Chapter 324: Forming a County Brigade (Ask for Subscription!) ）

When Sugiyama Yuan held a meeting in Beiping to deal with Ma Zheng's department, Ma Zheng also held a meeting related to the war against Japan in Guisui, and I have to say that the two really have a tacit understanding in this regard, and they have a little bit of a good understanding.

In addition to Ma Zheng, Yun Jian, Wang Hansen, Xu Yinghui, Xu Xiaolin, and others, the meeting also included senior military officers from the Jining Military Sub-district and the Xinghe Military Sub-district, including Huang Sicheng, Huang Bingyan, Wu Xiuda, Bi Lige, Xu Weiguo, Yang Chengwu, Chen Xudong, Wang Tao, Hu Tianchang, Ma Desheng, Zhou Lieyang, Xu Hu, Xing Chao, Tie Niu, Xu Haifeng, and others.

As soon as the meeting began, Ma Zheng said: "Comrades, it has been a month and a half since the last battle! In the Battle of Datong, our unit took the initiative to attack and brought the Japanese defense line from Datong to Tianzhen to the verge of collapse, which greatly shook the Japanese puppet army and forced the Japanese army to change its battle plan. The Japanese army's operational plan to besiege our military region was stillborn before it could be implemented, and this gave our military region a rare opportunity to rest and recuperate. ”

"In view of the problems that our unit exposed in the Battle of Datong, I feel that it is necessary to gather everyone together for a meeting. So far, our military region has a total of 100,000 regular combat soldiers. With the exception of the 7th Division, the 92nd Division, and the Cavalry Group, the rest of the units were newly formed units that had not yet been given the designation. 100,000 people is a behemoth, and compared to the territory under the jurisdiction of our department, there are indeed a lot of troops. In addition, the Suicha area itself is vast and poor, and it simply cannot support so many troops, so we must take the initiative to find a place to eat for the troops. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "But now there is a new problem, that is, our defense area has been expanded, and we are no longer as light as before. In the past, we used to fight if we could fight, and run if we couldn't, but now we can run? The answer is obviously no, there are now 1.5 million people standing behind us in the Suicha area, and we can't run at all, so we must reserve a large number of troops at all times to defend against the enemy and maintain local order. ”

"Normally, it doesn't seem like a problem. Once the big war broke out, the problem became obvious, and there were very few troops left for the offensive except for the ones left behind. The three main forces of the military region are equivalent to the three C-class divisions of the Japanese army, and once the Japanese army attacks our military region with more troops than this number, our military region will face unprecedented pressure, so we must change this situation. ”

Ma Zheng's words resonated with everyone in the conference room, and they also discovered that due to the lack of necessary local security forces such as the police, the law and order in the base area also needed to be maintained by the army. In addition, the territory controlled by each military sub-district has five or six counties and districts, and a large number of troops are stationed, so the troops always feel overstretched.

Yun Jian said in a deep voice: "Our troops are not small, but they are constrained by local security and many other aspects, so after discussions, the headquarters of the military region has decided to establish county brigades and district squads to maintain local law and order as soon as possible, so as to liberate the regular troops from the localities. ”

"Commander, isn't it true that our defense districts already have their own county brigades and district squads, why do we still need to form them?" Huang Sicheng immediately asked.

"You're right. It is true that the counties under our control have their own district brigades and district squads, as well as village militias, but the strength of these forces is really limited. Not to mention the small establishment, the weapons and equipment are also very simple. Coupled with insufficient training and no regular officer command, combat effectiveness was extremely limited. Once a large force went out to fight, these local troops would not be able to cope with the infiltration of the Japanese army at all, so the military district headquarters decided to rebuild the county brigade. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "In the past, the county brigade was only a battalion-level establishment. The total strength is mostly around two or three hundred, or even less. However, after the newly established county brigades, they will be unified into regiment-level establishments, and now there are 13 counties in the military region, that is, 13 regiments will be formed on the basis of the original county brigades. The strength of each regiment should be about 2,000 people, and the military district headquarters will uniformly deploy officers to serve as regiment commanders. Coordinate with county magistrates, directors of women's federations, and other county leaders to control the defense and public order in the defense area. ”

"Commander, what about the armament of these newly formed units?" Yang Chengwu also asked.

