Volume 3 Step by Step Chapter 373 Asking for help

Wu Ming looked at the list, shook his head again and again and smiled bitterly, if he got so many weapons and equipment, it would be easy to arm a division, and only those artillery pieces could equip an artillery regiment.

At this time, the words had already been spoken, and Wu Ming was not easy to change his words, but he glanced at Zhang Dongning, Zhao Shuqing, and Zhou Cheng, turned his head and smiled at Yu Jishi and Zhou Zhiju:

"I'm really sorry that our division annihilated the 114th Division and the 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery of the Japanese Army and achieved world-renowned combat exploits, but because the Japanese naval guns carried out covering bombardment of warehouses and camps, we did not receive supplements. So far, most of the regiments have lost most of their weapons, their weapons and equipment have been lost, and the artillery regiments have been completely wiped out."

Wu Ming sighed heavily: "Originally, supplementing a regiment was already the only main force of our division, but now it is also folded in Jiaxing City. Don't hide it from the two brothers, now my division doesn't want to talk about strong combat effectiveness, even if it is very difficult to escape."

Wu Ming said half-truthfully, and with that sad expression, Yu Jishi and Zhou Zhirou suddenly believed it. It is normal to have such large losses with such fruitful results one after another.

Zhou Zhirou looked at the list on the table, glanced at Wu Ming, Zhang Dongning and others, and at this time he already understood that where was the weapons and equipment needed to supplement a regiment, and it was clearly the materials needed for the entire new second division. Despite this, Zhou Zhirou did not intend to demolish Wu Ming, and could only smile bitterly at the rogue behavior of the new Second Division General.

"Okay, Brother Wu, listen to General Yu" Zhou Zhirou coughed lightly, turned his head and glanced at Yu Jishi, Yu Jishi nodded knowingly, shook his head and said softly: "Wu Ming, your new Second Division has made great sacrifices for the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War, and the weapons and equipment required by your department will be on the list, and I will report to the Military Committee when I turn around...... You can rest assured that the new 2nd Division encircled and annihilated a division and a field heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army, and achieved the greatest results since the War of Resistance Against Japan. The chairman of the committee will personally supervise the replenishment of your department's weapons and equipment, and if it is not possible, I will directly order the transfer from the Quzhou military station."

Before coming, Chiang Kai-shek was afraid that Wu Ming would be stubborn, so in addition to promising the expansion of the new Second Division, he also specifically instructed the New Second Division to have the right to give priority to other departments to replenish weapons and equipment.

Seeing such a large number of weapons and equipment, Yu Jishi and Zhou Zhirou agreed to come down, Wu Ming and Zhang Dongning were very surprised. The national army lost one battle after another on the Songhu battlefield, and most of the weapons and equipment of each department were lost. Wu Ming originally thought that Yu Jishi would give a discount, but he didn't expect him to take it all.

With Yu Jishi's background and influence in the quartermaster logistics department, it is very likely that the weapons and equipment will be allocated in place.

Wu Ming and Zhang Dongning understood the situation and were very satisfied with the current harvest, but Zhao Shuqing and Zhou Cheng were two bandits who had to make inches of money, Zhou Cheng shook his head and interjected: "The weapons are available, but our regiment has lost most of the soldiers, those are well-trained elite soldiers, seeing that in order to drive the devils out of Jiaxing City, they fought with the Japanese army with rifles and bayonets to fight for their lives, and they died too miserably."

After that, this product squeezed hard, and really squeezed out a few tears, which made Wu Ming laugh secretly.

In fact, during the battle that night, the regiment was replenished to fight fast and slowly, with bazookas, submachine guns, pistols, grenades, light and heavy machine guns, and flamethrowers combined, and with locals leading the way, the whole regiment was less than 1,300 men, including minor wounds. Now in Zhou Cheng's mouth, it has become almost the end of the whole group, and it is really a deception to the dead.

"What are you doing, you, Chief Yu has already promised to replenish the weapons and equipment, and you are still shouting here, it's really hateful"

Wu Ming stood up abruptly and roared at Zhou Cheng, after roaring, he still couldn't understand his hatred, and he was about to kick someone when he raised his foot.

Seeing the delivery of the master's seat, Zhou Cheng was frightened, and he didn't dare to move, nor did he dare to say anything. Zhou Zhirou next to him was anxious, grabbed Wu Ming, and persuaded: "Forget it, Brother Wu, he is also anxious about the loss of the troops, completely out of good intentions."

Wu Ming sat down with anger and turned his head to look at Yu Jishi on the side. Seeing the mention of personnel losses, Yu Jishi had no choice but to spread his hands and said helplessly:

"Wu Ming, it's easy to talk about weapons and equipment, but I have no way to replenish personnel, in fact, there is a big shortage of soldiers in my 74th Army."

"Chief Yu, Chief Zhou, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible?" Zhang Dongning spoke.

"Oh? You say, come and listen," Yu Jishi became interested.

"Two generals, now that the rout of troops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is flooding, from time to time there are people harassing the township and looting people's property," Zhang Dongning pondered for a moment and continued: "If it is feasible, can we integrate some of the rout troops into our new second division?" This is also the best use of people's talents."

"Okay"

Zhou Zhirou's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "This not only solves the problem of harassing the people, but also strengthens the front-line combat troops, which can be described as the best of both worlds."

Yu Jishi nodded: "Yes, those defeated soldiers have been absorbed, and after training, I believe that those soldiers will be reborn."

