"Report to the principal, according to the intelligence collected by the intelligence department, the Eighth Route Army did capture Baoding County, and killed the brigade commander, Major General Kitamura Katsuzo, and completely annihilated a brigade and regiment, and I also heard that in this battle, the Eighth Route Army used a new weapon, so that all the radio stations of the army were useless. It was not until two days after the end of the war that the army learned that one of its brigades had been completely annihilated. ”

"Niang Xipi, I really didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would have such a strong combat effectiveness after less than two years. Especially this reading division, I really shouldn't have given them a division number, and now the party-state can be said to be, there is another strong enemy, order the attendant room to send a congratulatory message to the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time send them a few medals in the past, otherwise the people will listen to the propaganda of [***], and they will do something unfavorable to the party-state. Also, in the future, your intelligence department should pay more attention to this reader, if there is any important information, report to me directly, if I think correctly, this reader will definitely become our fierce enemy in the future, and we must arrange it in advance. After Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, he closed his eyes.

Also shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Reading Division were not only Chiang Kai-shek who was far away in Chongqing, but also some warlords who bordered the Eighth Route Army theater. After learning the news, they ordered their troops to shrink their defensive lines and disengage from the troops of the Eighth Route Army, fearing that they would accidentally fall into trouble that day, and lure this powerful force over.

At this time, the command of the army was indeed in chaos, as the commander, General Bin Sanyuan, although he repeatedly suppressed the anger in his heart, but an elite infantry brigade of the Great Empire was completely annihilated, and no one could bear such a battle loss.

At this time, Bin Sanyuan had been standing in front of the huge map of North China for a long time, but a pair of eyes were indeed fixed on the county seat of Baoding, motionless.

"Chief of Staff, immediately notify the air force units and immediately take off to bomb Baoding County. The defenders of a brigade in Baoding County were completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army. However, the huge amount of materials we have stored in Baoding County must not fall into the hands of these Eighth Route Army. If they are allowed to get this batch of materials, then his combat effectiveness will definitely increase a lot. Go and convey the order immediately" General Bin Sanyuan completely forgot that it was dark at this time, and all the combat aircraft of the Great Empire did not have the ability to fly at night.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please stop your anger, there are still at least ten hours before dawn, and our plane will not be able to take off at all" The chief of staff beside him was taken aback when he heard this, and quickly objected.

"Bageya Road Eighth Route Army Reading Division, I said that this empire is not finished with you, and the air force will bomb Baoding County immediately after dawn, and I will turn Baoding into a ruin. Let these Eighth Route Army accompany the jade broken imperial army to bury" General Bin Sanyuan slammed his fist on the map in front of him and said angrily.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander" However, he did not know that the next day, when the planes of the Yue Army flew over Baoding, the entire carrying work of the Eighth Route Army had been carried out for two days and two nights. With the joint efforts of nearly 10,000 mass fighters, all the materials in the entire Baoding county were carried out. Together with the property of all the civilians in the county, all of them were looted with Liu Hua's acquiescence. When the military planes dropped huge aerial bombs, he didn't know that just below him, it had completely become an empty city. And the target he was going to bomb, the Reading Force Division of the Eighth Route Army. At this time, he was shuttling through the mountains with a huge amount of supplies and returning to the base area.

For the chairman's order, prepare for the devil's future revenge surnamed encirclement, and ask his reading master to give priority to replenishing all equipment and ammunition. Liu Hua also knew that although he had cut off a brigade of the army, he would definitely become a big problem for the army. For the army with a strong sense of revenge, it is necessary to retaliate against the reader.

Therefore, in order to be able to fight the next battle of anti-sweeping, Liu Hua did not have any politeness. Of the 12 million rounds of ammunition seized, Liu Hua left 5 million rounds. And left behind a total of 6,000 rounds of heavy artillery shells, 6,000 rounds of 75-mm field artillery shells, an average of 200 rounds of shells per gun, and a large number of other combat materials, as for the remaining materials and ammunition, all of them were handed over to the guard regiment sent by the headquarters when they passed through Wutai County.

