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But even so, after Yang Tianfeng incorporated the cavalry armament of the Gongshan Brigade, he was not ready to expand or build new cavalry. He preferred to raise a few more infantry, or buy more pack horses and mules, and continue to promote the mule and horse of the troops.

This is an economic account, and it involves the question of cost-effectiveness. Yang Tianfeng naturally didn't say it to Ma Biao, on the one hand, it made people laugh at him for being stingy, and on the other hand, it also meant to belittle the cavalry.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Tianfeng felt that he could discuss with Ma Biao in terms of cavalry tactics, such as the guerrilla, reconnaissance, and sabotage of small cavalry groups that the Eighth Cavalry Division was already familiar with, as well as the kite tactics against infantry that were not too commonly used by the Eighth Cavalry Division, and so on. Of course, I also have to forgive Ma Biao, war, casualties are inevitable, look at the results of the battle, maybe it can be balanced a lot.

"The country is in danger, and it is within the duty of soldiers to serve the country loyally and sacrifice their lives on the battlefield. Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere, why bother to return the body of the horse leather. I believe that those martyrs who sacrificed for the country have no regrets and can smile at Jiuquan. Yang Tianfeng pondered for a moment, his expression was also a little gloomy, sighed, and said: "Most of the 800 soldiers who accompanied me on the expedition from Voryang back then are now injured and killed. Thinking about this, I don't want to go back, I really don't have the shame to see my hometown fathers! ”

Ma Biao nodded and sighed with deep sympathy, and said: "Brother Yang is right, soldiers, dying on the battlefield is the best destination." The Northwest man, who defended his family and the country, didn't take his life seriously. After a pause, he smiled bitterly, approached Yang Tianfeng, and said in a low voice: "But the battle damage can only be recruited from the local area, and there are too many outsiders, so Qinghai will not be at ease." ”

Yang Tianfeng frowned slightly, and quickly figured it out, and the same is true in history.

Due to the fact that the Eighth Cavalry Division had been fighting for many years, it had continuously recruited troops from the garrison to replenish the battle losses, and Ma Biao had been continuously promoted by the government because of his military exploits, which made Qingma suspicious. Fearing that he would lose control of the Eighth Cavalry Division, Qingma flew to Chongqing to engage with He Yingqin, and transferred Ma Biao to the post of lieutenant general of the Military Committee of the Kuomintang government, and never got the opportunity to fight on the battlefield again. The Eighth Cavalry Division was also under the control of Ma Bukang sent by Qingma, and soon it was included in the operational sequence of the Fifth Theater

This is a difficult problem to solve, Yang Tianfeng has no choice but to unite sincerely with this anti-Japanese team composed of Qinghai athletes, fight the enemy together, and help him compose the heroic hymn of the plateau boys to resist Japan and save the country.

Of course, Yang Tianfeng did not have much disgust with Ma Biao's failure to follow his will and fight in the sand war, but he also did not have much disgust with the Eighth Cavalry Division being taken over by Ma Bukang. After all, the Eighth Cavalry Division's later resistance was also very heroic and tenacious.

In order to comfort Ma Biao, Yang Tianfeng relieved himself, and generously gave the 1st Cavalry Division 200 flower organs, as well as a batch of other weapons and ammunition. People are here to help in the war, and they come happily and fight bravely, Yang Tianfeng will definitely not treat the friendly troops who fight side by side with the New Seventh Army.

"Brother Ma doesn't have to be polite, these submachine guns originally had the share of the Eighth Cavalry Division." Yang Tianfeng waved his hand, interrupted Ma Biao's thanks, and said with a smile: "In the bloody battle of Huaiyang, we are fighting the enemy together, and the devil heavy artillery that was destroyed and captured is of course the credit of the two families, and the harvest of the two families. The war zone replaced all the six heavy guns that had been repaired, gave 400 flower organs, and a batch of ammunition and supplies. Now, Yang is just returning what the Eighth Division deserves, and it has been delayed for some time, please don't be surprised by Brother Ma! ”

"Brother Yang, you-" Ma Biao knew that Yang Tianfeng was speaking easily, but the repair of those heavy artillery, as well as bargaining with the war zone, how could the truth be so simple?

"Come, drink." Yang Tianfeng picked up his wine glass, got up and said loudly: "Everyone, thank you for coming from afar to help the New Seventh Army, let's drink happily tonight, and after the big victory in the coming day, we will drink the celebration wine again." ”

"Drink." Ma Biao also got up and raised his glass to signal, "If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return, and you will fight bravely to kill the enemy in the coming day." Dry! ”

"!" Dozens of loud voices spoke in unison.

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Flower Trap, officially known as the MP18 submachine gun. In 1926, the Gongxian Arsenal established by the Beiyang government began to imitate the MP18 submachine gun, and switched to the popular 7.63mm Mauser pistol cartridge at that time, because there was a mesh heat sink jacket outside the barrel, commonly known as the "flower machine gun".