"The weapons and equipment are uniformly distributed by the headquarters of the military region, with the captured puppet army equipment as the main equipment, the rifles are mainly made in Hanyang and Zhongcheng, and the machine guns are mainly Czech and Makqin, and they are not equipped with artillery." Ma Zheng said.

"Commander, we already have 100,000 people now, and if we form another 13 regiments, won't our total strength reach 130,000, grandma's, it's almost half of the strength of the North China Front." Wu Xiuda said excitedly.

Ma Zheng shook his head and said, "If we only compare with the Japanese, our strength is indeed equivalent to half of the Japanese army in North China. But don't forget that the Japanese have a large number of puppet troops in North China, and there are more than 60,000 people in the puppet North China Security Army of Qi traitors alone, plus Li Shouxin's puppet Mongolian army and other miscellaneous troops, the Japanese have more than 400,000 armed forces in North China, more than three times as many as ours, so we will never be enough in terms of troops. ”

In fact, Ma Zheng has long had the idea of regularizing the county brigade, but there is no way, since Ma Zheng pulled up the pole to fight devils in Chanan, it has been more than a year, and in this year, Ma Zheng's department has to hand over some weapons and equipment to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army from time to time, sometimes it is tens of thousands of guns for a few days. Ma Zheng himself is fine, but many people in the military region are monks who have taken refuge halfway, and they themselves do not have much closeness to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and in addition, the troops constantly have to transfuse blood to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, so many officers in the Suicha Military Region are very dissatisfied.

In their opinion, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters has done its best to pick peaches, and the Suicha Military Region seems to have become a milking station for the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and after careful calculation, the weapons and ammunition handed over by the Suicha Military Region to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters in more than a year are enough to arm 50,000 people, not to mention the oceans and cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings. You must know that in the case of not producing it itself, these things are all captured by seizing them, and every time they have just won a battle, they have to send weapons and money and food to the headquarters next, which has become a rule, so many officers have very opinions about this.

This is not only the thoughts of the officers, but also represents the thoughts of a large number of soldiers, Ma Zheng emphasized that it is useless to emphasize it a few times, so he thinks that it is better to send these things to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in the future, after all, the emotions of the officers and soldiers of the military region still have to be concerned. Therefore, Ma Zheng thought of expanding the troops, as long as the troops on his side were expanded, and the weapons and equipment themselves were not enough, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army would not worry about himself.

Of course, what is more important is that Ma Zheng believes that it is very necessary to form a county brigade that is truly suitable for fighting regular warfare, otherwise many regular troops in the military region will not be able to free up their hands, and they will not be able to attack if they are not free, and these will all affect each other.

Therefore, it is necessary to form a county brigade at the regimental level, and then take over the defense of the defense area, so that the 100,000-strong army of the Suicha Military Region will be completely liberated, and it will be the Japanese who will cry at that time.

"Commander, it is not difficult to form a county brigade, but what kind of troops does the county brigade belong to? Is it a regular combat force or a local self-defence security force, and is it under the jurisdiction of the counties themselves or is it under the jurisdiction of the regular forces? Chen Xudong also asked.

Ma Zheng immediately said: "The county brigades belong to the local self-defense forces and are under the jurisdiction of each county itself, but they are also subject to the control of each military division. At the same time, although the county brigade is a militia self-defense organization, its requirements must not be too bad, and they must be required and evaluated according to the standards of the regular army. You must know that we have formed a force that can be pulled out to fight the Japanese face to face, not a showmanship. ”

"How to calculate the military expenditure, you must know that the monthly expenses of our troops are extremely huge, especially the food expenses. If the county brigade also follows our standards, then how will the military expenditure be calculated, whether it will be paid by the military division or the local government? Huang Bingyan asked.

"We have also already considered the matter of military expenditures, which will first be uniformly distributed by the headquarters of the military region, and when the local political power of each county is established and perfected, the expenses of the county brigades will be solved by the counties themselves." Ma Zheng said. (To be continued.) )