Chapter 485 - Fighting for Training (1st Update)

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Shangnan, also known as 'Lucheng', has a long cultural history and is also the southeast gateway of Shaanxi. It is located at the southern foot of the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains, connecting Henan and Chu, the intersection of the three provinces, connecting eight counties, living in the southeast of the Qinling Mountains, and prospering because of the moist Danjiang River.

He Zhengdao, who set off from Yulin, led the newly completed reorganization of the first division and arrived here smoothly. Stepping out of here also means that they, who have just been expanded into the new 67th Army, will officially enter the national control area controlled by the Central Army to fight.

Considering that the troops were a little hard to march all the way, He Zhengdao, who arrived here, gave the order of the troops to rest for a day before setting off in a timely manner. Taking advantage of this day's rest, they can also smoothly join the second division that is following them.

Choosing to enter Henan from here, rather than directly entering Hubei, is more of a righteous intention. With the Battle of Xuzhou ending with the bursting of the Yellow River, the Central Army garrisoned much less troops in Henan than before.

Many of these intact units have also been transferred to the front line one after another to join the upcoming battle to defend Wuhan. The retreat of the troops and the change of defense realized that the defense of this area would become more chaotic, and also created some opportunities for He Zhengdao.

According to the opinions discussed by He Zhengdao with Mao Taizu and Mr. Zhu and others, he took advantage of the fact that the main force was advancing into the national control area in an upright manner. A group of selected members of the armed forces behind enemy lines will also follow the large army into Henan.

When the large army leaves, these military workers will also disperse to Henan. First, it is to secretly expand the guerrilla zone, and second, it is also to do some intelligence gathering work. After all, the current situation in Henan is also not optimistic.

Although with the fact that the Yellow River burst its embankment, the Central Army successfully held Zhengzhou. However, the Japanese troops still operating in Henan also occupied many places in Henan. This means that this is both a nationally controlled area and an enemy-occupied area.

Looking at the supplies transported by the transport brigade, they arrived in the Shangnan area one after another. After the inspection, He Zhengdao also asked the car brigade in charge of transportation to return. This automobile brigade is also very precious to the Eighth Route Army.

The commander of the Shangluo garrison, who accompanied He Zhengdao to count this batch of materials, soon heard He Zhengdao say: "Brigade Commander Liu, you need to be more fortunate in the next batch of materials to help us keep and transport them."

In the future, our political commissar Xiao will also come over, and this time we will go to the Dabie Mountain area and will bring some supplies over. But more supplies will be handed over to our baggage troops for transportation. When the time comes, the task of escorting will be entrusted to you. ”

Although the new 67th Army was invited by the Central Army to participate in the Battle of Wuhan. But for He Zhengdao, who entered the garrison in the Dabie Mountain area, if they wanted to transport supplies from Shaanxi to the front line, they still had to pass through the defense area of the Central Army.

Even if the Central Army does not dare to snatch supplies blatantly, it is difficult to guarantee that they will make any shady moves. This means that He Zhengdao needs to arrange some latent reconnaissance guerrilla squads to pay attention to the movements of the Central Army on the way to transport materials.

In addition, when transporting materials, it is inevitable to send troops to participate in the escort mission. In these years, in addition to beware of the little devils and the central army robbing supplies, many bandits and robbers who occupy the mountains are also the objects that need to be careful.

For these bandits and robbers, some of them are simply supported by little devils, and some are real outlaws. Even as the Eighth Route Army entered the national control area, He Zhengdao had to worry about what demon moths were coming out of the back of the Central Army.

In these years, as long as there is money and heavy profits, I am afraid that many bandits will dare to pinch the tiger whiskers of the Eighth Route Army. As for the Central Army, as for the Central Army, it only needs to give some money and make some profits, and maybe a large number of bandits will rob the transportation materials of the Eighth Route Army.

In order to ensure the safety of materials, and also in order not to disrupt the arrangement of the main forces. Naturally, the matter of escorting supplies should also be handed over to the local garrison. Speaking of which, the combat effectiveness of these garrisons is actually not weak.

Even when the Eighth Route Army took over the entire territory of Shaanxi, the garrison brigade deployed in Shangluo was the last main division with the same combat effectiveness as the number of troops. If the Central Army dares to send troops to enter Shaanxi from here, it also needs to pass through the Shangluo Garrison Brigade first.

For He Zhengdao's polite words, the commander of the Shangluo garrison brigade also said seriously: "Commander He, please rest assured!" Regarding the task of escorting this batch of materials, the chairman and the commander-in-chief have made special explanations.

As long as you need to transport supplies, our garrison brigade will definitely find a way to transport the supplies you need to the front line. If there is anything else we can help with, please give an order to Commander He. ”

Hearing Brigade Commander Liu's answer, He Zhengdao also smiled and said, "I don't dare to do this!" On the issue of the transportation of materials, I believe that the headquarters has also provided some explanations. After a while, the commander-in-chief should send some elite soldiers over.

I know you've always wanted to go to the front line to fight the little devils. But you are staying here, in fact, to protect the security of the central government. In the future, if there is an escort mission, you can transfer some elite battalion-level troops.