Three days later, Liu Hua rushed back to the headquarters in advance with his guard company and met his partner Guan Xiangying, who had been separated for more than ten days.

"Congratulations, Commander. Our reader has once again created a miracle, and the Party Central Committee and the commander-in-chief in northern Shaanxi have sent congratulatory messages many times, asking if you have returned to the headquarters safely, you must know that your kid is now the chairman's sweetheart, hehe! Seeing Liu Hua with a tired face, political commissar Guan Xiangying said jokingly.

"Political commissar, these achievements are all won by countless martyrs in exchange for their lives, alas, after this battle, our rapid reaction brigade has been disabled" mentioned the results of this battle. Liu Hua remembered again that on the way back, countless seriously injured people died on the way home because they did not persevere.

"Division commander, don't be too sad, the sacrifice of the soldiers is worth it. Because they traded their lives for a brigade of little devils. They won't die in vain like this" Political Commissar Guan Xiangying listened to Liu Hua's words, and was also silent, patting Liu Hua on the shoulder and comforting.

"Yes, I know. By the way, political commissar, in the last battle against encirclement and suppression, the seriously wounded in our field hospital have almost recovered, you know, two days later, at least 500 seriously injured people will enter our field hospital one after another for treatment. As for the medicines, this time I have an unlimited supply. This time, the drugs we seized in the Baoding material warehouse are enough for us to use for a year. Liu Hua asked.

"Commander, don't worry, more than 600 seriously injured people have been discharged from the hospital. However, according to your orders, I did not let these seriously wounded return to the team, but carried out the reorganization training alone, and I set up a total of three battalions. According to what we discussed before, it is called the teaching group, which specializes in training platoon-level cadres in our reading teacher class. The commissar replied with a smile.

"Great, political commissar, with the six hundred veterans of the teaching regiment, the combat effectiveness of our rapid reaction brigade can be restored in the shortest possible time. Hehe, but, political commissar, I've been working hard for you these past few days, and I'm going to have a good rest for two days. As for the arrangements for the baggage supplies and the wounded in the back, I'll leave it to you" Liu Hua yawned and smiled embarrassedly.

"Don't worry, teacher, you can rest assured to go back and rest, and I will arrange everything. Correspondent, now I will give you a task: that is, to arrange the rest of the commander, and no one can disturb the commander without my order. Hear no. The political commissar ordered the signal soldier behind Liu Hua.

"Yes, commissar, promise to complete the task"

Two days later, when Liu Hua washed up and walked out of his room. The entire headquarters has slowly returned to its former tranquility. The units had already driven back to their stations by order of the commissar. All the seized weapons and ammunition were also looted by Wang Daoguang, director of the General Logistics Armament Division, to his own warehouse, and a detailed inventory began.

"Commander, you're finally awake. You don't know, the headquarters is in chaos now, and the three commanders of the rapid reaction brigade and the commander of the artillery regiment are guarding the headquarters every day to ask for troops and equipment. If it weren't for the political commissar pressing, saying that without your words, no one would have been able to pull away a single soldier from the supplementary regiment of the headquarters. These regiment commanders have long since gone to the supplementary regiment to grab people. Seeing the commander walking out of the house, the communication was full of excitement, and he quickly told the situation of the headquarters.

"These regiment commanders, if I don't go to the headquarters for two days, they will turn against them, see that I arrived at the headquarters, how to pack them up and leave, follow me to the headquarters" After listening to the correspondent's words, Liu Hua couldn't take care of eating, and said very scoundrelly.

"Yes, Commander"

"Commissar, you can give us the recruits of the supplementary regiment. Now my second regiment, counting all the lightly wounded, is only less than 500 people, how do you let me train, besides, it won't be long before the encirclement and suppression of the little devil's revenge will definitely begin. When the time comes, there will be no soldiers, how can I fight" As soon as he walked to the door of the headquarters, the voice of Luo Zhihui, the commander of the second regiment, was crying and mourning from the headquarters.

