Chapter 45: Meeting
"You don't need to change this?" Ryuji looked at the gift list prepared by Wen Hui and cried and laughed, saying that the gift list was actually a piece of information. Since ancient times, people have been given gifts, and the cheesy ones are directly on the real money, although they can't be on the table, but the mind is definitely enough! The more elegant is the high value-added things such as calligraphy and painting, which seems to be very forced, and some foreign foreign gadgets are also good meeting gifts, but there is really no precedent for such a chief.
"What else to send? Weapons and other things are to be exchanged for money to support you, and decorative firearms are not supposed to be given at this time, this information is just right, but I don't know if there are people who know the goods! "What Wen Hui prepares are all dry goods, and whether they are worth it or not varies from person to person.
Wen Hui has no intention of changing, so it can only be like this. After sending away Wenhui's jeep convoy, Long Si turned his head and ordered: "Send out the recruitment notice, and the people who survey the terrain should set off quickly and step on all the points." Xiaobing, you take someone to the American Concession to bring things back, the fleet on the Yangtze River should arrive, send a group of people to pick it up; Send someone to the headquarters to get the road, our supplies still have to be transported, and the main force like the Eighteenth Army should have priority, right? In addition, let's see if our supplies have been sent, the things we bring are our own, there is no reason to be short of public food, there is no harm in urging ammunition, bullets, grenades, explosives, etc., two days is only one weekend, we still have more things to do......"
Wen Hui walked through the streets and alleys to the destination, and the initiators and guests of the reception banquet over there had almost arrived in advance, and everyone met in advance to exchange opinions on the newcomers.
Since it was an internal party, there were not so many rules, and the small wine glasses in the hands of the officers in pairs and threes stuck their lips from time to time, and they were more concerned about the current battle situation.
The 88th and 87th Divisions had already fought against the Japanese, and they couldn't find fault with the results of these two troops. The Japanese have once again been confirmed to be strong in combat, and they still have sea and air superiority, and now that the reinforcements of the national government are in place, the Japanese reinforcements are estimated to be coming.
The people below are chatting about the battle on horses, and the leaders above are not idle, the eighteenth army has four divisions, the sixty-seventh division (division commander Li Shusen) and the ninety-fourth division (division commander Zhu Huaibing) have already received the enemy and put into battle, the chief officer did not come and sent a liaison officer over, the commander of the eleventh division Peng Shan and the commander of the fourteenth division Huo Yuzhang came, as for the big man Luo Zhuoying, people did not have the spare time to mix with a small division commander's reception banquet.
"It's very difficult to fight in front." Huo Yuzhang had also heard about the situation of the 67th and 94th Divisions, and the losses in the battle were not small, especially the technical equipment.
"Difficult? If more people died with the old equipment, at least the 75 Mountain Artillery and the 105 Mountain Artillery could be equipped as divisional firepower. Peng Shan thought that the casualties were acceptable, "After all, the 67th Division and the 94th Division have only completed their rearmament, and the equipment also needs to be run-in." "These two divisions were the first units of the Eighteenth Army to change their equipment.
"It's not about losses, it's about replenishment." Huo Yuzhang knows very well that fighting a war is a fight for attrition, and it is in vain to change such good equipment now and not replenish it after a battle.
"That's what we're for, isn't it?" Peng Shan knew very well why Chen Cheng preemptively transferred the 148th Division to the Eighteenth Army, "The 148th Division is a rich man, and we don't have to worry about equipment replenishment." ”
"Merchant Master, hum!" Huo Yuzhang's nose spewed out a disdainful airflow, and said that it sounded like an industrial division commander, but what happened to a businessman mixed in among the soldiers?
Peng Shan looked left and right, no one paid attention to their conversation, "You can't say that, don't you allow people to develop some teams to take care of the home?" If he didn't have any strength in his hands, there would be no bones left that had been swallowed a long time ago. "He has long heard of Hengyang Industrial Zone, and no one has reached out to show that the other party's troops still have some strength in such a big cake.
"What did the commander arrange?" During the battle, there was an extra unfamiliar teammate, and no one was at ease.
"Don't worry about Songshan (Huo Yuzhang's words), I sent someone to see the 148th Division, but the soldiers are still good, they still have some combat power in terms of behavior, plus those equipment, they should be able to fight, and Chief Chen will not transfer too bad troops over." Peng Shan had already asked someone to step on it, and as soon as he arrived, he sent someone to see it, and the string of truck cannons drooled enviously, and the soldiers who ordered the prohibition also looked a little bit like that.
"Hero, the bear only knew when he went to the battlefield that there were too many flowers." Huo Yuzhang is still not optimistic about this team of businessmen as the chief officer.
Peng Shan took a sip of wine and saw the guards at the door leading a group of people in, "Yo! Here it comes. ”
"Master Wen?" The title of lieutenant general on his shoulder was unmistakable, and Peng Shan still asked.
"It's down, I don't know ......" Wen Hui only knows the name, people can't recognize it, and there is still a gap between the black and white photos in the historical archives and the real person.
"Eleventh Division, Peng Shan."
"Huo Yuzhang."
Wen Hui arched his hand: "Long admiration, long admiration!" "It doesn't matter who introduced this sentence and put it out, it's always right, but why is this Huo Yuzhang of the Fourteenth Division targeting him?
After a brief introduction of the three top officers of the party, everyone entered and sat down, sat down and collectively saluted the new comrades-in-arms for a cup, and after the chief officer finished speaking, it was another cup, and the smiling Peng Shan was in an active atmosphere, he was also the main force to talk to Wenhui, where is the person, which year was born, whether he is married or not, the family situation, and the business is so big It is also admirable, and he stands up in the national war without losing the blood of the man.