If you're lucky, and you're on the front line, there's a battle. I can ask the Commander-in-Chief for instructions to involve the troops involved in the escort mission in the battle on the front line. In my opinion, the troops still have to go through actual combat in order to train real elite troops! ”

As soon as he heard this, Brigade Commander Liu said with joy: "Commander He, this is what you said!" Although I know that the responsibility of our garrison brigade is great. But you know, I'm a soldier, and I prefer to go to the front!

At the moment our garrison brigades, although many times they act as reserves for the main forces. But if we can, we still like to go to the battlefield and fight with the little devils. No matter how well you practice, isn't it also for the sake of fighting? ”

It is clear that most of the garrison regiment commanders and garrison brigade commanders in the base areas are military cadres selected from the main forces. For these military cadres, it seems that being transferred to the garrison is a promotion to one level.

But for many soldiers who really yearn for the battlefield, no one likes this kind of promotion. Because they all know that in the current period of bipartisan cooperation, the role of the garrison is more to guard the base area and defend the guard.

Such a task is really uncomfortable for soldiers who are accustomed to tearing and killing on the battlefield. It was precisely knowing this that He Zhengdao would tell this Brigade Commander Liu that they would give the officers and men of the garrison brigade a chance to go to the battlefield for training.

'Rest assured! Training warfare is also something that the commander-in-chief has always emphasized. Maybe you don't have much chance to go to war now. But I believe that you will have the opportunity to go to war in the future. But this time, you may have to wait a little longer.

In fact, without you guarding the base in the rear, we, the front-line troops, would not dare to fight on the front line so confidently. If you really want to train a group of troops to go to the battlefield, then you need to sift through them well.

In addition, you must also control the ratio of veterans to recruits. We should use the old to lead the new, and we should strive to gradually improve the military combat effectiveness of your garrison brigade. Perhaps in the future, you may be promoted to combat troops.

At present, we are already about to go to the national control area to fight the little devils, and I believe that the situation in the three provinces of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui will become very complicated in the future. This means that it is possible for us to fight behind enemy lines with little devils in these three provinces.

Moreover, in the future, there will also be a large number of central army troops in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui region. With the current strength of the little devils, it is impossible for them to send troops to occupy too many places, and more to garrison those important cities.

The vast countryside will also be the space for our development. It is even possible that in the future we will need to fight for territory with the armed forces behind enemy lines of the Central Army. Your garrison brigade is the closest to Henan, are you afraid that you will not have the opportunity to enter the front line to fight in the future?

It's just that nowadays, one of the problems existing in the garrisons is that there are too few veterans. You and I are both cadres who have led soldiers, and we know very well that it is a very dangerous thing to have too many recruits in a unit. If you don't go to the battlefield, you never know how cruel the battlefield is.

I also hope that by taking advantage of this opportunity for us to advance into the national control area to fight, we will gradually transfer a number of garrison units with relatively good training quality from the rear and add them to our front-line combat units, so that they can feel the cruelty of the battlefield.

Perhaps such an approach will lead to certain losses in the participating troops. However, I believe that those officers and men who have survived from the battlefield will become the fist troops of the garrison in the future, and they will be able to fulfill the tasks and missions of the main force. ’

As the commander of the independent column, he is now the commander of the 67th Army. He Zhengdao also knew very well that in some garrison units in Yulin and Suiyuan, many officers and soldiers were also very envious of the front-line troops for having the opportunity to fight the little devils.

But as a garrison, their task is more to defend and guard. As for the opportunity to participate in the war, in fact, there are not many of them. Under such circumstances, many officers and men of the garrison are eager to have the opportunity to go to the battlefield.

It was precisely in consideration of the demands of the officers and men of the garrison that when the new 67 th Army was expanded, He Zhengdao gave priority to selecting a number of garrison units with excellent military qualities from among the garrison units.

Veterans and military backbones of the main force served as commanders, and the current Third Infantry Division was expanded. And at the moment, if you really want to talk about the combat effectiveness of the troops, the combat effectiveness of the three divisions must be the most worrying to He Zhengdao.

Fortunately, there are still two backbone regiments in the 3rd Division, which are transferred from the 1st and 2nd Divisions. With the support of these two old main regiments, He Zhengdao believes that the third division should not have much problem fighting a defensive and blocking battle.

Although the garrison troops stationed in Yulin were eager to go to the battlefield, the other garrisons naturally had this sentiment. It was precisely because he knew that these troops had this kind of idea that He Zhengdao mentioned it in the previous meeting.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of transporting supplies to the front line, we have continuously selected a number of outstanding officers and men with relatively good military training results from the rear garrison units to serve as escort troops to the front line and join the reserve of the attacking troops.

If the casualties of the front-line troops are too large, these selected troops can be quickly replenished to the front-line troops. If there is no need to replenish for the time being, it is also very necessary to let these troops go to the front line to experience actual combat.

After all, He Zhengdao always believes that a soldier who has never been on the battlefield and has never really shot the enemy is a recruit no matter how well he trains! (To be continued.) )