Due to the simple structure, the precision requirements of the machine tool are reduced to a minimum, and it is easy to copy, so in the more than ten years since it came to China, there are more than 10 arsenals to produce flower organs. Luo Zezhou, a pocket warlord in Sichuan who has no more than one division, actually set up a factory to manufacture it in batches. What's even more exaggerated is that a rural tyrant in southern Fujian actually created mp18 for the country!

Despite this, the range and ammunition consumption of the submachine gun made Yang Tianfeng not ready to produce it.

Comparatively speaking, Yang Tianfeng is more inclined to produce and manufacture barge guns. It also uses a 7.63mm Mauser pistol cartridge, which has a range similar to that of a submachine gun with the butt attached, and can also adjust the rate of fire (the flower mechanism can only be fired in bursts). It is much smaller than a submachine gun and is easier to carry. And China's arsenal can be imitated very early, and there is also a technical basis and reference.

Of course, most of the current production capacity of the Yongcheng Arsenal is tilted towards ammunition and light and heavy weapons such as artillery and machine guns, and individual guns are only manufactured by the Crouching Tiger Gang Gun Factory for shotguns and a small number of box guns. With such a capacity allocation, Yang Tianfeng will not adjust and change in the short term, and the output of box guns will not be increased.

As for the 150mm field howitzers, Yang Tianfeng didn't feel heartache when he switched them out. The mobility of heavy weapons has been restricting the New Seventh Army, and it will not be solved in the short term. Therefore, most of the artillery equipped by the New Seventh Army is light in weight, easy to move, and preferably able to transport and transfer positions on people's shoulders. For example, mortars, recoilless guns, and mountain artillery only have small guns with a caliber of no more than 75mm.

Yang Tianfeng made a temporary stay in Mengcheng, held another celebration banquet for the first and second regiments of the Eighth Cavalry Division, which had returned triumphantly, and suggested that the Eighth Cavalry Division move the third regiment to Longkang Town.

Longkang is located in Mengcheng and Huaiyuan counties, and the location is dangerous, which is the southeast barrier of the Yongcheng base area. Therefore, a regiment of the New Seventh Army has long been building positions and is responsible for defense. At present, the 26th Division of the New Seventh Army is blocking the enemy in Suxian in the east, and the enemy that the Eighth Cavalry Division is mainly guarding against is the direction of Bengbu, and Huaiyuan is the defense area of the Japanese army in Bengbu.

At the end of his trip to Mengcheng, Yang Tianfeng hurried to Suixi and had another military discussion with Chief of Staff Liang Moqing and others to determine the next military action and various matters related to the cooperation with the Eighth Cavalry Division.

Before leaving Suixi, the order for the war zone was issued, and the New Seventh Army was to prepare, and the prelude to the winter counteroffensive was about to begin.

"I estimate that the winter counteroffensive will begin in December." Yang Tianfeng said that there was room for it, but he could already be sure in his heart, "That is to say, as long as we survive less than twenty days, the devil's winter sweep will almost be in vain." ”

Liang Moqing read the telegram carefully, thought for a while, and said, "How about moving to defense?" Even if the devil launches a sweep now, we will have no problem resisting it for more than 20 days, right? The counteroffensive is over, and the troops can still take a break. ”

The counterattack lasted for a month, annihilating nearly 3,000 Japanese troops in total, and advancing the border guerrilla areas to the periphery of the county towns of Xiao County and Su County, thus expanding the space for resisting the enemy's sweep. Liang Moqing thought that at this time, it was reasonable to turn from offensive to defensive and rest the troops to meet greater tests.

"The main forces can go into the recuperation and recuperate, and the guerrillas will continue to operate." Yang Tianfeng believed that the large-scale fighting could be temporarily brought to an end, but the actions of a harassing nature could not be stopped, and even became more frequent, "The Eighth Cavalry Division must continue to exert pressure on the enemy, and the cooperation of the Suxi guerrillas must be strengthened." Well, I'll contact the Eighth Cavalry Division, and the chief of staff will bother with the rest. ”

Liang Moqing understood what Yang Tianfeng meant, that is, to continue to contain the devil as much as possible and delay the start of his winter sweep. If we can wait until the major theaters are ready to start a winter counteroffensive, then this winter sweep is likely to be canceled. And even if the sweep starts, it will be affected in terms of duration.

"We have received an order to prepare for a counteroffensive, and presumably Liao Lei's 21st Group Army will also receive it, and I will contact him to test the issue of joint operations." Yang Tianfeng groaned and continued: "If he can send troops to the east, we don't have to worry about the Japanese army on the Bengbu side, the Eighth Cavalry Division can concentrate its forces and attack the area south of Suxian. The guerrillas in Suxi should be further strengthened, and efforts should be made to turn Sunan into a guerrilla zone and form a semi-encirclement of Suxian. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange these arrangements right away." Liang Moqing accepted the order very simply, and then asked tentatively: "What about the New Fourth Army in Ludong, do you want to contact them as well and let them also take action." ”

Yang Tianfeng shook his head lightly and said, "Not for the time being." The first thing to say is that - the devils will increase their troops in Xuzhou, and they will also feel the pressure, and they may take the initiative to ask for joint operations! ”

Liang Moqing smiled, understanding that Yang Tianfeng wanted to take the initiative, instead of reaching out for help, and his face was a little uncomfortable.

