the battlefield.
It can be said that although most of the officers and soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat are reserve officers and soldiers, these officers and soldiers are well-trained, and as long as they are allowed to fight once or twice, they will become a division of tigers and wolves.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander." When Kunomura Momoyo came to the brigade headquarters, one of the Nakasa immediately saluted and said.
The personnel of the brigade headquarters stopped what they were doing one after another, and they saluted Momoyo Kunomura.
"Hattori-kun, thank you for your hard work." After coming to this Nakasa, Kunomura Momoyo said politely.
This Nakasa's name is Hattori Chiaki, he was originally a staff officer of Nakasa of the North China Front, and this time the Japanese army formed the first brigade of the melee, and he was directly transferred to the first brigade of the melee by the chief of staff of the headquarters, Naosaburo Okabe, as the chief of staff of Nakasa.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, is polite." Chiaki Hattori said modestly.
Kunomura Momoyo came directly to his brigade commander's office, looking at the Japanese major general's uniform on the table, Kunomura Momoyo's eyes began to change.
His breathing became rapid, he came to the table, his hands gently stroked the major general's uniform, for the Japanese officers, being promoted to the rank of major general is something that many officers dream of, in order to be able to get this rank, the Japanese officers are crazy, especially to the rank of the Japanese army, these Japanese officers will do anything in order to get the rank of major general.
After carefully stroking the major general's uniform, Kunomura Momoyo showed a firm expression on his face, and he swore in his heart that he would lead the first brigade of the melee to completely annihilate Sun Weiguo's troops.
After changing into the major general's uniform, Kunomura Momoyo walked outside, and he began to make training arrangements for his troops.
Sun Weiguo didn't know that Kunomura Momoyo had also been promoted, and he had mastered troops that were no worse than the new second brigade.
In the county seat of Biguan County, Sun Weiguo was busy at this time, and the commander of the 120th Division, He had already made a move, and he would draw more than 500 recruits from the local troops to supplement them, but what made the New Second Brigade very strange was that the troops of the 129th Division sent a telegram directly to the New Second Brigade, and they would directly supplement the New Second Brigade with more than 800 recruits and veterans.
The officers and soldiers didn't know why the leaders of the 129th Division were so generous, but Sun Weiguo was vaguely aware of something.
The formation of the various departments has begun, and the whole county has become busy inside and outside, and every officer has no time to relax.
Catherine and Tang Chunhua and their entourage have already arrived in Biguan County, and Sun Weiguo, a weapon donated by overseas Chinese in the United States, has also received it.
After the Sino-Japanese War began, countries did not impose an embargo on arms sales to China at the beginning of the war, and even Germany completely banned arms sales to China after the end of 1938.
Catherine brought some light and heavy machine guns, as well as some rifles, and in addition to these weapons, there were also some small-caliber artillery and grenades and other ammunition.
WHEN SUN WEIGUO SAW THE TWO 37MM ANTI-TANK GUNS, SUN WEIGUO ALMOST HUGGED CATHERINE AND KISSED HIM FIERCELY.
Previously, Sun Weiguo extorted some anti-tank guns from Yan Xishan, but when the independent regiment broke through from Pingding County, these precious artillery pieces were lost.
Now even if Sun Weiguo captures the Japanese emperor and gives Yan Xishan alive to exchange these anti-tank guns, Yan Xishan will have no way to exchange them, because he doesn't have them there.
"This is a little bit of our heart, I hope to help you fight better, Commander Sun Weiguo, I must admit one thing, China was backward and poor in my eyes before, as if your people would not care about what will happen to the country at all, but this time I see the other side of you, maybe China's sleeping lion is slowly waking up."
Catherine stood in front of Sun Weiguo, she looked at Sun Weiguo, and said with emotion.
Sun Weiguo looked at the soldiers transporting weapons and ammunition, and he couldn't help but have a proud expression on his face.
"They are the best soldiers in the world, and if they are given the same weapons as their enemies, they will defeat any enemy." Sun Weiguo said softly.
"I believe that, they are indeed the best soldiers in the world." Catherine agreed.
Sun Weiguo and Catherine chatted, but Tang Chunhua, who was beside them, was not in such a good mood, he ran away in vain this time, Kuroda Shigetoku had already been sent away, and then he went to negotiate with the division commanders of the Eighth Route Army, Tang Chunhua was very unqualified, you must know that every division commander of the Eighth Route Army is from an extraordinary background, Tang Chunhua, a young major general, is a junior in front of them, and if he wants to negotiate with them, I am afraid that Yan Xishan will come out in person.