When it comes to weapons and ammunition, the Eighth Route Army is really lacking.

The main regiment of the Eighth Route Army is generally about 2,000 people, but each regiment has a maximum of 900 rifles, no more than 50 short guns, no more than 10 light and heavy machine guns, and some regiments may have three or five mortars or infantry guns, but most of the time they are buried in the soil, and they will be temporarily dug out for use after replenishing the shells from the devils.

Even more lacking was ammunition, with an average of less than five rounds per rifle, and the two had to share a grenade.

In the battle sequence of [***], the Sichuan army is notoriously poorly equipped, and the vast majority of the Sichuan army soldiers still wear single clothes and straw sandals in winter, and most of the guys used are made in Hanyang, old sleeves, and a small number of Makqin and Czech-style, but the bullets are open to supply, compared to the Eighth Route Army, the Sichuan Army can really be described as "well-equipped".

Many [***] generals scolded the Eighth Route Army for not attacking guerrillas and resisting without fighting, which really didn't hurt when standing and talking.

It's not that the Eighth Route Army is unwilling to fight head-on, but they really don't have the capital to fight head-on, so they just have a little ammunition, and they can't even support a small-scale battle. What's more, the Eighth Route Army relied on such weapons and equipment, but it forcibly dragged down millions of puppet troops, which greatly supported the frontal war of resistance of [***]!

If there had been no Eighth Route Army's war of resistance behind enemy lines, it would probably have been impossible for the War of Resistance to Japanese Aggression to appear in a stalemate phase.

If there had been no Eighth Route Army's war of resistance behind enemy lines, then the Yue Army would have been able to gather more than 500,000 Yue troops and 1 million puppet troops into the frontal battlefield after six months to two years of rest and replenishment.

This is by no means alarmist, if there is no Eighth Route Army to get in the way, with the ability of Okamura Ningji, an old devil, he can definitely stabilize the law and order situation in the entire North China within two years, and form a puppet North China Autonomous Army with equipment and training that is not inferior to the Korean army, the puppet Manchurian [***], and the puppet Mongolian army.

Therefore, without the Eighth Route Army, the Chinese nation would have perished long ago.

Of course, the contribution of [***] to the frontal war of resistance is even greater, which no one can deny!

These thoughts flashed from Yue Weihan's mind, and he immediately said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, give the batch of weapons and equipment eliminated by the Baoshan Division to the Eighth Route Army, and give them another million rounds of ammunition!" However, this bullet was not given for free, and when the battle was over, they had to pay it back with the equivalent of supplies or iron ore. ”

Liu Yi frowned and said, "General seat, what about Gao Shuxun's new 39th Division?" ”

The four divisions under the jurisdiction of the 39th Group Army were almost all uniformly armed.

However, with the full production of the Taihang Arsenal, Yue Weihan obviously preferred the Zhongzheng rifle with a better surname.

Therefore, it is inevitable to completely eliminate the 38 rifles, but this is a long-term process, according to the Taihang Arsenal's current monthly output of 2,500 rifles, the main infantry force of the 39th Group Army will have to change all the equipment, to say the least, it will take more than 20 months, even if the production capacity is doubled after half a year, it will take nearly a year to complete the reequipment.

So far, only the Baoshan division has barely completed the change.

"The new 39th Division will wait." Yue Weihan said, "The Eighth Route Army needs this batch of equipment even more." ”

"Yes." Liu Yi nodded and sighed, "To say, the Eighth Route Army is really difficult now. ”

………… The northern foot of Taihang Mountain, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Chief of Staff Zuo hurriedly walked into the war room and said to Mr. Peng: "Boss, good news!" ”

Mr. Peng, who was studying the map, asked without raising his head, "What good news?" It can't be Chairman Chiang's salary, right? ”

"Hey, I'm afraid I can't count on Chairman Jiang's military salary in this life." Chief of Staff Zuo said with a smile, "However, Yue Weihan really reached out to us, good guy, as soon as he shot, he will have 20,000 38 big covers, 200 crooked handles, 40 Type 92 heavy machine guns, and 1 million rounds of ammunition." ”

"What did you say?" Mr. Peng suddenly straightened up when he heard this.

The staff officers in the war room also looked back one after another, their faces full of disbelief.

"So much!?" Mr. Nie, who came to the headquarters to attend the meeting, also said, "This is the equipment of a class A division!" ”

The chief of staff of the left said: "The Baoshan Division of the 39th Group Army has changed its outfit, and it has given us the eliminated weapons, but Yue Weihan also said that this million rounds of ammunition are not given for free, and when this battle is over, we have to repay the same amount of materials such as grain, nitrate, railroad tracks or iron ore!" ”

"That's a great favor." Mr. Peng said loudly, "My old Peng admits his love!" ”

………… In early April of the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), the Eighth Route Army launched an unprecedented 100-regiment battle!