"You-" Yang Tianfeng smiled self-deprecatingly, and stretched out his finger to point at Liang Moqing, "Don't you know that firewood and rice are expensive, weapons and ammunition are so easy to produce and manufacture?" We're going to change the recruitment to the conscription soon, the number of troops has exploded, and we will equip ourselves with burning sticks? ”

"That's right." Liang Moqing nodded hurriedly, and added with a smile: "I don't mean anything else, why do you just count it?" ”

"I know if you don't say it, laugh at me for being stingy, hum." Yang Tianfeng couldn't help but laugh and waved his hand, "This is not called stinginess, this is called careful calculation." Look at the Eighth Route Army, you know that it is not easy for us, the rails, wires, etc., are all used to exchange weapons and ammunition. And that ......."

"Liao Lei is also an understanding person." Liang Moqing added: "Basically, we don't ask for anything, whether it's money or materials, the weapons we export can always be without losing money." ”

"Loss?" Yang Tianfeng rolled his eyes, "Talking about us like profiteers, if I wanted to make a fortune, I would have become a rich man." That, is there anything else, just leave if it's okay, don't make me angry here. ”

Liang Moqing didn't care, and got up with a smile, "Then I'll go and discuss with the staff officers and study it, and arrange it as soon as possible." ”

After Yang Tianfeng waited for Liang Moqing to leave, he took out a pen and paper and brewed a telegram to the sixth intelligence group of the national government.

Winter counteroffensive, he was in favor. An army must have the desire to attack and win, so that it will not be depressed and decadent, but the offensive must also be disciplined and have reasonable tactics, and it must not be hot-headed and let the blood of the soldiers be shed in vain.

Well, it's a bit inappropriate to directly point fingers at the winter counteroffensive, so let's talk about other important things first, and it's more natural to bring it with you by the way.

Yang Tianfeng crossed out the few sentences he had written, thinking about what important things needed to be reported.

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World War II was fought in Europe, and the Soviet Union invaded Finland, none of which seemed to be directly related to China. Only the U.S. Congress passed an amended Neutrality Act, which had an impact on China's War of Resistance.

In the 30s of the 20 th century, in order to prevent the United States from getting involved in wars outside the Western Hemisphere, the US Congress passed three neutrality laws in 1935, 36, and 37, mainly prohibiting the export of weapons to belligerent countries.

Before and after the outbreak of the war in Europe in 1939, President Roosevelt decided that the United States' line of defense was in Europe, and repeatedly proposed to Congress to amend the neutrality law. After a long debate, Congress passed an amended neutrality law that repealed the arms embargo and allowed belligerents to purchase arms in the United States, but on the principle of "buy and ship."

The so-called "cash and carry" means that belligerents are allowed to buy arms in the United States with cash, but they have to transport them themselves. Since the sea power and maritime capacity of Britain and France at that time far exceeded that of Germany, it was actually allowed to sell weapons and materials to Britain and France to support Britain and France in resisting Germany; However, in the East, China is far inferior to Japan in both naval and maritime affairs. Moreover, China's ports were basically occupied by the Japanese army, and it was impossible to go to the United States to bring back the purchased military supplies, which was actually beneficial to Japan.

Obviously, this brought considerable disappointment to Chairman Chiang, who was eagerly looking forward to the assistance of Western countries, especially the United States.

But Yang Tianfeng is very open, after all, the Sino-Japanese war is a matter between China and Japan, and you want foreigners to get involved in the war, contribute money and efforts, and even pay for the lives of their own people. If the war between Japan and the United States and the war between Germany and the United States broke out, and China was at peace, it would not be so easy to want its citizens to enter the war and shed blood for foreigners.

Since China is unable to transport itself, the road to foreign procurement has not been blocked, but it is necessary to change the method and change the goods. The "cash and self-transport" stipulated in the amendment to the China Law refers to weapons, ammunition and military equipment, and China cannot directly purchase them, so it will purchase machinery and equipment and produce them by itself. Buying ready-made ones and relying on foreign countries, in Yang Tianfeng's view, is passive and full of variables after all.

Of course, while making suggestions, Yang Tianfeng also gave Chairman Jiang some comfort. It shows that isolationism is prevalent in the United States, and the US government and people try their best to avoid getting involved in the war and stay out of the situation, but President Roosevelt has a different idea.

Extending from this neutrality amendment, Yang Tianfeng naturally turned to the winter counteroffensive and stated his opinion. (To be continued.) )