"Commander Luo, it's not that I don't give you additional recruits, it's just that the commander doesn't have an order, and I can't just call the shots, you wait for two days, and after I discuss with the commander, I will definitely send the recruits to your station," the political commissar comforted.

"What's the matter, Commander Luo, 500 people are not soldiers, and 500 people can't fight. It's a good time, you don't go to train the troops, you came here to ask for soldiers, doesn't the headquarters know to replenish your troops" At this moment, Liu Hua walked into the headquarters and said to Luo Zhihui.

"Ah, Commander, I'm not, I don't mean that I just just" Seeing Liu Hua, Luo Zhihui's face was full of experience, and he replied hesitantly.

"Just what? And you, Shen Qinghua, Wang Benqing, and Chen Guangrong, why don't you go to the garrison to train the troops, and what are you doing at the headquarters? Isn't the combat effectiveness of your troops very strong? Seeing the four regiment leaders with their heads down, Liu Hua was not polite, and asked with a face.

"Commander, we know it's wrong, I'll go back to train the troops" Listening to Liu Hua's criticism, Chen Guangrong, the commander of the artillery regiment, said embarrassedly, turned around and wanted to leave the headquarters.

"Wait a minute, since everyone is here, let's settle the matter one at a time. Commissar, let's go to the conference room next to it for a small meeting to solve the problem of the personnel and equipment of the various troops. Liu Hua proposed.

"Commander, I'm about to send someone to find you? The sooner this problem is addressed, the better. Let's go, what are you still doing, let's go to the meeting now" The political commissar glared at the four regiment commanders standing there and said.

"Okay, let's talk about how many people are left in your own army now, including the lightly wounded. Starting from the head of the regiment, remember, you are not allowed to give me a private collection" Entering the conference room, Liu Hua had no extra nonsense and went straight to the point.

"Yes, commander, political commissar, our regiment has about 1,100 people with minor wounded," Shen Qinghua, the commander of the first regiment, was the first to stand up and said.

"Report to the commander, political commissar, there are still 450 people in the second regiment"

"Report to the commander, there are still 1200 people in the third regiment"

"Yes, sit down. This time the 2nd Regiment suffered the most losses, and it can be said that the entire unit was basically disabled. Political commissar, how many people are left in our supplementary regiment now, plus the 1,000 prisoners who were willing to join our Eighth Route Army brought back this time. Liu Hua asked.

"Division commander, we still have 2,000 prisoners left after the last replenishment of recruits, plus in the past half a month, the two military subdivisions have successively sent a battalion of 1,000 recruits who have undergone preliminary training, and more than 800 people who were willing to join our Eighth Route Army brought back two days ago, and the recruits of our supplementary regiment are enough to supplement the losses brought by this battle to various units." The commissar is sure to arrive.

"Okay, now I order, the first regiment will be supplemented with 800 recruits, and then 100 veterans from the teaching regiment will be transferred to serve as squad and platoon leaders at all levels, and the second regiment will be supplemented with 1,300 recruits, and 250 veterans will be transferred from the teaching regiment to serve as squad and platoon leaders. The regiment was replenished with 700 recruits, and 100 people were transferred from the teaching regiment to serve as squad and platoon leaders. As for the remaining 200 members of the Teaching Regiment, I will form a new Teaching Regiment, so you don't have to worry about it. Liu Hua ordered with satisfaction.

"Thank you, commander, commissar," all three replied almost simultaneously.

"Commander, commissar, what about me?" Seeing the three regiment commanders with excited faces, Chen Guangrong of the artillery regiment lowered his head and said.

"Commander of the artillery regiment, Chen Guangrong: I order you to hand over all the mortars in the artillery regiment to the logistics department, and reorganize the heavy artillery regiment of our reading division, which has four battalions, one howitzer battalion, one field artillery battalion, one mountain artillery battalion, and one baggage battalion. In addition, how about the three artillery battalions each have a baggage company under their jurisdiction, is there a problem?" Liu Hua was excited when he thought of the captured artillery this time.