In less than half a month, the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the South-Central Shandong Military Region, and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region organized 208 main force regiments and launched hundreds of battles, large and small.

By the end of April of the 28th year of the Republic of China, the Eighth Route Army had annihilated more than 2,000 Yue troops, annihilated more than 200,000 Han annihilation forces of all kinds, seized a large amount of weapons and equipment, almost doubled the area of the three major base areas, and the population had soared from less than 10 million to more than 40 million, and the Eighth Route Army's military resources had been greatly expanded.

The dust of the battle of the hundred regiments has settled, and compared to the political axe, it is Chairman Jiang who is more shocked!

………… Yucheng, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

After listening to General He's report, Chairman Jiang was suddenly shocked!

A small 18th Group Army actually mobilized more than 200 main regiments, launched an unprecedented scale of general battle, and actually achieved the brilliant results of destroying more than 200,000 enemies.

What surprised Chairman Jiang even more was that in just over a year, the Eighth Route Army had actually changed from 12 regiments of the 3rd Division, 6th Brigade to more than 200 regiments. Maybe after the end of the war, the troops of [***] will be expanded to more than 200 divisions, and then the general trend will be gone!

"Niang Xipi!" After being surprised, Chairman Jiang immediately became furious again, "A small 18th Group Army, with the establishment of three B divisions, actually dares to expand to more than 200 main regiments, is this still possible?" Without the approval of the Military Commission, they even dared to expand the army without authorization, do they still have me as a leader in their eyes? ”

Chen Cheng said in a deep voice: "Bench, I'm afraid our army's strategy has to be adjusted. ”

Deputy Chief Bai also said: "Yes, the power of [***] has swelled too fast, and it is time to use my knife to cut their wings, otherwise when the War of Resistance is over, the entire occupied area will become the world of [***]!" Don't fight to the end, but make a wedding dress for [***]. ”

When Chairman Jiang heard this, he was immediately moved.

When the army attacked on the frontal battlefield and the Chinese nation was faced with the test of life and death, Chairman Chiang did not hesitate to temporarily join forces with internal worries to fight against external troubles, but now that the situation on the frontal battlefield has eased somewhat, it seems that internal worries can no longer be ignored.

Chairman Chiang must try his best to maintain checks and balances between internal and external troubles, and neither allow internal worries to sit too big nor let external troubles get out of control; how to grasp the middle degree well is a very challenging task, but for Chairman Chiang, a politician who has only been produced for hundreds of years, this is not a difficult problem that cannot be solved.

"Commission, let's negotiate an armistice with myself!" Chen Cheng said without thinking.

"Negotiation is absolutely not a no." Deputy Chief Bai said, "However, secret cooperation can be considered." ”

"Secretly cooperating? What is the cooperation law? Chen Cheng said disapprovingly, "I am willing to agree?" ”

"I will definitely agree." Deputy Chief Bai said confidently, "This time the communist army made such a big move, although I said that I did not suffer a loss, but the puppet army that had just taken refuge in them suffered a big loss, if Okamura Ningji did not say anything, I am afraid that it would chill the hearts of those Han annihilation puppet army, so I will be happy for us to cooperate." ”

"Just do what Jiansheng says." Chairman Jiang said this, and then said to Director Dai, "Yunong, immediately send a report to the Beiping Station of the Military Unification Bureau, and ask them to send someone to contact Wang Kemin first, and then talk to Okamura Ningji through Wang Kemin, as long as he is willing to encircle and suppress the communist army, [***] in North China can cooperate with them." ”

………… Eastern suburbs of Beiping, Cuimingzhuang.

Wang Kemin, chairman of the puppet North China Provisional Political Axe Executive Committee, asked to see Okamura Ninji at night.

In the office, Okamura Ningji affectionately gave up his seat to Wang Kemin, and said: "Wang Sang, is there anything urgent about driving you, the chairman of the committee, out of the city so late?" ”

Okamura Ninji, an old devil, is definitely a powerful character, and his "Huairou" policy is by no means just lip service; he not only strictly requires his subordinates to give dignity to the Chinese in the security area, but also respects Wang Kemin, Qi Xieyuan, and other military and political leaders who are pseudo-North China temporary political axes, at least on the surface.

"Mr. Okamura, I have good news for you." Wang Kemin said with a respectful expression, "The communist army in North China is not only the enemy of the imperial army, but also the enemy of the political axe of Yucheng, Chairman Jiang asked me to give a message to Mr. Okamura, if the imperial army is willing to take action to clear the communist army, [***] in North China is willing to fully cooperate." ”

"Hahaha, that's right." Okamura Ninji laughed when he heard this, "The reason why the imperial army sent troops to China was not to annex China, let alone to enslave the Chinese, but to help China get rid of the enslavement of the West, especially not to be red by the red Soviet Union. ”

(To be continued)