Chapter 32: The Storm is Coming
"Okay, Battalion Commander Gao, you tell me about the size and number of your battalion, so that I can have people prepare weapons and equipment for you. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
Li Han smiled and said to Gao Jian, although the equipment of the devil is not a good thing for the European powers, but for the Republic of China, which has almost no industrial base, it can definitely be called sophisticated. Li Han believes that no one will refuse such a good thing.
"Report to the commander, our battalion has three companies, each company has 160 people, plus the personnel directly under the battalion headquarters, a total of 546 people, the whole battalion has a total of 38 rifles and 50 rifles, 100 water beads, 180 Liao-made 13 guns, 98 Hanyang-made, three crooked machine guns, and more than 70 rifles of other models."
Gao Jian reported to Li Han with a serious expression about the situation of their camp and the situation of his own battalion, Gao Jian was very clear.
After listening to Gao Jian's report, Li Han's mind was dizzy for a while, looking at this posture, it won't be long before Gao Jian and they can open an international arms exhibition.
"In this way, Battalion Commander Gao, I will first provide you with 600 sets of military uniforms, 400 38 large covers, plus your original 50 pieces, your battalion will have 450 300 large covers, and I will transfer 10 crooked sub-machine guns and 3 Type 92 heavy machine guns to you, which will not only simplify the logistics supply, but also greatly strengthen your firepower."
The rifles used by the fourth battalion now are all 38 big covers, and there are still more than 500 38 rifles captured in Niujiabao last time, but after changing their outfits from the Gang Volunteer Barracks this time, it is estimated that there is nothing left.
As for the crooked machine gun, most of the officers in the fourth battalion, including Li Han, didn't like it very much, but if Li Han was asked to give it to others, he would not be so generous, these were all exchanged for the lives of the brothers.
This time, Gao Jian and Dong Futing's two companies came to help them defend the city, and if they don't take it out at this time, I'm afraid they will have no chance in the future.
Besides, strengthening the firepower of the two of them is obvious to the benefits of defending the city by himself, so Li Han took out all the fifteen crooked machine guns in the inventory and gave them away.
After all, the reinforcements given by Dong Futing are regular troops, and the weapons and equipment are not sophisticated, but there are still Liaozao Type 13 rifles in their hands, and they are equipped with light and heavy machine guns, but there are not many of them. So Li Han only gave them five crooked handles to strengthen their firepower.
In fact, even if the 17-type 65 light machine gun used by the Northeast Army is a copy of the crooked handle, both the Volunteer Army and the Northeast Army are very familiar with it, so there is no need to worry that they do not know the performance of the crooked handle.
Hearing Li Han's plan to change clothes, Gao Jian couldn't believe his ears, he didn't expect Li Han's handwriting to be so big, if he changed into these equipment, their battalion would immediately turn into a duck, and the firepower would be comparable to their original regiment.
At the same time, Gao Jian felt that it was true that Li Hanbu in Niujiabao Town had completely annihilated a brigade of devils.
Because he found that Li Han's soldiers were also equipped with 38 big covers, and in addition to himself, the number of 38 rifles alone exceeded 1,000, plus light and heavy machine gun mortars.
Gao Jian didn't dare to think about how many Japanese soldiers Li Han and the others had killed, anyway, he only knew that he had met a noble person this time.
"Thank you for your great kindness, sir, from today onwards, my life is yours, and I will never go west when you say east."
Gao Jian said with a serious face, he is not a person who can speak in particular, but what he recognizes is that even eight horses can't pull it back.
Although they have more than 100,000 people in the Northeast, they are divided into many mountains, and although the slogans of resistance against Japan are shouted loudly, the internal dumping has not stopped for a moment.
And because Gao Jian's volunteer army did not have a unified command, and there was no fixed source of weapons and equipment, military supplies, and the Japanese army fought with the Japanese army, it was almost inevitable to lose at every station, and was driven by the Japanese army from the northeast all the way to Rehe.
However, Rehe was Tang Yulin's territory, and Tang Yulin refused to accept these poorly equipped, low-powered and disobedient volunteers.
In desperation, five or six regiments of volunteers could only hover on the border between Rehe and Jinzhou for four or five months, but fortunately the Japanese army did not attack them during this time.
It was not until the eve of the Battle of Rehe that Tang Yulin, who felt that his troops were insufficient, was willing to let the volunteers into Rehe, and at the same time incorporated all these volunteers.
Although it was incorporated by Zhang Xueliang and Tang Yulin, the situation of the volunteers did not change much.
Because since the loss of the three eastern provinces, the young marshal's life has not been easy, and the remaining territories are not enough to support his own descendant army, where is there any surplus weapons to equip the miscellaneous army of the volunteers.
Not to mention Tang Yulin, who was known as the bandit governor because of his greed in Rehe, and it was even more difficult to get weapons and supplies from him than to let the iron rooster lay eggs.
It was rare to meet Li Han so generous this time, and he didn't dislike the commander of their volunteers, Gao Jian didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Seeing the backs of Gao Jian and the others, Li Han, who nodded secretly, thought: "It seems that through this batch of weapons, my prestige in their hearts has increased, and it is not far from completely mastering this army." ”
Li Han asked Jin Long to go back to transport equipment, and at the same time instructed Jin Long to transport the military uniforms together, the last Niujiabao battle, they captured a lot of devil uniforms, dyed the color, changed the style, and became the military uniform of the Northeast Army.