Zhou Zhirou and Yu Jishi were both close associates of Chiang Kai-shek, and whether it was the allocation of weapons and equipment or the replenishment of soldiers, they could be guaranteed, and they did not have the concept of preempting officers and men of other troops, and immediately agreed to Zhang Dongning's proposal.

Zhang Dongning gave Wu Ming a smug look.

Wu Ming pursed his lips, but he was still very happy that Zhang Dongning's conspiracy succeeded. As long as Yu Jishi and Zhou Zhirou agree to this matter, Chiang Kai-shek's side will not have any problems, and there will be no need to secretly collect the rout troops in the future, let alone worry about the original commander of the army writing to the Second Division to ask for the return of the troops.

After the matter was dealt with, Yu Jishi and Zhou Zhirou took Zhang Dongning, Zhao Shuqing, and Zhou Cheng to the table with great interest. In the midst of the staggering, Yu Jishi excitedly asked Zhao Shuqing about the situation of the supplementary regiment fighting in Jiaxing City. Zhao Shuqing is very eloquent, and explains many of the links in a dangerous way, with many twists and turns, and the ending of the story is naturally to make the devil flee in embarrassment, so that everyone is happy.

After the meal, Wu Ming sent people to the division headquarters to rest, and Zhou Zhirou invited Wu Ming into his room.

When the two were alone, Zhou Zhirou took off the heavy mask and burden, sat down and took Wu Ming's hand and said, "Brother Wu, I took the initiative to come this time...... Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport is full of wounded and sick soldiers of our Air Force, watching the devils approaching day by day, the brothers are getting more and more seriously injured, my brother's heart hurts like a knife."

For example, Liu Cuigang, one of the four kings of the Air Force, was a heroic martyr on the Shanxi battlefield after shooting down 11 enemy planes and injuring more than 10 enemy planes in Songhu, and Gao Zhihang, another ace of the Air Force, was killed by a sneak attack on the airfield by enemy planes on the way back after receiving Soviet planes in Lanzhou a few days ago.

Chiang Kai-shek heeded Wu Ming's suggestion and purchased a large number of new fighters and bombers from Germany, and the performance of the fighters was much better than that of the Japanese planes, but the quality of the air force pilots was far behind that of the Japanese army and navy air forces, and the number was far behind.

Generally speaking, since our side was fighting on its own soil, the losses of the Japanese army and naval aviation were greater, but Japan was an industrial country after all, and the recovery was very fast. In particular, after the Japanese army opened up the battlefield on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay, the Japanese army and navy aviation continued to increase its troops in central China, and Zhou Zhirou's air force losses gradually increased, and more than 50 fighters were lost before and after, but only more than 20 pilots were rescued, and the battle loss ratio was astonishingly high.

"The Japanese army and naval aviation continue to increase?" Wu Ming was very surprised.

Zhou Zhirou smiled bitterly and nodded: "According to the news sent back by Dai Li's secret service, the Japanese army has not only increased the air strike power, but the absolute trump cards in the Japanese army, the second division and the seventh division, have landed in Shanghai, which is not good."

"What?"

Hearing this unexpected news, Wu Ming was taken aback, Huo Ran stood up, and then walked around the room. The 2nd and 7th Divisions of the Japanese Army belonged to the Japanese Kwantung Army, which was already a standing division of the Japanese Army as early as the Meiji Restoration, and is now the absolute main force in the Japanese army.

At this critical juncture, the Japanese army base camp will definitely make a big move by sending these two main divisions to Shanghai.

Wu Ming was contemplating the intentions of the Japanese army, but Zhou Zhirou said to Wu Ming with a bitter face: "The reputation of the field hospital of your new Second Division has already spread on the battlefield of Songhu, and the shelters opened in Dachang and other places have solved a lot of trouble for each division...... Can you heal one or two of our Air Force wounded and sick? ”

Zhou Zhirou really had no choice but to speak to Wu Ming.

Most of the pilots treated at the Jianqiao Airport Air Force Hospital were seriously injured, and because the war lasted for three or four months, the imported medicines were almost exhausted, and if they were not treated quickly, the more than 200 pilots living there would have died if they were not treated quickly.

After thinking about it for a while, Wu Ming said solemnly: "Brother, the two field hospitals of our division have previously transferred a batch back to Maoliangwu, but with the end of the Jiaxing Campaign, the wounded of the replenishment regiment and the wounded of other friendly troops have filled the field hospitals again...... In addition, after serious consumption, there is a severe shortage of drugs in front-line hospitals, and there is nothing I can do on my side."

"Hey"

Zhou Zhirou was very helpless, and she was extremely disappointed.

Seeing Zhou Zhirou's painful expression, Wu Ming really couldn't bear it, and said to him: "Brother, don't do this, if those wounded and sick can still persevere, I want to ask my brother to transport the wounded to western Zhejiang, Quzhou, Changzhou Hospital and Phoenix Mountain Base Affiliated Hospital have a lot of imported medicines, including penicillin, which is very valuable on the black market, which is very beneficial to the treatment and rehabilitation of the wounded and sick." At the end of the day, now that we are already on the battlefield, if the Japanese 2nd and 7th Divisions rush towards us, the hasty transfer will also be a great torture for the wounded and sick."

"That's really good" Zhou Zhirou was overjoyed, holding Wu Ming's hand and refusing to let it go, her gratitude was beyond words.