Two days have passed since the battle in Fengzhen County, and all the troops have withdrawn to Hades. Although the casualties of the troops in this battle were not small, they played with prestige and morale, and the previous decadence and fear have completely disappeared from the troops.

At the battalion headquarters, Ma Zheng was presiding over a military meeting, which was attended by all cadres at and above the platoon level.

As soon as the meeting began, Ma Zheng asked, "Have the casualties and results been counted?" ”

Huang Sicheng immediately replied: "It's been counted, let's talk about the results first!" ”

"No, let's talk about casualties first!" Ma Zheng interrupted Huang Sicheng's words.

"Yes, we suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, 42 people were killed and 79 were wounded, two of them were disabled, I'm afraid we can't stay in the army!" Huang Sicheng said in a deep voice.

Seeing that everyone's mood was instantly lowered, Ma Zheng said in a deep voice: "This is war, and war is to kill people." So don't think that if you beat a county town, you don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, we have more than 500 people to fight less than 300 people, and we still use the method of sneak attack, although we won, but our own damage is not small, this is not a big victory at all, at best it can only be regarded as a small victory. ”

The reason why Ma Zheng first asked Huang Sicheng to say that there were casualties was because in the past two days, he had seen many soldiers talk about the previous battles all day long, and they simply said that the Japanese army was vulnerable, and the feeling of pride and complacency had already grown in the troops, and even infected some junior officers.

As a qualified commander, Ma Zheng immediately realized that this was a dangerous signal and that it must be strangled in the cradle immediately.

"Let me tell you, the little devils are not muddy, and the reason why we were able to defeat them this time is not because our combat power is stronger than theirs, but because they are too light on the enemy. The arrogant army will be defeated, this is a living example, I don't want the Japanese to teach us a lesson next time, understand? ”

"Understood!"

"Well, now let's talk about the results!" Ma Zheng continued.

"During the campaign, our army captured 623 Type 38 rifles, 3,772 Zhongcheng rifles, and 4,688 Hanyang-made rifles. There were 8 crooked machine guns, 32 medium formal machine guns, 56 Czech machine guns, 28 Maxim heavy machine guns, and 5 Type 92 heavy machine guns. There were a number of other miscellaneous firearms of various kinds, and more than 2 million rounds of ammunition of various kinds. In addition, there were 36 grenadiers, 16 mortars, a little less than 200 shells, a radio station, and 37 war horses. Huang Sicheng said excitedly.

When I came back, everyone knew that a lot of them had been seized this time, but I didn't expect that there would be so many, good guys, there were almost more than 9,000 rifles of various models. And the number of light and heavy machine guns has also reached an astonishing more than 130, as well as more than a dozen artillery pieces, this Nima can fully equip a division. You must know that even the 120th Division has only more than 10,000 guns at this time, and there are not so many in terms of automatic firepower!

Ma Zheng was also very happy when he heard it, in this era, having a gun is king. Especially since the start of the war between China and Japan, all countries have banned arms transactions with China, even if you have money, you can't buy it. With this batch of munitions, he can finally let go of his hands.

"Well, listen to the cheer, everyone did a good job this time!" Ma Zheng said loudly.

"Battalion commander, there's better news!" Huang Sicheng said with a smile.

"Say, let's tell any other good news together, and make everyone happy!" Ma Zheng said with a smile.

"That's right, after our propaganda and mobilization, a small half of those fellows who helped us deliver the loot this time are willing to stay and join us." Huang Sicheng replied.

"Oh, how many are there?" Ma Zheng hurriedly asked.

"No more, no less, there are 612 people in total!" Huang Sicheng said.

"This is indeed good news, our first replenishment of troops is to lay down Hades Mountain, this is the second replenishment, the troops can only continue to grow by constantly replenishing fresh blood, this is a good sign!" Ma Zheng said happily.

"Battalion commander, we have only one battalion, and now it is seriously overstaffed, do you need to ask your superiors for instructions?" Huang Sicheng reminded.

"I'm not afraid of supernumeration, the superiors still have the heart to take care of our affairs, and what they are most afraid of is the empty formation of each unit. But there is one thing you reminded me of, we have lost contact with the regiment headquarters for more than 20 days now, and we must find a way to contact them. Ma Zheng said with a frown.

"Well, when we were dispersed, the regiment headquarters was stationed in Dafeng Village, I don't know if there has been a transfer after so many days!" Huang Sicheng said.

"In this way, you take two capable ones from our original veterans, replace them with short guns, and let them immediately return to the area of Zuoyun and Youyu to find the large army. If you can't contact the regimental headquarters, then contact the division headquarters, and get in touch with your superiors no matter what! Ma Zheng said.

"Well, I'll arrange this when I get back!" Huang Sicheng said.

"By the way, we have captured so much weapons and equipment this time, it's time to change the equipment for the brothers." Ma Zheng said again.

"This is still what you said, it is already being done, the brothers are all robbing their own guys, whether it is training or performing tasks, the morale is high!" Huang Sicheng said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ma Zheng's brows couldn't help frowning, and he immediately asked, "You didn't give them a uniform dress?" ”

"Does this still need to be unified? According to the rules of our Eighth Route Army, whoever captures weapons and equipment on the battlefield will be called by whom, this has been an old rule for many years, is there anything wrong? Huang Sicheng asked in surprise.

"Of course not!" Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

"What's wrong, I think it's normal!" Huang Sicheng said.

"That's what you said in the old days, when we had relatively few seizures, and sometimes three or two soldiers could get a gun. In order to motivate the soldiers to win the battle and capture more, that is why such a rule was introduced. But there are many problems with doing so, and it has a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops! Ma Zheng said.

Everyone didn't understand what Ma Zheng meant, weren't they all guns, and weren't all the same guns that soldiers used to fight?

Seeing that everyone turned their eyes to him, Ma Zheng knew that these big bosses who hadn't read much books didn't understand the truth at all, so he immediately cleared his throat and said: "A very important reason why we can't beat the little devils now is that the weapons and equipment are of different calibers and sizes, and the logistical pressure is high, which seriously affects the combat effectiveness of the army. ”

"At the beginning of the founding of the Republic of China, there were many political departments and warlords were divided. At that time, there were few arsenals in the country that could manufacture their own guns, so most of them chose to purchase from outside, and warlords in various places had their own sources of weapons procurement. Even if there are self-made weapons, there is no standard, even the same model of firearms, and the quality produced in various places is uneven. In addition, the warlords in various places have modified the firearms produced according to their own conditions, resulting in a situation where even the same model of firearms cannot be used in terms of spare parts and ammunition produced in various places. ”

"Do you know that there are now hundreds of varieties of rifles in various units in China alone, and there may be more than a dozen variants of one type of rifle that cannot be used universally. In this way, ammunition cannot be used at all during the battle, which has become a nightmare for logistics support, and the overall coordinated combat effectiveness of the army is extremely low, so you understand. ”

Everyone didn't expect that there were so many doorways in this, they had fewer people and fewer weapons before, and it was very good to have a gun, so it didn't matter.

After Ma Zheng's reminder, everyone figured out the key.

"Battalion commander, there are really a lot of weapons and equipment models we have captured this time, including Japan, the Soviet Union, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which country should we change?" Wang Hansen asked.

Wang Hansen's question was not only what he wanted to know, but also what everyone here wanted to know, and for a while, everyone's eyes turned to Ma Zheng to see how he answered.