[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 107: What Ma Zheng is interested in

At eight o'clock in the evening of May 11, Ma Zheng led two cavalry regiments to escort more than 1,000 Japanese expatriates back to Xinghe County, and returned victoriously as the last batch of troops.

At the 201st Regiment in Xinghe County, the war room of the regiment headquarters was full of laughter, while Ma Zheng and the two commanders of the Second and Third Cavalry Regiments were lying on the table and eating.

After eating and drinking enough and burping, Ma Zheng motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then said with a smile: "It's so comfortable, I haven't eaten all day today, but I'm hungry!" ”

"Hehe, commander, I heard that you captured a few chefs in Zhangjiakou, and it is said that you still cooked for the Japanese emperor, why didn't you ask them to cook a delicious meal for you?" Chen Xudong said with a smile.

"Do I dare to eat what the Japanese devils make, aren't you afraid that I will be poisoned by them?" Ma Zheng said with a smile.

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

After everyone's laughter was a little quieter, Ma Zheng said with a straight face: "Comrades, after two days and one night of marching and fighting, the "Snow Shame Operation" has won a complete victory with major results. In this campaign, we dispatched the 200th, 201st, and 2nd Regiments, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Cavalry Regiments, the Artillery Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, the Guard Regiment, and the Special Operations Brigade, and mobilized almost all of our strength to launch an all-out attack on Zhangjiakou, where the headquarters of the Japanese army in Mongolia was located. This revenge action dealt a heavy blow to the troops stationed in Mongolia, not only took Zhangjiakou, but also killed the following generals under Liannuma Pan, avenging the innocent sacrifices of the common people. ”

"Good!"

After a round of applause, Ma Zheng continued: "To be honest, it was quite unexpected to be able to win Zhangjiakou this time. There is more than one reason to win, but what I want to say above all is that everyone worked hard! Without your desperate battle, there would have been no victory today. ”

"Papapapa" was another round of warm applause.

Then Ma Zheng continued: "For the results of this battle, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the Yan'an side have given full affirmation, and even the Nationalist Government has ordered the three armies to reward us, and it will not be long before our Seventh Brigade will be upgraded to the Seventh Division of the National Revolutionary Army!" ”

"Bang Bang !!" This time, the applause was even more enthusiastic, and it was no wonder that they were happy, because the upgrading of the troops meant that the establishment of the troops would be expanded, and the commanders at all levels would naturally be upgraded at the same time as the establishment was expanded.

Although the Eighth Route Army does not promote officers and make a fortune, as an officer, who doesn't want to command more troops. If you want to command the troops more, you have to climb higher, which is why they are so happy.

"Chief of Staff, have you counted the results of the battle?" Ma Zheng asked again.

Huang Sicheng smiled and said, "How can it be so fast, but I know that what the commander wants to know is how many good things we have seized in Zhangjiakou, right?" ”

"Hahaha, the chief of staff still understands me, last night Wu Laosan ran directly to me and said that we have made a fortune, I am itching in my heart, I don't know how much this foreign wealth has made!" Ma Zheng said with a smile.

"The commander has really made a lot of money this time, this time we have eliminated the largest arsenal of the army stationed in Mongolia, and the captured 38 big canopy can equip five fully equipped infantry regiments, and there are tens of thousands of miscellaneous guns of all kinds. In addition, more than 400 light and heavy machine guns, more than 200 mortars, and more than 300 grenadiers were also seized. There were also 8 light combat vehicles, 11 armored vehicles, more than 40 transport vehicles, 24 field heavy artillery, more than 2.8 million rounds of ammunition of various calibers, more than 20,000 shells, and other things such as horses, radios, money, and other things that were so numerous that it was impossible to count. ”

"Of course, you may not be able to see these things, Commander, but there are three things that you can definitely see!" Huang Sicheng pretended to be mysterious.

"What three?" Ma Zheng was also intrigued by him, and immediately asked.

"First, food! This time, we seized as many as one million catties of various kinds of grain, and all of them were fine grains such as wheat and rice, which solved the food crisis in our base areas at once! Huang Sicheng said.

"Yes, I like this!" Ma Zheng said.

Not long ago, Wang Hansen reported to him and Yun Jian that there was not much grain in the base area, and it could last for a month at most. The main reason is that the number of troops in the base areas has been constantly increasing, and the number of troops in the base areas has suddenly increased from a few thousand to more than 17,000. In addition, the food of the troops was all captured, and not a single grain was levied from the common people, so the more they ate, the less they ate.

Of course, there is another reason that the food standard of Ma Zheng's department is too high and the consumption is too large, if it is according to the standards of other units of the Eighth Route Army, these grains can be eaten for at least three months, but if they are put into the Seventh Brigade, they can only eat for one month, and it is not even enough.

Therefore, at that time, Wang Hansen proposed to reduce the rations of the troops and lower the standards. However, because the war was about to be vetoed by Ma Zheng, Ma Zheng always felt that in order for the troops to maintain strong combat effectiveness, they had to feed the stomachs of the soldiers.

To tell the truth, before attacking Zhangjiakou, Ma Zheng had been worried about where to find rations for this army. Well, a sudden accident has solved this problem.

Huang Sicheng continued: "The second, field hospital! In this attack on Zhangjiakou, we captured a complete rear hospital of the Mongolian army, and brought back all the doctors and nurses, as well as all the medical equipment and medicines. ”

"Really?" Ma Zheng asked in surprise.

"Of course it's true, now these people and equipment are in Xinghe City." Huang Sicheng said with a smile.

"Great, with these medical equipment, we can completely expand the scale of the field hospital. You settle down immediately, and you must protect those Japanese doctors, although they are military doctors, they are still doctors at heart, and they can be used by us as long as they are done properly. Ma Zheng said solemnly.

"Well, I'll arrange it later!"

Then Huang Sicheng continued: "The third thing that interests you is an arsenal! ”

"Arsenal?" Ma Zheng asked in surprise.

"Yes, our troops found a small but not small arsenal in the city, which belongs to the Mongolian army, and although it cannot produce artillery, it can produce rifles and light and heavy machine guns. In its heyday, the production was 200 38 caps and 30 light machine guns per day, and the most important thing was that the arsenal could produce bullets. Huang Sicheng said in a deep voice.

"Great, I'm worried about what to do with so many of our troops, and I can't support such a huge consumption with captures alone. Even if we captured millions of rounds of ammunition this time, it would only be one or two hundred rounds in the hands of each soldier, which was not as good as what the little devil needed for a week's battle. Well, as long as we can produce ammunition, there is nothing to be afraid of as many little devils as we come! Ma Zheng said excitedly.

Huang Sicheng smiled and said, "I knew you were interested in these three things, hehehe!" ”

Hearing this, all the people in the regiment headquarters laughed.

"It's not that I'm interested, but these things are exactly what we lack, and fighting a war is not just about people and people, it's more about fighting economy and industrial technology. We have people, but why can't we beat the little devils? It's not that we're not brave enough, it's not that we don't have the will to fight, it's that our economy and our industry are inferior to others. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "Our army is different from other troops, we are a pole that was raised in the flames of war, and we grew up in the flames of war. We don't have our own industry, and even today's chassis is improvised. It can be said that we may run out of ammunition and food under the attack of the Japanese army, but as long as we have our own territory and our own arsenal, we are not afraid of the little devils even if they are all coming! ”

"Bang Bang !!" There was another round of applause.