"Yes, Commander. This is a real heavy artillery regiment, even the Kuomintang troops are not as rich as our readers, hehe" After listening to Liu Hua's order, Chen Guangrong said with a smile.

"Head Chen, I'm not afraid to tell you. This heavy artillery regiment is unique in our Eighth Route Army, if you don't do it well. I just want the headquarters to apply and ask the headquarters to send a new head over. Also, if you do a good job, it will be possible not only the artillery regiment, but also the artillery brigade in the future. Looking at the smiling Chen Guangrong, Liu Hua reminded.

"Yes, Commander, Commissar. I, Chen Guangrong, promise to complete the task. It's just that, commander, these equipment" Chen Guangrong at this time, in Liu Hua's temptation, was about to drool.

"The equipment is all in the logistics department. After the meeting was adjourned, 12 105-mm howitzers were collected at the logistics office, and 1 base 30 rounds of artillery shells were received. 75-mm field guns 12 guns, shells are also a base. As for the mountain artillery, I think, there should be quite a few of your artillery regiments, leaving 12 mountain guns and a base number of shells, and all the rest are pulled to the logistics office, remember, no private storage is allowed. In addition, all the mules and horses needed by the various artillery battalions and baggage battalions were collected at the logistics office. Liu Hua ordered.

"Yes, Commander, Commissar. I will never hide it privately, hehe" Chen Guangrong said excitedly.

"Okay, nothing more. I hope that after you receive your new soldiers and equipment, you will seize the time to train new soldiers. The little devil is running out of time to prepare for us. I estimate that in less than a month, the revenge of the little devils is coming. Looking at the excited three people below, Liu Hua ordered.

"Yes, commander, commissar, guarantee to complete the task"

"Okay, the commander has said everything he should have said, but more than half of the recruits in this batch are puppet soldiers captured by us. Therefore, in the process of training, we must also do a good job in ideological work. But don't worry too much, these captured puppet soldiers, except for the 800 people brought back by the division commander, are all soldiers of the original Kuomintang Northeast Army, and they have been trained by our supplementary regiment for several months. I have very good combat experience and quality, you have to train me well and make good use of this group of soldiers. The commissar added.

"Yes, Commissar"

"Division commander, okay, quietly get a heavy artillery regiment for our reading division. If Mr. Peng at the headquarters knows about this, he will have to scold you to death! Seeing the four regiment leaders walking out of the conference room, the political commissar joked with a smile.

"Hehe, political commissar, don't talk about me, our reading division has a heavy artillery regiment, aren't you happy? Really. Also, this time, we have collected dozens of mountain artillery, and we can't be idle with these cannons. When I left from the 3rd Division, I left behind 8 mountain guns and 4 field guns, ready for them to form a heavy artillery battalion. Therefore, I am going to form a heavy artillery battalion of the same formation for the other two military divisions. In this way, in the event of a storm, each military division can take it by itself, and there is no need to use the artillery regiment of the headquarters. Liu Hua suggested.

"Okay, I agree, after the meeting is over, I will send a report to the two divisions, and ask them to replenish the missing weapons according to their own equipment. Let each of the three corps divisions form a heavy artillery battalion, and all mortars should be devolved to the regimental level, if there are more, to the battalion level. The political commissar said with a smile. You must know that if mortars are really delegated to battalion-level troops, then the reading division is not only in the Eighth Route Army, but also in the Kuomintang troops at this time, and the heavy firepower can also be ranked in the forefront.

"Well, the commissar said it very well, I think it's not just mortars. I think that our heavy machine guns should be delegated to the company level, and strive for one heavy machine gun per company. There are also radio stations, and this time we have seized hundreds of radio stations in the devil's material warehouse. There are also enemy brigade headquarters and wing headquarters, which add up to more than 20 units. In addition to sending 70 radio stations to headquarters, we have more than 50 left. We will strive to equip the radio station at the battalion level, so that it will be more convenient for our troops to disperse operations." After listening to the political commissar's suggestion, Liu Hua then suggested.

(To be continued)