Unexpectedly, this general, who is known for his sternness and bravery, also has a bit of lip service in the social field, and the slightly blessed Huo Yuzhang next to him is not shy about Wen Hui.
Sticking his mouth to the wine glass, Wen Hui was also observing, the identity of a newcomer and a businessman made it difficult for him to integrate immediately, and his subordinates also got together by themselves, but it didn't matter, he didn't expect to have a good relationship with these people. Let's be patient for a short period of time.
"I don't know what Master Wen thinks of the current battle situation? Teacher? ”
"Huh? War? "Someone will be in trouble if he is slightly distracted, looking at Huo Yuzhang, who is a little angry, Wen Hui is nothing, the character of a soldier is just a soldier, and these people are also national soldiers who have fought with the Japanese, so it's nothing to let them.
"I don't know what Guohui has to say?" Peng Shan also wanted to try Wenhui's level, Guohui is Wenhui's own pondering of the table. Hui, Guang Ye - "Sayings"; The Glory of the Viewing of the Country - "Hanshu Wei Xuancheng Biography".
"Gao Jian didn't dare to take it, but some businessmen got the news from the channel." When the main dish came, Wen Hui waved his hand to bring things up.
"This is ......" took out the contents of the brown paper bag, Peng Shan frowned, and the list on it was the recent movements of the Japanese army in North China and the Japanese army on the mainland, and the time point was accurate to the hour. After the start of the battle at Songhu, the Japanese reinforced four brigades, which was about the same as they had estimated; The reinforcements of the latter two divisions are worth vigilance, Matsui Ishine served as the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, led the 3rd Division and the 11th Division to reinforce Shanghai, the troops are expected to depart on the 21st and arrive on the 23rd, as well as the predicted landing site; Behind it is the list of commanders at all levels of the two divisions, the composition of personnel, the configuration of weapons detailed to pistols and sabers, as well as the list of artillery, armor, cavalry, and air force units......
The two people who read a string of information didn't have the heart to test Wen Hui, such a detailed troop configuration information is very useful, it can be used as an important operational reference information, can effectively compare the strength of the enemy and us, and then make combat deployments.
The information in the document was all copied by Wen Hui, the Japanese army's troop formation has not changed much, the information about the divisions and regiments is true, and as for their landing location, uncertain words such as "maybe" and "probably" are used, after all, Wen Hui is not sure whether the Japanese will land according to history.
The strong enemy of more than 55,000 people in the two A divisions is enough to attract anyone's attention, Peng Shan roughly looked through it: "Is the source reliable?" As he spoke, he had already believed in this information, after all, the composition of the division and regiment, the detailed equipment, and the equipment of the subordinate troops could not be fabricated.
"It's going to be a bit troublesome to verify, after all, the source is not in China, but I can guarantee that most of the things on it are reliable." You can't tell the truth at this time.
Huo Yuzhang nodded, the merchant is not useless, such detailed information is easy to get, "Well, it's not good!" Commander there......"
"Peace of mind, peace of mind, I have already ordered someone to send one before I came." How could the commander of the theater forget that the information that Wen Hui had obtained under the pretense of business channels had already been sent, and the prime minister didn't believe it, so it was none of his business how to judge.
"Two A Seed Masters!" Peng Shan pointed his finger on the table, the Japanese divisions are all large.
A four-unit division (also known as the horse pulling division) has jurisdiction over 2 brigades (2 infantry wings per brigade, about 7,800 people), 1 wing of engineering, cavalry, artillery (48 guns), and 1 wing of baggage, a total of 8 wings. Generally, the strength of the main standing army divisions of the Japanese army is often 24,000-28,000 men, with 7,630 horses, 14,900 rifles, 144 grenadiers, 288 light machine guns, 54 heavy machine guns, 16 mountain artillery, 36 field artillery and other weapons and equipment.
The number of a division is comparable to that of two divisions of the national army, but the combat effectiveness of an army is not determined by the number of people. The Japanese divisions and regiments are all veteran units with strong combat effectiveness, with well-trained soldiers, high morale, tenacious will to fight, and good tactical literacy of their commanders.
"There are more than two, it is expected that there will be three more local divisions behind, and there will be reinforcements from the North China side." How could it be that there were two divisions, the local and North China dispatch armies, and reinforcements, and there were also Taiwanese brigades from Taiwan (composed of 5 infantry brigades and a mountain artillery squadron) to participate in the battle, and after the war, they celebrated the victory of the invasion together.
As soon as these words were said, the faces of the officers present were not good-looking, and everyone had a rod and scale in their hearts regardless of the strength of both sides. There is no superiority in numbers in terms of equipment, and the fact that the Japanese can fight cannot be changed, and with the quality of the soldiers and the nutritional status of the people, it is impossible to avoid a bitter battle in the future.
The speed of the change of clothing in the national government is still slow, if the war can be delayed by a year or the reorganization and change of clothing as soon as possible, maybe the situation will be better, the current twenty German armor divisions are not enough at all, Shanghai is at war here, North China is not idle, the Japanese entered Shanhaiguan and came directly to the south, Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi are fighting lively!
"What's Guohui's plan?" Strength is a hard wound, these 50,000 troops are not easy to deal with, Peng Shan saw that Wen Hui did not look a little worried.
"A good idea? The enemy is coming, just fight, otherwise what should I do? Wen Hui replied with a smile.
"That's right, the enemy is coming!" Huo Yuzhang had a somewhat changed opinion of this businessman, knowing that he could be so calm in front of a strong enemy, but he was a leader.
"That's it!"
"We're not bad seeds!"
"Fuck it!"
Peng Shan handed over the materials to the orderlies: "Print and distribute the materials, and each regiment commander will give a copy in his hand." ”