After the golden dragon left, Li Han and Gao Jian went to the school field to chat with the soldiers, and by the way, they learned about the situation of the soldiers, whether they were afraid of fighting with devils, and so on.
Not long after, four large military trucks drove at the gate of the camp, all of which were contributed by devils, and Li Han just painted the plaster flag pattern on the car into a blue sky and white sun flag.
It is convenient to have a truck, more than 400 rifles, 10 light machine guns, 3 heavy machine guns, and hundreds of military uniforms can be done at one time, and the speed is very fast.
Dressed in new uniforms and holding new weapons in their hands, the Volunteers burst into tears of joy and felt like they had entered the ranks of the regular army.
After fighting for so long and dying so many good brothers, I finally feel that I am no longer what no one wants. Remembering that in the past, many comrades-in-arms died in the hands of devils because of lack of ammunition and lack of materials, and many soldiers of the Volunteer Army left tears.
After settling down the high-built volunteer camp, the big stone in Li Han's heart was finally put down, and the fortifications in the county town were almost built, and now it can be said that everything is ready, just waiting for the little devil to attack.
That night, Li Han received a telegram from the headquarters that the devil had begun to act. Since the fall of the Nokan Brigade, the devils have been delayed for two or three days, and if it weren't for the dispersion of the troops, Yoshio Nagano would have killed him a long time ago.
Li Han convened a meeting of all officers above the company level overnight to discuss the next battle plan. Don't look at Li Han as just a battalion commander, but there are really a lot of people under him.
The fourth battalion alone had six company commanders, of which there were three infantry companies, one cavalry company, one artillery company, and one heavy machine gun company. Two days ago, Li Han had already applied to the above to officially expand Xu Hu's artillery platoon into an artillery company, and at the same time promote Xu Hu's military rank to captain.
In fact, the artillery platoon originally had more than 100 people, but it was not seen in the past, but now it has been upgraded to a company, but it has only promoted the positions and ranks of several major officers, and the rest has basically not changed.
However, after the first battle of Niujiabao, several main infantry companies and cavalry companies suffered great losses, especially the first and second companies, which were almost halved. At present, the number of soldiers in the first battalion who can fight, including the lightly wounded, is just over 600.
In addition, the two companies sent by Dong Futing had a total of 390 people, the first company commander Captain Shanhu, and the second company commander Captain Zhao Gang.
There are 546 people on the side of the volunteers, all of whom add up to more than 1,500 people, which is equivalent to a regiment-level combat unit, which is also where Li Han's confidence lies in daring to stick to Jianping County.
Although Li Han's order was to let more than a few officers of the company come to the meeting, the number of people who came to the meeting reached thirteen, except for Li Han and Gao Jian, who were battalion commanders, the others were all company commanders. More than a dozen people poured into the conference room, which was already small, and it was a little crowded.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received a telegram from the headquarters, the devils are coming, and there are quite a few of them this time, there are enough devils in the wing." After everyone sat down, Li Han began to introduce.
As soon as they heard that there was a wing of devils coming, except for a few people from the fourth battalion, the faces of the other company commanders changed. There are three or four thousand devils in a wing, and although a brigade has been wiped out by Li Han before, it will definitely not be less than two thousand.
Shanhu and Zhao Gang, the two company commanders of the 107th Brigade, have not yet fought with the Japanese army, and they have a natural fear of the Japanese army, and during this period of time, the troops of the Northeast Army were pressed by the devils and could not raise their heads, and they constantly lost their cities and land, which invisibly increased the fear of other troops for the Japanese army.
Although Gao Jian's volunteers fought a lot of battles with devils, their opponents were at most squadron-sized Japanese troops, and the only time they fought against a brigade of devils was when several regiments of volunteers acted together, but they were still defeated by the Japanese army.
"Battalion commander, the little devil can afford us! It's a big move! If we don't show our hands to the devils, we will be sorry for the importance that people attach to us. ”
Hu Zhi, the commander of the second company, said with a malicious expression, and there was no look of worry and fear in his eyes, but a strong smell of gunpowder.
This kid has a relatively strong personality, and he has fought a lot of tough battles with Li Han in the past six months, won battles, and captured a lot of good things.
Erlian still has more than a dozen boxes of canned Japanese beef, and he is counting on making a fortune by fighting devils, and now as soon as he hears about devils, his eyes immediately light up.
"Sir, if the devils really come to a wing, I don't think we will be able to stop the devils' attacks. The best thing is to abandon the county town and go outside to fight the devils. ”
Gao Jian expressed his opinion, sat down, and waited for Li Han's conversation, he had a deep understanding of the devil's field ability.
Hearing Gao Jian, Li Han frowned, he knew that Gao Jian was not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise he would not return to the Northeast to join the Volunteer Army, he said this is also true, the combat effectiveness of the devil is obvious to all, of course Li Han knows it.
The reason why the Yekan Brigade was able to be completely annihilated last time was because they took advantage of their arrogance and launched a sudden attack, causing the Japanese army to be wiped out by Li Han on the spot without even having time to react.